Sure enough, just as the Seventh and Eighth Princesses had expected, after the Imperial Concubine heard the conversation between Xiaojiu and System with her own ears, she was able to participate in the discussion.

　　The Seventh Princess, who had read countless storybooks, analyzed in a low voice based on her rich experience: “The original plot should be about the direction of the story that was originally set.”

　　”Yes, yes, that’s what I thought, too.” The Eighth Princess echoed excitedly, “From what Xiao Jiu and System said, we should be characters living in a storybook.”

　　The Imperial Concubine pointed at the two of them, then at herself, incredulous: “All of us are living in a storybook, fake people?”

　　”You can say that.” The Seventh Princess continued, “The System who follows Xiaojiu, we can only hear his voice but cannot see him. He knows the original plot of the storybook, but seems to be restricted by something and does not know it completely.”

　　The Eighth Princess nodded: “Yes, it seems that when will System unlock some specific plots, and then he will tell Xiao Jiu that we can hear the two of them talking.”

　　The two of them whispered for a while, and the imperial concubine got a general idea of ​​what was going on. She then asked, “Then tell me quickly, what have you heard so far?”

　　The Eighth Princess said succinctly: “Sun Cairen will be pregnant in a year. I don’t know who instructed her to fall and miscarry in my mother’s palace. She used this to frame my mother. My father was furious and demoted my mother to a concubine. My mother was heartbroken and killed Sun Cairen. Later, she killed two favorite concubines. I don’t know who she killed. Then my father gave my mother poisoned wine, and she died.”

　　”I don’t know who is behind Cairen Sun’s actions yet. Mother, you need to be careful.” The Eighth Princess warned with a worried look on her face.

　　The Imperial Concubine, together with the Empress, fought her way through the many concubines and survived to this position today. She had already gone through countless trials and tribulations. She was neither surprised nor angry when she heard this, but remained calm and composed: “Okay, I understand. What else?”

　　The Seventh Princess continued, “Xiaojiu still has sixty-eight days left to live. No, it’s sixty-seven days. I don’t know why yet, and there’s no way to ask her.”

　　The Eighth Princess speculated: “According to what System and Xiaojiu talked about, all the plots that happened were you harming me and I harming you. Could it be that Xiaojiu was harmed by someone?”

　　”That’s possible.” The Seventh Princess guessed again, “Or maybe she’s sick? But I see Xiaojiu can eat and run, so it doesn’t look like that.”

　　”Okay, I know about this, too.” The Imperial Concubine interrupted the two people’s speculation, “I’ll have someone check, and then I’ll call the imperial physician to check the pulses of the three of you later. Anyway, you two have nothing to do, so just keep Xiaojiu by your side and keep a close eye on her.”

　　The two of them agreed, and the Eighth Princess said, “Mother, Seventh Sister can only…”

　　”What nonsense are you talking about?” The Seventh Princess quickly covered her mouth and winked at her. “I will pay attention. Don’t say anything more and complain.”

　　The Imperial Concubine frowned: “What’s going on?”

　　The Eighth Princess gave the Seventh Princess a warning look and said, “You’d better not stay up late anymore, otherwise I will tell the Empress Mother and the Mother Consort, and I will no longer sell storybooks to you.”

　　”It’s okay.” The Seventh Princess let go of the Eighth Princess’ mouth and changed the subject: “It was just yesterday, the two of us were lying at the gate of the Jade Palace and peeking in…”

　　The Seventh Princess briefly recounted the story of how Concubine Yue and Concubine Fang turned against each other and fought each other, and the Eighth Princess added to the story in a vivid way.

　　The Imperial Concubine laughed so hard that she covered her lips. “I was wondering why the two of them couldn’t sit still like they had nails on their butts while paying respects to the Empress yesterday. One of them was touching legs, and the other was touching waist. It turns out that they fought too hard. Next time something like this happens, remember to call me.”

　　Princess Seven and Princess Eight were speechless. Mother, as the Imperial Concubine, is this really okay? Besides, have you forgotten how you usually scold us?

　　Seeing the two people’s resentful eyes, the imperial concubine also realized that she had lost her composure and cleared her throat: “I am doing this for the sake of the overall situation. Do you know who can hear what Xiaojiu and that system said?”

　　The Eighth Princess proudly answered, “I was the first to hear it, followed by Seventh Sister, then Noble Lady Yue and Noble Lady Fang, and then Mother. It seems that Cairen Sun also heard it today.”

　　The Seventh Princess added: “At present, the palace maids and eunuchs can’t hear it.”

　　The Imperial Concubine asked a key question: “What about Concubine Ru? Can she hear it?”

　　The seventh and eighth princesses were stunned. Oh, that’s right, why did they ignore Concubine Ru.

　　The two of them told her everything about their visit to Miaoyunxuan to find Xiaojiu over the past two days.

