The Return of An Lingrong in Legend of Zhen Huan

Ever since the emperor had a new favorite, Zhen Da Ying, he would visit her from time to time.

Now the emperor basically comes to An Lingrong's place for half an hour every day to do prenatal education for the child.

Because Shen Meizhuang was still in the period of confinement, it was mainly Zhen Huan, Hua Fei and Huanbi who slept with her, and the other concubines would occasionally come and look.

Although the Queen cleanly brushed off Shen Meizhuang's "miscarriage", it still had some impact.

On the first and fifteenth day of this month, the emperor said he was too busy with government affairs and did not go to the queen. An Lingrong persuaded him to go to Hua Fei. The next day, Hua Fei sent bird's nest and ginseng.

It was already mid-August, and An Lingrong would be eight months old tomorrow. An Lingrong was particularly excited at the thought of seeing her mother again.

Although An Lingrong is not qualified now because of her status as a noble lady, it will be fine as long as the emperor allows it.

Xia Dongchun told me that her mother's eyesight had recovered a few months ago, and after a period of recuperation, she is in great health.

An Lingrong arranged for the servants to prepare a lot of Lin Xiu's favorite food and some daily necessities early in the morning, and was looking forward to tomorrow.

Because the emperor said that this was not the Forbidden City after all, so there were not so many rules. An Lingrong would stay here until she was out of confinement anyway, so An Lingrong's mother was allowed to stay here until An Lingrong was out of confinement.

This made An Lingrong very happy. She didn't rest all day, busying around, afraid of forgetting something. An Lingrong was happy, but the servants were terrified. Seeing An Lingrong running around with a big belly, they were scared to death.

An Lingrong was pressed on the couch by Baoyu to rest. After sitting for a while, she heard outside that the imperial edict had arrived. An Lingrong hurriedly stood up to receive the edict, but she was wondering what it was.

"The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims: An Bihuai, the Magistrate of Songyang County, has been meritorious in helping me find corrupt officials. He is hereby appointed as a Doctor of the Imperial Academy. He will arrive in the capital on August 15th to take up his post. This is my decree."

An Lingrong was very surprised. She didn't expect the emperor to promote her father. It seemed that the emperor was sure that her father was incompetent, so he gave him a sinecure without any real power.

Although it was a sinecure of the seventh rank, the position was still valuable because it was a Beijing official. This seventh rank Beijing official had a much higher status than a sixth rank official from outside the capital.

But he took office on August 15, so he should have been inaugurated a month earlier. Even though her mother's letter arrived a month ago, she should not have been unaware of it.

Although she was puzzled, An Lingrong still thanked him politely: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live the emperor."

"No need to be polite, Noble Lady Rou. At that time, His Majesty was investigating corrupt officials with Lord An, so it was just a verbal order. The imperial edict was drafted and sent to Songyang County 20 days ago. Lord An just took office yesterday, and the old lady will come to Yuanmingyuan to accompany the young lady tomorrow."

After the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict handed it to An Lingrong, he explained the reason for the matter to her. After thanking the eunuch, An Lingrong gave him a silver ingot and respectfully sent him out.

An Lingrong is so happy now. Not only can she see her mother tomorrow, but her father has also been promoted. More importantly, it is a sinecure. An Bihuai is a person who cannot be given too much power, otherwise he will become arrogant.

After a while, gifts from Concubine Hua, Shen Meiyu, Zhen Huan, Noble Fucha and Xia Dongchun arrived. In fact, there was no need to give gifts if one had not been promoted.

Noble Lady Fucha, Xia Dongchun, Zhen Huan and Shen Meiyu did so because they had a good relationship, while Concubine Hua did so because An Lingrong followed her, so she had to show some appreciation.

After An Lingrong registered the gift into the warehouse, she took a bowl of bird's nest and lotus seed soup to the emperor to express her gratitude.

Just as An Lingrong passed by, the Emperor put aside his government affairs and did the prenatal education for the day.

As An Lingrong got closer to giving birth, the emperor became more nervous. Now all the palace servants around him had to say that Concubine Rou and her child were safe, just for psychological comfort.

Before leaving, the emperor also gave her a pair of peace bracelets, the meaning of which was self-evident. An Lingrong thanked him and accepted them.