This palace comes back in this life, only to be Nian Shilan

Chapter 2: Simple Selection

The master and servant entrusted each other with some instructions. Songzhi helped Concubine Hua to put on her makeup. Concubine Hua looked at herself in the mirror and regained her former graceful and arrogant aura. She held Songzhi's hand and went to the main hall.

Concubine Hua asked Songzhi to prepare some simple meals in the evening. She planned to eat them quickly and went to see Concubine Duan. She also asked Zhou Ninghai to come in and answer her questions.

"But Xiao Xiazi just said that the Emperor will come for dinner tonight. Your Majesty, should we prepare something more sumptuous?" Songzhi reminded Concubine Hua.

"The Emperor will not be coming tonight, so please prepare as I tell you."

Songzhi felt that the Queen seemed to be less enthusiastic about the Emperor, but it was understandable, perhaps because of the dream.

Whatever the Empress says is the truth. At worst, I can just prepare more and when the Emperor comes in the evening, nothing big will go wrong.

Songzhi, who regarded Concubine Hua as the center of the universe, thought it through and went happily.

Zhou Ninghai limped into the main hall to reply. As soon as he knelt down, he heard Concubine Hua holding the lid of the teacup and saying slowly, "I have told you many times that you have difficulty walking, so you can be excused from this etiquette. Why don't you listen?"

Zhou Ninghai was touched, but said sarcastically: "Your Majesty loves me, what do you want me to do?"

"Pick some men, some who are not very good-looking, but have sharp eyes and ears. Once you have them, you don't have to send them to Yikun Palace. Place them in various palaces for me. I want to know the news of these palaces from time to time. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Zhou Ninghai answered seriously. "What about the Emperor and the Queen Mother?"

"All of them. You must be careful with the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress. It's okay to plant a few more, but they must be kept secret. If something happens, don't let others find out about us. It's best to lead it to the Empress."

The corners of Hua Fei's mouth curled up slightly.

In her previous life, Concubine Cao betrayed her, and the Queen took the opportunity to sentence Zhou Ninghai, who was by her side, to the Ministry of Punishment, which then implicated her in other crimes. She must avenge herself.

"I know the importance of this." Zhou Ninghai still half-bent his waist.

Hua Fei took a sip of tea, sniffed the fragrance, and her internal organs felt comfortable.

However, the fragrance of the Huanyi incense in the room was very strong, and he felt annoyed, so he asked Songzhi to extinguish the Huanyi incense and open the window for ventilation.

I have just been reborn and there are too many things to deal with. Let me deal with them one by one.

In his previous life, he was a straightforward person who could only force Cao Qinmo to think of shady plans for him and never planned anything for himself.

In this life, she will take things step by step.

"Also, I will write a letter later, and you can deliver it to my brother openly."

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Concubine Hua entered the inner hall, quickly wrote a letter, sealed it and gave it to Zhou Ninghai.

Hua Fei saw that her handwriting was pretty good, and then she remembered that in her previous life the emperor always said that she was not good at poetry and literature. She frowned again and thought that after everything was arranged, she could practice her handwriting again and read more books.

Yixiu's greatest hobby is practicing calligraphy. You might as well give it a try. Maybe by practicing calligraphy you can even guess what the current queen is thinking.

***

In the evening, the emperor really asked Xiao Xiazi to pass on a message, saying that he was busy with previous court affairs and could not come.

"Your Majesty is smart!" Songzhi flattered her smoothly.

Hua Fei bit the crab cake and laughed secretly in her heart

The emperor's tactics of praising openly and criticizing secretly, and playing hard to get, are really brilliant. Why didn't I see it in my previous life?

In his previous life, whenever he was rewarded with a New Year's gift by the previous dynasty, he would immediately ask Xiao Xiazi to come to Yikun Palace in the evening. The infinite glory of the harem in the previous dynasty suddenly made people hate him.

But how many times did the emperor really come?

At that time, I always suspected that the emperor paid special attention to me because of my brother. Even though I had already realized that something was wrong, I would deceive myself with Songzhi's comfort. The friendship between me and the emperor for several years would never be like this.

