An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Because Lingrong had just recovered, the Queen allowed her to rest for a few more days and she didn't have to rush over to pay her respects.

Lingrong was really unwilling to move because of the hot summer, so she listened to the Empress and did not force herself to go to Wuling Spring.

When resting in Shuimu Mingse, Lingrong would play with Youning.

After all, a child will become anxious and cry when separated from his mother. It is more important to coax his own daughter at this time than to please the emperor.

Moreover, even with all the evidence, the Emperor was unwilling to convict Zhen Huan. Why should I offend the Emperor and make myself angry at this time?

"My dear, do you think that this incident was done by Concubine Xu?"

Ling Rong shook her head, her fingers still rubbing You Ning's face, "She is not a fool, she used her own handwriting, her own shoes, and even placed them in her own small kitchen.

Zhaoshui, if you were to do it, where would you put these things?"

"If a servant had done this, she would have framed someone else. Why would she leave it in her own room?"

Zhao Shui thought about it and she also felt that Zhen Huan didn't seem like someone who would harm the young lady.

After all, who would harm someone and leave so much evidence for others to discover?

"But what if Lady Xu wants to do the opposite?"

"She wouldn't be so stupid as to do these unnecessary things." Ling Rong lowered her eyes. She had been thinking about how to find the alchemist who did it.

“These evidences will only make the emperor suspicious of her. Even if she can clear herself of the charges, the emperor’s suspicion and accusation have already been made.

With Concubine Xu's proud personality, how could she tolerate the emperor's lack of trust in her?

So, I think this was not done by Concubine Xu."

What Lingrong can be sure of now is that it was not Zhen Huan who did it, but she has no reason to speak for Zhen Huan.

It would be best if Zhen Huan could turn the tables and find out the real culprit behind the scenes, so that she can get her revenge.

If there is no other way, Zhen Huan can only blame herself for her bad luck and become someone else's scapegoat.

"But, if it wasn't done by Concubine Xu, who else could have done it?"

Zhaoshui murmured to herself. She thought about agreeing during the New Year, and then she thought about the queen. She just felt that everyone was possible.

"Instead of thinking about it here, why not check it out carefully." Ling Rong interrupted Zhao Shui's thoughts, "These shoes must belong to Concubine Xu.

When she was humiliated, it is possible that she kept this thing to remind herself at all times.

As for the handwriting, the last private letter she exchanged with Prince Guo was most likely not written by her.

You can just find a great calligrapher and imitate him, but there is already a great calligrapher in the palace."

Zhaoshui's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said happily, "It's the Queen!"

"Yes, it is not difficult to imitate other people's handwriting, but it is difficult to find a Taoist priest with real skills."

It is not easy to find such alchemists. The prerequisite for wanting their help is that these people are evil people who have no intention of doing good deeds.

Therefore, the most important thing in their eyes is money, and the amount must be large enough to allow them to leave the mountains.

In addition, it is not only difficult to attack the people in the palace, but also because of the so-called blessing of the emperor's luck, if you are not careful, both sides will suffer losses.

Moreover, some alchemists do not care about gold and silver at all. The things they want are even more difficult to find, and even if they can be found, it is difficult to use them for their own benefit.

There were many concubines in the palace who would not hesitate to use silver. But silver alone was not enough, and one had to have enough ability to dig out these alchemists before one had a chance to bribe them with silver.

In this palace, apart from Nian Shilan, there is only one other person, the Empress, who has this ability.

"This Taoist priest's ability is too great." Zhaoshui looked around and whispered in a low voice, "If someone bribed this Taoist priest to murder the emperor, wouldn't it mean that the dynasty would change every day?"

"You are quite smart." Lingrong poked Zhaoshui's forehead with a smile, "You are appointed by heaven, and you will live long and prosper. The emperor's orders are not so easy to interfere with.

Unless his luck has run out, even if someone plots against him in this way, nothing serious will happen.

The emperor can wake me up with just one word. These harmful methods are of no use to the emperor."

"Well...but you can murder all the princes. Without descendants, this vast country will just be handed over to others."

"I discovered that you are quite talented in Zhao Shui."

"What kind of talent is that, young lady?" Zhaoshui didn't understand. She looked at Lingrong in confusion, trying to get some information from her expression.

Ling Rong couldn't help laughing when she saw Zhao Shui's look, she cleared her throat and pretended to be serious and said, "You have the talent to usurp the throne.

