Chapter 29: Concubine Chen's Past

The man in plain clothes is none other than Guan Langshi, the eldest son of Marquis Guangqin, who is currently serving as a Langzhong in the Yushitai.

This matter happened when Concubine Chen was young.

Song Qingyan was born in the Dingguo Marquis Mansion, and her elder sister had already married the Emperor of Great Chu, who was still the Crown Prince at that time. Naturally, she had the best family background in the capital.

It’s just that Song Qingyan and Guangqin Marquis’s eldest son Guan Langshi have been childhood sweethearts since they were young, and everyone in the capital knows about it.

However, Marquis Guangqin no longer held any official position at that time, so he was not a good match for the Marquis Dingguo family.

But the Dingguo Marquis's family didn't care much about it, and the two families got along very well.

Song Qingyan had followed her father and brother to the battlefield since she was young. At that time, due to years of fighting, their marriage was delayed.

By the time she returned to Beijing, Song Qingyan was already twenty years old.

At that time, Guan Langshi was only 23 years old.

Although he was not young anymore, he still turned down many proposals from various families and waited for Song Qingyan to return to Beijing to get married.

But that year, Song Qingyan's sister Song Qingya died of illness.

Because the empress had passed away, the two families did not send gifts, thinking that after the empress's mourning period was over, the two of them could have a simple wedding.

However, unexpectedly, after the empress's mourning period was over, an imperial decree was issued to allow Song Qingyan to enter the palace as a concubine.

Song Qingyan had been childhood sweethearts with Guan Langshi, but she never expected it to be like this. She was used to the freedom in the military camp, so how could she stay within the square palace walls? She was ready to disobey the order.

Marquis Dingguo was also willing to enter the palace and compete with the emperor for his daughter's lifelong happiness.

They already have a daughter who has died in the deep palace, so they certainly don't want to send a second one in.

However, when Song Qingyan went to Guangqin Marquis's Mansion to look for Guan Langshi again, the Guangqin Marquis's family had locked the door and disappeared.

Song Qingyan sent countless letters to Guan Langshi, but all of them fell on deaf ears, and the two of them never met again.

Song Qingyan, who was heartbroken, stopped her father from entering the palace to plead for mercy and only said that she was willing to enter the palace as a concubine.

As for Guan Langshi, his parents felt that Marquis Guangqin had no real power and could not compete with the emperor. Even though their son caused great trouble, they just locked him up in the family ancestral hall.

By the time Guan Langshi was released, Song Qingyan had already become Concubine Chen.

From then on, the two of them were separated into king and subject, and there was no possibility for them to be together anymore.

Guan Langshi had indulged himself for many days, but in the end he could not get rid of his worries.

As he grew older, he had to obey the arrangement of his family and married Duan Yunyi, a girl from the Duan family, the governor of Yunzhou. However, the two of them treated each other with respect and had no feelings for each other.

Ever since Song Qingyan entered the palace, she has been depressed in her own Qingyun Palace all day long.

However, after giving birth to Wanwan, the child brought her endless joy, and it was not until Wanwan's reminder that she decided to cheer up.

In the past, she was unable to live for herself, but only married into the palace for the sake of her family.

But her parents don't want to see her like this. Now, for Wanwan, she has to carve out a place for herself.

Guan Langshi had kept his eyes on Concubine Chen since he came to the polo club. Now that he saw her injured, he was even more worried. However, after being reminded by Duan, he realized the situation he was in and returned to the table in disappointment.

Now that she is a noble concubine, she has people serving her.

Judging from His Majesty's appearance, he loves her very much.

Although Duan was from Yunzhou, she knew about Song Qingyan and their story very quickly. She thought to herself that it was no wonder her husband treated her so coldly, because he was still thinking about Concubine Chen.

Although he didn't say it, he hated Song Qingyan in his heart.

But in order to comfort her husband, she said, "Husband, please be at ease. I will go and take a look for you."

Without waiting for Guan Langshi's response, she took her maid to the audience stand where Concubine Chen was.

Now the Emperor of Great Chu has dismissed all the messy people and only kept a few personal servants. Jin Xin is applying medicine to Concubine Chen.

But then I heard a message from below: Lady Duan from the family of Doctor Yu came to visit Concubine Chen Guifei.

Although Concubine Chen was surprised, she did not know any Doctor Yushi and had never met any Duan, but she still politely invited the person in.

Mrs. Duan greeted the Emperor of Great Chu and Consort Chen Guifei, and then she said, "My husband is Guan Langshi, the doctor of the imperial court. My family is from Yunzhou. Thinking of your majesty's injury, I came here to present you with the golden medicine."

When Concubine Chen Guifei first heard Guan Langshi's name, she was stunned for a moment. Even though she later learned that what happened was just a misunderstanding, there is no turning back in life.

From then on, she rarely inquired about what was happening in the Guangqin Marquis's Mansion.

Little did he know that Guan Langshi had now risen to the rank of Doctor of the Imperial Secretariat.

But after just a moment, she came back to her senses and replied with a smile: "Yunzhou's golden medicine is the best in the world. Thank you very much, Madam Guan."

Then he looked at Jinxin who was applying medicine on him and said, "Jinxin, take it."

But Duan did not leave.

Then he looked at Duan again and said, "Madam Guan, please take a seat."

Duan Shi did not respond, but only smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will not sit down. My husband is still worried about your injury. I will go back and tell my husband so that he can rest assured."

Just this one sentence caused a huge uproar in people's hearts.

Without waiting for others to react, Lu Xingwan started cursing.

[I said this woman is up to no good, she's a bad person! ]

[She clearly knew about the relationship between my mother and Guan Langshi when she was young, but she deliberately mentioned it in front of my father, deliberately making my father misunderstand my mother.]

[Guan Langshi is not a good person either. He married a wife but still misses his first love! If you don't like her, don't marry her. What's the point of marrying her and then leaving her alone? 】

[Now let his wife bring the matter to my father. If my father is petty-minded, wouldn’t he have misunderstood my mother?]

[Scold her, scold her, mother scolds her. ]

Concubine Chen Guifei listened to Lu Xingwan's baby voice and suppressed her laughter. "Thank you for your concern, Master Guan. I will remember our friendship since we were young. If you have time, please come and have a gathering."

After saying this, she looked at the Great Chu Emperor and said, "Master Guan is the eldest son of the Guangqin Marquis's Mansion. When I was still at home, the Dingguo Marquis's Mansion and the Guangqin Marquis's Mansion had some dealings, so I am also familiar with Master Guan."

Concubine Chen Guifei spoke so frankly that people had no doubts.

The Emperor of Great Chu had heard the gossip of these two people before, but later he saw that Concubine Chen was doing her duty and stopped thinking about it.

He was angry when he heard what Madam Guan said just now, but he didn't expect Wanwan to call him "small-minded". Seeing Concubine Chen's frank expression, he laughed out loud: "The doctor Guan Langshi is actually the legitimate son of the Guangqin Marquis's mansion. He is a good man. I didn't expect you to know him well."

After saying that, he looked at Concubine Chen Guifei, took her hand and laughed.

Duan Yunyi couldn't help but be stunned. The maid beside her found out that Song Qingyan and Guan Langshi should be deeply in love.

But I didn't expect Concubine Chen to be so frank.

She couldn't help but stutter: "I will tell my husband, thank you for your concern."

After saying this, he left with his maid.