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

Outside the city, at Anqi Temple, Concubine Shu and Jiyun were busy in the kitchen.

"I don't know if the girl can get used to these vegetarian dishes, but this is a Taoist temple and there is no other food." Concubine Shu said lightly, staring at the ingredients on the table.

Jiyun smiled slightly, "The Concubine always says that she doesn't care about worldly matters, but she still worries about our prince's affairs."

The concubine said calmly, "Yunli is the only child of the late emperor and I. I cannot leave this temple for the rest of my life, and I can no longer do anything for him. I can only spend more time on these small matters.

But I have always trusted this child. The woman he values ​​must be good. By the way, are they arriving soon?"

The Toffee said as she looked towards the door.

Huanbi got off the carriage with the help of the prince, and the two walked side by side towards the Taoist temple on the mountain.

Setting foot on this road again, Huanbi felt mixed emotions, and the past seemed like just yesterday.

The gravel road was still rugged, and the wooden door in front was still shabby but clean. In her previous life, she always walked this road as a maid, but this time she could finally be herself.

She tilted her head to glance at the man next to her, pursed her lips with relief, and the two of them quickened their pace.

"Don't be nervous when you see mother later. Mother has a gentle personality and is not a fussy person. You will definitely like her when you see her, and mother will definitely like you very much when she sees you."

Huanbi asked in a low voice: "I haven't met the Concubine Dowager yet, how can the prince be so sure?"

Prince Guo seemed very proud. He took her hand and said with his head held high: "My mother will definitely like the girl I like."

Huanbi's palms began to sweat as he held her hand. "Your Highness, please let go! I'll let the Concubine meet her later..."

Before they could finish their words, the two of them walked in and the concubine was already waiting in the yard to greet them.

"Mother, why did you come out?" The prince held her hand tightly and walked forward quickly.

Huanbi was so embarrassed that she wanted to pull her hand away, but the man held her hand tightly, "Mother, this is Huanbi. I am bringing her to see you today."

Huanbi had no choice but to lower her head and bow deeply to the concubine.

The concubine stepped forward, held her hand, looked at her carefully, and said kindly, "This girl has neat eyebrows and eyes, fair skin, and bright eyes. You can tell at a glance that she is very smart. I like her."

"Not only does mother like it, my son likes it very much too. I put a lot of effort into bringing Huanbi to see mother today!"

Yunli and the concubine were chatting and laughing, and they pulled Huanbi into the house.

Everything in the house is the same as before, simple and rustic yet very clean.

The concubine pulled Huanbi to sit down, looked at Yunli and said, "Yunli, every time I ask him about his marriage, he says he is not in a hurry, but it turns out he is waiting for you.

Well, instead of just finding a random woman to marry because you are old, it is better to wait a little longer and find someone who shares your feelings and interests. I think you two are a perfect match."

Huanbi was so embarrassed by these words that she lowered her head slightly.

Yunli noticed her shyness, and hurriedly took Huanbi's hand and said, "Didn't mother say that she would prepare many of her specialties to entertain Huanbi today? It has been a long time since I have eaten a meal cooked by mother, so today I am also benefiting from Huanbi's kindness."

"You only know how to eat. But today I made some vegetarian food. I wonder if Huanbi can eat it?"

Huanbi smiled and said, "I don't care what I eat, but I have troubled the concubine to get up early in the morning to do these things. How can I bear this responsibility?"

The concubine shook her head and said, "Don't call yourself a slave in front of me anymore. We don't care about these things."

Concubine Shu was a free and easy person, so Huanbi stopped refusing and nodded in agreement.

After a while, all the dishes were served. Yunli kept picking up dishes and serving soup, and told her to eat more. Huanbi was a little embarrassed and pushed him to indicate that he should pick up some dishes for the concubine as well.

The concubine saw what she meant and said with a smile: "It is only right for Yunli to bring you out to take care of you. You don't have to feel uneasy. This is how it should be between men and women."

After they had eaten for a while, the concubine suddenly noticed that Huanbi had a jade pendant hanging around her waist. She looked at it for a long time and finally confirmed that it was exactly the same as her own. She was surprised for a moment.

The concubine looked at Jiyun and asked tentatively, "Huanbi, can you let me see the jade pendant on your waist?"

Huanbi put down her chopsticks and reached for her waist. She didn't know what the concubine wanted to do with this. While thinking about it, she took off the jade pendant.

The concubine stroked the jade pendant and quickly asked Jiyun to take out his own piece to compare with the other one. They found that they were exactly the same.

At this time, Huanbi and the prince both noticed it and were very surprised.

"May I ask, Concubine Dowager, why do you also have this jade pendant?"

The concubine asked her in return: "Where did you get this jade pendant?"

Huanbi was silent for a long time, and finally decided to tell the Concubine Dowager and the Prince. She had not intended to hide this matter from the Prince, but they had only been together for a short time, so it was not appropriate for her to tell them everything.

"My Lady, this is the jade pendant my mother left for me."

"Your mother? What's her name?"

Huanbi replied timidly: "My mother is from the Baiyi tribe, her name is Bizhuer."

When the concubine heard the name, she burst into tears and kept saying, "It's really her, it's really her, you are Bizhuer's daughter?"

Huanbi nodded, "Could it be that the Concubine Dowager knows my mother?"

The concubine nodded heavily, wiped away her tears, and said, "Yunli, do you still remember that mother told you before that mother had a close friend in the boudoir, and she turned out to be Huanbi's mother."

Yunli also nodded. In his impression, ever since he could remember, the ladies in the palace had always excluded his mother. His mother had no one to talk to and always recalled the things she had done with a good friend when she was at her mother's home. It turned out to be such a coincidence...

Huanbi was even more shocked because her mother had never mentioned this to her when she was alive.

The concubine continued, "In the past, your mother and I could talk about anything, and we always thought that we would marry in the same place so that we could see each other every day.

Later, I entered the palace. At first, I received a letter from your mother. In the letter, she said that she fell in love with a Han man and they had a mutual affection for each other. I asked her who that man was, but your mother was shy and refused to tell me. So I thought I would send her congratulations when they got married.

Just when I was happy for her, I suddenly learned that her mother's family was convicted. Overnight, she became the daughter of a criminal. All men were beaten to death, and women were almost all confiscated as slaves. I hinted to the late emperor, but the evidence produced by the ministers at the time was very conclusive, and there was no way I could save her.

After that, I never had any contact with her again. I didn't expect that by chance today, I would meet her daughter. By the way, where is your mother now?"

The concubine knew clearly that as the daughter of a criminal, Bijuer would not live long. But if she could marry a good man and have someone to take care of her, she might still have a chance of survival.

After all, everyone knows that men from the families of criminals generally don't care much about women, and some of them even change their names in order to survive.

Huanbi paused, lowered her head and shook it, "My mother has been gone for more than ten years."