Fortunately, you are a little palace maid. If you were General Nian, the country would have been ruled by the Nian clan long ago."

"My lady always teases me." Zhaoshui was not embarrassed by Lingrong's teasing. She took the initiative to pick up Princess Youning and said, "I will take the princess to rest first. My lady should also have a good nap and stop thinking about these things.

We have sent people outside the palace to investigate, but the Queen is very secretive, so I am worried that nothing can be found."

"It doesn't matter. If the Queen wants more people to do the work, she will have to ask Ulanara for help.

Even though the Ulanara clan is now in decline, they are still doing OK after all they have the support of the Empress Dowager and the Queen.

Now just have someone keep an eye on the Ulanara family. I guess the alchemist should still be kept in the mansion."

When Lingrong sent people to look for the alchemist, the emperor also sent more people to look for him. However, Lingrong was looking for herself, but it was not clear who the emperor was looking for.

As for Zhen Huan, she has never been there since the emperor sent people to search for something in Yuedi Yunju.

The people who served Zhen Huan were thrown into the Ministry of Punishment one after another and suffered a lot of torture.

In the end, Pei'er could not bear the punishment anymore and confessed that it was Concubine Xu who asked her to do these things.

Because Concubine Xu didn't trust others and Pei'er couldn't write, Zhen Huan had to write the birth date herself.

And if she stepped on it with her own heels, it would mean that Concubine Sheng would be stepped on by Concubine Xu and would never be able to turn over in her life.

Finally, the witness was available, and the Queen impatiently handed all the evidence to the Emperor, begging him to punish Zhen Huan severely.

Perhaps it was because Zhen Huan had saved the Emperor's life that the Queen felt that Zhen Huan was developing in a completely uncontrollable direction, especially her position, which began to rise too high and too fast, just like when she entered the palace.

The emperor already hated the use of these unorthodox methods in the harem. It would be best if this incident could be used to make Zhen Huan fall out of favor and return to the situation that the emperor hated.

Even if the emperor is unwilling to impose severe punishment, but just lifts the punishment high and lets it go lightly, it can further provoke the conflict between Concubine Sheng and Noble Lady Xu, causing them to quarrel and become each other's biggest stumbling block.

Anyway, the emperor is not treating everyone equally, so naturally whoever is not favored will be unlucky.

But the Queen and Lingrong knew clearly who the Emperor would prefer.

The only difference is that Lingrong no longer has any expectations, but the Queen still holds a glimmer of hope, hoping that the Emperor's favoritism towards Zhen Huan is just a whim.

Unfortunately, the emperor did not fulfill the queen's wish. He just said very calmly that he understood.

Not long after, the emperor executed Pei'er, saying that it was because she had made the wrong decision and broke the rules that she committed the crime of murdering Concubine Sheng.

However, as a master, Concubine Xu did not discipline her servants well, and could not escape the charge of improper discipline, so she was symbolically fined half a year.

After the whole incident was resolved, it was Lingrong who almost got into trouble, but the emperor ran away to accompany Zhen Huan first.

Perhaps she felt that her share of allowance had been deducted and her life in the palace would not be easy, so she specifically told Tang Di to go to Su Peisheng if she needed anything, and all expenses should be paid from the emperor's private treasury.

Of course, this matter was not done so openly. If Tang Di had not told her privately, Ling Rong would have been kept in the dark.

That night, Lingrong looked at the emperor sleeping next to her and felt annoyed just looking at him.

In the future, I must find a way to lock you and Zhen Huan together for the rest of your lives, so that you can see each other day and night and recall the things you have done together.

The things that happened when she first entered the palace were still quite tender. I hope that when the two of them slowly recall the past, they won't feel pain because of the other's indifference.

"What's wrong? Can't sleep?" The emperor woke up at some point.

Ling Rong hummed softly, she opened her eyes wide and looked at the dark door, feeling a trace of pain beginning to emerge between her eyebrows.

"I think it's because I slept too much before, I haven't been sleeping well these past few nights.

No matter what I did during the day, I couldn’t even feel sleepy at night.”

The emperor was silent for a long time, so long that Lingrong thought he might have fallen asleep. "Rong'er is blaming me for not punishing Concubine Xu severely enough."

"For this kind of thing, how can there be any question of whether it is serious enough or not?" Ling Rong was clear-headed at this time, and she was not panicked when facing the emperor's test, "It was Pei'er who was beside Concubine Xu who did something wrong, not Concubine Xu.

