The Imperial Palace of Compassion and Tranquility.
The graceful and elegant empress dowager reclined on a carved recliner.
"Your Majesty, I have already made arrangements for the vacant position of Empress. The Wei family once fought with Taizu to conquer the world. In fact, half of the world came from the Wei family. Now that the men of the Wei family are guarding the northern border, the position of Empress should go to the Wei family."
There are three thousand beauties in the harem, but there has never been a queen. This is because they have to wait for the eldest daughter of the Wei family to come of age.
Wei Ruyan, the eldest daughter of the Wei family, came of age last year. The empress dowager originally wanted to put the matter of her becoming queen on the agenda, but because Wei Ruyan kept claiming to be ill, it has been delayed until now.
Recently, when the matter of the selection was brought up, the Wei family said that Wei Ruyan had recovered and was ready to enter the palace. The empress dowager then planned to let Wei Ruyan directly enter the Kunning Palace in this selection.
Chu Zan usually did not show up in the harem while he was in the palace. He lived in the Qianqing Palace most of the time, and the harem was always managed by the empress dowager.
Before Yu Jinshu appeared, Chu Zan thought it didn't matter who became the queen, but now, he wants to give the position of queen to Yu Jinshu.
But after hearing what the empress dowager said, he knew that Yu Jinshu was indeed not qualified to be the queen.
It doesn't matter if she's not the queen, as long as they can stay together.
The Empress Dowager continued, "Yu Jinshu is the Emperor's savior and a meritorious official of the imperial family. I will skip all the formalities and directly confer her the title of Concubine An."
Chu Zan had no objection to this.
That day, Yu Jinshu walked all the way from the palace gate into the Tiyuan Hall, but did not see the grand talent show that he had seen on TV before.
There were only two beauties in the Tiyuan Palace, including her, and the other one was called Wei Ruyan.
Wei Ruyan is also an extremely beautiful girl, but she seems a little arrogant and always acts superior.
Without going through any selection procedures, Yu Jinshu and Wei Ruyan directly met the emperor and the empress dowager in the main hall.
When Chu Zan saw them come in, his eyes were fixed on Yu Jinshu's face, his expression full of joy.
The eunuch announced the decree.
Wei Ruyan was crowned as queen and moved into Kunning Palace. A ceremony to crown her queen will be held on a date to be chosen.
Yu Jinshu was given the title of Concubine An and lived in Qingzhuyuan.
When Wei Ruyan and Yu Jinshu left Tiyuan Hall, Chu Zan was about to go find Yu Jinshu, but was stopped by the Queen Mother.
The reason is that according to his status, the emperor should go to Kunning Palace first.
The Queen Mother was Chu Zan's biological mother, and Chu Zan always respected her.
But he really had no interest in Wei Ruyan, so he said to the Queen Mother: "I still have some memorials to review, so I will go back first."
Chu Zan planned to go to Qingzhuyuan in the evening.
Yu Jinshu was taken by the palace servants for a long distance before arriving at Qingzhuyuan.
Xiao Chao couldn't help but say, "This place is so remote! This yard seems very small and shabby too."
The imperial palace, but this Qingzhu Courtyard is only slightly better than the small, shabby courtyard in the marquis's mansion.
Yu Jinshu didn't care and just smiled and said, "What you see is bad, but what I see is good."
Xiao Chao looked around and muttered, "How can this be good?"
Yu Jinshu pointed at the lush green trees and said, "Look, those are fruit trees, with fruits hanging on them."
He pointed to another place and said, "There's a peach forest over there, and a lotus pond in front. There must be fish in there. I want to go fishing now."
Xiao Chao was filled with resentment and said, "I thought the Emperor would make you the Empress! But in the end, you are only a concubine."
Yu Jinshu smiled and said, "I have just entered the palace and have already been promoted to concubine. This is already very good."
"But why is Wei Ruyan the queen as soon as she comes in?"
"Perhaps this is the Queen Mother's arrangement! Regardless, as long as we have food and shelter here, that's all that matters."
As a book traveler, Yu Jinshu only wants to complete the task of giving birth to a child as soon as possible and doesn't care about her own status.
She just wanted to eat and drink for free in the palace and be a lazy and idle person.
The eunuch brought Yu Jinshu to the gate of Qingzhu Courtyard and bowed, saying, "Madam An, all the palaces and courtyards in the harem are full. Only Qingzhu Courtyard was vacant because Concubine Qi passed away a few days ago."
When Xiao Chao heard this, his hair stood on end and he lay down behind Yu Jinshu.
Yu Jinshu was very calm and watched the eunuch leave with a smile.
There were palace maids cleaning inside, and some old bedding and clothes were being moved out.
Xiao Chao ran to ask a palace maid, "How did the noble who lived here before die?"
The maid said, "The Queen Mother gave him poisoned wine and he died here."
Xiao Chao turned pale with fear and asked, "Then why was this noble man given poisoned wine by the Queen Mother?"
The maid said, "It's because they framed the Imperial Noble Consort."
Yu Jinshu frowned slightly. It seemed that life in the palace was not peaceful! It was just like what they saw on TV and in novels, very cruel.
No, reality is even more cruel than what is acted and written.
After all, someone had just died there, so Xiao Chao didn't dare to stay in Qingzhu Palace.
Yu Jinshu was not afraid, but she saw a small wooden house in the peach forest in the backyard, with a tea table and chairs inside, and a lotus pond in front of the house. She decided to take Xiao Chao to stay here temporarily today, so that Xiao Chao would not be unable to sleep in the side room.
At nightfall, Chu Zan arrived.
He had never cared about the affairs of the harem before, and didn't even know who was in the harem. On the way here, he heard Eunuch Xu say that a noble lady had just died in Qingzhuyuan, and he became angry.
"How can my Jinshu live in a courtyard where someone just died? Besides, this place is so remote, isn't it treating her poorly?"
Eunuch Xu said, "Your Majesty, there are no spare palaces or courtyards in the harem. We can only ask Concubine An to find another concubine to live with, or build another one."
Chu Zan said: "No need, I will take her to the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
"Ah!" Eunuch Xu looked surprised. "Your Majesty, do you want Concubine An to live in the Palace of Heavenly Purity permanently?"
"Of course." Chu Zan had just arrived at the gate of Qingzhu Courtyard when he heard the palace maid say that Yu Jinshu and her maid were living in a small wooden house in the peach forest.
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