An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Liu Zhu was lost in thoughts all night in the Yanxi Palace, and only fell asleep reluctantly at daybreak.

But she was soon awakened by Sang'er, who asked her to pick some red plum blossoms from the Yimei Garden for Concubine Tian.

"Why does my lady suddenly want Hongmei?" Liu Zhu yawned tiredly, patted his cheeks to try to wake himself up, and at the same time did not forget to inquire about his master's intentions.

This is not a secret, Sang'er said casually, "The young lady dislikes the whiteness of winter and wants to see something colorful.

The flowers in the greenhouse are not cold-resistant, and you have to take good care of them if you bring them here. It would be better to pick some plum branches to look at.

Take this hot water bottle with you, don't let your hands get frozen."

Sang'er was very considerate. Seeing that Liuzhu looked unwell, he gave the hot water bottle he was holding to Liuzhu.

Because the palace servants had to do all kinds of things for their masters, they rarely had the opportunity to hold a hot water bottle to keep warm. Even if they did, they would hide it secretly in their clothes and use it to warm their bodies.

But Liuzhu was now nothing more than a maid doing menial tasks in the Yanx Palace, and she had no chance to hold this thing to keep warm.

She held Sonny's hand and called her "Sister Sonny" several times.

"Well, your life before must have been much better than mine." Sang'er smiled and patted Liu Zhu's hand. She didn't say much about Zhen Changzai. "But now you are also a part of Yanxi Palace. It is only right for the young lady and I to take care of you."

Sang'er's words sounded polite, but since entering the Yanxi Palace, he had never been beaten or scolded.

It’s just that Sang’er would sometimes ask the young lady about her past, but as long as she didn’t say anything, she wouldn’t ask any more questions.

Therefore, occasionally he would still be willing to share with her what was happening in the mansion, and curse the disgusting atmosphere in the palace.

Under Sang'er's repeated urging, Liu Zhu finally went out with the hot water bottle. Yimeyuan was far away from the Yanxi Palace and was closer to Suiyuxuan.

That was the palace where the young lady lived when she entered the palace. Liu Zhu felt sad, and all the way she kept reminiscing about how proud and proud Zhen Huan was when she first entered the palace.

There is the emperor who dotes on the young lady, and there is Concubine Hui, a good sister.

There is also Prince Guo who talks with the young lady about poetry and books, which makes the young lady care about him every day.

After she became pregnant, Imperial Doctor Wen took good care of her.

Liu Zhu couldn't understand how the young lady had ended up like this.

How did it come to the point where she fell out of favor and was confined to her room, and the sisters broke up?

It’s a pity that no matter how many times she asked in her heart, she would never get an answer.

She could only pick plum blossoms according to Concubine Tian's wishes, but she was still looking forward to meeting Concubine Hui and telling her what Concubine Hua had done.

Liu Zhu had just picked a branch of plum blossom when she was so scared by a shout that she dropped it to the ground.

The man came over angrily with a bad tone, and when he saw Liu Zhu breaking the branches, his face turned even darker.

"The plum trees in this garden are Jade-core and Sandalwood-heart plums. Which palace are you from? How dare you come here and pick them at will?"

"I, I'm from Yongshou Palace... I'm a maid in Yanxi Palace. Concubine Tian wanted to enjoy plum blossoms in winter, so she asked me to come and pick some."

"One moment you're in Yongshou Palace, the next moment you're in Yanxi Palace. You're not pretending to be someone else on purpose, are you trying to frame Concubine Tian?"

The palace maid looked Liu Zhu up and down. Although she felt that this person looked familiar, she still did not look happy.

"Why don't you speak up? Why are you keeping your voice down? It's as if I'm bullying you."

"Ying'er, I am indeed here to pick plum blossoms for Concubine Tian," Liu Zhu recognized the palace maid in front of her as Yu Ying'er, whom she had met before when she was planting flowers in Yime Garden.

Yu Ying'er was a little stunned when her name was called. She looked at Liu Zhu carefully again, "Oh? It's you."

Liu Zhu thought Yu Ying'er remembered her and was very happy at this moment.

But who would have thought that the next moment, Yu Ying'er would frown and say, "Why, just because I found a good master, I can pick plum blossoms in Yimei Garden at will?

One master didn't teach you well, and now you're in Baohua Palace, and the other master didn't teach you the rules well either?"

What Yu Ying'er said was really rude. If her master heard it, she would definitely be punished.

I don’t know where a palace maid who grows flowers gets such courage. Does she really think of herself as the master?

"Yu Ying'er, it's fine if we just say this in private. It would be bad if the masters heard it."

"You've really climbed up a high branch, and now you come to the plum garden to scold me." Yu Ying'er rolled her eyes. She raised her foot and stomped on the plum branch that fell on the snow, breaking it and crushing the plum blossoms.

