The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

Chapter 94.conviction

"As for the fake pregnancy, I'm afraid the emperor knew about it from the very beginning, so no matter what Nian Shilan says, this matter is definitely a crime of deceiving the emperor." An Lingrong looked up at the dark sky, "Guan My sister’s child has suffered an indiscriminate disaster.”

"You mean, Nian Shilan's false pregnancy and miscarriage today were arranged by the emperor?" Shen Meizhuang became more and more frightened as she heard it. She thought she knew about it, but she didn't expect that there were so many things.

An Lingrong pulled the corner of her mouth: "There is musk in Huanyixiang. Nian Shilan has used the incense for many years, how could she be pregnant? It's all just her wishful thinking."

There are so many things behind this sentence, Shen Meizhuang was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time. After a long time, she thumped the table angrily: "It would be better if it was a day earlier. Nian Shilan can't take care of herself, so there is no Huan'er is in pain of losing her son today."

No bereavement?
Not necessarily.

An Lingrong closed her eyes, and quickly went through every detail of Zhen Huan's pregnancy in her mind. She knew in her heart that things were by no means as simple as what her eyes saw, but how did the queen move her hands? No clue.

The matter of Nian Shilan must not be hidden, not to mention that the emperor didn't want to hide it. Soon Nian Gengyao got the news, and asked An Zhezi to pass in one letter after another.

Today, An Lingrong came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to pay his respects, and was talking about Aunt Zhao's entry into the palace: "The concubine just came out of the empress's palace, and I came here to pay my respects to the emperor."

"It's going to be eight months for you. According to the rules, your natal family should send someone into the palace to take care of your daily life." The emperor raised his hand and touched An Lingrong's belly, and said warmly, "Your mother died of illness, your father I have never married again, so it is against the rules to let a concubine serve you, but I heard that your father intends to raise Zhao Shi as an equal wife, so it doesn't matter."

An Lingrong said with a smile: "Aunt Zhao is a good businessman, she is capable of managing affairs." She suddenly mentioned Zhen Huan, "Sister Wan's health has improved a lot in the past few days, did the emperor go to see her?"

The emperor slightly lowered the corners of his mouth: "She is all about sentimentality, and I can't persuade her. If we get together, we won't both be sad. Let's wait a while."

Seeing the emperor's displeasure, An Lingrong didn't continue talking, instead he mentioned another matter: "The concubine came today to plead for sister Cao." Seeing that the emperor's expression remained unchanged, he continued, "Princess Wen Yi is innocent and lovely. Sister Cao has devoted all her life to her. It is not easy for her to promise her subordinates to earn a living in Nian. I also ask the emperor to forgive her for concealing the crime of not reporting it."

The emperor looked up at An Lingrong: "I never thought that you would intercede for her."

An Lingrong smiled wryly: "When the concubine first entered the palace, Nian promised to make things difficult. That winter, the concubine was punished to serve water under the corridor. If sister Cao hadn't begged for Nian's promise to give her a high hand, I am afraid that the concubine would die. It's all gone." She looked up at the emperor, "This is the selfish words of the concubine, and I hope the emperor will not blame him."

The emperor nodded: "Okay, I will consider it carefully."

At this time, Su Peisheng came in with a stack of memorials: "Your Majesty, the note for greeting peace from the northwest has arrived, please have a look at it."

"Nian Gengyao is very diligent. It's only been five days since Nian's promise happened, and his papers for greetings are almost filling up my desk." The emperor casually flipped through it and threw it aside, "That's all for coming and going, nothing more than asking for Nian. Whether the promise is safe or not, I don't even bother to look at it."

An Lingrong's eyes flickered slightly: "General Nian and Nian promised to be brothers and sisters, the emperor should take a look."

The emperor pondered for a while, then picked it up and looked it up again, his eyes quickly scanned the words, and suddenly stopped at one place, his face suddenly became gloomy: "Will you work in the morning?"

"What?" An Lingrong was drinking tea, and was taken aback when he heard this.

The emperor slapped the notebook on the table: "Nian Gengyao wrote it, "I work day and night, and I meant to praise me for being diligent in government affairs, but he mistakenly wrote it as being vigilant at night and working in the morning." He took a deep breath and suppressed his heart. Angry, "Nian Gengyao is definitely not a careless person, and I don't want to attribute it to me with the four words of being vigilant all the time. Before that, I have admonished Nian Gengyao, and I once encouraged him to be a minister of the country. However, he relied on his own merits and showed disrespect. The fallacy here is definitely not unintentional." Then he called Su Peisheng, "Send it back to the Northwest as it is, and send it back to Nian Gengyao. There must be no mistakes."

