An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Lingrong hid in the corner and looked towards the door, then saw the emperor squeezing in through the crack in the door. Zhaoshui tried to stop him, but was interrupted by the emperor with a wave of his hand.

Frightened by the emperor's sudden visit, Lingrong relied on her good swimming ability to hold her breath and dived underwater. Through the hazy spring water, she watched the emperor stand by the pool for only a moment and then leave quickly.

Ling Rong hurried out of the water, patting her chest and taking deep breaths. She really couldn't understand why the emperor suddenly broke into the Qingluan Bath where the concubines were.

The emperor is usually considered a gentleman. In the previous life, when Zhen Huan lied that her shoes and socks were wet in Yime Garden, he would avoid her and not come forward.

But in this Tangquan Palace, why is it a completely different face? Could it be that the emperor brought Zhen Huan here before, and it was also like this?

"My lady, the Emperor just personally sent a bottle of pills over, saying that it was prepared by Imperial Doctor He, and asked you to use it while you are soaking in the hot springs, which will help your body recover."

Zhaoshui hid behind the curtain and dared not look directly. Lingrong glanced at the white porcelain bottle and shook her head.

"Use it next time. Keep it for now." Ling Rong scooped up some water and splashed it on her face. The hot spring water seemed to evaporate all the coldness in her body. She felt warm all over, just like sleeping under a peach tree on a summer afternoon.

"If the emperor asks, just tell him I took the medicine."

This medicine has been approved by the emperor. The emperor is usually suspicious and cautious, so he must have asked the imperial physician to check this medicine repeatedly.

But she just didn't want to eat at this moment. The emperor barged in without caring about her face. If Concubine Hua and the Queen knew about it tomorrow, they would definitely scold her.

What a seductive evildoer, obsessed with the emperor. Lingrong felt a headache just thinking about it, so how could she be willing to give him the face and take the medicine now.

Anyway, there is still a long time left in Tangquan Palace, and there will always be opportunities.

In just two moments, Ling Rong was reminded by Zhao Shui to come out of the pond.

The table was filled with desserts and soups prepared by the Queen. Lingrong could taste the soup with peace of mind, because after all, the Queen would not directly poison the soup.

Under the tree, jewelry, cloth, is the Queen's favorite place to tamper with. Fortunately, Lingrong has a sensitive nose and knows about spices, so the Queen's musk can't harm her.

More importantly, the queen in this life didn’t know that she knew about spices and could make incense.

This could be her trump card, and she must keep it secret at all costs. Once she has her own connections in the Imperial Household Department, she will be able to accomplish things more quietly.

It was not until the third day that Bai Jin hurried back. She first went to report to the emperor before coming to the main hall of Chenghuai Taoist Temple.

Ling Rong has been waiting anxiously for a long time. She is now in the deep palace, as if she is blind and deaf, unable to hear any sound from the outside world. She only knows that her mother is controlled by the queen, but she doesn't know the truth.

"In reply to Miss An, I went to Madam's house, but I didn't see her. I asked the neighbors and they said she had moved away a few days ago."

"Moved away? We can find out where they moved to."

"I found out that it was a manor in the suburbs of Beijing." Bai Jin did not hide anything. "I went to visit, but was stopped by the gatekeeper, who said that the master had ordered that outsiders were not allowed to enter.

I told her the young lady's name, but the doorman said he didn't know her.

Although Lingrong knew that it was the Queen's doing, she could not tell Bai Jin directly. She was also thinking in her mind how to free her mother from the Queen's shackles.

"I thought that if the Madam was at the manor, the gatekeeper would recognize her. So I dared to stay for another day and check the manor."

"Do you know who owns that farm?"

Bai Jin knelt straight on the ground and apologized to Ling Rong, "Forgive me for not telling you, young lady, but the emperor has ordered that you should rest assured about this matter."

Lingrong deliberately mentioned her mother in front of the emperor, hoping to get the emperor's permission to send someone to visit her mother, so that she could naturally inform the emperor of the threat to her mother.

Although the person going now is not someone close to him, he is the emperor's confidant. The news brought back by Bai Jin can make the emperor trust him more.

"But something happened to my mother." Tears instantly filled her eyes, and Ling Rong rubbed her eyes in panic, "Bai Jin, my...my mother is fine, right?"

Just as Bai Jin was about to answer, Su Peisheng's voice came in. The emperor walked in quickly and saw Lingrong crying uncontrollably. All his words of comfort were stuck in his throat.

He could only wave his hand to dismiss everyone, walked forward, took Ling Rong into his arms, and stroked her head to comfort her.

"Why are you still crying? It's true that the women in Jiangnan are made of water. Rong'er, I'm afraid that all the concubines in the palace combined can't cry as much as you do."

