After transforming into An Lingrong, he became the King of Juan and was crowned the Sixth Palace.

The nun was startled, looked at An Lingrong and Mei Zhuang, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Bless you, Concubine An, and Bless you, Concubine Hui. This servant is Hongli's nun, Aunt Cui."

Meizhuang immediately frowned and said: "Can you also call me Hongli? No matter how high or low you are!"

The grandma was stunned for a moment, then reluctantly changed her words and said, "Yes, it's my brother."

An Lingrong heard that she changed her story quickly, so she let it go and said calmly: "You have taken care of Fourth Brother for many years. I will still have to work hard for you in the future."

Aunt Cui said with a smile: "Fourth Brother has been a slave since he was a child, and he will obey my slave on everything. In the future, if Concubine An wants to discipline Fourth Brother, she will just tell me everything."

An Lingrong knew that Aunt Cui was Hongli's nanny and had taken him with her since he was a child. Now seeing her being so arrogant and relying on her old age, she felt angry.

"If you could discipline the fourth elder brother, you wouldn't have known that the fourth elder brother was not well fed and clothed and was injured. Please tell me carefully how and why the fourth elder brother contracted the epidemic?"

Aunt Cui relied on her identity and had received the idea of ​​​​Jianqiu just now, so she said stubbornly: "The fourth elder brother is suffering from the epidemic because he is too playful and doesn't like to wear more clothes, and he refuses to take medicine properly. Although this servant is Personal care, but where can I take care of you all the time?”

Hongli leaned against An Lingrong and shook his head gently: "Mother, that's not the case."

An Lingrong was suddenly startled: "Hongli, what did you call me?"

Although Hongli's voice was soft, he was very firm. He repeated it, looked into An Lingrong's eyes and called: "Eniang."

An Lingrong's heart softened, she sighed, said nothing, stared coldly at the confused grandma and continued shouting.

Aunt Cui shouted: "Brother Si, you grew up drinking the blood of slaves and eating the flesh of slaves. You can't open your eyes and tell lies! You..."

An Lingrong's face darkened, and she put down the hot soup in her hand. The hot water immediately poured out and splashed on her body.

Immediately afterwards, An Lingrong said sternly: "Baojuan, Baoping, drag this unruly slave who despises the Lord out, immediately give me thirty beatings with the cane, and drive her out of the palace after the beating! She is not allowed to serve Fourth Brother anymore!"

Baojuan immediately agreed, reaching out and dragging her out with Baoping.

An Lingrong added: "During the execution, let all the palace people come to the courtyard to watch me, and see what will happen if you betray your lord and bully your lord!"

When Aunt Cui was just dragged out, she was still yelling, wanting to call out Jian Qiu's name to intimidate An Lingrong.

But Manager Huang on the side was not a fool. He could naturally see that Grandma was possessed and must have been instigated behind her back.

In order to keep his job and avoid offending both parties, he quickly ordered someone to cover the other's mouth.

The next second, the belated staff fell down a few times, and all that was left was the whining sound of begging for mercy.

An Lingrong held Hongli's hand and stood in the corridor. Along with Mei Zhuang, who was full of approval, she watched the blood-red staff fall hard one after another, making a dull collision sound when it touched the skin, flesh, muscles and bones.

Maybe because she became a mother and didn't want to see her children being wronged, Mei Zhuang stood aside and said in a deep voice: "Brother Si, don't be afraid! Just watch and watch how those who bully you are dealt with by Ling Rong, and you will receive what they deserve. punishment!"

"Empress Hui, Hongli understands."

When she reached twenty strokes, Aunt Cui gradually lost her voice, leaving only a low whimper.

Blood stains dyed her clothes red, and every time the stick was touched, bright red blood splashed. Hongli was a little happy to see it, but he held back his joyful mood, shook An Lingrong's hand and said, "Mom, do you want to fight again?"

An Lingrong's voice was so smooth that there was no wave. She held Hongli's hand tightly and said coldly: "Hongli, remember, for whatever cause a person has done, he will bear the consequences. When they bully you, , she should know this, so even if she is beaten to death now that she can't bear it, it will be her own consequences, do you understand?"

Hongli nodded, his dark eyes flashing with calmness and perseverance, and he stood silently beside An Lingrong until the execution was completed.

An Lingrong saw them dragging Nanny Cui out, leaving only a pool of dark red blood on the ground, dragging her far away.

Just now he said loudly: "You all remember, from now on, Fourth Brother will be my adopted son. Anyone who dares to slight him will be disrespecting me. Aunt Cui is an example!"

Everyone agreed loudly.

Mei Zhuang smiled with approval and whispered in Ling Rong's ear: "Ling Rong, now you are looking more and more like a concubine."

