The Return of An Lingrong in Legend of Zhen Huan

After New Year's Eve, there is a ceremony to start writing, which was added by the emperor last year.

The emperor came to the bright window of the Winter Warm Pavilion in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and personally lit the white jade candlestick of "Jade Candle Long Tune", poured Tusu wine into the Jin'ou Yonggu Cup, and wrote the first word of the new year with an evergreen pen, such as "peace in the world", "good weather and good harvests" and so on.

What the emperor wrote this year is: The country is peaceful and the people are prosperous.

After writing, he held up the Jin'ou Yonggu Cup with both hands and then drank the Tusu wine, which meant that the imperial power was stable.

An Lingrong recalled that in her previous life, she floated in the air after her death, just like the time when Emperor Qianlong ordered a tea party to be held between the second and tenth day of the first lunar month every year.

An Lingrong remembered that the tea party was held in Chonghua Palace. Because the participants were all literati who were good at writing poems, the tea party was also called "Chonghua Literary Banquet for All Immortals".

During the tea banquet, the emperor would set topics on the spot, and the princes and ministers would compose poems and couplets according to the rules. The content included describing the scenery and festivals, as well as commemorating national events.

An Lingrong remembered that the emperor at that time seemed to have given a topic to compose a couplet using the title of the "Siku Quanshu".

But then again, An Lingrong looked at the Fourth Prince standing next to Concubine Jing. Although this child was late in learning and had not learned many things, An Lingrong counted them when she was free and found that this child had written more than 40,000 poems during his reign.

But she remembered that there were more than 40,000 poems, and none of them could be used by future generations. An Lingrong remembered a poem called "Flying Snow", which could be used by future generations, but it was for children. The last sentence of this poem was added by a minister, otherwise this poem would probably be invalid.

You see, this guy has low education, but he pretends to be so. All the civil officials have to praise him. Anyway, Zhen Huan couldn't help rolling her eyes every time she heard this kid composing poems.

The current emperor relied on his own efforts to fight his way out of the battle for the throne among nine princes, while the Fourth Prince was promoted entirely thanks to Zhen Huan.

The two really form a sharp contrast.

After the opening ceremony, the emperor came to the Yanxi Palace. An Lingrong was coaxing her child to sleep at this time, so the emperor walked in quietly without sending anyone to inform him.

As soon as he entered the room, he heard An Lingrong singing nursery rhymes to the children. The emperor was stunned by the lyrics.

"Go to sleep quickly so that you can grow up. When you grow up, you can draw the bow and sound it..."

The emperor was quietly listening to the nursery rhyme at the door. After an unknown amount of time, he was interrupted by An Lingrong's exclamation: "Your Majesty? I pay my respects to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be blessed with good health."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I remember this nursery rhyme is from the Manchus."

"Your Majesty, this nursery rhyme was sung by the Queen Mother to comfort Hongyun. I saw that Hongyun was sleeping soundly, so I learned it and sang it to the children..."

"Are you saying that this song was sung by the Empress to Hongyun?"

"Ah? Your Majesty, that's right."

The emperor gradually became uneasy. Hongyun looked the most like him. He usually felt that the emperor's mother liked Hongxu the most because he looked cute and didn't look much like him. Since Hongyun looked like him, she basically ignored him. He didn't expect that she would sing this nursery rhyme to Hongyun. Doesn't that mean that he...

"Please sing this song again."

An Lingrong was stunned for a moment: "Yes."

"Go to sleep quickly so that you can grow up. When you grow up, you can draw the bow and sound it..."

After New Year's Eve, the imperial edict for Chaogui's canonization came down: "The Emperor, in accordance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Princess Heshuo Chaogui, dignified in holding a bow, has both moral integrity and talent. I, in compliance with the Empress Dowager's benevolent order, canonize her as the Princess of the First Rank. I decree this."

Chao Gui took the imperial edict, and then Su Peisheng took out another scroll: "Empress Rou, this imperial edict is for you."

"Mine?" An Lingrong was stunned for a moment, then quickly knelt down to receive the order.

"The Emperor, in accordance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Doctor An Bihuai of the Imperial Academy is diligent and hardworking, and personally involved in everything. He is specially granted the rank of Junior Secretary of the Guanglu Temple, fifth rank. His wife, Lin, is gentle and elegant, and is also granted the rank of Fifth Rank. This is decreed."

An Lingrong was stunned, and quickly thanked him for his kindness and accepted the order. The emperor had indeed said before that when the child turned one year old, it was reasonable for her to be promoted to a higher rank, but because she had just been promoted to a concubine and then a concubine, it was not in accordance with etiquette. She did not expect that this favor would be bestowed on her own family.

Now, her mother also has an imperial decree. With tears in her eyes, An Lingrong stroked the imperial edict gently. She had won an imperial decree for her mother. Great! With this, An Bihuai will have to carefully consider everything he does in the future.

But he once said that An Bihuai was not suitable for an important position. Although the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple was an auxiliary official position, it was also very important. He was worried that this old man would do something against the law of nature.

An Lingrong later found out that the Shaoqing of Guanggu Temple was always one Manchu and two Han. Basically, the important work was done by the Manchu and the other Han, and her father was only responsible for some trivial matters.

An Lingrong also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as this guy was not allowed to hold an important position, there was no telling how corrupt he would become.

However, An Lingrong also found out one thing, which was that the emperor originally only wanted to confer a fifth-rank or sixth-rank official title on his father, but later on, for some unknown reason, he conferred a fifth-rank official title on his father and also gave his mother an imperial edict.

An Lingrong calculated the time, and it seemed to be the time when the emperor asked her to sing a nursery rhyme for him. Could a nursery rhyme be so powerful?

In fact, An Lingrong only said half of what she said that day. The Queen Mother sang the song to appease Hongxu. However, Hongxu was not satisfied because the Queen Mother did not sing it for her brothers and sisters. In desperation, the Queen Mother had to hold Wen Shu and Hongyun and sing the ballad once each.

I didn't lie, I just didn't tell the whole story.

An Lingrong had heard a saying before: What you don't get when you are young will haunt you for the rest of your life. Now it seems that this saying is not entirely without reason.

In addition to conferring titles on Princess Chaogui and his own father, the emperor also conferred titles on Zhen Huan's father as the Left Vice-Censor of the Inspectorate, a third-rank institution.

Now, Zhen Huan's father is the Left Vice-Chief Censor of the Inspectorate, the father of Shen Meizhuang is the Assistant Commander of Jeju, and the father of An Lingrong is the Junior Secretary of the Guanglu Temple. Among them, the fathers of Zhen Huan and An Lingrong are both civil officials in Beijing, and the father of Shen Meizhuang is a military official outside the capital.

Thinking back to when she first entered the palace, Shen Meizhuang's father had the highest official position, followed by Zhen Huan, and finally An Lingrong. Now, Zhen Huan's family background is higher than both of them.

Yu Yin was very happy because Zhen Yuandao was promoted and her, his nominal adopted daughter, would also benefit from his promotion. Zhen Huan even said a few words to Yu Yin, telling her not to be too proud.

But, as to whether she would listen or not, no one knew.