An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

The next day, when An Lingrong was drying the Polygonum multiflorum excavated from Cuihe Mountain and bundling it into a bundle for storage, Little Stool excitedly came to announce: "My lord, I saw Eunuch Su coming towards Yining Palace. My master, please quickly put down the medicinal materials and dress up carefully. The emperor must be thinking about my little master again. The emperor announces his visit to me every now and then. I am really happy."

An Lingrong flicked the dust off his coat and said, "Qiaoyu, just find something to change into. I must be the only one who has been honored by the emperor."

The little stool was speechless and said: "My lord, who else do you think the emperor will announce?"

An Lingrong pretended to be angry and said: "Little stool, you are overthinking. The emperor came to me to discuss matters. Do you understand?"

The little stool immediately breathed a sigh of relief and put on a pleasant smiling face again.

In the Yangxin Hall, the atmosphere was a little depressing. The emperor was sitting on top without saying a word, and two familiar figures were kneeling on the ground below.

Aren't those E Min and Zhen Yuandao?

There were two pretty beauties in red standing on the other side. They were Zhen Huan from Tangli Palace and Qi Concubine from Chuxiu Palace.

An Lingrong stood aside quietly. No one dared to say anything. He only heard the emperor's majestic voice: "Everyone is here."

"Master E, come here, hand over the note you wrote to Master Zhen for a look. If you have any dissatisfaction, tell Master Zhen personally."

Old E Min blushed slightly, and stood up from the ground bravely. He took the memorial from the emperor's hand, opened it and took a look at it, and then handed it to Zhen Yuandao sadly.

Zhen Yuandao had a puzzled look on his face, but when he saw that E Min refused to accept the explanation, he blurted out: "Master E, based on the friendship between you and me, if you have anything to say, you have to bring it to the emperor. If you have something to say, you can't talk to me directly. What do you mean by reading my book? I, Zhen Yuandao, have never been greedy, and I have a clear conscience. If you have any dissatisfaction with me, you can ask me in person. I!"

E Min had a troubled look on his face, but he was very determined. He threw the memorial into Zhen Yuandao's hands and said, "Master Zhen, please open it and take a look to see if what I said is true."

Zhen Yuandao slowly opened the book. The smile on the corner of the emperor's mouth disappeared in a flash. Zhen Yuandao's face gradually changed color and swelled into the color of pig liver, while E Min's head lowered. He did not dare to He raised his eyes to look at Zhen Yuandao.

"Papa." The sudden sound in the air startled everyone in the Yangxin Hall.

An Lingrong looked around and saw Zhen Yuandao hitting E Min on the forehead twice with the memorial in his hand. Qi Bin beside him said angrily: "Master Zhen, the emperor is still here, how can you Are you so rude to attack my concubine’s father? Let go of my father!”

Qi Bin hurriedly wanted to run forward to help, but An Lingrong stretched out her leg secretly. The anxious Qi Bin suddenly tripped and fell to the ground, screaming in pain.

The emperor's brows frowned slightly. Zhen Yuandao hit E Min on the head and body with Zhezi. The Zhezi was shattered into pieces. E Min's face turned red. He was angry, but because of the emperor's presence, he did not dare to fight back.

What made him even more angry was that Zhen Yuandao had been beating him for a long time, and the emperor was still slowly sipping tea with the fine Longjing tea, looking at Zhen Yuandao with half-smiling eyes.

Zhen Yuandao was tired from beating, and collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily, and said: "Your Majesty, it's all my fault for being rude. E Min took a quote out of context and framed me. Please, for the sake of my long-time loyalty, don't do it." Listen to E Min’s slander.”

The emperor put down the cup in his hand and said, "Are you tired from the beating? Master Zhen is tired. Su Peisheng brought a large and comfortable chair to Zhen Yuandao so that he could sit down and have a good rest."

When E Min saw that the wind was going in the wrong direction, he quickly knelt down in the tunnel and said: "Your Majesty, everything I said to you is true, and I never dare to deceive you. Your Majesty, please look at your ears. Since yesterday, I submitted this document to the emperor, After a memorial, after Chu Xiugong and the emperor came out from dinner, the lower half of his ear was cut off in the palace. I was so frightened that I almost fainted on the spot. "

The emperor looked thoughtfully at E Min's wound wrapped with white cloth and said, "Can you untie it and show it to me? Is the injury serious?"

A look of pain appeared on E Min's face, and An Lingrong lowered his brows. At this point, the pain should have stopped long ago!

Twenty-four hours have passed. Besides, it’s not a serious injury. It’s just that a small piece of earlobe is missing from the ear.

The expression on Zhen Yuandao's face softened a lot as soon as he saw it. He laughed and said: "Master E, apply a thick layer of lard on the injured part of the ear. It won't take many days for the earlobe to grow back." ”

E Min opened his eyes and said angrily: "Isn't it Master Zhen who ordered someone to do this? I have no grievances against anyone, so how could I be plotted against for no reason? I just submitted a statement to the emperor, and within four seconds Someone cut off my ear within an hour. Your Majesty, this is the dagger that cut off my ear. It also comes with a note. Your Majesty, look at it. The note is full of threats. This is force. I don’t want to tell the truth. Asking the emperor to make decisions for me must be the fault of Zhen Yuandao.”

Zhen Yuandao turned around disdainfully, with a dark face and said nothing, not wanting to talk to E Min anymore.

The emperor smiled slightly and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. E. Your impeachment of Mr. Zhen is also for the sake of the stability of the Qing Dynasty. For my sake, I don't want to neglect these important little details. Mr. Zhen dare not say it. Mr. E Dare to say, Su Peisheng, I will give gold to Mr. E. As for this ear, Mr. E should work harder. It hurts. From now on, you should take your guards with you when you go out and enter the palace. Be careful. The stabbing that Mr. E suffered in the palace at this time. , Master Zhen has not yet entered the palace and has no knowledge of it. He does not even know that Master E has participated in his book. "

E Min's eyes glanced at Zhen Huan intentionally or unintentionally, and Zhen Huan looked away.

The emperor immediately said: "Master E, I am having dinner with you at Chuxiu Palace. I haven't had time to talk to Concubine Wan about this matter. Concubine Wan must not have done it."

Qi Concubine said dissatisfied: "Your Majesty, even if Wan Concubine did not do it herself, it is still related to her. She probably ordered her servants to do it. Otherwise, how could things in this world be such a coincidence? My father had just participated in Concubine Concubine. My father was attacked that day, and I asked the emperor to investigate. "

The emperor gently closed the memorial and said: "Qi concubine, do you think I have nothing to do all day long? If every trivial matter needs to be investigated thoroughly, I will not be able to complete the investigation even if I have three heads and six arms. I am looking for you today." You came here just hoping to communicate directly about something. If it’s not something particularly important, try to make it as small as possible.”

E Min acted based on his face and said hurriedly: "I misheard for a moment and wasted the emperor's time. I will withdraw the statement and no longer impeach Zhen Yuandao."

The emperor nodded slightly, his expression warmed, and handed the memorial to Su Peisheng, who then handed it to E Min. The emperor said he was tired and waved to them, and the group quietly exited the Yangxin Hall.

An Lingrong was the last one to leave the Yangxin Hall with his head lowered. He only heard the emperor say: "The others will leave first, Li Bin, you stay."

An Lingrong's head was buzzing, and she stopped numbly.