An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

An Lingrong went to see Libi who was scratched by Mr. Qi during lunch. The scars on her face were still there, but they were much faded. Concubine Li asked for leave from the queen and hid in the palace for the past few days. She did not dare to go out, especially because she was afraid of running into the emperor.

After An Lingrong inspected her injury and gave her another ointment, he went to Tangli Palace to find Zhen Huan. Chun'er happened to come with her daughter, and Liu Zhu held her in his hand and teased her fondly.

As soon as An Lingrong entered, Liu Zhu eyes quickly held the child and made way for a place to come out. Chun'er, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang were guarding a table, making a charcoal fire, eating snacks and chatting.

Seeing their different expressions, An Lingrong sat down and asked, "Sister Wan, Sister Mei, Chun'er, what's wrong? Looking at your faces, could it be that something happened to you?" "

Shen Meizhuang lowered his head and said: "After meeting the Queen this morning, I went to the Queen Mother's Palace. Unexpectedly, the Emperor did not go to the morning court and had a quarrel with the Queen Mother in the palace. This time the quarrel was really serious!"

An Lingrong asked in surprise: "Does Sister Mei know the reason for the quarrel between the Emperor and the Queen Mother?"

Could it be because of Longkodo's incident? She really guessed it.

According to Shen Meizhuang, it turned out to be:

The Queen Mother likes light food, not fishy food, and especially likes to eat Yangzhou sauerkraut. Longkodo took the opportunity to go out to do business and brought many boxes of Yangzhou sauerkraut back to the Queen Mother.

An Lingrong still remembered the time when the Queen Mother was ill a long time ago. There were more than ten boxes of pickled vegetables piled up in the palace. The Queen Mother couldn't finish them all herself, so she distributed them to the concubines in the harem. The taste of the pickled vegetables was naturally very good. , eat it once or twice occasionally, it is simply more delicious than delicacies from the mountains and seas.

An Ling asked sullenly: "It's not the first time that Longkoduo has brought pickles to the Queen Mother, so what does it matter?"

Last time, Longkodo hid in the Queen Mother's palace. I originally thought that due to the emperor's temperament, Longkodo would be killed on the spot, but surprisingly, he did not and let Longkodo go without restraint.

Shen Meizhuang said politely: "If there is only pickled cabbage, it will naturally not cause much dispute, but do you know what is in the pickled cabbage bag under the pickled cabbage?"

Zhen Huan said suspiciously: "Sister Mei, don't keep tempting us. Just tell me what you are planning!"

Shen Meizhuang gave up and refused to say any more, which made An Lingrong feel itchy in his heart.

An Lingrong guessed: "Could it be that these two sisters are gold?"

Shen Meizhuang nodded and said: "Sister An's guess is half correct. If it is gold and mixed in the pickled cabbage buns, the weight will be exposed. Of course it is not gold, it is piles of silver notes!" "

Zhen Huan's eyes widened in surprise. An Lingrong didn't react at all for a long time and was stunned.

This Longkodo is so bold and arrogant, no wonder the emperor keeps saying that he wants to skin him!

Thinking back to the beginning, Longkodo and Nian Gengyao worked hard to help the emperor ascend to the throne.

But over the years, all the benefits that should be reaped have been reaped, but he is still unwilling to stop. Doesn't this arouse the emperor's anger and seek death?

Zhen Huan felt the same way: "Long Kedo hit the emperor's gun by himself. No wonder the emperor wanted his head."

An Lingrong asked: "Then how did the emperor find out?"

Shen Meizhuang said:

On that day, as usual, she went to the Queen Mother's palace to hand-copy scriptures for the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother would kneel down and recite scriptures for a while every day, knocking wooden fish and chanting scriptures softly, while she stayed with her quietly. While copying verses from the scriptures.

Then Aunt Fangruo brought the eunuch into the palace and brought in many neat boxes one after another. The Queen Mother asked Shen Meizhuang to help her up. The Queen Mother was very happy and asked Aunt Fangruo to open the boxes and bring out a few packets of pickled vegetables. , opened a pack, placed it on a plate, and distributed it to the servants in the palace to taste.

