The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

Chapter 187.adultery

After dinner, An Lingrong left An Lingdan alone to talk in the side hall.

"I haven't seen you these days, what have you been doing?" An Lingrong slowly peeled the walnuts and asked An Lingdan in a gentle tone.

An Lingdan was grinding walnuts in a stone bowl. Hearing this, his movements froze for a moment, and he whispered: "I haven't gone anywhere. I heard Yurao say that the plum blossoms in Yimei Garden are beautiful, and I wanted to draw a picture of winter plum blossoms." Tu gave it to the eldest sister as a birthday gift, so he went to observe it every day. Sui Yuxuan is closer, and occasionally he disturbs Concubine Hui."

"Have you ever met anyone?" An Lingrong lowered his eyes and focused on the movements of his hands, and asked casually.

"Occasionally the emperor comes to visit Concubine Hui, and then there is Imperial Physician Wen..." An Lingdan's voice was slightly astringent. She poured the walnuts in the stone bowl into a small bowl, and then grabbed a handful of new ones. Put the walnuts into the stone bowl and continue to crush them, "Mr. Wen will go to Sui Yuxuan every other day to diagnose Empress Hui Fei's pulse. We often see him coming in and out of Sui Yuxuan. We drank tea at Concubine Hui's place a few days ago. I came to Kuishui suddenly and felt unwell, so he gave me two injections before I felt better, so I thanked him a few times, never expecting to be caught by the concubine Jing."

An Lingrong then raised his head and looked at An Lingdan, his eyes burning as if he wanted to see through her: "Oh? Really?"

An Lingdan froze and felt weak. He quickly stood up, walked to An Lingrong and knelt down in front of An Lingrong. He said in shame, "Lingdan knows that he is wrong. He should not talk about his children in private. Please punish me, elder sister."

"Dan'er, in today's world, women are in a difficult situation, and reputation is the most important thing." An Lingrong did not rush to let An Lingdan get up. Instead, he let out a long sigh and said to her, "It's a matter of making a private decision for life. If both parties have feelings for each other, it will be a good story. If King Xiang has a dream and the goddess is ruthless, then the world will only sigh a pity, but if the woman pursues him but is rejected, it will be a joke. What do you think of Wen Shichu? If your love is exposed, will you still marry?"

An Lingdan blushed and asked stutteringly: "How did the eldest sister know that I was rejected by Dr. Wen?"

"He already has a sweetheart, so naturally he won't accept you." An Lingrong stretched out his hand to pull An Lingdan up and persuaded him in a gentle voice, "Dan'er, let's not say whether he is interested in you, just talk about the family backgrounds of the two of you. Not to mention being a good match, since ancient times, women marrying young have never had a good ending. What's more, there is someone in his heart, and that person is the white moonlight and cinnabar mole that he asked for but could not get. If you really marry him, you may be alone in the future. Why do you have to worry about keeping an empty house and losing a lifetime of happiness for it?"

"Eldest sister, am I really not as good as that person?" An Lingdan wrung his handkerchief and shed tears, "I don't care about my family status. I can also give up my status and honor. I am willing to do it." Isn’t it okay to give the person behind him everything I can give him?”

An Lingrong wiped her tears and sighed helplessly: "Dan'er, this life is too long. It is too painful to guard a man who never looks back at you."

"Eldest sister, I do..." An Lingdan cried and threw herself into An Lingrong's arms, "Eldest sister, I have never seen a man as gentle as him. Why didn't I meet him earlier? Maybe the person he likes will be me..."

An Lingrong listened to An Lingdan's cries quietly, and a cold wind whistled through her desolate heart, which made her heart ache again and again.

After the beginning of the first month of the dynasty, the emperor proposed to set up a military aircraft office. The previous dynasty had endless quarrels because they were busy dealing with government affairs. In the blink of an eye, the emperor had not entered the harem for two months.

When he got up early that morning, An Lingrong felt extremely flustered for some reason. He summoned Dou Kao to ask, "Has anything happened in the palace recently?"

