An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

There was nothing wrong on the Queen's face, and she even spoke with a hint of surprise, asking the Emperor if he had found out anything.

"There are some clues." The emperor deliberately did not explain clearly, which made the queen feel nervous.

At this time, the emperor did not speak. He just sat there without continuing to eat, as if he was thinking about something.

The Queen was also worried that the Emperor might have found out what she had done, but she had cleared herself very cleanly in every case and the Emperor should not have noticed anything wrong.

The queen wanted to test him, so she asked Jianqiu to present some fresh fruit. She peeled a soursop and said, "Your Majesty, this fruit is a tribute from foreign countries. It strengthens the spleen and eliminates stagnation. It is most suitable for this season."

But the emperor just took a look and raised his chin reluctantly to signal the queen to put it aside.

The queen rubbed her fingers, feeling a little panicked. She was not sure what the emperor knew, and she didn't even know how to remedy the situation.

She had no choice but to test the emperor's attitude towards her with words, "The emperor blamed me for not being able to protect Concubine An's heir."

The queen took a step back and instead talked about her own faults, "The harem has few children, and I should have kept Concubine An by my side to take care of her.

It’s just that not long ago, the Empress Dowager said that she wanted to place Concubine An in Chunxi Palace, so I gave up the idea of ​​taking care of Concubine An personally.”

Seeing that the Queen brought up the Queen Mother again, the Emperor's displeasure had reached its peak.

"Since the Queen is so concerned, let's hand Concubine An over to the Queen's care." The Emperor patted the Queen's arm gently, not showing any displeasure in his heart, "Remind the palaces not to make the wrong decision."

The palm on the arm was still stroking, but the queen felt a chill on her back. She should have been happy about the emperor's closeness, but she was scared away by the speculation in her heart.

"Your Majesty, I will definitely ensure the safety of the heir."

After getting the queen's promise, the emperor nodded. He sighed slightly, "Queen, the rumors among the people have become more and more intense. Please don't make it difficult for me. Do you understand?"

The Queen couldn't help getting angry when she thought of the rumors among the people that her misconduct was the reason for the lack of offspring in the harem.

If Honghui were still alive, there wouldn't have been any rumors spread by people with ulterior motives, falsely claiming that the Empress was killing her son.

Rouze, letting you die so early is really too easy for you.

In a few days I will send someone to your grave, take out your bones and grind them into powder. This will be the only way I can barely ease the hatred in my heart.

However, An Lingrong's pregnancy could not be harmed again. Both the Empress Dowager and the Emperor noticed something was wrong and warned her in words and deeds not to act rashly again.

In addition, Nian Shilan had already become a noble concubine. If there were no more children in the harem, Nian Gengyao would probably instigate his ministers to jointly petition to depose him as the queen and enthrone Nian Shilan as the queen.

The position of queen should have belonged to her, so there was no way she would allow them to covet it.

It seems that things related to the previous dynasty should be dealt with in order to prevent some people from having inappropriate thoughts, especially Nian Shilan, who climbed to the position of imperial concubine by relying on the power of her mother's family.

The queen asked Jianqiu and others to remove the meal, but kept the guava.

She advised him again, but the emperor was still not interested and did not use the fruit.

The queen wanted to say something to the emperor, but the emperor kept reading a book.

It was always like this when the two of them met privately, either to persuade the Emperor to treat everyone in the harem equally, or to mention the deceased Queen Chunyuan.

Other than that, there was nothing else that was exclusive to the two of them that they could sit down and talk about.

The Queen asked someone to turn up the candles to make them brighter so that the Emperor would not hurt his eyes while reading.

She sat beside him for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak, "Thinking that the emperor has to read many memorials during the day, I prepared chrysanthemum and vitex tea, which is the best for regulating qi and soothing the liver, detoxifying and improving eyesight."

"Put it there."

The emperor didn't care much about it. He just shook the book again and continued to immerse himself in it.

The book may not be very interesting, but the current Queen and Emperor are the ones who dislike reading it the most.

The palace was quiet for a long time. The queen did not want to disturb the emperor, so she simply practiced calligraphy on the side to calm her mind and cultivate her character.

The Queen thought that they would just spend the night together, but she didn't expect that after the Emperor flipped through two pages of the book, she felt a little bored and wanted to go see Concubine Hua.

But tonight is the fifteenth night, and according to etiquette, the emperor must stay in his Jingren Palace.

"The Yikun Palace sent someone to the Yangxin Palace today to invite me. I think they have something to tell me."

