" You're right." Since Concubine Ning was being honest, I didn't need to hide it." It's just that I didn't want to save trouble. I chose the method that would have the least loss. To put it nicely, it's called playing safe. To put it bluntly, it's called being conservative.”
She smiled and looked straight at me." Since you've mentioned the pardon, I'll say something disrespectful. Many people know about your background, but when everyone thinks that you'll play a chess piece of the Rong family, you're becoming more and more different. You're so unhurried. It's fine if you don't attack the city, but it's not even a big deal to repair the house and walls. I don't know if you're really patient or have other intentions.”
His heart suddenly stopped, and he suddenly remembered what Jing Tang had said-in the future, almost everything in the palace would be related to him. If I could see through it today, it was hard to guarantee that others would not understand in the future.
I didn't show any change in expression as I averted my eyes."So what if I'm impatient? At present, I'm still relying on this identity and surname. I don't have enough understanding and foundation, so it's necessary to take my time. Just like how I gave the main seat to her but was not in a hurry to get her to express her stance, I made my stance clear but I had to wait for you to take the initiative to find me.”
" Indeed, there's no need to be anxious." Her voice rang beside her ear." Lan Guipin will be yours sooner or later."”
"Oh?" I tilted my head and said meaningfully," My people? I thought it would be ours."
She skillfully pushed the question back."The Empress isn't in a hurry for her to express her stance, but why is she in a hurry to listen to me?”
" In any case, it won't be a matter of time." As if she didn't want to continue the topic, she continued," In fact, she knows the situation better than anyone else. It's just that she needs to accept the process of being promoted to a noble concubine rashly.”
"Accept what?"”
" You're the Empress after entering the palace, and it's been a short time, so you naturally can't understand." Her smile now contained some loneliness. She looked at me and said," The Emperor seems to be affectionate and loves everyone he sees, but in fact, he knows very well in his heart."”
" There are so many concubines in the palace. To him, there are three types of concubines. Those below the concubine rank are all useless people. They are just joking in the wine shop. They don't even care about gains and losses. In the eyes of these women, he is the fickle one. He can see it, but he can't afford it. He is accompanying the monarch like a tiger.”
" Above the main seat, if you are not from an illustrious family, you have some expertise, or you are a fool who only wants to climb up. You are all pawns that can be used." Concubine Ning herself was also in this group, but when she spoke, she did not show any emotion." In the eyes of these people, the Emperor is the Emperor. You use me, and I am also using you.”
"Only those few concubines and Jie Yu truly caught his attention. They were carefully selected and given a position that was neither high nor low. They would not be sacrificed as cannon fodder by any high-ranking person, nor would they be involved in too big a whirlpool and end up either crippled or dead. They could be considered the safest class.”
I was stunned for a moment before I slowly said,"In these people's eyes, the emperor is…husband?”
She was stunned when she heard that. Suddenly, she smiled."He is just a man who can provide protection. Everyone in the harem can treat the emperor as their husband, but this husband never treats anyone as his wife.”
"Because even the safest of these people have never seen him trying to win over anyone. At most, he would delay it at certain times. For example, the previous Zhen Concubine and Chun Jie Yu, like this time, Lan Gui Concubine, they were all not promoted.”
I was slightly puzzled.”
" Of course not." She shook her head firmly." It's just that the time hasn't come yet. Those who are smart and understand will be roped in by the higher-ups. Naturally, they will be dragged up sooner or later. Those who are muddle-headed will climb up all the way to death. The Emperor only protects them at the right time. It may be heart-warming, or pitiful, or for other reasons. Then, he will wait for the right time to use them.”
" I think these people are the most miserable. They don't have a good family background and can't climb high and stand firmly. Sooner or later, they will be sacrificed. Unfortunately, there are too few people who can understand." She averted her eyes a little." I've been in the palace for six years and I can see it very clearly. I'm also glad that my father holds an important position and I'm a concubine the moment I enter the palace. I don't have to suffer that torture.”
When she looked at me again, she regained her composure."As you said, the emperor did keep me here, but it's not that he doesn't want me to have an ending, but that it's only now that I can be of use.”
"You-you-" I didn't know what to say now,"blame him?”
"What's there to complain about?" Her smile was helpless and genuine." This is the harem, Your Majesty. We were destined from birth.”
" Now you understand." Seeing that I didn't speak, she looked up at me." Lan Guipin is the kind who can understand. She has also entered the palace for six years and has been in the position of concubine for four years. What she needs to accept now is the fact that she was finally abandoned after her miscarriage.”
I had always thought that Lan Guipin's inaction was just hesitation or cowardice. It was understandable that she wanted to choose a better path for herself. Even I didn't have the confidence to win, so I couldn't blame others for their self-preservation actions. Whether they were friends or foes, I believed that she would choose a side sooner or later.
However, I never thought that it would be like this. I seemed to have randomly chosen an entry point, but I actually destroyed her many years of stability and expectations. Even though she might not have doubted the authenticity of it, it was very rare for a woman in this palace to have an illusory dream.
She had thought that Jing Yi had ignored her, but now that she thought about it, it was exactly this coldness that gave her peace. She was worried about whether Jing Yi was really going to give up on her, and her suppressed anger was directed at the child she had lost and me, who was about to cause her to lose even more.
He slowly walked back to Kunyi Palace along the dark path, thinking about Concubine Ning's words over and over again. Although he knew that the internal strife in the harem had always been fierce, more dangerous than the battlefield, more complicated than the court, and that once he entered the palace, he would be in the deep sea, and that the fragrance of three thousand beauties would be cut off, none of these words were as appropriate and penetrating as these words.
We were destined from birth.
I knew that from the moment I made my decision, I would become one of them sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to come so early. Someone would use some seemingly casual words to shatter my last bit of illusion.
Life is destined, and death is destined. " I'm facing a group of women who are risking their lives for the person I miss. They don't necessarily love him, but it's because he doesn't love them. I don't want Jing Yi to be sentimental, but I don't want him to be heartless either.
What should I do? I was not destined to be born. I chose this path myself. I was afraid that when I reached the end of it one day, I would regret it and see that I had already become another person.
I was also thinking about Concubine Ning's last words before she left: "The foundation you want is in the Guangyang Palace, and the understanding you lack is with me. I will let you see what I can do, but as for whether it is me or us, it will depend on what the Empress can give me.”
When I arrived at the east side door, I saw Shui Mo anxiously waiting at the door. I didn't want to say anything, but she quickly came over and said,"Miss, the emperor is here."
I was stunned and asked her,"Why didn't you go find me?"”
Concubine Ning and I just stood there without moving, so it would be easy for Shui Mo to find me.
She pointed to the inside of the bedchamber." The Emperor said to just wait. There's no need to look for him."”
I nodded and didn't say anything. I felt something flash in my heart, but I couldn't catch it for a moment.
He quickened his pace slightly and arrived at the entrance of the hall. He saw the familiar figure inside. He was still dressed formally at the banquet just now. Counting the time, he seemed to have come straight from the Changyang Hall.
Jing Yi turned to look at me when she heard the commotion. It was this look that reminded me of something that flashed across my mind just now.
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