An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

After seeing the emperor go to Changchun Palace, Zhaoshui returned to Chengqian Palace to report to Lingrong.

"Your Majesty, even though the Emperor said he was not an imperial physician, he still went to Changchun Palace."

"The emperor is heartless, but he did favor Concubine Qi." Ling Rong stared at the chessboard in front of her for a long time before placing a piece. "Besides, the emperor must be feeling bitter after losing his son, the Third Prince."

"If I were to say, the Third Prince is just a little bit foolish and kind, while the Fourth Prince is the one who totally disregards the emperor's face." Zhaoshui shook her head, "But the emperor is so magnanimous to the Fourth Prince, which is really hard to understand."

"It's very simple." After Ling Rong placed a piece, she began to slowly pick up the white pieces that had been eaten on the board. "His health is getting worse and worse. He has to start thinking about the future."

Ling Rong hesitated with the white piece in her hand and looked at the chessboard, not knowing where to put it for a moment. This game was clearly played by herself, but she had come to the point where she didn't even know how to solve it.

Should he continue to find ways to help the Fifth Prince take the position of Crown Prince, or should he ask the imperial doctors to find a way to regulate the Emperor's health so that his son can ascend the throne?

Lingrong couldn't make a choice, so she held the chess piece in her hand, and after a while she threw it back into the chess box with a crisp sound.

"The Fifth Prince has already established contact with the Fucha family. I'm sure the next step will be to attack the Empress."

"But the Empress Dowager is still here, I'm afraid..." Zhaoshui was not optimistic about Concubine Tian's actions. Even though she was just a servant, she could see that the Empress Dowager was protecting the family's honor. The Queen was the support of the Ulanara and Uya families and must not be lost.

"So the next person we have to deal with is Long Keduo."

Zhaoshui didn't understand the complicated relationship between them. She blinked in confusion, but Lingrong didn't intend to explain it to her.

By the afternoon, the emperor finally came out of Changchun Palace. As soon as he returned to the Yangxin Palace, he issued a decree, restoring Concubine Qi's position and lifting her house arrest.

This was an obvious comfort and also the emperor's last act of patience.

If Concubine Qi continued to make a fuss and cry, not only would the Third Prince not come back, but she would also be in danger of losing her own life.

But not everyone in the harem could see the emperor's intentions. Many people even thought that the Third Prince might have to return to Concubine Qi and continue to be raised by her.

Concubine Qi was the first to approach, but unfortunately Concubine Qi didn't want to see anyone. Although her house arrest was lifted, she still stayed in Changchun Palace.

Concubine Tian was not too upset. She probably felt more confident after seeing the Fifth Prince's surrender.

In fact, the two had a good relationship in their previous life. Concubine Tian even instigated Concubine Qi to slap Zhen Huan in the face in the street.

At that time, Zhen Huan was no longer a newly married girl, so she was able to endure it and not make embarrassing screams.

Such a thing has never happened in this life. Lingrong even felt a little regretful that she didn't hear Cuiguo smash her mouth.

"What are you thinking about?" Concubine Tian called Lingrong again, "You don't think the Third Prince can return to the palace, do you?"

"Of course not. I'm just thinking about the feasibility of the plan you mentioned."

"It's certainly not easy to take action against the Queen Mother, but this is the best way to cut off the Queen's support. Do you have any other ideas?"

Lingrong fell silent. She thought it was best to use Longkodo to deal with the empress dowager because she knew the secret, but Concubine Tian did not know it. She was troubled about how to share the news.

"The Queen Mother has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and she has her own trusted imperial physician, so it is not easy to take action."

Concubine Tian glanced at Lingrong, with a knowing smile on her face, "Although He Anming refused to say it, the Queen Mother's illness and near death before must have something to do with you."

Ling Rong was surprised that Concubine Tian was so perceptive, but she pretended to be calm on her face, "If you think it's me, then it's me. Anyway, you and I are in the same boat, and you will definitely not betray me."

"It's not you?"

Ling Rong neither nodded nor shook her head. She blinked and smiled as well. "You can go ask Imperial Physician He. After all, there is only one Imperial Physician. He was trained by your Fucha family. How could he hide anything from you?"

“He has concealed so many things, but they did not threaten my safety, so I did not force him to speak.

Don’t think that I am unaware of your secret actions. I am just turning a blind eye to them.”

"Yes, Concubine Tian is the most magnanimous. If it were an ordinary person, I'm afraid he would hang me and Doctor He up and beat me until he found out the whole story."

