After my rebirth, I was the most favored person in Beijing

The road to the palace was much longer than Lin Xi had imagined.

On the way here, she had already thought it through. She had no fear no matter if the people in Huainan Prefecture were evil or had bad intentions.

In front is the teaching nanny, Nanny Chen.

Her face was solemn and meticulous. She brought Lin Xi back from the palace gate and took her all the way to Ziyuan.

This is the residence of the female officials serving the concubines in each palace. It is a courtyard with four entrances and exits. Someone inside saw a new person coming in and kept examining Lin Xi.

Lin Xi followed behind Nanny Chen, who took Lin Xi to the easternmost room. In the palace, everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation represented a person's status and situation.

The people here are used to judging other people by their appearance, so when they saw that Lin Xi's residence was located in the east of Ziyuan, they all became wary of her looks.

This east side was once the residence of Princess Huainan. Since she left, no one has changed its place.

Princess Huainan was a hostage sent by Huainan Prefecture. However, the King of Huainan was highly respected, and Huainan Prefecture was rich in resources. Even His Majesty was kind to Princess Huainan, and no one in the palace dared to offend her.

When I came to the palace today, it was drizzling.

After helping Lin Xi settle down, Nanny Chen called all the female officials together.

Lin Xi could also see that this group of female officials were very respectful to Nanny Chen. She didn't know the origins of this Nanny yet, but under the current circumstances, she was just watching from the side.

Only by understanding everyone's expressions can I be sure how to survive in the palace.

The flowers on the trees have already withered due to the continuous heavy rain.

The ladies stood in a neat row, and Nanny Chen spoke up, "You are all people who accompany the queens, and you are of noble status. The queen specially asked Miss Lin to come to the palace to accompany her, hoping that the ladies would be kinder to Miss Lin."

This sentence simply expressed that Lin Xi was now valued by the Queen.

Lin Xi stood in front of everyone and waited for Nanny Chen to finish speaking, then she bowed slightly.

Before she came to the palace, she had already made plans. Entering the palace was another option, and her original intention was not to enter the palace.

But she could not disobey the Queen's order, so she used her identity as a female official to investigate what she wanted to know.

But this palace is a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones.

It is hundreds of times more dangerous than the Lin Mansion.

However, she still couldn't let go of her grandfather in her heart. Something must have happened in Yecheng that caused Xie Fangyan's temperament to change a bit. He has always been upright and unyielding, but when she saw him a few days ago, she actually saw a hint of fear in his eyes.

Is it because I was reborn that some things in this life have also changed a little?

"We are both female officials, so there is no such thing as embarrassment." Someone took the initiative to break the cold atmosphere. She stepped forward and held Lin Xi's hand, and said kindly: "I am a female official in Wan Fei's palace, Murong Pei'er, you can call me Pei'er!"

Murong Pei'er spoke first, and then people from other palaces came forward one after another to talk to Lin Xi.

"I am Concubine Li's lady-in-waiting, Changsun Changhua."

Changsun Changhua has genes from a foreign race. She has a delicate and small face, and her eyebrows and lips are as bright as spring flowers. She is the most beautiful person here.

And the Lin Xi in her eyes was like a stubborn little flower blooming alone in the autumn rain. Her every move had a captivating charm that could not be ignored.

Lin Xi smiled slightly, bowed to the two of them, and said, "Lin Xi, meet Miss Murong and Miss Changsun."

Both of them have double surnames, which are uncommon in Dayan. They are both from foreign ethnic groups with extremely noble status, and their nobility is naturally needless to say.

When Your Majesty was a prince, Concubine Wan was already a concubine. Along the way, her status in the palace was silent, and all her colors were overshadowed by Concubine Ruan who entered the palace later.

She has two sons and a princess, and the princess is now married.

Concubine Li used to be a maid in the laundry department. Somehow, His Majesty fell in love with Concubine Li and doted on her during those years. She was even given important positions in Concubine Li's family. Now she is an indispensable presence in the court.

However, Lin Xi did not expect that there were people from the Changsun family around Concubine Li.

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Inside the Imperial Palace, the Crown Prince’s side palace.

