An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

The ceremony of writing in bright windows finally ended. Ling Rong, who had been up all night, could not hide her fatigue, but because the emperor still had to worship his ancestors, she temporarily rested in the Yanx Palace, which was closest to the Fengxian Hall.

Since it was not the first night of the new year, it did not break the rules, so the Queen did not try to persuade the Emperor and just let him go.

After the Emperor went to Noble Lady Fucha's place, Lingrong happily went into the inner room without taking off her clothes or jewelry. She just lay down in her clothes to rest.

After an unknown amount of time, Ling Rong felt someone standing at the head of the bed. In a daze, she only saw a hand taking something from her pillow.

Although her eyes were still closed, Lingrong had already guessed who that person was. She pretended to be woken up and looked at the emperor with a confused look on her face.

The emperor was holding the ginkgo leaf hairpin in his hand and looking at Lingrong with a smile.

"Your Majesty?" Ling Rong sat up in a daze and reached out to take the hairpin in the emperor's hand. Her fingers had already touched it, but the emperor did not let go. Instead, he sat on the couch with interest and followed Ling Rong's pulling motion to bring the hairpin to his eyes.

Ling Rong touched the hairpin and said, "This is the only hairpin the emperor gave me. It is the only one. No one can take it away."

The emperor heard these somewhat "overbearing" words and wanted to tease her. He clenched his fingers and pretended to snatch it away. "What if I want to take it away?"

"No." Ling Rong used some strength to snatch the hairpin back, holding it in her arms and hiding at the end of the bed with her head tilted.

The emperor waited for a long time but didn't hear her speak. When he leaned over to take a look, Lingrong had fallen asleep with her hairpin tightly clutched.

"You girl, it's just a hairpin, but you look at it like a treasure." The emperor thought Lingrong was not awake yet and everything she did was done unconsciously. Until he left the inner room and sat in the main hall, he still thought that Lingrong liked him too much and cared so much about an ordinary hairpin.

"Su Peisheng, go to the private storehouse in a few days. I remember there is a gold filigree ginkgo hairpin for ventilation. I'll give it to you, Miss An." The emperor stroked the cup, pondered for a moment, and then spoke again, "Also ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a complete set of lotus jewelry and send it together."

Su Peisheng responded, cupped his hands, and lowered his voice, "Yesterday, the maids and eunuchs of Lady Shen's place were all taken to the Ministry of Punishment. Nanny Jingqi interrogated them all night, but found nothing."

"That maid named Caiyue was tortured four or five times, but she didn't say anything. Your Majesty, please see..."

The emperor was silent for a while after hearing this. After a round of investigation, he found neither evidence that Shen Meizhuang murdered Huang Si, nor any confession that Shen Meizhuang was framed.

The musk couldn't have appeared out of thin air in Shen Meizhuang's sachet, unless she put it in herself without telling anyone.

"Ask Xia Qian to check the Imperial Hospital and the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Musk is precious and can be used as medicine, but it is also harmful to the body. Therefore, it would be very difficult to obtain it even in the Imperial Hospital, let alone such a large amount of musk.

The emperor really couldn't believe that Shen Meizhuang could have such great abilities just after entering the palace.

"emperor?"

When the emperor heard someone calling him, he immediately turned around and saw Lingrong holding the door frame with one hand and stepping hesitantly into the main hall with one foot.

"Rong'er, you are so lazy. I have been sitting here for a long time, but you haven't come out to serve me."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me," Ling Rong bowed gracefully. The emperor immediately asked her to stand up and motioned her to come over.

Ling Rong walked over quickly and put her hand into the emperor's. She sat obediently on the stool, looking at the emperor's face again and again.

"I cook medicinal food every day. Today the emperor has to offer sacrifices to his ancestors, so a bowl of this will be just enough to fill his stomach."

Lingrong called for someone to fetch water and brought the medicinal food. Lingrong personally served a bowl of it to the emperor and placed it in front of him, then handed him the white jade spoon.

The emperor was very considerate and drank the whole bowl under Lingrong's eager gaze. Seeing that Lingrong was only concerned about him and didn't drink it, he scooped a spoonful of it and fed it to her, claiming to be considerate.

Lingrong looked at the spoon used by the emperor and was speechless for a moment. She didn't like sharing a spoon with others, even if that person was the emperor, it would be difficult for her to accept.

This is the emperor, this is the emperor. Lingrong encouraged herself secretly in her heart. She tried to ignore the fact that the spoon had been used by someone else, and pretended to be flattered and shy.

Who would have thought that the emperor seemed to be enjoying it so much that he wanted to feed her again after feeding her one spoonful. In this way, the whole small bowl of medicinal food was drunk up by Lingrong.

"Look at Rong'er's face, it's as white as a peach. This medicinal diet is good at nourishing qi and blood. It's well-deserved." The emperor teased Lingrong, and then thought of his favorite concubine Wan. "I will also copy this recipe for Concubine Wan to nourish her body."

It's Zhen Huan again... Lingrong knew that the emperor had no room for anyone other than Zhen Huan in his eyes. Even when he was resting in other concubines' palaces, he was still thinking about her Concubine Wan.

"The noble lady Wan needs to take good care of herself now. I will ask the imperial physician to copy a prescription and send it to Suiyuxuan. However..." Ling Rong looked at the emperor hesitantly, as if she was concerned. "The Suiyuxuan of the noble lady Wan is too remote. If you want to ask the imperial physician to diagnose her, it will probably take a lot of time. Besides, the noble lady has suffered from physical problems recently, so she needs the imperial physician to treat her carefully."

"What Rong'er said makes sense," the emperor thought for a moment, "let's discuss this again when Lady Wan is feeling better."

"Your Majesty should also select a few more skilled imperial physicians to treat Concubine Wan, so that she won't get hurt because of what happened yesterday." Ling Rong calmly praised Wen Shichu in front of the emperor. His medical skills were extraordinary. If he continued to stay with Zhen Huan at this time, how could the blame for Zhen Huan's loss of her child be put on Shen Meiyu.

Lingrong knows the emperor best. She can think of the other thing just by saying one thing. The emperor quickly thought of the imperial physician who took Zhen Huan's pulse. If he had superb medical skills, how could he not find the musk in Wan Wan's body? It can be seen that this person does not have the ability to stay in the Imperial Hospital.

"Go and ask who is the imperial physician who is taking care of Lady Wan, and remove him from the Imperial Hospital."

Lingrong had never expected that the emperor would dismiss Wen Shichu so decisively. This was a good thing, because if Concubine Xi had an affair in the future, maybe she could report it to the real culprit.

As they were talking, it was already the hour of the Ox, and the emperor had to get up and go to the Fengxian Hall to worship his ancestors in order to promote filial piety. As a concubine, Lingrong had to go there as well, worshipping Buddha, offering sacrifices to the Lord of Heaven, offering sacrifices to ancestors, and offering sacrifices to the temple. After a series of worship activities, Lingrong was so tired that she could not even move.

The ancestor worship was over at the hour of Mao. The emperor went back to the Hongde Hall of the Qianqing Palace to eat dumplings, and Lingrong hurried back to the Yanxi Palace to eat a few vegetarian dumplings before the ceremony was over.

Fortunately, Ling Rong did not need to be accompanied by concubines when she went to the Empress Dowager's palace to pay her respects, so she could finally collapse on the bed and rest comfortably.

After a few days of peace, Lingrong went to Jingpin to show her concern when Jingpin's confinement ended. This time, Jingpin was different from before and regained her initial enthusiasm. She even took the initiative to take her to see the turtles in the pond.

"What do you know about Lady Wan's matter, sister?"