In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Although Zhen Huan escaped death because of Zhen Yurao, she was still confined to her room for half a year by the emperor's order. After Wen Shichu was released, he learned that Shen Meiyu had died, and he was so distressed that he committed suicide shortly after leaving the palace.

Zhen Huan was confined to Yongshou Palace, feeling extremely sad. It had only been one day, and her sister Mei died, and her brother Shichu also died. Fortunately, Yu Rao was still with her in the palace. However, Zhen Huan remembered the look the emperor had given Yu Rao before, and she understood that the emperor had fallen in love with Yu Rao.

It's bad enough that she endured the humiliation of being Queen Chun Yuan's substitute for the sake of her father, the Zhen family, and the emperor's favor, but did she have to let her sister Yu Rao follow the same path of being a substitute?

Zhen Huan thought about it for a long time and really couldn't bear it. She now urgently hoped that Yu Rao would leave the palace right away and asked Zhen Yuandao and his wife to find a good family for Yu Rao to marry off as soon as possible.

When Zhen Huan found Yu Rao and mentioned this matter, Yu Rao was a little worried about returning to the palace because no one would take care of her sister Zhen Huan after she left, but she still accepted the arrangement after Zhen Huan's persuasion. However, Zhen Yu Rao was very resistant to Zhen Huan's suggestion that she should get married as soon as possible after leaving the palace.

When Zhen Huan saw Yu Rao's performance, her heart sank to the bottom. She thought Yu Rao also had a crush on the emperor. Although she had been under house arrest during this period of time, the emperor allowed Yu Rao to enter and leave Yongshou Palace normally. Not only that, the emperor often met with Yu Rao and gave her many rewards.

"Yu Rao, tell me seriously, are you attracted to the Emperor?"

"Eldest sister, what are you talking about? Yurao, Yurao, how could I possibly have any feelings for the emperor? He is my husband. Yurao, I will never touch my things!" Zhen Yurao retorted angrily when she saw that Zhen Huan actually suspected that she had an affair with the emperor.

"Then what are you doing?" Zhen Huan felt a little relieved when she heard Yu Rao's words, but she was not mistaken about Yu Rao's expression, it was a sign that the girl was in love and had a lover, so Zhen Huan wanted to confirm it again.

This time Zhen Yurao did not hide anything. She blushed and said softly, "On the first day Yurao entered the palace, she met a man in the Imperial Garden..."

Needless to say, Zhen Huan already knew that Yu Rao's lover must be that man. However, the man who appeared in the imperial garden was not the emperor, so he could only be a palace guard.

"I can't let the emperor let go of my status as a guard." Zhen Huan frowned. She originally thought that the status of a guard was a bit low, but then she remembered that Yu Rao was her sister. Her father Zhen Yuandao was still a criminal. Yu Rao could only be regarded as the daughter of a criminal. Although she was unwilling to marry a small guard, it was not a grievance either.

I was still thinking about how to quickly find out the identity of the guard, and to arrange the marriage before the emperor issued an order to marry Yu Rao into the palace. It would be best if the marriage could be completed as soon as possible. But I didn't expect Yu Rao to refute it on the spot and said, "The man was wearing clothes with python patterns."

Zhen Huan immediately remembered that besides the guards, another person who liked to enter the palace was Prince Guo, and the prince's clothes happened to have python patterns on them.

Do you really want to let your sister marry your sweetheart?

Zhen Huan felt a little uncomfortable. She knew clearly that there was no possibility for her and Prince Guo, but she couldn't help but feel jealous when she thought about Yu Rao being able to marry Prince Guo.

Seeing Yu Rao's puzzled expression, Zhen Huan's expression became a little ugly. She smiled stiffly and said, "Let your elder sister think about it carefully."

Soon it was summer again. Yu Rao had lived in the palace for several months, but she had never found a chance to get the emperor to let her go home. This year, the summer vacation in Yuanmingyuan came as usual. Thanks to Yu Rao, Zhen Huan was able to be released early and went to Yuanmingyuan with Yu Rao.

In the past few months, the emperor has been particularly enjoying the feeling of returning to his youth and falling in love with his beloved woman. On the one hand, he said that he was grateful for Yu Rao's young age and did not issue an edict, and on the other hand, he kept trying to develop feelings for Yu Rao and make her fall in love with him.

After arriving at the Old Summer Palace, Zhen Huan finally managed to meet Prince Guo and asked him about his plans for marriage. After learning that Prince Guo said he already had someone in his heart but was unable to fulfill his wish due to his status, Zhen Huan thought that the person Prince Guo was talking about was herself and burst into tears of joy.

Later, Zhen Huan even had the idea that it would be a good idea to let Yu Rao take her place as Prince Guo's wife, and she asked Prince Guo to help her ask the Emperor to grant her marriage so that Yu Rao could marry him.

Prince Guo was shocked by Zhen Huan's request, but after all, she was the woman he once loved. Prince Guo could not bear to see Zhen Huan's pleading, especially after hearing Zhen Huan's reasons, he finally softened his heart and agreed to Zhen Huan's request.

When everyone was enjoying the dance at the Peony Terrace in the Old Summer Palace, Prince Guo knelt down in public and asked the Emperor for permission to grant the marriage. The Emperor had already discovered something was wrong and without waiting for Prince Guo to say Yurao's name, he interrupted him and said that he had newly appointed a Noble Lady Xi, who was Zhen Huan's sister Zhen Yurao.

Then he said that Meng Jingxian, the daughter of Duke Pei, had loved him for many years and had become ill. In order to help Meng Jingxian get married, he specially granted her the title of Princess Guo.

The emperor's words were golden, and everything was set in stone once the imperial edict was issued. Even if the people mentioned in the imperial edict were unwilling, they could not change it except Meng Jingxian.

Zhen Yurao was devastated after receiving the imperial edict. Before she could open her mouth to protest, Zhen Huan mentioned Zhen Yuandao and Madam Zhen outside the palace. Yurao had no choice but to accept the edict and became the new imperial concubine Xi Guiren.

Prince Guo finally agreed to marry a wife, and Meng Jingxian was extremely happy. On the wedding day, facing such a happy Meng Jingxian, Prince Guo felt depressed but had no one to vent.

Yuyin had been staying at the mansion to take care of her pregnancy. Although she did not feel anything, Yunxi was worried and did not allow her to run around. Even her habit of writing letters to Wenyuan in the palace and gossiping about gossip was stopped by Yunxi.

Yuyin gave birth to a son in early September. After she gave birth, she found out that Prince Guo had married Meng Jingxian a month ago. Even Zhen Yurao had been named Xi Guiren by the emperor three months ago. Not only had she been serving the emperor in the imperial bedchamber for a long time, she had now become Xipin.

Yu Yin really didn't expect that without Huanbi in this life, Yu Rao's fate would change so much. But it's not surprising, after all, in the plot, the emperor lost interest in Zhen Huan, and first joked with Huanbi that he wanted to take Huanbi as a concubine. With Huanbi in the front, Yu Rao was not pushed too hard by the emperor.

After Huanbi found a way to become Prince Guo's concubine, she arranged for Caiping, a maid from the prince's palace, to serve him in the palace. Caiping was immediately named "Ying Da Ying" by the emperor, distracting the emperor's attention from Yurao. Finally, Zhen Huan devised a plan to let the emperor discover that Yurao and Shen Beile were in love with each other, and Yurao moved the emperor with her love, showing that she was only willing to be someone else's wife and not someone else's concubine, which made the emperor back down.

The reason here is not just because of the missing Prince Shen, but also because Huanbi and Ying agreed to help Yurao delay time.