　　After listening to it, the Imperial Concubine pondered it carefully and came to the conclusion: “Concubine Ru must not have heard it, otherwise, with her cautious and timid nature, she would never let you bring Xiaojiu out.”

　　All three were confused.

　　So who are the people who can hear the conversation between Xiaojiu and System?

　　Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Xiaojiu’s babyish voice again: [System, why is there no sound when the Imperial Concubine scolds people? ]

　　System: [As an imperial concubine, you don’t necessarily have to yell at your children when you punish them. Maybe you are punishing them for something else.]

　　Ji Jinyou hesitated and said, [How about I go and take a look and help my two sisters out? Anyway, I’m so young, if I break in, I can only be considered ignorant at best.”

　　Fearing that the little girl would really come in, the Imperial Concubine scolded them loudly, “Kneel down before me, everyone.]

　　The sudden roar scared Ji Jinyou so much that she shivered and dropped the osmanthus cake in her hand.

　　The little baby voice trembled: [System, I still won’t go. The Imperial Concubine is so scary.] Don’t punish her to kneel with them later, after all, she also eavesdropped.

　　System: [Of course. Let me read you some comments about the Imperial Concubine in the books. They describe her as cruel and ruthless, treacherous and cunning, vicious and evil, and a smiling tiger… Tsk tsk, listen to these words. How can she not be scary?]

　　The imperial concubine’s face darkened: “…”

　　The seventh and eighth princesses gloated and covered their mouths and laughed. The imperial concubine glared at them both.

　　Just as they were about to discuss further, they heard a palace maid come in and report: “Your Majesty, the Empress invites you to Fengyi Palace.”

　　The Imperial Concubine lowered her voice and said to the Seventh and Eighth Princesses, “I will take Xiaojiu to the Empress first. After we leave, you two can go out.”

　　”Put on a full show. Don’t alarm Xiaojiu until the matter is completely clarified.”

　　The two nodded to show that they understood.

　　If Xiaojiu knew that everyone could hear her conversation with System, she would be afraid that she would stop chatting in front of others. That would be a huge loss and her life would lose a lot of fun.

　　When the Imperial Concubine walked out to the outer room, she saw Xiaojiu peeling melon seeds. Her chubby little hands, which were as big as steamed buns, were not very useful, and she peeled them with great effort.

　　The Imperial Concubine smiled and walked forward, picked up the little girl and walked out, her good voice choked up again: “Little Nine, dear, your mother will take you to see the flowers from your empress mother’s palace.”

　　Ji Jinyou wished that the imperial concubine would hold her in her arms and take a walk around the harem to show the power of her background.

　　Then the little head tilted, and leaned on the imperial concubine’s shoulder again, and in a sweet voice, she attacked again: “Flower is beautiful, and the consort is more beautiful than flower.”

　　”Oh my, our Xiaojiu is such a sweet talker.” The imperial concubine was so delighted by the little girl’s praise that she laughed out loud.

　　The palace maid saw that the Ninth Princess was chubby and was afraid that the Imperial Noble Consort would be tired, so she offered to carry her. However, the Imperial Noble Consort, who had just been fed a head full of love potion, was unwilling to do so and carried her all the way to Fengyi Palace.

　　Seeing the Imperial Concubine coming with a child in her arms with a smile on her face, the Empress was a little surprised, but she also showed a friendly smile, “Hey, isn’t this Xiaojiu?”

　　Ji Jinyou sighed. The master of the harem is different. She knows all the emperor’s children clearly, while the imperial concubine can live more casually.

　　The Imperial Concubine put Xiaojiu on the ground and bowed to the Empress.

　　Ji Jinyou also performed the salute according to the rules, but because she was young, she couldn’t stand steadily and walked crookedly.

　　The Empress asked the little girl to stand up, and the imperial concubine led the little girl to the flower stand under the window, “Xiaojiu, look at the flowers, and Consort mother and Empress mother will talk.”

　　Ji Jinyou nodded and said yes.

　　The Imperial Concubine sat back down beside the Empress. The Empress sent the palace maids back away, glared at the Imperial Concubine, and complained in a low voice, “You were so anxious so early in the morning and insisted on sending me to His Majesty. I thought you had something important to do, but you are here playing with the children.”

　　”Hurry up and tell me, why are you being so mysterious?”

　　The Imperial Noble Consort had tried to explain the situation to the Empress before, but just like the Seventh and Eighth Princesses yesterday, she was unable to utter a word.

　　He was too lazy to waste his energy at this moment, so she put her finger to her lips, signaling the Empress to keep her voice down. Then she pointed to the little girl who was looking at the flowers with her hands behind her back by the window, and whispered, “Listen.”

　　Seeing the usually bright and generous Imperial Concubine acting slyly, the Empress frowned and said, “What are you listening to? What on earth are you talking about?”

　　At this moment, a man’s slightly excited voice suddenly sounded: [Baby You, among the maids in Fengyi Palace, there will soon be a favorite concubine. Guess who it is? ]