An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

On the second day after returning to the palace, a major event happened. Zhen Huan asked the emperor to let Xiangye and Baojuan's family enter the palace, preparing to confront Concubine Hua in Jingren Palace.

All the concubines in the palace were invited. Even Concubine Duan, who was bedridden, dragged her frail body to Jingren Palace, sat opposite Concubine Hua, and looked up at her from time to time.

It would have been fine if Concubine Hua hadn't seen Concubine Duan, but as soon as she saw her face, the surging hatred in her heart came out. If the Emperor hadn't been present, she would have rushed over and slapped Concubine Duan under the chair.

For a moment, all that was seen was Zhen Huan glaring at Concubine Hua, and Concubine Hua glaring at Concubine Duan. Concubine Duan could only cough violently, as if she was going to die in Jingren Palace in the next second.

"Jianqiu, go get some Chuanbei loquat paste for Concubine Duan," the Queen interrupted this round of staring contest. She looked at Concubine Duan with concern, "This is the best cough reliever. Use some, sister."

Concubine Duan's face turned a sickly red from coughing, which made her look even paler than paper. Even the Emperor couldn't help but frown when he saw her.

But the emperor did not say a word. He sat at the top, his eyes falling on Zhen Huan who was standing in the middle of the hall.

Jianqiu brought back the Sichuan loquat paste. Concubine Duan just thanked the Empress but refused to use it and continued to cough from time to time.

Seeing that Concubine Duan did not appreciate it, the Queen's face looked a little ugly, but she quickly adjusted her expression and also set her eyes on Zhen Huan.

"Princess Wan, what exactly do you want that requires all the sisters in the palace to come to Jingren Palace?"

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, I got some news a few days ago. The musk deer that caused my miscarriage on New Year's Eve came from the Yikun Palace."

Zhen Huan glanced at Concubine Hua, who was still sitting peacefully in the chair, with anger flashing in her eyes, "I once asked the emperor for permission to privately investigate who harmed the heir, but Baojuan refused to tell the truth no matter what.

It was only two days ago that Xiangye's family was being hunted down and my father accidentally saved them, and only then did the family tell the truth."

The Queen saw Zhen Huan's eyes, how could she not know that Xiang Ye's family accused Concubine Hua? She sat calmly on the high seat and spoke as if to point out the whole situation, "The Emperor and I are here, Wanpin might as well explain the whole story clearly."

"Xiangye's mother, Wang, said that Xiangye once sent home 1,000 taels of silver, saying that she was appreciated by her master and was rewarded generously by her master.

Along with the silver came a letter, in which Xiang Ye stated that Concubine Hua had bribed her with the silver, asking her to find a way to put musk in Concubine Shen's clothes or accessories, with the goal of preventing Concubine Shen from getting pregnant.

When Concubine Hua heard that Zhen Huan wanted to put the blame on herself for her miscarriage, she immediately became furious and opened her mouth to refute.

But Concubine Cao coughed twice first and called "Your Majesty", which immediately attracted Concubine Hua's attention.

"Your Majesty, Wen Yi has been feeling a little unwell these past few days. I want to go back and take care of her until she falls asleep before I come to the Queen's palace."

When the Emperor heard Concubine Cao mention Wen Yi, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He was most concerned about this cute and lovely daughter. "Have you consulted the imperial physician?"

"Imperial Doctor Jiang Cheng has examined Wen Yi. She is fine. I am just worried and want to take care of her all the time."

Hearing that Wen Yi was fine, the emperor nodded and let Concubine Cao go back.

When Concubine Cao stood up, she made a gesture to Concubine Hua to calm down, but she was afraid that Concubine Hua would still not be able to hold back her anger, so she had to speak up to give her a reminder.

"Her Majesty Hua Fei cares the most about the princess, but I will go back alone. Please sit still and I will be back later to tell Her Majesty about Wen Yi's situation."

How could Concubine Hua not understand what Concubine Cao said? She stroked her forehead and sighed softly, as if she didn't care at all that Zhen Huan was accusing her of harming others.

"Then go ahead. If you need any medicinal herbs, ask Zhou Ninghai to send them to you."

Zhen Huan watched the interaction between the two and keenly realized that Concubine Cao seemed to want to go out to do something. She was about to speak but was interrupted by Concubine Li.

"What did Wanpin say just now? She said that Concubine Hua asked Xiangye to put musk on Concubine Shen.

This is interesting. She is just a servant girl who can't even enter the master's bedroom. How can she put it in the scent bag that Shen Guiren wears?"

I didn't expect that Concubine Li, who only had beauty, could speak with such profound ideas. Even Lingrong couldn't help but give her an admiring look.

"Sister Mei is a kind person. It is common for her to care for the maids in her palace. Maybe she took the opportunity to let her in."

