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

Concubine Duan, who remained neutral for the time being, first looked at Concubine Hua's expression, and then watched the emperor's expression for a while.

After a while, she sighed: "If you know your mistakes and you can correct them, there is no greater good. Moreover, the two slaves are the culprits in this incident. Jianqiu just couldn't say it clearly for a while due to physical problems. I also think it is right."

The emperor thought for a while and realized that An Lingrong was usually considered a neutral person.

Never deliberately try to please or dislike anyone.

Even in front of him, they didn't say anything bad about anyone when they were alone.

With this thought in mind, the emperor finally pronounced the queen's fault for failing to manage her subordinates well, and she was sentenced to spend a month in seclusion.

As for the perpetrator of this incident, he had already committed suicide out of fear of being punished, and if he punished some of the palace officials for their poor management, then the matter would be over for the time being.

The queen was naturally satisfied with the result, and she did not bring out her dead sister to support her.

After all, the only person who died was an unimportant Huang Guiquan, and he was just a chess piece that was following him around.

Next time, next time she will do it more skillfully so that An Lingrong won't notice anything unusual.

Thinking like this, the queen took a deep look at An Lingrong below, and an indifferent smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Using the excuse of having a headache, the queen was helped out of her seat by Eharu.

Concubine Hua watched a big show and her appetite was whetted. She first invited the emperor to sit in Yikun Palace, and said that the kitchens of other concubines were definitely not as clean as hers.

Her small kitchen was purchased from a single source, and she paid for the staff herself.

Even if the imperial kitchen wanted to harm her, they would first ask the two Jiang family doctors and the people in the kitchen if they would agree.

The emperor nodded subconsciously when he heard that Concubine Hua's small kitchen had prepared many of his favorite foods.

Immediately afterwards, he said in front of the concubines: "The matter of the imperial dining room will be fully handled by Concubine Duan and Concubine An."

After that, the emperor left Yongshou Palace surrounded by Concubine Hua.

The concubines were not jealous of Concubine Hua, but gathered around the imperial doctors at the imperial hospital, wanting to have their pulse checked.

They have been eating a lot of food from the imperial kitchen these days. If there is a little mercury and cinnabar in their bodies, wouldn't it be fatal?

After An Lingrong became famous, she briefly chatted with a few concubines and left first.

When she left, she took a deep look at the noble man who was following behind the imperial physician, and smiled without saying a word.

She acted as the leader in this chess game. Is the noble lady who relied on the queen to get pregnant really the innocent and innocent sister in her mind?

An Lingrong doesn't think so.

No, in the evening, after An Lingrong finished her meal, she heard her grandma's voice coming from outside.

It was the Queen Mother who invited her to sit and chat for a while.

An Lingrong, who had known about this for a long time, took Jinxi and went without any other preparations.

Wait until An Lingrong arrives at the Queen Mother's Palace.

At this time, the Queen Mother was wearing a crimson gold narcissus longevity single cloak, and her head and ears were decorated with dotted green beads and jade jewelry.

Under the dancing lights, the bright sapphire blue has a dark and uncertain luster, which seems to be the case with the Queen Mother, making people feel dark and unpredictable.

The Queen Mother knelt in front of the Buddhist niche, recited the Buddhist scriptures sincerely, and lit three sticks of sandalwood to pay tribute.

An Lingrong estimated that the three dark red sparks on the incense were just like the unknown fear looming in the heart of Queen Jingren Palace.

She had done so many wrong things and the emperor discovered the problem. She was not afraid. Who would feel uneasy in the middle of the night?

The Queen Mother stood up holding Zhu Xi's hand, turned her face and looked at her slowly.

An Lingrong followed the rules and received a blessing, and said to her, "May the Queen Mother be blessed with peace and prosperity."

The Queen Mother said calmly: "After all, it is the little girl from Jiangnan who has been watching step by step to become the concubine under the eyes of the Ai family. Now that she has the ability, she can also help the Ai family teach that ignorant queen a lesson."

An Lingrong stood aside with her hands down, as if she were a palace maid: "The orders given by the Queen Mother cannot be changed, and I have no courage to disobey the Queen Mother. If I do anything wrong, please give me advice."

The Queen Mother smiled slightly, looked at the dark night scene outside the window, and sighed: "The Ai family is thinking, what would it be like if the person who was ordered by the emperor to stay in seclusion for a month today, and had his left and right arms broken, was you? scene?"

An Lingrong's heart twitched, as if she had been whipped unexpectedly.

But she knew that the Queen Mother was just joking with her, so she had no special thoughts.

