An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

The journey of Ling Rong back to Chengqian Palace was very quiet. Xiao Chizi did not dare to ask too many questions and could only hold an umbrella to shield his master from the snow.

When they arrived at the Imperial Garden, Ling Rong stood under the tree for a long time until Xiao Chizi began to persuade her to return to the palace as soon as possible, and then she showed some reaction.

"My lady, it is the Queen Mother who is making things difficult for you, and that makes you feel so bad."

"Yes." Lingrong responded. She felt upset when she thought that the Queen Mother wanted to separate her and Youning.

However, she struggled for a long time in Shoukang Palace and tried all kinds of reasons, but the Queen Mother still refused to give in and insisted that Youning go over to accompany her.

What can a child who knows nothing do to accompany the Queen Mother? It is because he can't get evidence of his murder, so he thought of this way to beat him.

But everything has its limits. Lingrong now has no respect for the Queen Mother. She only thinks that she is a vicious person who forced mother and daughter to be separated.

"My lady," Xiao Chizi raised the umbrella slightly to let the snowflakes fall down, "The Empress Dowager is the Emperor's biological mother, and her power in the harem is greater than that of the Empress.

The only one who can compete with the Empress Dowager is the Emperor.

If you are really sad, you might as well ask the emperor for help. The emperor will definitely speak for you."

"…The Emperor is busy meeting Concubine Xu, so he has no time to come see me. It is better to ask for help from yourself than to ask for help from others."

Ling Rong sighed and said no more to Xiao Chizi. The two of them braved the wind and snow and returned to Chengqian Palace in silence.

Ling Rong thought that Xia Dongchun, who came to play with Youning, had left, but she didn't expect that she actually fell asleep leaning against the table while holding Youning.

Because she was the master, no one dared to disturb her rest. Zhaoshui only dared to take a blanket and cover the princess and Concubine Xia to prevent them from catching a cold.

Fortunately, the charcoal fire in the house was burning brightly, so I didn’t feel cold because I didn’t have a blanket.

"My lady, Concubine Xia just fell asleep. Do you want to wake her up?"

Ling Rong shook her head and raised her hand to make a hushing gesture, "Just bring my embroidery basket over here. Concubine Xia won't be able to sleep for long in this position, so let her be."

Zhaoshui responded and went quietly to the main hall to get something, but when he came back, he obviously knew something, and his brows were furrowed.

But Lingrong didn't say anything, and she didn't dare to ask. She just silently helped Lingrong sort out the thread and embroidered a winter coat bit by bit.

Not long after, Xia Dongchun woke up. Her sleeping position was wrong and she cried out in pain when she moved a little.

Lingrong was afraid that she might accidentally drop Youning, so she took the initiative to go over and hold the child back in her arms.

"You're back. The Queen Mother is in such a hurry. What did she ask you to do?"

"Nothing." Ling Rong gently touched You Ning's face, her tone was not too fluctuating, "The Queen Mother asked me to take You Ning to Shou Kang Palace to live for a few days."

"what?!"

Xia Dongchun's voice was so loud in shock that it rose several notches, but considering You Ning was still asleep, she immediately lowered her voice, "I remember that the Queen Mother never cared much about the affairs of the harem. Even when the Fifth Prince came back, the Queen Mother had no intention of keeping him by her side to take care of him. How come today..."

Ling Rong did not tell Xia Dongchun that she helped Ye Lanyi, and she did not tell the truth at this time, "The Queen Mother suspected that I had someone poison her, causing her to be bedridden for a long time before she recovered."

"You?" Xia Dongchun was even more surprised at this time. She frowned and wanted to say several times that how could a county magistrate's daughter have such ability.

But considering that Lingrong was petty and vindictive, he swallowed the words after they had rolled around in his mouth.

"You have no reason to murder the Queen Mother at all? And that is a capital crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan. Do you think everyone is Wen Shichu and Shen Meizhuang?"

Xia Dongchun shook her head. She didn't believe the reasons given by the Queen Mother, so she tried hard to think about the real reason behind it.

"But you didn't want to be promoted to a concubine recently. I really can't figure out why the Queen Mother is targeting you.

You can't really like Youning, right?"

"If she really just liked Youning, why would she call me to Shoukang Palace, and deliberately ask me to stand at the door on this snowy day and wait for her to finish worshiping Buddha?

This is obviously a warning. Taking Youning away is also a warning to me."

Ling Rong was determined to conceal the truth, so she pretended to analyze it with Xia Dongchun, "I'm afraid that the Queen Mother really thinks that I have the ability to poison her."

