Xia Dongchun hurriedly said, "This scented tea is very good!"
"I only discovered its benefits recently."
An Lingrong understood that she had offended Consort Hua and was abandoned by the Empress.
Although Xia Dongchun was still a regular servant, in other people's eyes, she was not even as good as a palace maid, at least a palace maid could serve the emperor.
Just like people, the tea in the palace was divided into different grades, with scented tea being the lowest. It seems that even with the Xia family's help, Xia Dongchun's life wasn't easy.
An Lingrong said, "Consort Xia hesitated, as if to say something but then stopped. Is there something you want to tell me?"
Xia Dongchun pursed her lips. "I was wrong about what happened before. I'm sorry."
"I know I have a bad temper and have caused you a lot of trouble."
An Lingrong was surprised. Was this because she had finally gained favor and was afraid of her revenge, so she rushed to beg for mercy?
"I've already forgotten what happened before, Consort Xia, you don't need to take it to heart."
"If I were in a hurry to settle old scores and deliberately make things difficult, why would I have waited until now?"
Xia Dongchun finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders. "You are all smart people, and I am the only stupid one. I should never have entered the palace in the first place."
"You may not know, but my birth mother passed away a long time ago, and my current Mrs. Xia is my stepmother."
“My father doesn’t care about the inner quarters. He spoiled me from a young age, which made me have this kind of personality.”
“I used to think she really treated me like her own daughter, and I always regarded her as my own mother. Only recently did I realize that she deeply hates me, the daughter left behind by her first wife.”
"Otherwise, why would he be so strict with his own second sister, hiring tutors to teach her everything from music and chess to calligraphy, painting, poetry and prose?"
"To me, it is a virtue for a woman to be ignorant. She is clearly the daughter of an official, yet she cannot read a single word."
Xia Dongchun's words confirmed An Lingrong's guess.
The position of a bondservant captain is not low. As the eldest daughter in her family, Xia Dongchun should not have been raised in such a way to attain this position.
But what does this have to do with An Lingrong?
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