"Mrs. Shen must be a fool to let a servant girl touch the sachet on her waist and put musk in it before she put it back on."

Concubine Hua sneered disdainfully, she raised her hand and touched the jade earrings on her ears, without even looking at Zhen Huan.

"Yes, the only one who can accomplish this is probably Concubine Wan. After all, they are sisters." Lipin echoed Huafei, and their unbridled laughter filled the main hall of Jingren Palace.

"When the sachet is hung on the body, there is always a possibility that it will fall off. If the scented leaves are quietly picked up, there is still no way to know for sure."

Zhen Huan didn't show any annoyance on her face. She just glanced at Lipin calmly and said, "Madam Lipin, do you think it's ridiculous for me to find out the truth?"

Lipin's laughter stopped abruptly. She glanced at the emperor timidly and found that he was looking at her with an angry face. She couldn't help feeling a little scared and could only shut her mouth silently.

Zhen Huan smiled sarcastically, she stood up straight, turned around and told the palace servants to bring Xiangye's mother, Wang, up.

As soon as Wang arrived in the palace, she started crying and said that Concubine Hua had killed her daughter and instigated Xiangye to murder her master.

"This is a letter Xiangye wrote to me." Wang took out a crumpled piece of paper from her lapel, and tears fell like beads from a broken string.

"It's clearly written above that if Xiangye refused to do it, Concubine Hua would kill her. Poor daughter, she's only seventeen years old."

"How dare you slander the concubines in the harem. You deserve to have your heads chopped off." Concubine Hua's anger, which had just been suppressed, flared up again. She glanced at Zhen Huan and said, "Xiang Ye said clearly before she died that it was Concubine Shen who asked Cai Yue to get the musk."

"Madam Hua Fei, Xiang Ye also wrote in the letter that it was you who told her to blame everything on Concubine Shen."

Zhen Huan held up the piece of paper. The handwriting on the paper was densely covered, but it also clearly stated Hua Fei's crimes.

"Concubine Hua purchased a large amount of musk deer outside the palace through the Nian Mansion and gave it to Xiangye through Wang.

Xiangye got the musk and buried it under the tree in Changxi Hall at night. Because she was a plant-tending person, no one thought it was strange for her to be close to the tree.

Zhen Huan handed the paper to Su Peisheng, who immediately presented it to the emperor. The emperor read the words on it carefully and his face became gloomy for a moment.

Su Peisheng took the pages of the letter and walked around the palace, asking all the concubines in the palace to read them carefully before returning them to Zhen Huan.

Hua Fei looked at the emperor's face and knew that he was furious. She was immediately helped to kneel down by Song Zhi.

"Your Majesty, please believe me. I have never done this."

"She heard that Concubine Hua was unhappy with my entry into the palace, so she deliberately moved me from Chengqian Palace to the remote Suiyuxuan.

In order to save face, the Ministry of Internal Affairs transplanted the osmanthus tree, and the musk under the tree in Suiyu Pavilion was put in at that time. "

Before Concubine Hua could speak, the Queen apologized to the Emperor first, "Your Majesty, I asked the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to transplant the osmanthus tree in Suiyuxuan. I wanted to bring some joy to the newlyweds, but I didn't expect..."

"The Empress wanted to bring some joy to the newlyweds, but Concubine Hua bribed the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and turned the joy into death!"

When she thought of her lost child, Zhen Huan burst into tears. She knelt on the ground and sobbed as she looked at the emperor, "I have been exposed to that musk day and night, and it has accumulated a lot in my body without me noticing.

But because the pulse did not change suddenly, even Doctor Wen, who often took my pulse, could not find out what was wrong.

As a result, I had a miscarriage at the New Year's Eve banquet because of the musk sachet that Sister Mei wore..."

"You are not feeling well, please get up first." The emperor's heart softened when he saw Zhen Huan kneeling down. He immediately called her up and asked Huanbi to help Zhen Huan sit down.

But after Zhen Huan stood up, she was unwilling to leave. Her tearful eyes were filled with hatred as she stared at Hua Fei's kneeling back as if she wanted to see through her with her eyes.

"Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for me."

When the emperor heard the plea, he fell silent. He looked at Concubine Hua who was kneeling beside him, and then at Concubine Wan who was standing in the hall. For a moment, he didn't know how to start.

"Your Majesty..." Hua Fei spoke in a sobbing voice. She raised her head, as if forcing the tears back into her eyes. "I, a concubine, also lost a child. How could I be so cruel as to harm your child?"

"Yes," Concubine Cao walked in from outside the palace and knelt beside Concubine Hua. "Even when the princess cried and couldn't sleep at night these few days, Concubine Hua would come to Qixiang Palace in person to coax the princess to sleep."

