"The concubine has come to ask the queen for her guilt." As soon as An Lingrong entered the hall, he knelt down with a big salute, lowered his head to hide the emotions surging in his eyes, "The concubine did not get the summoning order, and she made a big mistake by visiting the concubine without permission." ”

Only Jianqiu was left by the queen's side, and Huichun stood outside the palace to guard the door. She looked at An Lingrong's docile figure, and smiled slightly to get her up: "Xia Chang is in a bad mood, it's good if you can persuade her to say a few words." Raised his hand to give An Lingrong a seat, but there was no smile in his eyes, "This palace has always known that you are a smart person, you know both current affairs and proportions, today's things are not big or small, and it is all up to you how you do it." ”

An Lingrong was careful of his duties, leaned forward slightly and said, "The concubine is disposed of by the mother." ”

"It's inconvenient for this palace to dispose of you anything." The queen slowly dialed the Buddhist beads, "Today is the palace maid who is by Xia Chang's side to invite you, you just came, right?" Alas, you are also too kind, if Xia Changzai gives birth to a son and a half daughter in the coming day, I am afraid that most of your grace will be divided now. Her eyes looked deeply at An Lingrong.

An Lingrong lowered his eyes and pretended to be confused: "Even if Xia Changzai gives birth to an heir, he can't keep it by his side, and there are only a few people in the palace who can be treated like Cao Guiren after all, and how much grace there is, it's not on the child." ”

The queen said a lot more, and when she saw that she didn't eat oil and salt, she finally got a little angry: "Rong Guiren, it's the palace that looks at you wrongly." ”

Maybe it's not a mistake, after all, the queen in her previous life also gave her instructions to harm the children of the nobles of Fucha, and after she did so, she became the queen's confidant. Even if he starts over again, there are some things in his character that cannot be changed, but An Lingrong is just deliberately guarding against it.

An Lingrong got up and knelt down again, raised his eyes and looked at the queen: "The concubine is willing to serve the mother and do her best, but the concubine's ability is limited and she can't be considerate of the queen in everything, so please forgive the mother." ”

Looking at the queen, An Lingrong was so nervous that her palms were sweating, but she couldn't retreat, she came to see Xia Dongchun today, she guessed that the queen was prepared, so on the way here, she thought about things before and after. If the queen wants to get rid of Xia Dongchun's child, tonight is the best time to put a crime on her, so she estimates that the queen has room for her, waiting for her to come to the door to "turn herself in", and then take the opportunity to pull her to a boat.

In her previous life, An Lingrong stepped on that boat, as if there was no turning back, sailing all the way to the endless abyss, and this time, she had to make a new choice.

The queen saw the resolute look in An Lingrong's eyes, and was slightly surprised in her heart, and only said after a long time: "Then how do you think this matter should be resolved?" ”

"Since it is to go to the mother and keep the child, it is in the greatest interest to the mother." An Lingrong slowly spit out a sentence, his eyes full of ruthlessness.

The queen slowly raised the corners of her mouth, held her hands and laughed: "Okay, this palace is not wrong." Rong Guiren, sooner or later, you will be able to make a name for yourself in this palace. He raised his hand to get her up, and said to her with a smile, "Tonight is just a sudden head illness in the palace, and I heard that the emperor often said that you have good skills, so I specially came to you." ”

"It is a concubine's luck to be able to do her best for her mother." An Lingrong didn't dare to relax, and bowed his head again. But she knew that the queen had adopted her opinion, at least Xia Dongchun's child was hugged, and the next step was to find a way to keep the adult.

The queen got a satisfactory answer, and she didn't want to keep her anymore, so she asked Jianqiu to send her out.

Jian Qiu came back after sending An Lingrong out of Peach Blossom Dock and asked the queen: "Niangniang, is it feasible for Rong Guiren's words?" ”

"Why not?" The queen laughed, "She is much more ruthless than I thought, which is what the nobles of Guan lack." The queen glanced at Jian Qiu and put the Buddhist beads in her hand on the table, "In this harem, smart people may not be able to live for a long time, but ruthless people will definitely be able to live well, because in order to protect herself, she will do whatever it takes." She couldn't stop laughing, "Just now she and Xia Chang were talking about it, but there is a word that says let her pay attention to her diet?" She clearly knows but doesn't say anything, and when Xia Changzai has a difficult birth because of the size of the fetus, the emperor will protect the emperor's heir first. If you can get a prince in one fell swoop, this palace may not be able to give this grace to the Xia family. "But the premise is that Summer, Winter and Spring can't live.

