An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Xia Dongchun has always had a bad temper. No matter what Wen Fang said, she insisted that Kang Yan be confined to the side hall.

Su Peisheng doesn't care about the matter, Concubine Xia has the final say, and it's useless no matter how loudly Wen Fang shouts.

Xia Dongchun was so angry that she even scolded her. She also asked Mingyu to slap Wen Fang several times and threw him to a side hall to be confined together with Kang Da Ying.

After the evil fire in his heart was released, Xia Dongchun felt relaxed all over, even the pain in his lower abdomen was gone. His strength was finally restored.

Wei Lin and Doctor Zhu took her pulse again, and when they found that her pulse had recovered and the royal heir was no longer in danger, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Another hour passed, He Anming and Su Peisheng finally rushed back. They found out that someone had put a poison on the ice used by Xia Dongchun. This poison was extremely strange. It would evaporate into the air as the ice melted into water. After being inhaled by people, it would gradually accumulate in the body.

For ordinary people, this toxicity can be excreted through sweating, but for pregnant women, it will be absorbed by the fetus through the blood, and after a long time, it will cause the fetus to stop beating and become stillborn.

This is also the fundamental reason why He Anming always felt that Xia Dongchun's pulse was strange when he took her pulse before.

Now, thanks to the effect of the pregnancy-preserving medicine, Xia Dongchun's pulse has temporarily recovered, but the poison in her body has not been eliminated, and an antidote needs to be prepared.

What was more important now was to find out where the poison came from. Xia Dongchun naturally suspected Kang Da Ying, but after sending someone to ask, he did not get the answer he wanted.

Kang Da Ying not only refused to admit that he was carrying musk, but he even turned the tables and kept protesting that it was Xia Dongchun who was slandering him.

Wen Fang and her master were like two peas in a pod. The two of them kept quarreling in the side hall, clamoring for Ming Yu to release her and Kang Da Ying.

"What a pity, Zhen Chang is not here, otherwise maybe I can still listen to them telling stories in the side hall." Xia Dongchun drank the bitter medicine, her whole face was twisted with bitterness, "Take away all the ice mirrors in the side hall, I want to see how long they can hold on."

"My lady, this doesn't count as private punishment," Mingyu was a little hesitant. After all, Kang Da Ying was not a slave, but a proper lady. "The Emperor and the Empress don't know the news yet, let alone give any orders. Would this be... overstepping one's authority?"

"Which of the emperor and empress you mentioned is in the palace now?" Xia Dongchun glared at Mingyu with disdain and said confidently, "Since neither of them is here, then I have the final say in this Yanxi Palace. If Kang Da dares to murder him, he must be prepared to be punished."

"My lady, I am just worried. What if Kang promised to do something desperate and accidentally hurt you?"

"Do we need her to be desperate?" Xia Dongchun couldn't help but get angry when she thought of the poison and musk. "She used to call me sister and I thought she was just trying to curry favor with me, but I didn't expect she was plotting to kill me.

Just think about it, it's so terrible that a person like her can even harm herself when she becomes cruel.

No matter what, we must find a way to get the Emperor and the Empress to convict her. If she really escapes, our future will be difficult."

"My lady, Kang's father is not a high-ranking official. We are worried about the emperor and the queen's blame, but do we really need to worry about Kang himself?"

"It's not her that I'm worried about, but the people behind her." Xia Dongchun was not completely stupid. Instead, he guessed some truth from this incident. "Except for the Queen, I can't think of another person who would do this."

"What? My dear, you are...you are saying that this was ordered by the Queen?"

Mingyu seemed to suddenly realize something. She murmured, "No wonder," and immediately went to the side hall to remove the ice.

But just as Mingyu reached the door, Xia Dongchun stopped him and said, "Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and get a charcoal fire to warm Kang Da's body."

Xia Dongchun's eyes turned, and he thought of a new way to torture people. It seems that he has made some progress after living with Concubine Tian for a long time. At least the ways of torturing people are increasing, and it is not just slapping people in the face like before.

"Yes, my lord."

Mingyu naturally followed Xia Dongchun's instructions and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find some charcoal left over from last year. After lighting it, he deliberately poured water on it, causing thick smoke to billow out of the charcoal basin, choking Kang Da Ying and Wen Fang.

