The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

Chapter 7.discipline

Songzhi coughed softly, interrupting the conversation of the three of them. Seeing that it was Concubine Hua, Zhen Huan, Shen Meizhuang, and Xia Changzai, they all bowed down in unison, and An Lingrong kept his etiquette and walked for a while Li, and then stood still behind Concubine Hua.

"The Royal Garden in Autumn is picturesque, but people disturb the beautiful scenery. It's really disappointing." Concubine Hua's tone was flat, but she didn't hear any anger. Her eyes fell on the shivering Xia Changzai, her eyes flickered With a hint of a smile, "Xia Changzai is so majestic. Wan Changzai is at the sixth rank with you, and Shen Gui is above you, yet he is so arrogant."

Xia Changzai shuddered suddenly, lowered his head, not daring to answer.

"Forget it, I'm not that interested in admiring the scenery anymore. Songzhi, go back to the palace." Concubine Hua sighed slightly, as if giving up, seeing that Xia Chang was relieved, and then changed her tone, "The first day of the audience in the palace Just make trouble, Xia Chang is here, you will kneel here for an hour before getting up. Zhou Ninghai, you stay here and watch."

Xia Changzai's legs went limp and he collapsed to the ground, begging for mercy after recovering.

Concubine Hua let out a sigh of relief, and then looked at Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang on the other side: "The following offenders from the Xia family intend to be rude in the palace. Today, this palace can be regarded as a small punishment and a big punishment, but it is so-called that a slap can't be slapped. The two can't escape the relationship, so let's think about it behind closed doors."

Although the voice was soft, it sounded like thunder in the ears of Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang, and the two answered in unison.

After cooking, Concubine Hua glanced back at the gate of Jingren Palace, couldn't help laughing twice, and walked away from the long street, followed by An Lingrong.

She walked slowly past Zhen Huan, as if she was saying goodbye to her previous life, and walked into another life completely.

"Are you scared?" Concubine Hua walked slowly ahead.

An Lingrong looked respectful: "Concubines are not afraid." Seeing Concubine Hua raised her eyebrows and looked over, she said solemnly, "Your Majesty is valued by the Emperor, and she holds the power of assistant to the Six Palaces, so naturally she has the duty to teach the concubine a lesson. The huge harem cannot be cured if it is just gentle and virtuous, and it is necessary to use vigorous measures when necessary. The concubines and concubines can only admire the heroic appearance of the empress, why should I say it in a fright?"

Concubine Hua immediately felt relieved, and she spoke more gently to An Lingrong: "Since you have become a member of my palace, I will naturally treat you well. I originally wanted to take you to the Imperial Garden for a stroll. The palace has been disturbed, so I don't bother to go, go and play by yourself, tomorrow I will come to Yikun Palace with Concubine Li to talk."

An Lingrong shyly smiled, and walked towards the imperial garden with dill.

Songzhi quietly raised her head to look at Concubine Hua's expression, grasped her mood, and said flatteringly: "An promise is a bit smart, the empress has a discerning eye, and she will definitely have another arm in the future."

Concubine Hua was also very satisfied: "My mind is bright, but the family background is not high, and I always have a little stinginess on my body. I must mention her more." Naturally, she had other plans in her mind, "In the past few years, Mr. Cao The more her heart grew bigger, Ben Gong had no choice but to beat her. If this An family can be cultivated and used by Ben Gong, then under Ben Gong's subordinates, she and Cao Guiren can restrain each other, and neither of them can escape from Ben Gong's palm. .”

Song Zhi was a compliment.

And here, after Concubine Hua left, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang also hurriedly left the long street hand in hand, and hid in the Royal Garden nearby to avoid suspicion, while Zhou Ninghai escorted Xia Chang to kneel beside him, and said loudly on purpose : "Xia Changzai has to kneel down, my mother has always been the most respectful of etiquette, if you make a mistake, be careful that your mother will punish you even more severely."

People were coming and going on the long street, and anyone who passed by would take a look at him. Xia Changzai felt extremely ashamed and angry, kneeling and crying.

Huichun hid in the corner of the palace wall and eavesdropped, his face twitched, and he hurried back to the palace to report to the queen.

"Concubine Hua betrayed Xia Changzai at the gate of Jingren Palace, and let her kneel like this, it's a blatant slap in the face, empress!" Huichun was indignant.

"Xia's ignorant, let's just let it go." The queen casually flipped through the book in her hand, her face was cold, and she completely lost the smile she had when she was in the palace just now, "It's Fuzi, I haven't heard from her for two days Jianqiu, you sent someone to go to Yikun Palace to inquire, but Concubine Hua punished her?"

