An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

Concubine Jing, who had not caused trouble in the palace for a long time, suddenly made trouble.

Empress Jingbi has a distinguished family background, and was born into a prefect's family. Her father was the prefect of Qizhou, with a rank of fourth rank (equivalent to the current senior city official and mayor, the highest chief executive of a prefecture-level city).

Concubine Jing originally lived in the same Xianfu Palace as Shen Meizhuang. After Shen Meizhuang gave birth to a child, she often went to the Queen Mother's Palace to accompany the Queen Mother. So the emperor rewarded Shen Meizhuang with a new palace, not far from the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace. She today Then she moved to "Junhui Palace", and Jing concubine lived alone in Xianfu Palace.

When Concubine Jing first entered the palace, she lived with Concubine Hua. She was exposed to musk smoke a lot, so her basic physical condition had deteriorated. Over the years, she had never even been pregnant with the emperor's heir, let alone miscarriage. She was seriously injured for a time. , but as time went by, I gradually became relieved, because there were so many concubines in the palace who had no heirs.

Concubine Jing did not eat or drink in the Xianfu Palace. Her personal maids Ruyi and Hanzhu were so frightened that they panicked. Ruyi ran to the Yangxin Palace in panic to find the emperor, but the emperor had not come back at this time, so she had to Stomping his feet outside the palace in a hurry. Another palace maid, Hanzhu, hugged Jingbin and refused to let go. Jingbin cried and scolded her at the same time. With her background and cultivation, this situation was really rare. She usually kept it hidden so that no one could see her. Short board.

So who is she scolding? She didn't scold anyone. She was gnashing her teeth, looking like she wanted to dig three feet into the ground. But she was scolding herself: "Jing concubine, you have lived in vain for so many years. Now you are old and beautiful, and you can no longer enter the emperor's palace." Eyes are broken; Queen Mother, you said that the emperor will be exposed to rain and dew even if there are three thousand concubines in the harem, but it has been a long time since the emperor came to see the concubines in Xianfu Palace? How long has it been, Hanzhu, what am I asking you?"

With tears in his eyes, he said: "My Lady, please don't be so sad. The Emperor doesn't come to see you. Don't be sad either. I tell you, why don't we change our clothes and wait for the Emperor outside the Yangxin Hall every day? Even if the Emperor is The other concubines have been announced, but when the emperor sees the empress every day, he will always think of her goodness and will never forget her."

Concubine Jing stopped crying and scolding, and she said in shock: "Hanzhu, do you know what you are talking about? You asked me to put on new clothes and stand outside the Yangxin Hall to block the emperor. Oh, I Where do you want to put the dignity of the palace! Your Majesty...why are you pressing me? Go and take a look outside the palace to see if the emperor is here? Come on, you are so clumsy!"

Hanzhu hurriedly ran outside to take a look and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is not here yet!"

Concubine Jing said in a low voice: "Just watch at the palace gate. If he comes, give me a sign. I will cry so hard that I have no strength left. How come Ruyi has been gone for so long, and why hasn't he come yet?"

After a while, Hanzhu turned around in a panic and made a V sign to Jingbin. Jingbin burst into tears. She was really crying bitterly and she was in pain.

When the emperor stepped into the palace gate, Concubine Jing cried so hard that she almost died. The emperor quickly scolded Ruyi and Hanzhu: "If you don't go and help the empress up, how are you serving the master?"

Ruyi and Hanzhu helped Concubine Jing up and finally allowed her to breathe easily. She opened her eyes and said softly: "Your Majesty, you finally have time to see me?"

The emperor was slightly startled and said: "Jingpin, I really have a lot of things to do, and I have been so busy that I forgot. Su Peisheng, why hasn't the Jingpin's green card been put up in the Jingsi room for so long? I remembered it, I haven't seen it for a long time. It’s Jingbi’s sign, no wonder I forgot it.”

Concubine Jing made the point with one sentence: "Your Majesty, concubine and concubine Hui live in the same palace. Why does the emperor remember concubine Hui but not concubine? As a result, concubine Hui stayed alone in the empty room day and night, and concubine Hui did not have to sleep with her. , I can chat with her to relieve my boredom, this is great, the emperor asked her to move to Junhui Palace, this Yanxi Palace is even more deserted."

The emperor smiled slightly, took a sip of the fragrant tea served with beads in his mouth and said: "Look, I am good at everything, but sometimes I speak too bluntly. You have such a mouth that you can't control it. You must always remember me. Your Majesty, if you could be as gentle as water and more considerate of my thoughts, why would I leave you alone in the palace?"

Concubine Jing discussed the conditions with the emperor: "Well, I don't ask for much. Concubine Hui has moved out. It is enough for me to ask the emperor to come to my palace once a month. If I see the emperor once, I can protect my concubine." I have a generous heart for a month, but I am writing scriptures in my hand every day to pray for the emperor."

Concubine Jing ordered Hanzhu to take out the rice paper she had written in her hand. There were thick piles of them, with beautiful handwriting, neat and beautiful. The emperor silently turned over and over again, with tenderness between his brows and eyes, and he said slowly: "Well, I have ignored you, so be it, I will stay in Xianfu Palace tonight. But I can't guarantee it. , next time if I haven’t turned over your sign for a long time, you can ask the queen not to hide your green-headed sign.”

That night, the emperor rested in the Xianfu Palace where he was staying.

An Lingrong tried a new strawberry pastry with Zhen Huan in Tangli Palace, and sent Qiaoyu to call Xia Ruchun and Shen Meizhuang to taste it together. He also specially sent some to Concubine Duan.

According to Shen Meizhuang, when she went to pay her respects to the Queen Mother as usual before dinner today, Aunt Fangruo told Shen Meizhuang that the Queen Mother was feeling unwell and she wanted to rest alone for a night. Shen Meizhuang became even more worried after hearing this and wanted to go in to visit the Queen Mother, but Aunt Fangruo winked at her secretly and backed away from her.

Shen Meizhuang said with confusion on his face: "The Queen Mother usually asks me to come and serve her when she is not feeling well. I don't know why, but today the Queen Mother is probably in a bad mood."

Xia Ruchun curled her lips and said: "It's no wonder that the Queen Mother is in a bad mood at this stall. The Emperor likes that so-and-so Mi'er, but the Queen Mother actually stabbed her in the back and secretly killed her. The Emperor didn't know about this human life. Naturally, he was angry."

Zhen Huan said: "Xia Ruchun, you should avoid the limelight during this period and try to avoid bad luck as much as possible. It was you who notified the queen about this child, so the queen asked the emperor to send someone to investigate, and it turned out that such an oolong incident was discovered."

Xia Ruchun said dissatisfied: "Sister Wan, I just mentioned such a thing. It is the queen and the emperor's decision whether to bring it into the palace. What effect does my words have? If I want to blame, I can only blame the queen. But since my sister said it, I just put my tail between my legs and become a human being."

Zhen Huan was suddenly stunned for a moment, and said in a daze: "You guys think this matter is really strange. Could someone have borrowed a knife to kill someone?"

Xia Ruchun said calmly: "If you talk about borrowing a knife to kill someone, it's not my turn. Mi'er is dead. I think it's somewhat similar to the emperor borrowing a knife to kill someone."

What Xia Ruchun said was unintentional, but in everyone's ears, it was like thunder.

An Lingrong slowly stuffed the cake into his mouth, nodded and said: "What Xia Ruchun said is not unreasonable. This matter has nothing to do with us. Xia Ruchun is probably guilty of negligence. It's okay. Everyone is dead." , that Shi San is so small, it is no longer a threat."