An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

As Lingrong expected, a few days later, Chun Changzai caught the emperor's attention while flying a kite in Houhai, and he stayed in her room that night.

However, she was not able to gain promotion by gaining favor, and now she is still just a concubine.

It seems that apart from Zhen Huan, no one else can get this honor.

Because of the competition for favor, the concubines were like firecrackers when they met, and would explode at the slightest mistake.

Only the emperor was very happy, as if all the concubines had become wise overnight and knew how to serve and please him.

Among all the beauties, the emperor was like a butterfly lost in the imperial garden. He could find a beautiful flower by flying around randomly.

Although Lingrong did not compete for the emperor's favor, she could occasionally get the emperor to stay overnight for a few days. After all, there was still a daughter, and the emperor would come to visit from time to time even if he didn't care about the monk's face.

Occasionally, Lingrong would use some spices to make the emperor addicted to the flavor and stay overnight more often.

However, this kind of spice that leaves no trace is not easy to make, and the medicinal materials needed are relatively rare. Ling Rong can only be stingy and use only a little each time.

However, these two days were already used up, so Lingrong found an excuse of feeling unwell and pushed the emperor to someone else's palace.

After a tour in the Old Summer Palace, the emperor finally went to Zhen Huan. After all, Zhen Huan was more gentle now, and the emperor was more satisfied because he remembered her by her side.

It so happened that Prince Dun had recently started to behave strangely again, and the Emperor was also thinking about how to intensify the conflict between Prince Dun and the Nian family again, so as to prevent the two sides from getting involved and becoming a major concern for him.

"In fact, what Nian promised means that Prince Dun and General Nian will not be on the same boat."

Under the emperor's guidance in the name of "family affairs", Zhen Huan finally slowly expressed her point of view, "If you want to continue to divide the two of them, I'm afraid you can only use some tricks."

"What Huanhuan means is...Prince Dun's wife?"

Zhen Huan nodded. If she wanted to continue to divide Prince Dun and Nian Gengyao, Prince Dun's wife had to die.

"I have read the Records of the Grand Historian, and there is an article in it called "The Family of Zhao".

It is said that in order to protect Shangdang, Feng Ting, the governor of Shangdang in Han, deliberately gave 17 cities to Zhao. This eventually led to the Qin-Zhao War, which resulted in Zhao's disastrous defeat.

The emperor was well-read and had heard of this incident before. He was stunned for a moment before he connected Prince Dun's wife with this incident.

“That’s not really a good example.”

The emperor shook his head, but he somehow felt that Zhen Huan had mentioned this chapter of Records of the Grand Historian on purpose.

But at this moment, the emperor has not thought it through.

"I am ignorant and wanted to tell a story about frame-up, but I forgot... this is not the original intention of this article."

Perhaps Zhen Huan still resented Prince Dun for comparing her to a dancer, or perhaps Zhen Huan was simply thinking of a way to help the Emperor.

But no matter which one it was, a fire broke out in the farm where Prince Dun's wife was imprisoned that night. Mrs. Dun was unable to escape and was buried in the sea of ​​fire.

Only a few people escaped from the sea of ​​fire, and they all pointed out that the arsonist was from the Nian family.

Prince Dun found it hard to believe that his wife was burned to death by Nian Gengyao.

He ignored the emperor's objection and sent people to investigate the fire again and again.

Unfortunately, there were so many corpses that Prince Dun couldn't even tell which corpse was his wife's.

The guards who proved that it was the Nian family who did it were thrown into prison by the emperor, who was reluctant to order Nian Gengyao to be summoned for questioning. Prince Dun repeatedly expressed his desire to interrogate the case himself, but the emperor never agreed.

Because of this incident, Prince Dun and the Emperor had a big fight in the Yangxin Palace.

I heard that the inkstone on the emperor's desk was overturned, and black ink splashed, staining the memorials on the emperor's desk.

According to the law, this was considered contempt for the imperial power and even an act of usurpation, but considering that Prince Dun's wife had passed away, the emperor did not hold it against him.

"My wife died in mysterious circumstances, why can't I personally investigate the case and catch the real culprit?

You hid it from those guards, could it be that the one who ordered the fire at the villa outside the capital was really Nian Gengyao? "

"General Nian is far away in the northwest now, how could he have committed this crime?"

The emperor did not directly put the blame on Nian Gengyao, but instead found enough reasons to defend him.

“The war in the northwest is urgent now, and General Nian, Yue Zhongqi and other good generals are fighting on the front line.

