In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 414: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 18

"The prince loves his concubine deeply. Not only did he personally go to pick her up, he also specially prepared folk wedding customs for her. As soon as she entered the palace, she had the right to assist in managing the palace's housekeeping, which was something that even the concubine did not have when she first entered the palace."

Su Peisheng didn't know what Yinzhen wanted to ask, but he roughly guessed that it was related to Concubine Nian. He also didn't know what had happened between the prince and Concubine Nian in Tongxin Courtyard just now. He didn't know anything, so he could only try his best to choose the right words and respond carefully.

"What did the concubine do to me that year?"

"this......"

"Of course, Concubine Jin has deep feelings for the prince, but I think Concubine Jin is still young and doesn't understand love, and because of her temperament, she is a little cold..."

Well, now I finally know what the prince wants to ask. To be honest, Nian Shilan's coldness towards Yinzhen is quite obvious. Su Peisheng has seen it a long time ago. After all, in the entire Prince Yong's Mansion, only Concubine Nian has never bribed me, let alone asked me about the prince's whereabouts. The prince was in a bad mood some time ago, and even those concubines of low status pooled money to come and inquire about him. In the entire palace, only Concubine Nian's Tongxinyuan did not make any moves.

Although Su Peisheng was not a man and had never had any emotional affairs, he had witnessed with his own eyes the affections that many women, including the late wife, wife, and Qi Gege, had for Yinzhen. Naturally, he could tell at a glance that Concubine Nian had no romantic feelings for the prince, but it seemed that the prince was attracted to Concubine Nian.

But even the prince himself might not be aware of this. After all, in order to win over the Nian family, he has to act like a fan to Concubine Nian whether he likes it or not.

"Yes, Se-ran is young and hasn't figured it out yet." I must have seen it wrong. Se-ran would never hate me.

Yinzhen barely convinced himself and suppressed the panic in his heart, but from that day on, he came to Tongxinyuan more and more frequently, and almost all the good things he got were sent to Tongxinyuan.

Nian Shilan was becoming more and more favored, and the women in the mansion were extremely jealous. Every time they came to pay their respects, they would indirectly accuse Nian Shilan of being jealous.

Nian Shilan ignored this the whole time, and asked Songzhi to slap her in the face when she said something harsh. Not long after, news came from outside the palace that Li Jingui, the palace maid favored by the prince in the imperial farm, was pregnant.

To be honest, Nian Shilan did not want the Fourth Prince to be born. She knew that the Fourth Prince would be her opponent on the road to the top in the future, and she should have gotten rid of him as soon as possible. However, Nian Shilan's practice of virtue allowed him to punish evil and promote good, to see through everything, and to make arrangements in advance, but he could not deprive others of their lives at will.

The Fourth Prince was born with a destiny, but what he did turned out to be the same person as Yi Xiu. Li Jingui was different from Cao Qinmo, and the Fourth Prince was different from Wen Yi. When Nian Shilan learned about Li Jingui, the Fourth Prince had already implanted in her belly.

Yixiu did think about taking action, but firstly, she saw that Yinzhen hated Li Jingui so much, and secondly, it was not easy to take action since Li Jingui was outside the mansion, so she had to let her go in the end.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the day when the Fourth Prince was born. Seeing that Nian Shilan had been in the mansion for a year, and he had not gotten a definite answer from Nian Gengyao, Yinzhen was really getting anxious.

When learning that the Fourth Prince was born, Yinzhen was discussing with his aides in the study the reason why the Nian family had not yet surrendered. Originally, the aides were still speculating whether it was because although the prince doted on Concubine Nian, the two had not actually consummated their marriage so the Nian family was still waiting and watching, or whether Nian Gengyao was planning to bet on both sides and wait for the Nian family's concubine to grow up before marrying her to Prince Lian.

Until I heard Su Peisheng say: "Your Highness, there is news from the Old Summer Palace. The concubine Li gave birth to a prince."

"Ah, I got it!" The aide suddenly had an idea and thought of the key.

"Your Majesty! I know, it's a son!"

"Offspring?" Yinzhen was puzzled.

"For offspring." The staff explained, "In a civil marriage between two families, it is necessary to ensure that the woman has children in order to ensure that her position in the man's family will not fall, and to ensure that the marriage is stable."

"If you want the Nian family to be obedient, then doting on Concubine Nian will not make the Nian family feel at ease. After all, in the royal family, doting is just a mirage and cannot be guaranteed at all."

"But the situation is different with regard to offspring. As long as Concubine Nian gives birth to a little prince with Nian family blood, I think even Nian Gengyao would not dare to refuse."

The more the aide spoke, the more he felt that he was right. The affirmation in his tone was so strong that Yinzhen couldn't help but agree. Yes, even the concubines in the emperor's harem were like this. Having children was the bond, and favor meant nothing at all.

In this life, Yinzhen is still tormented by the ambiguous attitude of the Nian family. He lacks the confidence he had in his previous life. He was so confident that he aborted the male fetus in Nian Shilan's belly and continued to use the Nian family.

I think it was the confidence that the trader's overly passionate love brought to Yinzhen. No matter how Yinzhen tried to please her in this life, Nian Shilan was always distant, which made Yinzhen lose the confidence he had in his previous life. He began to please the Nian family and Nian Shilan in disguise.

It turns out that human nature is cheap. People will not cherish things that are too easy to get or that they are too confident of having. Only when they give more will they cherish it more, and even their attitude will become cautious.

Seeing that the prince was in no mood to pay attention to the news about the Fourth Prince, Su Peisheng could only tactfully leave the study and send away the servant who came from the Old Summer Palace to report the news.

"Send someone to take good care of the Fourth Prince. Your Majesty has something to do, please leave."

Nian Shilan's menarche had come a long time ago, but she had been pretending not to have it because she didn't want to serve Yinzhen. Seeing that a year had passed and Nian Shilan had turned sixteen, Songzhi couldn't help but come to ask: "Concubine, is it time for your menarche?"

If she doesn't have her period again, the emperor in the palace will start to suspect that Nian Shilan has some health problems. You have to know that in ancient times, girls basically had their first period at the age of twelve or thirteen. It's really late for Nian Shilan to have her period at the age of sixteen. If she still doesn't have her period, people will suspect that Nian Shilan is a barren woman.

Nian Shilan also knew this problem. Right now, she only wanted to practice and didn't want to serve a man. But when the time came, she couldn't avoid it. Maybe she could create a substitute puppet?

Although she was cultivating the way of merit and virtue and cultivating her soul directly, and her cultivation would not be affected by losing her primordial yin or having a child, Nian Shilan was not very happy when she thought about having to sell her body to complete a mission.

It would be fine if you chose the man yourself. After all, you have lived for so many years and have experienced love between men and women. But you cannot be forced, or be with someone you don't like!

Nian Shilan did it right away. She pulled out the remaining clone pills from the world of "The Story of Minglan" from the space, thinking about how to transform the clones created by the clone pills into puppets with no time limit. The good news was that the book on cultivation common sense obtained from the world of "Dream of Red Mansions" really had some information about it. Although there were some differences, they were essentially the same.