The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 279 Meeting the Queen Mother
Concubine Shen paid her respects to Lady Ulanara and hurried back to Xianfu Palace.

As soon as he came back, he went to Zhen Changzai's room. Zhen Changzai followed the imperial physician's instructions and rested quietly.

Shen Guiren said.

"Huan'er, it's boring to recuperate. I went to pay my respects to the Queen today, but something else happened. I'll tell you about it."

Concubine Shen then recounted in detail how Ulanara gave her maid Fuzi to Concubine Hua.

Concubine Shen said that Ulanara got up early and gave a dessert to Concubine Hua, and when Songzhi, who was beside Concubine Hua, went to take it, her hand somehow slipped.

Songzhi knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but Concubine Hua scolded her.

Ulanara couldn't bear to see her servants being frightened, so she stopped Hua Fei and even gave her own maid to Hua Fei, hoping to calm the situation.

I heard that the palace maid had just arrived at Jingren Palace a few days ago and was suddenly awarded to Concubine Hua by the Queen. She looked very timid.

Shen Guiren said.

"Huan'er, what's the matter with you? I think the Queen is the more considerate one in the palace after all.

To be frank, the Queen is so kind, no wonder Concubine Hua is never afraid of her.

However, now that I am learning how to manage affairs from Concubine Hua, I don’t think there is anything wrong with her occasional iron-fisted approach.

You said, I am so contradictory, what should I do? "

Lady Shen was talking to Lady Zhen with a smile on her face, while Huanbi brought her some tea.

Concubine Shen took the tea that Huanbi offered to her with both hands and said to Concubine Zhen.

“Fortunately, the maid you brought into the palace is smart, and she is more proud of serving us since she was a child.

By the way, I heard that you gave your maid Juqing to An Da Ying a few days ago?
You have injured your arm now, and you need someone around you. Otherwise, I will go and report to the Queen,
Can I get you another maid?"

Zhen Changzai looked at his right arm hanging in front of his chest, smiled and said.

"Sister, don't worry. I'm not favored, and now I've broken my arm. I need so many people around me.
Instead, it would hinder their future. Sister An only had two maids assigned to her by the Ministry of Internal Affairs when she first entered the palace.

She and I share the same suffering. At least I still have Pei'er, and with Huanbi and Liuzhu, that is enough.

Sister, please don't bother the Queen and don't let me get gossiped about."

Shen Guiren said.

"Well, who would say such gossip? You don't know,
They all want to show up in front of the emperor now, and they are busy.

Who has time to gossip about you?"

Zhen Changzai smiled and didn't say anything. She thought that she was injured because she wanted to show face in front of the emperor.

But Sister Mei didn't know the details and just thought that she fell off the swing because she was playing too much.

When the emperor heard that she was injured, he simply instructed the imperial hospital to treat her well.

After this incident, I’m afraid I’ll have even fewer chances of being favored in the future.

At lunch time, Huanbi and Liuzhu served Zhen Changzai.

Because Zhen Changzai's injured arm was his right arm and he was unable to eat by himself, Huanbi fed Zhen Changzai food bit by bit with silver chopsticks.

Huanbi picked up a piece of crystal duck with chopsticks, put it in a small bowl and brought it close to Zhen Changzai's mouth.

Zhen Changzai carefully stretched her head to eat, but Huanbi's hand slipped and the duck meat fell into the bowl.

Liu Zhu said anxiously.

"How do you serve the young master? Slow down!"

Huanbi became furious and put the small bowl on the table forcefully, saying.

"You serve well! You serve well and you can even throw the young master down!
The reason why I don't blame you is because I am soft-hearted!

You are pointing fingers at me! Who the hell do you think you are? "

Liu Zhu was stunned. She grew up with Huanbi and she thought they were like sisters. She was playing on the swing with Zhen Changzai that day, and Zhen Changzai kept asking her to push harder, so she pushed harder as Zhen Changzai told her.

If you don't want this kind of thing to happen, who would have thought of it?
Liu Zhu couldn't help but retort, and the two were about to start quarreling.

Zhen Changzai shouted sternly.

"That's enough! Do you think I'm doing well now?
Huanbi, you and Liuzhu grew up together, so you should be as close as sisters!

Liu Zhu too, can't you say less?
Outsiders have not yet bullied us, but you are already hurting yourselves!"

Liu Zhu didn't dare to say anything else. She immediately rolled her eyes at Zhen Changzai and said in a low voice.

"I'm sorry, young lady. I was wrong. I shouldn't have quarreled with Huanbi."

Huanbi said angrily.

"Who wants to be her sister? She is not worthy of being my sister!"

Huanbi ran away after saying this. Zhen Changzai was so angry when he saw her willful appearance.

Only Zhou Ninghai was serving in the outer room, listening to the noise in the room and pursed his lips quietly.

He had kept a trick when he set up the swing, and when he went to check later, he found that someone must have tampered with it.

Otherwise, how could the rope be worn out so quickly?

However, Zhou Ninghai couldn't understand why his brother told him to obey Concubine Hua in everything when Concubine Zhen was not favored and had no dealings with Concubine Hua?

When Nian Shilan heard the news from Xianfu Palace, where Zhen Chang was in a mess, she just smiled and said, "Don't pay any attention to it."

Think about how glorious Zhen Huan was in her previous life. Even before she was favored, she lived a decent life.

When have you ever felt so miserable?

Nian Shilan thought again of Zhen Huan's expression at that time, which was truly hateful.

Nian Shilan recalled the events of her previous life and fell into a deep sleep.

In her dream, she saw Zhen Huan dressed as the Empress Dowager. Xiao Yunzi bent her waist even lower and respectfully called her the Empress Dowager.

Nian Shilan woke up and thought, so that's it.

After her death, Zhen Huan became the Queen Mother.

What about the Ulanara family?
In the feud between the three of them, it seems that Zhen Huan is more powerful after all.

Nian Shilan thought of the Empress Dowager Zhen Huan in her dream, and also remembered that she had not seen Empress Dowager De for a long time.

As a daughter-in-law, even though Nian Shilan was just a concubine, she should go and greet the Queen Mother.

When Nian Shilan stood in front of the gate of Yonghe Palace, he suddenly felt many emotions.

In this life, I have been disliked by Empress Dowager De since the first time I met her.

But unexpectedly, Empress Dowager De didn’t enjoy her success for long before she contracted a disease that could neither be cured nor fatal.

The strange thing is that no matter how many good medicines the Imperial Medical Bureau used, it could only maintain Empress Dowager De's health in a neutral state.

Nian Shilan knew that this was the work of the Queen Mother, but even she didn't know how the Queen Mother did it.

However, the Queen Mother's move saved Nian Shilan a lot of worries.

The maid beside Empress Dowager De came out and invited Nian Shilan in.

When Nian Shilan stepped into Yonghe Palace, she felt a heavy atmosphere of dusk approaching.

Zhuxi stood beside Queen Dowager De, looking Nian Shilan up and down.

Empress Dowager De sat on a chair in the main hall of Yonghe Palace. Even though her hands were withered and the skin on her face was no longer as plump as before, she still maintained that superior demeanor.

Nian Shilan approached Queen Mother De and saluted respectfully.

"I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. I wish her good health and happiness."