An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Because she had to meet the Emperor, Zhen Huan could not stay in Xianfu Palace any longer. She rejected Jingpin's kindness and dragged her weak body back to Suiyuxuan.

Lingrong also said goodbye at this time. She left some charcoal for Shen Meiyu, which she would send to Shen Meiyu through Jingpin.

During the winter confinement, the charcoal fire is the most important thing. Although I don’t know how long she will be confined, I know she has done her best.

"Lady Wan, the incident has already happened. You should take good care of yourself before you can avenge that poor child." Because of the affection they had when they entered the palace together, Ling Rong still showed concern for Zhen Huan. "Princess Jing is kind, and Lady Shen will not suffer too much even if she is confined."

Fortunately, Zhen Huan asked for the emperor's grace to visit Shen Meiyu today, otherwise she would have been punished for the crime of private visit, and Concubine Hua and the Queen would not let her off easily.

"I am not feeling well. Please promise to take care of Sister Mei because we entered the palace together." Zhen Huan held Ling Rong's hand, still looking towards Chang Xi Tang. "This was definitely not done by Sister Mei. We have already found a doctor, and the real culprit will be caught in the next few days."

Lingrong nodded and watched Zhen Huan go away in the sedan chair given to her by the emperor. She suddenly remembered that in her previous life, Shen Meiyu believed in an imperial physician named Liu Bin, and she wondered if she still believed in him in this life.

Within half a day, the imperial physician who prescribed the fertility medicine for Shen Meizhuang was summoned to Jingren Palace. Just like in the previous life, it was the imperial physician named Liu Bin.

Facing the constant accusations from Wan Guiren, Liu Bin seemed unhurried. He brought the medication records of the Imperial Hospital in recent days. The only medicinal materials prescribed by him were those in the pregnancy-aiding prescription that Caiyue went to get. After being checked by the court judge Zhang Mi, it was indeed a good pregnancy-aiding prescription, and there was not a trace of musk in it.

Doctor Zhang also checked the remaining residue of the medicine that Shen Meizhuang drank, and confirmed that it was exactly those medicinal ingredients.

"I don't know where Lady Wan heard this news from. Musk is expensive and there are strict requirements on the amount of medicine used. If the Imperial Hospital prescribes this medicine, it must not only record it, but also inform the lady who uses it." Liu Bin cupped his hands. "I have only been in the Imperial Hospital for a short time. I don't even know how much musk is left. How can I prescribe medicine?"

"Yes, where did Lady Wan hear that Caiyue went to the Imperial Hospital to get musk to harm her? It is not in accordance with the rules to accuse someone of being innocent without any evidence."

Originally, there was no need to pay respects these days, and the concubines in each palace were all comfortably staying in the palace to sleep and recuperate. However, Concubine Wan said a word and called everyone to Jingren Palace. What's more infuriating is that she herself had not recovered from her health, so she only sent Cui Jinxi and Huanbi to come. How could this make everyone feel at ease?

Among them, the most angry was Concubine Hua. She yawned and became angry when no one answered her. Seeing her queen was angry, Songzhi immediately spoke up, "Why, the people in Concubine Wan's palace have acted like masters, and dared not answer the queen's questions."

Cui Jinxi was the first to react. She knelt down and confessed her guilt. "Please forgive me, Concubine Hua. Concubine Wan only learned about this after hearing the report from the Ministry of Punishment."

"When will the Ministry of Punishment report back to Lady Wan? This palace and the Empress do not know what the Ministry of Punishment has asked."

"Empress Hua, when Eunuch Liang from the Ministry of Punishment reported to the Emperor, the Emperor was accompanying Concubine Wan in the Sui Yuxuan. That's why he learned about it in advance." With just a few words, Cui Jinxi pushed the blame on the Emperor, and no one around could verify it with the Emperor.

"But it was Caiyue who was beside Concubine Shen who confessed." The Queen used her eyes to comfort Concubine Hua who was about to get angry, but there was no smile on her face. Perhaps she was a little dissatisfied because the Emperor had been resting in the Sui Yuxuan for the past few days.

"I heard that it was Xiang Ye who was beside Concubine Shen who gave the order."

“Bay leaves are…”

"Your Highness, I am a maid in Changxi Hall, in charge of flowers and plants."

"Jianqiu, go to the Ministry of Punishment and bring over the fragrant leaves." The Queen held her forehead with her hand, her brows tightly furrowed. It was obvious that her headache had recurred, but she had to continue to try the case because of Concubine Wan's request.

