The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

Chapter 24.looks

After a sleepless night, I hurried to the Queen's Palace to pay my respects. Both An Lingrong and Zhen Huan looked unhappy.

An Lingrong was pretending, and Zhen Huan was frightened.

"Suiyuxuan is close to the Imperial Garden. The nobleman Fucha fainted last night. I heard that nobleman Guan and Rong Chang sent someone to send her back. Those slaves only cared about running for their own lives, even leaving their master behind. This palace will definitely punish them severely." The queen's face is serious, since Concubine Hua was withdrawn from the right to assist the six palaces, her body is getting better day by day, "You two go back and rest, these few days Don't come here to say hello, it's important to take good care of your body."

Zhen Huan and An Lingrong got up and should be.

Concubine Hua was also there today, and she sneered: "There is no such thing as ghosts and gods in this world, they are just strange powers and chaotic gods. It is too timid for Mrs. Guan and Rong Changzai."

Zhen Huan raised her eyes and glanced at Concubine Hua, she didn't sit down like An Lingrong, but leaned over and saluted, and said meaningfully: "If you talk about ghosts, it is naturally the unjust dead ghosts who have nostalgia for the world. What happened in the palace is only left by Mrs. Yu. The concubine is afraid because Mrs. Yu wanted to kill her before she was alive. However, Mrs. Yu was instructed by her concubine. She died unjustly, ninety percent of the time. I'm going to settle accounts with Li Pin."

"You have hit the point." Xin Changzai picked up Zhen Huan's words, "It's just that the Yu family deserves death, so how can you be regarded as an unjust dead ghost?"

Concubine Qi said: "What do you know! Didn't Mrs. Yu die in vain? I heard that she died that day if she refused, smashed the poisoned wine and tore up the white silk. Eunuch Su couldn't do business, so he asked people to take the bowstring." Strangled her to death..." As she spoke, she glanced at Concubine Hua.

Concubine Hua's face turned ugly: "Concubine Qi, where did you hear the rumors? You are in the concubine position, so don't spread rumors and disturb the peace of the harem!"

Concubine Qi was a little ashamed and angry, but she reacted immediately and sneered again and again: "Concubine Hua, you don't have the right to assist the Six Palaces now. In front of the empress, you and I are the same. Why do you still speak in this tone? Do you disobey the emperor's will?" She has been suppressed by Concubine Hua for many years, and today she said something carefree, which made Concubine Hua speechless for a long time.

It was Cao Guiren who solved the siege: "Even though the concubine Hua does not have the right to assist the six palaces, she is still a concubine anyway. Taking care of the overall situation and stabilizing the six palaces is the demeanor that a concubine should have. Concubine Qi does not help The Empress and Empress calmed down the turmoil in the harem together, why are you still fanning the flames?"

Concubine Hua breathed a sigh of relief, looked at nobleman Cao with satisfaction, and stabbed Concubine Qi a few more words before stopping.

Only then did the queen speak: "Okay, look at you, the more you talk, the more inappropriate it becomes. Chunchang is here today. She is too young to listen to these things. There is no need to frighten her. You are all talking outrageously." " She breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "The Forbidden City has been around for hundreds of years, so there are no rumors about fox ghosts? If you really care about it, it's time to do something."

"Once this ritual is done, won't the harem believe in ghosts and ghosts even more?" Concubine Hua immediately refuted the queen's words, but met Cao Guiren's eyes, and changed her mouth, "However, since the queen has spoken, let's do it." Let’s have a ritual ceremony, so as to reassure the hearts of all the sisters. Let the master of Baohua Temple open day and night, and do a water and land ritual.”

None of the people present responded.

The queen curled her lips and said, "Okay, let's do a water and land ritual. The rest is fine, but the cold palace is very dark, and we must let the mage save the dead souls in the cold palace."

Everyone stood up and saluted: "Follow the queen's will."

Concubine Hua's face suddenly turned dark, and when she looked up, she saw An Lingrong who was slowly smiling at her, and immediately clenched her back molars angrily.

Cao Guiren looked at Concubine Hua, and then at An Lingrong, feeling more and more that she should not be underestimated.

This little girl is really amazing. If she hadn't paid attention in advance, she might never have guessed that An Lingrong was leading this matter, but why did she bother to expose herself?For no reason, Concubine Hua held a grudge against her.Cao Guiren only felt a headache when she thought about it, and Concubine Hua said "get rid of An Lingrong", she didn't know how much effort she had to spend.

