In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 440: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 44

The Queen was quite surprised to learn that the Emperor had turned over An Lingrong's name card tonight, and asked Jianqiu, "Why did the Emperor suddenly think of An Da Ying?"

If there is anyone in the entire harem who has never forgotten An Lingrong, it must be the Queen. Ever since An Lingrong entered the palace, the Queen had arranged a position for An Lingrong because of her good relationship with Zhen Huan.

Originally, the Queen planned to secretly win over An Lingrong and use her to monitor Zhen Huan and others, as a pawn to infiltrate Zhen Huan's inner circle. After Zhen Huan and others defeated Concubine Hua Nian Shilan, she would use An Lingrong to disintegrate Zhen Huan's alliance from within.

However, she never expected that because Zhen Huan and the others were progressing too slowly, the Queen temporarily forgot to monitor An Lingrong, which made the Emperor remember An Lingrong.

"Your Majesty, I heard that An Da Ying went to Yiku Palace yesterday." Jianqiu had met Baojuan last night, so she naturally knew where An Da Ying went yesterday. However, before she had the time to report to the Queen, the news that An Da Ying had served the Queen in the emperor's bedchamber had already spread.

Although Nian Shilan controlled most of the people in the palace, the Uya clan was a bannerman family that had been rooted in the Imperial Household Department for generations. In addition, Defei became the empress dowager, and she had the help of the Ulanara clan, who was a related clan, so the general news of the harem could not be hidden from the empress.

Nian Shilan was also clear about this. She could ensure that the people serving her were her own people, but she could not guarantee the same for the people serving An Lingrong.

"Jianqiu, do you mean that An agreed to join Concubine Hua?"

The queen was a little uncertain. The Nian Shilan she knew was aloof and aloof. She looked down on people like them from the bottom of her heart and didn't want to have anything to do with anyone in the harem.

"I am not sure either, but besides you, the Empress, only Concubine Hua can do this kind of thing in the harem."

There are not many people in the harem who can change the emperor's decision. The empress dowager is one, the queen is one, and the only one left is Concubine Hua.

The Queen knew clearly that the Queen Mother would definitely look down upon An Da Ying, and would not promote her when there was a gentle girl, so the only one who helped An Da Ying was Concubine Hua.

"Yeah, who else could it be besides Nian Shilan?"

"Jianqiu, An Da Ying has finally gotten what she deserves. I'm going to give her a jade table golden cup to add to her happiness."

This move was originally prepared by the Queen to prevent An Lingrong from gaining favor too early. In order to completely alienate An Lingrong from Zhen Huan and others and then win An Lingrong back, the Queen had to make An Lingrong fall to the bottom and then act as her savior to help her. Although Concubine Hua has intervened now, this plan is just as effective in implementation.

An Lingrong was nervous to begin with, and because she trusted Baojuan too much, she was only happy when she saw the Jade Table and Golden Cup, and was completely unaware of the conspiracy. So when the emperor finally stopped speculating and made up his mind to test whether An Lingrong was the child-bearing tool chosen by Nian Shilan, what he saw when he lifted the quilt was a shivering An Lingrong covered in sweat.

The emperor frowned and his mood suddenly disappeared. He was already very annoyed, and finally decided to sell his body to get some information, but he found that the person being questioned was too useless and he couldn't get anything out of him.

"Su Peisheng, send the person back."

Forget it. Seeing how An agreed, I guess it’s not what I thought. I’ll go see Shilan tomorrow and ask her in person.

Although An Lingrong returned the jade intact to Zhao Dynasty late, she had already burst into tears when she arrived.

The next day, the news that An Lingrong was dismissed from the emperor's bedchamber spread throughout the harem. Concubines like Jingpin and Shen Meizhuang, who had seen through everything, could not help but sigh for An Lingrong. They just felt that An Lingrong was unlucky to meet the emperor when he was not in a good mood, but they had no intention of laughing at An Lingrong.

