The incident involving Longkodo made the Empress Dowager extremely angry, and it must have been related to the Emperor.

Nian Shilan lowered her eyes and thought, then raised her lips, "The Queen Mother is not feeling well, it's better for Huipin to go more often. After all, Huipin is favored by the Queen Mother, and she is used to serving the Queen Mother and knows what she likes. The Queen is a precious person, so she should take care of her body. The harem still needs someone to take charge of the overall situation."

The corners of her lips were raised, and her expression was indifferent, making it hard to tell what her mentality was when she said this.

The Queen smiled and looked at Nian Shilan, "Thank you for your reminder, Noble Concubine. I will take it seriously."

Hearing this, Nian Shilan just smiled faintly and didn't say anything else.

After the morning meeting, many concubines came forward to congratulate Nian Shilan on his restoration to the throne.

The first to be affected was Concubine Xin.

"The Imperial Concubine is overjoyed. Now that she has the Fourth Prince, her position in the Emperor's heart has become even closer."

Nian Shilan pursed her lips, and just smiled faintly in the face of her flattery, agreeing with her from time to time.

But there was a rare delicate figure among the crowd.

An Lingrong stood at the very end, looking like she wanted to say something but didn't dare to.

Instead, he looked at Concubine Jing and asked in a rare friendly tone.

"My restoration is not a big deal. Besides, the Queen Mother is ill now, so it is not appropriate to arrange anything. Why not invite all the sisters to have tea and chat in Yikun Palace? Jing Fei, what do you think?"

She named Concubine Jing, who was naturally surprised.

She was originally a little nervous, afraid that Nian Shilan would dislike her even more because of the matter of the Fourth Prince.

After all, it was she who was unwilling to raise the Fourth Prince that made her raise him.

However, Nian Shilan did not seem to have such an idea. Instead, she made a gesture of goodwill.

This made Concubine Jing unsure for a moment.

"Of course it is excellent. The refreshments in Yikun Palace are the best in the palace." Concubine Jing smiled awkwardly and spoke.

"In that case, let's go tomorrow afternoon. I'll have your favorite tea ready and snacks prepared for you in Yikun Palace." Nian Shilan smiled.

After being named a noble concubine, she became even closer to her.

Xin Changzai was the first to agree, "The arrangements made by the Imperial Concubine are of course excellent. I will definitely be there on time."

Nian Shilan nodded slowly and looked at Zhen Huan, "Concubine Wan is pregnant now, it is better for her to rest and take care of the baby in the palace. Don't let someone with ulterior motives take advantage of you this time."

Zhen Huan was slightly stunned, and An Lingrong behind her seemed to be frozen all over.

I didn't dare to look up at other people's faces, nor did I dare to speak.

"Thank you for your reminder, Concubine Hua. I will definitely pay attention to it."

Seeing this, Nian Shilan nodded, then got on the sedan chair and left.

The concubines bowed and said, "Farewell, Her Majesty Hua."

All the concubines left, only An Lingrong stood there.

Ever since Zhen Huan's miscarriage and the scar-removing glue she used was exposed, everyone in the palace acted as if she didn't exist.

When Concubine Fang Caihua said those words, she felt her breathing become faster.

"My lady, let's go back." Baojuan said with concern and held her hand tightly.

Remind her that this is not the time to be sad.

With Baojuan's reminder, An Lingrong slowly regained consciousness and she smiled bitterly.

"Go back, can you still go back?"

There was something else in her words, but Baojuan obviously didn't quite understand what she was saying.

He just continued, "Of course we can go back, my lord, let's go."

An Lingrong looked at the road ahead, warm tears welling up in her eyes.

"Okay, then go back."

When we returned to the Yanxi Palace, the weather was hot and the room was burning as if there were dozens of charcoal pots.

Naturally, she didn't dare to ask for ice to be delivered by the ice shop.

But in this kind of weather, I can't even have a decent bowl of mung bean soup.

The Imperial Household Department had long known that she had no hope of turning things around, and so they treated her harshly.

The title is just a promise, but the share is even less than that.

Even the maids around Concubine Hua lived better than her.

She really didn't know what the point of living in this palace was.

She was upset, and even more irritated sitting in the heat of the hall.

Suddenly, I heard the voices of Baojuan and Baoque talking outside.

"Have all the summer clothes from the Ministry of Internal Affairs been brought here?" Baojuan asked again.

Bao Que was very upset and complained, "I didn't get it. They said I had to send it to the palaces of the ladies who were promoted and the queen. They also said there were too many ladies who were promoted recently and they were too busy. In short, they found another excuse to send me away."

"Never mind, never mind. I'm just being bullied anyway. I can just make my own clothes. Go find the young lady's clothes from last year, wash them, and hang them out."

"Yes."

Hearing the word "promotion", An Lingrong's grip gradually tightened, tightly grasping the silk in her hand.

She felt upset and jealous.

Although the Empress Dowager reminded her from time to time in front of the Emperor, the Emperor had not come to her palace for half a year.

Even Concubine Xin was promoted, and Concubine Li, who had just been in the palace for two months, became pregnant.

But what about her?

But nothing.

Now that Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang are both successful, she has become the one looked down upon by everyone.

Baojuan walked in and saw that she looked unhappy, so she knew that she must have heard the conversation between her and Baoque outside.

"My lady, we should not bother with those servants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who flatter the powerful and bully the weak."

"I flatter the powerful and trample on the weak. I am stepped on everywhere. When will I be able to climb up to a higher place and get out?"

Baojuan's eyes flashed with a trace of distress, "My lady, why don't we go and ask the Queen Mother for help? Maybe the Queen Mother will favor you, my lady."

"I am now nothing more than a discarded pawn in front of the Queen. What use can I be?"

"My lady, you have it. Don't forget that Concubine Wan and Noble Li are both pregnant. If you don't fight for it now, when Noble Concubine Hua recommends a woman to enter the palace in the future, I'm afraid there will be no place for you. So my lady..."

An Lingrong lowered her eyes. She naturally understood what Baojuan said.

But grace, to others, is like an endless stream of water.

But to her, it was like a dry dead well, and she didn't know how much effort it would take to open it up.

Suddenly, she smelled a strange smell.

"Baojuan, what's that smell?"

Baojuan sniffed and suddenly remembered something, "Oh, young lady, this is the incense you lit last night. I'm afraid Baoque got confused and forgot to take it away. Now that it's hot in the summer, the sweet fragrance from last night is gone, and instead there's a strange smell."

fragrant?

A bold idea came to An Lingrong's mind.

……

Yikun Palace.

Nian Shilan asked Fudong to clean up the side hall early for the Fourth Prince to live in.

He also asked Xichun to pick up the Fourth Prince from his residence.

By the time she returned, everything was almost done.

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