The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

The weather is getting hotter, the sky is clear and the clouds are light, and there is already a hint of warmth in the air. The newly picked lychees from Minzhou this year were sent to Beijing in ice. The emperor ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send a basket each to Weiyang Palace, Yongshou Palace, and Yongshou Palace. Jingren Palace, the remaining basket was distributed to the other palaces.

"These lychees are juicy and delicious. If you eat too much, you will only feel the sweetness." An Lingrong was a little shy, waving his fan gently and smiling at Zhen Huan, "This thing is precious, fortunately it is not given away every year, otherwise it will cost people and money, and Ma I will kill several horses."

"That's right, you don't know how difficult it is to live in a household. The weather got hot early this year, and I should have gone to the Old Summer Palace to cool off. But I was shocked when I calculated the money in the account, and repeatedly advised the emperor not to mention this matter." Zhen Huan gave a bitter smile. , breaking it down one by one, "The Queen Mother is not happy and should not travel far. It will not be easy for you and me to take the children around us with us. There are a lot of wet nurses and nannies, and there are many people at the Old Summer Palace." Even if you re-arrange it, it will cost you a lot of money."

An Lingrong chuckled softly: "The emperor told me two days ago that your sister Zhen is frugal. The money paid out by the Moon Palace this month is more than 7000 taels less than last month. She is more diligent and thrifty than the queen in running the house." She She imitated the emperor's tone and made Zhen Huan laugh.

"Don't talk nonsense. Once this year's draft is over, if we add a few new players, spending an extra 1 taels won't be enough." Zhen Huan said with a smile, "Although this draft is for the third brother and the fourth brother. Brother, there are not many people in the palace now, and the only two people who are favored are Shun Gui and Ning Gui. It is really too deserted."

"The emperor has become more and more busy with government affairs in the past two years, and he has gradually lost interest in palace matters. Now the emperor has seven elder brothers and four princesses under his knees. The heirs have also given an explanation. My sister has not seen the Queen Mother. Haven't you been urging the emperor much for two years? I don't blame the queen for being anxious." An Lingrong naturally heard the news that the queen was going to promote her third elder brother as the prince, and smiled coldly, "But she can't complain. Others, who told her to put all her efforts into abandoning the sixth elder brother? Otherwise, she wouldn't be the only one like the third elder brother today."

Zhen Huan smiled lightly: "The third elder brother is the eldest son, and now he is also half the legitimate son. Since ancient times, the establishment of a prince has been nothing more than establishing a legitimate son. The queen values ​​these two points the most. In her opinion, the emperor has appointed the third elder brother as the eldest son. The crown prince is a sure thing, so it doesn't matter about the other children." Her eyes flashed slightly, "But from what the emperor said, I am more inclined to say that Li Xianyi is interested in your seventh elder brother."

"Honghao is young and inappropriate." An Lingrong shook his head and rejected it without thinking, "Honghao is less than three years old now, but the emperor has passed the age of knowing his destiny, and even ten more years will not be enough. The young master is suspicious of the country, the ministers are not attached, and the people do not believe it. At this time, does it belong to the son? Does it belong to me? All of these are inappropriate."

Zhen Huan sighed softly when she heard this and stopped what she was doing: "In that case, only Fourth Brother is the most suitable."

"The fourth elder brother is from a noble background, and he is willing to make progress in his studies. He is no worse than the third elder brother." An Lingrong nodded slightly.

Since Zhen Huan returned to the palace, the fourth elder brother's jade plate has been changed to her name. Now he is the child of the Aixinjueluo family and the Niu Hulu family, and is no longer the child of the palace maid Li Jingui. In comparison, the third brother My biological mother is Han Junqi, and now I am just raising him under the queen's knees. In comparison, the third elder brother is a bit shorter than the fourth elder brother in birth.

Zhen Huan pondered for a moment and secretly made up her mind: "Then the Fourth Brother's Fujin must be carefully selected. He must choose someone with an outstanding family background."

"Sister, have you seen the list of beautiful girls that was submitted? Is there anyone you like?" An Lingrong also had this idea.