Ling Rong leaned against the emperor's waist, sniffed, and dared to suppress her voice and secretly cry, "Your Majesty... Mother, my mother, what happened?"

"It seems that Bai Jin can't speak, and he scared you." The emperor's voice was steady, and his words were reassuring. "He was just taken to a manor outside Beijing to stay for a few days. I have sent someone to take him back to the Lin Mansion."

Ling Rong looked up at the emperor blankly. She blinked her eyes as if trying to recall, "My concubine and mother have no relatives in the capital. Who took my mother to live in the suburbs of the capital?"

"It's the Liu Rong'er that Rong'er mentioned." The emperor paused and stroked the top of Lingrong's head, "I feel relieved now."

Lingrong of course knew that it was the Queen who did this, and presumably the Emperor knew it as well. But the Queen was the Queen after all, and the Emperor would naturally help her clean up after such a small mistake.

"Bai Jin was hesitant and unwilling to speak, and I thought something had happened to my mother.

I did something wrong before, so I no longer dare to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send letters home for me. During this period of time, I have not received any news from my mother. "

Not knowing when the Queen would know the news, and how she would hide it from the Emperor, Ling Rong looked up at the Emperor, her mind racing in an instant.

"If the emperor doesn't come, I will go to the Empress to make the decision. The Empress is the mother of the country and will definitely help me."

"When Rong'er encountered something, the first person she thought of was not me." The emperor also lowered his eyes to look at Lingrong. He stretched out his hand and touched her fair forehead. "The queen has lived in the deep palace for a long time. She is also unable to touch the things outside the palace."

Lingrong just nodded obediently. Knowing that her mother had returned home safely, she felt relieved.

But she was unable to protect her mother in the palace, so she had to find a way to make the Queen not dare to touch her mother again.

"Your Majesty, I am really worried about my mother's condition. Could you please send someone to help me fulfill my filial duty?" This request was not excessive. For the emperor, it was just a matter of ordering.

But Lingrong was still very nervous. She reached out and grabbed the emperor's sleeve, then looked up timidly and begged.

"This is a small matter. Let Bai Jin make amends for his crime by taking good care of Rong'er, okay?"

Lingrong was naturally happy that her mother had the emperor as her umbrella of protection. She nodded repeatedly, put her arms around the emperor's waist, and buried her face in his brocade robe.

Hmm... The emperor's waist seems to have become really thinner. Lingrong put her arms together to measure it, and was surprised to find that it was indeed two inches smaller.

He Anming is actually quite capable in losing weight, but the effects are slow to appear. Such a long time has passed, and the emperor has only lost a little weight.

"Your Majesty seems to have lost weight recently, but is it because of the previous reign that he was too exhausted?"

Unexpectedly, the emperor was quite satisfied with his recent changes. He even thought that it was the result of his martial arts training which had lasted for who knows how long, which made him full of energy and his body healthy and slim.

"I have been practicing martial arts diligently recently, so I have changed a lot. Rong'er has a sharp eye and noticed it quickly."

Lingrong did not expose the emperor. Anyway, the medicinal food had been copied to Su Peisheng. Even if the emperor did not come to her, he could still drink a bowl of it from time to time.

However, Xiji Pills are still the most effective. Lingrong looked at the emperor's belly again and wondered if this medicine would be effective if given to a man.

Anyway, she still has to serve the emperor and make him please her. This request is not excessive at all.

The emperor was proud for a while, but he saw Lingrong staring at his belly, wondering what she was thinking.

This girl. The emperor finally sat down. He only glanced at the teapot on the table, and Lingrong poured the tea herself.

"Have you taken yesterday's medicine? I asked He Anming to make some medicine. It will be most effective when combined with this hot spring bath."

"Of course I used it. The Emperor personally sent it to me, so how could I dare not use it?"

"You are kind-hearted." The emperor knew very well that Wanpin was responsible for Lingrong's loss of her child. He acquiesced to Wanpin's punishment, but he also killed his own child with his own hands.

Hearing the word "kind-hearted", Lingrong wondered if the emperor was crazy to use these two words to describe herself.

What did the emperor say in his previous life, vicious? Yes, An Lingrong was vicious. If she wasn't vicious, how could she survive in this palace?

The emperor actually said that she was kind-hearted. This was simply the funniest thing in the world.

"I am very stingy, how can I be called kind-hearted?"

"These days, since Concubine Wan is not around, Rong'er can be more at ease." The emperor put down his teacup and saw Lingrong's face suddenly turned pale. He knew that his unintentional words had made the little girl sad again.

"Forget it, I won't bother you. Go take a hot spring bath more often these days. It's good for your health."

