An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Concubine Xin really couldn't make up her mind for a moment. After thinking it over again and again, she finally asked the Queen for a chance to go back and think about it.

"Opportunities are rare, so I advise you to make a decision as soon as possible."

The Queen Mother restrained her smile. She looked at Concubine Xin and made up her mind to let her make a choice in Jingren Palace.

After all, once Xin Guiren goes out, she is likely to run into someone who may shake her mind, and then it will not be so easy to achieve what she wants to do.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Please allow me to think about it for a while."

"It seems that Shuhe is not the most important thing in your eyes," the Queen sighed with great regret, "If that's the case, I won't force you too much.

After all, with your status as a noble, you can't raise a child. I will find a mother of status for her, don't worry."

The meaning of the Queen's words couldn't be clearer. If you don't agree, not only will you not be promoted, but your daughter will also recognize someone else as her mother.

Concubine Xin could not accept this kind of thing at all. She clenched her hands and said, "Your Majesty, are you joking with me?"

"Are you kidding? If you think it's a joke, then so be it." The Queen waved her hand impatiently, "Go down earlier. I'm a little tired too."

"Empress, Shuhe has never been raised by my side since she was a child. She is used to being alone in the prince's residence. If she is raised by another concubine rashly, I am afraid that both sides will not be able to adapt. I ask the Empress to think twice."

"You don't need to worry about this matter. I will make the decision myself."

The Queen seemed to not want to listen to Concubine Xin any more. She waved her hand again and called out loudly, "Qiyun, send Concubine Xin out."

Qiyun responded "yes" from afar and hurried over. Each step she took seemed to be stepping on Concubine Xin's heart. She didn't have time to think about anything else and hurriedly said that she had promised the Queen Mother that she would do it immediately, and also asked the Queen Mother not to send Shuhe to someone else to raise.

"Look at you. I told you clearly about the matter a long time ago, but you refused to agree. When I wanted to find someone else for help, you knelt down and asked me to choose you."

The Queen looked impatient. Qiyun just happened to come over at this time and stood at the door, waiting for the Queen to give instructions.

"My Queen, I don't want anything, I just want Princess Shuhe to stay with me."

"But you have just rejected me, and I have been thinking of finding someone else to do it. After all, as you said, your mother's family is thousands of miles away and can't lend a single bit of help.

Shuhe is sensible now. Even if she is sent to be raised by other concubines, she will not make a fuss like she did when she was young, so she does not need much effort.

Unless you refuse, I would not have thought of this place. Okay, go back and have a rest."

"Your Majesty! Please allow me to do this. I will complete it seriously!"

At this time, Concubine Xin no longer dared to bargain with the Queen. She kept regretting in her heart why she hesitated and instead sent her daughter to someone else's hands.

The most likely scenario right now is that she would end up at the feet of Concubine Jing. After all, it was Concubine Jing who told the Queen about how she mocked Concubine Tian.

Maybe this old woman is plotting against her daughter, and that's why she's colluding with the Queen. No matter what, she can't let her succeed.

"Your Majesty, please leave it to me. I am good at serving you wholeheartedly."

Concubine Xin squatted down, bowed her head deeply to the queen, and her tone became very firm, "Your Majesty, I only ask you to give me another chance!"

"Since you are so sincere, I will give you another chance. What I promised just now still counts.

Only concubines are qualified to raise the princess. If you do well, you can be the head of Chuxiu Palace."

"I understand!"

Concubine Xin did not dare to hesitate any longer. Princess Shuhe was her weak spot and she had no chance to refuse the Queen.

Qiyun stood in front of the door and sent Concubine Xin away before returning to serve the Empress. "Empress, the coroner has examined Feiyun's body and has confirmed that Feiyun was beaten to death first, and then someone hit her head against a pillar to cover up the cause of death."

"This way, Concubine Tian will have no more excuses to refute." The Queen nodded. She was very satisfied with the result. "Have you dealt with all the things in Feiyun's room?"

"Everything has been dealt with, especially those scary ghost items, which have all been burned in the small kitchen."

"You did a good job on this matter. You will serve me from now on and gain some experience."

"Thank you for your kindness, Queen. I will be loyal to you, even if it means I have to go through fire and water for you."

