The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

From winter to spring, the snow has melted inch by inch, and sea and river transportation have returned to normal one by one.

An Bihuai patrolled as usual, and suddenly heard a report from his subordinates, saying that there was something wrong with the ships transporting official salt: "The draft of these seven ships is not right, and the subordinates have sent people to investigate, all of them are carrying illegal salt, and even four The boat also carried weapons and personal fire."

An Bihuai's expression suddenly became solemn, and he suddenly remembered that in his previous life, he seemed to have heard something about Prince Dun. After thinking about it, he said in a deep voice, "I'll go and see for myself."

On the canal, there are waves and waves, and there are countless turbulent waves hidden underneath, but the surface is calm, just like this harem, even though there are thousands of conspiracies and schemes, the surface is peaceful.

"Bang!"

An Lingrong's fingers were suddenly scalded by the tea, and the tea lid collided with the cup, making a piercing and sharp sound, and a strong uneasiness spread in his heart.

"Concubine Rong, what's the matter with you?" The queen cast her eyes and asked, "Why are you so restless today, but what happened?" She glanced at Zhen Huan vaguely, and said casually, "No matter what Things will get better after this period of time, don’t worry too much, take care of yourself.” Then he smiled again, “I heard that your natal family sent a jade bracelet for your birthday two days ago Li, look at the bracelet you are wearing today, the jade is warm and moist, and it is as white as a moon. Just wait."

"The concubine's family had a happy event, and it happened to be the concubine's birthday, so the lady in charge found a piece of mutton fat jade and carved it into a bracelet, and gave it to the concubine to keep her safe." An Lingrong smiled generously, saying it was true. Regarding Zhao Xuan's promotion of his wife, "It's not a precious jade species, it's not as good as the jade bracelet in your empress's hand. It's low-key and restrained, luxurious and generous. I heard that it was given to my empress by the emperor in the early years, which is enough to show that the emperor has a deep affection for my empress."

The queen pursed her lips and smiled: "Concubine Rong is always likable when she speaks, and the emperor often talks about it." After finishing speaking, she talked about Princess Gongding again, "Now that she is in your palace, I must ask you to worry about it. It’s just that once you enter the palace, you still need to learn the rules that should be learned. This palace has already sent Aunt Xi to go to the Zhongchun Pavilion, so you should pay more attention to it on weekdays.”

An Lingrong twitched fiercely, and smiled submissively: "Yes."

The queen smiled dignifiedly, looked at Zhen Huan who was talking to Concubine Jing, saw that her expression hadn't changed in the slightest, and raised her head to look at Fang Chunyi who was sitting behind.

After everyone knelt down, Fang Chunyi was invited into the side hall by Jianqiu.

"You saw it just now." The Queen said after taking a sip of tea slowly.

"Concubine Rong and Concubine Guan hate each other, and they don't want to say a word." Fang Chunyi naturally understood, and she knew it when she lowered her eyes and thought about it.

The queen snorted and laughed: "The nobleman Qi came to tell me about their quarrel a few days ago, and I still had some doubts. Looking at it today, I really feel like strangers." She sighed and said meaningfully , "Concubine Wan's father is now in a high position, and Concubine Rong's father has been promoted many times. If the two of them keep working together, there will be more troubles in the palace."

"Yes, my concubine thinks that instead of watching them two become as powerful as the noble concubine Dunsu in the future, it's better to break them up early and break them up." Fang Chunyi said softly and cruelly.

"Your words are very in line with my wishes." The queen nodded, and Chunyi suddenly smiled, "After going through such a thing, you have grown a lot, and this palace likes talking to you more and more, unlike Your Majesty Qi, you only have a pretty face, but your head is empty." She smiled slightly again, "Your Majesty, you can spoil anyone you want, but you can't have a second one like Concubine Dunsu. Your Majesty Zhen , your chance is here, but you have to grasp it well."

Fang Chunyi leaned over and saluted: "The concubine understands."

On the other side, An Lingrong returned to Weiyang Palace, and when he entered the door, he saw Aunt Jiaoxi scolding Gong Ding. The little girl held a cup of tea with tears in her eyes, and endured the trembling of her arms to learn the rules. One inch from her back can tell how wronged she is.

"Let Aunt Fenruo bring Ankang with me, and let's go sit in Concubine Duan's Palace." An Lingrong just felt upset and didn't want to stay in the palace for a moment.