But some people in the harem couldn't see through it, and really thought that An Lingrong was too bad to be disliked by the emperor, and mocked An Lingrong behind her back. The one who mocked An Lingrong the most was Huanbi, who always felt that as a lady of the Zhen family, she was much more noble than An Lingrong, who was from the eighth-rank county magistrate's family, and was always jealous that she could participate in the election and become the emperor's concubine.

Now that she heard that An Lingrong had been returned intact by the emperor, Huanbi felt very happy. It turned out that the daughter of a minor official was not worthy of being in public. Even if she was lucky enough to become the emperor's concubine, wouldn't she still be rejected by the emperor?

"It's really funny that An agreed. I thought she had the guts to break up with the young master."

"Now that she is separated from the young lady, even if An is summoned by the emperor, he will be unhappy."

"Sister Huanbi is right. An Da Ying is not as pretty as her sister, so the emperor naturally looks down on her."

Pei'er devoted herself to her studies, but Zhen Huan was too wary and did not accept her. In order to gain the trust of her master, Pei'er set her sights on currying favor with the most trusted Huanbi.

It must be said that what Pei'er said really hit the nail on the head for Huanbi. That's exactly what she thought. Seeing that Huanbi obviously agreed with what she said, Pei'er boldly continued, "In my opinion, Sister Huanbi is pretty. She looks even prettier than many other ladies in the palace after she dresses up."

"I heard that Rouguan was also a palace maid before."

Pei'er didn't say the rest, but Huanbi thought of it. She was also a palace maid, and she looked no worse than Rouguan. She had seen her when she followed Zhen Huan to pay respects. The Rouguan girl was favored by the emperor just because she looked a bit like the young lady. She and the young lady were sisters, and she looked like the young lady...

It is easy to guess what Huanbi is thinking, especially after entering the palace, all she saw was how favored and glorious Zhen Huan was, and she was so envious and jealous that she also wanted to become a concubine.

In Yikun Palace, Songzhi was also talking to Nian Shilan about An Lingrong's return to Zhao.

"Your Majesty gave him a chance, but An promised to be useless. I don't know what he did to anger the emperor, and it made Your Majesty lose face as well."

"Songzhi, do you think there are any other reasons why An Lingrong returned the jade intact to Zhao?" Although Nian Shilan knew the reason, it was difficult to explain it. She could only guide Songzhi and the others to find out the truth.

"Your Majesty, do you think there is something fishy going on?"

Songzhi has always trusted what Nian Shilan said. Since Nian Shilan said so, Songzhi will definitely find out the truth.

"I will investigate it thoroughly, don't worry, Your Majesty." Songzhi wanted to see who was the shameless person who deliberately caused this incident to embarrass Her Majesty.

"What do you want to find out?"

When the emperor came in, he just heard Songzhi say something like "there is something fishy going on". He was so anxious that he asked directly.

Nian Shilan looked at the emperor who came uninvited and did a secret visit and eavesdropped, frowned in annoyance and quickly relaxed her brows. This was the disadvantage of not having a falling out. Obviously, all the people in the Yikun Palace belonged to her, but she couldn't disobey the emperor's orders in public and let him come and go as he pleased.

"Why is the emperor here? I pay my respects to the emperor."

Nian Shilan waved her hand to signal Songzhi to go down. As for the emperor's previous questions, Nian Shilan had no intention of answering them. If she wanted to know, she could check it herself. Anyway, Nian Shilan had not done anything wrong and was not afraid of being investigated.

Seeing that Nian Shilan kept silent, the emperor did not ask any more questions. He just glanced at Su Peisheng behind him. When he saw Su Peisheng nod, he smiled and said softly to Nian Shilan: "I haven't come for several days, and Shilan didn't send anyone to the Qianqing Palace to ask. Doesn't Shilan miss me?"

"Your Majesty, you are joking. The Qianqing Palace is where your Majesty works. As a concubine in the harem, it is inconvenient for me to go there."