High Grade Green Tea Transmigrates into a Pitiful Little Girl - Chapter 24

With the “backing” of Consort Xian, the quality of Lin Feilu’s life in the palace suddenly rose to a higher level. At the very least, it was a lot richer in terms of food and clothing.

Xiao Lan received many new clothing materials this year and made two winter clothes for her children. She had always been good at needlework, and she worked hard to sew a piece of clothing for Consort Xian. The resulting clothes had a sweet and elegant pattern, and wearing it made her look a few years younger.

Consort Xian was very happy and gave many things to Mingyue Palace. The formerly deserted and desolate side hall became more popular and gradually became more lively.

Xiao Lan didn’t intend to cling to a higher branch and never thought of regaining the Emperor’s favor through Consort Xian. She was content just having the livelihood of her two children be more secured.

But other people see the interaction between their two palaces differently.

Everyone felt that Noble Lady Lan had taken refuge under Consort Xian. Now that she was on her side, the two’s interests and grievances were naturally tied together. Those with a good relationship with Consort Xian will give her face and kindly call her Sister, while those who oppose Consort Xian will naturally find her a bother.

Although Noble Lady Lan had fallen out of favor for many years, her beauty was considered top-notch among the palace’s concubines. Meanwhile, Consort Xian herself was already not young anymore. Surely, she was thinking of pushing the Noble Lady to His Majesty. After all, she did bear two children for the Emperor, and the Fifth Princess was so clever and smart. It was not impossible to regain His Majesty’s favor.

Seeing a powerful future adversary about to be born, how could the other concubines sit still?

Once you have a relationship with someone in the palace, it is no longer possible to protect yourself by staying out of struggles. Xiao Lan’s dream of being an invisible person was shattered.

Lin Feilu had anticipated this situation in advance. Xiao Lan had a temperament where she would not improve if she weren’t pushed forward. Lin Feilu planned to attack the Emperor in the future, so now was a good time to pull Xiao Lan out of her comfort zone to let her learn how to adapt.

It was just that Xiao Lan was very vigilant and didn’t make any mistakes that could be exploited. The people who wanted to target her couldn’t find any opportunity to do so for a while. So, they turned their attention two her two children.

Lin Zhanyuan didn’t go out much, and Xiao Lan also didn’t worry much about him going out because others have very few chances to see him. But Lin Feilu loved to run outside, and you could often see her if you put your mind into it. Moreover, Noble Lady Lan was able to climb up to Consort Xian’s side due to the Fifth Princess. Even if you couldn’t take out the adults, couldn’t you at least take out the child?

But the affairs between children should be left for the children to deal with. Even if there was trouble, it could easily be solved by saying it was just “children’s quarrel.”

If you wanted to say who hated Consort Xian the most in the palace, it would be Consort Hui.

The hostility between the two stretched way back to their time in the Eastern Palace. The two had fought against each other for many years. Later on, Consort Hui gave birth to the First Princess Lin Nianzhi. Because she was Emperor Lin’s first daughter, she was loved very much. Thanks to that, she managed to suppress Consort Xian for several years. It was not until Consort Xian gave birth to the Fourth Prince Lin Jingyuan that she managed to balance the situation.

Lin Nianzhi was smart, intelligent, and cheerful. In front of Emperor Lin, she was honest and lively, but she was arrogant and crafty in front of others. The Third Princess Lin Xi was close to her, and the two were in cahoots with each other. The two of them disliked Lin Feilu, and recently she heard her Mother Consort mention her several times in the palace. Lin Nianzhi grew up by her side since she was small, so how could she not understand what her Mother Consort meant?

It seemed that it was time to teach her Fifth Sister a lesson.

Lin Xi might be afraid of Lin Jingyuan, but not her.

The Great Lin Dynasty had always traditionally respected the rules of seniority and status. Lin Xi must respect her Fourth Royal Brother, and Lin Jingyuan must respect his Eldest Royal Sister. This was something that they could justify in front of their Royal Father. If Lin Jingyuan dared to go against her for his Fifth Royal Sister, then that was just great; she would mop them both up under the pretense of not respecting their Eldest Sister. At the same time, she could let her Mother Consort vent her resentment.

Lin Feilu didn’t know that she had been put on the First Princess’s blacklist. Right now, she was busy supervising Lin Jingyuan memorizing The Analects.

This was something that Consort Xian entrusted to her. If she couldn’t even do this, her weight in Consort Xian’s heart would probably decline. But Lin Jingyuan didn’t like reading books; asking him to read it was akin to trying to kill him. So, Lin Feilu did not persuade him directly but changed her approach.

She memorized it herself.

While memorizing it, she asked, “Brother Jingyuan, how do you read this word?”

Lin Jingyuan glanced, “Not bothered when people don’t understand you. Bothered¹.”

T/N:
1. Lin Feilu asked about the word 愠 (Yùn= bothered/annoyed). Lin Jingyuan recited the whole sentence and then repeated the word. In the raws, the full sentence was written in kanji, and the repeated Yùn was written in pinyin.
The full sentence itself is a real quote from The Analects.