Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 1
On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month in the third year of Qianye, heavy snow fell all night. On the second day, the entire palace was shrouded in white snow.

At this moment, the Hanyang Palace is warm.

Hanyang Palace is made of a rare jade, which can maintain a fixed temperature. It was specially built by the emperor for Empress Chunxian.

"Your Majesty is sincere to the Empress. Just because she accidentally frostbited her hands last winter, Your Majesty summoned hundreds of craftsmen and spent millions of taels of silver to build the Hanyang Palace."

"Yes, your majesty was accidentally knocked on the threshold of the imperial study, and your majesty ordered people to flatten the threshold. Madam wanted to eat lychees from Lingnan, so your majesty sent people to rush day and night to send the lychees into the palace. It is said that the emperor is ruthless. Your Majesty values ​​love and righteousness, and favors only one person."

"The empress is kind-hearted. The wicked woman treated her like that back then, and she pleaded for her. Only such a woman is worthy of His Majesty's affection."

Listening to those discussions, Jing Ning couldn't help but pause when he lifted the water.

She was wearing a thin middle coat, which was dirty and patched, and had no effect on keeping out the cold. There are also criss-crossing scars, and the flesh is turned out, which is very terrifying.

The palace maids passed by her, covering their noses with expressions of disgust.

"Why is this disgusting old woman still alive!"

No one remembered that this old woman was the emperor's married couple.

The emperor left her, his first-married wife, in the cold palace to be tortured. Was it because he valued love and righteousness?

Empress Zheng Xiuning came here every now and then to torture her, is she kind-hearted?

She wanted to laugh, but she didn't even have the energy to laugh.

Zhao Ying, Zhao Ying, this name that even murmured in the past felt slightly sweet, but now when I pronounce it, it is full of hatred.

Jing Ning's thoughts were a little erratic, and some memories flooded over like a tide.

In the sixth year of Jingtai, Zhao Ying, who was still the third prince, came to the prime minister's mansion to propose marriage, but his father refused her to marry Zhao Ying.

"The third prince is cold by nature and does not miss old favors. He is not a good man."

She refused to listen, and wanted to elope with Zhao Ying, but finally got her wish.

On the night of their wedding, Zhao Ying took her hand and said, "Jingning, Zhao Ying will only have you as his wife in this life."

In the eighth year of Jingtai, a sudden flood occurred in the south of the Yangtze River, and the third prince was swept into the flood. The officers and soldiers could not find him anywhere, and when he was almost determined to be dead, she walked along the embankment for three days and three nights to dig him out of the sand. of.

Zhao Ying woke up, threw himself into her arms, and cried loudly regardless of his appearance: "Jingning, Zhao Ying's life is yours."

In the ninth year of Jingtai, Zhao Ying and the sixth prince Zhao Duo launched the final battle for succession. She and her youngest son A Yin fell into Zhao Duo's hands to threaten Zhao Ying.

On the tower, Zhao Duo's knife rested on her neck.

Under the tower, Zhao Ying was riding on a horse, and the two of them met eyes.

"Jingning, as long as you tell me to put down the sword, my soldiers and I will immediately put down the sword and surrender." Zhao Ying shouted at her.

How could she have the heart to let him lose what he had been fighting for and bear the infamy?

Jing Ning turned around holding A Yin and jumped off the tower.

The mother and son survived the catastrophe, Zhao Ying hugged them tightly in his arms and made a promise.

"Jingning, I'm fighting for these now, and I'll give them to Ah Yin together in the future."

The past was like a dream, and Jing Ning never expected that the first thing Zhao Ying did when he became the throne was to abandon her and put him in the cold palace in the name of infidelity.Married her younger sister, Xiu Ning, and made her a queen, titled Chunxian, and loved her in every possible way.

The two stood in front of her cuddling each other like two people.

"Xiu Ning is my queen."

When Jing Ning thought of such a scene, he couldn't breathe.

She walked slowly in the snow, and every step was extremely difficult.

Jing Ning returned to the cold palace with water.

Footsteps sounded.

The graceful and luxurious woman walked in, clutching her lips, and kicked the water over with one kick. The cold water splashed all over Jing Ning's body, and quickly froze.

"It's freezing cold, I'm afraid my sister will be cold, so I came to take a look." Zheng Xiuning said with a serious face.