Xia Dongchun was so happy when Mingyu reported the ugly behavior of the two of them. In addition, she was pregnant now. Even if she tortured Kang Da Ying, the emperor would forgive her for the sake of the heir, which made her even more proud.

Only after she had laughed enough did Xia Dongchun remember to ask Su Peisheng, "There has been no news about Eunuch Su these past few days, but has he returned to the Old Summer Palace?"

"My lady, Eunuch Su is still in the palace. I heard that he is working with Imperial Doctor He to find out the source of the poison."

Xia Dongchun snorted. He hadn't found any useful information for several days. It was really useless.

Therefore, she didn't bother to ask more questions, "Bring some candied fruit, those pregnancy-preserving medicines taste terrible.

Sigh... I don't know how long it will take for Concubine Sheng and the others to come back. There are only a few familiar people in the entire harem. I am so depressed."

Listening to Xia Dongchun's complaints, Mingyu could only comfort her, "If you are really bored, why not embroider a bellyband for the little prince? I don't know how happy the little prince would be if he could wear the clothes embroidered by his mother."

"He was only that big when he was just born. What does he know? But you take it so seriously and embroider one piece after another for him." Xia Dongchun stroked her belly. Although she said some words of disdain for Mingyu, she felt so happy in her heart.

After all, she really likes children. Now that she can give birth to one, she naturally wants to prepare all the good things for him.

"What you said makes sense. Then bring me the embroidery frame and needle and thread. I will embroider a few stitches for him."

Mingyu responded and brought the embroidery basket over. She also brought a round fan and sat next to Xia Dongchun to fan her with cool breeze.

"My lady, you are really hard-working. You can't even use ice in such hot weather."

"Those imperial doctors all warned me not to use ice, as it would harm the fetus. I could only endure it for the sake of my child."

Unlike Xia Dongchun, Mingyu was more thankful, "Fortunately, the imperial doctors have warned us about this matter. If the young lady knew nothing and used ice every day, the consequences would be disastrous."

"Tsk, don't say those discouraging words. The culprit has been caught. It's okay to use some ice."

Xia Dongchun wiped the sweat from her forehead, and her handkerchief was almost wet. She looked at the flowers embroidered on it and said, "Oh, by the way, write a letter to Concubine Sheng, tell her everything that happened in the palace, and tell her not to worry about Chengqian Palace anymore."

Mingyu blinked her eyes. She also knew that the young lady and Concubine Sheng had a good relationship, but she didn't expect that at this time, the young lady would still want to tell Concubine Sheng to be at ease.

It was just a letter, but Mingyu prepared it quickly. She also followed Xia Dongchun's order and added a sentence at the end of the letter, hoping that Concubine Sheng would bring back a new handkerchief when she returned from the Old Summer Palace.

When Lingrong received the letter, she thought something big had happened in the palace and Xia Dongchun came to seek her help, but it turned out that she just wanted a handkerchief, which made her laugh and cry.

“Lady Xia’s letter…” Zhaoshui hesitated, even with a hint of disgust on his face, “Why didn’t you mention anything important, but only some insignificant things?

Fortunately, Doctor Wei also sent a message, otherwise we would really be blind in this Old Summer Palace."

"We have found out the source of the musk, but we still can't find the source of the poison."

Lingrong sighed and asked Zhaoshui to put the letter away and place it in a conspicuous place.

She carefully picked up the cloth and used the embroidery frame to embroider handkerchiefs for Xia Dongchun.

Zhaoshui didn't say anything more. After all, the emperor would be arriving in Shuimu Mingse soon, and the queen behaved like this just to show her sisterly love in front of the emperor and get the power to help investigate the case.

When the emperor came in, he saw Lingrong embroidering in front of the window. "The weather is bad today, why are you still embroidering in front of the window?"

"I didn't want to embroider it originally, but Lady Xia wrote to me, saying that she wanted a new one.

Since she is pregnant, I will embroider it for her."

The emperor glanced and saw the letter on the table. He raised his eyes and gestured, "Just delivered?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please take a look at this letter and help me judge whether Lady Xia's request is too much."

Lingrong put down the embroidery frame, unfolded the letter and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor glanced at the letter. It was full of Xia Dongchun's boring complaints in the palace, as well as her coquettish words asking for a new handkerchief.

