The wish of the Qing Dynasty is fulfilled

Songzhi was very anxious.

Because her own queen couldn't even eat her favorite crab roe pastry, she was absent-minded and stunned for half a day. Songzhi was so anxious that she wanted to kick Zhou Ninghai's good leg twice to cheer her master up.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor loves you the most. The others are just temporary novelties..."

"Songzhi, do you think she's going to hide in her bed and cry right now?"

Hua Fei's question left Song Zhi bewildered. Who was 'she'? Shen Meizhuang? Did the Empress want others to be unhappy with her?

"What are you standing there for? Go to the Yanxi Palace now and bring An Lingrong to me."

Songzhi didn't understand, but she was obedient. As long as the empress gave the order, she would immediately bring An Lingrong to see her.

When Songzhi entered the east side hall of Yanxi Palace and saw An Lingrong with red eyes crying, she realized that the "she" was referring to Si Changzai. The queen was unhappy and wanted to see Si Changzai cry for a while to cheer her up.

While An Lingrong's nose was still red from crying, Song Zhi hurriedly put on her coat and cloak and took her back to Yiku Palace, fearing that if she was a little slower and she couldn't recover, it would not make the Empress happy.

Concubine Hua was feeling awkward and didn't know how to comfort others when she saw Songzhi coming back with her "prey" excitedly like a silly dog. Following behind her was An Lingrong, who was already petite and weak. After being blown by the wind for a while, her little face turned pale, but her eyes were still red.

"What are you doing? If others see you, they'll think that I, the Yikun Palace, bullied you."

Nian Shilan tried to hold back for a long time before uttering what she thought was a consolation, but ended up watching An Lingrong's tears streaming down like pearls from a broken string, unable to utter a complete sentence while sobbing.

Nian Shilan was at a loss. She was good at scolding people, but how could she coax them? Nian Shilan had no choice but to turn her head to look at Songzhi and signaled her to go forward and coax them.

Songzhi understood what the look meant and proudly puffed out her chest. She knew that the Queen wanted to see this. It was no wonder that she had been poking at Lady Si's sore spots all the way back. Look, how well she cried.

……

Half an hour later, after Zhou Ninghai finished his "1.6 meters, 1.7 meters" performance, Songzhi passionately performed a ditty that went off-tune and went to Ningguta, which made An Lingrong finally burst out laughing.

She finally smiled, and Zhou Ninghai and Songzhi almost cried.

Seeing An Lingrong smile, Concubine Hua breathed a sigh of relief, finally coaxing her back. Did Songzhi, that annoying servant, have a brain of her own? She actually made someone cry for a whole quarter of an hour without stopping. Fortunately, her singing was bad enough to make people laugh, so she was considered useful.

After An Lingrong finished laughing, she felt a little uneasy and pursed her lips. This action frightened Concubine Hua and her servants, who were afraid that she would pout and start crying again in the next second. Fortunately, she didn't.

"Empress Hua, I didn't mean to make fun of Song Zhi just now..."

"So what if you did it on purpose? Songzhi doesn't mind, right, Songzhi?"

What else could Songzhi say under the cold gaze of her master? All the good words had been said by her master, so she could only make a wronged "squeak".

An Lingrong seemed to be immersed in the song she had just sung and couldn't extricate herself. She recited the lyrics several times and suddenly turned her head, looking at Hua Fei with a pair of shining eyes. She was so bright that she didn't hear what An Lingrong said clearly, and just nodded subconsciously.

"Lotus can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are fields of lotus leaves."

"Whose girl is deep in the lotus leaves? She throws a lotus across the water with a smile."

Concubine Hua felt her heart itch when she heard An Lingrong's singing. She felt as if the scene of lotus picking in the south of the Yangtze River really appeared before her eyes. Before she could organize her words of praise, she saw An Lingrong bursting into tears again.

"What's wrong? Don't cry."

"I...this concubine...I miss my hometown...When I was young, my family was poor, and my father would pick lotus leaves for me to play with. Now I have entered the palace...and my father is gone..."

After hearing this, Concubine Hua felt heartbroken. In this palace, people always flatter the powerful and look down on the weak. If someone's family background is low, they would want to step on anyone. Her little cat has not even served the emperor yet and she has suffered such a thing. If she doesn't protect her, she will be gnawed to the bone! And the queen, that old woman with a treacherous heart, really thought that Shilan didn't know that the old woman was secretly watching Rong'er. Fortunately, she was keeping a close eye on her.

Nian Shilan, who had been arrogant and domineering for so many years, felt like she was being pinched by the neck for the first time. She had no way to deal with the tearful baby in front of her. She just wanted to give her all the good things, even if it meant letting her smash them for fun.

"Don't you think...don't you think it's unbecoming for a concubine to sing a song?"

"What's the point of being respectable or not? If you like, then sing it. As long as it doesn't tire your voice."

"But I heard people say that only actors sing songs casually."

"Nonsense! Who told you that?! I am the head of the imperial concubines and have the power to manage all six palaces. If I say you can sing, then you can sing! Not to mention singing in my Yikun Palace, even if you sing in the Imperial Garden, it would be a blessing for those who listen to you. Whoever dares to talk nonsense will have Songzhi rip her mouth off!"

An Lingrong's eyes were full of admiration, which made Hua Fei extremely happy. She just wanted to take An Lingrong out for a sing-along so that everyone could hear the voice of her own little lark.

But soon An Lingrong's eyes dimmed again, and she stammered, "But I am in mourning, so it is really inappropriate to do this. If I really tell others about it, I will be laughed at to death."

Does Concubine Hua know the rules? Of course she doesn't!

She only knows that my little lark wants to sing, so why shouldn’t I let her sing!

But now, no matter what Hua Fei said, An Lingrong felt that she was just trying to coax her. In a hurry, Hua Fei immediately dragged the two resentful people beside her into the water.

"Songzhi, Zhou Ninghai, did you hear what your mistress said?"

Who are Zhou Ninghai and Song Zhi? They are the famous spoiled children in the Qing harem. Their main rule is "If the Empress scolds people, I shout; if the Empress kills people, I hand over the knife." They have no sense of rules or common sense. Whatever the Empress says is the rule.

The two of them, one on each side, praised An Lingrong's singing voice fiercely. After praising her melodious and beautiful voice, they also praised that there was no one in the palace who could compare with her. Such a beautiful and graceful voice would make anyone who heard it confused. Even those who were not confused would be confused by Hua Fei. In short, it was just one sentence:

Sing whenever you want, sing loudly! Yikun Palace will always be your fan club!

……

No one knew what happened in the main hall of Yiku Palace, but many people witnessed An Lingrong's pale face when she was hurriedly called by Song Zhi. Soon after, bursts of singing were heard again, and spies from various palaces went to report the news to their masters.

Tonight's top search topic in the imperial harem is no longer about Xia Dongchun sleeping with her, but rather about Concubine Hua actually ordering An Lingrong, who had just lost her father, to sing for her in the Yikun Palace! For a moment, the concubines were unsure whether to be shocked by Concubine Hua's arrogance or to pity An Lingrong.