In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 442: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 46

After returning to the palace, everyone heard that Noble Concubine Fucha was not feeling well. She was now five months pregnant and it was time to burn mugwort to protect the fetus. The Emperor rarely shifted his attention from Nian Shilan and began to pay attention to the baby in Noble Concubine Fucha's belly.

Noble Lady Fucha's pride in being the first to get pregnant completely erupted. She would either not be able to eat today or have a stomachache tomorrow. She would always send someone to invite the Emperor as soon as he entered the harem.

But she was pregnant, and the emperor would only visit her but not stay overnight. As a result, Concubine Xia, who lived in the same palace with her, benefited from it. Another person who lived in the same palace with her, An Lingrong, was not as shameless as Xia Dongchun. Because of the humiliation of returning the jade intact to Zhao, she dared not appear in front of the emperor without being summoned. This made Concubine Fucha quite satisfied, and when she saw Concubine Xia mocking An Lingrong, she would say a few words to help.

With the "mediation" of Noble Lady Fucha, An Lingrong's life in the Yanxi Palace finally became a little better, but the resentment and ambition in her heart grew deeper and deeper. She was unwilling to remain in silence like this, and had to find a backer to rely on.

The first person that An Lingrong valued was naturally Noble Consort Hua Nian Shilan, with whom she had previously had a "deal". She also considered the Queen, but who told her to receive An Bihuai's letter?

Upon learning that her father had become a member of the Nian family, An Lingrong initially thought that the family letter in her hand was fake. But after reading it carefully, An Lingrong discovered that the "Nian family" her father mentioned in the letter was actually just his superior who was trained by the Nian family.

"However, as long as I have this relationship, I will have an excuse to meet the Imperial Concubine Hua."

For the first time, An Lingrong felt the powerful force behind Nian Shilan. Her hometown was so remote, but there were people from the Nian family. Then, wouldn’t other places in the country, especially those that were closer and wealthier, have already been infiltrated by the Nian family?

Otherwise, how can we say that An Lingrong has a strong insight? Just based on this letter from An Bihuai, she easily guessed the current power situation of the Nian family. You have to know that all these were slowly arranged by Nian Shilan in the past ten years. No one knew about it openly, and even if the emperor wanted to investigate, it would be difficult to find out behind the scenes.

"An promised, why are you here again?"

At the gate of Yikun Palace, Song Zhi looked at An Lingrong who came to pay respect to Imperial Noble Consort Hua with some impatience, "The Imperial Noble Consort doesn't like to interact with people in the harem. I'm sure you should have heard about this after being in the palace for so long."

"Last time, the Queen asked you in because it was your first time to see her and she couldn't bear to see you go back disappointed."

Although Songzhi's words were hurtful, they were all true and she didn't mean to be perfunctory. An Lingrong knew that her behavior was a bit abrupt, but she was really determined to seek refuge with Imperial Noble Consort Hua. She also knew that Imperial Noble Consort Hua had never accepted anyone's refuge since she entered the palace, so she didn't get angry when Songzhi stopped her.

"I understand what Aunt Songzhi said, but please help inform Concubine Hua."

"I have received a letter from my father. In the letter, he mentioned his superior, County Magistrate Zhang Linsen. He said that this County Magistrate Zhang was the one who came from the Nian family five years ago."

"Zhang Linsen?"

Songzhi grew up in the Nian family and naturally had an impression of the people in the Nian family. The Zhang Linsen mentioned by An Lingrong was one of the family's illegitimate children who was born in the same batch as Songzhi.

In the year when Nian Shilan set his goal, he was arranged to leave the Nian family and be transferred to the local area to help deal with the affairs of the Orphanage. Five years ago, Nian Shilan saw that he had the potential to be an official in the character card introduction, so he took advantage of a loophole and donated a ninth-rank official position to him. Unexpectedly, in just five years, this man relied on his own political achievements to be promoted to the position of county magistrate.

You have to know that officials like An Bihuai who "donated" their positions with money, in principle, have no channels for promotion. In his previous life, An Bihuai was able to be promoted in the later period because of the grace given by the emperor for the sake of An Lingrong, a concubine.

Although Zhang Linsen was a member of the Nian family, he had been released from his indenture and was a free man. The fact that a commoner broke the unspoken rule of donating money to become an official with his own ability was enough to prove Zhang Linsen's ability.

It was for this reason that Songzhi remembered Zhang Linsen as her hidden man.

"I will report what An promised to Her Majesty." Since An promised to mention Zhang Linsen, she could no longer make the decision on this matter on her own. Songzhi planned to report to Nian Shilan first to see what Nian Shilan thought.

Being able to get Songzhi to give in was already an achievement. An Lingrong was not in a hurry. She lowered her eyes and was not saddened by Songzhi's attitude. She still bowed respectfully and said, "I would like to thank Aunt Songzhi here."

"My aunt is busy right now, so I won't bother you any more."

Nian Shilan was practicing in the Yikun Palace. She had successfully broken a lot of the causal force that was wrapped around her body, and she absorbed the power of merit much faster. However, there was still a part of the causal force that could not be pulled away no matter how much spiritual consciousness she used.

It seems that we still need to do something to cut off these causal forces like the previous ones.

Under normal circumstances, some cause and effect can be offset by one's own merit power, but the problem is that Nian Shilan is practicing the way of merit. Using the power of merit to offset cause and effect will slow down her practice. If her practice is slow, when will she be able to break free from the restrictions of the system?

So Nian Shilan didn't care about the small karma, but she couldn't bear to use the power of merit to offset the karma that was too tight like the one she was in now. Now that she had the innate skill, Nian Shilan could clearly see the source of the heaviest karma, and naturally she could use other methods to offset the karma.

Now, apart from the emperor, the only person who has the heaviest karma on Nian Shilan is Prince Guo. What the emperor said is normal. After all, Nian Shilan was reborn several times in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and almost every time she changed the emperor's fate. It would be strange if the karma was not heavy. But if Nian Shilan was asked to let the emperor follow his fate in order to avoid being involved in the karma, that is simply impossible.

For the sake of her mission and her own merits, she had to get involved with the Emperor's karma, but it was different for Prince Guo. She had no intention of provoking him at all, but he always fell in love with her. This feeling of being forced to bear the karma was really terrible.

"I know how to pay back what I owe to others, but what should I do if others owe me?"

Nian Shilan couldn't figure it out, she was overwhelmed and upset, and Songzhi appeared.

"My lady, are you awake? I have something to report."

"what's up?"

"An promised to come just now and wanted to meet the queen. I remember that the queen once said that she did not intend to accept other concubines to join her, but An promised that her father was Zhang Linsen's man."

"Oh?"

Thinking about it carefully, I seem to have seen the character card of An Lingrong's father, An Bihuai. I forgot about it at that time. Now I remember that An Bihuai is my person, so will An Lingrong also become my person along with her father?