The Summer Palace Tiandi Yijiachun was where the empress and concubines lived. It had many courtyards of different sizes, each with a palace gate.

The queen has always lived in Taohuawu. Zhen Huan was favored and lived in Wutong Academy; Concubine Hua lived in Qingliang Palace.

In previous years, even if Concubine Hua did not come, the Qingliang Palace would be empty in order to show the favor to Concubine Hua.

The main building material of Qingliang Hall is nanmu, and the roof is covered with two-color glazed tiles. It is a two-story building.

Climbing up to the upper floor of Qingliang Palace, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lake.

Shen Meizhuang was in a unilateral cold war with the emperor, and she was not supposed to have the opportunity to come to the Old Summer Palace. It was only because of Zhen Huan's plea that she was able to come. However, her residence was not so good. Before, she lived in Xianyue Pavilion and Yifu Pavilion next to Wutong Academy, and now she lives in Fanying Pavilion, which is five palaces away from Wutong Academy.

Xianyue Pavilion was occupied by An Lingrong.

After An Lingrong gave birth to a child, she sang a lullaby to the child, which won the favor of Yinzhen. Every time he visited the child, Yinzhen would always ask An Lingrong to sing it several times. An Lingrong was able to gain the favor of the emperor and was promoted from a maiden to a noble lady, and became a noble lady An.

An Lingrong was considered to be on the Queen's side. Although she tried hard to break away, she couldn't because of her father. But when she became a noble lady, she could take better care of her mother, buy servants to take care of her, so that her mother would not be bullied to death by her father's concubines.

It had been a long time since Chun Changzai's last miscarriage. She was still young, and after she recovered, she slept with the emperor again and soon became pregnant.

Ever since Nian Shilan stopped using Huan Yi Xiang and stopped torturing the concubines in the palace, more and more people in the palace became pregnant. Perhaps because there was no Huan Yi Xiang to suppress her, Zhen Huan also became pregnant a few months after her daughter was discharged from the confinement period.

With the series of happy events, Yinzhen was very pleased. When he learned that Chun Changzai was pregnant again, he immediately promised that after Chun Changzai gave birth to a child, regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, she would be promoted to a noble lady.

As for Zhen Huan, Yinzhen directly issued an edict to promote her to the title of Concubine Wan. After her trip to the Old Summer Palace, she returned to the palace and immediately held a ceremony to confer the title of Concubine.

But that will be before the hot summer ends.

There was a prince in the Old Summer Palace who had a very low presence and was left in a corner by Yinzhen. His name was Hongli.

The palace maids around Hongli saw that he was out of favor, so they treated him indifferently, neither trying to please him nor targeting him. Only the wet nurse was truly kind to him.

Hongli thought that perhaps he was not working hard enough and that was why the emperor didn't care about him, so he studied very hard every day.

He was thirteen years old this year and heard that the emperor and the concubines had come to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat again.

Hongli began to scheme in his mind, wanting to find himself a favored adoptive mother. His residence was in a secluded corner of the courtyard next to the one allocated for the concubines.

Hongli came to pay his respects to the emperor every day. Even though the emperor never saw him, he would kneel at the door of the Qinzheng Hall to pay his respects before leaving dejectedly.

Hongli left in loneliness and went to the Tiandi Yijiachun area where the concubines lived. He ignored the scorching sun and wandered in the garden, lakeside and woods even though he was sweating all over his forehead.

His two attendants could hardly keep up with Hongli's pace, and he couldn't help but complain in his heart that Hongli was too fast and idle.

After unremitting efforts, Hongli finally caught Shen Meizhuang who was swimming in the lake.

Hongli knew Shen Meizhuang. Last year, Hongli ran into Shen Meizhuang while paying his respects unexpectedly. However, Shen Meizhuang had been out of favor for a long time and was depressed and did not compete for favor. Hongli's active flattery was not appreciated by Shen Meizhuang.

After Hongli found out about Shen Meizhuang's favor, he lost interest in her.

