Rong Si regained consciousness and just opened her eyes when she felt a series of bumps. She had to admit that the bumps were quite comfortable. Combined with the warm sunshine in the winter afternoon, she actually felt drowsy.
Rong Si raised her hand and rubbed her temples, and a young eunuch in green immediately stepped forward in a servile manner.
"Your Majesty, are you uncomfortable with this new sedan chair? I will severely punish the eunuchs who carried the sedan chair when I get back, so as to vent your anger..."
Hearing this, Rong Si turned her head slightly and glanced at the eunuch beside her who was grinning from ear to ear. The people carrying the sedan chair below seemed to have not heard the words "severe punishment" at all. They continued to carry it steadily, not even daring to breathe too loudly. The only sound that could be heard along the way was the sound of people walking.
"Goodbye..." Rong Si raised her head and looked at a branch of winter plum that was sticking out of the palace wall on one side. Normally, the imperial palace should not allow such plants to grow outside the wall. It seems that the people living here are probably granted privileges.
Rong Si smiled.
This time she traveled through time and became a favored concubine in the harem, second only to the emperor and above everyone else.
The reason why she is second only to the emperor is mainly because there is no one in the backyard of this imperial palace. All matters, big or small, have to depend on the mood of the favorite concubine. Although the power to manage the affairs of the harem is not in her hands, she was born into a good family and has a good father who almost controls nearly two-thirds of the military power of the Wei Dynasty. Her father is not only in good shape, but her brother is also a rising star who is proficient in both civil and military strategies. As long as these two people are around, Rong Si can act like a demon to the sky, and I am afraid no one will stand up to say that she is not. Occasionally, some self-righteous and strict censors come out to seek a sense of existence, but they will be forcibly suppressed by her husband, the emperor of the Wei Dynasty.
Therefore, Rong Si, the Imperial Concubine Rong, had a bad reputation both inside and outside the palace. Willful and arrogant, and arrogant because of her favor, these eight characters were almost tailor-made for her.
After all, a little princess who was well protected by her father and brother before getting married, and who had a smooth life after marriage and whose husband doted on her like a royal concubine, it was okay for her to be a little spoiled and artificial. She had enough confidence to do so.
It’s just a pity that such a character exists in countless film and television works, either as a vicious female supporting role, or as cannon fodder for the protagonist to climb up.
Rong Si in this story may be even more miserable. After all, her final "ending" was entirely her own fault. Her family fought hard to "fight" for it for her. It was a typical example of a person who played a good hand badly.
The reason why I say this about her is because this woman entered the palace not for herself, but for another man.
The hero of the original novel is the younger brother of the current emperor of Wei, Mu Lianxuan, King Jing of Wei.
The original owner had known King Jing for a long time, and had even had contact with him before she came of age. The general's daughter and the young prince should have been a good story together.
It’s a pity that being just a prince can’t possibly qualify as the male protagonist.
Mu Lianxuan was a very ambitious person. Although he and the Wei Emperor Mu Yuanxiu were brothers from the same mother, he did not have a close relationship with his brother because he was adopted by the queen since he was a child. Although his mother finally won the victory in the harem, he did not get any advantage because he grew up with the queen. In the end, apart from being a prince with a small fiefdom, he did not get any other benefits.
How can a small piece of land compare with the great country of Wei? Not to mention that when he was a child, he was basically held hostage by his mother to the queen. The queen was kind and disdained to do anything to him, but the people under her were not easy to deal with. It can be said that Mu Lianxuan suffered a lot when he was a child. There were many ways in the palace that made you feel miserable.
And the result of all the suffering he had endured was that his elder brother, who had been pampered since childhood and with whom he was not very close, ascended the throne and became the emperor and the ruler of the Wei Dynasty. How could he be willing to accept this
So when he was very young, seeing his nominal brother enjoying the love of his father and mother, while he himself had to endure the bullying of a little eunuch who had no name or surname and would not even have any chance to inherit the family line, Mu Lianxuan swore that he would either not do it anymore or become the one who is superior to others.
The seeds of ambition had sprouted since childhood.
So King Jing looked gentle and elegant, as if he wanted to indulge in the beauty of nature, but in fact, he had made countless friends in private through poetry and prose. He never explained his ambitions, never revealed his ambitions, he wanted the whole world to understand that
His becoming an emperor was the trend of the times and what the people wanted.
But I don’t know how many little things he did in private.
Rong Si was a hidden chess piece he had planted. They met when they were young and fell in love. He spent a full three years on Rong Si, which made the girl fall deeply in love with him and refuse to marry anyone else.
