An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

Everyone thought that the Emperor had let the Empress Dowager off the hook, but others didn't know, but An Lingrong knew, that the Emperor had received news of the Empress Dowager's departure from Shoukang Palace since the day she fled. The Emperor had sent people to follow her all the way out of the palace, in order to secretly protect the Empress Dowager's personal safety and to find out why the Empress Dowager had left the palace.

However, the emperor had not expected that the empress dowager was still unwilling to give up on Longkodo, and the two of them made an appointment to go to the hot spring together.

Prince Heng was sent by the Emperor to witness the affair between the Empress Dowager and Longkodo by accident. It was also the Emperor who asked Prince Heng to convey the news to all civil and military officials through Zhang Tingyu.

Now, Longkodo aroused public outrage. All officials were indignant and dissatisfied, and unanimously demanded that Longkodo be severely punished.

Longkodo never dreamed that he would be caught by someone in his own secret territory, but now that things have come to this, he has no way to defend himself.

Did Longkodo want to defend himself? Did he say that he was taking a hot spring bath alone? No, Prince Heng had witnessed with his own eyes that Longkodo was holding a woman familiar to everyone in his arms.

Then Longkodo will defend himself by saying that he took another woman to the hot spring? The Queen Mother will not be happy. This Queen Mother has great power in the world. For you, Longkodo voluntarily lowered himself and fooled around with you. Don't you dare to admit it?

Did Longkodo say that he took the Queen Mother to the hot spring? That is not possible, because Longkodo still has a wife and concubines at home!

Longkodo thought for a long time and finally came up with a good plan that would satisfy both parties. He said that it was the Queen Mother who forced him to take a hot spring bath with her.

Longkodo thought he had solved the problem, but a more difficult problem arose. This time, not only the emperor wanted to kill him, but all the civil and military officials in the court wanted to kill him, and even the empress dowager became cruel and said she wanted to kill him.

The Queen Mother said that no one needed to speak ill of Longkodo in front of her. If anyone wanted to kill Longkodo, she was the only one qualified, and Longkodo could only die in her hands.

The absurd farce went on endlessly, and the emperor was only about to issue an order to urge the empress dowager. "Empress Dowager, you said that Longkodo can only die in your hands, so you'd better act quickly!"

But the Queen Mother was not in a hurry at all!

The emperor asked his court officials to submit earnest memorials to the emperor's memorials, accusing Longkodo of wrongdoing. He packed the memorials into three large baskets and had them carried directly to the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace.

The Queen Mother started a new round of procrastination, delaying as much as possible. Although she said that she wanted to kill Longkodo, every time when it came to really punishing Longkodo, the Queen Mother backed off.

The emperor waited for a long time but received no response. He saw that the empress dowager was going to drag the matter on again. At this time, the officials were in high spirits and the emperor did not want to wait any longer. So, he personally selected a group of smart and capable guards and carried out a secret arrest operation.

Before the emperor took action, he told An Lingrong and Concubine Duan the news. An Lingrong gathered the women with martial arts in the palace, including Chun'er, Qin Sanyue, Ye Lanyi, Lin Qing, Shen Meizhuang and others, and used this group of people with martial arts and courage as the backbone of the palace. While the emperor was outside arresting Longkodo, An Lingrong was thinking of ways to stabilize the emperor's rear. Since An Lingrong was kidnapped last time, she was even more wary of this.

An Lingrong has to guard against more than just these. She also has to be on guard against the Empress Dowager. Although the Emperor has also deployed people to guard the Empress Dowager, she has not yet figured out how many people the Empress Dowager has deployed in the palace. She only knows that Aunt Zhuxi, who is beside the Empress Dowager, is a very powerful master.

In addition to guarding against the Empress Dowager's sudden actions, there are many old concubines and young princesses in the palace who need protection. If anything goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous. An Lingrong requires everyone to remain highly vigilant at all times and not make the slightest mistake.

In order to deal with possible emergencies, the emperor also told them that if the situation is urgent, they can take refuge in the tunnels. These tunnels are secret passages in the palace that can lead to safe places and are an important line of defense in the palace. The emperor hopes that the concubines can be familiar with the layout and routes of these tunnels in case of emergency.

After hearing the emperor's words, An Lingrong and others expressed their willingness to fully cooperate in the operation to capture Longkodo and protect the old concubines and young princesses in the palace. She knew that she had a heavy responsibility and dared not slack off.

The wind was cold and biting. Lin Qing and Ye Lanyi stood firmly in the front, their eyes were firm and full of determination. As the vanguard guards, they knew that they had a great responsibility and had to ensure that all women and children could retreat safely to the rear.

An Lingrong looked at the figures of the disabled women in the palace, and a strong impulse surged in her heart. She volunteered to be the vanguard guard, hoping to fight side by side with Qin Sanyue, Lin Qing, Ye Lanyi and others to protect those innocent lives. The emperor looked at her determined eyes and knew that he could not dissuade her, so he had to send Xia Qi, a master of the palace, to protect her.

With Xia Ye and Qin Sanyue by her side, Xia Ye's superb martial arts skills and rich combat experience undoubtedly gave An Lingrong confidence.

An Lingrong was worried about the emperor's safety, and the emperor told her that in addition to Xia Qian and other palace masters, there were also the Blood-Dripping Dagger. The emperor said that the Blood-Dripping Dagger existed in every corner of the palace, and even the little guy beside An Lingrong was a member of the Blood-Dripping Dagger team. This shocked An Lingrong, and the emperor's spies were indeed everywhere.

The emperor wanted to capture Longkodo, and this time he was really determined to do it. The empress dowager got wind of it and passed the news overnight. Longkodo was so scared that he packed up his gold and silver jewelry overnight and once again ran away from his mansion without a trace. Even his wife, concubines, and other children were unaware of it and no one knew when Longkodo ran away.

The emperor was anxious to catch him, and Longkodo was also anxious to escape. He started his days of wandering around the world with only one horse. In order not to be recognized, he kept changing his identity, carrying more than a dozen documents to prove his identity. Sometimes he was an ordinary citizen, sometimes a merchant, and sometimes a young master. In short, he would escape if he could.

Unfortunately, the net of justice is vast and nothing can escape it. Longkodo fled to Fengyang County, Anhui Province, where he was finally recognized and reported to the government. As long as Longkodo was reported to the government, they could get enough silver to spend in their lifetime. So, at the order of the government, this handsome man who was worth more than silver became a prisoner.

On the way back to the capital, Longkodo shamelessly cried out his innocence in the prison car, but others thought he was just making a fool of himself and no one paid any attention to him. Longkodo was brought back to the capital, convicted and imprisoned for as many as thirty-nine crimes.

To Longkodo at this time, it no longer mattered whether he was guilty or not, or how many charges he had. At this moment, even if the empress dowager offered herself to him again, he would not want her. He just wanted to live, and he was willing to give up all the money he had earned in his life in exchange for staying alive.