The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

After all, Cao Qinmo couldn't survive this winter, and she also went with her on the day of Sanqi, the noble concubine of Dunsu.Her death brought an imperfect end to the three years of Yongzheng.

This year is a cold winter, the Queen Mother's illness procrastinates, and the incidents of Nian Gengyao's remnants of party members follow one after another, and the emperor is too busy to get away. Brother Six's first birthday party is also kept simple.The empress invited all the people in the harem to gather in Qingyin Pavilion to watch the play, which was considered a lively gathering in the next year.

The empress took the main seat, with Concubine Qi, Guigui, Fang Chunyi, and Xin Changzai on the left, and Concubine Jing, Shen Meizhuang, An Lingrong, and Zhen Huan on the right. Concubine Duan was still sick and did not attend.

"It's rare for the sisters to come together." The queen said with a smile, "I asked the sisters to watch the theater together today. One is because the end of the new year is coming soon, and everyone will inevitably feel homesick. The other is because it is not like being in the scene. Talking in Ren Palace is so restrictive."

"The empress is kind, and the ministers and concubines will remember it in their hearts." After saluting, everyone sat down one by one.

The queen smiled and asked everyone to stand up, and then asked Jiang Fuhai to arrange for the troupe to sing.

The song "The Jade Hairpin" was sung so lingeringly that everyone listened with gusto, even the queen was gradually fascinated by it.In the past, when the noble concubine Dunsu was around, watching an opera was like singing an opera, how could there be such a comfortable time.

The nobleman Pianqi didn't have a long-term mind, and because the queen has valued her recently, she rushed to please her: "Fortunately, the queen is in the palace, otherwise, the concubine's heart will always be empty at the end of the year, let alone , but also to be wronged by others, look at people with supercilious eyes, and this concubine's heart..." She hesitated to speak, and she wanted to cry.

"It's not like being at home after entering the palace. You will feel a little wronged no matter what." The queen comforted with a generous smile, "But we are all sisters, so we should give in to each other."

"With the consolation and guidance from the empress, the heart of the concubine is much warmer." Qi nobleman smiled affectionately at the queen, as if he and the queen had an incomparably close relationship.

Zhen Huan on the other side whispered to An Lingrong: "Just because of the two words you said to her that day, she and the emperor cried and talked all night, and the emperor couldn't bear it in the middle of the night, so he went directly to my room Only when she sleeps in bed can she settle down." She pursed her lips lightly and smiled, her brows and eyes crooked, "Plus, the emperor refused to stand up for her, she was annoyed for several days, and now she mentioned it in front of the empress. , I'm afraid I want to point you."

An Lingrong raised his hand to cover his lips, and smiled softly at Zhen Huan: "I'm not afraid of her."

A narrow smile flashed across Zhen Huan's eyes, she nodded An Lingrong's nose, straightened up and sat back.

At this moment, Xin Chang smiled and said: "Your Majesty Qi, you are a new favorite, who is so ruthless and dares to wrong you? Why don't the emperor just let you down immediately?"

Mrs. Qi heard Xin Chang's ridicule outside the words, and his face froze: "Sister Xin is joking, they are all sisters of my own family, even if the emperor wants to punish her, concubines have to stop her."

"Oh, listen to it, Mr. Qi's mouth is as if it has been smeared with honey, and what he said is really nice." Xin Changzai laughed outright, unable to hear the slightest hint of sarcasm, but every word fell like a slap in the face. On Qigui's face, "Since they are all my sisters, naturally I won't let Qigui be wronged, and I won't roll my eyes at you. Did Qigui misunderstand something? Hurry up and talk about it, don't hold it in your heart, turn around and say I'm suffocating myself!"

Qigui's face turned blue and white, and An Lingrong almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

In the end, the queen couldn't see it, and Xin Changzai stopped talking after saying a few words, but seeing it, the queen's enthusiasm for noble Qi also faded by three points.

Mrs. Qi hurriedly complimented the queen: "The concubine didn't understand anything when she first entered the palace. Fortunately, the concubine had the empress to guide her in everything, so that the concubine had a backbone. Otherwise, the concubine would still be like a headless chicken, without even knowing it." Where are you going?"

Concubine Qi took advantage of the situation and said: "Your Majesty Qi is really good at talking, but it seems that we are clumsy and can't say anything."

Mrs. Qi glanced at the queen's warm face, heaved a sigh of relief, and then smiled again.

"Listening to you talking like this is like talking to your own family members. I feel comfortable listening to you." The queen smiled slowly.

