An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

Wen Shichu's answer was flawless, and An Lingrong gnashed her teeth as she listened. "There's no way to punish you, right? Don't wait until something goes wrong and the emperor catches you. If he kills you, it will be too late to regret it."

But how should she persuade them? Should she tell them clearly that she had witnessed with her own eyes in her previous life that Shen Meizhuang colluded with Doctor Wen and gave birth to a daughter? In order to give birth to her daughter smoothly and protect her daughter, Shen Meizhuang ended up suffering from hemorrhage, and later Doctor Wen also ended up castrating himself.

If I say that I am a reborn person, who would believe it?

Even the emperor knew the truth. He already knew that Shen Meizhuang had cheated on Wen Shichu in the previous life. However, the emperor just ignored them and focused all his attention on himself.

The emperor had his reasons for not touching Shen Meizhuang. Shen Meizhuang's father was Shen Zishan. Shen Zishan was an undefeated general who was good at planning and strategizing. The Qing Dynasty needed him, the people needed him, and the emperor needed him even more!

As for whether Shen Meizhuang would cheat, it was not unimportant to the emperor, but the emperor no longer cared after knowing the truth. He cared more about the overall situation. However, An Lingrong cared, and she still wanted to save this couple. While the two had not yet had an actual relationship, if she could save it, it would also help the emperor to calm down.

Now, how could An Lingrong, who holds great power, not have a way to deal with a little Wen Shichu?

The next day, without even notifying Wen Shichu in advance, An Lingrong removed Wen Shichu from his post and told Shen Meiyu that Wen Shichu would be responsible for diagnosing the health of Empress Duan in the Cining Palace. Concubine Duan became the empress, but she would never move out of the Cining Palace, saying that the Cining Palace had good feng shui and a quiet environment, and she was used to living there, so she would rather live in the Cining Palace for the rest of her life.

Wen Shichu was transferred to the Cining Palace to diagnose Empress Duan's pulse, while Shen Meiyu's daily pulse diagnosis was handed over to Wei Lin and Liu Bin from the Imperial Hospital. On days when Wei Lin did not have to go to the Alchemy Pavilion, he would take turns diagnosing the pulse of the major concubines in the harem.

Then, it was such a coincidence that when Wen Shichu did not take over Queen Duan's daily medical examinations and pulse diagnosis, Queen Duan was fine. But after Wen Shichu took over Queen Duan, she fell ill within a few days. The illness came inexplicably and it was an acute illness, just like asthma. She coughed and gasped from morning to night. There were rumors in the palace that Concubine Duan had tuberculosis and pneumonia. Pneumonia was a difficult and complicated disease at that time. All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the harem became very heavy, just because this lung disease was contagious.

The disease was so severe that the emperor suddenly transferred all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau to the Cining Palace. An Lingrong also participated in the diagnosis and treatment. The imperial doctors tried their best but still could not save Concubine Duan's life.

In just three short days, An Lingrong felt like she had experienced a century. She didn't understand why the incident happened right after Doctor Wen was transferred. She didn't dare to imagine what the trick was.

An Lingrong found Wen Shichu. She just wanted to find out the reason. Wen Shichu knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes: "It was the Queen Mother who brought a bowl of hot porridge to Concubine Duan. The porridge was fine, but the bowl was stained with something that could kill people. It was this bowl that caused Concubine Duan to be infected with lung disease."

An Lingrong asked, "Where is the bowl? Tell me!" She couldn't believe her eyes. She had just left for a short time, and the Queen Mother had taken a life right under her nose.

The emperor was very sad when he heard the news of Concubine Duan's death, but An Lingrong was even more upset than the emperor. An Lingrong hugged the emperor and couldn't stop crying: "Your Majesty, if I hadn't changed the imperial physician for Empress Duan, maybe she wouldn't have been poisoned. Your Majesty, she was killed by someone."

The Emperor hugged An Lingrong tightly and said, "Rong'er, this is God's will. Empress Duan was not murdered by someone. Remember, this is God's will. Rong'er, don't be too sad."

Fuck God's will! An Lingrong wiped her tears and stood up. She swore that she would make the Queen Mother pay for her blood debt with blood!

However, the Queen Mother is the biological mother of the man in front of her, and this man in front of her is the husband she can rely on for her whole life!

On the fifteenth day after Empress Duan left, the Emperor took An Lingrong's hand and wanted her to take the throne of Empress, but An Lingrong refused. She could not forget Empress Duan's voice, appearance and smile. She had put in so much effort for Empress Duan to take the throne of Empress, starting from entering the palace to cure her leg disease, and later when she was poisoned by the Empress Dowager. She used her own blood to save her. This time, due to her negligence, she thought the Empress Dowager would definitely let her go, and her carelessness caused Empress Duan to lose her life in vain. She fell into endless self-blame.

The emperor did not give up. He proposed the canonization three times, but An Lingrong declined each time. An Lingrong told the emperor that her son was already the crown prince. If he could ascend the throne one day, she would naturally be the empress dowager. However, she knew that her ability and wisdom were far behind those of Empress Duan, so she did not dare to be proud or complacent. In An Lingrong's heart, Empress Duan was someone she could never reach. Although Empress Duan was in a high position, she always maintained a humble and kind heart.

After careful consideration, the emperor finally nodded and agreed to An Lingrong's request. The position of queen was vacant, and the civil and military officials in the court began to get restless. They secretly began to carefully select beautiful and intelligent women to send to the palace, hoping to take this opportunity to win the emperor's favor, bring glory to the family, and compete for the position of queen.

However, the emperor's mood had changed. An Lingrong suggested that the emperor make Zhen Huan the queen, but the emperor refused. Similarly, the emperor also politely declined the beauties sent to the palace by the ministers. He firmly stated that the Qing Dynasty could not be without a queen for a day, and the selection of the queen must be cautious. He could not enthrone a queen at will. On the one hand, it would undermine the stability of the court, and on the other hand, he was afraid that a tragedy similar to the previous queen dispute would happen again. Therefore, despite the fact that there were many beauties sent to the harem, the emperor never enthrone a new queen.

In this way, the position of Queen remained vacant, which became a major event that attracted much attention in the court and the harem. Although the emperor did not appoint another Queen, he already had a suitable candidate in his heart, and he did his best to pamper this person, An Lingrong. No matter how busy the government was, he would take time to accompany her, have meals with An Lingrong, and chat with her. In front of An Lingrong, the emperor had no scruples.

An Lingrong's favor made other women in the harem envious, but she also suffered criticism from many people, including the empress dowager, who secretly stabbed An Lingrong in the back. The relationship between the empress dowager and the emperor had long since changed. The emperor ordered Longkodo to be executed, and the emperor became a thorn in the empress dowager's heart, a hurdle that she could not overcome. The empress dowager also wanted to replace her son to sit on the throne, but unfortunately failed.