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

Chapter 4 Goodbye to Concubine Duan

The group of people from Yikun Palace rushed towards Yanqing Palace with great momentum.

Jixiang didn't know that the last time Concubine Hua came, she came to make peace with her master. She was still afraid when she saw the people from Yikun Palace, but she still stood in front of Concubine Hua.

"Empress Hua, my queen has gone to bed..." Before Jixiang could finish his words, he was dragged to a side hall by Songzhi.

While Hua Fei's other servants were guarding the door to the main hall, she just walked in.

Concubine Duan had heard the noise in the palace a long time ago, but she did not react too much. She listened to the noise outside while eating the blood swallows sent by Concubine Hua.

Concubine Hua walked into the main hall and saw Concubine Duan in this situation. She began to miss the time when she was in the palace.

Both of them are daughters of generals. Compared with other ladies from wealthy families, they are more free and easy-going. There are not so many twists and turns in getting along with each other. They get together every day and soon become sisters who trust each other.

Later, she became pregnant, and Concubine Duan gave her a bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine, which killed the fetus in her belly. She also fed Concubine Duan safflower to make her unable to give birth again. The two became mortal enemies from then on.

The emperor is wary of the Nian family, but he is also wary of Concubine Duan's mother's family. Daughters of generals are not worthy of having children.

Concentrating her emotions, Concubine Hua hid the hatred in her eyes and forced a few sincere smiles: "You are feeling better now."

When Concubine Hua saw Concubine Duan eating the blood swallows she gave her, she knew that Concubine Duan trusted her a little when she came last time.

"Thank you, Empress Hua, for your concern. I will not die yet." Concubine Duan remained indifferent.

"I brought you some warming and nourishing herbs this time. Songzhi has already told Jixiang how to use them. Ask her to stew them into medicinal food for you to eat."

Concubine Hua didn't care about Concubine Duan's coldness.

"After a few days, I will try to get the imperial physician to come and see you. Right now, you and I are still at odds with each other in the eyes of outsiders, and I have to be on guard against the queen, so I can't be too obvious."

In the end, Concubine Duan believed Concubine Hua.

"What do you want to do?" Seeing that Hua Fei was not angry at all about her sarcasm, Concubine Duan's temper finally softened.

In the past few days, she has also been paying attention to the various developments in Yikun Palace, and she is now certain that Concubine Hua is indeed different from before.

After pondering what Hua Fei said the last time she came, she realized that while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind it. She and Hua Fei were afraid that they would become knives in the hands of others when they were in the palace.

If Hua Fei had not come to her senses, she might have done more wrong things.

Seeing that Concubine Duan really cared about her, Concubine Hua knew that she was really not angry anymore. She lowered her head and smiled sarcastically:

"It's just to make those who caused us to lose our children pay with blood."

"Be careful." Concubine Duan put down the bird's nest, held her chest and was a little breathless. When she mentioned the child, Concubine Duan's heart tightened with pain.

"Don't worry, sister. This has just begun." In the past, when they were in the palace, Concubine Hua also called Concubine Duan sister, but this call of sister came many years late.

It was inconvenient for Concubine Hua to stay for long. After talking with Concubine Duan, Concubine Hua pretended to have a big temper in the outer courtyard of Yanqing Palace, and left in a triumphant manner with the people from Yikun Palace.

The Queen heard from someone that Concubine Hua went to Yanqing Palace to discuss with Concubine Duan after leaving Jingren Palace. Her hands were shaking with joy as she was writing, and the ink dripping on the rice paper did not affect her good mood.

Concubine Hua is still so easily provoked by herself.

After Concubine Hua left, Jixiang came running in to report: "Your Majesty, this time Miss Songzhi gave me a lot of medicinal herbs and asked me to cook medicinal food for you. In addition, Miss Songzhi left me 20 kilograms of blood swallows."

When Concubine Duan heard about the twenty kilograms of blood swallows, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly...

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The palace selection took a whole day to complete, and all the masters and servants in the palace were exhausted.

The emperor was very happy. After dinner, Yongzheng went to the Yangxin Palace under the pretext of reviewing memorials. He did not go to any other palace. He spread out the letter paper and began to write to the late Chunyuan.

The Queen Mother was very pleased. Although she had some minor conflicts with the Emperor during the selection of concubines, her hope of having a grandson was enhanced.

Hua Fei felt relieved. She went to Baohua Hall to worship Buddha with Master Yikong in the early morning. She burned the Lotus Sutra she had copied recently in front of the Buddha with sincerity. She felt much more at ease. After being reborn for more than half a month, she finally had time to pray for the souls she saw in the underworld who were harmed by her in the previous life. She hoped that they would soon reach paradise and be reincarnated.

Only the Queen was very worried. She heard that she would meet a Han girl who looked very much like her sister in today's beauty pageant, so she had to go to the Emperor to find out more.

After sincerely worshipping Buddha in Baohua Hall for a whole day, Concubine Hua was exhausted. After dinner, she asked the kitchen to make an extra portion of crab meat cakes for her to eat with Songzhi.

The master and servant were using zhengxiang, and Zhou Ninghai came in to report on the details of today's talent show.

In her previous life, Concubine Hua had taken the trouble to inquire about these things, but at that time, Zhen Huan had not yet entered the palace, and she was very jealous when she heard about Zhen Huan's beauty. Now, she seemed to hear something else.

It turns out that love-brain makes people less intelligent.

"You mean, the Queen Mother didn't want to choose Zhen Yuandao's daughter, but the Emperor liked her so much that he kept her?"

"Yes, that's what the palace girl said."

"Is there anything else I missed? Think about it carefully."

Hua Fei was suspicious. This selection was mainly for the Emperor to fill his harem with offspring. The Empress Dowager would generally not object to the person the Emperor liked.

What's more, Zhen Huan is such a smart person, how could she displease the Queen Mother after only meeting her once?

Zhou Ninghai racked his brains and thought for a while, then replied, "That person also said that after the emperor had dinner, he kept muttering to himself, 'Hanhuan has a slender waist in the palace of Chu', and the queen came while he was muttering, and the queen said, 'Zhen looks exactly like...'"

"What?" Hua Fei asked

"The man didn't say anything."

"Waste!" Concubine Hua was so angry that she threw the crab meat cake away. Seeing this, Songzhi hurriedly picked up a handkerchief to wipe Concubine Hua's hands.

"I deserve to die." Zhou Ninghai knelt down and slapped himself. "It's just that the man was on duty outside and couldn't hear clearly. Maybe the queen didn't finish her words. Oh, the emperor gave Zhen the position of the sixth rank concubine and gave her the title of 'Wan'"

"Wan?"

"The Emperor said that he thought Zhen was very beautiful when she smiled." Zhou Ninghai lowered his head even more. He was afraid that the Empress would get furious when she heard this, but he dared not not say it. It was really difficult to be a servant.