An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

On a thunderstorm night, I expressed my true feelings.

The emperor ran into Yuedi Yunju in the wind and rain. The palace servants were all nervously serving their master. They racked their brains but could not figure out why the emperor had to come so late at night.

The emperor stopped Liu Zhu from passing on the news. He waved his hand and asked everyone to leave. After Su Peisheng helped him take off his coat which was slightly wet with rain, he quickly stepped into the inner room.

As luck would have it, a thunderclap was heard. Zhen Huan was so scared that she curled up on the couch, holding her hands to her ears and sobbing softly.

"Wanwan..." The emperor ran over quickly and hugged Zhen Huan tightly in his arms to comfort her.

Zhen Huan had never imagined that the Emperor would actually rush over from the Xinghuachun Pavilion on such a stormy night. She threw her arms around the Emperor's neck, tears streaming down her face. She was truly shocked, frightened, happy and angry.

She didn't even have time to think about the emperor's suspicion of her. She just hugged the emperor to ease the fear in her heart.

"It's stormy outside, Shiro really doesn't need to come."

The emperor sighed and patted Zhen Huan on the back. "I was awakened by the thunder. I remembered that you were afraid of such a rainy night with thunder and lightning. No matter what, I had to come."

With the emperor's company, Zhen Huan's fear dissipated a lot, but she still stayed in the emperor's arms, with their foreheads pressed against each other, whispering some sweet words to each other.

"Your Majesty used to be suspicious of me, and now he treats me like this. I really don't know what to do."

"I thought Wanwan understood my heart best." The emperor looked sad and asked Zhen Huan, "Does Wanwan think that I really suspected you and that's why I banned you?"

Zhen Huan has just regained the emperor's favor. Even if she wants to argue with the emperor, she has to be careful. "The child of Concubine Tian is really not my fault."

"Of course I believe you, but the previous dynasty was turbulent, so I can only give the Fucha family an explanation."

Zhen Huan actually wanted to ask the Emperor, if he had explained to the Fucha family, then he didn't need to explain to the Zhen family.

Why should the real murderer who killed his child go unpunished, while he himself was demoted and confined to his house just because he was a suspect?

Not only did she have to suffer from Concubine Tian's torture every day, but she also didn't have enough to eat because Shen Meizhuang cut down on the regular meals. She became extremely thin, and when she saw herself in the mirror, she almost went crazy.

How could the woman in the mirror with dark eye sockets and sunken cheeks be herself? Even after taking medicine to replenish qi and blood and using enough Fairy Jade Girl Powder, her former appearance has not been fully restored.

"I know you feel wronged." The emperor saw Zhen Huan's eyes and knew that she was still upset, but in the emperor's mind, the evidence was already conclusive. "The day after I confined you, the Fucha family submitted a memorial, and their words showed that they wanted to kill you."

Zhen Huan was stunned for a moment. This noble lady Tian was so vicious that she actually instigated her father to report to the emperor and wanted to kill the concubines in the harem. She couldn't imagine what kind of revenge she would have to endure if she didn't find out the truth as soon as possible.

"I have lost three children in succession, especially the one in your belly, Wanwan. I had high hopes for it." The emperor touched Zhen Huan's face, constantly looking for the shadow of Chun Yuan in her. Unfortunately, Zhen Huan's appearance has been damaged and she is no longer as similar to Chun Yuan as when she entered the palace. "I really regret treating you like that."

After hearing what the emperor said, the resentment in Zhen Huan's heart dissipated a lot. After all, the king of a country condescended to comfort her and expressed his regrets. How could she not forgive him?

Zhen Huan hugged the emperor's neck again, no longer resisting with a sense of alienation as she did at the beginning. Her voice was timid, and seemed particularly fragile under the thunder. "Will Si Lang treat me like he did that day?"

"No." The emperor hesitated for a moment, staring at the heavy rain outside the window, and slowly repeated, "No more."

After a night of gentle grace, all the sufferings Zhen Huan had endured in the palace seemed to be soothed. Although the emperor had doubted her, after the incident with Prince Guo, he firmly believed in her. If she had no true feelings for him, she would be accused of defilement in the harem and be sent to the cold palace and secretly executed.

That night, how well Zhen Huan slept, how badly Concubine Hua slept.

Even though she was restored to the position of concubine, she was not as favored as Zhen Huan, a mere maid. The emperor had just finished being intimate with her when he dared to abandon her and run off to Yuedi Yunju.

Bitch, all bitches must die.

Of course, Ling Rong was different from them all. She slept very well on this rainy night. Occasionally she would be woken up by thunder, but then she would fall asleep again comfortably listening to the sound of the rain.

