If An Lingrong was reborn before the draft

After the incident with Shunpin, Lingrong followed the emperor's order and stopped leaving Yongshou Palace to rest and take care of her baby. But even though she didn't leave the palace, she was still informed of the news in the palace, as someone kept telling her.

"I heard that Concubine Hua's brother has made great contributions again. The Emperor has rewarded General Nian and is going to promote Concubine Hua!" Concubine Xin is a person who can't sit still. She often comes to see Lingrong and tells her the news.

"Really? Concubine Hua is so lucky. She is already a concubine. If she is promoted to the next rank, she will become an imperial concubine!" Lingrong seemed very surprised, but she knew that Concubine Hua would not have this opportunity to be promoted?

"That's right. She hasn't been promoted yet, but she already started to talk back to the Empress when she was paying respects this morning." Concubine Xin said sourly. She was really envious and jealous. She was an old lady in the palace, but because her mother's family was not of high status, she could only wait for seniority before getting promoted.

"This has nothing to do with whether she is promoted or not. It's not the first time that Concubine Hua has contradicted the Queen." Lingrong really didn't take it seriously. It was true what she said. Concubine Hua never took the Queen seriously. Whether she was promoted or not, she was the first person under the Queen.

"Tsk, you don't know, that's what the Queen said," Concubine Xin began to imitate Concubine Hua's words vividly, "She asked the Queen what rank the Emperor would give her, but she was already a Concubine, so no matter what rank she was given, she would only be a Royal Concubine, and the Queen also replied like that, so guess what he said in the end?"

"What did she say?"

"She said, Your Majesty is wrong, there is a Queen above the Imperial Concubine!"

Seeing how well Concubine Xin learned, Ling Rong was really surprised. She knew that Concubine Hua was always domineering and overbearing, but she didn't expect that Concubine Hua would dare to contradict the Queen like this. "Did she really say that?"

"That's right. Everyone else in the hall was frightened by her. No one dared to speak."

Come to think of it, who would dare to interrupt such lewd words? It would be a death wish. Ling Rong nodded in agreement. Fortunately, she was exempted from paying respects.

"That's not all. Later, Imperial Concubine Hua compared the Empress to Emperor Shunzhi's Borjigit Empress, making fun of her for being childless and unfavorable. She turned pale when the word Imperial Concubine was mentioned!"

Lingrong was so shocked that her mouth opened wide. "As expected of Concubine Hua, she is so powerful!" Lingrong couldn't help but admire her. She was really on the road to death and there was no turning back. "What did the Queen say?"

"The Empress was very angry. She said directly that no matter how noble the Imperial Concubine was, there could be several, but there was only one Empress. She also scolded Concubine Hua a few words." Concubine Xin said with emotion. She didn't dare to do that.

"The Empress is probably used to it. This isn't the first time that Noble Concubine Hua has contradicted her like this." Ling Rong was helpless. In her previous life, she had always been by the Empress' side and knew that Noble Concubine Hua was also so domineering even when she was a concubine. What's more, she is a Noble Concubine now and might be granted the title of Imperial Noble Concubine soon. How could she not be so arrogant?

"Ah, even if I wasn't used to it before, I will get used to it in the future. It's already like this before she's even been conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort. I'm afraid she'll step on everyone when she's promoted." Concubine Xin couldn't help but worry about herself. After all, it wasn't easy to make a living under Concubine Hua.

"Sister Xin, don't worry so much. Everything will work out when the time comes. Just take it one step at a time." Lingrong didn't think that the emperor would really promote Concubine Hua, so she started to show off now. It was only a matter of time before something bad happened.

"Hey, sister, you don't have to worry because you have the emperor's protection, but I am powerless and my words don't count, hey!" After chatting about the gossip, she was also worried about herself.

Lingrong had no choice but to repeat a few words of comforting her. After all, she had no way of telling Concubine Xin that in her previous life, Concubine Hua was also so arrogant, and was deposed by the Emperor after just a few days of her arrogant behavior.