The Return of An Lingrong in Legend of Zhen Huan

Life would be very difficult for a concubine who was not chosen by a lottery. An Lingrong had experienced this deeply in her previous life. Despite the help of Shen Meiyu, she was still often treated harshly.

But in this life, with the rewards from the Empress Dowager and Concubine Hua, the support from the Xia family, and the warnings from Princess Chaogui, An Lingrong lived a very comfortable life even if she did not serve the emperor in the emperor's bedchamber.

But things were not going so well for Zhen Huan. Although An Lingrong helped her in the beginning with house arrest, Concubine Hua was unhappy about Shen Meiyu's favor later on. No matter how many times she warned the Imperial Household Department, Zhen Huan's situation was still not going well.

First, the things given were short in weight, and later on, the things given were not only insufficient in quantity, but also of the worst quality.

Shen Meizhuang was busy with palace affairs and was unable to do anything, so An Lingrong brought some things to visit Zhen Huan every day and asked Zhen Huan about poetry and books.

Shen Meizhuang's favor made Concubine Hua unhappy. When she was troubled by Concubine Hua to copy a book, Shen Meizhuang met An Lingrong who went to see Concubine Hua. Although Concubine Hua said a few sarcastic words to Shen Meizhuang, she still helped Shen Meizhuang out of trouble twice.

When Zhen Huan found out about this, she was extremely anxious. She was not favored, and Shen Meiyu could not defeat Concubine Hua alone. Although An Lingrong could help both of them, they always felt that An Lingrong was too wronged to be bullied by Concubine Hua.

Shen Meizhuang suggested several times that she wanted to help An Lingrong say a few words in front of the emperor, but was rejected by An Lingrong every time. She always said that Shen Meizhuang was favored now and she didn't want to make her unhappy.

The Empress Dowager had mentioned it several times, but An Lingrong used the excuse that it was fate. Plus, her sister Meizhuang was favored, and if she slept with her sister at this time, it might cause alienation between the sisters, which made the Empress Dowager very anxious.

Noble Lady Fucha and Xia Dongchun also mentioned it, but were rejected as well. After all, An Lingrong was not ready yet.

The dancer who was arranged for Xia Dongchun last time has not been sent away yet. Now she has been borrowed by An Lingrong. An Lingrong learned ice skating in her previous life and has some basic dancing skills. Zhen Huan can perform the Jinghong Dance, and Xia Dongchun's dance is a combination of the Jinghong Dance and sword dance. She plans to combine the ice skating and Jinghong Dance together.

After all, the white moonlight in the emperor's heart, Queen Chunyuan, is the best at dancing the Jinghong Dance. If one wants to win the emperor's favor, the Jinghong Dance must be the first choice. Besides, it is always good to have many skills, so who would think it is troublesome to have one more skill?

Thanks to the help of Noble Lady Fucha and others, the gifts for each palace were completed by the end of November. An Lingrong made a smaller quilt with the word "Fu Shou" (longevity and happiness) for the Empress Dowager, which she usually used to cover her legs.

The next day, An Lingrong brought gifts to the ladies in each palace, because she had always been wary of Baojuan in her life. In addition, since she entered the palace, An Lingrong had only given the Queen snacks or embroidered items, and had never given her any spices. On the one hand, she knew that the Queen really didn't like them, and on the other hand, she was afraid that the Queen would know that she knew about fragrance.

Sure enough, every time the Queen gave her something as a reward, something would be added to it. An Lingrong specially set up a place in the warehouse to store the things given by the Queen, and added a baffle to ensure that the smell of musk would not be contaminated by other items. She gave it a nice name to the outside world, saying that these were rewards from the Queen and should be well kept.

During this period of time, An Lingrong sent some handwritten Buddhist scriptures, incense and cakes from time to time. Two days ago, the Empress Dowager allowed her to enter and leave Shoukang Palace.

An Lingrong handed the finished quilt to the Queen Mother, and even the Queen Mother couldn't help but praise An Lingrong's good embroidery skills.

After chatting for a while, they talked about the issue of sleeping with the emperor. "You were selected to enter the palace at the same time as me. You are the only one left except Concubine Wan who is ill. I know that you and Concubine Shen are like sisters, but in this palace, the emperor's favor is the most important."

"I understand."

"You understand what's the use. It's been so long and there's been no movement. The emperor rarely comes to the harem. You have to seize the opportunity. Tomorrow I will ask the emperor to come here for a meal. Seize the opportunity."

After such a long period of conditioning, An Lingrong was completely ready. Now the Queen Mother's action was undoubtedly like someone sending a pillow to her when she was sleepy. An Lingrong bowed and thanked her, saying: "Thank you, Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother nodded and said: "Now that the Emperor has no more children, you must hurry up and give birth to a child for the Emperor, so that the royal family can flourish."

"Yes, I understand."

After leaving Shoukang Palace, An Lingrong sent other things to the ladies in various palaces. They all praised An Lingrong's excellent embroidery skills. Even the cunning Concubine Li could not say anything bad about the embroidery.

After returning to the Yanxi Palace, An Lingrong used the beauty secrets she had prepared as usual, and also took specially made plum blossom pills before going to bed.

After taking this thing, you will have a faint plum blossom scent when you sweat. If you take it for three consecutive months, it will last like body odor.

Before going to bed, An Lingrong asked Baoyu to prepare clothes to wear tomorrow. After everything was ready, An Lingrong asked Baoyu to keep an eye on Baojuan after she left tomorrow, and to tell her about her every move after she came back.

Today is the first day of December. According to the rules, the Emperor will go to the Queen's palace tonight, so the Queen Mother asked An Lingrong to go to Shoukang Palace tomorrow.

Thinking of the Empress, huh, I have never let Baojuan come in to serve, and I can't get any information from the Empress. I guess she is a little anxious. Baoyu told me a few days ago that he saw Baojuan and Jianqiu talking. Jianqiu was a little angry at that time. I guess she was angry that Baojuan was not capable enough to come in to serve.