In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

After the banquet, the Emperor couldn't wait any longer, and summoned Zhen Huan to sleep with him, regardless of the fact that he was supposed to go to the Queen's Jingren Palace that night. Zhen Huan was both proud and terrified at the same time. She looked at the Queen uneasily and wanted to get up and refuse. Seeing this, the Queen gritted her teeth and smiled generously, saying, "Since the Emperor loves you so much, Zhen Huan doesn't need to think too much. As the Empress, I will always follow the Emperor's lead."

Hua Fei sneered and stood up to bow and say goodbye perfunctorily: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am a little drunk and plan to go back to Yikun Palace to rest early. I will not disturb your Majesty's interest. I will take my leave."

Seeing that Concubine Hua had left and the Emperor's mind was on Zhen Huan, everyone didn't want to stay any longer and stood up to leave.

Ling Rong suddenly remembered that it was supposed to be Yu Ying'er's turn tonight, so the absence of 'Lady Miaoyin' shouldn't be a big deal, right?

On second thought, the emperor doesn't care about 'Lady Miaoyin' in the plot anyway, it's just a lack of a funny person. Now that the emperor has met Zhen Huan in advance, his mind has long been occupied by Zhen Huan, a pure Yuan figurine. I guess even if Yu Ying'er appears again, she won't attract the emperor's attention.

When leaving, Lingrong suddenly saw Prince Guo staring at her from the corner of her eye. She couldn't help but feel strange, "Shouldn't Prince Guo fall in love with Zhen Huan at first sight? Why is he staring at me?"

What Lingrong didn't know was that in this life, Prince Guo had never followed the emperor to witness the encounter between Zhen Huan and the emperor, "If you understand my feelings, don't destroy me easily", and he did not become interested in Zhen Huan. Instead, he was attracted by Lingrong's beauty as in the second mission.

Perhaps it was Prince Guo's nature that he had no resistance to pretty women, or perhaps it was Prince Guo's nature that he liked to be a central air conditioner that "rescued" women everywhere. In any case, when he saw the delicate and frail Lingrong, he thought that this beautiful noble lady, who had been favored by the emperor after serving him in the emperor's bedchamber, was now heartbroken because the emperor had fallen in love with someone else. He felt pity for her and could not help but look at Lingrong a few more times.

I couldn't help but sigh: "My brother is so lucky. He is willing to throw away such a delicate and graceful beauty like Concubine Jiao. It makes me sad."

Although sleeping with the emperor directly on the day of the night banquet was not what Zhen Huan wanted, the emperor had already made the decision on this matter and Zhen Huan could only accept it. However, the emperor was not very satisfied with Zhen Huan's performance in sleeping with the emperor as it lacked the extra emotional cultivation and private interactions in the plot.

Although looking at Zhen Huan's face made him miss his beloved wife Wan Wan, the whole process still lacked the interest of mutual affection, which made the emperor feel only so-so.

Zhen Huan's feelings were not as good as in the plot. She couldn't even remember to get up and trim the candles. She endured her shyness and strangeness and spent her first night with the emperor.

After Zhen Huan slept with the emperor, all the favors that once belonged to Yu Ying'er were returned to Zhen Huan. Soon Zhen Huan became Wan Changzai again, and her previous practice of pretending to be sick to avoid favor was completely over.

Lingrong was not surprised by this. The emperor in Legend of Zhen Huan had no principles. But when Lingrong was stopped by him to pay her respects, he could not help but taunt her. "Your Highness is not very good in His Majesty's heart. Otherwise, how could the crime that Your Highness personally caught be easily forgiven by His Majesty? It seems that His Majesty did not consider Your Highness's feelings at all."

Concubine Hua was so angry at Ling Rong that she kept making excuses for the emperor, and even tried to convince herself: "The emperor did that before because he was bewitched by that bitch Zhen Huan!"

"The emperor is sincere to me. When I get pregnant again, the emperor will be very happy!"

