After Feng Ruozhao knew about this, he met An Lingrong again in the imperial garden.

When Feng Ruozhao talked about the sixteenth tactic of "Thirty-Six Strategies" - playing hard to get, An Lingrong listened attentively with her beautiful eyes shining brightly.

Zhen Huan first moved into the Yinluxuan, a side hall in Tangli Palace, and sent people to look for butterflies. She painted distant mountains in black, cut new clothes, and asked Wen Shichu to make fairy jade powder.

Zhen Huan finally chose the path of using her beauty to please the man, and all Shen Meizhuang had to do to regain her favor was to throw away a bracelet.

During this period, Xuan Ling specially transported mulberry leaves from the south back to An Lingrong.

From autumn to winter, several months passed, and it was December 12th.

Xuan Ling and other concubines gathered in Shanglin Garden to enjoy the snow and drink wine. Zhen Huan excused herself from the party due to illness, preparing to make a stunning debut.

In the Plum Garden, Zhen Huan, with a painting of distant mountains in the distance, pretended to pray. When she stood up, the butterflies that had already frozen to death fell to the ground one after another.

Xuan Ling asked why there were butterflies in winter, and said that the butterflies were also attracted to Zhen Huan.

Xuan Ling brought Zhen Huan back to the banquet. Feng Ruozhao only exchanged pleasantries with her and did not ask where the butterfly came from.

Seeing Xuan Ling's gaze frequently falling on Zhen Huan, Feng Ruozhao looked at An Lingrong thoughtfully.

Xuan Ling asked Zhen Huan to sit next to the emperor. Zhen Huan said that the Queen's position was too important to surpass her, and then she asked Xuan Ling to go to Cao Qinmo or Feng Ruozhao.

In the past, Zhen Huan had overstepped her boundaries many times at banquets and sat next to Xuan Ling dozens of times. This time, she started to play hard to get again.

Zhen Huan kept on talking sweetly, and Xuan Ling finally left the table with Feng Ruozhao.

Feng Ruozhao would not let Xuan Ling leave Chang'an Palace and go to Tangli Palace, thus embarrassing himself.

Zhen Huan waited for half the night, but Xuan Ling did not come.

Zhen Huan was a little anxious, but she still wanted to play hard to get.

The next day, Xuan Ling came to Tangli Palace, but Zhen Huan refused again and advised Xuan Ling to go to other concubines.

After this rejection, Xuan Ling never came again.

Hearing that An Lingrong was becoming more and more favored, Zhen Huan persisted for three days and no longer dared to be pretentious.

Xuan Ling came a day later. After Xuan Ling entered Tangli Palace, Zhen Huan kept Xuan Ling.

But the next day, Xuan Ling summoned An Lingrong again.

Zhen Huan had a deep grudge against Xuan Ling. Her body was too dry to accept Xuan Ling, and Xuan Ling also felt it.

As an emperor, Xuan Ling naturally wants to find someone who is compatible with him when it comes to matters between men and women.

Zhen Huan was embroidering a sachet on her hand, but she felt extremely depressed.

Everything was clearly arranged, but why did Xuan Ling still favor An Lingrong more? Did Xuan Ling really like An Lingrong more?

During the family dinner, Zhen Huan was thinking about how to overthrow the King of Runan. Only when the King of Runan fell, the Murong clan, who relied on the King of Runan, could fall.

After Zhen Huan finished her eyes on Prince of Runan, she set her eyes on An Lingrong.

An Lingrong smiled calmly, while Zhen Huan could only sigh that the world is fickle and people’s hearts have changed.

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Zhen Huan and An Lingrong were competing for favor. An Lingrong appeared to be humble and gave way to Zhen Huan, but she never stopped using spices in her hands.

Although Xuan Ling likes Zhen Huan's talent, Zhen Huan's dry body makes it difficult for Xuan Ling to be satisfied.

A few days later, Zhen Huan told the story of the human pig to Qin Fangyi in Sui Han Pavilion in front of Cao Qinmo, which scared Qin Fangyi crazy.

Cao Qinmo was persuaded by Zhen Huan's clever words and decided to turn against Concubine Hua.

Qin Fangyi's cousin Lu Zhaoyi came to Tangli Palace to ask for an audience, but Zhen Huan refused to see her. She also asked Cui Jinxi to pass a message to Lu Zhaoyi, saying that she should respect Lu Zhaoyi when they meet in the future.

Lu Zhaoyi was afraid of Zhen Huan, so she wrote a letter the next day to resign from her position as Zhaoyi, the head of the nine concubines, and asked to be demoted to Shunyi, the last of the four ranks and five rank, and moved to the cold palace to live with Qin Fangyi.

Xuan Ling didn't remember Lu Zhaoyi at all and agreed immediately.

The Queen tried to persuade her again and again, but Concubine Lu was still determined to do so, so the Queen had no choice but to agree to her wishes.

This incident helped Zhen Huan regain her prestige in the harem.

In the previous dynasty, the King of Runan knocked out the censor Zhang Ruolin who had impeached him.

Zhen Huan suggested that Princess Runan persuade Prince Runan, and that Xuan Ling work hard on Prince Runan's children.

Xuan Ling followed Zhen Huan's advice and named the eldest daughter of Prince of Runan, Princess Qingcheng, as Princess Gongding.

In addition, Princess Gongding was brought into the palace and raised by the Queen Mother as a hostage.

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