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

After leaving An Lingrong, Concubine Cao returned to her room and dismissed everyone else. Yinxiu was a little confused: "My lady, what can we do to help Concubine An? In terms of favor, she is not the first, and in terms of status, she is not above you, not to mention that you have a princess, but she has no children..."

Concubine Cao took a sip of tea and chuckled, "Concubine Nian is not as favored as before, the emperor has not seen Concubine Wan for a long time, Concubine Fucha is imprisoned, and now the only people in the palace who are equally powerful are Concubine Zhao, Concubine Chun, and Concubine An. Although we are working for Concubine Nian, we still have to have some considerations of our own, right? What's more..."

"What's more?" Yinxiu asked.

"Besides, the emperor didn't come to see Wen Yi very often to begin with, and he has come even less since Princess Lingyuan was born." Concubine Cao said, "Although they are both daughters of the emperor, Lingyuan's biological mother is Concubine Zhao, who has a higher rank than me. There is no guarantee that she won't block Wen Yi's path in the future."

Yinxiu nodded, not quite understanding, "I understand."

......

They have been living in the Old Summer Palace for nearly half a month. During this period, Xia Dongchun is probably the one who has enjoyed the most glory, followed by Borjigit Noblewoman and Chun Changzai.

Oh, now it’s Concubine Chun.

On this day, Xia Dongchun was playing with Ling Yuan in the house, while Yin Zhu was turning the wind wheel beside him, bringing gusts of cool breeze, which was quite comfortable in this hot summer weather.

Yun Ling held a rattle in her hand and played with Ling Yuan together with Xia Dongchun.

At this time, the eunuch Xiao Zhuozi came in and said, "Your servant greets the Empress. Your Majesty, Concubine Cao, Concubine An, and Concubine Xin are here."

Xia Dongchun frowned slightly, but still said, "Please ask someone to come in."

"Yes." Xiao Zhuozi stepped out.

A moment later, Concubine Cao, An Lingrong, and Concubine Xin came in together. The three of them bowed to Xia Dongchun together: "Your servants pay their respects to Concubine Zhao."

"Please sit down." Xia Dongchun gave a fake smile. Among the three people who came here, only Xin Changzai was okay. The other two were not easy to deal with. If they hadn't come to her on their own initiative, Xia Dongchun wouldn't want to deal with any of them.

However, seeing that An Lingrong was unwilling in her heart but still had to bow to her respectfully, Xia Dongchun was still happy to see it.

After the three of them sat down, Xia Dongchun asked about the purpose of their visit: "It's unusual today that the three of you came together. Why didn't Sister Cao bring the princess with you today? It would be great if the two sisters, Princess Lingyuan and Princess Wenyi, could meet each other."

As he said this, he smiled and looked at Xin Changzai: "I heard that Sister Xin just got a pair of orioles a few days ago, and their singing voices are very beautiful."

Just ignored An Lingrong.

An Lingrong looked a little embarrassed, but she didn't know what to say, so she just lowered her head.

Concubine Cao smiled and replied, "Look, I think the same thing as you. I wanted to bring Wen Yi with me, but the weather has been hot these past two days and Wen Yi is feeling a little unwell. I was worried that if he passed on his illness to Princess Lingyuan, that's why I didn't bring him with me."

Concubine Xin also waved her hands and smiled: "Your Majesty, you are joking. It's just a pair of birds, not a rare thing. If your Majesty likes it, I will bring it over in two days. The princess is still young, and she will probably like it after seeing it."

Xia Dongchun expressed her concern for Princess Wen Yi to Concubine Cao, and thanked Concubine Xin. Then her eyes fell on An Lingrong: "Oh, look at my memory. I haven't apologized to Concubine An yet."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Cao and Concubine Xin both looked at An Lingrong.

Concubine Cao knew what was going on, so she didn't respond. Concubine Xin, who was straightforward, asked directly after hearing what she said, "What's going on? Why is the queen talking about apologizing? Although I am not well-informed, Concubine An and I both live in Wuling Spring Scenery. I don't remember Concubine An seeing the queen during this period. How can you talk about apologizing?"

Xia Dongchun ignored An Lingrong's expression as she tried to speak, and smiled as she met Concubine Xin's gaze. "Sister Xin, you don't know. A few days ago, this palace and Concubine Borjigit accompanied the Emperor on horseback riding in the Yinjian Tower. Unfortunately, Concubine An brought the Emperor some mung bean soup to cool him down. Eunuch Su was worried that it would disturb the Emperor's mood, so he waited outside. Unexpectedly, he found that the mung bean soup was sour during lunch. The Emperor definitely couldn't drink the sour mung bean soup, so this palace asked someone to pour it out. Didn't this waste Concubine An's kindness? That's why this palace wanted to apologize to Concubine An."

"Oh, what's the big deal?" Xin Changzai waved her hands nonchalantly. She was always straightforward and eloquent. After hearing the whole story, she really didn't think it was a big deal. "Just as the queen said, how could the emperor drink the sour mung bean soup? In fact, the queen helped An Guiren. Otherwise, if the emperor really drank the sour thing, if he got angry, then An Guiren would have done something bad with good intentions. Who knows, she might even be punished. If I were to say, Sister An should thank the queen."

An Lingrong could hardly maintain her expression. She glanced at Xin Changzai and cursed her in her heart for being so easy on the eye. The soup she had worked so hard to prepare for the Emperor was spilled in Xin Changzai's mouth, and not only could she not be angry, but she had to thank Xia Dongchun for spilling the soup?

What's the point?

But thinking of the purpose of her visit, An Lingrong still forced herself to smile: "Yes... Concubine Xin is right. I have to thank Concubine Zhao."

These words were spoken with gritted teeth.

Xia Dongchun pretended not to hear it and said, "As long as Lady An doesn't mind, that's good. I think so too. Lady An cares so much about the emperor's health, so she probably wouldn't want to see such a dirty thing damaging the emperor's health."

Dirty stuff?!

An Lingrong's smile was twisted. What did she mean by dirty stuff? If Xia Dongchun and Noble Lady Borjigit hadn't dragged the emperor out together, how could her mung bean soup have turned sour?

Now he actually called the mung bean soup she made by herself "dirty stuff"? !

At this time, Concubine Cao spoke to ease the atmosphere: "Alright, alright, it happened a few days ago, it's not worth mentioning, now that it's been brought up, by the way, Your Majesty, Wen Yi's birthday is in a few days, and I plan to prepare a banquet at my place, and I hope Your Majesty will come and attend."