She couldn't see through An Lingrong at all.

The other two might be easier to deal with than An Lingrong.

Cao Guiren looked at Zhen Huan again, thinking of the emperor's favor for her, shook his head in his heart, and finally set his sights on Shen Meizhuang.

The three of them are in a company, and it is necessary to tear a hole. The last time Shen Guiren fell into the water and failed to clean her up, this time he had to think of a perfect solution.

After the haunting was over, the palace was peaceful for a while.

But the death of Mrs. Yu and concubine Li's madness left a hurdle in Zhen Huan's heart. She couldn't sleep well for several days. It was An Lingrong who copied Buddhist scriptures for her deceased mother and dragged her to copy them together, and let her do it when she was done. Dill and Huanbi took it to Baohua Hall and burned it, so they felt relieved.

Time passed slowly like this.

Shen Meizhuang helped the queen take care of the harem, and became more and more presentable, and only occasionally attended bedtime.

Zhen Huan was busy with the emperor's love affairs, either playing chess with the emperor's lamp, or accompanying him in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and becoming more and more affectionate with the emperor.

On the other hand, An Lingrong valued his own health care. Apart from serving the imperial edict occasionally and going to greet the queen, he spent all day thinking about eating and drinking in the small kitchen of Suiyuxuan, and took the time to repair Xia Dongchun's bracelet and send it back.

Life is easy and happy.

Just when they thought that their lives could go on comfortably forever, something happened again.

"My lord, last night this servant saw that Huanbi and Cao Guiren met in private." An Lingrong was thinking about adding a few spoonfuls of salt to the perch soup, when Cardamom approached her ear and said, "Cao Guiren is very affectionate to her." , and gave her a lot of good things, the servant only took a look, and actually saw a big denomination of silver notes."

An Lingrong was slightly taken aback: "Where did you see it?"

"Under the long corridor near the Yanqing Palace." Dou Kou replied, "The servant girl came out after giving the concubine Duan the needle, and when she looked up, she saw Huanbi sneaking past. The matter of going to Yanqing Palace has been discovered."

An Lingrong added half a teaspoon of salt based on his own feelings, and while drinking the soup, he thought: "Miss Huanbi is a person who can accomplish great things, just leave her alone, just be careful when you go to Yanqing Palace in the future."

In the previous life, Huanbi did not become the emperor's woman. Presumably it was Zhen Huan who kept suppressing her. Later, for some reason, she stopped thinking and devoted herself to serving Zhen Huan. In this life, An Lingrong is still at odds with her, thinking Let her be fulfilled, but I haven't thought about it yet, so let's wait.

It's just that there are always things in the world that are unpredictable.

I don't know if it's because An Lingrong gave too much stimulation to Concubine Hua, or because Zhen Huan's recent favor has given her a huge sense of crisis, or because Shen Meizhuang has grown so fast that she feels that she has regained the position of assistant manager of the Sixth Palace. There is no hope for power, in this life, Concubine Hua's actions are quick and ruthless.

In the past few days, An Lingrong watched Huanbi's maintenance become more and more outstanding. Although she was still dressed like a court lady, her complexion was like a blooming flower, slowly blooming beauty, and her eyes became more and more watery.People passing by often joked that Huanbi had become more beautiful, and Zhen Huan didn't realize it, and even rewarded her with a lot of clothes and jewelry.

An Lingrong vaguely reminded Zhen Huan to be wary of Huanbi, but Zhen Huan said firmly, "Huanbi will not betray me."

An Lingrong didn't know why Zhen Huan was so determined, but her intuition told her that Zhen Huan might suffer a lot because of this determination.

On this day, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang went to the Queen's Palace to talk back, saying that the summer heat has been rising for the past few days, and the harem's expenses have become more and more expensive.Shen Meizhuang counted the accounts and said one by one: "The master of Baohua Palace performed four ceremonies, and spent a total of 800 taels of incense. The weather is hot, and the maids and eunuchs in various palaces added a portion for noon. Mung bean soup relieves heat, and the daily money is 32 taels."

At this point, the queen raised her hand to interrupt her: "One day's mung bean soup is 32 taels, what about that month?"

"One month..." Shen Meizhuang twisted his fingers and calculated, "960 taels."

The queen sighed, and looked at the emperor worriedly: "Fu comes from Jianzhong. Although it is a bowl of mung bean soup, it is a large sum of money if it is accumulated over the years." The radian that can't wait to raise it, the face is still dignified.

