After Huanbi was reborn, she became the prince's favorite

Zhen Huan suddenly understood that, given Concubine Hua's character, Sister Mei was no longer a big threat to her because she was now under house arrest. She would not bother with someone she didn't care about, but who else could it be except Concubine Hua?

She was a little scared when she thought of this. Since entering the palace, the three of them had always been kind to others and had never harmed anyone. But the reality was often not like this. Even if they did not take the initiative to provoke others, those people would not let them go.

She sighed and murmured in a low voice: "It's so hard to survive in the palace, Huanbi, I don't hurt others, but others want to hurt me."

Huanbi walked up to Zhen Huan and looked at her distressedly, "My lady is so smart, she will definitely be able to understand the way to survive in the palace. No matter what, I am willing to accompany you."

Zhen Huan was moved and reached out to hold Huanbi's hand. She thought for a long time, as if she was making a decision.

After a moment, she raised her head with red eyes and met Huanbi's dark eyes, "Huanbi, my father told me your life story the night before I entered the palace. You should call me elder sister."

Huanbi opened her mouth in surprise. She didn't expect the young lady to suddenly mention her life experience.

"Eldest sister, I..."

Zhen Huan smiled and stroked Huanbi's braid.

"We can't control what happens to your father and mother. You are my only relative in this palace. Survival in the palace is difficult. From now on, we two sisters must work together.

As for your mother's tablet, when you get married, I will ask my father to adopt you as his adopted daughter, and then your mother's tablet can be placed in the Zhen family's mourning hall."

Instantly, Huanbi's eyes flushed slightly, and a warm current surged in her heart. The air was filled with a kind of warmth. She nodded quietly, "Don't worry, elder sister. Huanbi will take good care of you in the future."

Zhen Huan smiled and said, "You protect me, and I have to protect you too."

The two sisters hugged each other and let their tears fall freely.

Early the next morning, Concubine Hua sat in the Qingliang Palace with dark circles under her eyes. She had not slept well after being disturbed by Wen Yi all night.

Song Zhi stood by and advised with concern: "Your Highness, it is difficult to raise a baby. It is better to give Princess Wen Yi to Concubine Cao. If Your Highness wants to see the princess, just ask Concubine Cao to bring her here at any time. Concubine Cao will not dare to disobey Your Highness."

Hua Fei yawned, her voice full of weariness, and she said impatiently, "Since the last time, the Emperor has not come to see me once. The Emperor loves his children deeply, and only because Wen Yi is here, the Emperor will come to see me often. What do you know?"

Since the queen was determined not to do it, Songzhi did not dare to persuade her anymore. She bent over and scooped a bowl of soup and presented it to her, "The queen did not sleep well last night, so use more soup to nourish your body."

A few days later, the wet nurse came secretly to report to Concubine Cao that Princess Wen Yi had been sleeping soundly these days. After careful consideration, the wet nurse could not bear to tell Concubine Cao that Concubine Hua had fed the princess sedatives. Concubine Cao burst into tears, feeling annoyed and scared.

Concubine Cao thought about how she had done her best to give advice to Concubine Hua over the years, but now Concubine Hua was not even willing to let go of Wen Yi, the person she cared about the most. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Since Concubine Hua was unwilling to return the child to her, she could only turn to the Emperor for help.

On the second night, Concubine Hua gathered everyone together. At this time, Wen Yi suddenly vomited milk. After the emperor asked, he learned that this symptom had existed for several days. Concubine Hua felt something was wrong, so she called the imperial physician to check the princess's food and found that a large amount of cassava flour was added to it.

The Emperor suddenly became furious and ordered people to search which palaces had received cassava flour. When Zhen Huan heard the word "cassava flour", she was shocked. Pei'er had gone to get some a few days ago. No wonder Concubine Hua was so virtuous today. It turned out that she was doing this to target her.

After investigation, the Emperor found that only Concubine Wan had received cassava flour in the palace. Although he trusted Zhen Huan very much, he had to put her under house arrest because of the evidence.

Just when Concubine Hua was secretly feeling proud, Concubine Duan came out. She told the emperor that Concubine Wan was with her that night and had no time to murder Wen Yi. The emperor was very happy to hear that, and he re-examined the two palace maids who had just given false testimony, and finally cleared Zhen Huan's name.

After the matter was settled, Huanbi asked Jinxi to accompany the young lady back, while she found Concubine Duan.

Concubine Duan stopped and looked at her in confusion. This maid looked somewhat similar to Concubine Wan, especially her eyebrows and eyes, just like real sisters. Her manners were also very dignified. She didn't look like a maid, but more like a rich lady.

"I am Huanbi, the personal maid of Lady Wan. I am sorry for disturbing Lady Duan. I hope you will forgive me."

Concubine Duan weakly took the hand of the maid Jixiang and said, "Did your young mistress ask you to come to see me?"

Huanbi shook her head and said, "It's because I have something I want to ask the queen."

Concubine Duan understood Huanbi's intention and sent the maid away. "What do you want to ask?"

Huanbi bowed deeply and asked, "I know that Concubine Duan entered the palace early and has met Empress Chunyuan. Is it because my young master looks similar to Empress Chunyuan that you helped her tonight?"

Concubine Duan was horrified and asked weakly, "Why do you say that?"

Huanbi made up an excuse and said that she heard the old maid in the palace gossip about how the emperor favored Concubine Wan because she was very similar to Empress Chunyuan.

Concubine Duan looked around and after making sure no one was around, she pulled Huanbi aside and reminded her, "Empress Chunyuan is the pain in the emperor's heart, and you, a maidservant, can't say such things carelessly.

Furthermore, even so, the emperor's love for Lady Wan is real."

Huanbi responded softly, "Thank you for reminding me, Concubine Duan. I know the seriousness of this matter. I want to ask for your help."

Concubine Duan would not normally talk much to a maid, but this maid named Huanbi was bold and careful.

"I have never met you before, how can you be sure that I will help you? Besides, most people in the palace prefer to keep out of trouble."

Huanbi felt a little embarrassed, and in fact she was not sure either.

Seeing that Concubine Shen and An Da Ying had met with accidents one after another recently, and the Emperor was so heartless, she was worried that the young lady would find it difficult to accept that she was the substitute for Queen Chun Yuan one day, so she had to find a way to let the young lady know as soon as possible so that she would be mentally prepared.

“I don’t know if the queen will help. I also know that the queen has been in seclusion for many years. But I heard from Aunt Jingxi that the queen and Queen Chunyuan were good friends for a while. Queen Chunyuan is kind-hearted. I believe that Concubine Duan is also a kind person. I can see it from the fact that the queen helped my young master out of trouble just now.

I know that I am of low status, and I came here so abruptly today. It is normal for Your Majesty to look down on me or have some concerns."

Concubine Duan felt that this girl was honest and straightforward, and she didn't hide anything in her mind, so she asked, "Tell me first, and see if I can help you."

Huanbi gratefully told Concubine Duan that she wanted Concubine Duan to find an opportunity to tell her own mistress about the resemblance between Concubine Wan and Empress Chunyuan.

Concubine Duan was puzzled, "Since you already know, why don't you go and tell them yourself?"

Huanbi said, "Your Highness has seen Queen Chunyuan. This slave girl said this, and you will only treat it as hearsay."

Concubine Duan asked again: "The noble lady Wan is now in great favor, and you are her personal maid, why do you want her to know about this?"

Huanbi made up an excuse to get away with it, and Concubine Duan didn't ask any more questions, but just said that she would think about it again.