Chapter 8 A Favored Concubine Will Appear Soon

Sure enough, just as the Seventh and Eighth Princesses had expected, after the Royal Concubine had heard the conversation between Xiaojiu and Tongtong in person, she was able to participate in the discussion.

The Seventh Princess, who had read countless storybooks, analyzed in a low voice based on her rich experience: "The original plot should be about the direction of the story that was originally set."

"Yes, yes, that's what I think," the Eighth Princess echoed excitedly, "From what Xiaojiu and Tongtong said, we should be characters living in a storybook."

The Imperial Concubine pointed at the two of them, then at herself, and said in disbelief: "All of us are living in a storybook, are we fake people?"

"You can say that." The Seventh Princess continued, "Tongtong, who was following Xiaojiu, could only hear his voice but could not see him. He knew the original plot of the storybook, but seemed to be constrained by something and did not fully understand it."

The Eighth Princess nodded: "Yes, it seems that when will Tong Tong be able to unlock some specific plots, and then he will tell Xiao Jiu, and we can hear them talking."

The two of them whispered to each other for a while, and the Imperial Concubine got a general idea of ​​what was going on. She then asked, "Then tell me quickly, what have you heard so far?"

The Eighth Princess said succinctly: "Sun Cairen will be pregnant in a year. I don't know who instructed her to fall and miscarry in my mother's palace. She used this to frame my mother. My father was furious and demoted my mother to a concubine. My mother was heartbroken and killed Sun Cairen. Later, she killed two favorite concubines. We don't know who they killed. Then my father gave my mother poisoned wine and she died."

"I don't know who is the person behind Sun Cairen yet. Mother, you need to be careful." The Eighth Princess warned with a worried look on her face.

The Royal Concubine, together with the Queen, fought her way through the siege of many concubines and survived to reach her current position. She had already gone through countless storms and waves. She was neither surprised nor angry when she heard this, but calmly said, "Okay, I understand. What else?"

The Seventh Princess continued, "Xiaojiu still has sixty-eight days left to live. No, it's sixty-seven days. I don't know why yet, and I can't ask her."

The Eighth Princess speculated: "According to what Tong Tong and Xiao Jiu talked about, all the things that happened were you hurting me and I hurting you. Could it be that Xiao Jiu was hurt by someone?"

"That's possible." The Seventh Princess guessed, "Or maybe he got sick? But I saw that Xiaojiu can eat and run, so it doesn't look like that."

"Okay, I know about this too." The Imperial Concubine interrupted the two people's speculation and said, "I'll have someone check it out, and then I'll call the imperial physician to check the pulses of the three of you. You two can just sit there and do what you want.

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It's okay. Just keep Xiaojiu with you and keep a close eye on him."

The two agreed, and the Eighth Princess said, "Mother, Seventh Sister can only..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The Seventh Princess quickly covered her mouth and winked at her. "I will be careful. Don't say anything more."

The Imperial Concubine frowned: "What's going on?"

The Eighth Princess gave the Seventh Princess a warning look and said, "You'd better not stay up late anymore, otherwise I will tell the Queen Mother and the Mother Consort, and I will not sell storybooks to you anymore."

"It's okay." The Seventh Princess let go of the Eighth Princess' mouth and changed the subject: "It was just yesterday, the two of us were lying on the doorstep of the Jade Palace and peeking..."

The Seventh Princess briefly recounted the story of how Noble Lady Yue and Noble Lady Fang turned against each other and fought each other, and the Eighth Princess added to her story in a vivid manner.

The Imperial Concubine laughed so hard that she covered her lips. "I was wondering why the two of them couldn't sit still as if there were nails on their buttocks when we were paying respects in the Empress' Palace yesterday. One touched my legs, and the other stroked my waist. It turns out that they beat me too hard. Next time something like this happens, remember to call me."

The seven and eight princesses were speechless. Mother, as a royal concubine, is this really okay? Besides, have you forgotten how you usually scold us?

Seeing the two people's resentful eyes, the imperial concubine also realized that she had lost her composure and cleared her throat: "I am doing this for the sake of the overall situation. Do you know who can hear what Xiaojiu and that bucket said?"

The Eighth Princess proudly answered, "I was the first to hear it, followed by Seventh Sister, then Lady Yue and Lady Fang, and then Mother. Today, it seems that Lady Sun also heard it."

The Seventh Princess added: "At present, the palace maids and eunuchs can't hear it."

The Imperial Concubine asked a crucial question: "What about Rupin? Can she hear it?"

The seventh and eighth princesses were stunned. Oh, that’s right, why did they ignore Rupin?

The two of them told each other everything about their visit to Miaoyunxuan to look for Xiaojiu over the past two days.

