The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

Before they knew it, it was New Year's Eve. As the palace was preparing to hold a banquet that night, Nian Shilan didn't care about anything, which made the Queen very busy. So early in the morning, the Queen sent people to tell each palace that they didn't need to pay their respects this morning.

Nian Shilan thought about it and realized that a lot of things happened at the New Year’s Eve banquet in her previous life.

The emperor had announced at a banquet that his brother had quelled the rebellion of Lobsang Danjin and captured all his people and tribesmen. However, she was so stupid that she said, "My brother served the emperor in the former dynasty, and I work hard for the emperor in the harem." This was an act of acting like a concubine in the harem, which made the emperor even more afraid of her and the Nian family. She also couldn't read the emperor's expression and got drunk at the banquet.

Because of the plum blossoms that he had placed without his knowledge, the emperor missed Queen Chunyuan. When he went to Yimei Garden to see the plum blossoms, he ran into Zhen Huan. Zhen Huan didn't want others to know that she pretended to be sick and didn't go to the night banquet, so she lied that she was a maid in Yimei Garden, which led to the emperor's mistaking fish eyes for pearls.

Just when Concubine Hua was wondering whether Zhen Huan would continue to live like in her previous life tonight, Huanbi secretly came to Yikun Palace.

"I am Huanbi from Suiyuxuan, paying my respects to Concubine Hua." After Huanbi came in, she hurriedly bowed and greeted Nian Shilan.

Nian Shilan looked at Huanbi, and saw that Huanbi was dressed very low-key and kept her head down, so she knew that she was here to help Zhen Huan deliver a message.

"Get up." Nian Shilan said gently.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. My mistress asked me to give you this note, saying that you will understand everything after reading it." Huanbi stepped forward and handed the note in her sleeve to Nian Shilan.

The reason why Zhen Huan asked Huanbi to pass the message to Nian Shilan on her behalf was to test and see whether Concubine Li was really Nian Shilan's person.

Nian Shilan took the note, but did not open it in public. She just nodded and said, "I understand. If everything is fine, you should go back quickly. Be careful on the road and don't let others see you."

Huanbi nodded, but still asked, "Does your Majesty really mean what you promised me?"

Nian Shilan was very surprised when she heard Huanbi's words and raised her eyebrows, "What did I promise you?"

When Huanbi heard what Nian Shilan said, she immediately acted anxiously and said, "Your Highness, you asked Lipin to tell me this. You can't just turn your face and deny it."

When Nian Shilan heard Huanbi mention Lipin, she knew that this matter must be related to Lipin, and asked Huanbi, "Tell me clearly, what did Lipin ask you to do?"

When Huanbi saw Nian Shilan's reaction, she guessed that this was probably done by Concubine Li in Nian Shilan's name. After all, the surprise and confusion in Nian Shilan's eyes just now did not seem to be pretended.

Then she told Nian Shilan everything that Lipin had told her to do. After hearing this, Nian Shilan was very angry and said, "How could you, Lipin, stir up trouble in the name of me?"

After Nian Shilan finished speaking, she looked at Huanbi again and said threateningly: "I don't care what you mean, but if you dare to betray Wan Changzai, I will send someone to spread the news that you are the daughter of a guilty minister. By then, I will have a way to protect Wan Changzai. As for you, haha..."

Before Nian Shilan finished her next words, Huanbi understood. She looked up at Nian Shilan while feeling panicked.

Nian Shilan explained compassionately, "As long as I want to know about the affairs of the concubines and their personal maids in the harem, there is nothing I don't know."

Huanbi repeatedly assured, "I will serve Concubine Wan wholeheartedly and will never have any second thoughts."

Nian Shilan glanced at Huanbi and said, "I hope so." Then he got up and left.

Huanbi also carefully returned to Suiyuxuan and reported to Zhen Huan everything that happened in Yikun Palace.

Although Nian Shilan cannot let others know that she is close to Zhen Huan, it does not mean that she cannot take the opportunity to teach Huanbi a lesson. Let her know what she can and cannot do. Zhen Huan is usually good, but when it comes to Huanbi, she is always soft-hearted, which makes this restless girl stir up many storms.

