A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace-Chapter 1060: Partners in Crime

Hai Feng laughed again.

"What you’re saying, sister, doesn’t count as deceit!"

"We both agreed willingly!"

"Besides, ever since you arrived in the capital, neither your brother nor sister cares about you, and you only have several hundred taels of silver on you!"

"If it weren’t for my help, who knows how much grievance you’d suffer living under someone else’s roof!"

"Right?"

She smiled brightly and continued.

"I used to help you, now... dear sister, it’s your turn to help me!"

Xia Ruyi squinted fiercely, sneering coldly.

"Help you?"

"You harmed me like this, how can I help you!"

After saying this, she sneered self-mockingly.

"The Princess Consort dislikes me and wants me dead!"

"Pan Zhu is also starting to be disloyal!"

"I don’t even have the ability to protect myself, how can I help you?!"

Seeing her desperate look, Hai Feng sat on a shabby chair next to her, smiling sweetly.

"She wants you dead, so you’re just going to wait for death? That’s not like the you I know!"

Xia Ruyi laughed sarcastically.

"She is the Princess Consort, and I am just a concubine, without status or favor, what can I do besides obediently wait for death?"

"Without status, fight for status; without favor, fight for favor!" Hai Feng said matter-of-factly.

Xia Ruyi’s smile grew more sarcastic, looking at her as though she were crazy.

"Fight?"

"I suppose you’re agitating for my death to come faster!"

"Oh! I forgot, you’re the Princess Consort, of course you don’t understand the life of us concubines!"

"Our lives are cheap, not comparable to yours, noble Princess Consort!"

Xia Ruyi spoke with sarcasm and bitterness.

Hai Feng didn’t mind, she smiled confidently.

"Do you want to fight? I can help you!"

Xia Ruyi snorted coldly.

"Help me? Are you really so kind?"

"Why didn’t you help me directly back then when you knew the position I wanted?"

"Or... are you trying to blackmail me into working for you?"

Hai Feng shook her head.

"Sister, where is your mind wandering!"

"I wanted to help you directly at that time too!"

"But you know, Empress Dowager Zhen... already had someone in mind, and I’m from another land!"

"How could she possibly listen to me?!"

Xia Ruyi became even more furious upon hearing this.

"If you couldn’t help me, why didn’t you tell me directly?"

"Do you know how big of a joke I became?"

"Everyone in the Capital City is laughing at me! Mocking me!"

"Are you happy? Are you satisfied?"

Hai Feng was speechless.

After pondering left and right, she offered a wry smile.

"Ruyi!"

"I... thought..."

"You liked Sixth Prince!"

"Seeing you so eager to marry, I had no choice but to help fulfill that!"

Hai Feng openly fabricated excuses.

Xia Ruyi was extremely angry.

"You!"

"I..."

Just as she was about to speak, she found herself speechless.

She couldn’t possibly say she didn’t like Sixth Prince, and marrying in was just for status.

"Enough!"

Hai Feng smiled sweetly.

"Rest assured, as long as you listen to me, I will definitely help you!"

Xia Ruyi looked at her impatiently.

Finally, she cautiously asked.

"Really?!"

"Of course!" Hai Feng promised, patting her chest!

Xia Ruqing was somewhat doubtful and asked cautiously.

"You won’t deceive me again, will you!"

Hai Feng’s lips curled with sarcasm.

"Deceive you?"

"In your current situation, what’s the point of deceiving you?"

"Not being able to help you become the Main Wife is my lack of ability!"

"But helping you gain a foothold in the back courtyard, I have that capability!"

"If you don’t believe me, shall I leave?!"

She said as she prepared to stand up.

Xia Ruyi quickly pulled her back.

"I believe!"

"I believe you, isn’t that enough?!"

"I can’t bear these days any longer!"

"Tell me, how do you want me to help you?"

Hai Feng’s eyes gleamed with success, but she still praised verbally.

"Good!"

After speaking, she leaned in close to Xia Ruyi’s ear and revealed her plan.

Xia Ruyi’s eyes suddenly widened.

"You want me to be your close confidant and spy?"

Hai Feng quickly covered her mouth, her gaze sharp.

"Speaking so loudly, do you not want to live anymore?"

Xia Ruyi instinctively shut her mouth.

After a while, she couldn’t resist asking again.

"What do you want to do?"

Hai Feng responded impatiently.

"Stop asking!"

"If you want to live well, just listen obediently!"

Xia Ruyi had no choice but to keep quiet.

With a serious expression, Hai Feng looked at her, saying with a half-smile.

"Think it through!"

"Once you take this step, you’ll be mine forever!"

"This secret will be known only to Heaven and Earth, you and me!"

"If you dare to divulge even half a sentence, I have the power to let you live and the power to let you die!" Her tone carried an icy chill, making one’s hair stand on end.

Xia Ruyi couldn’t help but shiver.

Helplessly, she could only agree.

"Alright!"

"I promise you!"

Hai Feng looked at her with satisfaction and smiled.

"Truly sensible!"

She sighed in relief, laughing.

"Next month is the selection, by then, I will persuade Empress Dowager Zhen to accept a Consort for Fifth Master and Sixth Master!"

"Once the consort enters the door, your days will be much better!"

Xia Ruyi clearly looked dissatisfied.

"Just like that? Are you sure I can have better days?"

Hai Feng smiled confidently.

"Rest assured! I always keep my promises!"

"As long as you don’t mess things up, and obediently listen, I will definitely make sure you are favored!"

Only then did Xia Ruyi feel at ease.

"Alright!"

"I’ll trust you one more time for now!"

Hai Feng curled her lips into a smile.

"Alright!"

"This place is not safe for long, I’m leaving now. I’ll send someone later with a pigeon for you!"

"Take good care of it, don’t try anything funny!"

Xia Ruyi bowed her head in agreement.

She politely saw Hai Feng out the door.

...

May passed day by day.

Since the decree of the selection came down.

Fine ladies from all corners of Great Chu Dynasty were gathering one after another in the Capital City.

By June.

The Fine Ladies gathered, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs began the first round of initial selection.

Xia Ruqing, Consort Cheng, and Consort Hui, busied themselves for more than a month, finally coordinating everything properly.

The next step was to wait for the Fine Ladies who passed the initial selection to enter the palace.

To receive etiquette training, then undergo re-selection, grand selection, and so forth.

On June third.

After a busy day, Xia Ruqing dragged her tired body back to Duanning Palace.

Yue Er was already asleep.

Henger and Yeye returned from the Study Room, washed up, and prepared to sleep.

She checked on Yue Er and then on the two brothers.

After confirming everything was normal, she returned to her own palace.

Washed up and lay down on the cool couch to rest.

Zi Yue served a bowl of porridge cooked until soft with preserved egg and lean meat, along with a dish of salted peanuts and several refreshing cold dishes.

One was cucumber, one tender lotus root slices, one baby vegetables and one steamed eggplant, all tasty and mild.

"Madam, you haven’t had a proper meal, sleeping on an empty stomach isn’t good, please have some!" Zi Yue urged.

Xia Ruqing rubbed her temples.

"Alright!"

She got up and picked up the spoon, sipping porridge and sighing.

"So many!"

"A full two thousand!"