"It's nothing serious." Dou Kao thought for a while and didn't think there was anything wrong, but she still elaborated, "Except for Mrs. Shen coming to the palace to take care of Concubine Hui during the first month of the year, even Qi Guiren always said that there was something wrong with him during this period. I felt comfortable, but I also disliked the master’s inability to teach scriptures at Baohua Palace, so I begged the Queen to invite a girl from outside, and she just entered the palace this morning.”

"Sister-in-law..." An Lingrong murmured in a low voice, her heartbeat was like thunder, her temples were pounding, and her tense nerves were tingling, but she couldn't figure it out.

However, Dill came in at this moment and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen's Majesty has summoned the Sixth Palace and said that she has important matters to discuss with everyone." She looked solemn and came to An Lingrong's side and whispered, "The Queen's faction sent Liao Huichun came to invite the empress in person, I'm afraid I won't be able to go today."

An Lingrong's heart suddenly pounded, and her intuition told her that something big must happen today. She whispered to Dou Kao: "Immediately ask someone to check who the Queen has met and what she has done during this period of time. Jing We must check carefully inside and outside Ren Palace." She paused, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she added another sentence by mistake, "Also, let's check what Mr. Qi has done recently."

Kao Kao had no doubt that he was there, so he took the order and left.

An Lingrong took a deep breath and said to Dill: "Change clothes." Then he ordered Xiao Yinzi, "Go to Suiyuxuan and tell Mrs. Shen that something big may happen in the palace today. You must not be alarmed no matter what." Sister Hui Fei, she is about to give birth, so she cannot be stimulated."

Xiao Yinzi left immediately.

"Let Zi Su and Bai Zhi accompany me to Jingren Palace later. You stay at Weiyang Palace and take good care of Honghao Lingxi and Dan'er. Don't have any accidents." An Lingrong whispered to Dill, "The two of them are following you. It’s been a while, just in time to see how capable they are.”

Zisu and Bai Zhi are the newly promoted second-class palace maids. Dill nodded after hearing this: "Zisu is calm and Bai Zhi is smart. The empress will also take them to see the big event today."

After dilly-dallying for almost half an hour, An Lingrong was finally ready. At that time, Doujiao also hurriedly came back: "Madam, there is no movement in Jingren Palace, but Fei Wen of Yongshou Palace has been with Jian Qiu many times. When they met at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the two often talked in secret and were very close to each other."

"Fei Wen?" An Lingrong thought about it for a moment and finally found this person in his memory. "The one who opened the window and froze my sister on the day after giving birth, and was slapped by the emperor?"

"Exactly." Daukou nodded, and then continued, "As for Mr. Qi, she did a lot of tricks. In addition to summoning the sister-in-law from Ganlu Temple today, she also asked a maid from her residence to come into the palace to serve her a while ago. The maid also has The origin is that she served in the Zhen Mansion earlier." She is the sister-in-law of Ganlu Temple and an old member of the Zhen Mansion. It is already clear who the target of today's situation is.

An Lingrong glanced at Huichun who was standing in the yard, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and asked Daukou: "When you passed by Yongshou Palace just now, was your sister already gone?"

"Yes, Concubine Xi was invited by Jiang Fuhai himself. When the servant came back in a hurry, she only had time to look at the back of the sedan chair." Daukou nodded and replied.

"This has been planned a long time ago so that my sister and I won't be able to discuss it together." An Lingrong breathed a long sigh of relief and whispered to Doukou, "When I go to Jingren Palace, you will stay outside at all times. Pay attention and adapt accordingly. If necessary, I will ask Bai Zhi to send you a message."

"Yes." Daukou looked coldly and nodded solemnly.

After arranging all this, An Lingrong walked out slowly holding Zi Su's hand, smiled at Huichun and said: "Miss Lao Huichun, you have been waiting for a long time. I am used to being lazy. I didn't dress up early when I got up early, so I was delayed. After all this time, don’t be surprised.”

"I don't dare." Huichunpi said with a smile, "Mother, please hurry up, I'm afraid everyone has already arrived."

An Lingrong held the corner of his mouth and smiled lightly: "Okay."

