Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Concubine Hui and her brother discussed for a while, only to hear the servant outside come to report: “The carriage from the Crown Prince’s palace has arrived to take the Crown Prince back.”
When they heard that the Crown Prince was leaving, Concubine Hui and Shan Hengxin both breathed a sigh of relief.
Although they knew that the Crown Prince could not have found out anything, as long as he was here, people would feel uneasy, so it would be better to send him away early.
It was not convenient for Concubine Hui to go out, so Shan Hengxin went out alone to meet him. He saw several carriages parked at the door of the Shan family, and more than a dozen palace maids stood in front of the carriages. They came from the deep palace and were not convenient to see outsiders. So they all wore veils on their heads. The colorful gauze on the veils was very long, and it not only covered their faces but also their bodies, making it impossible to see their appearance.
The leading maid took off her veil, revealing her face, and greeted Shan Hengxin, saying, “General Shan, I am here to take His Royal Highness back to the palace.”
Shan Hengxin recognized her. She was Ning Su, who was quite famous for always being around His Royal Highness. He was very familiar with this matter, so he said a few polite words and sent someone to lead her and other maids into the yard.
The maids followed the instructions of the Shan family servants and went all the way to the garden.
The Shan family servant led them to the garden, and then thought about it, remembering that His Royal Highness was in the garden with the musician… intimately, he didn’t dare to go over, pointed out the direction to the maids, and retreated far away.
Ning Su led the maids to the pavilion and saw people from a distance. She saw His Royal Highness and Music Master Yun standing by the water.
His Royal Highness, probably because he had just recovered from a serious illness, so he was dressed in a strict dress and a black cloak. Music Master Yun was weak, so he was wearing a plain brocade robe and a hood to cover his long black hair.
Ning Su stepped forward and bowed and was about to wait for the crown prince to leave, but she saw the crown prince wave his hand and point to a woman hiding in the dark on the shore.
The woman was only wearing a close-fitting pink dress, and her whole body was dripping with water.
Ning Su was shocked.
She knew that her prince was naughty and restless, and occasionally caused trouble, but never indulged in women… Now this was…
Looking at the crown prince’s expression again, she understood that this was not about a woman, and it should be that His Royal Highness the Prince was meddling in other people’s business again – maybe it was not a trivial matter, this was the Shan family, and the Shan family and the queen were not on good terms, maybe it was a matter of vital interests.
Of course, the slave must cooperate with the master to do what he wanted to do.
Li Yuebai looked at the veils on the heads of the palace maids, and then looked back at Chun Tao, and immediately understood what His Royal Highness the Prince meant by “I will find a way when the time comes.”
Murong Nan stretched out his hand, snatched the veil from Ning Su’s hand, and threw it to Chun Tao.
Although Chun Tao was still in shock, she was smart and quickly stood up tremblingly and put it on.
She was slender and about the same height as the palace maids. After putting on the veil, the long colored gauze hung down and covered the ground. She blended in with the palace maids and it was hard to tell whether she was real or fake.
There were already quite a few palace maids who came to pick up the prince, and no one would count them carefully.
Ning Su had come in with her face exposed, and it was normal for her to leave with her face exposed. No one would notice that the veil in her hand was missing.
Soon, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led a group of people through the banquet, exchanged pleasantries with Shan Hengxin, said goodbye to everyone, went out the door, stepped into the carriage, and went away in the night.
Chun Tao originally thought she was dead, but she didn’t expect to be rescued at the last moment, and it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who rescued her… She was able to endure it at first, but after escaping from the Shan family, she couldn’t help but tremble and collapsed.
Seeing that she was exhausted, Li Yuebai pulled her onto the carriage that he and the prince were riding in.
Chun Tao curled up in the carriage, her face pale. After she recovered for a long time, she told the truth in bits and pieces.
——Qian Jieyu really has someone in her heart.
Qian Jieyu was born to a concubine of a very low status. She was not favored by her father since she was born, and she had no status in the Shan family. She was very self-aware and knew that she could not marry a young man from a famous family, so she set her sights on a young man who was living under someone else’s roof – the young man’s name was Wang Yi. His parents died and his family fell into decline, so he was taken in by the Shan family. Although the Shan family could afford to support him, they treated him only slightly better than a slave.
Although Wang Yi had no money or power, he was a young hero. He showed extraordinary talents very early. Whether it was riding a horse, shooting arrows, or using swords and sticks, he was much better than the young master of the Shan family. He was also quite calm and sophisticated. Perhaps because of sympathy, he helped Shan Qian several times. Shan Qian rarely met someone who was good to her, and so she fell hopelessly in love with him at that time. After so many years, they often met, and their feelings became deeper and deeper. In the end, they were inseparable.
Shan Qian’s choice, even from a rational point of view, could be said to be quite correct. The two of them were of similar status and sympathized with each other, and they were most likely to become a pair of good couples.
However, when Wang Yi was seventeen or eighteen years old, he rejected Shan Qian’s kindness and joined the battlefield in the northwest, wanting to serve the country and make achievements.
Shan Qian was discouraged after this blow. She knew that the battlefield in the northwest was dangerous and she was afraid that Wang Yi would not come back. But she found that there was only Wang Yi in her heart and she could no longer accommodate anyone else.
At the same time, the head of the Shan family arranged an excellent and very suitable way out for his beloved daughter Shan Hui – to enter the palace as a concubine. Shan Hui was beautiful, strong and ambitious, so she readily agreed. The Shan family was afraid that no one would take care of her, so they also sent Shan Qian to the palace to take care of her.
Shan Qian had no choice but to comply.
As soon as Shan Hui entered the palace, she was extremely favored, and her position was promoted very quickly. In just a few years, she was promoted to Concubine Hui. Shan Qian had a dull appearance, a non-competitive personality, and was taciturn, so she was naturally neglected by the emperor. Seeing that she was not favored and was Concubine Hui’s concubine sister, other concubines did not compete with her. After Shan Qian was named Qian Jieyu, she was satisfied with her current situation and just wanted to spend the rest of her life quietly in the palace.
However, Concubine Hui still thought that Concubine Qian was not capable enough and hoped that Concubine Qian would serve her regardless of life and death, so she used all kinds of means to deceive Concubine Qian, saying that Wang Yi actually loved Concubine Qian, but he didn’t say it just to make achievements and because he didn’t want Concubine Qian to suffer with him.
Concubine Qian had always been calm and rational, but she was completely deceived by Concubine Hui in this matter.
As long as people were moved, their rationality no longer existed. Concubine Qian thought about it again and again, and finally believed Concubine Hui’s words, believing that Wang Yi loved her deeply and would marry her back when he was successful in the future.
Concubine Hui promised that when she became the queen and took charge of the six palaces, she would have a certain amount of power in her hands, and then she could steal and replace the pillars, let Concubine Qian fake her death and leave the palace, give Concubine Qian a new identity, let her meet Wang Yi, and finally enter a lifelong marriage.
Concubine Qian was guided by this illusory dream and willingly became an important chess piece in Concubine Hui’s hands.
In fact, Wang Yi only had a little pity for Shan Qian, but no love for her. His cruel rejection was not an excuse, but he really had no interest in her, let alone in marrying her.
The person Wang Yi really loved was Shan Hui, but he knew very well that there was a huge gap in their status and it was impossible for him to marry Shan Hui, so he went to the northwest.
Shan Hui was so smart that she knew it very well.
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