Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1123 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 49

When Concubine Jing learned that Princess Wenshu was already her daughter and even the imperial edict had been changed, she was overjoyed and quickly had the east side hall of Xianfu Palace cleaned up for the princess to live in.

Concubine Cao didn't want her daughter to think that she was a vicious person, and she didn't dare to lead Princess Wenshu to hate the emperor and the empress, so she pushed everything onto the dead Concubine Duan and Concubine Nian, "My dear princess, it has always been the case that when gods fight, the little ghosts suffer. You can find out the grudge between Concubine Duan and Concubine Nian by just asking around..."

Yinxiu was the Queen Mother's person, but now the Queen Mother was imprisoned in Shoukang Palace and could not protect herself, so Yinxiu was still the confidant of Concubine Cao. When Concubine Cao died and Princess Wenshu found Yinxiu, Yinxiu followed Concubine Cao's thoughts before her death and completed the story: "When Concubine Duan was in the palace, she was just an ordinary princess. Later, Concubine Nian married into the palace as a concubine. Because both of them were born as military generals, their relationship became close day by day."

"But later, as Concubine Nian became pregnant, Concubine Duan might have had other ideas, or she might have been used as a target by others. In short, Concubine Duan gave Concubine Nian a bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine with a sufficient amount of safflower, and Concubine Nian immediately miscarried a six-month-old prince. After Concubine Nian finished her menstrual period, she also gave Concubine Duan a bowl of safflower soup in return. Unfortunately, Concubine Duan was menstruating at the time, so the avalanche injured her foundation and she has been bedridden ever since."

"The two fell out after that. Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, Concubine Nian was first named Concubine Hua, while Concubine Duan remained Concubine Duan. However, Concubine Nian still had some palace power, so she blatantly deducted Concubine Duan's share. She even went to Yanqing Palace and beat Concubine Duan to vent her anger when she was not satisfied."

"Princess, you got pregnant in the Qiandi Residence. There were three pregnant women of similar pregnancy at that time. One of them was Concubine Xin who gave birth to Princess Shuhe, and the other was Concubine Fang who had been banished to the cold palace. Concubine Xin miscarried first, and the Empress saw this and quickly turned to Concubine Nian. Concubine Nian went through a lot of hardships and finally made the princess born safely."

"Later, Concubine Fang had a miscarriage, but for some reason she insisted that it was Concubine Nian who did it, and she was willing to die for the Emperor to punish Concubine Nian. However, the Emperor and the Empress had investigated carefully and found that Concubine Nian was not the cause of Concubine Fang's miscarriage. I still don't know who was responsible, but now it seems that it may be inextricably linked to Concubine Duan."

Princess Wenshu was still a child, but she had grown up too early because of the infighting in the harem. Otherwise, how could she ask about the cause of Concubine Cao's death at this time?

Yinxiu understood that some things can only be revealed if they are not said out loud, so no matter how Princess Wenshu tried to inquire about what happened later, she refused to speak again, and would even instead advise her to live peacefully with Concubine Jing.

Princess Wenshu was a little thin because of her weak physique, but she was definitely a very cute little girl with a soft and adorable personality. She bewitched Concubine Jing so much that she would feel anxious if she couldn't see her for a moment.

The situation on Zhen Da Ying's side was very bad. She was demoted from a noble lady to a daughter, which seemed to be only a drop of two levels, but in fact her treatment was cut a lot. The third princess was okay, after all, she had been kept by the Imperial Noble Consort in the past. Now that the Imperial Noble Consort was no longer harassed by Zhen Da Ying, she paid more attention to the third princess, and her life was more comfortable than before.

Zhen Da Ying lost her half sister and confidante Huanbi early on. Although she had Cui Jinxi, the head maid of Chengqian Palace, to serve her, she could not take Cui Jinxi with her now that she had moved to Jingyang Palace and was under house arrest. After all, she had never been the main lady of Chengqian Palace. The fact that Cui Jinxi had always served her was something that everyone was just too lazy to point out, and it did not mean that her behavior was correct.

