Quick Transmigration: Leisure

The eighteenth year of Chongze.

Xia Youmi finally realized that Lian Shaoyuan would not let her leave the palace.

Even if the elder brothers use promises made by the former Prince of Jin to subtly hint at the current emperor, it will not work.

The female protagonist is gradually gaining the upper hand in the palace intrigue.

And then she realized that the defection of all the businesses in Jiangnan to the enemy was orchestrated by the Xia and Shen families. At first, she thought that the managers she sent were incompetent, so she changed one group of people after another, but none of them made the profits of the previous five years, and they lost money everywhere.

In the end, he vented all his anger on Jinzhugong.

Her channels for leaving the palace were shut down, her concubine status and allowances were all substandard, and the palace servants who served her had their monthly allowances deducted for various reasons.

Not only were they treated differently and received no reward, but they also earned contempt from others, and not everyone knew martial arts to protect themselves.

Xia Youmi let them return to the Imperial Household Department directly.

She herself did not need these people to serve her; she always supported herself by eating, bathing, and changing clothes.

Fengyi Palace was also closed, and there was no longer any of Qi Xuan's usual feeding.

In the end, only she remained as the mistress of Jinzhu Palace, along with Shiyi and Shirong, and a little eunuch who was unwilling to leave.

Three years ago, in the face of economic sanctions, she could have easily supported a large group of palace servants.

However, she had spent all her cash on food supplies during the height of the war, leaving her with almost nothing but real estate.

Seeing that the young eunuch was truly of one mind with her, she let him help her run errands to sell paintings.

Lian Shaoyuan sealed all the paintings in Fengyi Palace and refused to return them to her.

To prevent her from leaving the palace in the future, all the paintings were to be left to the male and female protagonists or their successors. Xia Youmi decided to slowly smuggle the paintings out of the country, using the excuse of being poor and desperate to sell them.

She sold all the paintings to the Wang family's shop, and then all the cash flowed back to her and the Xia family. The paintings were naturally kept under the guise of collection, and the Wang, Xia, Shen, and Qi families were all happy to keep them safe for her.

If nothing goes wrong, Xia Youmi will not take it back in the end; she will consider it a gift to them.

After all, she has a high output and can't be taken away, so the system has long ago created a special display area for her works in the database.

They're so neatly categorized, it's impossible to appreciate them all.

Among these, the Qi family possessed the largest collection. Many of the works bore the will of Qi Xuan, even though she did not appear on the paintings, she inscribed them and wrote poems.

When Grand Tutor Qi saw the painting, tears streamed down his face. He would often sit in his study for an entire day, regretting that he had ruined his daughter's life.

As for the high-ranking officials in the palace, they didn't stop her from selling her paintings; they were quite pleased with themselves. They thought it was pitiful that a painter's integrity and pride had been broken, and that someone had to sell their own paintings to make a living.

Like a stray dog ​​on the roadside, not worth looking at.

With the help of the Qi family's secret guards, her belongings were gradually moved out, including several rare pigments and medicinal herbs.

I will never let others benefit for nothing.

......

August 15th, Mid-Autumn Festival.

A grand reunion banquet is being held in the palace.

Almost all the attention was focused on the palace, and some moon-viewing activities were arranged. Many noblewomen from outside the palace entered the palace, including the concubine of Prince An.

Xia Youmi and her brothers' plan to sneak away is about to begin!

Without even consulting Qi Zhuo, who had not yet returned, the Xia family acted on their own, preparing to challenge the emperor's bottom line.

Perhaps Lian Shaoyuan is simply finding it inconvenient to speak up?

But the plans couldn't keep up with the changes.

Jinzhugong Palace was the first to receive an uninvited guest—Lian Shaoyuan, who was depressed and drunk.

Eunuch Chang looked pale and was supporting the person who was about to barge in. Fortunately, there was no one guarding the gate of Jinzhu Palace today.

That's how I managed to avoid being rebuffed.

Left with no other choice, Xia Youmi had to step in and calm the drunkard down.