"She's pregnant now, so you should give way to her." Seeing that the two of them really had a good relationship, the emperor smiled happily. He closed the letter and said, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs recently acquired a few pieces of snow-blue silk fabric with flower patterns. I heard that the craftsmanship is unique and it can show different looks under different light.

In view of your hard work, I will give you all these batches of silk. This is the only one in the palace. Are you happy, Rong'er?"

"I am happy, but I am still short of some jewelry to match the accessories. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to give them to me?"

"If you want it, how can I refuse to give it to you?" The emperor nodded with a smile. He looked at the jewelry on Lingrong's head and said, "Then I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make you a set of head ornaments with purple jade, which will match the snow-blue fabric."

"Then I would like to thank the emperor," Ling Rong raised her hand and touched her hair, straightening the lotus hairpin on her head, "For the emperor's sake, I will help Concubine Xia embroider the handkerchief in the next few days."

"It's not enough to just embroider the handkerchief. I want Rong'er to help investigate what happened to Concubine Xia."

"But... the queen has recovered now. If I were to interfere in her affairs, I'm afraid the queen would..."

"The Queen's health is sometimes good and sometimes bad. I can't bear to let her suffer like this."

In fact, the emperor didn't believe the queen at all, but in front of the concubine Lingrong, the emperor still chose to maintain the queen's face and used the non-existent marital love to prevaricate.

"Your Majesty, I will naturally agree to your words. However, I know nothing about the current situation in the palace, so I don't know where to start even if I want to help."

"Su Peisheng recently sent a letter, asking Xiao Xiazi to follow you these few days, and he will explain the whole story to you in the future.

I don't want this matter to take too long, I'm afraid you'll have a hard time these days."

"I don't find it hard to work for His Majesty," Ling Rong stopped her embroidery and looked at the three children outside the door. "If His Majesty can read with the children for a while, I will be happy to work for a few more days."

"Hongyu and Youning are fine, but why is Hongzhou fooling around with his brothers and sisters? He should be studying at this hour."

"Your Majesty, you may not know that the Master is ill today, and I am afraid that the princes will also be infected with the disease, so I have asked them to rest for a while.

Hong Zhou originally wanted to study on his own, but he couldn't stand You Ning's pestering, so he followed Shuimu Mingse here.

You can't blame the Fifth Prince, you should blame the Emperor for spoiling Youning."

"If you say so, it's all my fault." The emperor was not displeased at all. He looked at a few pairs of expectant eyes and rarely refused. He waved his hand and took the children to study.

Xiao Xiazi was kept behind and told Lingrong everything that happened in the palace, including how Concubine Xia tortured Kang Da Ying.

Wei Lin had not told Ling Rong about this matter. When she heard it from Xiao Xiazi, she frowned, "How could Concubine Xia be so bold? She has no authority to assist in managing the six palaces, so how can she punish the concubines?

Eunuch Xia, does the Emperor know about this?"

Xiao Xiazi nodded, his expression not very good, "The emperor already knows about it, and he got really angry at Wanfang Anhe yesterday.

But after getting angry, he had no intention of punishing Concubine Xia. After all, Concubine Xia was pregnant, and the emperor was reluctant to let her go. "

Xia Dongchun also knew the emperor's intention, so she dared to do it so boldly. Lingrong knew Xia Dongchun's character best, and she didn't intend to stop her at this time, pretending that she knew nothing.

“Now, Cong Kang promised that if he couldn’t find any information, he would check other concubines.

The use of ice in the palace was very strict, and given Kang Da Ying's position, there was almost no way for her to interfere.

Xiao Xiazi, write a letter back to Eunuch Su and ask him to try to find out about Concubine Qi."

Xiao Xiazi was a little confused, but he didn't ask too many questions. After all, his master once taught him that when facing the master's orders, the right thing to do is to ask less and do more.

"By the way, besides Concubine Qi, why not check on the Imperial Physician Zhu who treated Concubine Xia?

It's really strange that he has been taking care of Lady Xia for such a long time and didn't notice anything unusual. "

Xiao Xiazi nodded, "Yes, Madam Shengfei, I will convey your words to Eunuch Su one by one."