Crown Prince Zhao Fengshi was talking to Chen Xun. He held the memorial in his hand and frowned, "Master Chen, what do you mean by father?"

Chen Xun glanced at the contents of the memorial and said, "No problem."

Among these, His Majesty has given another reward to the Ninth Prince. This reward is one step higher and is close to that of the Eastern Palace.

Zhao Fengshi sneered, threw the memorial on the ground, and said sarcastically: "Everyone says that I am a son of Fengshi because Your Majesty thinks that I came at the right time. But who can really guess what he is thinking?"

As the two were talking, Bai Hua, the prince's attendant, came over.

"The Queen's newly recruited female official has entered the palace." When Bai Hua saw Chen Xun here again, his eyes revealed a hint of hesitation, but Zhao Fengshi also glanced at him lightly, and he immediately understood the meaning.

"That female official has not yet served the Empress."

Zhao Fengshi nodded but didn't say anything.

On the contrary, Chen Xun raised his eyelids and smiled when he heard this: "Why, the prince also arranged people around the queen?"

Zhao Fengshi did not shy away from saying, "Mother, you are easily influenced by others. There are always people around you who are unwilling to give up and want to do dirty things. I have to help keep an eye on them.

The Queen Mother was not very kind to her son, and could even be considered indifferent. However, the Prince was very close to his mother, and had helped the Queen Mother guard against those around her since she was a child, and it was still the same until now.

"I have never taken Zhao Zongze seriously. He is not my enemy. My real enemy is not here." Zhao Fengshi said, "Father, although you can sit firmly on the throne, you are always afraid of the local princes. The princes have military power, and the central government's military power is always too weak."

"The people in Huainan Prefecture have too long hands. They have extended their hands to places where they shouldn't." Zhao Fengshi said.

Chen Xun looked at the prince with a half-smile and said, "The prince is very far-sighted."

He had seen long ago that the prince was extraordinary and had great ambitions, and he was naturally willing to assist such a person.

The Ninth Prince had never been a consideration for him and the Crown Prince, nor for His Majesty.

He is just the horizontal line between the prince and the emperor.

It can even be said that it is a test question given by the emperor to the prince.

"Huainan Prefecture has always been a major concern." Chen Xun said.

When he mentioned Huainan Prefecture, he seemed like a different person.

"I know the hatred in your heart." Zhao Fengshi spoke, moving his feet and asking casually, "I heard that Lord Chen gets along closely with the female official beside the Queen Mother?"

"Really?" Chen Xun looked at Zhao Fengshi, who was inquiring, and replied calmly, "What about the prince and Miss Shen?"

Zhao Fengshi immediately shut his mouth and said nothing more.

He did have a crush on Shen Qingran, but he also knew that the Shen family was now interested in marrying into the Chen family.

"What are you thinking?" Zhao Fengshi no longer concealed his feelings, his eyes were deep and straight to the heart.

Chen Xun was still as cold and distant as usual, and replied: "Where is the prince?"

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The first lesson Lin Xi taught in the palace was to learn etiquette.

Nanny Chen sent a little palace maid to serve her. The maid standing in front of her was much younger than her and looked very timid.

"I am Liuyun, the servant girl, paying my respects to Miss Lin." Liuyun knelt on the ground, with a hint of fear on her face.

Seeing this, Lin Xi waved her hand and asked her to stand up. "Don't be afraid, I don't eat people."

Liuyun didn't dare to raise her head. She only felt that the voice of the person in front of her was much kinder than that of other female officials in Ziyuan. Her nervousness was relieved a little.

"How long have you been in Ziyuan?" Lin Xi asked.

"Reporting to the lady, three months."

"Hmm..." Lin Xi nodded, "Then do you know the personalities of the other two ladies-in-waiting? Can you tell me about them?"

Liuyun raised his head tremblingly, looking at Lin Xi in front of him, who seemed not so strict, and quickly revealed everything he knew: "In Ziyuan, there are only two female officials, Changsun and Murong, and now there is one more person, you."

"In theory, the selection of female officials needs to go through the Imperial Household Department, and there are many levels of selection, from family background to personal talent. Only after the selection can they enter the palace. After entering the palace, they also need to take tests before they can become female officials."

