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

This year marks the sixth year of the Emperor's reign.

As March began, a drizzle began to fall in the capital.

The dense water vapor was lingering and damp and cold, and An Lingrong, who didn't like going out in the first place, became even more lazy to move.

She stayed in Yonghe Palace all day long, making perfume and reading books, and occasionally made clothes for the emperor to pass the time.

Since last year's Wanshou Festival, she has become even more favored. She accompanies the emperor most of the time when he comes to the harem, and the remaining time has to be shared with Concubine Qi and Xia Dongchun.

This made the newly promoted Concubine Qi very dissatisfied. Every time she went to the Queen's palace to pay her respects, she would rely on her position to make sarcastic remarks about her just like An Lingrong.

In this life, An Lingrong no longer tolerated her and fought back fiercely, crushing Concubine Qi every time until she felt ashamed, angry and furious.

So Concubine Qi unilaterally held a grudge against An Lingrong in her heart.

An Lingrong didn't notice her little trick at all and continued to do as she pleased.

As a result, rumors gradually spread in the palace that she was becoming arrogant because of her favor.

In the Yonghe Palace in the afternoon, An Lingrong was wearing a snow-blue Manchu dress embroidered with magnolia flowers. She was half-lying lazily on the couch with a thin quilt covering her, reading a copy of "Records of Entering Sichuan" in her hand.

The aroma from the three-legged incense burner with a beast knob and two lion ears is so lingering that it makes people drowsy.

When the emperor came in, he saw An Lingrong enjoying herself:

"You are quite at ease."

Hearing the emperor's voice, An Lingrong's sleepy body suddenly woke up. She hurriedly got off the couch and saluted:

"I am a mediocre person who only knows how to eat and drink. Your Majesty, why are you here at this time?"

It wasn't that An Lingrong wanted to find out anything. Usually at this time of the year, the Emperor would still be in the Yangxin Palace writing letters.

"Zhang Tingyu and Long Keduo have different opinions on the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue. They have been arguing for several days. I have a headache. I came to your place to take shelter."

As the emperor spoke, he walked towards the couch, leaned on it with a tired look on his face, pulled the quilt that An Lingrong had just covered herself with and covered herself with it, and started chatting casually:

"You changed the scent again today? This scent smells like grass and trees after the rain, which is very suitable for this kind of weather."

As they spent more time together, An Lingrong became more relaxed in front of the emperor: "This is the wild flower fragrance that I just made. I like its unrestrained smell facing the sun. If the emperor thinks it is good, I will have some sent to the Yangxin Palace."

The emperor casually picked up the travelogue and flipped through it. "Don't bother. The Yangxin Palace is quiet and cold. It's better to have a warm and lively room like yours. I'll come more often."

Seeing the emperor curled up his legs, An Lingrong quickly squatted down to take off his boots, and said with a sweet smile: "Then it is because of this fragrance that I can see the emperor every day."

The emperor did not stop flipping through the book: "You are becoming more and more greedy. There are so many people in the harem. If I really come to you every day, I guess you will have to persuade me to treat everyone equally."

An Lingrong smiled even more coquettishly, with a hint of indulgence in her smile: "I will not persuade you. I am the emperor's concubine, so I naturally wish to accompany him for a long time. I will not pretend to be generous and push him away."

The emperor put the book down, closed his eyes, and gently rebuked An Lingrong: "You are getting more and more reasonable. I will take a nap. Call me in an hour."

An Lingrong stopped talking, just straightened his legs, tucked the quilt together, and then left quietly.

In the past few months, the emperor seemed to be doing fine, but after many such conversations, An Lingrong could still feel his sadness. It seemed that the emperor had not completely let go of the matter of Zhen Huan.

An Lingrong calculated the days and thought that the letter she brought back from Ningguta should arrive soon.

In the previous life, the Emperor suddenly favored Zhen Huan in Ganlu Temple, which caught the Empress off guard. She didn't understand how someone who had been trampled on could suddenly make a comeback.

At that time, she and Concubine Qi were fighting fiercely for the position of the number one person in front of the Queen. Without thinking too much, she even thought that the Emperor and Zhen Huan had rekindled their old love.

But it was not until she inadvertently learned from Xiao Xia Zi's behavior that Zhen Yuandao had returned to Beijing from Ningguta to recuperate that she began to guess that perhaps it was no coincidence that Zhen Huan met the emperor again.

At that time, she was suppressed too much by the Queen and bullied too badly by Concubine Qi. After guessing the truth, she did not tell the Queen about it. After all, it was a good thing for her at that time that someone could restrain the Queen. Perhaps she could even get a chance to get rid of the Queen completely.

In this life, Zhen Huan also left the palace and went to Anqi Temple, where she could not leave without an imperial edict.

But An Lingrong still made preparations, for she knew too well the Guwaljia people's nature of taking advantage of others' misfortunes.

Rendong's second brother Xiaohu is already sixteen years old. He is smart and has learned martial arts. It is time for him to travel outside.

When the Zhen family was exiled to Ningguta, she asked someone to bring him silver and medicinal herbs, and asked him to find an escort company to go to Ningguta first. When the Zhen family arrived, she would try to get along with his family and take care of them when necessary. They also agreed to send back news after the spring.

Thinking of this, An Lingrong walked out of the house. The rain was still falling, and the sound of the raindrops was disturbing.

Zhen Huan, after this, I don't owe you anything anymore.

Less than an hour later, when the emperor woke up, An Lingrong was leaning against the couch, making boots for him.

"You have made enough boots for me. You don't need to worry about this."

An Lingrong put down the half-finished black boots in her hand, and then squatted down again to put on the boots for the emperor naturally: "I have the emperor's protection, so I can live so freely, so I want to do my best for the emperor in these matters."

The emperor stretched out his clothes and said, "Well, since you want to show your affection, make me a cloak."

Then he said something that made An Lingrong unable to restrain herself any longer.

"I think you have been a concubine for several years. It is time for you to be promoted. I will ask the Imperial Observatory to choose a good day and promote you to the position of consort."

An Lingrong had never thought that the promotion would come so suddenly. She was stunned for a moment and asked stupidly:

"Why did the emperor promote me?"

The emperor found her stunned look quite interesting and reached out to pinch her cheek:

"You got this out of your kindness. If you don't want it, then I will take it back."

An Lingrong was so frightened that she quickly knelt down to thank him: "Your Majesty's words are as good as gold. I thank you for your grace."

Seeing the uncontrollable smile between her eyebrows, the emperor also laughed: "I have to tell the queen about this matter, so I won't come over tonight."

An Lingrong was still immersed in joy even after the emperor left.

Years ago, the south was hit by a snowstorm that had not been seen in a century. The heavy snow crushed the houses of the poor people, and hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless overnight. They had to wait for rescue from the court in the ice and snow. However, the snowstorm was so severe that it blocked the roads. By the time the government officials arrived at the disaster area, more than 10,000 people had been frozen to death, and countless people had been frostbitten.

Daily food, house reconstruction, disease prevention and control, post-disaster spring plowing, etc. all require money.

The queen took the lead in fundraising in the harem. This time she did not donate any jewelry, but directly donated three thousand taels of silver.

An Lingrong didn't want to surpass her, so she followed the crowd and donated 1,000 taels of silver.

However, when the emperor arrived at Yonghe Palace, she handed over all the 30,000 taels of silver notes she had saved over the years, and also explained the spice shop to the emperor.

Hearing that it was the output of her dowry shop over the years, the emperor held the banknotes in silence for a long time.

Afterwards, as An Lingrong had expected, no one in the harem knew about this money.

She never thought that such a surprise would be waiting for her in March.