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

But Concubine Ruan quickly stopped her behavior, "They are female officials like you, and their status and position are not inferior to yours. You always think about comparing yourself with others. You'd better think about how you can catch the prince's eye."

"I don't know what to do about this matter." Ruan Liuying stood up, looking somewhat helpless. "The Crown Prince also doesn't allow me to go to the East Palace. It's not easy for me to go with my status. Aunt, what can I do?"

"There is no other way, so just think of a way to do it. Look at yourself now, are you scared when facing a little difficulty?" Concubine Ruan said, "What's more, there is no one around the prince right now. You still have a chance."

Ruan Liuying heard this and remained silent. Then she thought of the prince's interest in Shen Qingran and asked, "Aunt, but the prince likes Shen Qingran."

"hehe."

Concubine Ruan's eyes were full of coldness. "The Emperor will not let her marry the Crown Prince. His Majesty's health is getting worse and worse. It's true that he likes the Crown Prince, but he can't bear to see more and more helpers around the Crown Prince."

"But······"

"There's nothing to worry about. Let's just leave it at that. I will find a way to have you serve as a female official beside the prince." Concubine Ruan said, and then gave her a lecture.

Ruan Liuying could only agree to all these words. Since entering the palace, all her actions and thoughts no longer belonged to her own, and had to be handed over to her family.

This was her fate, she had no choice at all.

However, she thought about it and continued, "But, what can Lin Xi do?"

"Lin Xi?" Concubine Ruan sneered, "How can you take such a low-class person seriously? Don't let these unfounded people cloud your mind, understand?"

Ruan Liuying nodded.

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On the way back, Lin Xi always felt a little uneasy in her heart, but she didn't know where this uneasiness came from.

She could only quicken her pace. After all, she came here to read a book without anyone around her.

She walked faster and faster, and only when she was almost at the door of Ziyuan did she slowly breathe a sigh of relief.

After entering the house, she slowly sat down, took a deep breath, grabbed the teacup at hand, and was about to take a sip of water when her intuition made her realize that something was wrong. If she hadn't reacted in time, she would have almost been bitten by the poisonous snake lurking on the table.

Seeing such a poisonous creature appear in her house, she ran out in fear.

Fortunately, she was carrying a sachet to remove poison, and that thing seemed to be afraid of the smell on her body, which really scared her.

The maid who was watching the room also noticed Lin Xi's strange behavior, so she came to her with a cold face and said, "You are all going to be ladies-in-waiting, how can you behave so rudely?"

Lin Xi bowed and then said, "To answer Madam, there is a poisonous creature in my room. Please ask someone to clean it up."

The nanny was also startled when she heard that. She waved her hand and quickly called the eunuch who was guarding the door. Several people came in together to search Lin Xi's room. When the commotion came, they asked Changsun Changhua and Murong Pei'er to go out together.

The eldest grandson, wearing a cloak, walked to Lin Xi's side, followed her gaze, and asked with concern: "Sister, what's wrong with you?"

The nanny had a liking for the eldest grandson who came in first, so she started talking about this matter.

Murong Pei'er said sarcastically, "Isn't it because you made too many enemies and this is retribution?"

She was hostile to everyone, including Lin Xi, so she spoke without any mercy.

The eldest grandson also spoke up at this time: "Pei'er, Miss Lin almost got herself into trouble, why are you still being so harsh?"

After that, she turned to Lin Xi and said, "Pei'er just speaks harshly, but she doesn't mean that in her heart. But Miss Lin, you have to think about who you have offended during this period of time to deserve this revenge?"

Changsun Changhua always spoke beautifully, and she accurately noticed the expectation that flashed across her eyes.

What would make her feel excited?

On the surface, the only person she had offended recently was Ruan Liuying.

Therefore, based on my usual intuition, Ruan Liuying is more likely to be the person who put the poisonous snake in her room.

However, she knew what she was thinking just now. Now that she noticed the expectation in her eyes, she began to doubt this idea. This method was too direct, which made her feel that it might not be Ruan Liuying's work.

