The Rebirth of Li Fei: The Strongest Palace Fighting System

Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Yu Ying'er took my favor

After New Year’s Eve comes the Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival gifts sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are about to be distributed, but there is still no news from the Emperor regarding our encounter that day in Yime Garden.

I don't know what's going on.

At this time, Baojuan pushed the door open and came in, bringing a bowl of Yuanxiao, a box of elegant orchid spices, beautiful rouge, and two taels of silver.

All the promised festival etiquette regulations are very simple. I must quickly gain favor and improve my status to escape from this shabby situation.

I gave the bowl of glutinous rice balls to Baojuan and asked:

"Has the Emperor been coming to the harem often recently? Who does he often visit?"

"I have a curious story to tell you, young lady. For some reason, the Emperor has taken a liking to a maid in the Plum Garden. He first made her a court lady, and then the other day promoted her to a concubine."

Plum Garden?

That palace maid must be Yu Ying'er!

Yu Ying'er's promotion to a concubine in the harem was only a flash in the pan, just like the "Dream in the Garden" she often sang.

However, I actually forgot about her and was not on guard. Everything I carefully arranged that night in Yime Garden actually gave her the upper hand!

I felt indignant.

Although Baojuan didn't know all this, she could see that I was unhappy, so she comforted me:

"It's common for the emperor to take a fancy to a palace maid."

I blurted out without thinking:

"Is the Emperor's favor towards Yu Ying'er now almost catching up to that of Shen Meizhuang? It would be fine if someone else was favored, but it has to be a palace maid whose status is ten times lower than mine, and now she is on equal footing with me!"

"My lady is clever and knows that this maid's name is Yu Ying'er. However, no matter how much the Emperor dotes on her, her background is nothing compared to yours."

"How did the Emperor find her?"

"I heard that the Emperor had Steward Su go to Yimei Garden and come up with a couplet, 'Going against the wind, as if understanding my feelings,' and then asked who could sing 'Ode to the Winter Plum Blossoms.' Yu promised that he could match it, so he brought it to the Emperor."

Yu Ying'er overheard my poetry that night, and then it was natural for her, who was known as the "Lady of Wonderful Voice", to sing the song I had sung.

I called Baojuan down, feeling resentful and thinking about how to get my favor back.

I was thinking of asking the oleander elf for some information, but I hesitated because the thirty taels of silver were too precious and I couldn't bear to squander it easily.

After all, money is hard to come by, and you need to budget it carefully so that you can live a worry-free life.

Speaking of money, I think of a person who is as stupid and arrogant as Yu Ying'er - Xia Dongchun.

I walked out of my west wing hall and went to Xia Dongchun's east wing hall.

Ever since I saved Xia Dongchun during the "Yi Zhang Hong" incident, she has treated me a little better.

A few days ago, I went to pay my respects to this Lady Xia, and she gave me valuable amber flowing bracelets, amethyst dream butterfly necklace, and blue phoenix flying cloud step-shake.

Especially this Qingluan Xiangyun Step Hairpin, not only is it worth a whopping five hundred taels of silver, she also told me that the Qingluan is a mythical auspicious bird, and Xiangyun symbolizes soaring high and sailing far. She said that if I could move to Concubine Hua one day, I would rise to prominence and she would also help me.

After she was caned thirty times that day, Concubine Hua ordered her to be confined to the Yanx Palace for several months and not allowed to leave. On weekdays, except for me, no one in the palace paid any attention to her. The Queen even treated her like an abandoned child and did not care about her.

She is now particularly interested in my "dream-reading and astrology" technique.

"Xia Chang is in Wan'an."

The flickering candlelight in the room illuminated Xia Dongchun's face, slightly distorted by anger. She was resentful of Concubine Hua's deliberate exclusion from the "Palace Banquet" on New Year's Eve.

Seeing me, Xia Dongchun was still furious:

"What are you doing here at this hour of the night?"

"Sister Xia, it's late at night, and I've come to visit you. I'm suddenly feeling uneasy."

"Why?"

"My dream-reading and astrology skills have shown some new insights tonight, so I came to share them with you, sister."

Xia Dongchun heard this, a hint of curiosity flashed between his brows, but he still said stubbornly:

"If your astrology is really that effective, why have you only given me a mere promise?"

An Lingrong didn't care about her sarcasm and continued:

"Sister, do you know that there is a new concubine in the palace tonight, her name is Yu Ying'er."

"Yu Ying'er?" Xia Dongchun frowned. This name was extremely unfamiliar to her.

Of course I'm a stranger. Originally, Xia Dongchun, you weren't lucky enough to live in the Yanxi Palace until now and meet Yu Ying'er.

If I hadn't rescued you, you would have been sent to the cold palace long ago.

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