Seeing Concubine Cao also kneeling down, Lipin thought that as Concubine Hua's person, if she didn't do something at this time, she would definitely be scolded by Concubine Hua, so she knelt down as well.

Unfortunately, she didn't know what to say, so she could only continue what Concubine Cao said and said dryly, "Yes."

When the emperor mentioned the child, his guilt surged up again.

Now the evidence is conclusive that Concubine Hua is closely related to Concubine Wan's loss of her child. However, the Nian family is behind Concubine Hua. If Concubine Hua falls out of favor, Nian Gengyao will definitely make a fuss. By then, the former court and the harem will be in chaos, and the whole world will be in chaos.

"Your Majesty, if you ask Huang Guiquan from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come and confront us, we will know everything clearly. The musk in the Suiyu Pavilion was instigated by Huang Guiquan by Concubine Hua."

Zhen Huan pleaded again. She looked around the palace and found that no one was willing to speak up for her. Even Chun'er, who usually followed her around and called her Sister Zhen, refused to speak.

But at this time, Concubine Duan started to cough. She attracted all the attention in the palace and then slowly spoke, "Concubine Hua is usually very hard-hearted and has an iron fist. Huang Guiquan may not dare to tell the truth. Your Majesty, why don't you check Baojuan's family again? You may get some results."

As soon as Concubine Hua heard Concubine Duan's voice, her tears stopped immediately. She turned her head with resentment and stared at the woman who was only breathing her last breath. She immediately wanted to get up and strangle her neck to kill her last breath.

"Empress Duan has been ill since New Year's Eve, and has only gotten better today, but she is very well-informed." Concubine Cao spoke lightly, and just one sentence made the emperor suspicious.

"Yes, how can Concubine Duan have the nerve to speak like that? She harmed Concubine Hua when she was in the palace. Now who knows if she has harmed Concubine Wan again and framed Concubine Hua."

Lipin then spoke up, echoing the words of Concubine Cao, and managed to turn the situation around.

"In that case, Wang Shi should ask carefully. No one in the palace has ever seen Xiang Ye's handwriting." Ling Rong watched the show for a long time and finally couldn't help but speak, "Most of the maids have never been to school. The handwriting in the letter is neat and the language is fluent. Xiang Ye may not have written it."

Seeing everyone looking at her, Wang was so scared that she kowtowed repeatedly, "I am just a commoner... I am just a commoner..."

"Wang, Xiangye may have written letters to her family before. It will be clear whether the handwriting is from the same person if we compare them." Although the queen was speaking to Wang, her eyes were on Lingrong.

The gaze was so heavy that Ling Rong felt as if she was pierced by a sharp sword, bloody and painful. "If you dare to tell even a single lie, you will be dragged out and beaten to death immediately."

Hearing that she was going to be beaten to death, Wang was immediately terrified. She grabbed the hem of Zhen Huan's Manchu dress and cried, "Please, Concubine Wan, please release Xiangye's brother. He is the only son I have."

This sudden reversal stunned everyone in the hall, including Zhen Huan who had just begged the emperor to make the decision.

"My Lady Wanpin, I don't want to die. I dare not tell the lies you asked me to tell anymore.

I don't want the money anymore. I just beg you to let my son go. He is only five years old and cannot be away from his mother for too long."

"What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever touch your son?"

Zhen Huan tried hard to get rid of Wang's pull, but she didn't expect that Wang was smart. She just hugged Zhen Huan's legs and cried even louder.

"That's it!" The Queen shouted angrily, and immediately frightened Wang into silence. "It's not proper to make such a fuss."

Zhen Huan immediately wanted to bow and apologize, but Wang held her legs tightly and refused to let go.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, Queen. I don't know why Wang is so crazy. I have never laid a hand on her son."

The emperor nodded, but he couldn't say that he believed Zhen Huan. He could only give the queen a look and let her find a way to resolve the matter.

"Wang, Wanpin originally asked you to identify Huafei, but what's going on now?"

When Wang heard someone asking her questions and saw that it was the Queen Mother sitting on the high throne, she did not dare to act rashly. She obediently withdrew her hands from hugging Zhen Huan's calves and kowtowed three times in a row.

"In reply to the Queen, two days ago, I was washing clothes at home when several men in black suddenly came to my house and tied up my child. They also said that a master named Zhen would come to see me and told me to obey his orders and that he would return my child after the task was completed.

Soon after the group of black-clad men left, a man named A Jin came to my door and told me that Concubine Hua had given money to Xiang Ye to help her do something.

Wang wiped the tears from her face and glanced at Zhen Huan secretly, her expression as if she was threatened by Zhen Huan, "They also said that if I don't obey, they will kill my son.

I just slandered Concubine Hua, but I had no choice. Please forgive me, Queen."