He also devised a plan to let the other party see with their own eyes his current difficult situation. His own brother, out of fear of him, persecuted him in every way, using poisoning, assassination and all kinds of cruel tricks. Finally, he induced Rong Si to say that she was willing to enter the palace for him.
Yes, enter the palace.
Given Rong Si's status and importance, his good brother would never agree to let him marry her as his concubine. It would be impossible. There was no reason for him to combine the two major concerns of his heart and point them at him together. Therefore, it was very likely that Rong Si would enter the palace. Even if she didn't, she would probably just get a minor official position without real power.
Mu Lianxuan needed a chess piece. He didn't want an ordinary one. He wanted a chess piece of Rong Si's level. What's more, Rong Si said that she entered the palace for him. For him! As long as she entered the palace, with Rong Si's identity, his brother would never give her the position of queen, but the role of favorite concubine was tailor-made for her. He couldn't help but favor her, and dared not not favor her. Then Mu Lianxuan would have planted the biggest chess piece next to the emperor.
Anyway, the other party had sent people to assassinate him before, so he couldn't be considered to have wronged him!
In order to set up Rong Si, he put himself in the picture, and accompanied this young lady for three years, enduring all the beatings and scoldings. There was no reason for her not to give him something in return.
After Rong Si entered the palace, Mu Lianxuan would still keep in touch with her from time to time.
And the funny thing is, the two brothers of the Mu family are basically masters of acting. Mu Yuanxiu seems to be very fond of Rong Si, but in fact he is mainly afraid of the Mu family behind her. Not only that, he also made her a target in the harem to protect his true self.
Yes, Zhen in the original plot is the undisputed heroine of the entire plot.
Shao Qingwei, whose real name is Qin Wei, is a white-collar worker from modern times. After being oppressed by her boss, she worked night shifts for several days in a row. She accidentally fell asleep and may have died of sudden death. She came to ancient times and became a young lady who had just entered the palace. Because of her talent, she was framed and beaten by a concubine. Then the concubine changed her mind and became Qin Wei.
Qin Wei can be said to be twice as old as the original Shao Qingwei. She lived under the care of others when she was young. When she grew up, she was familiar with all kinds of intrigues in the office. She became very mature and steady, intelligent and wise. After arriving at the harem, she was lost for two days. Thinking about living a good life in ancient times, she always adhered to the principle of not offending others unless they offend me.
Unfortunately, this is the harem and no one can keep themselves clean and remain untainted, unless you really reach the position of Concubine Rong Si. Then, if you don't use your brain when you go out, there will always be someone following you to clean up your mess. Even if there is no one to clean up, the emperor can pretend that he saw nothing and still be affectionate with her.
The harem is a place of blood and tears. It is also the place with the most clear hierarchy, with fierce fights between concubines, tricks between palace maids and eunuchs, and so on.
Shao Qingwei only understood this truth after she lost the only maid who was kind to her.
From then on, the mode of competing for favor subtly began, but the temperament, even the vision, conversation and many other things from modern society cannot be deceived.
In particular, the scene where she mistook the emperor in plain clothes in the harem for a young eunuch and lent him a helping hand was directly reflected in Mu Yuanxiu's mind.
Mu Yuanxiu's childhood life was not so good. Because of his parents' high expectations, he had to study every day when he opened his eyes and sleep when he closed his eyes. He was a seriously deficient child. It can be said that he had never met someone as gentle as Shao Qingwei.
The two of them became familiar with each other, and not only that, he also fell deeply in love with her. Later, because he favored Shao Qingwei, she was punished to kneel by other concubines. Since then, he suppressed his emotions and wholeheartedly favored Rong Si as a shield. It can be said that if you ask who the women in the entire palace hate the most, it must be Rong Si. The key is that this woman has a very poisonous mouth and specifically looks for people to poke at. Not only that, she doesn't care at all if you poke her for not having children or something, and continues to poke you at the death, which makes people hate her very much.
Since Shao Qingwei is the heroine, how can the other man, Mu Lianxuan, escape her clutches? It's just that their meeting was not in the palace. At that time, the emperor took Shao Qingwei on a whim to go on a secret tour and happened to meet Mu Lianxuan. During the Lantern Festival, Shao Qingwei's poem "Qing Yu'an" almost amazed all the students in the capital. But it was not that she wanted to plagiarize, but that the other person was too aggressive, forcing her to take action. The aggressive person was originally sent by Mu Lianxuan to embarrass his royal brother, but who knew that he would discover such a treasure.
But that person was at the end of the street where the lights were dim. It could be said that Shao Qingwei's glance back directly made Mu Lianxuan's heart, which had been silent for many years, move.
Rong Si liked him so much, and even when so many beauties threw themselves at him, he could remain indifferent, but he couldn't do that with Shao Qingwei.