Unexpectedly, the emperor happened to come to pay his respects to the queen mother. The queen mother had a very cold expression and shared the sauerkraut with her servants, but she was very indifferent to the emperor.

After the queen said goodbye, the queen mother ignored her. She sat by the bed alone, sighed softly, and then asked Aunt Fangruo to cover her with a quilt and pretend to sleep. The emperor was still kneeling on the ground, and no one paid attention to her. Woolen cloth!

The emperor knelt on the cold ground for a long time. The queen mother ignored him, and the servants naturally did not dare to pull him up. Shen Meizhuang stepped forward and signaled the emperor with his eyes to get up and not to hurt his knees.

The sullenness in the emperor's eyes came up little by little, and he was about to get angry. Shen Meizhuang saw that something was wrong, and quickly bowed and quickly left the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace.

"Crack, crash."

She only heard a noise in Shoukang Palace, which sounded like the emperor overturning the box to the ground, and what was poured out were bags after bags of pickled vegetables.

Shen Meizhuang was surprised, so he stopped, turned around and peeked secretly at the palace gate, and saw the emperor knocking the top box of pickles to the ground, and the pickles inside were scattered all over the floor.

The emperor picked up a few packets of sauerkraut at his feet, picked them up in his hands and said, "Are the sauerkraut sent by Long Keduo sweet? One box is not enough, more than a dozen boxes are needed. Such a cheap thing, Given to the Queen, why does the Queen still feel happy!"

Perhaps the emperor sensed something strange. He stopped talking and tore open a packet of sauerkraut in his hand with his bare hands. The outside was well sealed, but what the emperor pulled out was not sauerkraut. I made sure I wasn't dazzled. I looked again and again and saw that it was pretty good. If you look carefully, you will see that it is a thick stack of banknotes, that is, the top layers are made of sauerkraut and the bottom layers are all banknotes.

Obviously the emperor was also shocked. He threw the banknotes on the ground and went to open another bag of pickles. Banknotes, banknotes, banknotes again!

The emperor suddenly sneered, and the queen mother was also startled. She raised herself half up from the bed and said in surprise: "Xi'er, where did this bank note come from? Isn't the pickled cabbage that Longkodo sent you just now? The Ai family even opened a pack to eat, but why did it turn into a banknote? Maybe he wanted to give the Ai family a surprise, then this surprise would be huge."

The emperor's eyes turned cold as he said: "Mother, do you know where these banknotes came from? Don't you know how much Longkoduo's annual salary is? So many banknotes need to be sent to You came to the palace and brought it to me. This is just to make me angry. I should have caught him last time, skinned him, and took his life. How did you get these banknotes? Those are all Collected from the people below."

The Queen Mother was so angry that her eyes darkened and she fainted. The Emperor called Su Peisheng and said that he would have people carry the dozens of boxes of sauerkraut to the Yangxin Palace. He also said that Longkodo would be punished for his crimes. The Queen Mother fainted with anger. It’s over!

The queen was so angry that she quickly called the imperial doctor. I didn't dare to stay longer, so I quickly returned to Junhui Palace. But in my heart, I was still worried about the queen mother. She is already so old. It’s worth the trouble!

Zhen Huan said calmly: "This is an old conflict between the Emperor and the Queen Mother. Let him handle it by himself. The involvement of outsiders will only make things more complicated."

An Lingrong murmured: "It seems that the emperor has murderous intentions towards Longkodo! But the Queen Mother will probably not let the emperor kill Longkodo. The Queen Mother is reluctant to bear it."

Shen Meizhuang frowned and said: "According to the emperor's sensitive and suspicious temperament, even if Longkodo just wants to enjoy his old age with the Queen Mother and have nothing to do, the emperor is still on guard against him and is always wary of him. If he wants to restrain his money, If he recruits troops and behaves recklessly, the emperor will definitely be rude to him."