The Queen was upset. If she really thought it was a big deal, she would have gone directly to the Yiku Palace. Why would she come to the Jingren Palace and make herself happy in vain?

But she was the Empress of the Central Palace, and she couldn't just flirt and win favor like other concubines.

But if the Emperor were to go to Concubine Hua's palace in vain today, who among the concubines in the palace would respect him?

"Sister Imperial Concubine is not in good health, so she needs your Majesty's special care," the Queen continued writing, as if she didn't care at all, "and General Nian is still in the capital, so you have to show him more favor.

Although I don't understand political affairs, I still understand the help that General Nian provides to His Majesty.

It's just the fifteenth day, Your Majesty, please don't take the ancestral rules too seriously."

The emperor's favor for Concubine Hua was mixed with too many things. Perhaps there was a trace of true love in it, but it completely disappeared when he thought of the Nian family behind her.

Therefore, the Queen's consolation of retreating to advance reminded the Emperor of the various behaviors of the Nian brothers and sisters who took advantage of their favor and became spoiled.

One of them kept asking the court to promote people recommended for him in the name of military merit in the previous dynasty; the other one was jealous in the harem and would make a fuss if he favored other concubines more.

If they continue to pamper them like this, I'm afraid the whole world will have to follow their surname Nian.

The queen didn't hear the emperor's reply for a long time, so she knew that he was starting to think too much. She put down her brush, picked up a piece of calligraphy she had just written and blew on it gently.

"If the adverse wind understands my feelings, don't destroy me easily. Chun Yuan used to love these two lines of poetry the most, but why did the Queen write about the north wind?"

"How can I be as talented as my sister, who can change the poem according to what I see and hear at the moment to express the true meaning in my heart."

The Queen showed the calligraphy to the Emperor, then put it aside and asked Jianqiu to come and deal with it after it dried.

"What I wrote was only Cui Daorong's original poem."

The emperor had no intention of going to Concubine Hua's Yikun Palace at this time. He couldn't wait to talk to Chun Yuan's sister about Chun Yuan's past to relieve his longing.

It’s a pity that Zhen Changzai, who looks like Chun Yuan, made a big mistake and can no longer miss her.

Fu Changzai was more like Chun Yuan, but unfortunately she was born a palace maid and knew nothing about poetry and literature. Even after being taught for a long time, she could only read and recite.

"Chun Yuan has been gone for a long time. There is no one in this palace who can talk with me all night long like she did.

Her attainments in poetry and literature are beyond my reach."

The Queen suppressed her disgust for Rouze and told the Emperor some interesting stories about Rouze's past. In order to make the Emperor happy, she even told him some stories about their past private lives.

In order to chat more with the Queen about Chun Yuan, the Emperor slept in Jingren Palace that night.

Even when he went to court the next day, he was in a particularly good mood and paid special attention to the queen's health.

The Queen rarely received such care from the Emperor, so she was naturally very happy. Her face turned slightly red, and she handed the chrysanthemum and vitex tea she had prepared to Su Peisheng.

Only when the emperor and his entourage had completely disappeared did the queen sit on the stool with a sense of loss.

"The Emperor really cares about you, Madam. He has told me many times to take good care of you."

Jianqiu neatly packed up the items in the hall. She crumpled up the rice paper with Cui Daorong's poems and threw it aside casually.

"You only listen to the emperor, your master, and don't listen to me." When the queen mentioned yesterday's tenderness, her mood perked up, and she looked like a dead tree coming back to life, full of energy.

"All those poems have been processed, and they are not so artificial that they are boring."

Jianqiu rolled up the rice paper again and was about to step on it. "Some people are the best at deceiving others. They pretend to be kind and gentle, but do shameful things."

"She only uses that seductive face to seduce people. She is really kind, but she also has no sense of propriety or shame."

Jianqiu brought tea to the queen. After rinsing her mouth, the queen felt much better.

In the past, she hated her elder sister for seducing her husband and didn't want to mention her name.

Now that she is dead, the emperor misses her even more and wants to talk about her from time to time.

"My queen, do you want to ask Fu Changzai to keep the emperor's favor? Zhen Changzai is still in the palace, and I am worried..."

"Fu Changzai seems to have grown a little too independent recently. She is unwilling to come to Jingren Palace except to pay respects."

The Queen remembered that she had only given her the prescription, and thought that Fu Chang must have been pregnant at this time, so she did not dare to attract attention in the palace.

He even dared to disobey his orders and not attack An Lingrong.

