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

As a maid, Huanbi could get twenty kilograms of charcoal every day in winter.

In the past, with Zhen Huan taking care of her, the Imperial Household Department did not dare to deduct her share, and even gave her enough and distributed high-quality charcoal.

But ever since Zhen Huan found out that Huanbi sprinkled powder on her, causing Shen Meiyu's miscarriage, she became wary of her.

If Cui Jinxi said that no evidence was found, He Changzai would definitely cry and make excuses.

With Zhen Huan's tacit consent, Cui Jinxi went to the Imperial Household Department.

He even kept a close watch on the small kitchen under the pretext of taking care of the empress's pregnancy.

Therefore, although the amount of charcoal sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs this month has not decreased, the quality is much worse than before.

The sacks were mixed with charcoal slag and soil, and less than 60% of the charcoal could actually be used for heating.

Ten kilograms of high-quality charcoal can provide heating for about two hours, while twenty kilograms of low-quality charcoal may not even last four hours.

The temperature is higher during the day, but it is freezing cold at night.

The already insufficient amount of black charcoal requires more reasonable planning.

Huanbi didn't respond to Fubao's words.

I took a deep breath. It was really cold today.

She walked back to the inner room silently, lay quietly on the bed, and absorbed the slight heat coming from the floor heater.

As soon as Fubao got the charcoal back, he reported the matter to the young lady.

Furious, Huanbi immediately ran to the main hall to cry to her elder sister about the matter.

Zhen Huan interrupted her as soon as she started talking.

"Huanbi, you also know that Concubine Hua is in charge of the six palaces. I have suffered a lot at her hands."

"The amount of charcoal allocated to you by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is sufficient, so there is no room for complaint."

"Just bear with it for now and see if the amount of black charcoal decreases next month."

Huanbi thought her elder sister would come forward to help her.

Looking back now, she never said anything about helping me except letting me endure the injustice.

Huanbi pulled up the brocade quilt and covered her head to block the flickering dark light in her eyes.

The eldest sister who received the letter from home once said that her father told her to take good care of herself in the letter.

But the eldest sister, who was in a high position, was favored and had a dragon fetus, and she didn't even say a good word for her in front of the emperor.

Huanbi thought about her life after entering the mansion, and her eyelids gradually became heavier.

While falling into a deep sleep, she had a nightmare that her elder sister had turned into the lady over the years.

He pinched her neck hard and shouted at her to pay for the life of Shen Meizhuang's child.

When she was about to suffocate, the desperate Huanbi jumped up and opened her eyes in horror.

She lifted the quilt covering her head in fear and took a deep breath of cold air.

It turns out it was just a dream!

When Huanbi touched her neck, she felt it was icy cold.

"Fubao, what time is it now?"

"My lady, it's already past midnight, and Bai Wei has gone to the kitchen to get her meal."

Fubao replied respectfully.

"Is there any hot water? I want to wash myself."

Not only was Huanbi's hair wet with sweat, but her back was also wet.

Kang Luhai was sent to the cold palace because of illness, and she didn't want to follow in his footsteps.

"My lady, I will bring in the charcoal basin for you to warm up first."

It took Fubao less than half a minute to light the charcoal fire. She carefully moved the charcoal basin to a place less than two meters away from the bed.

Before going out, he took advantage of Huanbi's daze to open the window a big crack.

Sitting on the bed, Huanbi felt colder and colder. She hugged the quilt tightly and curled up into a ball.

Huanbi felt like she had been waiting for a long time before Fubao came in carrying a small basin of still warm water.

"I am late, please forgive me, my lord."

"The clay stove in the small room has been boiling water all the time, so why did it take you so long to come back?"

"My dear, please wash yourself quickly before the water gets cold."

The heat in the basin dissipated too quickly, and Fubao was afraid that the water would get cold, so he urged people to add more water anxiously.

"Fubao!"

"My lady, there are tofu balls in sour soup simmering on the clay stove in the small room. I asked Sister Liu Zhu for the hot water in this basin, which I got from the small kitchen."

Fubao realized he couldn't hide it anymore and replied helplessly.

"Is Concubine Hui still in the main hall?"

My eldest sister has always had a light taste, and the small kitchen would never cook such heavy dishes.

Only Shen Meizhuang from Jeju likes heavier meals.

"My dear, when I came back with the water, I heard laughter coming from the main hall."

"Come and help me wash up."

The laughter and joy in the main hall had nothing to do with her, but her body was her own and she couldn't catch a cold.

Soon Bai Wei brought back the lunch box. The braised pork with white cabbage was extremely greasy, the fried tofu was broken, and the braised radish was shredded perfunctorily.

Huanbi barely ate half a bowl of rice mixed with shredded tofu.

She took the palm-sized round pancake and signaled Fubao to clear the food from the table.

"I can't eat any more, you guys can share it."

In winter, the palace servants cooked vegetables in water, which did not contain much oil.

The master's leftover food can be boiled in hot water and it becomes a delicious meal.

When Bai Wei saw Fubao carrying the food box back to the room, she smiled so much that her eyes narrowed.

"Sister Fubao, I'll go to the kitchen and get some water."

She had a good sister who was in charge of making fire in the small kitchen. Every day she would put a pot at the stove and boil some hot water for everyone to drink.

Not long after Bai Wei went out, she brought back a small gray jar.

Bai Wei smiled as she ate the rice soaked with grease.

"Sister Fubao, the young master's meal is really delicious."

Fubao picked out the three pieces of fat meat in his bowl and gave them to her, without mentioning the small bag of white sugar cake hidden in Bai Wei's box.

She had long discovered that Bai Wei was delicious, and she would open the food box halfway to eat it.

Someone let He Changzai experience the difficulties of the harem, so why should she expose it?

"Bai Wei, wait until the young lady is promoted. Our good days are still ahead."

At dinner, Huanbi still received a cold meal.

Although she had no appetite, she still left a small pancake to roast on the brazier.

The next morning, Fubao gently called the young lady to get up.

She carefully lifted the curtain and was shocked by the scene before her.

The young lady's face was flushed red, as if burned by fire, and her lips were so dry that they turned white.

"My lady, your forehead is burning. I will go and ask Concubine Wan for help."

After Fubao finished speaking anxiously, he ran out of the inner room and closed the door behind him.

Fubao appeared in front of Cui Jinxi with a pale face, and she pleaded in a trembling voice.

"Aunt Jinxi, my young mistress seems to be feeling unwell. Could you please ask Doctor Wen to come and take a look?"

"Auntie can't make the decision on this matter. I will report it to the master later."

"Fubao, go back and look after He Changzai first."

Cui Jinxi thought Huanbi was using a self-torture trick, so she didn't report the matter to her master who was going to accompany the emperor in the Yangxin Palace.

When Fubao saw Concubine Wan and her group leaving Suiyuxuan, she knew that the opportunity she had been waiting for had finally come.

"My lady, I have reported your high fever to the main hall long ago."

She saw the eyelids of the person lying on the bed twitch, and spoke indignantly again.

"Ordinarily, Doctor Wen should have arrived at Suiyuxuan long ago, but he hasn't shown up yet."

"My lady, I feel sorry for you. Concubine Wan doesn't care about you at all. She took her people to the Yangxin Palace."

"You must hold on. I will go to the Imperial Hospital to get someone."

Huanbi listened to Fubao's words in a daze, feeling mixed emotions.

She held on tight and tried to stop him with a hoarse voice.

"Fubao, don't go!"

"Go ask...the Queen...for help!"