The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 183 Palace Maid Nanzhu
Ulanara said nothing more, just smiled and accepted everyone's congratulations.

When Nian Shilan returned to Yiku Palace, she saw Xiao Linzi holding a silver needle and trying the breakfast on the table carefully.

"What happened so early in the morning?"

Nian Shilan sat lazily at the table, watching Xiao Linzi try the last dish and carefully put away the silver needle.

"My Lord, today it is the turn of the maids awarded by Empress Dowager De to serve breakfast. I will give it a try first just in case."

Xiao Linzi answered respectfully.

Nian Shilan smiled indifferently and poured herself some tea.

"Don't worry. Although I am not favored by the Empress Dowager De, no one with a brain would dare to order someone she rewarded to poison me. By the way, how is the matter I asked you to inquire about going?"

Xiao Linzi scratched his head and replied.

"Master, I am incompetent. In the whole palace, the most difficult places to leak information are our Yikun Palace and the Queen's Jingren Palace. But Master, don't worry, I have already found Zhile in Yonghe Palace. Master, you know that the Queen is the niece of the Empress Dowager De, and their relationship is closer than others. They have more frequent contacts. Zhile said that she will tell me as soon as there is news, and I will pass it on to you."

Nian Shilan had washed her hands and was wiping them with a wet towel.

"You are quite clever. You know that you won't get anything out of asking directly, so you use a roundabout way. It seems that following your master has not been in vain. By the way, has your master told Zhou Ninghai?"

Xiao Linzi said.

"I've told you, Master, don't worry. Master asked me to tell you that if you need Zhou Ninghai to do something, you can just arrange for me to go."

Nian Shilan then started to have breakfast.

Yu Chang has been serving Ulanara more and more diligently in recent days. Even though it is not the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month, Yinzhen has been to Jingren Palace twice.

The third prince is more than eight months old. Yinzhen rarely held him in the past, but now he can hold him and play with him in Jingren Palace, with Ulanara smiling innocently beside him.

Jianqiu said secretly.

"If this servant knew how to draw, I would really like to draw this scene for you to see."

When Ulanara saw the Third Prince in Yinzhen's arms smiling at her, her heart softened.

I have been taking care of my body for the past few years, and recently I have been taking fertility medication. I don’t know if I can still have another child of my own.

Although the Third Prince is very cute, he is not his biological son after all.

In the past, she didn't dare to think that she could give birth to children for Yinzhen, but now seeing the situation, she dared to think about it.

Yinzhen had teased the Third Prince enough, and when he saw him dozing off with his mouth open and crying again, he handed him over to the wet nurse who had been standing by his side, and asked them to coax the Third Prince to sleep.

Ulanara smiled as she poured tea for Yinzhen, the warm fragrance wafting faintly from her sleeves.

Yinzhen was surprised at the fact that Ulanara used incense at first, but now he has gotten used to the smell. He misses Ulanara when he doesn't see her for a few days and finds an excuse to come to Jingren Palace.

During these days, except for Nian Shilan who met Yinzhen twice, no one else in the harem could see Yinzhen if they wanted to.

Yu Changzai served Ulanara every day, but every time the emperor came, she was not there because of something, which made her very upset.

October 15th was another important day for paying respects. Xiao Linzi and Songzhi followed Nian Shilan to pay respects to the Ulanara family. On the way to Jingren Palace, Xiao Linzi approached Nian Shilan and whispered.

"Master, I have found out everything. Zhile said that when the Empress went to pay respects to Empress Dowager De, she heard the Empress say to Empress Dowager De that the Empress was going to give birth to a legitimate son. Empress Dowager De said something like "prescription" and "pregnancy aid" to the Empress. Zhile also said that she accidentally found out who drugged Empress Dowager De."

Nian Shilan was still digesting the first piece of news from Xiao Linzi, thinking that Ulanara was not satisfied with raising someone else's son and wanted to have her own child, so she used some tricks to gain Yinzhen's favor. Suddenly, she heard Xiao Linzi say that he knew who had drugged Empress Dowager De.

Nian Shilan suddenly stopped in her tracks. Xiao Linzi was following Nian Shilan with his head down and talking. He was caught off guard and bumped into Nian Shilan. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Master, please forgive me! Master, please forgive me! I bumped into you by accident!"

Nian Shilan waved her hand.

"Get up, stop making a fuss. I stopped on my own, it's not your fault."

Xiao Linzi quickly stood up and stood with his head lowered.

"Tell me, who is the person who dared to drug the Empress Dowager De?"

Nian Shilan asked.

Xiao Linzi looked around and saw that there was no one on the palace road. There were only two young eunuchs sweeping the floor in the distance. He whispered.

"Zhi Le said that it was a palace maiden named Nan Zhu. I checked this Nan Zhu and thought she was transferred from another palace, but unexpectedly, she has always been with Empress Dowager De. Apart from Zhu Xi, this Nan Zhu is the one who has gained favor in front of Empress Dowager De."

Nian Shilan laughed.

"It's getting more and more interesting. I just don't want to serve Empress Dowager De because she doesn't like me. I didn't expect that she would be so cruel that even the maids around her want to kill her. Go out of the palace in a few days and get some silver from Manager Wu."

After saying this, he continued to pay his respects to Jingren Palace without haste.

"Is Concubine Hua feeling unwell again today? You came so late."

Ulanara looked better and better, and said to Nian Shilan with a smile.

Nian Shilan raised her hand to stroke her hair, then turned back to ask Songzhi if the hair accessories on her head were crooked. Concubine Li couldn't help but remind her.

"Empress Hua, the Queen is asking you a question."

Nian Shilan leaned against the armrest of the chair and said leisurely.

"Reporting to the Queen, I am in good health. It's just that I served the Emperor late last night, and the Emperor asked me to sleep a little longer today, but I thought it was more important to pay my respects to the Queen, so I struggled to get up, packed up my things in a hurry and rushed here, but I was still a little late. I hope the Queen will be magnanimous and forgive me for being late."

Ulanara said with an unchanged smile.

"So that's how it is. Since we are serving the emperor, naturally everything about the emperor is the most important. By the way, I heard from the emperor yesterday that your brother Nian Gengyao will be returning to the capital soon. The Nian family is really in a state of prosperity right now. No wonder the emperor favors Concubine Hua more."

Nian Shilan sneered in her heart. Ulanara was almost saying that Nian Shilan was favored because her brother was so good at fighting.

"I thank the Empress, my brother can serve the Emperor on the battlefield, unlike the Empress's mother's family. I heard that the Empress's father was a hero in the Emperor's ascension to the throne, and the Empress's brothers have taken on important salt duties in the court. In addition, the Empress's maternal brothers are engaged in business or in the army, and they have spared no effort for the Qing Dynasty from the previous dynasty to the people. We should take you as an example."

Ulanara's heart tightened. It was a taboo that the Queen's mother's family had extended their hands to so many places. How did Nian Shilan know about it?
(End of this chapter)