After Huanbi was reborn, she became the prince's favorite

Zhen Huan patted Ling Rong's hand and said soothingly, "Although we just met today, she seems to be a noisy person. You are pregnant now. If we live together, what if it really disturbs the baby in your belly?

Besides, it's not all because of this. Although Emin and my father worked together to suppress Nian Gengyao, I have also heard about his character. Even if outsiders say that my father and he are in the same party, I don't think my father would be like that. As for Concubine Qi... I can't say what's wrong with her, I just feel that I don't get along with her."

Sister Mei smiled and took over the conversation, "You and I have the same idea. It's more comfortable for us sisters to be together."

Zhen Huan smiled and took the hands of her two good sisters, one on the left and one on the right.

The three of them continued walking forward. When they passed a garden gate, they saw Doctor Wen coming towards them from afar. He was carrying a box and walking on the road with his body half hunched.

When passing by the three people, Doctor Wen stopped and saluted them.

Zhen Huan asked, "It's so hot today, Lord Wen, which concubine are you going to check the pulse for?"

Doctor Wen bowed his head and replied, "The Queen Mother is not feeling well and asked me to come over. I will take my leave now."

Zhen Huan nodded and said with emotion, "It's really hard for you to make a trip in such a hot day, but the Queen Mother trusts you and values ​​you, so go ahead!"

Huanbi turned her head to the side and vaguely saw a blush on Doctor Wen's face when he looked up. Concubine Hui beside her also looked uncomfortable. She lowered her head, pursed her lips and smiled secretly.

"Huanbi, what are you laughing at?" Zhen Huan glanced at her face.

"Your servant..." Huanbi was startled by her voice and stammered. Then she came to her senses, glanced at the three people, and said, "Your servant just feels that the relationship between the young lady and Concubine Hui and Concubine An is like that of sisters. I am happy for you, too!"

Zhen Huan thought she was in trouble, but she felt relieved when she said that.

However, Concubine Hui always felt something was strange when she met Huanbi's gaze. Forget it, maybe she was just worrying too much.

Since Concubine Qi entered the palace, the Emperor came to the harem more often, but mostly to Concubine Qi's place.

The Queen sat in the main hall, looking through the records of the Jingshifang and smiled knowingly, "Noble Lady Qi, you really did not disappoint me. I promoted you, and you are also a hard-working person. You have not been in the palace for long, but you have accompanied the emperor so many times."

When Concubine Qi heard this, she knelt on the ground and said, "I would like to thank the Queen for what I have today. If it weren't for the Queen's appreciation of me, how could I have the ability to have the Emperor come so often?

It's Wanpin, humph. I thought she was kind-hearted, but I didn't expect that she was afraid of my beauty and was afraid to live with me. Even the emperor asked me to snatch him away. Now, although she lives alone, she has no ability to attract the emperor. It's really ridiculous!"

"Humph, Zhen Huan, she thinks she is of high birth and has talent, and the emperor loves her very much, so she thinks she is the emperor's favorite, but she doesn't know that she is just a substitute for someone else.

What does it mean that the emperor allows her to enter the imperial study? What does it mean that he allows her to discuss politics? In the end, once he has a new person, won’t the emperor just forget about her and abandon her? This is the kind of self-righteous person that I despise the most.”

Concubine Qi heard the deep meaning from the Queen's words. A substitute? She was a little confused. Could it be that Concubine Wan was a substitute for someone?

She rolled her eyes quickly, hesitated for a moment and asked, "What did you mean by substitute, Madam?"

The queen realized that she had said the wrong thing by mistake and her face immediately darkened.

Jian Qiu stood aside and hurriedly replied: "What the Queen meant is that Hua Fei was arrogant and domineering in the palace before, thinking that the Emperor only loved her, and now Wan Fei is the same. Isn't this following in Hua Fei's footsteps?"

Noblewoman Qi Qi nodded doubtfully, and smiled, "Yes, Concubine Hua left, and here comes Zhen Huan. But I look at her coldly, Zhen Huan is not that great. If she was really capable, she should have given birth to a prince. Why did she give birth to a useless daughter?"

The queen's eyes froze, and she looked ahead with hatred. Yes, no matter how favored she was, she was destined not to live long without a son. She was secretly proud that fortunately she still had a third prince.

"Lady Qi, I feel that I have a great affinity with you. This string of red agate is a treasure mined from the South China Sea. It is extremely rare. I will give it to you. I have asked the master of Baohua Palace to consecrate it. If you can wear it every day, I guarantee that your wish will come true."

Concubine Qi was overjoyed and quickly knelt on the ground to express her gratitude.

After returning to the palace, Concubine Qi felt more and more that something was wrong, so she ordered her maid to investigate the matter of the "substitute" that the Queen had mentioned.

"Go and sell all the jewels that the emperor has awarded you for money, and find some people to investigate this matter. Oh, and secretly send a message to the palace and ask them to investigate as well. I always feel that the excuse that the queen has given is a bit far-fetched."

The maid took note of it respectfully and turned to leave.

In the Qinzheng Hall, Zhang Tingyu impeached Nian Gengyao for colluding with court officials, and the money that the emperor allocated to Henan for disaster relief was also embezzled by him and his subordinates.

The emperor was furious after hearing this. "Longkodo, he has a distinguished family background and a high position. Does he still need money? He even swallowed up the money I allocated for disaster relief. It seems that I really underestimated his appetite and viciousness."

Zhang Tingyu knelt on the ground and replied: "It's not that the emperor doesn't know people well. If you want to blame someone, blame Longkodo for his greed and ruthlessness. He deceived the emperor and wasted the emperor's trust in him."

The emperor swung the beads in his hand and coughed lightly. "I order you to investigate secretly and collect evidence of Longkodo's crimes. Remember, you have to do this personally. Many court officials have had connections with him. You are the most trusted minister of the late emperor, and the only person I can entrust now."

Zhang Tingyu was naturally very happy that the emperor thought so highly of him. He bowed with both hands and promised the emperor firmly, "I will do my best to investigate Longkodo's every move over the years. I hope the emperor will take care of his health and not get anxious about this matter."

The emperor nodded, "I understand, you can go down now!"

The door of the Qinzheng Hall was ajar, and it was chilly inside the hall. The emperor felt a bit of a chill all over his body as he sat on the dragon throne.

He recalled the scene he saw when he was a child...

That day, he got some fresh food in Empress Xiaoyi Ren's palace and secretly hid some to bring to his mother and his fourteenth brother to eat together. Unexpectedly, when he arrived, the door was tightly closed. He shouted a few times but no one answered, so he thought of hiding behind the curtain to give his mother and brother a surprise.

Just as he walked to the front of the curtain, he heard a rustling sound coming from behind the curtain. He slowed down his pace and looked through the thin shirt, and saw his biological mother and Longkodo hugging each other tightly.