After the emperor knew about this, he casually named the original owner's mother as Concubine Lin, and gave her a courtyard that was not much better than the cold palace, and then forgot about her again.

The emperor did not take Concubine Lin, who was born a palace maid, seriously, but the imperial concubine regarded her as a treacherous slave who was trying her best to get to the top. She was jealous by nature, and after this incident, she used all means to torture Concubine Lin.

If Concubine Lin had not been pregnant with the emperor's child and the empress dowager had not always valued the royal offspring, Concubine Lin would have died in that remote courtyard long ago.

Concubine Lin was submissive, and since she gave birth to a daughter, the imperial concubine no longer had the desire to torture her. Over time, Concubine Lin and her original owner became invisible people in the palace.

Because her mother was not favored, the original owner had never received any preferential treatment since she was born. But for her, the somewhat gloomy little courtyard in the palace held all the happy times she and her mother had.

Although the mother's share was small and the people in the palace were used to bullying them, the original owner still cherished the time with her mother.

Unfortunately, in recent years, there have been many frictions between Da Zhang and Damu on the border. Damu has become stronger in recent years, and Da Zhang has lost several battles in succession. Life in the palace has become increasingly difficult.

In recent years, the emperor has only known how to hold beauty selections. Faced with the fierce desert, he finally only thought of the way of marriage. He hoped to send a princess to the Khan of the desert as a concubine in exchange for a few years of peace.

Although there are many princesses in this dynasty, only a few are of the right age.

The fifth princess's mother was Concubine Cao. The Cao family held a military force of 100,000 troops on the border. Once Concubine Cao cried, the emperor naturally did not dare to attack her anymore.

The seventh princess's mother was the imperial concubine. The emperor loved this daughter the most and naturally was reluctant to marry her to the desert full of barbarians.

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After much deliberation, this mission of serving the country and the people finally fell on the original owner, the Sixth Princess.

The eunuch who came to announce the decree spoke highly of the event and also brought the original owner the title he had been waiting for for sixteen years - Pingkang.

Although the original owner and Concubine Lin were not aware of the affairs of the previous dynasty, they knew that this marriage would mean that they would never see each other again. However, they, mother and daughter, had nothing in this deep palace, so how could they disobey the emperor's order?

Even so, for the sake of the original owner's daughter, Concubine Lin still went to the imperial concubine to plead for mercy.

Of course, what she got in the end was a barrage of ridicule. Princess Pingkang still got on the sedan chair to marry far away as scheduled. Before leaving, she only asked the emperor for a favor, which was to make her mother's life in the palace easier, even in winter, and give her a few more baskets of charcoal to make her lonely and deserted little courtyard less cold.