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

After Yinzhen left, Jiang Fuhai came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the emperor...he went to the Yikun Palace."

The queen put down the silver chopsticks in her hand and lost her appetite.

She had anticipated that pleading for An Lingrong would inevitably displease Yinzhen, but if An Lingrong's house arrest was not lifted as soon as possible, it would probably be impossible to get An Lingrong to share his favor in the future.

So this matter has to be brought up sooner or later.

Before she knew it, An Lingrong had been under house arrest for more than three months. Even Concubine Chun was already pregnant, and Concubine Wan and Concubine Hua had regained their favors one after another. The Queen could not help but be anxious.

Jianqiu saw her put down the silver chopsticks and said worriedly, "Your Highness, you must take care of your body. You have only eaten a few bites."

The queen shook her head and wiped her lips with a soft handkerchief: "I have no appetite anymore. Have them take these away."

Jianqiu tried to persuade her again: "Your Majesty, please use a little more. No matter how favored Concubine Hua is, you are the Empress of the Central Palace."

The lights in Jingren Palace were on, but the palace maids and eunuchs dared not breathe, and one could hear a pin drop in the room.

The queen has a noble status, but she has to calculate everything, and still cannot keep what she wants.

The wealth and splendor of the royal family is not as glamorous as it seems.

The queen stood up and pinched her brows. Jianqiu hurried forward to help her walk to the inner room. Jiang Fuhai quickly ordered people to take away all the food.

"Queen? With Concubine Hua's current favor, who knows, the Emperor might give her the honor of Queen one day." The Queen said self-deprecatingly.

"You are joking, Madam." Jianqiu felt bad seeing the Queen like this, but she certainly couldn't say anything to spoil the fun. "Even if Concubine Hua wants to, the Queen Mother won't agree."

"Now even Concubine Chun is pregnant..." The Queen sighed, sat in front of the dressing table, took off her armor, looked at herself in the mirror, and couldn't help but touch her face, "I am already old and ugly, and it is impossible for me to have my own children."

"Your Highness..." Jianqiu helped her take off the beads on her head while trying to give her some advice, "Your Highness, if you are not satisfied with the Third Prince, why don't you find a child to stay with you and raise him from childhood?"

"What do you mean?" The queen looked at her through the bronze mirror.

Jian Qiu bowed: "I am stupid, but I was thinking that since An Ying is still young, why not let her give birth to a child for you? If it is a princess, An Ying can raise it herself. If it is a prince, you can raise him in your name. This way, the child will also be the legitimate child of the empress. Secondly, he will be raised by your side since he was young and can be closer to you."

The queen frowned slightly and did not comment, but she was obviously thinking about Jianqiu's words.

Seeing that the Queen did not directly deny her idea, Jianqiu continued, "What if An Da Ying is unlucky and fails to give birth to a prince for Your Majesty, and Your Majesty allows her to keep the child by her side? An Da Ying will probably be extremely grateful to Your Majesty. If she is lucky enough to give birth to a prince for Your Majesty, then Your Majesty will also have a child."

The candlelight flickered, and if you didn't look carefully, you probably couldn't see the fine lines at the corners of the queen's eyes. But in this harem, beauties were like clouds, and new flowers would bloom this spring before last year's flowers withered.

That is why the queen always lamented that she was getting old and ugly. After all, what time took away was not her beauty, but the grace of the royal family.

After a long time, the Queen finally spoke, but still refused: "Forget it, if An promises to give birth to a prince, and if he is able to gain a firm foothold in the future, the child will be raised here by me. It is inevitable that we will become enemies and be suspected of betraying me. Besides, although the Third Prince is a little stupid, he is the eldest son of the Emperor and the only adult prince in the palace. If we really compare them, the Third Prince has a better chance."

Jianqiu had originally made the suggestion, and seeing that the Queen had already made up her mind, she naturally would not go against her wishes, so she had to just say "yes".

The next morning, Xia Dongchun was dressing up, preparing to pay her respects to the Queen.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Fuhai, who was beside the queen, came first. Upon hearing this, Xia Dongchun stopped picking out earrings and told Xiao Yanzi, "Go tell Eunuch Jiang that I am dressing up and ask him to come later."

"Yes." Xiao Yanzi received the order and went out to reply.

"Your Majesty, why is Eunuch Jiang here so early in the morning?" Yun Ling was helping her with her makeup, feeling very confused.

Xia Dongchun put the cloisonné red coral earrings back and replaced them with a pair of purple jade hibiscus earrings, which matched her crimson purple embroidered fruit and flower brocade banner dress. Hearing this, she chuckled, "He has his reasons for coming. If I'm not mistaken, Jiang Fuhai came here so early in the morning before paying his respects to the Queen. I think it must be for An Lingrong."

"An agreed?" Yun Ling was puzzled.

"Where did the emperor have dinner last night? Where did he sleep?" Xia Dongchun asked her.

"The Emperor had dinner at the Empress's place, but later he rested in the Yikun Palace..." Yun Ling realized, "The Empress must have said something that made the Emperor unhappy. I guess... the Empress pleaded for An Ruden?"

"It must be because of this." Xia Dongchun put on the earrings in front of the mirror and looked at them carefully. She was very satisfied. "Otherwise, how can we explain why the emperor, who was supposed to rest in Jingren Palace, ended up going to Yikun Palace?"

After saying that, Xia Dongchun stood up and said, "Let's go and listen to what Jiang Fuhai has to say."

When Jiang Fuhai came out from the inner room, he was waiting. When he saw Xia Dongchun coming out, he bowed first: "I pay my respects to Concubine Zhao. May the queen be blessed with good health."

Xia Dongchun sat down and said, "Eunuch Jiang, please don't be polite. I wonder why you came here so early in the morning?"

Jiang Fuhai bowed and said, "In reply to your Majesty, I am here to deliver a message by order of the Empress. Last night, the Empress asked the Emperor for instructions, saying that the lesson given to An Ying was enough, so she asked me to deliver the message. When you pay your respects to the Empress this morning, please bring An Ying with you, Concubine Zhao."

"So that's how it is." Xia Dongchun pretended that she hadn't guessed it, and smiled as she smoothed the dust off her cuffs. She agreed in a gentle voice, "I understand. Please ask Eunuch Jiang to reply to the Queen. When I go to pay my respects to the Queen this morning, I will definitely bring the letter of consent."

"Yes, then I will take my leave first." Jiang Fuhai bowed again and walked out.

After he left, Xiao Yanzi asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, then...I will tell An to agree? Let her pack up quickly so as not to delay the time to pay respects to the Queen."

"Go ahead." Xia Dongchun nodded.

Before Xiao Yanzi could leave, Xia Dongchun called him again: "Wait, I will go there myself."

She wanted to see if An Lingrong had received the news in advance.

Xiao Yanzi said "hey" and followed Xia Dongchun.

When they arrived in front of An Lingrong's palace, Xiao Yanzi stepped forward and called Baoying out and told her what had happened.

Baoying happily helped An Lingrong out.

I saw that An Lingrong had indeed already dressed up.

Xia Dongchun sneered: "An Da Ying is really well-informed."