An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Xiao Chizi took advantage of the night to run back to Shuimu Mingse. Lingrong and others had been waiting for him. They were relieved to see him return safely.

Zhaoshui poured a cup of tea for Xiaochizi and told him to catch his breath first and not to rush.

Xiao Chizi scratched his neck. The red bumps from mosquito bites were very itchy. He scratched it several times, leaving red marks on his neck.

"It seems that the mosquito repellent fragrance has lost its effect. Let's put some more in."

Xiao Chizi touched his waist, reached out his hand and found nothing.

He was startled and didn't even bother to drink water. He began to search up and down for the sachet that the young lady had given him.

"My dear, my dear master."

Xiao Chizi frowned and touched every place on his body that could hold something, but still found nothing.

“My servant’s sachet fell, most likely in the bushes near Fu Hai.

The curfew in the Old Summer Palace is not strict, I will go back and look for it."

I didn't expect that this kid lost his own things while following someone. If he were discovered, it would probably cause another stir.

Ling Rong nodded and quickly made a makeshift mosquito repellent sachet out of ordinary white cloth.

"Take this with you. You attract mosquitoes. There are the most mosquitoes in the bushes by the sea. Be careful not to get bitten again."

Xiao Chizi took it immediately. He had no intention of lamenting his master's generosity. He just wanted to run back quickly and find the lost sachet.

But he had just recalled for a long time and couldn't remember where he might have lost the sachet.

He could only hope that he might find it in the bushes by the sea. After all, that place would require him to drill around and he might be scratched by the branches.

"Don't worry, it's just a sachet. Even if someone picked it up, it doesn't mean anything."

After all, the Old Summer Palace is so big that anyone could drop something on the road, and a sachet cannot be used as any evidence.

But Xiao Chizi didn't think so. What if someone took the sachet and framed her for something else?

No matter what, I must not become someone else's "accomplice" and I must find this sachet.

Without waiting for Ling Rong to say anything more, Xiao Chizi rushed out of Shuimu Mingse again. The place he suspected most was near the Fuhai Ferry, so he rushed there as soon as possible.

However, Prince Guo had not left yet, so he could only look for him quietly on the road.

Relying on his memory, he went back into the bushes. The rustling of leaves was particularly clear in the silent night.

Although Prince Guo was already drunk, he still heard the noises. He staggered towards the bushes, wanting to see if anyone was peeping there.

Xiao Chizi was startled and immediately held his breath, worried that he would be discovered by the drunk Prince Guo.

Prince Guo, who was outside the bushes, was already drunk and his mind was not clear. The bottle of wine had already fallen to the ground, but he still clenched his empty hands and kept pouring wine into his mouth.

Even though he could no longer hear the sounds from the bushes, he still staggered forward.

Prince Guo didn't know why, he just felt that he had to find whoever he was looking for.

Xiao Chizi just watched Prince Guo coming over. He wanted to find the sachet, so he couldn't leave at this time. It would be better to knock Prince Guo out directly and then search the bushes nearby.

Seeing Prince Guo coming over, Xiao Chizi covered his face with one hand, raised the other hand high, and hit Prince Guo hard on the neck.

Prince Guo only had time to utter a short "er" sound before he fell into the grass, as if he was dead asleep.

Xiao Chizi patted his chest and began to look for the sachet carefully in the bushes, but he couldn't find it after searching everywhere he had been.

After looking around the bushes, Xiao Chizi set his eyes on Prince Guo.

"Could it be that he picked it up..." Xiao Chizi muttered and put his hand into Prince Guo's arms.

After touching it twice casually, Xiao Chizi actually touched something.

He pulled it out and saw that it was actually a letter.

Fortunately, Xiao Chizi and Ling Rong had learned to read and write, and now he is no longer the person who could not read a single word.

"I wish to win the heart of one person, and we will be together till old age. Oh, you have read this poem before, but you don't seem to like it very much."

Xiao Chizi muttered, and continued to read the letter, "What does it say below, um...if the prince can be loyal to one person, I am willing to run away with the prince?

Wow, you are so brave. How do you pronounce this word? Um... Miss Meng Jingxian from Duke Meng's family. Is the prince willing to explain the truth to her?

If you can't, why bother writing some love words to disturb my mood?"

