The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 424: Survive the Winter
"Good! It is indeed good news! Although the treasures brought by the Queen today are valuable,
But it is not as valuable as this news! It's just a pity that Fourteen is still imprisoned. "

When Empress Dowager De thought of Fourteenth Emperor who had been stripped of his title and imprisoned, she felt a surge of hatred.

"The emperor is so cruel that he doesn't even spare his own brother."

Ulanara lowered her head and remained silent, not knowing what she was thinking.

Empress Dowager De suddenly came to her senses and smiled.

"Of course, the emperor is the emperor, but the queen is a good person. However, if the queen tells me about this, will the emperor make things difficult for her if he knows about it?"

Ulanara raised her head and touched her hair with her hand. The pearls on her crown were shining brightly.

“Although I am the queen, I am also the niece of the queen mother and the daughter of the Ulanara clan.

It is my duty to say a few soothing words to comfort my aunt."

Empress Dowager De said.

"I have never had the blessing of wearing the Eastern Pearl in my life, I only hope that the throne of the Queen can be passed down among the daughters of my family.

Queen, you are very good. The glory of the Ulanara clan and the Uya clan should be carried forward in your hands.

Queen, please just take good care of the affairs of the six palaces. I know why you are worried, and I will make my own decision.

I will never let the throne of Queen fall into the hands of another family. I am tired of saying so much today. "

Ulanara said goodbye and left Yonghe Palace. On the way back, Jianqiu asked curiously.

"My lady, do you think the Queen Mother will understand your feelings?"

Ulanara did not ride in a sedan chair. She walked and felt the spring scenery was beautiful. Another spring had come. It had been six years since she followed Yinzhen into the palace as queen.

Calculating my age, I am almost thirty years old.

Ulanara said.

“I don’t know either, but judging from the situation today, the Queen Mother has more or less listened to what I said.

Is there any movement from the Empress Dowager recently?
Not to mention that it first appeared in our Qing Dynasty, even if we look at history,

This is also unique. Even during the reign of Emperor Ai of Han, there were four queen mothers.

But in the end, it was only the real empress dowager who was recorded in history books.

Our emperor ascended the throne in a hurry, which led to the current situation.
I think the emperor must be very distressed, but he can't express it in words.

I am the Queen, and I should help the Emperor relieve his worries."

Jianqiu agreed with it and nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty has thought it through. Now the situation is between the two Empress Dowagers. I am sorry to say something presumptuous.

If the former court, the harem, and even the people all felt that there was nothing wrong with this matter,

I’m afraid that in the future the royal family will also have the position of co-wife just like ordinary people?
Everything is normal with the Queen Mother. If there is anything wrong,

I will definitely receive the news as soon as possible, so you can rest assured, Madam."

Ulanara sighed and looked up at the sky.

"We women have to be controlled by others all our lives, trapped in this small space.

If I can't plan better, who can I rely on?

What you said is also what I am worried about.

Look at the respectful eyes of the people in the palace now when they look at Concubine Hua.
He is more pious than me. In the previous dynasty, Nian Gengyao made many military achievements.

But she was never arrogant, and this behavior made her very popular with the emperor.

It's really hard for me to sleep peacefully with these two siblings."

Jianqiu Road.

"Humph, Concubine Hua is only relying on the fact that the Emperor still likes her face, that's why she continues to be favored.

I have heard that men are usually unfeeling. If one day she loses her beauty, I wonder if the Emperor will still love her as much as before."

Ulanara had almost reached the gate of Jingren Palace with a group of servants. She paused and scolded Jianqiu lightly.

"You are not allowed to talk about the emperor behind his back! As for Concubine Hua, whether she is beautiful or not is her business."

Jianqiu took a step back and bowed.

"Yes, I have remembered this."

Then he took another step closer and stood in front of Ulanara.

"Madam, Jiang Fuhai said a few days ago that the hair oil and powder sent to Concubine Hua's palace by the Ministry of Internal Affairs every month,
She gave all of them to her maids. It is said that she herself never used the cosmetics made in the palace.

They were all custom-made from a cosmetics shop outside called Xianzilou, which was doing a booming business in Beijing.

How about asking Jiang Fuhai to buy some hair oil and powder from Xianzilou someday?

Let's see what kind of good things it is that allow Concubine Hua to not use the gift from the Emperor."

Ulanara nodded.

"Okay, ask Jiang Fuhai and the shopkeeper of Xianzilou to walk around more, so that I can see what is so attractive.

By the way, Concubine Duan came to pay her respects to me yesterday and said that her Huanyi incense was almost used up and asked me for the incense recipe.

You can settle Jiang Fuhai down, and when you have time in the next few days, send the Huanyi incense that I prepared last month to Concubine Duan."

Jianqiu helped Ulanara sit down and responded.

"Yes, I can save it. I heard from the palace maids there that

Since An Changzai had received the favor of the empress, she covered herself with the longevity quilt with ten thousand Chinese characters given by the empress every day.
But Zhen Changzai, who lived with her, was very jealous. "

Ulanara looked at the sky and said.

"The weather is getting hotter day by day, and it's time to change the quilts we use in winter to thinner ones.

I'm afraid that what Concubine Zhen is jealous of is not only the longevity quilt with ten thousand characters on it that I gave her as a reward.

What she was more jealous of should be An Changzai's favor, which was growing day by day.

But she has never slept with the emperor yet, so the quilt with ten thousand words on it is of no use to her.

I will give her the two red sandalwood bracelets that Master Jue'en blessed.

Just for comfort."

At this time, An Changzai, who was mentioned by the queen and her servant, was instructing Baojuan to change the thick quilt she covered in winter into a thin one.

She sat aside, looking at Baojuan holding the thin quilt that she used to like, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

She had been using the Wanzi Fu Shou quilt for a whole winter, and it was still as good as new.

No one knew that she would cover herself with her clothes at night and only pull a corner of the quilt over her body.

Fortunately, the winter clothes were thick and there was a floor heating in the house. Moreover, since she had been favored by the emperor, the charcoal fire she used was much better than before.

Therefore, even though it was cold in winter, An Changzai managed to survive.

Now the weather was not hot enough to change the quilt, but An Changzai just said that he felt hot and changed into a thin quilt early.

In the days that followed, An Chang thought that he could sleep well and peacefully.

Nian Shi Lanqia also recalled the matter about the ten thousand character blessing and longevity quilt in his previous life.

In the previous life, because Zhen was favored, the longevity quilt with ten thousand characters on it that had been blessed by the Living Buddha Lama of Tibet was awarded to Zhen by Ulanara.

It is a coincidence that when Zhen was covering herself with the longevity quilt with the Chinese characters for "Fu" (blessing and longevity) in it, she was never reported to be pregnant.

But when the weather got warmer and everyone was enjoying the flowers in Jingren Palace, word suddenly spread that she was pregnant.

Nian Shilan couldn't help but suspect that Ulanara was behind this.