Years of friendship, bah!

Love-brain can cause a lot of harm!

The dog emperor could even kill his own son.

Look, I’m going to kill you!

***

Royal study room.

Xia Qie knelt on one knee in front of Yongzheng.

On the table was the letter that Concubine Hua wrote to Nian Gengyao.

It is so twisted and crooked that it is undoubtedly written by Concubine Hua.

The general content of the letter was just that, upon hearing that my brother was awarded the title of First-Class Duke, I felt extremely grateful and happy to the Emperor. My brother, you must remember that all the positions and rewards of our Nian family came from the Emperor, and you must be loyal to the Emperor.

These words made Yongzheng feel comfortable. Yongzheng thought to himself that Hua Fei was worthy of being his favorite concubine, unlike her brother who was proud of his achievements.

It was just that at the end of the letter, Concubine Hua mentioned, seemingly unintentionally, that she had been thinking about how her sister-in-law had treated her well at home when she was still married. She was thinking about her sister-in-law's poor health and that she was now in the harem and could not see her family. She hoped that her brother would treat his sister-in-law well.

Now he deliberately treated Concubine Hua coldly because he was actually implicated by his brother. His brother was really hateful, as he prevented him from even going to see his beautiful concubine.

In that case, let’s arrange for Hua Fei’s family to come to the palace to see her in a few days.

Yongzheng was very satisfied with himself as he pampered his own woman.

Just as he was thinking about it, Su Peisheng came outside to report that the eunuch Xu Jinliang from the Jingshifang had come to ask the emperor to turn over the green card. Yongzheng gave Xia Qian a look, and Xia Qian put away the letter on the desk and disappeared behind the screen.

Yongzheng picked up a memorial from the desk and started to review it.

Eunuch Xu walked all the way from the door to the front of the emperor, bent his waist and lowered his head, knelt respectfully in front of Yongzheng, presented the green card with both hands, and said in his standard parrot voice: "Your Majesty, please turn over the card."

Just like the previous few days, Yongzheng was not moved at all and concentrated on pulling the protruding hairs on the tip of the brush.

When Eunuch Xu was kneeling in a dilemma, the Queen Mother came with pickles that Longkodo had brought from Yangzhou to rescue him.

After Yongzheng finished eating the pickles that Longkodo had specially presented to the empress dowager, the mother and son hit it off and prepared for the first beauty contest after he came to power to fill his harem.

***

The next day, when Concubine Hua went to pay her respects to the Queen early in the morning, she heard the Emperor ask the Queen to convey his order for her to take charge of the selection.

The Queen smiled brightly: "The Emperor said that my sister is beautiful and capable, and he is most relieved to leave the selection to you. But the Emperor feels that the treasury is not full, so my sister should be frugal."

Concubine Hua smiled secretly in her heart. Thanks to Zhou Ninghai's high efficiency, everything she had been asked to do in the afternoon was completed in the evening.

On the way to pay his respects, he heard Zhou Ninghai say that the emperor wanted to select a beauty, but hoped that everything would be done in a frugal manner.

The Queen was deliberately setting a trap for herself. She knew her own temper and personality. She usually liked to reward her servants generously and was even more generous when it came to matters concerning the Emperor and the Queen Mother.

If it were the same as usual, she would definitely pay for a grand wedding for the man she loved. Even if she had to choose another woman for him, she would never lose his dignity.

This was a thankless task, but the dog emperor was not at all soft-hearted when he dealt with the Nian family.

Now that the draft matters have fallen on my shoulders again, I just have to do everything as I am told.

Hua Fei swayed her shoulders gracefully, stroked the Hua Cui on her head, threw her handkerchief, gently pressed the tip of her nose, and spoke slowly: "Since the emperor and the empress trust me, I will live up to your expectations and will definitely get things done."

"Your abilities are obvious to both the Emperor and me." The Queen put on her usual gentle fake smile, "I hope that the Emperor will select a few more fertile women to enter the palace during this selection."