An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Whether everyone in the harem was willing or not, Zhen Huan had already returned to the palace.

The only thing worth being happy about was that she did not return to the palace with half of the queen's ceremonial guard like in her previous life, using her bright lip rouge and dark blue makeup to show that she was completely different from before.

But the emperor still cared about Zhen Huan so much that when he was eating medicinal food with Ling Rong, the emperor wanted to speak and talk about Zhen Huan.

The emperor only took two bites and then kept sighing. He wanted to provoke Lingrong to ask him, but Lingrong finished her meal happily and then turned to look at the emperor.

"You have been sighing since just now. If the emperor is worried about Concubine Wan, why not go to Yongshou Palace to rest tonight?"

The emperor paused while counting the beads. Logically speaking, it was a great thing for the concubine to be so generous and not jealous. But now, the emperor felt that Lingrong had something else to say and he couldn't be happy no matter what.

"I have been in the palace for many years, and the emperor has favored me countlessly. Now that Concubine Wan has finally recovered, please pay more attention to her. I will never be jealous.

If she wasn't in such poor health that she couldn't meet guests, I would have sent her some old ginseng."

The emperor nodded. Lingrong spoke, but what she said was not what the emperor wanted to hear.

"Zhaoshui, who is beside Rong'er, has met Wan Changzai."

"If the emperor hadn't summoned me, Zhaoshui wouldn't have had the honor of meeting Wan Changzai."

Lingrong still didn't ask why Concubine Wan looked the same as Zhen Huan.

The emperor wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to hit the abacus, but someone overturned the abacus. He was really angry, "You should know who Wan Changzai is."

"Wan Changzai is Wan Changzai, who else could it be? Your Majesty has made it clear in front of everyone, why bother testing me?

Your Majesty and I share the same aspirations, so I will naturally not say anything that Your Majesty does not want to hear."

"If you won't tell me in private, then I don't know who I can talk to."

The emperor sighed and squeezed Lingrong's arm. "When she entered the palace, her title was Wan. Although I think she looks very beautiful when she smiles, she has never smiled during the selection.

I still remember the way Huanhuan swayed her waist and recited this poem."

The emperor took Lingrong's hand and began to recall his past with Zhen Huan. His expression was filled with endless memories, as if Zhen Huan was truly the woman he loved the most.

"I am ignorant and have never heard of this poem. Would Your Majesty be willing to explain to me the meaning of this poem?"

The emperor fell silent. This line of poetry described a woman with a slender waist and graceful figure. If it were said in an occasion like a beauty pageant, it would sound quite seductive.

But with a face that looks like Rouze and words that are so ambiguous, how can I not feel that she is Rouze?

"Rong'er is lazy. Don't take shortcuts in learning poetry. You should learn the true meaning of poetry by yourself in the future."

Lingrong smiled, she knew that the emperor was too embarrassed to speak out, and was worried that she would find out about his secret affair with Zhen Huan on the day of the selection.

But Lingrong would not spread it. After all, the so-called Zhen Huan was still praying in Ganlu Temple, and the one in the palace was just Wan Changzai.

"I met the emperor because of poetry, but unfortunately I am not very talented and learned, so I made a fool of myself in front of the emperor."

"You are too hard on yourself. You have read countless books and are much better than other people."

The emperor was still patient at this time and comforted Lingrong for her habitual modesty and inferiority.

"I came here today for one more thing."

The two chatted for a while, and the emperor finally spoke, "Concubine Wan is not in good health. I hope to have a maid who knows medicine to take care of her personally."

Are they here to grab the photo? Ling Rong sneered in her heart. This emperor might have gone crazy because of his old age. How could he give the maid brought into the palace by the concubine to someone else?

“This…During this period of time, the palace has indeed trained a lot of female doctors, but most of them changed their careers halfway through.

Although my medical skills are not very good, I can always take a look at fever and cold. Has the emperor chosen a candidate?"

The emperor rubbed the beads in his hand. He knew it was difficult to say this, but for the sake of Wan Changzai's health, he still spoke, "I think it's good to reflect the water."

"Your Majesty, if it was anyone else, I can give it up.

But Zhaoshui was brought into the palace by me. We have long been as close as sisters. How could I bear to separate her from me?

Moreover, if Zhaoshui were to go, Wan Chang's health would be even worse than a hundred years ago. Wouldn't the emperor suspect that it was Zhaoshui who did it?"

Ling Rong looked at the emperor's expression and continued, "Even if the emperor believes me, what about the other people in the harem?

