Liu Qiaoer came over trembling to pay her respects, and her son hid behind her in fear.
"Xun'er is young and offended Concubine Shu. I hope Concubine Shu will not take it to heart." Liu Qiao'er lowered her head deeply. She was afraid of Lu Xuan.
In the previous life, Liu Qiaoer and Lu Xuan fought to the death. In the end, Liu Qiaoer was schemed against by Lu Xuan and lost the emperor's favor. Her child died and her family collapsed.
In this life, Liu Qiaoer has lived a very low-key life and dares not to show off anymore. Lu Xuan is still as glorious as she was in her previous life. All the other concubines in the palace are schemed against by Lu Xuan and gradually lose the emperor's favor. Even the queen, who was born into a noble family, could not defeat Lu Xuan.
What a scary woman.
Liu Qiaoer was trembling with fear, like a frightened bird. She didn't dare to look up at Lu Xuan, and cold sweat was already breaking out on her forehead.
Lu Xuan spoke slowly, her voice gentle: "It's okay, the Seventh Prince is still young, I won't bother with the child."
Liu Qiaoer held her son's hand and hurriedly bowed to Lu Xuan: "It's hot, I will return to the palace first."
She turned and left quickly.
"Why is she so afraid of me?" Lu Xuan was confused. She was not a scary monster, so why should Liu Qiaoer be so scared?
After entering the palace, Lu Xuan defeated many favored concubines one after another. Later on, she hardly took any action, and the newcomer who had enjoyed the glory for a few days gradually fell out of favor. The emperor is heartless and his favor is too short-lived.
But Lu Xuan did not attack Liu Qiaoer.
Xiaoqin was also puzzled and said, "Qiaopin seldom goes out. This servant also finds it strange."
Lu Xuan thought carefully about Qiaopin's family background.
Concubine Qiao Liu Qiaoer originally had an ordinary family background. In the past two years, the emperor has valued the Liu family and her father and brother have both been promoted. Although her family was wealthy, Liu Qiaoer still stayed in her palace all day long. Apart from paying her respects to the queen every day, she rarely went out.
Last year, the Queen exempted herself from the daily morning and evening visits, and Liu Qiaoer wished she could seal the gate of her own palace and never go out for the rest of her life.
"Master, do you want to send someone to keep an eye on Concubine Qiao?" Xiaoqin asked.
In this harem, everyone has a lot of thoughts on their mind, and Xiaoqin is worried that Concubine Qiao is pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger.
Lu Xuan raised her red lips and shook her head slowly: "Not for now. When the time is right in the future, I will deal with them one by one."
Concubine Qiao is really naive. She thinks that if she keeps a low profile and doesn't cause trouble, she won't be involved in the disputes in the harem?
In fact, as long as there are concubines with sons, no matter how low-key they are, Lu Xuan will find ways to eradicate them and pave the way for her son.
...
Liu Qiaoer was shocked as if she had seen a ghost and quickly took her son back to the Xiangyun Palace where she lived.
The Xiangyun Hall is located in a very remote area. The entrance to the hall is lifeless, with only a few palace servants busying themselves with their heads down.
"Mother." Young Li Chengxun raised his head, his face blank, "Will Concubine Shu really kill me?"
Liu Qiaoer's eyes were red as she stroked the child's tender face. "Shufei's methods were cruel. The death of the Queen's eldest son was closely related to her. Chengxun, when you go to study at the Imperial College, you must be very careful. Don't conflict with others, don't walk alone, and be careful about the food you eat."
As a prince, Li Chengxun had to go to the Imperial College and Anguo Temple to study with other princes, even if he was not favored by the emperor.
Liu Qiaoer was worried, always afraid that Lu Xuan would harm the child.
Lu Xuan is so scary that Liu Qiaoer doesn't dare to provoke her.
"Understood." Li Chengxun nodded obediently and kept his mother's words firmly in his heart.
Liu Qiaoer hugged the child tightly and sighed: "Even if your mother has to eat simple meals for the rest of her life, she will save your life..."
...
In the prosperous Jiangnan, in a simple official residence.
Shen Xiuming, who was already the magistrate of Jiangnan, received an imperial edict from the emperor. The imperial edict stated that the emperor ordered him to personally receive the Yue delegation, and after the reception, he would return to Beijing with the delegation.
"Return to Beijing?" Shen Xiuming put away the imperial edict and frowned.
The imperial edict asked him to return to Beijing. Was this to promote him to a higher position? Or continue to belittle him?
Shen Xiuming was angry.
Three years ago, Prince Yan ascended the throne. Shen Xiuming was very happy, thinking that his sister had finally gotten her happy ending after all the hardship she had endured. In the future, she would enter the palace as a concubine, and her life would definitely be better than in the palace.
But who would have thought that the emperor would actually send Shen Wei and her three children out of the palace! He even found a high-sounding excuse, saying that Shen Wei was arrogant because of her favor and coveted the throne of the imperial concubine.
This is simply nonsense. How could Shen Xiuming not understand his sister's personality?
My sister is gentle and dignified, with a mild temper. She has always been law-abiding and would not even step on a grasshopper to death. How could she possibly covet the position of imperial concubine?
One could easily guess that the emperor looked down on my sister's peasant origin and fabricated an excuse to drive her away.
"Forget it." Shen Xiuming clutched the imperial edict. This time when he went to Beijing to meet the emperor, he would definitely ask the emperor for permission again, asking him to bring his poor sister back to the palace.
Even if the emperor sent someone to beat him with a stick, for the sake of his sister, he Shen Xiuming was not afraid!
Shen Xiuming suppressed his dissatisfaction and arranged officials in an orderly manner to prepare for the reception of the Yue envoys.
It is said that the envoys from the Kingdom of Yue came to Beijing, in addition to signing a 100-year peace agreement with Daqing, and also intended to ask for a princess from the Kingdom of Qing to marry on behalf of the Emperor of Yue.
The marriage relationship between the two countries is more conducive to peace.
Three days later, General Shen Mieyue escorted the Yue envoys and arrived at the Jiangnan wharf on an official ship.
Shen Xiuming received him as ordered and waited by the river with the Jiangnan officials. In a few years, Shen Xiuming had grown into a handsome man. He was wearing a red official robe and standing in the cold breeze in the early morning, with the robe rustling in the wind.
After waiting for a full hour, two official ships appeared on the riverside.
On the deck of the ship, one can see more than a dozen soldiers in iron armor, with meticulous eyes, standing in neat rows, like sharp swords drawn from their sheaths.
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