The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

When the emperor received the birthday gift from Yikun Palace yesterday, he praised it a lot, but now that he knew the cost was so high, he felt a little unhappy.Although Nian Gengyao pacified the northwest, the soldiers stationed on the frontier still had little food and grass. 5000 taels of silver were enough to feed all the soldiers for three months.He frowned: "You are a queen, she is a concubine, and her expenses definitely do not exceed the reason in the queen's palace."

The queen chuckled and said: "Concubine Hua pays attention to her appearance, and the decorations she uses are often decorated with gold leaf. She also ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a new batch of jewelry and clothes. In addition, when the general entered Beijing in the new year, Concubine Hua must give some rewards. There are many who come and go. I paid a little." After a pause, he said again, "A woman is the face of someone who pleases herself, not to mention Concubine Hua is also the face of Zhou's family and the royal family."

The emperor was silent for a while, closed the account book, and spoke with indescribable heaviness: "If she is for her mother's family, then it is nothing. Presumably, Nian Gengyao also subsidized Concubine Hua a lot. The wool comes from the sheep. Leave it to her." After speaking, he was worried after all, and he said to the queen again, "In the future, tell me how much money she spends in the palace."

The queen smiled slightly.She excused Concubine Hua, but she didn't really want to say good things to her in front of the emperor. Seeing that the emperor didn't intend to care about this matter, she said slowly: "I dare to ask, if the money came from Nian Gengyao In the mansion, has the emperor rewarded Nian Gengyao so much? If the emperor hadn't rewarded her, Concubine Hua would have spent so much in half a month, so where would the money come from?"

"I know more or less about this, so I don't need to say it." The emperor's face darkened.

Seeing the details, it can be seen how many bribes Nian Gengyao accepted for corruption, and the people in so many places are behind these people's anointing. The emperor feels a little suffocated when he thinks about it, but it's not time to move him yet, so he can only, endure, endure .

Xiao Xiazi listened to the commotion inside, and when there was no sound, she came in holding her pajamas and replied: "Your Majesty, Sui Yuxuan sent a set of pajamas, please have a look at it."

The Empress took advantage of the opportunity and asked Xiao Xiazi to take a closer look, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the embroidery of the nobles in Guan to be so outstanding. Look, Your Majesty, this pair of dragons and pearls are embroidered so vividly. Although it is pajamas, it can be worn in a The details are also done so meticulously, it seems that nobleman Guan really values ​​the emperor in his heart."

"She is excellent." The emperor looked at the dragon pattern on the pajamas and nodded in praise.

The same dragon pattern, compared to Concubine Hua's extravagance, Zhen Huan's self-embroidered intentions are more precious, and thinking of the crony she mentioned that day, she has more feelings about Nian Gengyao's affairs The plan was settled, and the emperor looked much better after seeing it.

The queen looked at the emperor's expression, picked the right moment and said: "Your majesty, Xia Changzai is seven months pregnant, and she hasn't seen the emperor for a long time. Do you want the emperor to visit her tonight?"

"It's true that I haven't seen her for a long time." The emperor looked at the papers on the case that were almost approved, and now he was in no mood to read it again, "That's fine, I will go back to Jingren Palace with you and take a look at her along the way." look at her."

"Yes." The queen smiled knowingly.

The next day, the emperor arrived at the Shoukang Palace early after finishing the government affairs, and happened to catch up with Dill to give the birthday gift.

After the big ceremony, Dill brought up two gifts: "Today is the emperor's birthday, and I promised to give the emperor a picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, so as to bless the Qing Dynasty forever, and the country and the people are safe." Then he said, "As the saying goes, the birth day , Mother's day, today is also a special day for the Queen Mother, Rong promised to make two forehead wipes for the Queen Mother, to show her filial piety, and hope that the Queen Mother will not be disgusted."

The picture of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains is one foot long, with ink and wash as the background color, embroidered with deep and shallow seas of clouds and mountains and rivers, a round of red sun breaking through the clouds, and the golden light sprinkled the entire picture scroll, it is really spectacular.

The eyebrows are wiped with crimson brocade, embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns, round and small pearls are dropped between the twisted threads, and a jadeite with excellent water head is inlaid in the middle, and the back strap is replaced by rabbit fur, which looks warm And gorgeous.