Jianqiu nodded.

An Lingrong hurriedly walked back, and in the second half of the night, the clouds dispersed, and the moonlight poured down, illuminating the way back, and also making it difficult for her to hide, and she was almost discovered by the guards several times.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the gate of Xinghua Village, An Lingrong's heart was half relieved, and he was about to speed up his pace to go back, but when he passed through the bamboo forest, he made a noise, and a sound of falling water attracted the attention of the night guards.

"Who's over there!"

The guard's footsteps were getting closer and closer, and An Lingrong was sweating profusely, and even his breathing was about to stop. The water rippled, the hull of the ship collided with the water, and a male voice suddenly sounded.

"Who? Disturb the good dreams of this king. ”

An Lingrong's hair stood on end, and he hid in the corner and looked up, but he collided with King Guojun's sight.

When the guards saw that it was the king of Guojun, they immediately asked for guilt, but they did not take off their guard: "I don't know that the prince is here, I really bother, please forgive the prince." I don't know why the prince is here? ”

"The emperor left the king in the palace, do you also have to ask?" King Guojun raised his eyebrows and scolded coldly, "Go and go, don't disturb the interest of this king in the night tour of the lake." ”

The guards knew that King Guojun had the emperor's trust, and when they heard this, they didn't dare to ask any more questions, so they retreated in a loud voice.

When the guards walked away, King Guojun leaned out half of his body and looked at An Lingrong: "Are you, Rong Guiren?" ”

The tone in An Lingrong's heart did not relax with the departure of the guards, but became more and more nervous: "The concubine has never had a personal relationship with the prince, how does the prince know who the concubine is?" Her first impression of King Guojun was that she didn't like it, whether it was in her previous life or in this life.

When I first saw King Guojun in my previous life, it was Zhen Huan's flute sound when she danced, and her appearance of Sauvignon Blanc took away her position in singing, and when the emperor introduced her afterwards, he didn't even remember her name, and casually said "reward", which made her despised in public.

In this life, An Lingrong has only seen it from afar, and has never been close at all, according to her status in the emperor's heart, I am afraid that she will not be mentioned in front of a prince. King Guojun, how did you know her name?

An Lingrong frowned slightly.

"I've heard the imperial sister-in-law mention it." King Guojun said lightly, and then asked, "It's late at night, why did the noble man appear here?" ”

"This doesn't seem to have anything to do with the prince." An Lingrong saluted him combly, "The concubine has retired first, so please take care of yourself." ”

"In the dead of night, there are many guards patrolling around, so you might as well get on the boat and let Xiao Wang row you back." King Guojun issued an invitation, and his face was always smiling.

An Lingrong stopped and looked back at him, with a somewhat strange expression: "Don't bother the prince, it's just a few steps away." She paused, and then said, "I put down the concubine and passed by, but I didn't see the prince, but I heard the sound of falling water, I wonder if the prince dropped something down?" To put it mildly, the prince was left in the palace by the emperor, and he shouldn't walk around after nightfall, you know, saying that the prince is elegant, and he travels at night in the lake, I don't know, I think the prince is deliberately waiting for someone to meet. Seeing that King Guojun looked unmoved, An Lingrong was a little surprised, could it be that she guessed wrong?

After a stalemate for a long time, King Guojun opened his mouth and said with a smile: "What the noble man said is very true, this king will return immediately." ”

An Lingrong bowed again, and left in a hurry.

After her back vanished, a wet figure emerged from the water and climbed onto the bow of the boat, his black nightcoat making him feel like he blended in with the night.

Only then did he notice An Lingrong's footsteps, he thought that he had been discovered, and hurriedly hid in the water, but he never thought that it was actually attracting the guards.

