Quick Transmigration: Leisure

Chapter 653 The Mad Daily Life of a Deposed Concubine in the Cold Palace (Part 25)

New Year's Eve has just passed.

You can sense the conspiracies and plots all around you, which gradually decrease and slow down as the male and female protagonists leave the capital, returning to a normal level.

The last and most sensational matter, related to the harem, was the framing of him for planting people among the women to be selected for the imperial concubine selection.

With the emperor's trust and their own testimony through various channels, coupled with the relinquishment of some of the benefits remaining in the capital, they successfully escaped without delaying the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, disappearing without a trace on the second day.

Since Xia Youmi failed to seize the throne in the past three years, the plot has rarely involved her. She counts mushrooms in the cold palace, while another couple lays the groundwork for a turning point during the transition period.

Now that the male and female protagonists have changed maps, the events and excitement in this old city are far less than before.

The system will not collapse. A corner of the small world that has formed its own logic is more like a scene that has shifted from the one that the Heavenly Dao follows, regaining its autonomy and becoming more real and unrestrained.

The emperor and empress had countless social engagements. Even when they were just reviewing the results and instructing their subordinates to do things, there was a constant stream of trivial matters coming their way.

to this end,

The two men, who stand at the pinnacle of power, often clash and conflict.

In the eyes of many onlookers, the emperor and empress were quite rational and restrained, and tried their best to set aside personal desires and consider the general direction and the common interests of the many people.

Even with such seemingly perfect performance, it has consistently led to a series of troubles.

Now,

The atmosphere in the palace was quite strange. Those who knew the inside story understood that they were in conflict because they had different stances, backgrounds, positions, ages, and experiences. Forcing them to unite and move forward together was simply wishful thinking.

Not to mention, there are also quite a few underhanded little obstacles.

Consort Gui and Consort Xuan were also dissatisfied. As the second-in-command in another sense, they faced obstruction from other palaces the moment they opened their eyes. They could not be too lenient or too harsh in their actions, and they also had to avoid internal strife.

The rest each have their own agendas and territories.

They can be roughly divided into those who choose to protect themselves, such as Fu Chan, who quietly hid in the northwest corner with the prince.

There are also those who actively step forward and charge ahead, not afraid of the itch even when they have too many lice on their bodies. Making trouble has its advantages. For example, Xu Yiying, the troublemaker who has attracted many enemies, actively wanted to become a bright piece on their respective chessboards. However, she accidentally achieved a balance in the game, and now no one is willing to deal with her.

The last category is the untraceable infiltrators, or invisible people, whose stance is wavering and who may be ignored by everyone, making a living is already difficult for them.

Xia Youmi didn't categorize her in this way. After all, the other woman was a mistress, while she was a commoner and should be treated the same as the palace servants.

then,

She was crowned the Messenger of Cats, a legendary breeder.

Taking the creation of a good living environment as their mission, they persevered and were indomitable, and finally managed to incorporate and expand this huge force.

Nian Nian's physique remains at its peak. It has left the palace several times on its own to meet its admirers, and has brought back quite a few cats with even greater ambition and potential.

Their business is booming, who would have thought? They have already bought a house in the suburbs of Beijing under the name of Youmi.

It is legal, compliant, and reasonable.

Since entering the palace, no one has remembered her original name; they all refer to her as Lady Yuan or Lady Yuan.

Even when she was still at Prince Feng Chengyuan's residence, she never used her full name. As a singer who came through a transaction, she was usually referred to as Xia Ji or the person from the Ninth Prince's residence.

When she was made a concubine, she never went out to meet people or held any public ceremony.

It was Feng Chengyuan who decided on this matter within the manor himself, and then arbitrarily included the woman from the Gongsun family in the register as well. Xia Youmi did not come forward to claim her, and she only found out about the change in her status when she was about to enter the palace.

She simply thought that it was because the Seventh Prince was kind to her and didn't want her to suffer any injustice.

In addition,

Despite her high reputation, she never asked for or received the treatment of being served by others. Her low-key courtyard had no maids or nannies who stayed close to her. The people who appeared most often were just sweeping, doing chores, and stewards who delivered things to various courtyards.

therefore,

After Xia Youmi and Niannian slowly sorted out the background and identity-related matters, they finally figured out that Xia Youmi's identity still existed, was still registered under the names of her parents who had established their own households, and automatically inherited the property bestowed by her benefactor upon their passing.

