After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 256 Xuanzhu, Xiangyun, Baoqin, Xichun, Daiyu
After playing until the afternoon, having experienced the pleasures of a "wine pool and meat forest," Chu Yan finally left the spring pool, thoroughly satisfied.

Wang Xifeng, her legs weak, was helped onto the palanquin by Ping'er. Upon seeing this, the young girl Xuanzhu giggled and said, "Sister, you truly are 'weak and delicate, supported by your maid, just as you receive the Emperor's favor'!"

Everyone looked over, and remembering Sister Feng's appearance just now, they all laughed.

Li Wan recalled the time when the Emperor asked her to write a poem in the Imperial Garden. Now it seemed that he did like these romantic poems. No wonder this young girl could win his favor, and he had pampered her several times by the pool just now.

Although Sister Feng was illiterate, she knew this poem in plain language, but since there were other people around, she couldn't say much. She could only glare at her and say, "When we get back to the mansion another day, let's see if you still dare to recite these poems in front of your mother."

Having said that, she hurriedly urged the eunuchs carrying the palanquin to hurry up, and Lady You and Pei Feng and Xie Luan also went back.

Li Wan and the others also dispersed and went back to rest.

Qin Keqing stayed until the end, and whispered to Chu Yan, "My aunt today is really something else. She served His Majesty as if she were risking her life. She has a great waist and dares to do all sorts of things."

Chu Yan said, "You're not bad either."

Among the people serving today, quite a few have overcome their initial shyness and are now willing to serve wholeheartedly.

But apart from the several erotic poems written by Miss Xuanzhu Xing, which pleased Chu Yan the most, Ke'er and Fengnu were the most alluring.

"Your Majesty~~" Ke Qing said sweetly, her eyes full of reproach.

Chu Yan chuckled, knowing what she wanted to ask. Her relationship with Sister Feng was better than anyone else's, so he said, "If Feng Nu stays in the palace tonight, she can be made a concubine."

Keqing looked in the direction where Fengjie had gone and nodded with a smile: "Auntie is clever, but in the face of His Majesty's great wisdom, she was misled by her own cleverness. How could His Majesty not see that she wanted to be made a concubine but was afraid of not being able to, and also wanted to stay at home as the second mistress? Auntie served diligently today and rushed back in a hurry, afraid of being questioned by her mother-in-law. It is clear that she misled herself."

Chu Yan was surprised and laughed, "What a coincidence! The saying 'too clever by half' perfectly describes her."

Keqing was stunned after hearing this.

Chu Yan didn't see her expression. After seeing that Xiangyun's residence was next door, he said to her, "You should go back. I'll go sit with Yun'er for a while."

Then he took Yuanyang and Xiangling inside.

Keqing was still standing there in a daze when Baozhu came to ask her what was wrong. She then said in a low voice, "Too clever by half, she ruined her own life... So you were referring to your aunt!"

Baozhu and Ruizhu exchanged a glance. They both remembered that before the Emperor entered the city, the Empress had several strange dreams. Now, these dreams had actually come true!

Meanwhile, Wang Xuanzhu returned home.

She couldn't wait to go find her older sister, Wang Junyi. The two sisters lived together in a large house with five rooms. The older sister lived in the two rooms on the left, and the younger sister lived in the two rooms on the right.

Xuanzhu soon saw her sister reading a book in the study, looking quiet and gentle. Ignoring her sister's quiet demeanor, she rushed over, hugged her waist, and exclaimed excitedly, "Sister, I've been made a concubine!!"

Junyi was startled by her. After seeing that it was her younger sister, she put down her book, cupped her face, and rubbed it a few times before asking with a smile, "Where have you been fooling around again?"

"Sister, I've been made a concubine!!" Xuanzhu emphasized.

Wang Junyi finally came to her senses and asked in surprise, "You've been made a concubine? Where...are you serving His Majesty?"

Xuanzhu leaned closer and whispered in her ear.

Upon hearing this, Wang Junyi's gentle and elegant face flushed red with embarrassment. She scolded, "How could you do such a thing? Running around vying for the emperor's favor. Consort Li and the others are magnanimous and don't hold it against you, but what if..."

"elder sister!!"

Xuanzhu giggled and acted coquettishly, and Junyi quickly calmed down. After all, it was her younger sister who had been made a concubine, and she was happy too.

Since entering the palace, the two sisters have been filled with anxiety. Perhaps because they were not in the Jia family and had not caught Leng Zixing's eye, the Emperor paid less attention to them. Fortunately, the younger sister lived up to expectations, and after being made a concubine, at least they had a firm foothold in the palace.

