Favored Concubine

  At noon, Wanyu and several sisters had a lively lunch together. After seeing off Yanni and Yunqing, Jasmine giggled and said, "Miss, the third miss and fourth miss get along quite well, much better than the second miss."

  She had a very poor impression of Yun Shu and was resentful of her repeated bullying of her own young mistress.

  Wan Yu also smiled and nodded, "Yes, Third Sister and Fourth Sister are both very good."

  "That's right, I think the third young lady is quite good, she understands things and knows how to repay kindness. Just now when I was waiting outside, her maid Cui Liu even gave me a handkerchief and some tea leaves, looks like she's also a clever one." Peony poured a cup of hot tea for Yuwen and reported with a smile.

  Wan Yu sighed, "Third sister is actually the most difficult to deal with. Second aunt has many difficulties too... It's hard to find someone like Yun Qing who is still so clear-headed and polite, not comparing herself to others, not jealous or envious. In this day and age, if someone can just do their part well, that's already quite good. I think our grandmother also approves of third sister, as long as she doesn't learn from Yun Shu's example. She'll definitely have a stable and good marriage in the future, and even the Hou family will give her a dowry, they won't be stingy with her. Yun Shu is probably..."

  She understood the old lady's eyes that day, and was afraid that she had completely given up on Yun Shu and would no longer make arrangements for her. In the future, it could only be seen whether her mother and father were happy or not. The family she chose might not be as good as Yun Qing's.

  "Peony sneered coldly, 'If I had known today would be like this, why bother in the first place? Miss didn't take care of her for nothing, did she show any gratitude? Not only did she not show gratitude, but she also wanted to deceive Miss. It's really unseen before. They're all from the same household, they should be closer than others, but she doesn't even want to be close. Everything was given to ungrateful people, Third Miss and Fourth Miss at least knew to bring some tea leaves as a gift to show their appreciation, what about her? After receiving so many things from Miss, did she show any indication of gratitude? It seems we all owe her.'"

  Wan Yu didn't want to say anything more, she just shook her head and was unwilling to mention it again. Since they couldn't get along, they might as well treat each other like familiar strangers. Now that she's eleven years old by Chinese age reckoning, the days she spends at home are also limited.

  Jasmine saw that Yuwen's face didn't look very good, so she quietly nudged Peony, and the two of them silently withdrew.

  Wan Yu picked up a jacket and slowly embroidered it, which was for Qi Ge. As the weather was getting hot, she had to embroider summer clothes. In her mind, she thought that in recent years, practicing calligraphy had helped her calm down and made progress, and her cultivation had broken through the middle stage of refining qi. It seemed that her main problem was still her mental state. To recover her cultivation, she couldn't just focus on cultivating, but rather pay attention to clearing up her mind.

  Unfortunately, she has been able to absorb very little dragon energy over the years. She has only seen the emperor two or three times in total, and each time she only dared to take a small sip. However, the effect was very significant, surpassing the results of her own hard work and practice over the years.

  It seems that she is destined to stay in the mysterious imperial palace, every time she enters the palace, her sense of restraint on her body decreases a lot, but at home, she doesn't have this feeling. This is the heavenly way's restriction on cultivators, but the imperial palace has a strong dragon energy due to the residence of emperors from past dynasties, which has a certain avoidance effect on the heavenly way's rules.

  For her, being in the imperial palace felt slightly better than being at home, at least there was less of a strong oppressive force. The Heavenly Dao's rules had a very strong restrictive power on cultivators, used to protect ordinary people from harm.

  As one's cultivation increases, the stronger their abilities become, the more severe the sense of restraint becomes. Killing ordinary people will result in heavenly punishment, and the punishment is far more severe than imagined, to the point of being annihilated.

  Wan Yu needs to learn how to be an ordinary person, gain insight into the truth from life, and make her heart full, in order to hope that one day she can ascend back to the spiritual realm.