Zheng Xiuning was wearing a bright red jacket, and the tail of the blue skirt was dragging on the ground. Only a small face with exquisite makeup was exposed in the layers of clothes, which was completely different from Jing Ning's embarrassment.

Zheng Xiuning held a whip in his hand, and threw it on Jing Ning's body with a 'snap'.

The pustules burst open, the skin was ripped apart, Jing Ning's body shrank into a ball, and he could no longer feel the pain.

When Zheng Xiuning was in a bad mood, he would come and beat her to vent his anger. As long as she took off her clothes, there would be welts all over her body.

This is her most beloved sister.

Jing Ning thought that she was especially ridiculous.

She has a lot of regrets in her heart.

Back then, when Yang brought Zheng Xiuning to the door to recognize relatives, his father had asked her for her opinion.At that time, her father hurt her to the bone. If Jing Ning didn't respond, Zheng Xiuning and her daughter would not be able to get started.It was Jing Ning who looked at the orphan and widow and was moved with compassion.

Zheng Xiuning was born petite, and she protected her like a baby. If anyone bullied Zheng Xiuning, she would pounce on him like a ferocious little beast, wishing to tear him apart.

There seemed to be a lot of people bullying Zheng Xiuning. Gradually, Jing Ning's reputation for being brutal and fierce gradually spread.

The father didn't like it, and the family was ashamed.

After Jing Ning married Zhao Ying, she had almost no contact with her mother's clan.

Only Zheng Xiuning ran to the palace every day, sending him carefully prepared things to please her.At that time, Jing Ning felt more and more that he did not love Zheng Xiuning in vain, and the two almost ate and lived together.

Unexpectedly, half a year later, Zheng Xiuning would send her a bolt from the blue.

"Sister, I am pregnant with my brother-in-law's child. Sister, I was wrong. The prince was drunk that day, and I couldn't push him away... The prince asked me to kill the child, but the child is innocent..."

Later, the child was still gone.

When the child was gone, Zhao Ying rushed into the room and hit her for the first time.

"Jingning, I didn't expect you to be so vicious!"

Since Zheng Xiuning had a child, Zhao Ying felt sorry for her and treated her better, almost obedient to everything.And that time it hit her.

Looking at Zhao Ying's face that was so angry that it was almost ferocious, Jing Ning's heart went cold little by little.

In fact, what she regretted the most was that during the Lantern Festival that year, she shouldn't have sneaked out for fun.That year, in the red lanterns, Mo Shangren was like a jade, she was walking by the river, bumped into a man, raised her head again, and fell into a pair of eyes shining like stars, she lost her heart ever since.

The name Zhao Ying was engraved in her heart and could never be washed away.

The cold wind blew in, Jing Ning regained consciousness from those chaotic memories, and couldn't help shivering.

Zheng Xiuning looked at her condescendingly, feeling a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart.Isn't the prime minister's concubine who was doted on in the past prostrate at her feet now?
"Sister, I've been thinking about the old things recently, my sister must have a lot of doubts in her heart, I'm going to explain her doubts today.

Sister still remembers that in order to stand up for me, my sister pushed Princess Danyang down the steps, causing Princess Danyang to fall to her death, and almost brought disaster to the family. Did my father despise me from then on?
In fact, those wounds on my body were not caused by Princess Danyang, but by myself holding scissors and stabbing them one by one.When Princess Danyang fell down, she didn't die, but I covered her mouth and nose...

Also, isn't my sister always curious about why the baby in my belly will die if I eat the cake made by my sister?Because I added a little something to that pastry. "

It turned out to be so!
Jing Ning wanted to cry and laugh at the same time, she was so stupid!
"Sister, before His Majesty ascended the throne, there was a rebellion in Lingnan, Your Majesty bid farewell to Elder Sister, why did you treat Elder Sister so coldly when you returned?"

why?
Jing Ning's chapped lips moved, but no sound came out.

After Zhao Ying and Xiu Ning Huan were discovered by her, Zhao Ying tried his best to make up for it.But the real break was at that time.

The night before, the two were obviously very close, but on the second day, Zhao Ying locked her up and refused her to go out or see A Yin.

"When His Majesty left, he promised his sister to return within a month. After suppressing the rebellion, he hurried back and killed twelve horses. When he came back, he saw my sister lying under someone else..."

"That night was not..."

"Of course not, that's the man my sister specially chose for my sister." Zheng Xiuning covered his lips and chuckled.

