The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 105 Sisterly Love
Ulanara watched everyone in the backyard greet each other and return to their own courtyards, then she weakly supported her temples with her hands.

"Qiumei, let's have breakfast. Today, we have to go to Qiongyu Garden to sort out my sister's belongings."

Qiu Mei watched the servants in the yard serving meals, while Jiang Fuhai went to the front yard to inquire about the time when his master would return.

Nian Shilan accidentally found out a few days ago that October 15th is the death anniversary of the deceased wife. Thinking back to her previous life, Ulanara was always protected by the love of her deceased sister. Nian Shilan wanted to see how long her sister's love could protect her in this life.

These days, Xiao Linzi follows Zhou Anhai to learn reading during the day, and is caught by An San to learn boxing and martial arts at night. Fortunately, he is young and energetic.

Songzhi secretly told Nian Shilan.

"Master, you haven't seen that Xiao Linzi has been eating too much recently. In the past, there would always be a lot left over from your regular dishes, but recently there is not a single bit left over from every meal, and most of it goes into Xiao Linzi's stomach. I just discovered yesterday that Xiao Linzi is now half a head taller than me, and the eunuch clothes he changed into two months ago are now much shorter."

Nian Shilan smiled.

"That's good. You just need to eat more. Xiao Linzi is too thin. He will be more useful if he learns some martial arts."

Nian Shilan stayed indoors after breakfast, and Xiao Linzi only announced to the outside world that the concubine was looking at the account book.

"I can't go out today, so as not to offend the master."

Nian Shilan was leisurely eating melon seeds when he picked up the storybook and flipped through two pages. Seeing that it was full of stories about talented men and beautiful women, he sneered and threw it aside.

She was so bored that she actually opened the account book to take a look. As she was reading it, she became interested. The Spring and Autumn style of writing in the account book was very similar to an experience she had in her previous life when she was helping to manage the six palaces.

After breakfast, Ulanara was supported by Qiumei to Qiongyu Garden.

She stood at the door and looked up at the plaque hanging at the entrance of the courtyard, "Qiong Yuyuan". It was written by the master himself when her sister was still alive.

A servant saw the wife coming and opened the gate. The courtyard looked clean and exquisite, and even the pomegranate tree planted when the elder sister entered the mansion was well taken care of.

Pomegranate is a symbol of fertility and good fortune.

When Ulanara stepped into the yard, the scenes she saw were all scenes of her sister when she was still alive, as if she could see her sister's smiling face if she lifted the door curtain of the main room.

Qiu Mei supported Ulanara and spoke softly.

"I followed your instructions and had the house cleaned several days in advance. All the furnishings in the house are still the same as when the first wife was here. The wardrobe still has the first wife's favorite spices. The clothes in the wardrobe smell really good. Master, can you go in and take a look?"

Ulanara smiled and slowly walked into the bedroom.

She sat on the bed in the bedroom, touching the clothes on the bed with her bare hands. The finest Huguang brocade felt as soft as water in her hands. Three years had passed, and it was still bright and beautiful, worthy of being the tribute satin awarded by the emperor.

With such good material, the Ulanara family could not have imagined how comfortable it would be to wear.

After touching the clothes, Ulanara looked at the ornaments placed on the bed. All she saw were luxurious treasures and jades, which had been carefully maintained by craftsmen and were shining with a sparkling luster.

Ulanara raised her hands again and stared at the pair of jade bracelets on her wrists. She remembered that when she first entered the mansion, the master gave her the pair of jade bracelets and said to her with deep affection.

"I wish we could be like this, seeing each other day and night."

Ulanara came out of her memories and saw Yinzhen standing at the door.

"I pay my respects to the master. I have met the master."

Ulanara stood up and walked towards Yinzhen.

Yinzhen's face was unusually gloomy.

"Get up. Why is Madam Fu here? Didn't I say that no one is allowed to enter or leave this room?" Ulanara was calm, with a hint of sadness on her face, and bowed again.

"My Lord, it's not that I don't listen to you. It's just that today is my sister's death anniversary. Like you, I can't help but feel sad when I think of how your sister took care of me. I came here without realizing it. I was sorting out my sister's belongings, but I didn't expect that you would be in tune with me and come over as well."

As he spoke, a few tears fell.

Yinzhen's face was hidden in the darkness of the door, and his voice was calm and peaceful.

"If Fu Jin has nothing else to do, I would like to be alone."

Ulanara turned around and looked at the bed, sighed, and turned back to Yinzhen.

"I know that my master is in a sad mood. I will go to the side room first and sort out some things that my sister prepared for the second prince."

Hearing these words, Yinzhen felt a pain in his heart.

His Yunxi prepared so many things for the child, soft baby clothes, golden longevity locks, silver chopsticks, jade bowls, and countless baby things.

Even many things were prepared by him and Yunxi together, but fate was unfair. His Yunxi died before she even had the chance to see the child.

Yinzhen ignored Ulanara and let her leave the bedroom.

Yinzhen sat on the edge of the bed, his eyes full of Yunxi wearing the lake brocade. She was pregnant at that time, but she still waited for him to finish his official duties every day, threw herself into his arms, and called him "Silang" tenderly.

He couldn't help but reach out to take a jade hairpin on the bed. The hairpin was carved by Yinzhen himself for Yunxi.

But as soon as Yinzhen got the hairpin, it broke into two pieces. Yinzhen couldn't believe it and suddenly stood up from the bed. Su Peisheng was caught off guard and almost couldn't hold Yinzhen.

Yinzhen held the other half of the hairpin tightly in his hand, suppressed the anger in his heart, and gritted his teeth.

"Su Peisheng, call the wife over."

When Ulanara came over from the side room, Yinzhen was sitting on the bed, with half of the hairpin head exposed in his clenched hands. It was the jade hairpin that her sister loved most when she was alive, and it was carved by Yinzhen himself.

"I don't know, Master, why did you call me here?"

Ulanara has not yet realized why the hairpin in Yinzhen's hand only has the head.

Yinzhen didn't say anything, but put his hands together and put the jade hairpin together into its complete shape.

"Fujin, take a look. Do you recognize this thing?"

Ulanara was shocked, her mind racing, not knowing what was going on, and she just answered subconsciously.

"Of course I recognize it. This is my sister's favorite jade hairpin when she was alive. The master gave it to my sister. But I don't know why it appeared in the master's hand in a broken state."

Yinzhen sneered.

"This king wants to know too. You have always been the one taking care of Yunxi's belongings. No one else has the chance to touch them. Why did this happen today when I took them and found that they were broken so completely?"

Ulanara's pupils widened.

"Master, do you suspect that I have damaged my sister's favorite things? I have no reason, Master! My sister is my biological sister, how could I intentionally damage her things? Master, please understand!"

(End of this chapter)