An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

The Emperor already had a lot of resentment towards the Empress Dowager, and now because the Queen had once again caused a quarrel, his face suddenly turned dark and his tone became much heavier.

But the empress dowager is the empress dowager after all, and even if the person in front of her is the emperor, he has to call her the imperial mother.

"Rouzhe has been dead for many years. You still remember her death, but you have completely forgotten her last words.

As for the Sixth and Seventh Princes, they are heirs of the royal family after all. Since they have been born safely, the Imperial Hospital will always find a way to protect them.

There are so many famous doctors in the world. As the emperor, it would not be difficult for you to find one who can treat them.

Those concubines had their own plans, but the emperor did not pursue them. Instead, he held the empress responsible for taking care of their bodies.

As for the so-called matter of seizing my fortune, it was originally false. Someone saw that I was ill and deliberately spread rumors. The emperor did not find out the mastermind behind it and punish it, but instead put the blame directly on the queen.

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about how sad Yixiu must be when she is slandered like this?"

In the words of the Empress Dowager, all of this became the Emperor's fault, and the fault of other concubines, but definitely not the Queen Yixiu's fault.

But Yixiu plotted to murder Rouze and used a prescription to cause Concubine Jing and Concubine Chun to give birth to a child who would die early. Every single thing was true.

Even the birds that pecked people at the birthday banquet were designed by the Queen.

"Empress Dowager, you personally investigated the incident at the birthday banquet. What have you found out now?"

"this......"

The Queen Mother did investigate the incident of birds pecking people crazily at the birthday banquet, but the person behind the incident was hiding too well, and no useful clues were found by checking the medicine on the dress or questioning all the palace servants who served that day.

“The Empress Dowager said that the perfume on the dress would drive the birds crazy, but Concubine Jing, Concubine Sheng, and Zhuxi were all attacked by birds.

It was clear that the problem was not just with the ointment, but with the flock of birds. The son sent someone to check the Jingren Palace, and found that a few days before the birthday banquet, there were often flocks of birds flying over the Jingren Palace.

There is no need to explain this, it is indeed the Queen who trained birds in the palace. Then, at the birthday banquet, something happened that injured people. Empress Dowager, do you really think that a little bit of ointment can make birds crazy? "

The Queen Mother naturally believed it, but she could not find any evidence, and her rebuttal was feeble and powerless.

"Yixiu has no reason to harm me. Even if the emperor doesn't marry her, she will still call me aunt."

"Yi Xiu really has no reason to harm the Empress Dowager, because as long as the Empress Dowager is around, no matter what evil things she does, the Empress Dowager will protect Yi Xiu for the sake of the Ulanara family.

Ke Rouze also calls you aunt, have you ever really considered her?"

Having said that, the Queen Mother did not continue to play dumb with the Emperor. "Rou Ze has been dead for many years and is of no help to the Emperor. However, Yi Xiu has always been by your side. She can also help you manage the six palaces and discipline the concubines in the future.

Your Majesty, if you depose Yixiu, who will you make queen? There are not many Manchu concubines in the palace, and Concubine Tian's family background is too high. Does Your Majesty want to promote a concubine and make her queen? "

The emperor's throne was not easy to come by, and he was always worried that officials would become too powerful and seize his throne.

Therefore, he did not want concubines of the Manchu military banner to be too favored in the harem, and most of the concubines he selected were from the Han military banner.

However, in the previous selection, Zhen and Shen, who were from the Han Army Banner, were favored but not content. They had affairs with other men one after another and were sentenced to death and sent out of the palace by the emperor, respectively, causing a rapid decrease in the number of women from the Han Army Banner in the palace.

Now, among the women selected in the new round of the selection, only one, Concubine Qi from the Manchu military flag, is favored. Concubine Qi is from the famous Manchu family Guaerjia. Naturally, the emperor would not be willing to send her to the position of queen.

"Although Concubine Jing is an old lady in the palace, the emperor does not like her. Although the emperor likes Concubine Sheng, her family background is too low, and she cannot be worthy of the position of queen even if she is promoted.

Concubine Tian and Noble Lady Qi are favored and have good family backgrounds, but these two families are extremely powerful. If the queen sits on the throne, she may have inappropriate thoughts, making the harem even more chaotic.

Unless the Emperor orders them to not get pregnant again, if the Empress is childless, the court will surely face new troubles."

The Queen Mother's words hit the heart of the Emperor. If he really deposed the Queen, he would only face greater risks. Although he avenged Rouze, it would cause the former court and the harem to fall into chaos. It was really... not worth the loss.

