The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

The queen understood, and answered with a smile: "Yes, Concubine Rong gave birth to the princess..."

"The empress should choose a good day, and make Concubine Guan a concubine." The emperor looked at Zhen Huan.

Everyone was stunned.

Zhen Huan got up immediately and said: "The concubine has nothing to do with the country, and the concubine is helpless with the dragon veins. I dare not accept this favor. Sister Mei has worked hard to assist the Liugong, and my sister has given birth to the princess and has meritorious escort. All of them are better than concubines." I hope the emperor will think twice about the qualifications to be a concubine."

"It's not a matter of seniority or not. Concubine Wan has outstanding virtues, so it's understandable to be a concubine." The queen looked at the emperor's face and said with a smile, "It's just that concubine Wan has only entered the palace for three years and has no heirs yet. It would be a great honor if a prince is born in the future and then becomes a concubine."

However, the emperor has already made up his mind, and there is no room for change in his mind: "It's okay, I will be made Concubine Guan, and the canonization ceremony will be held on the [-]th next month."

Zhen Huan knelt on the ground, the sound of her own heartbeat could be heard in her ears, rumbling like summer thunder.Joy and happiness filled her chest, and the love in her heart was almost rushing down. She couldn't help crying, as if she was in the clouds, and there were unreal flowing clouds under her feet.She suppressed the choking excitement, bowed her head and thanked her: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Empress, for your kindness."

"Sister Wan is overjoyed, and Chun'er asks for a reward, so I can feel happy." Fang Chunyi smiled and got up to congratulate, and bowed with her hands together.

The emperor turned to look at her, and said with a light smile, "You are as happy as your sister Wan, so you don't have to be happy with her." In Fang Chunyi's surprised eyes, he said slowly, "Your Majesty Jinzhen should be your concubine. In addition, Xin Chang has been serving me for a long time, and Jin Xin often performs the canonization ceremony for the nobleman on the same day as Concubine Guan."

Fang Chunyi happily knelt down to thank her: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Fu looked at the queen again, "Thank you, empress!"

The queen looked at Fang Chunyi and smiled gently and kindly: "I'm going to be the lord of the first palace. You're still so childish. You should be more prudent in the future."

"I just love her as an innocent child, so don't be too constrained by the empress." The emperor smiled and got up, "It's still early, I'm going to read some books, and Concubine Wan will follow me to serve the pen and ink. "

"Yes." Zhen Huan stood up along with her, "The concubine will leave."

The queen also supported Fang Chunyi's hand and got up from the couch: "The concubine sends the emperor respectfully." She looked at the back of the emperor and Zhen Huan leaving with secretive eyes.

I thought that the emperor intended to make An Lingrong a concubine, but I didn't expect that in the end, Zhen Huan was the concubine first. Sure enough, in the emperor's heart, after all, the elder sister held more weight.The queen's mind was spinning and turning, but she planned everything in her heart in a moment.She raised her hand to summon Jianqiu: "Go and call noble Qi."

Seeing that she had nothing to do, Fang Chunyi stood up and left.

"In the past few days, pay more attention to Concubine Guan, no matter how trivial and trivial, you must report to the palace immediately." Before waving Fang Chunyi to leave, the Queen deliberately ordered.

Fang Chunyi paused, and bent over to answer.

The news that Zhen Huan was about to become a concubine spread instantly, like a raging fire cooking oil, causing a craze in the harem.

While everyone was in a hurry to congratulate Zhen Huan, they inevitably had to compare An Lingrong with her. Mr. Qi opened his mouth and stepped on An Lingrong to nothing. After the emperor knew about it, he just remained silent. Suddenly, the wind direction in the palace changed.

Suiyuxuan's gate is like a market, but Weiyang Palace's gate is full of birds, which is a big difference.

"The servant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is really a servant. He is used to worshiping high and stepping down. After all, the empress is the lord of the palace, how can she use these things to prevaricate!" Seeing the newly delivered winter clothes, Dou Kou blushed with anger.

"It's not bad, you haven't seen anything worse." Cuiyin looked indifferent, "At least our Weiyang Palace is a small kitchen opened by ourselves. If it were someone else, the imperial dining room might not even have good food If you don’t give it away, just send some rotten pickled vegetable steamed buns, and all the oil and water you earn go into your own pocket.”

Dill put away the things silently, put them away, and then found out the filial piety that shopkeeper Xun had sent from the storeroom: "Don't worry about these little things, you can keep them all. There is no shortage of these things.”