Plus, I don’t have to get up early to greet people, so my life is so comfortable.

At first she was also worried that Zhen Huan would cause trouble for her, but there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. She could only let things take their course and deal with them as the situation changed.

On the second day, Lingrong thought that it seemed like she hadn't delivered medicinal food to the emperor for a long time.

She was worried that if the emperor didn't take care of himself for a few days, he would become like his old self again, so she asked someone to carefully boil a portion of the soup and personally deliver it to Wan Fang Anhe.

Ling Rong went with her things but did not see the emperor. Su Peisheng respectfully stopped her and told her that Zhen Changzai and Shen Guiren were accompanying the emperor and the emperor did not allow anyone to enter.

"Fortunately, Eunuch Su reminded me, so I'll give this medicinal food to you and Xiao Xiazi." Ling Rong didn't even think about sending it to the emperor, so she turned around and gave the medicinal food in her hand away as a favor.

"How can I be worthy of this position? Miss An, why don't you leave her to the Emperor? I will take her in shortly."

"We can't make it difficult for Eunuch Su," Ling Rong smiled and stopped Su Peisheng. "Eunuch Su told me who was accompanying the emperor in the palace, which is already a great help. If I ask you to go in and deliver the medicinal food, it will make the master unhappy, which will be bad.

It's just some medicinal food, it's not that precious. Eunuch Su is exposed to the wind and sun all day, so it's good for him to have some nourishment."

Lingrong handed the box of medicinal food to Su Peisheng, and then took Zhaoshui to slowly tour the garden and walked to the back lake to enjoy the bright sunshine.

After the rain, the sky was clear and blue, reflecting the blue sky, white clouds, palaces and pavilions, which looked as if they were born from the water.

"Look, my lady, you can even see the shadows of birds." Zhaoshui was very happy. She pointed at the flying birds, then looked up at the sky and then down at the water.

Lingrong watched with her, and occasionally she could see a fish jumping up, breaking the calmness of the water.

"Your son pays homage to Empress An. May Empress An be blessed with good health and everlasting health." When Ling Rong heard the childish voice, she immediately turned around to look.

It turned out to be the Fourth Prince Hongli, who was looking for his mother in the garden again.

In Lingrong's previous life, she met the Fourth Prince together with Zhen Huan. However, when Zhen Huan was there, the Fourth Prince only greeted her symbolically. It was nothing like what he does now, where he even calls himself a "son and subject".

But Ling Rong just pretended not to know him. After calling him, she looked at the maid serving beside her, "Who is this?"

"In reply to Lady An, this is the fourth son of the emperor who was raised in the Old Summer Palace, Prince Hongli."

Ling Rong looked at Hongli as if she had suddenly realized something, and her tone was calm, "So it's the Fourth Prince who was raised in the garden. No wonder I've never seen him before."

"I have been in the garden for several years. I don't know if the emperor still remembers me." Hongli's face was pale and he looked at Lingrong pitifully. "Madam An, can I go to see the emperor?"

"The emperor is now in Wanfang Anhe, you may go and pay him a visit, brother." Lingrong pointed in the direction of Wanfang Anhe with a smile, and was not moved at all by Hongli's pitiful appearance.

"I have been there several times...but the Emperor refused to see me. Madam An, does the Emperor dislike me?"

Ling Rong thought, your father just doesn't like you, what can you do about it. But in your previous life, you found a good mother and touched the threshold of the crown prince, which is much better than Hongshi who saw the emperor every day but was expelled from the clan.

It can be seen that seeing the emperor all day long is not a good thing. It is better to keep him happily in this garden.

"How could the emperor not like my brother?" Lingrong still had a smile on her face. She wiped the sweat off Hongli's face with a handkerchief and coaxed him softly, "Have you ever heard of making his mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry and his body empty?"

Hongli nodded. His eyes suddenly brightened, then quickly darkened again. "But, this has been too long..."

Lingrong really didn't want to say too much to him. She just smiled meaningfully, called Zhaoshui, and said goodbye to Hongli.

After walking a long way, Lingrong looked back and could still see Hongli standing there blankly.

Houhu Lake is not close to Wanfang Anhe, so Hongli could only be wandering around here intentionally, trying to meet me. He is really smart and stupid.

"My lady...what does the Fourth Prince want to do?" Zhaoshui spoke cautiously. She really didn't understand why the Emperor didn't bring the Fourth Prince into the palace when he had few children.