Fuzi was given to Concubine Hua by the Empress herself some time ago, with a flowery appearance and age, just to embarrass Concubine Hua. If you are lucky, you may be able to be favored by the Emperor, but I don’t know why these days Yes, suddenly there is no news.

Jian Qiuying turned around and went out, when he passed by the gate of Jingren Palace, he heard Xia Chang begging for help, he kept skipping over without turning his eyes.

The empress judged Xia's "ignorance", so this chess piece was naturally kicked out.

In the imperial garden, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang were worried, still afraid of what happened to Fang Cai, they whispered something, and suddenly heard a palace man screaming, An Lingrong who was walking on the path was also startled.

Shen Meizhuang stopped an eunuch to answer, and said sharply: "Speak well, don't scare others."

The eunuch swallowed his saliva and said, "My lord, this slave is from the Imperial Garden. I was ordered by the steward to check whether there is any water in the wells in the Imperial Garden. I didn't expect that when I came here, I saw that there was, there was..." The eunuch seemed terrified, and couldn't speak anymore.

Zhen Huan frowned: "I'll go and have a look."

Shen Meizhuang hurriedly stopped her: "Don't go, be careful of unclean things."

"Don't worry, I'll come as soon as I go and have a look." Zhen Huan didn't take it seriously and insisted on watching.

An Lingrong's eyes flickered, she stepped out from behind the shade of the tree, and grabbed Zhen Huan's hand: "Sister Guan, it's better not to look at it, there are too many dirty things in this palace, if you collide out of curiosity, on the contrary The gain outweighs the loss."

An Lingrong's sudden appearance startled Zhen Huan.

"This is, Sister An, right?" Shen Meizhuang recognized An Lingrong, and greeted with his usual smile, "Sister An is also hanging out in the Imperial Garden, it's a coincidence."

"Unfortunately, my sister came here to find the two sisters on purpose." An Lingrong let go of Zhen Huan's hand, turned to look at the eunuch, and said in a cold voice, "Your housekeeper didn't teach you to answer the master's words." Don't hide it? If Guan is always here because of you, and is bumped by dirty things today, can you bear it?"

Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang looked at each other, and were startled by An Lingrong's aura, but after all, the two of them had a noble family background and had experienced many things in the world, so they didn't show anything on their faces.

The eunuch was so frightened that he immediately knelt down on his knees, and replied honestly: "I know my mistake. My masters, please don't look ahead, there are dead people in that well." The eunuch trembled, "I'm afraid it has already happened. It’s been several days, and people are swollen from bubbles..."

"Okay, there's no need to talk about it." Seeing that Zhen Huan's face turned pale and Shen Meizhuang's face was also stiff, An Lingrong quickly interrupted, "This matter is important, you should report it to the Empress Empress and Empress Hua Concubine immediately."

The eunuch quickly retreated in response and headed all the way to Jingren Palace.

"Thanks to my sister for reminding me today." Shen Meizhuang thanked An Lingrong, "In the future, we will be sisters, often sitting in the palace, and we talk together."

Zhen Huan relied on Shen Meizhuang's strength so as not to lose her manners, she twitched at the corner of her mouth at An Lingrong: "Sister An said just now that she came here specially to find me and sister Mei, but what's the matter?"

An Lingrong looked at Zhen Huan fixedly, and said after a long time: "Sister Wan is beautiful, and Sister Shen is beautiful. Among the people who entered the palace this time, the two sisters are the most outstanding. You must know that the first bird is shot, and the harem It is a place that cannibalizes people, if you are too favored and aggressive, you will definitely be regarded as a thorn in the side, there is no guarantee that what happened today will not be fulfilled by the two sisters in the future."

Today, Xia Changzai was punished to kneel in front of him, and a court lady drowned behind him, neither of which is considered a good thing.

Shen Meizhuang slowly frowned, but Zhen Huan was thoughtful.

An Lingrong didn't intend to say too much, he only saluted lightly and left the imperial garden.

Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang walked back to the palace hand in hand. On the way, when the two talked about this matter, Shen Meizhuang didn't take it seriously, and even speculated on An Lingrong's intention: "With the looks of you and me, it will be a matter of time before you are favored. An promised to be Hua. Concubine Hua, I am afraid that Concubine Hua is afraid that the two of us will share her favor in the future, and specially asked An to come and beat us."

But Zhen Huan thought about it a little deeper: "Looking at Concubine Hua's adroitness of Xia Changzai just now, I'm afraid she has a lot of power in the palace. Sister Mei, it's better not to compete with her when you and I are new to the palace."

