Harem Daily Life

Chapter 406 Threatening Concubine Li

Tao Yanyan thought about it all night and decided to cause trouble for Concubine Li immediately and not let her have a smooth New Year.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, she left the palace early in the morning, picked up Gu Ning on the way, and went to Jingci Temple together. Gu Yi was worried about her two sisters, so she hurriedly rode a horse to accompany them.

Tao Yanyan did not hide it from her two siblings and told them everything about how Concubine Li framed her biological mother, but she did not implicate the late emperor.

Gu Ning took out a pen and paper: "Cousin, what have you decided to do?" Gu Ning knew that Tao Yanyan would not call him up for no reason, and she must need him to do something for her.

Tao Yanyan said, "The reason why the nanny was frightened yesterday was because you looked about 60% similar to my mother, and she recognized the wrong person. You don't have to do anything when you go to Jingci Temple today, just show up in front of Concubine Li."

Gu Ning didn't understand, but she didn't ask. She just did whatever her cousin said.

When they arrived near Jingci Temple, Tao Yanyan first asked people to go in and call away all the irrelevant people. Only two people were left in Concubine Li's courtyard to serve her, and Concubine Li was copying scriptures.

The sudden silence made Concubine Li feel a little uncomfortable.

"Go and have a look. Why is the yard so quiet?" Concubine Li stopped writing and asked a maid to go and have a look.

After the maid went out, she found a letter in the yard. On the letter was written "I'm back." The maid felt it was a little strange, so she took the letter back to the house to report.

Concubine Li took a quick look and said angrily, "You are playing tricks in broad daylight. Let's go and see who set it up."

The maid went out again, but did not come back for a long time.

Concubine Li became a little impatient and asked another maid to go out and check, but this maid also never came back.

Concubine Li felt inexplicably nervous because it was so quiet around her.

She slowly walked to the door and looked out through the crack in the door, but there was no one outside.

She slowly opened the door and was about to step out when a female voice sounded behind her: "An old friend came to visit the concubine. Where are you going, concubine?"

Concubine Li turned around suddenly and saw Tao Yanyan standing in the house with a masked woman.

"How did you get in?" There was only one door, so why were these two people in the house?

Tao Yanyan was too lazy to tell her that of course he climbed through the window. She just smiled and said, "After not seeing you for many years, Concubine Li doesn't want to chat with an old friend?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the masked Gu Ning took off her veil, revealing a face that was 60% similar to Gu Xinran.

Concubine Li's pupils were shocked and she wanted to escape in a hurry, but she pulled the door hard and couldn't open it.

"Someone come, someone come quickly! Help!" Concubine Li couldn't open the door, so she started knocking on it, making it bang loudly.

What she didn't know was that Gu Yi was guarding outside the door, and she couldn't get out of the door today.

"No, you are not her. It's been almost twenty years, you can't still be so young! Who are you, who are you?" Concubine Li stared at Gu Ning with bloodshot eyes.

Gu Ning's eyes were cold and he didn't say anything.

Tao Yanyan walked closer and said in a cold voice, "She is obviously Miss Gu Xinran from the Gu family. Twenty years ago, you tricked her into meeting someone and took her to the inn of the Demon Lord of the Demon Cult. You poisoned the Demon Lord with love, causing him to take effect. The two of you became entangled. Did you know that she later left her hometown and died miserably eighteen years ago? However, God had mercy on her and did not take her soul away, so she was able to stay in the human world. Tell me, why did she stay in the human world and not reincarnate?"

Concubine Li held her head and said, "No, she is not!" Although she said that, she did not dare to look at Gu Ning again.

Tao Yanyan sneered: "She is, she is Gu Xinran's soul, she stayed in the world just to see you, to ask you in person, why are you so cruel, to ruin her life in such a cruel way?"

Concubine Li was so frightened that her face turned pale. She curled up and fell to the ground, using her wide sleeves to block her sight, not wanting to see the person in front of her.

"Do you know how she died? She was soaked in water and drowned! Concubine Li, why did you want to harm her?"

"I don't want to do that either!" Concubine Li cried, "She also likes your Majesty. Your Majesty also praised her for being lively and cute, and wanted to take her into the palace. I can't give her the chance. I want to be your Majesty's favorite person, and no one can stand in my way! I beg you, please reincarnate quickly. I will copy the 49-day scripture for you and pray for you!"

After Concubine Li finished speaking, she knelt down in a hurry and kowtowed to Gu Ning.

Tao Yanyan took a deep breath and said, "Empress Dowager Li, you are so cruel for a man! You have committed a serious sin. For the rest of your life, you must kneel for an hour every day to atone for your sins! If you slack off one day, Gu Xinran's spirit will come to see you. You'd better take care of yourself!"

After saying that, regardless of the trembling Concubine Li, Tao Yanyan took Gu Ning's hand and knocked on the door three times. Gu Yi outside opened the door and took the two out.

After sending the two sisters to the carriage, Gu Yi said, "I will go back and warn them. You wait a moment."

Three people came here today, and many people in Jingci Temple saw that Gu Yi was going to clean up the aftermath.

As for the aftermath, it was just a matter of talking to the nun. The nun was a sensible person, and the other parties were the favored Concubine Tao and the prince of Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion. She would naturally instruct everyone in Jingci Temple to keep silent.

Gu Yi returned to Concubine Li's courtyard. The people in the courtyard had not come back yet. Gu Yi walked in and looked at the dispirited Concubine Li. He used his inner strength to hit her with a palm, causing her to vomit blood.

"If I didn't want you to atone for my aunt's soul, I would have killed you today!"

Gu Yi felt extremely distressed when he thought of Tao Yanyan who lost her biological mother at a young age. When he thought of his aunt who died at a young age, his hatred for Concubine Li was no less than that for Tao Yanyan.

Concubine Li wiped the blood with a trembling voice and asked in a weak voice: "What is the relationship between your Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and Concubine Tao?"

Gu Yi sneered, "You don't deserve to know!" Then he turned and walked out. Concubine Li was staggering behind him and finally fainted.

Tao Yanyan went to threaten Concubine Li and felt much better. She decided that whenever she was in a bad mood, she would bring her cousin to threaten Concubine Li again, killing her and destroying her heart. She just wanted to make Concubine Li restless.

On New Year’s Eve, a grand palace banquet was held.

This year has been an eventful one. The Queen was demoted, Concubine Wen died of illness, and the harem was completely changed. Concubine Tao and Concubine De became the two most powerful forces.

However, because Tao Yanyan did not take care of the palace affairs, it seemed to outsiders that, although the young imperial concubine was favored, the power of the six palaces was still in the hands of Concubine De, who gave birth to the eldest prince. Naturally, most of the relatives and wives of other ministers tried to curry favor with Concubine De.

Tao Yanyan didn't care about all that. She dressed herself up and made her three children look festive before appearing at the palace banquet.

When Princess Jing saw her make a grand appearance, she shook off Prince Jing and went straight to hug her: "I've missed you for a long time. I haven't been to the palace to see you recently because I'm tired."

Tao Yanyan felt a little squeeze in his abdomen, so he gently pushed her away and took a look at her belly. Oh my god, she must have gained weight or she was pregnant!