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

Lingrong always felt absurd about this matter as her opponent had already destroyed her before she even made a move. However, when she thought about the personalities of Huanbi and Noble Lady Fucha, she felt that this matter was not so absurd.

It was just that Ling Rong always felt that she had overlooked something regarding Concubine Qi's participation, but she didn't hear any other news for a while, so she didn't pay too much attention to it.

After Shen Meizhuang came out, she went to Suiyuxuan to visit Zhen Huan every day, and very patiently talked to Zhen Huan, whose reactions had slowed down, and talked about the past. Gradually, Zhen Huan's reactions became faster and faster. Two months later, Zhen Huan looked much more normal, and even her eyes were no longer dull, but seemed to have returned to their previous state.

Ling Rong felt that this might be the so-called 'protagonist halo' at work. After all, the imperial physician had clearly said that Zhen Huan could not recover, but she did not expect that she would miraculously recover thanks to Shen Meiyu's persistence and efforts.

The emperor was very satisfied with this. Zhen Huan recovered and his "Chun Yuan figurine" was back. The two people who were most unhappy about this were Huanbi and Fang Chunyi.

Originally, when Zhen Huan had not recovered, the emperor would come to Sui Yuxuan to see Zhen Huan's face when he missed Chun Yuan, and then go to sleep with Huanbi. Now that Zhen Huan has recovered, the emperor will most likely come to Sui Yuxuan to sleep with Zhen Huan, and Huanbi has fallen out of favor.

Originally, the emperor was not very satisfied with Huanbi sleeping with him, and most of the time he would go to find Fang Chunyi, who was more adept at acting coquettishly and silly. However, Fang Chunyi looked too simple, and the emperor gradually got tired of her. But he would still go to her more or less. After all, there were only a few people in the harem that the emperor liked. Lingrong became much colder towards the emperor after she gave birth to a child. Although the emperor wanted to go, he was unwilling to accept this gap, so he went less often.

Not to mention Shen Meizhuang, her cold face was even more obvious than Lingrong's. Concubine Jing was not favored to begin with, and she couldn't serve the emperor when she was pregnant. The emperor really didn't like Noble Lady Fucha's personality, so he was unwilling to go. Now that Zhen Huan has recovered, the emperor seems to favor Zhen Huan alone, so Fang Chunyi also fell out of favor.

After Zhen Huan regained the emperor's favor, she was quickly promoted from Concubine Wan. The emperor doted on Zhen Huan even more after 'lost and regained' her. The two of them felt like a reunion and a short separation. Without the Queen and Concubine Hua who truly loved the emperor, the few remaining concubines in the harem did not have any major objections to Zhen Huan's exclusive favor.

However, Ling Rong in the palace was not worried, but Concubine Shu outside the palace was very worried. She knew that Zhen Huan's face looked like Queen Chun Yuan, and she was afraid that Zhen Huan would use this opportunity to become the new queen. She was even more afraid that Zhen Huan would give birth to a prince, and then the chances of the Sixth Prince would be much smaller.

These days, Shu Taifei's people have been looking for an opportunity to drug Concubine Jing, but unfortunately Concubine Jing is too cautious, and the fence of Xianfu Palace is very tight. Shu Taifei has no choice but to change her plan. She bribed several midwives in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in advance, and planned to wait until Concubine Jing gave birth, and then cause her to have a difficult labor, resulting in two deaths.

Concubine Jing was as quiet as ever, perhaps because she was frightened by Lingrong's expression that day, she kept her promise and did not look for Lingrong again. However, there were two other people who were as quiet as Concubine Jing during this period. One was Concubine Cao, who had no support after Concubine Hua's death, and the other was Concubine Duan, who was bedridden but had only appeared for a while before falling silent again.

Lingrong suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the silence of these two people, so she arranged for Baoli to find some people to keep an eye on them.