"Loyalty cannot be expressed with words. I will always pay attention to your performance in the future. Please do not do anything that is disloyal.

Otherwise... Feiyun's fate will be yours. If you do well, you can also turn the tables and become the master like Fuzi."

When Qiyun heard the Queen mention Fuzi, her heart began to beat fast and she knelt down hurriedly to express that she had no such thoughts.

"Whether you have such thoughts or not is fine, I don't mind. I only have one request for you, which is to be loyal to you."

"I understand. I will always be loyal to the Queen!"

"Get up, inform all the concubines that they must come to pay respects tomorrow. I want to tell everyone about Feiyun in public."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qiyun stood up hurriedly. She didn't dare to stay for too long and ran away quickly to inform the concubines in the palace.

Ling Rong and Concubine Jing in the Yangxin Palace naturally also learned the news, but the visitor did not explain the situation clearly, so they could only respond in confusion.

"Didn't the Queen say that the concubines had worked hard to take care of the patient and that there was no need to pay respects anymore? Why are they recovering without even a day's rest?"

Imperial Concubine Jing shook her head. She didn't know what the Queen was planning. "Forget it. Tomorrow morning, you and I can go directly from the Yangxin Palace to the Jingren Palace. Although it will be more difficult, it won't cause any mistakes and anger the Queen."

"With the current situation in the palace, who would dare to anger the Queen?"

Ling Rong's words were full of hidden meanings. She shook her head and sighed very tiredly, "Now the emperor is in a coma, the queen mother has passed away, and Concubine Tian and Concubine Wan are under house arrest by the queen. If we offend the queen again, I'm afraid that you and I will not be able to get away with it."

"The Queen won't make a fuss about these little things," said Concubine Jing, but her tone was very uncertain. "I don't know when the Emperor will wake up. The matter of the Fourth Prince is still unresolved, and Concubine Tian is under house arrest. There is really no peace in the palace."

"Sister, you should have heard that the one who diagnosed the emperor's pulse and took care of him was Doctor Zhou.

The Empress used the excuse that the Emperor only trusted Imperial Physician Zhou and only allowed Zhou to take the Emperor's pulse. Even the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau could only prescribe medicine for the Emperor based on the pulse given by Imperial Physician Zhou.

It’s not that my sister is making malicious assumptions, but this behavior does make me feel a little strange.”

"Sister, what you mean is... it's not that the emperor is unconscious, but someone is deliberately telling the emperor not to wake up immediately?"

Ling Rong nodded. She looked around and lowered her voice again, "Sister, do you think we should ask another imperial physician to come in and take the emperor's pulse?"

"This..." Imperial Concubine Jing turned her head and glanced at the still unconscious emperor. "The Yangxin Palace is now under the control of the Empress. Any disturbance will probably be discovered. Sister, don't take any risks."

"Sister... don't you want the emperor to get better soon?"

Ling Rong blinked her eyes, as if she didn't understand Concubine Jing's choice. "As long as the emperor wakes up, the matter of the Fourth Prince and Concubine Tian can be investigated clearly. Is it really a good idea to delay the emperor's awakening like this?"

“This…” Imperial Concubine Jing thought for a while, and finally shook her head, “Sister, this matter still needs to be carefully considered. If you act rashly, I’m afraid you will also be grounded.

If you are accused of plotting to murder the emperor, no one in the palace will be able to save you."

Seeing that Concubine Jing said this, Ling Rong didn't want to force him any further. After all, her purpose was not to make the emperor wake up immediately, but to catalyze the previous dynasty and make the queen more arrogant.

After living through her past and present lives, Lingrong finally understood what the emperor cared about most. Neither Empress Chunyuan nor Zhen Huan was as important to him as the imperial power.

"Sister, you are right. I am too worried about the emperor, so I am a little anxious."

"It's a good thing that you're worried about the Emperor, but we can't do it privately. When we pay our respects tomorrow, we will both ask the Empress to ask the imperial physician to consult again. Under the eyes of all the sisters, the Empress will definitely not refuse."

"Sister, you are so thoughtful. If you hadn't been with me today to serve the Emperor, I'm afraid I would have called all the doctors."

