Year after year, entwined and inseparable, 86 entered the palace

  "Madam!" Little Youyan excitedly looked at the back of the only woman in the room.

  Her face was flustered as she stood up, and in the turn, she herself was also shocked: "Xiao Yan?" She could hardly recognize Xiao Yan's appearance, only this pair of eyes full of tears made Yan'er certain that it was indeed Xiao Yan.

  "What's wrong with you? Who did this to you?" Yan'er exclaimed, kneeling down on the ground alongside Xiao Yuan and embracing his frail body.

  "Madam." Xiao Yan was afraid and lowered his head, trying to hide his ferocious face.

  "Is it, or is it not Ophelia?" The face could affirm that this was definitely the work of Ophelia, for only she hated herself to such an extent.

  "Madam, it's great to see you again. Xiaoyan thought that after the great change in the world, she would never be able to see you again." Xiaoyan was still a child after all, with a flower-like age, yet having to bear the ugliness of survival for a lifetime.

  "Don't say any more, from now on I'm Li Bansi." Yan'er helped up Xiao Yuan: "From now on, you must remember not to call me 'wife' again."

  Xiao Yan thought for a moment: "Could you be Mr. Li's adopted sister?" This matter of entering the palace was something that everyone in the world knew about, and even if Xiao Yan didn't know anything about worldly affairs, she would still have to know about it. She looked up and down at Yan'er, seeming to want to say something else, but then swallowed her words back down.

  "It's better not to say anything, some things are just kept in the heart, speaking out will bring disaster." Yan Er reminded Xiao Yuan, gently stroking Xiao Yuan's rough hands.

  "As long as Madam is fine, Xiao Yan will be at ease." Xiao Yan nodded seriously, in her heart, she had always regarded Qian Er as an elder sister.

  "One day, when I have the chance, I will definitely bring you back by my side." Yan'er patted Xiao Yuan's shoulder: "Liu'er."

  Xiao Yan quickly wiped away her tears, not letting anyone see her emotions. Her face was very satisfied with Xiao Yan's change.

  "Yuer, take her back, she's not the relative I was asked to find by my family." Yan'er remained seated in front of the dresser, examining the intricate hair accessories.

  "Yes." Liu'er pulled Xiao Yan and walked out shaking her head.

  Her face stabilized her emotions, and she quietly waited for the time to be ripe. Entering the palace also had its timing, everything in the palace required a auspicious hour.

  "Miss, you can get up now." Liu'er supported Xiang'er and slowly walked out of the room. At this time, a sedan chair had already landed at the door, and since she was going to be the emperor's woman from now on, others couldn't even look at her, let alone touch her. Xiang'er calmly sat in the sedan chair, which was slowly lifted up and steadily followed behind Li Yehua's sedan chair.

  The sedan chair had traveled a certain distance before it came to a stop again. Curious, Yan lifted the curtain and saw that they were already at the palace gate. Looking around, she also saw several other sedan chairs stopped nearby, apparently carrying women from various households who were entering the palace.

  All the way, Yan's face started to worry about whether something would go wrong. After all, every time she got married and got on the sedan chair, there would be unexpected twists and turns. She sometimes wondered if she was incompatible with the sedan chair. Moreover, facing Guan Canghai's test of courage was indeed a challenge for Yan's face. She really didn't know whether this trip would bring good or bad luck, but everything turned out fine. Now they had arrived at the palace gate, and Guan Canghai was still being nice to her.

  "The sedan chair is changed——" A eunuch's voice came out, Yan'er's face was lifted along with the sedan curtain, and she walked out of the sedan chair slowly. She looked at both sides, every woman who entered the palace was dressed in a magnificent attire, plump or slender, each had a beautiful appearance. All the eunuchs and guards at the palace gate bowed their heads as the women got off the sedan chairs. Yan'er followed a eunuch's guidance, and walked into a yellow-roofed sedan chair with many other women, then was lifted up again. It seemed that the sound of the palace gate creaking slowly closed could be heard once more.

  Her face sat in the sedan chair, occasionally stealing a peek at other sedan chairs with curiosity. More than ten sedan chairs were stopped outside the Luoyi Palace. At this moment, the sound of music and ceremony started, and Yan'er followed more than ten women who entered the palace to pay respects to the current emperor today, walking slowly into the palace hall. At this time, Guan Canghai was already sitting upright in the high hall.

  His majestic temperament was set off by a bright yellow imperial robe, but Yan'er thought that purple looked better on him. She stole a glance at Guan Canghai, who was staring intently in the direction outside the main hall, and didn't bother to look at each of these women entering the palace.

  The little eunuch picked up the roster and softly called out to bring back Emperor Xuan's wandering thoughts: "Your Majesty."

  "Hmm." Guan Canghai looked at the 16 women in front of him, each with their heads bowed, making it impossible to see their faces. They were all different heights and had unique figures, but one silhouette was unmistakable - wasn't that the face that had captivated him from the very first glance, the one he couldn't stop thinking about day and night?

  The eunuch picked up the name list: "Right Chancellor He Qing's niece, He Mei Ru, seventeen years old."

  He Mei Ru immediately stood out of the queue and walked to the front of the hall, kneeling down and kowtowing: "Your subject He Mei Ru pays respects to Your Majesty."

  "Get up." Guan Canghai's hand stretched out into mid-air as he sensed He Mei Ru getting up.