Therefore, Zhen agreed to live a hard life of going hungry for three meals a day from then on. Compared with Ling Yunfeng, the only thing he probably didn't have to do was wash clothes with cold water in the heavy snow.

The most terrible thing now is that she has no confidants around her, but fortunately Chengqian Palace is not far from Jingyang Palace. Cui Jinxi, as the head aunt of Chengqian Palace, is willing to take care of her, and everyone in Jingyang Palace is willing to give Cui Jinxi some face. So strictly speaking, although her food, clothing, housing and transportation have been greatly downgraded, at least the things in her share have not been deducted.

Especially now that Concubine Rou An Lingrong, who was pregnant with the royal heir, was willing to take care of her and often sent her things she urgently needed, so her life was actually quite good. She even cared about Shen Meiyu in the cold palace and the third princess who lived in Ningshou Palace.

However, for the noble and conceited Zhen Da Ying, being reduced to pieces was already a great torture.

However, Zhen Ying had offended more than just the late Concubine Nian in the harem. Among the concubines who had celebrated the festival with her, the still alive ones were Concubine Qi and Concubine Shun, especially Concubine Shun. Originally, the two days when Concubine Nian gave birth were the first birthday of her son, the Sixth Prince. But Zhen Ying and Concubine Cao staged a drama that resulted in the death of Concubine Nian and two lives. The Sixth Prince's first birthday banquet was completely disrupted. Concubine Shun was so angry that she wanted to rush to Chengqian Palace and beat Zhen Ying like Concubine Nian beat Concubine Duan.

So when Zhen Ying was unaware, officials from the previous dynasty's Fucha and Guaerjia clans frantically impeached Zhen Ying's biological father Zhen Yuandao. Although Fatty Ju was dissatisfied with the Fucha and Guaerjia clans, he was even more dissatisfied with Zhen Yuandao, the culprit. As a result, Zhen Yuandao was demoted three levels in a row, from the fourth rank Dali Temple Shaoqing to the sixth rank Dali Temple Pingshi.

However, the affairs of the Zhen family are not over yet. Previously, Da Pangju had only become suspicious of the Zhen family due to Nian Gengyao's disguised reminder, but now with Concubine Shu in front, Da Pangju's investigation of the Zhen family has made significant progress. He soon found out that Huanbi's biological mother was actually Concubine Shu's close friend when she was young!

As an emperor, especially a very suspicious emperor like Dapangju, he was always willing to speculate on the behavior of others with the greatest malice, so the plan of Concubine Shu and Zhen Yuandao was soon presented to Dapangju.

Actually, when Concubine Shu was young, she was really close friends with Bijuer, who changed her name to He Mianmian. But later He Mianmian followed Zhen Yuandao, and they were far away. The friendship between the two almost faded because of the loss of contact.

However, later on, Concubine Shu was fortunately favored by the late emperor, and by chance she learned about the affair between Zhen Yuandao and He Mianmian. So, with the idea of ​​winning over as many powerful officials in the court as possible, Concubine Shu naturally contacted Zhen Yuandao.

But the relationship between the two is completely interest-oriented, otherwise how could Concubine Shu sit idly by and watch Zhen Yuandao send He Mianmian's child to the legitimate daughter as a maid?

At that time, Zhen Yuandao held a low-ranking official position, and Concubine Shu did not cut off contact with Zhen Yuandao, thinking that he might be useful one day. So when Concubine Shu found out that Zhen Yuandao's wife Yun was very similar to Queen Chunyuan, whom Big Fat Ju was determined to marry, Concubine Shu and Zhen Yuandao instinctively felt that they could take advantage of this.

Of course, at that time, even though Concubine Shu was already the most favored concubine in the late emperor's harem, she had no chance of winning against the four concubines who had worked in the harem for many years. So when Empress Chunyuan died and Zhen Yuandao's eldest daughter looked like Empress Chunyuan, Concubine Shu thought of using Chunyuan.

So Zhen promised to learn the Jinghong Dance, and the teacher she learned from was the same teacher who taught Empress Chunyuan.