"But my son cannot ignore what Yixiu did. Empress Dowager... I can keep the position of Empress Yixiu, but she can only live in Jingren Palace for the rest of her life and cannot go out.

In this case, is the Empress willing to agree?"

The Queen Mother was naturally unwilling to do so. Just as she was about to open her mouth to refute, she was interrupted by the Emperor, "My Queen Mother, my son has already made a great concession.

There is no way back now, Empress Dowager, please do not plead for Yixiu anymore."

"I have only one more thing to say..." The Queen Mother stopped the Emperor who was about to leave, "Leave the Third Prince to Yixiu. Tell the public that Yixiu's migraine has recurred and she needs to rest for a long time."

The emperor nodded and agreed without thinking. Ever since he knew that the Third Prince was obsessed with women and pursued his stepmother Ying, in the emperor's heart, he was no longer worthy of the throne.

In the future, at most I will be a leisurely prince, and it doesn’t matter whose name I am registered under.

"My Queen Mother, why are you willing to go to such great lengths to scheme for Yixiu?"

The emperor did not expect the empress dowager to answer him. What he wanted to ask was why she was unwilling to find a son for him, but when the words came to his lips, he slowly swallowed them back.

Just as the Empress Dowager expected, although Jingren Palace became the Queen's cold palace, the Third Prince was still raised by her and was not returned to Li Changzai for upbringing.

The emperor announced to the public that the queen was seriously ill and was paralyzed on the bed, unable to get up. The imperial doctors in the palace had no way to treat her, so they could only visit famous doctors among the people in the hope of finding a way to save her.

It was just that the famous doctors sent by the ministers were sent to check the pulses of the Sixth and Seventh Princes, and they did not see the Empress. But even after seeing countless famous doctors, no one could cure the two princes' stubborn illness, but that is another story.

After the Queen was completely confined to Jingren Palace, the Emperor removed all the people who served the Queen. The Queen gave the Emperor the jade bracelets on her hands and asked for a meeting, but was rejected by the Emperor. The two jade bracelets were then thrown into the warehouse at random.

The so-called wish to be like this, to see each other day and night, is just an empty talk. It's a pity that even at this time, the queen still doesn't understand.

"The Emperor has completely confined the old woman, the Empress, but he is unwilling to completely abolish her. Aren't all our efforts in vain?"

"As long as the Queen Mother is alive, the Emperor cannot depose the Queen. You have known this for a long time." Ling Rong held the embroidered rabbit up to the light before handing it to Zhao Shui to fill with cotton. "Now you are also a concubine and have the power to assist in managing the six palaces. Our Concubine Tian is actually still not satisfied."

"I don't care about a mere concubine position. Isn't our goal to let me sit on the throne of the queen?"

"Now the Emperor has deposed the Empress without any intention of abolishing her, and she has no power at all, except for the empty title of Empress.

After the Queen Mother dies a hundred years later, the Queen will naturally die of grief. You have nothing to worry about."

"I'm not worried, I'm anxious. The Queen Mother has been bedridden for some time, and it's really strange that she's still alive."

"Didn't Imperial Doctor He explain this to you?" Ling Rong asked calmly, but all she saw was a slightly puzzled look from Concubine Tian. "What did he explain to me? Could it be that you did something behind my back?"

Seeing Concubine Tian's appearance, it seemed that she really knew nothing. Ling Rong felt a little confused, but it was a good thing that no more people knew what she had done. "Of course, it was about how I cured the Queen Mother."

"You're talking about this..." Concubine Tian leaned close to Lingrong and lowered her voice quietly, "After the ceremony of conferring the title of consort the day before yesterday, the emperor came to my palace to rest. I saw with my own eyes that the emperor had an injury on his arm. It seems that he really bled through the flesh for the empress dowager.

It's a pity that the emperor's flesh and blood are useless, only the Fourteenth Master's is useful. In the Queen Mother's heart, the Fourteenth Master is her closest and most caring son, while the emperor is nothing. But the emperor still cares so much about the Queen Mother's words, which is really funny. "

"The Emperor cares so much about the Empress Dowager, we cannot fall behind." Lingrong has long known that the Empress Dowager has no mother-son relationship with the Emperor at all, it's just a relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

But the emperor likes to play the role of a filial son, and the concubines cannot be left behind. It just so happens that people from the Zhen family have been contacting Zhen Huan recently, and under the pretext of praying for the Queen Mother, they asked the emperor to see with his own eyes Zhen Huan who was trying to escape.

"Go to Ganlu Temple to pray? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will fall in love with Zhen Huan again and bring her back to the palace?"

