I was a concubine in Legend of Zhen Huan

Chapter 218 Nian Gengyao (11)

Obviously, Shen Meizhuang's rejection caught Zhen Huan off guard.

All along, Shen Meizhuang almost always did whatever she said. Although Sister Mei was a little cold to her when she first gained favor after entering the mansion, even then she would do whatever she said.

She's used to it. Zhen Huan has really gotten used to Shen Meizhuang being her yes-man, backer and thug.

She had already planned how they would fight with Fu Jin Yi Xiu after Shen Mei Zhuang agreed, but she didn't expect that Shen Mei Zhuang would refuse her after hesitating for a long time.

Zhen Huan's expression, which was three parts stunned, three parts embarrassed, and four parts sad, successfully made Shen Meizhuang feel a little guilty.

But no matter how guilty she felt, Shen Meizhuang still wanted to continue staying in Prince Yong's mansion.

The current Shen Zishan's power is far less than in the original plot. In the original plot, when Big Fat Orange came to power, his brothers were basically either circled or gone, and the remaining ones could only hide quietly because the loss rate of the previous brothers was too high.

But things are different now. Yinreng is afraid that his brothers are not working hard enough. The emperor's brothers do not have enough chances to get high-ranking and powerful positions in the court, and those left for foreign officials are indeed limited.

Therefore, in this life, Shen Zishan's official position is not that high, and Shen Meizhuang does not have that much confidence to confront the prince. When her mother's family does not have much confidence, she can only think more about herself.

There is no Concubine Dowager De to please Prince Yong in his mansion now. She is not particularly liked by Fatty Ju, so doesn't she have to be a good girl and live under Yixiu?

Shen Meizhuang refused to help. Zhen Huan's father's official position in the capital was not high. She only had Fatty Ju's illusory favor for her substitute Rou Ze. Zhen Huan, who felt that she could not do it alone, started to collude in Prince Yong's Mansion.

The first person she hooked up with was the venomous Qi Yuebin. Well, it's not quite right to say that Zhen Huan took the initiative to seduce Qi Yuebin. It should be said that they were going in both directions.

After all, if Qi Yuebin didn't take the initiative to walk into Zhen Huan's sight, she had been pretending to be sick for so many years, Yixiu had allowed her not to pay her respects, and Zhen Huan didn't even know this person.

Yes, even if Nian Shilan had not entered the mansion, Qi Yuebin was still "weak" after Rouze died and Yixiu became the legitimate wife.

So, when Qi Yuebin said something ambiguous that the reason why she was weak was because of Yi Xiu, Zhen Huan immediately regarded her as a close friend.

But unfortunately, the reason why "confidants" become confidants is because they have too similar interests.

Qi Yuebin's plan was to use Zhen Huan to overthrow Yi Xiu and reap the benefits. Coincidentally, Zhen Huan also expected Qi Yuebin to fight for her like Shen Meiyu did before, and she would only need to stand behind him and cheer.

The result of both of them expecting the other to be the first to speak out was that when Concubine Qi and Concubine Zhen got together they said all kinds of curses and swear words, but they didn't cause any real harm to Yixiu.

Naturally, these gossips of theirs were reported to Yixiu by the spies she had placed in Zhen Huan's residence, but the damage caused by these insults was not as great as the damage caused by Zhen Huan intercepting Pangju and calling him to bed in the middle of the night on the fifteenth day.

Yixiu had long expected that Zhen Huan was not a good person, so she was not surprised at all that Zhen Huan would gossip about her.

As for Qi Yuebin, she didn't need to pay respects on weekdays, and she pretended to be sick for too long, so long that Yixiu almost forgot that there was such a person in their Prince Yong's Mansion.

This time, Qi Yuebin frequently went to Zhen Huan's place, and he didn't look half dead. The distance between Qi Yuebin's residence and Zhen Huan's residence was even farther than that of the main courtyard.

Yi Xiu sneered, "Doesn't Concubine Qi look very energetic? I spared her from paying respects every day because I pitied her for her frail health. Now that she is energetic enough to walk around, I think she is fully recovered. Let Concubine Qi come and pay respects from tomorrow."

In this way, Zhen Huan and Qi Yuebin conspired for a long time, but they still couldn't come up with a way to deal with Yixiu. Instead, they let Qi Yuebin resume his daily greetings.

What a bad start!

Zhen Huan secretly sighed in her heart that Qi Yuebin was not real and reliable.

In this life, there is no plot in the beginning where Qi Yuebin rescues Zhen Huan, and Qi Yuebin has never given any help to Zhen Huan.

So when she was brought out by Yixiu to pay her respects again, and was mocked and humiliated by Yixiu's lackeys, led by Concubine Li, on a daily basis, Zhen Huan said nothing.

Although she had already decided in her heart that Qi Yuebin was a waste, Zhen Huan still did a good job on the surface. Although she didn't say a word when Qi Yuebin paid his respects in the main courtyard, when she and Qi Yuebin were alone, Zhen Huan started chattering again.

This scene is somewhat similar to the scene in the original plot when the fat orange Yixiu was sent out of the palace to pray for blessings. At that time, all the concubines stood outside the city gate to see off the emperor and the empress. Zhen Huan and Hua Fei had a quarrel. Jing Fei saw that Zhen Huan was still pregnant and was afraid that Zhen Huan would make a mistake. She was also afraid that Hua Fei would really get angry, so she came out like a good person to smooth things over.

What was the result? Concubine Jing was humiliated by Concubine Hua in front of everyone. Zhen Huan might have said that she was a bit talkative when she was arguing with Concubine Hua, but when it came to Concubine Jing, she was like Xu Shu entering Cao's camp - she didn't say a word.

Not only that, but she had to ask the good-natured Concubine Jing to comfort her afterwards.

Oh, in comparison, Zhen Huan's attitude towards Qi Yuebin is considered good. Look, this time, she actually took the initiative to comfort Qi Yuebin in private (sarcastic ing)!

Ahem, we’ve gone off topic, let’s get back to the domestic fighting in Prince Yong’s mansion.

Zhen Huan did try to make things difficult for Yi Xiu in front of Pang Ju, but Pang Ju was basically indifferent.

He is not an emperor in this life. As a prince, and as a prince with twenty brothers who are not only alive but most of them hold real power in the court, it is obvious that he needs to socialize in many more occasions and at many more times.

This means that Yixiu is very busy every day. Today, the brothers ranked one to ten have nephews and nieces getting married; tomorrow, the brothers ranked 20 and above will start their own households or get married; the day after tomorrow, the brothers ranked 10 or 20 will have new children in their families...

As a prince's wife, Yixiu, apart from her little habit of having abortions, can be regarded as a model of a prince's wife in other aspects, such as housekeeping and socializing.

In addition to his brothers and sisters, who were growing in number, Fat Ju also had some disciples under his command who needed to be won over from time to time. And all of this had to be taken care of by Yi Xiu.

Logically speaking, on the surface, there was nothing wrong with the Fu Jin's marriage to him for more than twenty years; from the perspective of interests, having a capable Fu Jin could save a lot of effort, and there was nothing wrong with Fu Jin having the final say in the mansion.

Just look at his fifth brother's family, the main wife and the concubine are fighting, and the house is in a mess. Their second brother, the emperor, thinks that this fifth brother can't even manage the inner house well, how can he manage the government, so he has not given the fifth brother much responsibility.

Prince Yong is a powerful prince with ideals and ambitions, and now has some say in people's livelihood. He does not want to end up like his fifth brother.

So, sometimes men do not not understand some things, but most of the time they pretend to be confused even though they know the truth and are unwilling to understand.