Besides, the emperor ordered Pei'er to be executed, which was already a severe punishment.

Your Majesty has sought justice for me in a timely manner, so how could I be resentful?"

Although Lingrong said this, the emperor always felt that she had a grudge in her heart.

Even today's sleeping with the queen was not as attentive as in the past, making the emperor feel just scratching an itch and not happy.

However, in the entire palace, the only one who pleased him the most in sleeping with him was Concubine Sheng.

"I always feel that you are unhappy."

"Your Majesty..." Ling Rong closed her eyes, her voice vague, as if she was about to fall asleep in the next second, "When I was unconscious, it seemed that I had a very long dream.

I dreamed that the emperor hated his concubines and treated them like pet birds.

He also said that I was a hundred or a thousand times more vicious than anyone else, and that I should be locked up for life and slapped every day to pay for my sins.

This dream was so real that when I woke up, I still felt a dull pain on my cheek."

"It's just a dream. I won't treat you like this."

"Yes, a dream." Lingrong chuckled, and this laugh made the emperor feel very upset, because now he really felt that Lingrong was just a bird he raised, a bird with a voice as soft as Rouze.

It's just that this bird was blessed and lucky, and gave birth to a daughter as cute as Youning.

"This is a bad dream, and I don't want to have it again. So..." So I have to find a way to make Your Majesty suffer this kind of pain.

"If you are afraid to sleep because of this reason..." The emperor took back his words that he thought Lingrong was unreasonable. He grabbed Lingrong's hand and put it in his palm, "You are my Concubine Sheng, and Youning's mother.

There are few concubines in the entire palace who are more favored than you. I will not look down on you like this."

Monks do not tell lies, but the emperor does.

Lingrong muttered to herself, she shook the emperor's hand back, and after a long time she said, "I understand."

No matter in the past life or this life, the emperor's favorite women are the same. It's just that he is lucky in this life and saw through Shen Meizhuang and Zhen Huan early on.

But unfortunately, no matter how clearly he sees, he can't help but be attracted to Zhen Huan and fall for her, and he lets her go time and time again.

Then let's think of some way to let the emperor know that Zhen Huan did not want to save him that day, but wanted to take this opportunity to fake her death and run away with Prince Guo.

I just don't know if I can get this information out of Huanbi's mouth.

After all, she has been serving Zhen Huan since she was a child, and the two are sisters, so their relationship is almost unbreakable.

The only variable now is the useless Prince Guo.

Perhaps by using Prince Guo, who likes "Fourth Sister-in-law", he can alienate the relationship between Zhen Huan and Huanbi and make Huanbi reveal all of Zhen Huan's plans.

When the emperor hears this, he will probably be so angry that he will faint for many days like I did.

Thinking of this, Lingrong quietly withdrew her hand from the emperor.

Then he turned his back and slowly planned how to approach Huanbi next.

On the second day, the emperor did not have Lingrong woken up, and let Su Peisheng serve him as he went to court.

If Xia Dongchun hadn't come over and made a noise, Ling Rong wouldn't know how long she would have to sleep before waking up.

"You haven't gotten enough sleep in your coma for so many days. You're willing to wake up and see me when the sun is about to burn your butt."

"Yes, yes, the most diligent person in this palace is Concubine Xia." Ling Rong put on the hairpin with the help of Zhaoshui, and then turned her head to look at Xia Dongchun.

"Mrs. Xia came to my Shuimu Mingse so early in the morning. Did you find something interesting?"

Xia Dongchun nodded and raised her handkerchief to cover her face. "That Fourth Prince has gone to Bitong Academy again."

"Again?" Ling Rong was somewhat puzzled. She had not heard of any news about when the Fourth Prince had entered Bitong Academy. "How many times has the Fourth Prince been there?"

"You probably don't know this. When Concubine Hui had a miscarriage, the Fourth Prince climbed over the wall and got in.

But no one knows what the Fourth Prince and Concubine Hui talked about, and I can’t send someone to put a knife to the Fourth Prince’s neck and ask him.”

Xia Dongchun curled her lips, looking very sorry for not knowing the news, "You said Concubine Hui has fallen to this point, why is the Fourth Prince still clinging to her so tightly?"

"The Fourth Prince is not clinging to Concubine Hui, he is clinging to the Shen family.

He is a prince without a mother, and he finally met Concubine Hui, whose mother's family is powerful. How could he be willing to let her go for a while?"