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

Soon, the wet nurse came back with a little palace maid.

The little palace maid was not very old, and looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old. She knelt down and saluted politely when she entered the room: "Your servant Ningfang pays respects to Concubine Duan. Long live the Queen."

Concubine Duan didn't ask anyone to get up immediately. She looked at the little palace maid named Ningfang for a moment before slowly asking, "Do you know why I asked you to come here?"

Ningfang raised her head slightly, glanced at Concubine Duan's expression, then quickly retracted her gaze and shook her head in fear: "This servant... This servant is stupid, I don't know why Concubine Duan asked this servant to come here, please tell me clearly."

"Well, let me ask you, do you know what happened in the Imperial Garden today?" Concubine Duan looked at Ningfang and did not blame her immediately. Instead, she asked step by step.

Ning Fang looked flustered, but quickly concealed it, her eyes full of confusion: "What is your Majesty talking about? I really don't know, but am I not doing my job well?"

Concubine Duan was still unsure at first, but when she heard Ningfang say this, she understood all of a sudden and looked very unhappy: "You don't know?"

"I...I don't know." Ningfang's voice became softer and softer, and anyone could see that she was feeling guilty.

"Nonsense!" One of the wet nurses couldn't help it and pointed at Ning Fang and shouted angrily, "The incident in the Imperial Garden today caused such a big stir that all the concubines in the palace were alarmed. The Emperor also went to Sui Yuxuan in person. All the palace maids and eunuchs in the Imperial Garden were scolded. How could you not know what happened? You are talking nonsense!"

"I know! I know!" Ning Fang quickly changed her words upon hearing this, "I know. I thought Your Majesty was talking about something else, so I said I didn't know."

"Other things?" Concubine Duan looked at Ningfang and asked slowly, "What other things? Did I say anything that implied that there was something else? Could it be that you knew something else but kept it from me?"

Ningfang widened her eyes and moved her mouth, not knowing how to defend herself for a moment.

The palace maids and wet nurses in the room also figured out something was going on. It seemed that this matter was really strange, and it was really related to this little palace maid named Ningfang!

"You slut! What on earth are you hiding?!" The wet nurse was so anxious that when Concubine Duan didn't stop her, she wanted to pounce on Ning Fang and beat her. "You instigated the princess to murder the heir to the throne. Do you know that this is a capital crime?! If you don't tell the truth, I will report it to the emperor and send you to the Ministry of Punishment. The Jingqi nanny there will show no mercy!"

Ningfang was so frightened that she trembled and kowtowed repeatedly: "I dare not, I dare not, Madam Duan, please spare my life, Madam Duan, please spare my life!"

"I don't want your life." Concubine Duan said, "but you have to tell the truth and tell me everything you know, then you can live. Otherwise, I can only hand you over and let the maids from the Ministry of Punishment come to question you."

Ning Fang's eyes moved quickly, and after thinking for a moment, she finally said, "I really didn't hide anything. I was just too frightened and said the wrong thing in a panic. I hope that Concubine Duan will understand!"

Seeing that she really didn't want to talk, Concubine Duan didn't waste time with her anymore and waved her hand: "Come here, take her to the Ministry of Punishment."

Then, she stood up again and said, "Jixiang, Ruyi, follow me to report to the emperor."

"Yes." Jixiang and Ruyi bowed and followed Concubine Duan to Suiyuxuan.

In the Yanxi Palace, An Lingrong stood outside Xia Dongchun's door, covered her lips and coughed twice. Baoying was a little anxious: "My lady, are you okay? Why don't we go back first? Concubine Zhao doesn't want to see us, and you can't stay in this ice and snow."

An Lingrong shook her head: "No, let's wait a little longer. Didn't Yin Zhu just say that if she goes to pass on the message, Concubine Zhao may not refuse to see us."

Baoying pouted: "Yinzhu has been in there for such a long time. Even if he didn't want to see us, he should have come out early to tell us. You don't have to freeze here, young master. He went in and never came out again. Is he deliberately leaving us alone?"

An Lingrong lowered her eyes, feeling very uncomfortable. In fact, she had the same idea as Baoying, but... thinking about what the Queen said to her, no matter how Xia Dongchun humiliated her, she could only grit her teeth and endure it. At least... at least she had to get close to Xia Dongchun first.

Otherwise, wouldn't she be really useless to the Queen?

After Concubine Qi entered the palace, she had already diverted some of the Empress's attention. If she didn't work harder, she would only become a discarded pawn.

Speaking of which... An Lingrong's eyes flashed with ruthlessness. Concubine Qi was not a good person either. She competed with her for favor, looked down on her, and didn't give her any face in front of the Empress. Since Concubine Qi entered the palace, every time she went to the Empress's palace, she could only sit on a stool beside her. There was no place for her on the Luohan bed...

With all these things in mind, An Lingrong couldn't help but feel resentful.

Just as he was thinking, he saw the door open. Yin Zhu smiled and bowed: "An agreed, it's really unfortunate that our queen didn't sleep well last night and is now resting again."

After a pause, Yin Zhu continued, "If An Ying really wants to see our queen, why don't you go back and wait? When our queen wakes up, I will go and ask An Ying to come over. This way, An Ying won't have to wait here all the time."

An Lingrong's smile was stiff, but she couldn't say anything. She could only nod and agree: "In that case, it is really unfortunate that I came. Since Concubine Zhao wants to rest, I will go back first. When Concubine Zhao wakes up, please come and let me know."

Yin Zhu smiled and said, "Of course, then...if An agrees, please go back first."

An Lingrong turned around with Baoying, and her expression changed in an instant.

Yin Zhu looked at her leaving back, snorted coldly, and turned back to the house.

"Has she left?" Xia Dongchun was leaning on the Luohan bed with a blanket covering her legs. When she saw Yin Zhu coming in, she asked hurriedly.

Yin Zhu nodded: "Let's go."

"I know she has bad intentions," Xia Dongchun said, "I've left her alone twice. If she still wants to come, I'll have to keep messing with her."