Not long after, Jianqiu came back from the Ministry of Punishment. She whispered something in the Queen's ear, and the Queen's face changed drastically. She hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"Xiang Ye could not bear the torture and died, but Jian Qiu brought back her signed testimony. You sisters may want to take a look at it."

Xiangye confessed that one day when she was wrapping the branches of flowers with cloth to keep them warm in the corridor, she heard Concubine Shen order Caiyue to get musk. So when she confessed for the first time, she said that Caiyue was going to the Imperial Hospital to ask someone to get musk. But in fact, Xiangye did not hear that it was the Imperial Hospital; it was just her guess.

But Caiyue insisted that she had never taken musk. Just like the testimony of imperial physician Liu Bin, she only took medicinal herbs to aid pregnancy.

"There is one thing that you sisters may not know. The musk in Lady Shen's palace has not yet been found out. If you sisters are willing to help Lady Wan find out the truth, please go back to the palace and check the servants under your command to see if there is anything dirty."

"Yes."

Seeing that the concubines agreed, the queen did not keep them all. She just waved her hand and was supported by Jianqiu to go to the inner room. It seemed that she was indeed having a terrible headache.

Lingrong brought Zhaoshui back to the Yanxi Palace. The wind was freezing cold along the way. She was so cold that she crawled into the quilt as soon as she got back to Ledao Hall, holding the hot water bottle in her hands to keep warm.

But before she could warm up for long, Eunuch Su came with an imperial decree, ordering Lingrong to go to Suiyuxuan to meet the Emperor.

"Sui Yu Xuan? Did the eunuch mention the wrong place?"

"The emperor is in Suiyuxuan now, so you can go there without any worries. The emperor is in a hurry and specifically asked you to bring Miss Zhaoshui with you."

Ling Rong was quite confused. The emperor would never ask a concubine to go to another concubine's palace. In the previous life, it was Concubine Hua who insisted on listening to Ling Rong sing, so the emperor asked her to go.

But Wan Guiren is not as spoiled as you, Concubine Hua, and she would never think of such a way to humiliate Ling Rong. "Does Eunuch Su know what happened?"

"My lord, please forgive me. I really didn't know. But the emperor doesn't look very well. My lord, please be prepared."

Su Peisheng didn't dare to reveal the emperor's intention casually, but because Lingrong had always been kind to him and Xiao Xiazi, and the reward was very generous, he hinted to Lingrong.

Hearing this, Lingrong did not dare to delay. She just asked Zhaoshui to simply comb her hair and hurried to Suiyuxuan.

Sui Yuxuan was far away from the Yanx Palace, and Lingrong was worried that the emperor would get angry, so she could only speed up her pace to get there. Along the way, she had to distract herself and think about what had happened, which caused the emperor to call her over in the middle of the night.

After thinking about it, only the loss of the child by Concubine Wan could make the emperor so angry. But Lingrong had never taken action on this matter, and for a moment she couldn't figure out where the mistake was.

As soon as he entered the main hall of Suiyuxuan, the emperor and the pale-faced Concubine Wan were sitting side by side. The emperor held Concubine Wan's hand with a look of pity on his face. When he saw Lingrong squatting to salute, he did not ask her to stand up.

He didn't even look at Lingrong and let Concubine Wan ask.

"An agreed. The emperor sent people to investigate the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The ones who have had contact with people outside the palace recently are Miss Zhaoshui under Sister An and Xiao Xiazi, the apprentice of Eunuch Su. Xiao Xiazi asked for the emperor's permission to send money to the family for medical treatment," said Concubine Wan in a calm tone. Ling Rong lowered her head and did not dare to look directly at the two in front of the emperor. She could not see the cold look on Zhen Huan's face at all.

"Your Majesty, Lady Wan, it was I who asked Zhaoshui to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and send the handkerchiefs I embroidered out of the palace to sell for my mother's medical treatment."

"But Ruan Hesheng from the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that something was also sent in from outside the palace. Since An promised to order it, he has not seen what is in it."

"It's some silver. Mother was worried about my life in the palace, so she sent part of the money from the sale of her embroidery to the palace." Ling Rong knelt on the ground, straightened her body, and looked up at Zhen Huan. "The noble lady Wan is wondering if there is musk in this thing?"

Zhen Huan tilted her head to look at the emperor, broke free from the emperor's hand, picked up her handkerchief, lowered her head and wiped her tears.

"Su Peisheng, send someone to Le Dao Tang to take a look."