Cardamom and Cuiyin both nodded.

An Lingrong stood at the door, listening to the soft voice inside, silently put down the hand that was about to knock on the door.

Behind him, Xiao Yinzi hugged Sixth Brother and whispered.

An Lingrong raised her hand and gave a "hush", then turned and went back to the bedroom: "Go to the small kitchen and get some food." She put Sixth Brother on the couch, and saw the little man sitting firmly, There was a dull look on his face, and his eyebrows and eyes were exactly like Xia Dongchun.She couldn't help lowering her voice, "Sixth elder brother, will Madam Rong take you to see Huang Ama later, okay?"

The sixth elder brother clasped his hands together, lowered his head and did not speak.

"Goat, Goat!" Ankang ran in rattling, holding the ear of the rabbit puppet, and Fen Ruo hurriedly followed behind, shouting "Princess put on shoes first", but Ankang Not listening, Lulu climbed onto the couch, pulled An Lingrong's hand away, and retracted into her arms, the milk voice sounded sleepy, "Er Yang, there is a big cat chasing me!"

"Princess, this is a nightmare." Fen Ruo put the little shoes on the edge of the pedals, and said with a smile, "I found a cat at the bottom of the wall when I woke up early. I don't know which palace it was raised in. Its snow-white fur is so shiny. Liang, it looks so good, the princess took the food and teased it a few times, but was chased by the cat and accidentally fell down, so I fell asleep at noon and remembered."

An Lingrong smiled, hugged Ankang and coaxed twice: "Okay, Ankang, it's time to wake up, if you don't wake up at night, you won't be able to sleep at night." She sat with Ankang on her lap, "Look, today you Sixth Brother is here to see you, little slacker don’t get up again, be careful that your Sixth Brother will laugh at you.”

Ankang twisted his buttocks, lay down on the coffee table, looked at Brother Six who was sitting across from him, and yelled inarticulately, "Lu Gu?"

The sixth elder brother was a little at a loss, waved his hands repeatedly at Ankang, opened his mouth, but only uttered the single sound of "ah".

Cuiyin came in at this time and was surprised to see the sixth elder brother in the hall: "Sixth elder brother, why are you here?" She looked at An Lingrong, saw her sharp eyes, and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, "Excuse me, my lord." Sin, Sixth Prince often comes to Weiyang Palace recently, and the servants see that his clothes are thin and he is always hungry, so they often give him some money, thinking that the empress will feel better in a few days, and then come to report this matter to the empress."

"The sixth elder brother was raised in the queen's palace, so it's your turn to help?" An Lingrong's expression turned slightly cold.

"Your Majesty, it was the maidservant who carried Sixth Brother back first." Dou Kou ran in from the outside and knelt beside Cuiyin, "In the beginning, we will quietly send Sixth Brother back, but the care of Sixth Brother The nuns don't care about elder brother Liu at all, and let him run around without paying attention at all, elder brother sixth can't eat enough, and can't dress warmly, the servants really can't bear to see it."

Dill also came in and knelt down: "Your Majesty, it's the maidservant who made the decision to hide it from the empress. If you don't do anything about Aunt Cuiyin and Cardamom, if you want to punish, just punish the maidservant alone."

An Lingrong looked at the three people kneeling in a row in front of him, and laughed helplessly: "Get up first, when did I say that I would punish you?" Xiao Yinzi came in with food, and she let Cuiyin and the others fed Sixth Brother, and saw that the three of them were familiar with their movements, so she knew that this kind of thing had happened not once or twice. After pondering for a while, she said, "Aunt Fenruo, hold Sixth Brother later. Brother, go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and explain this matter to the emperor, the group of servants who take care of the sixth elder brother are really outrageous."

Fen Ruo glanced at An Lingrong, nodded in response: "Yes." Now it is no secret in the palace that the empress dislikes elder brother Liu, but the empress still did a good job on the face, but she just indulged her servants It's just that he no longer takes care of the sixth elder brother carefully. He seems to want him to fend for himself. He just waits for the new year and finds a reason to send him to be raised by the elder brother.

But An Lingrong only ordered "the group of servants who take care of the sixth elder brother". This is pretending to be confused, and he wants to give the queen some eye drops in front of the emperor. After all, the sixth elder brother is still raised in Jingren Palace. , It's shameless to be a slave, it's the crime of dereliction of duty committed by the empress.

