Xia Dongchun from Legend of Zhen Huan: I want to live till the last episode

Yun Ling was stunned: "My lady, what you mean is... the Queen has been unhappy about Concubine Hua's late arrival, but she can't say anything directly, so she is using Concubine Shen's matter to criticize Concubine Hua?"

Xia Dongchun bit her lip and said, "I don't know either. It's just a guess. Forget it. Let's not talk about this anymore. What if someone hears it and tells the Queen or Concubine Hua?"

When Hua Fei was mentioned, Yun Ling was also scared. She quickly covered her mouth, opened her eyes wide and nodded, making a muffled sound: "I know."

Xia Dongchun sighed, picked up the tea beside her and took a sip, but she didn't expect that this tea was just brought by Qi Ling and it was still very hot. Xia Dongchun was scalded and almost spit out a mouthful of water. Finally, she endured it and swallowed it down.

Yun Ling was still a little confused, not knowing what was wrong with her, until Xia Dongchun's eyes turned red, and she stuck out her tongue and said incoherently: "Quick, quick, Yun Ling, go get some cold water, it's so hot!"

Yun Ling was shocked, then she reacted and ran out to get some cold water.

The days in the palace passed quickly, and more than a month had passed in the blink of an eye. During this month, the Emperor never summoned other concubines who had just entered the palace, and he seldom came to the harem. Even if he came, he only went to visit Concubine Hua, Noble Fucha, and Shen Meiyu.

Every day Xia Dongchun read the storybooks that Qi Ling found for her, strolled around the imperial garden, and fed the fishes, and there was nothing else to do.

On this day, Xia Dongchun was feeding the fish in the lotus pond of the Imperial Garden as usual. Yunling was beside her, holding fish food in her hand. Xia Dongchun looked at the koi in the pond and pulled Yunling to see: "Yunling, look, it's really the Imperial Garden. Such beautiful koi have never been seen outside the palace."

"You are so petty," Xia Dongchun had just finished speaking when she heard Concubine Qi's voice behind her, "They are just a few koi fish, what's so good about them?"

Xia Dongchun turned around and found that there was a young man following Concubine Qi, who looked to be Concubine Qi's son, the Third Prince.

"Your concubine pays her respects to Queen Concubine Qi." Xia Dongchun followed all the rules in this life. She would never be laughed at for performing the wrong etiquette like she did in her previous life.

"Hello, Third Prince." Xia Dongchun paused and nodded to the Third Prince.

"Hello, Concubine Xia." The Third Prince looked like an honest child, only eighteen years old this year. He followed Concubine Qi and bowed to Xia Dongchun politely and returned the greeting.

Concubine Qi glanced at Xia Dongchun with dissatisfaction, but she was concerned about her son being around and didn't want him to see these things, so she didn't say anything unpleasant in the end. She just said, "These are just a few koi. If Concubine Xia likes them, you can ask the Empress to catch a few and take them back to your palace to raise. Why do you always run to this imperial garden?"

"Mother..." The third prince Hongshi wanted to persuade Concubine Qi not to do this. After all, Concubine Xia did not pose any threat to them, so why offend her like this?

Xia Dongchun bowed. Although she was unhappy, she still gritted her teeth and endured it: "Empress Qi is right. I will remember it."

Concubine Qi snorted, and Xia Dongchun's back teeth were almost broken. She turned around and left with Yun Ling.

Concubine Qi took the Third Prince to the place where Xia Dongchun had stood before. She didn't care whether anyone had left or whether they could hear her words. She said directly to the Third Prince, "Hongshi, mother knows that you are tired of studying, so you like to come here to watch the fish. Don't worry, mother will chase away anyone who delays you, ah."

The Third Prince scratched his head and said, "Mother, I am not here alone, and Concubine Xia is not here every day. Mother, you don't have to offend others for your son."

"What do you know? Your Royal Father wants you to study hard. Who is she? If she delays your studies, that's not okay." Concubine Qi frowned and said, "You are your Royal Father's eldest son. You must not let your Royal Father down."

"Yes, my son will remember it. Don't worry, mother. I will study hard. Next time when the emperor tests me on my studies, I will not let you down." The third prince said seriously.

Concubine Qi then smiled with satisfaction, and there was both pride and heartache in her eyes when she looked at the Third Prince.

At the side of the rockery in the lotus pond, Su Peisheng bent over and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, I see that Concubine Qi and the Third Prince are over there, can you please..."

Yinzhen had his hands behind his back, with a string of jade beads in his hands. Hearing this, he waved his hands and said, "No need. Who was the person who was talking to Concubine Qi just now?"

Su Peisheng replied: "Your Majesty, it is Concubine Xia from the Yanxi Palace."

"Concubine Xia?" Yinzhen couldn't remember who this was.

"Xia Changzai's father is Baoyi Zuoling Xia Wei." Su Peisheng remembered all these things clearly in his mind, just in case he couldn't answer when Yinzhen asked him.

Yinzhen nodded to indicate that he understood, but did not say anything more.

Su Peisheng asked: "Your Majesty, are you going back to the Yangxin Palace or to the Yikun Palace?"

Yinzhen thought about it for a while, and finally threw the string of jade beads in his hand and said, "Let's go to Cunjutang."

"Yes." Su Peisheng agreed, turned around, straightened his waist and said loudly, "Go to Cunju Hall--!"

At this time, Xia Dongchun didn't know that she had just been seen by the emperor in the imperial garden. She was so angry that she walked very fast. Yun Ling almost couldn't catch up with her.

But because they were outside, Yun Ling did not dare to call her loudly, and could only whisper: "My lady, my lady, please go slower, be careful not to fall."

Xia Dongchun stopped suddenly and Yun Ling almost bumped into her.

"I have no grudges against Concubine Qi in the past or present, so why does she speak so harshly?" Although Xia Dongchun was angry, she always remembered that they were in public and not everything could be said outside, so she kept her voice very low.

Yun Ling knew that she must be angry about this matter, so she comforted her: "My lady, in the past month or so when I went to pay my respects to the Queen, Concubine Qi always quarreled with different people for various reasons. Don't you know her temper? Why do you have to take her words to heart?"

Yes, what Yunling said is true. Concubine Qi especially doesn't get along with Concubine Hua. Every day when she goes to pay her respects to Concubine Hua, she always makes a few sarcastic remarks about her. Although she can't win the argument every time, it is true that she loves to argue with people.

Thinking of this, Xia Dongchun was not so angry anymore: "Fortunately, the Third Prince is different from his mother. He knows etiquette."

Seeing that she was not so angry anymore, Yun Ling felt relieved and persuaded her to return to the Yanxi Palace.