Chapter 7: Which of the women in this palace doesn’t serve men with their beauty?

Meng Yan also expected Liang Chengbi's words.

According to the script, Meng Yan's love for Lu Hao was so deep that she became infatuated and extremely jealous. The slightest provocation would instantly send her into a rage, a rage that would completely lose all reason.

The book even uses other palace maids and eunuchs to secretly call her a vinegar jar and a vinegar bucket.

"Noble Concubine Meng is impulsive and impulsive, and ultimately cannot bear the heavy responsibility. She is so domineering that even the title of Noble Concubine is not worthy of her."

This is in the storybook. After she had an argument with Lin Yanrong, Lu Haozhi's comment on her was an extremely important turning point in her life.

Lu Haozhi lost all his feelings for her and was only left with disgust, and that was the beginning of it.

Meng Yan sneered in her heart. Did she have to give her beloved man away to someone else and let him go out with other women in order to be considered virtuous and generous?

What kind of bullshit is this!

Think about Lin Yanrong in the book. Since entering the palace, she has been using all means to occupy the emperor. She even found an excuse to send her maid to the Ministry of Punishment to do hard labor just because the emperor praised her maid.

The crappy book didn't say she was jealous and vicious, but instead praised her for being smart and decisive in her words, as she had dealt with her confidant and dowry early on, who might have betrayed her.

The author simply sat on Lin Yanrong's side and created her as a concubine just to highlight Lin Yanrong's importance in Lu Haozhi's heart.

It's a pity that she has woken up now. Whoever wants to be jealous can be jealous, but she won't eat it.

"Sister, you truly value me. The Emperor has personally instructed you to take care of all matters related to the selection. It's such a small matter, so just handle it yourself. Why ask me?"

Meng Yan smiled appropriately and spoke without a single mistake.

Liang Chengbi's heart was shocked again. Why did Meng Yan always act unpredictably today?

Based on her past understanding of Meng Yan, Lin Yanrong had already had an affair with the emperor before she entered the palace. She should be burning with jealousy and having nowhere to vent her anger. Why not use this as an excuse to send Lin Yanrong to a corner of the Forbidden City?

By then, the emperor would surely vent his anger on Meng Yan, and Meng Yan's position as the favorite concubine would be shaken.

Her plan was well-planned, but Meng Yan didn't get as furious as she expected.

Liang Chengbi's eyes rolled slightly, and she continued with a smile, "Sister, why are you being so modest? The Emperor loves you and is afraid that you will have to work hard, so he entrusted this matter to you. But you have always been capable, and everyone in the harem knows you. Even the Empress Dowager praised you for your decisiveness and fortitude. This Concubine Lin has already won the Emperor's favor. Although it may not be reasonable... we must consider the Emperor's wishes. If this palace is placed too high, there is no guarantee that the other concubines will feel resentful and cause trouble in the future. But if the arrangement is not good, the Emperor may be unhappy again. It really gives me a headache, so I came to ask your opinion."

She deliberately spoke bluntly to provoke Meng Yan's anger.

She couldn't believe that Meng Yan could remain indifferent even after saying so much.

As expected, Meng Yan lowered her eyes, twirled the pearl bracelet on her wrist, and replied calmly, "Sister, you're right. This matter could be serious or minor. If it's not handled properly, it will cause resentment in the six palaces. We, the queens in the main position, are all implicated. So, let's place this Lin Xiunu in Yongshou Palace."

These words almost made Liang Chengbi choke on the tea in his mouth.

Yongshou Palace?!

That is the palace closest to the Yangxin Palace. Meng Yan must understand the principle that those who are close to water get the moon first!

Is Concubine Meng's brain fried today?!

Meng Yan looked into Liang Chengbi's eyes and smiled slightly. "Sister, this Yongshou Palace is close to the Yangxin Palace, so it will surely please the Emperor. However, Yongshou Palace suffered a devastating fire during the late Emperor's time, and repairs were only completed last year. Although Miss Lin has a good location, I don't think anyone will complain."

Liang Chengbi looked dazed and couldn't speak.

Meng Yan saw it and was happy.