  Absorbing the dragon's energy not only allows her to recover from her injuries, but more importantly, it enables her to advance. Only by absorbing the heavenly treasures and earthly gems can the original body of Qinglian unfold more leaves and successfully advance. As a Hongmeng Qinglian species, dragon energy is the best supplement, which can also allow her to nurture stronger lotus seeds while continuously enhancing her own aura, which is extremely important for cultivators.

  The benefits of dragon energy are not just this little bit, there are many effects that she doesn't know about, and she only learned some from various classics because of her good friend Jinlong's relationship, and slowly came to understand.

  Cultivating with dragon energy is much better than directly absorbing spiritual energy, and there won't be any side effects. The spiritual energy in the mortal world is very thin, and she can only absorb the purple yang energy at dawn and the moon's power at night to balance yin and yang, but the spiritual energy is almost negligible, and if you want to recover your cultivation, you can only enter the palace to absorb the dragon energy there.

  In more than two years, she will have to participate in the selection. The imperial court holds a major selection every three years and a minor selection every five years. The major selection is for selecting consorts, while the minor selection is for selecting palace maids.

  Although her future would not be too bad with her father's official position, she still had some worries. She was a nominal legitimate daughter, and there was a certain difference between being born to the legitimate wife and being born out of wedlock. It could be said that ordinary families wouldn't care about this, but the imperial family might not necessarily be so.

  Although the old lady often said that Jingfei liked her, which was the biggest reliance, she was not so optimistic. The emperor was the one who decided everything, and he had the power to kill or live for all people under heaven. Moreover, Lao Die still had military power in his hands.

  As an excellent general, it's a matter of using and defending, the degree of which depends on how the emperor grasps it. If he is lenient, their days will be good; if he is strict, the Murong family will be in danger.

  "Miss, stop embroidering, be careful not to strain your eyes. I've cooked swallow's nest and snow pear for you, have some to soothe your throat." The wet nurse came over and gently comforted her.

  Wan Yu let out a sigh and put down her clothes, rubbed her eyebrows, held the bowl and stirred it gently, her face still looked somewhat worried.

  The wet nurse sighed, stroking Yuwen's head with a mixture of sympathy and love. "I know what you're worried about, but you have to understand that there are times when people can't help themselves in this world, not just for their own sake, but also for the sake of their loved ones and siblings. Those plays always say it so nicely - 'flying together with wings' or 'raising the case together', but look at your mother, and then look at the second and third wives... our men in the Mu Rong family are still quite decent, they know how to cherish their main wife. You've been to other people's homes too, haven't you? Even that noble family has concubines, right? Some families have rules that say if there's no child by the age of thirty, then a concubine can be taken in... but what about those who are brought into the household through other means? Those aren't considered concubines either, nor are they part of the outer chambers. Are you sure there isn't even one person who is completely clean?"

  Wan Yu leaned her head against the wet nurse's shoulder and whispered, "Mom, I understand what you said. I'm just afraid that as the years go by, people's hearts will change."

  "Foolish child, when it's time to strive, don't shrink back; and when it's not your turn, don't meddle unnecessarily. Just do your own part well. A person's fate is predetermined by heaven, but we also need to make our own efforts to strive for it. I, the wet nurse, haven't read many books and don't understand those principles, but I know that no matter what time it is, you can't give up. If you yourself are timid, who will look up to you?"

  "Should we say that Princess Jing didn't have a time when she was out of favor? She even miscarried a child because of it, what a huge blow that must have been. But she still managed to become strong again, and now not only is she in favor but also has a son by her side. Can you say she's inferior to those other consorts? Whoever sees the princess dares not bow their head in greeting?" The wet nurse had her own reasoning.

  Wan Yu knew that entering the palace was inevitable, but she couldn't help feeling a little uneasy in her heart. After all, she wasn't good at fighting and socializing with others, let alone playing tricks on them.

  No matter what, roads are walked out by people, since it's her own choice, she will bravely move forward.

  Thinking of this, her heart felt more at ease. Yuwen smiled beautifully and said, "I understand, mom don't worry."

  The wet nurse nodded in relief and again instructed her to drink the soup.

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