"My father found out that Empress Chunyuan's name is Ulanara Rouze, and her nickname is Wanwan. Our emperor never calls Empress Chunyuan "Fujin" in the palace, but always calls her Wanwan affectionately, which shows how deeply they love each other. My father even specially found a portrait of Empress Chunyuan. What do you think Empress Chunyuan looks like?"

"How?" Concubine Xin guessed, "The Emperor loves Queen Chunyuan so much, so Queen Chunyuan must be extremely beautiful!"

"Of course Queen Chunyuan is beautiful. Would you like to meet her?"

Concubine Xin was pleasantly surprised. "Sister, did you bring in the portrait of Queen Chunyuan? Show it to me!"

Wen Yuan shook her head in a pretentious manner, "My sister didn't bring the portrait, but if you want to see this person, you can meet him."

"What do you mean? Why does what my sister said sound so scary?" Concubine Xin rubbed her arms. After hearing what Wen Yuan said, she felt cold.

Wen Yuan burst out laughing, "Sister, what are you thinking! I didn't mean to scare you. What I meant was," she pointed in the direction of Sui Yuxuan, "that person is at least 50% similar to Queen Chunyuan. Even the title Wan is the same pronunciation as Queen Chunyuan's nickname Wanwan. Sister, as long as Concubine Wan has that face, is there any fear that she won't have a future?"

"Ah?" Concubine Xin covered her mouth with a handkerchief in surprise, "Sister, are you saying that the emperor regarded Concubine Wan as a substitute for Queen Chunyuan?"

Wen Yuan nodded, and then raised her index finger to her lips and hushed, "This matter concerns the emperor's reputation, sister, please don't tell anyone. The emperor must not want people to know that he has found a substitute for Queen Chunyuan, so we just pretend we don't know."

Concubine Xin nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, sister. How dare I tell anyone about such a big thing? Sister, you trust me and actually told me such a big thing. But this Concubine Wan is really pitiful. She was fine, but she was used as a substitute by the emperor."

Wen Yuan asked: "If I become the substitute of Queen Chunyuan, I can promote my father, ask for a royal decree for my mother, and I can also be promoted to a high position and become the emperor's favorite concubine. Even my child will be the emperor's favorite one. Are you willing?"

"Of course I would... I am willing!" Concubine Xin touched her face, "Alas, your face doesn't look like Concubine Wan's at all, and it's obvious that it doesn't look like Queen Chunyuan either. For so many years, your sister has been spoiled mediocrely. Even after giving birth to the eldest princess, she was only a concubine after entering the palace, and she couldn't even keep her daughter by her side. My father's official position has not changed for so many years, and my mother doesn't even have a ninth-rank imperial decree. If being a substitute would bring so many benefits, sister must seriously learn from Queen Chunyuan's words and deeds, and seek benefits for herself, her children, and the family!"

I can only say that many ordinary people with humble family backgrounds think this way.

Otherwise, in this palace, if you don't have a family background, you can only humble yourself and compete for favor. But if you want to compete for favor, you must have money to bribe people. Otherwise, who will tell you the news about the emperor, and how can you buy beautiful clothes, jewelry, and makeup to dress yourself up?

Moreover, if you have no money, no family background, and no favor, the Imperial Household Department will definitely neglect you. You can see how hard your life is just by looking at An Lingrong's early years. If a low-ranking concubine or a concubine has a child, it will be born to someone else. To be honest, it is better not to have a child. If someone wants to kill the mother and keep the child and do something, then your life will be over.

But Zhen Huan is different. She has read the Four Books and Five Classics since she was a child and has a proud character. Even if her family members were exiled to Ningguta and her child was born, it was not as important as her dignity. Otherwise, she would not have asked to leave the palace after giving birth to the child.

Later, she said that she returned to the palace for her family, which is ridiculous. Why didn't she stay in the palace for her family to please Yinzhen?

When she returned to the palace from Ganlu Temple, Yinzhen asked her family to come back from Ningguta and even said that he would give his father an official position.

It can be seen that if she had stayed in the palace well, not to mention a year or two, but after a year or two, as long as she begged, Yinzhen would definitely be willing to let her family return to Beijing.

So she planned to come back from Ganlu Temple. A small part of the reason might be that she wanted to find out the cause of Prince Guo's death, but the main reason was probably that she was worried that if Prince Guo died, her good days would be over, so she wanted to seek glory and wealth for herself.

So Wen Yuan felt no sympathy at all for Zhen Huan becoming a substitute.

Even Concubine Xin, after listening to Wen Yuan's analysis, could only envy Zhen Huan, envying her for having a face similar to that of Queen Chun Yuan.

However, Concubine Xin still had a little doubt.

"Sister, it's just a stand-in. Can that face really bring so many benefits?"

"Just wait and see, sister."

If she only had a face, it certainly wouldn't be as exaggerated as Wen Yuan said, but what if her temperament and specialties were also similar to those of Queen Chunyuan?

Reciting poems, playing the flute, performing the stunning dance, and the sound of "Silang".

It is enough to help Zhen Huan and the Zhen family rise to prominence.

If it weren't for Zhen Huan's meddling in politics and her cold attitude towards Yinzhen after she knew about her substitute, and if Zhen Yuandao hadn't relied on the fact that he was the favorite concubine's biological father to act eccentrically and even pleaded for the guilty minister, their family would have had many more good days.

Recently, Concubine Xin has been asking people to pay attention to the news about Sui Yuxuan, just to find out whether Wen Yuan’s guess will be confirmed.

It was fine for a while, Zhen Huan was still recovering from her illness, and Yinzhen only went over to accompany Zhen Huan to eat and visit the imperial garden every day. Zhen Huan was a little popular for a while, but it was not that exaggerated.

Until Yinzhen took Zhen Huan to the hot spring to bathe alone, and he favored Zhen Huan for seven days in a row.

Only Xin Guiren finally faced the reality.

On the eighth day, Yinzhen did not summon Zhen Huan because of the empress dowager's advice, but sent a stream of rewards to Sui Yuxuan.

Concubine Xin stood at the gate of Chuxiu Palace, staring eagerly, her saliva almost dripping.

How great it would be if this was her daughter's dowry.

Hey……

She was almost tired of saying the word "envy".

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