An Lingrong's Rebirth: Changing Fate from the Suiyuxuan

Because of Songzhi's reminder, Concubine Hua suddenly became concerned about Shen Meiyu and prepared to go and question her.

However, Shen Meizhuang had no idea at this moment that a disaster was about to happen to her.

At this time, Shen Meizhuang was drinking tea and chatting with An Lingrong and Zhen Huan.

"Sister Mei, I heard that the Queen praised you again?"

Originally, everyone was chatting casually, but as they were chatting, Zhen Huan suddenly remembered that when she went to see the Queen before, the Queen had praised Shen Meizhuang highly in front of everyone.

At that time, because Concubine Hua was not present, the atmosphere was relatively harmonious. The Queen did not hesitate to praise Shen Meizhuang for her outstanding ability in front of everyone. She really lived up to the expectations of the Emperor and the Queen Mother and was truly virtuous.

"You little girl, you dare to come here and tease me? You are really asking for a fight!"

Shen Meizhuang was quite embarrassed by the Queen's words at the time. Now seeing that Zhen Huan actually brought up the old matter again and repeated it to An Lingrong who was unaware of the situation, she suddenly felt inexplicably ashamed and interrupted her quickly.

"Sister Mei's ability is obvious to all. Not only does the Emperor strongly agree with the 'saving method' proposed by Sister Mei, but the Empress is also the main supporter. This is naturally a happy event that both the Emperor and Empress favor Sister Mei!"

An Lingrong smiled and followed Zhen Huan in praising Shen Meizhuang.

Having said that, An Lingrong had a bad feeling in her heart at this moment.

The Queen had previously invited Zhen Huan and the others to taste dim sum, but had not invited herself. She must have been on guard against her for a long time.

This is not the most important thing. What makes An Lingrong feel uneasy is that even in the Old Summer Palace, Shen Meizhuang is still secretly instructed by the emperor to assist the queen in managing affairs.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Meizhuang still proposed to increase revenue and reduce expenditure from all aspects so as to save money.

This incident was almost the same as An Lingrong remembered, but she felt that this was extremely inappropriate.

If you stand in Shen Meizhuang's perspective, she naturally wouldn't think there was anything wrong with what she did.

After all, her starting point was very good. Not only did she want to help the emperor save the treasury, but she also wanted to cancel those invisible and intangible benefits everywhere and turn them into silver, which would actually benefit others.

If we look at it from an ideal perspective, those little palace maids and eunuchs who have "vested interests" should be grateful to Shen Meizhuang.

But the problem is that many times, things don’t develop according to the best expectations!

Take the cancelled mung bean soup for example. It was originally meant to help relieve summer heat, so the late emperor showed mercy and set up such a substantial benefit, which benefited everyone.

However, after Shen Meizhuang changed the mung bean soup so that it could be directly converted into "cash", its function was no longer as simple as relieving heat and thirst, but it really attracted the attention of "some people".

It was not uncommon for the Imperial Household Department to embezzle money, so when Shen Meizhuang made this change, she invisibly provided convenience for them.

In the end, the people below not only didn’t get any money, but even the mung bean soup they were supposed to drink was gone.

How can we all be grateful to Shen Meizhuang?

After An Lingrong thought about it, she also thought of the details that she had never taken into consideration.

But seeing Shen Meizhuang and Zhen Huan chatting happily there, An Lingrong knew that she couldn't speak now.

Even if what you say is all true, you have to consider the occasion. If you say it now, even if it seems that you are worried about your sister, let alone whether the other party will appreciate it, the originally happy atmosphere will be destroyed in an instant.

Moreover, this is not the first day that An Lingrong has been friends with Shen Meizhuang.

She thought she understood this person's character.

Thinking back to the time, the imperial physician Liu Bin set a trap for Shen Meiyu at the instruction of Concubine Hua. It took him a lot of trouble before he finally succeeded in making Shen Meiyu and the others believe what he said.

It was like this back then, and it would not be easy to convince Shen Meizhuang and make her realize her own problems now.

So, after some hesitation, An Lingrong chose to shut up.

I'd better talk to Zhen Huan about it later. If Zhen Huan were to persuade Shen Meiyu herself, the effect would definitely be better than if I were to do it myself.

An Lingrong didn't want to be in a difficult position, and she knew that Shen Meiyu was a very proud person, so she gave up her initial idea.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Caiyue suddenly ran in in a panic.

"Little Master!"

Caiyue said nervously, "Empress Hua is here!"

"what?"

Shen Meizhuang was about to ask Caiyue why she was so unstable, but she didn't expect to learn from her that it was Concubine Hua who came!

As soon as Cai Yue said this, everyone's expressions changed immediately.

Both Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang are at odds with Concubine Hua, and An Lingrong is also seen as a thorn in her side.

The arrival of Concubine Hua at this time clearly shows that she has bad intentions!

However, An Lingrong thought more about it and felt that Concubine Hua would not come unless there was something important.

Since he's here, it's either good or he must have some other reason to cause trouble!

Thinking of this, An Lingrong's eyes sparkled, and she said to Shen Meizhuang, "Sister, you are the host, you have to go and greet them. Also... Baojuan, you should go to the Empress and explain the situation here. You don't need to say anything else, I'm sure the Empress will give you instructions!"

Concubine Hua has always disliked them, and this time, there is a high chance that she will have a conflict with them.

Both Shen Meizhuang and herself were pregnant. Although Zhen Huan had no child to protect her, she was still favored by the emperor.

The Queen is now counting on using them to defeat Concubine Hua, and she will not stand idly by.

An Lingrong originally wanted Zhen Huan to send someone to find the Queen, but when the words came to her lips, her thoughts suddenly changed, and she temporarily mentioned Baojuan's name and asked her to go.

Although she had been "educated" by Fangruo, Baojuan expressed her complete loyalty to An Lingrong.

But whether this is true or not, we can take this opportunity to see clearly!

When An Lingrong said this, Shen Meizhuang and Zhen Huan were also thinking about it.

After a brief eye contact, the three of them looked at each other and felt that what An Lingrong said made a lot of sense.

"Just do it."

Shen Meizhuang said: "I'll go out first, you guys come back later?"

"No, since we are all here, if we don't go out to pay our respects and pay our respects at the same time, I'm afraid Concubine Hua will take the opportunity to cause trouble again. It's better for us to go together."

Zhen Huan felt that she couldn't give anyone a chance to talk nonsense, so she asked An Lingrong to follow her.

Outside, Concubine Hua was not in a hurry at all. She just gave a look, and Songzhi immediately understood what she meant. She immediately acted as her own concubine's "mouth substitute" and started shouting loudly.