Legend of Zhen Huan: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

As soon as Nian Shilan opened her mouth, the empress dowager noticed it. Since she was just a girl, the empress dowager was not sad and did not take the initiative to pay attention to her.

"Empress Hua, I had originally gone to sleep, but I heard the noise outside and knew that the Emperor had arrived. I missed the Emperor so I came out to take a look from afar." Xuan Shu said with a pout.

Xuanshu was still young and had rarely seen the empress dowager since entering the palace. Naturally, he was a stranger to her and didn't even know her.

"Xuanshu, this is the Imperial Grandmother, come and pay your respects to her."

Nian Shilan made arrangements quickly. She knew that the children in the palace had to be liked by either the emperor or the empress dowager, especially girls. If she was just an ordinary princess who was not favored, she would probably have to marry a foreign prince in the future.

"Xuanshu pays his respects to the Empress Dowager." Xuanshu followed Nian Shilan's instructions and saluted the Empress Dowager with her hands folded in her pockets.

After all, she is the empress dowager's granddaughter. Although she is a girl, the child's childishness and innocence make it hard for the empress dowager to dislike her. Looking at this chubby little face, the empress dowager's frown relaxed.

"Come, give me a hug."

The Queen Mother hasn't held a child for a long time. She is so loving to Xuanshu. If it was Nian Shilan's child, she would probably like it even more.

"It's quite heavy. After all, I'm old and can't carry it anymore."

It was indeed a bit tiring to hold Xuanshu. After just a while, my legs were numb from being pressed by the Queen Mother.

"What are you saying, Queen Mother? I don't think I'm old at all. Queen Mother, please don't say that, Aunt Zhuxi, don't you agree?"

Nian Shilan said with a smile and asked Zhuxi.

"Yes, Concubine Hua is right. Queen Mother, you should listen more to what Concubine Hua says."

"It is Xuanshu's blessing that he is liked by the Queen Mother," Nian Shilan added.

It is also to see whether the Queen Mother really likes Xuanshu. That would be the best. I also hope that Xuanshu will not take the path of marriage in the future.

It was late at night, and the emperor stayed with Xin Changzai for a while before leaving. After all, he still had government affairs to deal with in the Yangxin Palace.

After the emperor left, Nian Shilan stayed with Concubine Xin for a while, settled her down, and coaxed Xuanshu to sleep before returning to Yikun Palace.

However, Nian Shilan could never figure out how Xin Changzai had a miscarriage. Maybe it was really an accident.

Xin Changzai just woke up today and is still weak, so I didn't ask too much. I'd better wait a few days until she gets better before asking.

It's not that I don't have things to do. These days, I have to prepare for the audition, and it's only a few days away from the beginning of next month.

These days, Nian Shilan did not go to Jingren Palace to pay her respects, and always used the preparations for the beauty pageant as an excuse. The Queen could not say anything, after all, this was the order of the Emperor and the Queen Mother.

"Songzhi, go get Huang Guiquan for me."

Although Nian Shilan was in charge of preparing the talent show, people from the Imperial Household Department still had to do the work. As the general manager of the Imperial Household Department, Huang Guiquan naturally could not escape and was busy in the Tiyuan Hall.

Nian Shilan thought that it was time to ask Huang Guiquan about his progress these days, so as not to delay the draft. Otherwise, not only would she lose face, but Huang Guiquan would also lose his head.

"Yes."

Songzhi knew there was no time to delay, so she went there quickly.

"Your servant pays his respects to Empress Hua." Huang Guiquan knelt in front of Nian Shilan like a dog. To be honest, it's no wonder that he is a eunuch.

"Huang Guiquan, how is the talent show going? Please don't let me down."

Nian Shilan asked Huang Guiquan while fiddling with her handkerchief.

"Your Highness, a group of concubines have been selected and are waiting for the final review by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. There is nothing else to say, they are all about the same, so your Highness can rest assured."

How could Huang Guiquan not be attentive to the task assigned by Concubine Hua? Naturally, he had to think about every detail carefully.

After all, this position of Chief of the Imperial Household Department is not in vain. To Huang Guiquan, Hua Fei's words are more effective than those of the Emperor.

Huang Guiquan was very capable, and Nian Shilan nodded with satisfaction and said, "The emperor values ​​the Manchu and Han families the most. You should not only focus on picking beauties from the Manchu army flag, but also keep a few from the Han army flag."

"Yes, I have kept all of them. All of them."

Huang Guiquan hurried to show himself in front of Concubine Hua, to demonstrate that he was capable, attentive, and did everything personally.

Listening to what Huang Guiquan said, Concubine Hua knew that it must be Zhen Huan, Shen Meizhuang and the others. Oh! That’s right! She forgot about An Lingrong!

"Huang Guiquan, add one more person to me!"

Concubine Hua thought that An Lingrong was still in the capital, and she had been very busy these days, so she forgot to inform her.

Huang Guiquan didn't know what Nian Shilan was up to when someone else was added temporarily. Could it be another distant relative of Concubine Hua? "My lady, who is this?"

"You go down first. I will let Songzhi tell you."

Nian Shilan thought that since she didn't know Huang Guiquan anyway, she simply didn't say anything. Since she was going to send Songzhi out, she quickly sent Huang Guiquan away.

Seeing that the door was already closed, Nian Shilan said, "Songzhi, go to the old house quickly and inform An Lingrong to prepare for the selection at the beginning of next month. Be sure to be on time. Also, once you enter the palace, don't walk around casually, and don't argue with others!"

Nian Shilan hurriedly explained. After all, in the previous life, An Lingrong met Zhen Huan and Shen Meiyu because of a disagreement with Xia Dongchun. However, now that Song Zhi was asked to tell them in advance, it should not be a big problem.

Songzhi didn't understand what Nian Shilan meant by this. She thought about it in her heart. What would happen if she walked around casually? Would there be a verbal dispute? But Songzhi didn't ask any more questions and hurried out of the palace to do it.

However, after Songzhi left, Nian Shilan always felt uneasy in her heart. She didn't know whether things could go as she expected, and she hoped that nothing would go wrong. After all, there were so many things that overlapped between this life and the previous one.

I'm afraid it will take until the end of the draft for the stone in my heart to fall completely.

"Zhou Ninghai, bring some more ice cubes." Nian Shilan said impatiently while fanning herself quickly.

I don’t know what happened to Concubine Hua. There was a tank of ice in the room. Although it was summer, it wasn’t that hot.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up!" Nian Shilan urged again.

"Yes." Zhou Ninghai was also afraid that Nian Shilan would be angry, so he quickly found another basin of ice and brought it over.

"My lady, it's not very hot today, what do you need so much ice for?"

Zhou Ninghai also didn't understand Nian Shilan's behavior, so he just asked casually.

Since Zhou Ninghai asked, Nian Shilan said a few more words.

"I don't know what's wrong with me, I just feel very panicked."