The queen didn't know about this at all. On the night when Fen Ruo took the sixth elder brother to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she used the event of the talent show to stab Zhen Huan in the back: "The list of girls who have been selected for the primary elections from all over the country has been reported. 470 Two show girls, does the emperor want to see?" She took out a thick roster and handed it to Su Peisheng, "There are also many show girls from prominent families this year, and the Tong family also participated in the selection of a show girl this year."

"Oh?" The emperor pulled his eyes away from the memorial, raised his hand to take the roster, and opened the first page to see Tong Jia's name, "Tong Jia Zhiyan is Longkodo's grandniece, she is sixteen years old, he I'm willing." The emperor couldn't hear the anger in his tone, but he just flipped through a few pages, "Hu Yunrong, this name sounds familiar."

"Your Majesty has a good memory. This is the granddaughter of Princess Rong Xian, and she is considered to be the Emperor's distant cousin." The Empress said with a smile.

The emperor nodded, and flipped through it casually, without any interest, so he put it aside: "Even one of the queen mother's illnesses is not cured, and I don't want to waste money in the next year's draft. The simple thing is, after the final election, if the queen mother is still sick Then, you will accompany me to choose together."

"Yes." The queen nodded with a smile, and said, "The new year is coming soon, and all the princes' residences have granted rewards according to the usual practice in previous years. The emperor at Prince Dun's residence has already rewarded Hongxuan with grace, which can be regarded as an accumulation. Good luck accumulating."

"Yeah." The emperor closed his eyes and nodded, "Concubine Wan also mentioned something, I hope I will take pity on Yun's family."

The queen was slightly taken aback, and said hesitantly: "The concubine has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"You say so." The emperor looked at the queen.

"Yes." The queen pursed her lips, "The concubine only remembered what the emperor said just now. Your majesty, although Concubine Wan is favored, she sometimes breaks the rules."

The emperor moved the corner of his mouth slightly: "Didn't the queen always like Concubine Wan? What's the matter today?"

"Because my concubine valued Concubine Guan very much, and she was about to become a concubine, so I had to say it." The queen said earnestly, "The emperor just mentioned Hongxuan, and concubine remembered that Concubine Guan was also reminding the emperor that Hongxuan was conferred a title. Yes, although the concubine is pleased with Concubine Guan's benevolence, she is also worried that Concubine Guan should not comment on government affairs."

"Hongxuan's matter is also a family matter." The emperor naturally knew that it was a government matter, but Zhen Huan did give him a good idea, so she still found an excuse for her to get off the crime.

"Of course it's a family matter, but Yun's rebellion is a state matter." The queen didn't want to lightly expose it, and said, "Since family affairs and state affairs are one, we can't just treat it as a family matter. It is because of Concubine Wan's heart Good, the concubine is afraid that she will be deceived by others, and she made wedding clothes for others, and she doesn't even know about it. Now there are rumors in the palace, saying that the concubine Wan is in politics and intends to cling to the powerful officials in the court. I can't stop everyone talking."

"In this way, Concubine Guan and her father are on the same mind, and they both have compassion for people I don't like." The emperor slowly darkened, "I heard that Zhen Yuandao disagreed with my handling of Wang Jingqi, and said It is inappropriate for me to hang his head at the entrance of the vegetable market to make the people tremble. He has a heart for all people, but he has forgotten that Wang Jingqi is paradoxical, crazy, and rebellious. His "Essays on the Western Expedition" bluntly stated that Nian Gengyao The most magnificent person in the world still falsely says that my year name is not good, implying that I will not end well, how can I forgive such a villain!"

The queen suppressed her smile and said worriedly: "Concubine Wan is smart, and my concubine also likes her, so I'm afraid she will go astray. If it is said that she knows how to advance and retreat, and guards the harem safely, then noblemen Zhen and noble Qi are much better than her."

"That's all for Mrs. Zhen, when did Mrs. Qi live in peace?" The emperor frowned, "She is the one who gossips the most in the palace all day long, and the words about concubine Rong's arrangements have reached my ears, and she still doesn't know how to restrain herself. , Lady Zhen is one year younger than her, so she knows what to say and what not to say."

The smile on the corner of the queen's mouth paused slightly: "The concubine will have a good talk with Mr. Qi about this matter."

"Also, the group of servants who took care of the sixth elder brother were all responsible and sent to the Punishment Department." The emperor closed his eyes, rubbed the center of his brows, and did not see the sudden change in the queen's expression, "If it wasn't for Fang Ruo I brought him to see me, I didn't even know that Sixth Brother had been tortured by the servants to look like this, it's already winter, and he's still wearing autumn clothes."