At the beginning,

Ninth Prince Feng Chengnian did not intend to hand the person over completely to Seventh Brother. He only thought it was an expedient measure to keep her for the time being. He neither officially registered her as a concubine in his residence nor sent all her documents over.

The identity and household registration were kept by Shao Kuang. Now that their whereabouts are unknown, they should have been kept in the Ninth Prince's residence. Feng Chengyuan seems to have never asked his Ninth Brother for these things. Presumably, the other party would not have given them to him at first, and would not have given them to him after their falling out.

Xia Youmi never cared whether an emperor, who was already a certainty of his position, would even have trouble with his identity. Perhaps he would have given her a new name, only "Yuan" instead of Youmi.

But none of these can be verified by her now.

Even if Niannian manages to climb inside every year, she can't unlock the specially made large locks. It's not a very important matter, so Xia Youmi isn't interested and doesn't let Niannian take the risk.

However, she recalled that Shao Guang had once given her a separate contract, telling her to keep it safe so that she would have a place to settle down and make a living no matter what in the future.

That was the small courtyard that the Ninth Prince had allocated for the funeral of Xia's parents. It was not next to the current Ninth Prince's residence, nor was it connected to the large courtyard where "Lou Ganban" lived.

In the past, people's hearts were treacherous. Xia Youmi had just lost her parents, so she had no intention of taking over the courtyard. Later, when her parents' main house was coveted, she could not resist. After being arranged by Shao Guang to leave the opera troupe, she never asked about that place again. It is likely that there is a new owner.

only,

Unexpectedly, Shao Kuang later gave her the deed to the courtyard where the funeral was held, saying that it was to confirm the reward with the master in the name of her parents, and that Shao Kuang accepted it on her behalf. She and her parents were a complete and separate family.

Perhaps it was at that time that Xia Youmi decided that her family should include the incredibly sincere person in front of her.

She accepted it discreetly and handed over the household registration and other documents to the other party for safekeeping.

Then, worried that the weight of this thin piece of paper would be lost, she buried it in an inconspicuous place under the courtyard and told Shao Guang the location, so that if anything happened to her, she could hand it over to him to deal with.

Xia Youmi never considered it something she deserved. Even though it was a gift from a noble person to her parents, it was only given to them after their deaths. If it weren't for Shao Guang's help in getting it, it would never have ended up in her hands.

Later, the situation became extremely turbulent. Given Shao Guang's importance in staying by the Ninth Prince's side, he could have already set up residences in various parts of the capital and would not have needed to use this piece of paper.

With the defeat of the camp, the original opera and folk art troupes naturally split up, either being taken over or seeking new livelihoods.

The Ninth Prince guarded his vast mansion, with few people to settle around him. The methods that were once used to assist him were no longer needed, and the courtyards that housed these people were naturally left empty.

Every year, I personally went to check, and the contract was still there.

Instead of digging it up and sending it to the palace all at once, they devised a detailed plan to gradually whitewash it into a separate, independent courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing, untouched by any of the various factions.

The head of the household was Xia Youmi, and everything was handled by sending letters to reliable people he had observed.

Given that the secrets of the past private transactions have not been made public, even veteran members of the opera troupe would find it difficult to connect the daughter of the old troupe leader with the deposed imperial concubine. If they met an acquaintance, the other party might naturally help fill in the missing details of the past.

The wonders they imagined were unpredictable, so they simply did whatever they pleased.

inside the palace,

Even emperors and concubines have information gaps. He never expected that the mansion would grow on its own before he even moved. Besides, this is only one of his backup plans. Xia Youmi didn't say that he would just stay there obediently from now on. Everything can be slowly dealt with over three to five years.

If she were to encounter a stubborn enemy who, because of her "feedback," had unleashed their potential and refused to let go, she should consider returning to the Southwest, to that undefined place.

The only problem is that this plan requires settling the cats in advance, and I'm a little reluctant to do that.

Nian Nian was more open-minded than her, gently brushing her tail against Xia Youmi's wrist.

Anyway, they won't separate.