My Devil Emperor
Storytelling

"Xiao Li faced Empress Dowager and Consort Mother Zhu." Yuan bowed respectfully in front of Lian Chun and Zhu Yue who were sitting together.

Lian Chun raised her face and smiled warmly. "Ah, Xiao Li has arrived. Come here, baby."

Yuan nodded and walked slowly. He sat in front of Lian Chun and Zhu Yue.

"Is everything okay?" ask concubine Zhu. His voice sounded very soft in Yuan's ears.

"Everything's great, Mother. It's just that I need time to adapt to my tasks."

Zhu Yue frowned and turned to Lian Chun. "Did you not help anymore?"

"I'll just monitor him. I also explained everything I had to do. That way Xiao Li will be more independent faster," Lian Chun explained. "Alright, don't discuss anything serious right now. Let's talk something else. Xiao Li, do you feel comfortable here?"

Yuan smiled and nodded. "Everything's good, Mother."

"Thank God. I'm afraid you don't like it. Moreover, your husband is quite a difficult person to deal with, right?" lian Chun asked a little worriedly.

"Umm, he is indeed difficult to deal with, but Emperor Xuan treats me quite well. I don't have to worry."

Concubine Zhu scrunched her forehead. "That kid treated you pretty well? I can't believe it! Xiao Li, you were the first to describe Xuan'er like that. Did he threaten you or did you love him so much that everything he did looked good in your eyes?"

Lian Chun chuckled and patted Zhu Yue softly on the shoulder. "What did you say? Isn't it good that anyone can see it from a different point of view."

"Sister, we know very well the nature of the boy. Today his beautiful wife praised him, what did Xuan'er do until our Xiao Li could say he was good enough? Xiao Li, don't be afraid to tell us, okay? I'm not on his side."

"But—Emperor Xuan is indeed quite good Mother. Did I say it wrong?" tanya Yuan hesitated.

"No. No. gabe. We just feel weird. Xiao Li, you should know, even though the boy has charm, but his character is very hard. He is a person who is too serious and ambitious to sometimes forget the surrounding environment. Girls from all walks of life who like him won't say he's a good guy either."

"really? Is Brother Xuan really like that?

"Sister, it looks like the child is looking differently at Xiao Li. We should thank him."

Lian Chun chuckled softly hearing it, while Yuan scratched the back of his neck in bewilderment.

"alright. Xiao Li, don't want to ask or tell us anything?"

"May I ask you anything, Mother?"

"Sure, ask anything you want to know."

"That, does emperor Xuan have any other brothers besides Youhua?"

Lian Chun did not immediately reply, but glanced at Zhu Yue and the woman smiled at him. He took a slow breath before he started telling stories. "You knew? Actually being part of a noble is not fun. Sometimes you have to see brothers competing for the throne, knocking each other down and even killing each other. It was really scary but it was also a normal thing to happen in the palace, including me or Zhu Yue's sister. Your late father-in-law, the previous emperor was a very great and wise man. She had one empress and many concubines in the harem. Some of the women were slaves she had brought from the battlefield or given to her as peace marriages. I wasn't the Imperial Queen Mother at first. My position used to be the Official Consort of the Empire, one level below the Empress."

"I'm heartbroken to remember that witch, sister!" concubine Zhu gritted her teeth.

"That's it. It's over."

Although a little surprised, but Yuan still asked, "What's wrong, Mother?"

"An empress is a harem leader. She was used as an example for all the women in the harem. But what if the leader doesn't do well?" Lian Chun looked at Yuan seriously.

Yuan just lowered his head. Charisma Lian Chun makes him always nervous when stared at by the woman. "Umm, there's chaos."

"Just right! In order to maintain his position, he did not hesitate to do everything. He even killed an innocent child. He's doing. You knew? It was very difficult for us to survive at that time. The empress was very jealous, she prevented official concubines from giving birth to offspring. Zhu's sister also had three sons, but all three died unnaturally."

"Did the Emperor or the Empress Dowager not know?"

