With all kinds of thoughts flashing through her mind, Concubine Wan decided to go to Tingyuxuan to find out the truth.

The imperial concubine's trip was naturally quite grand. Concubine Wan leaned against the armrest of the sedan chair, listening to the concubines and palace maids passing by bowing to her, and her frown gradually relaxed.

What was a little beauty? Even if His Majesty was just a temporary novelty and doted on her, so what? With the support of the Wan family, in this harem where the Queen Mother was indifferent to worldly affairs, she was the most important one.

In fact, all of this was completely overthinking by Concubine Wan. Regardless of the fact that the empress dowager was still alive and the position of empress Helian Jue was vacant, she, as a concubine, had no right to interfere in the emperor's appointment of concubines. Even if she was the queen, she had no right to stop Helian Jue.

What's more, Helian Jue had no intention of guarding against her, otherwise how could Bao Lian know everything after just one inquiry.

It’s just that Qin Yanning’s mother’s family is of low status, and he doesn’t want to make a big fuss and make enemies for her.

When Concubine Wan arrived at Tingyuxuan, Qin Yanning was playing Gobang with Songxue using Go pieces.

There's nothing she can do, she's just too bored.

A Lian had already told her that she could stay in this world for a long time as long as she wanted. She had just entered the palace and did not want to rush to seek revenge on Concubine Wan.

Qin Yanning knew the principle of keeping a low profile. Helian Jue loved her simplicity, innocence and ignorance of the world, and she didn't want to destroy her image in Helian Jue's mind.

Now she just needs to be a favored concubine and wait for Concubine Wan to cause trouble.

But Qin Yanning hadn't expected Concubine Wan to arrive so soon. As expected, in the harem, palace fighting was the inevitable fate of the concubines.

Concubine Wan was amazed when she saw Qin Yanning playing chess on the couch.

No wonder the palace people said that His Majesty doted on her. She was so stunningly beautiful that even the most beautiful Concubine Li in the harem could hardly compare to her.

When she saw that the chess piece in Qin Yanning's hand was lustrous in color and made of the finest Hetian warm jade, Concubine Wan was so angry that she fell backwards.

Your Majesty treats this beauty very well.

Qin Yanning had seen Concubine Wan in the original owner's memory. She reacted, stood up from the couch and saluted Concubine Wan.

Before Qin Yanning could bow, Bao Lian slapped him.

Songyue reacted quickly and stepped forward to block it.

The slap landed loudly on Songyue's left cheek, and five finger marks suddenly appeared on Songyue's face.

Songxue was young and couldn't hold her temper. She asked angrily, "Why do you hit me right away?"

Bao Lian was so domineering, naturally, it was at the behest of Concubine Wan. She replied arrogantly: "Concubine Ning did not show courtesy to Concubine, and this servant is teaching her a lesson on behalf of Concubine."

"How dare a mere palace maid like you interfere with the Imperial Concubine's opinion?"

Songxue was so blocked that she didn't dare to say anything. Songyue tugged at her sleeve to signal her not to speak anymore.

After all, Concubine Wan's status is much higher than theirs, and she has always been powerful in the harem. They cannot let the beauty get into trouble.

Qin Yanning bowed slightly and saluted Concubine Wan. Concubine Wan waved her hand and said contemptuously, "Get up. I just want to see what kind of stunning beauty Your Majesty has got."

"After seeing it today, it is indeed well-deserved of its reputation. However, it is from the common people after all, so the rules are quite different."

Qin Yanning naturally heard the sarcasm in Concubine Wan's words, but she didn't take it to heart.

When he stood up, Qin Yanning pretended to be unsteady, took the opportunity to hold Concubine Wan's hand, and put the little bad luck on the back of her hand.

The methods of using the props in the reproductive system are different. Unlike the simple and easy operation of Dreamweaver, Xiao Bad Luck is a small transparent sticker that needs to be personally attached by the host to the object of use to take effect.

Once activated, the sticker becomes one with the object it is used on.

Concubine Wan only felt a tingling sensation on the back of her hand as if pricked by a needle, but when she looked again, her hands were still white and flawless.

Qin Yanning watched as the sticker turned into a gray spot next to Concubine Wan's hand, and this gray spot spread quickly like water ripples, covering Concubine Wan's entire hand.

However, Qin Yanning saw that Concubine Wan's expression was normal and none of the palace maids spoke, so she guessed that outsiders could not see the existence of the system props.

Concubine Wan thought the stinging sensation was just an illusion. She shook Qin Yanning's hand away in disdain, as if she had been touched by something dirty.

"Who dares to touch me?"

Hearing this, Qin Yanning quickly stepped back and knelt. She had already decided to maintain her innocent image to the end. For a powerless woman who had just entered the palace and offended the imperial concubine, it was a common reaction to be frightened and kneel down to apologize.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't mean to do that."

When Songyue and Songxue saw their beautiful lady kneeling, they quickly knelt down as well.

Seeing Qin Yanning was so timid and cowardly, Concubine Wan couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

Your Majesty dislikes such petty women the most. She is overly sensitive to such a small beauty as her rival.

Concubine Wan was in a good mood. She sat on Qin Yanning's couch and fiddled with the chess pieces.

After a long while, she slowly said, "Since you know you are wrong, then kneel down."

Kneeling as punishment was the most common method used by Concubine Wan to deal with the concubines in the harem. Even if a person was in good health, his legs would eventually become damaged if he had to kneel for several hours every day.

The reason why she dared to treat Qin Yanning like this was because she understood Helian Jue.

After court every day, Helian Jue would go to the Yangxin Palace to review memorials. No matter how much he doted on Qin Yanning, it was impossible for him to abandon state affairs and go to Tingyuxuan to see this beautiful lady right after court.

Unfortunately, Concubine Wan didn't know that Helian Jue had just agreed to Qin Yanning in the morning, and after the court session, he took her to the secret prison to see Wan Bao.

The imperial concubine ordered Qin Yanning to kneel down as punishment. Although he did not refute it on the surface, he was silently calculating in his heart when Helian Jue would be able to leave the court and when he would be able to reach Tingyu Pavilion.

She was willing to accept the punishment here obediently. To put it bluntly, it was a game. She was betting that Helian Jue was so interested in her that he would not allow Concubine Wan to bully her.

This play cannot be performed without Helian Jue, the audience.

However, both Qin Yanning and Concubine Wan missed one person - the emperor's eunuch, Prince Wang.

As for Eunuch Wang, as soon as he heard the news that Concubine Wan had gone to Tingyuxuan, he hurried to the main hall to report to Helian Jue.

When Eunuch Wang arrived, the court had already been dismissed in the hall, and only Helian Jue was left sitting on the dragon throne discussing matters with the censor.

Seeing Eunuch Wang coming, Helian Jue knew that he must have something to report, so he waved his hand to signal the censor to leave.

"Why are you so nervous? You are so old but still not calm." Helian Jue joked.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Wan has gone to Tingyuxuan." Eunuch Wang took a deep breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied.

"What is she doing at Tingyuxuan? Hurry up and get ready."

Now it was Helian Jue's turn to be anxious. He suddenly stood up from the dragon throne.

Eunuch Wang sighed as he watched Helian Jue hurriedly walk out of the hall. Who on earth is so old but still so calm?