The Return of An Lingrong in Legend of Zhen Huan

After the green tea milk cake was ready, An Lingrong took the cake to express her gratitude to the Queen.

On the way, she was calculating in her mind how many pastries she would need. There was no specific quantity for grinding tea leaves into powder, and An Lingrong didn't expect the eunuchs to grind the tea leaves into powder and give it to her as it was. If they weren't a little greedy, they wouldn't be the people they are today.

Even if the tea smelled moldy, it was still Biluochun. I'm sure the eunuchs were dazzled by the tea leaves. An Lingrong only asked for enough cakes to be made, and the rest would be considered a reward.

"I am An Shi, the concubine of Yanxi Palace. Thank you for the gift from the Empress. Tea is precious and I am of low status, so I ground the tea leaves into powder and made some cakes from my hometown to give to the Empress for her to taste."

An Lingrong arrived at the gate of Jingren Palace and happened to meet Aunt Jianqiu who had just returned and explained her purpose.

"Madam An, you are so thoughtful. I will take the pastries in. I won't see you off, my lady. Goodbye." "Thank you, aunt." An Lingrong bowed to Jianqiu and left.

Inside Jingren Palace, "Your Majesty, this is Concubine An, she made the cakes with the Biluochun you gave her."

Jianqiu took out the cake and checked it. After checking it was fine, she handed it to the queen. The queen nodded and picked up a piece to taste. "It tastes really good, not too sweet or greasy."

Jianqiu looked at the queen, thought for a moment and said, "That Concubine An probably really feels that she is not worthy of enjoying such good tea. She comes from a humble family and can't see what's wrong with the tea."

The Queen did not respond but asked, "How is Baojuan?" "Your Majesty, when An Changzai came, she brought two maids with her as a dowry. Baojuan is still serving outside the palace. But there is nothing special about this An Changzai. She is quite well-behaved. When she came, she went to pay her respects to Noble Lady Fucha and also gave the Queen Mother a hand-copied Buddhist scripture."

The queen nodded and after eating a piece of cake, she said: "Take this and share it among you. It tastes good but you can't eat too much." "Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Jianqiu picked up the cake and left.

Based on her memories from her previous life, An Lingrong specifically instructed the imperial kitchen to put more sugar in some cakes and less sugar in others, and to put more milk and sugar in some cakes instead of tea.

An Lingrong came to the gate of Shoukang Palace with cakes and explained her whereabouts to the eunuch guarding the gate. She then handed the cakes to Aunt Zhuxi who came to greet her and said, "I would like to thank the Empress Dowager for her gift yesterday. It really helped me out of my urgent need. I know that the Empress Dowager often worships Buddha, so I specially prepared a kind of incense for worshiping Buddha and will send it to the Empress Dowager tomorrow."

"My Lady An, you are too polite. Please take care. I won't see you off." An Lingrong then bowed and left.

Inside Shoukang Palace, "Did she leave?" "Replying to the Queen Mother, Miss An has left. These are the cakes that she sent. It is said that they are Biluochun cakes given by the Queen. Miss An ground the tea leaves into powder and made cakes. She is now delivering them to everyone in the palace."

The Queen Mother nodded and took a bite: "Well, it's not bad, it suits my taste, it's thoughtful." "By the way, Queen Mother, Miss An has prepared a kind of incense for worshiping Buddha to thank Her Majesty the Queen Mother for her reward, and it will be delivered tomorrow."

The Queen Mother thought about it and felt that it made sense. After all, An Lingrong's father was a spice merchant, so it was not surprising that An Lingrong knew how to make perfume. She nodded and continued to eat her cakes.

An Lingrong originally wanted to go back after seeing off the Queen and the Empress Dowager, but suddenly remembered that Concubine Hua was in charge of the six palaces, so she couldn't wait until tomorrow and had to finish the seeing off today.

An Lingrong recalled that Hua Fei's favorite food was crab roe crisps. She must like sweet food. Never mind, just make it as usual and add a little more sugar.

Afterwards, An Lingrong took the cakes and went to Yiku Palace again. She waited at the door for a long time before she saw Songzhi come out with a proud look on her face. She took the cakes and bowed to see her off. An Lingrong had no choice but to bow and take her leave. Before leaving, she did not forget to thank Concubine Hua for her reward.

Alas, they are worthy of being from Concubine Hua’s palace, each of them has such a unique personality.

After returning to the Yanx Palace, she couldn't rest yet. She took some cakes and sent them to Noble Lady Fucha. She said a few flattering words, which made Noble Lady Fucha, who was being bullied by Xia Dongchun, in a good mood. She also casually rewarded An Lingrong with a pair of rose ruby ​​earrings, which made An Lingrong very happy.

Afterwards, she took another portion to send to Xia Dongchun. Because Xia Dongchun left the palace a few days ago, An Lingrong didn't know what she liked to eat, so she made it normally and sent it to her together with Baojuan.

Xia Dongchun mocked it at first, but when Baojuan said that it was made with Biluochun, which was given by the Empress, she said directly: "The Empress also gave it to you? Aren't those given by Concubine Hua?"

An Lingrong explained patiently: "When Concubine Xia went there, the Empress's reward had just been put away, which led to Concubine Xia's misunderstanding." Xia Dongchun was surprised that An Lingrong, a woman from a humble family, was rewarded by both the Empress and Concubine Hua.

Just as he was thinking about putting the pastry made by An Lingrong into his mouth, the maid beside him was startled. She quickly took the pastry to check. Fortunately, nothing was wrong.

Xia Dongchun didn't pay much attention to it. He took another one and started eating, saying as he ate: "It's quite delicious, but it would be better if you put more milk in it. Bring me some more tomorrow." This guy is really rude, An Lingrong couldn't help thinking.

The maid just now should be the maid arranged by the Xia family who knows medicine. Xia Dongchun is so smart, so the maids arranged by the family must be smart. Such good conditions still couldn't stop Xia Dongchun from committing suicide in his previous life.

Xia Dongchun finished the cake in her hand and turned back to the house. An Lingrong thought, is this asking me to leave or not? What does this mean?

After a while, Xia Dongchun took out a pure gold phoenix hairpin inlaid with gems and stuffed it into An Lingrong's hand: "Here, this is a reward for you. Remember to send the cakes over tomorrow and put more milk in them." Then he went back to the house. An Lingrong was shocked by this move and thought that Xia Shi was indeed a military general, so bold.

He weighed the hairpin in his hand again and found it was extremely heavy. He was extremely happy. Okay, it was decided. He must protect Xia, no, protect this money-spending boy.