The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 219: Zhen Huan's gaze
Concubine Duan looked at Jixiang in shock. This maidservant of hers had followed her since she was a child. Although she was three years younger than her, her intelligence was no less than that of the girls in the harem.

These days, he was immersed in the pain of losing his child. Although he had suspected the queen after hearing what Nian Shilan said that day, he could not muster the energy to find out the truth.

Jixiang's words today actually cleared up the fog that had been lingering in her mind.

Yes, ever since Concubine Duan first saw Yinzhen at the hunting ground during the Autumn Examination, she felt that he was the best man in the world and she wanted to marry him.

Naturally, she had also seen Yinzhen drinking wine by the bonfire in the evening, and Concubine Duan's heart almost jumped out of her throat.

Later, when she married Yinzhen, whether at a family banquet or a palace banquet, Concubine Duan had never seen Yinzhen lose his temper due to drinking. Why did he do that on that day?
Concubine Duan ordered Jixiang to go to the Imperial Household Department, saying that the fine wine from the New Year's Eve banquet tasted delicious, and she wanted to have a few drinks in the palace when she had nothing to do.

After lunch, Jixiang went to the Imperial Household Department, but did not return until before dinner.

"Why did you take so long?"

Concubine Duan asked.

Jixiang curled his lips in dissatisfaction and said.

"Reporting to the queen, the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department is Huang Guiquan. All the servants with some dignity in the palace know that he is a distant relative of Concubine Hua.

Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent the wrong clothes a few years ago, Huang Guiquan was scolded by Concubine Hua, so he is now very cautious.

I said all the nice things I could and persuaded him for a long time before he gave me this small amount of rice.

Huang Guiquan also told his servants not to show off in the palace, lest others would go to him for wine.

Concubine Duan asked Jixiang to find a way to send the wine out of the palace and give it to a family in the deepest part of Jizhao Hutong, where there lived a reclusive doctor.

Concubine Duan's grandfather was seriously injured on the battlefield, and it was the doctor who traveled to the southwestern border who saved him.

A few days ago, Concubine Duan also mentioned this matter in a letter home.

Xiao Linzi was serving Nian Shilan in the Yikun Palace, and whispered to her what had happened that day.

"As the master said, Concubine Duan has come to her senses. Today she sent the maid Jixiang to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs for wine.

Huang Guiquan was very obedient. He took the fine wine from New Year's Eve. However, Huang Guiquan did not know that the emperor drank half of the wine that day.
But none of this mattered. The servant followed Jixiang back to Yanqing Palace, and soon saw her with a bulging belly, quietly going to the lower room where the young eunuchs lived.

I was afraid of being seen, so I didn't follow him. I guessed that Jixiang must have taken the wine and had someone take it out of the palace.

Because when Jixiang returned to Yanqing Palace, the eunuch at the door said that there seemed to be nothing in his arms.

Besides, as for Zhou Ninghai, I have already told him to be patient.

I have also informed Huang Guiquan, and when the new lady enters the palace, I will ask Zhou Ninghai to serve her.

As for whichever new lady you like, just give it to her.

The palace maid Cui Jinxi that you have been looking for has also been found.

It is said that he is from the same hometown as the eunuch Su who serves the emperor.

She used to be a maid serving Shu Taipin, the mother of the Seventeenth Prince. Later, when the previous emperor passed away, Shu Taipin devoted herself to Buddhism.

She stayed in the palace all day long and was not seen. She sent several second-class palace maids to clean the Tonghua Terrace in the Old Summer Palace.

Cui Jinxi was one of those who were sent away.

By the way, I also heard that the Tonghua Terrace was built by the late emperor specifically for Concubine Shu, and it is very luxurious.

But the three years since our emperor ascended the throne have been wasted."

Nian Shilan listened to Xiao Linzi's words and remembered that in her previous life, she had heard that the late emperor had many preferences for Shu Taifei, the seventeenth birth mother, and Shu Taifei was also very favored. However, in this life, the late emperor passed away suddenly, and Shu Taifei lost her protection before she could ascend to the throne of concubine.

Nian Shilan heard Shiqi say that his mother's hair turned white almost overnight. Since then, she has been silent and only chanted Buddha's name every day, and even ignored her son.

"If there is no sorrow in my eyes, I don't believe there is white hair in the world. Concubine Shu is too infatuated. Since ancient times, infatuation has no good ending."

Nian Shilan seemed to be sneering at Concubine Shu, but only she knew that she was sneering at herself in her previous life.

If my heart had not been tied to one person in my previous life, how could I have ended up like that?

Nian Shilan said again.

"I am pregnant now, and the Queen took the opportunity to report to the Emperor, telling me to focus on keeping the baby safe, and she has stripped me of a lot of my power.

There are many things that I would be in a difficult position to do. Fortunately, my brother has made great achievements in the previous dynasty. You can tell him that

Just let him stay the way he is now, and don't let him become too arrogant or he might displease the Emperor."

Xiao Linzi answered yes and told Nian Shilan some irrelevant things.

Since Nian Gengyao woke up in the snowy mountains in the northwest that day, he had an additional memory in his mind that did not belong to the present.

In his memory, he looked at the palace from a strange perspective. He saw his sister burning paper in the once magnificent Yiku Palace.

At that time, the Yikun Palace was deserted, and only Songzhi was with my sister.

He was wondering who his sister was burning paper for and why she was in such a miserable state.

He bent down to look, and found that his name, Nian Gengyao, was written on the packages of yellow paper.

Later, he saw himself in another place wearing a yellow jacket and guarding the city gate.

He was horrified in his dream. Wearing the imperial gift to guard the city gate was a crime of great disrespect!
Before he could find a way to remind that self, he saw himself being taken away and beheaded.

Nian Gengyao had killed countless enemies on the battlefield and had seen all kinds of scenes, but he saw himself being beheaded in his dream.

After waking up, Nian Gengyao pondered all day long. Could it be that this dream was a hint to him?

In addition, his younger sister repeatedly reminded him that he must fulfill his duties, not act rashly or cause trouble in the previous dynasty, and must restrain his family and relatives.

He even asked Xiao Linzi to remind himself that Su Peisheng, the eunuch beside the emperor, grew up with the emperor.

Many times, a word from Su Peisheng could have a greater impact than that of a minister from the previous dynasty, so Nian Gengyao must not be careless.

So even though Nian Gengyao always disliked eunuchs, he was very polite when he met those prominent eunuchs in the palace.

These days, Nian Shilan took advantage of her pregnancy to stay in Yikun Palace all day and enjoy herself.

But when the day of the selection came, I couldn't resist my curiosity and went to take a look from afar.

Nian Shilan, who was six months pregnant, was carried on a sedan chair by bearers with a big belly. Xiao Linzi and Song Zhi carefully guarded the sedan chair.

Nian Shilan sat in the sedan chair, looking at the flower-like faces in the distance walking carefully through the palace road and towards the Tiyuan Hall.

A fair face looked over from afar and saw Nian Shilan, who was dressed in red and looking superior. Nian Shilan looked at her.

It was the face that he was most familiar with in his previous life, and the face that he could never forget until his death—Zhen Huan.

Please give me a ticket.