However, the Empress Dowager didn't seem half happy, she just let Zhu Xi take the things and said to Dill, "Doing needlework hurts your eyes, go back and tell Rong promise that it's important to let her have a good pregnancy, don't bother with these other things." Please please. As long as she gives birth to the child safely, Aijia will restore her status as a nobleman." The implication is that don't think about other things.

Dill didn't dare to take a breath, she responded politely, and then retreated.

The emperor held back his emotions, just looked at the painting, praised An Lingrong's embroidery work so that he was put away, and didn't say anything more.

Seeing that the emperor didn't pay much attention to An Lingrong, the queen mother smiled with satisfaction, and instead asked Zhu Xi to set up a meal, the mother and son enjoyed a rare warm time.

Dill returned to the Palace of Chunxi, and told An Lingrong what the Queen Mother had said.

An Lingrong was drinking medicine, and after listening to the silence for a long time, she smiled wryly: "I didn't expect the Queen Mother to like me, I just did my filial piety for the emperor." She nodded to Dill, "Go back and rest, the injury is not healed yet, don't be too tired."

Dill shook her head: "The maidservant is already well. Aunt Cuiyin and Eunuch Yin are the ones who were seriously injured. The maidservant and Cardamom were protected by Aunt Cuiyin, so they didn't hit the board a few times." Seeing An Lingrong, she said, She said anxiously again, "Young master, let the servants do more, otherwise the servants will not feel at ease."

An Lingrong sighed, then followed her, and said instead: "In that case, tell Dou Kou to pay more attention to Zhuqing around Mr. Guan Gui, and report to me immediately if there is anything unusual."

"Yes." Dill leaned over to answer.

Fen Ruo came in to give her a routine daily massage, watched her finish the carefully prepared dinner, and checked every corner of the room before going to bed.

At first, Dill thought it was strange why she had to check it every day, but since she saw that Fen Ruo had found all kinds of objects, big and small, she understood, and followed Fen Ruo to check it.Something is found almost every day, and it is really hard to guard against.They are all small things, and I don't know when they came in. After checking twice, there is no trace, so I can only be more careful.

Today, I found a few lumps of catnip in the corner of the wall. This thing is easy to attract the cats in the palace, even domestic cats. I'm afraid that a wild cat will come in and run into it. It's terrible.

Dill watched Fen Ruo deal with the catnip blankly, with a serious face, secretly denouncing that her previous thinking was too naive.Now it's not peaceful under the eyes of the Queen Mother. If you are still grounded in the Zichun Pavilion at this moment, you don't know what it will be like to be harmed.

"Sister Dill, Cao Gui is here." Qin'er walked in and said.

Dill was a little strange: "It's the quarter of the hour, what is she here for?" She thought about it, and went in to inform An Lingrong.

An Lingrong was already lying down with all her clothes on, and upon hearing this, she just lazily gathered up the quilt: "No see." Dill was about to withdraw to answer, when An Lingrong opened his eyes and stopped her, "Go get her Bring a word." She beckoned Dill to come over, whispered twice, and then raised her hand to let her out.

Dill felt a little confused, but she went out and sent a message to Cao Guiren: "Cao Guiren, my little master has already fallen asleep, please come back next time." She walked into Cao Guiren and whispered, "My little one The Lord asked the servants to deliver a message to the nobleman..."

Cao Guiren has been flustered for several days since the incident at Zichun Pavilion that day. Every time she thinks of the way An Lingrong looked at her, she feels anxious and struggled for several days, until today she made up her mind to come and see An Lingrong.Concubine Hua has become very powerful recently, but she saw the emperor sporadically a few times, but she felt that Concubine Hua did not win the Sacred Heart like before, but revealed an inexplicable sense of crisis. In the evening, she intuitively sensed something was wrong with the emperor's attitude towards Concubine Hua. She covered her head and thought, it's better to find a way out for herself earlier.

Looking at the Six Palaces, only Zhen Huan and An Lingrong were able to turn to him. After thinking about it, Cao Guiren still chose An Lingrong.In her opinion, An Lingrong is not as favored as Zhen Huan, and she is not as smart. If she wants to form her own school in the future, it will be easier to turn against An Lingrong.

But she didn't expect that An Lingrong didn't want to see her, and even told her a shocking secret.

After hearing Dill's words, Cao Guiren turned pale with fright. At that moment, countless possibilities came to her mind, and finally she almost staggered and fled the Chunxi Palace.