"You..." Liu Zhu laughed at Yu Ying'er's anger. She shook her head and said, "Okay, then I will go back and tell Lady Tian that Yu Ying'er from Yimei Garden forbids people from Yanxi Palace to pick flowers."

Liu Zhu gathered her sleeves and turned to leave. After taking two steps, she deliberately said "ah" and turned around, "By the way, our nobleman has a bad temper. If he can't get what he wants, you may have to deliver it by yourself.

However, I am sure that there will be no reward, as for whether it will bring anything else..."

Yu Ying'er was startled by Liu Zhu's words. The harsh expression on her face had not yet faded. "Wait...wait, you can do it."

"Let's not do it. If someone finds out or tells Madam, I will be punished."

Yu Ying'er was both annoyed and scared at this moment. She cursed Liu Zhu countless times in her heart, but she had no choice but to endure Liu Zhu's ridicule.

After all, she hadn't made any success yet, and she didn't want to lose her life like this.

This damn Liu Zhu is really lucky. Even though his master was imprisoned in Baohua Palace, he was able to become Concubine Tian’s maid.

"Okay, then please trouble Miss Ying'er to fold more flowers for me." Liu Zhu just stood there, holding the hand warmer and directing Yu Ying'er to fold flowers.

Every time, he would deliberately choose the two farthest trees and let Yu Ying'er run around.

Liu Zhu didn't want to make things difficult for Yu Ying'er, but Yu Ying'er dared to frame the young master. If she wasn't taught a lesson, wouldn't it bring shame to the young master and the Zhen family?

But she completely forgot that she punished Yu Ying'er by using the name of Concubine Tian.

Even if her former mistress Zhen Huan was brought up, Yu Ying'er would only look down on her or even ridicule her.

Yu Ying'er was busy running around. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and breathlessly handed a bunch of plum blossoms in her arms to Liu Zhu.

“As expected of you, you have been planting flowers in Yimei Garden for a long time and you have a great eye for selecting flowers.

It's just that I picked too many of them. Plum blossoms are so noble and pure that only two branches would look best in a vase."

Liu Zhu only picked two of the best plum blossoms and threw the rest on the ground.

"Look, how beautiful it is." Liu Zhu raised her bright smile, "Be careful when you speak in the future. You can't just talk about the master casually, understand?"

Yu Ying'er's lips trembled with anger, her eyes filled with tears, and she gritted her teeth and said, "I understand."

"Thank you Miss Liuzhu for your guidance. Ying'er knows this. She will show great respect to Lady Tian when she sees her in the future."

Liu Zhu did not regard Concubine Tian as her real master. Seeing that Yu Ying'er did not mention the young master at all, she was quite annoyed, "Only Concubine Tian?"

"Why? Isn't Miss Liuzhu a maid in Concubine Tian's palace?" Yu Ying'er blinked her eyes, her tone full of mockery, "As palace maids, the most important thing for us is to be loyal to our master, right?

Could it be that Miss Liu Zhu doesn't consider Lady Tian as her master?"

Liu Zhu tightly grasped the plum branch. She opened her mouth but refused to admit that her master was Concubine Tian.

"People who are not loyal to their master are using their master's name to bully the palace people."

Yu Ying'er suddenly collapsed to the ground, scratching the discarded plum branches in grievance, tears streaming down her face.

She could sing Kunqu opera and had a beautiful voice. When she opened her mouth, her voice was tearful and very endearing to hear.

"The plum branch was broken, but you threw it on the ground so casually. You also said that plum blossoms are noble, so how can they be mixed with snow, mud and soil?"

"I……"

"That's right. The plum blossoms are noble and should stand on the branches instead of falling into the mud." The emperor didn't know when he came. Shen Meizhuang was with him. The two of them stared at Yu Ying'er who was lying on the ground.

Yu Ying'er's hands were completely red and swollen from breaking branches and scratching on the snow, and looked horrible.

"I pay my respects to the Emperor and to Concubine Hui." Liu Zhu reacted quickly. She immediately squatted down and saluted, but she didn't even get a glance from the Emperor and Concubine Hui.

Yu Ying'er had also wiped her tears by this time, and she followed Liu Zhu in bowing. Although she was a little flustered, she did not lose her manners in the end.

The emperor nodded and raised his hand to tell Yu Ying'er to stand up. "Get up. There is still snow in the garden. Girls should not be too cold."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yu Ying'er's voice was sticky at this time, as if she was deliberately showing off her feminine tenderness. "I have been planting flowers in Yimei Garden for a long time, and I am used to it."

Shen Meizhuang looked at the emperor's expression and knew that he was interested in Yu Ying'er.

