The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 497 The One Who Harmed Her
Nian Shilan put the note over the candle and burned it, saying calmly.

"Everyone, get up. I just slipped.
If something is broken, you should do your job.
Those who should be on duty should be on duty, and those who should rest should rest.

I am also tired, Lingzhi asked someone to bring me some water.

Lidong and Songzhi will help me wash and rest. "

The servants then breathed a sigh of relief and got up to do their own work.

Nian Shilan said again.

"By the way, why didn't I see much Lingzhi today?
Lidong, go ask Lingzhi to bring me some water to wash up."

After a while, Lingzhi really brought in a copper basin. Rose petals were floating on the water in the basin. Rose essential oil was added to the water, and a fragrance floated into Nian Shilan's nose.

Nian Shilan sniffed and suddenly started to dry heave, which frightened Lidong so much that he hurriedly brought a beauty bowl over. Songzhi said anxiously while stroking Nian Shilan's back to help her calm down.

"My queen is already over six months old, and she hasn't vomited for over two months.

Why do I suddenly feel uncomfortable again? How about I ask Doctor Wen to come and take a look?"

Nian Shilan stopped retching and waved her hands with some difficulty.

"No, not to mention that the imperial physician cannot enter the garden at will at this time,
Even Doctor Wen is not omnipotent. I have been feeling a strong internal heat these days.
I have a lot of heat in my body. Doctor Wen came here today and still hasn't explained the reason.
I was only given this medicine to reduce heat.

The smell made me feel uncomfortable. There is no need to put these in the water in the future."

Songzhi said cautiously.

"Your Majesty must be uncomfortable with these smells during pregnancy, I will remember this.

I will instruct Lingzhi and Shuangjiang not to put rose essential oil in the water.

But the water that the queen has been using also contains sandalwood, rosin, etc.

Can't you remove the medicine that can moisturize your skin?"

When Nian Shilan heard Songzhi's words, she suddenly remembered that in her previous life, she beat and scolded Songzhi out of jealousy after she helped Yinzhen wash his hands.

Later, in order to consolidate his favor, he sent Songzhi to Yinzhen and made her a small promise.

Later, the Nian family was destroyed, and Songzhi followed this defeated young master and also lost her life.

Now that I think about it, Yinzhen must have discovered that Songzhi actually knew something about spices, and was afraid that Songzhi would discover the secret of Huanyi incense, so he took advantage of Nian Shilan's jealous nature to make Nian Shilan suspicious of Songzhi, thus alienating the master and servant.

Nian Shilan thought, how hateful that she was only interested in Yinzhen at that time, and pushed Songzhi, who was so devoted to her, into the fire pit.

Thinking of this, Nian Shilan softened her tone and said to Songzhi.

"Just use clean water to clean your face and hands for now. When I feel better, I'll add the previous things back."

Songzhi nodded and turned to Lingzhi who was still standing aside.

"Did you hear me? You should also tell Shuangjiang later not to put anything else in there.

Your Majesty, you only need to use plain water these days, and make sure the water is warm each time."

Lingzhi agreed, stepped back, and shoved the copper basin in his hand heavily into Shuangjiang's hand, and the water in the basin splashed all over Shuangjiang.

"Go, just change this water into clean water. The Queen said that only clean water should be used these days!"

Frost held the basin half-sprinkled with water by Ganoderma lucidum, looked at his wet clothes and sighed. Fortunately, the day was still hot, and the heat did not subside even at night.

"Why are you so angry, Sister Lingzhi? I will go change the water right now, please don't be angry."

Lingzhi snorted.

"Humph, although Songzhi has been serving the Majesty since she was young, I have also been serving the Majesty since she entered the palace. Both her and I have the word Zhi in our names, so why should she take the limelight in everything?

I used to be a first-class palace maid beside the Empress, but now I have been reduced to serving tea and water!

On the contrary, Lidong, who came later, is always able to serve the Empress closely! "

Shuangjiang looked at the brightly lit hall and hurriedly stopped Lingzhi from continuing.

"Sister, please don't complain. If someone hears it, the master will be unhappy.

But I can't understand why my sister has been serving the Empress for so long.
I can't even defeat Sister Lidong. In my opinion,

My sister is so pretty that she can be a mistress!
It's a pity that we were born to be slaves."

Lingzhi was touched by Shuangjiang's consolation and laughed out loud, then pointed at Shuangjiang's forehead with her finger.

"Don't talk nonsense, girl. If someone hears it, neither you nor I will live.

I never realized before that you are so talkative.

But then again, people like us are destined to be slaves our entire lives.

If the master is happy to keep us by his side and in the palace,

It is also a good way out. Otherwise, when you reach the age of maturity, you will be released from the palace.
If the family members are vicious,

It is also possible to marry a farmer or a butcher's sister.

I heard that the palace maid of the late emperor's concubine was sold to a cripple for ten taels of silver.
"Alas, what a miserable life it is. But what can we do?"

Frost didn't care that his clothes were still wet, he pulled Lingzhi aside and whispered.

"That's why I said that your beauty is outstanding among us.

Why not take a chance? If my sister becomes a mistress someday,
Don’t forget to help your sister~"

Lingzhi looked at Shuangjiang with some astonishment in his eyes and put away the smile on his face.

"Don't say that again."

After saying that, he urged Shuangjiang to quickly change the water for the empress. When Shuangjiang brought the warm water, Lingzhi quickly took the copper basin and went into the hall to do his job.

Frost took advantage of the night and hurried back to her residence, changed her half-dry clothes, and carefully wiped her body with clean water that had been wet by the water that had been mixed with rose essential oil.

Nian Shilan washed up with clean water, lay on the bed, and carefully thought about what happened today.

I have been tricked today. If I only catch a few palace maids, I'm sure they won't tell the truth.

And the person behind the scenes will not surface, so you will always be afraid of being plotted against and live in a constant state of anxiety.

So Nian Shilan took advantage of the time when Lingzhi brought the water and deliberately dry-heaved, using the excuse of pregnancy discomfort to replace the water she used every day.

Regardless of whether Lingzhi was involved or not, Shuangjiang was promoted to the position of serving water and pouring tea at her suggestion.

I just don't know who is behind them.

The person behind the scenes probably not only wanted to cause Nian Shilan to have a miscarriage, but also wanted to blame Yinzhen for the miscarriage.

Otherwise, how could that person have thought of using the scent from the sachet that Yinzhen carried with him to catalyze the aphrodisiac in Nian Shilan's body?

The sachets that Yinzhen carried with him were replaced every once in a while, and the people who took care of these things were always Su Peisheng and Fang Ruo.

It seems that we have to start with the sachet on Yinzhen's body to unravel the mystery and find out who is trying to harm her.