"I have lived in this palace for a long time, and I may know the Queen better than you do. She has always been very careful in doing things. If you didn't have someone in the Imperial Hospital, you would never have known that there was only one person treating the Emperor.

But don't worry too much, the Queen is sincere to the Emperor and will never let him lie down like this."

"Everything will depend on tomorrow. I am also very curious about what the Queen is going to announce."

That night, the emperor still did not wake up. Lingrong and Concubine Jing slept well, but they certainly did not sleep as soundly as they did in their own palace.

She slept in a daze until the sky turned white, and Zhaoshui came to serve her, waking her up and asking her to get dressed.

Su Peisheng also rushed over. Last night, it was Xiao Xiazi who accompanied Lingrong and Concubine Jing, and today it was Su Peisheng's turn.

But he came here not just to change shifts, what he wanted to do more was to ask Ling Rong about the cause of the Fourth Prince's death.

It was just that Concubine Jing was there yesterday, so he couldn't speak, and only found this opportunity early this morning.

"Your servant is here to see Her Majesty Concubine Sheng. May I have a word with you?"

Ling Rong was already dressed, so she asked Zhao Shui to wait outside the door. After the door was closed, she asked, "Eunuch Su came in a hurry, but the emperor has woken up."

"To answer your Majesty, the Emperor is still unconscious. I came here because I have something else to ask you."

Su Peisheng cupped his hands, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke directly, "I want to ask about the Fourth Prince, but Your Majesty..."

"Eunuch Su, if this was done by me, do you think I would tell you? You are so bold to come and ask me, do you think I won't do anything to you?"

Lingrong stood up, turned around, and slowly walked to Su Peisheng on the bottom of the flowerpot. The latter lowered his head lower and lower, and seemed unable to understand why he had to ask Concubine Sheng on impulse.

"If this matter was not done by me, your coming to ask me would also make me unhappy and doubt your loyalty.

So, Eunuch Su, why are you asking me about the Fourth Prince? It's because you have the poison that I asked you to feed to the Fourth Prince, and I'm worried that it might implicate you, so you came here in a hurry to ask if I was the one who murdered the Fourth Prince. "

"This... This servant... This servant is worried that Your Majesty will do something stupid and endanger herself."

"It seems that I have misunderstood you," Ling Rong smiled slightly, "I have already promised you that I will not do anything to the Fourth Prince. Moreover, the medicine is in your hand. You can find an imperial physician to check it and know whether it is poison or not.

Now that you know it is not poison, you should be able to figure out why I wanted to test you with it.

Eunuch Su, the time for paying respects is coming soon. I will not talk to you any more today. After paying respects, you can go to Chengqian Palace to find me and talk about this matter in detail."

Ling Rong did not say much to Su Peisheng. She said some ambiguous words and then left the Yangxin Palace. The Queen still had a good show to show everyone today and she did not want to miss it.

When they followed Concubine Jing to Jingren Palace, they found that everyone had already arrived. Fortunately, they did not miss the time for paying respects. Lingrong and Concubine Jing bowed to the Empress and sat down without any guilt.

"Noble Consort Jing and Consort Sheng were indeed very tired in tending to the patient in the Yangxin Palace last night, so they didn't need to come today.

However, I have found some clues about Feiyun's death, so I thought it would be better to let all the sisters know the truth, so I will temporarily resume the greetings. There is no need to continue the greetings tonight. Concubine Jing and Concubine Sheng should return to the palace to have a good rest."

"I thank the Queen for her consideration." Concubine Jing and Ling Rong spoke at the same time. They then shut up and did not ask on behalf of everyone what the Queen wanted to say.

"Empress, now that all the sisters are here, please tell us about Feiyun."

Concubine Xin was very proactive this time. She was the first to ask the Empress, and her tone was much better than when she spoke to other concubines.

"The coroner has found out that Feiyun was beaten to death. The wound on her forehead was not caused by suicide, but was caused by Concubine Tian who had someone hit Feiyun after her death in order to cover up her crime.

In this way, it is a foregone conclusion that Concubine Tian deliberately beat a palace maid and caused her death. I think her punishment cannot be too light, otherwise, the palace maids and servants in the harem will be in danger and how can they serve their masters wholeheartedly.

You all should also tell me what you think, so that I won’t release the wrong person or punish him too harshly.”