"The Fourth Prince wants to return to the palace." Ling Rong stretched out her voice meaningfully. He didn't know how many concubines he had looked for. Even Zhaoshui had noticed that something was wrong. How could those shrewd concubines in the palaces not notice it? He was afraid that everyone was just trying to fool him.

However, whether he will be able to hook up with Zhen Huan in this life remains to be verified. After all, Zhen Huan's current status is very low, and I am afraid that the Fourth Prince will look down on her.

"But why isn't the Fourth Prince kept in the palace?"

Lingrong looked at Zhaoshui with a smile, raised her hand and patted her head gently with the fan, "You should learn from Baoque in this regard. It's better to find out the information you want to know by yourself."

Zhaoshui immediately became serious when she heard that. She was very upset that she had not been able to find out the secret information and had caused trouble for the young lady.

"My lady, I will earnestly gather information and let you know what is happening in the garden at any time!"

"You need to learn how to develop informants and make friends everywhere. When necessary, you can spend some money to entertain them. Then the news you want to know will come to you."

Zhaoshui nodded seriously. This was what the young mistress had instructed her to do in the past, but she had never thought of doing it on her own initiative. Once she arrived at the garden, she became a little lax, which showed that she was too comfortable.

"Learn from Aunt Fang Jing, it will be very helpful to you." Ling Rong was afraid that she would get stuck in a dead end, so she reminded her, "You have done very well, Zhao Shui."

Zhaoshui was very happy. She held an umbrella for Lingrong to block the sun so that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable in the scorching sun.

As Zhen Huan regained favor, Concubine Hua began to make moves again in secret. However, she learned these days that Nian Xi's condition was quite bad, and she was busy looking for a powerful physician for her nephew in the Imperial Hospital.

The emperor also specially sent some precious medicinal herbs and sent Su Peisheng to express his condolences many times.

One day, she heard that Concubine Hua had met Zhen Huan in the garden, and she used the excuse that Zhen Huan did not perform the greetings seriously and punished her by making her kneel on the gravel road for an hour.

But who is Zhen Huan? Ever since she entered the palace and was slapped by Concubine Hua as punishment for not following the rules, she has never made any mistakes in etiquette. What Concubine Hua did today was just making trouble out of nothing. How could she tolerate this?

But Concubine Hua was determined to punish her. The more Zhen Huan used historical analogies, the more Concubine Hua felt that she was just flattering and wanted to punish her severely.

In the end, Zhen Huan was unable to refute Hua Fei and could only kneel down obediently. Hua Fei even specifically instructed Song Zhi to count the time on the side so as not to give Zhen Huan the slightest chance to "slack off".

Songzhi already resented Zhen Huan for sending her to the laundry department. Her hands were originally white and tender, but because of washing clothes in the laundry department, they were no longer as beautiful as before.

This made her very angry when she saw Zhen Huan's pampered hands, and she wished she could step on them and crush them into the mud.

Lingrong wanted to go and see Zhen Huan's joke, but she felt it was not a good idea, so she could only scratch her head and copy the palace rules in the hall.

On the one hand, she felt that it was not good to gloat over other people's misfortune, but on the other hand, she really couldn't help laughing out loud.

Well, she admitted that she was a mean person and would just smile when she saw her enemies being punished.

"My lady, have some fruit drink. I picked some good grapes." Zhaoshui looked at Lingrong and felt a little surprised that she had only copied two lines in the whole afternoon. "My lady, are you tired from copying? Why don't I copy it for you?"

"No need." Ling Rong waved her hand, copied two more lines and threw away the pen. She was really too lazy to write, so she simply picked up the teacup and drank it all.

"Let me guess what made the young lady so absent-minded..." Zhaoshui held the tray and stroked his chin, thinking seriously, "Is it about Concubine Zhen being punished?"

Lingrong nodded. After all, she had seen Zhen Huan's method of kowtowing. It was not easy for people to refuse in the name of praying for blessings.

Now that she knelt down herself, it could be considered as paying back some of the responsibility she had shouldered back then.

"I heard that Aunt Songzhi deliberately woke up one incense stick late, but was caught by Concubine Zhen and asked Miss Liuzhu to slap her in the face."

Lingrong widened her eyes. This was Zhen Huan, as expected. The long-standing grudge had finally been avenged. She even slapped Concubine Hua in the face by Song Zhi, showing that she was not at a disadvantage at all.

"Zhen Changzai is quite powerful. The senior maidservant beside the concubine represents the master behind her. This is a slap in the face of Song Zhi, which is also a slap in the face of Concubine Hua.

I really don't know how Concubine Hua will respond to Zhen Huan next."