At the end, the emperor lowered his eyes and issued an order: "Decree to dismiss Nian Gengyao's confidant, Hu Qiheng, governor of Gansu, and transfer Natai, acting governor of Sichuan, back to Beijing."

Su Peisheng didn't know why, but he also knew that the matter was of great importance. He bowed his head in response, and stepped forward to accept the note: "My slave will do it immediately."

An Lingrong sat down quietly drinking tea without saying a word, but she knew that Nian Gengyao would not last long.

Within a few days, Nian Gengyao's defense papers were rushed into the palace. The emperor took a look and summoned Zhang Tingyu and everyone from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the Hall of Mental Cultivation for discussion.

"This is the notebook for Nian Gengyao's defense, take a look." The emperor no longer concealed his intention to get rid of Nian Gengyao, and casually handed over the notebook for everyone to read.

"Nian Gengyao's loyalty to the emperor has been counted for many years, and his affection can be expressed. It's just that the minister is too careful. Nian Gengyao counts so carefully, I'm afraid he also has the intention of showing off his achievements to shock the emperor." Zhang Tingyu said after reading it, his words were sharp and straightforward The key.

Zhen Yuandao was suffocating because of Zhen Huan's miscarriage caused by Nian Shilan, and immediately said: "Nian Gengyao actually praised his merits in Haikou at this time, it is obvious that he took risks in order to clear his life, regardless of merits I am suspected of shaking the Lord."

"I think so too." The emperor paced back and forth, "What he means is that if I leave him, I won't be able to stabilize the country."

Zhang Tingyu said again: "Nian Gengyao has always taken credit for his pride, but the emperor tolerated it many times, but he intensified it."

"Recently, I have discovered that Prince Dun and Nian Gengyao also have correspondence, and the relationship between the two is not insignificant." Zhen Yuandao said suddenly, "Nian Gengyao knew about it and did not report it, which caused Prince Dun to regard him as a confidant and repeatedly talked about using troops. Things."

"There is such a thing?" The emperor stopped, stared for a moment, shook the beads in his hand, and frowned for a long time, "It seems that I intend to plot against him, and I don't think I have wronged him." Said, "Nian Gengyao has chilled me so much, I have tolerated it for a long time, and I don't need to bear it anymore. Last year Gengyao was relegated to the post of Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he was demoted to General Hangzhou, and Yue Zhongqi will concurrently take up his post." So Zhang Tingyu was asked to draft Purpose.

When the news spread to the palace, everyone knew that Nian's family was at an end, and the empress became more and more merciless when interrogating the palace servants of Yikun Palace. Soon, Zhou Ninghai couldn't bear the punishment and confessed everything.

"Your Majesty, this is Zhou Ninghai's confession. It said that about the matter of cassava flour mentioned by Cao Guiren, Bi promised to die, accepted bribes to sponsor officials, and even ordered Yu to poison Concubine Guan's medicine to promote favors." The concubine entered the water, murdered the concubine Hui to have a miscarriage, designed that Xia Guiren was poisoned by love but hurt the nobleman, and had already given the things used by the palace servants who had the epidemic to the close maids of the concubine Hui, causing Huifei to be infected with the epidemic, and murdered other concubines. Please wait for the emperor to have a look." The queen read a lot, and asked someone to hand the pleading paper to the emperor.

The emperor lowered his eyes, looked at the stack of confessions in front of him, picked it up and looked at it: "Has Zhou Ninghai vomited up all the things that should be vomited?"

The head of the Punishment Department replied: "Your Majesty, some of the palace servants in Yikun Palace confessed voluntarily, and some were punished. They didn't know much about it. Only Zhou Ninghai knew better. After being tortured, he fainted twice. He said he only knew this, and he didn't know anything else."

"There are other things." The emperor was furious when he heard the words, "Isn't her sin enough? Take it down!"

The queen also put aside the pleading paper in her hand, and said in a slow voice: "The crime of Nian's promise is too numerous to write down. I ask the emperor to show me, how should I deal with Nian's promise?"

The emperor pondered for a long time, then with a sullen face, he said word by word: "The Nian clan of Yikun Palace, who has served the palace for a long time, has suffered a lack of virtue and serious crimes. From now on, he will move to the Leng Palace for self-reflection."

The queen was startled for a moment, and subconsciously turned her head to look at An Lingrong who was sitting at the bottom. Then she came to her senses and hurriedly withdrew her gaze and said: "The emperor has a benevolent heart and treats the harem leniently. It is expected that Nian promises that he will be able to reform himself, my concubine." I promised to thank the emperor for the year."

