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Chapter 106 - Women of the Han Family

This place was, after all, the living quarters of the Empress Dowager, how could he barge in here as he pleased?

Consort Shu walked to the west side of the palace and personally pushed open the doors.

Qin Luofei smelled a fragrant smell which lingered non-stop. It was such a strong fragrance from here.

When the two of them entered the palace, they realized that there was nothing in the room but portraits of many women on the walls.

"Is it the Consort Shu?" There was a benevolent Bodhisattva in the Palace Warm Pavilion, an old woman on a cushion in front of the Bodhisattva.

The woman was dressed as usual in a coarse cloth dress. Her hair was simply tied up and she didn't wear any jewelry.

For a moment, Qin Luofei did not realize that the ordinary woman was actually from the Empress Dowager.

"Chenqie greets Empress Dowager." Qin Luofei paid her respects to the Consort Shu.

"There are no Empress Dowager here, get up!" Empress Dowager looked at the two of them warmly and waved his hand lovingly. "Come and do it with me."

Qin Luofei raised her eyes, and couldn't help but cast her gaze at those portraits out of curiosity.

These girls were all dressed in palace uniforms, they looked like concubine s, but why would Empress Dowager hang these portraits?

"These portraits are all women from the Han family." Empress Dowager saw Qin Luofei's confused look, and said.

Han Family's woman?

Qin Luofei had just remembered that the mother of Empress Dowager was none other than Han.

Unfortunately, ever since the previous King, the surname 'Han' had withered away, and right now, the highest ranked member of the Han Family was only the censor.

As the Empress Dowager aged, the Han Family had already declined. Instead, it was the empress dowager's Du Family that stood firm in their midst.

The current Du Qingcheng was also a member of the Du Family, but he was also a niece of the Empress Dowager.

"All the women in the Han family are beautiful beyond compare, but unfortunately, they have not lived past forty years." All the women in the Han family are all beautiful beyond compare, but they have not lived past forty.

Following Empress Dowager's gaze, Qin Luofei stared straight at the woman in front of his.

Her face was extremely beautiful, so beautiful that it could topple cities and topple nations. Her appearance was even more beautiful than Empress Dowager.

A silk dress as thin as a cicada's wing gave off a faintly ethereal feeling. It was so seductive that even Qin Luofei, who was a woman, was tempted by it, but it was a pity for her.

"The other two are sisters from the aunt's family. Some entered the palace with me, while some entered with my sister. Unfortunately, one died in childbirth while the other was beaten into a cold palace by the late emperor."

Empress Dowager slowly stood up and looked at the painting on the wall.

"The late emperor was born beautiful. Many women loved him, and even I was not spared." A strange expression appeared on Empress Dowager's face, causing Qin Luofei to feel fearful. She had a feeling that she wanted to escape from this palace.

"There are a total of twenty-eight Han family women here, and they are all beautiful women from the Han family. All of them entered the palace as concubines and experienced two dynasties."

Qin Luofei knew that before the overthrow of the previous dynasty, most of the Han Family's women were the empress's candidates. This glory had even left the current dynasty during the previous dynasty's reign.

"She is the Han family's first generation woman. Together with the Emperor of the previous dynasty, they fought in the mountains and rivers. The Emperor of the previous dynasty promised that in the future, the Empress would definitely come from the Han family."

Empress Dowager pointed to a woman on a portrait.

Qin Luofei raised her eyes and saw that the woman's appearance was dazzling, especially her pair of eyes that were as tender as spring water. It was said that not only was her martial arts powerful, her methods were also vicious. She destroyed all the women in the palace who wanted to get close to the Emperor without any restraint.

Unfortunately, such a talented and beautiful girl died in the hands of her own younger sister. Her younger sister took advantage of the fact that she was pregnant, joined up with other concubine, and stole away the emperor. She even brutally poisoned the baby in her womb.

In the end, her sister was unable to escape the fate of the women in the palace. She was old and decrepit, framed by the emperor's beloved beauty. The emperor was furious, so he forced her into the cold palace.

However, after her son ascended the throne, he turned the tables on her and killed other concubine, and still married a woman from the Han Family.

The women of the Han Family weren't soft-hearted.

In her previous life, when she saw the rumors of the Han family's women in circulation, she once thought how there could be such a vicious woman in the world. In this life, however, she felt that this was probably the fate of the women in the palace.

It was said that half of the Han Family's women died at the hands of their own sisters, and there were countless that didn't die in the palace. It was because the Han Family's women lived in such a harsh environment that they were able to reclaim heaven and earth from the imperial harem.

The previous empress had mostly come from the Han Family and had only gradually broken through to the current one.

On the left, Qin Luofeng had seen the second woman in the portrait before. She could be said to be a ferocious woman. She had quietly and delicately lived in the Han Residence for fifteen years, avoiding the assassination of her other sisters. After entering the Imperial Palace, she had slowly and step by step eliminated all of the Han Family's women, and then sat on the empress's throne. It could be said that her methods were sinister, her temperament was patient, and she could endure pain that ordinary people could not. Patience was one of the few things that was rarely seen among the Han Family women.

A trace of gloominess flashed across Qin Luofei's eyes. In past dynasties, there had been women from the Han family entering the palace, but in this generation, no women were born from the Han family, and there were no concubine s from the palace.

