After finishing the last set of cool-down exercises, the two finally stopped and sat on a bench nearby to adjust their breathing.
Ye Jinyun looked up and glanced around, and saw Yu Wan'er standing stupidly at the door of her palace, staring at the air in front of her with a confused look on her face.
I couldn't help but chuckle, "Wan'er, why are you standing there like an idiot?"
Yu Wan'er came to her senses when she heard someone calling her. She shook her head and walked towards the two people in the yard with curiosity on her face.
"Sister Ye, what were you doing with Sister Lin Cairen just now? Wan'er couldn't understand."
"We are doing radio gymnastics. How about joining us?" Ye Jinyun winked at her.
"Radio gymnastics? What is that? Wan'er has never heard of it. Is it a kind of kung fu?" Yu Wan'er asked puzzledly.
"Well, I guess so. Anyway, doing this can exercise the body," Ye Jinyun thought for a while and replied.
He looked at Lin Qingtang who was standing silently by the side, and guessed that she probably didn't like to interact with people she didn't know.
He took the initiative to say that he was sweating and needed to go back to wash up. He also reminded Lin Qingtang to change into clean clothes as soon as possible to avoid catching a cold.
Then he stood up and said goodbye to the two of them, and led Qing'er back to his own palace. Seeing that Ye Jinyun had returned to his room and no one was talking to her, Yu Wan'er also bowed to Lin Qingtang and returned to her room.
Looking at Ye Jinyun's leaving figure, Lin Qingtang's eyes were filled with thought.
After returning to the inner hall, Ye Jinyun washed herself and changed into clean clothes. She felt refreshed. She touched her hungry stomach and saw that Yin Zhu had already prepared breakfast, so she went forward and sat down to eat.
While eating breakfast, Yin Zhu reported the news he had heard. After serving the emperor last night, Concubine Chu was promoted from Concubine Jieyu to Zhaoyi.
Ye Jinyun nodded to indicate that she understood, and continued to eat her breakfast. She didn't care at all who the emperor would favor. She asked Yin Zhu to keep an eye on the news so that she could survive better in this harem.
Yin Zhu also knew that the young lady she followed was not someone who liked to compete for favor and stir up trouble. She had seen too many concubines fighting overtly and covertly in the palace before, and she was already tired of it.
Now that she can follow such a good-tempered young lady, she feels very satisfied and serves her more sincerely.
After finishing breakfast, Ye Jinyun still leaned on the couch, reading a book in the sunlight outside the window.
Concubines who did not serve the emperor in the bedroom did not need to pay their respects, and Ye Jinyun was quite satisfied with this. She felt that it was okay for her to not go for the rest of her life.
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A day passed, and after dinner, Xiao Quanzi brought news that the emperor had summoned Concubine Shen to sleep with him tonight. Since Ye Jinyun had nothing to do with it, she forgot about it after hearing it and went to bed early when it was time to sleep.
But the other concubines in the harem did not have such a good attitude as her. I wonder how many of them were so worried that they couldn't sleep.
For the next two days, Concubine Shen served in the emperor's bedchamber. It seemed that the emperor liked Concubine Shen very much. He promoted her from Concubine to Concubine, and also gave her the title "Li", which was enough to show the emperor's love for her.
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Yonghua Palace
When the imperial concubine heard that the emperor had issued an edict this morning to promote Concubine Shen to Concubine Li, she smashed the teacup in her hand to the ground.
"Rou'er, you are the newcomer that the emperor summoned to sleep with him first, why did Concubine Shen take the lead? Your father sent you into the palace to consolidate my position. You are so useless that you can't even defeat Concubine Shen. How can you help me in the future?"
The imperial concubine stared at her sister, Chu Zhaoyi, and said hatefully.
Chu Zhaoyi looked nervous and said in a panic: "Sister, don't be angry. Rouer will definitely find a way to win the emperor's favor so that you can ascend to the throne smoothly."
"Well, as long as you know what you should do, okay, you can go back first. I'm tired and need to rest for a while." After saying that, he waved his hand to signal Chu Zhaoyi that she could leave.
Walking out of the gate of Yonghua Palace, Chu Mingrou looked towards the direction of Concubine Shen's palace, with a fierce look flashing in her eyes.
When she was in the mansion, her father had already told her to go to the palace to assist the imperial concubine in ascending the throne. Unexpectedly, she was slapped in the face by Shen Lanxin at the very beginning, leaving her with no face in the harem. She must take revenge for this in the future.
Although the two of them were good friends outside the palace before, once they entered the harem, even sisters could become enemies for the sake of honor and favor, let alone an outsider. Many things would not be the same anymore.
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