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

The weather is getting hot now, so people downstairs are not allowed to close the windows at night in summer, winter and spring. The cool breeze that blows in at night is quite comfortable.

It is now three quarters past midnight, and the huge Forbidden City has become completely quiet. Apart from the patrolling guards who occasionally walk quietly by, there is almost no one else.

At this time of day on weekdays, Xia Dongchun should have been sleepy, but what happened today was so exciting that she had no desire to sleep at all.

"My lady, have you forgotten that you are pregnant again? How can you keep going on like this? Let's talk about it tomorrow." Yun Ling stood beside her bed and whispered to her.

Xia Dongchun shook his head: "Good Yunling, I really am not sleepy at all. Come and sit down. I have something to ask you."

Yun Ling knew what she wanted to ask without waiting for her to speak: "My lady, are you going to ask if this matter can successfully involve Concubine Hua?"

After saying that, without waiting for Xia Dongchun to answer, Yun Ling continued, "My lady, this time it is only Concubine Li who will be sent to the cold palace. It won't matter much to Concubine Hua's favor."

Xia Dongchun lowered her eyes: "Actually, I know that with Nian Gengyao around, how could Concubine Hua fall because of something like this?"

"But you don't have to be discouraged, young lady." Seeing Xia Dongchun so disappointed, Yun Ling comforted her, "Although Concubine Hua was not implicated this time, the Queen Mother decided to temporarily suspend Concubine Hua's power to assist in the management of the six palaces and let her rest first. In addition, the Emperor has not been to Yikun Palace to accompany Concubine Hua for several days in a row."

Xia Dongchun sighed: "Forget it, forget it. After all, the most important thing for me now is to take care of myself. As for other things, let's not talk about them for now."

Seeing that she thought this way, Yun Ling felt relieved. After all, ever since Xia Dongchun became pregnant, she had been worried, fearing that she would make a wrong step and regret it.

Fortunately, there was no danger. Until now, Xia Dongchun and her unborn baby are safe.

Besides, since Concubine Hua has lost Lipin this time, I think she will not cause trouble to her own mistress for the time being.

But Yunling always felt that something was wrong. She always felt that the person who poisoned Xia Dongchun this time should not be Concubine Hua's people, but Yu had already confessed. Yunling felt that she was probably overthinking it.

The next morning, Xia Dongchun got up early, packed her things and prepared to pay her respects to the Queen. Unexpectedly, as soon as she went out, she met Noble Lady Fucha head-on.

Noble Lady Fucha forced a smile on her face, seeming a little embarrassed: "Noble Lady Xia, do you want to go with me to pay respects to the Empress?"

Last night, after Noble Lady Fucha returned home, she thought about it for a long time. She didn't like to owe favors to others. Besides, she didn't have the courage to harm Xia Dongchun's child. In this case, it would be better to ease the relationship with Xia Dongchun. Anyway, Xia Dongchun was pregnant and couldn't sleep with him. It wouldn't do her any harm to be on good terms with Xia Dongchun during this period.

But she and Xia Dongchun had indeed had some unpleasantness before, so she was a little uncomfortable with her sudden change of attitude.

Xia Dongchun didn't know how to react for a moment. She was used to seeing Noble Lady Fucha's arrogant look, and now when she suddenly saw Noble Lady Fucha smiling at her, she was not used to it.

"..." It is said that you should not hit a smiling person. After a moment of silence, Xia Dongchun forced a smile and said, "Then let's go together."

Noble Lady Fucha breathed a sigh of relief. She was really worried that Xia Dongchun would give her the cold shoulder. If Xia Dongchun really did that, she would not be able to keep smiling.

Unexpectedly, before Noble Lady Fucha could even breathe a sigh of relief, she turned around and saw An Lingrong.

An Lingrong saw that Noble Fucha and Xia Dongchun seemed to be going to pay their respects to the Queen together. Although she could not show anything on her face, she felt very uneasy in her heart.

She was very scared. It would be fine if the relationship between the three of them was not good, but if Noble Lady Fucha and Xia Dongchun became good friends, it would only bring harm to her and no benefit.

"What are you looking at?" Noble Lady Fucha was insincere towards Xia Dongchun and was willing to maintain superficial harmony, but that didn't mean she was the same towards An Lingrong. When facing An Lingrong, she became arrogant again, as if she wanted to look down on others.

An Lingrong avoided her gaze, her eyes dodging: "No, nothing."

Noble Lady Fucha was too lazy to pay attention to her and turned to Xia Dongchun and said, "Let's go quickly. We can't be late to pay our respects to the Empress."

Xia Dongchun glanced at An Lingrong, nodded, and left with Noble Lady Fucha.

An Lingrong stood where she was, her hands clenched into fists in her sleeves, not feeling any pain even when her nails dug into her palms.

When they arrived at Jingren Palace, Concubine Hua had not arrived as usual.

Everyone greeted the queen first: "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen, may Her Majesty be blessed with good health and long life."

The Queen came back last night and listened to Lipin's "crazy talk" first. She caught Hua Fei's handle and felt relieved. Even her smile to the concubines was more sincere: "No need to be polite, sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone stood up and took their seats.

"Noble Lady Xia, you are pregnant, but you still come to pay your respects to me so diligently. You are so thoughtful." Everyone could guess that the Queen would definitely talk about what happened to Concubine Li last night this morning, but the Queen did not mention it right away. Instead, she showed concern for Xia Dongchun first.

Xia Dongchun didn't expect this either, but she still stood up: "The Queen is kind and loving, but I dare not disrespect the etiquette. While I am not too seriously ill, I should come and talk to the Queen more."

"Please sit down. We are all sisters from the same family. It would be strange if we stood up and sat down so often." The Queen raised her hand, indicating that she didn't need to follow the etiquette so strictly. After Xia Dongchun sat down, the Queen changed the subject and her expression became serious. "I called you here so early today because I want to ask you about what happened last night."

Everyone below had different expressions. Noble Lady Fucha covered her lips with her handkerchief. She didn't want to mention what happened last night anymore. It was too scary.

But since it was the Queen who started the conversation, even if Noble Lady Fucha was dissatisfied, she could only remain silent and dared not say anything.

Before the queen could say anything more, a voice came from outside, interrupting her: "The queen mother has arrived——!"

Jianqiu's face also changed, but she still helped the queen to stand up and took two steps forward. The Queen Mother came in at that time, and everyone saluted: "Greetings to the Queen Mother. Best wishes to the Queen Mother."

"Everyone, get up." The Queen Mother was supported by her aunt Zhuxi, and on the other side, Concubine Hua followed.

The Queen also stood up, but when she looked up, she met Hua Fei's face with a smug and arrogant expression.

The queen's heart sank.

Xia Dongchun only took a glance and then looked away. Yun Ling had told her about this last night, so when she saw that Concubine Hua had even alarmed the Empress Dowager in order to protect herself, she was not very surprised.