An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Following Lingrong's instructions, Zhaoshui quickly sent a message to Xiaoxiazi. As it was getting close to evening, Xiaoxiazi took advantage of the fact that no one was around and entered Chengqian Palace.

When she met Xiao Xiazi, Ling Rong did not beat around the bush with him, but told him everything she had investigated.

Xiao Xiazi had been following Su Peisheng for a long time and had a first-rate ability in observing people's words and expressions. When he heard Ling Rong's words, he guessed that the empress wanted him to be the messenger.

"I will tell Eunuch Su about this, but there is one thing I don't understand," Xiao Xiazi cupped his hands, "Why doesn't your Majesty tell the Emperor about this directly? The Emperor dotes on your Majesty very much, and he will definitely have someone investigate it thoroughly."

As for whether she was favored by the Emperor, Ling Rong did not want to say more, "This matter mainly involves Jian Qiu who is beside the Empress, but with my ability and status, there is no way for me to check the people around the Empress.

Even if he found out something, he would not dare to tell the emperor directly.

But if you and Eunuch Su find out, the emperor will give you the right to find out the whole story as much as possible. This is the fundamental reason why Eunuch Xia was asked to come here tonight.

If Eunuch Xia feels embarrassed, just refuse directly, but please do not make this matter public, so as to avoid being framed by someone with ulterior motives."

Xiao Xiazi shook his head and said, "It is a blessing for me to serve the queen. Besides, this is an opportunity for me to show my ability, so I will not refuse it.

only……"

"I trust you, so I want to ask you for this favor." Ling Rong guessed that what Xiao Xiazi really wanted to ask was why he was asked for help, "Since entering the palace, Eunuch Xia has helped us many times.

Now that I think about it, I can only give some gold and silver as a reward, which is really a bit shameful. "

Ling Rong sighed, she looked at the purse that Zhao Shui was holding, a look of annoyance on her face, "If you were not the disciple of Eunuch Su, I would really like to ask the Emperor to transfer you to Chengqian Palace as the chief eunuch.

But you will be the chief eunuch in the future, so transferring you here will affect your future."

Almost in an instant, Xiao Xiazi understood what Concubine Sheng meant. As long as he wanted, Concubine Sheng was willing to send him to the position of master.

But once a teacher, always a father, I would not have that thought.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I have learned a lot from following my master, but I am still far behind him." Xiao Xiazi also knew that there was no absolute neutrality in the harem. Concubine Sheng's request was not difficult to handle. He only needed to tell his master what he had found out.

As for whether the master will investigate or the emperor will investigate, I cannot be sure.

"I will definitely tell Master about this matter. Your Majesty, just wait for good news in the palace."

Lingrong nodded, and Zhaoshui immediately gave the rewards to Xiao Xiazi. The latter did not refuse and left happily with the things.

In order to prove that she had a miscarriage, Ling Rong had not paid her respects to the Empress for the past few days, which made the Emperor quite worried, so he came to Chengqian Palace to visit her these days.

It was a tough situation for Xia Dongchun. She wanted to visit Lingrong, but was worried that people would say she was intending to follow the emperor.

If the emperor happened to be willing to come to her Yixingxuan, wouldn't that make An Lingrong lose face?

Helplessly, Xia Dongchun could only run to Concubine Tian every day, trying to find someone to chat with her.

However, within a few days, new fun came. The emperor found out that Jianqiu bribed Huasui, which caused Lingrong to almost have a miscarriage. He was furious and threw Jianqiu directly into the Ministry of Punishment.

It's just that Jianqiu was too stubborn and never revealed any useful information.

Xia Dongchun kept sending people to investigate, but they all came back empty-handed, leaving her with no choice but to sigh in the house all day. She was too embarrassed to look for Lingrong - she was afraid that if she was asked what Jianqiu had confessed, she would not be able to answer at all.

This won't do. It's too embarrassing.

Xia Dongchun strolled all the way to the Imperial Garden and unknowingly stopped at the gate of Chengqian Palace.

What was even more coincidental was that Zhaoshui had just gone out to get medicine for Lingrong, and ran into Xia Dongchun who was hesitating at the door.

"Lady Xia hasn't been here for a long time. Our queen misses her very much."

Zhaoshui did not ask Concubine Xia what she was here for, but directly invited her into the palace.

Xia Dongchun couldn't refuse, so he was sent to the main hall reluctantly.

