The Queen has arrived: An Lingrong does not want to fight in the palace after her rebirth

It snowed heavily overnight, and in the morning the Forbidden City was filled with the rustling sound of snow being swept.

In Jingren Palace, Jianqiu was helping the Queen with her dressing.

"I went to see her yesterday, and Noble Nian is really ill."

The queen put the huge oriental pearls on her ears with her own hands and sighed:

"She got sick at the right time. It looks like the emperor is about to forgive her. Jianqiu, are they ready?"

"Xiao Xia is watching too closely. The people stationed in Yikun Palace cannot get close to Noble Nian. It's not a good idea to divert the trouble away for the time being."

The Queen paused with her earrings on her hand, twitched her brows, and then said nonchalantly:

"We should always be cautious. Since we can't find an opportunity right now, let's wait a little longer. The emperor wants me to help Wanpin get familiar with palace affairs. During this period, I have seen that she is quite capable. Let her take care of the family banquet on New Year's Eve next month."

Jianqiu's lips curled up into a knowing smile. Palace banquets were complicated, with many people and many things to do, so mistakes were bound to happen. Whoever hosted it would not be able to escape the responsibility. She smiled and made a note of the matter, then put the hairpin full of pearls and jade on the Queen's head.

The queen looked at herself in the bronze mirror with a deep gaze. After a moment, she stood up with satisfaction. Jianqiu helped her to accept the greetings from the concubines.

The weather was changeable today. Just after everyone arrived at Jingren Palace for a while, heavy snow began to fall from the sky. Through the translucent gauze window, it seemed that the entire sky and earth outside the house were connected into a vast expanse of white. Soon the snow was above the calves. The servants hid back in the corridor and waited for the snow to stop before cleaning up.

In the Yikun Palace, Concubine Nian's fever subsided and her coughing frequency also decreased. She leaned on the couch and stared at the heavy snow falling outside the window. After a long time, she murmured and asked Lingzhi:

"Is everything safe?"

Through the gauze curtain, Xiao Xiazi's figure could be vaguely seen walking outside the house. Lingzhi took a few steps forward alertly, lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear, and said:

"Master Jiang is not on duty today."

After hearing this, Nian Shilan did not respond, but just continued to stare blankly at the snow scene.

Lingzhi saw this and quietly withdrew, going to urge for today's medicine.

There was a heavy snowfall that lasted for three days.

The medicinal materials prescribed by Jiang Shen were finally used up, and Nian Shilan's illness was suppressed. The director of the Imperial Hospital discovered that Jiang Shen had been absent from work for three days, and hurriedly sent people to Jiang's house to investigate.

After the snow, the sky above the Forbidden City was clear and blue, with the sun shining on the palace, making the entire Forbidden City as beautiful as glass.

Seeing this beautiful scene, people who had been trapped by heavy snow for three days went out to enjoy the scenery. For a while, the long streets and the imperial gardens were filled with the sounds of joy.

When the Queen heard the cheerful noises outside, she also took Jianqiu out to express her wish to share the joy with her concubines.

An Lingrong was not lucky enough to enjoy such a beautiful scenery. When the epidemic was raging, she tested the medicine on herself and damaged her vitality. The death of Noble Lady Fucha made her sad and heartbroken, and eventually she was left with a hidden illness. The changeable weather in the past two days made her heart and lungs feel like they were being pricked by needles. In order to avoid coughing and heartache, she had to stay in the palace to recuperate.

Perhaps it was because the concubines were too harmonious today, or perhaps it was because the scenery was really charming, but before lunch the Empress ordered that all the concubines in the palace be invited to listen to a play for fun at 5 p.m.

When Jianqiu came, he saw that An Lingrong's face was whiter than snow. He didn't want to force her to go out in the cold, so he had to tell her to take care of herself.

At noon, the Changyin Pavilion was crowded with people. The concubines were competing to dress up, their clothes were gorgeous and the air was fragrant. This time, the Queen took the lead in choosing a play, and the opening act was a majestic "Dingjun Mountain", which made people excited and thrilled.

Concubine Duan kept responding to the beat. If you look carefully, Jixiang is not serving her.