Ling Rong was not worried that her secret would be exposed. After all, the evidence was handled cleanly and the people who did it were recruited by the Fucha family.

If we have to die, we should die together. No one should think about having an easy life.

"Instead of saying these flattering words, why not think carefully about how to deal with the queen."

"Instead of dealing with the Queen Mother, it is better to deal with the Queen directly." Ling Rong's eyes turned, and she thought of another way out, "Instead of asking the Emperor to depose the Queen, it is better to let her die of illness directly.

It doesn't matter if the queen's reputation is preserved. Queen Chunyuan is still remembered by people today. So what? Isn't she still just a pile of dirt?"

"Besides," Ling Rong continued to console him, "the Queen has no power now and is even confined to Jingren Palace. It is much easier to harm her than to murder the Queen Mother in a roundabout way."

“You are quite direct, but it is no longer so easy to take action against the Queen since Huichun and Xiuxia returned.

It’s not like Nian Shilan’s Yikun Palace, where you can just go in whenever you want.”

"The only thing that can be used now is the fact that the Third Prince was tricked into losing his status as the heir to the throne.

The Fifth Prince should have told you that it was the Fourth Prince who instigated this behind the scenes. He made the Queen and Concubine Qi lose all hope.

If you can make good use of this matter, I think not only will your opponent who is giving you headaches disappear, but even the opponent who is giving the Fifth Prince headaches will disappear."

Lingrong refused to say more. She just gave a little advice and let Concubine Tian sit aside and let her thoughts run wild.

Anyway, He Anming is a skilled doctor and can find any poison he wants. It depends on whether Concubine Tian can find the kind of medicine that can kill people without being seen.

Concubine Tian thought for a while, then she glanced at Lingrong, "Let the Fourth Prince poison the Queen?"

"It's a bold idea, but why would he do that?"

"This... because the Queen murdered the Fourth Prince first?"

“Why would the Queen want to murder the Fourth Prince? If the Third Prince is gone, there is still the Fourth Prince. If the Fourth Prince is gone, there is still the Fifth Prince. As long as she is the Queen, as long as she can adopt a prince, she can sit on the throne of the Queen Mother again in the future.

Why would she be so desperate to murder the Fourth Prince?"

"What if the Queen wants to adopt the Fifth Prince?"

Lingrong looked at Concubine Tian with a look of disappointment. She felt a lump in her throat and was in great pain. "Have you forgotten about the Fourth Prince and Concubine Wan? In everyone's eyes, I'm afraid the Fourth Prince has no hope of succeeding to the throne."

"But the Emperor has allowed the Fourth Prince to continue handling affairs. Who knows who will end up with the bride?" Concubine Tian snorted and deliberately slapped the table. "Why are you so fierce?"

"This method is not good, let's think of something else."

Ling Rong forced herself to control her tone. In fact, the first two methods she thought of were to use Longkodo to get rid of the empress dowager, or to expose the truth about Concubine Qi's abortion.

This will make the Emperor completely disappointed in the Empress, thus achieving the goal of making the Empress die both physically and mentally.

After all, the Queen loves the Emperor so much, and only the Emperor can really defeat her.

But overthrowing the empress dowager was not as easy as imagined. Unless the emperor took the initiative to take action against Longkodo, he did not have the ability to forge evidence of Longkodo's clique and selfishness.

But considering the time, it was only a matter of time before the emperor could no longer tolerate Longkodo. After all, after Nian Xuan, there was Tong Xuan. How could the emperor tolerate having such a ferocious tiger coveting the court behind him?

But even if Concubine Tian has the support of the Fucha clan behind her, she would not easily be the first to make the recommendation.

However, this time, Lingrong wanted to give it a try and take the emperor into account. It is indeed a very challenging thing, isn't it?

"If there is no other way, why not check with the Queen Mother?" Ling Rong said with a smile and an especially gentle tone, "Although Songyang is a remote place, there are often some outrageous rumors about machines circulating.

When I was in the boudoir, I even heard that the Queen Mother deliberately wore the light blue color that the late Emperor didn’t like during the selection, just to avoid being selected.”

"Failed to be selected? Why?" Concubine Tian seemed to be unaware of the hidden story behind this, but her expression did not show surprise, and it seemed as if she was showing it on purpose.