"That's too outrageous! As far as I know, the Queen Mother's health was not good, so she arranged for the imperial physician to check her pulse every day, and most of the eating utensils she used were silver.

Under such circumstances, poisoning the Queen Mother is harder than ascending to heaven."

Xia Dongchun snorted, "If it were me... As for you, it's absolutely impossible."

"I didn't expect that Consort Xia would trust me so much," Ling Rong half sighed and half pretended. She raised her hand to wipe away the non-existent tears. "In this deep palace, there is someone like Consort Xia who is willing to help me and trust me. This is definitely a blessing that Ling Rong has cultivated for ten lifetimes."

Xia Dongchun was so irritated by Ling Rong's hypocritical tone that the hairs on his body stood up. He rubbed his wrists and almost couldn't help but give Ling Rong a glare.

"Let's not talk about the Queen Mother's plan, Youning, do you really want to send it over?"

Ling Rong nodded, and she hugged You Ning tighter in her arms, "The Queen Mother has ordered, and we cannot refuse.

But if I send him away alone like this, I don’t know when Youning will be able to come back to me.

So, I want to ask the emperor to help me send Youning to Shoukang Palace."

"What if you use the excuse that Youning is sick? It's better to delay it for a while, but what if the Queen Mother forgets about it?"

"Your method is not as good as mine."

On the way back, Lingrong thought of many ways, and even prepared to give Qiansi to the Queen Mother again and send her to see the King of Hell.

But not long after he had met the Queen Mother, she fell seriously ill again. He didn't know how the Queen would take advantage of the situation.

My own position was not high enough to begin with. If it were to be lowered further, how would I be qualified to raise Youning?

So he could only endure it for the time being and look for a more suitable opportunity to attack the Queen Mother. Only by killing her with one blow could he avoid endless troubles.

Lingrong was not the emperor or the queen, and she had no affection for the queen mother. To Lingrong, this old woman was just the executioner who took away her daughter.

“There really is no other solution, so let’s ask the Emperor for help.

After all, Youning is still very much loved by the Emperor, and he may not want to see you and your daughter separated."

Although Lingrong also had such expectations, she had no confidence in the emperor. She just thought that the emperor would be very happy and use Youning to bring him closer to the empress dowager.

As expected, when the emperor heard that the empress dowager wanted to take Youning to stay with her for a few days, he was very happy.

Without even Lingrong asking, he said he would personally send Youning over.

He also asked Fanglin and Fanghua to follow him, and told them to work diligently in the Empress Dowager's Palace and take good care of Youning.

Lingrong looked at the emperor who was preparing enthusiastically, and could only force a smile and followed behind the emperor in silence.

Not until everyone had left the main hall did the emperor start to pay attention to Ling Rong.

"Is Rong'er unhappy?"

Lingrong didn't need to look up at the emperor's expression to know that he was testing her to see if she would harbor hatred towards the Empress Dowager because of this.

So she just shook her head and whispered no.

"But I see that you are not in a good mood, and you haven't prepared anything for Youning.

You girls are supposed to be careful and attentive, but you weren't as thorough as I thought just now."

Ling Rong then raised her head and sighed softly, "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm unhappy, but I feel empty inside when I think about You Ning leaving.

You also know how many dangers I encountered when I was pregnant with Youning, and I was always worried that she would be cold or hot, or get bumped.

Youning is so young and has never left me. I am worried and naturally won’t be as happy as usual.”

"I know you are really worried about Youning's health.

However, the imperial physician would take the Empress Dowager's pulse every day. If she was worried, she would ask the physician to take Youning's pulse as well.

Fanglin and Fanghua are both in Shoukang Palace. If you want to know about Youning's situation, just send someone to ask at any time."

Ling Rong hummed, raised the corners of her mouth and forced a smile.

Perhaps he felt that this smile was not pretty, the emperor sighed, and actually took the initiative to walk over and hold Lingrong's hand.

"I actually understand everything, and I know you are reluctant to do so.

But the Empress Dowager is getting older, and it's rare for her to have the thought of enjoying her grandchildren, so how can I refuse her?"

The emperor opened his mouth with words of comfort to Lingrong, but those words did not sound pleasant to Lingrong's ears.

"Your Majesty is right, but you forgot the most crucial part of enjoying the happiness of having grandchildren."

The emperor didn't expect that he had forgotten something. He looked at Ling Rong with some confusion and curiosity, "Rong'er, tell me, what is it?"

Ling Rong sighed solemnly, she stood up and went to the side hall with the emperor to look for You Ning, "It is your Majesty who is accompanying the Empress Dowager."

"I?"

