The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

After what happened in the Imperial Garden, the Emperor no longer had the heart to wander around there, so he took An Lingrong back to the palace. The Emperor remained silent along the way, thinking about something, and An Lingrong also followed the Emperor quietly without saying a word.

Suddenly the emperor asked, "Have you ever thought about coming to the Imperial Garden with me today?"

An Lingrong was shocked when she heard the emperor's words. She realized that the emperor might suspect that she had arranged all these things, so she asked with a little confusion: "I have already been to the Imperial Garden this morning. If it weren't for the emperor's idea of ​​taking me to swing, I would have continued to appreciate the flowers in the palace."

When the emperor heard An Lingrong's words, he immediately thought, yes, he didn't hear any rumors while strolling in the Imperial Garden. He just wanted to take Rongpin to swing on the swing on a whim, and heard the rumors there. No matter how scheming Rongpin was, she wouldn't have been able to calculate his thoughts.

Then the emperor said as if to explain: "I was wrong about you."

An Lingrong still smiled very cutely and looked at the emperor, "I dare not, the emperor may be a little tired, so he is in a bad mood."

The emperor patted An Lingrong's hand perfunctorily and continued to think about what had just happened.

Emperor Ren would never have imagined that all this was a trap set by Nian Shilan and An Lingrong, and the two palace maids were Yun'er and Nian Shilan's secret guard Nian Xi.

Yun'er knew that it was not enough to just know medical skills to take good care of the Fifth Prince, so she also learned some martial arts from Nianxi. Yun'er was very intelligent, and she could learn many things that would take three to five years to learn in just a few months.

So just now, Yun'er and Nian Xi followed the emperor all the way, and when they heard that the emperor was going to take An Lingrong to swing, they deliberately used light skills to arrive there in advance and performed this drama for the emperor.

When the emperor passed by the Yanx Palace, he asked An Lingrong to return to the palace first, and he returned to the Yangxin Palace to wait for news from Su Peisheng's investigation.

After a while, Su Peisheng walked into the main hall with his head bowed, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please punish us. We have lost our way."

The emperor looked at Su Peisheng unhappily and said, "You are getting worse and worse at doing things now. You still haven't found out the result of the poisoning of the Seventh Prince a while ago. You and two palace maids lost each other today. All those who were involved will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane."

Su Peisheng kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then he went downstairs to accept the punishment. When he reached the door, the emperor stopped him and said, "Wait a minute."

Su Peisheng turned back to look at the emperor, who said in a somewhat annoyed tone: "I will give you a chance to redeem yourself. Go find this person for me, or else your position as the chief eunuch will be replaced by someone else."

Su Peisheng hesitated for a long time, and finally said in a low voice: "I am stupid, I hope the emperor can give me some advice."

The emperor was a little annoyed by Su Pei's anger, but he still said, "Gather all the palace maids in the imperial garden and listen to their voices."

Su Peisheng's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he quickly bent down and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is wise."

The emperor didn't even bother to look at Su Peisheng, and Su Peisheng tactfully ran out.

Su Peisheng went to the Imperial Garden and asked the steward of the Imperial Garden to call all the palace maids to him. Steward Gao of the Imperial Garden wanted to ask Su Peisheng for some information, but Su Peisheng evaded the question with a smile.

While waiting for the palace maids, Su Peisheng carefully recalled the voices of the two palace maids he had just heard. One voice was as clear as an oriole, while the other voice was very cold and somewhat masculine.

After all the palace maids arrived, Su Peisheng specifically asked Chief Steward Gao if anyone was missing. After receiving Chief Steward Gao's solemn assurance that all were present, Su Peisheng stood above and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve. It read, "Year after year, the flowers are the same, but the people are different."

Facing the confused looks of the palace maids, Su Peisheng spoke slowly, "You don't have to know the reason, just read aloud one after another. The one who reads the most pleasantly will have the opportunity to serve the emperor. You should all seize this opportunity."

The eyes of the palace maids in the audience were all shining. It was such a blessing to serve in the presence of the emperor. If one could rise to prominence and be favored by the emperor to become a concubine, it was what many people dreamed of.

The palace maids in the audience read aloud one after another with great emotion. Su Peisheng listened for an entire afternoon but did not find any voices similar to the ones he heard in the afternoon.

Su Peisheng returned to the Yangxin Palace listlessly again. Seeing this, the emperor asked in surprise, "No?"

Su Peisheng shook his head and said in a low but very firm voice: "Your Majesty, I have listened to them one by one, and there is not a single similar voice."

The emperor looked a little solemn when he saw this. Could it be that this was another trap set by the concubines in the palace? The emperor could not help but become suspicious of Nian Shilan again.

"Su Peisheng, come with me to Yikun Palace." The emperor ordered in a deep voice.

When the emperor and Su Peisheng arrived at Yikun Palace, Nian Shilan was not there. The emperor ran into Yun'er who was busy in the yard and asked, "Where is the Imperial Concubine?"

When Yun'er saw that it was the emperor, she was not at all flustered. She just lowered her usually clear voice like an oriole, but did not deliberately say, "In reply to the emperor, the imperial concubine was summoned to Jingren Palace by the queen."

When the emperor heard that the queen had ordered Nian Shilan to go to Jingren Palace, he became a little flustered and quickly turned around and walked towards the queen's Jingren Palace.

Nian Shilan was a little surprised when the Queen summoned her to Jingren Palace today. She didn't expect that the Queen would come to her without her taking the initiative to provoke her. Naturally, Nian Shilan would not refuse such a good opportunity.

When they arrived at Jingren Palace, Nian Shilan was wearing the clothes made of brocade that the emperor had rewarded her a few days ago. The queen was a little angry because it was one thing for her to hear about it, but it was another thing to see that the emperor gave such good fabric to Nian Shilan and allowed her to wear it and parade around in public.

The Queen endured it and did not make things difficult for her directly. Instead, she asked Jianqiu to pour tea for Nian Shilan. After Nian Shilan took the teacup, she did not drink it but just put it on the table.

Upon seeing this, the Queen's eyes turned cold, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing a barely perceptible smile, but her voice was as calm as water: "What does the Imperial Concubine mean? Are you worried that I will poison your teacup?"

Nian Shilan did not get angry when she heard this. Instead, she smiled lightly, with a hint of pride and boasting in her smile. She said softly, "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. How dare I speculate about you like this? It is true that I am pregnant now and I am very precious! Even the Emperor attaches great importance to this and strictly ordered me not to drink tea again. So, I hope Your Majesty will not blame me."

When the Queen heard that Nian Shilan was pregnant, her heart was shocked and her face was full of astonishment. She didn't even have time to restrain her expression. Her eyes were wide open, staring at Nian Shilan. A complex emotion of disbelief, jealousy, envy and hatred flashed in her eyes, making her look a little hideous.