An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

It was not until the fifth day that news came from the Emperor, asking Concubine Jing and Ling Rong to continue to assist in managing the six palaces, saying that the Empress had a headache again.

I heard that this time the case was very serious and the Queen could hardly get out of bed.

In order to show respect, Lingrong and Concubine Jing still went to Jingren Palace, under the pretext of attending to the queen's illness, but in fact they wanted to see if the queen really had a headache.

However, just as he entered the gate of Jingren Palace, he was stopped by Xiuxia who came to greet him.

While she was saying that the Emperor had ordered the Empress to rest and not to be disturbed by other concubines, she was pretending to ask Lingrong and the other two to leave.

Ling Rong had sharp eyes and noticed the scratches on Xiu Xia's hand. She calmly motioned for Concubine Jing to look over, and then slowly asked, "Xiu Xia, is your hand injured? If it is injured, take good care of it so that you can better take care of the Queen.

If you were to fall down due to your injuries, the Emperor and us would be even more worried about the Empress."

Xiuxia subconsciously wanted to cover her hand, but Concubine Jing supported her and pulled her over, exposing the wound completely.

"Sister, you are making a big fuss. It's just an ordinary scratch. I'm afraid it was left by Xiuxia playing with her little sisters."

Lingrong took Xiuxia's other hand and pretended to take a closer look, "I was really too worried and even misjudged the scratch.

However, there are some small wounds around the scratches. I'm afraid that you may have touched someone's neck, which frightened them and caused them to scratch you."

Hearing the word "neck", Concubine Jing looked at Xiuxia thoughtfully. Her fingers gently touched the wound, causing Xiuxia to subconsciously retract her hand.

"It's okay to play around, but don't randomly pinch someone's neck. It can easily cause trouble."

Concubine Jing tried to comfort her a little, but Xiuxia shook her head and looked at the two of them hesitantly.

"Why, do you have something to say?"

Ling Rong saw Xiu Xia's hesitation and took the initiative to ask, "Don't worry, Concubine Jing and I are not strict people, just speak up if you have anything to say."

"This wound is not from a fight between me and others, but someone attacked me and deliberately left scratches on my hand."

In order to avoid misunderstandings between Concubine Jing and Lingrong, Xiu Xia did not care whether these two people were her masters or not. "I don't know what these people are up to, but I always feel privately that they want to frame me for something."

Concubine Jing looked at the closed door of Jingren Palace, then at the scars on Xiuxia's hands. After a while, she smiled and comforted, "If someone really framed you, then tell her what happened to you loudly, and the Queen will definitely find out for you."

As she spoke, she smiled and touched Xiu Xia's hand, "Okay, you go back and serve the Queen first. Later, Concubine Sheng and I will send the account books to Jingren Palace regularly. Tell the Queen to rest assured and recuperate, and don't worry about these trivial matters."

"My slave understands."

Concubine Jing and Lingrong left Jingren Palace together. On the way, Concubine Jing was thinking about something, which made Lingrong quite curious.

When passing by Chengqian Palace, she invited Concubine Jing to come in and sit down, and said that she had not seen Youning for a long time and Youning missed her Concubine Jing.

Concubine Jing loved children the most, so she naturally did not reject Lingrong's suggestion. She actually went to Chengqian Palace to play with Youning for half an hour. Only when Youning was a little tired did she relax and talk with Lingrong.

"Sister, the injury on Xiuxia's hand looks unusual to me."

Ling Rong frowned and pretended to think. She actually knew the hidden story behind this a long time ago, but now that it was Concubine Jing who "discovered" it in advance, she might as well pretend to know nothing.

"What do you mean, sister?"

"I think she might have something to do with Concubine Hua falling into the water."

Ling Rong showed a look of great surprise at the right moment. She raised her handkerchief to cover her lips and said, "In this case, doesn't it mean that the Queen is the real murderer behind the murder of Concubine Hua?"

Concubine Jing nodded, her hand holding the teacup trembling a little. After all, in her impression, the Queen was indeed constantly harming people and murdering the royal heirs, but it could be said that it was because the Queen felt that her position and the Emperor's favor were threatened that she went crazy and did it on purpose.

But as for Concubine Hua, the entire Nian family was ruined, and she herself was insane, with a brain not even as good as that of a three-year-old child. Why would the Queen want to kill such a person who was almost "defenseless"?

