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

Nian Shilan first praised it, and then said.

"But today, you were so timid and cowardly that you didn't even dare to speak loudly to defend yourself. I thought you were scheming but not brave. You are the sister of the deputy commander."

At the last sentence, Li Ying's shoulders trembled slightly.

There was a flash of shame in his eyes, but he felt very strange in his heart.

Why did Nian Shilan say this to her?

And Nian Shilan seemed to be able to read her mind and immediately understood what she was thinking.

"I never share my Yikun Palace with others. Since I let you live here, you are someone I value. You and I are both daughters of generals, so I think highly of you."

Li Ying looked up at her, her eyes full of confusion, "But...I don't understand why Your Majesty still wants to..."

"Why do we have to lower your status and suppress you openly or secretly?"

Nian Shilan blurted out, and without waiting for her to speak, Nian Shilan continued.

"Before you entered the palace, no one paid attention to you because you were a concubine. Therefore, if you don't make a name for yourself, you will be amazing. The emperor will also feel sorry for not giving you the position of a noble and feel that he owes you. Only in this way can there be feelings and a future."

Li Ying seemed to understand a little bit, her eyes flickered, "Thank you for your teachings, Empress Hua."

Nian Shilan suddenly sighed, "You have won the emperor's favor, but you have attracted the jealousy of Concubine Qi, which is why today's incident happened. You'd better be careful if Concubine Qi gets into trouble with you in the future."

Li Ying knew very well how difficult it was to deal with Concubine Qi.

Not only is Concubine Qi brutal and unreasonable, she is also the first to complain and has a lot of vicious and cruel tricks, just waiting for her to fall into their trap.

"I beg your Majesty to give me some advice and teach me what to do."

Li Ying leaned forward, her face filled with anxiety, fear and panic, and she was desperately trying to find a way to survive.

In fact, she asked Fangruo about the emperor's preferences just because she wanted to show off in front of the emperor, but she didn't expect to be so favored by the emperor.

So even she herself was surprised.

But she didn't know that all these surprises were part of Nian Shilan's plan.

She asked Fangruo to be Li Ying's teaching aunt, and deliberately let Fangruo talk more about what Queen Chunyuan was good at.

Then, when forcing Li Ying to compete for favor, she would definitely think of using Queen Chunyuan.

Once it comes to Empress Chunyuan, the Emperor will surely treat her like a treasure and dote on her.

This would bring resentment and criticism from people in the palace.

If you want to control a chess piece that is completely your own.

It is necessary to let her fall into the abyss, and then rescue her like a savior.

At this moment, in Li Ying's eyes, Nian Shilan was indeed like a savior, and she could almost be trusted completely.

"I think you can see that Concubine Qi has the Queen's support. If the Queen doesn't allow it, Concubine Qi won't dare to accuse you of pushing her into the water. You have offended the Queen, and I am in a difficult position."

Nian Shilan pretended to be annoyed and shook her head, then turned her back to Li Ying.

Li Ying collapsed and knelt down, holding onto the corner of Nian Shilan's clothes, tears falling down her cheeks, "Please love me, Concubine Hua. You also said that as the daughter of a general, I will definitely be used by Concubine Hua in the future, and I will not be as cowardly as I am today. As long as Concubine Hua is willing to help me, I will not let you down."

After saying this, he kowtowed to show his loyalty.

And where she couldn't see, the corners of Nian Shilan's beautiful lips curled up slightly.

"Okay, since you said so, I will help you."

Nian Shilan turned around, pretending to be distressed, and stroked her head, "Okay, stop kneeling, get up, I will help you."

"It's just that from now on, you and I can't be of the same mind on the surface, but I will protect you."

"Thank you, Empress Hua."

Nian Shilan put down her hand, her face much more relaxed, "Okay, go back, I'll have someone deliver the women's ring you copied by hand tomorrow."

"Thank you, ma'am."

……

Jingren Palace.

At night, the queen was dressing herself up as she prepared to rest.

"Your Majesty will stay in Chuxiu Palace tonight?" The Queen asked, stroking her hair and opening the wine jar.

Jianqiu nodded, "Yes, I accompanied Concubine Qi for dinner and stayed in Chuxiu Palace the whole time."

The Queen sighed, "That's good. I would be worried if the Emperor always favored Li Changzai."

After so many years, my sister's depression still lingers.

Whenever the emperor encounters something related to his sister, he is always fascinated by it.

Just like Zhen Huan’s face which is so similar to her sister’s.

The emperor was completely bewildered by her.

However, this Li Ying seemed to be quite capable, as she was able to make the Emperor ignore Zhen Huan and stay at her place for several days in a row.

"Li Changzai is not as pretty as Concubine Qi, so it is surprising that she is so favored. No one thought highly of her in the past."

Jianqiu continued speaking along the lines of what the Queen said.

"Haven't Concubine Hua noticed her a long time ago? She even let her live in the Yikun Palace." The Queen looked at herself in the bronze mirror and said nonchalantly.

Jian Qiu disagreed, "But Concubine Hua let her live in, but she had no intention of winning over Concubine Li. I think Your Majesty should take this opportunity to win over Concubine Li so that she can be firmly under Your Majesty's control."

A different emotion flashed in the queen's eyes, "It's not that I don't have this intention, but I always feel that something is wrong."

Jianqiu frowned, "But do you think Li Changzai is too weak?"

The Queen raised her eyebrows, "Do you also think that what she did today was too weak?"

"My humble opinion is that if Concubine Li had used her great favor to argue for Concubine Qi today, the Emperor might have sided with Concubine Li. But Concubine Li did not. I don't know if it was out of weakness or intentional."

The queen slowly stood up and walked towards the bed. "Whether it was intentional or out of weakness, she was wronged today and was punished by Concubine Hua. Take the Lanzhi pattern colorful cloud bottle from my storehouse and send it to her."

"Yes. Your Majesty is kind-hearted. I'm sure that when Li Changzai receives the gift, she will understand your intentions."

After saying this, Jianqiu immediately went to do it.

It's almost late at night.

Li Ying hurriedly delivered the copied "Female Rules" to Concubine Hua before returning to her own palace.

Suddenly Mohua came to report that Aunt Jianqiu from Jingren Palace had arrived.

Li Ying was a little surprised.

Just as Concubine Hua had expected, someone from Jingren Palace really came.

With a hint of doubt, she asked someone to invite Jianqiu in.

After Jianqiu came in, she simply greeted everyone.

Then he took out the reward from the Queen.

"Li Changzai, this is a gift from the Empress to comfort my lady. It is a colorful cloud vase with orchid-shaped patterns that has just been brought into the palace from Nanzhao. I'm sure it will look great in the palace."

When she said this, a hint of surprise indeed flashed across Li Ying's face.

In fact, he was surprised that Concubine Hua had guessed everything.