Legend of Zhen Huan: Rebirth of Zhen Huan

After Jingbai accepted the two ounces of silver from Jianqiu, he raised the bird's nest in his hand with a flattering look on his face:

"Your Majesty, this is the finest bird's nest that I specially sent someone to buy. Please accept it."

After seeing the quality of the bird's nest, a sneer flashed across the corner of the queen's eyes.

Obviously, she doesn't like it!

And even if it was really excellent, given the queen's cautiousness, she would definitely not use it...

Thinking of this, the Queen smiled and looked at Jing Bai and said:

"Master Jingbai, I appreciate your kindness, but I don't like eating bird's nests recently. You should take it back and use it!"

Hearing what the queen said, Jingbai's expression changed several times.

But then he smiled and looked at the queen and said:

"It's the lady."

The conversation came to an end here. After the queen gave Jingbai a few instructions, she let her leave.

"Your Majesty, Jing Bai is a fence-sitter who is used to changing her attitude according to the situation. Your Majesty, please don't trust her too much..."

After watching Jingbai leave, Jianqiu helped the queen sit down and reminded her in a low voice.

"Whether you are a fence-sitter or a playboy, I don't care..."

The queen picked up the tea that Jianqiu had poured for her, took a sip, and continued with what she had just said:

"Now I only care whether she is useful to me."

Jianqiu wanted to advise the queen, but she knew her temper.

So after thinking about it, she swallowed her words:

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jianqiu replied humbly.

After the queen glanced at Jianqiu, she began to silently think about what to do next.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

The queen looked at Jianqiu warily, and Jianqiu understood and walked towards the door.

After opening the door, Jianqiu was a little surprised. After the visitor explained his purpose, Jianqiu turned to the queen and said:

"My lady, it's Aunt Jiyun who is beside Concubine Shu."

The Queen looked at what Jiyun was holding and immediately said with a smile:

"Please come in quickly."

After Jiyun came in, he looked at the queen and saluted:

"Empress, this is something our prince brought for you when he came to see the Concubine Dowager today..."

"Seventeenth brother is interested."

The queen looked at Jianqiu with a smile.

Jianqiu walked over quickly and took the package from Jiyun's hand.

"The prince wanted to deliver it in person, but he was afraid that it would affect the queen's reputation... so the prince asked this servant to deliver it."

Cumulus continued:

"The prince also told us that if the queen needs anything, she can ask someone to tell our concubine that he will have someone bring it to her the next time he comes."

"I have always known that my Seventeenth Brother is a good person..."

As she spoke, the Queen motioned to Jianqiu to open the package.

What caught her eye was a set of fine writing brushes, inkstones, and paper. The queen was delighted when she saw it:

"I'm so glad that my Seventeenth Brother still remembers that I love practicing calligraphy the most!"

As she spoke, the Queen's fingers gently brushed across the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, then she smiled and looked at Jiyun and said:

"Aunt Jiyun, please tell my Seventeenth Brother next time you see him that I like these things very much."

"Yes, Madam. I will definitely convey your message."

Jiyun lowered his head and spoke politely.

The Queen said a few more words, saying that she would visit Concubine Shu in a few days. Jiyun answered "yes" to each question and then left, making the excuse that she had something to do.

After Jiyun left, the queen ordered Jianqiu to put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.

After grinding the ink, she picked up the brush with a smile and wrote two words on the rice paper:

"Empress Xi."

After looking at it quietly for a few seconds, her expression became gloomy again.

Jianqiu looked down and read softly:

"Empress Xi?"

Then she raised her head and looked at the queen, ready to wait for her next words.

"After Guarjia agreed to this, I can no longer see Concubine Xi clearly."

"What the empress means is..."

Jianqiu said hesitantly.

The Queen put down her pen and walked over from the table:

"If it were me, I would definitely go with the flow and help Guaerjia agree to get rid of Concubine Hua! And she..."

The queen paused, with an unfathomable smile on her face.

"Hearing what your Majesty said, this servant also finds it strange."

Jianqiu thought for a moment and said:

"In the palace today, apart from Concubine Hua, no one can rival Concubine Xi."

"If we get rid of Concubine Hua, there will be no worries that Concubine Xi will be promoted to Concubine..."

"Why would she do the opposite and expose Guarjia's promise to her face?"

"Ha ha……"

The queen looked at Jianqiu and sneered a few times, then slowly said:

"It seems that we have all been fooled by Concubine Xi during this period of time!"

"Your Highness, what do you mean..."

"It is clear that Concubine Xi and Concubine Hua have already joined forces..."

"It's just that they did it too secretly, even I was fooled!"

Having said this, the queen's face became terribly gloomy.

She turned around and slapped her hands on the table.

"How can this be?"

Jianqiu felt the anger coming from the Queen, but she still said in disbelief:

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xi and Concubine Hua... this... how is this possible!"

"impossible?"

The Queen looked at Jianqiu with a calm gaze and said coldly:

"I know what kind of person Concubine Hua was in the past, and you know it too!"

"I have often taken advantage of her impetuous temper to set traps for her, but..."

As she spoke, some recent scenes appeared before the queen's eyes:

"But I don't know since when, Concubine Hua no longer gets irritated by my words and does anything out of line..."

"Your Majesty, when you say that, I remember it too."

When Jianqiu heard what the queen said, she quickly recalled the past events in her mind:

"In the past, Concubine Hua always tried every possible way to oppose Concubine Xi and make her unhappy."

"But now, apart from a few sarcastic remarks, there is no real action."

"Humph……"

The Queen looked at Jianqiu and snorted coldly:

"I'm afraid even the matter of Nian Gengyao is closely related to Concubine Xi..."

"General Nian?"

Jianqiu thought for a moment, then looked at the Queen and said:

"That was a long time ago..."

"If Nian Gengyao hadn't injured his leg, how could the emperor have let him escape unscathed given his fear of the Nian family at the time!"

The emperor glanced at Jianqiu and said expressionlessly:

"If there wasn't someone behind the scenes who was plotting against the Nian brothers and sisters, how could they have such a drastic change of character at the same time, changing from their former domineering and overbearing personalities..."

"Humph!"

As she spoke, the queen snorted again and grabbed the calligraphy on the table:

"It's my fault that I trusted my own judgment too much, which is why I was played around by Concubine Xi and the others."