An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

"That poem was said by Prince Shen to me. I don't have the power of foresight, so there is no way I could have stopped it in advance."

Concubine Wan did not kneel down to salute, but sat in her original position, wiping away her non-existent tears.

"After I came back from Ningguta, I have been staying in the palace. Besides helping the emperor take medicine, I also help him go to bed.

The emperor also doted on his concubines, and often stayed in Yongshou Palace for several days in a row.

Prince Shen entered the palace only a limited number of times, and each time he came he was looking for the emperor. The concubines met him even less frequently.

I know nothing about him, so how can I have any feelings for Prince Shen after just seeing him from a distance? "

Concubine Wan didn't care whether the emperor would believe her or not. After all, with her identity as a "medicine inducer", the emperor would not do anything to her. As long as she tried her best to get rid of her guilt, the emperor would naturally control his temper and believe that what she said was the truth.

"Today, Prince Shen suddenly stopped me and started saying some frivolous things. Then Concubine Qi came out and kept saying that I had an affair with Prince Shen.

When I wanted to confront Prince Shen, he had already run away without a trace, leaving me speechless in front of the Emperor."

"Really? I will ask him to come into the palace and ask him clearly." The emperor stared at the familiar face of Concubine Wan. He could clearly picture it with his eyes closed.

But correspondingly, Queen Chunyuan's face became increasingly blurred, and her perfect image in the emperor's mind was almost completely destroyed by the Zhen sisters.

How could someone with such a similar face do such a thing as having a secret relationship with his brother?

The ladies from wealthy families were so shameless and disregarded the family's reputation. Now it seemed that the Zhen family could not be called a family of scholars.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to confront Prince Shen and tell him everything that happened today. Please do not doubt me!"

Concubine Wan looked at the emperor's expression and guessed that he did not trust her. Anyway, Prince Shen had only love in his mind, so she naturally wanted to take advantage of him and make the emperor trust her by retreating.

After all, the emperor had not used the medicine long enough. If he was saved by the imperial physician in the palace, all her devotion would be wasted.

Concubine Wan was a little anxious when she thought about it. She had no choice but to raise her head and ask, "Your Majesty, if you don't want to believe me, please summon Prince Shen to the palace immediately!"

The emperor looked at Concubine Wan steadily, and finally shook his head, "I will ask Prince Shen myself, you should go back first, I will visit you in Yongshou Palace later, you should prepare in advance."

What the emperor meant by this was that he wanted to go to Yongshou Palace to take medicine. Regardless of whether what happened today was true or not, in Concubine Qi's view, the emperor believed her.

It would be fine if there were no dirty words in the harem. Concubine Wan relaxed a little. She finally put down her tense mood and left the Yangxin Palace.

Only after seeing these annoying people leave did the emperor heave a sigh of relief, frowning.

The matter of the Third Prince had not been investigated yet, but the Queen Mother was murdered. Before Concubine Tian and He Anming could be interrogated, the matter of Concubine Wan and Prince Shen's affair was put before her eyes again.

The emperor was not only feeling a headache at this time, he even felt like he would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go, and he wanted to directly order that all these people's heads be removed.

But one is his son, one is his concubine, and one is his younger brother. No matter who the emperor wants to do, he can't do it just by opening his mouth. The saliva of those ministers of the previous dynasty is enough to drown him.

Su Peisheng came in to serve after seeing that everyone had left. The emperor glanced at him and Su Peisheng immediately ran over to serve tea and water.

"Your Majesty, this tea is at the perfect temperature. Please drink some to calm your temper."

The emperor picked up the teacup, took a sip and put it down, "How is the investigation of the third prince going?"

“In reply to the emperor, Ping An, who was beside the Third Prince, has confessed, but the Third Prince himself has not admitted it.

Ping'an said that the poison was given to him by Qiyun, who was beside the Queen.

But Qiyun is the Empress's person, so I cannot interrogate her directly. Your Majesty needs to speak first about this matter."

"This matter is also related to the Queen."

Su Peisheng could not hear any emotion from the emperor's words, so he could only break down Ping An's words into more details, "Ping An said that after returning from the Old Summer Palace, Qiyun contacted him several times intermittently.