Lingrong was embroidering. She looked at the patterns she was embroidering in the sunlight, thinking about how to improve her embroidery technique.

Because she was too serious, and Xia Dongchun never had the habit of greeting her, Ling Rong didn't notice her until Xia Dongchun came in and sat down for a while.

But Xia Dongchun didn't say anything. She just drank her tea silently, wanting to see when An Lingrong would discover her.

After waiting for a long time and being ignored, Xia Dongchun immediately put down the teacup and deliberately knocked it on the table so that Lingrong could hear it.

"Why, you feel bored after just sitting for a while?"

"You saw me but you still acted dumb." Xia Dongchun snorted, "Zhaoshui said you missed me, now tell me why you missed me."

"Hmm... maybe I'm wondering when you can find out about Jian Qiu."

Xia Dongchun curled her lips and said, "I would like to find out something, but even the Ministry of Punishment couldn't pry her open, so I can't get any information."

"She doesn't have any family, right?" Ling Rong finally put down the embroidery frame in her hand. "It's hard to threaten her with her family and get her to reveal some secrets."

"You know a lot. Tell me, what are you planning?"

Lingrong pondered for a while. She wanted to ask Jianqiu to "reveal" some truth about the death of Queen Chunyuan, but she had no way to place anyone in the Ministry of Punishment.

The only ones who can do this right now are Xia Dongchun and others.

Although Empress Chunyuan was very important to the emperor, Lingrong was unable to confirm whether the emperor would kill the current empress for the sake of a dead empress - the simple reason was that if someone else took the throne, it might not do a better job than Ulanara.

What's more, the Queen Mother is still alive, and she will definitely try her best to save the Queen, but if she doesn't do something, she always feels that this opportunity will be wasted.

"I want Jianqiu to say something she doesn't want to say."

"She is so stubborn that she won't even admit to murdering you, let alone those groundless rumors."

Xia Dongchun's mouth was dry as he spoke, and he scooped up the cup of tea again. "But don't think she can escape from murdering you this time. The emperor will definitely find a way to deal with her."

"Lady Xia, do you...do you have anyone in the Ministry of Punishment?"

"There are acquaintances, but he is just a handyman in the Ministry of Punishment. They can ask for some information, but they have no right to torture Jianqiu."

Lingrong nodded. She also knew that she couldn't just write down a false testimony and ask Jianqiu to sign it, but she could at least get the palace people to chat about it.

That night, the frequent loss of children in the harem was frequently mentioned by the palace people. Under the public criticism, there were even rumors that Jianqiu was involved in these things.

As the rumors grew more intense, the events that happened in the mansion back then were also brought up.

You know, the death of Queen Chunyuan was the most difficult fact for the emperor to accept, and no one dared to bring it up in such a big way before. But the focus of this topic was on Jianqiu, and for a while no one jumped out to stop these rumors.

Of course, the most important thing is that this news came from the Ministry of Punishment. Even the emperor was a little suspicious, wondering if Jianqiu had accidentally said something during the interrogation.

Because it involves Queen Chunyuan, the emperor wants to investigate further to see whether Rouze’s death was really related to Jianqiu, or the queen behind her.

But the emperor would always remember that Rouze had asked him to take good care of Yixiu. Therefore, even if he really suspected Yixiu, he never seriously sent anyone to investigate the real reason for Rouze's death.

Initially, he was unwilling to face Rouze's death. Whenever he thought of it, his heart would ache uncontrollably. Later, he was overwhelmed by the fight for the throne, and he had no energy to continue investigating.

As the Queen's position in the palace became more secure and the people and events of that year were cleared up, the Emperor had even less chance of finding out what happened.

At this moment, when such a rumor suddenly appeared, the emperor intuitively felt that someone had spread the news deliberately, but he still ordered Su Peisheng to interrogate Jianqiu again.

He went to Chengqian Palace and talked to Lingrong about the miscarriage.

"I have been taking care of my pregnancy these days, and finally I am showing some signs of improvement. This is all thanks to the Imperial Doctor Wei. I would like to ask the Emperor to reward me generously."

"This Wei Lin's medical skills are not worse than He Anming's. It is right to reward him."

Ling Rong did not praise Wei Lin too much as the emperor said, but instead mentioned Concubine Tian and He Anming, "Concubine Tian's health has recovered, fortunately Imperial Doctor He is here, otherwise Concubine Tian's life..."

