An Lingrong's Rebirth: Changing Fate from the Suiyuxuan

"You mean, Lady An later asked Baojuan and Liuyun to come to the East Side Hall to clean it up?"

Zhen Huan was sitting on a carved chair, looking at Xiao Yunzi with a serious expression.

"Yes!"

Xiao Yunzi did not immediately notice the change in Zhen Huan's tone, and nodded at this time.

"My lord, you don't know, the truth is this..."

After all, Cui Jinxi was more meticulous than Xiao Yunzi. She had already sensed Zhen Huan's "hidden meaning" at this time, so she told Zhen Huan the whole story of Baojuan disobeying An Lingrong's order and moving things to the main hall without authorization.

"In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand why Baojuan did this."

Cui Jinxi said slowly to Zhen Huan, "Baojuan's improper words and deeds had already displeased Concubine An, and now there is another person named Liuyun. Although she is still young, Concubine An is more relieved because of this."

In this situation, it is normal for Baojuan to feel a sense of crisis.

Cui Jinxi could understand that Baojuan wanted to show herself.

But what she should never, ever, do is to be so clever in order to win An Lingrong's favor!

"Baojuan may have felt that Lady An was embarrassed to move, so she thought she understood her intentions. Little did she know that this action was actually overstepping her authority and made Lady An even more embarrassed!"

Cui Jinxi analyzed the matter and finally added her own understanding and summarized it.

Huanbi, who was standing nearby, curled her lips upon hearing this and said disdainfully, "Baojuan is obsessed with climbing the social ladder. Now that she sees that Concubine An is pregnant and favored by the emperor, shouldn't she try to curry favor with her?"

Cui Jinxi felt that she had no way of responding to this, so she just laughed it off and did not intend to discuss it in depth with Huanbi.

"Huanbi, have you forgotten what I just said about you?"

Seeing Huanbi being out of tune again, Zhen Huan frowned immediately, "Although we are alone now, you can't be so reckless. You must know that there is no wall that is impenetrable, so be careful of 'walls have ears'!"

Zhen Huan raised her tone, which made Huanbi's expression change suddenly.

"My lady is right!" Huanbi nodded repeatedly at Zhen Huan, as if she had realized her mistake.

"Alas." Seeing this, Zhen Huan shook her head and said nothing.

This is Huanbi's personality, and it has been like this since she was a child.

The ice is three feet thick, and it didn't freeze overnight. Although Zhen Huan knew that Huanbi's temper would definitely get her into trouble, she could only warn and reprimand her in person.

As for whether Huanbi has changed behind the scenes, only she herself knows.

"By the way, where is Lady An?"

Zhen Huan put aside her worries about Huanbi, then thought of An Lingrong and hurriedly asked about Cui Jinxi.

Cui Jinxi is a thoughtful person by nature, and compared to Xiao Yunzi, Zhen Huan now feels that asking her is more direct.

"Reporting to the young lady, after giving instructions to Baojuan and the others, Lady An went straight back to her room and did not come out for the entire afternoon. I guess she must have rested by now, right?"

Cui Jinxi recalled and confirmed that An Lingrong had not been out since then, and her tone was very firm.

"I've already taken a break..."

Zhen Huan repeated what Cui Jinxi had said, and her expression became much more complicated.

Originally, when Zhen Huan heard from Cui Jinxi that An Lingrong asked Baojuan and others to clean the palace for her again, she immediately realized that An Lingrong was taking the opportunity to compensate her, and at the same time, she was also apologizing in this way in front of Cui Jinxi and Xiao Yunzi.

Zhen Huan originally wanted to have a good chat with An Lingrong, but Cui Jinxi saw through Zhen Huan's intention and persuaded Zhen Huan to go the next day.

"My lady, it's already dark now, and you've been working hard all day. Why don't you go find Lady An tomorrow? You'll be more energetic when you talk."

Cui Jinxi's persuasion was reasonable and made Zhen Huan nod silently after hearing it.

"You're right." Zhen Huan said to Cui Jinxi, "Jinxi, come and chat with me. Liuzhu and Huanbi can go down and rest."

After Zhen Huan said this, Liu Zhu didn't react much, but Huanbi drooped the corners of her mouth, obviously not happy.

However, these words were said by Zhen Huan, so Huanbi certainly didn't dare to say anything against her. In the end, she could only retreat with Liu Zhu in a depressed mood.

"Huanbi, are you unhappy?"

On the way back to her room, Liuzhu asked Huanbi a question.

"No." Huanbi lowered her head, looking unwilling to speak.

"If you want to deceive others, maybe you can deceive them, but how long have we known each other? Can you still hide it from me?"

Liu Zhu ran to Huan Bi and forced her to look at him. "You've been feeling weird since daytime. What happened?"

"Oh, leave me alone!"

Huanbi seemed a little irritable to Liuzhu's endless questioning, and her tone was a little heavier than before, "I can handle my own affairs, and you are not the mistress, why do you control me?"

After saying this, Huanbi didn't care about Liuzhu who was shocked, and just trotted away.

She did not return to the side room where she and the others lived, but ran outside instead.

Liu Zhu really wanted to care about Huanbi. After all, the two grew up together and served Zhen Huan together, so they could be considered "old sisters."

But Liu Zhu never expected that in the face of his concern, Huanbi would appear so irritable, and even ran away without waiting for him to finish his words.

After realizing what was happening, Liu Zhu stomped his feet on the spot.

Considering that it was already late, although Liu Zhu was angry, she could not ignore Huanbi and could only chase after her.

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On the other hand, Zhen Huan was completely unaware of this matter.

At this time, Zhen Huan was chatting with Cui Jinxi about Concubine Duan.

"My lady, you have asked me about Concubine Duan before. Now that I have talked with her for a long time, do you have a more intuitive understanding of Concubine Duan?"

Cui Jinxi looked at Zhen Huan with a smile, and took the lead in asking Zhen Huan about her opinion of Concubine Duan.

"I think... Concubine Duan looks quite pitiful."

Zhen Huan was silent for a long time before giving an answer.

However, this "answer" did not make Cui Jinxi look surprised, but instead made her nod.

"My young master is really soft-hearted!"

Cui Jinxi sighed like this, and then, under Zhen Huan's puzzled gaze, she slowly said: "Not many people in the palace know about the love and hatred between Concubine Duan and Concubine Hua. Only some old people who used to be in the palace know some of the causes and consequences."

"Like you?"

Following this conversation, Zhen Huan naturally pointed to Cui Jinxi.

"That's right." Cui Jinxi also nodded without hesitation, and then said: "In my opinion, the reason why Concubine Duan became what she is now is inseparable from Concubine Hua. In addition... there may be other reasons."

However, those reasons were not something that could be told to outsiders, and Cui Jinxi certainly did not dare to tell Zhen Huan her "guess".

Compared to pity, Cui Jinxi felt that what Zhen Huan needed more now was to use the help that Concubine Duan could provide to strengthen her own foundation.

Only in this way can they be considered "cooperating" and have the ability to fight against Concubine Hua in the future!