At that time, Qiyun was still working as a maid in Jingren Palace, and few people in the palace had any impression of her.

Ping'an had such a deep impression of her because he had met her many times, but he did not know Qiyun's purpose at first. He just thought that the Queen Mother cared about the Third Prince and did not want other concubines to find out, so she was so secretive.

Later, Qiyun began to send some things over, which was indeed in line with Ping'an's guess, but recently what she sent was no longer food and clothing, but poison that could harm people."

Su Peisheng paused, he looked at the emperor again, and found that the emperor was not unhappy, so he continued, "When the Third Prince got these poisons, he was very scared at first and was unwilling to do anything to the Fifth Prince.

However, as Qiyun continued to bring news about the Queen, the Third Prince could only give orders and ask the people around him to do this, and the person chosen was Ping An.

This is the current situation. I would never dare to interrogate the Empress without the Emperor's order."

The emperor listened carefully, knowing that this matter was related to the queen, and his face was no longer disturbed. "Then pass on my order and bring Qiyun here for questioning."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Su Peisheng responded very quickly and went downstairs to find someone immediately.

Less than an incense stick had passed since the Emperor rested when Xia Jian suddenly appeared and told him about the Empress Dowager.

"Your Majesty, I have found out that there was a famous doctor from the folk in the Empress Dowager's palace at that time. She was recommended by Fu Cha and did help alleviate the Empress Dowager's condition.

But after my humble investigation, I found that this so-called famous doctor was a fake, and his real identity was Li Si'er from Lord Longkodo's house."

"Li Si'er?"

"Your Majesty should have some impression of this person. She is very similar to the Empress Dowager, but her personality is completely different. She once cruelly tortured Lord Longkodo's first wife, Hesheli, and eventually caused her death..."

"No need to say more. I know all these things very well. When Li Si'er was searching Longkodo's house, it seems that he let her escape?"

“I have found out that Li Si’er used her beauty to bribe the guards at the gate, and that’s how she took the opportunity to escape.

But she never expected that she would be captured by Fucha's people and finally sent to the palace. Even this Li Si'er might be the culprit who killed the Queen Mother. "

"Is it her? Not the almond tea?"

"As for almond tea, the clues were cut off when I found Ma Yuan. According to his whereabouts, it seems that he was taken away by the Queen's people."

The Queen did mention this matter to the Emperor, and he had some impression of the name Ma Yuan, but now that the clue was in the Queen's hands, it was a bit difficult to deal with.

"I will ask Su Peisheng to find the queen. Please wait for a while until Ma Yuan is brought to the Yangxin Palace for interrogation."

"I understand," Xia Qian clasped his fists and saluted, "If Your Majesty has nothing else to do, please allow me to take my leave first."

The emperor waved his hand, and Xia Qian slowly retreated. After a few leaps outside the door, he completely disappeared.

The Yangxin Palace had been noisy for the entire morning, but it finally quieted down. The emperor let out a long sigh and no longer had the heart to read the memorials.

However, he had to continue reading the memorial, so the emperor resigned himself to it. Just as he picked up the pen to write a few words on the memorial, Su Peisheng rushed back from Jingren Palace.

"Your Majesty, Qiyun has been handed over to the Ministry of Punishment." Su Peisheng saluted. When he saw the emperor's expression, he said no more.

The emperor naturally ignored him and continued to hold the pen and carefully look at the memorial in his hand.

Nearly two hours later, the emperor finally finished reading the memorials in his hand. There were a lot of words in them, and many of them just asked about the emperor's health.

The emperor was a little tired of writing even though he had gained some weight recently. He put down his pen, and when he looked up and saw Su Peisheng's face, he felt even more tired.

"It's been two hours. What have you found out?"

"To answer your Majesty, Qiyun is being very stubborn and hasn't said anything." Su Peisheng laughed dryly, "I guess she'll need to be punished."

"You don't need me to teach you what to do." The emperor suppressed his rising anger and glared at Su Peisheng angrily.

"I understand. I have already instructed the Ministry of Punishment. Your Majesty, please rest assured."

"Don't tell me about things that haven't been done. I'm busy with government affairs and don't have time to listen to your nonsense."

"Yes, I understand."

Su Peisheng nodded and admitted his mistake. He glanced at the memorials on the emperor's desk, then began to suggest that the emperor go and see the other concubines.