Noble Qi immediately followed up with the conversation and said, "It's good that the empress doesn't dislike the chatteriness of my concubine." She wrinkled her nose pretending to be disgusted, "The concubine's family has two younger sisters who are concubines, and the concubine can't talk to them. But seeing the empress, the concubine has a lot of things to say in her heart..."

As soon as the two words were uttered, everyone fell silent, and there was no sound in the hall, except for the singing on the stage.

Fang Chunyi deliberately coughed lightly, interrupting Mr. Qi's words.

Guigui's voice paused, and she raised her head to see everyone looking at her one by one, her eyes were full of shock, the concubine Qi who was closest to her almost had the words "Are you crazy" written on her face.

She quickly recalled what she said just now, and suddenly realized what she had said, she hurriedly stood up and knelt down to plead guilty: "The concubine made a mistake, and the empress forgives me."

Although the queen still had a smile on her face, there was no trace of the smile in her eyes.

Everyone in the palace knew that the empress was a concubine, and the Empress Chunyuan was a concubine. The word concubine was her Achilles' heel, and no one could mention it in front of her.However, Mrs. Qi spoke out so loudly, directly stepping on the queen's minefield. At this moment, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she didn't dare to say a word more.

Fang Chunyi looked at Qigui who was kneeling on the ground, and then at the seemingly indifferent queen, and suddenly felt that God had given her a chance.

Originally, Qigui was a new favorite, and the queen made Fang Chunyi no longer care about her so much, but now it seems that Qigui is not a very useful chess piece, at least, it shows that she is not very smart in today's matter ——In contrast, the queen still needs a smart person like Fang Chunyi very much.

She will never be an outcast.

Fang Chunyi looked at Mrs. Qi who was kneeling and trembling with a smile in his eyes, took a sip of tea slowly, then turned his eyes to An Lingrong and Zhen Huan who were whispering small words opposite each other, and his face sank again.

Still have to think of a way!
It wasn't until the end of the song "Jade Hairpin" on the stage that the queen seemed to have just seen Qigui kneeling down, and turned her head to look: "Okay, what are you kneeling here for? Get up and watch the show."

The queen's smile remained the same, but Mrs. Qi felt more and more timid for some reason.

"Thank you, Madam, for your generosity." Qi Gui held Jingtai's hand and finally stood up and sat back down. He only felt a pain in his knee, so he stretched out his hand and rubbed it carefully, regretting endlessly.

After the opera party finished singing, the queen left Qi and nobleman and went back to Jingren Palace. It was rare for her to acquiesce in Fang Chunyi's following. Everyone knew that the queen was in a bad mood, so they went back to the palace without further words.

When An Lingrong returned to Weiyang Palace, he heard that Concubine Duan was waiting in the palace, so he quickly let go of the cold air and entered the palace.

Speaking of what happened during the banquet just now, Concubine Duan smiled: "Queen Ulanara Yixiu, the most important thing is her status as the main wife, because she is a concubine, so she hates others to say the word concubine, Qi nobleman This is right on the point of the gun. I heard that recently she served the queen very attentively, she ran over early to dress the queen, and coaxed the queen to be very happy. I didn't expect that she was too proud and tripped her own foot."

"She's too impatient." An Lingrong sat down and warmed his hands and feet, leaning against the soft pillow with a hand stove in his arms, "It's rare to see it in the beautiful palace of Mrs. Qi, her face is like a peeled lychee, the emperor's picture Xinxin dotes on her a little bit, and when she thinks about it, she will be like that, after all, one should not be too skinny."

"This is straightforward, but the truth is not bad." Concubine Duan nodded, "I can see that in this palace, the emperor still values ​​you and Concubine Guan more." Looking up, she saw Wen Yi timidly hiding at the door , hurriedly raised his hand to beckon her over, "What's wrong?"

"Miss Duan, Wen Yi is a little sleepy." Wen Yi walked over rubbing his eyes.

Concubine Duan hugged her lovingly into her arms, and coaxed her softly. Not long after, Wen Yi fell into a drowsy sleep, and fell asleep, with her two little hands still tightly clutching Concubine Duan's sleeves , we can see its dependence.

"Your Majesty treats Wen Yi like a parent and child. It's really a princess's blessing." An Lingrong asked Cuiyin to carry Wen Yi down, and said with a smile.