"I took a quick look, and I think the Fucha family and the Dong E family are both good." Zhen Huan has indeed seen the list. Maybe everyone knows that this draft is to select Fujin for the two elder brothers, and the girls participating in the draft are all older. On the small side, "It's just that Dong E's appearance is more beautiful, while Fu Cha's appearance is more fair. Their temperaments are also very different. One is straightforward and aggressive, and the other is gentle and gentle."

"Sister knows the temper of Fourth Brother, I'm afraid she will take a fancy to the Fucha family." An Lingrong said with a chuckle, "Why don't we let him see for himself? Let's not make the decision for him."

Zhen Huan pointed at her and scolded her with a smile, then nodded and said: "It's okay, the children are older and they always have their own ideas." She slowly took a sip of tea and said with a frown, "Speaking of this, I'm worried about Yu Rao Come. Two days ago, the emperor politely mentioned that he wanted to change Yurao’s name. I knew it was wrong as soon as I heard the tone, so I immediately resisted. Yurao also declined openly or covertly, but when I looked at it, the emperor didn’t seem to be interested. I was about to give up, so before I left, I gave her a personal mandarin duck pendant."

"Yu Rao is more like Queen Chunyuan than sister, right?" An Lingrong said very softly, but Zhen Huan heard it clearly. The two looked at each other and smiled silently, "If this is true, sister should hurry up and plan for Yu Rao." Regarding the matter between Rao and Shen Beile," she lowered her voice again, "I'm afraid the Queen Mother won't be able to hold on for long. If Shen Beile is allowed to observe mourning for another three years, I'm afraid she will have long nights and many dreams."

Zhen Huan nodded solemnly.

However, before this marriage had a clue, another marriage unexpectedly fell in front of Zhen Huan.

On this day, An Lingrong received news that the emperor had accused Guar Jia'emin of being disrespectful to his mother's family. Guar Jia'emin had been dismissed and imprisoned. He was about to go to Yongshou Palace to talk to Zhen Huan about the matter, but... Cui Jinxi said that Shen Beile and Prince Guo were competing in archery in the Old Summer Palace, and the emperor invited her and Zhen Yurao to watch the match. An Lingrong had no choice but to give up and go to Xianfu Palace instead.

As night fell, the emperor held a banquet in the Peony Pavilion. However, there were no peonies planted outside the pavilion. Instead, fiery red pomegranate flowers were in full bloom. In the shade of endless green leaves, clusters of dazzling red flames were lit. In the distance, pears were blooming. The apricot trees have lost all their flowers, leaving only the lush greenery.

Among the female family members at the banquet, in addition to Zhen Huan and Zhen Yurao, and Ning Guiren, whom the emperor specially asked Su Peisheng to invite, there were also Prince Heng Fujin and Meng Jingxian.

Zhen Huan shook her fan and slowly glanced at Meng Jingxian. Her eyes fell on Prince Guo intentionally or unintentionally, and she felt as if she was in another world.

How long has it been since she last saw him?Obviously when she was at Lingyun Peak, she always pinched her fingers and counted the days to remember how many days he would see her in the future, but now, she couldn't remember how long it was, a month?Three months?Maybe longer.Prince Guo seemed to be in a bad mood because of his loss in riding and shooting today. He drank cup after cup of royal wine, with a look of drunkenness on his face. Opposite him sat Meng Jingxian, with her eyes lowered and her hands raised, the faces of women from aristocratic families. Gentle and arrogant, her beautiful eyes looked at Prince Guo from time to time, and occasionally looked at Zhen Huan inadvertently, with deep hostility hidden in her smiling eyes.

Zhen Yurao and Shen Beile were sitting opposite each other. She was wearing a goose pink dress today, with magnolia flowers embroidered on the skirt. Her misty hair was like a cloud, tied up with a row of sterling silver hairpins, and she had only a simple bun. She had a crystal clear jasper hairpin on her hair, and the faint green light swayed, like the grace flowing between her brows and eyes, which made Shen Beile stunned for a moment.

After the singing and dancing, Prince Guo touched his palms drunkenly and shouted "Hello".

