An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

It was not until the next day that the news that Lingrong was bitten by a poisonous snake was known to all the concubines in the palace.

Jingpin and Xia Dongchun, who had a good relationship with Lingrong, arrived first and brought a lot of supplements to Lingrong.

Xia Dongchun gritted his teeth and swore to find the person who released the snake.

Lingrong knew very well that apart from the Queen, there was probably no one else who could be so cruel as to perform an abortion.

As for Zhen Huan, her methods are more "gentle". She would take away both the child and her love, and basically would not do something like letting a snake bite someone.

Therefore, even if Xia Dongchun wanted to investigate, he would probably give up when he found out that it might be the queen.

After all, Xia Dongchun has surrendered to the Queen. Even if they have a good personal relationship, Xia Dongchun will not betray the Queen.

I think if I could be informed secretly by then, that would be the limit.

What’s infuriating is that there are so many servants in Chengqian Palace who betray their masters. As soon as one Baoque leaves, a new one comes.

But Ling Rong couldn’t tell whether it was Gardenia, Ding Dong or Hibiscus.

But if the quilt was indeed coated with snake-attracting medicine, then the queen would have no way to escape.

If the mastermind behind the incident can be caught, the servant who did it will naturally be implicated.

But we can't just rely on He Anming to investigate. I also have to investigate carefully to find out who covered me with this quilt.

Lingrong's health has not recovered yet and she can only lie in bed and drink bowl after bowl of medicine.

"My lady...it's all my fault..."

"No wonder you are here, Zhaoshui." Lingrong saw that Zhaoshui still felt that she was at fault, so she had to hold her and comfort her, "Whether it's a cat or a snake, I'm not afraid.

I just lost my composure because I was worried that it was a poisonous snake.

In that case, even if you were there, you might not have noticed it, so why put the blame on yourself? "

Zhao Shui still shook her head. She sniffed and said, "If I were here, no one would sneak up to you and release the snake, and you wouldn't be bitten."

"The appearance of this snake is strange. It doesn't necessarily mean that it came near me." Ling Rong frowned and thought, "Or maybe I have something like snake-attracting incense on me, which attracted the snake here.

Or someone put the snake directly on me, which caused me to be bitten.

But as far as I know, all snake-attracting incense has a special smell.

The purpose is to allow people who use incense to distinguish whether they are contaminated with the scent, so as to avoid attracting the snake out of its hole and harming themselves. "

Zhaoshui was busy feeling sad just now, but when he heard Lingrong's words, he forgot to blame himself, "There is no fragrance on the quilt, so it is possible that no one has tampered with it."

"After all, everyone knows that this quilt was given by the Queen. The Queen is very thoughtful and would never do such a thing."

If this is the case, it would be even more difficult to find the Queen's flaws.

Especially now that the baby in her belly couldn't stand any more pressure, Ling Rong could only endure it silently and hand over all the evidence she could find to Su Peisheng.

The news came back quickly from He Anming that there was indeed nothing wrong with the quilt.

He experimented with the same venomous snakes, and it didn't work to attract snakes.

The brocade quilt was sent back intact, but Ling Rong still did not keep it with her, but threw it into the storeroom.

"Have you found out who covered me with the quilt?"

“I have questioned everyone and found that only Zhizi and Dingdong can cover the young lady with a quilt.

It’s just that these two people didn’t admit it, and no one else saw it.”

Zhao Shui lowered her voice and looked around, "My lady, the snake cage was found in the Imperial Garden.

But the only person who passed by the Imperial Garden after the young lady was poisoned was Gardenia."

"You think Gardenia..." Ling Rong recalled the daily behavior of Ding Dong and Gardenia, but she couldn't figure out who was more suspicious.

But now it seems that this gardenia is obviously more suspicious.

"My young master also said that Ding Dong didn't dare to approach me when he saw me being bitten by a snake. I don't think he would dare to do that if he is afraid of snakes."

Ling Rong shook her head. Anyone could pretend to be afraid of snakes.

Ding Dong is usually smart and knows some medical skills.

To be honest, she was the most likely person to understand the toxicity of the snake, and the most likely person to use medicine to lure the snake to Chengqian Palace.

"I'm afraid this Ding Dong is the one who is hiding his true abilities."

"Then let's..."

“First keep an eye on the two of them and see if you can find any clues.