The next day, when An Lingrong heard Dill talk about Cao Guiren's reaction last night, he just smiled and said nothing.

"My little master has taken good care of her in the past few days, and her fetal gas has stabilized. You can get out of bed and walk around a little, not more than half an hour a day." Zhang Mi wrote a new prescription for An Lingrong after asking for the Ping'an pulse. The movements were slow on purpose, and when An Lingrong realized that he was telling everyone to go out, he whispered, "My lord, Xia Changzai is not doing well, I'm afraid it will be difficult to give birth."

An Lingrong's heart skipped a beat, and he frowned immediately: "What's going on?"

"Xia Chang eats a lot in the early stages of pregnancy. The fetus is still small and can't absorb so much nutrition, so all of it is absorbed by the mother. When she is three months pregnant, the fetus is in high demand for nutrients, and she exercises and diets excessively. Miscarriage signs, followed by rest and frequent supplementation, Xia Changzai now has a fetus that is too big, and she is also puffy and weak, giving birth will be very difficult." Zhang Mi said.

"There are still more than two months before her full-term delivery. Doctor Zhang, can you still recuperate her body?" An Lingrong didn't want Xia Dongchun to have an accident because of giving birth, and the queen said "go to the mother and stay with her." "Child" is just a tactic to slow down the army, but if this child really falls into the queen's hands, wouldn't there be endless troubles.

"Weichen has tried his best to warm up Xia Changzai's body, but it has little effect." Zhang Mi also looked worried, "Master, do you want to think of other ways?"

An Lingrong frowned, thinking for a long time: "Have you found all the Wen Po for Xia Changzai's delivery?"

"I've found them. They are old people who are used to in the palace. One is surnamed Zheng and the other is surnamed Zhou." Zhang Mi said.

An Lingrong nodded, waved Zhang Mi back, and then asked Fen Ruo, "Auntie, do you know the identity and background of Nanny Zheng and Nanny Zhou who are in charge of delivering babies?"

Fen Ruo looked at An Lingrong deeply, and didn't speak for a long time.

"What's wrong?" An Lingrong thought he had asked the wrong question.

"May I ask you, do you want to save Xia Changzai?" Fen Ruo looked straight at An Lingrong, saw her nodding, and said again, "Why does the young master want to save Xia Changzai?"

An Lingrong frowned, she didn't like Fenruo's aggressive appearance very much: "Auntie, what do you mean?"

"This servant just wants to remind the young master that you can't be too kind in this palace. Excessive kindness will only harm you." Fen Ruo lowered her eyes and said in a muffled voice, "The queen is bound to win this child. If Xia Chang is there? Died due to dystocia, and will die due to other reasons in the future. Taking a step back, even if Xia Changzai is alive and well, with her status, how can she compete for the queen? What's more, Xia Changzai is still a member of the queen's palace. This child has already belonged to the empress. Little master, please don't lose sight of the reality because of your kindness."

Kindness?

An Lingrong was slightly taken aback, she was never a kind person, but she didn't want to kill anyone in this life.

She gave the empress the proposal to leave the mother and keep the son. If Xia Dongchun died because of this, wouldn't the cause and effect fall on her?But An Lingrong thought about it again, and felt a little more relieved.Since Xia Dongchun took the prescription to get pregnant, she was doomed to take a life. At the beginning, An Lingrong just wanted to use Xia Dongchun to verify the real effect of that prescription. Judging from the current situation, her initial guess That's right.

In her previous life, An Lingrong had a miscarriage at five months of pregnancy. Although there was a reason for it, she knew that if she persisted, she might not be able to survive six months.And in this life, Xia Dongchun has been pregnant for seven months, and everyone said that she was very fat. Presumably it was because the fetus demanded too much. Even if the queen didn't do anything, Xia Dongchun probably wouldn't survive.That being the case, why would she risk herself for this.

An Lingrong closed his eyes and let out a long breath of relief.Ever since she made good friends with Zhen Huan, Shen Mei Zhuang and Chun Chang, her life has become a little more comfortable, which made her heart soften. She opened her eyes and looked at Fen Ruo again, she nodded calmly: "Thank you Aunty reminds me."

Since Xia Dongchun couldn't keep him anymore, he had to think about where that child would go.

Or maybe, that child can't be raised at all?
Another guess came to An Lingrong's mind.

The collection has broken through a thousand, and it is a long-awaited addition~

The next update will be on July 7st~