Not long after, an envoy from the Dzungar Khanate came to the palace to propose marriage. The emperor determined that "to keep the country stable before fighting the enemy", and married the late emperor's youngest daughter, Princess Chaogui, to the Dzungar Khan. Zhen Huan still remembered that it was Concubine Hua who had poisoned her for so long that she had been ill. She did not believe that Concubine Cao had no involvement. Therefore, in order to retaliate, Zhen Huan deliberately suggested to the emperor that Concubine Cao was careful and suitable to help the princess prepare her dowry.

The emperor is in high spirits now and obeys Zhen Huan's every word. Seeing Princess Chao Gui in such great pain, Concubine Cao feels grief for the loss of Princess Chao Gui and is horrified.

Unexpectedly, the old Jungar Khan died suddenly three days after marrying Chao Gui, and the princess married the old Khan's son according to local customs. Zhen Huan relayed the princess's recent situation and threatened Concubine Cao with Wen Yi's future.

At this time, Lingrong's people discovered that Concubine Duan began to contact Zhen Huan privately, while Concubine Cao made an appointment with Huanbi at night. Now it depends on who is faster and more powerful between Zhen Huan and Concubine Cao.

When Prince Dun returned from visiting the troops, he entered the palace in military uniform. Censor Zhang Lin impeached him for disrespect, but was knocked unconscious by Prince Dun in retaliation, which aroused the indignation of the civil officials. Prince Dun claimed to be ill and refused to go to court. The emperor was in a dilemma, so Zhen Huan began to interfere in government affairs. At the beginning, the emperor appreciated Zhen Huan's political talent. He not only allowed her to discuss state affairs with him alone, but also promoted Zhen Yuandao.

But as time went by, the emperor's suspicious character began to take effect. Gradually, he felt that the current Zhen Huan was more and more like the former Concubine Hua, and he began to have a grudge against Zhen Huan. At this time, the emperor once again thought of Huanbi as Zhen Huan's "substitute".

Zhen Huan was greatly shocked by this. The exclusive favor she had received during this period had long made her believe that she was the emperor's "true love". However, she did not expect that not long after this, her "sister" would start to serve him in the emperor's bedchamber again.

However, Huanbi did not act like before. Instead, she took the initiative to find Zhen Huan on the second day of serving the emperor, and said that she did not do that to betray Zhen Huan, but to save them all. After all, if she had not become the emperor's woman, the unconscious Zhen Huan would have been tortured to death by the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

I have to say that Huanbi's excuse was quite reasonable. Zhen Huan also knew that during the time she was taking Chinese medicine, Shen Meiyu was also under house arrest and could not help them. If Huanbi had not become the emperor's woman, she might have lost all the medicine she had taken.

After Huanbi's "sincere" apology and reasonable explanation, Zhen Huan had no choice but to forgive Huanbi in the end. In Lingrong's opinion, Concubine Cao won the battle against Zhen Huan.

However, when Concubine Cao became seriously ill and had to stay in bed not long after, Lingrong realized that it was Concubine Duan who had done it, and thus Concubine Cao could not be considered the winner.

As for why Concubine Cao asked Huanbi to reconcile with Zhen Huan, when Lingrong met Zhen Huan on her rare trip out of the palace and smelled the musk in the purse around her waist, she understood Concubine Cao's plan. Now it depends on when Zhen Huan will react.

Looking at the backs of Zhen Huan and Huan Bi leaving together, Ling Rong wondered curiously: "Is Zhen Huan really so confident?"

In the plot, Zhen Huan seemed to never doubt those people whom she thought she had already conquered, such as 'An Lingrong' who did not fall out with her, 'Fang Chunyi' who did not die, and 'Huanbi' who betrayed her and came back, etc.

"Is she confident in her judgment of people, or is she confident in her ability to 'conquer' people?" Ling Rong couldn't understand. In the plot, sometimes Zhen Huan acted very smart, and sometimes she acted very arrogant.

"But if Zhen Huan doesn't use this purse in this life, she won't have children." Ling Rong thought of the newly renovated shop, which finally had what she had always wanted. She was a little happy for a moment, "Then I just need to find a way to stop the emperor from turning Hongli into Zhen Huan's son, and Hongche's future will be secure!"