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

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

Kunning Palace is right next to your Majesty's bedroom. Its walls are painted with pepper and its roof is covered with glazed tiles. There are corridors on all four sides of the palace and the floor is paved with gold bricks. The roof is a single-eaved roof with four corners. Looking up, every pillar in the courtyard is hung with a big red palace lantern, and the wind sways the leaves outside the courtyard, making a rustling sound.

Even in the glittering palace, the loneliness inside cannot be concealed.

I wonder if the owner of this hall has never cared about it?

Lin Xi thought so much without realizing it. She walked to the main hall of Kunning Palace, and Nanny Chen, who had been leading the way for her, left.

Then, a woman in blue clothes walked out from the darkness of a nearby pillar. She looked at Lin Xi with calm eyes and said, "I am Jasmine, the first-class maid beside the queen."

After Jasmine finished speaking, she led Lin Xi to the side door of the palace and walked into the inner hall. When she entered the inner hall, she saw the queen sitting on a chair and interrupting. She looked lazy. When she heard Lin Xi's footsteps, she didn't even raise her eyelids, as if calling an acquaintance: "Sit down, come and help me see how to arrange this flower."

Jasmine placed her hand in front of her and waved it in the direction of the Queen.

Lin Xi saw her movements, stepped forward, bowed and said, "Your servant Lin Xi pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen."

It was also at this time that she noticed that the Queen had never referred to herself as "this palace" like Concubine Ruan did, but always said "I".

"No need to be so polite. I used to have a great time with your mother in the boudoir. I recognized you the first time I saw you. You are her daughter. Only her daughter's eyes are always different from those of others." The queen raised her head slightly, looked at her and spoke.

Lin Xi listened quietly and always heard unusual meanings from her mouth.

"My lady, do you know my mother?"

Lin Xi actually had a very weak impression of her mother, but she knew that her mother was one of the few people in the world who was good to her.

"Do you still remember your mother?" The queen raised her head slightly and couldn't help but say, "After all, I owe your mother for what happened back then."

"I owe it to my mother?" Lin Xi didn't understand. It seemed that the previous generation had left many mysteries for her to guess. "Please tell me directly, Madam!"

Lin Xi knelt on the ground and spoke sincerely.

"The things of the previous generation are all in the past. Whatever I owe your mother, I will repay you."

While the queen was speaking, she did not stop what she was doing. She picked up a yellow chrysanthemum and put it in a white porcelain vase. She turned and smiled at Lin Xi.

Lin Xi didn't say anything.

It was not until evening that she returned to Ziyuan.

Inside Ziyuan, the lights in Changsun Changhua and Murong Pei'er's bedrooms were still on.

Liuyun was waiting at the door with a lantern in hand. When she saw Lin Xi coming back, she hurried over to greet her and said to her, "Madam, I have heard something."

"You said."

Liuyun quickly said, "The assessment for female officials is about to begin. The Queen did not say that you cannot participate. You should be assessed together with the other two female officials."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xi nodded and said nothing.

The Queen, who had never appeared in front of her in the previous life, came to tell her in this life that she owed it to her mother? She couldn't figure out whether this was true or false.

However, the only thing that is certain now is that she cannot offend the queen.

The queen brought her into the palace, and now she is her only helper in the palace.

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Ruan Liuying, who lived in Fengzao Palace, learned that Lin Xi had entered the palace and became furious in her residence.

Concubine Ruan was not surprised, but she stayed in the palace all the time. She took the nanny to the door of her palace, frowned, and said, "Ruan Liuying, if you don't come out now, I will send you out and never let you enter the palace again."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ruan Liuying opened the door with her hair loose. She looked at Concubine Ruan with tears in her eyes and sobbed, "Why can she enter the palace and become a female official just because I was reprimanded by the Queen?"

"Aunt, is it possible for me to marry the prince?"

In fact, she had fallen in love with the prince the first time she saw him, and later on, she became more and more deeply addicted and unable to extricate herself.

Last time, if it weren’t for Lin’s interference, I wouldn’t have offended the queen.

Now I'm staying in Fengzao Palace, feeling anxious.