Xiao Chizi roughly finished reading the letter. Although he didn't recognize a few words, he still had a general idea of ​​who wrote the letter.

Xu Changzai was so brave that she dared to write such a letter to Prince Guo. He just kept it in his arms carelessly, not afraid that it would accidentally fall out of his arms and be seen by the emperor.

Xiao Chizi complained inwardly for a while, then folded the letter according to its original creases and stuffed it back into Prince Guo's arms.

However, he didn't expect that when he pulled his hand out, Prince Guo would grab his wrist, rub his arm with his thumb, and even wanted to continue touching upwards, which made Xiao Chizi shudder and push Prince Guo away.

"Huan'er...Huan'er..."

Prince Guo muttered drowsily. He reached out his hand to grab it again, but was kicked away by Xiao Chizi.

It was a close call. Xiao Chizi tried hard to suppress the disgust in his heart, and while Prince Guo was unconscious again, he touched his waist again.

Sure enough, the sachet that the young lady had embroidered was on him. Xiao Chizi happily pulled hard and snatched the sachet back into his hands.

He lowered his head and kicked Prince Guo twice. He felt relieved when he saw that he was only breathing heavily and there was no sign of waking up.

Xiao Chizi was busy reporting to Ling Rong and didn't care whether Prince Guo had damaged his brain from sleeping. He took the sachet and turned away.

"My lady, I found it." Xiao Chizi happily picked up the sachet and shook it, and his worries were finally put to rest.

Seeing that his master was sleepy, Xiao Chizi had no mood to play tricks, so he told him the story of Huanbi going to Fuhai Ferry to see Prince Guo and the letter in Prince Guo's arms.

Although she knew in her previous life that Zhen Huan and Prince Guo were special, she had no idea that the two were so bold in private - one was a prince, the other a concubine, not only did they get married secretly, they also wanted to elope together.

I really don’t know what the late emperor and Zhen Yuandao would think if they knew this, Ling Rong silently complained.

"My lady, Prince Guo is still lying in the bushes near the Fuhai Ferry. Who knows if he will be bitten by a snake or insect?"

Xiao Chizi still vividly remembered the time when Prince Guo touched him, and he really wished that Prince Guo could be bitten to death in the bushes.

"What did Prince Guo... do to you?"

Ling Rong was quite surprised. She didn't remember any conflict between Xiao Chizi and Prince Guo. Although Prince Guo was confused about love affairs, he was quite kind to the palace maids.

"No, no, no," Xiao Chizi waved his hands repeatedly, "I am just a eunuch, what can the prince do to me?"

Ling Rong was skeptical. She glanced at Xiao Chizi again and said, "Go apply some medicine. With you here, Shui Mu Ming Se, the mosquitoes will let go of others."

Xiao Chizi wailed. His neck was very itchy, so he could only run back to his residence and find the ointment made by Doctor He to apply on it.

Seeing Xiao Chizi leaving, Zhao Shui was busy serving Ling Rong to go to Lijian to rest, "It's been a busy night, young master, go to bed early."

Ling Rong let her hair down and gently rubbed her brows. "I was wondering, if Lord Zhen knew that Xu Changzai and Prince Guo wanted to elope, what kind of waves would it cause?"

"This..." Zhaoshui pulled out a hairpin. After Lingrong asked this question, she put the hairpin down more slowly. "I'm afraid that Zhen's mother will come in a hurry to persuade Xu Changzai not to do anything stupid."

"Xu Changzai's parents were extremely kind to her."

Ling Rong recalled the short period of time she spent in the Zhen Mansion. The family background and the completely different relationship between her parents were completely different from her own, which made her very envious.

"If Zhen's father and mother chose the latter between their daughter's happiness and the family's glory, how would Xu Changzai feel?"

Zhaoshui had no father or mother, so she couldn't understand the situation, but she always felt that her young master's hatred for Xu Changzai was not just because of the lost young master.

What else? What else do you not know?

Thinking of this, Zhaoshui really asked, "My lady, you and Xu Changzai seem to have a deep entanglement."

Ling Rong was stunned for a moment, she took off the earrings, and sighed after a while, "Zhao Shui, you are really perceptive... What happened between Xu Changzai and me happened a long time ago.

If I told other people about this, they would definitely say that I was inferior, dark, and ungrateful.

But so what, I am who I am and I can’t change it.”