"He did it when the emperor was not in the palace, while the Empress Dowager was also unable to protect the concubines 24 hours, right? Plus there's no evidence. But it began to stop when the Empress was pregnant with twins. She gave birth to an heir and a daughter. Some of the emperor's wives were also given children several years later, including me. Xuan'er from childhood was already very quiet. He doesn't like to play and just reads books. If the play was only with Li Wei or the fourth son of Zhu's sister and some princes only. I thought that time was over. But that year, the young Crown Prince came down to the role for the first time in an accident that made him no longer an heir it was also the last day His Highness the previous Emperor lived. After that, in our status, my son should have been the strongest candidate to replace the Crown Prince.But I don't want my son to be the heir. I just want a peaceful life for my children, so that position is temporarily empty. Then I did not know when it happened, but the fourth son of Zhu's sister became very close to the Empress. And sure enough, one year after the late Prince Ye was appointed Crown Prince." Lian Chun paused for a moment. He seemed hesitant to continue and occasionally glanced at Concubine Zhu next to him.

"Alright, don't go on," Lian Chun said calmly as she rubbed the woman's back next to her.

"real Mom. No need to continue."

"Servant, help Grand Concubine Zhu get back to rest."

The waiter who was behind immediately approached and grabbed Concubine Zhu.

"Actually I still want to tell a story, but it seems like I'm very tired," he said staring at Yuan full of regret.

Yuan shook his head and smiled. "It's okay. Consort Zhu's mother rests."

Zhu Yue nodded weakly and walked away from the Lian Chun residence. Afterwards Yuan looked back at Lian Chun and said, "Then how is Mother now the Queen Mother? Where is Emperor Xuan's sister?"

"Smazing squirrel jumping, he's going to fall too. The Empress Dowager finally found concrete evidence of her crimes during this time, she was put to death. And of all the imperial concubines, I have a strong background to become the next empress. If this is the case, I cannot do anything either. Xuan'er was also the only male descendant of the previous Emperor. For the princess, Youhua is the youngest, the rest are married."

"Another emperor's concubine?"

"Some have died of illness, some have been released, and some are still here, in my territory."

Yuan nodded in understanding. "The competition in the palace, is it all that scary, ma'am?"

"I don't know, but most are like that. But didn't King Huang also have some concubines?"

Yuan shook his head. "But it doesn't seem as scary as that," he replied innocently.

Lian Chun laughed softly. "That's great. This story might be a lesson for you. Make sure the boy doesn't take the concubine. Or if you have to, don't be too weak, but don't be cruel."

Yuan grimacing. "But, Mother. Would an Emperor have to have many concubines in his harem?"

"Who said? Having one or more wives was a choice of his Emperor. So mother's advice, you should really conquer it," Lian Chun said with a blink of an eye.

Yuan looked the other way. His face was slightly reddened by the words of his mother-in-law. But his eyes suddenly narrowed. "Mother, what's wrong?"

Lian Chun turned her head and saw a servant sitting on his knees in the middle of the courtyard from the window. "Ah, that's Yunniang. The maid from concubine Zhu's palace. Actually he was quite kind, but careless and incompetent. Consort Zhu has always been on the bloodshed, but your Consort Mother has too much pity on him so she punishes him just to discipline him."

"Why not be released?"

"I heard Yunniang was an orphan. He was able to enter here due to the help of the butler's mother who felt sorry for him, then met Consort Zhu and took him to work at the residence. That's why Consort Zhu always tolerated it. Wh why? Do you feel sorry too?"

"Today it's quite hot, he looks very pale."

Lian Chun smiled warmly. "You two are both soft-hearted. That's good, but don't make it your weakness, moreover you are an Imperial Empress. Between humility and decisiveness must be balanced."

"Xiao Li understood, Mother."

"You can take it with you if you want. You can train it."

"But he's the man from concubine Zhu's mother's palace."

"Actually Zhu Yue used to complain to me about Yunniang, but you my palace is already full of servants. If you are willing, you can take her and I will pass this on to Zhu Yue," explained Lian Chun gently.

"In that case, I'll take him to my palace."

"good. Xiao Li, come here often to accompany me to chat."

"Good, Mother. Xiao Li let it go back."

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