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

Lu Zhaolin nodded in agreement and walked towards the inner room of the dormitory. All the concubines followed behind him.

The originally relatively spacious inner room became crowded in an instant with the crowds of Yingying Yanyan standing there and the accompanying imperial doctors and palace attendants.

Lu Zhaolin frowned and said, "Everyone below the concubine rank should go back to their own palace first. There is no need to crowd around here."

After this order, more than half of the people in the room immediately disappeared. Jiang Shiying instantly felt that her breathing became much lighter.

Zhenmeiren was originally lying on the bed, but when she saw Lu Zhaolin come in, she stretched her arms to sit up.

Lu Zhaolin walked over quickly, sat on the edge of the bed, supported her and said, "Lie down quickly. What are you doing up at this time?"

The gentle and soft-spoken look was no different from the past when she was in front of Jiang Shiying.

Jiang Shiying only felt ironic in her heart, but she caught a glimpse of the imperial concubine beside her. Her fingers on the veil were so hard that her fingertips turned white.

Jiang Shiying warned herself in her heart that she would never become like a noble concubine.

Just put on a show and trick him, but don't give your heart away.

At this time, I heard Zhen Meiren say: "I haven't thanked Concubine Chungui for saving my concubine. If it hadn't been for Concubine Chungui, the child in my belly would probably be gone by now."

As she spoke, her eyes filled with tears, and she looked like a frightened little rabbit.

Lu Zhaolin nodded and said: "You really have to thank Ah Ying for this. When the child comes out, you should also let him know that his life was saved by his pure mother concubine when he was only a few months old. When he grows up Yes, you have to be filial to his pure mother concubine."

Zhenmei said words of gratitude to the pure noble concubine, but in fact she just wanted to appear pitiful so that His Majesty would pity her.

Unexpectedly, instead of comforting her gently, Lu Zhaolin repeatedly affirmed Chungui Concubine's contribution and asked her children to be grateful and filial to Chungui Concubine.

She felt sour and disappointed in her heart, but on her face she agreed: "Your Majesty is right, and I think so too."

Then, she was seen holding Lu Zhaolin's hand and pleading earnestly: "I have one more request, and I would like your Majesty to grant it."

Lu Zhaolin asked: "What request?"

Zhen Meiren said: "Your Majesty, please spare Zhang Guiren. I believe she did not mean to make me fall down."

Lu Zhaolin frowned when he heard this: "Guiren Zhang?"

He only knew that Zhen Meiren almost fell down in the Royal Garden and was saved by Jiang Shiying, but he didn't know the details of what happened.

When he entered the palace just now, he seemed to see Zhang Guiren kneeling outside the palace. Could it be that what happened today was all because of her?

Hearing this, Jiang Shiying took two steps forward and described today's incident in detail.

After Lu Zhaolin heard this, his expression suddenly darkened.

At this time, Yao Xingde had already announced Zhang Guiren.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Guiren knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Concubine, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Lu Zhaolin asked: "It was you who caused Zhen Meiren to almost fall?"

Zhang Guiren raised his head, with a look of panic on his face, and defended: "I didn't do it on purpose, I just couldn't stand firm for a moment."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Guibin sneered and said, "Who knows whether you are really unsteady or pretending to be unsteady. I also said, why have you been trying to please Zhen Meiren these days? It turns out that you have evil intentions. "

Jiang Shiying glanced at Li Guibin and thought, she is such a beauty, but she has such a big mouth. No wonder she has the same qualifications as Concubine Jing, but she can only be a concubine.

Then, she took out a purse from her sleeve, handed it to Lu Zhaolin, and said, "Your Majesty, after the incident, Ah Ying ordered people to guard that area. In the purse was something Hongying picked up on the path. Zhang The noble man may have stepped on it and lost his footing."

Li Guifei shut her mouth in a sullen voice, while Zhang Guiren kept nodding his head: "Your Majesty, I did feel that I stepped on something round."

At this time, Zhen Meiren's maid Chang Xia stood up, knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for our little master. Someone is deliberately trying to harm our little master.

In the past few days, our little master has been going for a walk in the hibiscus forest in the Royal Garden every day. This is not a secret in the palace.

What happened today was obviously someone who deliberately wanted to cause the young master to slip and fall, and lose the imperial heir! "

After Chang Xia finished speaking this long series of words, Lu Zhaolin's face was filled with anger.

He took the purse and opened it. There were about eight or nine pearls inside.

He took one out and looked at it carefully for a moment. Then, he poured all the pearls in his purse onto the palm of his hand and looked at them one by one.

Then, I heard him say in a cold and solemn voice: "Concubine, come and take a look."

The imperial concubine didn't know why, so she stepped forward and took a pearl from Lu Zhaolindao's hand.

