Chapter 7 — I've Come to Be a Concubine, What More Need for Nobleness?

I stood up and walked in front of her.

“The loser is this era.”

I continue.

"You want to have only one person in your life, but this is the royal palace, Your Majesty is the Emperor."

"People want women to be independent, but this is a harem. To survive, women must rely on the family, rely on their descendants, rely on the Emperor's grace."

"You want to be free, but from the day you entered the palace, you are no longer free."

Tears fell from Lieu Nhu Yen's eyes.

“I know, we all know.”

“So I admit defeat, let me go.”

I shook my head.

“You can't walk.”

"You are the former Crown Princess. Leaving the palace means losing face for the Royal Family."

"Your Majesty will be laughed at by everyone in the world, and will be recorded by historians as an ungrateful and ungrateful person."

"Your father, who is a household servant, will be accused by his peers for not knowing how to raise his children. Your mother's clan will also be implicated."

She was stunned.

“So... what should we do?”

I looked into her eyes.

“There are only two paths for people.”

“Either die, or become Queen.”

She did not hesitate at all.

“So I choose to die.”

“Your Highness, you cannot die.”

“Because Your Majesty still misses your old love.”

"People can't bear it."

That night, the holy edict was given. Ordained Lieu Nhu Yen as Queen. Ordained Tieu Te Van as Royal Concubine, jointly managing the six palaces. After Lam Lang read the decree, he was so angry that his face turned red.

"Niang Niang! What is the basis for that? The one who gave birth to the Emperor Thai Sun, has the merit of keeping the city, so what is the basis for her to become Queen!"

I put down the tea cup.

“Lam Lang.”

“What I want is not the position of Queen.”

She was stunned.

“So what do you want?”

I stood up and walked to the window.

“What I want is power.”

"She takes the position of Queen, and I hold the real power."

"She sat on the phoenix seat until she withered, while I walked around the six palaces."

“She wants fame.”

I turned around to look at Lam Lang.

“And I want the world.”

Lieu Nhu Yen lived in the harem for ten years. During those ten years, she was like a shadow. The Queen sits on a phoenix throne, but in reality, she rarely even steps out of the palace gate. Every day I copy sutras, recite Buddha's name, and am stunned. Occasionally, a concubine came to pay her respects, but she did not see him. Occasionally the Emperor passed by her palace, but she did not invite him in. Even at feasts on holidays, when sitting on the phoenix seat, she was still as expressionless as a clay statue. I managed the six palaces for ten years. Chu Luong De became Princess Chu Thuc, Trieu Phung Nghi became Princess Trieu Duc, and Vuong Bao Lam became Queen Concubine. Each of them has given birth to a child. Every child survived. Every woman is grateful to me to the core. But they didn't know, the reason those children could survive was because we let them live. The soup is prepared by our own hands. Colorless, odorless, just take it once a month and from then on you won't be able to get pregnant again. Who do I give to drink? For people like Lieu Nhu Yen. Qi Duc started to miss her. Not remembering Lieu Nhu Yen herself, but remembering her so-called "true personality". The third year after he ascended the throne, he married a folk woman with a straightforward personality and was not afraid of him at all. The fifth year after ascending the throne, he added another person, who liked to wear red clothes and ride horse archery. The seventh year after ascending the throne, then the third person, then the fourth person. The latter is even more similar to Lieu Nhu Yen than the former. I have never stopped you. Every time a new person enters the palace, I personally bring a bowl of soup.

"You've worked hard, sister. Drink this bowl of soup to nourish your body."

They finished drinking, and from then on they never got pregnant again. Until the tenth year, something happened. The new Noble Prince entering the palace is the person who most resembles Lieu Nhu Yen. Similar eyebrows and eyes. Same way of talking. Even that stubbornness is the same. Qi Duc loved her very much and went to her palace every day. Three months later, Uyen Quy Nhan vomited. The doctor had just finished checking his pulse and knelt down on the ground.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty, you are happy!”

Qi Duc was happy like a child. He hugged Uyen Quy Nhan and turned her around, then on the spot issued an order to promote her to become Uyen Tan. Then he came to find me.

“Te Van, Uyen Tan is pregnant, I want to…”

He wants to abolish the Crown Prince. Discard my son, Qi Chieu. Set up the son of Uyen Tan.

“Whatever Your Majesty wants to do, I will be happy.”

He stopped.

“You... aren't angry?”

“My concubine, why are you angry?”

His eyes were extremely complicated, in the end he didn't say anything more, turned around and left.