The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 103 The Origin of Cold Dew
Yinzhen, Nian Shilan and Yinli had lunch in the garden. Nian Shilan said that she wanted to go back to Cheng'en Garden to change clothes. Yinli tilted his head and looked at her.

"Sister Lan, aren't you going to play chess with Seventeen before moving on?"

Nian Shilan gathered her cloak and sighed.

"Seventeen, you know how to throw stones into Sister Lan's heart. Master, you know that I am not very good at the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting."

Yinli turned and looked at Yinzhen.

"Will Fourth Brother play chess with me?"

Yinzhen just thought that he still had official duties to attend to, so he thought it would be better to find a eunuch who knew how to play chess to play a few games with Yinli.

The eunuchs serving nearby looked around and lowered their heads silently. Only Xiao Linzi looked at the three masters with burning eyes.

Yinzhen pointed.

"I will borrow him from you to use."

Nian Shilan looked in the direction Yinzhen pointed, and it was indeed Xiao Linzi.

"You can have whoever you want, this whole house belongs to you, not to mention the servants around me."

Nian Shilan looked at Xiao Linzi again.

"Xiao Linzi, since the master has honored you, you must serve the Seventeenth Prince carefully. If anything goes wrong, I will only ask you for the responsibility."

Xiao Linzi nodded and bowed respectfully, responding "I obey your command", with unconcealable joy in his eyes.

Recently, his master Zhou Anhai taught him how to play chess, so he could just serve the young master and play for a while.

So Yinzhen took Yinli back to the front yard. He had to work, so he asked Su Peisheng to take Yinli to the side room so that he could play by himself.

Nian Shilan was supported by Mangzhong and returned to Cheng'en Garden to rest.

Xiao Linzi played chess with Yinli, but he had only learned the art for a few days, and even if he tried to flatter him, he could not beat Yinli, who had learned the six arts of a gentleman since childhood.

Yinli couldn't help but call Xiaolinzi a "lousy chess player". Xiaolinzi laughed and begged Yinli to teach him.

Yinli, who originally wanted to find someone to play chess with him, became Xiaolinzi's master for half a day until Su Peisheng came in and reminded Yinli that it was time to return to the palace. Only then did they stop.

Yinli sighed as he looked at the servant Xiao Linzi.

"You are such a bad chess player. Go back and practice hard. If you play like this again next time we meet, I will ask Sister Lan to fine you your monthly salary."

Xiao Linzi was still smiling playfully as he respectfully escorted Yinli out of the house.

After spending half a day together, he began to like this little prince.

Su Peisheng led the way in front, Yinli walked three steps away, with Xiaolinzi following beside him. The palace servants Yinli brought with him were not as close as Xiaolinzi.

Yinli walked and walked, talking to himself.

"I remember now. I saw that maid at my elder brother's place two years ago. How come she is following Sister Lan now?"

Xiao Linzi was close and could hear clearly, and his mind was quickly sorting out the royal relationships.

Yinli's elder brother, isn't that the Prince of Zhi? I heard that he only has one wife in his backyard, not even an extra concubine or maid, and his wife only gave birth to a daughter. According to the seniority of the Prince of Zhi, his daughter should be Duoluo Gege.

My master is the fourth prince, but he is a prince of a higher rank than his eldest brother, the Prince of Zhi.

But from what his master had told him, Prince Zhi usually didn't care much about state affairs except leading troops in battles. So how did his maid get into Prince Yong's mansion?
Moreover, as early as when Nian Shilan discovered that Hanlu had ulterior motives, Xiao Linzi had secretly investigated Hanlu's origins.

According to the palace records, Hanlu was sold to the palace by a matchmaker, and the contract was a death contract. Xiao Linzi was confused for a moment, but he did not stop and followed Yinli until he sent him outside the palace, watched him get on the palace carriage, and was escorted back to the palace by the palace guards. Xiao Linzi then hurried back to Cheng'en Garden to report.

Nian Shilan was having dinner. She had spent so much time playing with Yinli today that she had no appetite for lunch.

When it came time for dinner, he started to have an appetite.

Xiao Linzi waited outside the house for Nian Shilan to finish her meal, and then listened to Nian Shilan instructing Hanlu to remove the dishes on the table and distribute them to the servants.

During the Cold Dew and Grain in Ear period, I went to do things on my own. The concubine was generous and her allowance was high in the past, so when I followed her, I ate all the good food.

Xiao Linzi watched Nian Shilan rinse her mouth after the meal, and Songzhi offered her another cup of fragrant tea. Then he told Nian Shilan everything that had happened that day.

"Master, I finally know who Hanlu belongs to. But I heard that the Prince of Zhi seems to have no interest in anything except leading troops to fight. Why does Hanlu go to such great lengths to stay by your side?"

Nian Shilan held the tea and drank it with a faint smile on her lips.

"She's here for a reason. Li Ke, don't you think so?"

An San was on the beam gnawing on the chicken leg that Song Zhi had thrown to him. His hands were covered in oil. At the moment, he had something in his mouth and didn't dare to speak for fear of spitting out food residue.

After finally stretching his neck and swallowing the food in his mouth, An San responded.

"What Concubine Jin said is absolutely right."

Nian Shilan rolled her eyes slightly.

"Hey, Li Ke, you are a man who travels around the world. Haven't you ever eaten chicken? Slow down. If you choke to death on my roof, I won't be able to explain it to the prince."

An San stuffed his mouth full of chicken leg meat again, whimpered in agreement, and stretched his neck to swallow hard.

But his mind was not idle. He was very confused. According to the information he had, Hanlu should be the prince's talent. He had never told Prince Yong this.

When the emperor sent them to Prince Yong, they knew that everything they did was done by the emperor to support the prince.

It’s really interesting. What does this Prince of Zhi want to do?
After thinking about it, An San felt that this was not something he should worry about, so forget it, he didn't want to think about it anymore.

Nian Shilan recalled some things in her mind and slowly put them together.

In the previous life, Prince Zhi also participated in the fight for the throne, and even the dethronement of the second crown prince Yinreng was instigated by him.

In this life, the crown prince has not been deposed, and the Prince of Zhi still behaves like a humble elder brother.

Strictly speaking, Prince Zhi Yinzhen should be the fifth child, but the emperor's first four sons all died in childhood and were not ranked in order of seniority, so Prince Zhi became the emperor's eldest son. However, he was also born to a concubine, so strictly speaking, he was a concubine's eldest son.

The current Crown Prince Yinreng was born to the Emperor's first wife, Empress Hesheli, and is undoubtedly the Crown Prince of the Qing Dynasty.

In the previous life, it was not until Yinzhen ascended the throne that Nian Shilan vaguely heard about the Prince of Zhi.

It was already mid-October and the weather was cool at night. Nian Shilan said to An Sandao lightly.

"Li Ke, can you please help me check if Hanlu has sent any other information out of the house and where it has been sent to?"

An San sighed secretly, he had just eaten a meal of chicken legs and he had to exert so much effort, fortunately Prince Yong didn't know. An San said.

"Don't worry, Concubine. I'll go check it out."

After sending An San away, Nian Shilan felt relieved. She motioned Xiao Linzi to come over and whisper something to him.

Xiao Linzi said that it was not his turn to be on duty today, so he went to have tea with his master. He staggered to the stable and repeated his old tricks, sneaking out of the hidden dog hole under the cover of night.

　Today is not too late, happy second day of the new year, Baobao guys
　　
　
(End of this chapter)