The more Ruan Liuying thought about it, the angrier she became. "Aunt, how could she enter the palace?"

Originally, she also wanted to enter the palace to be a female official. With the title of female official, it would be easy for her to marry the prince. However, no matter how she begged, Concubine Ruan refused to agree.

I thought it was because everyone in the family wanted her to marry His Majesty.

Your Majesty is so old and she is so young, how could she be willing to marry Your Majesty.

But she could only think about this sentence in her heart and dared not say it out loud.

"Are we going to let her be proud all by herself?" Ruan Liuying said unconvincedly. She stepped on the broken pieces of porcelain on the ground. "I think the Queen seems to have taken a fancy to Lin Xi. Aunt, you have to make the decision for me on this matter!"

Concubine Ruan looked at her, her eyes red from crying, and shook her head. She said with disappointment in her eyes, "What can I do about this? The Queen doesn't like you. Can I force the Queen? Force the Crown Prince? I don't have the ability to do that."

Hearing this, Ruan Liuying continued to cry even harder, "Could it be that I am just going to watch her harm me and then happily become a female official?"

"She can enter the palace as a female official, but she still has to pass the assessment. I beg your Majesty, if you can pass this assessment, you can naturally become a female official in the palace." Concubine Ruan said, "When the time comes, I will help you enter the East Palace and get along with the prince every day. Wouldn't it be easier?"

Hearing Concubine Ruan say this, Ruan Liuying burst out laughing. She stepped forward, hugged Concubine Ruan's arm, and said coquettishly, "Aunt is still the best to me."

Concubine Ruan just sneered in her heart. It would be a good thing if she could marry the prince, but the prince seemed to look down on her at all. She could only make more plans now.

"Also, if you want to marry the prince, you have to get rid of the person next to you." Concubine Ruan spoke with a hint of warning in her tone.

Cold sweat broke out on Ruan Liuying's forehead, and she couldn't help but wonder, how did my aunt know?

"There are no secrets in this palace. No matter who that person is, you have to be careful. If only I know about it, I can help you cover it up, but if others know about it, you will have no way out. Do you understand?"

Ruan Liuying leaned on Concubine Ruan's arm and agreed in a low voice: "Yes, I understand, aunt."

"Don't think too much now. I'm here for many things." Concubine Ruan patted her back and said, "That man is the prince of Jingnan, right?"

Ruan Liuying's temples throbbed when she heard this. She nodded and said reluctantly, "Yes, it was the Prince of Jingnan, aunt. I was just talking to him because I was bored."

How could she possibly like the Prince of Jingnan? He was just teasing her because he was bored.

After all, there are not many men she can come into contact with in this palace, but the Prince of Jingnan looks very similar to the Crown Prince.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with you getting along with him. If you can convince him to spend more time with Zong Ze and exchange lessons, that would be great." As she spoke, Concubine Ruan gently stroked her hair. "If that's the case, I'll give you a share of the credit. How about that?"

Ruan Liuying nodded. How could she not agree?

And today, for some unknown reason, Princess Jingnan also entered the palace. She paid her respects to the Queen and specifically said that she wanted to meet the daughter of an old friend.

She just saw Lin Xi from a distance, and her eyes instantly turned red.

Lin Xi also noticed this look and looked in the direction of the look. She saw a woman dressed very elegantly, wiping her tears.

Princess Jingnan also realized that Lin Xi had discovered her, so she sent someone to call her over.

The two sat face to face, and Princess Jingnan said, "I didn't want to disturb your life, but your mother and I are close friends. I thought that as long as I didn't disturb your life, you would be fine. I didn't expect it!"

"From what the princess said, are you acquainted with my mother?"

Lin Xi spoke, very distantly. These people had never appeared when she encountered difficulties, but when she entered the palace, they all appeared one by one, as if they regarded her as extremely important.

"Yes, your mother is very kind to me. If it weren't for her, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to marry Prince Jingnan." Princess Jingnan said with a smile.

"I never knew that my mother knew you. You came to the palace today. Did you come to see me?" Lin Xi asked tentatively.