"I will not bump into her muzzle, but if entering the palace is not for favor, what should it be for?" Shen Meizhuang's eyes are full of expectations for the future, shining in the sun, "If the emperor sees it Come on me, no matter what, I will fight for it."

Zhen Huan nodded thoughtfully.

But Shen Meizhuang didn't realize it: "According to the rules, from tomorrow night onwards, the new mistresses will be ready to go to bed, and everyone has worked hard for this first favor, sister, don't think about other things. "

Zhen Huan forced a smile: "Then sister, let's go back to the palace quickly. My sister is a noble person, maybe she will be the first one to serve the bed."

Shen Meizhuang smiled shyly at the corner of his mouth, and glared at Zhen Huan angrily.

Here, An Lingrong hurried back to Qixiang Palace with a terrified look, just running into Concubine Li who was about to go out, which naturally provoked her to ask.

After learning that An Lingrong saw a dead person in the imperial garden, Concubine Li turned pale, then rolled her eyes, and withdrew her intention of going to Yikun Palace. Cui Liu sprinkled incense ash and salt to remove bad luck.

With Dill's support, An Lingrong went back to the Zichun Pavilion. The corners of her eyes did not miss the trembling hands of Concubine Li, and there was a gleam of coldness in her eyes.

Lipin, I'm sorry.

I have to live.

After Fuzi's death broke a small circle of ripples in the calm water of the harem, there was no movement, but it frightened the two newcomers one after another.

"The newly promoted concubine can go to bed today, does the emperor still plan to go to Concubine Hua?" In Jingren Palace, the queen tested the emperor's mind.

The emperor said in a deep voice, "Are you testing my mind?"

The queen smiled, and then said: "The concubine dare not speculate on the holy will, so please ask the emperor to turn over the card." She raised her hand and summoned the eunuch in the respect room.

The green head card was held in front of the emperor.

The emperor couldn't see the slightest joy on his face, his eyes were deep, and he skipped the green-headed cards one by one, but he didn't see the one he wanted, and he was immediately displeased: "Where is the brand of Wanchang?"

The eunuch in the respect room froze, and replied tremblingly: "If you go back to the emperor, someone from the imperial hospital came to report this afternoon, saying that Wan often suffers from palpitations, sudden illness, and needs to be isolated and rested."

"Palpitations and fright?" The emperor narrowed his eyes and raised his voice slightly.

"Concubine Hua sent Xia Changzai in front of Guan Changzai and Shen Guiren, and punished her to kneel on the long street for an hour." The queen said slowly, seeing that the emperor didn't care, she continued, "Plus In the morning, Fuzi who was next to Concubine Hua fell into the well for no apparent reason, and Guan Chang was passing by the Imperial Garden, fearing that he accidentally bumped into it, and was frightened."

The emperor raised his head to look at the queen, and repeated: "Unclear?"

He had seen Fuzi before, when he went to Concubine Hua's Palace that day, there was a delicate and exquisite maid standing at the door, she was thin and charming, he asked a few questions, but she was just a 17-year-old girl, she looked very It is tender.

"What did Concubine Hua say?" The emperor figured out Guan Qiao after a little thought, with anger hidden on his face.

"Say it was a mistake." The queen quickly put on a regretful and heartbroken expression, "But Jiang Fuhai thinks something is wrong."

The emperor pondered for a moment, then said solemnly: "The court ladies are also from the Eight Banners, Concubine Hua..." The emperor clicked his tongue in embarrassment, and threw the question to the queen, "You should check it out."

The Queen solemnly agreed.

The emperor continued to glance at the green-headed sign, his eyebrows twitched, and he was even more unhappy: "Why, the sign that Ann promised was not put up?"

Hearing the anger in the emperor's tone, the eunuch in the respect room broke out in cold sweat: "Back, back to the emperor, Empress Lipin sent someone to say that An promised to come back from the imperial garden in the morning, and the high fever persisted in the afternoon, so she couldn't go to bed. .”

The emperor's face was gloomy, and he was completely angry, shaking the jade beads in his hand: "Concubine Hua is really too reckless this time, the queen must investigate the matter to the bottom."

"Yes." The queen lowered her head, suppressing the smile on her lips.

The emperor frowned, his eyes drifted between the green cards: "Wan Changzai and An Xu are both sick..."

"Shen Guiren is fine." The queen raised her mouth.

The emperor pursed his lips, reached out and turned over the signboard of Shenmeizhuang.

(End of this chapter)