Chapter 573: A Different Way of Living
"Does your Majesty have any ideas? Feel free to tell me."
Concubine Zhang lazily lay on the beauty couch, supporting her forehead with one hand, looking directly at Xu Muhua, and smiled slightly: "What do you think I can think of? What else can I think of? I am the favorite concubine. If something happens to the emperor, I am afraid that I will not have a good ending!"
Xu Muhua: "…Madam, we are all in the same boat. Why do you have to test me like this? Aren't we friends? Since we are friends, just speak frankly. You are really hurting me by hesitating."
Concubine Zhang sneered.
Xu Muhua was speechless.
Why doesn’t Concubine Zhang believe it?
Well, since she is a beauty, her tolerance for beauties is always high.
She dragged the stool towards the beauty bed. Concubine Zhang looked at her coldly without saying a word.
She wanted to see what Xu Muhua was going to do. As soon as she saw her sneaky look, she knew it was definitely not good!
Xu Muhua first looked around to make sure no one was paying attention, let alone eavesdropping, and then she lowered her voice and asked, "Your Majesty, you are still so young. If the emperor really can't hold on, you will have a hard time going to the royal temple even if someone is protecting you."
"In that case, why not change your identity and try a different way of life? Life is long, so you should always try a different way of living, right?"
Concubine Zhang's expression suddenly changed, and her eyebrows slightly frowned, "So?"
Xu Muhua smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you just fake your death and say that you want to follow the Emperor. Then, Your Majesty can take some trustworthy people and some silver and banknotes with you and go on your journey to the vast sea and sky!"
Concubine Zhang was stunned.
After a while, she sat up, her expression serious, and stared at Xu Muhua for a while.
Xu Muhua let her look, with a natural and frank expression.
"Are you sure?"
Xu Muhua choked.
Why ask her if she is sure? She is not the one who wants to fake her death! Isn't this a question that Concubine Zhang should consider herself? Why ask her?
"Your Majesty, this is something you should consider yourself!" Xu Muhua said unhappily.
Is Concubine Zhang going to treat her as a nanny?
Concubine Zhang lay back down. "Didn't you bring this up? Of course you have to solve it."
Xu Muhua: This doesn’t make sense!
But who says she is a beauty?
"Okay, since we know each other, I'll take care of this. You should also prepare yourself and think it over carefully. If you change your mind, let someone notify me."
Seeing that she was serious and didn't seem to be joking or teasing her, Concubine Zhang looked at her for a while and then sat up. "Are you serious? You're not lying to me or teasing me? Can you really let me leave the palace and live outside the palace with a different identity?"
Concubine Zhang seemed to be very calm and indifferent, but seeing that she even forgot to use "I am the palace", you can tell what her mood is at the moment.
"Your Majesty knows what kind of person I am. Do you think I would joke about such a thing? Your Majesty is still so young. It doesn't make sense for her life to be ruined like this. Your Majesty still has a chance to start over. Since you have such an opportunity, of course you must seize it and make use of it."
She believed that Concubine Zhang had a lot of money and could survive even if she left the palace. Of course, it would be very dangerous for a beauty like her to be alone, and she could help with that.
She also believed that with Concubine Zhang's brain, she would not have failed to consider this problem. If she had considered it, she would naturally think of a solution.
"But, Madam, I still need to make some things clear. If this is really the case, you may not be able to live a rich and luxurious life in the future. You may have to live like an ordinary person, with simple meals and tea, and even have to work in the fields and earn money by yourself."
Concubine Zhang's eyes seemed to light up. "What's the point of simple meals? Can it be more painful and tormenting than staying in the palace? As for making money by yourself, who says you have to make money by yourself? I have money, can't I let others make money for me?"
There are many people in this world who are capable but cannot use their abilities because of poverty. She will recruit some of these people and force them to do things for her. They will get paid to do things and get paid, which will improve their difficult situation. She can sit back and wait to collect the money, killing two birds with one stone!
Xu Muhua was shocked.
I didn't expect that Concubine Zhang had such awareness! Isn't this the same as fund management in later generations?
"One more thing, Madam. If you fake your death and leave, you will never be able to meet your family again."
Concubine Zhang's expression faded. "They have their own lives, and there are people around them. It doesn't matter whether I'm here or not."
Without her, her parents and other children would be sad when they heard the news of her death, but she believed that this sadness would not last long.
So there is nothing she can't let go of.
She has repaid her parents' kindness in raising her. If she has the chance in the future, she just wants to live for herself!
Xu Muhua didn't want to say anything more about her relationship with the Zhang family.
"In short, Madam, please think carefully. You are a woman, and a beautiful one at that. Once you leave the palace and have no family to protect you, what you will encounter outside may be far beyond your imagination, and may be a million times more difficult than you think!"
Concubine Zhang glanced at her and said, "Why do I feel like you want to persuade me to give up and spend the rest of my life in the royal temple?"
Without waiting for Xu Muhua to reply, he continued, "Are you hinting that I should destroy my face before I leave?"
Xu Muhua shook her head, looking disappointed: "My Lady, how can you be so mean? I am worried about you, afraid that you will regret it in the future and blame me, so I am reminding you now!"
Concubine Zhang snorted coldly, "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what's good for you and repays evil with kindness. If anything really happens after I leave, I'll just think it's my fate. I don't have the habit of making random accusations or shirking responsibility."
Even if there are many difficulties and dangers after leaving the palace, as long as you enjoy the freedom outside the palace, it is worth it. There is nothing to regret.
Xu Muhua just felt that it was a pity that there were no mobile phones in ancient times, otherwise she could have recorded what Concubine Zhang had just said and kept it as evidence.
"Well, your majesty, please think carefully and prepare. We will wait for the most appropriate time to come!"
Concubine Zhang nodded, not caring at all about the emperor's life or death.
Concubine Zhang was now feeling somewhat excited and full of anticipation. She wanted to start preparing right away, so she thought Xu Muhua was an eyesore and sent her back to the East Palace.