She wanted to go to her mother to discuss marriage matters, but she heard a heated argument outside the main house.

"This Su Yunluan is such a ruthless person!" Madam Su's shrill voice penetrated the door. "We've raised her for nothing! I told her to talk to the Empress Dowager about arranging an official position for Yuan Ming, and she's acting so arrogantly!"

Su Yunfu suddenly stopped and pinched the bamboo ribs of the lantern with her fingertips. Her mother was right. Her elder sister was really disloyal.

"Every time she sees me, she's so arrogant! Do you really think you're the empress dowager's biological daughter?" Madam Su continued to scold, "I wish I could strangle her to death!"

The Empress Dowager's biological daughter? Su Yunfu's pupils suddenly shrank, and she quickly moved closer to the crack in the door.

Lord Su said angrily, "What's the point of complaining? When I replaced her, I didn't know she would be like this."

"I've always known you were ambitious!" Madam Su spat. "Forget it. Fortunately, we have this relationship. The Queen Mother always remembers our love..."

"Shut up!" Lord Su suddenly lowered his voice. "This matter can only rot in my stomach."

The candlelight went out with a puff, and Su Yunfu covered her pounding heart in the darkness.

She staggered back two steps, and her embroidered shoes made a slight "crackling" sound when they stepped on the dead branches.

"Who?!" Lord Su's stern shout came from inside the house.

Su Yunfu turned and ran, her skirt sweeping across the wet stone steps.

Only after she returned to her boudoir and locked the door did she dare to breathe deeply.

The bronze mirror reflected her frightened face, and...the corners of her mouth gradually turned up.

"Sister, sister," she stroked the gilded invitation on the dressing table, "you are really... my good sister."

The next day.

In the Kun Palace.

Concubine Jia was trying on her newly acquired ruby ​​hairpin in front of the mirror when a palace maid hurried in to report, "Your Majesty, Miss Su II has presented a sign requesting an audience."

"What is she doing here?" Concubine Jia frowned, but still waved her hand, "Let her in."

Su Yunfu was wearing a goose yellow skirt and bowed with a smile: "Greetings to my elder sister."

"If you have something to say, just say it." Concubine Jia fiddled with the golden armor lazily.

Su Yunfu took a step closer and asked, "Sister, do you know why the Queen Mother is so kind to you?"

"Of course I am the best in everything." Concubine Jia stroked her temples proudly, "I am both talented and beautiful, Queen Mother..."

"Pfft——" Su Yunfu suddenly laughed out loud.

Concubine Jia slammed the table and said, "What do you mean?"

"Don't worry, sister." Su Yunfu lowered her voice, "I'll tell you a big secret..."

She looked around and said, "The Queen Mother treats you well because you are her biological daughter."

Concubine Jia was stunned at first, and then her eyes flashed with ecstasy - no wonder the Queen Mother treated her so specially!

Those excessive rewards, those blatant favoritism...

"But..." Su Yunfu suddenly changed the subject, "You are not real."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Concubine Jia suddenly grabbed her collar, leaving a red mark on her golden armor.

Su Yunfu said calmly, "I heard it from my parents last night."

She gently stroked Concubine Jia's tense cheek, "Sister and the Queen Mother... don't look alike at all. If you talk about resemblance, it's not as good as my niece."

The bronze mirror fell to the ground with a bang.

Concubine Jia stumbled back, her armor falling to the ground with a ding.

"Back then, the wet nurse lost the real princess," Su Yunfu bent down to pick up the armor, "and her mother just found an abandoned baby to take the blame..."

Concubine Jia was trembling all over, and her carefully drawn eyebrows and eyes were twisted into a ball.

"But don't worry, sister." Su Yunfu stuffed the armor back into her palm, "As long as you do me two things, this secret..." She made a gesture to seal her lips.

"...What do you want?" Jia Fei's voice was hoarse.

"Ten thousand taels of silver." Su Yunfu held up two fingers. "And then ask the Empress Dowager to arrange an official position for Yuanming."

"Where can I get ten thousand taels?!" Jia Fei screamed, "Two thousand taels at most!"

"Then give me two thousand taels as a dowry first." Su Yunfu smiled beautifully, "As for Yuanming's official position...sister, you must hurry up, after all..." She glanced meaningfully in the direction of Cining Palace.

Concubine Jia gripped the edge of the table tightly until her knuckles turned white: "...I'll do my best."

Late at night, Concubine Jia curled up in a corner of the Kun Palace.

The gorgeous palace dress dragged on the wet floor tiles, and the peony embroidered with gold thread was mottled by tears.

";Why...why am I fake...";

The moonlight illuminated her pale face.

The past flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern - the candied fruits fed by the Empress Dowager herself, the Dongzhu that exceeded the limit of the reward, the jealous eyes of the concubines...

Because everyone knew that the Queen Mother liked her, no one dared to mess with her, and she was arrogant and domineering everywhere.

I dare not imagine what would happen if the Queen Mother knew that she was a fake daughter and she lost her protection, power and wealth.

The next day, Cining Palace.

Concubine Jia said cautiously, "Aunt, Yunfu and Yuanming are getting married soon. Can you arrange an official position for Yuanming, even a seventh-rank official, to save the Su family's reputation?"

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