The Legend of Zhen Huan: Year after year, we share the spring breeze

When I woke up, it was already the end of the Si hour.

"Su Ye, where are the rewards from the Empress?" An Lingrong almost forgot about this important matter.

Su Ye and Bao Juan held the silver tray and placed it on the small table above the couch.

Two pieces of Shu brocade, a white jade statue of Guanyin, and a red sandalwood box. Inside was a gold hairpin inlaid with rubies and depicting a magpie ascending a plum tree.

An Lingrong's nose twitched slightly, what a familiar smell.

Picking up the hairpin and looking at it carefully, the pattern of the magpie climbing on the plum tree is lifelike, even the feathers are clearly visible, and the veins of the petals of the filigree plum blossom can be seen, attached to a ruby as big as a cat's eye.

"I like this hairpin, put it on me!"

Su Ye stepped forward and inserted the hairpin into An Lingrong's hair.

"My lady, this was sent by Concubine Shen!" Su Ye said, pointing to a brocade box.

An Lingrong curiously opened it, and inside was a painting of Guanyin. The Guanyin in the painting had kind eyes, looking at the world with compassion, and just one glance could bring peace to people's hearts.

"Please keep all other items in a list and store them in the warehouse. The gifts given by the Empress are precious and should be kept separate. Don't mix them with other things!"

Baojuan was very happy and left as ordered.

"Su Ye, teach Ju Qing a little more."

"Yes, my lady, could Juqing be someone else's spy?" Su Ye was a little worried.

"No problem, you should handle the close-range work for me."

After dinner, An Lingrong embroidered for a while. Just as it was getting dark, the Fengluan Chun'en carriage arrived at the gate of the Yanx Palace. However, this time she didn't have to be wrapped like a chicken roll. She went to the Yangxin Palace in her own clothes.

When they arrived at the Yangxin Palace, Yongzheng was still reviewing memorials. An Lingrong complained silently, how could there be so many memorials!

She remembered that in the 21st century there were special videos complaining about the contents of memorials from the Qing Dynasty, most of which were spam messages and flattery. However, Emperor Yongzheng personally handled everything and had to approve every memorial with his imperial seal. He reviewed nearly memorials in his lifetime and wrote more than million words. He was a famous diligent emperor in history. It was just a question of whether his sudden death was related to overwork!

An Lingrong was lost in thought, but Yongzheng was paying attention to her expression which was alternately confused and regretful.

"What are you thinking about?" Yongzheng's sudden voice was like a thunderclap in the silent Yangxin Palace, which scared An Lingrong.

Su Peisheng, who was serving beside him, could hardly hold back his laughter!

An Lingrong quickly came to her senses, "Your Majesty, I see that Your Majesty is really tired from reviewing the memorials. I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a rest!"

Hearing this, Yongzheng put down his red brush, stood up, and walked over to An Lingrong. "I'm a little tired, Su Peisheng, go get some snacks!"

Su Peisheng immediately went outside the hall and brought in a few plates of snacks.

Two-color water chestnut cake, dragon beard cake, jujube paste yam cake, pea yellow.

Yongzheng picked up a piece of dragon beard cake and put it in his mouth, then called her, "Are you hungry too? Try it!"

An Lingrong was not polite and picked up a piece of jujube and yam cake to eat.

Wash the red dates, remove the core, soak them and steam them for an hour. Fry them with oil and sugar into date paste and set aside. Wash the yam, steam it until cooked, peel it, mix it with glutinous rice flour, lard and sugar, and steam it for 15 minutes. Knead it into yam dough, add date paste, press it into a mold, and make date paste yam cake. Steam it for another 15 minutes and it is ready to eat. It tastes sweet and not greasy, and it strengthens the spleen and replenishes qi.

"Mmm, delicious!" An Lingrong praised.

"Do you like jujube and yam cake?"

"The snacks made by the emperor's kitchen are excellent!" An Lingrong ate another piece of pea yellow.

Seeing how deliciously she ate, Yongzheng couldn't help but eat two more pieces himself!

After eating a few pieces, An Lingrong couldn't eat any more. Looking at the snacks on the table, she asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, do you have any more of this snack?"

"Aren't you full yet?" Yongzheng asked with a smile.

An Lingrong replied, "I am full, but this jujube and yam cake is Sister Mei's favorite. I have tried it at her place before, but it's not as good as the one your Majesty has. I want her to try it too!"

Hearing this, Yongzheng also became happy, "Su Peisheng, make another plate of jujube paste and yam cake for Concubine Shen."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" An Lingrong smiled brightly.

Another spring night.

Early the next morning, An Lingrong got up and headed for Jingren Palace. As soon as she turned the corner, she bumped into a little palace maid head-on. The little palace maid was so scared that she trembled and knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Su Ye hurried forward to help An Lingrong straighten her clothes. After finding nothing wrong with them, she let the maid stand up and warned her, "Be careful next time. The person you met today was Concubine Wen. If it was any other young lady, you would definitely be punished for your offense."

"Thank you for your kindness, my lord. I will keep it in mind."

An Lingrong did not take this matter to heart and arrived at Jingren Palace on time.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen!"

The queen still looked dignified and kind, "Everyone, get up!"

An Lingrong had just stood up and was about to sit down when Concubine Hua stopped her, "Mrs. Wen, do you admit your guilt?"

An Lingrong, bewildered when her name was called, bowed again and said, "I do not know what crime I have committed. Please tell me clearly, Your Majesty."

Concubine Hua sneered and pointed at the hem of her clothes. "Changzai Wen has no regard for the dignity of a concubine and her clothes are unclean. This is truly disrespectful to the Empress and offends the beauty of a woman."

An Lingrong looked down at the spot she pointed, and saw a thumb-sized speck of dust on the hem of her dress. Her clothes and jewelry were all made by Su Ye, so there was no way they could be dirty. She immediately thought of the little palace maid she had bumped into. It was truly impossible to guard against such a thing!

But at this moment, she had no choice but to confess her guilt. She knelt on the ground and said, "I know my crime. Please forgive me, Your Majesty. It was an unintentional mistake!"

The Queen could see through Concubine Hua's tricks, so she waved her hand magnanimously and said, "Alright, alright, it's just a small matter. Concubine Wen should pay more attention next time!"

As soon as the Queen finished speaking, Concubine Hua retorted bluntly, "If Her Majesty doesn't punish people for their mistakes, I'm afraid there will be no discipline in the harem!"

This was originally a very small matter, but Concubine Hua kept harping on it. The Queen didn't want to argue with her any further, so she thought of a punishment that wasn't really a punishment: "Then punish Wen Changzai to recite the palace rules!"

"The Empress is too indulgent. No wonder the Emperor wants me to manage the harem!"

Concubine Hua brought out the emperor to suppress the queen, and made the queen lose face in public!

The Queen had no choice but to ask, "Then what do you think, sister?"