Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 891: Chapter 802: Unwilling to Be a Slave 22

Nangong Shuangshuang ignored the anger of the Noble Consort and continued, ”Moreover, the Emperor is inherently suspicious; he won’t believe in your affections either, because in the Emperor’s eyes, the women in the harem are all the same.

They all want to climb higher using his status, to gain higher ranks, to secure benefits for their families, focusing on his status rather than the Emperor himself.

And weren’t you also asking the Emperor for a position for your father? Do you think the Emperor will believe you genuinely love him?”

”I, I too wish to gain the Emperor’s favor, but I just hope to live better. I don’t want to live worse than a servant. Although I asked the Emperor for a position for my father, it wasn’t to climb higher using his status; I didn’t!”

The Noble Consort hurriedly explained. When she first entered the Crown Prince Mansion, her status was low, and everyone looked down on her. She desperately sought favor and meticulously planned everything because, without favor, even servants could trample her, and she certainly didn’t want to live like that.

As for asking for a position for her father, her father loved and cherished her, never treating her less because she was a daughter. Now that she had married a competent husband, wasn’t it right to ask her husband to care for her father?

Nangong Shuangshuang smiled, her voice calm yet ruthless, ”You don’t need to explain to me, for I understand you, just as I am now loyal to you, desperately wanting to gain your favor and trust to ensure you care for my father as well. Your thoughts are the same as mine.

But the Emperor is different; he’s always been above others, never having to struggle under someone’s hand for survival, never having fallen into the dust, and never experiencing the bitterness of being trampled by servants without the favor of someone superior. He will never understand our thoughts.

So even if you tell the Emperor you love him, he would only treat your words as a means to seek favor. He might tease and entertain you when happy, ignore you when not, or even secretly mock your low methods to gain favor.

To stand firmly in the harem, you cannot be jealous, you cannot envy, you must not place your heart on the Emperor, and you must not let his actions affect your emotions and reason. This way, you’ll remain invincible.”

The Noble Consort’s face looked unpleasant; she knew having feelings for the Emperor was foolish, yet being so mercilessly pointed out by Nangong Shuangshuang felt humiliating and made her unwilling.

The Noble Consort couldn’t help but retort to Nangong Shuangshuang, ”The Emperor treats me well; he planted a peach forest for me because he knows I like peach blossoms. He celebrates my birthday with me every year, and he never stays away for too long. I am in his heart, too, only that his affairs are many, and the harem women are many, so he occasionally can’t attend to me.”

Nangong Shuangshuang did not refute anything but smiled lightly at the Noble Consort. Her previously straight body slowly wilted under Nangong Shuangshuang’s gaze, covering her face with her hand and smiling bitterly, ”Even if I am deceiving myself, so what? The harem is too lonely and too cold.

I also know I shouldn’t place my thoughts on the Emperor, but since entering the Crown Prince Mansion, I’ve been pondering and scheming how to make the Emperor favor me.

Having schemed for so long, thought about it for so long, and been favored for so long, even if this favor isn’t sincere, I can’t help but entrust my heart to the Emperor. What else can I do?”

”You act like this only because of the long lonely days, mistakenly believing you’ve fallen for the Emperor. But when you have a child, you’ll naturally understand the best emotion in the world is between a mother and her son. The man a woman should invest her entire emotion in for her life is her son, not a man.”

”Madam.” Nangong Shuangshuang looked into the Noble Consort’s eyes, ”If you can always remain calm, I assure you, I can make the Emperor favor you more, but the premise is that you must guard your heart.”

The Noble Consort looked into Nangong Shuangshuang’s eyes, pursed her lips for a long time, and suddenly smiled, ”If you indeed can make the Emperor favor me more, and let me have a child, then I will follow your advice in all matters henceforth, for what’s so difficult in withdrawing my heart from the Emperor!”

Nangong Shuangshuang smiled lightly; this was the Noble Consort she knew in her previous life, who was resilient and evenly matched with her, capable of picking up and letting go, who would quickly climb up even if she fell to the bottom.

”You don’t need to worry, Madam. Although the Emperor hasn’t come to Yingyue Palace recently, you are still in his heart. Although the freshness for you isn’t there anymore, with deep feelings in his heart, he won’t stay away from Yingyue Palace for too long.

What you need to consider now is not why the Emperor hasn’t come yet, or why he favored a small Talented, but rather how to once again become fresh in the Emperor’s eyes, rekindle his passion for you, in other words, you need to change yourself.”

The Noble Consort frowned, ”My nature is already like this, how do I change myself? If I pretend to be someone else for too long, there’ll always be a time when I’m seen through. It’s not that I can’t pretend, but human nature can’t change. If my true nature is discovered one day, the Emperor will despise me even more, wouldn’t it be a loss for a gain?”

”Of course, you don’t need to change yourself too much, Madam. I should say, you just need to be more in tune with your true self, and then let me help you change your dressing style and makeup, and you will naturally change a lot.

One’s dressing and makeup style can change a person’s temperament without you needing to change yourself.”

”The first thing Madam needs to do is change your clothing. Although rich and beautiful, your clothes are too flamboyant. Perhaps the Emperor used to like your style, which is why you maintained such a dressing style.

But now there are too many with a similar style in the harem, the Emperor has seen it for too long, and with new beauties continually appearing, you have blended in with the crowd and failed to capture the Emperor’s attention.

You need to change, change yourself, to make the Emperor find you fresh again. You just need to instruct the Clothing Bureau to cooperate with me in making your clothes, and I will prepare suitable ones for you.”

The Noble Consort adopted Nangong Shuangshuang’s opinion, agreeing to her request. In the following half month, Nangong Shuangshuang was busy commanding several embroideresses at the Clothing Bureau to make clothes for the Noble Consort.