Lingrong responded in full. She bowed lightly to see the emperor off, then turned around and smashed the teacup to pieces on the floor.

Zhaoshui heard the noise and rushed in. Broken porcelain shards were all she saw. She carefully wanted to move in to clean it up, fearing that she would upset Lingrong.

Ever since she became Lingrong's personal maid, Zhaoshui had only seen her gentle and considerate appearance.

As far as she could remember, Zhaoshui had never seen Lingrong get angry. Even when she had a miscarriage, she had never seen Lingrong look so sarcastic and angry.

I don’t know what happened today that made me so angry. Fortunately, the emperor had already walked far away and didn’t hear it.

Ling Rong let out a long breath. She tried hard to restrain her expression and turned into the gentle and humble little concubine again.

"In a few days, Bai Jin will go to my mother's place. I have to find a way to contact Ting He and let Concubine Hua know something happy."

"My lady, the Queen's place..."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid you'll have to worry for a while. Who told you to be the one who cares the most about the Emperor?"

After a burst of anger, Lingrong finally calmed down. Thinking of the peach blossoms in Guangrun Pavilion, she asked Zhaoshui to get a basket and planned to pick a basket of peach blossoms to make some peach blossom soup for her mother.

Unexpectedly, she ran into Concubine Hua when she went out. You know, Concubine Hua was in the East Residence, which was quite far away from Lingrong's West Residence.

But she always felt that Concubine Hua was not here to enjoy the scenery, but rather to cause trouble for her.

"An Changzai is dressed like a country girl. Could it be that she wants to farm in this palace?"

Lingrong was too lazy to argue with Concubine Hua, so she just bowed and said she was going to pick some peach blossoms.

"I won't waste my time talking to you. I heard that He Anming prepared some medicine for An Changzai, which is most useful for women who have had miscarriages. Would An Changzai be willing to share some of it?"

When Lingrong heard that Concubine Hua knew that the emperor had sent the medicine, her first reaction was that there was a traitor among them.

Apart from Zhaoshui and the emperor, who else would know that she had the medicine? But the medicine was usually kept by Zhaoshui. If Concubine Hua really bribed her personal maid, she wouldn't have to ask for it in a big way.

Fortunately, there was no one who betrayed her master around her, so Ling Rong felt relieved. She nodded and did not hide it from Concubine Hua.

After all, she was just a minor concubine. How could she know that the Huan Yi Xiang that the Emperor gave to Concubine Hua contained a lot of musk in order to prevent Concubine Hua from having children?

"In reply to Madam Hua, I still have a few. You may as well ask Miss Songzhi and Zhaoshui to fetch them and present them to Madam Hua."

Seeing An Lingrong being so tactful, Concubine Hua was quite satisfied, "Stand up, why is Concubine An still being so formal?"

"If your Majesty wants it, just ask me to send it to you. The weather is still a little cold, and it would be bad if you catch a cold."

Concubine Hua seemed to have heard some joke. She looked Lingrong up and down, and was quite disdainful of this slender figure who seemed like she could be blown away by the wind.

"I have been good at horse riding since I was young, so I am naturally healthy. I am not like Concubine An, who fell ill after playing in the snow in the yard for a while."

Ling Rong was no longer surprised by Concubine Hua's all-powerful connections. She had only built a snowman in the Yanx Palace. It was hard for Concubine Hua to remember such a small thing and use it to mock her.

Lingrong was too lazy to argue with Hua Fei. She just stood aside submissively, and Hua Fei became furious just by looking at her.

"With your temper, it's no wonder that bitch Zhen Huan bullied you. It's a pity that she didn't know how to please the Queen Mother and was called to Shoukang Palace for instruction."

"If the Empress Dowager wants to teach Wanpin, she will have time to do so after she returns from Tangquan Palace."

Although Concubine Cao was not around, Lingrong felt that what she said had been made very clear and Concubine Hua would surely understand.

But I never thought that Concubine Hua would directly think of the palace power.

"Now that neither I nor the Queen are in the palace, how can we know that Wanpin is not harboring some improper thoughts, trying to please the Queen Mother and gain some power in the palace."

But how could Concubine Hua know that Wanpin, whom she thought was far away in the palace trying to please the Empress Dowager, had never even seen the Empress Dowager.

Now Zhen Huan is kneeling in the Buddhist temple, reciting scriptures and picking Buddha beans, just like Xia Dongchun did in the past.

After returning to Yongshou Palace, he had to copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for the Empress Dowager, and every stroke had to be neat and clean, otherwise it would be a great disrespect to the Empress Dowager.

If Concubine Hua knew about this, she would definitely find a way to go to Yongshou Palace and blow out the two candles to make Zhen Huan suffer.