The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

After Concubine Jin entered the palace, she immediately saw the fifth prince sitting on Lu Zhaolin's right hand.

Her eyes lit up: "Xiao'er!"

Then, without bothering to salute Lu Zhaolin, he rushed to the fifth prince in two steps, squatted down, held him in his arms, and said: "Fortunately, you are here, my concubine is really going to be scared to death by you." ."

In his excitement, he completely ignored the rules of the palace and even uttered the word "death".

Jiang Shiying couldn't help but applaud Concubine Jin in her heart. This scene of a passionate love affair with a calf is really deeply performed.

She glanced at Lu Zhaolin inadvertently from the corner of her eye, and sure enough, she saw that the original displeasure in his eyes had dissipated.

He said calmly: "Concubine Jin."

Only then did Concubine Jin come to her senses, she quickly let go of the fifth prince, stood up and saluted, "I have seen Your Majesty. I have been discourteous for a moment. Please forgive me."

Lu Zhaolin looked at her but didn't scream.

His right hand tapped lightly on the armrest of the chair, making a "ta, da" sound. The palace was quiet, and the sound of "ta, da" became more and more clearly audible, as if it struck people's hearts.

When the sound of "ta, da" stopped, I heard Lu Zhaolin say: "Get up. I want to hear your explanation for what happened today."

With so many people waiting at Yongfu Palace, how could the fifth prince, a child, leave the palace alone and run into Jingyang Palace? "

Concubine Jin did not stand up, but knelt on the ground, lowered her head and said: "It is my fault. I am incompetent and failed to take good care of the fifth prince. Please punish me."

Hearing this, before Lu Zhaolin said anything, the fifth prince said anxiously: "It's not Concubine Jin's fault, it's Xiaoer herself who deliberately escaped from the palace attendants and sneaked out of Yongfu Palace."

Lu Zhaolin asked him: "Why did you do this?"

The fifth prince said: "Xiao'er wanted to see Concubine Chun Mu, but the wet nurse said that now Empress Jin is my concubine and asked me not to get in front of Concubine Chun Mu. Xiao'er had no choice but to sneak up to Concubine Chun when the wet nurse was not paying attention. Come to Jingyang Palace."

At this point, he raised his little face and looked at Lu Zhaolin, and said innocently: "Father, Xiao'er doesn't understand why Empress Jin has become Xiao'er's mother-in-law, and Xiao'er can't come to Jingyang Palace?"

After the words fell, Lu Zhaolin's eyes were full of gloom. He first ordered: "Send the fifth prince's nanny to come over."

Then he took the fifth prince's little hand and said warmly: "This is a lie to Xiao'er. Xiao'er doesn't need to take it to heart. If you want to see your pure mother concubine, just come to Jingyang Palace."

The fifth prince blinked and his tone was full of confusion: "Why did the nanny want to lie to Xiao'er?"

Lu Zhaolin said: "Then we have to ask her what stupid thoughts she has."

After saying this, he looked at Concubine Jin.

Obviously, he was suspicious that what the nanny said came from Concubine Jin's instructions.

Sure enough, I heard him ask: "Concubine Jin, are you aware of the nanny's foolish words?"

Concubine Jin looked innocent and surprised: "I don't know about this."

Lu Zhaolin looked suspicious: "Didn't you tell her this?"

Concubine Jin said: "Your Majesty Rong Bing, I have never said such a thing."

She looked sincere and could only swear, but Lu Zhaolin was noncommittal.

Not long after, the wet nurse was brought over.

Jiang Shiying was quite surprised.

This wet nurse is actually the same one arranged by Qi Shuren before. Concubine Jin has been raising the fifth prince for almost a month. Hasn't the person serving him changed yet?

As her thoughts turned around, she saw the nanny knelt down and saluted: "Slave Wei, please pay homage to Your Majesty, pay homage to Concubine Jin, and pay homage to Concubine Chun."

Lu Zhaolin did not scream, but asked solemnly: "Are you the fifth prince's nanny?"

The wet nurse replied: "Yes, my slave."

Lu Zhaolin asked: "But you told the fifth prince that Concubine Jin is his mother-in-law, and you told him not to get close to Concubine Chun in the future?"

As soon as the words fell, the wet nurse was shaking like chaff. She forced herself to explain: "I have no ill intentions. I just want the Fifth Prince to get closer to Concubine Jin."

"Oh?" Lu Zhaolin asked, "What do you mean by this, is Concubine Jin telling you?"