Xuanzhu looked at her and smiled, "Sister is the real beauty, she will be made a Noble Consort in the future."

Junyi just smiled and shook her head. Xuanzhu knew what her sister was thinking and whispered, "I learned about marital relations today, and I'll teach you tonight~"

Junyi blushed deeply: "I won't learn!"

"Why not learn? His Majesty loves the concubines' charm and amorousness~"

“Then I won’t learn it either.” Junyi shook her head firmly.

As the younger sister, Xuanzhu had no choice but to give up. She wanted to see her usually elegant older sister sway her hips, which would surely be very interesting, just like when she saw the usually dignified ladies by the pool today, all of them turned into vixens. Although they could not be called unrestrained, they were still full of allure.

……

When Chu Yan entered Xiangyun's house, Cuilu was sitting on the veranda chatting and cooling off with two maids. Upon seeing her, the maids quickly stood up, but Cuilu blushed.

After stopping them from calling out to Xiangyun, Chu Yan sat down, took Cuilu's hand, and asked with a smile, "Have you eaten yet?"

Cuilu nodded and said, "Your Majesty hasn't eaten yet? Since you've already eaten, you can only sit and drink some wine with Your Majesty."

"I've eaten too. I came to see Yun'er and stopped by to see you as well."

Chu Yan gently rubbed her smooth, girlish face, making Cui Lu even more shy.

When Xiangyun first received the Emperor's favor, she also lived in Jingyun Pavilion and served Chu Yan several times, experiencing the pleasures of the bedroom. Now that she saw the Emperor coming again, she mistakenly thought that she would have to serve him again tonight.

Chu Yan noticed her shy expression and smiled, "I will not be keeping you overnight tonight."

He got up and went inside.

Upon entering the study, I saw Xiangyun writing something. It was not yet dark, and she had opened the window. A ray of sunset shone on her bright and charming face, making Xiangyun seem even more ladylike.

A moment later, Xiangyun looked up and saw him. She was startled and stared at him for a long time before putting down her pen and smiling as she greeted him: "Why has the Emperor come?"

"Come chat with my Yun'er for a while."

Chu Yan put his arm around her waist and led her back to sit down on the chair to look at the words she had written.

Xiangyun smiled and said, "I'm practicing calligraphy right now. These days I've either been strolling around the back garden with my sisters or swimming with my brother the emperor, so my writing has become a bit rusty."

Chu Yan said, "My handwriting isn't very good either."

As she spoke, she picked up a pen and casually wrote a few words. After putting the pen down, Xiangyun picked it up again and wrote a few more words. She smiled and compared them, and they chatted about calligraphy.

As dusk fell, Xiangyun suddenly blushed and quietly asked, "Brother Emperor, do you want tonight...? I'll have Lu'er prepare some things."

She is no longer a young girl, but a concubine who has served the emperor several times, and is also skilled in bedroom matters.

Chu Yan shook his head and said, "It can't be that every time Yun'er comes, it's just to have you serve her. You can also come and chat occasionally."

Actually, I was really tired after working hard all day.

He came to Xiangyun's place hoping to spend some tender time with her and escape the debauchery and sensual pleasures of the world.

Yuan Chun's advice to him was correct; doing it once in a while is fine, but doing it too often will harm his health.

Xiangyun blushed, giggled, twisted a couple of times in his arms, sat with her legs apart, and asked curiously, "Did the Emperor brother say that one of his concubines would conceive a daughter this year?"

"Yes."

Chu Yan reached out and stroked her soft belly, nibbling on Yun'er's ear and chuckling, "Who knows, maybe Yun'er is pregnant and will give me a little princess too!"

Xiangyun's heart was pounding, her face was flushed, and her clear eyes were half-dazed and half-shy, because she knew what she had to do to get pregnant.

After a long pause, she asked again, "How did Emperor Brother know it was a girl? There are so many concubines in the palace, how come only one got pregnant?"

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Your brother, the emperor, is no ordinary person."

"Is it a deity?"

"Count as half."

"Even a half-immortal is still an immortal!" Xiangyun laughed. "No wonder Sister Lin said that Brother Emperor could predict the future and even meet me in dreams. It turns out it was all true." Suddenly, she became sad. "Brother Emperor is an immortal, but we are just mortals. What will we do after a hundred years?"

Chu Yan laughed: "Yun'er, why are you suddenly worried about things a hundred years from now?"

