An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Although Concubine Cao temporarily took Princess Wen Yi back, they were not happy for a few days. Concubine Hua went to ask the emperor to record Wen Yi in his own imperial book.

The emperor did not agree immediately, but he did not refuse it sternly either.

He felt guilty for using Huan Yi Xiang to ruin Concubine Hua's chance of becoming a mother, so he wanted to take the opportunity to fulfill Concubine Hua's dream of becoming a mother.

However, Huanyi incense is burned in Yikun Palace every day. If Wen Yi is kept in Yikun Palace, I am afraid her body will be ruined.

As for whether Cao Qinmo was willing or not, it was not within the emperor's consideration. And whether Wen Yi would cry and have trouble sleeping because of leaving her biological mother, the emperor had never thought about it.

Because of this, the emperor even went to see the empress dowager, who wanted Wen Yi not to be kept with Concubine Hua.

“Emperor, since you intend to liquidate the Nian family, don’t send Wen Yi over.

How can she find a suitable husband in the future if her mother's family is convicted of a crime?"

The Empress Dowager obviously saw things much more clearly than the Emperor. Wen Yi was a girl, and even though she was a princess of the royal family, she had to be under the control of her mother's family.

Although Concubine Cao's family was in decline, her family background was clean, so it would not be difficult for her to find a good husband in the future.

No matter how noble Concubine Hua is now, she will still be dragged down by her mother's family in the future.

"I can...still keep Shilan's position as a noble concubine, so that Wen Yi will not be influenced by her mother's family."

The empress dowager did not expect that the emperor had such affection for Concubine Hua. Her face darkened slightly. If it were not for Nian Gengyao's arrogance and disobedience to the emperor's wishes, Nian Shilan would really threaten the empress's position.

If this is the case, then Wen Yi should not be recorded in Hua Fei's jade book.

If there were no restrictions from her mother's family, the Emperor would only favor Concubine Hua even more. Once a concubine has no scruples, she will no longer take the Empress seriously.

If she were to have a daughter, wouldn't the entire harem have to take his surname Nian?

"But the Emperor knows better than I what is in Concubine Hua's palace.

There are few heirs in this palace, is Your Majesty really willing to give them up?"

"I am reluctant, but if Nian Shilan still retains her position as imperial concubine, Wen Yi will surely live a better life."

The Queen Mother didn't know what to say. She held her forehead and for the first time felt that she had a headache just like Yixiu.

It seems that sometimes the queen is not pretending, but is really so angry that she has a headache.

The Queen Mother stopped playing dumb and directly pointed out the problem in Concubine Hua's palace. "But Huan Yixiang is harmful to women's health. The Emperor should also think about it carefully."

Before the emperor could open his mouth, the empress dowager blocked the emperor's excuse. "Even if Huanyixiang stops, Yikun Palace is probably not so clean after so many years."

The emperor sighed and swung the beads impatiently. Faced with the empress dowager's repeated rejections, he felt a little angry.

The more the Queen Mother refused to stop him, the more he wanted to send Wen Yi over.

"Just find an excuse and ask the imperial physician to clean up the Yikun Palace."

Seeing that the emperor was so stubborn, the empress dowager didn't know how to stop him.

Seeing the emperor standing up, the queen mother spoke anxiously, "Wen Yi is still young. Leaving her biological mother will probably hinder her growth."

"An adopted mother is not as good as a biological mother, right?"

The emperor's voice suddenly turned cold, and the admiration on his face disappeared.

He didn't even want to continue talking to the Queen Mother. He patiently told her to take care of herself and then ran to Jingren Palace.

But it wasn't that he wanted to see the queen so much, he just wanted to find someone to help him share the gossips from the former court and the harem.

After all, if other people know that a child is taken away from his biological mother, they will inevitably feel resentment.

Unfortunately, the emperor did not get support from the queen. Like the empress dowager, the queen did not want Concubine Hua to have a child.

Even if the Queen had already taken action in the previous dynasty, just waiting to take advantage of the Emperor's disposal of the Nian family to bring down Concubine Hua in one fell swoop.

The emperor had been unhappy for a long time because he did not get support. The more people opposed him, the more he wanted to agree to Concubine Hua's request.

When passing by Chengqian Palace, the emperor wanted to go in and chat with Lingrong to ease his anger.

After all, Ling Rong's voice was very similar to Chun Yuan's, and even her consolation sounded particularly soothing.

It's just that she is pregnant now and has not been feeling well in the past two days. The emperor paused in front of the door for a moment but did not go in.

Su Peisheng wanted to say something to comfort the emperor, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he was forced back by the emperor's expression.

