An Lingrong sat in the west side hall, watching Baojuan busying herself with arranging various items for her. Her expression was calm, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

An Lingrong's feelings towards Baojuan are extremely complicated.

In her previous life, when she first entered the palace, the maid assigned to her by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was Baojuan.

An Lingrong still remembers that at that time, she had just arrived at the Yanx Palace and was ridiculed by Xia Dongchun. It was thanks to Baojuan's words that she was saved from embarrassment.

It is also because of this opening that An Lingrong has always regarded Baojuan as her confidant.

Although she did not obey Baojuan's words afterwards, it is undeniable that she would become an enemy of Zhen Huan, and Baojuan's frequent "instigation of discord" also played a certain role.

It's ridiculous to say that I thought the trusted palace maid I could trust was actually just a spy planted by the queen!

Now she has been moved to Suiyuxuan and has become a neighbor of Zhen Huan. Baojuan has finally come to her side like in her previous life. This must have been the Queen's work!

Yes, this time they were selected for the first beauty contest after the emperor ascended the throne.

Concubine Hua had great power in all the palaces and was favored by the Emperor, so the Empress was powerless to compete with her.

As a new beauty entered the palace, the Queen naturally wanted to win her hearts and minds!

When An Lingrong thought of this, a cold light flashed in her eyes.

The Queen's methods were truly amazing. At least, myself and Zhen Huan and the others did not see through the Queen's schemes at first.

Who could have imagined that the queen, who seemed kind and honest on the surface, was actually a treacherous person?

"Forget it, I'll give you two days. If you don't behave yourself, I'll let you follow in the footsteps of Fuzi!"

An Lingrong knew that Baojuan was the Queen's spy.

But now that she has just entered the palace, she cannot touch Baojuan for the time being, and she cannot touch Baojuan!

After a while, if Baojuan continues to act up, An Lingrong can naturally try to make her have an "accident"!

By then, as long as I clear myself cleanly enough, if the palace maid loses her life in an accident, what does it have to do with me?

But before that, she had to find a clean palace maid first, otherwise the person assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs might be someone else's spy.

An Lingrong looked at Baojuan who had packed her luggage and said calmly, "Don't bother, come and talk to me!"

"Yes, my lord."

Baojuan originally wanted to show off her intelligence and ability in front of An Lingrong. Now that she had packed her things and An Lingrong called her, she immediately walked over quickly, bowed respectfully, and then waited for An Lingrong's instructions.

"No need to be polite."

An Lingrong waved her hand and said, "I'm new here and I'm not very familiar with the affairs of the palace. Can you tell me about it?"

"My lady, you don't know that besides the main hall, Suiyuxuan also has two side halls, east and west. My lady now lives in the west side hall, Wan Chang lives in the main hall, and there is also a lady who lives in the east side hall, who just entered the palace a few days ago."

Baojuan had no idea what An Lingrong was thinking. Seeing that she looked genuinely confused, she told her everything she knew.

Although she was a spy arranged by the Queen, the Queen did not pay much attention to An Lingrong, a beautiful girl from a humble family.

The reason for placing Baojuan was, on the one hand, to keep an eye on these beautiful girls with no family background to see if they could be used by him in the future, and naturally, also to leave his own eyes and ears in every palace.

Baojuan had secretly sized up An Lingrong before, and she also knew that the young lady she was serving was not of high birth. It was precisely because of this that it would be convenient for her to guide her later!

But that's all in the future. The first thing to do now is to make An Lingrong believe in himself.

After she finished speaking, Bao Juan saw An Lingrong's face showing a look of sudden enlightenment, but she paused for a moment, and then continued: "My lady, in my opinion, now that you have packed everything, you should hurry to the main hall to pay your respects to the lady in charge!"

"Of course." An Lingrong nodded, then asked, "But what about the other maid?"

"Chun Changzai is not in the palace now. I think you will see her later."

Baojuan answered in a serious tone.

An Lingrong knew that besides herself and Zhen Huan, there was also a Concubine Chun in the east side hall.

In her previous life, she was often secretly jealous of the closer relationship between Concubine Chun and Zhen Huan.

Now that she has the chance to do it again, she certainly won’t take Chun Changzai seriously.

