I was a concubine in Legend of Zhen Huan

When she opened her eyes again, An Lingrong found herself sitting in a carriage that was both familiar and unfamiliar. Just as she realized that she was back to the talent show, the carriage stopped.

Without having time to think about the reason for all this, she hurriedly got off the car. As soon as she landed, she heard the housekeeper aunt say in dissatisfaction: "What happened? Why are you so late?"

Just like in her previous life, she said to the housekeeper with an apologetic look on her face, "Hello, auntie."

The housekeeper aunt continued to be dissatisfied: "You almost missed a good time. If the city gate is closed, wouldn't you have come here for nothing this year?"

An Lingrong quickly explained, "I live far away, and I couldn't get a fast carriage at the moment, so I was delayed. I hope you will forgive me, aunt."

The housekeeper looked her up and down and realized that she was probably from a poor family. She sighed and said, "Okay, go in."

Knowing that she couldn't afford the money to thank him now, An Lingrong could only say sweetly as in her previous life: "It is thanks to my aunt that there is no delay today. If it happened to someone else, how could I have such a blessing?"

The aunt in charge joked a few words and then let An Lingrong in. An Lingrong bowed to the aunt and walked towards the palace.

It was not until she entered the palace and found a secluded corner that she began to think about what had happened.

In her previous life, she ate bitter almonds and died, and her soul had been floating above the Forbidden City since then. It was not until she saw Zhen Huan become the empress dowager that she realized she was in a play called "The Legend of Zhen Huan". She had always been a character in the play, a clown to set off the heroine.

An Lingrong just found it ridiculous that her tragic life was just to set off Zhen Huan. She tried so hard to survive in the Forbidden City, learning embroidery, making perfume, singing tunes, and practicing ice skating. All she wanted was to live a better life, to live a little better, and to get a little respect. But looking back on her life, what did she get?

Zhen Huan allowed the lowly maid Huanbi to bully and despise her, and made Huanbi wear the gaudy brocade that she herself was reluctant to wear and parade around the palace to slap herself in the face; the Emperor only treated her like a kitten or puppy and teased her, and allowed Concubine Hua to treat her like a singing girl and a plaything for her amusement; the Queen trained her to be a substitute for Chun Yuan, a tool to fight for her, and didn't even give her the chance to have a child.

Even Baojuan, whom she thought was her only confidant in the deep palace and the loyal servant whom she never doubted until her death, was actually a spy planted by the Queen long ago.

Looking back at her past life, it was really not worth it!

But she was still somewhat unwilling.

She was unwilling to just be a clown, using her own darkness, selfishness and miserable ending to make Zhen Huan look like the pure and flawless Mary Sue who was a killer. She was unwilling to let her diligent, busy and cautious life be compared to a rat in a stinky ditch by Zhen Huan, making people hate and despise her.

Fortunately, her regret and unwillingness are not just her own self-pity. It has been more than ten years since the broadcast of "Legend of Zhen Huan". From being endlessly abused and cursed to understanding and empathy, she can be said to have "clarified her status as a concubine from now on."

There is something called a system, which receives the visions of millions of people. These expectations and visions gave her a chance to start over, which is why she was "beginning to receive new blessings."

"Bang!" The crisp sound of porcelain breaking interrupted An Lingrong's thoughts.

"Which family's beauty are you from? You pour such hot tea on me, do you want to die?" A coquettish voice echoed throughout the hall.

An Lingrong looked up and saw that person wearing a bright Suzhou embroidery dress and with a hair full of red flowers and pearls, who else could it be but Xia Dongchun?

She remembered, wasn't this where her ill-fated relationship with Zhen Huan began?

This time, because he wanted to organize his thoughts, he found a corner and hid there as soon as he came in. He was so busy thinking about the past and the future that he didn't have time to get some tea, and there was no incident of accidentally dropping the tea bowl. But Xia Dongchun still had tea splashed all over him like in his previous life. I just don't know who is the unlucky guy who has offended Xia Dongchun this time.

In her previous life, Zhen Huan saved her from Xia Dongchun's harassment, and then took her in to the Zhen Mansion to avoid being laughed at by others. This was a favor, but later, whether it was that she allowed Huanbi to humiliate her in small ways every time she went to Sui Yuxuan, or that she was repeatedly implicated and harassed because of her friendship with the two of them, or that she did not tell anyone about Shen Meizhuang's debauchery in the harem before her death, and even reminded her that "the queen killed the queen"...

No matter how many mistakes she made in her past life, she paid for them with her life. An Lingrong made up her mind that as long as Zhen Huan didn't take the initiative to provoke her in this life, she would just treat her as a stranger.

An Lingrong huddled in the corner and watched Xia Dongchun forcing the concubine who had splashed tea on her to kneel down and apologize.

Well, this concubine also came from a humble background like herself, and even her backgrounds were strangely the same. She was the daughter of An Bihuai, the magistrate of Songyang County, and that concubine was Liu Jingmin, the daughter of Liu Zhiyuan, the magistrate of Qingbai County.

Only then did An Lingrong realize that she was not the only daughter of a minor official in this selection.

