The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

Chapter 89.Knot

"My brother handed over the booklet to the emperor according to the palace's wishes. The emperor didn't say anything, but he stopped reprimanding my brother today." Concubine Hua looked much better, and she was completely different from the panic and restlessness of the previous two days. , "You don't know, I know every day how the emperor instructs my brother in the book, and I am really terrified in my heart."

"That's good, the concubine can rest assured." Cao Qinmo said with a busy smile: "The emperor's instruction to the general is just that there are too many villains who have nothing to do, and they just have to put on a show, so how can they sincerely reprimand him?" Where is the general?"

Concubine Hua looked up at Cao Qinmo: "Your method still works."

Cao Qinmo said with a low eyebrow: "As long as the emperor has seen the memorial, he can show more favor to the empress, and the concubine will feel at ease."

"Even if you have the heart, as long as the emperor loves me and my brother as before, I will naturally treat you badly." Concubine Hua said slowly, shaking her fan, but the moment she turned her eyes, she asked again, "I heard that the emperor and the queen are leaving the palace tomorrow. Go to the Temple of Heaven to pray for blessings?"

"Yes." Cao Qinmo nodded and said, "Your Majesty said she was ill these few days and didn't go to pay her respects to the Empress. This morning in Jingren Palace, the Empress Empress specifically mentioned this matter, and she also told Concubine Hui and Concubine Jing to take good care of the affairs of the harem. , don’t slack off.”

Concubine Hua sneered: "A concubine, a concubine, dares to put on airs in front of me. Now the queen mother is ill, and when the emperor and queen leave the palace, all matters in the palace must be discussed by me. , Concubine Jing and Concubine Hui are considered to be onions!" Turning her eyes, she called Song Zhi, "Go and tell Su Peisheng that I've seen you well, and I've prepared food and drinks tonight, if the emperor is free, Also invite the emperor to come over."

Songzhi took the order to go down.

And the emperor is talking to An Lingrong in the Chunxi Hall at the moment.

"Are you being good lately? Don't make trouble with your mother, otherwise when you come out, Huang Ama will definitely spank your ass." The emperor touched An Lingrong's stomach and said softly.

An Lingrong pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and said angrily, "Don't scare her, Your Majesty." As she spoke, she gently coaxed her stomach a few more times.

The emperor looked at An Lingrong interacting with the child tenderly, and after a while he said: "Tomorrow, the empress and I will go to the Temple of Heaven to preside over the sacrificial ceremony, and all matters in the palace will be handled by Concubine Jing and Concubine Hui. You are heavy, so you should stay in the Chunxi Palace during this period of time to get pregnant, and don’t go out if you can.” After a pause, he was worried again, and confessed, “Concubine Hua Gui is arrogant and indulgent, without the suppression of the empress, the empress dowager She is sick again, she will probably be a little fussy, just ignore her, just ignore your discomfort."

"The concubine is in the empress dowager's palace, no one will come to make trouble, the emperor is at ease." An Lingrong nodded obediently and agreed.

The emperor also thought of this, nodded reassuringly, and then said: "Now the previous dynasty is not peaceful, and Nian Gengyao's words and deeds have repeatedly been unreasonable. Even when it comes to the foundation of the court, he is vague and ambiguous, and has no loyalty to the emperor at all." Longkodo, too, I have already promised him the honor of being above ten thousand people, but I am still wary of me, and the Queen Mother is still making excuses for him everywhere, I really..." The emperor sipped his lips hard. Mouth, did not continue to speak.

"So the emperor got into a fight with the queen mother because of this?" An Lingrong patted the emperor's back lightly, and said slowly, "I think what the emperor said was quite serious, and the queen mother is already mad."

"The empress dowager is suffering from a heart disease." The emperor said coldly.

An Lingrong persuaded softly: "Since it is a heart disease, it must be healed with heart medicine. As the saying goes, mother and child have no overnight feud, and the emperor has been angry for so many days, and the anger has not calmed down? That day when the concubine went to pay her respects, the queen mother did not even sleep in bed. If you can't come down, the complexion you just cultivated a while ago has faded completely, sister Mei is so worried that she can't wait to stay in Shoukang Palace."