On the bright side, she still said calmly: "An Lingrong is useless. I don't know what the Queen Mother means by this. Besides, Huang Guiquan is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He usually has a good relationship with all the concubines, but when he meets Feng It's just a matter of steering, but as for Jiang Fuhai..."

Listening to An Lingrong talking about the dead eunuch, the red gold and emerald beaded armor on the Queen Mother's hand seemed like a golden sharp blade, as if it could cut off the flesh and blood of a person with just a flick of it.

"The Ai family doesn't mean to blame you. It's just that the Ai family sees the queen's incompetent look and thinks of focusing on other concubines. It's the queen's fault. The Ai family calls you here tonight. It's just... I want to tell you a truth."

As she spoke, the Queen Mother came closer to An Lingrong and said quietly: "The Ai family allows you to check and balance the Queen when she loses her moral character, but we will never allow you to slander the Queen in front of the Emperor and the concubines, and make the Emperor look down upon her. Gradually he lost his only wife."

An Lingrong nodded, indicating that she understood.

Everything she did today was within the tolerance of the Queen Mother, and the Queen did not lose too much face.

After all, even before she entered the palace, the Queen had been unable to control the Sixth Palace because she could not check and balance Concubine Hua.

Seeing An Lingrong's sensible look, the Queen Mother and Yi, who thought they could firmly control Concubine An in front of her, smiled slightly and stroked the agate bracelet on her wrist.

"As long as you live in the palace, as long as you are not a god, everyone will be careless sometimes, and everyone will be unable to argue."

"But the important thing is that people know how to protect themselves when they are at a low point. If they don't protect anything else, they can only protect their own life."

"Similarly, when people are in the public eye, they need to be more careful so that the people around them can live safely."

An Lingrong couldn't figure out the meaning of being at the bottom and being in the public eye.

So, she spoke frankly in front of the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother smiled noncommittally, took a piece of untouched pastry from the plate on the table, carefully held it in her hand with silk, raised her eyes and asked, "Zhu Xi, where is the cat that the Ai family wants you to bring?" Xi hugged a white cat raised by the Queen and came forward. The Queen Mother threw the cake on the ground and said, "Give it to eat."

Zhuxi fed the cake into the white cat's mouth, and An Lingrong watched quietly. It wasn't until the white cat that ate the cake bled to death after struggling that her eyes became a little confused.

The Queen Mother raised her face and signaled Zhuxi to wrap the dead white cat in a cloth and throw it out. Then she slowly said: "This is the cake that Huang Guiquan from the imperial kitchen will send to you this morning. Zhuxi is not watching it." Suspicious stopped it for you and sent it to the Ai family, I'm afraid you don't even know how you died."

"This incident also reminds the Aijia that people, sometimes you have to give more grace to others and know how to share the rain and dew. Otherwise, in the end, you will still suffer."

An Lingrong despised the Queen's operation in her heart. Likewise, she was also amused by the Queen Mother's confidence that she could not see the situation clearly.

Is she the kind of person who foolishly eats pastries brought by others without even trying the poison?

But the Queen Mother didn't know that the maids around her knew medicine, which was a good thing.

Thinking of this, An Lingrong was doubtful and said hesitantly: "Why does the Queen Mother help my concubine like this? I am just a girl born from a small family."

The Queen Mother took the beads and slowly twisted them with a faint smile.

"You, it's not good to think too much. Sometimes you have to pretend to be stupid in order to live a long time in this harem. The Ai family is helping you just because you are destined to the Ai family and know how to seize the opportunity. , nothing more.”

The Queen Mother nodded and smiled: "To rule by doing nothing, to be strong without desire, do you understand? The more you show what you care about and what you want, you are exposing your biggest weakness to others. Therefore, if you have no desires and no desires, others will think you are harmless. .”

An Lingrong was sincerely convinced, but also a little embarrassed.

Of course, this scene was just a show for the Queen Mother, an old woman.

What kind of charade is this? Isn't it because she feels that she has been favored for too long and the concubines in the harem cannot share the favor, so she is forced to suspend the meeting at this juncture, so as to spend time with the queen?

Thinking of Zhen Huan who came from behind and kept having children, An Lingrong smiled and said: "What the Queen Mother said is true, but to reach such a state, An Lingrong really..."

The Queen Mother closed her eyes for a moment, then quickly smiled and said: "All cultivation skills are gained through experience. You will have plenty of time in the future, so think about it slowly."

An Lingrong felt a little more at ease, stopped practicing, and left.

Behind the twelve nanmu carved screens inlaid with the Chinese character "Shou", a crimson skirt flashed, and waves as bright as clouds rippled, but a pure and noble person came out.

