The Return of An Lingrong in Legend of Zhen Huan

Not long after An Lingrong returned to the Yanx Palace, the eunuch who was to announce the imperial decree arrived, bringing with him the emperor's reward.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that An, the Concubine of the Yanxi Palace, is virtuous, perfect, and has won my heart. I hereby appoint her as a noble lady and award her with 100 taels of silver, 12 pieces of silk, and 12 pieces of jewelry. I decree this."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." An Lingrong stood up and took the imperial edict, then handed a bag of silver to the eunuch who delivered the eunuch's order. "Thank you, eunuch. It's freezing cold, and I'm sorry to trouble you to make this trip."

The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict took the purse, weighed it, and happily filled it up: "Thank you, my lady, thank you, my lady, these are only part of the reward, the rest will arrive soon, and I would like to congratulate you here."

Just as he finished speaking, the rest of the rewards arrived. The palace servants behind An Lingrong hurriedly took the rewards, "Your servant greets Lady An. May you be blessed. Here are the things the emperor ordered to be given to you: a pair of cloisonné bracelets, two Ruyi Palace Flowers, a jadeite brooch, two white jade necklaces, two jadeite banners inlaid with gold and jewels, a gilded gilded headdress, two silver and gilded sachets, and ten bolts of silk and satin of various colors."

An Lingrong looked at these dazzling rewards, which were things she had never had in her previous life. But she finally achieved it in this life. She was herself, An Lingrong, not the Li Fei who was laughed at by others, and she was no longer a toy for fun.

"By the way, my lady, there is a reward that the emperor has specifically instructed, and it must be handed over to you." Then, he handed over the box in his hand. An Lingrong opened the box and saw that there was silver and gold inside.

"The Emperor learned about the young lady's situation from the Empress Dowager, and specially asked the servant to give it to the young lady. Here are 200 taels of silver and 20 taels of gold."

An Lingrong was pleasantly surprised and said quickly: "Hurry, Xiao Lezi, take it. Thank you for the emperor's grace and thank you for your hard work, eunuch." Then she took out a gold leaf and rewarded the eunuch.

"Thank you very much, my master. Thank you very much, my master." When the eunuch saw such a valuable reward, he hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

After struggling for most of the day, An Lingrong finally registered all the rewards into the warehouse and just sat down to take a breath.

Xiao Shengzi came in and said, "My lady, Noble Lady Fucha, Concubine Chun, Concubine Xia, and Princess Chaogui are here."

"Please come in." An Lingrong stood up again to greet him, "I wanted to come here a long time ago, but Noble Lady Fucha said that the people who delivered the reward had not left, so she wouldn't let me come." As soon as Xia Dongchun came in, she sat on the chair and complained.

An Lingrong was already used to Xia Dongchun's temper, so she sat down and comforted her: "Okay, there are some nice pieces of cloth in the emperor's reward just now, take them when you leave."

"No, no, my family has given me a lot. By the way, this is brought by a few of us. Congratulations on becoming a noble." Xia Dongchun signaled the servants to bring a few boxes, which contained some fashionable palace flowers and some jewelry made of jewels and jadeite.

"Then, Lingrong would like to thank you all here." Seeing An Lingrong salute, several people hurriedly pulled her up.

"You're still bowing to us. According to the rules, Princess Chaogui and I are the only ones who don't need to bow. The other two will have to bow to you when they see you in the future." Noble Lady Fucha joked.

After that, they chatted for a few words and left. An Lingrong then instructed Bao Yu to send some of these rewards to the concubines in each palace.

He also arranged for Baoque to bring ten kilograms of silver charcoal when delivering it to Wan Changzai. The weather is cold now, and the friendship of sending charcoal in the snow is very precious.

In the following month, An Lingrong was truly the most favored concubine in the harem, although she did not have the privilege of bathing in hot springs or having the imperial concubine like Zhen Huan.

But in the thirty days of January, An Lingrong's name card was turned over for more than ten days, and the rest of the time he did not look for other concubines, and basically let An Lingrong accompany him every day. At first, the empress dowager turned a blind eye, but later she asked An Lingrong to persuade the emperor to treat everyone equally.

According to the regulations, the emperor had to visit the empress on the first and fifteenth day of every month, but the empress had a headache and the emperor had dinner in the Yanx Palace that night. Having dinner meant staying overnight.

But based on An Lingrong's understanding of the Queen, it was definitely the Queen's intention to push her to the forefront. An Lingrong thought that Hua Fei just happened to dislike her these days and sometimes wouldn't let her in when she went to deliver something, so she could just do her a favor.

Afterwards, An Lingrong said softly that it was against the rules for His Majesty to favor her alone, and she didn't want His Majesty to be misunderstood because of her. Every word she said was so sincere that An Lingrong was almost moved to tears.

The emperor was very moved when he heard that every word An Lingrong said was for his own good, and thought that An Lingrong really loved him.

Afterwards, she listened to An Lingrong's advice and went to Hua Fei after dinner. When Hua Fei heard that the Emperor was coming, she was stunned. It was the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month and he should have gone to the Empress Dowager's Palace, but now he came to her, which made Hua Fei extremely happy.

The next day, when he learned that it was An Lingrong who persuaded the emperor to come, he said, "Hmph, she's sensible." Then he asked the eunuch to send a few rewards to An Lingrong, and after that An Lingrong was able to enter the Yikun Palace again.

An Lingrong also persuaded the emperor to go to Shen Meiyu. After all, even if she was favored, she would inevitably be alienated by others, which made the emperor go to Shen Meiyu.

Not only did she win Shen Meizhuang's favor, but she also left others speechless. After all, when she was favored, she did think about her sisters, and it was worth it every day. Moreover, she left an impression of being gentle and virtuous in the emperor's mind, killing three birds with one stone.

But there was another reason, which was that An Lingrong noticed that her period was delayed for several days, and she wanted to be prepared for any eventuality.