"Whose way has Concubine Hua blocked? She is already so miserable, yet they still won't let her go."

"Maybe..." Ling Rong hesitated and said a guess, "Maybe it's a grudge from the past. Sister, you also know how excessive Hua Fei's past actions were."

"No matter how excessive it is, you shouldn't do anything that would hurt someone's life." Concubine Jing still had a sense of justice in her heart. She had almost never actively harmed anyone, so she couldn't get over this hurdle in her heart no matter what.

Seeing that Lingrong seemed to think that this kind of killing was right, she tensed her face with vigilance and tried to pretend that nothing had happened, "Sister, do you think that for your own selfish desires, any revenge is not excessive?"

Ling Rong immediately shook her head. Even if she agreed with this view in her heart, she would not show it in front of Concubine Jing, "Sister, Concubine Hua has already atoned for her mistakes. If it were me, I would definitely not kill her.

But I don't want her to get better. It's good for both her and me to be like this. Sister, you can understand, right?"

Concubine Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief. She nodded, indicating that she understood Lingrong's thoughts, "Sister, do you remember that Songzhi was strangled to death and then hung on the beam?

The marks on her neck were very deep. Anyone whose neck is strangled will subconsciously scratch and try to break free, so marks will often be left on the hands of the abuser.

Xiuxia happened to have this mark on her hand, and she even tried to cover it up by saying that someone had put a hood over her head and left the mark on purpose.

Now the Queen is once again ignoring the affairs of the six palaces because of a headache. I think it might be because the plot to murder Concubine Hua has been exposed."

"Sister, what you said makes sense," Lingrong almost applauded Concubine Jing in her heart. She didn't expect that she didn't believe Xiuxia's words at all, and made up a complete story based on her little suspicion. "But looking at Xiuxia's appearance, I'm afraid the emperor hasn't found this evidence. Could it be that the emperor has found other clues?"

"It's very likely," Concubine Jing fell into deep thought. She was a little hesitant at this moment, wondering whether to tell the emperor about this matter. "But Xiuxia has already thought of an excuse, so I'm afraid this evidence won't be the most powerful evidence."

"This is strange, sister, think about it carefully. If someone deliberately framed her, why didn't Xiu Xia speak out early and ask the Queen to use this as an excuse to find out the real culprit behind the scenes?

But she just kept it secret. If you and I hadn't discovered it, I'm afraid the wound on Xiuxia's hand would have healed in two days.

The wound is not deep, and even if there is a scab, it is only shallow. It can be removed by soaking it in water for a while, and no one will notice it.

If you had nothing to hide, you wouldn't have to be so hesitant and stammering at the beginning, as if you knew that this injury would cause a big uproar."

"Sister, what you mean is that this scar is really important evidence, but didn't the emperor's people find it?" Imperial Concubine Jing's brain turned quickly, and she soon understood the meaning behind Ling Rong's long string of words, "The people in the Sticking Rod Office are not so useless."

Lingrong sighed again that it was so useless. She didn't know whether Xia Qian had entered through the back door or not, and she couldn't find any crucial evidence.

But fortunately he couldn't find out, otherwise the emperor would have died of anger over these dirty things in the harem.

"I don't know either, but since the emperor hasn't investigated Xiu Xia thoroughly, I'll just assume I know nothing.

If you tell the emperor, I'm afraid it will only bring you into trouble, and the queen will turn against you."

Concubine Jing frowned, and after a long while she nodded in agreement, but she still seemed uneasy in her heart, and only sat in Chengqian Palace for a while before leaving.

Zhaoshui was very puzzled. Lingrong clearly wanted Concubine Jing to be the first to take action, but she still tried to stop her with words, not letting Concubine Jing tell the Emperor about this.

"Because when Concubine Jing thinks about it carefully, she will still tell the emperor about this matter." Ling Rong stayed where she was, taking a sip of hot tea comfortably. "First, it is for the justice in her heart, and second, it is for the Sixth Prince. After all, as long as the Queen is still around, she will take action against them at any time.

Li Changzai is a lesson for her, she will not be unprepared."

As Lingrong expected, Concubine Jing went back and thought about it for a long time, and finally told the emperor about it.

That night, Xiuxia was taken away by the emperor's men, and no one knew where she was taken.

