The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

The emperor smiled faintly and helped Zhen Huan up, "It's okay, I asked you, so I don't blame you."

Zhen Huan still shook her head, her face full of respect, "I didn't expect this dress to be the former queen's, otherwise I would never have dared to let the Ministry of Internal Affairs take it. Since I entered the palace, I have heard many old people in the palace say that the former queen was beautiful, intelligent, graceful, virtuous and beautiful. She was a very beautiful woman. I have always felt regretful that I had no luck to serve the former queen. Today, I am fortunate to see the former queen's clothes, which is also a comfort to me."

After hearing what Zhen Huan said, the emperor liked her even more. "It's okay. You can wear this dress to attend the ceremony of becoming a consort today."

Zhen Huan looked at the emperor with some fear, "This is against the rules. I don't want others to think that I am disrespectful to the late queen. How about I not go today?" After saying this, Zhen Huan lowered her head, feeling a little overwhelmed.

The emperor waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's okay. If Chun Yuan were still alive, she would definitely allow you to wear her clothes. She has always been the most considerate."

Zhen Huan listened to the emperor's words and suddenly felt a little sad for Queen Chun Yuan. The emperor always made arrangements for others in a self-righteous manner, but never asked whether it was what he wanted. The emperor never cared about how many grievances were hidden behind his considerate attitude. Is this the emperor's deep love? If Queen Chun Yuan were still alive, would she still be the one the emperor loved? I'm afraid Queen Chun Yuan could not escape the tragic ending of the emperor and the queen getting tired of each other.

Queen Chunyuan died when the emperor loved her the most, which is why she became the white moonlight that can never be erased from the emperor's heart.

Zhen Huan thought this in her heart, but she still obediently followed the Emperor's instructions and changed into Queen Chunyuan's old clothes.

By the time the Emperor and Zhen Huan arrived at Jiaotai Palace, all the concubines had already arrived. They had been rushing all the way and almost missed the auspicious time.

When the Queen saw the Emperor walking towards them holding Concubine Xi, wearing her sister's old clothes, she was puzzled and wondered what had gone wrong and why the Emperor was not angry.

The emperor walked straight to the throne and sat down, watching Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang begin the ceremony of conferring the title of concubine, with a smile on his face the whole time.

The Queen sat next to the Emperor and had no choice but to put on a hypocritical face, saying that she wanted the two of them to live in harmony in the palace and set a good example for the other harems.

After the ceremony of conferring the title of princess was over, everyone went to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to attend the full-month banquet for the Seventh Prince and the Third Princess. Due to Shen Meizhuang's strong request, the Sixth Prince's full-month banquet was also organized together with the two siblings.

The guests took out the gifts they had prepared in advance and gave them to the two princes and the third princess. Prince Guo's gift is worth mentioning, because the gifts he gave to the sixth and seventh princes were rare treasures he collected while traveling, but the one he gave to the third princess was a miniature flute that was very similar to his own Chang Xiang Si flute.

Seeing this, Zhen Huan's face was a little dull. The emperor looked at her, was silent for a while and smiled: "Old Seventeen loves the Third Princess very much and has high hopes for her."

Prince Guo bowed and said to the emperor with a smile: "Last time when I was at the family banquet, I saw Concubine Xi dancing like a flying dragon, which was very beautiful. The only thing I felt was missing was a flute player, so I thought that when the third princess grows up, I can see Concubine Xi dancing and the third princess playing the flute. This scene will be very pleasant."

The emperor smiled when he heard what Prince Guo said, but did not speak again. Zhen Huan slowly stood up and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the Seventeenth Prince, but the Third Princess is still young and her talent is average, so I am afraid that I will fail the prince's kindness. The emperor and I appreciate the prince's precious kindness, but please take back the flute."

Prince Guo saw that Zhen Huan was smiling but refused firmly. He didn't want to embarrass himself in front of everyone, so he smiled and exchanged a few polite words with the Emperor and Zhen Huan, then changed the hairpin to a one that any girl would like and gave it to the Third Princess.

Seeing this, Zhen Huan felt that Prince Guo's intentions were more suspicious, but she remained calm and kept approaching the emperor, drinking and chatting with him.

The scene was extremely lively for a moment. When no one was paying attention, the Queen winked at An Lingrong, and An Lingrong nodded in understanding.

After a while, An Lingrong, taking advantage of her drunkenness, left the main hall of the Qianqing Palace with the palace maid Rendong behind her and went to the side hall to change her clothes.

Zhen Huan also saw An Lingrong leaving the table, but did not stop her and continued to whisper with Sister Mei.

Soon An Lingrong came back wearing a light blue dress embroidered with lotus flowers, and said that she wanted to sing a song "Eternal Reunion" for the Emperor and the Empress on such a happy occasion.

Today is the full moon banquet for the princes and princesses. At this time, An Lingrong took the initiative to propose singing a song to wish the whole family happiness. The emperor was naturally very satisfied. He was thinking in his heart that An Lingrong had served him for a long time and had always been gentle and obedient. What kind of position should be promoted to for An Lingrong?

When the Queen saw this, she knew that An Lingrong had arranged everything, and she listened to An Lingrong singing with a smile.

When An Lingrong was halfway through singing, something unexpected happened. A black and white civet cat rushed into the hall, knocked over the fruit and wine on the table, and ran around, scaring the concubines into screaming. An Lingrong's singing also came to an abrupt end.

In a flash, the cat suddenly pounced on Fangpin who was sitting on the side, and its sharp claws directly scratched Fangpin's neck, knocking Fangpin to the ground. Seeing this, An Lingrong also ran to Fangpin's side and asked anxiously, "Sister Fangpin, how are you?"

When the raccoon cat saw someone approaching, it quickly ran away and jumped onto the table, but it could not control its violent emotions and wanted to pounce on Concubine Fang again.

Seeing this, An Lingrong hurriedly protected Concubine Fang under her body. The civet cat tore off a large amount of cloth from her back, and her snow-white shoulders and neck were left with scratches, with blood oozing out.

Zhen Huan seemed to have just come to her senses from her fright, and hurriedly shouted, "Go and drive the cat away, help Concubine Fang up, and put a cloak on Concubine An."

When the servants heard what Zhen Huan said, they came to their senses and followed Zhen Huan's orders. Some of them drove away the cats, and some of them took care of the empress.

Seeing that there were no more cats attacking them, Fangpin and An Lingrong relaxed a little. An Lingrong pinched Fangpin fiercely where no one else could see. Fangpin cried out in pain, "Ah... my stomach... my stomach hurts so much..."

An Lingrong heard Fangpin's cry of pain and asked anxiously, "Sister Fangpin, how are you?"

The emperor strode over to Concubine Fang and picked her up. When his hand touched her thigh, the sticky and wet feeling stimulated his brain. He shouted anxiously, "Go and call the imperial physician!"

At this time, Lipin saw a lot of blood on the ground where Fangpin had just sat. She couldn't help but point at the ground and shouted, "Ah! There's blood!"