Gossip can melt metal, and constant criticism can destroy a person. If I didn't have any children, I would have no problem bearing these rumors.

But now that I have Hongyu and Youning, I have to consider them, Your Majesty!"

Lingrong was so excited that the emperor was shocked. He said she was overthinking, which was not wrong.

But it is true that she was making a fuss out of nothing, and the emperor really didn't know how to start for a moment.

"Your Majesty, if you are really worried about Concubine Wan's health, you should choose one from the female doctors instead of sending Zhaoshui over and making Concubine Wan worry for nothing."

"If Wan Chang didn't like it, I wouldn't have asked for it."

Zhen Huan wants to look into the water? Is this a provocation to the Emperor, or does she have other motives?

Ling Rong was thinking, does Zhen Huan want to see the Emperor walk away in anger because of her refusal, making him lose face in the palace?

But Zhen Huan doesn't seem to be such a person, and Lingrong couldn't understand Zhen Huan's intention for a moment, but no matter what, Zhaoshui cannot leave her, this is certain.

"Your Majesty, if I say that I like Aunt Fangruo who is served by Wan Changzai, will Your Majesty also ask Wan Changzai for me?"

Ling Rong asked back, even if it was the emperor, he should give some reasons for taking someone's personal maid away.

What's more, the emperor was being unreasonable. As long as he could make Concubine Wan happy, he didn't care about anything else.

"I understand what you mean. I will pick a female doctor from the Imperial Hospital tomorrow. Rong'er, don't worry."

The emperor finally relented. Although he had rekindled his affection for Zhen Huan, he was not so far from being able to distinguish right from wrong. "I forgot that Zhaoshui is your servant, so naturally we have special feelings for each other."

The matter was temporarily put aside due to Ling Rong's insistence on reasoning.

The next day, the emperor selected a female doctor named Bai Zhi for Wan Changzai and sent her to Yongshou Palace.

This person named Baizhi is familiar to Zhaoshui, but Baizhi is young and still very childish, so it is difficult for her to take care of others wholeheartedly.

Fortunately, Bai Zhi's medical skills were pretty good, and she didn't make any serious mistakes while serving Zhen Huan.

But Zhaoshui suffered. When he heard that Concubine Wan had asked the emperor to let him serve in Yongshou Palace, he began hiding in Chengqian Palace and refused to go out, as if he was afraid that he would be taken away by force when his master was not around.

It was only after Lingrong repeatedly persuaded him that the emperor had only mentioned it casually and there was no need to treat it as a serious enemy that he gave up.

At the same time, upon hearing that there was a female doctor in Yongshou Palace, people from other palaces also began to clamor for the female doctor to stay with them.

Especially Concubine Qi, she made the most noise. First, she said that Concubine Sheng had one by her side and she didn't know how many benefits she enjoyed.

She also said that it was because of the female doctor that Concubine Wan recovered so quickly, and one of them must be placed in Chuxiu Palace no matter what.

But the matter of the female doctor was just the result of a bargaining game between the emperor and the ministers of the previous dynasty. There were only five people willing to sign up. Apart from Zhaoshui and Baizhi, how could the remaining three get enough to share?

But Concubine Qi refused to give in and insisted on raising one to follow her, and even went to the Yangxin Palace many times to beg the Emperor for this.

I don’t know if the emperor was fed up with the nagging, but a female doctor named Lian Qiao was indeed assigned to Chuxiu Palace.

But this female doctor was not assigned to Concubine Qi alone. Concubine Xin and Concubine Qi shared one, but Concubine Qi directly took her for herself and asked Lian Qiao to serve her.

The remaining indigo and cassia bark were divided between Suiyuxuan and Xianfu Palace.

Originally, female doctors should have been sent to Qixiang Palace and Yanxi Palace. After all, there were princesses in these two palaces, and it would be convenient to have female doctors to take care of them.

But there were too few female doctors, and they couldn't give more. Caopin was fine, she had never gotten anything good, so she didn't say much at this time.

But Concubine Tian was a little unhappy. The people she looked down upon the most, Concubine Wan, Concubine Chun and Concubine Qi, all had female doctors, but she didn't. She felt that she would be ridiculed if this got out.

She ran to Lingrong to cry and make a fuss, but Lingrong was helpless. She couldn't tell the truth and tell Concubine Tian that those female doctors were all her people.

“I didn’t expect that Wan Changzai would cause such a dispute in the palace just by asking the emperor to let me serve him.

This is what they mean by killing without shedding blood."

"In the final analysis, this was caused by Wan Changzai, not the fault of those female doctors."