"But there has been no news from Bao Yuan, who is by Fu Chang's side. I have also never heard that Fu Chang had a close relationship with any concubine."

The Queen has placed people in every palace, and this is also true in the Yanxi Palace. "Your Majesty, Bao Yuan will not..."

"I'm afraid he's been instigated to rebel. Go check the Imperial Hospital to see if Consort Fu has hired any imperial physicians recently.

As for Baoyuan, Jiang Fuhai asked her family to write a letter for her. "

Not long after, the news of Fu Changzai's pregnancy reached the Queen's ears. And Fu Changzai, who had refused to pay her respects to the Queen in private for a long time, finally appeared in Jingren Palace.

Unfortunately, Fuzi waited for a long time in Jingren Palace, but the Queen did not see her. On the other hand, Concubine Tian and Concubine Xia, who came later, were directly invited to the inner room.

After being left out in the cold for five days, Fu Changzai finally learned her lesson and knelt obediently in the Mingtang of Jingren Palace, waiting for the Queen to agree to see her.

After kneeling for more than half an hour, Jianqiu finally came over to ask her, "Mrs. Fu, why are you kneeling like this? Baoyuan, help the young lady up quickly. It would be bad if the unborn baby is hurt."

Fu Changzai's face was a little pale, and her body was shaking when she was helped up, as if she was about to fall to the ground at the next moment.

Jianqiu had no good feelings towards this concubine who looked like the former queen and was unwilling to obey the queen.

Therefore, he turned a blind eye to her pitiful appearance and even went into the inner hall first to report to the queen.

As soon as she saw Empress Fu Changzai, she knelt down. She knelt obediently and whispered in a low voice, "Greetings to the Empress."

"Get up, you are the most precious person now, it would be bad if you hurt the heir to the throne."

"Empress, I didn't mean to hide this from you." Fu Changzai didn't dare to stand up. She looked pitiful. "It's just that I haven't been feeling well for a long time. I only found out about this after I asked the imperial physician to come in these few days."

The Queen was drinking tea. She just glanced at Jianqiu, and then Fu Changzai was "helped" up by Jianqiu.

"The Queen has already told you to stand up. If you continue to kneel, you might hurt the little prince in your belly."

"Pregnancy is a happy event, why are you so scared?"

The Queen comforted Fu Changzai softly. As a concubine who was born a palace maid, she could not raise the child herself even if she gave birth to a child. She could only leave it with the prince to be fed by a wet nurse.

What's more, it is still unknown whether she can give birth to a child.

"With Her Majesty the Queen here, I feel at ease."

Fu Changzai was actually very scared. It was the Queen who aborted Concubine Tian's child, and she didn't know whether she could keep the baby in her belly.

How could she not be afraid and dare to tell the queen that she was pregnant?

"I have already told His Majesty that you are pregnant. After His Majesty has reviewed the memorials, he will go to the Yanxi Palace to see you." The Queen's face was full of joy, and she deliberately mentioned Ling Rong, "Apart from Noble Lady An, you are the most blessed person in the palace."

When Fu Changzai heard Lingrong's name, his eyelids twitched. After all, the Queen had previously asked him to find a way to harm An Guiren's child.

However, Concubine An was under close watch by the Emperor's men, so there was no chance for him to do anything.

Now that I bring it up again, could it be that I want to...

Fu Changzai forced a smile, praising the Queen's prescription for its effectiveness. After taking it for a few months, she finally got good news.

"I have already appointed the judge Zhang Mi to take care of you. His medical skills are first-rate, so just rest assured."

The Queen didn't want to let Fu Changzai escape from her control, so she pointed at Zhang Mi. If she wanted to keep the child, she could keep him, and if she didn't want to keep him, she could let him go quietly.

Although he was not assigned any new tasks, Fu Chang's fear became even stronger.

The queen is like a smiling tiger. You never know when she will use you to do dirty things for her.

"My lady..."

"I promised the Emperor that I would keep Concubine An's baby. Let's put the past behind us and don't act rashly."

After hearing the Queen ask her to give up on her plan to harm An Lingrong, Fu Changzai finally felt at ease. She had just taken a sip of tea when she was frightened by the Queen's next words and stood there in shock.

"But some people in this palace are too stubborn and stubborn. We have to think of some way to make her as obedient and sensible as you, right?"

This meant that he would be confronted with Concubine Hua. Fu Chang was so frightened that even the tea in his mouth felt like a knife and was hard to swallow.

"I am just a humble concubine, I am afraid..."

"How could that be? You are pregnant with the royal heir now, aren't you?"