Xiangyun smiled at him and didn't mention it again.

Looking at the sky, Chu Yan stood up to leave, then said, "If I don't come to your place tomorrow, then come to my place tonight."

Xiangyun blushed, nodded in agreement, and got up to see him out.

Seeing her standing at the door reluctantly, Chu Yan could only smile and say, "I'll go sit with Qin'er for a while."

Baoqin lives not far from here, so if I turn the corner, she'll definitely know.

Xiangyun quickly said, "I'll go too." Then she looked at him and burst out laughing, "I'm just joking around with my brother the emperor."

Chu Yan laughed and said, "I was just joking, but some people actually think that way. If I go, wouldn't I be letting them down?"

Upon hearing this, Xiangyun laughed so hard she bent over, saying, "It's one thing to imitate Sister Lin, but why are you even imitating her way of speaking?" Then she pushed him away.

Chu Yan arrived at Baoqin's house quickly. After hearing the maid's report, Baoqin hurriedly came out of the house to greet him.

A girl with exquisitely beautiful features, possessing the very essence of heaven and earth, smiled as she approached. Chu Yan couldn't help but reach out and embrace her, leading her into the house. After chatting for a while, Baoqin suddenly laughed: "Husband, did you just return from the spring pool?"

Chu Yan nodded.

In private, Baoqin had gotten used to calling him "husband," which was why he came to sit with her for a while—not for anything else, but just to hear her warbling voice call him "husband," which would cheer him up and make his licentious thoughts by the spring pool fade away.

The way to maintain good health is to balance letting go and taking in what you have.

Baoqin then asked shyly, "Which concubines did my husband go to the spring pool with?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Yan chuckled and pinched her cheek: "How did you know, Qin-meimei?"

Baoqin rushed into his arms, hugged him, and smiled as she reached out to stroke his face and hair, which was evident from his clean clothes.

Chu Yan also hugged Bao Qin's slender waist, smelled her youthful fragrance, kissed her neck and cheeks a few times, and then laughed and said, "When I came out of your sister Yun's place just now, she didn't notice anything. You're the most clever one."

Baoqin's body went limp from the kiss, and she laughed, "Sister Yun didn't say anything, but she must have figured it out too."

Chu Yan said, "Your sister Yun is straightforward. If she could tell, would she keep quiet?"

Baoqin smiled and said, "She used to say that, but now that she's Consort Jing, she can't say it anymore."

Chu Yan looked down at her. Bao Qin pursed her small, soft lips, then suddenly leaned in and kissed his lips, before smiling shyly.

Chu Yan lowered his head and kissed her lips again, savoring the moment before he understood the cause and effect behind Baoqin's words.

After Xiangyun married him and was granted the title of Consort Jing, she was expected to act in accordance with the conduct of a concubine. Baoqin said these things because she was jealous. Since she had never been favored by the emperor, she could say them without committing any of the "seven grounds for divorce".

After figuring it out, Chu stuck out his tongue.

Baoqin shyly and eagerly responded, and before she knew it, she wrapped her arms around her husband's neck and kissed him passionately.

After they separated, Baoqin gasped for breath and looked up at her husband.

Chu Yan gently stroked her burning cheeks, and after a while, he smiled and said, "In the harem, only you and your sister Yun can see that."

Baoqin chuckled and said, "Husband, you're clearly trying to trick me into saying that besides me and Sister Yun, there's also Sister Lin, who is also clever. Especially Sister Lin, who is thoughtful and sentimental. When you go to Sister Lin's place later, she'll surely find out that you've gone to the spring pool to do something foolish."

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Not only does she notice, she also curses."

Baoqin smiled, but after pursing her lips, she leaned in and kissed him.

Chu Yan understood; Qin was jealous.

"Besides them?" he asked Baoqin, who was panting and whose lips were red from being kissed.

"And there's my fourth sister."

Baoqin smiled, her face flushed. "Although Xichun is cold-hearted, she has a pair of eyes that see right through you."

Chu Yan asked again, "Is there anything else?"

Baoqin shook her head, saying she didn't know. But when pressed, she added a few more people: "There's also Consort Qin, Ping'er, and Third Sister."

Chu Yan smiled.

In other words, in the eyes of the intelligent and clever Baoqin, the most shrewd person in the entire harem was Daiyu, followed by Baochai, Xiangyun, and Xichun, and then Qin Keqing and the other two.

The others weren't stupid, they just weren't as perceptive as they were.

After a while of tender affection, Baoqin left his embrace and said with a smile, "I will see Your Majesty out."