He, Mu Lianxuan, wants both the country and the beauty!
After that, Mu Lianxuan used Rong Si many times to make Mu Yuanxiu and Shao Qingwei fall out with each other, and gradually alienated the relationship between them, while he approached her with a harmless appearance.
Not only that, he also secretly became a close friend of Rong Si's brother and arranged everything for his future rebellion.
Then Rong Si asked the emperor to build the Star-Picking Tower for her at the cost of many people's money and labor.
Mu Yuanxiu thought this would be a good opportunity to overthrow the Rong family, so he built it despite the opposition of many ministers. Who could have known that in the next second, Mu Lianxuan and Rong Si's brother would overthrow him, and not only did he lose his kingdom and the beauty, but also his life.
Rong Si continued to be the imperial concubine. Even if she was criticized, she didn't care at all. She, Mu Lianxuan, was so powerful that she could ignore everything. These little rumors were nothing to her. However, she didn't know that because of Shao Qingwei, she continued to be her shield.
Shao Qingwei tried to commit suicide many times after Mu Yuanxiu's death, but was stopped by Mu Lianxuan almost every time.
Because Mu Lianxuan's true character was exposed, the two of them started a tragic love relationship. As for Rong Si, because of Mu Lianxuan's instigation, her reputation as a evil concubine who brought disaster to the country spread more and more widely. Later, even children in the countryside would call her a evil concubine when they heard her name.
At that time, it can be said that Rong Si had reached the point where she would be infamous for eternity.
Soon after, she was discovered to have had an affair with the former foolish and useless crown prince in the harem. Rong Si was directly banished to the cold palace, and the foolish and useless crown prince Mu Yichen was directly placed under house arrest. Three months later, when Rong Si was almost going crazy with hatred in the cold palace, this mantis stalked the cicada, and then the oriole behind suddenly rebelled.
Not only did it rebel, but it also brought up an old incident.
The Rong family specializes in producing infatuated people.
If Rong Si's father had not admired their mother, Concubine Wan, how could Mu Yuanxiu have been able to kill his mother and poison him so easily
Even Rong Si's mother died of depression because of this incident, so Rong Si's brother hated Mu Yuanxiu, Mu Lianxuan, and even more his father and that stupid and ignorant sister.
He was also behind this rebellion. He had already reached a consensus with the deposed crown prince that they only wanted Mu Lianxuan's head.
But Mu Lianxuan is the male protagonist, how could he lose? He immediately brought out Rong Si as a hostage. The funny thing is that Rong Si's brother asked her righteously if she wanted to avenge their mother. He didn't care that she had married the son of his enemy again and again. As long as she committed suicide now to prove her innocence, it would be revenge for their mother.
Is she willing? Of course she is not willing. Why should she die? What did she do wrong
But Rong Si still died.
Her death was extremely ignominious and she was extremely unwilling, because she was shot through the heart by an arrow from her own brother and fell off the city gate to her death. Her body was not even intact when she died, and blood was splattered everywhere. She also died with a notorious reputation that would last for thousands of years. When she died, no one cared about her, no one paid attention to her, and no one felt sorry for her.
Almost everyone cursed her for having a good death, including her own brother, with whom she had been deeply in love for most of her life.
But what’s really interesting is that in the end, the attempt to depose the crown prince failed.
She failed even in such a good situation, all because of her infatuated brother.
Not only Mu Lianxuan was amazed by the song "Qingyu'an", but also Rong Si's brother Rong Feizhou. The woman of his love knelt in front of him, begging for love and even willing to give her body. How could he not be moved and feel uncomfortable
Yes, at that time Shao Qingwei had already slept with Mu Lianxuan, and their tragic love affair had ended. The two were just about to start their sweet little life when someone rebelled.
After much thought, she finally found Rong Feizhou and tried her best to explain that Mu Lianxuan would be a good emperor. War was a waste of money and labor for the country. She could ask Mu Lianxuan to apologize to him. Besides, this was all the work of the previous generation. What's the point of bringing it to this generation? Why not let go of the resentment? The deposed prince used bloody means. You can really get a good ending after you take the throne. Don't forget that your father was the murderer of someone else's mother, and people like him will definitely make the people live in misery in the future.
Afterwards, he even took him to see the pitiful faces of the common people who were begging for a stop to the war, so… so…
Inspired him
Or is it that he can never refuse the request of the woman he loves
Rong Feizhou was defeated, and even turned his guns to target the abandoned prince. How could he not be defeated? Almost everyone in Wei knew how powerful the Rong family's military power was.
Afterwards, the deposed prince was executed by being cut into pieces and died his last breath.