And you, you make noise day and night. Today you try every possible way to ridicule me, and tomorrow you want to put the blame on General Nian.

I don't know if he will think of bringing people to drive me off the throne and try to take the throne himself someday!"

Prince Dun would not care about the emperor's condemnation. He raised his eyebrows and slammed his palm on the table, "If it is not what Nian Gengyao said, then I can only think that the arsonist came from the palace!

Who was the one who came up with the plan, who ordered it, and who did it? Your Majesty, please give me an answer, so that I won't be unable to sleep peacefully day and night, and dream of Fu Jin crying and complaining."

This Prince Dun was truly disrespectful to his superiors. The Emperor was furious and clenched his fists, wishing he could fight with him like he did when he was a prince.

Since ancient times, brothers should be friendly and respectful to each other. But they were born in an imperial family, and no one was willing to submit to anyone else, and no one looked down on anyone else. All these calculations were used between the brothers.

"Then go and investigate, and interrogate those guards in the prison.

I might as well tell you clearly that even if it was Nian Gengyao who did it, I can't do anything to him at this time.

Either you swallow your anger and wait until the war in the northwest stabilizes before discussing this matter with Nian Gengyao.

Or you make a scene right now, and I'll strip you of your title and send you to guard the Emperor's coffin!"

Even after becoming the emperor, the tenth prince still refused to submit. He would think of the eighth and ninth princes from time to time, wishing they could come out and sit on the throne for him.

Prince Dun was speechless for a moment, not because what the emperor said was so right, but because he was so angry that he lost his voice and didn't know what reason to find to refute.

If he were to settle accounts with Nian Gengyao, he would be ignoring national affairs, leaving the war in the northwest alone, and trying to disrupt the country for his own selfish interests.

If I swallow this anger, wouldn't it make Yinzhen even more proud and make me unable to hold my head up in the court?

A general dared to set fire and kill the prince's wife, and I didn't dare to do anything to him.

If this gets to the ears of the ministers, wouldn't it just prove that he, the prince, is weak and incompetent? Even if he seizes the throne in the future, people will say he is unworthy of it.

Prince Dun's chest heaved, and he felt his breath growing stronger and stronger. He wondered whether he should just draw his sword and put it directly on Yinzhen's neck.

He touched his waist, regretting that his sword had been taken off. Otherwise, he really wanted to see if Yinzhen would be so indifferent when he was about to be killed, and felt that there was no need to care about his own death.

"Why, looking at your expression, do you want to ignore the world and the people?"

The emperor had a clear idea in his mind, so he was not panicked at all. He even deliberately added fuel to the fire, hoping that Prince Dun would not be able to control himself immediately.

It would be best if he could just attack me directly. Then the blood-dripping dagger hidden in the dark could take him down directly, and I could also take the opportunity to deprive him of his title and imprison him.

Unfortunately, the result disappointed the emperor. Prince Dun did not take action in the end, but kicked the door open in anger and left.

Su Peisheng also followed him out, and returned to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity only after a long time, when he relayed to the emperor the insults and curses that Prince Dun had hurled along the way.

It’s just that Prince Dun did not name anyone, because scolding him for this matter would seem narrow-minded.

At this time, Xiao Xiazi had already cleaned up the mess in the hall. He stood aside cautiously, not even daring to breathe.

They were afraid that the emperor would be furious and bring disaster to them, the servants.

Who would have thought that the emperor was not unhappy at all, but was very excited to go to Yuedi Yunju to find Concubine Xu.

Xiao Xiazi didn’t understand, Xiao Xiazi was confused, and Xiao Xiazi didn’t dare to ask.

He looked at his master, but was hit on the head with a whisk, telling him to just follow him obediently.

Only after the emperor entered Yuedi Yunju and met Concubine Xu did Su Peisheng have the opportunity to answer Xiao Xiazi's questions.

"The emperor is happy because Concubine Xu's method makes the emperor happy.

As a slave, you only need to know who our master likes.

Any concubine in this palace can be favored or out of favor.

You can be grateful to a concubine because she treats you well, or you can feel resentful towards a concubine because she treats you badly.

But you must remember to be respectful to everyone and never reveal your personal likes and dislikes until the last moment."

Xiao Xiazi nodded as if he understood. As a servant of the emperor, most concubines would not make things difficult for him.

Apart from that Yuguan woman, my life in this palace is extremely easy.

Master's life became even better. The ladies in each palace were extremely generous and gave him money like flowing water.

I heard that Master has enough money to buy a house in the capital. I really don't know when Master will find a wife for himself.