The wet nurse said: "Although Concubine Jin has never explicitly told this slave, the Fifth Prince talks about Concubine Chun every day. I guess Concubine Jin may be unhappy about this."

Behind Concubine Jin, the eldest palace maid Peilan interjected: "Your Majesty Rong Bing, our empress is not like this. It's the nanny who has a villainous heart and thinks that our empress is just like her. I'm afraid she also thinks that she can please our empress by saying this."

"Peilan!" Concubine Jin shouted in a low voice.

Only then did Perrin shut up.

Lu Zhaolin glanced at her, then turned his attention back to the nanny, and said, "So, it's all your own guesses?"

The wet nurse said: "This servant is doing this for the sake of Concubine Jin and the Fifth Prince, and to avoid any rift between mother and son."

Lu Zhaolin sneered and said, "So, I should reward you?"

The nanny had just felt relieved and thought she had escaped, when she heard Lu Zhaolin say: "Send this nanny and the palace servants around the fifth prince to the Criminal Division for interrogation. Is there anyone behind them?" Who gave the order?"

Jiang Shiying thought to himself, I'm afraid he won't be able to find anything.

The wonderful thing about Concubine Jin's game is that she took advantage of people's hearts from beginning to end and didn't do anything superfluous.

After the trial, the Shenxing Division could only come to one conclusion: the wet nurse was worried about being replaced and was eager to please Concubine Jin, so she said something stupid because she was smart.

The wet nurse was dragged out by the royal guards. She wanted to plead for mercy for herself, but the little eunuch had a smart idea and stuffed a sweat towel into his mouth to prevent her from making noises and upsetting the master.

Seeing this, Concubine Jin lowered her head slightly, with a smile appearing in her eyes. We just have to wait for the trial by the Criminal Division to dispel His Majesty's last suspicion.

The palace became clean.

Lu Zhaolin glanced at Concubine Jin and saw that she was still kneeling on the ground, and said, "Concubine Jin, please get up."

Perhaps because the kneeling time was not short, Concubine Jin staggered slightly when she stood up. The fifth prince hurried over and said with concern: "Concubine Jin——"

Concubine Jin touched his head with a smile and said, "Concubine, everything is fine."

Lu Zhaolin frowned and said, "Give me a seat."

After Concubine Jin sat down, she heard Lu Zhaolin say: "Today, all the gatekeepers of Yongfu Palace will be punished with thirty sticks."

Concubine Jin stood up and bowed: "I sincerely obey your Majesty's will."

"Sit down." Lu Zhaolin continued: "Next to Xiao'er, you have chosen to serve again."

After Concubine Jin agreed, Lu Zhaolin thought that she had always been soft-tempered over the years, so he gave another instruction: "It is a good thing to be lenient, but you must also be kind and powerful. From now on, don't be too lenient." "

Concubine Jin looked like she had been taught something: "Your Majesty taught me a lesson. After this incident, I have also learned a lesson, and I no longer dare to act as before."

Lu Zhaolin nodded.

Only Jiang Shiying sneered in her heart, Concubine Jin couldn't be too lenient, she was really smart. Doesn't this allow the emperor to personally deal with the people arranged by the Qi people to be around the fifth prince?

If she replaced it with the one she personally selected, she would be able to hold the fifth prince in her hands, and no one would be able to fault her.

However, Jiang Shiying always felt that something was wrong. Are you doing such a big show just to replace a few minions?

On the morning of the next day, Jiang Shiying and Lu Zhaolin stepped out of the gate of Jingyang Palace together.

Lu Zhaolin got on the imperial chariot first and headed in the forward direction.

Jiang Shiying took Qiu Yu and others and walked a few steps towards Fengyi Palace. Then she suddenly stopped and said, "Xiao Xuanzi, go find Hongying."

Xiao Xuanzi said "Promise" and then walked quickly to Jingyang Palace.

Not long after, both of them arrived in front of Jiang Shiying.

Hongying bowed and asked, "What orders do you have, Madam?"

Jiang Shiying motioned for her to come over, and except for Hongying, the others took a few steps away smartly.

Jiang Shiying whispered in Hongying's ear: "Quickly test the chestnut cake that the Fifth Prince sent yesterday."

Hongying said "Promise".

By the time Jiang Shiying came back to greet her, the things she had assigned to Hongying had been completed.

In the inner room of the dormitory, only Qiu Yu and Hongying were left to serve.

Hongying's tone was a little serious: "Madam, the chestnut cake has been mixed with hawthorn powder. If Madam eats it, there is a high probability that she will have a miscarriage."