After listening to it, the Imperial Concubine pondered it carefully and came to the conclusion: "Rupin must not have heard it, otherwise, with her cautious and timid personality, she would never let you bring Xiaojiu out."

All three were confused.

So who are the people who can hear the conversation between Xiaojiu and Tongtong?

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Xiaojiu's childish voice again: [Everyone, why didn't the Royal Concubine make any noise when she was scolding people? ]

System: [As a royal concubine, you don’t necessarily have to yell at your children when you punish them. Maybe you are punishing them.]

Ji Jin asked hesitantly: [How about I go and take a look and help my two sisters out? Anyway, I am so young, if I break in, I will be considered ignorant at best.]

Fearing that the little girl would come in, the imperial concubine shouted, "Kneel before me, everyone."

The sudden roar scared Ji Jinyou so much that he trembled and dropped the osmanthus cake in his hand.

The little baby voice trembled: [All, I'd better not go. The Royal Concubine is so scary.] Don't punish her to kneel down with me later, after all, she also eavesdropped.

System: [Of course. Let me read you some comments about the Imperial Concubine in the books. They describe her as ruthless, treacherous, vicious, and a smiling tiger... Tsk tsk, listen to these words. They are all like this. How can she not be scary?]

The Royal Concubine's face darkened: "..."

The seventh and eighth princesses were gloating over the misfortune and covered their mouths with their hands while laughing. The Royal Concubine glared at them both.

Just as they were about to discuss further, they heard a maid from outside come in and report: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother invites you to the Fengyi Palace."

The Imperial Concubine lowered her voice and said to the Seventh and Eighth Princesses, "I will take Xiaojiu to the Queen first. After we leave, you two can go out."

"Do the whole thing. Don't alarm Xiaojiu before the matter is completely clarified."

The two nodded to show that they understood.

If Xiaojiu knew that everyone could hear her conversation with Tongtong, she would probably stop talking about it in front of others. That would be a huge loss and her life would lose a lot of fun.

When the Imperial Concubine walked outside, she saw Xiaojiu peeling melon seeds. His chubby little hands, which were as big as steamed buns, were not very useful, and he peeled them with great effort.

The Imperial Concubine smiled and walked forward, picked up the little girl and walked out, her good voice choked up again: "Little Nine, dear, your mother will take you to see the flowers of your mother."

Ji Jinyou wished that the Royal Concubine would hold her in her arms and walk around the harem to show how powerful she was backstage.

Then he tilted his head and leaned on the Royal Concubine's shoulder again, and in a sweet voice, he attacked again: "Huahua is pretty, but the Queen is prettier than Huahua."

"Oh my, our Xiaojiu is such a sweet talker." The imperial concubine was so delighted by the little girl's praise that she laughed out loud.

The palace maid saw that the Ninth Princess was chubby and was afraid that the Royal Concubine would be tired, so she offered to carry her. However, the Royal Concubine, who had just had her head filled with a love potion, was unwilling to do so and carried her all the way to Fengyi Palace.

Seeing the Royal Concubine coming with a child in her arms and a smile on her face, the Queen was a little surprised, but she also showed a friendly smile, "Hey, isn't this Xiaojiu?"

Ji Jinyou sighed. The master of the harem is different. She knows all the emperor's children clearly, while the imperial concubine can live more casually.

The Royal Consort put Xiaojiu on the ground and bowed to the Queen.

Ji Jinyou also performed the ceremony according to the rules, but due to his young age, he could not stand steadily and walked crookedly.

The queen asked the little girl to stand up, and the imperial concubine led the little girl to the flower stand under the window, "Xiaojiu, look at the flowers, and mother and queen will talk."

Ji Jinyou nodded and said yes.

The Imperial Concubine sat back next to the Empress. The Empress sent the palace maids away, glared at the Imperial Concubine, and complained in a low voice: "You were so anxious so early in the morning and ordered me to go to His Majesty. I thought you had something important to do, but you are here playing with the children."

"Hurry up and tell me, what are you trying to be mysterious about?"

The Royal Concubine had tried to explain the situation to the Empress, but just like the Seventh and Eighth Princesses yesterday, she was speechless.

He was too lazy to waste his energy at this moment, so he put his finger to his lips, signaling the queen to keep her voice down. Then he pointed to the little girl who was looking at the flowers with her hands behind her back by the window and whispered, "Listen."

Seeing the usually bright and generous Imperial Concubine acting so cunningly, the Empress frowned and said, "What are you listening to? What kind of nonsense are you telling?"

At this moment, a man's slightly excited voice suddenly sounded: [Youzi, among the maids in Fengyi Palace, there will soon be a favorite concubine. Who do you think it is? ]