"It's just a piece of clothing. Sister Xia is so magnanimous. It's not worth getting angry about." The familiar figure walked in front of Xia Dongchun, and the familiar comparison of who is your father and who is my father started again. The argument between Zhen Huan and Xia Dongchun, which was exactly the same as in the previous life, made An Lingrong feel as if she was in another world. She clenched the powder handkerchief tightly in her hand, lowered her head, and her eyes seemed to stare at the bricks on the ground to make a flower.

It turns out that no matter who is bullied today, Zhen Huan will step forward to be the savior. She has never been just a hero for herself. I should have known that long ago.

An Lingrong wanted to leave this place of trouble. She didn't want to see or hear Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang being so affectionate with Liu Jingmin who appeared out of nowhere, as if they were sisters from the same family.

But my feet had their own ideas and couldn't move for a long time.

An Lingrong saw Zhen Huan pick a crabapple flower and pin it in Liu Jingmin's hair bun, and just like she had done to herself in her previous life, she gave Liu Jingmin the pair of jade earrings she was wearing.

She clenched the handkerchief tighter, feeling sad and panicky at the same time. The system allowed her to return to this life so that she could make up for the regrets in her heart and also to fulfill the wishes of the audience.

Without Zhen Huan's Begonia flower, can I still be chosen?

If she fails to be selected, will the audience be dissatisfied and take away her life?

She had lived again and hadn't even had the chance to see her mother and Aunt Xiao. She still had too many regrets to get over, and she didn't want to die like this!

Although she later read some audiences in later generations saying that she was chosen because she was able to say auspicious words to the emperor and the empress dowager after being dumped, which attracted the empress dowager's favor, and she also applied perfume on the pearl hairpin in advance to attract butterflies, which made the emperor change his mind, but An Lingrong was still not confident.

She can't afford to lose, she still has so much to do, she must enter the palace!

Before she could think of a solution, a eunuch called her in. Without giving it any thought, An Lingrong walked in with a calm and composed look on her face.

"Your servant An Lingrong pays respects to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. May the Emperor and the Empress Dowager be blessed with good health and longevity." Recalling the Empress's instructions in her memory, An Lingrong deliberately imitated the voice of Empress Chunyuan and saluted the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

After saying this, she continued to kneel upright, but her heart was beating like a drum.

It seemed like a long time had passed. Instead of hearing the eunuch's pronouncement of "put down the sign and give flowers", the emperor asked with a hint of interest: "Lingrong? Which Lingrong?"

"Your Majesty, it's the "ling" for mountain, and the "rong" for face." An Lingrong wanted to emulate Zhen Huan's "Han Huan's slender waist in the palace of Chu" to make a stunning debut, and she also happened to know the phrase "Peach and plum blossoms can still be seen as beauty, but green grass covers the tomb."

Unfortunately, An Lingrong is An Lingrong. She knows her own worth. If she deceives others and creates an image of herself as a talented woman now, how can she not be exposed after spending too much time with the emperor?

It would be better to lower the emperor's expectations from the beginning, and learn slowly after entering the palace, so that she can see her progress little by little under the emperor's eyes, and she can also take the opportunity to let the emperor teach her. Not to enhance their relationship, but at least she will have a more elegant topic to talk about, which is better than him treating her like a toy all day long.

Sure enough, the emperor at the top of the table originally thought that he could find another beautiful woman to comfort him when he heard this voice that sounded like that of his beloved wife. However, he did not expect that this An was completely ignorant of poetry and had no talent at all.

Never mind, after all, no one in this world can compare to Chun Yuan.

The emperor asked An Lingrong to raise her head again, and her face was just that of a beautiful girl from a small family. The emperor felt even more disappointed. Coincidentally, the empress dowager had also hinted several times that An was really mediocre. When he was hesitating whether to keep the name tag, he saw a butterfly fly to An Lingrong's bun and land on the pearl hairpin.

"Butterflies dance gracefully through the branches, and the green and red of the flowers become more intense. Since butterflies add color to the flowers, let these flowers be given to other people who are destined to have them." This is God's will.

The emperor thought, it would be good to keep her, and listen to her good voice often to remember his beloved wife. Now that he had met a woman with a voice very similar to Chun Yuan, and it happened to be when he was undecided, how could he know that this was not his beloved wife in heaven who saw that he was very lonely in this world, and sent An to him to comfort him from the pain of missing her?

The emperor indicated that he should leave the name card, and it was not until he heard the eunuch shouting for the sachet that An Lingrong finally put her uneasy heart at ease.

She was chosen!

It’s not because of Zhen Huan’s begonia, this time it’s completely because of myself!

Look, Liu Jingmin, who was wearing a begonia hairpin like herself in her previous life, was not chosen!

Almost the same family background, the same shabby clothes, the same beautiful appearance, but Liu Jingmin was not chosen!

There was a little more brilliance in An Lingrong's eyes. She entered the palace on her own!

The happiness lasted only a moment. After leaving the palace and arriving at the inn where he and Aunt Xiao were temporarily staying, it was as if a basin of cold water was poured over his head. In an instant, all the joy was gone.

She had been away from the An family for too long, and she had been watching the show over the Forbidden City as a ghost for so many years that she almost forgot about all the troubles in her family.