At this moment, Chungui was half-kneeling in front of the Queen Mother's bed, beating her legs and saying, "The Queen Mother protects Concubine An so well and trains her so carefully. She really feels sorry for her."

The Queen Mother used her armor to pick up a bit of mint ointment in the enamel jar and sniffed it gently. Fang handed the jar to Chungui and said with a smile: "It's not that the Ai family feels sorry for her, it's that others value her more and more and try their best to deal with her." , the more she let the Ai family know that she had the weight to stand up to those people.

"The most important thing in the harem is balance. If anyone is too powerful and gets all the favor and power, the Queen Mother of the Ai family will have no place to comment."

Chungui took the mint ointment and rubbed the Queen Mother's temples bit by bit: "Then the Queen Mother should not let Concubine An complain about illness for the time being, otherwise how can she share the beauty with those people."

The Queen Mother raised her eyes and looked at her: "What? Are you starting to feel sorry for Concubine An now?"

The noble man waved his hand and said anxiously: "I'm just a quick talker. Concubine An is staying in Yongshou Palace. I just need to concentrate on conceiving the baby. Whether the emperor is willing to come or not depends on the emperor's wishes."

The Queen Mother softened her expression and said kindly: "Every time you learn a lesson, you will gain wisdom. You should know better. There is no use in rushing to share the beauty in the harem. The most important thing is to save your life and learn how to stand on it."

The noble man said solemnly: "Yes, I understand."

The next day, the spring light was like a huge and bright silk satin, spreading out all over the sky and the ground. It was as graceful as a thread, and the time seemed to despise the years.

The radiant spring light is like a scroll of finely crafted brocade paintings, with gorgeous flowers and birds, and the brilliance of embroidery and gold, which makes people almost unable to open their eyes.

But when she temporarily followed the Queen Mother's wishes to recuperate, chat with Chungui, and stroll around the courtyard, the previous court gradually became unsettled.

The cause is just one big thing that can be resolved.

Three days ago, Prince Dun was not only late for the morning court, but also entered the palace in uniform.

This is very unceremonious. Going to court is not a battlefield, nor is it returning from a victorious battle. Dressing in military uniforms with the dignity of a prince, and arriving late, is just to show off one's strength.

Before the emperor could say anything, Yanguan Yushi immediately impeached Prince Dun for the crime of disrespect.

You must know that Prince Nadun was the head of the military generals in the imperial court, and he never paid attention to the civil servants and scholars who spoke about Confucius and Mencius. Therefore, the civil servants and military officers in the court were almost at odds with each other, and they had long been at odds with each other.

The official has the responsibility of supervising the country's etiquette system, admonishing the king for his mistakes, and blaming the officials for their mistakes. He speaks out and does nothing wrong, and has always been respected.

Prince Dun was arrogant and arrogant by nature, so he never paid attention to a small fifth-rank official.

Although he did not have a seizure that day, he stopped Yan Guan on his way back to his hometown and punched him, knocking him unconscious on the spot.

As soon as this incident came out, it was like a huge stone hitting water. For a time, literati and officials wrote letters one after another, demanding that Prince Dun be severely punished in order to promote law and order in the court.

However, Prince Dun refused to admit his mistake and even claimed that he was ill and would no longer go to court.

Prince Dun has a big tail and is growing in power.

What's more, Nian Gengyao's faction was fishing in troubled waters. Even An Lingrong couldn't leave the palace and went to the Yangxin Palace to compete for favor.

She also knew that the emperor was already worried.

Because this matter has deepened the confrontation between the civil and military officials of North Korea and China, if it is not handled well, it will be a major event that endangers the court.

For this reason, the emperor stayed in the imperial study for a whole day and did not come out.

According to Baojuan, Zhen Huan and Concubine Hua entered the Yangxin Hall one after another because of this incident, intending to relieve the emperor's worries.

However, the emperor, who had not seen An Lingrong hanging around for a few days, felt that the two people in front of him were no longer so interesting.

After hastily asking Su Peisheng to send the two of them away, he sent Xiao Xiazi over and called An Lingrong to accompany him.

When Xiao Xiazi brought the news to Yongshou Palace, An Lingrong and Chun'er were embroidering things for the baby after birth.

Hearing that the emperor was looking for An Lingrong, the smile on Chungui's lips dropped a lot.

But soon, she cheered up again, congratulated An Lingrong, and skipped away.

She didn't care about the child in her belly at all, just like a lively and cheerful girl who didn't understand the affairs of the harem.