Zhaoshui didn't know what Lingrong was talking about, nor did she know what kind of entanglement Lingrong had with Xu Changzai in the past, but as a servant, all she could do was stand on the side of her master, no matter whether it was right or wrong.

After all, in this deep palace, who can tell right from wrong?

"How is it, do you know me again?"

"It's not that I feel like I'm getting to know you all over again, young lady," Zhaoshui finally removed all of Lingrong's hair accessories. She picked up a comb and loosened up Lingrong's hair, "I just feel that you don't need to care too much about what others think.

When deciding to do those bad things, the good person becomes a bad person.

I always feel that no one is absolutely good, and no one is absolutely bad.

So my dear, whether you choose to be a good person or a bad person, please don’t make yourself sad.”

Lingrong looked at Zhaoshui's face in the bronze mirror. Due to the blurriness of the mirror, she was even unsure for a moment whether this person was Zhaoshui.

"Sometimes I think that I don't have to do all the bad things. But I am unwilling to just disappear silently in the palace.

And... I really want to see what Xu Changzai, who is completely different from me, will become after her actions are exposed.

How do others...see her?"

"Since the young lady wants to see it, let Master Zhen know about it." Zhaoshui thought about how to do it, "But... we can't leave the palace, how can we tell Master Zhen about this without leaving any trace."

Ling Rong was also in a dilemma at this time. The most direct way was to send someone to deliver an anonymous letter to Zhen Yuandao, but this would most likely be ignored as nonsense.

We still need some evidence to be more convincing.

Or just help Xu Changzai and Prince Guo elope. That way, Zhen Yuandao will have no choice but to believe it.

It’s a pity that if that happened, Zhen Huan would be truly free, and he would not be able to watch the show in the palace.

Ling Rong lay on the couch and felt more and more sleepy the more she thought about it. She closed her eyes in a daze and dreamed of the talent show in her previous life.

It turned out that Zhen Huan helped herself in order to give Shen Meizhuang an assist after she entered the palace.

Zhen Huan didn't expect that she would also enter the palace, and by chance, she regarded her as her only sister and her only life-saving straw.

The consequence of holding on to Zhen Huan tightly is that the sisters become alienated and kill each other.

"An Lingrong, your life is truly unworthy. You have schemed and calculated everything, and have thrown our sisterhood behind your back.

No matter who bullies or humiliates you, you will blame it on me.

Maybe from the very beginning, I shouldn't have said that sentence on your behalf during the draft.

In this way, Sister Mei would not be killed by you, and the two of us sisters would go further and do better in this palace.

But I still can't bear to part with you, An Lingrong... Li Fei, I once truly regarded you as a sister."

Zhen Huan's words were still echoing in her ears. Ling Rong woke up suddenly and felt her chest pounding.

Could it be that Zhen Huan knew that I wanted to harm her again, so she came to blame me in the dream?

Lingrong found this dream a little strange, and even when she went to pay her respects to the Queen, she couldn't help staring at Zhen Huan.

Zhen Huan felt a chill down her spine from looking at him, as if she were being stared at by a poisonous snake.

"I am very happy that Concubine Xu is favored by the Emperor."

The Queen's words "Noble Lady Xu" drew everyone's attention to Zhen Huan's face. Unexpectedly, after only one night of favor, she was promoted from a maid to a noble lady.

"The emperor has been feeling depressed lately, and has often had trouble eating and sleeping. Fortunately, Concubine Xu is thinking about the emperor."

Lingrong turned her gaze to the Queen's face. She recommended Concubine Xu with the intention of gaining her favor but not wanting her to have an easy life.

Concubine Tian and Concubine Xia, who had also been favored by the emperor for several days, looked at Zhen Huan with a rather unfriendly look.

These two people made the emperor happy, but neither of them could get promoted. Naturally, they hated Zhen Huan, who could be promoted at any time.

"Sisters, please think about how to comfort the emperor. As long as it's not an excessive method, I will help you a little."

It seems that the Queen... has discovered that Concubine Tian and Concubine Xia have two minds. Now that she wants to cultivate new people, she has to show her magnanimity in front of everyone.

I just don't know who else in the palace can join the Queen's army. Could it be... Chun Changzai, who has been getting closer and closer to Zhen Huan recently?

The emperor seems to really like such an innocent and naive personality.