novelaction Chapter 444: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 48
Chapter 444: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 48
"What does your Majesty mean?" An Lingrong was puzzled.
Nian Shilan confirmed: "I don't accept helpers who want to win your favor."
"If you are seeking my help for the emperor's favor, then I can only ask someone to send you out. But if you are seeking wealth, power and status, then I will listen to your determination!"
An Lingrong found Concubine Hua's question very strange. As a woman in the harem, she could be promoted to a higher position, wear silk and satin, and afford gold and silver jewelry, and only then could she be respected by others and not be laughed at if she was favored by the emperor.
The women in the harem competed for favor not really for the sake of favor, but for the wealth, glory, power and status that favor brought. So to An Lingrong, the two reasons asked by Concubine Hua were obviously the same.
"I don't quite understand. As a concubine in the harem, I can only seek wealth and glory by competing for favor. What does your majesty mean?"
"The emperor's favor, the emperor's favor, the emperor comes first, the favor comes second, which means that we are fighting for the emperor's favor, and the master is the emperor."
"But wealth, power and status don't require the emperor. I can give them to you."
"So choosing the emperor's favor means that your master is still the emperor. I will not accept your surrender. If you choose glory and wealth..."
Before Nian Shilan could finish, An Lingrong knelt down and kowtowed, "I choose your Majesty."
She now understood what Imperial Noble Consort Hua meant. If she did it just to gain favor, the Empress would never accept her and would not help her. But if she did it for the sake of profit and acknowledged the Empress as her master, she would get the Empress's approval and help.
An Lingrong herself did not like the emperor, and was even quite afraid of him because of the return of the jade intact to Zhao. The reason she wanted to compete for favor was just to live a more decent life in the harem.
As the vice empress, Noble Consort Hua holds palace power and is actually more like the empress than the queen. In addition, the Nian family is extremely powerful behind her. Even though General Nian has handed over his military power, no one dares to look down on her. Even the emperor loves and respects the Noble Consort very much.
It is more reassuring to rely on Imperial Noble Consort Hua than to rely on the Emperor. At least there are no other concubines around Imperial Noble Consort Hua to compete for favor with her.
"I am willing to serve the Imperial Noble Consort as my master. May the Imperial Noble Consort live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
An Lingrong was sharp-minded and immediately sensed Nian Shilan's ambition from her attitude. She followed her guess and bowed deeply to Nian Shilan. When her head hit the floor, the atmosphere in Yikun Palace suddenly became stagnant and all sounds disappeared, leaving only the pounding of An Lingrong's heartbeat in her chest.
Time seemed to have passed for a very long time, so long that An Lingrong began to panic, wondering if she had guessed wrong. Cold sweat dripped onto the ground. Time also seemed to have passed very quickly, so quickly that An Lingrong only took a breath before she heard a cold and distant reply from the person she had kowtowed to.
"Flat body."
An Lingrong directly knelt down to kowtow to Nian Shilan, as she should have done to the emperor. Nian Shilan was surprised but satisfied. After using his aura to pressure An Lingrong and confirm her determination, he directly replied to An Lingrong as his lord.
"Lord An, you are very smart and perceptive."
When An Lingrong really heard the Imperial Concubine call her "My dear", she opened her eyes wide in shock. She originally thought that the Imperial Concubine was trying to seize power, but she never expected that the Imperial Concubine's ambitions were even bigger than she thought.
"My dear? My dear. My dear!"
She likes this title, An Lingrong likes this title, Ai Qing! It sounds much better than Ai Fei.
When An Lingrong was paying her respects, a character card appeared in the family system. Nian Shilan clicked on it and saw the introduction of An Lingrong:
Character: An Lingrong
Status: Retainer
Loyalty: 75%
Training direction: Minister of Justice (progress 10%, points: 10)
Character skills: Advanced Observation, Advanced Perceptiveness, Advanced Meticulousness, Advanced Analytical Ability, Advanced Perfume Embroidery...
With so many advanced skills, An Lingrong is truly a treasure girl.
Now that Nian Shilan has aroused the ambition hidden in An Lingrong's heart, the rest of the story will be easy to talk about.
When she came out of Yikun Palace, An Lingrong's heart was still beating wildly and couldn't calm down. She vaguely knew that she had joined a crazy plan, but at the same time she was very clear about her inner approval.
Yes, she agreed. She knew that Imperial Noble Consort Hua's plan was extremely outrageous, but she really wanted to witness the success of the plan and become a part of it as Imperial Noble Consort Hua said.
An Lingrong's mind flashed with scenes of her father favoring his concubine over his wife, her mother crying, and herself having to go to the capital for the selection of concubines in order to avoid being married off to Shangguan as a concubine.
In the past, her destiny was not in her own hands, so she could only try her best to find a way out. However, after entering the palace, she realized that as a woman, she had no choice. If the imperial concubine's plan succeeded, then she could escape her fate.
An Lingrong was still digesting her excitement, but Nian Shilan had already started making arrangements. During this time, the Emperor was "woke up" by the Empress Dowager again, realizing that Nian Shilan was already an Imperial Noble Consort and could not be promoted any higher. For the sake of so-called balance, he could only reduce Nian Shilan's imperial favor.
He felt that he had no choice but to do so, and believed that Nian Shilan would understand him, so he gave Nian Shilan a lot of rewards in one go, but began to summon other concubines frequently, and as a result, Rouguan woman regained favor and became Roudaying again.
Shen Meizhuang saw through the emperor's hypocrisy, and instead of seeking the emperor's favor, she began to seek children and drank a pregnancy-maintaining medicine. How could the queen miss such a good opportunity when she knew about it? As a result, the more Shen Meizhuang drank, the more she couldn't have children. However, only the queen and Nian Shilan knew about this, and Shen Meizhuang didn't notice it at all because she trusted the imperial physician too much.
Zhen Huan wanted to persuade her but was almost discouraged by Huanbi's words.
"Mrs. Hui is in high spirits now. If you try to dampen her mood at this time, I'm afraid she will misunderstand you."
"Yes, Sister Mei always has ideas."
Even in the previous life of Shen Meizhuang and Zhen Huan, Zhen Huan had never successfully persuaded Shen Meizhuang when she was too angry, let alone the situation in this life where there is already a rift between them?
Liu Zhu, who was standing by, was somewhat tempted. "Young Master, would you like to ask Doctor Wen to prescribe medicine to help you stay pregnant?"
It has been almost a year since Zhen Huan entered the palace. Although she fell out of favor for a while because of Concubine Hua, she was still very favored overall, but she had never been pregnant.
Not only Shen Meizhuang was anxious about this matter, but Zhen Huan was naturally anxious as well.
"Oh, forget it. All medicines are poisonous. Things like this still depend on fate." Huanbi didn't want Zhen Huan to get pregnant. She was thinking of pushing herself out after Zhen Huan hadn't gotten pregnant for a long time.
After being interrupted by Huanbi, Zhen Huan felt that there was no rush to get pregnant. Then she thought of the many concubines in the harem who had no children, and guessed that there might be some secret. Her eyes flashed but she said nothing.
I have to find a way to check it out, otherwise even if she is really pregnant, there is a high possibility that she will end up like Noble Lady Fucha.