If you want to survive in the palace, you must not only have scheming, but also the favor of the emperor.

Otherwise, there is only a dead end.

Over the years, Concubine An has no longer believed in the so-called heaven and fate.

She clearly understands that if she wants to live, she must rely on herself.

She had watched the child in her womb disappear, and there was nothing she could do at that time.

The stinging pain that hurt into the bone marrow made her often wake up at night, and then she didn't dare to close her eyes, waiting for the morning to come.

Kids, kids......

If you don't have enough rights, this is in the harem, and it is undoubtedly more difficult to have a child than to ascend to the sky.

Therefore, Concubine An understood in this matter that in this harem, if you want to do what you want to do, then you must first have enough power in your hands.

However, the most ridiculous thing is that this power comes from the men they rely on together.

At this time, looking at the room full of all kinds of palace ladies dressed in gorgeous brocade clothes, they all had smiles on their faces, but under this smile, they didn't know whether they were crying or numb.

"Say hello to Concubine An."

Concubine An looked at the concubine who saluted her, and slowly raised her hand: "Get up, sisters, please sit down." ”

Xia Ruan stood beside Concubine An and lowered her head, looking very well-behaved and docile.

The palace maids walked in with delicate pastries and slowly placed them beside the concubines. After a while, the palace ladies put down the hot tea again before exiting the hall.

An Guifei first picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said softly: "Everyone try it." This is the new tea that has just been sent to the palace, and it is up to the sister to guess what kind of tea it is. If you can guess it, this palace has a lot of rewards. ”

As soon as Concubine An finished speaking, all the concubines picked up the tea cups, trying to guess what kind of tea it was.

"Concubine An, this is Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots, right?" Concubine Hui thought for a while, then raised her head to look at Concubine An, she smiled gently, "My sister tasted some of them a few days ago at the imperial concubine's place, but the imperial concubine doesn't like Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots very much." The imperial concubine prefers Mengding tea. A few days before the emperor. I also specially sent Mengding tea to the imperial concubine, saying that the tea sent by Shu this year is not as good as in previous years, and this Mengding tea is much less than in previous years. ”

After saying that, Concubine Hui put the teacup aside, and then smiled apologetically. But her words were as if she had brought a needle. stabbed towards An Guifei mercilessly.

After all. In this palace, the rank of the imperial concubine is higher than that of An Guifei.

Concubine Hui is the biological mother of the six princes, and now the only imperial concubine in the palace, Xu Changsheng. is Concubine Hui's sister-in-law. After the two sisters of the Xu family entered the palace, they have always been quite favored. It's just that the imperial concubine has always been in poor health and failed to give birth to an heir for the emperor, but when she was still the crown prince, she became a side concubine.

Therefore, now she can be the imperial concubine.

Xia Ruan and the concubines around him all knew that Xu Changshenggui was the imperial concubine, with infinite scenery on the surface, and her rank was higher than that of Concubine An.

In fact, the status of the imperial concubine in the emperor's heart is not as good as that of An Guifei.

Xu Changsheng can still sit comfortably in the seat of the imperial concubine because the former Empress Jiang disdained to do anything to her, after all, in the eyes of Empress Jiang, this Xu Changsheng is just a sick seedling.

Moreover, the Xu family not only has this imperial concubine, but also a concubine.

In this harem, if you want to say that the person who hates these sisters the most, it is Concubine Zeng who has been bowing her head and saying nothing.

Every move in the harem will involve the previous dynasty, and the emperor has been snubbing Concubine Zeng for a long time, so it means that the eldest prince is in danger this time.

Concubine An doesn't care about the imperial concubine and others, not because she has a big belly, but because she likes to watch Zeng Guifei come to fight with the Xu family sisters. She just had to look at it, and she didn't have to dirty her hands at all.

After a while, Concubine An Guifei said with a smile: "This is Mengding tea, as my sister said, this year's Shu land is dry, so the tribute tea sent is much less than in previous years." However, because the palace likes to taste tea, the emperor gave all the high-quality Mengding tea to the palace, and the remaining palace was rewarded to the sisters of each palace. ”

Concubine An Guifei seemed to just explain inadvertently, but in the eyes of the people around her, it was equivalent to a slap in the face of Concubine Hui.

The tea that the imperial concubine drank was all not wanted by An Guifei, so what qualifications did Concubine Hui have to show off in front of An Guifei?

It's just something that Concubine An discarded.

In the past year, the emperor has been worried about the queen mother's illness, so there are not many days to come to the harem, except for Concubine An Guifei, who goes to Concubine Hui's palace more.

Therefore, Concubine Hui is becoming more and more arrogant, coupled with the fact that the Xu family and the imperial concubine support her behind her back, Concubine Hui is even more fearless, and she doesn't even take Concubine An in her eyes, but even wants Concubine An to take away the power of the assistant six palaces here.

After all, Concubine Hui thought that Concubine An Guifei had no heirs, so she would naturally be afraid of her.

It's just that Concubine Hui never thought that Concubine An would slap her in front of the people around her.

Concubine Hui trembled angrily, she bit her lower lip tightly, and only then did she hold back and refute it.