Seeing that the young eunuch had taken out all the poison, the nanny wanted to let Lin Xi in.

But Lin Xi said, "Mammy, I don't know if the poison in this room has been cleaned up, or if it has spread to other rooms in Ziyuan. I'm afraid the whole Ziyuan will be covered with sulfur. Mammy, please find me another safe room to live in temporarily, otherwise I'm scared."

Having just entered the palace and seeing these dirty tricks, the nanny understood her in her heart, "This matter needs to be reported to the aunt above first, and then a decision can be made. You can stay here for now! Or you can squeeze in with the others."

Immediately, the nanny turned her gaze to the other two.

But Murong Pei'er said nothing, so Changsun Changhua spoke up and said, "Let's go to my room first!"

Hearing this, Murong Pei'er was obviously unhappy and slammed the door and went back.

"Ms. Murong has a straightforward personality." Lin Xi said lightly.

She is not afraid of Murong Pei'er's temperament, but she is more afraid of the human heart lurking beneath the human skin.

I was murdered in my previous life.

As soon as the two of them settled in, the Queen Mother sent someone to summon them.

He called Lin Xi and Changsun Changhua to go together.

The Queen Mother had obviously just gone to bed, and she might have had her spies in Ziyuan tell her about this, which is why she knew about it so quickly.

Lin Xi and Zhang Sun Changhua knelt on the ground together.

"Come to think of it, Changhua, you've been in the palace for so long, and I haven't visited you." The first thing the Queen asked was about Changsun's situation. "But, for the relationship between you and me, it's best if we don't meet."

Lin Xi suddenly thought that the maternal clan of the current queen had been exterminated, but the entire foreign clan was still there, and her foreign clan seemed to be the eldest grandson.

"Lin Xi, were you scared today?" The queen turned around and asked about her situation.

Lin Xi responded with a faint smile, and said, "To answer your Majesty, there are indeed some."

"There are always some people with bad intentions in the palace who resort to shady means. It's not her fault. Alas!" The queen leaned against the soft pillow listlessly, her voice a little listless, "As long as you are okay."

"Changhua, what about you?"

Zhang Sun Changhua kept her head down. The lights in the room were dim, so it was difficult to see her expression. She replied, "Thank you for your concern, Madam. Zhang Sun is doing well."

"I'm glad to see that you two are alright." The Queen nodded, and called Changhua to her side again, and looked at her carefully, "She looks very much like my brother. So, you should call me aunt."

"aunt."

"Ah."

The queen took off the bracelet on her wrist, put it on her wrist, and said bluntly: "In the beginning, I didn't agree to let you enter the palace to be a female official, so I didn't let people pass your assessment. Do you hate me?"

Zhang Sun Changhua immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Aunt is doing this for Changhua's own good, how can I hate her?"

The queen nodded and patted her head again. "I know you are an ambitious child, but no matter how ambitious you are, don't lose your original intention!"

"Changhua, I understand." Changsun Changhua squatted beside the queen, only to see the queen stretch out her hand and motion her to stand up.

"I don't have many relatives left."

As the queen spoke, her eyes slowly fell on Lin Xi again, "Lin Xi, you too."

Zhang Sun Changhua looked well behaved. She followed the Queen's lead and continued, "Sister Lin Xi and I are naturally of the same mind."

Hearing this, the queen laughed, held her hand tightly, and said, "Good child, really a good child."

"My sister has suffered such a great injustice today. Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to investigate it! Otherwise, wouldn't my sister have suffered this injustice in vain?" Chang Sun Changhua said, and then turned to Lin Xi to explain:

"Sister, I am thinking about you. If you let it go like this, your suffering tonight will be in vain."

However, Lin Xi had long been able to discern the true state of mind in people's eyes, and from Changsun Changhua's eyes, she could not see any sign that she was thinking about herself at all.

She just wanted to be the one who stood out so that she could hide in the storm and gain greater benefits.

"My lady, you absolutely cannot do that." Lin Xi said bluntly without hesitation, "Miss Changsun, are you using me as a knife?"

