Yixiu's Rebirth: Sending Bai Lianhua's Sister to Become a Concubine

Because Yixiu was the head of the household, all things were first sent to Yongkang Pavilion for registration before being distributed to each room one by one.

Two sets of identical jewelry boxes were placed on the table, which did not look like a regular reward.

Before Yixiu could speak, Huichun came over with a smile and said, "I specifically asked about it. This is a private reward from Consort De. She said that Consort Consort and Princess Rouze each got one set."

"Oh?" Yixiu raised her eyebrows. It seemed that Concubine De had seen her gift and expressed her feelings quickly.

"One set for each of you? Concubine, the Empress Defei has never given us extra gifts in the past. It seems that the Empress Defei is becoming more and more satisfied with Concubine!"

Xiuxia on the side couldn't hold back her anger and shouted loudly, causing Jianqiu to look at her straight at her, reminding her to be calm and composed and not to shout loudly.

But Jianqiu herself also had a smile on her face.

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Sure enough, when she went to thank Concubine De the next day, Yixiu had already entered the palace smoothly.

As soon as she entered the door, Yixiu saw Aunt Zhuxi also directing people to put away the New Year gifts.

"I'm sorry to have come at an inopportune time. I'm sorry to have disturbed Aunt Zhuxi."

Yixiu saw Concubine De sitting lazily on the couch alone. After paying her respects, she took off her armor, sat below Concubine De, and began to massage Concubine De's legs.

This was something she had learned at home when she was young. She was also well versed in medical knowledge and could find the acupuncture points accurately, so the treatment was naturally very effective.

Later, although she had been the queen for many years and held a high position, she naturally did not have to serve others personally, but sometimes she would massage Yinzhen, who had become the emperor, as a hobby between husband and wife.

However, after this rebirth, she has never pressed Yinzhen.

After pressing for a while, Concubine De pointed at the pile of things and said, "What do you think of those things?"

Yixiu didn't understand why, but she could easily spit out the standard answer: "Everything here from my mother is naturally good."

Concubine De snorted coldly: "You think it's good, but I think it's not enough. I heard that the things received by Tonghua Terrace are several times more than what is here. Even the door of the storehouse can't be closed."

Tonghuatai, that’s Shufei.

However, Prince Guo had not yet been born at that time, and Shu Fei was still just Shupin, but it did not affect her being the most favored in the harem.

Yixiu did not respond, but started a new conversation.

"I have been reading the Chang'an Chronicles in my mansion these days. There is a story recorded in it that is quite sad to read."

"The book records that Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty had a concubine named Madam Qi. Many years later, Madam Qi was buried as a guilty concubine on the south side of Emperor Gaozu's tomb. That was the place where concubines who committed serious crimes were buried in the Han Dynasty. Not only that, because of the terrain, you can't see Emperor Gaozu's tomb when you stand in front of Madam Qi's tomb. It can be said that they will never see each other again after death."

"I was curious about why this happened, so I continued to read history books. It turned out that Concubine Qi was very favored, and even Empress Lü had to give in to her. However, she lost her sense of propriety under the favor, not only causing criticism from the people in the harem, but also completely angering Empress Lü because of her plans for her son Ruyi. After Emperor Gaozu died, Concubine Qi suffered torture both during her lifetime and after his death."

When Yixiu said this, she looked up at Concubine De and said, "Mother, why should you be so anxious? It's just some things."

Defei looked back at Yixiu for a long time, nodded and said, "You are a smart person, and you are also ruthless. It is right to choose you as my concubine. Are you all right?"

When the conversation turned to the children, Yixiu also smiled, and this smile really came from the heart.

"To reply to my mother, everything is fine. Although this is my first time pregnant, I am so sweet and considerate that I don't feel any discomfort at all."

"Let me touch it too."

Defei stretched out her hand, placed it on Yixiu's abdomen and felt it for a while, then said, "It's caring, peaceful and quiet, not noisy, unlike when I was pregnant with the fourth child, when it moved around in my stomach every day, disturbing my sleep."

Yixiu smiled and said, "Fourth Prince always told me that he was not filial to mother when he was young and he always felt guilty. I didn't expect that he would make mother so tired. He should be the one to apologize to mother."

This was a ridiculous statement, and De Fei was really amused. She scolded, "Zai Xin, the Fourth Prince will go back and make trouble with you. What does the baby in his belly know, and you still want him to apologize."

The speaker had no intention, but after she finished speaking, Concubine De came to her senses. Wasn't she taking her anger out on the Fourth Prince?

Yixiu was young and didn't know the reason for the estrangement between mother and son, so how could I not know it?

Coupled with Zhuxi's comfort from the previous day, her resistance to the Fourth Prince seemed not to be that strong.

The two talked for a while about their experiences of being pregnant, and asked a few questions about how the Fourth Prince was doing these days before letting Yixiu go back.

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After Yixiu left, Zhuxi came up and replaced a cup of hot tea for Concubine De and said, "Are you feeling more relieved now, Your Majesty? I see that Your Majesty listens to what this concubine says."

De Fei looked at the door and the direction where Yi Xiu left and said, "It is to make me feel relieved, but Zhu Xi, I am more inclined to the Fourteenth Old Man in my heart. After all, he is the child I have watched grow up since he was a child."

Zhu Xi smiled and said, "Your Majesty is too impatient. The Fourteenth Prince is still young, and the two princes are so far apart in age. What is there to fight for between brothers? Of course, they should help each other."

"I hope so." Defei said, but deep down she also had a little more reliance on Yinzhen.

After Yinzhen returned home from court, he was even more surprised to hear that Yixiu had come to the palace to express her gratitude today. He felt that he had made the right choice.

Li Jingyan and Qi Yuebin were also happy because they found that the rewards from Concubine De were more generous than in previous years among the gifts they received in the previous two days.

In the past two days, everyone in the Fourth Prince's mansion looked happy. The only one who was sulking was Rouze from Longjing Pavilion.

After she found out that Concubine De had given Yixiu the same gift, she sulked in her room for many days. She even didn't eat well and her face looked pale.

However, no one cared about her changes except Fangruo, the maid who had been with her since childhood.