If An Lingrong was reborn before the draft

Listening to Concubine Hua's display, Ling Rong just smiled faintly and did not make any response, because she knew very well that no one in the entire harem could be more generous than Concubine Hua.

At this time, a promise from Sichuan and Shaanxi said, "The clothes your majesty is wearing are made of Shu brocade. I heard that the Shu Brocade Bureau only offered one piece as tribute this year!" Obviously, this promise was very familiar with Shu brocade and recognized it at a glance.

Concubine Hua smiled proudly and replied, "Well, this was specially made for me by the Shu Brocade Bureau on my birthday this year!"

The concubine then exclaimed: "I heard that it takes ten embroiderers in Shu to spend three months to complete a piece of Shu brocade. Every inch of brocade is worth its weight in gold! This shows how much our emperor values ​​and cares for the queen. This kind of thought is really rare."

Her words were full of envy and flattery, which greatly benefited Concubine Hua, and her smile became brighter. However, in Lingrong's eyes, all this was just a vain performance.

Listening to the concubines' flattery, Ling Rong picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then put the cup close to her mouth, skillfully covering up the faint smile on her lips. She knew in her heart that although this Shu brocade dress was exquisite, in comparison, the emperor's behavior on Zhen Huan's birthday that year was more eye-catching. At that time, the emperor specially arranged for Prince Guo to hold a grand birthday party for Zhen Huan at the Peony Terrace in the Old Summer Palace. All the concubines in the palace and the princes and wives in Beijing were invited to attend. Such a spectacular scene cannot be compared with a piece of clothing.

Thinking of this, Lingrong couldn't help but feel moved. She suddenly realized that even if Zhen Huan was favored at that time, she was not qualified to hold a birthday party at the Mudan Terrace!

Not to mention, that banquet not only invited all the concubines in the harem, but also the princes and their wives. The lotus flowers in the lotus pond and the kites flying in the sky seemed to announce to the world the supreme favor of Wanpin. Even Zhen Huan's mother was canonized as a third-rank imperial lady because of this.

All this undoubtedly shows that the emperor intends to let the former court and the harem know that Wanpin has replaced Huafei and become the most favored concubine of the court. Moreover, the emperor also intends to make Wanpin's family powerful.

Oh, by the way, wasn’t it Zhen Yuandao and Guaerjia who assisted the emperor in eliminating the Nian family in the previous life?

Nowadays, Nian Gengyao is well-behaved. Although his achievements are greater than those of the emperor, the emperor has no intention of punishing him for the time being, so there is no such grand birthday party.

She secretly felt lucky that her family was far away in Songyang County, and her father was just a person who could not be on the stage. If she had been replaced by another woman with a prominent family, she would have become a pawn in the hands of the emperor at this moment, at his mercy! Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little lucky and relieved, but at the same time she also realized that in this palace, the importance of family background and status is self-evident. Without sufficient background and strength, it is difficult to escape the fate of being used and controlled by others.

Alas! I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. Life in the harem was difficult. But the most difficult thing was the calculations of the person beside me. In my previous life, Concubine Hua didn't know until she died that the child she had been thinking about was aborted by the emperor, and the Huanyi incense she burned day and night was the incense given by the emperor to stop having children.

It seems that being smart or stupid is not the most important thing in the harem. What is important is to win the emperor's heart and have the emperor's protection to last long.