Concubine Duan rubbed her sore wrist, lowered her eyes and smiled slightly: "I thought that there would be no fate for children in this life, but who knew that God sent Wen Yi to my side, I should devote all my heart and soul to take care of her , love her." Then, she suppressed her smile slightly, and said in a low voice, "However, I heard that Brother Six is ​​not doing well recently."

An Lingrong raised his eyebrows slightly, with a puzzled look on his face: "What's wrong with Brother Six?"

Ever since Brother Six was brought up by the queen, the queen has treated him like a precious eyeball. Whenever there is a headache, everyone in Jingren Palace is uneasy, and it is easy to hide from others on weekdays. An Lingrong once met him from a distance. , the powder-like child was held in the arms of the wet nurse, as delicate as a Fuwa in a New Year painting, surrounded by a dozen palace servants, all nervous, afraid of being bumped by the sixth elder brother.

It has been raised so carefully, what could be wrong?

"The sixth elder brother seems to be very late to speak, and he still can't speak." Concubine Duan said slowly. But there was none at all, like a gourd with its mouth sawn off. After the hospital’s diagnosis, I didn’t dare to jump to conclusions, I just said that elder brother Liu might be enlightened later, maybe it’ll be fine when he grows older.” She took a look. An Lingrong raised his eyebrows and smiled softly, "But how can the empress rest assured? She has been so anxious these days that she can't sleep well at all."

"It's no wonder the queen's complexion is not very good today." An Lingrong froze for a moment, remembering something that she had neglected for a long time.

Xia Dongchun was pregnant with the sixth elder brother because An Lingrong used the secret recipe for conceiving a child given to her by the queen of the previous life. She once doubted the effectiveness of that prescription. Later, Xia Dongchun died of dystocia, and she forgot about it - But thinking about it now, An Lingrong discovered a detail.

The real cause of Xia Dongchun's death back then was not dystocia, but Maple Leaf's murder. Although the sixth elder brother was raised a bit older, he gave birth well. In this way, after taking that prescription, it will not let the mother or fetus die , rather, the child is born with some kind of defect.

For example, can't speak.

An Lingrong suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

If this is the case, then the queen will definitely abandon the sixth elder brother, and even hate the sixth elder brother because of the wasted efforts of more than a year. The bottomless quagmire will even be thrown into the Old Summer Palace to be raised, just like the fourth elder brother.

Thinking of Xia Dongchun's eyes before he died, An Lingrong sighed heavily.

It snowed heavily all night on New Year's Eve. When I woke up in the morning, the light of the snow reflected the bright paper on the window, and the snow came through.

An Lingrong got up early in the morning, and put Ankang in a festive red coat, a tiger-head hat embroidered by Shen Meizhuang, a jade necklace from Concubine Duan and a longevity lock from Zhen Huan. It was a silver bracelet given by Fang Chunyi, just like a festive New Year's greeting doll.

"Our princess is so pretty." Dill moved closer to Fenruo, teasing Ankang, "The skin is white and tender, and the eyes are like the stars in the sky. They change every day and become more and more beautiful."

As if knowing that Dill was praising her, Ankang fluttered his limbs and giggled.

An Lingrong was dressing up, when she heard this sound, she immediately got up and walked over in surprise, "Ankang can smile!" She hugged Ankang, and saw the little man with a bright smile on his face and eyes as bright as stars , her pink face piled up, and she laughed so hard that her heart melted, "Ah Ankang, Erniang's sweetheart."

Fen Ruo laughed at the side: "Madam, how can someone say these words every day, it makes people laugh." Even though he said so, the smile on his face couldn't be hidden no matter what.

"My aunt has worked hard this year, and Ankang will have to trouble my aunt a lot in the future. I thank you here first." An Lingrong bowed to Fen Ruo for a while, and then called Cuiyin to prepare a reward.

Fen Ruo avoided An Lingrong's gift, and took Ankang: "I have never done anything right in my life, and only after the birth of Princess Ankang did I feel that life is much more secure. Risk your life to protect the princess!"

An Lingrong smiled, and had some vague guesses, but didn't say anything clearly.

Sitting in the main hall, An Lingrong looked at the crowd of people sitting under his seat, and glanced over them one by one. He didn't see anyone who was restless, and smiled with satisfaction: "Since entering Weiyang Palace, this palace has never What rules did you say, today I only say two words." She lowered her eyes slightly, and her momentum suddenly rose, "Loyalty, but anyone who doesn't have these two words, leave Weiyang Palace as soon as possible, if I am found out, who would dare to betray you?" host……"

"Slaves/servants dare not!"