When Chu Xuanji heard You Kouyi's unvarnished words, she immediately let down some of her guard.
If You Kouyi told her that they had a deep love for each other as sisters and that their wealth would not go to outsiders, she would think that You Kouyi was telling lies.
But You Kouyi confessed that she was not happy to see more concubines around Dongling Yuanyong, and this was absolutely true.
However, Chu Xuanji still doesn’t quite understand why You Kooyi chose to support her? The friendship between the other daughters and You Kooyi is not much more distant than their friendship with her. In other words, it is still suspicious for You Kooyi to say to help her.
Bar?
You Kouyi seemed to see Chu Xuanji's doubts again, so she smiled and said:
"Are you worried that I have some ulterior motive for helping you?"
Chu Xuanji was slightly embarrassed, but she also said bluntly:
"To be fair to you, I really don't understand why you want to help me."
"Because my father is the head of civil servants, and your father is the head of military generals."
"Does this...what does it have to do with it?"
"There is only one emperor, but there are one, two, or three emperor's women... For example, if you succeed in becoming a concubine, you will be one of the emperor's women... In the harem, today you see me being favored, but tomorrow it may be you
It is not surprising that you are favored. In this case, I might as well give you a favor while I can still contribute, and maybe this favor can help me in the future."
"Are you worrying too much? Even if I can enter the palace, with your current status, you won't need my help, right?"
"Today I don't know what will happen tomorrow! Our family backgrounds are both civil and military. If we live in peace, we will serve His Majesty together for the rest of our lives. If any of us is unfortunate enough to be in trouble, we may be able to give each other some help, which can be regarded as mutual support.
Reliance, what do you think?"
Although Chu Xuanji was not very scheming, she was also a smart person. She understood the meaning of what You Kouyi said after thinking about it for a moment.
You Kouyi is actually implying that the two of them come from civil and military families. If they are both women from Dongling Yuanyong, as long as they help each other in the harem, no matter how many women enter the harem in the future, their
The position will also be stronger than others!
Chu Xuanji had to admit that You Kouyi's idea was not undesirable, but only if the two of them were really willing to become each other's "reliance".
Sensing that Chu Xuanji was dubious, You Kouyi sneered a little:
"Why, do you have doubts or do you think my words are not credible?"
Chu Xuanji shook her head slightly and smiled:
"It's not that I think your Majesty's words are untrustworthy. On the contrary, I admire your Majesty's foresight. In this harem, it is almost a dream to get your majesty's eternal favor. However, to have the last laugh in the harem, you don't have to rely only on your majesty.
Only with the honor and favor can it be realized.”
"Why do you see that?" You Kouyi smiled meaningfully.
"Didn't Concubine Yi have the last laugh?"
No one knows that Concubine Yi is the most inconspicuous among the late emperor's concubines. Everyone thinks that she never fights with others, let alone robs them. She is so peaceful and inconspicuous that even her biological son Dongling
Yuan Hao seems to have followed her into "obscurity"!
But the fact is that Concubine Yi deliberately took Dongling Yuanhao away from the emperor's favor and hid her talents so that their mother and son would not be looked down upon by others.
As long as others don't take their mother and son seriously, they will be able to act in secret better.
This is the fundamental reason why mother and son can secretly communicate with Dongling Yuanyong for many years without knowing it.
Dongling Yuanyong regained the throne, and Concubine Yi became the final winner among the late emperor's concubines.
If Concubine Yi hadn't cared about Dongling Yuanyong's biological mother and refused to accept the title of "Queen Mother", she would not be a concubine now, but the Queen Mother.
However, what is the difference between Concubine Yi's status and that of the Queen Mother? Otherwise, how could she have arranged such an obvious "concubine selection" in front of Ximen Yourong?
You Kouyi looked at Chu Xuanji, who seemed to be ignorant of worldly affairs, and she praised with a mixture of coldness and warmth:
"It seems that sister Xuanji really has the great wisdom to enter the palace and become a concubine. In this way, if you and I join forces in the future, we will not only gain the highest honor, but it will not be too difficult to find a smooth life!"
"Your Majesty's vision is good, but I'm just afraid that I won't be able to enter the palace smoothly if I don't live up to expectations."
Chu Xuanji was self-deprecating in her words, but You Kouyi understood that she wanted a clear commitment so that she could ensure that she would be selected to enter the palace.
You Kouyi did not dangle Chu Xuanji’s appetite, she said frankly:
"If the selection of concubines is a foregone conclusion, then you must choose among the six people who entered the palace today. It stands to reason that if you have two concubines and two concubines, your chances of winning are actually very high. However, how many people will you choose in the end?
It depends on what Your Majesty wants. What I’m worried about is that His Majesty may refuse to accept new people, or the number may be reduced by half!”
"Why...why, His Majesty's harem is already short of people, so he has no reason to refuse?"
"Your Majesty is only short of concubines, but he is not short of people who only want to be pampered."
"The person who only wants to be pampered... refers to the Queen?"
Since Ximen Yourong was given the title of holy master of the harem by the people, everyone inside and outside the palace now knows that Dongling Yuan Yong dotes on her.
