An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

The stars reflected the moonlight like water. An Lingrong returned to Cuihe Palace. Before entering the palace gate, he heard the lights in Cining Palace next to him, and along with the lights there were intermittent moans.

An Lingrong listened carefully. Yes, it was Concubine Duan's voice. Could it be that her illness had relapsed?

An Lingrong thought about it, then went forward and knocked gently on the door of Cining Palace. Ji Xiang, dressed in pajamas, opened the door and welcomed An Lingrong in.

Sure enough, Concubine Duan was sitting upright on the bed, huddled up tiredly, trembling slightly in pain, her hands tightly clasped on her abdomen, and her eyes tightly closed.

"Jixiang, go get a glass of warm water for Concubine Duan. Concubine Duan, what's wrong with you?" An Lingrong asked with concern.

"Mr. Angui, it's you. You have an old problem. I thought it was going to be cured soon. But a few days ago, I got caught in the rain and fell down in the palace, so the old problem relapsed. I don't know what happened tonight. My legs also hurt and my stomach hurts, I guess it’s my menstrual period.” By the time she finished talking, Concubine Duan was so tired that she couldn’t breathe.

An Lingrong touched her back with his bare hands and gave her a sigh of relief. Then he added brown sugar to the warm water brought by Ji Xiang and gave it to Concubine Duan. Sure enough, it was pain during menstruation. Concubine Duan drank it for half a moment and her stomach hurt. It no longer hurts, but I still can't straighten my legs.

"Concubine Duan, please wait a moment. I'll ask the stool in the palace to get my medicine box." An Lingrong ran to the wall and shouted to the stool.

She then laid Concubine Duan down on her back, and then pricked several acupuncture points on her legs with silver needles. An Lingrong gently rubbed the tips of the silver needles, turned them carefully, and asked: "Concubine Duan, how about this?" Is your child feeling better?"

Concubine Duan wiped the sweat off her face and smiled comfortingly: "Mr. An Gui, your silver needles are more effective than medicine. After these few needles, the pain is gone. It's just that my legs are weak and I can't stand up. I'll lie down and sleep for a while." It’s late, I should be back to normal tomorrow.”

An Lingrong put away the silver needle, felt relieved, and said: "Concubine Duan must have exercised too much during the day. Did she run a few more laps around the garden outside? She looks like she is overworked. , you still need to control the amount of exercise and take your time.”

Concubine Duan praised: "People in Angui know things well. They were indeed running in the garden during the day. On a whim, they ran seven or eight more laps. My legs were sore at the time, but I was able to walk back to the palace. I thought it would be as usual." It gradually recovered on its own, but later I discovered that it was sore, numb, and painful. When I went to bed at night, the pain was as painful as a cramp. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I got up from the bed again, disturbing An Gui."

Ji Xiang served An Lingrong a cup of hot tea and said: "Concubine Duan's illness comes and goes away quickly. Fortunately, there is An Gui people living in Cuihe Hall. If we invite the Imperial Palace Hospital to come and have a look, I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time." .”

Ji Xiang served tea and then left. An Lingrong whispered: "Mother Duan Fei, I saw Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen from the Imperial Hospital returning to the palace today. The emperor sent some experts to protect them all the way back to Beijing, but they didn't We don’t know whether Concubine Hua will take action. When Imperial Doctor Jiang was sent out of the palace, Concubine Hua’s people did not succeed.”

Concubine Duan's face did not change, she nodded and said: "Well, I heard the emperor say this. When he let Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen out of the palace, he said that he would find a suitable opportunity to send them back. At this time, Hua The concubine is still under confinement, so don’t worry.”

An Lingrong said again: "Concubine Duan, there is something I have been thinking about for a long time and I have to say."

Concubine Duan looked serious and said, "Has anything big happened in the palace recently?"

An Lingrong nodded and said: "Exactly, a few days ago, an envoy from Outer Mongolia came to the palace and almost stabbed the emperor at the palace banquet. The scene was chaotic and the emperor avoided it. Then the envoy and the sword-wielding servant in the palace I also drew my sword and faced each other. In a moment of panic, I pulled out the golden hairpin from Wan Gui's head and stabbed the messenger. The emperor took this opportunity to make me a noble. It's okay not to mention this matter. Later, my maid went to participate in shopping outside the palace and found out. Concubine Jing disguised herself as a palace maid and went to Longkodo's mansion."

Concubine Duan looked at An Lingrong's lips opening and closing seriously without blinking her eyes.

Concubine Duan said softly: "What then?"

An Lingrong frowned slightly and said: "Later on, I couldn't understand this matter until news came out from the palace that Concubine Jing had bribed the people in the cell and had the envoy tortured to death in advance, and later the envoy's body was tortured to death. The corpse was transported out of the city. It wasn't until the emperor ordered Nian Gengyao to raise troops to go north that I connected these things together. It turned out that Concubine Jing was from Longkodo, and Longkodo was a powerful official that the emperor was afraid of. "

Concubine Duan sighed and said: "If you don't tell these details, I really don't know that so many things have happened in this palace. Don't look at the majesty of the emperor, but in fact he is very worried. When did this concubine I really didn’t know that I had caught up with Longkodo, but Longkodo had a close relationship with the Queen Mother. What kind of song did Concubine Jing sing? As long as it involves the Queen Mother, the Emperor, Longkodo, Nian Gengyao and other supreme officials, The imperial power and its ministers should try not to get involved. They should not cause trouble for themselves or the emperor. For such important matters, we can only see how the emperor decides. Be cautious in everything and don't get into trouble."

An Lingrong looked at Concubine Duan who seemed to be unaware. She listened to Concubine Duan's instructions and said, "I will definitely bear in mind what Concubine Duan said."

An Lingrong said thoughtfully: "Ms. Duan Fei, the recurrence of your leg disease is also related to the failure to keep up with the basic physical conditioning. In the final analysis, the physical foundation is too poor. This dietary conditioning and massage It’s still necessary and we have to carry on as usual.”

Concubine Duan smiled and nodded: "Angui, I didn't take what you said to heart before. I always thought that my physical condition couldn't be improved, whether I took medicine or not, but now I believe you. What you said is more effective than medicine. I don’t dare to mess with my body anymore. Don’t worry, go to bed early! I will check the recovery of my legs tomorrow morning. If there is improvement or if there is any problem, I will Ask Jixiang to inform you, I will trouble you more in the future."

An Lingrong said happily: "It's just a little effort. I recommended myself to the emperor and moved to Cining Palace just to take care of you."

An Lingrong returned to Cuihe Hall covered with stars and moonlight. Concubine Duan was very happy to be able to say such heartfelt words. She also discovered carefully that there was a new ancient screen in Concubine Duan's palace. On the far left was In the study room with long carpet flooring, the pavilion-style bed in the center is the previous bed, and the tables and chairs on the right side are newly placed and emit a faint fragrance. When did the emperor give this to her in the palace? ?

She keeps the palace door closed all year round, and occasionally opens a small side door next to the main door for single people to enter and exit. Except when she goes out for a run in the morning, she basically stays in the palace all day long. She can clearly see a little bird flying in from the Cining Palace. Not to mention such a big table, chair and ancient screen, An Ling was bored for a while, but went to sleep without thinking about it.