Chapter 21 Playthings

Empress Zhu never thought of hiding her inner feelings in front of Emperor Xuanwu, because she knew that there were no secrets in the harem for the emperor.

The emperor knew everything she did.

But she was the Empress of the Central Palace, and she had the right to deal with the concubines who were disrespectful to her. Regardless of whether the method was decent or not, this was the dignity and respect that Emperor Xuanwu gave her as his first wife.

He was also very clear that she hated the likes of Li Guifei.

Emperor Xuanwu looked at Jiang Xinyue with a gentleness that he himself did not notice: "Zhen Ji... is really good."

She never said anything bad about any concubine in front of him, and never flattered others.

She treated those who she thought were good with sincerity, such as the Empress, Liang Fei and De Fei.

She was unwilling to even put on a show for those who she thought were not good, and kept a distance from them.

Just like today's barbecue banquet, for other concubines, even if they are not on good terms with Li Guifei, Jiang Zhaoyi and others, but the empress and others have been invited, in order to maintain their own kind and generous personality, they will also invite Li Guifei and others.

Jiang Xinyue puts all her likes and dislikes on the surface.

Emperor Xuanwu likes such lively people without masks.

There were singing and dancing in Hexi Palace, and the smell of meat filled the air.

Li Guifei, who came to Chengqian Palace to deliver tonic soup to Emperor Xuanwu, looked at the lingering white smoke above Hexi Palace, and her eyes became colder.

Layue looked at him cautiously: "Your Majesty, should we also..."

"Get up and go back to the palace."

Li Guifei took Layue's hand and sat on the sedan chair: "I will not eat food given out of pity."

She came to Chengqian Palace to deliver tonic soup. If the emperor left with her, it would be Zhenji who would be embarrassed. But if she snatched someone and went to Hexi Palace, it would be so embarrassing. Where would she put her face?

Crying sounds were heard from Yanqing Palace from time to time: "She is targeting me on purpose. She knew very well that I was living in Empress Defei's Yanqing Palace, but she invited Concubine De to go there and left me behind. She is deliberately embarrassing me and using Concubine De to deal with me."

Shuhua felt that her master's idea was too extreme, so she advised: "Master, don't think too much. Empress Zhenji doesn't know you, how could she deliberately target you? I heard that Zhenji is the Empress's person, so it is normal for her to have a good relationship with Concubine De and Concubine Liang."

"The day she moved to the palace, the Emperor came to me. I wonder how he could take revenge on me!"

Thinking of this, Concubine Su started crying again.

Jiang Xinyue didn't know what happened outside the Hexi Palace. She quarreled with the eldest princess, the second princess, and the third prince until late at night. The young masters were so sleepy that they ended this lively "family dinner".

There is an ear room in the Hexi Palace. It was a hot spring pool built by the Ministry of Internal Affairs when the palace was first built in order to please the emperor.

It was an hour later that Jiang Xinyue and Emperor Xuanwu came out of the hot spring.

The splashing water beside the hot spring was telling the palace servants that they were not needed inside.

Looking at Jiang Xinyue, who was smiling and innocent, Emperor Xuanwu whispered in her neck and hair: "My dear, give me a little prince!"

The deep palace was lonely. He couldn't be with her all the time, so it was good to give her a child.

He was destined to let her down, so he might as well be more pampering to her.

Sincerity could not be given, pampering could be given.

Jiang Xinyue was frightened. She was only fifteen years old. She did not want to have a baby, at least not until she was eighteen years old.

In ancient times, women gave birth before their bodies were fully developed. How many people lost their lives due to dystocia? She did not want that.

Did the dog emperor think that letting her have a baby was a gift to her?

"Why a little prince? Can't it be a little princess? If a concubine gives birth to a princess, will the emperor not like her anymore?"

"What nonsense?"

Emperor Xuanwu tapped her forehead: "Give birth to a little princess as cute as you, and I will choose a good husband for her like me."

No!

Jiang Xinyue did not want her daughter to marry a stud in the future.

She traveled through time to the harem and became a concubine of Emperor Xuanwu. She had no choice but to compete for favors and compete with so many women for a man.

Her daughter cannot follow her old path.

The future husband of her daughter must love her daughter and respect her daughter. If they cannot be together for life, he is not allowed to marry her daughter.

Don't get involved with playboys.

On the second day's visit, Concubine Li Guifei said she was sick and didn't come.

Jiang Xinyue thought that it was probably because the emperor had a meal with her, had a bonfire party, and talked with the empress last night, which made her sick.

After the meeting, Jiang Zhaoyi led Wan Guiyi and Jin Chongyi to wait on the road she had to take to return to the palace.

"Pa!"

Concubine Su knelt on the ground and was slapped in the face by Jiang Zhaoyi. She could only cry silently.

"After being favored by the emperor for two days, Concubine Su has lost her sense of her own worth? How dare you block the way of Concubine Jiang Zhaoyi? We who have come here should advise you that the emperor only has Concubine Li in his heart. You who don't know your place are just his toys."

"A plaything should have the consciousness of being a plaything. Don't think that you can surpass others by doing something to win favor, and jump up and down like an ugly character."

Jiang Xinyue walked over leisurely and squatted perfunctorily: "I have paid my respects to the three sisters. What's the matter?"

She stood up on her own, not giving Jiang Zhaoyi the opportunity to deliberately embarrass her.

Jiang Zhaoyi was not a fool like Concubine Chu, and she didn't dare to confront her head-on.

"Sister Zhenji, you've come at the right time."

Jiang Zhaoyi squinted and said, "I heard that you and Concubine Su entered the palace at the same time, so you must have some friendship. I was walking on the road just now, but she blocked my way. Do you think she should be beaten?"

How could she beat Concubine Su? She

was clearly going to hit Jiang Xinyue in the face.

"That Concubine Su is so careless."

Jiang Xinyue "tsk tsk" twice, "Such a long road, Concubine Su should have grown two more eyes behind her head, and run away immediately when she saw that it was Concubine Jiang Zhaoyi. After all, you are young, it's okay to run a few more steps, you should respect the old and love the young, don't you know?"

She said in a roundabout way that Jiang Zhaoyi was old and her looks had faded, and that she should give way to the newcomers, and should not bully the newcomers by relying on her seniority.

"Respect the elderly" was said to Concubine Su, and "love the young" was said to Jiang Zhaoyi.

"I have things to do in the palace, so I won't bother Sister Jiang Zhaoyi from setting the rules for the newcomers."

She swung her handkerchief and saluted, holding Xi Que's hand, and walked leisurely to Hexi Palace.

Jiang Zhaoyi was so angry that she slapped Concubine Su twice.

Jiang Xinyue didn't have the kindness to be a savior, and she didn't meddle in other people's business if she could. This was her survival rule in the harem.

Since she traveled through time and space and became a concubine in the harem, she was not here to make friends. Her goal was very clear, to be the favored concubine in the deep palace.