At this time, An Lingrong nodded to show that she understood, and then she stood up with the help of Baojuan, walked out of her courtyard, and went to Zhen Huan's main hall.

In the main hall, Zhen Huan had just settled everything and was drinking tea. When she saw An Lingrong coming, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"My sister is finally here!"

Zhen Huan said this and was about to stand up.

"Sister Wan." An Lingrong performed a standard bow. At the same time, she saw Baojuan on the side seemed to be hesitant to speak, so she pretended not to know and just looked back with a puzzled look.

"My lady, the position of the maid is higher than yours. Logically, you should pay your respects to her with great ceremony!"

Although Baojuan could see that An Lingrong and Zhen Huan seemed to have a close relationship, in order to gain An Lingrong's trust more quickly and make her understand that she was wholeheartedly thinking about her, she deliberately reminded An Lingrong of the palace rules and etiquette.

"Ah, yes... It's all my fault for being too casual with my sister and neglecting etiquette!"

An Lingrong sneered in her heart, but pretended to be enlightened on her face, and then she was about to perform the formal ceremony.

"No need!"

Zhen Huan interrupted hastily, saying, "There's no one else here, why should we be so formal about our relationship?"

"Little Master..."

"Little Master..."

As soon as Zhen Huan said this, before An Lingrong took any action, Cui Jinxi beside Zhen Huan and Baojuan beside her both called out to her in a low voice, both with expressions as if they wanted to say something but stopped.

"Come on, if you really want to perform the ceremony, let's do it in front of others. There is no need for Lingrong and I to be so distant!"

Zhen Huan knew that An Lingrong was delicate and sensitive, and of course she didn't want to embarrass her in front of others.

Having said that, she stopped An Lingrong from bowing again in a tone that did not allow for rejection.

"Yes."

Seeing that Zhen Huan had spoken like this, Cui Jinxi naturally had nothing to say.

Baojuan also lowered her head at this time, but no one knew what she was thinking.

"Thank you sister."

An Lingrong was pulled to the seat by Zhen Huan. As soon as she sat down, the clever Liu Zhu immediately brought her some fragrant tea.

"Please have some tea, Master An."

An Lingrong smiled at Liu Zhu and was about to speak when she heard another noise from outside.

Then, Cui Jinxi said to Zhen Huan, "My lady, Concubine Chun is here."

"Why don't you please come in?"

Zhen Huan first gave An Lingrong a reassuring look, and signaled Cui Jinxi to open the door and invite people in.

"hey-hey!"

Cui Jinxi had just opened the door when she saw a little girl in a light pink Manchu dress jumping in, followed by two palace maids, all of whom had helpless looks on their faces, obviously at a loss as to what to do because they couldn't stop her.

"My lady, this is Concubine Chun."

Cui Jinxi seemed to be accustomed to it and was not frightened by Chun Changzai's behavior. Instead, she introduced them to Zhen Huan, who looked confused.

Chun Changzai was a member of the Manchu military banner. Although she was young, she was granted the title of Changzai as soon as she entered the palace. Naturally, her status was higher than that of An Lingrong.

"Chun Changzai Wanfu."

An Lingrong didn't need Baojuan to remind her again, and even before Zhen Huan could speak, she took the lead in bowing to Chun Changzai.

Zhen Huan asked An Lingrong not to perform the ceremony because they already knew each other and had lived together for a period of time, so they were no longer strangers.

But since it was Chun Changzai's first meeting with her, An Lingrong naturally couldn't give anyone a chance to criticize her.

"Uh-huh!"

Chun Changzai responded casually twice, but her bright eyes were only staring at Zhen Huan, with no intention of looking at An Lingrong at all.

"Sister Wan, I finally waited for you!"

Chun Changzai is not very old, and her speech is very childish. With her smiling face, people can't feel any bad towards her when they see her.

Zhen Huan was frightened at first, but now looking at the other person's appearance, she thought it was just a little girl's temper, so she immediately smiled and greeted her.

An Lingrong's expression did not change at all, and she still had that decent smile on her face. She sat back in her seat quietly, watching Concubine Chun and Zhen Huan playing around.

But although she had a smile on her face, in her heart she was examining this girl whose laughter was as sweet as a silver bell.

She is so cute and innocent. Who could have thought that this naive and childish Chun Changzai would actually be the Queen's woman?

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