"There is no quiet place in this harem."

"This... It's quite quiet in Concubine Jing's and Concubine Sheng's places. Both of them are alone in the palace, especially Concubine Jing's place.

However, your Majesty's favorite Princess Youning is in Chengqian Palace, and you promised her that you would go riding with her.

But it’s still a bit cold this season, and it’s not suitable for riding in such a cold weather…”

Su Peisheng was still talking on and on, while the emperor was counting the beads and seemed a little distracted.

He was a little hesitant at first, but when he heard the agreement between Youning and him, he immediately decided to go to Chengqian Palace.

Su Peisheng originally wanted to lead the emperor to Chengqian Palace, so he was naturally happy to achieve his goal so easily. "Princess Youning will be very happy if she knows about this."

"You like Youning."

"It's not my taste that makes me like this, it's your taste that makes me like this." Su Peisheng laughed and helped the emperor onto the sedan chair. "I respect all the princes and princesses in the palace equally, and I have never shown favoritism."

"Now you are so bold that you even dare to fool me."

"Oh, how dare I say that? It must be that the emperor likes Princess Youning himself. I just said a few more words and the emperor felt happy."

Unlike the two happy master and servant, Lingrong felt very tired when she heard that the emperor was coming, and could not help but curse in her heart.

But no matter how dissatisfied she was, she had to get everything ready to welcome the emperor. She even informed Youning and Hongyu, asking them to prepare their lessons early and take the opportunity of the emperor's visit to study hard.

You Ning was very happy when she heard that the emperor was coming. She had finished her homework quickly and was worried about what to do next. Now someone came to keep her company and relieve her boredom.

With Youning's help, Lingrong could finally relax. She just welcomed the emperor in and let him play with the children.

Su Peisheng found an opportunity to reveal some of the things that the emperor was investigating to Lingrong, especially the matter of the Fifth Prince, which Lingrong was more concerned about. Su Peisheng explained it in great detail.

Hearing that the Ministry of Punishment had already arrested Qiyun, Lingrong nodded with great satisfaction. After all, the Queen was not involved in this matter, and being able to involve Qiyun was already the limit.

Lingrong only bribed Ping'an among the people around the Third Prince. Her plan was to let him fight to the death between the two and throw all the dirty water on the Queen and the Third Prince.

At the same time, Lingrong also bribed a young eunuch who was in charge of purchasing. When the emperor's men investigated the source of the poison, it would be that man's turn to play a role.

Although the Queen Mother and the Third Prince did nothing, they had prepared witnesses and material evidence, and even the victim, Ling Rong.

In this way, even if the emperor cannot determine that the two of them were responsible, the third prince, a competitor for the crown prince, can be made to lose the emperor's trust.

"What is Rong'er doing?"

Lingrong was talking with Su Peisheng when the emperor walked in from outside. He looked at Su Peisheng, then at Lingrong, and asked what Lingrong was doing.

"What else can this concubine do but take this opportunity to ask Eunuch Su how the emperor is doing now.

Unfortunately, Eunuch Su refused to tell the truth, and I was so angry that I gave him a lecture. "

The emperor gave Su Peisheng a look and drove him out. "I have been in good health these days, Rong'er, don't worry too much."

"How can I not worry?" Ling Rong sighed, "The Third Prince and the Fifth Prince are both the Emperor's sons. Something like this happened between the two princes. The Emperor must be in a dilemma and don't know how to deal with it."

"I am still sending people to investigate. Many clues are not clear enough, and it is difficult to make a decision at the moment."

"The Fifth Prince doesn't have any serious health problems. I guess he doesn't want the Emperor to continue investigating."

"You are right," the emperor sighed, "Hong Zhou came to the Yangxin Palace and repeatedly pleaded with me not to blame Hong Shi.

Hongshi himself has written me many letters, saying that he had never harmed Hongzhou. The two sides have different statements, and I don’t know who to believe.”

“I think Your Majesty doesn’t need to rush into making a decision. It won’t be too late to worry after you find out the truth.

If it turns out that it was not the Third Prince who did it, and the Emperor still suspects the Third Prince, he will definitely feel uncomfortable when interacting with the Third Prince in the future."