An Lingrong's Rebirth: I will not offend others unless they offend me

"Sister Hua Fei, don't you know the reason?"

Concubine Hua shook her head angrily. "I didn't find out anything from what Su Peisheng said. That bastard didn't even accept the money."

She had been well-behaved for several months, but was inexplicably confined to her room.

It's so insulting!

An Lingrong asked about the time when Su Peisheng delivered the message, and guessed that the emperor must have discovered the origin of the sedan chair in Suiyuxuan.

He was angry with Zhen Huan, but he couldn't tell Concubine Hua about it, so he could only vent in this seemingly strange way.

"Sister Hua Fei, please come closer."

After a few whispers, the depression on Hua Fei's face disappeared.

After a dozen breaths, she said something with a complicated expression.

"What retribution!"

After happily finishing a plate of crab cakes, she looked at An Lingrong apologetically.

"Sister Shufei, there is one thing I don't know how to start."

"Then start from the beginning."

Hua Fei: Even more direct than her? I heard that southern barbarians are quite reserved.

An Lingrong: I spent some time with the system and learned some new things.

Speaking of which, I seemed to hear some faint noises when I was taking a nap yesterday.

But after she woke up, she felt empty inside and looked around but found nothing.

Hua Fei looked at the serious face of the person opposite her and organized her words a little.

"Sister Shufei, you must have heard about the feud between me and Qi Yuebin, right?"

An Lingrong nodded honestly.

The emperor's tactics were so terrifying that they turned close friends from childhood into enemies.

She reminded herself again that she must not fall into the false illusion of gentleness woven by the emperor.

"I have hated her to the core these past few years and have always wanted to take her life."

"So we placed people to keep an eye on that area and discovered that the Qi family had sent people to the south."

The Qi family is a family of military generals. Although they have fallen into decline, even a broken ship still has two ounces of nails.

When Concubine Hua said this, she looked at An Lingrong with sympathy.

"The Qi family is heading to Songyang County?"

"Correct."

"We weren't very familiar with each other at that time, so I didn't tell you."

Later, when that incident happened again, she even forgot about the information her subordinates had casually reported to her.

"After my nephew Nian Fu took charge of the Nian family, he discovered this very important news in time."

"He was afraid that his frequent contact with me would arouse the Emperor's suspicion, so he took it upon himself to send someone to escort your family to the capital."

"But I didn't expect the cunning Qi family to have made two preparations and also placed people in the water. The entangled servants wanted to protect the An family members, so they didn't have time to save Master An who fell into the water."

An Lingrong didn't expect that there was such a thrilling inside story behind An Bihuai's fall into the water.

She stood up in fear and bowed deeply to Concubine Hua.

"Thank you, Sister Hua Fei, for protecting my family."

"Sister Shufei, I don't deserve such a great gift from you. You saved the entire Nian family, but I didn't even take care of your family members..."

An Lingrong handed the newly filled cup of tea to Concubine Hua with both hands and interrupted her sincerely.

"Sister Hua Fei, please have some tea."

"If anything happens in the future, Lingrong will definitely not refuse."

She didn't dare to think too deeply about what would have happened to her mother, brother, and Aunt Xiao if the Nian family hadn't taken action.

Concubine Hua took the teacup and took a big gulp.

"Hey! Be careful of the heat!"

"I'm fine, but my heart is cold. Drink some hot tea to warm it up."

When she drank the scalding hot tea, it burned her heart for a moment, constantly reminding her why she was living.

"Sister Hua Fei, you..."

An Lingrong swallowed the words that advised her to have a baby and turned to talk about her family.

Concubine Hua cares about the younger generation, and a smile never leaves her face when she talks about her nephews and nieces.

"Sister Shufei, you have no idea how clever my three-year-old niece is."

"Last time, when she accompanied her mother to the palace to pay her respects, she even brought me a piece of nougat."

"Before leaving, she hugged me by the neck and said she would bring me some candy next time."

As she spoke, she began to feel lost.

She hasn't seen her family since her brother left.

"Sister Hua Fei, if you miss your family's younger generation, you can find a chance to bring them to the palace to stay for a while."

An Lingrong mouthed two words.

"Sister, I need to think about this carefully."

Concubine Hua knew that she had made too many enemies over the years, and if she rashly brought her niece into the palace, it would harm her instead.

However, An Lingrong's words left a mark in her heart, and she would think about them whenever she missed home.

Time passed in a flash, and Baoge came back from the back hall and reported his discovery.

"Your Highness, your 'Xiao Hei' is a drake."

“No matter how hard you tie a duck to its nest, it won’t hatch its eggs.”

Concubine Hua couldn't accept that 'Xiao Hei' was a drake that didn't lay eggs, and retorted anxiously.

"I saw with my own eyes 'Little Black' curled up in a corner crying. He's clearly a mother with deep affection for her child. How could he not be able to hatch the eggs?"

"Your Majesty, I have carefully examined Xiao Hei and found something wrong with his right foot. He must have been injured."

Hua Fei suddenly remembered that she had caught a glimpse of a chicken flapping its wings and flying out of the fence in the back hall of Yonghe Palace. On the way back to the palace, she thought her Xiao Hei could do the same, so she found a book on bird training to train Xiao Hei to fly.

Fortunately, the palace maid was standing on a ladder when she threw Xiao Hei, otherwise An Lingrong, who was thinking about her duck, might have gotten what she wanted.

An Lingrong slapped her head. How could she have forgotten that the emperor had just used the story of Concubine Hua following a drake laying eggs as a joke to amuse Hongzhan half a month ago?

She was laughing so hard that she almost choked.

An Lingrong stared at her belly anxiously. Could it be that being pregnant with twins would make a person stupid?

Or is it that "birds of a feather flock together", and has she been assimilated?

No! The emperor hated the idea of ​​people in the harem forming cliques and factions the most. She and Concubine Hua had tacitly agreed not to show too much affection in public.

Therefore, we don't spend much time together.

Concubine Hua had no idea that An Lingrong had thought so much at once, so she coughed lightly twice to divert her embarrassment.

"Sister Shufei, are you here in Yikun Palace for something?"

"Sixth Prince has recently become obsessed with bamboo products. I'd like to ask you for some bamboo to take back. Please, please give it to me."

"It's just some bamboo. Please use it as you wish."

As she spoke, she led the way, guiding An Lingrong to the back hall.

I saw a fresh green patch in the corner of the wall. A breeze blew by, and I could hear the rustling of bamboo leaves.

Take a sniff and your breath will be filled with the fragrance of bamboo.

"Sister, this back hall is truly a treasure land."

"It is said that this bamboo forest was planted by the late emperor, and it is taken care of every year. If you like, you can dig some up and transplant them."

Concubine Hua instructed the palace servants to get busy, ignoring Songzhi who was hesitant to speak.

Baoge took a fancy to the emerging bamboo shoots and flew happily through the bamboo forest.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the pigeon returned with a full basket, placed it on the ground, and whispered back.

"My Lady, I found a small piece of cloth in the bamboo forest. It looks like your name is written on it."

An Lingrong glanced suspiciously at the stunned Concubine Hua and waved the cloth strip in front of her.

"May I ask if Sister Hua Fei can help me solve this problem?"