Seeing that the emperor was a little confused, Ling Rong nodded vigorously, "The Empress Dowager likes Youning because the emperor also likes Youning.

But the emperor has already reached adulthood and is the ruler of a country. Even if the empress dowager wants to get close to him, she has to consider the emperor's dignity as the Son of Heaven.

I think that the Queen Mother carried Youning over because she wanted the Emperor to see her more often. "

The emperor did not say anything when he heard this, and Lingrong did not intend to wait there foolishly. Instead, she took two quick steps to the side hall and brought Youning over.

Fanglin, Fanghua and a few others followed behind him and took a lot of Youning's things.

After all, they have been serving Youning personally since she was born. Now that the princess is sent to the Queen Mother's palace, they want to take all the things that the princess often uses with her.

Ever since Lingrong spoke, the emperor had been silent, and now he became the one following Lingrong.

Zhaoshui once quietly reminded Lingrong whether she should talk more to the emperor to get closer to him and gain more favor.

But Lingrong refused Zhaoshui. She hugged Youning tightly and just hoped that the road to Shoukang Palace would be longer.

However, no matter how long the road is, it has an end. In a blink of an eye, Lingrong and the emperor stood at the gate of Shoukang Palace, looking at the plaque in silence.

Several servants followed behind them at a distance, leaving enough space for the two masters.

"Rong'er is right, the Empress Dowager is indeed rarely close to me.

I used to think that the Empress Dowager loved the Fourteenth Prince more.

Now that I think about it, even if the Fourteenth Prince was in the palace, the Empress Dowager would not be able to spend every day with him.

After all, state affairs are more important than family affairs, and the well-being of the people is more important than the happiness of one family."

The emperor said these words with a sigh. He reached out and took Youning from Lingrong's arms. He did not forget to hold Lingrong's hand and went into Shoukang Palace to meet the Queen Mother.

"I will come to Youning often, and Rong'er will accompany me, okay?"

It was not until the emperor said this that Lingrong finally smiled, but she suppressed her emotions and nodded slowly.

“If the Emperor were to accompany her, the Empress Dowager would feel more at ease.

After all, Youning was too young to talk to the Queen Mother, and crying would disturb her.

If it delays the Queen Mother's cultivation, it will be my fault."

"Don't worry too much. If you really disturb the Queen Mother, I will immediately send someone to send Youning back, which will also ease your longing for your daughter."

In fact, the emperor understood everything, but he didn't care about anything else in order to make the empress dowager happy.

After arriving at the main hall, the Queen Mother did not allow Lingrong to enter, but only asked Feiyun to stay with her in the hall and refill the tea over and over again.

Lingrong originally wanted to ask Feiyun for some information, but the little palace maid was obviously afraid of being punished.

Lingrong just called her name, and Feiyun shook her head vigorously, repeatedly saying that she knew nothing.

Helplessly, Lingrong had to let Feiyun go and continued to sit in the hall drinking tea.

Almost half an hour later, the emperor returned to the main hall and instructed Zhuxi to make arrangements for Fanglin, Fanghua and others.

Lingrong sat there listening until the emperor called her, then she asked You Ningke if he was still close to the empress dowager.

"Perhaps because of their blood connection, Youning doesn't feel the slightest bit of a stranger to the Empress Dowager. The two of them get along very well. Rong'er can rest assured."

"I understand." Ling Rong looked at Shoukang Palace reluctantly for several times, and her mood did not improve until she returned to Chengqian Palace.

Worried that Lingrong would be sad, the emperor stayed that night.

Lingrong also took the opportunity to continue to persuade the emperor with the love between mother and son, asking him to go to Shoukang Palace more often to accompany the empress dowager and Youning.

The two chatted until three o'clock in the morning before falling asleep. However, not long after falling asleep, Lingrong was woken up by Zhaoshui - it turned out that Fanglin ran back from Shoukang Palace and said that Youning had been crying since nightfall and still refused to fall asleep.

"The Queen Mother felt sorry for Princess Youning, so she thought... to ask all the wet nurses to go to Shoukang Palace."

Lingrong was so anxious that she wanted to go to Shoukang Palace immediately, but was stopped by Fanglin.

"My lady, my lady, please don't go to Shoukang Palace." Fang Lin tried to stop Ling Rong, "The Queen Mother only asked me to ask for the wet nurse. If you go, I'm afraid the Queen Mother will be angry."

Lingrong clenched her fists in anger. She wanted to smash them on the table and angrily denounce the Queen Mother as a tyrannical and vicious woman.

It was a pity that the emperor was still asleep, so she could only suppress her anger and ask Zhaoshui to send all the wet nurses over.