I was a concubine in Legend of Zhen Huan

Chapter 94 An Lingrong (94)

After all, she is now a person who has received nine years of compulsory education. She dare not say how outstanding she is, but knowing that period of history in later generations, and as a flower-growing soul, An Lingrong always wants to do something to help people in later generations avoid that period of history.

So she spent her points to create a dream for Hongchang, and told him about the history of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China in the dream.

At first, An Lingrong just wanted to vent her anger by destroying the Japanese pirates, but didn't she expect that the Qing Dynasty would be so powerful now?

It takes about three months to travel by boat from the Qing Dynasty to the Japanese pirate country (this speed comes from Baidu, please correct me if it is wrong, I will change it when I see it), so it takes half a year to go back and forth.

However, it took less than a year after Nian Gengyao led his troops there that he completely controlled the Wokou Island.

I heard from Hongchang that the Japanese pirate island was now completely controlled by Nian Gengyao and his Eight Banners. Except for half of the Japanese pirates who were barely strong enough to be used as miners, the rest were all killed.

If it were so easy to destroy the Japanese pirates...

An Lingrong couldn't help wanting to do something else.

How should I put it? Over the years, An Lingrong's life can be considered comfortable.

A few years ago, when Baoshu was old enough, she asked Baoshu if he had a crush on someone, and if she was willing, she could go to the emperor to propose for her. But Baoshu insisted on staying in the palace to accompany An Lingrong.

Baoshu was also a shrewd person. Putting aside the deep friendship between her and An Lingrong, if she had not married, she would have always been the most popular maid in Yongshou Palace beside the Imperial Concubine. Wherever she went, everyone would call her Aunt Baoshu. Because of her popularity with the Imperial Concubine, her family would be very enthusiastic towards her every time they went back.

But if she got married, how could she still be as glorious as she is now? It's not that she is realistic, but that's the truth. She is already 20 years old, and most men of the same age are married. Even if she gets married, she will probably be someone's second wife. What's the point of working like a slave for a strange man and letting him take advantage of her friendship with the imperial concubine to get promoted?

Besides, now that her family has become an imperial merchant and her second brother can marry the daughter of the housekeeper, in addition to the 12,000 taels of silver that her father brought to the empress with the efforts of the entire family, there must also be some credit for her maintaining the relationship between the two sides, right?

I serve the Empress, and we are together day and night, so the Empress can think of her own family from me. But if I get married, the Empress will still remember the affection between us for a year or two. But after a long separation, when the Empress has a new person to take care of her, the affection will fade. By then, will I and my own family be reduced to the original state?

Baoshu considered all these things and made an agreement with her second brother to adopt her second brother's second son as his son. When she was able to retire in the future, her second brother's second son would take care of her in her old age.

In this way, Baoshu firmly stayed by An Lingrong's side. Hongxian had grown up and had to go to the Shangshufang to study; Ni Chuhe had already started to learn housekeeping and needlework, which were essential lessons for girls.

The children all had their own things to do, so the one who spent the most time with An Lingrong was Baoshu.

Speaking of Hongxian's studies, An Lingrong was reminded of the promise she made to Tong's family when she was first selected.

In order to get Tong the Shopkeeper to invest in her, An Lingrong once made promises that after she gave birth to a child, she would let Tong the Shopkeeper's eldest grandson be her son's study partner.

This was of course impossible. Not to mention that Shopkeeper Tong's eldest grandson was not of the right age, his family was just a merchant, and even if he had become an imperial merchant thanks to An Lingrong's relationship, he was not qualified to be a companion to the prince or a bead seller.

Both parties knew that An Lingrong was just making empty promises, but even if it was just empty promises, judging from the returns that Tong's family has received now, his family has definitely made a fortune from this investment.

Although her husband is gone and she has two children, she also has a group of young sisters with whom she can have tea parties from time to time. An Lingrong is very satisfied with her current life.

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, An Lingrong's physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, and respect needs are all met. Going a step further, she needs to seek self-actualization.

What could be a better way to realize one's self-worth than studying for the rise of flower planting?

An Lingrong discussed it with Fanqie. Well, Fanqie was the name An Lingrong gave to the system after so many years of running-in, when the system and An Lingrong became familiar with each other and had a harmonious relationship.

The implication is that even after experiencing the ups and downs of life, one can still keep a loyal heart towards the Party.

Having said that, after discussing with the system, An Lingrong agreed upon the most cost-effective plan. An Lingrong used 80% of her points to buy a prop that could be used to create dreams for Hongchang an unlimited number of times in this world.

And precisely because the remaining funds were limited, the content of the dream had to be created by An Lingrong herself. So after finishing high school knowledge, An Lingrong resolutely gave up her most talented chemistry and plunged into the embrace of geography for the sake of the Qing Dynasty and the vast territory of the flower-growing country.

In the next few decades of this world, An Lingrong studied diligently during the day, and taught all the geographical knowledge she had learned about countries around the world to Hongchang bit by bit through her dreams at night.

Hongchang was also very capable, and he did not let down An Lingrong's hard work over the past few decades. After first piecing together the map into the existing big rooster, Hongchang made full use of the generals and commanders of his second uncle and his cousin.

Not only did he not let his uncle and cousin have a moment's rest, but at the peak of his power he even used all the generals including Nian Gengyao and his son, Yue Zhongqi, Fucha Fuheng, Zhang Jia Agui, and he was as steady as an old dog when fighting on four fronts.

By the year An Lingrong died at the age of 93, most of the blue planet had become the territory of the Qing Dynasty, let alone the eight countries in the recent history books.

The English that An Lingrong had studied hard was put to good use when she was recovering those countries, but as the territory of the Qing Dynasty grew, Chinese had officially become the only official tool for communication and record-keeping.

Another spring has come. In the courtyard of Yongshou Palace, An Lingrong's favorite peach blossoms are in full bloom. A little maidservant fanned her with a white jade fan, and advised her: "Noble Concubine, the sun is shining here. Can I help you go back to the room to rest?"

An Lingrong smiled and shook her head to refuse. She leaned back on the recliner and looked up at the horizon calmly: "Such good sunshine should be seen more often."