"It seems that you have been busy with palace affairs recently and forgot to care about our Concubine Xu." Ling Rong told Concubine Tian all the news she had received. She was so shocked that her eyes widened. She couldn't believe that Zhen Huan was not quiet even in the place of ascetic training and was even thinking about leaving.

"Zhen Huan is so bold. She made such a big mistake, but she didn't even confess sincerely in front of the Buddha. She refused to live in peace for even a day and wanted to escape.

It seems that just washing clothes in Ganlu Temple is not enough, and she needs to be asked to pour night incense to learn her lesson."

"Don't let her suffer these days, and put aside the things you arranged for her to do in the past.

After all, the emperor is going to Ganlu Temple to pray for blessings, so how can he let the nobles who left the palace suffer? "

Lingrong and Concubine Tian smiled at each other, and they hit it off immediately. They actually persuaded the emperor to go to Ganlu Temple.

It has been an unknown amount of time since Zhen Huan left the palace, and it seems that no one remembers her except Ling Rong.

Even when the Emperor decided to go to Ganlu Temple to pray for the Empress Dowager, his emotions did not fluctuate at all, as if he was just going to an ordinary royal temple.

All the weeds along the way to Ganlu Temple were cleared away, and all the dust in the temple was dusted off. A group of people dressed in gorgeous clothes came to this ancient temple, and there was no sense of incongruity at all.

Ling Rong still remembered that someone from the Zhen family would come to look for Zhen Huan today, so after worshiping the Buddha, she used the excuse of visiting the temple and asked the emperor to accompany her to Lingyun Peak.

Lingyun Peak is not very steep, but considering their pace, it does take some time to climb up.

But whether going up or down the mountain, there is only this one path. According to the information Ling Rong got, the people of the Zhen family went up to Lingyun Peak this morning and have not come down yet. So even if she walks slower, Ling Rong is not worried about missing the people of the Zhen family.

The emperor did not ask Lingrong why she wanted to climb the mountain. He thought it was because there were beautiful scenery on both sides of the road to Lingyun Peak. Even the ordinary green trees and flowers attracted the emperor's attention.

Along the way, Lingrong also talked to the emperor about Youning and Hongyu. The emperor liked children and was happy to talk with Lingrong.

"It would be great if I have the chance to take Youning and Hongyu out to play in the future. We didn't go to the Old Summer Palace last year, and Youning kept talking about going to the Old Summer Palace to fly kites with Empress Xia."

"She's still so young, I'm afraid she'll be carried up into the sky by the kite."

"If we fly to the sky, Youning will only say, I will fly, my father, the sky is so big, and the Forbidden City is so small."

The emperor laughed along with Lingrong, and walked quickly in a happy mood. Soon he reached the top of Lingyun Peak and stood in front of the small, dilapidated house.

The roof was made of thatch. In the spring, the wind was strong and blew away a lot of thatch. In the summer, it rained a lot and I didn't know how much rain would flow into the house. The quilt on the couch must have been wet, making it completely unsuitable for people to live in.

But Zhen Huan now lives in this place, and Ling Rong finds it hard to imagine what the scene will be like when she opens the door. Will it be Zhen Huan, who is dressed in rags but still looks stunning, or Concubine Xi, who is dressed in bright clothes but has a cold face?

But when the door opened, there was only a woman with a sallow complexion and a thin figure. Her hair was scattered on her shoulders. The black color it used to have was long gone, replaced by a straw yellow due to malnutrition caused by lack of food and clothing.

There was a man standing by the table. Lingrong knew from his attire that he was a servant from the Zhen residence. He came to tell Zhen Huan a message, but he didn't expect to be caught by the Emperor and Lingrong.

But this single man and single woman were in the same room, and Zhen Huan had tears on her face, which had a different meaning in the eyes of the emperor.

When Zhen Huan saw the emperor, her face was filled with shock and fear. She hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Your humble servant Zhen Huan pays respect to the emperor. Long live the emperor."

The servant of the Zhen family then realized that the person in front of him was the emperor, so he also followed suit and saluted, shouting "Long live the emperor."

The emperor looked around the room. Apart from the chair that Zhen Huan had just sat on, there was only one bed that looked suitable for sitting. However, the quilt looked clean, but it was too worn out. The emperor frowned and finally sat on the chair.

However, the chair was made of chopped wooden stakes, which was a little small for the emperor and particularly uncomfortable to sit on.

"I asked you to come to Ganlu Temple to pray for blessings and atonement, but you did not serve in front of the Buddha, and now you have closed the doors and windows and are living in the same room with a man from outside.

Zhen, have you really forgotten your identity?"