At the same time, the servants and maids of the entire Jingren Palace were taken away for questioning one after another, but they were released again after a short while. Obviously, they had no idea about Concubine Hua's fall into the water and Chun Yuan's death.

However, Huichun and Xiuxia, who had followed the Queen for a long time, had been detained. After all, these two people had been following the Queen since she was in the mansion, and they knew best what the Queen did. It was unknown how much the Emperor had dug out from these two people.

Ling Rong naturally knew that the murder of Concubine Hua would not be so easily pinned on the Queen, but as long as the matter of Queen Chunyuan could be thoroughly investigated, the Queen's position would not be so secure.

The worst outcome is to end up with nothing.

"The emperor's people have already found out that the wound on Xiuxia's hand was not caused by the murder of Songzhi."

During the meeting in Xianfu Palace, Concubine Jing told everyone the current situation. There was a hint of subtle disappointment and a hint of regret on her face.

But she didn't know that because she told the emperor about Xiuxia, it was not so easy for the emperor to take away everyone in Jingren Palace for questioning - after all, if he used the excuse of investigating Queen Chunyuan's affairs, it would only provoke the Empress Dowager to jump out and stop it.

After all, the Queen's conspiracy to murder Concubine Hua was false, but the conspiracy to murder Queen Chunyuan was true.

"Then where did this injury come from? Has the emperor found out?"

Imperial Concubine Jing shook her head and looked at Ling Rong. "Because it was a dark and windy night, and Xiu Xia went out alone, no one knew who did it."

Seeing that the conspiracy would not be linked to Concubine Tian for the time being, Ling Rong felt relieved. Concubine Tian, ​​who was sitting nearby, let out a long sigh in an exaggerated manner, causing everyone to look at her.

"Look, what are you looking at me for?"

"Because you look like someone who did something bad and was almost caught, and then found out that you escaped after being worried for a long time." Concubine Chun didn't give Concubine Tian face. She tilted her head and showed a very cute and innocent expression. "I thought Sister Tian was guilty!"

"You can make such jokes. I just felt a little suffocated, so I let out a sigh of relief." Concubine Tian was not good at disguising her feelings, but her dislike for Concubine Chun was a good way to hide her emotions. "Could it be that you were deliberately plotting to murder Concubine Hua, and you want to throw dirty water on me?"

"Don't be anxious, Sister Tian. Chun'er was just joking." Concubine Chun looked around and finally locked her eyes on Cao Qinmo. "Sister Cao used to be so close to Concubine Hua, but she didn't react as strongly as you do."

After a disagreement, Concubine Chun pulled another person into the vortex.

Fortunately, Cao Qinmo was a calm person. Perhaps because she had never taken action, she looked nonchalant. "When Concubine Hua was alive, she did help Wen Yi and me a lot. A few days ago, I suddenly learned that she had passed away. Wen Yi cried sadly for an entire afternoon.

Now Wen Yi and I are much more stable emotionally, otherwise I'm afraid you sisters would have to spend more time to comfort me and Wen Yi."

"I've never seen you get along so well with Concubine Hua before," Concubine Xin was always outspoken. She didn't know when she became close to Concubine Hai and Concubine Gao. The three of them smiled at each other, "Because of Concubine Hua, you have been separated from Wen Yi and her daughter for a long time. Even if you are not sad at all and even applaud, it is not too much."

"Yes, Gao Ying and I entered the palace later, and we have heard about this. Sister Caopin has a good heart, and she only remembers the little good things that Concubine Hua did."

Hai Changzai covered her lips with a handkerchief, her eyes full of mockery, "If you were to ask who hates Concubine Hua the most in the palace, it would probably be Concubine Cao."

Seeing that these people wanted to throw dirty water on her in public, Cao Qinmo did not just listen like before, but responded to Hai Changzai with a stern expression, "If my sister thinks that I have something to do with Concubine Hua's drowning, why not take the evidence to the emperor and sue me.

But if you have no evidence and are just making unfounded sarcastic remarks, don't blame me for being cruel and asking Concubine Jing and Concubine Sheng to tell you to shut up."

Hai Changzai curled her lips. She was indeed afraid of being fined or confined, but she was unwilling to lose at this time. "Sister Caopin is so arrogant. I just said a few words to defend you.

If people are punished for doing this, then who in the palace will dare to speak up for justice in the future?"