mtlumby2d Chapter 431: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 35
Chapter 431: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 35
As the weather gets colder, the day of the palace's annual banquet is getting closer. The palace maids and eunuchs are getting busier and busier in preparation for the banquet. Even the concubines and nobles in the harem are busy preparing clothes and jewelry for the banquet.
Noblewoman Fucha, who lived in the main hall of Yanx Palace, and Changzai Xia Dongchun (who was reinstated by the emperor after serving the emperor in the palace) who lived in the east side hall, were having an argument at this time because of the clashing colors of the clothes they had prepared.
Both of them chose pink and purple fabrics, and they had their clothes cut with great difficulty. Today, when they tried them on, they found out that the other person had also made pink and purple clothes. Noble Lady Fucha was very dissatisfied with this. She specifically inquired about the plans of the high-ranking concubines, and finally chose pink and purple after giving up several options. However, she didn't expect that the idiot Xia Dongchun completely ignored the fact that she was a noble and she was a concubine, and also chose pink and purple.
In terms of looks, Noble Lady Fucha was actually no match for Xia Dongchun, and she was well aware of this. So when she learned that Xia Dongchun also planned to wear a pink and purple palace dress for the New Year's banquet, she realized that if she still wore pink and purple, she would be made to look even more unbearable by Xia Dongchun.
But if Fucha Guiren was asked to give up the pink and purple and change to a new color, she would refuse. Firstly, there was not enough time. Now there were only a few days before the palace banquet, and there was no way she would have enough time to choose fabrics and make clothes again. Secondly, among the remaining colors, Fucha Guiren looked best in pink and purple. If she changed to other colors, she would not look beautiful.
So after learning that Xia Dongchun also planned to wear pink and purple at the New Year's Banquet, Noble Lady Fucha went directly to Xia Dongchun's house and asked her to change her clothes in person. Although Xia Dongchun had just entered the palace and was punished by Nian Shilan, it did not make her learn her lesson. She believed that she had the support of the Queen, so she was naturally not afraid of Noble Lady Fucha, who was not favored.
"Humph, you are just an unfavored noble, but behind me is the Empress."
"If you don't want to wear the same clothes as me, then change yourself. Why do you want me to change?"
It was obvious that Concubine Fucha could not control Xia Dongchun's temper at all, but Concubine Fucha was also a spoiled princess of the Fucha family, so naturally she was not a reasonable person.
"Okay, okay, you are just a concubine. I live with you in the main hall of Yanxi Palace, which is your main seat. You don't listen to the main seat. When I pay my respects to the imperial concubine tomorrow, I will report to her. You are committing a crime of insubordination. Let's see if you can keep your position as concubine!"
Xia Dongchun used the Queen to pressure Noble Lady Fucha, and Noble Lady Fucha counterattacked by bringing up Nian Shilan. Even if Xia Dongchun trusted the Queen, she did not dare to say that Nian Shilan was just a noble concubine.
She pursed her lips, and thought of the three months of house arrest, and finally swallowed the words she wanted to say that the Queen had a higher status than the Imperial Concubine. But when she saw the smug face of Noble Lady Fucha, she got angry and picked up a pair of scissors beside her and cut Fucha's new clothes.
"what!"
Noble Lady Fucha was so angry that she couldn't help but step forward to snatch the scissors from Xia Dongchun's hand. The two accidentally scratched each other during the fight, and even their pink and purple clothes were stained with blood.
This time the matter became a big deal, and Concubine Hua ordered both of them to be banned from attending palace banquets and to recover from their injuries.
Originally, this matter was considered a good thing for An Lingrong, who lived in the Yanx Palace. After all, apart from the young Chun Changzai, she was the only one in the entire palace who had not yet served the emperor in bed.
Not sleeping with the emperor means not being able to pay respects, and at the same time, she cannot attend the palace banquet. Originally, when An Lingrong went to Chengqian Palace to visit Zhen Huan, she felt a little embarrassed when she saw her and Shen Meiyu preparing jewelry and clothes for the palace banquet. Now that Noble Fucha and Concubine Xia are also unable to attend the palace banquet, she feels a lot better, at least she is not the only one who cannot go.
What An Lingrong didn't expect was that when she was secretly happy about this, the other two people in the Yanx Palace who couldn't go there started to mock her.
"Oh, has An Da Ying gone to Chengqian Palace again to curry favor with Concubine Wan and is back?" Xia Dongchun was the first to speak. Originally, she was confined to her house because of Zhen Huan, Shen Meiyu and An Lingrong.
Now that her hand was injured and she was under house arrest, she couldn't help feeling uncomfortable when she saw An Lingrong going out freely. And when she thought that Zhen Huan had become a noble lady of Wan, one level higher than herself, she felt even more unhappy.
"I see you going to Chengqian Palace every day, but I never see Concubine Wan, whom you curry favor with, mention you much in front of the Emperor?" Humph, if I can't teach Zhen Huan a lesson myself, can't I teach Zhen Huan's 'lackey' An Lingrong a lesson?
"That's right. Concubine Wan, who entered the palace together, is the only one favored and is the first one to be promoted. Now even Concubine Shen has become Concubine Hui. How come An still hasn't served in the emperor's bed?"
Although Noble Lady Fucha hated Xia Dongchun, she also didn't like Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang very much. One of them snatched the title of being the first to sleep with her, and the other one climbed ahead of her so quickly. But just like Xia Dongchun, she was not as favored as Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang, and really couldn't do anything to Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang.
But An Lingrong was just a minor consenter. She never slept with Zhen Huan, but she was a member of her Yanx Palace. As the mistress of Yanx Palace, Noble Lady Fucha had long been fed up with An Lingrong going to Chengqian Palace all day to curry favor with Zhen Huan.
"You are a member of the Yanxi Palace, but you don't follow the rules and don't come to pay your respects to me, the main seat. You only know how to curry favor with the Chengqian Palace all day long. If Concubine Wan really wanted to help you, you wouldn't have gone so long without serving the emperor."
"The two of us can't go to the palace banquet because of the house arrest. Are you not going because you don't want to go?"
"That's right." Xia Dongchun echoed Noble Lady Fucha's words with a laugh that was both mocking and arrogant. An Lingrong was standing at the door of the west side hall at this time, like a dog that had lost its home. She was trembling all over because of the sarcasm of Xia Dongchun and Noble Lady Fucha, and she wished she could faint.
But when the tears fell, the doubts in her heart did not disappear. The words of Noble Lady Fucha and Lady Xia were like a thorn that pierced deeply into An Lingrong's heart.
Yes, Sister Zhen is so favored and can see the emperor so many times every month. If she really loves me, she only needs to mention me once in front of the emperor, and I wouldn’t have to enter the palace for five months without seeing the emperor.
An Lingrong knew that Sister Shen would not help her. Although she was dissatisfied, she would not blame anyone. However, whenever she thought about how she had hinted to Zhen Huan so many times but Zhen Huan was unwilling to help, she could not stand it.
Could it be that what Sister Zhen said to me about looking out for each other was all false? Or did Sister Zhen never think highly of me in her heart?
The disrespectful attitude of the servants in Chengqian Palace, their secret contempt for her, Huanbi's perfunctory attitude, Shen Meiyu's vigilance, and finally Zhen Huan's hypocritical smile, An Lingrong closed her eyes tightly and let the tears flow. She didn't want to deceive herself anymore. The details that she had usually ignored came to her mind one by one, and she couldn't forget them.