"Your Majesty forgot, Aunt Fenruo took the princess to the Empress Dowager's Palace early this morning, and she hasn't come back yet." Cuiyin replied, "The Empress Dowager sees that the Princess likes it, so if she is not sure, she will stay for lunch. gone."

An Lingrong nodded, and supported Cuiyin's hand and walked all the way towards the corner gate on the west side of Weiyang Palace. She walked in a hurry, and did not see the longing that flashed in Gong Ding's eyes when he looked up.

"Why are you here?" Concubine Duan was embroidering a purse for Wen Yi, when she saw An Lingrong walking in, she put down her needle and thread and stood up to meet her.

"I've been very depressed these past few days, so I wanted to talk to my mother." An Lingrong sat down with a wry smile, looked at the silk cloth in the embroidery cage, and said with a smile, "My mother's craftsmanship is really good, this bird embroidery It must come alive, as if it will fly out of the silk cloth in the next second."

"I haven't used a needle for many years, and it took me half a month to embroider it to get some shape. How can it compare to you? I heard that the picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains that the emperor hangs in the side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation is from your hand. At first glance, I thought it was It is the work of a peerless master, and that embroidery is superb." Concubine Duan chuckled, patted An Lingrong's hand, and asked gently, "What's the matter? Look at the thick color between your eyebrows, This isn't like your usual self."

An Lingrong caressed the teacup lightly, sighed softly with downcast eyes: "I don't know what's wrong recently, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart, as if something is about to happen, I always have nightmares at night, and I can't sleep well. "

"Thinking every day, dreaming at night, is there something bothering you during this period of time." Concubine Duan asked softly, "I heard that you and Concubine Guan had a quarrel a while ago, and you still haven't heard of it until now." Didn't make up?"

An Lingrong raised her eyes to look at Concubine Duan: "Your Majesty lives in seclusion, but she has good ears and eyes." She laughed, "That's right, I'm afraid the whole palace knows about it, so it's not surprising that your Majesty knows." After a pause, she He asked again, "Mother, you said that day that it was a good thing for me to befriend Sister Wan, is it because she looks similar to Empress Chunyuan?"

Concubine Duan was stunned for a moment, and then said softly: "Do you also know Queen Chunyuan?" She looked up out of the window, without any intention of hiding it, "I knew it from the first time I saw Concubine Guan, What kind of position does she occupy in the emperor's heart, seven points of appearance, three points of temperament, enough to touch the emperor's heart that has been silent for many years, just based on this, no one in the palace can surpass her for favor." She turned to look at An Ling Rong, but showed a smile, "Except for you."

An Lingrong raised his head and fell into Concubine Duan's smiling eyes.

"You are different." Concubine Duan looked straight at An Lingrong and said, "When you first entered the palace, you were not the most conspicuous one, your appearance was not outstanding, and your family background was not good, but you You are more calm than anyone else. No matter what you do, you seem to be calm and composed as if you could foresee it in advance. Everyone says that the emperor loves you, but in my opinion, the emperor loves you, not as a king, but as a A man is loving you."

An Lingrong could hardly hold back Concubine Duan's smile, her heart trembled violently, she kept recalling every detail of getting along with the emperor, but she had never noticed it in the past, now when she recalled it, it was even the smallest details I can't even remember, I can only think of the lingering and affectionate calls one after another.

She was stunned for a long time before she slowly came back to her senses: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, it may be difficult for Sister Wan and I to reconcile again."

Concubine Duan got up, walked to An Lingrong, and gently took her hand: "In this case, don't force yourself. I know that you cherish the sisterhood with Concubine Guan and protect her in everything. But sometimes, too much protection is also a kind of injury. Breaking out of the cocoon requires pain, if you are always protected by someone behind you, you will never wait for the day of turning into a butterfly."

An Lingrong was still struggling and hesitating: "I don't want to see her sink into the mud, I just want to pull her out early."

Concubine Duan looked directly into An Lingrong's eyes, as if she could see through all her thoughts: "You need to know, if a person pretends to be asleep, he won't be able to wake him up no matter how much he screams." Looking at her gradually brightening face, Concubine Duan smiled and patted her on the shoulder, "Let her bump into that south wall. If it hurts, she will know to turn around."

"Your Majesty's words awakened the person in the dream, and I was the one who fell into poverty." An Lingrong frowned, and smiled slightly, "Thank you, Madam, for your teaching."