"Eunuch Chang, order someone to bring some hangover soup."

"Yes!" he said, ordering his apprentice to fetch it himself.

"Your Majesty, what's going on?"

"Your Majesty, this servant has no idea! His Majesty simply ate a crab and drank several cups of yellow wine at the banquet. Then he summoned this servant to come find you!" Eunuch Chang was completely dumbfounded. As His Majesty's personal attendant, he had never known anything about the affair between the Emperor and Consort Xian, and had never paid any attention to Consort Jinzhu.

"Oh, I understand." Xia Youmi said coldly.

This is the point where Lian Shaoyuan is now reaping the bitter fruits of his actions.

Because he was keen on balancing power and had a habit of instigating infighting among the concubines, he caused his most capable and well-rounded third prince to lose his right to the throne.

Currently, Ye Linghua has her eighth son, and Ye Ruilan has her ninth son.

One is skilled in literature, the other in martial arts; both are talents with only one particular area of ​​expertise.

He had no better candidate and understood that there was no new hope to be found.

Seeing the faces and fighting spirit of everyone at the banquet, it was as if he had returned to the past, to his struggle with Prince An.

What a vicious cycle! The pain spreads.

Then, we also got to eat crabs with a familiar flavor.

Huibinlou's business has grown bigger and bigger thanks to the investment from the Wang family. This year, they even served crabs at the palace banquet, and the chefs were specially trained by the restaurant.

He then recalled the time nineteen years ago when he was at the height of his power.

With the support of the Xia family, Prince An surrendered without a fight. He now understood the complex look on his father's face when he looked at him.

He suddenly thought of asking Xia Youmi if she could still help him and if there was a solution.

For so many years, he had kept her under control, yet he had no choice but to let her go.

He didn't want to be the only one holding this position, exhausting himself, while those who had helped him ascend the throne couldn't possibly enjoy their freedom.

Xia Youmi coldly stared at the male protagonist who was fast asleep on the couch. Eunuch Chang stood to the side, extremely nervous, frantically thinking about how to report to His Majesty the next day.

Lian Shaoyuan had just been muttering, "Who will the Xia family choose this time?"

Should I choose the eighth or the ninth?

As the effects of the alcohol kicked in, he asked again whether to choose Prince Jin or Prince An.

Xia Youmi replied sincerely, "Your Majesty should choose for yourself, not let your subject make the choice for you."

You name your choice, and that's who you get!

She maliciously revealed the male protagonist's own thoughts from ten years earlier than they were originally stated in the text.

I wonder what the consequences will be.

......

In the twentieth year of Chongze, on the winter solstice, the emperor died.

The throne was passed to Crown Prince Lian Qizhan, who was also the former Eighth Prince, and the country was renamed Cangjia. His birth mother, Ye Linghua, was honored as Empress Dowager, and Ye Ruilan followed the late emperor and was posthumously honored as Imperial Noble Consort, and was buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Previously, Ye Ruilan had registered her frail second prince, Lian Lezhan, under the name of Consort Xian, Xia Youmi.

He had reached the age of eighteen, been granted the title of prince, married, and established his own residence outside the palace. The new emperor, upon ascending the throne, brought Xia Youmi out of the palace—an unexpected turn of events.

Not long after that Mid-Autumn Festival.

Lian Shaoyuan examined the princes repeatedly, decided on the crown prince, and devoted all his efforts to cultivating him.

He listened to Xia Youmi's advice and didn't want to go through another round of farces.

He directly chose the Eighth Prince, who was most similar to him and had outstanding abilities, and at the same time, he decisively abandoned Ye Ruilan.

The third, ninth, and twelfth princes were all sent to the north, south, and west to learn how to lead troops and fight battles from the garrisoned generals. They were forbidden from entering the capital for life unless summoned.

Only the physically weak and married second prince escaped the calamity.

It also established a new faction for the new crown prince in the previous court.

The extreme treatment also led the female supporting character to take a desperate gamble.

Let Lian Shaoyuan fall into hell.

The series finale is coming soon.

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