It was so!
Jing Ning's eyes widened, and hatred burst out from his eyes, staring at Zheng Xiuning.

Zheng Xiuning... is really ruthless!
"Sister, don't look at me like this. I can't help but dig your eyes out like this. When you lose your eyes, how can you look at Zhao Yin?"

Ah Yin...

A Yin, her child, her flesh and blood, she has not seen for three years.

Three years ago, Ah Yin had just learned to walk, but now he should be a naughty child.

"It seems that my sister is quite cold. Ben Gong brought my sister something to keep warm."

After Zheng Xiuning finished speaking, a man who was described as obscene walked in from the outside.

Jing Ning guessed what she was going to do, and his face changed: "Zheng Xiuning, you can kill me, but you can't insult me ​​like this!"

Zheng Xiuning smiled softly: "If my sister's body warms up, how about I let you see A Yin?"

See Ayin...

As long as she can see A Yin, she can do anything.

Jing Ning stood there like a puppet, and the obscene man got up and touched her skin with disgusting dirty hands.

Ah Yin...

A Yin.

Zheng Xiuning laughed crazily, laughing until tears came out.

Ten years ago, she was the prostitute who was loved by thousands of people. She was a concubine who was born in a humble place and needed to rely on her to live. Take control of her destiny.

The wind got stronger.

A child came in from outside.

"Mother..."

Jing Ning's body froze suddenly.

Ah Yin!Her Ah Yin!I can't let Ah Yin see herself like this!

Jing Ning got strength from nowhere, pushed away the man on her body, and huddled tightly into a ball.

Jing Ning looked at her child almost greedily, reluctant to blink, the white and tender child, with moist eyes, looks like a doll walking out of a New Year painting.

"Ayin..." Jing Ning stretched out his hand towards Zhitong.

"Mother."

The little boy walked towards Zheng Xiuning, hugged her thigh, and said coquettishly: "What is Ayin doing here? It's so cold."

Jing Ning only felt that his whole body was about to explode.

Her child doesn't know herself, but treats Zheng Xiuning as her mother!
All of this must be Zheng Xiuning's conspiracy, she can't wait to rush up and strangle Zheng Xiuning to death!

Zheng Xiuning laughed even harder.

Zheng Xiuning picked up the child, pointed at Jing Ning and said, "This woman was originally your father's wife, but she did such a shameless thing behind your father's back, Ayin, how do you think about it? "

A Yin has always admired his father, and said in a childish voice: "For adultery in the harem, you should be killed with a stick."

"If Ah Yin kills her, your father will definitely praise you as an adult."

Zheng Xiuning put a dagger in A Yin's immature hands: "A Yin, go and kill her."

A Yin held a dagger and walked towards her.

Zheng Xiuning is really too ruthless.

To ask her child to kill her!

Jing Ning trembled all over.

No!

Ah Yin is still so young!

To die at the hands of one's most beloved child... This is the most painful thing for a mother.

If Ah Yin killed her, he would be killing her mother. Bearing such a crime, she would not pose a threat to Zheng Xiuning's child at all.

She will not let her children live in such pointing, she will not let Zheng Xiuning succeed.

Jing Ning took one last look at A Yin, and then slammed into the pillar!

Warm blood dripped from her head, and it quickly cooled down.The snow fell bigger and bigger, falling on her body, and soon covered her.

Jing Ning's eyes were always open.

Her life was full of regret and pain.

If you do it all over again-

She will not fall in love with Zhao Ying.

She will not alienate her father because of Zhao Ying.

She wants Zheng Xiuning to bear her suffering today!
Jing Ning's death did not cause any disturbance in the palace. To the palace people, it was the death of that disgusting old woman.

Contains Yang Palace.

The queen nestled in the emperor's arms and talked about it inadvertently.

"Your Majesty, the woman in the cold palace couldn't bear the loneliness, she had an affair with the eunuch, was bumped into by A Yin, and committed suicide by hitting the wall in embarrassment."

The emperor's hand stroking the queen's hair paused, Jun Yi's face was a little cold, he froze for a long time, then got up with his clothes on, and sat in the atrium all night.

All of a sudden, he seemed to see that bright young girl running into his arms through the bustling sky on the Lantern Festival.

He suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and he couldn't help squatting down.The chest cavity was empty, as if a piece was missing.

(End of this chapter)