Ling Rong tried to comfort Concubine Tian, ​​"Besides, are those female doctors completely clean? You have a doctor named He, who is more useful than any number of female doctors."

Concubine Tian was still a little annoyed. She just felt that the emperor was not treating everyone equally. Why did other people with royal heirs have female doctors to serve them, but she didn't?

“There are only a few female doctors in the palace, and the Emperor didn’t even send her to the Empress Dowager’s side. Perhaps he believes that you have taken good care of Huai Ke and that he doesn’t need the care of a female doctor.

Look at the Sixth and Seventh Princes. They often have coughs and fevers since autumn. It would be more convenient for them to have a female doctor to take care of them."

"Xianfu Palace and Suiyuxuan are fine, but what about Chuxiu Palace? Princess Shuhe doesn't live in Chuxiu Palace."

What does that count for? It's the ability of Lady Qi.

Ling Rong sighed inwardly and blinked her eyes, "Why don't you ask Sang'er and Zhaoshui to study together? With the Imperial Physician personally teaching them, wouldn't it be better than those little girls with no background?

What's more, you didn't ask the emperor for help because of your face. If you had asked, there would be no problem with Concubine Qi, don't you think so?"

"You are always good at coaxing me," Concubine Tian snorted. She grabbed Lingrong's recently embroidered tiger ears, "I am just angry and want to teach Concubine Qi a lesson."

"Well... since Lady Qi is so eloquent, why don't you find a way to silence her?"

Lingrong naturally didn't like Concubine Qi's mouth. She called her sister even sweeter than Concubine Chun, but in her heart she looked down on everyone.

In their previous lives, both of them were under the Queen's command, and they also had to guard against this useless Concubine Qi, which really exhausted them both physically and mentally.

What's more, my hoarse voice is also related to her.

Since Concubine Tian can't bear it anymore, there's nothing wrong with me fanning the flames and asking her to take action.

"I really want her to be speechless for the rest of her life. She's always the loudest during meetings."

Concubine Tian was obviously intoxicated. Lingrong poured a cup of tea and pushed it over to her. "Take it slow and don't make it too conspicuous."

"I just don't believe that the people around her Guaerjia clan are so loyal. One day, when Bai Zhi is not around, they will..."

Concubine Tian didn't finish her words. She took a sip of tea and swallowed her harsh words. "If it weren't for the possibility that Lian Qiao was the emperor's woman, I would have wanted to deal with her as well."

"I know you're capable, but there are too many people involved, and it won't do any good."

Ling Rong didn't want to lose the spies she had cultivated with great effort. She didn't want to use these female doctors to harm people for the time being. She just wanted them to be spies and pass on some information from time to time.

"But don't forget that there is a culprit behind this."

"That Concubine Wan is really favored by the Emperor. She is able to return to the palace even after making such a mistake.

Now she has even found a reason to enter the palace with us and forcibly separated Concubine Xu and Concubine Wan.

I woke up in the middle of the night and thought I was hearing some Forbidden City nonsense.

You still remember the bloody handprint on the gate of Yongshou Palace, right? Print two more tomorrow, and it will be a perfect match for the ghostly Concubine Wan. "

Concubine Tian did what she said. That night, she sent people to Yongshou Palace and left many bloody handprints on the door and the outer wall. They were the size of a baby's hand and looked particularly creepy.

It’s a pity that Concubine Wan didn’t go out, so she couldn’t see the gift that Concubine Tian prepared for her.

However, Zhen Huan now would not be afraid even if she saw it. When she heard that there was a bloody handprint on the door, she immediately asked Bai Zhi to clean it up. She found that the bloody handprint contained a large amount of cinnabar, so she presented it to the emperor without hesitation.

After all, cinnabar is expensive and not something that ordinary people can afford. It is obvious that someone is deliberately targeting it.

When Bai Zhi sent the cinnabar to the Yangxin Palace, she also brought a few words from Concubine Wan - please just let the emperor know about this matter, and don't send anyone to investigate. After all, it was because the sisters in the harem cared about the emperor that they were so jealous just now.

"The young lady said that they were just some bloody handprints. They looked scary, but they did not cause any harm to her."

"She is still so kind-hearted that she can't bear to blame others."

Bai Zhi didn't dare to say much. She stood there with her head lowered, and only responded with a word or two when the emperor asked her.

Fortunately, the emperor only asked about physical illnesses, and Bai Zhi was able to answer them one by one.

"Can Wan Changzai still get pregnant with her current health?"