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

Yinzhen naturally would not refuse such a small matter, and immediately signaled Su Peisheng to hand the bowl he had just served to Xia Dongchun.

Xia Dongchun said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Just as Su Peisheng was about to serve Yinzhen another bowl, he heard Xia Dongchun exclaim in a low voice: "Oh, what's this smell?"

Yinzhen and Su Peisheng looked over at the same time, and saw Xia Dongchun frowning slightly, with a bitter face, and put down the bowl of mung bean soup.

"What's wrong?" Yinzhen asked puzzledly.

Xia Dongchun curled her lips and said, "Why is this mung bean soup sour?"

Upon hearing this, Su Peisheng also moved closer to the bowl in his hand and sniffed it: "Oh my, it's sour."

It's a hot day and this thing has been outside all morning, so it's normal for it to have a little smell.

Before Yinzhen could say anything, Su Peisheng apologized: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It's all my fault. When Noble Lady An brought the things to you, Your Majesty was riding horses with Concubine Zhao and Noble Lady Borjigit. I didn't dare to go in and disturb Your Majesty. I guess it was because I waited outside for too long and it was hot, so it got spoiled."

"Oh," Xia Dongchun covered her lips, looked at Yinzhen, and immediately stood up to apologize, "Your Majesty, please don't punish Eunuch Su. It's all my fault. I was greedy for pleasure and wasted Sister An's kindness."

"It's not a big deal. Rong'er is humble and won't care about such trivial matters. It's just a bowl of mung bean soup." Yinzhen waved his hand nonchalantly, motioning Xia Dongchun to stand up, "You should apologize first."

"I am afraid that Sister An's kindness will be wasted, aren't I?" Xia Dongchun said this, but she still stood up. After sitting down, she looked at Su Peisheng with a smile, "Then please, Eunuch Su, pour out this mung bean soup... What does the emperor think?"

Yinzhen naturally had no objection, since he couldn't drink it anyway: "Just do as you say, Su Peisheng, go and pour it."

"Hmm." Su Peisheng put everything he had just poured out into the lunch box and took it out.

Xia Dongchun stood up with a smile on her face and served Yinzhen a bowl of lily, white fungus and lotus seed soup: "Your Majesty, please try it. This is specially made by my concubine. The lotus seeds in it were peeled by me and the palace maids around me. I asked someone to prepare it before I left home this morning."

"You are thoughtful. Peeling lotus seeds hurts your hands." Yinzhen said with a smile.

"Of course I know that it will hurt my hands, but when I think that these lotus seeds will eventually be used to make soup for the emperor, I don't care about anything else." When it comes to saying nice things to coax people, Xia Dongchun feels that she is second to none and no one dares to claim to be first.

Sure enough, this one sentence made Yinzhen happy.

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Wuling Spring Scenery

"What did you say?" An Lingrong pressed her fingers against the edge of the table, her lower lip almost bitten by herself, "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes, there is no way I could be wrong." The little palace maid nodded heavily, "The emperor, Concubine Zhao, and Noblewoman Borjigit came back from the Arrow Tower and had lunch directly at Concubine Zhao's place. Concubine Zhao said that the mung bean soup you sent was sour, so she asked someone to pour it out."

"My lady, Concubine Zhao is really going too far!" Baojuan said from the side, "It's such a hot day, and the green bean soup you sent to the emperor, it's ok for her to pester the emperor not to let you in, but how, how could she ask someone to pour it out directly?"

An Lingrong glanced at the little palace maid and said, "You should go back first. You have been out for too long. You must have been discovered."

The little palace maid nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord. Concubine Zhao has had her lunch and is taking a nap with Princess Lingyuan. No one knows that I have come out."

Then he took his leave and left.

After she left, An Lingrong threw the tea set on the table with a wave of her hand, her eyes reddening, "Why?! Why do you always have to pick on me?!"

She will never forget the humiliation she suffered on the day of the palace selection! Xia Dongchun, relying on her father's high official position, humiliated her and even asked her to kneel down! Fortunately, Zhen Huan stepped in at that time to prevent her from losing face.

Now that they were in the palace, Xia Dongchun still outshined her in every way. She had a higher position than her and a title. Most importantly, Xia Dongchun had a daughter! Unlike her, she had been in the emperor's bed for quite a while, but she didn't even have a child!

She had finally taken advantage of the time when Zhen Huan fell out of favor and wanted to get a piece of the pie, but she didn't expect that Xia Dongchun, Chun Changzai, and Xin Changzai would compete with her!

"My lady, don't be angry. It's not worth getting sick from such a thing." Baojuan fanned her and comforted her. "Now the emperor only thinks that Concubine Zhao is too careful. If my lady is angry about this matter and someone hears it and tells the emperor, he will think that my lady doesn't know the rules."

An Lingrong clenched her fists, and a hint of cruelty flashed in her eyes.

Outside the house, Concubine Cao, who was about to enter, turned her eyes and quickly put a smile on her face again, and stepped in: "Sister An."

An Lingrong was startled and stood up abruptly, looking towards the door, and her eyes met with Concubine Cao.

"Noble Lady Cao..." An Lingrong felt a little guilty. Noble Lady Cao was Concubine Nian's person. What if she heard what she and Baojuan said and exaggerated it and told the emperor? Wouldn't that be...

An Lingrong didn't dare to think about it any further, and forced a smile on her face: "Why did Concubine Cao come at this time? I heard that this is when Princess Wen Yi takes a nap, and Concubine Cao usually accompanies her."

Concubine Cao had a smile on her face and walked to An Lingrong. The two greeted each other and An Lingrong asked Concubine Cao to sit down.

After Concubine Cao sat down, she replied, "Today, the Queen Mother loves Wen Yi, and Wen Yi has fallen asleep at the Queen Mother's place. I, your sister, have some free time, and since we all live together, I came to talk to you, my sister, to kill time."

An Lingrong moved the corners of her lips: "Is that so? I wonder what Lady Cao wants to say?"

Seeing her so nervous, Concubine Cao laughed out loud: "Oh, sister An, look how scared you are. Who in this palace hasn't complained about others? Although I heard some gossip today, since I call you sister, I will keep it a secret for you."

But An Lingrong's tense nerves did not relax. Concubine Cao was Concubine Nian's person, so she would not believe it so easily. But since Concubine Cao had already said so, An Lingrong relaxed a little: "Then I will shamelessly call Concubine Cao sister."

"That's right." Concubine Cao was best at saying one thing to one person and another thing to another person. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to survive under Concubine Nian and give birth to Princess Wen Yi.

The two looked at each other, each with their own ulterior motives.