After hearing Jiang Ruwei's words, Su Bei sighed heavily, then turned to Yun Xi and asked, "I heard that the concubine should treat the previous princess as a concubine, is that right?"

Yun Xi nodded: "Princess, yes."

Su Bei turned to Jiang Ruwei again and asked curiously, "How is this concubine ceremony performed? I have never seen it before. Can you tell me about it?"

Jiang Ruwei's face changed drastically when she heard this. She was known as the most talented woman in the capital, and many people came to her house to propose marriage, but she rejected several families before, and no one came to her house anymore. In addition, the current situation seemed to show that Chu Youheng was the most promising, so she married him and became a concubine.

Su Bei continued, "I heard that if someone dies, the wife is in the main tomb, and the concubines are like concubines, all next to it. You said that you will be a concubine when you are alive, and you will still be a concubine when you die. When will you be able to get ahead?"

Jiang Ruwei was even more angry. She had been married for less than a month, and Chu Youheng had only slept with her twice, both times at her residence. Once she went to Chu Youheng's residence and was scolded.

Later, she spent money to find out from the servants that Chu Youheng had never forgotten his late wife. His residence was decorated according to his late wife's preferences before her death. It had never changed in the past few years, and no woman was allowed to enter. Even when Chu Youheng summoned concubines, they were in the side rooms and he never let them enter the main room.

She gritted her teeth and said, "After all, Prince Rui is handsome. You are so pitiful. You have to stay with a man with a disfigured face every day. I'm afraid you must have nightmares every night!"

Having said this, Su Bei turned around and ignored her, and seemed to sigh quietly.

Jiang Ruwei was secretly proud of herself, thinking that she had won over Su Bei in one aspect after all.

While they were chatting, Chu Youheng came over and sat down next to Jiang Ruwei. Jiang Ruwei hurriedly placed chopsticks and poured wine for him, and asked in a flattering manner: "Are you cold, Your Majesty? Have a cup of hot wine to warm yourself up."

Chu Youheng said calmly, "Thank you."

The two of them were polite and distant, not like a newlywed couple at all.

After a while, Chu Younan, wearing a veil, also came in. He walked to Su Bei's side and sat down, spreading his hands and said, "Look, you just said you wanted to eat something sour, and I asked them to look for a long time before they found these."

In his hand he held a handful of prunes.

Su Bei picked up one and put it in his mouth, but he immediately grimaced, "So sour! Too sour!"

"Then don't eat it." Chu Younan said as he took the handkerchief and continued to do so, being extremely gentle.

The seating arrangement at the palace banquet was divided by age and gender. Chu Youheng was the second oldest and sat to the right of Chu Younan. Men sat on the left and women sat on the right. Jiang Ruwei sat to his right, and it happened that she was only separated from Chu Younan by an aisle.

Jiang Ruwei saw the entire interaction between the two. She then looked at Chu Youheng who was sitting upright, and thought about how they rarely saw each other on a daily basis. She suddenly felt more sour than a dried plum in her heart.

If we ignore the future and only talk about the present, Chu Younan is undoubtedly much better than Chu Youheng.

The music starts and the dancer appears on stage.

Jiang Ruwei heard the entire conversation between Chu Younan and Su Bei.

"Look at the one in red, she has a great figure, so soft!"

"Um."

"My Lord, how about I ask my father for her and have her as your concubine?"

"Hmm? Say it again?"

"I said I asked my father to give her to you as a concubine."

"Previous sentence."

"That girl has a nice figure, so soft..."

"Not even half as good as you!"

Jiang Ruwei was not only sour, but also numb. Chu Youheng didn't have a wife, but that didn't mean she had been empty all this time. The mansion was full of concubines and wives, and there were also several concubines.

On their wedding night, Jiang Ruwei knew that he was in good physical condition.

She was tortured to the point where her bones were almost broken and she was in great pain. She was asked to do it again, but she couldn't do it. As a result, Chu Youheng got up immediately and had sex with her maid in her courtyard room...

Comparing yourself to others is really frustrating!

Halfway through the banquet, Chu Youheng said that he felt a little drunk and wanted to go out for a walk.

He always felt aggrieved at such palace banquets. In the past, he was suppressed by Chu Youchen and Chu Younan, and he was like an invisible man. Now, one of them was imprisoned and the other was disfigured, but Chu Yan's eyes were still on Chu Younan or Chu Youyang.

"well……"

A sigh was heard from not far away.

Chu Youheng looked over and saw a figure in luxurious clothes standing by the lake, looking desolate and lonely.

He has always been cautious, so he turned around and was about to leave, but he heard the person behind him say, "Is it Prince Rui? Are you out to relax too?"

Chu Youheng turned around and gave a half-bow, and Concubine Yao returned the bow.

Then he asked, "Why is Concubine Yao here too?"

Imperial Concubine Yao turned to the lake again and sighed, "Alas! The New Year is still lively, but things and people have changed..."

"Third brother, he will get better." Chu Youheng spoke sincerely with a kind smile.

"I hope so..." Concubine Yao sighed softly.

The two were chatting idly when they heard two palace maids walking on the path not far away, laughing and talking.

"Have you heard? Our queen might be crowned queen!"

"How is that possible? Isn't there still Concubine Yao?"

"Hey! The only available prince now is our Prince Jin. If we want Prince Jin to ascend the throne as the legitimate son, we must naturally make our queen the queen!"

"Is it possible that Prince Su's injury cannot be cured?"

"How badly injured is he? You know he's lost a layer of skin. I'm afraid he won't recover..."

The sound faded away.

Chu Youheng's face tensed, "These servants really dare to say anything. The Imperial Concubine should be severely punished."

Imperial Concubine Yao sighed again, "If I can shut up the two of them, can I shut up everyone in the palace? Can I shut up His Majesty? In the final analysis, it's my bad luck..."

Chu Youheng's eyes darkened and he slowly exhaled, "Yeah, it's a bad fate..."

Imperial Concubine Yao turned around and looked at him sadly. "You are a pitiful child. I heard that you didn't have a good life in the palace in the past few years. You finally left the palace to build a mansion and married the person you loved, but she passed away early..."

Chu Youheng drooped his eyelids slightly, hiding a sharp light, "It's all over..."

"In fact, I always feel that you are the most humble and down-to-earth among the children..."

When Imperial Concubine Yao said this, Chu Youheng had a flash of inspiration in his mind. But he had been used to hiding his emotions for many years, so he just said calmly: "Compared to my brothers, I am still not as good as them."

"Your Highness Prince Rui!" Imperial Concubine Yao suddenly became serious. "You are the same prince as them, just from a different background. But you are also very outstanding, don't you realize it?!"

For so many years, the only people who praised Chu Youheng were probably the concubines in his house, and they only praised him in bed. When he was suddenly praised, he raised his head and was stunned for a long time...