Ling Rong was sensitive and naturally noticed something unusual, but she didn't show her thoughts and deliberately said, "I don't know. Maybe the Queen Mother has someone she loves in her boudoir. If you can find out the reason behind this, I think you can really plot against the Queen Mother."

"That's a solution," Concubine Tian hummed, but she quickly stood up. "I'll think about it when I get back. I'm afraid it's not that easy to find out about the Empress Dowager's past."

"Don't be impulsive," Ling Rong thought about it and advised Concubine Tian, ​​"After all, whether it is the Queen Mother or the Queen, the forces behind them are not just as simple as their families."

"I understand." Concubine Tian agreed, and she had already stepped out of the door. "Now that we've done this, we shouldn't have to scheme anymore."

These words, like those spoken before going to a battlefield, sounded particularly harsh. Ling Rong was silent for a while, "As long as you are in the palace, you can't get rid of calculations. If you want to sit on the throne of the queen, the calculations are endless.

Madam Concubine Tian, ​​it is too late to regret now. "

Concubine Tian was also silent for a while. She held the door frame, looked up at the sky for a while, then nodded and left.

Lingrong looked at Concubine Tian's back and could easily guess that she had known the secret between the Queen Mother and Longkodo for a long time.

She even knew that if she wanted to use Longkodo to plot against the Queen Mother, she could only use the power of her family. She was worried that Fucha would become the next Zhen, so she suddenly became depressed.

But how could Lingrong let her fall into such a depressed state? She must make her defeat the Queen as well.

Concubine Tian acted quickly, and almost three days later, she "finds out" the past between the Empress Dowager and Longkodo.

But she didn't come over herself, she just sent Sang'er over to say a few words.

Lingrong knew that Concubine Tian was afraid that she would ask her what to do next, so she was unwilling to show up in person.

She was not in a hurry, so Ling Rong was not in a hurry either. "By the way, Wan Guiren is now exiled. I heard that she passed by the village where her parents died, knelt in front of the house and cried all night, and the child was born the next day.

Concubine Tian is very concerned about Concubine Wan's affairs, so please tell her for me."

"Yes, Concubine Sheng." Sang'er was respectful to Lingrong. She knelt down and saluted, then presented the gift from Concubine Tian. "Our Concubine said that she was not good at needlework, so she found some four treasures of the study as a return gift.

My intention is indeed a little lacking, I hope Your Majesty Sheng will accept it with a smile."

Concubine Tian was always generous, so the four treasures of the study she gave must be top-notch. Lingrong accepted them with peace of mind, but she didn't expect that they were two sets of the same things.

"The Queen said that she was afraid Princess Youning would be jealous, so she prepared the same thing.

I also asked you to bring Princess Youning to play with Princess Huai Ke some other day."

"It's true that they haven't seen each other for a long time, but Concubine Tian has been busy these days, so let's wait until she has some free time and then play with the two children."

Sang'er replied, "The Queen said that we will be free in another month and a half. The weather will turn cooler, so we can go to the Summer Palace to see the red leaves together."

It seems that Fucha will have to wait for half a month before she can consider whether to take action against Longkodo. Lingrong understood the meaning of Sang'er's words in an instant, so she nodded, "That's good. If there is anything you need my help with, just send someone to Chengqian Palace to let me know. You're welcome."

Lingrong waited leisurely for half a month, but there was no news from the court or the harem, which made her even suspect that she had guessed wrong.

It was not until Xiao Xiazi quietly told Lingrong that the emperor had been in a bad mood in recent days that Lingrong saw a glimpse of progress - it seemed that Fucha had indeed taken action, but she only sent some small fry, and did not completely shake Longkodo's foundation.

That night, the emperor went to Shoukang Palace under the cover of darkness. The mother and son sat opposite each other again after several months, but they were still speechless.

"My Queen Mother, you should know why your son is here."

"The old story was dug up by someone with ulterior motives, and the emperor couldn't wait to come to Shoukang Palace," the queen mother said in a very cold tone, her eyes fell on the emperor's arm, "but do you think that I am old and don't need to be respected?"

The Queen Mother was still in private contact with Longkodo, so she was well-informed. "You just let the censors slander me? You even came to my house in a rage to question me in person!"

“Empress Dowager,” the Emperor’s expression became very strange, he stared with anger and resentment. “On March 3rd of that year, the Shangsi Festival, it was also such a gloomy day.

I hid behind the curtain and watched all the absurd things that the Empress Dowager and Longkodo did.

Empress Dowager, the Emperor is the Son of Heaven!"