mtlumby2d Chapter 429: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 33
Chapter 429: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 33
After the Queen's admonition, the Emperor rested for a few days and then announced the other newlyweds one after another until only An Lingrong and Xia Da Ying were left. It happened to be the fifteenth day, so the Emperor went to the Queen's palace.
The emperor stayed in Yikun Palace to accompany Nian Shilan for the remaining half month, until the beginning of the next month, when he left the Queen's Palace and began to summon new people to sleep with him. At this time, there was still a month before Xia Dongchun's house arrest ended, and Chun Changzai was still too young, so only An Lingrong had not yet slept with him.
But An Lingrong waited and waited, but only received the news that the emperor's Chun En carriage had taken Zhen Huan away. Then Zhen Huan slept with him for five consecutive days. The emperor replaced her with Shen Meiyu, who also slept with him for five days. For the remaining five days, the emperor returned to the Qianqing Palace to rest alone.
Then everyone understood that the emperor had forgotten An Lingrong. An Lingrong herself naturally understood it, but because she did not return the jade intact like in her previous life, and because she did not suffer from the ridicule of others, although An Lingrong felt sad, she did not suffer humiliation. In addition, the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in this life were replaced by Nian Shilan's people, and no one deducted her share because she was out of favor. Although An Lingrong was not rich, she did not live a hard life.
Slowly, An Lingrong also figured it out, but while she did, Zhen Huan didn't.
Zhen Huan had long been blinded by the emperor's favor. Just when she was overwhelmed by the emperor's favor, she was ignored by the emperor for half a month. It was only because of the "imaginary enemy" Hua Guifei that she finally persuaded herself that the emperor was a nostalgic person. Hua Guifei entered the palace earlier than herself and accompanied the emperor for almost ten years, while she had just entered the palace. In the emperor's heart, she could never compare to Hua Guifei.
But then the emperor only summoned her to sleep with him for five days before summoning sister Mei to sleep with him. This immediately hit Zhen Huan's self-confidence. She thought that the emperor would stay with Concubine Hua for half a month, and at least stay with her for about ten days, but she didn't expect that he would not even stay with her for the seven days last month.
This number of days was like a slap in the face, which shattered Zhen Huan's previous pride of being favored. Whenever she saw Shen Meiyu, she always felt that she was looked at with mockery in the eyes. In order to avoid this embarrassment, Zhen Huan had to turn around and deepen her relationship with An Lingrong. After all, in front of An Lingrong, she was still the most proud person.
An Lingrong had seen through Zhen Huan's thoughts, and Shen Meizhuang on the other side of Chengqian Palace had also seen through them. Thinking of how Zhen Huan had not waited for her to go with her when she paid her respects this morning, and how she looked strange when she spoke to her when she came back, Shen Meizhuang suddenly felt disappointed. She sighed and said slowly, "Caiyue, Caixing, do you think Huan'er has changed?"
She had finally adjusted her mentality and digested the incident that happened during the previous sleeping session. She planned to apologize to Zhen Huan and reconcile with her. However, she did not expect that just because she had the same favor as Zhen Huan, she would make Zhen Huan dissatisfied. If this goes on, can she and Zhen Huan really help each other as they said during the talent show?
"We clearly agreed to help each other after entering the palace, but now Huan'er is like that, I really don't know if I can still trust her?"
Caiyue is a more stable person. Even if she has some thoughts in her mind, she knows that it is not easy for her to say them because of her status. But Caixing on the side doesn't care so much. In recent days, Huanbi from Zhen Huan's side has boasted about the lady's favor in front of them countless times, and secretly mocked them for getting a little favor by relying on their connections.
But every time, her mistress acted as if she didn't hear it. Forget it, forget it, she must have misunderstood. Huan'er wouldn't say that. Then she just endured it. This month, Shen Meiyu and Zhen Huan finally had the same amount of favor. Shen Meiyu seemed to have finally seen the true face of Miss Zhen. Caixing answered immediately.
"My lady, Wan Chang always values favors. People are proud. When my lady is not as good as her, she will be very happy. But once my lady is the same as her or better than her, she will be dissatisfied."
"How can I trust such a Wan Changzai? Doesn't the young master want to show his favor?"
"Cai Xing, kneel down! Can you really say something like this?"
Shen Meizhuang's feelings for Zhen Huan were genuine. She asked that question not because she wanted to know Caiyue and Caixing's answer. Caiyue saw it clearly, but Caixing obviously didn't understand. Shen Meizhuang felt uncomfortable when she told her the truth.
In Shen Meizhuang's heart, a servant is just a servant, as long as they are loyal. She will not listen to the servants. Zhen Huan is her good sister, and the relationship between her and Zhen Huan is not something that a servant like Cai Xing can understand.
While the heroine Zhen Huan and the supporting actress Shen Meizhuang were still having a rift because of the emperor's favor, Nian Shilan's deployment was already half completed. Half of the county magistrates and county chancellors in counties across the country had been replaced by people from the Nian family, and even the abandoned baby halls in those counties had been established.
Nian Shilan's family system character cards have been enriched a lot, but these people alone are not enough. Nian Shilan began to turn his attention to the capital.
Nian Gengyao has now left Beijing for Qinghai to lead the troops. My father, Nian Xialing, is old and unemployed at home. I think there are some things that he should know. I believe that my father's network of contacts is much richer than that of my second brother Nian Gengyao.
Nian Shilan clicked on the character card belonging to Nian Xialing in the family system, and the content on it was as follows:
Character: Age
Status: Family
Loyalty: 60%
Training direction: Prime Minister (progress 30%, points: 300)
Character skills: Advanced observation of words and expressions, advanced political governance, advanced teaching and management, advanced education and management...
Nian Shilan is a dozen years younger than Nian Gengyao, and can be considered Nian Xialing's daughter who came of age. She has been very much loved by Nian Xialing since childhood, but Nian Xialing is not as bold and ambitious as Nian Gengyao. Nian Xialing reads the books of sages and learns the principles of ruler, minister, and father and son. If she had confessed her ambitions to him from the beginning, Nian Shilan would have been sent to a temple by the loyal Nian Xialing and spent the rest of her life there before the imperial edict of marriage came down.
Nian Shilan finally waited for the death of the previous emperor and became a royal concubine. In terms of status, she was no longer Nian Xialing's daughter, but his husband. Only then did she gain Nian Xialing's loyalty and get this character card belonging to Nian Xialing.
Now that he has this card, Nian Xialing will no longer have any objection to Nian Shilan's orders, so Nian Shilan will use Nian Xialing. No matter how high Nian Gengyao's official position is, it cannot compare to the connections Nian Xialing has accumulated over so many years as an official. Moreover, Nian Gengyao's side are all military officers, and they cannot compare to Nian Xialing's relationships with civil officials.
Nian Shilan was not rebelling, so if she wanted to succeed, she needed not only military power but also the support of the people. In this era, the support of the people could be gained through the words and pens of the literati.
Although the Nian family is a Han army flag, they are still Han people in essence. I think after Nian Xialing's persuasion, there are many civil and military officials in the court who want Han people to come to power.
In this life, Nian Shilan paid great attention to her reputation. Now in the eyes of the world, she, the Concubine Hua, was a truly virtuous person, while the queen was just a name, but she was not good at being a person or doing things. With Nian Shilan as a magnifying glass, every time the queen made any arrangement, she would publicize it clearly.