The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 155

The two sisters haven't seen each other for many years, so naturally they have countless things to say. Sixth Lady first asked Seventh Lady if her family was well, and then asked her. "How's life in the Xu family?"

She knew about the past between Qin Niangzi and Xu Fengjia, and Qin Niangzi didn't hide it from her, she just said, "Mrs. Guogong treats me well, Mrs. Tai has the support of her concubine, so she really doesn't like me, but after all Our Yang family is not to be bullied by others, and our life is quite smooth."

Liu Niangzi breathed a long sigh of relief, and squeezed Qin Niangzi's palm in relief, "I knew that nothing would trouble you!"

The eyes of the two met, and they both felt a little unspeakable, Qin Niangzi said softly, "What about you? How are you doing in the palace?"

Liu Niangzi waved her hand, feeling quite listless, she rested her chin and looked at the small south window inlaid with multicolored glass.

"Although I can't say I'm too proud, but with the empress taking care of me, life is pretty good." Liu Niangzi showed a rare hint of sarcasm, "It's better than that class of palace people who have no backing and are not favored. Much more."

Just by listening to her tone, one can tell that Liu Niangzi's life in the palace may not be very smooth.

Seventh Lady's eyes darkened, she glanced at Sixth Lady with some questioning, and said in a low voice, "Look at you pretending to be crazy in front of Your Ladyship..."

"Oh." Liu Niangzi waved her hand indifferently. "I don't have a favorite, so I still rely on my beauty to be domineering and take myself seriously? My mother loves me because I am obedient and innocent. I can't let her down."

No wonder the queen is so kind to Liu Niangzi.

In the blink of an eye, Seventh Lady already understood.

Liu Niangzi is the eldest girl of the queen.The more beautiful she is, the stronger the power of the empress family in the palace.

It's no wonder that Liu Niangzi wants to act coquettishly and go crazy in front of the queen, showing all kinds of cute attitudes: the queen can praise her or others, but Liu Niangzi herself has no initiative at all, so of course this layer of protection must be thickly applied .

"The emperor..." She dragged out her voice again.

Liu Niangzi didn't know what she was asking.

She smiled sarcastically. "Your Majesty has not been in good health since he was a child. The late Emperor asked him to learn health preservation techniques under the Quanzhen Daoist Master Ma of Zhongnan Mountain. He is usually the most pure-hearted and ascetic. He is not at all keen on beauty. You see, over the years, In addition to the eldest son of the emperor, there is actually one more little princess in the palace... You know that the emperor's thoughts are not on female sex at all."

The emperor is very talented, and when he came to the throne, he was focused on state affairs and made frequent moves. He often called the old man into the palace to discuss matters in the middle of the night. Seventh lady still knew this.It's just that she didn't expect that he would be so deserted in the matter of intercourse, and he wouldn't even be moved by Liu Niangzi's beauty.

"Is it not good for women, but..." She elongated her voice.

Sixth Lady smiled knowingly.

"That's not the case!" She waved her hand cheerfully. "The rumors outside are very ugly. It is said that the emperor likes the handsome young man the most. In fact, it is all nonsense. The emperor watched the late emperor weaken a little bit, so he is extremely restrained in this matter. On the [-]th, I entered the Kunning Palace to share the bed with the empress, and the rest of the concubines rarely had the opportunity to serve her bed. In addition to me, there were one or two charming Jieyu and nobles in the palace—there were fewer opportunities to be engraved. Since the first year of Taiping, I haven't seen Tianyan."

Outsiders have no way to know about the secret affairs of the harem, and Qin Niangzi never expected that the emperor would be so restrained. For a moment, she thought of Feng Jin's words, and she muttered: Is it really a melon field, so it is inevitable to be suspicious?
She quickly waved her thoughts away, and glanced at Liu Niangzi with a little worry.

Since he has such a strong restraint on female sex, of course he will not waver his judgment because of female sex. From what Liu Niangzi said, it is the queen who is in charge of the harem.And serving a female master is much more difficult than serving a male master.She will be more demanding, more fickle, less likely to talk about feelings, and it will be difficult to give Liu Niangzi what she really needs: an heir.

Don't look at Liu Niangzi's face in front of the queen now, but five years from now if she hasn't been favored by grace and has an heir by her side, it's hard to say whether the queen's face will be so good-looking.There are not uncommon beauties in the world, and they can be selected to enter the palace at any time, but Liu Niangzi's youth is limited.