The emperor did not send these two people to the Ministry of Punishment, so he must have some considerations. I just don’t know what Su Peisheng has found out.”

Ling Rong sighed and stroked her belly. Although she wanted to find out who had harmed her, she still had to pay attention to the little one in her belly.

The child is too fragile now. If we are not careful, he will not be able to survive.

Regardless of whether He Anming is trustworthy or not, we can only trust him now.

As for the imperial physician Wei Lin, we will continue to get in touch with him and find a suitable opportunity to let him show his face in front of the emperor, so as to legitimately transform this medical officer's identity into that of an imperial physician.

But this matter will have to wait until after I give birth. The most important thing right now is not to find out the truth, but to keep the baby.

Therefore, she couldn't go to check in person, and could only rely on looking in the water and the small pond to find out the news bit by bit.

However, it didn't take long before Su Peisheng came to Chengqian Palace and took Ding Dong and Zhizi away.

The emperor said that he didn't want to use the Ministry of Punishment at every turn, but in the end he still threw the two girls in.

For three whole days, no news came back from the Ministry of Punishment.

Zhaoshui even asked Xiaoxiazi for information, but didn't learn anything useful.

However, Xiao Xiazi did reveal that the snake cage was not made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but was made by himself using branches he had climbed and broken.

We are now investigating where these branches came from in the palace, but there are too many trees, and we have to investigate secretly, so there is no new progress for the time being.

In order not to alert the enemy, Su Peisheng put in a lot of effort.

"Zhao Shui, the emperor is actually very angry this time." Xiao Xiazi hid in the bushes, not daring to let the people around him see him, "But for the safety of Lady An and the unborn baby, the emperor didn't dare to visit."

Zhaoshui was not Lingrong, so naturally she didn't feel anything about this. In her eyes, this kind of neglect was not protection, but rather allowing the concubines in the palace to attack her own mistress.

My lady's family is very humble, and it is impossible for her to have as many imperial doctors waiting on her as Concubine Hui, let alone a group of midwives to take care of her every day.

After all, the emperor doesn't care about his own mistress as much as he cares about Concubine Hui.

Now he even just asked Xiao Xiazi to pass on these words, and he himself has not visited Chengqian Palace in person, which shows that he has no sincerity at all.

But Zhaoshui didn't dare to say this out loud, she could only smile and said, "My lady, you will be very happy to hear this news."

"The Emperor also told Lady An to rest assured and take care of her pregnancy. The Emperor will definitely find out the whole story."

"Okay." Zhaoshui didn't get any useful information, but instead heard a lot of nonsense.

"Zhaoshui, you should be careful too." Xiao Xiazi saw Zhaoshui was about to leave, so he hurried out of the bushes and gave another warning. "Sprinkle some snake repellent powder or realgar, it will be bad if there are more than one poisonous snake."

Zhaoshui responded again, she smiled, waved to Xiao Xiazi before leaving.

When hurriedly passing by the Imperial Garden, Zhaoshui happened to meet Zhen Changzai and Chun Changzai, who were preparing to go to the Yangxin Palace to accompany the emperor.

"Isn't this Miss Zhaoshui who is beside Concubine An?" Zhen Huan smiled and called Zhaoshui to stand up. She asked with concern, "How is Concubine An now?"

"To answer Concubine Zhen, my young lady is still in poor health." Zhaoshui did not tell Lingrong the truth. She even sighed, "She is taking medicine all day long. I don't know who is so cruel to do such a thing."

Zhen Huan also sighed. She turned to look at Concubine Chun, and the two held hands tightly, "If Concubine An needs any tonic herbs, you can send someone to Yongshou Palace to get them.

In any case, tell her not to worry too much, and that protecting herself is the most important thing.

When Chun Changzai and I are free in a few days, we will definitely go to Chengqian Palace to visit An Guiren."

"Yes, Zhaoshui must take good care of Sister An, otherwise the emperor will be distressed."

Chun Changzai still looked innocent. She pulled Zhen Huan and was eager to go to the Yangxin Palace.

"My dear sister, the emperor wants to paint your portrait today, don't keep him waiting for too long."

Zhaoshui bowed tactfully and watched the two attendants leave.

She really didn't understand what the two masters wanted to do by calling her.

Could it be that he wanted to tell me that the young lady was not favored? Even though she had a near-death experience, the emperor did not care and even had the mind to paint portraits for other concubines.