An Lingrong smiled and replied: "Sister Mei is always good at praising people."

That night, the palace people packed up the east palace and came out to allow Brother Si to stay temporarily.

An Lingrong went to see it in person. The two connected rooms were bright and bright, with good orientation.

Because a boy lived there, it was kept extra sparsely.

One bedroom and one study room.

If he wasn't eating his daily meals in the study room where he was studying, he would be eating them with An Lingrong.

The people who served Fourth Brother were all newly selected, and An Lingrong checked them one by one before being allowed to take care of them.

After being so busy for most of the day, nothing was inappropriate.

Everyone in the Yongshou Palace also got a new brother, and the emperor continued to reward him. Knowing that this was the icing on the cake, they were as happy as if they were celebrating a holiday.

In the evening, An Lingrong accompanied Hongli to have dinner, which was all the latest dishes made in the small kitchen. Because Hongli was losing his teeth, they were cooked extra soft.

And because Hongli had been half hungry and half full for a long time, in order to regain his appetite, he only drank extremely thick Bijing porridge.

Hongli had a great appetite. After he was full, An Lingrong asked Jinxi to measure the size of his clothes. Like a doting mother, she personally scrubbed Hongli before coaxing him to sleep.

Jinxi was picking the materials for Hongli's clothes. An Lingrong patted Hongli gently and picked on every piece she saw. Jinxi couldn't help but laugh and said: "Mother, you didn't even choose the materials for yourself." So caring."

An Lingrong sighed quietly, "I originally thought that Hongli could be raised by Concubine Duan or Concubine Jing. It would be much better than raising him in the public eye like me. But who would have thought that people are not as good as God?" , that unintentional crab cake became a bond between me and him."

Jinxi chose another piece of material and handed it to An Lingrong to look at, and whispered: "In order to plan for the fourth elder brother, the empress spent a long time and arranged for the slaves to take care of the fourth elder brother privately in the future, and also arranged for the slaves to take care of the fourth elder brother in the imperial garden. How people treat the fourth elder brother was told to the emperor through Su Peisheng's mouth. When the emperor saw it, the slave thought that the emperor didn't care about the fourth elder brother, so he remained calm..."

An Lingrong looked at Hongli's sleeping face and said in a low voice: "Although the palace maid is no longer there, the emperor is still somewhat in love with her, and they are his biological children."

"A bad fate is also a fate..."

Jin Xi sighed and said: "My Majesty has a fourth brother, which is also a comfort, but if my Majesty becomes pregnant in the future..."

An Lingrong turned sideways and picked out a few pieces of materials, temporarily avoiding Jin Xi's questions.

"It's getting hot. Let's make some more summer clothes for my fourth brother. Choose ones that are breathable and not stuffy. Summer in the capital is short. Autumn is here in a blink of an eye. You should also prepare autumn clothes and winter clothes. My brother last year I don’t want any more winter clothes. I’ll use some new cotton to make two thick ones.” ˆ ˆ ˆ “There’s also Hongli’s food and daily life. The nuns are new here, so you have to be more vigilant and watch to make sure you don’t make any mistakes. Otherwise, when the emperor and empress point out the mistake, where will the Yongshou Palace lose its face?"

As An Lingrong was talking, she suddenly noticed a tall shadow falling on the ground. She turned around and saw the emperor standing under the curtain, looking at her deeply with a smile as light as a mountain.

When An Lingrong suddenly saw the emperor coming, she was about to smile, but her smile turned serious and her movements were slow.

emperor……

He probably didn't hear the conversation she had with Jin Xi just now, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to greet her with this smiling face.

Jin Xi was also shocked and broke into a sweat. She quickly stood up and saluted, not daring to look at the emperor's eyes.

Just as An Lingrong was about to stand up, the emperor came over and held her down: "I just came here. Listening to what you told Jin Xi, you really sound like a loving mother."

Hearing this, the two people who were worried suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

An Lingrong was a little embarrassed: "I have no experience in being a mother, so I nagged and made the emperor laugh."

Seeing that the emperor didn't have any unusual reaction, Jin Xi closed the door and quietly left.

The emperor put her fingers in his palm one by one: "I know you are aggrieved for not seeing you in these days."

An Lingrong couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in her eyes. This was her acting ability at the level of a movie queen.

She whispered: "It turns out that the emperor knows, and I understand, and the emperor blames me for making my own decisions and being self-righteous."

There was a thin smile on the emperor's handsome face. The smile should have been warm, but it contained a hint of sadness, like the thin frost that suddenly fell in the cold autumn dew.

"I thought your words that day hurt my heart, and I didn't want to pay attention to it. But somehow, after thinking about it, I still did it unknowingly."