The emperor just stopped for a while at the gate of Chengqian Palace, just wanting to find a concubine who could understand his thoughts. No matter what he said, the emperor found it difficult to listen.

In this case, we might as well wait until the emperor's emotions stabilize before thinking of a solution.

It was a cold winter day, and the emperor wanted to take a stroll in the imperial garden, but after a while he was hit by the cold wind and was persuaded by Su Peisheng to return to the Yangxin Palace.

"Your Majesty is worried, why not ask the Imperial Observatory to come and ask? If it is really God's will, there is no need to worry about it."

Fang Ruo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke. She looked towards the direction of Baohua Palace, and her purpose was obvious. Su Peisheng knew exactly who lived in Baohua Palace.

Xiao Xiazi quietly approached Su Peisheng and asked, "Master, what does Aunt Fangruo mean?"

"She is Concubine Zhen's aunt, and she must be trying to find a way to lead the emperor to Baohua Palace.

Don't you understand? Zhen Changzai wants to take this opportunity to regain her favor."

I didn't expect that Zhen Chang could bribe Fang Ruo while being under house arrest. He is truly a resourceful person.

Although he has the means, he likes to show off too much and is not a master that people can follow with peace of mind.

Fortunately, Jinxi had already left, otherwise she would have to follow Zhen Changzai to the Baohua Palace to suffer. Even if Zhen Changzai had many tricks, she still suffered this hardship.

"If Concubine Zhen regains her favor, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the palace again." Xiao Xiazi had a serious face and couldn't help sighing frequently when he thought of the past.

"Speak softly, don't let the emperor hear you, or you will lose more heads than you can bear."

Su Peisheng was teaching his apprentice here when he heard the emperor say, "Go to Baohua Palace."

Su Peisheng agreed immediately and asked Xiao Xiazi to speed up and go to Baohua Palace to inform Zhen Changzai first.

"Tell Concubine Zhen to prepare well. The emperor is unhappy today. Don't say or do the wrong thing again."

Xiao Xiazi said "oh" reluctantly, but still obeyed and ran to Baohua Palace first.

When the emperor arrived with Su Peisheng, Fang Ruo and others, the door of Baohua Palace had already been opened. Huanbi and Tangdi were waiting at the door to pay their respects to the emperor.

The emperor looked around and didn't see Zhen Huan waiting for him. "Go to the main hall and burn some incense."

I didn't expect that the emperor came to Baohua Palace after so much difficulty, but he was not going to see the young lady.

Huanbi was a little anxious. She turned her head and looked in the direction of the side hall, hoping that the young lady would stop waiting for the emperor to come and come out quickly to serve the emperor and burn incense. This was the most important thing.

Unfortunately, Zhen Huan did not appear as Huanbi expected. She was busy dressing herself up in the side hall, trying to look as charming and beautiful as Xi Shi.

After the emperor burned incense in Baohua Palace, he did not see Zhen Huan appear.

He immediately gave up the idea of ​​meeting Zhen Huan. In this cold night, there was really no need to see a person with a vicious mind who not only deceived the emperor but also plotted against her sisters.

Only when the imperial carriage arrived at the door did Zhen Huan finally walk out of the side hall. She leaned weakly against the door, wearing a gray robe, with her long black hair loose, and she looked more beautiful than before.

The emperor's attention was immediately caught. He stood in the courtyard, facing Zhen Huan from a distance.

She looks just like Rouze when she first entered the mansion, so ignorant and pure. If you look at her for a second longer, she will be like a frightened deer, lowering her head shyly.

The faces of Rouze and Zhen Huan kept overlapping in his mind. The emperor couldn't help but smile gently as he recalled every detail of his time with Rouze.

He walked up to Zhen Huan and held her cold little hand.

Zhen Huan smiled shyly. She gently broke free from the emperor's restraints and squatted down to salute obediently.

"May your Majesty be blessed with peace and prosperity."

"It's so cold, don't stand in the wind, go in." The emperor nodded and walked into the hall first.

Zhen Huan had not been helped up by the Emperor and was still a little uncomfortable. She squatted for a while before being helped up by Huanbi who came over later.

"My lady, the emperor wants you to come in. This servant and Tang Di will stand guard outside the door and not allow anyone to disturb the master."

Zhen Huan nodded, she turned to look at Fang Ruo, the two communicated silently, and then Zhen Huan entered the hall.

The door closed behind him, and the noise caused the emperor to turn his head and look at Zhen Huan, "This palace is warm, but... your hands are cold."

"No matter how warm the charcoal fire is, it can't warm the heart. If the heart is cold, the hands will be cold." Zhen Huan said in a sad tone. She poured a cup of warm tea for the emperor, "I don't have any good tea here. I'm sorry for the inconvenience to the emperor."