This was considered a direct rejection. After hearing Changsun Changhua's words, her face turned a little ugly. "Sister Lin, what do you mean by this?"

The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. Seeing this, the Queen quickly asked, "Lin Xi, what exactly do you mean by this? You have to explain it clearly, otherwise Changhua will feel uncomfortable."

Lin Xi explained, "My Lady, what happened today might be a prank, or someone might really want to kill me, but if we really find the murderer, will it solve my worries?"

The queen listened and nodded continuously.

Of course not. The desire to harm others will never stop in this palace.

Under the current circumstances, Lin Xi can only wait and do nothing until he gets a bigger handle on the situation so that he can strike a fatal blow.

"So, if we investigate now, it will only cause harm to innocent palace maids. Why do we need to do such a thing?" As he spoke, Lin Xi knelt on the ground again, kowtowed to the queen, and said sincerely: "Thank you for your care today, Your Majesty."

"Forget it, you go down and have a rest first!" The queen said this and saw Lin Xi walk down.

Zhang Sun Changhua did not leave, but stayed in the Queen's bedroom. After Lin Xi left, she quickly said, "Aunt, Lin Xi is so bold that she can say such words and reject your kindness. You are the Queen, the most noble woman in the world, and she is so powerful now that she can put on airs in front of you."

The queen did not speak, but just raised her eyes and glanced at her gently.

This one look was enough to shut Changsun Changhua up. She didn't dare to speak again for fear of angering the queen in front of her. She lowered her head and began to cry.

When the queen saw her like this, she couldn't help but sigh, and asked her most proud nanny to help her up. She said in a faint voice: "My position as queen is not as comfortable as Concubine Ruan. Seeing you cry, my heart is soft as a mess."

"I like daughters, but I don't have any. My maternal family is gone too. You are the only one who has some blood relationship with me. It's not that I don't want to love you, but I really love you only when I don't love you."

"I'll find a way to get you out of the palace in a few days!"

Hearing this, Changsun Changhua's tears fell even harder. She didn't want to leave the palace, so why should she leave?

"Empress, aunt, why are you sending me out of the palace? Did Changhua do something wrong?" Changsun Changhua's eyes were red and swollen from crying. She didn't understand, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't understand. But now looking at the Queen's determined eyes, she knew that this matter had probably been arranged.

She had to do something.

"Aunt, I want to stay in the palace with you for a while. Can you really bear to send me out?" Changsun Changhua continued, "What's more, Sister Lin is alone in the palace now, isolated and helpless. Wouldn't it be better if I were here?"

As she said this, she was indeed jealous of Lin Xi.

I don't know why my aunt likes Lin Xi so much, but ever since Lin Xi entered Ziyuan, she has been observing Lin Xi and has not noticed anything special about her. Now she is even more confused about this matter.

Aunt, why do you like Lin Xi more? They are obviously real relatives, relatives connected by blood.

How could this matter not make her jealous?

Moreover, Lin Xi can come to see her aunt as soon as she enters the palace, but what about her?

She had to sneak around at night when no one was paying attention to see the queen, and the queen didn't favor her as much as she did Lin Xi.

She is such an ordinary woman.

The queen saw the depressed Changsun Changhua and shook her head. She didn't know how to comfort him, so she said, "Okay, I'm not asking you to leave the palace now. Don't be afraid. I'll take care of everything."

She had no relatives around her, but she still had a soft spot for her eldest grandson Changhua.

Because of this, she didn't want Changsun Changhua to enter the palace, but she seemed to have no idea what she meant. But it didn't matter, she would understand it in the future.

"But, aunt, I don't want to leave the palace. I want to be a female official. I want to have a place in the palace." Changsun Changhua said it directly, and then continued: "Aunt, I beg you, please fulfill my wish! Lin Xi, she has no blood relationship with you, how can she be wholeheartedly devoted to you? I am your relative."

The Queen shook her head. "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

The Queen kept Changsun Changhua to talk for a while, and then let her live in a side hall.

When Lin Xi returned to Ziyuan, he couldn't help shaking his head.

She just wanted to prepare for the next assessment and no longer thought about anything else.