The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 107: Dark Three Changes Medicine
That night, just after midnight, Hanlu sneaked out of the servants' quarters. Ansan was hanging upside down under the eaves, gnawing on a chicken leg.

Hanlu had sneaked out in the first place. When she turned around, she suddenly saw something black hanging in front of her eyes. She was so scared that she lost consciousness as soon as she opened her mouth. Xiao Linzi, who was waiting by the door, smiled and looked at his hand proudly.

He just used the hand knife that An San taught him to knock Han Lu unconscious.

Xiao Linzi dragged Hanlu to the back of the servants' quarters and took out a piece of paper from her sleeve. There were only four words written on the paper - "internal strife has begun."

Xiao Linzi said "Pah" with disdain at the unconscious Hanlu, and took out a note that he had prepared long ago from his arms. The note was written in Hanlu's handwriting, which read "No movement yet".

The words on the note actually came from Manager Wu's subordinates.

Xiao Linzi took the two pages of accounts that Nian Shilan asked Hanlu to copy a few days ago to find Manager Wu. Manager Wu had a unique skill in imitating handwriting, which came in handy here. Xiao Linzi took the note that Manager Wu had copied and waited for Hanlu to communicate with the carrier pigeon again.

The carrier pigeon was already in the dark at the southeast corner of Cheng'en Garden. Xiao Linzi sneaked over and caught the pigeon in one go, took off the pigeon's leg ring, put the note back in, and let the pigeon fly away.

After Ansan finished eating the chicken leg, he wiped his greasy hands on Xiaolinzi's clothes. Xiaolinzi felt like crying but had no tears.

He searched Hanlu's body again and took out a packet of medicine powder.

An San swiftly put the medicine powder away, then took out another packet from his arms, instructed Xiao Linzi to take out one third of it and feed it to Han Lu.

"Master, what kind of medicine is this?"

Xiao Linzi is sweet-talker and always calls An San "Master". An San is only three years older than Xiao Linzi, but he enjoys it very much.

"Boy, this is a must-have for us when we travel the world. It can ensure that she will sleep until dawn and won't remember what happened last night."

An San said proudly.

Xiao Linzi was grinning and complimenting An San.

"Master is really amazing. I, your disciple, also want something as amazing as this."

But in his heart he was complaining, what is this name "Midongsan"? It's such a random name, it sounds like it was given by someone who is as illiterate as Xiao Linzi, and he doesn't know what the effect will be. How about I add another knife to it?

Xiao Linzi was secretly thinking about giving Hanlu another hit, but An San grabbed his collar and started training him. Xiao Linzi was in great pain.

At the hour of Yin, Xiao Linzi was about to take a rest. An San touched his stomach and felt hungry again.

He lay on the beam, unable to sleep, and silently planned to ask the concubine for food when daybreak.

At 1:05 a.m., Jiang Fuhai brought Xiao Hezi, the eunuch guarding Qiong Yu Garden, and waited at the gate of Cheng En Garden.

As soon as Nian Shilan got up, she heard Xiao Linzi report that Jiang Fuhai had arrived early in the morning.

"Go ahead and tell him to report anything outside the door."

Nian Shilan sat lazily in front of the dressing mirror, letting Mangzhong help her wash and dress.

"Why is there no cold dew today? Are you still sleeping because you feel uncomfortable?"

Nian Shilan asked even though he knew the answer.

Mangzhong hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

"Reporting to Concubine, I have not seen Hanlu today either. It is strange to say that I did not see her when I opened my eyes, and I do not know where she went so early in the morning. I was in a hurry to serve Concubine, so I came here first."

Nian Shilan was washing her hands without stopping, and just said lazily.

"This girl has actually learned to be lazy. Well, let Xiao Linzi find her later. I'll tell you after I pay my respects to Madam Fu-jin and come back." Mangzhong agreed and went downstairs with the basin of water.

It was Guyu and Xiaoman who took over the dressing up for Nian Shilan.

Jiang Fuhai stood outside the door. Xiao Hezi beside him had been looking around since he entered Cheng'en Garden, and he had taken a look at all the servants serving in the courtyard.

"Your servant Jiang Fuhai pays respects to the concubine, may the concubine be blessed."

Jiang Fuhai's voice came through the door curtain.

Nian Shilan replied from inside the door.

"Eunuch Jiang, please stand up. But does Fu Jin have anything to say that needs to be settled now?"

Jiang Fukai Road.

"The concubine is very good at predicting things. Our master is not feeling well today, so he asked me to come and tell the various courtyards early in the morning that they don't need to pay respects to each other for the next two days. All the affairs in the mansion will be handled by the concubine."

After Jiang Fuhai finished speaking, he waited quietly for a response from inside the door.

Nian Shilan paused while gesturing with the hairpin, then gently put it back into the dressing box. She replied without any emotion in her voice.

"Is the wife feeling unwell? Do you want to arrange for the people in the backyard to take care of her? I will go and see the wife after I have dressed up. She is the mistress of this palace and is responsible for the household chores. I am afraid that I will not be able to handle it properly and make the servants laugh at me. As a respected person, I am weak and incompetent."

Jiang Fuhai replied respectfully.

"Reporting to Concubine, our master has caught a cold. The master said that since the backyard is full of women and they are weak, there is no need for you to take care of him. She is afraid that the disease will spread to you. There are imperial doctors to treat him, so Concubine will not be bothered. Concubine only needs to take care of the affairs of the mansion. Our master also said that if Concubine is undecided, she can wait for a while and make a decision after Concubine is well in two days."

Year of the Landau.

"That's good. Madam Fu is very thoughtful. It's me, on the other hand, who lacks experience. Then please tell Madam Fu that I will not let her down. I will handle those matters well."

Nian Shilan stood up and walked towards the bed. After hearing Jiang Fuhai say goodbye, she said to Song Zhi.

"It's still early, I'll sleep a little longer."

Songzhi advised cautiously.

"Master, you have just been appointed assistant manager. I don't know how many eyes are staring at you in the mansion. I am afraid that those servants might deliberately bring some complicated tasks to you. Now that you are awake, how about I let Guyu Xiaoman continue to dress you up?"

Guyu and Xiaoman felt that Songzhi was right and they were both looking at Nian Shilan eagerly, with Guyu holding a rhino horn comb in his hand.

Nian Shilan glared at Songzhi.

"Whoever wants to stare can stare, even if the master is here, I will still sleep for a while. If I don't get enough sleep, how can I have the energy to handle things?"

Seeing that Nian Shilan was unhappy, Songzhi didn't dare to say anything. She helped her lie down again and quietly pulled the bed curtain. Songzhi simply stayed by Nian Shilan's bed, waiting to call her to get up at two quarters past noon.

An San was stunned on the beam. This concubine was very casual. What a wonderful person.

After Xiao Linzi saw Jiang Fuhai off, he went to the back of the servants' quarters and woke Hanlu up.

"Sister Hanlu, Sister Hanlu! Wake up!"

Hanlu woke up in a daze, and looking at the enlarged face in front of him, he suddenly became sober. He subconsciously tried to stand up with a somersault. Xiao Linzi was caught off guard and was hit on the nose by Hanlu, and fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)