"Only by doing this, I can sleep more peacefully at night."

He looked into An Lingrong's eyes, and his delayed tone was like the moist vapor after the rain stopped outside, "I have been holding back these words for all these days before I can tell you. Do you think I'm too stupid?"

An Lingrong pressed his lips knowingly: "It was my concubine who said something that made things difficult for the Emperor and made the Emperor upset."

There was deep affection in the emperor's eyes: "But for such an embarrassing thing, only you will tell me, and no one else but you."

An Lingrong was quite apologetic: "I was also reckless that day."

"But I thought, the emperor has everything in the world, so don't leave any regrets. Only a small lack in perfection will become a big lack."

The emperor's eyes were a little moist. After looking at them for a long time, he could only see An Lingrong's clear face.

"I know that you are trying to make up for my shortcomings. I have always understood it, but I didn't dare to do it. One reason is that, as an old friend said, it is probably because of the fear of being close to home, and the other reason is..."

Before the emperor finished speaking, An Lingrong smiled, like a white gardenia spreading in the warm and humid wind.

"Because I am free and have no heirs, and I have been sitting on the throne of a concubine for a long time, which caused people in the previous dynasty to gossip, so I happened to be lucky and qualified to fall into the eyes of the emperor and be able to raise my fourth elder brother."

The emperor smiled and said: "You are so glib. I thought, you don't lack anything, but the matter of the heir has to be left to chance. I can only give you an adopted son first to temporarily make up for your shortcomings."

"Besides, it was Hongli who chose you as his wife in front of me and the queen, in front of Concubine Jing, Concubine Duan, and Concubine Rong'er."

An Lingrong lowered her head, pretending to be half sighing and half expecting, and said slowly: "But I still want to thank the emperor, but I also want to have a child of my own, but at the moment Hongli has brought It’s nice to be around.”

The emperor put his arms around her shoulders and looked at Hongli who was sleeping with a smile: "This child sleeps very soundly with you."

An Lingrong stretched out her hand to tuck Hongli's quilt, smiled, and held the emperor's hand with her backhand: "How many times have I dreamed and looked forward to waiting for our child to stay together quietly like this. "

The emperor smiled and kissed her: "I will, don't worry."

The glow of the red candle flickered on the thin gold curtain, illuminating the figures of the two people in pairs.

Since Hongli's arrival, An Lingrong has gradually tasted the difference in life.

After having a child, there were new things for her to calculate, figure out, and even pay more visits to the Queen Mother to prevent Hongli from becoming a pawn in the hands of others.

Of course, there are many benefits to having a healthy prince as a son.

For example, you can stimulate Concubine Hua anytime and anywhere, and even Zhen Huan, who doesn't move around often, is willing to come over often to chat and laugh with her children.

Every day at five o'clock every day, Hong Li went to study in the morning, and An Lingrong took him outside the palace gate. During dinner time, she waited under the dripping eaves, looking forward to his return.

Because of Hongli, the emperor came to Yanxi Palace more often than before, and the concubines in the harem were not qualified to gossip.

Of course, most of these concubines have no heirs and are poor people who cannot even keep a princess.

After two or three days, even if the emperor did not stay overnight at An Lingrong's place, he would definitely come to have dinner with An Lingrong and question Hongli on his homework.

An Lingrong always thought that even if Hongli was not her biological child, maybe this would be the happiness the Queen Mother said.

But whether life can continue smoothly like this depends on whether the emperor's thoughts and the queen's thoughts fluctuate after Concubine Hua returns to favor...

If once the queen gave birth to Concubine Hua, she would not be able to move for a while, but instead began to make plans to target her, Hongli, and even the palace officials of Yongshou Palace, the development of things would not be as simple as it is now.

However, until the Queen and Concubine Hua figured it out, the people in the palace did not dare to slight An Lingrong.

Gradually, not only the people in the harem, but also the palace maids in Yikun Palace became particularly polite to An Lingrong.

Even behind her back, Concubine Hua was extremely jealous of the child. She went to Baohua Palace to pray to gods and Buddhas for children. In person, Concubine Hua no longer treated An Lingrong as she used to.

On this day, Hongli felt a little depressed after school and was not as lively as before. An Lingrong was inconvenient to ask him in front of many people. After dinner, she took Hongli to the imperial garden.

In midsummer, the imperial garden is filled with phoenix tails and tung trees, and the wide and sparse sycamore trees create a cool and tranquil tranquility.

An Lingrong looked at the bright stars rising in the sky, as if they were within reach, yet so far away and out of reach.

The only thing that can be held in the palm of your hand is the palace power and status that fascinate the world.