Princess Jingnan nodded and said, "Come and have a look. I'm afraid you won't believe what I say. If you encounter any problems in the future, come to me and I will help you."

"Mother, why are you here?"

The Prince of Jingnan appeared here from outside with a smile. When he saw Lin Xi, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.

He looks good, but I didn't expect he has such a vicious heart.

When he thought of what Liuying had said to him, he said it out loud, "Mother, this woman is vicious. How can you talk to her? Be careful that she might hurt you."

Lin Xi had never seen him before, but he spoke ill of her.

"Who is this?"

"Don't you even know who I am?" Prince Jingnan shook his head. "Zhao Huaian, do you know?"

It turned out to be the prince.

Lin Xi stood up and saluted in the direction of Zhao Huaian: "Disciple Lin Xi, I am honored to meet the prince. I just don't know how I can be regarded as a vicious person by the prince when I have never met him."

Zhao Huaian ignored Lin Xi and said directly to Princess Jingnan in front of him: "Mother, this person harmed Miss Ruan in order to enter the palace some time ago. She is still so shameless and pretends that nothing happened."

Princess Jingnan had long been dissatisfied with his close relationship with Ruan Liuying. After hearing this, she scolded him and said, "What kind of magic potion did Ruan Liuying give you? Do you mean whatever she says?"

Zhao Huaian would not pay attention to these. He said to Princess Jingnan: "Mother, don't be fooled by her appearance. She can't be a good person."

Princess Jingnan was furious when she heard this. She stood up and slapped Zhao Huaian in the face. She said angrily, "What on earth are you looking at? Lin Xi is such a good person, and you can't see that?"

As she spoke, she covered her heaving chest and looked at her blind son helplessly.

"Lin Xi, I will take care of this stupid son when I get back." Princess Jingnan was still worried that Lin Xi would be angry, so she turned around and explained, "Don't be sad, understand?"

Lin Xi had a faint smile on her lips. The relationship with Princess Jingnan came too suddenly. She herself had never interacted with them before, so how could she care about her son's slander?

Such slander is nothing to fear for her.

"Princess, the prince just didn't agree with me. We can spend time together in the future." Lin Xi heard what she said and responded politely.

How could Princess Jingnan not see the alienation in Lin Xi's eyes towards her? She smiled and said, "It's okay. You will know it later."

Lin Xi pursed her lips and said nothing. She stood up, bowed, and saw the two off.

Zhao Huaian shook his head and continued to speak ill of Lin Xi on the way out of the palace.

Hearing these derogatory words, Princess Jingnan raised her eyes and frowned, and asked, "Do you know Miss Lin?"

Zhao Huaian, who was following closely behind her, squatted down and replied in a low voice: "I don't know him."

"Then why do you hate her so much?" Princess Jingnan was really puzzled.

Zhao Huaian hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Mother, just listen to me. Lin Xi is not a good person."

As he spoke, his peripheral vision caught sight of the eunuch at the end of the aisle, and his eyes darkened, "Mother, I have left my homework at the academy, and I have to hand it in tomorrow."

"You go first!"

Princess Jingnan shook her head, feeling helpless.

She looked at Zhao Huaian's hurried footsteps and immediately noticed something unusual.

The lineage of Prince Jingnan is extremely favored by the emperor. In addition to this bloodline, Prince Jingnan fought bravely on the battlefield and won this honor, allowing him to enter and leave the palace freely.

However, this child has never been so focused on his studies. Could it be because of someone around him?

Zhao Huaian ran all the way from the small path to the "Secret Academy". This was actually an old and shabby library in the West Garden of the palace that was ignored by everyone. No one came here on weekdays, and he didn't know why he came here that day.

I also met Ruan Liuying, who was crying in the attic.

Zhao Huaian still doesn’t know why she was crying, but when he saw her crying, his heart softened.

From then on, she was the only thing on my mind.

"Why did you think of looking for me today?" Zhao Huaian stepped forward, wanting to hold her hand as usual, but Ruan Liuying avoided him without leaving a trace.

"I'm going to be a lady-in-waiting."