"Huan'er!" While waiting for the palace selection, Shen Meizhuang's surprised voice came from not far away.

An Lingrong looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhen Huan still dressed the same as in her previous life, standing out among the colorful flowers.

Seeing Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang having a heated conversation, An Lingrong walked towards the direction where there were fewer people.

After a while, Xia Dongchun screamed: "Whose daughter are you? Are you blind? How dare you pour such hot tea on me?"

Even without An Lingrong's panicked walking, Xia Dongchun was still splashed with water.

An Lingrong, who had been observing Xia Dongchun from the side, saw clearly this time that it was the tea-serving maid who bumped into him on purpose.

The unlucky person who replaced An Lingrong was Sun Miaoqing. Unlike An Lingrong, Sun Miaoqing did not come from a humble family. The Sun family was a member of Nian Gengyao's faction.

It’s just that Sun Miaoqing failed in the selection in her previous life, and she will never be allowed to participate in the selection again.

Sun Miaoqing was grabbed by Xia Dongchun's sleeve. She frowned and broke free from Xia Dongchun's hand. She bowed and apologized, "It was Miaoqing who was accidentally bumped into by someone, which made my clothes wet. Miaoqing apologizes to my sister."

After taking a look at Sun Miaoqing's attire, Xia Dongchun kept asking, "Which family are you from? Who is your father?"

Sun Miaoqing was about to reply when Zhen Huan came over and interrupted, "Sister, don't be angry. It's just a piece of clothing. I brought some spare clothes with me, so you can just change into them. Today is the election, and if you make such a fuss, I'm afraid it will alarm the emperor. If he gets angry, how can you and I bear it? Besides, even if the emperor is not alarmed today, if it gets to other people's ears someday, it will ruin your reputation as a virtuous sister. Isn't it worth it to lose more than you gain for a piece of clothing? I hope you will think twice."

After hearing this, Xia Dongchun looked at Zhen Huan and said unmercifully, "You are so conceited about your beauty that you think you will definitely be selected, so you can order me around?"

Before Zhen Huan could continue to argue with Xia Dongchun, Sun Miaoqing spoke up: "My brother is Sun Zhuhe, the Suzhou textile manufacturer."

Hearing this, Xia Dongchun snorted in dismay. Then, she glared at the tea-serving maid standing beside her and said, "Since you have apologized for this matter, I will forgive you and will not bother with you anymore."

After finishing speaking, Xia Dongchun glared at Zhen Huan again, then turned around and left in a hurry.

Zhen Huan smiled awkwardly. She had thought that Sun Miaoqing was a woman of humble origin. Since she was also from the Han army, she could be recruited to serve. However, she did not expect that she would not be able to be used at all.

Sun Miaoqing and Zhen Huan performed the greetings as equals and after they introduced themselves to each other, Sun Miaoqing left on the pretext of changing clothes.

Shen Meizhuang then came forward and said to Zhen Huan, "Huan'er, you are always so kind."

Zhen Huan forced a smile and continued to chat with Shen Meiyu, but after a while, when Zhen Huan saw An Lingrong's outfit not far away, the smile on her face could no longer be maintained.

When An Lingrong saw Zhen Huan looking at her, there was no change in her expression. She just nodded slightly.

Shen Meizhuang looked in the direction of Zhen Huan and saw that An Lingrong's outfit was similar to Zhen Huan's. She frowned and wanted to say something, but she felt something strange in her heart, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Shen Meizhuang thought to herself: This concubine is dressed so similarly to Huan'er, could it be that she also doesn't want to enter the palace?

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