The Female Psychology PHD Got Time Travelled To The Royal Harem

Chapter 35

But if one was a bit foolish, they would not deceive their birth mother and elder sister by claiming to send Jiang Xinyue to the palace to pave the way for Jiang Yutong.

He said it backwards--

Allowing Jiang Yutong and Jiang Xinyue to enter the palace together was to enable Jiang Xinyue to use her simple-minded birth sister to pave the way for herself, maximizing the value of her beauty.

The Deputy Minister of the Hong Chan Temple calculated everything, but he never expected that his own devastatingly beautiful illegitimate daughter would be so useless. After the Xuanwu Emperor favored her for two days and spoke some sweet words, she forgot her own surname and recklessly provoked Concubine Li.

Who was Concubine Li?

She was the granddaughter of the current chief minister, the supreme concubine who had reigned over the harem for ten years and held the Emperor's deepest affections.

Although the reincarnated Jiang Xinyue relied on her stunning beauty and cunning tricks to gain the Emperor's favor for a while, she ultimately ended up in the Palace of Exile.

Once again, it was because of Concubine Li.

"Rumble--"

The thunder roared. Fortunately, Xi Que had chirped to Jiang Xinyue about many things that happened in the Jiang Household, so she finally fell into a dazed sleep in the late night.

"There's a fire! There's a fire!"

Not long after she fell asleep, noisy footsteps could be heard outside. Jiang Xinyue sat up, and Xi Que rubbed her eyes: "Mistress, you rest. This servant will go check."

Before Xi Que could leave, Xiao Xuanzi knocked on the door from outside. After a while, he said, "Precious Consort, did I disturb your and Xi Que's sleep?"

Xi Que put on an outer robe and opened the door: "What happened?"

"The Xihuo Palace caught fire. A side palace was struck by lightning, and the eaves fell inside, igniting a blaze. Two palace maids were burned to death."

Jiang Xinyue heard this and frowned, thinking: "The Xihuo Palace again."

It seemed those two palace maids were the ones who secretly swapped Consort Jiang's laxative with arsenic.

How could there be such a coincidence?

It was simply a case of human malice taking advantage of a natural disaster to silence them.

"Never mind."

She lay back down: "Close the door, it has nothing to do with us."

The Xihuo Palace was in the direction of the Palace of Exile, but still some distance away. The Xuanwu Emperor glanced towards the cold, dark direction of the Palace of Exile, without even a glimmer of light.

The next day, Jiang Xinyue stretched lazily as she woke up from her slumber.

Outside, Xi Que's energetic voice rang out: "Here, here... and here, clean it all up."

"Didn't you eat? There's still dust here. My mistress sunbathes here every day, so the branches must be trimmed so they don't block the sunlight."

"You dare glare at me? Still think you're Consort Jiang? You're just a sinner in the Palace of Exile now. Anyone can order you around, understand? Don't act so high and mighty, or you won't get any food."

She had quite the arrogant servant's attitude.

Jiang Xinyue draped an outer robe over her shoulders. She didn't need Xi Que's assistance, as a basin of hot water would already be prepared for her expected waking time.