  The roll call in the grand hall was also particular, generally following the ranking of officials in the imperial court. Therefore, everyone present secretly remembered He Mei Ru, after all, the first one to be called was the niece of the Right Chancellor, and her future glory and wealth were immeasurable.

  "Li Yihe, younger sister of Grand Chancellor and Commander-in-Chief Li Zuo, aged eighteen."

  The second name on the list was Li Yehua, and this Li Zuo was the emperor's confidant in court, and it was also said that he was the brother who walked closest to the emperor in private. Since he could send his own sister into the palace, it must be that the emperor had personally promised something. Thinking about Li Zuo's young age and his position as high as the sun at noon, one can imagine that after his sister entered the palace, the Li family would become even more deeply entrenched. This Li Yehua was sweet and charming in appearance, with a pair of round and bright eyes shining with girlish innocence.

  "Your subject Li Yihua pays respects to Brother Canghai." Li Yihua deliberately didn't use the words 'Your Majesty', she just wanted everyone to know that in her eyes, the emperor was merely Brother Canghai. This address made everyone take a deep breath, if the emperor wasn't angry... then this woman would have given other women a warning. But if the emperor was angry...... everyone held their breath and watched Canghai's reaction.

  "Hahaha, still so mischievous, get up quickly." Guan Canghai gazed lovingly at Li Yihua, who was kneeling on the ground, with a joyful expression that didn't seem to be towards a woman, but rather as if he regarded Li Yihua as his own little sister.

  Li Yihua slowly got up and looked at Guan Canghai with her head tilted to one side.

  Xiao Taijian was also startled by Li Yihua's actions, he swallowed his saliva and secretly remembered this Li Yihua in his heart. Her personality is too overbearing, but if she has good luck and is favored by the emperor, then the position of empress will belong to her, Li Yihua.

  "Li Bansheng, the younger sister of Li Zuo, the Left Chancellor and Grand Commandant, aged twenty."

  "Li Banxiao, the younger sister of Li Zuo, the Left Chancellor and Grand General, aged twenty."

  The eunuch shouted once, seeing no one standing up, reluctantly shouting again, he didn't dare to raise his head to look at Guan Canghai, and could only exert himself to lift his eyelids to look at the woman with her head down in the great hall below, seeing that there was still no movement of footsteps, the somewhat nervous eunuch had to shout loudly again.

  "Left Chancellor Taifu Li's younger sister-in-law, Li Bànxiāo, has yet to come out and pay her respects to the Emperor."

  Her face was stunned, the eunuch's voice was very loud this time, she unconsciously came back to her senses, listening seriously to what the eunuch was shouting, and after pondering for a moment, Yan'er suddenly moved out of the team, she had actually forgotten that her current identity was Li Bansi.

  Yan'er hastily walked down the steps: "Your subject Li Bànshuāng pays respects to Your Majesty." Yan'er was remorseful for her momentary distraction, she shouldn't have done that, and this kind of mistake absolutely cannot happen again.

  "Look up." Guan Canghai was watching with interest the face that was stuck to the carpet on the steps below.

  Her face heard the sound of Guan Canghai, and she raised her head straight to meet Guan Canghai's line of sight. She smiled slightly at Guan Canghai with a speed that no one else could match, then restored her serious expression.

  "You're quite tall, what's your name?" Guan Canghai teased, intentionally provoking Yan'er, making her somewhat annoyed.

  "I am Li Bansheng." Yan'er blinked her watery peach blossom eyes, and her delicate appearance once again reminded Guan Canghai of that night under the cliff.

  "Come up here." Guan Canghai suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Yan'er up, pulling her onto the dragon seat beside him. Yan'er stumbled and almost fell as she climbed up, basically being dragged up.

  "Oh no." Her face almost fell to the ground as she tripped over her own skirt. At this moment, she could only kneel beside Guan Canghai's legs, glaring at him furiously, clearly he was intentionally teasing her.

  "Haha." Guan Canghai couldn't help but burst out laughing at Yan'er's actions.

  The little eunuch looked at the emperor's inexplicable behavior, naturally he didn't know about the entanglement between the emperor and Li Banzhen: "Your Majesty, there are still many things that haven't been named yet." The little eunuch kindly reminded him.

  Looking at the vast ocean, he raised his hand, and the little eunuch on horseback dared not speak and put away the name list.

  "I'll get to know you one by one later, I'm tired today." Guan Canghai didn't care about Yan'er's angry gaze at him, his hand still holding onto Yan'er's soft wrist, rubbing it back and forth in his own hand.

  This move immediately made people subconsciously realize that Li Bansheng, this woman, was the branch they could climb to in the future. She was the oldest, and most women who entered the palace were under 19 years old, but she was already 20 years old, long past the age of entering the palace, yet she was able to enter the palace because of her nominal status as Li Zuodan's adopted sister. It was unheard of for Li Zuodan to have an adopted sister, this was one strange thing. Secondly, the woman and the emperor's exchange of flirtatious glances, these slaves were not blind, it seemed that the emperor and this woman had been familiar with each other for a long time.

  "He appointed the niece of the Right Chancellor, Ms. He, as Ruhui Consort, and the younger sister of the Left Chancellor, Ms. Li, as Huifei Consort." Guan Canghai lowered his head to take a look at Yan'er: "This woman's appearance is not bad, she deeply understands my thoughts, let her be Yan Meiren."