The sedan chair drove all the way to Jingren Palace. Sure enough, everyone was already there. They couldn't even wait for An Lingrong to arrive. The show had already begun. As soon as they walked into the side hall, they heard Qi Guiren's sonorous and powerful voice: "I am my concubine." If you want to report Concubine Xi for having an affair and causing chaos in the harem, you will not be punished!"

An Lingrong took a sharp breath, and her memory was torn apart. Countless blurry scenes were about to come out but disappeared in an instant. This scene seemed familiar but she could not remember it. She pinched Zisu's hand hard and shouted loudly at her. He slowly came back to his senses at the sound of "Concubine Rong Gui has arrived."

Exhaling softly, An Lingrong raised his feet and walked in slowly: "The palace rules are strict, noble Qi can't make false claims and slander others' innocence." An Lingrong put on the air of a noble concubine today. As soon as he entered the venue, everyone They all stood up to say hello, "Everyone, get up." She turned around and sat down, looking at Mr. Qi coldly, "Everyone in the palace knows that you and Concubine Xi are not on good terms, so just forget about petty quarrels on weekdays. How about an affair? nonsense?"

The queen had a cold face and winked at Mr. Qi.

Qi Guiren immediately answered An Lingrong swornly: "If I say anything false, I will be struck by five thunders and never be reincarnated!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sneer came from the corner, and Ning Guiren said mockingly: "I thought it was some kind of poisonous oath. Who can know about life and death? Taking this false oath, it can be seen that Qi Guiren Not sincere."

As soon as the show started, a basin of cold water was poured on him. Seeing the scene cool down, Qi Gui became heartbroken. He raised his fingers to his ears and said viciously: "I swear by the Guarjia clan, if there are even half of them It’s a lie, the whole clan will end without heirs!”

This poisonous oath was so harsh that even Ning Guiren could not refute it. It could be seen that Qi Guiren came prepared and confident today. For a moment, even An Lingrong became nervous.

The queen looked around and focused on Zhen Huan's face for a while. Seeing that she looked calm and not panicking at all, she secretly sighed at the depth of her city and turned to look at Mr. Qi: "Since you said that Concubine Xi had an affair, who was the adulterer? Who?"

"Imperial Physician Wen Shichu." Qi Guiren said with a determined smile on his face.

Hearing this name, An Lingrong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The rest of his breath was naturally to guard against the Queen and Qi Guiren's subsequent moves.

Qi Guiren would rather cut off her own retreat than report Zhen Huan's affair. Either she really caught the adulterer and the evidence was conclusive, or she was fully prepared and could be found guilty of the affair. The first scenario has been ruled out. Well, in the second case, it depends on each person’s abilities.

"Wen Shichu is Concubine Xi's confidant. She has to check her pulse every day. It's no wonder that she is in love for a long time." Kang Chang immediately continued what Concubine Qi said, "What's more, I heard that Concubine Xi entered the palace for the first time. At that time, I was ill for a long time, and it was Imperial Physician Wen who diagnosed me at that time."

"Kang Changzai has good ears, and he even knows this." Qi Guiren smiled triumphantly, as if he had already secured the victory, "It's just that Kang Changzai didn't know that the relationship between Wen Shichu and Concubine Xi went beyond that. She raised her chin slightly and said loudly, "Before Concubine Xi entered the palace, Wen Shichu often went in and out of the Zhen Mansion. He had known her since childhood and had been childhood sweethearts. After entering the palace, he and Concubine Xi supported each other and had a deep love for each other. planted to this day.”

"It seems that what Mr. Qi said is not entirely unreasonable." Jin Bin said slowly, raising her eyes and quietly looking at everyone.

Zhen Huan sat on her seat, motionless as a mountain. An Lingrong slowly drank tea and stayed out of the incident. Concubine Duan looked at everyone carefully. Concubine Jing suppressed her anger. Concubine Xin comforted Concubine Jing. Guiren Shun and Guiren Ning clung to each other. The ears are whispering, Kang Changzai is eager to try, Yugui and Sun agree to remain silent as always.

For a moment, you could hear a needle drop in the side hall.

　It should be possible to see from here how extensive Rong'er's connections are in the palace, and that Gua 6 is preparing to go offline.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)