The emperor was silent for a long time, and when An Lingrong thought he would not speak anymore, he asked again in a deep voice: "Rong'er, if one day you learn that your mother has had close relationships with men other than your father ,what will you do?"

"The concubine's mother would never do such a thing..." An Lingrong blurted out, but the next second her voice was stuck in her throat. She looked at the emperor, a little shocked, but also a little unbelievable, "Your majesty, what did you say?" What do you mean by that?"

She had a bad premonition, as if she had accidentally revealed a big secret.

However, there is no turning back when the bow is opened.

The emperor looked sullenly at the burning incense burner in the room, and the smell of benzoin wafted up. He seemed to have returned to the Shangsi Festival of that year: "On March [-] of that year, on the Shangsi Festival, I had a high fever. I cared deeply, and asked to go to Ganlu Temple to fast and pray for blessings. I thought that even if we were separated for many years, I would not be able to cover up her love for me. However, I didn't expect that she would just use this opportunity to meet her lover privately, that's all. I'm afraid that high fever was also caused by her on purpose."

"Emperor, Your Majesty..." An Lingrong didn't dare to listen anymore.

But the emperor turned his head and looked straight at An Lingrong, with fragile pain in his eyes: "Huang Ama is the emperor, why did Er Niang do that? I hid behind the curtain of the Buddha statue and saw Long Ke Duo hugged her tightly." He held An Lingrong's hand tightly, "Is the friendship between childhood sweethearts and the acquaintance of teenagers so profound and righteous?"

An Lingrong's face turned pale.

Such a shocking secret, which can be called a royal scandal, but the emperor told her, how should she answer?

Longkodo is the brother of Empress Xiao Yiren, the emperor's nominal uncle, and the Empress Dowager not only met him when they were young, but also had an old relationship with him, even after entering the palace!It's a good thing that the first emperor didn't know about this matter, otherwise the empress dowager's mother's family would suffer a catastrophe - but the emperor knew about it.

He didn't say it, it was to preserve the reputation of his mother-in-law, and even more so to preserve the face of the Aixinjueluo royal family, but this thorn was always stuck in his heart. Whenever the queen mother said a few good things about Longkodo, it was a thorn It will stab the emperor's heart fiercely, dripping with blood.

An Lingrong sat on the couch silently.She thought that the only conflict between the emperor and the queen mother was the fact that the emperor was fostered under the knee of empress Xiao Yiren back then, but she didn't expect that there was another layer.After a long time, she finally said: "Your Majesty, pardon me for speaking bluntly, if the Empress Dowager and Longkodo had a serious relationship with each other, the Empress Dowager would not have entered the palace."

The emperor's fingers trembled violently, but he didn't speak.

An Lingrong continued: "When Longkodo and the Queen Mother met in the early days, the word "childhood sweetheart" gave the world too many associations. As long as young people meet, as long as they are not ungrateful, there will be affection and friendship, and it must be between a man and a woman. The concubine is more willing to believe that the queen mother and Longkodo are friends and brothers and sisters." After a pause, she continued, "To put it bluntly, if the queen mother really has an affair with Longkodo, the Tong family will It may not be impossible to get a resignation for her, but the queen mother still entered the palace. It was Longkodo who deliberately let the queen mother be elected to the palace. The queen mother will definitely hate Longkodo because of love, so how can she be partial now? An excuse?"

"No matter what it is, the queen mother is the one who has been wronged." An Lingrong said more and more smoothly, and finally sighed heavily, "It's just because of a hug that the emperor has been wronged for many years. Longkodo deliberately let the queen mother enter the palace, and the queen mother is really heartbroken. What's more, when the empress Xiaoyiren had nothing to do with her knees, it was just when she needed manpower. Isn't it the best person to hold in your hands? I'm afraid that the emperor was adopted by Empress Xiaoyiren when he was born, which was also planned by Long Kedo early in the morning. The queen mother..."

An Lingrong suddenly came back to his senses, silenced his voice, glanced at the emperor's face, which was already black as a pot, and quickly stood up and knelt down to plead guilty: "The concubine made a mistake, and I ask the emperor to forgive me."

"Rong'er is right." An Lingrong was only halfway down on her knees when the emperor stretched out his hand to hold her, "The queen mother is right, Long Kedo is the one who is wrong. It is Zhen, who wronged the queen mother."