"Yeah." Lin Xi nodded, smiling and motioning her to continue.

Liuyun paused for a moment before continuing, "In fact, the selection of female officials is for two reasons: first, the ladies in the palace, but to let their families come in and accompany them; second... for the princes in the palace."

Lin Xi already understood. No wonder, there was always a hint of hostility in the eyes of the two of them when they looked at her.

"You can go down and have a rest first!" Lin Xi waved her hand, took off the hairpin from her head and handed it to her: "Thank you for troubling you today."

When Liuyun saw the dazzling golden hairpin, he was moved, but he gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground, "Liuyun didn't do anything, and I don't want to receive rewards without merit. Madam, please take it back!"

Seeing this, Lin Xi stood up, walked to her, bent down and pinned the hairpin on her bun, "It looks very nice."

No one in this palace has ever treated him like this. Liuyun never thought that she could be such a good person.

There have always been rumors that she was so capable and resourceful that the queen made an exception and promoted her to be a female official.

However, she did not expect that Lady Lin would be so kind to them, the maids.

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At night, the lights in each palace were turned off early.

A small lamp was lit in the west room of Ziyuan, and the candlelight was dim.

Changsun Changhua and Murong Pei'er were sitting on the bed in the inner room, both of them wearing only their inner clothes. There was a small low table with a wine pot on it on the bed.

Changsun Changhua picked up the wine glass and drank it all. He looked at the wine glass in his hand with disgust and couldn't help saying, "Really, there is no joy in drinking without a wine bag."

Murong Pei'er agreed and said, "Yes, if we go back home, we can drink from wine bags, eat meat and drink wine with big mouthfuls. In this palace, we can't eat meat or drink wine at will, it's really boring."

Hearing her say this, Changsun Changhua glanced at her and said, "This is inside the palace, there are ears on the walls, what nonsense are you talking about?"

They can say they want to go home, but they cannot say that the palace is boring.

"Tell me, what do you think of the person who came today?" Murong Pei'er entered the palace later than Changsun Changhua. Both of them are from complex families and are very similar in some ways.

Zhang Sun Changhua pursed his lips and said nothing, then drank another glass of wine: "I don't know how deep he is, but anyone who can be favored by the Queen will not be a simple person."

In this palace, everyone says that the Queen is simple-minded and gentle, which often displeases His Majesty.

And Your Majesty just likes people who are bright, beautiful and spoiled like Concubine Ruan.

However, Changsun Changhua always felt that the Queen was no simple person since she had been able to stand firm in the palace for so many years. And there must be something about Lin Xi that the Queen valued, which made her make an exception and do such a thing.

"So what? She is just the daughter of a minor official, and she is not favored at home. What kind of trouble can she cause?" Murong Pei'er raised the corner of her mouth, looked at her cautious expression, and continued: "I think you have been in this palace for a long time, and you are a little too cautious."

Is she being overly cautious?

Zhang Sun Changhua shook his head: "You'd better not think so. If she really has some extraordinary ability, we'd better stay away from her and not provoke her."

Hearing this, Murong Pei'er stared at her intently, with a look of inquiry in her expression, "What if the Queen wants her to take our place?"

Who can say for sure about this matter?

"I just don't believe that she can take our positions right away just by coming to the palace." Murong Pei'er said unconvincedly, "We came to the palace earlier than her and have more seniority. It should be our turn anyway."

They came to the palace for their families.

Otherwise, who would want to enter this lifeless place?

There was a trace of confusion in Murong Pei'er's eyes. She could no longer figure out what she wanted to do.

"In this palace, seniority has never been the norm. If the Queen intends to do so, there is nothing we can do." Changsun Changhua said, "Let's wait and see. Aren't the female officials also going to be assessed?"

Murong Pei'er's eyes dimmed when she heard this, "I just want to leave this damn place."

"Whoever dares to stand in my way, I will..."

The eldest grandson shook his head and told her not to continue.

She also didn't believe that after being in Ziyuan for so long, they would lose to the newcomer Lin Xi in the female official assessment.

"It is only with her presence that we can stand out in the female officer assessment."