Bai Suyan nodded with tears in her eyes, "Do you understand?" Wen Guiren almost screamed at the top of her lungs. "I understand. I will remember. How can I forget what you taught me with your own life?"
Wen Guiren received her assurance and breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, her body could no longer support itself and fell back. She waved her hand and said weakly, "Don't be narcissistic. Who did it for you? Get lost."
Less than a moment after Bai Suyan left, Luoshuanga arrived. He was holding an imperial edict in his hand. It was a stamped edict regarding the execution of the Wang Family and the Wen Family. Wen Wu trembled as she received the edict. She opened it and read every word with her eyes wide open. Finally, she heaved a sigh of relief. Her face, which looked good before, quickly turned pale.
Luoshuanga looked at her and asked, "Do you regret it?"
Wen Wu said slowly, "If Your Majesty really feels sorry for me, please treat Consort Yan well. Like me, she probably doesn't have much longer to live."
Wen Wu's abilities were not obtained through proper cultivation, or rather, she was cultivating an evil art. This art would overdraft her lifespan, or it could be said that it was a kind of evil art that would inhabit her body and absorb nutrients without any bottom line until her body was completely emptied. Bai Suyan was the same. In order to cultivate the Bone Shrinking Art, she destroyed her own foundation. It was probably because of this that Wen Wu was somewhat close to her.
Luoshuanga asked again, "Do you have any other last wishes?"
Wen Wu was silent for a moment and said, "I only hope that after I die, I can be buried with my sister. You know, my sister has a soft personality. If I don't take care of her, she will be bullied even more by the little devils. And Miss Guan, why don't Your Majesty arrange a good marriage for her and send her far away? It's a good deed for the child."
"Consort Yan was here?" Luoshuanga looked at Wen Wu's exhausted face and suddenly could not bring himself to refuse. "I will send someone to take care of him. You … rest well."
Wen Wu suddenly opened his eyes again and said maliciously, "I heard that the Empress Dowager is making things difficult for His Majesty again with the matter of Feifei. Anyway, I don't want to be buried in Feifei Mausoleum. My plot of land is empty anyway, so I might as well give it to Feifei." When she thought about how Feifei Wang could only live under her shadow and eat after death, she laughed so hard that her cheeks were rosy again.
Luoshuanga put away the edict and said, "As you wish."
Wen Wu struggled to kneel on the couch with the help of Lotus Leaf. He solemnly bowed and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."
Luoshuanga had just walked out of the Willow Palace when he heard Heye's mournful cry behind him. "Niang niang — —"
Noble Lady Wen had passed away. After Wang Shi, the Wen Clan also followed in her footsteps.
When Bai Suyan heard the news in the Liuying Palace, her hand trembled and a drop of ink fell on the rice paper, ruining most of her efforts. She and Wen Wu only really got along during the few days in the Cold Palace. It was probably because of the similarities in their bodies that they faintly had some kind of tacit understanding.
Noble Concubine Ning told Bai Suyan the follow-up behind the palace door. Bai Suyan's voice only sounded after a long time, "I can't go out now. I can only ask you to help me pay respects to Wen Wu."
"Wen Wu?" Noble Concubine Ning quickly figured out the key point. "I understand. Please rest assured, Niang niang. There is one more thing. I heard that Second Miss Guan will be entering the palace in a few days."
"… Did His Majesty not appoint a marriage for her?"
Noble Concubine Ning said, "Who knows? But according to her situation, what kind of family can she marry into? Her maternal family is unreliable. Even if her husband's family treats her well because of His Majesty's decree, they will find out after a few days that she is only so-so. How long can they treat her well? It is better for her to enter the palace. Even if she is not favored, she is still His Majesty's person. Who would dare to look down on her? Niang niang has done her best. Don't worry about her anymore. She has chosen her own path. No matter how regretful she is, she has to crawl down it. "
"… Who went over to the Nanyuan?"
Noble Concubine Ning explained everything that happened that day in the Feng Qi Palace. When she finished, she couldn't help but sigh. "Now is good. The two troublesome ones have all gone out. The remaining two promised. I think Li Ying is a sensible one. He should be able to gain His Majesty's favor."
"Ah Ning, I will leave it to you to arrange. Don't come often when I am in confinement. If someone sees you, I am afraid you will be implicated. Moreover, I have my own plans."
Noble Concubine Ning thought that she was sad because of Wen Wu, so she couldn't help but comfort her. "Niang niang, although Noble Concubine Wen has gone, she must be relieved to see you pull yourself together. Niang niang still needs to take care of your body. Don't be too sad."
Bai Suyan tried to make her voice not sound so sad. "I know. Now that Noble Concubine Wen is gone and Concubine Jing and I are not around, the situation in the harem will only become more chaotic. You need to be careful."
Noble Concubine Ning said, "Don't worry, niang niang. This concubine still has the ability to protect myself."
Consort Yan was in confinement, Concubine Jing was nursing her pregnancy, and Noble Concubine Wen was gone. The most respected person in the harem was Concubine Mu in the Snow Resting Palace. Naturally, there were many people in the harem who went to flatter Concubine Mu.
However, Concubine Mu wasn't the kind of person who would become frivolous after being flattered. She only took advantage of this to gain many benefits for Chambermaid Xi Xuan in the harem. She didn't care about the power in the harem at all. For a while, she had a reputation of being virtuous.
Ever since Chambermaid Xi Xuan was found to be pregnant, Hua Ying put away her playful thoughts and wholeheartedly accompanied her. She even pestered the imperial physicians and female physicians to ask all kinds of questions. She was prepared to be Chambermaid Xi Xuan's nanny. At the same time, she began to guard against Concubine Mu's people. But no matter how much she guarded against them, it was useless. According to the new rules of the harem, only third-rank concubines could raise their own children.
Originally, Bai Suyan was only a fourth-rank concubine who could be the head of the harem. Similarly, a fourth-rank concubine was supposed to raise the child. However, for some reason, Empress Dowager Wang raised the rules. As a result, even if a concubine gave birth to a child, the child could only be given to a wet nurse in the harem.
Although Hua Ying couldn't figure it out, she wasn't stupid. She faintly felt that the Empress Dowager was doing this for her niece. After all, there were only a few third-rank concubines in the harem. She counted with her fingers. No, there was still Gu Jieyu and Zhang Jieyu. But the former was deaf and mute and couldn't be given to her. As for the latter … they didn't have a good reason to leave the Snow Resting Palace!
Furthermore, an imperial heir was a delicious cake. Concubine Mu wouldn't easily let it in. Even if it was given to Zhang Jieyu, she probably wouldn't easily let Chambermaid Xi Xuan come in contact with it. For a while, things were in a deadlock. This was the first time Hua Ying had thought about the so-called rank.
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