"Fortunately, the prince is alert." Xia Yao said.

King Guojun didn't speak with a calm face, thinking about An Lingrong's words, he couldn't figure out whether she noticed something or just said it casually, his fingers rubbed the bag on his waist, and he was silent.

"Lord Wang?"

King Guojun closed his eyes and said, "You are now with Xia Yi at the sticky pole, you have to get close to him more and gain his trust as soon as possible." He is a knife left by the emperor in the dark, and if you have a good relationship with him, you can listen to the news of the emperor for this king. "As for Rong Guiren, in the end, he is a person in the harem, even if he knows something, he can't become a climate, it doesn't matter.

Xia Yao should be.

Here, An Lingrong returned to Xinghua Village, and thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt.

She was too nervous, and when she relaxed, she realized that the direction of the guard's questioning was not actually on her side, but in the direction of the Guojun King's boat, although it was close to her, the angle between the bamboo forest and the back lake was deviated, so the movement that the guards heard should be the movement on the water, not the bamboo forest where she was.

So, the sound of falling water that she vaguely heard was real.

What fell overboard?

Or, who fell overboard?

An Lingrong pondered more and more. The temptation of her gibberish just now made King Guojun's face change, could it be that she was really hit by her? King Guojun really met with people in the palace in the middle of the night, is it a palace maid, a eunuch, or a concubine?

Shaking suddenly, An Lingrong broke out in a cold sweat.

"Little master?" Dill sensed that something was wrong and raised her eyes to look at An Lingrong.

An Lingrong gritted his teeth before suppressing the tremor in his heart, shook his head, and let the dill turn off the lights. After lying down, I couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and I didn't feel a little sleepy until the sky was bright.

After some fatigue, An Lingrong fell ill again.

"I heard that King Guojun has not entered the palace recently, but he has traveled to Shuzhong." Seeing that he was about to return to the capital, all the palaces were busy with some luggage, and they didn't have the heart to make trouble, and Cardamom couldn't inquire about any interesting things, only talking about some scraps, "The scenery in the Bashu area is very good, and the food is good, fragrant and spicy." ”

"Have you been?" An Lingrong lazily leaned on the pillow to drink medicine and asked casually.

Cardamom's eyes darkened: "That's the slave's hometown." ”

An Lingrong was slightly stunned, he had never heard dill cardamom talk about their previous affairs, let alone their birthplace. But how did she remember in a trance that most of the slaves traded by Sansui went south, how could she ......

"Little master, the emperor is here." Xiao Yinzi hurriedly came to report, interrupting An Lingrong's thoughts.

An Lingrong only had time to tidy up his appearance slightly, and saw the emperor walking in, and was about to get out of bed to salute, but was held down by the emperor, unable to hide the joy in his eyes, he said: "Rong'er, your father has made a great contribution." ”

An Lingrong was stunned for a moment, and then showed a surprised and happy smile: "Really? Her heart suddenly brightened, she smiled with crooked eyebrows, with no makeup, and even more compassion, "It is my father's duty to share worries and solve problems for the emperor." ”

Militarily, although Nian Qianyao won battles one after another and solved the troubles of external worries, he was suspected of being a meritorious master after all, in contrast, An Bihuai was more down-to-earth and loyal in matters of people's livelihood.

The emperor rarely praised: "There are floods in Jiangsu and Zhejiang every year, either the embankment here or the flooding there, your father has made a bold move since he was appointed as the commander of Songyang County, and personally visited the various embankments to feel the drainage, and strive to not leak any hidden danger." You need to know that the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill, and your father took people to repair a total of 134 people, and then reported it to Zhizhou, and then ordered the rectification of all the embankments in Chuzhou, and found no less than a thousand problems. Speaking of this, the emperor couldn't help but be shocked, "It's all a small problem, but it adds up to a lot, and it's also terrifying, if it weren't for your father's carefulness, I'm afraid there will be floods everywhere this year." Rong'er, I know that you have always been as careful as a hair, but I don't know that your father is the same. I am willing to appoint your father as the general judge of the continent, what do you think? ”

(End of chapter)