An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

After the emperor took An Lingrong on a week-long tour around the south of the Yangtze River, he had to return to the imperial palace with An Lingrong early because of an inexplicable incident in the palace.

At Tongjitang, by the way, it has now been renamed Tongrongtang, the money saved had not been spent yet, so An Lingrong asked Xia Qian to carry it back to her own Yining Palace. Xiao Dengzi and Qiao Yu, and Qin Sanyue came up happily with Zhou Liufu in her arms. An Lingrong distributed the gifts she found in Jiangnan to them one by one. Most of the unique things were not available in the palace, and everyone loved them.

"Your Majesty, has something big happened in the palace?" Qin Sanyue peeled a Jiangnan tangerine and stuffed a small piece into Zhou Liufu's mouth.

"I know something happened, but the emperor didn't explain clearly what it was and he hurried back to the palace." An Lingrong said depressedly.

"Your Majesty, all the civil and military officials in the court haven't come to court for three or four days, just because the Empress Dowager carried the prostitute from Xiru Tower, Su Wan'er, back to the palace in an eight-man sedan chair. She also adopted her as her adopted daughter and doted on her in every way, allowing her to go to Shoukang Palace every day to accompany the Empress Dowager to copy scriptures, recite scriptures and pray for blessings." Qin Sanyue said with cold eyes.

An Lingrong was shocked: So this is what happened. It is really a big deal. First of all, apart from the fact that Su Wan'er is the biological sister of Princess Thirteen's biological mother, and the ministers are angry, although the war with the Dzungar Khanate was intentionally provoked by the emperor, it was done secretly. From the open point of view, Su Wan'er and Su Mi'er are the cause of the war, and Princess Thirteen is also the source of the disaster. The war has finally subsided, and the queen mother brought this witch into the palace. It would be strange if those ministers are not angry to death!

Moreover, to be honest, Su Wan'er is the unknown illegitimate daughter of the Queen Mother and Longkodo! Su Mi'er was killed by the Emperor, and Longkodo was also killed by the Emperor. The only remaining bloodline of Longkodo and the Queen Mother is Su Wan'er!

The emperor knew about this, she knew about it, the empress dowager said it herself when she and the emperor had an argument, and many concubines in the harem knew about it.

When Su Wan'er fled back to the Qing Dynasty from the Dzungar Khanate, the emperor originally thought that she had lost her value and wanted to dispose of her somewhere on the road. However, unexpectedly, she was secretly saved by experts. These people were all highly skilled in martial arts and escorted her directly back to Xiru Tower, the intelligence supply point.

Now it seems that it is most likely the Queen Mother's people who are behind this.

However, Su Wan'er herself didn't know her own life experience. No one told her that she was the daughter of the empress dowager and Longkodo. She only knew that she had a biological sister, Su Mi'er, and that Su Mi'er was killed by the empress dowager. The reason why she was willing to come to the palace to be the empress dowager's adopted daughter, didn't she want to avenge her biological sister?

The only relative she had in this world was killed, and the enemy was right in front of her!

But soon, An Lingrong let it go again! Because according to Qin Sanyue, after Su Wan'er came to the palace, she thought that the Queen Mother wanted to sentence her to death. Not only did she think so, but even the ministers and officials thought that the Queen Mother wanted Su Wan'er to come to the palace to die and calm the public anger.

Unexpectedly, things took a turn. The Queen Mother not only loved Su Wan'er very much, but also rewarded her with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. She let her live in the neighboring palace of Shoukang Palace - Yuhe Palace. Shoukang Palace was where the Queen Mother lived. This was a treatment that no woman in the harem had ever had.

Su Wan'er was also confused. She was terrified and puzzled. At first, Su Wan'er confronted the Queen Mother. Everyone thought that Su Wan'er was dead. Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother, who was accused by Su Wan'er, was very happy. Not only did she reward her with a palace to live in, she also sent masters from the palace to guard the gate of her palace 24 hours a day. Su Wan'er said that the Queen Mother wanted to monitor her, but the Queen Mother clearly said that she wanted to protect her.

As soon as the emperor returned to the palace, he went to Shoukang Palace to pay a visit to the empress dowager.

Su Wan'er was sitting next to the empress dowager. She asked Su Wan'er to sit in front of her dressing table and was combing her hair carefully. When the emperor entered Shoukang Palace and saw her, he almost dropped his jaw in shock.

"Mother, what are you doing? How can you dress up others? You are the empress dowager! Just ask Su Wan'er to do these things herself." The anger between the emperor's brows rose without warning.

The Queen Mother handed the sheep-horn comb to Su Wan'er. Su Wan'er let the Queen Mother toy with her head as if it were a prop. She did not panic, but looked indifferent.

The Queen Mother said calmly, "Your Majesty, you are back? You were so busy touring the south that you forgot you were the emperor of the Qing Dynasty? You didn't even inform me when you left. Why are you back now?"

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Mother, I went to Jiangnan and brought you some hairy crabs from Yangliu Lake. I go fishing in Jiangnan every day, thinking of you!"

Su Peisheng brought in several young eunuchs and carried in two large boxes. The boxes were still filled with water. The hairy crabs inside were still alive, baring their claws and fangs.

The Queen Mother took one look and said, "Oh, such a big claw, it moves around so much, it's really disgusting to me, it's really scary, I don't eat this thing, Your Majesty, please keep it for yourself! I don't have a good appetite, so drinking some porridge is a meal, which not only nourishes the stomach, but also saves a lot of money! Fortunately, Wan'er is here to accompany me, and now I feel full and warm every time I see anyone."

The emperor waved his hand again and said, "Su Peisheng, mother said she doesn't like to eat this hairy crab, so move it to Noble Concubine Li's place in Yining Palace! These were all bought with the silver that Noble Concubine Li saved! We can't damage the dignity of the silver."

The Queen Mother's face changed and she said, "You unfilial son, I don't like to eat hairy crabs, does Wan'er like to eat them? Since they have been sent to Shoukang Palace, there is no reason to return the gifts. Your Majesty, you are too ignorant! Wan'er is still the best, a caring little cotton-padded jacket."

Su Peisheng was stunned. So, should we move this hairy crab or not? !

When Su Wan'er saw that the mother and son were arguing again, she said, "Empress Dowager, I heard that the hairy crabs from the Jiangnan water town are extremely delicious. If you don't want to eat them, then Wan'er will take a few back to eat!"

The Queen Mother looked at Su Wan'er with a face full of pity, then turned around, her eyes as cold as ice and snow locked on the Emperor's face and said, "Did you see that? I don't give you face, but Wan'er gives you face. Since Wan'er likes to eat them, then order someone to move these two boxes of hairy crabs to Wan'er's Yuhedian!"

"Mother, I heard that the ministers have not come to court for several days for some unknown reason. I was anxious, so I rushed back. The boat was moving slowly along the way, and it took me three or four days. I don't know what happened?" The emperor pretended to be puzzled.

"What else could it be? Those old guys always make life a worry-free experience, just because I adopted Wan'er as my adopted daughter and they are not happy! They! I will not act according to their faces. I am so old now, how long can I live? Not much longer! I just want to live a few more years smoothly while I am still alive." The queen mother said coldly.

"Mother will surely be able to achieve immortality. Concubine Li has already developed an elixir of life." said the emperor.

"The elixir of immortality? Just because Concubine Li said it was an elixir of immortality, does that mean it must be an elixir of immortality? Only you, Your Majesty, believe this. I don't believe it either. People in this world are not monsters or ghosts. How can there be immortality? Everyone will die." The empress dowager glanced at him coldly, with a look of disbelief on her face.