"Rong'er, do you think that my punishment for Concubine Chun is too light?"

Lingrong shook her head. The emperor always liked to test her with words. He was asking about Concubine Chun, but actually he was asking about herself this time.

"I think the Emperor hasn't found out why Concubine Tian went under the flower stand yet."

The Emperor was not displeased by Ling Rong's irrelevant answer to the noodle shop's question. "Princess Tian only said that she walked in because she saw the beautiful flower stand."

"But both Your Majesty and I know that Concubine Tian has hay fever, so it's impossible for her to go under the flower stand."

Lingrong actually knew very well that Concubine Tian went under the flower stand in order to turn the tables on the Queen, but she had no plan at all and could only suffer in vain.

But now, Lingrong has to find a way to make amends for her and make the emperor suspect that someone is threatening her.

Besides the Queen, the only person who could threaten the Fucha clan in the palace was the Queen Mother. As for why they wanted to threaten Concubine Tian, ​​this was not something Lingrong needed to help find out.

"But why should she go? Is there any reason why she has to go?"

"I don't know either," Ling Rong shook her head. She held onto the emperor's arm and put her cheek against his. "If it were me, there would only be two reasons. One is because You Ning was there and I was worried. The other reason is that with the emperor here, I forgot about the danger."

Neither of these two reasons fit the situation that day, but the emperor was obviously pleased. He touched Lingrong's face and spoke after a while, "Tianpin is different from you. Her reason is not this."

"But in any case, Concubine Tian has recovered, and she didn't make a fuss and ask the emperor to severely punish Concubine Chun. I guess she was really scared."

"Hmm." The emperor responded casually, then changed the subject and brought up the recent rumors in the palace.

One is that Jianqiu is related to the death of Empress Chunyuan, and the other is that Wen Shichu's death is related to Concubine Hui.

Because she knew about Empress Chunyuan, Lingrong was more interested in the latter matter. "Doctor Wen? How could his death be related to Concubine Hui? Your Majesty, do you know who spread this rumor?"

"Of course it's the news from the Imperial Hospital. But the rumors have become more and more outrageous in the past few days. Didn't Rong'er hear about it?"

"I have never heard of them. I have been unwell these days and have been detained in the palace by Aunt Fangjing. I cannot bear to hear these rumors." These days, Lingrong was busy plotting against the queen and had not paid attention to what happened in the Imperial Hospital.

But Lingrong knew secretly that the real month of Shen Meizhuang's child was diagnosed by He Anming.

He was the only person the emperor knew who knew the truth about Wen Shichu's death. Therefore, when the rumor came out, the emperor immediately suspected that He Anming had leaked the news.

Even if it wasn't him, it was definitely related to him.

Royal secrets should not be kept by anyone who knows them. Only when all those who know them are dead will the secrets disappear from this world.

The emperor had long been ready to kill, but He Anming's medical skills made him hesitate. After all, pregnant concubines in the palace had been in trouble one after another, so a highly skilled imperial physician really needed to be kept in reserve.

But now, Wei Lin has grown up, and the emperor is not going to hesitate any longer.

"It's better if you don't know about these terrible things. Otherwise, I will come to see you and hear the same words."

"Besides talking to Your Majesty about Youning, I also want to talk about this little one in my belly." Lingrong took the emperor's hand and placed it on her belly, letting him feel the slight rise and fall of her belly and the burning heat of her body.

"But I think the rumor coming out of the Imperial Hospital is very strange." Ling Rong said softly, "It is well known that Imperial Doctor Wen offended the Emperor and was ordered to be executed.

After such a long time, such rumors suddenly spread, which made people suspect that someone was targeting a certain physician in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

In addition, they intentionally dragged Concubine Hui into this, and I'm afraid they were trying to confuse the emperor and ruin Concubine Hui's reputation."

When the emperor heard Lingrong mention Concubine Hui's reputation, his body visibly stiffened. He thought of the fact that Shen Meiyu and Wen Shichu had an illegitimate child, and he felt the nausea in his heart surge up again.

Concubine Hui was still alive in name, but in fact she had long since died of an epidemic. People in the palace had long been forbidden to mention her, but she was brought up again in this troubled time.

Could it be that Yunli, who refuses to give up, is the one stirring up trouble in the palace?