"The eldest son of the emperor is five years old this year." She lowered her voice, "Has the emperor mentioned the matter of establishing a crown prince?"

For a five-year-old child, the possibility of premature death has been greatly reduced, and there are no younger siblings of the same age, and he is still born of the queen.Although this child has not been officially canonized, it is only a matter of time before he becomes the crown prince.

Once the crown prince is officially canonized, Liu Niangzi can—and should—work hard for her children.

Sixth Lady sighed irritably again.

A trace of violence appeared on her delicate and beautiful face.

"Seventh sister, let me tell you the truth, I've had enough of this kind of life!" She patted the delicate little kang table lightly, covered her face with her hands, and moaned in boredom.

Seventh Lady fell silent, and just pressed Sixth Lady's shoulder to let her continue talking.

"Although in Baifang Garden, I have to watch my wife's face to live, but after all, I am still a young lady!" Liu Niangzi seemed to have held back her words for a long time, and once she opened her mouth, she would explode without fear out. "No matter how presumptuous the servants are, they dare not insult my master."

"But what about in the palace? Being unfavored is shameless! No matter how well you flatter the queen, the palace people know it well. I am the queen's pug. I make her happy by having fun every day. When I see me, I have a smile on my face." , I turned my back and thought about what, I know it!"

"Yes, the emperor doesn't favor anyone at all, so what about Sa Huan'er, the empress loves me, and the second sister promotes me, I always have more face than other Jieyu nobles, except for Concubine Niu Shu in the palace, who is my favorite Popular." Liu Niangzi sniffed, then stubbornly turned her hands away and wiped her eye circles, "But it's all false, Seventh Sister, I'm really scared! I feel like I'm living in a pack of wolves, and the emperor is Everyone wants to take a bite of that piece of fragrant meat, and everyone wants to bite others to death, so that no one will fight. This is not the same as the days in Baifang Garden..."

At the end of the conversation, there was still a slight crying sound.

With Liu Niangzi's experience, she chose to go with the flow back then, and she can't be wrong. After all, Qi Yiniang was only a dancer, and it was difficult for her to guide her daughter in terms of outlook on life.Before entering the palace, I am afraid that I still look forward to the glory and wealth. I didn't taste the pain of this kind of life until I started living in the deep palace.

"Do you still remember what you said to me in Baifang Garden that year?" Seventh Lady asked in a low voice.

Liu Niangzi wiped her eye sockets again, and forced a smile. "Why don't you remember, at that time, it was so naive!"

That's right, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, you have to decide your life, and there is not even a little room for mistakes.Living in Daqin is really not easy.

"Actually, what you said is not wrong at all." Seventh Lady softened her voice. "Sixth Sister, in many cases, when you have no way to decide your fate, it's not too much to be free and easy. But when it's time to fight, you have to learn from me and always fight bravely!"

Sixth Lady was startled, put down her hands, looked at Seventh Lady with tears in her eyes, but didn't make a sound.

"Even if the emperor is indifferent to beauty, he always has a love for beauty. If you don't try, how will you know that he is not greedy for beauties?" Seventh Lady lowered her voice. "Even the eunuch has served by his side for many years, and he is always somewhat clear about the emperor's preferences..."

A gleam of clarity gradually appeared in Liu Niangzi's eyes, like a ray of dawn in a storm, she slowly wiped away the tears from her cheeks, with a pensive expression on her face.

"It's not that your majesty is not good at sex." The sweetness of the past also appeared in the voice, "When I look at me, I can feel that he... still has a little liking after all."

Seventh Lady immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, even an old monk would be tempted by a beautiful girl like Liu Niangzi, not to mention the emperor.I'm afraid that he has no intention of sexuality at all, that's the most difficult thing to do.

"For the sake of the mountain, you will fall short. The route you are taking now is not wrong." She analyzed for Liu Niangzi in a low voice. "With Concubine Niu Shu here, the Empress will definitely praise you. The Empress Dowager Qin is over [-] years old, and almost no longer sleeps at bedtime. The Empress is almost on the edge of [-]..."

Over [-] years old, she is considered an advanced maternal age in Daqin, just for the sake of her own safety, the empress probably won't have the idea of ​​giving birth anymore.

(End of this chapter)