Especially that Concubine Chun, no matter how you look at her, she doesn't seem that innocent, and the words she says make people sound extremely uncomfortable.

Forget it, just don’t let the young lady know about this, so as not to affect her health. I don’t know when this illness will be cured.

Hearing that the case was progressing slowly, Lingrong was helpless. She could only ask Zhaoshui to search Zhizi and Dingdong's house again to see if there were any new discoveries.

In fact, the two people's houses have been searched many times, and Zhaoshui is almost remembering everything these two people have.

Once again, nothing was gained. Terusui sat on the steps and sighed, not knowing how to reply to his master.

A breeze blew by, and Zhaoshui suddenly smelled a fragrance. She squinted her eyes and sniffed carefully, and found that the smell seemed to be the same as the cold orchid in the hall.

She looked around and finally saw a pot of orchid at the corner.

It seemed that no one had watered the orchid, and its roots were somewhat exposed, and now it was a little wilted. And although orchids don't like direct sunlight, this place is too shady and not suitable for the growth of flowers.

Zhaoshui hesitated for a while, and then pulled out the flower for some unknown reason.

The flower was easily pulled out, and when I looked closer into the water, I saw a paper bag lying at the bottom of the flowerpot.

"My lady! I found this package in the flowerpot."

It was a whole bag of white powder, which was extremely fine. It opened up with a light push on the arm without leaving any trace.

"Call Doctor He to come over and see if this packet of powder is something that attracts snakes."

Although Lingrong is proficient in spices, she doesn't dare to be careless and just smell the fragrance in the current situation. The safest way is to leave it to the imperial physician.

Soon, He Anming followed Xiao Chizi and rushed over. He took the bag of powder without even taking a breath.

The powder was colorless and odorless, and He Anming couldn't even tell what it was made of.

"Eunuch Chi, please bring the cage over here."

He Anming was also helpless. The people in the palace had so many tricks up their sleeves that they couldn't even tell what the powder was.

Xiao Chizi stepped back with the cage and whispered to He Anming to come over.

He Anming turned his head and glanced at An Lingrong who was looking puzzled, and finally realized what Xiao Chizi was worried about.

He apologized to Lingrong, and retreated to the courtyard with Xiaochizi to use the powder to see if it could attract the snake.

He Anming held the powder in his hand and shook it left and right in front of the cage. The venomous snake, which had been lazily curled up in the cage, suddenly stood up, spitting out its bright red tongue, and its head kept shaking along with the powder.

It seems that this powder is indeed used to attract snakes. He Anming frowned and kept wondering what kind of thing is odorless to humans but can attract poisonous snakes.

"My lord, this is indeed a snake-attracting powder, made from the seeds of the cnidium monnieri ground into powder.

Snakes love to eat the seeds of Cnidium monnieri, so they will be attracted to it.”

After He Anming confirmed with Xiao Chizi, he covered the snake cage with a black cloth and went back into the hall to reply.

"It's just that it seems that something else has been added to it, making the powder as fine as rouge and difficult to be noticed when applied on the body."

"Apply it on the body?" Ling Rong guessed that when she was bitten by a poisonous snake, someone must have applied this powder on her body.

Covering with a quilt or something might just be to hide the action of applying powder.

These powders were hidden in Hanlan's flowerpot. Lingrong now suspected that the person who did this was Ding Dong, who was in charge of the flowers and plants.

Moreover, this brocade quilt was also sent by Ding Dong. It seemed a bit unreasonable that Jianqiu directly gave the Queen's gift to a new maid in Chengqian Palace.

"The person who made this powder must be very well versed in medical knowledge. No matter where it is applied, it will be difficult for people to find it.

This method is simply impossible to guard against. If the spies in the palace are not cleaned up, it will be difficult to give birth safely."

He Anming rewrapped the powder and handed it back to Zhaoshui. What he said was not alarmist, but the naked truth.

Ling Rong's mind was in turmoil. She looked at the packet of medicine powder and a terrible idea slowly arose in her mind.

Now that he had the powder and the poisonous snake, he knew clearly that it was the Queen who did it.

Then this powder should be given back to the Queen, so that she can also taste the feeling of being bitten by a poisonous snake.

But this imperial physician was He Anming, not one of his own.

Ling Rong was not sure whether he would report her if she really did that.