Thinking of the empty treasury now, the emperor nodded thoughtfully: "The empress is right. It's just that the expenditure was already in the hands of the late emperor. If it was cut off suddenly, I'm afraid there will be complaints from the people below."

"Your Majesty is right." Shen Meizhuang interjected, "The lord is so kind, the servants do their best to do things with all their heart, and this expense is unavoidable. The ministers think about it, in fact, the daily quotas in the palace are endless. Yes, let’s say a nobleman, one liter of polished round-grained rice, six catties of pork, six catties of fresh vegetables, two catties of flour, and one catty of tofu every day. It’s the same as the palace rules for the position and concubine’s position. It’s better to discount all these cash and distribute them to the palaces. The examples of mung beans and rock sugar are also discounted and distributed to the slaves of the palaces. In one way, the cost is saved. Secondly, everyone has a share, so as to save everyone from complaining if you eat mine and I eat other people's."

As soon as this remark came out, Zhen Huan laughed and cheered: "My sister is exquisite and translucent, if she were a concubine, she definitely wouldn't be able to count these things."

The queen also laughed and said that she had a headache when she heard it, and even praised her solemn eyebrows for her strength.

But Shen Meizhuang didn't know that it was this proposal of cutting the proportion and converting it into cash that caused her death.

This method really didn't take into account the reality of the harem's worshiping the high and stepping down. Most of the concubines who are not favored only rely on these routines to live. If the cash is discounted, I'm afraid they won't get any of it inside.Shenmei Zhuang's current status is only reserved for nobles. Although she is ordered to study as an assistant to the Sixth Palace, she has no real power in her hands after all. Such a big move has not only offended all the concubines in the palace, but also made Concubine Hua and the Empress jealous of her—no The real power dares to do this. When you really have power, wouldn't you want to go to heaven?

In the final analysis, it was because of the Shen family's family style.

From the very beginning, Shen Meizhuang was rushing to become a virtuous concubine. Before going out for the draft, Madam Shen, Shen Meizhuang's mother, specially told her that she must be outstanding after entering the palace, so that she could live up to her childhood training.Therefore, Shen Meizhuang does not understand the sufferings of the world, and the housekeeper is mostly based on naive and ideal considerations.

"You are still young, you should practice more." The emperor said, although he felt that Shen Meizhuang's method was a bit inappropriate, but thinking about the previous dynasty and the front line, he finally agreed, "It's just that this experience requires a natural temperament."

"That means concubines, who are born stupid." Zhen Huan said falsely, which made the emperor smile.

"Look at her mouth and say that she is stupid, so what about others?"

Zhen Huan smiled and handed the teacup to Huanbi who was behind her, and was about to speak when Huanbi exclaimed, followed by the sound of the teacup falling to the ground and shattering.

Huanbi hurriedly knelt down: "The slave girl missed and disturbed the emperor, the empress and the two young lords, please forgive me." She knelt at a good angle, raised her eyes to look, and just met the emperor's gaze, she hurriedly looked away, ashamed His cheeks were flushed.

"I remember you, your name is Huanbi, don't you?" The emperor's heart fluttered for a while, not to mention blaming, even his voice was a little gentle, "It's just a teacup, it's nothing worthy of your apology, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huanbi Rourou thanked her, and stood up slowly.

The emperor's gaze slowly moved up as she got up: "Very well, you are as the name suggests, and the blue clothes match your complexion very well. As expected of the person next to you, your appearance is really outstanding." The emperor looked at Zhen Huan, as if This way of explaining can cover up his fancy for Huanbi.

Huanbi shyly lowered her eyes and stood where she was.

Zhen Huan looked at her, then at the emperor, feeling her body getting cold inch by inch, she opened her mouth to speak, but she didn't know what to say, so she looked at Shen Meizhuang helplessly.

With a cold face, Shen Meizhuang shook his head nonchalantly at Zhen Huan.

The queen saw what the emperor was thinking, and said with a smile: "If the emperor likes it, why don't you ask Mr. Guan to serve him?" She always understood the emperor's intentions, but at this moment she had to take Zhen Huan into consideration. In order to save face, he asked in vain, "Your Majesty Guan, what do you think?"

Zhen Huan looked at the emperor tremblingly with a pale face, wanting to struggle again: "Your Majesty, Huanbi is the concubine's dowry..."

(End of this chapter)