When Lingrong found out that Concubine Hua actually thought this way, she couldn't help laughing. She didn't say anything to break Concubine Hua's fantasy, but just asked:

"Your Highness, are you planning to give the Emperor a surprise after the New Year? Is that why you haven't come to me to fulfill your promise?"

Lingrong knew that Concubine Hua was quite love-sick. She had already "confirmed" that the "Huan Yi Xiang" was the work of the Queen Mother and the Empress, but she was still willing to endure and do something to the Queen Mother for the sake of the Emperor.

This is exactly the same as what the Queen did. The Queen had clearly guessed that Honghui's death was related to the Emperor, or at least the Emperor had allowed it. However, she still wishfully believed that the Emperor was just bewitched by Rouze, and then put all the blame on Rouze.

They are all a bunch of hopeless and pathetic women who won't cry until they see the coffin. All the women who fall in love with the emperor in the whole Legend of Zhen Huan are sober but self-deceiving. Not only the Queen and Concubine Hua, but even Concubine Duan who knows the truth can't help but have expectations for the emperor who "killed his son", hoping that he can see her efforts and her sincerity.

Even the protagonist Zhen Huan is the same. She clearly saw with her own eyes how the emperor treated Concubine Hua, his favorite concubine of the previous ten years, but she still believed that the relationship between her and the emperor was real.

If Zhen Huan had not seen the letter "Just Like You" with her own eyes later, perhaps she would not have left the palace out of despair.

Thinking of this, Lingrong couldn't help but give a big thumbs up to Trader No. 3. Only Trader No. 3 didn't believe in the Emperor from beginning to end. It was a pity that she had too few cards, otherwise she wouldn't be controlled by the Queen and end up like that.

Hua Fei has become accustomed to Ling Rong's arrogant attitude of overthrowing her superiors. She wants to refute Ling Rong's mockery but has no way to do so. She even thought about punishing Ling Rong regardless of the consequences. However, Ling Rong, who doesn't care about anything, is a piece of tough meat. Hua Fei is still waiting to get pregnant, so she can't offend her completely.

In the end, Concubine Hua only left one sentence: "Come to Yikun Palace after the New Year to fulfill my promise!" and left.

Baoli, who was beside her, had no idea what was going on between Lingrong and Concubine Hua. Every time she went to Yikun Palace, she was stopped outside the door by Songzhi and others. However, Baojuan didn't believe it. After trying many methods and failing to get Lingrong's attention, she decided to get information from Baoli in order to complete the Queen's task.

Lingrong didn't plan to do anything to Baojuan for the time being. She just watched Baojuan, who was like Lingrong in the plot, thinking that she had not been exposed and trying every means to show herself. Lingrong couldn't help but feel a little happy.

Trader No. 3 didn't know until her death that Baojuan was a spy sent by the Queen. She trusted Baojuan so much, but ended up being deeply betrayed by her. I wonder if Baojuan at that time felt as happy as Lingrong in this life to see herself being kept in the dark and knowing nothing about anything.

Now everything Lingrong does is for her own happiness. She enjoys life on the premise of being happy. Whether it is revenge or retaliation, it is all for her own happiness.

She had clearly felt that she had been greatly affected when assimilating the soul of Trader No. 3 this time, and it had already shown a tendency to madness. However, Ling Rong thought about it for a long time and felt that it would not affect the completion of the task. Besides, she had never eaten a soul with "calm madness" before.

I'm really curious about what it tastes like, maybe it's spicy?

After thinking for a long time, Lingrong still couldn't think of any concubine's child that she could give birth to normally and raise by herself. She was not happy about being asked to kill the mother and take the child like the queen did. She always felt that it would cost too many gold coins to do such a thing with her current manpower, and it was not worth it at all.

In the end, Ling Rong decided to use technology to "give birth" to a child of her own.

But Lingrong has not decided who will be the father of the child. She does not trust the emperor's genes and does not want to raise an ungrateful and unfilial child after working hard for more than ten years. The emperor himself is pretending to be filial to the empress dowager, and his sons Hongshi and Hongli are not really filial to him. If the child she has raised with great effort turns out to be like these people in the plot, Lingrong feels that giving birth to him would be a waste of gold coins.