Feng xiaowei watched with disinterest as her father berated her sister. This made her other sisters hate her more. Her father feng bohai never planned to have this many children. When Feng bohai turned twelve, his father's most favored concubine poisoned him planning to render him infertile to pave way for her son to become the family head instead after all what was the use of a family head that couldn't have children to continue the line.
Who would have thought the beloved concubine took the wrong poison and gave him an all powerful aphrodisiac that made him want to relieve himself every month. At the young age of twelve, Feng bohai married his first wife madame Jun who was three years older than him. When he turned 14, he had his first child. Every month, he would feel the strong urge to have s*x so this brought about many concubines, wives and children he didn't plan on having. Feng Xiaowei was the only planned child he had with his beloved. After having feng xiaowei, he forced all of the women in his courtyard to take medicine tht rendered them infertile. He knew he was baised but he couldn't help it. Although he was loved Feng xiaowei more than any child he had, he still cared for his other children. There was also another reason why he favored Feng xiaowei. Unlike his unproductive daughters who only knew how to dress up and play house, Feng xiaowei from a young age had always been extraordinary. She loved martial arts like him and her mother and she was also a genius when it comes to business. Thanks to Feng xiaowei, he was able to have a stable source of income after quitting his imperial role as a general. He wondered what those snobby daughters of his would do if they found out that most of their income every month and other parts of their dowry he gave them was from their sister who they hated.
Feng xiaowei might look like a lazy and nonchalant person at first glance but once you get to know her, you would find out that she was the most affectionate and the most hardworking. Her daughter still gave her sisters monthly income and thanks to feng xiaowei, concubine born daughters could marry with pride thanks to their enormous dowries.
After berating his snobby children, he left with his beloved daughter feng xiaowei.
Feng xiaowei retreated to her Chambers and prepared for the imperial selection which was just two days away. The only things she prepared where her land deeds and some few 50 clothes and other necessities. After making sure that everything was ready, she went back to being her lazy self and not minding the little schemes her sisters played on her.
Two days later, with the help of meng er and her father, she got ready to go to the imperial selections held in the Royal Palace. She sat in her carriage without a care in the world while her seventh sister made plans in head to sabotage her.
The seventh young miss Feng Linli knew how beautiful her thirteenth sister was. Moreover her thirteenth sister was the youngest out of them all. Feng Linli was seventeen this year. Before Feng xiaowei was born, she was known as the most cutest child in the Manor but all this changed when she turned three. Feng xiaowei was born. Even though the women in the her father's courtyard thought Feng xiaowei was barbaric like her mother, outsiders thought otherwise and inside the courtyard, her own mother the second madame yan always compared her to Feng xiaowei. To the commoners, the feng manor's thirteenth young miss was an angel sent by Buddha to help them. Wherever she went, Feng xiaowei's good deed was always present. She didn't know what that jinx of a sister did to the commoners to make them like her and praise her like that.
Thanks to Feng xiaowei's buissness in the Capital, beggers and poor people could have a job of their own and even get paid equally every month.
When Feng xiaowei turned twelve and started blossoming into a beautiful young woman, the sons of noble families set their eyes on her and most of the marriage proposals went to Feng xiaowei. This caused the other sisters to be very angry and jealous of her. They got more angry and started scheming against her when Feng xiaowei blatantly ignored and rejected the marriage proposals they dreamed of getting but thanks to feng xiaowei's rejection, they gt those marriage proposals and instead of appreciating, they felt like they were having Feng xiaowei's left overs.
Feng Linli along with other sisters spread rumors among the social circle successfully removing the attention from their thirteenth sister. Feng Linli became happy when Feng xiaowei left for the countryside. The commoners never forgot her and now that she was back, Feng Linli felt like something was about to be changed. She was even more worried when the old madame decided to send feng xiaowei along with her to the imperial selection. She knew Feng xiaowei wouldn't get a higher rank even if she was selected because if her concubine born status but she was still panicking. Something in her told her that the imperial harem was going to change with the arrival of feng xiaowei.
Li er Feng linli's maid saw how panicky her young miss was through the ride. After hesitating for a while, she whispered something into feng linli's ears. At first feng Linli was shocked but she gradually calmed down and nodded at her maid.
Sitting gracefully in her carriage, Feng Linli smiled. Her innocence diminishing from her eyes.
'Feng xiaowei let's see how you flourish in the imperial harem without your fertility'
After a two hour ride, Feng xiaowei finally reached the Royal Palace. Her carriage was inspected before she could enter. The imperial Palace was rather huge and looked more like a city within a wall rather than just a Palace.
The whole Palace setup screamed elegance and power and the atmosphere and solemnity was very oppressing. Feng xiaowei wondered if she had made the right choice of entering the imperial harem. Nevertheless she steeled her nerves and swore to attain a higher rank where she doesn't need to bow down to anyone and a rank which she can laze around for the rest of her life. She also planned to have a few little buns for the emperor so she could leave a proof of her existence in this world but she would only have little buns if the emperor's appearance suited her taste. She Feng xiaowei didn't need her children to reach her goal.
"Imperial Harem, watch out for this future imperial concubine" Feng xiaowei said out loud.
Meng er looked at her young miss's determined self and also became determined eventhough she didn't know what the determination was for.