The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 249 Red Plum Blossoms
Zhen Changzai stopped turning the pages of the book, looked up at the indignant Huanbi, and smiled.

"You've become more and more irritable since you entered the palace. That's Sister Mei. She didn't say anything today, it must not be because she was afraid of Concubine Hua.

She and I are like sisters, so we naturally have a common understanding. Today I blame myself for being too reckless and for accidentally comparing Concubine Hua with the Queen.

The Queen is magnanimous and does not blame me. I am already blessed.

Fortunately, Sister Mei did not speak up. She finally won Concubine Hua's favor and helped manage the affairs of the six palaces.

If Concubine Hua gets angry at me because of me and I lose that little bit of power, I will feel guilty instead."

Huanbi still said angrily.

“I know that you and Miss Meizhuang are like sisters, but after all, you are not blood sisters.

Today, Concubine Hua pointed at the Master and used humiliating words against him, but Lady Meizhuang remained indifferent.

What sister would not defend herself when seeing her loved one being insulted? "

Zhen Chang was looking at the flickering candle flame in front of her. The flame became even brighter after Huanbi cut the wick.

"Huanbi, I know you are angry about my father. You grew up with me, and although you are nominally my maid,
But in my heart I never think that you and Liu Zhu are just my maids. You and I are as close as sisters.

Sister Mei is introverted, but she is smarter than me.

It is her good fortune that she follows Concubine Hua now. I cannot be the one who holds her back.

You must control your temper when you are on duty these days.

I am just a small concubine. If I really anger Concubine Hua,
She could kill me as easily as she could kill an ant."

Huanbi followed Zhen Changzai's gaze towards the flickering candlelight and said.

"I understand, young lady. As you said, although Huanbi is just a servant,
But in my heart I am very close to you and the master.

Only then did he become extremely angry after hearing what Concubine Hua said.

My young lady, you offended Concubine Hua with your words today. Will she harm you?"

Zhen Changzai put away the book he was reading, which was a musical instrument score.

"It shouldn't be. There are many people present today, and the Queen has already said that all the big things that happened before will be reduced to small things.

As a concubine, Hua Fei also promised the Empress not to care about it anymore.

She will not bring this matter up to me again, otherwise, how can she convince the people in the six palaces?

Going back on one's words has always been despised by people, but Concubine Hua would never do that.

As long as I don't offend her again in the future, I think I can live a peaceful life.

I heard that although she was domineering, she never punished anyone without reason.

I don't have any leverage in her hands, so she won't make things difficult for me."

Liu Zhu came over and said.

"My dear, it's almost midnight, why don't you take a rest first?

I have made your bed soft and comfortable.
There are two hot water bottles under the quilt."

Zhen Changzai stretched and smiled.

"Yes, it's really thoughtful of you to make the bed warm, knowing that I'm afraid of the cold.

Although there are underground heating systems in the palace, I still feel that the room is cold and I still need to rely on a hot water bottle before going to bed."

Liu Zhu said with a smile.

"When the young lady is favored, our house will be warm again!

I heard from people in the palace that whoever the emperor favors will have an extra warm room. "

Zhen Changzai stood up and walked towards the inner room, asking in a casual manner.

"Why is that? The emperor is still hot?"

Liu Zhu chuckled. "My young master is such a smart person, how come you are confused now?

Whoever the emperor favors will have the best silver charcoal in his or her house.

The charcoal we use everyday is not even half as warm as the silver charcoal."

Zhen Changzai smiled, stopped talking, and went to sleep.

But I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart. Yes, I was not favored and even my house was not as warm as others.

However, it is not so easy to be favored.

In the next few days, Concubine Shen was still busy following Nian Shilan in and out.

Nian Shilan only visited the Fourth Prince after breakfast every morning. The rest of the time, it was Lidong Guyu and Guyu when she and her wet nurse looked after the Fourth Prince.

This day is New Year’s Eve and the last day of the year.

The Qianqing Palace was brightly lit, with big red lanterns hanging high. Red plum blossoms were picked and placed in vases, and the joyous atmosphere of the New Year was everywhere.

Nian Shilan looked at the clusters of red plum blossoms placed in the vase and thought to herself that she did not know in her previous life that red plum blossoms were the favorite of the late Queen Chunyuan.

He was assigned by Ulanara to arrange the palace banquet. He heard from people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the red plum blossoms in the Yime Garden were in full bloom, so he foolishly picked some to use as decoration for the palace banquet.

This caused Yinzhen to miss Empress Chunyuan on New Year's Eve, and this led to his encounter with Zhen Huan in the Meimei Garden.

In this life, Nian Shilan had already glimpsed many things in her dreams, and she allowed Concubine Shen to pick red plums to decorate the palace banquet.

It was just because Nian Shilan wanted to know whether Concubine Wan had left any trace in Yinzhen's heart.

Among the people in the palace now, the one who is similar to Chun Yuan is none other than Concubine Wan.

If Yinzhen was still thinking about Chunyuan, then seeing the red plum would remind him of her as before.

But if Yinzhen looks at Hongmei indifferently, then Concubine Wan can do more.

Nian Shilan looked towards the seat of Concubine Wan and saw that she seemed to be worried, staring blankly at the wine glass in front of her.

After all the concubines in the harem were seated, Yinzhen and Ulanara helped the empress dowager sit at the top.

Songzhi leaned over and whispered in Nian Shilan's ear.

"I heard that Empress Dowager De has been seriously ill these days, and even Lord Longkodo has repeatedly requested to see her, but the Emperor has refused.

It was only said that Empress Dowager De needed to rest and should not see anyone.

I heard from Xiao Xiazi, who is beside the emperor, that Lord Longkodo brought some pickles from Yangzhou.

Babar presented it to Empress Dowager De, but the imperial physician who was attending to the Empress Dowager said,
The Queen Mother was weak and could not eat pickles, so she threw them all away.

A cook in the imperial kitchen felt it was a pity and secretly hid some of the food.

Somehow Eunuch Su found out about it, and he ordered his men to hang the servant up and beat him half to death.

He was sent to the palace to empty the toilet.

The emperor was furious and accused Longkodo of having evil intentions and serving food that the empress dowager couldn't eat.

Nian Shilan was puzzled. In her previous life, she only knew that although Longkodo and her brother Nian Gengyao were both heroes who helped Yinzhen ascend the throne, they had always been at odds with each other.

Longkodo did a lot of things behind his brother Nian Gengyao's back.

However, because Longkodo was Yinzhen's uncle and Empress Dowager De's brother, Nian Gengyao was afraid to act rashly and had to endure it.

But why was Yinzhen so dissatisfied with Longkodo in this life?
Nian Shilan carefully went over the memories of Longkodo from her previous life in her mind, but found that apart from the conflicts between him and his brother, she knew nothing more.

Nian Shilan was thinking with her head down when she suddenly heard Su Peisheng speak loudly.

“The New Year’s Eve family dinner begins here.

Ladies and gentlemen, please pay your respects to the Emperor.

I pray for peace and happiness in the coming year."