The Legend of Zhen Huan: Rebirth of Ling Rong

"The Empress doesn't seem to want to see us. I can tell that Jianqiu's words are excuses. Let's go back." Baojuan was a little unhappy.

"It's okay. The Empress just has some doubts about me. She wants to observe me carefully to make sure I can be completely devoted to her. After all, in this harem, people's hearts are unpredictable. Who can trust others so easily?"

"Let's go back first and come back another day to pay our respects to the Queen."

The Queen already knows it very well in her heart, she is just testing me. I naturally know the Queen's character. I have been by her side for so many years, how could I not know her secret.

From her subtle movements and words, I've already guessed the cause of Queen Chunyuan's death, but I just haven't had any proof. Now, if we want to overthrow the Queen, we can't act hastily. Only by gaining the Queen's trust can we uncover the truth.

Perhaps, I could learn something from Concubine Duan, and I immediately had an idea.

The next day, I went to visit Concubine Duan. Now Concubine Duan has become the Imperial Noble Concubine, second only to the Empress, and is different from before.

What's more, now that she has Princess Wen Yi's company, she looks much better and is not as weak as before.

"Greetings to the Imperial Concubine!" I saluted gracefully.

"Sister, you're here? Get up quickly!" Concubine Duan came over and helped me up enthusiastically.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, sister. How come you have time to come here today? Come and sit down!" She pulled me over and sat down.

"Jixiang, go and pour tea for Concubine Rong." She instructed Jixiang again.

"Mother, come and play with Wen Yi..." Wen Yi in the inner room spoke.

"Sister, please sit for a while. I'll go see Wen Yi. This child always likes to stick to me." When mentioning Wen Yi, Concubine Duan's face was full of smiles.

"No problem, sister, go and see the princess. I'll be waiting to taste the good tea in your palace."

Soon, Jixiang had brewed tea and brought it in, saying to me respectfully, "Noble Concubine Rong, please have some tea."

I reached out to take the teacup, opened the lid, and took a sniff. It was refreshing, so I praised it endlessly, "Sister, the tea in your palace is truly excellent."

As she was speaking, Concubine Duan had already brought Wen Yi out.

"Jixiang, take Wen Yi out to play for a while. I want to talk to Concubine Rong."

"Hello, Empress Rong!" When Wen Yi saw me, a sweet smile immediately appeared on her face. She bowed to me obediently and greeted me in a crisp voice. Her voice was as sweet as a yellow oriole singing in a valley.

Looking at her like this, I was really surprised. After all, Wen Yi hadn't seen me for a long time, but she still remembered me. This made me feel a little warm in my heart.

I gently touched her head and praised her with a smile: "Wen Yi is so well behaved, such a sensible and good child."

Then, with anticipation glittering in my eyes, I gently said to little Wen Yi, "Next time, I'll bring my sister Roujia to play with you, okay?"

Wen Yi happily replied: "Okay!"

Concubine Duan was watching from the side and was also very happy. Then Jixiang took Wen Yi outside.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. The last time I saw you was on Roujia's full-moon birthday. I didn't say a few words to you. It's hard work to take care of the princess. Are you doing well recently?" Concubine Duan asked with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, sister. Roujia is well behaved, and I am fine. Sister has brought up Princess Wenyi to be very well behaved and sensible. I like her very much."

"Sister Lingrong, I knew that Wen Yi could be raised by me, so I did my best. To be honest, I was used to the loneliness in the deep palace, so I didn't feel any longing for warmth. But since Wen Yi was by my side, I felt that life had hope and meaning..." Concubine Duan said slowly.

"It's naturally the best plan for Princess Wen Yi to be raised by my sister. My sister loves Wen Yi and treats her as her own daughter. How could we, as her younger sisters, not know this?"

"I have always known that you understand me the best." Concubine Duan looked at me and smiled knowingly.

"To be honest, sister, we have a bond. We both have daughters, and even if we don't think about ourselves, we will think more about the princess."

"Parents are mostly like this. Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run. I just don't know why my sister feels so much today?" Concubine Duan noticed something unusual.

"Lingrong was born in a humble family. Even though she has given birth to a princess, she is aware of her poor origins. She is afraid that people will laugh at her behind her back, and that she will not be able to secure a good future for her when she grows up."

"Sister, you are wrong. I heard that you have a younger brother who is currently being used by the Emperor. Why should you belittle yourself? Besides, you are now a noble concubine. Who else in the harem can compare to you?"

"I heard that my sister has been raised in the palace since she was young, and her father is a general who helped the emperor ascend the throne. Such a family background is something I can never envy."

Hearing this, Concubine Duan gave a bitter smile and slowly spoke, "I was raised in the palace since I was a child, and the ladies in the palace all loved me. Later, I met the prince for the first time in the palace, and that's when I knew that I would be trapped in the harem for the rest of my life."

"I know that the prince's wife must be a woman who can help him accomplish his great cause, so I am willing to enter the palace as a concubine. As long as I can accompany the prince, I don't care whether I am the wife or not."

"Sister..." Hearing Concubine Duan say this, I felt a little regretful. It was such a pity that a daughter of a general was trapped in the backyard of the prince's mansion from then on.

"Sister, do you know? The days I spent in the palace in the early years were the happiest days of my life..."

Concubine Duan, Qi Yuebin, is the legitimate daughter of General Huben. She was raised in the palace since childhood and has an extremely noble status.

Even the current Empress Dowager was only Consort De at the time, and she had to be treated with great respect.

The Qi family was the earliest force to support Prince Yong at that time, while Nian Gengyao and Longkodo were two forces that provided more support.

Qi Yuebin entered the palace as a concubine. She was the first woman to enter the palace. Although she was the daughter of a general, she was calm and reserved, as gentle as a woman from the south of the Yangtze River.

Later, Ulanara Yixiu and Nian Shilan also moved into the mansion, and there were three of them in the mansion.

Nian Shilan was Nian Gengyao's sister and was deeply loved by him. She often rode a horse and whipped it in the palace, and the prince loved her very much.

Yixiu was born into the Ulanara clan, but unfortunately she was a concubine. At the request of the then Empress Defei, the prince took Yixiu as his concubine and promised that if she gave birth to a boy, he would raise her to the position of concubine.