The women of the Han family were formidable, surpassing even the Imperial Consort Leng and Du Qingcheng.

This was where the emperors hated Han Family women. However, in the previous dynasties, the emperors had always relied on the Han Clan for support. His lips turned cold, he hated each other, and they had to depend on each other. This was the fate of the previous dynasty's emperor and the Han family.

"Little sister, what are you looking at so seriously?" Consort Shu, who was at the side saw Qin Luofei looking at a portrait, his lips curled up into a smile.

Qin Luofei turned around and said with a smile, "Everyone says that the Han Family's women are as beautiful as immortals. Not bad, these portraits are all national beauties, I feel sorry for them."

"This is This Dowager's niece, Tao Fei, the Han Family's last woman." Empress Dowager looked at the woman on the portrait in front of him with sinister eyes.

From the looks of it, she was actually above the Consort Shu. Truly a rare beauty, even amongst the many women from the Han family in the room, she was one of the most outstanding.

The woman in the painting wore a suit of armor made of white gold and silver. As she looked forward, she could see an air of arrogance radiating from her charming face. The corners of her lips were thin and curled up to the point that they resembled the empress dowager and the empress dowager … Consort Shu's lips.

Qin Luofei's heart sank. This thin and slightly curled lips seemed to be unique to Han Family women.

It was said that Peach Blossom was the previous emperor's favorite woman and had almost stolen the empress dowager's position. The previous emperor's love for Peach Blossom had reached a point where he couldn't leave her alone and could only do whatever he wanted.

Furthermore, she was a woman of the Han Family with the protection of the Empress Dowager. She had struck out everywhere in the palace, maiming and injuring Gong Fei.

At that time, the Du Family already had a foundation in the imperial court, enough to oppose the Han Family. This was also the reason why the ancestor betrothed the Du Family.

Right now, the empress dowager wasn't someone to be trifled with, so there was the's Ming Fei.

It was unknown where Ming Fei had come from, but she had suddenly appeared in the palace.

It was said that her beauty was comparable to that of the Prince Xi, a beauty that could topple empires. The late emperor fell in love with her at first sight, and from then on, the late emperor only doted on his concubine Ming Fei.

Ming Concubine was forced to join the empress dowager's camp against Peach Blossom. Peach Blossom had already lost her favor and was soon hated by the emperor. She ignored Empress Dowager's advice and entered the cold palace. Very soon, Peach Blossom passed away.

This was the biggest court incident of the previous dynasty, and it still made the imperial concubines tremble in fear.

It was said that the rivers of blood that day only served to increase the Emperor's displeasure towards the women of the Han family.

The Han Family was forced to withdraw from the imperial court, the Du Family was the sole ruler of the family, and the Empress Dowager lived in the Li Palace.

"Peach Blossom is truly beautiful." Qin Luofei raised her eyes to look at the portrait as the corner of her lips curled up slightly.

Empress Dowager looked at the portrait, his expression sorrowful as he slowly said. "Tao Er's looks are the most outstanding amongst the Han Family women, but unfortunately, she met Ming Fei."

"Empress Dowager, look at this drawing." Empress Dowager, look at this picture. Consort Shu held the Arhat bed, who was making the Empress Dowager's inner chamber, and personally poured tea for Qin Luo Fei.

Qin Luofei secretly glanced at Consort Shu, her eyes revealing an unconcealable coldness.

As far as she was concerned, the Han Family women were the sacrifices of the Han Family. So many of these women were only there to protect the Han Family's prosperity, so the Han Family men could not be considered men.

Using a woman to change the world was just a pitiful coward.

Empress Dowager was still a little sad.

I heard that there's only one room in the Han Family, and that room only has one son, not even one daughter.

Legend has it that the Han Family committed too deep of a sin that they would never be able to give birth to a daughter.

Qin Luofei lifted the teacup, took a sip, and put it down.

Consort Shu shook Qin Luofei's finger at the side. She felt a bone-chilling coldness and asked with concern, "Why is little sister's hand so cold?"

"I was only looking at the portrait and thinking of the struggle within the palace. I felt that the woman within the palace was like duckweed, and that it was unknown when she would lose the Emperor's heart and sink deep into hell." Qin Luofei withdrew her hand without leaving a trace, and said with a faint smile.

Empress Dowager and Consort Shu were not fools. It would be best for him to be an honest man when facing smart people.

"Little sister, you're intelligent and charming. The Emperor will like you, little sister." The corner of Consort Shu's mouth raised, her every move was extremely charming.

Qin Luofei's eyes secretly looked at the woman from the Han family on the portrait, then indifferently swept a glance at Consort Shu, and only smiled. "Then, I'll thank elder sister for her auspicious words."

Consort Shu pulled Qin Luofei's hand and sat by his side. Empress Dowager did not have his usual majesty, and had been talking about the matters of the past palace with them.

Whichever generation it was, the women of the harem never stopped.

Qin Luofei retracted her dress train, and began to ponder slightly as she earnestly listened to every single word that came from the Empress Dowager.

When Consort Shu saw Qin Luofei's expression, a trace of coldness leaked out of the corner of his mouth, but it was quickly restrained.

Empress Dowager was also an old man, and after doing it for a while, his spirit was low.

"Elder sister, let's go back!" Let Empress Dowager rest. " Qin Luofei said to the Consort Shu when she saw his tired expression.