Concubine Cao was not in the mood to listen to the opera. She only noticed that the Queen did not invite Nian Shilan to come.

In Yikun Palace.

Nian Shilan looked dimly at Xiao Xia Zi who was bending over to look for pearls on the ground. Her eyes flashed, and then she quickly smashed the vase at Xiao Xia Zi.

"Bang" The moment the vase touched the bone, a crisp sound was heard, and Xiao Xiazi fell to the ground quickly before she could struggle.

Nian Shilan had a bright smile on her face, but her smile was filled with murderous intent. She looked at the unconscious Xiao Xiazi and whispered softly:

"Finally, I will do you a favor. Please do your job well."

After saying that, he glanced at Lingzhi, who was shaking with fear, and said lightly:

"If you also want to have a good ending, just listen to me."

Lingzhi was timid but loyal. She tried her best to control her body and whispered: "I will listen to you, Madam."

Nian Shilan looked at her with satisfaction and said, "I didn't expect that you would be the one left by my side in the end. Go find some soft silk to tie up Xiao Xiazi tightly, to prevent him from waking up and causing trouble. After you have cleaned up, help me put on my makeup."

She wore a purple Manchu dress with a yellow wind-fur vest, a purple wind-fur cloak, and a mandarin duck head with a phoenix holding pearls and kingfisher feathers.

Lingzhi looked at Nian Shilan, who was dressed elegantly and gracefully, and boldly reminded her:

"My lady, you are overstepping your bounds by wearing this."

Nian Shilan didn't care at all:

"Since the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not taken it back, I will wear it. Besides, I want to be a great person and make clothes. Let's go."

Su Xi, who had been waiting anxiously outside the door, was visibly startled when he saw Nian Shilan in her gorgeous attire, but he immediately put on a flattering smile:

"My lady, please go. The Queen invites you to a play today. It would be bad if you go too late."

Nian Shilan stopped and looked at Suxi with a scrutinizing eye.

When Suxi thought she was suspicious, Nian Shilan smiled brightly again:

"Since you can't wait, let's go."

As soon as the group went out, another young eunuch hiding in the dark immediately left the Yiku Palace, bypassed the Yangxin Palace and went straight to the Jingren Palace.

Su Xi kept flattering Nian Shilan along the way. He said that when his family was almost starving, it was the reward silver given to the palace servants by the Yikun Palace that helped his family get through the difficult times. He could never repay this great favor, and if Concubine Nian told him to do anything, he would go through fire and water. Then he spoke up for Concubine Nian, thinking about how glorious he was in the past and how everyone fawned on him, but now people were bullying Concubine Nian and making him suffer injustice everywhere.

Nian Shilan ignored him and just hurried on his way.

When she arrived outside Changyin Pavilion, a voice came out from inside the house:

"Looking back at the prosperous life seems like a fleeting dream, and the remaining life is left to the raging waves." in the lingering opera tune.

This line of opera made Nian Shilan look dazed for a moment, and then he raised his foot to enter the palace, but was stopped by the eunuch guarding the gate:

"Young Master Nian, the play has already begun. It is not convenient for anyone to enter without the Queen's imperial decree."

Nian Shilan glared at the eunuch with a sharp look and said arrogantly, "Please go and ask, if the queen wants to see me, you can't afford to blame her."

After all, she was used to being a boss in the palace, and the eunuch was afraid of her and thought she had something to rely on, so he had to hold his anger and go in to report it.

In the Yiku Palace, the eunuch Xiao Dongzi, who was in charge of cleaning the groceries, saw that the door of the noble lady's bedroom was wide open and no one was guarding it. He hurried to the servants' room and wanted to ask three older palace maids to check, but the servants' room was empty. He guessed that they had gone out to be lazy again.

Xiao Dongzi shouted a few times in the courtyard, but no one answered. It seemed as if he was the only one in the huge palace.

Finally, he bravely tiptoed to the door of the bedroom and mustered up the courage to look inside.

I saw Xiao Xiazi lying on the ground with her hands and feet tied and a cloth ball stuffed in her mouth, and she was not sure whether she was alive or dead.

Xiao Dongzi was so frightened that she screamed instantly. There was a bad guy in Yikun Palace!

He had to hurry to the Queen's palace to report.