She deduced from the route he took back from the spring pool that he was going to Sister Lin's place again.

Chu Yan said, "She was just sweetly calling me 'husband,' and now she's turning on me and calling me 'Your Majesty.'"

Baoqin said shyly, "The person is coming, I'm so shy." Then she called out, "Xiaoluo, Douguan, come in."

Chu Yan had no choice but to get up. Baoqin saw him to the door and watched him leave before turning back and ordering the palace maid to close the door.

"Go to Fourth Sister's place."

Chu Yan changed his route. He originally wanted to go find Daiyu, but after listening to Baoqin's words, he thought of Xichun instead.

Her residence was near Li Wan and Yingchun, not too remote, and the door was already closed; the eunuch had to knock before it opened.

"His Majesty."

Xichun hurriedly came out to greet her, wearing only one garment, with loose-fitting trousers, no socks, and messy hair, clearly indicating that she had rushed out in a hurry.

Chu Yan smiled, reached out and hugged her, and they went into the house together.

Xichun's place was not large. There were some flowers and plants in the courtyard, and about ten rooms in total, including warm pavilions and covered halls, which were enough for her, a few maids and the palace maids who served her.

Sitting on her couch, Chu Yan asked, "What were you doing just now?"

Xichun said, "I took a shower and am reading a book now, thinking I'll go to sleep later."

Chu Yan nodded and said, "I just came back from Miss Yun and Miss Qin's place, so I came to see you too."

Xichun glanced at him and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I'm fine here."

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Can you tell where I came from?"

Xichun hesitated for a moment before saying, "Back from the spring pool? His Majesty accompanied Sister Yun swimming a few days ago."

Chu Yan raised his hand and pinched her cheek, saying, "It's been a few days since I've been here, and you've become distant with me."

Xi Chun blushed, then obediently got up and sat in his lap, whispering, "Your Majesty, please don't blame me. I always have bad thoughts in my mind, and I'm not as straightforward and daring as Sister Yun and Consort Li. I remember Your Majesty's affection for me, but I can't do it if you ask me and Sister Yun to chat and laugh with Your Majesty like that."

Being a seductress requires talent, and so does winning a man's heart.

Some people don't need to learn, while others can't.

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Don't overthink it. I just came to visit you. Today, I spent half a day playing at the spring pool with Consort Li and your eldest sister. Everyone says that Fourth Miss is very perceptive. Do you know what your eldest sister and I played?"

This was done on purpose to tease her.

Xi Chun is too cold-hearted. Even if she knew how to gain favor, she wouldn't do it, nor could she do it.

"Yes, I know..."

Xi Chun blushed on her sweet face, looked at him, and said, "If Your Majesty summons me, I will agree."

Chu Yan was about to laugh when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

The word "if" is very light, but it proves that Xichun has figured it out. He will not ask her to play in the spring pool for half a day, but Xichun is willing to go and does not mind her girlish modesty.

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Just based on what Fourth Sister said, you're good enough to be made a concubine. I'll come back to you another day and make you a concubine just like your second sister."

It means to have sexual relations with her.

Xi Chun looked at him and said, "I'm waiting for Your Majesty."

Chu Yan also kissed her.

After a while, he went out, this time not going anywhere else, but heading straight for Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Eunuchs and palace maids carrying lanterns moved through the bamboo forest and soon arrived at Daiyu's residence.

When the door was opened, Zijuan rushed out, looking very surprised.

Chu Yan smiled and asked, "Where is Lin Daiyu?"

Zijuan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, please go inside first. I will go and wake the young lady up."

Chu Yan immediately felt regretful. "She's asleep? Fine, I won't go in. You can tell her again tomorrow."

Zijuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss didn't sleep well last night and has been feeling unwell all day. Please go to bed early tonight."

Chu Yan asked with concern, "Is she unwell? Why can't she sleep well again?"

Zijuan shook her head and replied, "It's not good or bad. It's not good because I don't need to take medicine. In previous years, I always had a cough around the spring and autumn equinoxes, and I think it will be the same this year."

"Could it be an allergic reaction?"

Chu Yan guessed, but then thought again, it wouldn't make sense if Daiyu had pollen allergies after moving from Yangzhou to the capital and then to Daming Palace.

The only explanation is that she was indeed a fairy descended from heaven.

So he instructed Zijuan to keep a close eye on her, then put his arm around her waist and stroked her face a few times, exchanging pleasantries with her until she blushed before Chu Yan left Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)