"Hanyuan" is an unpopular place, but at least there are still living people in "Rongyang Palace".
As Lady Xu thought of this, she felt the wet sleeves clinging to her arms, making her feel even colder. She knew Hanyuan because her palace was very close to it, and she seemed to have heard the sound of women crying there at night.
The Cold Garden was the worst place in the palace for human habitation. It was overgrown with weeds and, rumor has it, even snakes. Even more terrifying, several masters who had lived there had committed suicide by hanging. Even palace maids and eunuchs would avoid it on weekdays, and even in broad daylight, the chill was unbearable.
Therefore, Concubine Xu had to find a way out for herself. When the imperial concubine's nanny came to her, she had no reason and no courage to refuse. She wanted to rely on the queen, but she had to be allowed to do so.
Looking at the group of beautiful ladies who entered the palace with her, the one with the highest rank now is Concubine Xiu. Although she has no children, the emperor likes her. Every now and then, even if she doesn't sleep with the emperor, he will summon her to Chengtian Hall to read to the emperor for half an hour.
The Empress was also very affectionate to her. Even the domineering Imperial Concubine Xiang never bothered her, not to mention the seemingly otherworldly Imperial Concubine Lian, who would hold her hand and talk to her for half a day.
When Concubine Xu thought of this, she walked faster. She had no choice. She knew that Concubine Xiang wanted her to be a pawn, so she could only do this. She even had to say thank you to Concubine Xiang.
But today, she hadn't expected to lose in the first round. Princess Rui was even worse than the legends said. She hadn't been able to attend the previous two grand events, but this morning, Princess Duan pulled her aside and taught her how to do it. Since she relied on Concubine Xiang, as her daughter-in-law, she naturally had to obey Princess Duan's orders.
However, the mission was not successful, and I didn't know if the Imperial Concubine would blame me when she returned. On second thought, it wasn't my fault, wasn't Princess Duan also speechless when she faced Princess Rui?
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Princess Duan watched Concubine Xiang and Concubine Xian walk into the hall one after another, and straightened up reflexively. She had not discussed with Concubine Xiang before attacking Meng Qi today. It was all her own idea.
The reason was simple: that evening, Prince Duan returned to the inner chambers. He would never return to the inner chambers, and even if he did, he would go directly to his beautiful concubines. Princess Duan happily welcomed Prince Duan back, serving him tea and water, and asking about his well-being.
At first, it was nothing. It was just that Prince Duan seemed unhappy and had a gloomy face. But Princess Duan was already used to it. Her own prince's face never looked good when he was with her.
Because it was really late, she was ready for bed, and the prince's arrival was so sudden that she hadn't even changed her clothes, let alone put on makeup. Prince Duan looked at her plain face, which looked even more sallow in the candlelight, and her ordinary eyebrows and eyes were even more unremarkable.
Prince Duan Wuming was furious, thinking back to the time he saw Meng Qi when he returned from Prince Rui's mansion. She was truly a beautiful woman, also wearing a casual robe, with her hair loose and no makeup, but even with her angry eyes, she was still so charming.
Especially with the sword in hand and the smell of alcohol on her body, she actually gave people a unique and charming feeling. Even the Prince Duan who had gone to investigate was stunned by her for a long time.
Then he looked down at the one he had married. It was also his second wife. Why had his father chosen her for him? There was nothing about her that was worth mentioning. The more Prince Duan looked at the princess, the more he disliked her. He even thought that if he could marry someone as beautiful as Meng Qi, what would a bad reputation mean?
He was thinking like this and it showed on his face. The more he frowned, the more careful Princess Duan became. She really didn't know what was wrong with Prince Duan and was afraid of bringing bad luck to him.
Whatever he did was wrong, and he dared not say a word, until he accidentally stepped on the corner of Prince Duan's robe, causing him to stumble.
Prince Duan turned around and slapped Princess Duan in the face, "You idiot, don't you have eyes? What's in your head? You can't compare with others, at least you should be better than that Meng, right? She was more imposing than you when she went to the sixth brother's study to catch him cheating. Look at you, you have nothing to show for it, it's a bummer." After that, he left in a huff.
Princess Duan did not sleep well that night, and her two pillowcases were wet with tears. She finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news that Meng Qi had failed to catch the adulterer and instead caused Prince Rui to empty the bridal chamber less than a month after the wedding.
But she couldn't swallow this anger. It would be fine for others, but her husband actually thought that it was a bad reputation. Meng, who got on the carriage with other men, was better than her. This was something Princess Duan could not tolerate. She had to get back at him and vent her anger.
So, what just happened happened.
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