The emperor took the teacup. The tea in it was only slightly warm, not the temperature that the emperor liked.

He didn't drink it, but just threw it away casually. Zhen Huan just thought that the emperor didn't like this coarse tea.

"How have you been in Baohua Palace these days?"

"Your Majesty, being able to spend time with Buddha day and night, reading scriptures and meditating is a good thing. Everything is fine with me."

Zhen Huan coughed twice, and the emperor realized that there was something wrong with her voice, it was no longer as soft and crisp as before.

But the emperor didn't think much about it and thought that Zhen Huan had caught a cold.

"Tell Su Peisheng to send some medicine over in a few days. We can't delay the cold."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern." Zhen Huan coughed twice again. Her voice was hoarse and sounded particularly awkward. "With Your Majesty's concern for me, I will get better soon."

"Ah."

When I haven't met someone, I always feel like I miss them a little, but now that I've met them, I find that it's just like that.

"Your Majesty frowned, but what unhappy things have you encountered recently?"

"There is one thing indeed." The emperor sighed, and felt a headache when he thought of this matter, "Concubine Hua wanted to record Wen Yi in the imperial book and become Wen Yi's mother."

Zhen Huan was shocked by the news. Not only did Concubine Hua become a noble concubine, but she was also required to raise Wen Yi under her wing.

Add to that the power of her mother's family, wouldn't even the Queen have to give her some distance?

In the past, Nian Shilan regarded herself as an enemy. Verbal bullying was just a small matter. She even drugged herself and aborted the child.

Such a vicious person could actually sit on the position of imperial concubine, while I have to suffer in this Baohua Palace.

It is so unfair. Why can she, Nian Shilan, be favored by the emperor, but she can't?

But if the emperor really didn't want to hand Wen Yi over to Concubine Hua for upbringing, he wouldn't have had to be so entangled and would have found a random excuse to get away with it.

Therefore, she absolutely could not directly tell Concubine Hua that it was not appropriate for her to raise Wen Yi. She had to persuade her in a roundabout way so as not to upset the Emperor. Then, she could forget about leaving Baohua Palace.

“If Lady Hua Guifei truly loves the princess, this would be a very good thing.

I just don’t know what Concubine Cao thinks.”

"Of course she doesn't want to."

The emperor thought of Cao Qinmo's sad experience a few days ago and hesitated for a moment, but when he thought that Wen Yi was just moving to a new palace, he quickly made up his mind.

"But Qixiang Palace is not far from Yikun Palace, and she usually lives with Concubine Hua, so there is no change from before."

I didn't expect that the emperor would even come up with such an excuse just to give Concubine Hua a child.

But the mother and daughter were separated and no longer together, and Concubine Hua was of such a personality, how could she be willing to let Cao Qinmo visit Princess Wen Yi at any time?

"That's true," Zhen Huan could only follow the emperor's thoughts and said, "After all, Concubine Cao is of a lower rank, so it's hard for her to get the best medicine from the imperial physician on weekdays.

But the Imperial Concubine is different. Everything is the best. The princess is under her care, so Concubine Cao doesn’t have to worry about the princess’s health.”

"Normally, Concubine Hua is a bit extravagant." The Queen is in charge of the affairs of the six palaces and knows the expenses of each palace best.

The Emperor once happened to hear the Queen mention that Concubine Hua's expenses had far exceeded the allowance of a concubine and were much more than what the Queen spent.

Seeing that the emperor finally thought of Concubine Hua's question, Zhen Huan smiled gently, "I think Concubine Hua is used to it. After all, General Nian dotes on his sister the most, and even I know it."

The emperor did know that Nian Gengyao had given money to Concubine Hua, but subsidies from the mother's family had been a tradition since ancient times, so the emperor simply turned a blind eye and did not care about it.

However, in order to bring all the gold and silver into the palace, there was a fixed number. The queen carefully checked the accounts and found that the number did not match the number reported by the Nian family.

There is a large sum of money that does not match, but the source has not yet been clearly identified.

With just a few words, Zhen Huan pointed out all of Concubine Hua's actions.

Because she did not directly say that Concubine Hua was not suitable for raising Wen Yi, the Emperor was able to listen to her more.

"Princess Wen Yi is lucky to have such a mother. After Concubine Cao has figured it out, she will surely be happy to see it happen."

The emperor was already somewhat shaken at this point. He glanced at Zhen Huan but did not speak immediately.

"It's a little late at night. Let's talk about these things tomorrow."

Zhen Huan bit her lip and looked at the emperor shyly. She was wearing a nun's black robe, which made her look a bit immature like a young girl.

The emperor had no intention of leaving, so the night in Baohua Palace was destined to be a long one.