Lin Yan glanced at the two of them, slightly raised her hand, and Xiaochengzi and others immediately took orders to come forward, pulling open all the curtains beside Ye Shi. Ye Xiu's heart was suddenly startled, "Ah" cried out and shrank into the quilt, shouting: "Hui Bin, what are you doing! Knowing that I don't like dazzling light..."

  Whenever there are outsiders present, Ye Xiuhe and Lin Wan are always at odds with each other.

  It's not clear what happened, but Ye Xiu Xin hasn't liked light since giving birth. Lin Wan recalled her experience from the past life and combined it with Wu Yu's diagnosis, she was basically able to confirm that Ye Xiu Xin had mild postpartum depression.

  This illness is too common nowadays, many delicate modern girls give birth to a child and claim they have this illness, no big deal, rest for a few months and it'll be fine. But Ye Shi is especially pitiful, can't even take care of her own biological child, if she doesn't get sick it's strange.

  Fortunately, I didn't get pregnant recklessly at first... If I had given birth to a child when my status was low, the scene of mother-child separation would have been unbearable.

  Lin Yan sneered at her: "If Ye Guizi continues to be so gloomy, the Emperor will naturally not want to come, and the Fifth Prince will not even see him."

  She cannot let Ye Xiuheng's illness go unchecked.

  Ren looked at Lin Wan like this, immediately beaming with a smile: "Hui Bin said it's true! Gu Ji looks like this, not to mention the emperor, who would like her? Is Gu Ji afraid of light, or can't stand being seen?" As she spoke, she burst out laughing.

  Lin Wan looked at He Shi and suddenly smiled: "Ning Ji is from the fifth rank, right? The airs she puts on in front of Gui Ji Ye Shi are really big."

  Ren didn't expect Lin Wan to mention the ranking, and her brow furrowed in annoyance. She straightened up, looking directly at Lin Wan: "Concubines are entered into the palace through ritual marriage, the Emperor said that after a few more days, the concubine's rank will be promoted..."

  "So congratulations to Ning Ji, I suppose He Lian Ji must have spoken well of her in front of the Emperor, that's why Ning Ji is now even more favored." Lin Yuan smiled thinly: "However...Ning Ji has only been in the palace for a short time, and she's currently only a fifth-rank lady-in-waiting. Even if she's promoted, it would only be to a regular fifth-rank position. She still needs to be cautious and humble when walking around the palace."

  In Lin Wan's eyes, Ren Ningji was just a naive little girl.

  Ren heard these words and felt they were not quite right. She could have today, even if He Lianji's merits are undeniable, but being openly pointed out like this still hurt her self-esteem. Did she need the He family to gain the emperor's favor?

  She said some more cautious and humble words... Her expression gradually cooled down: "Consort Hui can get to her current high position, just because she is pregnant with the dragon heir." Her eyes were filled with jealousy, staring straight at Lin's belly: "This dragon heir... The emperor has been going to Consort Pin's place frequently lately, and it's really hard to say what will happen in the future."

  He Lianji was spoiled and rude, but she had a bit of cleverness. But this Ren Ningji is truly somewhat foolish.

  Ren said and quickly covered the corner of her mouth, Hehe sneered twice, turned her face and muttered to herself: "It's just the daughter of a small official in a poor and remote place."

  Ren's voice was so soft and small that it was almost inaudible, but Lin Wan still heard it. Originally not a good-tempered person, such words made her heart suddenly surge with anger. Lin Wan glanced at Chu Xue, who understood, and the next moment, Ren's face had already been slapped.

  The sound of the slap was extremely loud and the force was very great. Ren Shi stared at the person who hit her in shock - a palace maid standing next to Consort Hui.

  Lin Yu sat leisurely, ordering someone to pour tea for her to drink. The Ren clan's lady in front of her had already become furious, pointing at the palace maid Chunxue: "You... you actually dare to hit me! Hui Bin, I will definitely go tell the Emperor, and the Emperor will deal with you..."

  "Dispose of her?" Lin Yan sneered: "Shouldn't Ning Ji be punished for speaking out of turn? It's true that you were married into the palace, but you keep insulting the dragon heir. How can I let you off? Ning Ji shouldn't have failed to learn the rules and not understand that trouble comes from the mouth."

  "How dare you insult the imperial heir!" Ren Shi covered her face, looking up at Lin Yuan: "Where did I speak out of turn? I said that Concubine Hui's birth was humble, isn't it true?! The Emperor favors me the most, Concubine Hui is just one year earlier than me in entering the palace. Concubine Hui hit me today, don't regret it in the future..."

  Lin Wan just smiled: "Oh? Did the concubine hear it wrong? Just now, He Shi whispered that the concubine's status is lowly and therefore not worthy of giving birth to children for the imperial family!"

  Ren's eyes widened.

  Lin Wan called over an inner attendant who was sent by the Emperor to serve her. She said loudly, "You all just heard it, Ren Ning Ji spoke ill words and insulted the child in my womb. This is really too much, please report this truthfully to the Emperor."

  "Empress! I didn't say that!" Madame Ren's face turned bright red with rage, she still hadn't grasped the sharp words of Lin Yuan, but was instead incredulous and furious at being slapped: "You lowly evil woman... how dare you hit me..."

  Lin Wan furrowed her brow, really not knowing that this surname Ren would make such a big noise when she got excited. She waved her hand at the attendant beside her and said, "It's too noisy, take her out for me."

  What Ren Ningji experienced today was completely beyond her imagination. When she was finally dragged away, she was still shouting and scolding loudly.