Now Shen Meizhuang has no feelings for the emperor. Knowing that the emperor has fallen in love with Yu Ying'er, she feels nothing in her heart. She even deliberately takes a few steps back to make the emperor feel more comfortable.

The Emperor was flirting with Yu Ying'er, but Shen Meizhuang was looking at Liu Zhu who was squatting on the ground and paying her respects.

She and the emperor did not hear much, but they heard everything about Liu Zhu ordering Yu Ying'er to run around and deliberately throwing the picked plum blossoms on the ground.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhu was so disloyal to her master and only knew how to bully the palace maids in the name of her master.

At this time, Shen Meizhuang could hardly remember what kind of person Zhen Huan was to raise such a servant.

"Don't kneel here, come with me."

Seeing that the emperor and Yu Ying'er were getting into a good conversation, Shen Meizhuang wisely withdrew.

When he left, he also took the squatting Liu Zhu with him, so as to avoid being noticed by the emperor and losing his life again.

Liu Zhu thought that Concubine Hui helped him out of pity for the young lady.

She was happy in her heart, and thought that after telling Concubine Hua about Concubine Hui, her mistress would be rescued from Baohua Palace.

"Liu Zhu thanks Noble Hui for your help. If it weren't for Noble Hui, I might have..."

"You don't have to thank me," Concubine Hui stood outside the gate of the Plum Garden. She turned her head and looked at the plum blossoms in full bloom in the garden. "Now you are Concubine Tian's maid, you should also consider Concubine Tian and not do anything wrong outside in her name."

"Lady Hui, I don't have any." Liu Zhu was still holding the two plum blossoms in her hands. She raised them up intentionally, "These plum blossoms were really picked by Lady Tian."

Liu Zhu certainly knew that Concubine Hui was not talking about the plum blossoms, but she did use Concubine Tian's name to oppress Yu Ying'er, so she didn't dare to admit it.

"You know what I'm talking about, as a slave, the most important thing is loyalty.

If you don’t want to be loyal, you might as well return to this Yimei Garden and plant flowers, where you can also be praised for being loyal to the original owner.”

Liu Zhu opened her mouth. She was loyal to the Zhen family and the young lady, so what was wrong with her not being completely loyal to Concubine Tian?

I was also forcibly taken out of Yime Garden by Concubine Tian, ​​so how could I refuse?

"Lady Hui, I was brought up by the young master from the Zhen family, and I will only be loyal to the young master for the rest of my life.

You are my best sister, and you should understand why I am loyal to you.

She was very kind to her servants, and never beat or scolded them even once from childhood to adulthood.

How could I possibly betray my master for someone else? "

"Best sisters?"

Shen Meizhuang sneered. She and Zhen Huan were indeed the best of sisters in the past. But after being harmed by Zhen Huan once, even a dumb person would know that these sisters are not the same as before.

"Liu Zhu, Concubine Zhen used the ghost fetus to frame me. I lost my child and was confined to the Old Summer Palace.

You said I was her best sister, and you still dare to say that to me now?"

Liu Zhu stood there in a daze. The young lady framed Concubine Hui out of helplessness, so... so all this... cannot be blamed on the young lady.

"Lady Hui... the young lady was just forced into this. It was the Empress..." Liu Zhu looked around and deliberately lowered her voice, "It was the Empress who forced the young lady to do this. The young lady didn't do this of her own will."

"Even if, as you said, she was forced by the Queen, why didn't she tell me?"

Shen Meizhuang was relatively calm at this time, but her expression was not good at all. "Even if she had her own difficulties, why couldn't she tell me? Why couldn't she choose other means, but had to use the name of the ghost fetus?"

"That's because the young lady couldn't bear to do anything to you, the noble lady, so she went to the Imperial Observatory and told them that the royal heir in your belly was not feeling well, and that it might be harmful to the emperor."

Liu Zhu spoke hurriedly, lowering her voice but speaking very quickly, "My lady, I just want you to stay away from the emperor, even if it means being confined to your house for a while.

This would give her enough time to paralyze the Queen and find a way to save the baby in the noble lady's belly.

And the idea of ​​the ghost fetus was not something that the young master did."

Shen Meizhuang didn't believe these words. The thing had already been done and the emperor had already investigated it clearly.

Even she, Zhen Huan, admitted it herself. Even if this matter was related to the Queen, so what? Didn't she, Zhen Huan, do anything? Didn't she use the celestial phenomena to frame herself?

An heir who would affect the emperor's health and even the country's destiny would be destined not to be favored even if he was born.

Shen Meizhuang forced out a mocking laugh, and she spoke word by word, "When you were imprisoned in the Old Summer Palace, Xiao Yunzi went to rescue you.

It was your most trusted master Zhen Huan who asked him to kill you."