Quick Transmigration: The Charming Beauty Who Was Short-Lived and Alluring

In the Great Qi Dynasty, the selection of imperial concubines involved sending women from good families across the country to the palace, where the emperor would then conduct further selections.

Qin Ming received Qi Jingheng's message early on, instructing him to send his daughter to the palace. It was a done deal that Chu Yun would enter the palace.

Not only him, Qi Jingheng also arranged for several other trusted confidants to send their daughters into the palace. The harem of the Great Qi Dynasty was just like the court of the Great Qi Dynasty, full of factions and unpredictable events. He needed to make arrangements for his own people.

Consort Shu, daughter of Prime Minister Wang, and Consort Xian, daughter of Grand Commandant Li, were both first-rank ladies, the highest rank, second only to the Empress. The two women were mutually disloyal and, although they represented noble families, they were at odds with each other. Their ultimate goal was to defeat each other, become Empress, and take over Chang Le Palace.

Qi Jingheng initially promoted many concubines from humble backgrounds, but these women had weak family backgrounds and most of them were ruined by Consort Shu and Consort Xian. Although he wanted to help them, he couldn't go too far. At the very least, he couldn't really trample on the dignity of the aristocratic families and push them completely to Qi Qingjia's side. Therefore, Qi Jingheng stopped deliberately promoting concubines from humble backgrounds. This time, if Consort Gui and Consort Gui hadn't caused such a big fuss, he wouldn't have thought of sending his confidante to the palace to keep them in check.

The arrival of new women in the palace serves two purposes: firstly, it distracts Consort Wang and Consort Li from scheming about the children; secondly, it curbs the arrogance of the aristocratic families.

It seems that Qi Jingheng wants to support a concubine from a humble background in order to restrain Consorts Li and Wang and help him balance the situation in the harem. After understanding Qi Jingheng's harem layout and his purpose in choosing a concubine, Chu Yun had a general idea in mind.

Chu Yun had a very relaxing month living in the Qin residence, and was even somewhat reluctant to leave.

"Miss, reading at night is bad for your eyes. We're leaving for the capital tomorrow, so you should get some rest." Qiuyue entered the inner room and found Chu Yun still reading at her desk, so she couldn't help but advise her.

Before Chu Yun could answer, Shuang Xue came out from the side hall, holding a cup of hot tea, and placed it on the table, echoing, "Qiu Yue is right."

"Okay, I'll look at it for a little while longer and then go to sleep. You guys go and check the boxes again to make sure we've brought everything," Chu Yun said with a smile.

The two sisters responded in unison and turned to leave.

Chu Yun watched the two figures as they walked away, her smile deepening.

The two maids were twins, but they were different in appearance, though both were pretty and delicate.

Qiuyue is the older sister, meticulous and mature; Shuangxue is the younger sister, quiet and reserved, but possesses excellent medical skills.

These two sisters were no ordinary maids. Like Chu Yun, they were trained by Feng Jinnian and were intended to be sent to powerful families as spies. However, although they had been raised by Feng Jinnian, they did not know his true identity and had never seen him. Some time ago, they were even sold out for doing something wrong.

Following Feng Jinnian's instructions, Qin Ming bought the two sisters and assigned them to be Chu Yun's maids.

The women who were arranged to take the medicinal bath along with the original owner were the ones Feng Jinnian wanted to send to the palace. Feng Jinnian didn't expect them to be able to kill Qi Jingheng. They only had one task—to gain favor, and their greatest weapon was their bodies.

These women had been soaking in medicinal baths for years, and the medicinal properties had long penetrated their bones. This medicine was hidden and dispersed in their skin and blood vessels, and could be gradually transferred to Qi Jingheng through sexual intercourse.

Before Qi Jingheng became emperor, his life in the palace was actually very difficult. When he was young, he was poisoned and drank medicine for five or six years to cure it. Every medicine has some toxicity. The mild toxicity from the medicine accumulated in Qi Jingheng's body. Although it was not fatal, if it was combined with the medicine in Chu Yun's body, it would turn into a kind of poison that was difficult to detect and would slowly take Qi Jingheng's life.

To ensure that the women sent to the palace would be favored, Chu Wushuang added a small amount of Meng Wuhen to the medicinal bath. Meng Wuhen could make a woman's skin fair and smooth, and it also had an aphrodisiac effect for half an hour after consumption. This is why Feng Jinnian was restless and had many thoughts when facing Chu Yun that day.

This method of poisoning is covert and safe, making it difficult to detect. Even if the imperial physician were to discover it by accident, the fact that Qin Ming's daughter has been weak since childhood and has taken countless medications would serve as a second layer of protection. After all, it is normal for her body to accumulate the medicinal properties from taking so many medications. Who would have thought that these medicinal properties would be incompatible with Qi Jingheng's?

Feng Jinnian originally planned to send only one woman with medicinal properties into the palace, and slowly use her to poison Qi Jingheng. He would then use Qi Jingheng to eliminate Qi Qingjia first. Once Qi Qingjia was dead and Qi Jingheng was poisoned, the world would be in his hands.

However, Chu Yun's existence disrupted his mind and plans. Now that the damage was done, he couldn't disregard the greater cause and forcibly take Chu Yun away. Such a reckless approach would only kill him and Chu Yun. So he thought of sending her some useful people to prevent her from being bullied in the palace.

Qiuyue and Shuangxue were the people he had prepared for Chuyun. He used this roundabout method to ensure that Chuyun's identity would not be known to more people. The fewer people who knew her identity, the safer Chuyun would be. This was the last thing he could do for her.

Feng Jinnian was meticulous in his work. If it weren't for Chu Yun's tip-off, he might have been completely unaware of Qiu Yue and Shuang Xue's identities.

Since Feng Jinnian had given her such a useful person, Chu Yun naturally wouldn't refuse.

Qiuyue and Shuangxue were also very grateful. They truly believed they had been abandoned, but now that Qin Ming had saved their lives, they regarded Chuyun as their mistress. With them around, Chuyun's path after entering the palace would be easier.

The following day, after bidding farewell to Qin Ming and Madam Qin, Chu Yun embarked on her journey back to the capital.

A carriage bearing the Qin character slowly came to a stop outside the pavilion. A woman wearing a veil and with a graceful figure stepped out of the carriage. Although her face was not clearly visible, one could tell from her clothes and figure that she must be extremely beautiful.

When the woman saw the man already sitting in the pavilion, she stopped abruptly, frozen in place. After a long while, she slowly walked into the pavilion.

"Young master, I am just passing through this place and would like to rest here for a while. I wonder if this will disturb you?" Chu Yun asked.

Feng Jinnian said with a blank face, "Please go ahead, young lady."

Judging from his expression alone, one would never guess that Feng Jinnian had sat in the pavilion for two hours just to see Chu Yun.

The two sat facing each other without saying a word. After about fifteen minutes, Chu Yun got up to take her leave, and Feng Jinnian followed her. The two left the pavilion one after the other and returned to their respective carriages.

The understated and simple carriage slowly drove forward, passing by another extremely luxurious carriage.

The two carriages, one heading into the capital and the other out, were destined to go in opposite directions.

Feng Jinnian lifted the carriage curtain to look back until Chu Yun's carriage became a smaller and more blurry dot, and finally disappeared from sight, before he lowered the curtain.

He clutched the sachet at his waist, a tear falling onto it. The peony scent on Chu Yun had been replaced by the gardenia scent that Qi Jingheng preferred, a fact that would forever remind Feng Jinnian that she no longer belonged to him.

Today we part ways; she enters the deep palace, he returns to Chu, and there is no hope of ever seeing each other again; if we meet again, we will not recognize each other.