After An Lingrong left the palace and met Aunt Xiao, she seemed completely different, with a smile on her face every day.
When He Xue saw this, she couldn't help but make a couple of jokes.
An Lingrong now looks forward to her mother arriving in the capital soon, so that her mother can finally escape her suffering. She now receives a monthly allowance in the palace, and their lives will only get better and better in the future.
That day, after getting rid of those old ministers, Emperor Jingning prepared to go to Kunning Palace.
As Emperor Jingning passed by the Plum Blossom Garden, he suddenly heard the lines, "May the wind understand my heart, and not easily destroy..."
There were no plum blossoms in Yimei Garden now, just bare branches. Combined with the gloomy sky, a blurry figure appeared, and Emperor Jingning felt a chill run down his spine.
[Is there a ghost in Yimei Garden? But it's an uneducated ghost, and even among palace maids, few are literate!]
"Who's playing tricks there? Come out now!" He Zhu shouted. [Who's hiding there? Isn't this a dereliction of duty on his part, Chief Steward He? The road was cleared beforehand, how could there still be someone who slipped through the net?]
"My shoes and socks are dirty, I'm changing them!"
[So it wasn't a ghost after all!] Emperor Jingning looked at He Zhu in confusion, "He Zhu, do all palace maids carry shoes and socks with them at all times?"
He Zhu was stumped by Emperor Jingning's question, "This...this servant doesn't know either!"
Even if you've never eaten pork, you've at least seen a pig run, right? Emperor Jingning grew up by Emperor Kangxi's side, so he naturally understood the methods of women in the palace. As for why this palace maid was here, he could guess.
He Zhu could tell that the palace maid was doing it on purpose, so he quickly said a few words to a little eunuch behind him, and the little eunuch ran towards Kunning Palace.
"Who are you? Have you ever been to school?" Emperor Jingning asked. Since this person was deliberately waiting for him, and he now had the time, he wanted to see what tricks this person had up his sleeve.
"I fear my humble name would tarnish your noble reputation!"
Emperor Jingning smiled dismissively, "What are you doing here?"
Make a wish!
Emperor Jingning glanced at the somewhat withered plum blossoms and made a wish upon them? It seems this palace maid is not only uneducated but also not very bright.
What did you wish for?
My first wish is for my parents and sister to be healthy and well. My second wish is to find someone who will love me and stay with me until we grow old!
[Quite the boast!] Emperor Jingning sneered, "He Zhu, bring the man here!"
"Yes!" He Zhu waved his hand, and two eunuchs went over and soon brought over a person, who was none other than Zhen Huan.
Emperor Jingning, seeing that the person before him was not dressed as a palace maid, said, "Who are you? You'd better tell the truth!"
"I am Zhen Huan, the young lady of the imperial concubines. I have startled Your Majesty. Please forgive me!"
"Who is your father?" Emperor Jingning really didn't know whose daughter this was.
"My father is Zhen Yuandao, the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review!"
[Zhen Yuandao?] Emperor Jingning thought for a moment, it seemed someone had recently impeached this Zhen Yuandao, "Zhen Huan? Which Huan?"
"Huanhuan's waist is like that of a bird from the Chu Palace, which is my maiden name!" Zhen Huan's clear voice rang out.
"He is illiterate in poetry and literature; Zhen Yuandao has failed in his duty to educate his daughter!" Emperor Jingning said displeasedly.
Zhen Huan had intended to show off her talent, but she hadn't expected to receive such a response. She wondered if Emperor Jingning hadn't heard her clearly.
"Your Majesty, my name comes from the character 'Huan' in the poem 'Huan Huan, a bird with a waist like Chu Gong, her fragrance diminishes and her jade fades with spring.'"
The Emperor Emeritus once praised my daughter's father, saying that the surname Zhen sounded auspicious, like that of a loyal and virtuous man.
"Even the retired emperor can misjudge people!" Emperor Jingning said.
Zhen Huan's expression stiffened. Why wasn't things going as she had planned? She quickly racked her brains for a solution.
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