After she was reborn in this life, she changed some things, and was afraid of the butterfly effect that would bring forward the decline of the Nian family. So Nian Shilan deliberately acted in front of everyone as if she was at odds with Zhen Huan, and was good to Shen Guiren and An Changzai, so that the queen would think that she was trying to win them over to isolate Zhen Huan. Only in this way would the emperor and the queen be more sincere to Zhen Huan in the future, and Zhen Huan could better pay attention to the emperor's attitude towards Nian Shilan, and she could also test the emperor's attitude towards the Zhen family.

This can be considered a win-win cooperation between her and Zhen Huan.

When Nian Shilan was the only one left in the hall, she opened the note and saw four big words written on it: "Today's surprise." Nian Shilan then understood.

Nian Shilan thought of the emperor in her previous life who said that he had received good news in the afternoon, so she asked Zhou Ninghai to go to the Yangxin Palace to invite the emperor to have lunch.

In the Yangxin Palace, when Su Peisheng came in and told the emperor that Concubine Hua invited him to have lunch at noon, the emperor was stunned.

Yes, I haven't been to Concubine Hua's palace for a long time. Recently, I either stayed in Cunju Hall or summoned Chang An to the West Warm Pavilion. I have neglected Concubine Hua a little.

Thinking that Nian Gengyao was still fighting for the court at the front line, he really couldn't be too cold to Concubine Hua, so he said to Su Peisheng: "Tell Concubine Hua that I will be there soon. Ask the imperial kitchen to make a dish of braised quail with pearl shrimp. I remember that Concubine Hua likes it."

Su Peisheng took the order and went to instruct the imperial kitchen. The emperor then began to sort out the memorials that he had not yet read, planning to read them in Concubine Hua's palace in the afternoon.

After all, Shilan doesn't like reading, and she dislikes these literati the most, so she is not afraid that she will understand anything.

After everything was tidy, he went to the Yiku Palace.

Nian Shilan knew that the emperor would come to her palace for meals no matter what he was thinking about. But she never expected that the emperor would bring the memorials with him, as if he was not going to leave in the afternoon. She was really annoyed.

Even so, she still put on a happy face and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be blessed with good health."

The emperor walked quickly to Nian Shilan as usual, stretched out his hand and pulled her up, saying, "My beloved concubine, please don't be polite. It's freezing cold. Don't wait for me in the yard in the future. I feel bad if you get frozen."

Nian Shilan followed the emperor and sneered at his words. When the emperor doted on her, she was worried that she would freeze to death. If the emperor did not dote on her, she was afraid that it would become evidence of contempt for the monarch and unreasonable crime.

Nian Shilan sneered in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She said coquettishly, "Your Majesty hasn't come to my place for a long time. I'm afraid that Your Majesty has forgotten me. How could he still feel sorry for me if I get cold?"

Although Nian Shilan said these jealous words, there was no jealousy or resentment on her face. The emperor regarded it as a little interest between the two of them and coaxed her softly.

"I can forget anyone, but I can't forget you, my beloved concubine. I'm just busy with government affairs recently. Among all the women in the harem, only you dare to complain about me so brazenly."

The emperor laughed without caring after he said this.

Nian Shilan knew when to stop and hurriedly helped the emperor to sit at the dinner table. After she returned to her seat and sat down, she asked the servants to serve the meal.

"Your Majesty, please try this dish. I made it personally for you." Nian Shilan said with a smile as she picked up some food for the emperor.

The emperor also asked Su Peisheng to put the prepared ingredients on the table, and then he tasted a bite of the dish that Concubine Hua picked for him. He was immediately shocked by the aroma and praised it endlessly: "My beloved concubine's cooking skills are very good."

Nian Shilan listened to the emperor's praise, smiled happily, and then they had their meal.

The scene was as warm as that of an ordinary couple, and the emperor also liked Hua Fei's knowledge and taste.