Legend of Zhen Huan: Rebirth of Zhen Huan

"Lingrong, I know it's not you."

Zhen Huan gently interrupted An Lingrong who was trying to explain, then looked at Xiao Yunzi and said:

"Xiao Yunzi, stop keeping us in suspense. Look how anxious Concubine An is. Why don't you just tell us what's going on?"

"I just heard from Xiao Xiazi that the emperor met with Mr. Li, the deputy censor of the Inspectorate. Not long after he came out, the emperor issued this decree."

Just after she finished speaking, Xiao Yunzi suddenly remembered something and added:

"By the way, I heard that Prince Guo was also there at that time."

"Lord Li?" Zhen Huan said, thinking quickly:

How is this matter related to Lord Li?

Why should he help An Bihuai?

Prince Guo was also there. Was this all a coincidence? Was this An Bihuai's fate?

But her intuition told her that there couldn't be such a coincidence, and someone must be manipulating all this in secret.

Zhen Huan vaguely felt that in this life, things were becoming more and more complicated and more and more unpredictable, so she had to find a way to sort out everything.

While thinking, Shen Meizhuang's voice sounded in my ears:

"Lord Li and Uncle Zhen work in the same place, and Lord An once intended in his letter to let Lingrong use her relationship with you, Huan'er, to get Uncle Zhen to say a few good words in front of the emperor. But now Lord Li has made this happen. Will Lord An not resent us and Uncle Zhen in the future?"

"If you ask me, this Lord Li did it on purpose. He saw that his official rank could not surpass that of Uncle Zhen, so he tried to form a clique..."

"Yes." Yu Ying'er continued Shen Meizhuang's words:

"In this way, Aunt Lin may not be in any danger for the time being, but Uncle Zhen may not be so well off, right?"

Hearing this, An Lingrong's eyes immediately turned red again:

"Sister Huan, Lingrong is really sorry for you."

Having said that, she knelt down with a guilty look on her face and asked for Zhen Huan's forgiveness.

Seeing this, Zhen Huan quickly reached out and helped her up:

"Lingrong, what are you doing? Aren't you going to alienate me by doing this?"

"Besides, these are just our guesses. Maybe we are overthinking it."

"You've been so exhausted these days because of all these things. It's so hard to put an end to this matter today. You don't need to worry about it anymore."

"You should go back and have a good rest first. The emperor might come to your palace at night." After saying that, Zhen Huan looked at An Lingrong and smiled.

This smile made An Lingrong feel much better. She looked at Zhen Huan, then at Shen Meizhuang and Yu Ying'er, then returned her gaze to Zhen Huan and said:

"Sister Huan, I'll listen to you. I'll go back and rest now."

Zhen Huan carefully instructed Ju Qing and Kang Luhai to take good care of An Lingrong, and only then did she feel relieved.

Shen Meizhuang looked at the sky outside, stood up, and said to Zhen Huan:

"It's getting late, I should go back."

Yu Ying'er also stood up and said goodbye.

After they left, Zhen Huan asked Xiao Yunzi a few more questions in detail, and then told Jinxi to prepare longan and lotus seed soup, and prepared to go to the Yangxin Palace to test the emperor's attitude.

As the few people walked out of the door of Chengqian Palace, they were suddenly stopped by a woman's voice.

Zhen Huan felt that the voice was extremely harsh, as if she had heard it in her previous life. She turned around and saw that it was none other than Jingbai, the nun who had tortured her in Ganlu Temple in her previous life and had her tongue cut off.

It's just strange. Given her personality, why didn't she stay in Ganlu Temple to curry favor with the Queen, but instead came to my Chengqian Palace?

Could it be that she, too, had been reborn, and had come here specifically to court me in order to preserve her large, disgusting tongue?

Zhen Huan thought about this in her heart, but in just a moment, the idea was dispelled -

If Jingbai was reborn, given her scheming and evil nature, she would have either tried to get close to me long ago, or she would have joined forces with the Queen to eliminate her enemies from her previous life, and would not have chosen to show up at this critical juncture.

And now Jingbai's unusual appearance may bring me some unexpected surprises.

The Queen is in Ganlu Temple. Jingbai, who is restless, sees that time is passing by and there is no hope for the Queen to return to the palace. He thinks that she will look for another backer.

And if my guess is correct, I will be the next target of her flattery.

In that case, let me meet her!

Thinking of this, Zhen Huan suppressed her inner disgust, turned around, and looked at Jing Bai, who was wearing a coarse linen dress, with an approachable attitude and a smile.

This smile gave Jingbai, who was feeling uneasy, a little more confidence.

She clasped her hands together, bowed her head slightly, and humbly bowed to Zhen Huan, saying:

"Greetings, Empress Xi."

When Zhen Huan saw her smiling, hypocritical face, her stomach churned and she almost vomited uncontrollably.

Jin Xi noticed that Zhen Huan was acting strange, and hurried forward to ask with concern:

"Mother, are you okay?"

Zhen Huan turned to her and smiled:

"It doesn't matter."

Then, she looked at Jingbai and said:

"Master, you don't have to be so polite. I wonder why you came to see me today? Did you encounter any trouble in the palace?"

Jing Bai was delighted to see Zhen Huan's humble attitude. She put one hand on her chest, lowered her head slightly, and then looked at Zhen Huan with a big smile on her face and said:

"Thank you for your concern, Empress Xi. I have never encountered any difficult problems."

After saying this, Jing Bai lowered her head and stole a glance at Zhen Huan, then said tentatively:

"It's just that I, Su Wen, am on good terms with Concubine An, and I happened to have heard something about Concubine An's father... I wonder if the Majesty..."

After saying that, she raised her head and looked at Zhen Huan deeply.

Seeing this, Zhen Huan sneered in her heart:

This old witch really came prepared!

I guess she must have accurate information, otherwise she wouldn't dare to come here rashly.

Thinking of this, Zhen Huan looked at Jing Bai with a meaningful smile and said:

"Thank you for caring about me so much, Master. I have only heard about the nuns in Ganlu Temple who are devoted to worshipping Buddha, with pure minds and no ears to worldly affairs. Today, I am able to meet Master... and I know that there are "caring people" like you in the Buddhist world. I am really delighted."

After saying that, Zhen Huan changed the subject and looked at Jing Bai and asked:

"I wonder what the nun is talking about? I'd like to hear it."

At this moment, Jingbai could not hear the ridicule in Zhen Huan's words.

She was just contentedly thinking about climbing up the social ladder, and kept smiling obsequiously with her head down.

After hearing Zhen Huan's question, she raised her head, looked around, and then pointedly looked at Zhen Huan and said:

"My lady, I am a layperson after all. If I were to speak here and be seen by others, they would inevitably make irresponsible remarks. So please, my lady..."