The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 163 Play with Her
The brocade box was opened, revealing two small pills.

Fu Guiren took out the pill, tilted her head back and swallowed it. Luo Yu handed her some tea, but she waved her hand and sneered.

"I thought you saved me out of kindness, but now you want me to suffer like this."

After a pause, she sighed again.

"But I agreed to it myself."

The seventh day of September is the time for the royal autumn examination.

Early in the morning, Yinzhen led his men out of the Forbidden City. The huge team stretched out all the way, and the people on the road were all watching the excitement.

"Hey, I heard that our emperor is very young! Handsome and elegant!"

Some people among the people were whispering, but the sound of their whispers was quite loud.

"Hush! Keep your voice down! Talking about the emperor, do you want to die?"

Someone covered the mouth of the person who had spoken earlier, and a guard came over to separate the two of them behind him. After the team passed by, the guard made a gesture to keep quiet and left.

After the guards left, the man who had said that the emperor was young and handsome stuck out his tongue. He didn't expect that the current emperor was not only young and handsome, but also a benevolent monarch, otherwise the guard would have captured him long ago.

Only a few concubines of the rank of noble ladies and above were brought to the autumn examination this time. Yu Changzai's wish to see the world was dashed, and she was so angry that she smashed two cups in Tingyu Pavilion.

In theory, she was given to Yinzhen by the former deposed crown prince, and Yinzhen spared her life for the sake of the Nian family's face, but she still wanted to win his favor.

If she stayed in the palace quietly, given Yinzhen's personality, he would have given her a decent and healthy life until she was old, but she was not the type to be content.

"I must be favored by the Emperor! I have been fond of him since he was still a prince, but my elder sister won't let me appear in front of him. She must be afraid that I will take away her favor!"

Nian Zhilan angrily beat the chickens and scolded the dogs in her room, and Xiaoyu was so scared that she knelt on the ground and trembled.

When they arrived at the hunting ground, Nian Shilan was wearing red riding clothes again, but it was not pure red, but a light red brocade embroidered with gold thread. She rode a white horse, and her hair was tied in a simple bun, still decorated with huge and lustrous pearls.

Yinzhen looked at Nian Shilan from afar and suddenly remembered the first time he met her that year. He was shocked by her beauty. After inquiring about her family background, Yinzhen proposed to Nian Shilan in exchange for the first prize of that year's autumn hunting.

A smile appeared on Yinzhen's lips. Fuguiren, who was serving beside him, followed his gaze and saw the dazzling Nian Shilan.

"I have only heard that Concubine Hua was born into a military family. I have always seen her in the palace and thought she was extremely beautiful and charming. I never thought she had such a dashing side. I am really envious."

Fu Guiren poured tea for Yinzhen. At this time, Yinzhen was in the main tent where the camp had been set up. The tents of the princes, nobles, relatives and close ministers around him were still being set up at varying progress. No one dared to come to the main tent without Yinzhen's summons.

Ulanara was watching people busying around in the women's tent and never came over here.

Yinzhen came back to his senses and looked at Fuguiren with a smile on his face.

"Shilan was strong-willed and tried to win favor when she was in the palace, but she lacked the sentimentality after entering the palace. I haven't seen this side of her for a long time, and I only saw it when I first proposed to her."

The smile on Yinzhen's face never disappeared while he was talking. Fuguiren saw it and knew what was going on.

She was originally brought into the palace to assist Concubine Hua. Although on the surface she was close to Jingren Palace, she understood her own identity.

"Empress Hua is so lucky. I rarely see Silang so happy. Silang looks like a young lover."

Fu Guiren covered her mouth and laughed as she spoke, and Yinzhen grabbed her hand in annoyance.

"Nizi is getting bolder and bolder, and now she dares to tease me."

Fu Guiren pretended to cry out in pain and said softly and tenderly.

"Silang hurt me~"

Yinzhen then smiled and took her into his arms, and Su Peisheng came in to report.