The emperor walked to the banquet with a glass of wine in high spirits, and said with a smile: "Yunxi is getting better and better, and she is good at riding and shooting. The old seventeen was originally taught by Huang Ama step by step, but now he has forgotten all about it. It’s not as good as what it was when I was seven or eight years old.”

Shen Beile stood up and clasped her hands in a bow, smiling sheepishly.

"Brother Imperial, I have been drinking for too long and I am not familiar with it." Prince Guo raised his glass and smiled brightly, his face was calm and relaxed, "Brother Imperial, you have always been diligent and good at riding and shooting."

The emperor seemed to have heard some joke and laughed loudly. Prince Heng on the side also chuckled: "Old Seventeen is not married yet. If he is, won't his hands and feet become even weaker?"

Meng Lang was so shocked by what he said that Prince Heng Fujin quickly winked at him. Zhen Huan covered it with a fan, which was a little unpleasant. However, Ning Guiren sneered indifferently. Zhen Yurao didn't understand at all and looked at a loss. Only Meng Jingxian She blushed slightly and wiped the wine stain on her lips with a handkerchief to cover it up.

Prince Guo also laughed and threw the wine glass: "If I had known this, I wouldn't have drank this wine." He stood up holding the edge of the table, "Brother, please forgive me, I am a little drunk and want to go out to drink some wine." gas."

He was a little unsteady and staggered for a moment when he stood up. The emperor subconsciously stretched out his hand to help him. Unexpectedly, a tassel-colored purse fell out of his lapel. The emperor looked at him: "what?"

Prince Guo subconsciously wanted to pick it up, but the emperor called him to stop him. Su Peisheng on the side hurriedly stepped forward and handed the purse to the emperor.

This is an old purse. The patterns on it have faded a bit, but there is no damage at all, which shows the care of the person who collected it.The emperor looked carefully and looked at it again, and suddenly smiled and said: "Old Seventeen must have shown mercy somewhere, otherwise why would he have such daughter's stuff on his body?" He looked at Meng Jingxian, "But you gave it to Old Seventeen of?"

Meng Jingxian's expression was extremely unnatural, and her good upbringing made her smile a smile that was not too stiff: "Returning to the emperor is not something for a servant." She looked at Zhen Huan out of the corner of her eye, with an incomprehensible look in her eyes.

Zhen Huan's face turned pale inch by inch the moment the purse fell out. If it hadn't been for the drunken redness, I'm afraid the clues would have been seen by now.No one knows what's in that purse better than she does!
That's her little portrait!

It was the little statue she hung on the plum branches with her own hands when she went to the Plum Garden to pray in the snow on the New Year's Eve when she first entered the palace!

Zhen Huan stabilized her spirit, and her expression returned to normal in an instant, without letting anyone notice anything strange.

"Why does this purse look familiar to me..." The emperor rummaged through the purse, as if he remembered something, and his expression became colder. He opened the purse and took out the rice paper inside, only to see a small bright red paper-cut statue being carefully The ground is sandwiched in between, intact.

Seemingly unable to see clearly, the emperor took it to a bright place and looked at the lantern carefully. His drunkenness faded away quickly, and his expression became completely cold.

Prince Heng came forward to take a closer look and showed a meaningful smile: "This paper-cut statue seems to be Concubine Xi."

Zhen Huan's scalp suddenly became numb, and a gust of cool wind blew on her back, bringing with it the moist dew at night, seeping into her skin along her pores, and even her internal organs felt a chill. She bit her back molars to hold back the trembling and Trembling, she turned her eyes and met Ning Guiren's eyes unexpectedly.With a sneer on her lips, Zhen Huan said slowly: "I have experienced too many things that are unnecessary in the past year. It's just a small portrait, how can I identify it as my concubine?"

Ning Guiren immediately said: "This little portrait does look a bit like Concubine Xi, but doesn't your Majesty think it also looks like the third lady? Concubine Xi is calm and gentle, but the woman's eyebrows on the little portrait are both happy and angry. Concubine The more I look at it, the more I feel like the third lady." She looked at the emperor's face and said slowly, "It will be Chinese Valentine's Day in a month, should the emperor also complete a good story?" (End of this chapter)