Seeing An Xin's puzzled expression, Lin Qingcheng continued to explain: "Now, in addition to the royal family, there are three major forces in Lan Cang. In addition to my Lin family, one is the He family, and the last one is the Dugu clan where the Queen Mother Dugu belongs..."
When An Xin heard this, she suddenly realized and said that she had heard of it before.
Lin Qingcheng went on to explain: "The He family and my Lin family have always been at odds, and my sister knows that. A year ago, Miss He Yuezi from the He family came to Yaxin Pavilion to cause trouble. Fortunately, His Majesty arrived in time..."
"The He family..." Thinking of the He family, An Xin still felt a little disgusted. It was fine that the He family wanted to cut off her financial resources. That time when she was planning to help Lin Qingcheng, she was hit by the young master of the He family and gave birth prematurely...
Later, because she had no roots or power in Lan Cang, she had to give up. Now that she has come to Lan Cang, she must take revenge!
At this time, Lin Qingcheng whispered to An Xin: "Sister, I heard some rumors. Now, His Majesty and Prince Ming are planning to take action against the He family..."
An Xin's pupils dilated slightly when she heard this, and she said calmly: "This has nothing to do with us..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Qingcheng looked at An Xin with a complicated expression.
After lunch, Lin Qingcheng left and waited for the nap time to pass. Then he went to Chonghua Palace with gifts to meet the Queen Mother.
An Xin brought her silhouette to Chonghua Palace. The palace maid outside the door hurriedly saluted An Xin as soon as she saw her. After all, before An Xin entered the palace, Xiao Yu had spread An Xin's portrait throughout the palace in order to prevent ungrateful people from offending An Xin.
The maid respectfully asked the reason, and then went to report to the Queen Mother. After a while, the maid hurriedly invited An Xin to enter Chonghua Palace.
As soon as she entered Chonghua Palace, An Xin heard a woman's voice as sweet and clear as a silver bell: "You must be the Princess Zhaohua that the emperor often mentions to me!"
Hearing the woman's words, An Xin was stunned. Princess Zhaohua? After a few seconds, she remembered that this was the title given to her by Emperor Xiao Nian when she was treating the plague in Lan Cang.
An Xin looked up and found that the person who spoke was a middle-aged woman who was quite charming and beautiful.
An Xin saw that she was dressed elegantly and sitting in the main seat, and knew that this person must be the Empress Dowager Dugu of Lan Cangguo. Empress Dowager Dugu was the eldest daughter of the Dugu lineage of Lan Cangguo, and married Emperor Xiao Nian when she was young. Although she was not a stunningly beautiful woman, she was also dignified and elegant, and the gentle aura on her body also made An Xin feel close to her.
An Xin replied respectfully: "Yes, I pay my respects to the Queen Mother!"
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Dugu looked at An Xin with satisfaction, motioned to the nanny beside her, and said, "Please take a seat!"
Then An Xin stood up and sat down. Empress Dowager Dugu looked at An Xin carefully. When she retracted her gaze, she accidentally glanced at the silhouette behind An Xin. Her eyes were full of shock.
Queen Mother Dugu had experienced a lot of hardships, so she quickly put away her expression. But An Xin still found something unusual. She looked at Queen Mother Dugu, then at the silhouette. A sense of wonder flashed in her eyes. An Xin felt that the silhouette looked a bit like Queen Mother Dugu...
Then he shook his head. Yingzi's parents died when she was young, and she was then bought into the Anguo Mansion and has been with her ever since. How could she be related to Lan Cang
Empress Dowager Dugu looked at An Xin and said, "Now that you have arrived in Lan Cang, you can stay here with peace of mind. If there is anything you are not familiar with, you can ask me directly. I like you so much the moment I saw you. Not to mention the contributions you made to Lan Cang before, which I have always remembered in my heart." An Xin smiled slightly and replied, "I will definitely honor you, the Queen Mother!"
Then An Xin gestured to the silhouette and said to Empress Dowager Dugu: "This set of cosmetics was specially prepared by the Empress Dowager when I was in Ningguo. I hope you will like it..."
Empress Dowager Dugu already had a good impression of An Xin, and now seeing that she was so tactful and reasonable, she liked her even more.
Then Empress Dowager Dugu said kindly: "Of course I like the rouge and powder from the Yaxin Pavilion. Now that you are in this palace, if anything goes wrong or the emperor bullies you, just come to me and I will take care of it for you."
After that, Empress Dowager Dugu thought for a moment and said, "But you have to be careful with the one in Biluo Pavilion." A trace of doubt flashed through An Xin's mind. Which one in Biluo Pavilion? She had just arrived and didn't know much about the basic situation of the Lancang Palace. An Xin secretly kept the Empress Dowager's reminder in her heart.
Empress Dowager Dugu really liked An Xin. She let An Xin stay with her for a long time. Finally, she invited An Xin to have dinner and then sent someone to take An Xin to Luanhua Palace.
After An Xin returned from Chonghua Palace, she kept thinking about Empress Dowager Dugu's reminder in her heart.
An Xin immediately said to Jian Ying: "Jian Ying, go check out the details of the Biluo Pavilion!"
Upon hearing this, Silhouette left.
An Xin kept looking at the silhouette's departing back, with some doubts still lingering in her heart.
After returning, An Xin thought about it carefully and found that the silhouette did bear some resemblance to the eyebrows of Empress Dowager Dugu. Could it be that the silhouette had an inseparable and complicated relationship with the Lancang Lonely Clan
After a while, Yingzi came back and told Anxin: "Miss, the one in the Biluo Pavilion is Concubine He who now lives in the palace with Empress Dowager Dugu. Concubine He is from the He family. When the emperor was in power, she was a noble concubine and had a son, who is now His Royal Highness Prince Ping, Xiao Ping. Concubine He is arrogant and narrow-minded. She is also protected by her mother's family, so her situation is quite prominent..."
An Xin couldn't help but frown when she heard this. He was indeed a troublesome person.
Silhouette continued: "It is true that Empress Dowager Dugu can compete with Concubine He, but Empress Dowager Dugu is a quiet person and disdains to fight with her. And Concubine He is also quite tactful and does not take the initiative to provoke Empress Dowager Dugu. The two of them do not interfere with each other in the palace. But Concubine He does like to make trouble."
After An Xin heard what Yingzi had found out, she secretly thanked Empress Dowager Dugu for reminding her. Otherwise, if she accidentally bumped into Concubine He, although she was not afraid, she did not want to cause trouble for Xiao Yu and Xiao Ran.
Lin Qingcheng came to Anxin for several days to chat with her and share her thoughts. This clever woman was probably worried that Anxin would feel homesick because she was alone in a foreign land.
More than ten days had passed like this, and An Xin finally got used to life in Lancang, although she would still think of those peach blossom eyes from time to time. But that was like yesterday's flowers, and things and people had changed.
Because Xiao Yu protected An Xin very well and An Xin didn't cause trouble, An Xin had a very leisurely time in Lan Cang during this period.