Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

Song Ruozhen smiled slightly, not surprised to notice the sourness in Consort Zhong's words.

After all, Prince Che has been getting into trouble one after another recently, and there are quite a few people who want to laugh at him. Naturally, Consort Zhong is also unhappy with them.

"Her Majesty the Empress has been concerned about the marriage of Prince Chu. Now that the marriage has finally been settled, Her Majesty must be extremely happy. The two of them are a match made in heaven!"

Consort Duan smiled and praised him, but a cold glint flashed in her eyes. Back when Song Lin hadn't returned, everyone thought that the Prince of Chu had truly fallen for a honey trap.

Although Song Ruozhen was beautiful, the Song family had all fallen into ruin. Song Lin died on the battlefield, the eldest son of the Song family became disabled, the second son of the Song family was blind, the third son of the Song family had no achievements, and the fourth son was just a businessman.

Without power, having only money is of no use except to become meat on the chopping block.

But now, all of Song's sons are successful, and even Song Lin has returned. In addition, Madam Song is the biological daughter of Grand Tutor Gu. Now, the Gu family has transformed into one of the top families in the capital.

Such a change was truly unexpected.

When the Empress saw Song Ruozhen again, her expression was somewhat complicated, after all, she had not been very polite to this girl before.

Now that she is the woman the King of Chu has gone to great lengths to marry, she has also given her gifts in order to ease the tension between the two.

However, when she saw Song Ruozhen again this time, her feeling was really different from before. Putting aside the matter of the annulment of the engagement, Song Ruozhen was indeed not bad in terms of appearance or anything else.

“Indeed, they are a perfect match,” the Empress said.

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed across Song Ruozhen's face, and she subconsciously looked at Chu Junting.

A smile flashed in the latter's eyes, knowing that the Empress Dowager now had to completely change her mind, and that there was no need to worry about Ruozhen being wronged in the future.

"Your Majesty, you are so joyful now, please give this Peony Fairy to me," Consort Duan couldn't help but speak again. "I really love it very much."

Chu Junting had heard Song Ruozhen say before that there might be something wrong with this thing, and now that he saw Consort Duan insisting on having it, he said, "Mother, a gentleman should help others achieve their goals. Since Consort Duan really likes it, why don't we give it to her?"

A hint of doubt flashed in the Empress's eyes. She had been somewhat tempted by Consort Zhong's growing beauty, but she refrained from doing so out of unease.

He was about to refuse, but he didn't expect Jun Ting to say such a thing. In the past, he would never have interfered in such matters.

Chu Junting nodded to the Empress. The unspoken understanding between mother and son made the Empress instantly realize that Chu Junting must have some deeper meaning, and she said:

"Since Jun Ting has spoken, then I will part with this and give it to Consort Duan."

Upon hearing this, Consort Duan was overjoyed and quickly expressed her gratitude, saying, "Your Majesty, I thank you."

The other concubines present were also surprised that Consort Duan was actually coming. They couldn't help but feel envious. If they had known this would happen, they would have tried to do the same as Consort Duan.

Now that they've seen such a great opportunity snatched away by Consort Duan, they'll never have such a good chance again. It's such a pity!

Consort Zhong's face was extremely ugly. She glared at Consort Duan with hatred. This woman was really being unreasonable and ruining her plans!

After entering and bowing, Song Ruozhen said nothing and stood quietly to the side observing. Although Consort Zhong hid her emotions well, the brief glimpse of them confirmed Song Ruozhen's judgment.

Consort Zhong must have known what was going on, and now that Consort Duan had taken her things, she was furious.

However, Consort Duan...

She turned her gaze to Consort Duan, who was all smiles, and realized that she must be the Fourth Prince's mother.

In the original novel, the Fourth Prince is the villain, and Consort Duan was extremely powerful when he was in favor. However, now that she has acquired the Peony Fairy, if Consort Zhong doesn't stop, it seems that Consort Duan and the Fourth Prince will be in some trouble...

Is this considered a good thing?

The Fourth Prince, Liang Wang, later caused the deaths of so many people, and even Yun Wang was seriously injured as a result. She had always wanted to stop all of this, so she was naturally happy to see it all happen.

"Now that all the sisters have paid their respects, you may return to your quarters," the Empress said.

Upon seeing this, all the concubines rose, bowed, and then left.

Only after everyone had left did the Empress speak: "Why did you make me give the things to Consort Duan for no reason?"

Chu Junting glanced at Song Ruozhen and said, "That's not a good thing. Keeping it in the Empress Dowager's palace would be a disaster, and it would be very troublesome to deal with."

Since Consort Duan insists on having it in front of so many people, and we can conveniently act as witnesses, why not go along with it? This way, Consort Duan will remember this favor, and we can also easily get rid of this hot potato.

The Empress wasn't surprised; she knew Chu Junting must have had a deeper meaning in asking her to do this. "How do you know this isn't anything good?"

After saying this, the Empress's gaze fell on Song Ruozhen. "You noticed?"

She already knew that this girl was skilled in metaphysics, especially since Lu Minhui described her in such a fantastical way that they couldn't see anything amiss with the Peony Fairy. The only one who could see it was Song Ruozhen.

Song Ruozhen didn't hide anything, "Yes."

"Tell me in detail." The Empress was intrigued. Seeing that the two were still standing, she said, "Sit down and tell me."

She then instructed the nanny, "Go and brew two cups of pre-rain Longjing tea, and prepare some snacks that young ladies like. I've heard that Ruozhen loves red bean pastries."

"Yes, ma'am."

The nanny hurriedly went to prepare, and Song Ruozhen was flattered and surprised to hear that the Empress even knew her preferences. This was really unexpected.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing how well-behaved Song Ruozhen was, and looking at her own son's happy expression, the Empress couldn't help but find it amusing.

Over the years, she had never seen Jun Ting like this before. To do this much for a girl shows that he truly loves her, and she really should be more understanding.

"We're getting married soon, so just call me Empress Dowager."

Song Ruozhen was slightly taken aback, and then Chu Junting smiled and answered for her, "Yes, Mother."

"Now that no one's here, tell me, what exactly is wrong with that Peony Fairy? When I first heard about her, I also found it a bit strange, but I just don't understand what the problem is."

The Empress looked serious. She had even had the imperial physician examine her, and there was no poison or any tampering.

"Offering to the Peony Fairy can indeed make a woman more beautiful and charming, but over time, the harm will become greater and greater, because all these changes are based on the woman herself."

Therefore, those who want to become beautiful without paying the price often find a second, fake Peony Fairy who can subtly transfer all the negative traits onto another person, and even exchange fortunes and rewrite their destiny through this device.

Song Ruozhen frankly told her that the Empress was the head of the harem, and Consort Zhong naturally wanted to switch identities with her the most.

Every concubine in the imperial harem longed to become the empress.

Now that it has been replaced by Consort Duan, it is undoubtedly a great loss for her.