Seeing Shen Meizhuang, Hongli was about to leave, but unexpectedly found a woman in green clothes and with a bright face coming out of the cabin. Upon closer inspection, who else could it be but Zhen Huan.

Zhen Huan's first child is a daughter, and the second child is yet to be determined.

But she is obviously not a good candidate for adoptive mother.

She is so fertile.

but.....

Hongli looked at the happy faces of Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang, and suddenly remembered that the two were good friends. As long as Zhen Huan was around, even if Shen Meizhuang was out of favor, if he made Shen Meizhuang his adoptive mother, he would still have the opportunity to show up in front of the emperor.

Thinking of this, Hongli made up his mind and went over. When the cabin docked, Hongli pretended to appear unintentionally and took the initiative to greet Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang.

"Your son pays his respects to Concubine Wan and Concubine Hui."

Hongli half-knelt down and performed the junior's etiquette firmly. Beads of sweat were reflecting on his bald forehead, the braid tied behind his back was also wet with sweat, and his cheeks were steaming.

In order to accompany Shen Meizhuang, who had almost become an alcoholic, to relax, Zhen Huan took the opportunity to take the child out for a boat ride in the lake while she was taking a nap. Now she was about to go back.

Seeing Hongli suddenly appear, Zhen Huan put on a subtle expression and quickly reached out to help Hongli up, "Hongli, please don't be so polite."

Hongli stood up.

"Why is your forehead covered in sweat? The weather is so hot, why did you go out?" Zhen Huan winked at Huanbi. Huanbi hurriedly rummaged through her sleeves and took out a plain handkerchief and handed it to Zhen Huan.

Zhen Huan handed it to Hongli again: "Wipe the sweat off your face quickly."

"Thank you, Concubine Wan." Hongli accepted it with great care, his eyes unconsciously glancing at Shen Meiyu.

Zhen Huan seemed to understand something, and with a smile that carried a deep meaning, she opened her mouth and said:

"I and Concubine Hui were in a hurry to leave today, so I didn't bring you the birthday gift I prepared. How about you go to Concubine Hui's Fanying Pavilion and have some sour plum soup to cool off, and I'll give you the birthday gift later?"

Last year, relying on her good health, Zhen Huan did not stay in the palace to take care of the children. Instead, she came to the Old Summer Palace with the children to escape the summer heat, bringing her sister Mei with her.

When she met Hongli who was trying to get close to her, Zhen Huan kept a distance from him without making friends or offending him, and chatted with him for a few more minutes.

Hongli deliberately wanted to make friends with Concubine Wan, so he tried to test her by saying that his birthday was coming soon and no one had ever given him a birthday gift.

Zhen Huan was almost openly asked by Hongli for a birthday gift, but she evaded the question by saying that she had not prepared it yet and never gave him one afterwards.

At this time, Zhen Huan had her own plans in mind, so she brought up this matter, which just happened to allow Hongli to sit down and have a chat openly.

Chatting here is really too conspicuous.

Hongli's eyes lit up, having achieved the preliminary result he wanted. He nodded hurriedly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for remembering your son's birthday gift. I will respectfully obey your command."

After all, he was only thirteen years old and had not received careful teaching. Hongli was fundamentally different from ordinary princes. Almost everything he was thinking was written on his face, but he thought he hid it well.

Shen Meizhuang's eyebrows moved slightly, not knowing what Zhen Huan wanted to do.

After returning to Fanying Pavilion, Zhen Huan first gave Hongli some sour plum soup with Caiyue. Zhen Huan then sent Shen Meizhuang away on the pretext of going back to see the princess and bringing her back. On the way, Zhen Huan said:

"Sister Mei, if you can be promoted to concubine, it wouldn't be a bad idea to raise a ready-made prince."

There are now many pregnant women in the palace, and the three-yearly beauty pageant is coming soon. Zhen Huan cannot bear to see Shen Meizhuang so depressed. If she does nothing, she is afraid that Shen Meizhuang will completely lose her status in the harem.

There are always times when she can't take care of Shen Meizhuang.

If Shen Meizhuang could raise a prince, her life would be secure.

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