Even if the emperor said so, An Lingrong still couldn't stop sweating.How can she say that she is drifting away, and she can make random guesses about the private affairs between the empress dowager and the important ministers?Do you want to die?
What An Lingrong didn't know was that it was because of her random speculation that the emperor noticed details that he had never noticed before, and when they were connected together, he suddenly felt that this was the truth back then——

Empress Xiaoyiren had no children, the Tong family was extremely anxious, and planned to find a woman to enter the palace, but the first emperor would not allow the Tong family to send another woman from their own family into the palace, so they began to look for other women who could be controlled by their family. woman.After thousands of choices, the queen mother was selected, that is, Wu Ya Chengbi back then, and entered the palace as a female official first, and then as a concubine, becoming the right-hand man of Empress Xiaoyiren, and even became the daughter of Empress Xiaoyiren. Tools for parenting.

The Tong family ruined the queen mother's life in this way. If he hadn't ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor now, the queen mother might not have been able to endure all hardships and enjoy the honor she is today.

And Longkodo...

Long Kedo fully supported him to ascend the throne, was it because of his allegiance to him, or because he was raised by Empress Xiao Yiren and was inextricably linked with their Tong family?
The emperor's eyes became deeper and deeper.

Tong Jialong Kodo, damn it.

After the emperor left, An Lingrong quickly asked Cuiyin to take out the benzoin, clutching his chest, unable to slow down his heartbeat for a long time.

She originally wanted to use benzoin to make the emperor relax his nerves and open up to her, so as to resolve the conflict between the emperor and the queen mother, but she did not expect to let her know such a big secret. Attitude, she is still satisfied with her answer, otherwise all her previous efforts will be in vain.

"My lord, the emperor has gone to see the queen mother." Dill came in and said.

An Lingrong also breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." Fortunately, these words were not in vain.

In the Shoukang Palace, the emperor smelled the strong fragrance of the medicine and realized that the Empress Dowager was really seriously ill. He couldn't help feeling a little guilty: "I haven't come to the Shoukang Palace these days to pay my respects, and please don't be offended by the Empress Dowager."

The queen mother hadn't seen the emperor for a long time, and she didn't know where to start for a while. She finished the medicine in silence and asked Zhu Xi and others to retreat first. It's important to look at the previous court, but there are some things that the Ai family will say even if they know you will be angry. Nian Gengyao and Longkodo are important ministers who supported the emperor's ascension to the throne. Since Nian Gengyao cannot stay, Longkodo can't move anymore. Otherwise, later generations will say that the cunning rabbit died, the running dog cooks, and blames the emperor for crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. What the Ai family said is all for the emperor's reputation."

"Okay, my son understands." The emperor didn't speak harshly like last time, but nodded happily, "As long as Long Ke Duo keeps himself safe, loyal to the court and me, my son will not make things difficult for him."

The queen mother was a little surprised that the emperor was so talkative today. After a long while, she said: "With the emperor's words, the Ai family can rest assured. If one day, Longkodo betrays the emperor, the Ai family will be the first to spare him. In this regard, the emperor Don’t need to worry too much.”

After unraveling this knot, the emperor talked to the queen mother about the matter in front of him: "Mother Huang, my son will leave the palace tomorrow, Concubine Hua Gui will definitely do some tricks in the palace, mother mother don't need to pay attention to her, wait until When her false pregnancy was revealed, my son could take advantage of it and start taking care of Nian Gengyao."

The queen mother nodded: "The Ai family doesn't have the heart to discipline her, so let her torment." Her eyes were slightly cold, "But everything has been arranged?"

"The person arranged by the empress herself is also the prescription given by Zhou Nan. Everything is ready." The emperor shook the bead string in his hand and said.

"That's good." The queen mother nodded, "The only pregnant women in the palace are Concubine Guan and Ronggui. The only ones that Concubine Hua wants to make things difficult are the two of them. Don't worry, Ronggui is in Aijia Palace. Concubine, you need to tell her not to quarrel with Concubine Hua, after all she is pregnant with an imperial heir, Concubine Hua will not be cruel, but she has suffered some grievances, just be patient."

"Yes, my son understands."

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