Part 1: A Dream Within A Dream / Rebirth of Ill Fated Concubine

Chapter 093 Imperial Concubine

If Jiang Ruan's intelligence is not even comparable to Li An's, it would be a great help. Anyway, he wants to win over the Jiang and Xia families, and marrying Jiang Ruan and Jiang Susu is no different. Jiang Susu is now in disgrace, but Jiang Ruan is so smart... 

He thought of Jiang Ruan's young but charming face, and his heart was moved, and he suddenly sighed comfortably.

If he could use her for himself, if he could use her for himself... He suddenly smiled, swept away the gloomy look before, and said: "Get ready, I want to go to the palace to see my mother."

Who will win the game is still unknown.

The green tiles and red walls, the heavy curtains, the magnificent palace looks bright and beautiful on the outside, but No one knows how many bones are buried deep.

The Dream Palace is located in the southeast corner of the palace. The environment here is quiet and adjacent to large tracts of peony gardens. The emperor specially sent peony seeds from Luoyang at full speed, and the craftsmen carefully tended and transplanted them here. Every time the peony blooms, the peony garden is full of colourful flowers, the most beautiful.

The one living here is one of the four concubines, Concubine Chen, who is quite favoured by the emperor and the mother of the eighth prince.

When the emperor first ascended the throne, his foundation was unstable. Concubine Chen's father held military power and sent Concubine Chen to the palace to show his support for the emperor. 

For the emperor, the stability of the throne is guaranteed. The Chen family has a certain favour to him, and Concubine Chen is gentle and graceful, beautiful, and talented. She never competes with other beauties for the wind. The emperor loves her peaceful temperament the most and protects her intentionally or unintentionally.

Later, Concubine Chen gave birth to the eighth prince Ye Li. With the help of her son, she jumped to the top of the four concubines.

The queen gave birth to the crown prince. Among the four concubines, Concubine Xian gave birth to the fourth prince, Concubine De gave birth to the fifth prince, and Concubine Shu gave birth to Princess Heyi.

All the court officials knew that the eighth prince Ye Li was intelligent and gentle, the fifth prince Ye Hua was loyal and courageous, the fourth prince Ye Lang was mediocre, and Princess He Yi was delicate and beautiful. 

The crown prince was mediocre and unworthy of great use, and the fourth prince Ye Lang was kind but not scheming. Now the court was leaning towards Ye Li and Ye Hua. The emperor had always treated Concubine Chen very well. Although Ye Hua also had power, his mother Concubine De was not as favoured as Concubine Chen.

The court was turbulent, but the Dream Palace was warm and prosperous, as if this place was far away from intrigue and jealousy, and there was only a lot of long time to have a quiet dream of missing the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River.

The white jade couch in the room was covered with a thick Persian wool blanket, which was slender and white and fluffy, and inlaid with star-pointed gems. The four maids in light white shirts all had pretty eyebrows and eyes. They stood there quietly with their heads down. The breeze outside blew slightly, lifting a corner of the curtain, just like fairies in the palace of the nine heavens.

The woman on the seat was seriously making a silk thread. Her delicate hands were not painted with a single bit of nail polish. Her nails exuded a faint pink lustre, and her delicate fingers flew up and down flexibly. Unlike other women in the palace, this woman did not look superior at all. 

She bit off a section of silk thread, revealing a fair and pretty face. Her facial features were delicate and beautiful, without the slightest aggressiveness, and there was a gentleness like water. It seemed that she was not some unattainable concubine in the palace, but just a beautiful girl waiting to be married in a family in a corner of Jiangnan. She was clear, sweet, gentle, and graceful.