“Even if you don’t understand, you have to follow along. After two years, you’ll know the benefits of doing so.”

Xiao Xiazi nodded hurriedly. With his master as a role model before him, how could he dare to do anything reckless?

It’s just that Concubine Xu herself really doesn’t like Xiao Yunzi, Xiao Shi, and Liu Zhu, all of these servants didn’t have a good ending.

Who would dare to serve a master like this?

“But I still don’t like it a little bit…”

"I know who you don't like. In fact, I, your master, don't like him either, but the most important thing is that the emperor likes him.

You and I can only endure it."

Su Peisheng interrupted Xiao Xiazi's words. They were now in Yuedi Yunju and must not say anything bad about the master here.

The emperor had not been sitting in Yuedi Yunju for long when he called Su Peisheng in - he had taken a fancy to the cold and icy Ye Lanyi and wanted to make her a concubine.

Zhen Huan's expression remained unchanged, but her eyes were already on Ye Lan Yi who was kneeling on the ground.

She only paid attention to reminding Huanbi that the emperor was not a good destination, but forgot to remind Ye Lanyi not to climb this high mountain that was destined to collapse.

"I don't want to agree."

Ye Lanyi stiffened her neck and refused to lower her head. If she was asked to become this old man's concubine, she would rather die.

Hearing the young palace maid reject him, the emperor did not get angry immediately. Instead, he spoke with interest, "Do you have someone you like? If so, I will not force you and can grant you a marriage."

"No slave."

Ye Lan'yi didn't even lie. Her cold appearance actually pleased the emperor, who insisted on picking this flower blooming on the glacier.

"Then why don't you want to be my concubine? Even if you are just a concubine, it will be much better than being a slave."

Ye Lanyi glanced at Zhen Huan, hoping that this nominal master would speak up to stop her.

After all, Concubine Xu promised herself that she would ask the emperor to send her out of the palace after a while.

If I became the emperor's concubine, how would I have the chance to leave this cruel palace?

“Your Majesty, I prefer a free life to being a concubine.

If possible, please, Your Majesty, please be merciful and release me from the palace."

Seeing that Concubine Xu refused to speak, Ye Lanyi had no choice but to plead for herself.

The emperor hesitated for a moment, but did not insist on keeping Ye Lan Yi by his side.

As for Zhen Huan, it's not that she didn't want to speak up for Ye Lan'yi, but the person who imprisoned Liu Zhu has not been found yet. If Ye Lan'yi was released from the palace at this time, all the previous efforts would be wasted.

"Hanhuan, what do you think?"

The emperor did have feelings for Ye Lan'yi, but if Ye Lan'yi was still the horse trainer in the Old Summer Palace, he could directly issue an edict to make her a concubine.

After the imperial decree was issued, there was no room for bargaining for Ye Lanyi whether she wanted to be a concubine or not.

But now in Yuedi Yunju, the emperor still gives Zhen Huan some face and his attitude is not too tough.

Seeing the look in the emperor's eyes, Zhen Huan knew that she couldn't refuse on Ye Lan's behalf, so she could only carefully speak to comfort her.

"The best thing about love is mutual affection, and the emperor will never force anyone to do anything.

Lan Yi, if you have someone in your heart, the emperor and I will make the decision for you and marry you out of the palace in a grand manner."

Zhen Huan intended to put the emperor on a high pedestal and told him not to ignore Ye Lan'yi's wishes and unilaterally appoint her as a concubine.

At the same time, he deliberately brought up the matter of having someone in love again. As long as Ye Lanyi said yes, the emperor would have no reason to issue an edict.

But before Ye Lanyi could speak, the emperor smiled and said, "I heard clearly that this palace maid has no one in her heart.

I think she has lived in Machang for a long time and has no chance to meet other men."

How could Zhen Huan stop this? She smiled and pleaded for Ye Lan Yi, "We should also listen to Lan Yi's thoughts. She longs for freedom and probably prefers to be alone."

"That's easy. The Yonghe Palace is still uninhabited, so I will allow you to live alone in the palace, saving you the trouble of paying respects to the master."

Hearing that Ye Lanyi liked "freedom", the emperor gave her maximum freedom. Not only could she live in a palace alone, she was even exempted from paying her respects to the empress in the morning and evening.

"If you have a good friend in the Old Summer Palace, you can bring him/her into the Yonghe Palace and have him/her be your personal maid."

After all, she still had to be the emperor's concubine. Ye Lanyi was very angry, she gritted her teeth and decided to disobey the emperor's order even if it cost her life.

"Your Majesty, I do not wish to enter the palace."