Because a special "Proud Fairy" bloomed in a special place for a whole month, not to mention the people now firmly believe that Ximen Yourong is a good queen with endless luck, and even many officials have begun to
Believe it so much.
You Kouyi had a normal smile on her face, but a cold and unwilling light flashed in her eyes, and she said half-consciously:
"The Queen and I are the only two people in the palace now. Your Majesty's favorite one is not me, so of course it is the Queen!"
You Kouyi's words slightly dampened Chu Xuanji's enthusiasm for entering the palace. She said with some disappointment:
"Originally, everyone thought that the Queen Empress had no good life, but maybe she was really a lucky person. People said that the "Ao Fairy" who could not be found for a hundred years was given to her, and the life of Prince Xiahou was saved by the Queen Empress.
This proves that the empress is a good queen given to the people by the ancestors of Dongling, because she prevented the disputes between Dacheng and Xiahou."
"What does it mean?"
Everyone in the imperial city knew that Prince Xiahou almost died. You Kouyi only knew that an expert suddenly appeared and saved Prince Xiahou's life, but how could this be related to Ximen Yourong?
"I also overheard my third brother mentioning to my father last night that the Queen Empress left the palace privately a few days ago to go to Prince Xiahou's palace. Yesterday, Your Majesty also took the Queen Empress out of the palace with her. It seemed that the Empress Dowager personally
Diagnosing and treating Prince Xiahou."
Chu Xuanji's words almost confirmed the fact that Ximen Yourong knew medicine. No wonder Ximen Yourong was able to avoid the interference of sleeping pills on the wedding day, and the thirsty disease that had troubled Concubine Yi for many years was also cured because of Ximen Yourong.
It turns out that those results were not because Ximen Yourong was lucky, but because she knew medicine.
After hearing this information, You Kouyi would be lying if she said there was no frustration at all, because Ximen Yourong was more difficult to deal with than she imagined.
However, this just made her think more. She didn't think much about Ximen Yourong's medical knowledge, and instead mentioned it seemingly unintentionally:
"Is your third brother General Chu who is the commander of the imperial army in the palace?"
"Yes... your Majesty also knows my third brother?" Chu Xuanji was a little surprised.
"I can't say we know each other. I met him a few times in the palace, but I remember that he seems to have little status in the Chu family. Now that he has been promoted to the high position of commander of the Forbidden Army, I am afraid it has something to do with Princess Yan, right?"
Just now in the Imperial Garden, everyone was joking about Princess Yan getting married, and the person Princess Yan wanted to marry was Chu Hengye.
Chu Xuanji actually secretly wondered why You Kouyi suddenly started talking to her, but she still answered:
"It has a lot to do with it. My third brother was originally not valued by my father, but maybe because he was so lucky, Princess Yan fell in love with him for some reason and insisted on marrying him. My father probably
It was also because of his relationship with Prince Rui that I started to value him. However, I didn’t expect that my third brother’s talent was not bad at all, so my father was naturally more satisfied with him!”
You Kouyi nodded with understanding, but asked curiously as if he suddenly remembered something:
"Didn't your third brother get married a long time ago? He shouldn't be Princess Yan, otherwise we all should have known about it."
"Uh...how could my concubine...?"
Chu Xuanji's heart sank, and she was now even more certain that You Kouyi's "chatting" must have an ulterior motive.
You Kouyi calmly responded to Chu Xuanji's suspicion and explained:
"Didn't I often go to your Chu Mansion before entering the palace? Naturally, I heard some things, so I just asked casually."
When Chu Xuanji heard what she said, she reluctantly smiled but did not answer, but You Kouyi continued to ask with a smile:
"Why, is there anything you can't say about your third brother's previous marriage?"
"It's nothing, it's just a dispensable marriage. In addition, because of Princess Yan's relationship, my third brother's original marriage is rarely mentioned in the family, lest Princess Yan know about it and cause unnecessary trouble.
misunderstanding."
Chu Xuanji picked up the teacup and drank tea to cover up her doubts. She felt that You Kouyi seemed to know something.
Chu Hengye’s first planned marriage has been forbidden to be mentioned in the Chu family because the person Chu Hengye broke off the engagement with is the current queen, Ximen Yourong!
However, even few people in the Chu family cared about the fact that Ximen Yourong and the Chu family were related by marriage at first. After Ximen's incident, the Chu family immediately renounced any contact with the Ximen family.
Fortunately, Chu Hengye had almost no presence in the Chu family at that time, so not to mention outsiders, not many people in the family even knew that his betrothed partner was Ximen Yourong!
Therefore, when an outsider, You Kouyi, suddenly mentioned Chu Hengye's past, Chu Xuanji had to suspect that it might not be so simple.
But no matter what You Kouyi's purpose was, Chu Xuanji also realized that she could not say any more.
If outsiders knew that the Chu family had such a relationship with Ximen Yourong, even if it would not put the Chu family into a big crisis, it would probably cause trouble!
However, what Chu Xuanji didn't know was that when You Kouyi felt that Ximen Yourong posed a certain threat to her, she went to check on Ximen Yourong.
Therefore, she naturally knew that Ximen Yourong and Chu Hengye had been engaged for a long time. She was also thinking about how far she could use this almost unknown thing. This was also the reason why she chose Chu Xuanji to win over.