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

Early the next morning, someone came from the palace. The eunuch read out the imperial edict and brought along the aunt who was in charge of teaching. Xia Dongchun already knew that she was to be conferred the title of a concubine, so she was not as happy this time as she was in her previous life. He asked someone to give some silver money to the eunuch who announced the imperial edict and then sent him away.

Aunt Jiaoyin looked at Xia Dongchun. Xia Dongchun came back to her senses at this time, withdrew her gaze from the eunuch who announced the decree, and said to her aunt, "Hello, aunt."

Xia Dongchun thought that she had to establish a good relationship with this teaching aunt this time, lest she not only teach her attentively but also embarrass herself in front of others.

Before Aunt Jiao Yin came, she had heard that the maid of the Xia family was not someone who was easy to mess with, and she had prepared herself to be embarrassed. Unexpectedly, she was quite easy to talk to, and looked quite well-behaved. The smile on her face was much more genuine.

"My lady, you are so polite," said the teaching aunt. "My name is Fangxi. During this period of time, I will trouble you to follow me and learn the rules of the palace."

"Then I'll have to trouble Aunt Fangxi." It was rare for Xia Dongchun to be so well-behaved, which surprised Xia Wei and He. However, they did not say anything in front of Aunt Fangxi. They just asked someone to arrange accommodation for Aunt Fangxi and then went about their own business.

Back at Xia Dongchun's own Four Seasons Garden, Aunt Fangxi said, "My lady, the greatest masters in our palace are the Emperor, Empress, and Queen Mother. These three are the real masters of our Forbidden City. The rest of the concubines can only be called my ladies. If they are like Concubine Hua, they can be respectfully called Her Majesty."

Xia Dongchun was able to listen carefully at the beginning, but the more Aunt Fangxi talked, the more sleepy she became. By the time Aunt Fangxi talked about Concubine Qi, Xia Dongchun had already closed her eyes.

Aunt Fangxi was about to ask her if she understood, but when she looked down, she saw that she had fallen asleep. She was stunned for a moment. She had been a tutor for such a long time, since the time of Emperor Kangxi, but she had never seen a young lady like this.

Yun Ling was also a little embarrassed, but she was more afraid that this aunt would be offended by her young lady. If she didn't teach her carefully like in the previous life, that would be bad, so she quickly said, "Don't blame me, aunt. It's really our young lady... um... a little slow. I will trouble you a lot in the next period of time. Of course, the young lady never meant to look down on you, aunt. I hope you can forgive me."

Aunt Fangxi knew that Yunling was being euphemistic. She probably meant to say that this young lady was really stupid. She waved her hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "It's okay. If the young lady is tired, it's the same if she takes a rest first and then studies."

Yun Ling breathed a sigh of relief: "Aunt, I'll take you to have some tea first. You should take a rest. I'm sure you must be tired after talking to your son for so long."

Aunt Fangxi naturally agreed, and was sent to the next room by Yunling to have tea with a smile.

At this time, in the Yiku Palace of the Forbidden City, Concubine Hua was reclining on a soft couch, while the maid Songzhi was massaging her legs and telling her interesting stories she had heard in the past two days to make her happy.

"Oh? Is there really someone who is so frivolous before even entering the palace? She must be quite pretty, right?" Concubine Hua propped up her head and glanced at Songzhi.

"Yes, madam," Songzhi gently massaged Concubine Hua's legs and said with a smile, "But I heard that this Xia was very polite to the tutoring aunt from the palace. I think it was the girl surnamed An who went too far on the day of the selection."

Hua Fei's eyes were stern: "But we can't allow her to be so presumptuous!"

"Your Majesty is right." Songzhi said quickly.

"But if she behaves well in the future, I can let her go for now. It depends on whether she has the blessing." Hua Fei changed the subject. Song Zhi heard that she was not so angry anymore and breathed a sigh of relief.

Aunt Fangxi taught in this way, and soon the day of entering the palace arrived.

Xia Dongchun took Yunling to say goodbye to her parents and took a carriage to Shunzhen Gate. Yunling helped Xia Dongchun get off the carriage. The eunuch at the door saluted and said, "Your servant greets Concubine Xia."

Xia Dongchun nodded and looked up. The young eunuch hurriedly explained, "This is the side door of Shunzhen Gate. Concubine Xia was assigned to the East Hall of Yanxi Palace."

"Thank you, eunuch." Seeing that her young lady had not yet reacted, Yun Ling quickly took out the silver and stuffed it into the young eunuch. This was what He had instructed before leaving, for fear that Xia Dongchun would not remember it himself.

Aunt Fangxi smiled and said, "Yanxi Palace is an auspicious place, my lady, please go there quickly."

"Thank you, aunt." Although Xia Dongchun often felt sleepy when learning the rules these days, she did not offend the teaching aunt in this life. Instead, she had a good relationship with the teaching aunt, so she had almost learned the rules.

"Thank you, young lady. Please go quickly." Aunt Fangxi smiled with her eyes curved.

The young eunuch led the way all the way to the Yanx Palace.

"This servant greets Concubine Xia."

"Your servant greets Consort Xia."

As soon as they arrived at the East Hall of the Yanx Palace, the assigned palace maids and eunuchs all bowed. Xia Dongchun asked Yun Ling to give a reward to the eunuch who led the way, and then happily asked the servants in her palace to stand up.

"Okay, we still have a long time to spend together in the future, you all go and get busy first, I don't need anyone here for the time being." Xia Dongchun ordered, "Just leave one person to make the bed first."

"Yes, then I will make the bed for you, young lady." The little palace maid who called herself Qi Ling had a small round face and a very cute smile. Upon hearing this, she took the initiative to stay and pack up the things.

The rest of the people went out first.

"My lady, the Imperial Garden is picturesque, would you like to go and see it?" Qi Ling reminded Xia Dongchun while making the bed, lest she get bored upon entering the palace.

"My lady must be tired along the way. Why don't you take a rest first?" Yun Ling also changed her tone. Upon hearing this, she hurried to persuade Xia Dongchun. She still remembered that in her previous life, Xia Dongchun ran into An Lingrong after returning from the Imperial Garden and even ridiculed An Lingrong a few words.

Xia Dongchun had exactly this in mind. Although she still didn't like An Lingrong, she didn't want to run into her for the time being. She was afraid that she couldn't avoid the ending of her previous life.

"Yes, yes, I'm tired too. Although the scenery of the Imperial Garden is beautiful, I'd better go see it tomorrow." Xia Dongchun said quickly.

By this time, Qi Ling had also made the bed. She bowed to Xia Dongchun and left.

Yun Ling quickly took the opportunity to remind her: "Miss, before we left, Madam specifically told us that the palace is different from home, and we must be careful with everything we say and do."

Xia Dongchun knew what Yun Ling meant. She thought so too. After all, she was a person who had started over again. She had also learned the rules from Aunt Fangxi for so long. Naturally, she knew that there were some things that could not be said in the palace.

She still remembered that in her previous life, in order to flatter the Queen and to anger An Lingrong, she said in front of so many people in the Yanx Palace that no matter how good the things rewarded by Concubine Hua were, they were not as good as those given by the Queen. It was probably at that time that she completely offended Concubine Hua.