Liang Chengbi deliberately provoked her and lured her into the trap. How could she not see it?

According to the plot in the book, she was indeed furious and immediately sent Lin Yanrong to live in Ninghui Hall in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City. This move displeased the emperor and aroused Lin Yanrong's hostility towards her.

When Lin Yanrong was in dire straits, Liang Chengbi came to her aid, and the two naturally became good sisters. She, Meng Yan, the Imperial Concubine Meng, was the undisputed villain.

But in the previous life, Liang Chengbi did not come to stir up trouble, and I was the one who sent Lin Yanrong into exile first.

Thinking about her past life, Meng Yan couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Her IQ in that book was extremely unstable, sometimes high and sometimes low. When she was needed to be the villain and make things difficult for the heroine, she would be cunning and resourceful; when she was slapped in the face, her IQ would immediately disappear, she would be full of flaws, and would be teased like a fool.

She is the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yiyang, born into a wealthy family, and has been deeply influenced by poetry and books since childhood. How could she fall for such a low-level trick!

Liang Chengbi had finished playing her cards. Everything Meng Yan said was beyond her expectations, and she was immediately thrown into disarray.

But Meng Yan smiled and asked again, "Why, do you think there's something wrong with my suggestion? Could it be that you think... Lin Xiunu living in Yongshou Palace is too close to the Emperor?"

This remark put Liang Chengbi in a deadlock.

She didn't want these newcomers to gain power too quickly and threaten her as the Imperial Noble Consort, but for the sake of her reputation as a virtuous concubine, she couldn't do it herself. So she wanted to use Meng Yan to suppress the newcomers, and then come forward to act as a good person and sell favors, thus ruining Meng Yan's impression in the harem and in the emperor's heart. It was a plan that killed three birds with one stone.

Unexpectedly, Meng Yan did not suppress and exile Lin Yanrong as she expected, but let her live in the popular Yongshou Palace.

She was in a dilemma.

Meng Yan looked at her coldly. She didn't care whether Lin Yanrong was favored or not in this life. It was hard to say whether this virtuous imperial concubine cared or not.

She then passed this hot potato to Liang Chengbi.

Liang Chengbi looked utterly embarrassed, and after a long moment she managed a forced smile: "Sister, you've really thought it through. How could I disagree with you? I'm not feeling well, so I won't bother you any more. I'll take my leave now."

Watching Liang Chengbi leave in a hurry, Meng Yan's eyes were full of smiles.

After sending Liang Chengbi away, she returned to the inner room and told Ruizhu to fetch some water to wash off the goose egg powder on her face.

Ruizhu muttered as she served him, "Your Majesty, are you really going to let Miss Lin live in Yongshou Palace? That place is so nice, so many concubines are eyeing it."

Meng Yan washed her face, sat in front of the dressing table, and looked at her beautiful face in the mirror.

The mirror revealed a delicate oval face, with skin as white and smooth as a peeled egg, and lips as red and delicate, so beautiful that even without makeup she was still extremely charming.

Her appearance was so stunning that she could topple a country. According to the book, she was one of the most beautiful women in the Zhou Dynasty.

The heroine, Lin Yanrong, was just a pretty girl from a small family, far inferior to her, but she eventually won Lu Haozhi's heart and was mocked for using her beauty to please him.

Bah, which woman in the harem doesn't use her beauty to please men?

Lu Haozhi is really blind and stupid. He fell for Lin Yanrong's tricks and wasted his good looks by becoming her concubine.

The moonlight shines on the toilet.

Meng Yan applied the perfume and said nonchalantly, "What else? Since the emperor is so concerned about her, it doesn't matter where she lives. Why should I be the bad guy?"

Ruizhu was about to say something, but Meng Yan glanced at her and said calmly, "Give orders. After the newcomer enters the palace, everyone in the palace should behave themselves. If anything goes wrong, I will not protect them."

Liang Chengbi left Changchun Palace and went to the Yangxin Palace.

After meeting Emperor Lu Haozhi and completing the formalities, she couldn't wait to say, "Your Majesty, I suspect that the Imperial Concubine is not ill, but possessed by an evil spirit."