"It's not a teaching, it's just my own experience." Concubine Duan's eyes showed a trace of sadness.

She had once bumped her head against this south wall, her head was bleeding, and she was in so much pain that she realized that the emperor's love never belonged to her. She was just a pawn used to check and balance Nian Shilan. There is someone else, and that person's eyes never stop for her.Concubine Duan thought of those deep and cold eyes, and couldn't help laughing at herself.

"Oh!"

Cardamom ran in panting. In the chilly spring weather, she was sweating profusely from running: "Your Majesty is bad! In order to track down private salt, Mr. An was robbed by water bandits, and his whereabouts are unknown now!"

The teacup in his hand fell to the ground suddenly, An Lingrong stood up in panic, the restlessness that permeated his heart finally turned into billowing black clouds, thunder and lightning flashed over the sea.

The storm has arrived.

"An Bihuai actually moved the tenth brother's armament, so courageous enough." Guojun Wang Xiemei smiled, drank the sake in the wine cup in his hand, and laughed softly with a hint of alcohol, " Brother Ten is also stupid, to think of using a ship transporting official salt to smuggle arms, and let him be charged with selling illegal salt." Although he called "Brother Ten", there was no respect in his eyes, but a strong strong disgust.

"It's a pity that the prince took so much effort to find the private salt." Meng Jingxian sat aside and poured wine for the Guojun King, and sighed softly, "If I don't want to find a way to get money, I'm afraid I won't be able to support those dead men gone."

King Guo stretched out his hand to caress Meng Jingxian's temples, and smiled softly at her: "Jingxian, thank you for your hard work. Wait a few more days, and a sum of money will be delivered to you immediately." His fingertips brushed her The earlobe of the earlobe swayed slightly, and Guojun Wang seemed to touch it casually before withdrawing his hand, "A while ago, the emperor dealt with Nian Gengyao's staff member Wang Jingqi, and even the Wang family was ransacked. He once He is Nian Gengyao's confidant, and he also took a lot of bribes in private, and Li Shilang will set aside half of the confiscated family property and send it to Qingliangtai, and you can collect it when the time comes."

Meng Jingxian was blushing because of King Guo's actions, and suddenly heard Li Shilang's name, and was shocked for a moment: "Li Jinchang, the servant of the household department? When did the prince have friendship with him?"

"You don't have to worry about it, as long as you know that he belongs to the king." King Guo took a sip of sake slowly, tapped his finger on the table twice, and his mind slowly became active.

Yun is so impatient, maybe he can take advantage of it.

"Tomorrow you go to Yangzhou and pick two more people. This king will be useful." King Guo raised his eyes and said to Meng Jingxian, "Pick two with good looks. You don't need to know anything, just know how to serve people."

Meng Jingxian immediately understood what she wanted to pick up for, she nodded in response, but seeing Guo Jun Wang get up and go out, she couldn't help but get up and asked, "Is the lord leaving now?"

"Go to Prince Dun's mansion." Guojun Wang sobered up after drinking a sip of strong tea, hiding the wolf ambition in his eyes, and looked like a gentle and handsome son again, "Princess Gongding suffered a lot in the palace, ten brothers and ten sisters-in-law But I don’t know about it at all, so I’m going to remind you.” He stretched out his hand towards Meng Jingxian and said with a smile, his eyes were full of emotions, “Jingxian, you have been with me for 12 years, why don’t you let go this time? Give it a try?"

Meng Jingxian saw the suppressed fire in King Guo's eyes, and stretched out her hand to slowly hold that hand: "I am a concubine, and I am willing to follow the prince."

"If I can ascend to the position of supreme, the position of Mother Yi Tianxia must be yours." King Guojun shook Meng Jingxian's hand firmly.

Meng Jingxian shook her head lightly: "I only want to be by the prince's side for a long time, and I don't want anything extravagant." Because of her heart-to-heart promise, the Meng family has already stood by the prince's side. To be king, to be defeated is to be bandit, she has figured it out from the very beginning, the result is not important to her, what is important is that the person next to the prince is her, and it can only be her.

Seeing the back of King Guo leaving on his horse, Meng Jingxian raised her hand and lightly touched her earlobe, showing a shy and gentle smile.

The setting sun poured down from the sky, covering her in a scarlet blood curtain.

Guojun Wang is also a scumbag (he~tui!)
ps: There are still three chapters before Rong'er goes solo~