Chapter 504 - Marrying into King Xuans Manor, He Yufen Was Splashed with a Basin of Water (1/2)
“Nothing to do, just act like Old Eight has come to you. Remember, after you enter King Xuan’s Manor, you must be generous, dignified, and do everything with Mo Xuetong at the top. No matter what she says, you should agree. Let Old Eight know that you are a smart and gentle woman, so that you can slowly walk into his heart and replace Mo Xuetong.”
“Your Highness, will, will it work?” He Yufen asked in surprise. Hadn’t they told her that when she saw King Xuan, she should do her best to seduce him?
“Yes, it will work. As long as you can hold on to that, everything will be yours in the future. Yufen, remember, you need to always be gentle and stand behind Feng Yuran. No matter how many women he has or what kind of woman he likes, you can’t be suspicious or jealous. Then years later, you will be the successful one.”
Just like herself, once she was like another Consort Xian. Although they were both in the palace, the Emperor did not take her into his heart. Even though she was very similar to Consort Xian and even gentler than the latter, Emperor still didn’t see her, but now everything was different!
A little complacent sneer flashed in Consort Zhao’s eyes. Consort Xian, who was once an enchanting woman, was already dead. Now even her son was in Consort Zhao’s hands. She owned all this because of her great endurance. The top part of the Chinese character “endurance” was a knife. Of course, she once felt that she couldn’t bear it, but fortunately, fortunately, she gave Consort Xian a fatal blow at the end.
The woman may think that she was killed by the Empress when she was dying.
“Your Highness, I’m afraid Consort Xuan would find me pretending, and do something unfavorable to me…” He Yufen was a little uneasy and moved a little. Of course, she thought that she would endure as soon as she entered King Xuan’s Manor. But when she remembered Mo Xuetong’s seemingly clear eyes, a chill rose in her heart. Consort Xuan was not like a woman who did not understand anything.
“You’re my niece and cousin of Old Eight. Mo Xuetong dislikes you in the worst. There will be some slanderous gossip, but she won’t deal with you. She now has a gulf with Old Eight and needs someone to help her mediate their relations.h.i.+p. However, there is no elder in King Xuan’s Manor, and she has no one to ask for help. The first thing you do after entering the manor is to pretend to help her to negotiate with Old Eight, and then you can have a chance to get along with Old Eight privately. As long as you can seize the opportunity and get pregnant in one fell swoop, I have a way to help you get rid of Mo Xuetong and become the first consort of Old Eight.”
“But if Mo Xuetong doesn’t like me to help her to persuade King Xuan, I won’t have a chance to see King Xuan. Isn’t it?” He Yufen was still a little uneasy.
“She will accept your help. With so many concubines, on your special ident.i.ty, even if Old Eight doesn’t like you, he has to remember that you’re from the He family and his mother’s niece,” Consort Zhao said and especially deepened the tone, a little ridicule appearing on her face. Her niece? If Consort Xian knew the truth, would she get out of the ground angrily and come to her and the He family to get revenge?
The stupid woman had always regarded her as a sister who was not related to her by blood, but didn’t know that her genetic sister was trapped now.
Hearing Consort Zhao’s words, He Yufen sighed with relief. Then she thought for a moment, and nodded to flatter Consort Zhao, “You’re right, Your Highness. I’ll listen to your instructions.”
Consort Zhao rubbed the rubies inlaid on the long nail coat, stopped for a moment, and said to the confidant maid standing behind her, “Go and take the nanmu wood-glazed lady screen in my warehouse, and give it to Miss He, as the marriage dowry.”
“Your Highness?” He Yufen stood up excitedly, and she knew that the lady screen of nanmu wood inlaid with glaze was a precious thing. She heard that glaze was from a foreign country. He Yufen had never heard such a good thing until she grew up and came to the capital, and now Consort Zhao was going to give it to her. How could she not feel excited when her eyes lit up.
Consort Zhao waved her hand, indicating that it was nothing, and said with a half-smile, “Since you are my niece, I have to support you when you marry into King Xuan’s Manor. Now among the concubines in King Xuan’s Manor, only you and the daughter of Duke Wanping have a position. I heard that she is a proud woman, and her parents’ family has a better status than your family. So someone might compare you to her. I have to make her not dare to provoke you.”
He Yufen had a low position because of the daughter of Duke Wanping. If Mo Xuetong finished and He Yufen wanted to become Consort Xuan in the future, some people might use her as an excuse to disagree. After she had listened to and learned a lesson, at least she had to suppress Duke Wanping’s daughter first. As the Emperor’s doting consort, she gave He Yufen a gift and that was able to suppress Duke Wanping’s daughter and make her afraid to speak at will.
He Yufen was sent to King Xuan’s Manor by a sedan chair from the side door in the afternoon. The two masters of the He family wanted to follow in, but was stopped by the guards.
A manservant of the He family rushed over and shouted, “How dare you! Our masters are King Xuan’s uncles.” But when the guards cast a cold glance at him, he winced his neck in fear and did not dare say anything. He just felt that all the guards of King Xuan’s Manor were not simple. As they just shot him a glance, he felt chilly in the neck.
“His Highness is injured, and is recovering in the manor. He won’t see anybody,” a guard replied unkindly. He didn’t treat the two masters of the He family as guests. King Xuan had told them that people of the He family were just Concubine He’s family, and were not his serious relatives.