Moving to the Leng Palace is different from entering the Leng Palace. The former still enjoys an independent palace in the Leng Palace, and he can bring his maidservant along with him, and even the documents must be handed over to her exactly.After all, the emperor still has old feelings for Nian Shilan.

An Lingrong was not too surprised, but the queen's look at her made her suspicious.

The emperor opened his eyes to Nian Shilan, why did the queen subconsciously look at her?This matter should never involve her, why...

"Your Majesty, Cao Guiren was also very close to Nian Xu." Concubine Qi suddenly said.

The emperor was in a bad mood, and upon hearing this, he raised his head and glared at Concubine Qi.

On the other side, Cao Qinmo had already stood up and knelt down to plead guilty, but her head injury was not fully healed, and she looked particularly miserable: "I am willing to accept all punishments, but I beg the emperor not to blame the princess."

"Your Majesty, Mr. Cao has no other choice." Concubine Jing pleaded.

An Lingrong also said: "I also ask the emperor to postpone the punishment of Cao Guiren for the sake of Princess Wen Yi's young age."

The emperor looked at Cao Qinmo's tear-stained face, then at An Lingrong, and he was silent for a long time before he let go: "Your Majesty Cao Qinmo has made great contributions in exposing Nian's crimes. He was conferred the title of concubine and named Xiang, and the canonization ceremony will be held at the beginning of July."

Cao Qinmo was stunned for a long time before realizing that this was not an auditory hallucination. Tears were still on her face, but the corners of her eyes and brows were shining with joy: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

An Lingrong looked at Cao Qinmo's almost uncontrollable ecstatic expression, and sneered in his heart.

Since you have been exonerated, and you have been granted the title of concubine as you wished, then there is no need to leave any room for you.She twisted the handkerchief in her hand, and her eyes slowly sank.

On June [-]th, the Zhao family entered the palace by order.

"My concubine, Mrs. Zhao, has met Young Master Rong, and the young master is blessed and safe." Zhao Xuan was dressed in plain clothes, not overly dressed, but clean and tidy. The shrewd, but looked extremely friendly, with a three-point smile before saying a word.

"Get up." An Lingrong waved his hand to give him a seat, "I haven't seen my aunt for a long time, how is the house okay?"

"Everything is fine, little master, don't worry about it." Zhao Xuan sat on only half of the stool, and replied respectfully, "Before leaving home, the adults told me that I should take good care of the young master. It's almost full term, and the adults miss you very much, so I specially asked my concubine to bring in a lot of things." She pointed to several big boxes in the yard, "These are all given by the adults to the young master and the child in the young master's stomach. , I also hope that the young master will not be disgusted."

An Lingrong looked Zhao Xuan up and down, and always felt that she was a little different from the Aunt Zhao in her memory.In my memory, Aunt Zhao was shrewd and calculating. She loved money the most. She was in charge of the family's financial power. Even if she had a penny, she had to ask how it was used before she could feel at ease. But he was gentle, polite, and humble.

It's almost like a different person.

An Lingrong suddenly stopped his thoughts, and laughed at himself for being paranoid. When he came back from rebirth, he couldn't see that everyone thought it was like this.Then he smiled: "Aunt Zhao settle down first, Cuiyin, take Aunt Zhao to her room."

Cuiyin leaned over to answer.

Seeing the back of Zhao Xuan leaving, An Lingrong shook his head to get rid of the messy thoughts in his head, and called Dill: "Come with me to Suiyuxuan."

During this period of time, whenever she has the strength, An Lingrong will go to Suiyuxuan to visit Zhen Huan, but she is heartbroken because of the loss of her son, and she always doesn't want to see people. She may not be able to see each other even once after going three or five times. Coincidentally.

"Sister." An Lingrong lifted the curtain and walked in. Seeing Zhen Huan sitting on the head of the bed with a bellyband in her arms, she couldn't help sighing, and walked forward, "You haven't yet come out of the moon, and your body is still weak, sit like this carefully." Back pain." She reached out to take the bellyband from Zhen Huan's hand, "Lie down and rest for a while."

Zhen Huan clutched her bellyband tightly, tears streaming down her face: "Even if my heart is in pain now, I still feel that I should bear it. I regret it every day. I was in Concubine Hua's Palace that day, why couldn't I Bow down to her for mercy, why should I be so tough and refuse to admit defeat, if I beg her, I might still be able to keep my child."

Seeing her so sad, An Lingrong couldn't help feeling sad too.She never thought that Zhen Huan would be so sad after losing her child. Thinking about the sins she did in her previous life, she really deserves to die.

　Shilan is about to get a box lunch and go offline, I really can't bear it (ps: guess Zhao Xuan's hidden identity)

　　
　
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