"The Queen requests to see the Emperor."

Fu Guiren hurriedly stood up from Yinzhen's arms. Yinzhen suppressed his smile and said calmly, "Go ahead. Don't let the queen wait in vain."

Nian Shilan rode her horse in a circle and heard the sound of horse hooves approaching quickly from behind. She immediately changed direction. Yunli, who was about to scare Nian Shilan, was so frightened that he lost control of the whip in his hand and hit Nian Shilan's horse's butt directly.

Fortunately, he was just joking and was gentle, so the horse was only slightly startled before Nian Shilan pulled the reins to restrain it.

"Sister Lan, I didn't mean it! I just wanted to scare you!"

The nine-year-old Yunli was yelling, but Nian Shilan didn't care and wrapped the soft whip in her sleeve around Yunli's waist like a snake. Yunli's personal servants were at a loss as they watched Yunli being entangled by Nian Shilan's whip on the horse. Their little faces turned red and they all knelt on the ground.

"Empress Hua, please show mercy! Prince Seventeen is still young and didn't know better than to offend you! Please show mercy!"

The guards followed Nian Shilan and dismounted from their horses, and first controlled Yunli's servants.

Seeing that Yunli was almost frightened, Nian Shilan couldn't help laughing out loud on her tense face.

"Seventeen is also afraid sometimes? How about Sister Lan's trick of the spirit snake coming out of the cave?"

Yunli was relieved when he saw that Nian Shilan was not really angry and was just joking with him.

"Yunli never knew that Sister Lan could do this! I'm so scared. Where did Sister Lan learn this? Can you teach me?"

Nian Shilan quickly retracted the whip that was wrapped around Yunli, and the whip seemed to have eyes and went into her sleeves.

"Oh, your sister Lan's brother is a man of both civil and military talents. How could he be won over by such a trivial skill? I heard that your riding and archery skills were taught by the late emperor himself, but it seems that you have forgotten them."

Yunli's face suddenly dimmed as he clamored to learn this trick from Nian Shilan. Nian Shilan's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly realized that in his previous life, the emperor passed away after Yunli became an adult. In this life, he was still a child, and he was afraid that what he had said might have been a bit too much.

Sure enough, the little man turned over and got off the horse, put his hands behind his back like an adult, and paced away.

"Sister Lan knows this too, so it must be my brother who told you. When the emperor was alive, he said that he had too many sons, and it would be too tiring for him to teach them all personally. So when I was young, he only taught me a few things behind the backs of my brothers. Although it was the emperor who taught me, I was playful at the time and always felt that he was too strict, so I didn't learn well. Now, even if I want him to teach me, I can't."

Nian Shilan looked at him and felt both amused and sad. Realizing that there were still guards there, she said.

"Okay, it's Sister Lan who spoke without restraint and made Seventeen sad. Let's go back. I'm hungry."

As he said this, he winked at Yunli. Yunli was also a smart man and realized that there were guards beside him.

When they returned to the camp, a young eunuch who was unfamiliar to them came to invite Nian Shilan.

"Your Highness, the Queen, please come over."

Nian Shilan asked casually as she took the wet towel handed to her by Songzhi and wiped her hands.

"What's wrong? What can I do for you?"

The young eunuch lowered his head and said.

"I don't know. The Queen only said that the women are in the tent over there and asked you to go there when you come back."

Nian Shilan looked in the direction the eunuch pointed, and indeed saw a larger tent than the one she and Concubine Duan lived in.

Nian Shilan remained calm and replied to the young eunuch.

"Got it. Go and tell the Queen, I'll be there after I change my clothes."

The young eunuch did not leave, but stood beside with his head lowered.

"I can only go back after I have completed what the Empress has asked me to do. I will be waiting for you here. Please hurry up, Empress Hua."

Nian Shilan took a close look at the young eunuch and smiled, really unable to calm down.

But, I didn’t know who she was, and since I had nothing to do anyway, I might as well play with her.

(End of this chapter)