When I opened my eyes, Zhen Huan knelt in front of me and had a miscarriage

Yixiu didn't expect that this was the first trouble she encountered since the ban was lifted.

It turned out that it didn't come from Nian Shilan, but from Concubine Duan.

What is even more incredible is that this concubine, who has always been independent and never asked about the affairs of the harem, actually proposed to her the idea of ​​enriching the harem.

The reason is simple, of course, that Yinzhen has been in a depressed mood recently, and his concubines are dying out and his offspring are few and far between.

As a concubine, she certainly has reason to think about the affairs of the harem for the emperor.

What made Yixiu even more worried was that it was obvious that this matter was not intended to be reported to her.

Instead, he had discussed it with Yinzhen in advance and informed Nian Shilan. Telling her now was just to give face to the Empress Dowager and to go through the motions.

Because of this, it was difficult for Yixiu to find excuses to delay.

She could only continue to put on a virtuous and proper smile, and then said slowly, "That's good, of course. But..."

Yixiu's best skill is this "but". She says one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes, and she is always good at it.

Concubine Duan had expected this and listened to her attentively.

Yixiu smiled, revealing her small, pure white teeth. "But the emperor said that the selection ceremony, which is held every three years, is too extravagant. Last time, only women of appropriate age were selected from the families of several meritorious officials to enter the palace. I wonder how the emperor plans to choose this time. I have to wait until I ask the emperor before making a decision."

Concubine Duan just smiled faintly, acting sickly and weak, not caring about trivial matters and just putting forward an idea.

"Your Majesty, what you said is very true. However, I discussed with the Emperor last night and I think it is a good idea to select from the families of officials in the court. However, it would be meaningless if we only select meritorious officials. We should still select some lively and sensible ones. To be honest, I don't know many ladies in the capital, so Your Majesty needs to pay more attention to this matter."

Once these words were spoken, there was both retreat and advance, and every word was reasonable but not out of proportion.

Yixiu had no choice but to accept.

She knew that if she wanted to refuse, it would be useless to tell Concubine Duan, so she had to tell Yinzhen.

However, she was now in an awkward situation, and if she discussed delaying the matter with Yinzhen, she was afraid that it would only cause dissatisfaction and further distract her.

Therefore, she could only swallow her anger and select people honestly.

But the incident happened suddenly, and she was confined to her house for many days, so she could no longer get things done as smoothly as before.

There were no obstacles anywhere, and Nian Shilan had spies and connections everywhere.

Even if she was ready to start selecting people for her own camp at this moment, it was not convenient and it was too late.

The only solution she could think of was to do this thing slower and slower.

Slowly train those beauties, and build up a few connections of your own among them.

And all of her actions were within Nian Shilan's expectations.

The Queen had unknowingly delayed the matter of selecting beauties to enter the palace for more than four months, and even Songzhi was a little anxious.

He repeatedly asked Nian Shilan, "Do we need our people to advance secretly?"

But all he got was the queen's calm reply, "It's okay, let's not take action at this time."

The cleaner it is, the less likely you will be suspected if something goes wrong in the future.

And these days, things in the palace seem calm, but in fact they are turbulent.

Suiyuxuan is getting worse day by day.

Although Zhen Huan had thought about condescending to please Yinzhen because of family matters in the past, Yinzhen had his own reasons.

On the one hand, he hated Zhen Yuandao so much that he could never forgive him for that incident.

But on the other hand, he didn't want Mrs. Zhen to be hurt in any way.

So the emperor's punishment changed from "Zhen Yuandao and his family were exiled to Ningguta" to "Zhen Yuandao was imprisoned and his family was imprisoned in Zhen's mansion". As a result, Zhen Huan was completely disheartened. She deliberately treated the emperor coldly, and her dream of pure love was shattered. The emperor naturally didn't want to be treated coldly, and he thought Zhen Huan was really ungrateful.

Thinking of this, Nian Shilan felt that it was still necessary for her to meet Zhen Huan.

Broken Yuxuan.

As winter approaches, the days are getting colder. The Forbidden City, covered in silver, is truly beautiful.

But not many people are willing to reward it.

After all, not many people would be willing to do this to the extent that just walking out would freeze them to death.

The young eunuch who was sweeping the snow at the door of Suiyuxuan was stunned when he saw the sedan chair. He stood there blankly, rubbing his eyes, thinking he had seen it wrong.

After all, Concubine Wan is not favored, and Suiyuxuan is cheap, so even the servants are unwilling to come here.

It was really strange that Concubine Hua was here.

Songzhi rubbed her hands, reluctantly took them out of her sleeves, and pointed at the eunuch, "I saw that the imperial concubine's sedan chair couldn't come, so why are you the only one guarding the door?"

The young eunuch hurried over and knelt down, "I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please forgive me, Your Majesty, I was frozen stupid."

Nian Shilan was too lazy to lift the curtain, "Okay, lead the way."

"Yes, this way, please."

When we got to the courtyard, there was some atmosphere. Liu Zhu came out from inside and asked, "Who is this?"

His bright eyes looked at the sedan curiously, then looked at Songzhi beside him and realized something.

Loudly, "This servant pays respects to the Empress Hua Guifei."

Jing Xi and Zhen Huan inside were also stunned. They were sewing winter clothes for themselves. Their hands twisting the silver needles paused and they looked at each other.

Jin Xi was surprised. "Oh, it's so cold, why did the imperial concubine come here suddenly?"

After that, he became alert again, "Huanbi, go and light a few more charcoal fires. This room is not warm enough. It would be bad if the imperial concubine gets cold."

Huanbi looked embarrassed and said, "Aunt, it's not that I don't want to go, but our charcoal fire is no longer enough."

Zhen Huan looked a little pale and listless. She sighed, "Forget it, just order as much as you can. Huanbi, go get a few more hot water bottles. The Imperial Concubine is afraid of the cold."

"Yes."

There was a noise outside the door. It was Nian Shilan who arrived.

The servants opened the door, and Jin Xi supported Zhen Huan to the door, and they all bowed.

"Greetings, Madam Imperial Concubine."

"Okay, it's cold, let's all sit down."

Nian Shilan was not polite and casually raised her hand, allowing Songzhi to take off her fur coat and go inside.

When she saw the needle and thread for sewing winter clothes on the table, she was slightly stunned. She moved her body before she reacted.

It's actually colder inside this room than outside.

I felt a little uncomfortable for a moment. After all, there was plenty of charcoal fire burning in the Yikun Palace, and it was as warm as spring.

"How did the Imperial Concubine find time to come here today? I am short of charcoal and clothes, and I am really sorry for neglecting you." Zhen Huan said with guilt, but there was no guilt on her face.

It's probably like, I have nothing here, what are you doing here, do you have any other intentions?

Nian Shilan laughed in her heart.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he was in such a strong position and Zhen Huan had no energy to fight back, I'm afraid Zhen Huan would have turned her back on him by now.

After all, she knew that Zhen Huan was so smart that she would definitely guess that many of the things that happened in the past were her doing.