Thirteen years later——
Spring passes and autumn comes, mountains and seas change, and time changes.
After a heavy winter rain, the weather became increasingly damp and cold.
"Cough cough cough..."
There was a heavy coughing sound coming from the overlapping green gauze tents, and the palace guests coming in and out of Shun'an Palace all had sad and worried looks on their faces.
Several imperial doctors knelt in front of the bed and fell silent when facing the Queen Mother's questions.
Only Imperial Physician Yan dared to tell the truth: "Your Majesty, although Imperial Concubine Liang's body is no longer affected by the poison ten years ago, it is still not as healthy as before. This year's winter has been so long, and she has been infected with severe wind and cold. Weichen and others...have no way to save themselves."
Moreover, Liangfei is now thirty-three years old, which is considered to have a long life among the concubines.
Historically, the lifespan of emperors was only around sixty. Because staying up late for a long time was harmful to the body and worrying about state affairs, they would not live long.
Therefore, it is quite good that Liang Fei was still alive to more than ten years old even though she was poisoned and had to undergo blood transfusions all over her body.
After Doctor Yan finished speaking, the whole room fell into silence again. Only Concubine Liang was lying on the bed, looking at the top of the bed with her eyes blankly.
She seemed to see herself when she was fifteen years old...
She entered the palace in the same year as Concubine De, Concubine Li, and some long-forgotten concubines.
In the spring of March, the grass grows and the orioles fly, the flowers wither and bloom, but the beautiful colors of the beautiful ladies remain eternal.
Three years after another, the cycle starts again and again, and there are always new beautiful girls to replace the old ones.
"Xiangrui, what do you think the emperor looks like? My father took me to palace banquets before, and I only saw him from a distance. I only know that he has one nose and two eyes."
"Shhh! Sister Ni'er, if you make irresponsible remarks about the Emperor, if Aunt Duan finds out, we will be punished."
Concubine Li, who was ten years old at that time, already had a arrogant temper, but the girl's heart was always jealous of evil: "What are you afraid of? My grandfather was the chief minister of the dynasty. If the Zhu family hadn't suffered a heavy hemorrhage, he had promised the emperor forever... forget it. You don’t understand even if I tell you, but just remember, hug my thigh, and Grandma Duan won’t dare to touch you in the future.”
"Then I will be Sister Ni'er's little follower from now on."
"Look at your worthless look. I still have two bottles of good beauty lotion. I'll give you one later."
At that time, she had a good relationship with Concubine Li. Concubine De was not good-looking, and she always followed her pretty cousin, showing off her humble posture.
Concubine Li naturally looked down upon her.
In order to show their sense of superiority, or to form a group and cultivate their own power, they choose the one who stands out among the short ones, and then they fall in love with the good concubine.
During those days in Chuxiu Palace, although there were intrigues, there were also many happy moments.
She and Concubine Li often invited several beautiful ladies to go to the imperial garden to pick flowers and take a bath together.
What I remember most is that one time, something was added to Concubine Li’s flowers, which gave them an extraordinarily fragrant aroma.
While she was enjoying the envious looks of all the beautiful ladies, a swarm of bees flew from nowhere and stung Concubine Li all over her head.
The next day was the palace election. Everyone had to face the emperor, but the most beautiful lady was stung into a pig's head.
That was the first time that Liang Fei knew the cruelty and viciousness in this deep palace.
This is also Concubine Li's first transformation.
The Song family was so powerful that it was easy to find a beautiful girl who could harm Concubine Li.
Later, it happened that Concubine De's cousin was suddenly poisoned and died.
At that time, Concubine Liang thought that Concubine De's cousin had killed Concubine Li, so Concubine Li killed the beautiful girl whose appearance was only inferior to hers.
Many, many years later, when she had broken up with Concubine Li and became the right-hand man of the late empress, the late empress told her that it was not Concubine De who was stung by a bee, but Concubine De herself.
The reason was just because Concubine Li once said that Concubine De had ordinary appearance and would not be favored by the emperor even if she was selected.
The death of Concubine De's cousin was not caused by Concubine Li, but Concubine De chose to poison her cousin in order to gain the emperor's attention and establish herself as a kind person who would not fight for it.
Although Concubine Li was domineering, she was still kind at that time and never hurt anyone's life.
On the day of the palace election, Concubine Li used the beauty honey sent by the Song family. The redness and swelling on her face disappeared, and she shone in the imperial garden. Her magnificent appearance won the emperor's heart.
From then on, her legendary life began.
Concubine Liang was a talented person who was awarded the eighth rank after the palace election. She was completely different from Zhaoyi, who was in the third rank of Concubine Li.
It was also from that time that the Yu family began to get closer to the Zhu family of the late empress and became the Zhu family's retainers.
Concubine Liang and Concubine Li gradually became estranged and became concubines of the former empress's faction.
Concubine Li felt that she had been betrayed and started to get into trouble with Concubine Liang. The young and energetic Concubine Liang also regarded her as an enemy and did not reconcile until her death.
Now think about it, why is it necessary?
Isn’t it true that everyone in the palace has his own master?
If the Yu family had surrendered to Song Shoufu, Concubine Liang would still have become Concubine Li's pawn.
Concubine Li has dominated the harem for more than ten years, and even the former empress has to avoid her influence.
The first time Jiang Xinyue appeared...
At first, they all thought that the emperor just regarded her as a substitute for Concubine Li, looking for the shadow of Concubine Li in the new person.
But who would have thought that starting from Chu Jieyu, she would defeat all the concubines who were more senior, vicious and favored than her.
The seventh prince and third princess who adopted the Western Prince and gave birth to the prince immediately gave birth to twins.
Those who underestimated her have already fallen into hell.
Jiang Xinyue was the only concubine in the harem who truly convinced her and gave her true feelings.
They don't know each other anymore.
"Cough cough cough cough cough... vomit..."
A mouthful of crimson blood vomited out of Liang Fei's throat, and her body fell heavily into the quilt...
There were suppressed cries from Shun'an Palace. After a while, the cries gradually became louder.
"The good concubine... the good concubine..."
Liang Fei opened her eyes and tilted her head to look at Jiang Xinyue, whose face had lost its youthful youthfulness and was now sacred and inviolable: "My Lady... you are still... still so beautiful, just like the first time I saw you."
Under the crabapple tree, the girl's pink and tender face is as ripe as March, and the peach blossoms falling on the ground have an overly coquettish, bright and seductive feeling.
"You are not good-looking at all. When I first met you, you were like a little pepper, full of energy. Why are you like this now?"
He was so sick that he seemed to be going away at any time.
Liang Fei felt her eyes became clearer and her spirits improved. She sat up from the bed and said, "Why do I seem to hear the eldest princess's voice? Is she coming to pick me up?"
"Grandma! Grandma!"
A little girl of thirteen or so ran in outside the house. She looked exactly like the eldest princess when she was little.