Looking at the pearl in her hand, her voice was filled with disbelief: "Look at the quality, it turns out to be a first-class Dongzhu?"

Hearing this, Concubine Li interjected: "If I remember correctly, there are many Dongzhu of first-class appearance in the entire harem. Why is he in the imperial garden?"

Yao Xingde stepped forward at the right time: "Your Majesty, I would like to report to all you ladies and gentlemen. In the entire harem, not counting the two empress dowagers, there are three first-class Eastern Pearls.

The empress has a set of first-class dong beads on her head and face, the concubine has a bracelet of first-class pearls, and the concubine has a pair of earrings with first-class dong beads. "

There were only two East beads in Jiang Shiying's earrings, but eight or nine were picked up in the imperial garden. They must not have come from her.

This dong bead either comes from the queen's head or from the concubine's bracelet.

Lu Zhaolin said: "Go to Fengyi Palace and get the Queen's head and face of the first-class Dongzhu."

Yao Xingde said "Promise" and left after taking the order.

The imperial concubine secretly thought that this game was probably set up just for her.

At this time, Concubine Li who was listening to the side asked: "Won't the imperial concubine send someone to get the bracelet?"

In her sleeves, the imperial concubine's hand was clasped silently, and she said: "The string of east beads belonging to me disappeared when I was walking in the imperial garden a few days ago. Your Majesty knows this."

Concubine Li said: "I wonder where the imperial concubine's Dongzhu disappeared in the imperial garden? Could it be near the hibiscus forest where the accident happened today?"

The imperial concubine glanced at her and said, "It's Qianli Pond. Why, what you said seems to be very certain that these Dongzhu that made Zhang Guiren fall belong to me?"

Li Fei said: "I just thought it was a coincidence. The concubine's bracelet was lost in the Imperial Garden. In the blink of an eye, when Zhang Gui and Zhen Meiren were walking in the Imperial Garden, Dongzhu's soles slipped and almost hurt Zhen Meiren's stomach. The royal heir."

The imperial concubine said: "If I want to harm the beautiful lady, why would I use my own bracelet? Wouldn't it be possible to find out who I am? If someone finds two smooth pebbles and puts them there, they will be better than this bracelet." Dongzhu is easy to use."

There is some truth in this statement. The imperial concubine is not a brainless person. Why would she use her own things to harm others?

What happened today was more like someone picked up the concubine's bracelet, and then simply used it to pour a basin of dirty water on her.

At this time, Yao Xingde came back with the queen's head and face. There were many Dongzhu on the head and face.

Now, Dongzhu’s origin is certain, she is the imperial concubine.

Jiang Shiying felt a little strange: "It stands to reason that someone should sweep the Imperial Garden every day. Did the servant responsible for sweeping the hibiscus area not find the Dongzhu that fell on the ground?"

Lu Zhaolin said: "Yao Xingde, go and check the servants who have been serving in the imperial garden for the past three days, especially the one responsible for sweeping at Mu Furong, and send them to the Shenxing Department for a good trial."

Yao Xingde took the order and left.

Then, Lu Zhaolin looked at Zhang Guiren who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Zhang Guiren acted carelessly and almost killed the emperor's heir. He was fined half a year's salary and demoted to Baolin."

Zhang Baolin kowtowed and said, "I accept the decree."

At this point, the imperial concubine was unharmed.

Concubine Li was a little reluctant: "If the imperial concubine hadn't accidentally lost her bracelet, Zhenmei wouldn't have suffered this misfortune and almost lost her child. It's so pitiful."

The imperial concubine glanced at her and said, "Isn't I pitiful? Not only did I lose a bunch of first-class Dongzhu, I almost had dirty water thrown on me."

Concubine Jing always loves to be a peacemaker, and she has always been good at observing people's emotions.

Seeing that Lu Zhaolin's expression was not good and she seemed a little upset, Concubine Jing changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Zhenmei was frightened today. I think it's better to send Sister Zhen back to Yikun Palace for recuperation first."

Lu Zhaolin said: "Let's all disperse. Send the sedan chair to take Miss Zhenmei back."

When leaving Yongfu Palace, Jiang Shiying inadvertently saw two bamboo sieves set up under the verandah of the main hall. The sieves were covered with small pale yellow flowers.

She asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

The young eunuch waiting outside the palace replied: "To tell you the truth, our empress likes to eat osmanthus tea. She picks fresh osmanthus flowers by herself every year and makes osmanthus tea after drying."

Jiang Shiying came closer to take a look and asked, "These osmanthus flowers look almost dry? Why haven't you put them away yet?"

The little eunuch said: "It's not the time yet, it will take another three or four days."

Jiang Shiying narrowed her eyes, a faint light flashed in her eyes, and said with a smile: "I am so excited, Concubine Jin." She had some guesses that needed to be confirmed.