Rong Feizhou handed over his military power and went traveling around the world.
Shao Qingwei took the position of queen, and Mu Lianxuan cleared all the concubines in the harem for her, and they lived together for the rest of their lives.
She also came up with many ways to reform things, and her reputation as a virtuous queen will live on forever.
After receiving the entire plot, Rong Si pressed her temples again.
Nothing else, just a headache.
Even the sedan chair felt a little uncomfortable to sit in.
She really wants to complain, she feels like everyone in this plot has so many flaws!
The weird brothers of the Mu family, the weird brothers and sisters of the Rong family, the weird father and mother of Rong, the weird Concubine Wan, the weird deposed prince, everything is weird.
But the original owner died tragically, and the key is that it has no value at all.
Her life was not even worth a heart in the eyes of her own brother. It was a plea from a woman who was so beautiful, but when she died, not even a complete body was found.
How can it not be miserable
Rong Si closed her eyes, then opened them again. The warm sunlight above her head was still shining on her.
She tilted her head to look at Dongmei, who had not left far.
Suddenly he shouted "Stop".
"My lady, what's wrong?"
Hearing his question, Rong Si looked up at Dongmei who was lying outside the palace wall and asked, "Who lives in that courtyard?"
"I will go and ask around..."
"No need to ask. I don't like the winter plum tree in her yard. I dug it up for me. Don't even leave the roots. Do you understand?"
"Yes, madam."
The young eunuch received his assignment and left happily.
Rong Si knew that the yard belonged to Shao Qingwei.
She didn't want to mess with Shao Qingwei. She wanted to see Mu Yuanxiu's cowardly look of wanting to protect her but not daring to do so. It was a warning to her, and she had to think carefully before making any decision.
Oh, so happy!
Anyway, this is how the characters in this world are.
Others are unhappy, but she is happy.
Rong Si's mood suddenly improved a lot. She asked the sedan chair under her to continue moving forward. The Imperial Garden should be not far ahead.
The original owner came out to enjoy the flowers, and now he has just arrived.
Almost as soon as they arrived at the Plum Garden, Rong Si stepped down from the sedan chair with the help of palace servants.
He held the rabbit fur in his hands and started walking forward.
I don't know why the original owner came out to appreciate the flowers in such a cold weather.
Was it to recall the good times with her lover? Yes, she had had very good memories with Mu Lianxuan at Xiangxuehai in Suzhou, and it was her habit to come out and admire the plum blossoms every time they were in full bloom.
Rong Si stepped on the snow on the ground and heard only a crackling sound.
I have to say that, disregarding the original plot, the plum blossoms here are still extremely beautiful. The things used in the harem are the best in the world, and the plum blossoms are also the best. It can be said that they are specially supplied, selected from thousands of miles away, and there are people who are proficient in flowers and plants to take care of them. They are extremely pleasing to the eye when they bloom.
As Rong Si watched, she couldn't help but feel that her mood had improved a lot.
As expected, she traveled through time and space to become a favorite concubine. Although she suffered in the later period, the treatment in the early period was simply amazing. She had everything she wanted, and she could confront anyone she didn't like. If they confronted her back, she could even fight back.
Don’t be so happy!
The further Rong Si walked inside, the better her mood became.
Coincidentally, at this moment, two voices came almost at the same time, one was a vague laughter, and the other was the system prompt sound.
Ding-
System prompt: Found the scumbag Mu Yichen, system score 60, can be regarded as a general strategy target, do you want to enable the favorability query
…Mu Yichen’s current favorability: -0.
Huh
Rong Si was a little surprised. Mu Yichen, this should be the abandoned prince who died as miserably as she did in the original plot. It can be said that Rong Si and Mu Yichen can be called the two most miserable people in the original plot. Uh no, this man is even more miserable than Rong Si. He has never had a good life. How can he be her target? Is it because she is calculating from the perspective of the original owner
Rong Si thought so.
Although he was a general target that could be ignored, Rong Si still walked forward with curiosity.
Then I saw a group of little eunuchs in green clothes gathered together, laughing.
"Eat, eat, eat. Don't you like to eat? Eat quickly! If you don't eat now, there will be no more... Hahaha!"
"Isn't it delicious? Next time, come and learn to bark like a dog. We'll bring you some cakes. Lick them clean. You're such a waste of food."
"Yes, Ah Chen, we worked so hard to bring you these cakes, you must eat them all bit by bit!"
…
The sound of teasing was endless.
Rong Si, dressed in palace dress, stood under the plum tree. She pushed aside the plum branches in front of her and happened to meet the pair of dark eyes.
"tasty… "
she heard him say stupidly.