Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

Chapter 655 The Tragic Concubine 5

Another year passed quickly.

During this year, Prince Zhuang's palace had three more concubines.

I won’t say much about the other two concubines, because they were both quite well behaved, but one of them, Shu, was very flamboyant.

The Shu concubine was a deal made between the Shu family, a wealthy merchant family from Jiangnan, and Prince Zhuang. The Shu family provided financial support to Prince Zhuang, and if the daughter of the Shu family became pregnant, the position of another concubine in Prince Zhuang's mansion would be given to the daughter of the Shu family.

In the original owner's previous life, the Shu family helped King Zhuang a lot. Without the Shu family's real financial support, it would be extremely difficult for King Zhuang to win over people.

In the original owner's previous life, Concubine Shu was very favored. After King Zhuang ascended the throne, she was even named a concubine.

The reason why King Zhuang doted on her was partly because of the Shu family, and partly because Shu's concubine was somewhat similar to Jiang Chunzheng.

Therefore, she was particularly favored as soon as she entered Prince Zhuang's Mansion. Whether it was the original owner's previous life or this life when Jiang Chunxi came, Concubine Shu was particularly favored by Prince Zhuang.

Ever since she entered the palace, Concubine Yu and Concubine Jiang completely fell out of favor. King Zhuang had never favored them in the first place, and seeing that Concubine Yu and Concubine Jiang had taken so many pregnancy-maintaining medicines but there was still no movement in their stomachs, he completely gave up on them and no longer entered their rooms.

As for Jiang Chunxi…

After all, because of the Jiang family, Prince Zhuang still didn't want to give up Jiang Chunxi. However, he could only visit Jiang Chunxi once or twice a month at most, which was almost like she was falling out of favor.

In short, King Zhuang devoted most of his time in the backyard to Concubine Shu and two other concubines, hoping that the three new wives would become pregnant as soon as possible.

Among the three, Shu Shiqi was naturally favored the most times, which made her arrogant. Not only did she not take Jiang Chunxi, the concubine, seriously, she even did not take the princess seriously.

But it was also true that the princess was not favored at all and even made King Zhuang dislike her, so Shu Shiqi, the favored concubine, naturally had the confidence to ignore the princess.

On this day, Jiang Chunxi and the princess and several others made an appointment to go to the garden to appreciate the flowers, but they didn't expect that just after they arrived in the garden for a while, Shu Shiqi also came to the garden.

"My concubine greets the princess and Concubine Jiang." Concubine Shu had a smug expression on her face and didn't even bother to bow.

"Concubine Shu, you didn't even bow. Don't you think too highly of the Princess and Concubine Jiang?" Concubine Yu said coldly, "Although you are favored by the prince, you can't rely on the prince's favor and lack even the most basic respect for others."

"As a lowly concubine, when you see the princess and Concubine Jiang, you should bow respectfully. You can only stand up after getting the princess and Concubine Jiang's permission."

"Oh! You are an unfavored concubine, but you are relying on the support of the princess and Concubine Jiang to put on airs in front of me." Concubine Shu was so angry that she laughed. "Don't you see what you are? Do you believe that I can make the prince kill you?"

"Hmph!" Concubine Shu snorted coldly, "It seems that I usually give people the impression that I am too easy to talk to, so you, an unpopular thing, dare to be so arrogant to me. If you kneel down and admit your mistake now, I can be magnanimous and forgive you."

"But if you don't know what's good for you," Concubine Shu's expression turned cold, "then don't blame me for whispering in the prince's ear. This day next year will be the anniversary of your death."

"Shu Shiqiong is so arrogant," Jiang Chunxi looked at Shu Shiqiong with a smile, "It's true that the prince dotes on you. You can be arrogant and domineering in Prince Zhuang's mansion relying on the prince's favor, but why don't you think about your mother's family?"

"Officials, farmers, merchants and artisans, I think with my father's official position, it is very easy to cause trouble to a mere wealthy merchant family. To deal with your Jiangnan Shu family, there is no need for my father to do it himself. The prefect of Jiangnan is my father's good friend. As long as my father writes a letter to the prefect of Jiangnan, do you think your Shu family can have a good life in Jiangnan?"

"Ha!" Princess Zhuang also sneered, "Although my father's official position in the capital is nothing, he is a fourth-rank civil servant under the emperor of the capital. It is still easy to cause trouble for a mere wealthy merchant family in Jiangnan. If Concubine Shu thinks that her family is dispensable, then you can continue to be arrogant by relying on the favor of the prince."

Shu Shiqi's expression was very ugly at this time: "How dare you threaten me? You should know that the Shu family is protected by the prince. If you dare to have any bad ideas about the Shu family, aren't you afraid that the prince will not forgive you?"

"Even if the prince can't forgive us, so what?" Jiang Chunxi said, "At most, we will fall out of favor. As long as my family is here, the prince will not dare to do anything to me for a concubine like you. Do you think the prince will kill me for you and offend the Jiang family to death?"

"I am not favored by the prince to begin with," Princess Zhuang said, "but even if I am not favored by the prince, so what? I am the princess chosen by the emperor, who granted me marriage to Prince Zhuang by imperial decree, and I was carried into Prince Zhuang's mansion in a sedan chair carried by Prince Zhuang."

"As long as I am in the position of Princess Zhuang and do not commit any heinous crime, it doesn't matter if the prince doesn't like me. No matter how much the prince dislikes me, he can't do anything to me."

"It's better to have some self-knowledge," Concubine Jiang sneered, "You really think that you can be arrogant and domineering in the mansion just because of the prince's favor. It's just that the princess and Concubine Jiang don't bother to pay attention to you. Otherwise, who do you think you are? It's easy for the princess and Concubine Jiang to deal with you."

Concubine Shu was so angry that her face turned red, but she really didn't dare to be arrogant at this moment.

Of course, it was impossible to ask her to admit her mistake, so she just snorted coldly and left with the two maids behind her.

As for Concubine Shu's leaving, Jiang Chunxi and Princess Zhuang did not stop her. After all, they were too lazy to continue arguing with Concubine Shu.

"This Concubine Shu is really getting more and more arrogant," Concubine Yu said angrily, "She really thinks that she can do whatever she wants in Prince Zhuang's mansion just because of the prince's favor."

As she spoke, Concubine Yu bowed to Princess Zhuang and Jiang Chunxi and thanked them: "Thank you Princess and Sister Jiang for protecting me just now. If it weren't for you two protecting me, Concubine Shu would have killed me."

"Alright, get up quickly!" Jiang Chunxi said, "What kind of relationship do we have? How could I let you be bullied, or really let you be harmed by Concubine Shu? You are just the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Even if you are favored by the prince, you are not worth my attention at all."

"Alas!" Princess Zhuang sighed, "My life is getting more and more boring. My life was not pleasant to begin with, and now there is an arrogant concubine. This Prince Zhuang's mansion is filled with a foul smell. This makes me really not want to stay in this mansion any longer."