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

On the second day after returning to the palace, Xia Dongchun took Ling Yuan to Shoukang Palace to pay respects to the Queen Mother.

"Your concubine pays her respects to the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager be blessed with good health." Xia Dongchun knelt down and performed a great ceremony.

The wet nurse followed suit, holding Ling Yuan in her arms.

The Queen Mother was originally sitting on the couch reading Buddhist scriptures. When she saw them coming, she raised her hand and said, "Get up. You have always been well-behaved and respectful to the rules. You often bring Ling Yuan to visit me. Why do you need to perform such a grand ceremony again?"

Xia Dongchun stood up and stood aside, with a smile on her face: "I have been in Yuanmingyuan for more than two months and have not come to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. Now that I am here today, I naturally have to pay my respects."

"Someone, please take a seat." The Queen Mother signaled the little palace maid beside her to bring a soft stool over.

After thanking her, Xia Dongchun sat down and signaled the wet nurse to hand Ling Yuan to him.

Then she smiled and said to the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, you don't know that the princess can now call people. Some time ago in the Old Summer Palace, the princess even called the emperor at her first birthday ceremony. I came to pay my respects to the Queen Mother today because the princess can call her 'Emperor Mama'. That's why I thought of coming to your place, so that you can be happy."

"Is that really the case?" The Queen Mother became interested, and the smile in her eyes deepened as her gaze fell on Ling Yuan.

The empress dowager is now old. Her favorite youngest son is locked up in the clan house by her eldest son and is not released. Her eldest son is busy with state affairs. Her niece, the queen, is busy fighting in the harem. Her grandchildren don't often come to her for their own reasons. The empress dowager is not feeling well.

"Yes." Xia Dongchun looked down at Ling Yuan and coaxed her, "Dear Ling Yuan, mother has brought you to see the royal mother."

Ling Yuan blinked her big watery eyes, followed Xia Dongchun's lead and looked at the Queen Mother. She moved her little mouth and called out vaguely, "Royal Madam."

Although she could only vaguely guess that he was calling "Imperial Mama", it was enough to make the Queen Mother happy. After all, Ling Yuan was just over one year old, and being able to vaguely make this sound was already very good.

"Good, good, good, you are really my good grandson," the Queen Mother seemed to be in much better spirits, and asked again, "Can Ling Yuan walk now?"

"In reply to the Queen Mother, I will. But the princess is still young, and she is only willing to follow her temper for a short while." Xia Dongchun replied.

Although the Queen Mother didn't say anything else, she looked satisfied.

After a pause, the empress dowager seemed to remember something and the smile on her face faded a little.

Xia Dongchun pretended not to see it. If the empress dowager didn't take the initiative to talk to her at this time, it would be useless for her to ask. Instead, the empress dowager would think that she didn't know the rules, and all her hard work for the past six months would be in vain.

She didn't ask, but the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows slightly and glanced at her, then she said, "Concubine Cao is not as good as you in this respect. She had a difficult labor when she gave birth to Wen Yi, and she almost couldn't give birth, so Wen Yi has been weak since childhood. But Ling Yuan was also born prematurely, and she is also weak. But look at her now, Ling Yuan asked you to take good care of her, but Wen Yi is sick every now and then. It's really because she, as a mother, is not doing her best."

At this point, the Queen Mother still felt it was not enough: "Speaking of other things, Wen Yi is one year older than Ling Yuan, but up to now, I have not heard Wen Yi call her Royal Mama a few times."

Xia Dongchun did not agree with this statement. Although she did not like Concubine Cao, Concubine Cao had nothing to say about Princess Wen Yi. However, no matter what she thought, she could never say this in front of the Empress Dowager.

But if she agreed with the Queen Mother, that would be absolutely impossible. After all, there were some things the Queen Mother could say but she could not, otherwise she would be losing her sense of propriety.

So Xia Dongchun pursed her lips, smiled gently and said: "Princess Wen Yi is weak, and she became like this several times before because the servants accidentally ate the wrong things. Queen Mother, you don't have to worry. Princess Wen Yi is the daughter of the Emperor. God bless you. It's a good time for you to relax and enjoy the happiness of family life."

The Queen Mother was quite satisfied with her reaction. Although she was dissatisfied with Concubine Cao, if Xia Dongchun really agreed with her just to flatter her, then the Queen Mother would not like Xia Dongchun at all.

After sitting and talking for a while, the Queen Mother looked tired, so Xia Dongchun tactfully stood up and took his leave.

After leaving Shoukang Palace, Ling Yuan had already fallen asleep. The wet nurse held her in her arms and followed Xia Dongchun back to Yanxi Palace.

Two days later, the weather was just right. Xia Dongchun and noblewoman Borjigit had nothing to do, so they took Ling Yuan to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers and feed the fish.

The Imperial Garden is picturesque in autumn. When passing by a maple forest, the maple leaves are falling. The breeze blows, and the maple leaves fall lightly like dancing butterflies. Xia Dongchun looked up at the maple leaves falling in the breeze, and an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart, thinking of himself in the previous life.

In her previous life, she dyed the maple leaves red with her own blood, but this life is very different.

Ling Yuan was playing Cuju while being watched over by two wet nurses. Several little palace maids were also there, fearing that she might get bumped or bruised.

Xia Dongchun and Nobleman Borjigit were sitting in the pavilion chatting. As they were talking, Nobleman Borjigit looked up and saw a person lying on a rockery in the distance.

"Sister, look, isn't that Concubine Chun?" Concubine Borjigit pulled Xia Dongchun and pointed to her.

Xia Dongchun looked in the direction of her finger and saw Concubine Chun lying on the rockery, not knowing what she was doing.

"Yinzhu," Xia Dongchun called Yinzhu, "Go and have a look at what's going on. Why is Concubine Chun alone in such a high place? What if she falls?"

"Yes, I'll go right away." Yin Zhu responded.

"By the way, be careful and don't scare her, otherwise if she falls, she will blame you." Xia Dongchun added.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I know what I am doing." After answering, Yin Zhu hurried towards the rockery.

"This Concubine Chun is indeed the youngest in the harem," Concubine Borjigit sighed with a smile, "The Emperor also dotes on her, so she can still be as carefree as a child."

"Sister, why do you envy others?" Xia Dongchun saw that she seemed to be worried, so she comforted her, "Sister, you are a girl from Dubert Grassland, you should be free and easy by nature. No matter what, we sisters help each other, and it's best to live a good life in this palace. It's good for Concubine Chun to be carefree like a child, but sometimes she may offend people without knowing it."