The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 16 Hu's Visit
In the afternoon, when Nian Shilan followed Yinzhen back to the Nian Mansion, Nian Xialing and Nian Xiyao were already waiting at the door.

Nian Xialing and Nian Xiyao greeted Yinzhen and then allowed him to go to the main hall to drink tea.

Nian Shilan walked through the front hall and went to Madam Nian's bedroom. The maid guarding the door quickly opened the door and invited Nian Shilan in.

When the two concubines and two concubine sisters saw Nian Shilan coming back, they knew that the mother and daughter had something to say, so they tactfully withdrew.

Nian Shilan greeted her mother and sat beside her bed, but her face looked ruddy and she did not look unwell.

Madam Nian then said, "Lan'er, mother doesn't know how you are doing in the palace. Although I often hear from you in your letters that you are safe, I want to see you in person."

Nian Shilan held her mother's hand and said, "Mother, you are such a fool. If you wanted to see me, you could just send me a message. But you had to say you were not feeling well, which made your daughter so worried."

Mrs. Nian smiled, and the mother and daughter chatted for a while before Mrs. Nian spoke carefully.

"Lan'er, what was the reason you sent someone to deliver the message last time, asking for contraceptive soup? Did the prince treat you badly?"

"Mother, you worry too much. The prince treats his daughter very well, but now that the wife's eldest son has died, there is no chance of pregnancy. My daughter does not want to give birth to a son to compete with him."

Nian Shilan looked at her mother and said.

"Although you are a concubine, you are wronged. My daughter of the Nian family cannot become the principal wife."

Mrs. Nian began to cry as she spoke.

Nian Shilan was stunned, she thought of her previous life.

She met Yinzhen at the hunting ground during the autumn examination. At that time, he admired her arrogance and she admired his heroic character.

She was very happy to be his concubine at that time.

only later
Nian Shilan came back to her senses and smiled at her mother.

"Mother, please don't be so sad. My daughter and the prince are in love with each other. Although she is a concubine, my daughter has no unhappiness in the palace."

The mother and daughter talked for a while and it was already the end of the Shen period. Nian Shilan got up and went to the front hall, thinking about returning to the palace with Yinzhen.

As soon as I reached the door to the backyard, I saw Nian Zhilan, the half-sister of Nian Xialing's concubine, Aunt Qi, coming towards me from the front hall with a shy look on her face.

Nian Shilan remained calm until she walked up to her half-sister, when she was surprised to realize that the person in front of her was her own sister.

Nian Zhilan put away her shyness and walked forward to greet Nian Shilan.

"Eldest sister Wanan."

Songzhi looked at Nian Shilan and said to her, "Miss San, I guess the female teacher has asked for leave to go home recently? Why didn't anyone teach Miss San how to pay respect to the concubine?"

Nian Zhilan was stunned for a moment, and when she realized what was happening, she was about to kneel down, but Nian Shilan waved her hand and said no need.

Nian Shilan looked towards the front hall and saw that Yinzhen had already stood up and was waiting for her to leave, so she left without saying anything.

Nian Zhilan bit her lower lip only after seeing Nian Shilan leave.

Suddenly, she remembered that when she served tea to Prince Yong just now, he glanced at her, and she felt her heart fluttering again.

Nian Shilan was sitting in the carriage thinking about something.

Yinzhen was riding on his horse when a eunuch came to report that there was something going on in the palace and asked Prince Yong to go to the palace immediately.

Yinzhen arranged his guards to protect the concubine and bring her back home, and then he went into the palace.

When Nian Shilan returned to the palace, it was time for dinner.

Nian Shilan had her meal alone, and Songzhi came in and said that Mrs. Hu wanted to see her.

As soon as Mrs. Hu came in, she knelt down.

"Greetings to Concubine Fu Jin. The master came to see me the other day, and I have already said what you told Miss Songzhi to say."

"You are smart. Although you used to serve Fu Jin, you shouldn't help her to harm me."

Nian Shilan took a sip of tea and did not call Hu.

Mrs. Hu continued to kneel: "I am really helpless."

"Okay, get up. I'll make sure your uncle is safe after you've settled him down."

Nian Shilan rubbed her temples with her water-like fingers, looking a little tired.

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Hu withdrew from the door and looked back at the plaque of Jinglan Courtyard as she left.

On both sides of the plaque are two lines of poetry,

"Experience is the beginning of understanding; experience of people is like experience of a river."

(End of this chapter)