Empresses in the Palace: An Lingrong Is Reborn and Rises to Empress Dowager

Reborn at sixteen, An Lingrong uses her father’s leverage to help her mother secure a divorce and obtain money. Together with her mother and Aunt Xiao, she opens an incense shop. With secret recipes and quick wits, she overcomes one business challenge after another, prospers, and even cures her mother’s eye disease. During the selection, she befriends Zhen Huan, and their bond deepens after they enter the palace. An Lingrong wins the emperor’s favor through her incense-making, and the incense shop run by her mother is also honored with a sign bearing the emperor’s calligraphy. An Lingrong wins the emperor’s favor through her incense-making, and the incense shop run by her mother is also honored with a sign bearing the emperor’s calligraphy. In the complicated inner palace, the women support one another. Facing ill-intentioned figures such as Xia Changzai, Yu Daying, Consort Hua, and the Empress, they hold fast to their kindness and confront schemes together, setting their sights on the throne of the imperial harem. An Lingrong keeps the secret of her rebirth buried deep in her heart. After the Empress is confined, Consort Li is sent to the cold palace, and Nian Gengyao’s household is confiscated, the palace enjoys a brief calm. But An Lingrong’s pregnancy stirs up trouble once more. First she is trapped in the cold palace, then a mysterious old palace matron helps her protect the pregnancy, requiring her to remain in bed for three months. During that time, Zhen Huan and Consort Hua stay by her side and care for her, and the pregnancy gradually stabilizes. The emperor visits and intends to grant her a reward. Yet forces in the shadows are still stirring, plotting to cause trouble when An Lingrong gives birth. In this palace, rife with danger, the fates and futures of Lingrong and Zhen Huan remain uncertain. How will they face the challenges ahead and protect themselves and their children? What new legends will they write amid the palace intrigues? Everything remains to be seen.