"I don't know if the imperial concubine is getting better, and the palace hasn't seen her for a few days." Concubine An sighed, her face was full of worry, "A few days ago, the palace also discussed with the emperor, and in the matters of the assistant six palaces, this palace may still have some shortcomings, so I want to ask the imperial concubine for advice." Now it seems that there is also a lot of inconvenience on the side of the imperial concubine. ”

As she spoke, Concubine An's smile deepened a little.

Concubine Hui's face turned blue at this time, Concubine An's words seemed to be worried about the imperial concubine, but she was nakedly provocative.

Concubine Hui had just been slapped by her, and now Concubine An's words were like giving Concubine Hui another sword to pierce her heart.

The imperial concubine is not in good health, even if she has the power to associate the six palaces, it is just an ornament.

Now the concubines don't have to go to the imperial concubine to say goodbye, they want to come to Concubine An instead.

Therefore, the existence of the imperial concubine is just a joke for the concubines.

No matter how high you stand, it is not as good as having power in your hands.

Empress Jiang is a good example.

Concubine An chatted with the concubines for a while, and I don't know who inadvertently mentioned it: "Go on like this." I'm afraid that I'm going to walk on the old path of Ning Guiren again. ”

When Xia Ruan heard Ning Guiren, he couldn't help but raise his head.

Ning Guiren is her second cousin Xia Qinghe, because her mother recognized Xia Qinghe's appearance at the beginning, so she wants to enter the palace this time, which also makes her mother very worried.

After all, her mother knew that Ning Guiren was still alive, and her second cousin Xia Qinghe was not dead.

Xia Ruan didn't have the heart to tell her mother that the child Xia Qinghe gave birth to was a dead baby, and in the end, Xia Qinghe couldn't accept this fact and drove herself crazy.

Xia Ruan just told her mother. Xia Qinghe has gone crazy. Let the mother not worry.

The emperor read the love with Xia Qinghe and his wife, and asked Xia Qinghe to move to the dormitory far away from the imperial study, saying that it was to let Xia Qinghe rest assured.

Xia Ruan is not very clear about this matter.

But it was known early on. It is impossible for Xia Qinghe's child to be born smoothly.

There are many idle women in this palace. Jealousy is even more terrible. How could they see a helpless 'Western Regions' woman who was better off than themselves.

An Guifei frowned and coughed lightly.

The speaker quickly lowered his head. Say not a word again.

Ning Guiren has long been forgotten by the emperor, and besides, this person is just a madman now, so it is a bit disappointing to mention it.

After waiting for half an hour, these concubines slowly dispersed.

An Guifei took a slow breath, then grabbed Xia Ruan's hand and whispered, "Come, sit down and talk." ”

Xia Ruan hurriedly shook his head: "The courtiers don't dare." ”

An Guifei's face showed a hint of helplessness, and she looked up at Xia Ruan: "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid this palace would have been dead a long time ago, and this palace has never thanked you properly, but now you are actually separated from this palace?" ”

When Xia Ruan saw Concubine An say this, she couldn't refuse anymore, so she had to find a seat not far from Concubine An and sit down.

The little palace maids changed the tea again, and this time they brought some pastries, but these pastries were far less delicate than just now, and Xia Ruan looked a little familiar.

"This is a pastry from Danyang County, and this palace used to like to eat these the most." Concubine An Guifei smiled and took the halva, with a hint of joy in her eyes, "In the past, my father would often buy halva for the palace, but he didn't allow the palace to use it more. At that time, the main palace was thinking, when the main palace grew up, he would buy as much halva as he wanted, and no one would be in charge of the main palace again. ”

Xia Ruan put the halva in her mouth, and a sweet taste melted in her mouth, and the fragrance lingered between her lips and tongue.

She also ate these pastries when she was younger.

Her mother always went to Zhuangzi to be busy, and she wanted to go with her mother, but her mother was afraid that she would be tired on the way, so she would not take her with her many times.

Every time my mother came back from Zhuangzi, she would not only bring all kinds of wild fruits, but also buy a lot of snacks that she liked to eat.

The former mother also did not allow her to eat too much sugar, for fear that she would have a toothache.

Thinking of this, Xia Ruan couldn't help but smile a little.

Concubine An Guifei watched Xia Ruan eat the halva and continued, "Now that the palace has grown up, I feel that the wish at that time was actually so small. Maybe the more you get, the more you want, it's human nature. ”

If you get the good ones, you want the better ones.

People are unsatisfied and have endless greed.

Xia Ruan agreed with Concubine An's opinion.

When An Guifei said this, she couldn't help laughing. After half a ring, she changed the subject, "Do you know why this palace let you enter the palace this time?" ”

Xia Ruan shook his head.

She had thought of many possibilities, but none of them she was sure of.

Concubine An put down the halva in her hand and said slowly: "Actually, there are three things to find you to enter the palace this time. One of them is that the Queen Mother wants to see you. ”

Xia Ruan was very surprised, the Queen Mother wanted to see her?

What the hell is going on. (To be continued......)

PS: The update is late, in fact, I want to update it earlier every time, but the card is serious, and it is also a headache to write.

That's all for tonight, and I'll continue to update when I get back from work today.

Try to write a little bit during your lunch break, T.T

It's five o'clock now, and I have to go to work at nine o'clock, so I'll go to rest first.

PS: Thank you for the pink ticket in the next chapter.