  These days in the palace, she has not received less hostility and bullying, but the emperor's favor towards her will always reprimand those concubines who are not good to her. Even if they suffer again, those women are jealous of her favor, at most spreading rumors and slandering her secretly, and dare not argue with her face to face.

  But today... she was beaten for the first time.

  She had never been hit by a finger since she was a child, and someone dared to lay hands on her.

  Ren Ningji was dragged out of the Tinglan Pavilion, covering her swollen face and ran to the Jianzhang Palace, also instructing her palace maid to deliver a message to He Lianji.

  Lin Wan still sat in the inner room drinking tea. Ye Xiu looked at her with some astonishment: "You... how could you hit her, she's favored after all..."

  She glanced at her, seeing that there were no outsiders in the house, and stretched out her hand to knock over the tea cup: "I'm in a bad mood, so I'll take it out on her. Besides, I dislike the He family, and by extension, I also dislike her."

  Ye Xiu's heart was so clever that she immediately thought of Lin Wan being angry because of the matter with Empress Dowager. As soon as she thought of this, she couldn't help but want to cry again. The father of Empress Dowager had just been reused and was loyal to the emperor, a rare loyal minister. She took away her own child, even the quiet imperial concubine couldn't stop it, how could she go against it?

  "Don't cry!" Lin Yuan looked at her with some helplessness: "You're like this, there's no good in it! Crying during pregnancy will lead to falling hair, can't you just hold back?"

  If Lin Wan were in Ye Tingxin's situation, she might not be much stronger than her. But Lin Wan had no other way, and she still had to advise her.

  She also wanted to drag the fifth prince out of Chuhua Palace! But she didn't have that ability yet.

  "The fifth prince will not return." Lin Yuen said word by word: "A year ago, you chose the empress for wealth and glory, and were willing to give this child to her. At that time, you should have thought of today. You can't regret your own choices."

  "Lin sister, Boluo... My Boluo really can't come back?"

  "At least for a year, neither of us has that kind of ability." Lin Yan just shook her head.

  "So what's next..."

  "It's possible in the future!" Lin Wan said with certainty: "You can't be so heartbroken anymore. Actually, you didn't do anything wrong. If you hadn't agreed to surrender to the Empress back then, this child wouldn't have been born in the first place. Now he's just being taken away, you should be content with that. What you need to do now is to gain the Emperor's favor, quickly recover your body and serve the Emperor. Once you climb to a higher position, you'll naturally have more power. At that time, you can compete with Concubine Tian."

  Ye Xiu's face was frozen as he stared at her.

  "You still want to cry, don't you." Lin Yu let out a sigh: "It's okay, I'll teach you a trick. Today it was Ren Ningji, and I heard that a few days ago some people came just to kick you while you're down. From now on when you meet someone like this, you don't need to hide or endure, just order the palace maid beside you to slap their face. That way you'll feel relieved instantly and won't feel sad anymore."

  "Ah?" Ye Xiu's mind was apparently a bit stuck.

  "Don't worry, even if the Ren family is favored, can she surpass the birth mother of the fifth prince?" Lin Yu said casually: "You can't compete with Huan Bin for favor, but in terms of status and position, most people in the palace are not as good as you. As long as those who are lower than you in rank dare to bully you here, just let go of your courage and fight back."

  "...Will His Majesty not be angry..." Ye Xiu asked with her head lowered.

  "The Emperor will be biased towards you." Lin Yu smiled: "It's not just me who wants to see you doing well, the Emperor is the same. Both I and the Emperor dislike seeing Concubine Tian take away the Fifth Prince, but we can't do anything about it. You are the birth mother of the prince, and the Emperor will also make sure you're doing well in order to restrain Concubine Tian."

  Ye Xiu tightly grasped the quilt.

  "Just be careful of Tian Fei." Lin Wan reminded her, "If she can't kill you that day, she will never give up in the future."

  Lin Wan quickly left Tinglan Xiaozhu.

  The news that Ren Ningji was slapped by Lin Wan's palace maid had already spread throughout the palace. Everyone said that Hui Bin scolded and beat Ren Ningji in Ye Guiji's bedroom, bullying both Ye and Ren together, really arrogant.

  The enthusiasm of the people in the palace far exceeded Lin Wan's imagination, although it was just a dispute between two favored concubines, it had become so notorious that everyone knew about it and rumors were spreading everywhere, even more lively than the day the fifth prince was born. Because this matter was the first time that Hui Bin, the favored concubine who wore the crown in the harem, took action against the new consort, everyone wanted to know how much weight these new consorts, who had entered the palace under the name of a ceremonial marriage and had been granted high positions and received the emperor's favor, held in the emperor's heart.

  Can you rival Hui Bin?

  At this time, Ren Ningji was still kneeling in the front yard of Jianzhang Palace to see the emperor and asked the emperor to take charge for herself.

  She was alone, and her usual companion, Sister He, did not accompany her. Whenever something happened, she would go to Sister He for help, but this time He Lianji was feeling unwell and couldn't get out of bed in her own palace. She couldn't wait for He Lianji, so anxious to come and tell the emperor about her grievances and seek justice that she came alone.

  Tuoba Hong in the study room held a letter and stared at it for a long time, his eyebrows tightly furrowed. After a while, he felt a splitting headache.

  He rubbed his forehead with his hand and took a deep breath. However, at this annoying moment, the sound of a woman's sobbing still came from outside, piercing his ears one by one.

  It's really too annoying. Tuoba Hong suddenly stood up, threw the cinnabar pen in his hand out, and coldly said: "Who is making noise outside!"

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