"I read your report, I did a good job, this time I solved the smuggling case, and recovered nearly 100,000 taels of gold in salt tax, Zhang Tingyu played yesterday and was full of praise for you." The emperor looked at Ambihuai, who was only a few steps away from him, and smiled, "The treasury has been empty for many years, and salt affairs have always been a big trouble for me. ”

An Bihuai's scalp tightened, and he replied with a plank and a glance: "Wechen is just listing the experience of this time, the emperor governs the world with hard work, and what Wechen can do is only to be the emperor's hands and eyes, act on the emperor's orders outside, and serve in the interior, all of which are the duties of a courtier, and dare not take credit." ”

The emperor was very satisfied with An Bihuai's humility, and praised him a few more times before saying: "You have a heart and are willing to do things, I naturally want to rely on you." Now that the treasury is still not full, I intend to promote you to be the deputy envoy of the Salt Transportation Department of the two Zhejiang, and take care of the salt affairs for me. He patted the case and looked at Ambihuai, "Do a good job, I see all your merits, don't let me down." ”

"Chen'an Bihuai, the leader." Ambihuai lifted his robe and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

After talking about state affairs, it is a family matter, and the emperor's expression eased a lot: "You are far away in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is rare to go to Beijing, Rong'er is pregnant and misses her relatives, you go to Qixiang Palace to see her, she is busy preparing lunch in the morning, just waiting for you to go, you go to eat first, and then talk back." ”

Ambi Huai thanked himself and stepped back.

"Father-in-law Lao will lead the way." Walking out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, An Bihuai followed Xiao Xiazi all the way towards Qixiang Palace.

An Lingrong looked forward to it, and finally saw a familiar figure walking in from the gate of Qixiang Palace, looking at An Bihuai wearing a neat official uniform, and he was not as decadent as before, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he almost fell into tears again.

"Chen An Bihuai, I have seen Lord Rong."

"Daddy, get up." An Lingrong hurriedly stretched out his hand to support An Bihuai, looked him up and down several times, and then nodded with tears in his eyes and said, "My daughter is very relieved to see that her father is all right." Fu turned his head and ordered the people, "Let the small kitchen set the meal." ”

An Lingrong was looking at An Bihuai, and An Bihuai was also looking at his daughter.

To tell the truth, in the previous life, An Bihuai actually paid little attention to her eldest daughter, but she was her first child, her mother Lin Yun and herself were a young husband and wife, and they had shared weal and woe, even if he had a concubine and a concubine later, he still had a love for An Lingrong in his heart, but in his previous life, he was too underestimated and selfish, Lin Yun was not valued by him, and was repeatedly tortured, An Lingrong gradually developed a small family style, until he was close to entering Beijing, he found that An Lingrong was timid and cowardly, sensitive and inferior, and only had time to explain two sentences, Just watched her enter Beijing. I didn't expect that in my previous life, I would end up like that.

"Daddy has lost weight." An Lingrong didn't care about eating a few bites by himself, and kept giving Anbi Huai vegetables. She had something to say to Ambihuai, so she asked everyone who was supposed to serve to withdraw.

Ambihuai didn't have the heart to eat, so he put down his chopsticks after tasting two bites: "Seeing that you are all right now, I am also relieved." I was always worried before, afraid that you would not be suitable or afraid when you came back, but now that I see it, I am worried about my father. He looked at An Lingrong's gradually growing face, and remembered Lin Yunlai, "Since you were a child, you have not been like me at all, whether it is your appearance or temperament, you are the same as your mother, so that in my previous life, I always ignored you and made you suffer a lot." Rong'er, have you ever blamed your father? ”

Speaking of Lin Yun, An Lingrong's heart ached, he lowered his head with tears in his eyes, and listened to An Bihuai blame himself, shaking his head again and again: "My daughter is not to blame." ”

"You have always been sensible, you never fight at home, you will only hide and cry when you are bullied." An Bihuai sighed, knowing that An Lingrong had swallowed his grievances, "You should blame Daddy." If I hadn't paid attention to Lingya and ignored you, I wouldn't have let you live on the tip of a knife since I was a child, and I didn't care about sending you to the palace, thinking that I had found you a good lifelong support, but I didn't expect to push you into the tiger wolf's den. ”

An Bihuai remembered his previous life, angry and hateful: "I was too stupid, I listened to Liu's slander, so I insisted on sending you to the palace, and then went astray step by step, and I didn't know if I was miserable, I didn't know if I was miserable by your light, and I went up step by step by listening to what others said that you were very difficult in the palace, and there were many places to make silver, so I collected money everywhere and asked someone to send you into the palace, but I didn't expect that a silver ingot was never delivered to you. It wasn't until later when I became the prefect that I realized that I was just a dog chained to a corner by them all these years. ”

After listening to this, An Lingrong burst into tears, pinching the handkerchief and feeling sad from his heart.

"Rong'er, don't cry, it's okay, you can do it all over again." An Bihuai's eyes were also red, "In your previous life, you died in the palace, and the holy decree of beheading was sent to the house quickly, the emperor was furious, no one came forward for us, and those in the family either absconded with the money, or reported to save their lives, your mother...... Only your mother was with me until the last moment. He suddenly shed a tear, "In my previous life, I spoiled my concubine and killed my wife, failed your mother, blindly listened to others in the officialdom, couldn't see the current situation clearly, and couldn't see through people's hearts. If it weren't for Yun Niang's sincere touching of God, it would be difficult for you and my father and daughter to have today's scene. ”

This matter has been mentioned in the letter, although there are only a few words, but An Lingrong has been able to guess some. If it weren't for the pain, there would never be today's enlightenment, but the mother has gone, and An Lingrong will inevitably be sad again.

"I promised your mother that you will live as a person in this life, and you must never be victimized by traitors again." An Bihuai said seriously, "I have taken care of Liu's and Erlang, and hunted down her mistress, in her previous life, she secretly colluded with foreign men, cooperated with others, and deceived me around, Erlang is not my own child, I spoiled him for so many years, but in the end, he stabbed me in the back." ”

"What?" An Lingrong was so shocked that he clenched his handkerchief suddenly, "That Ling Yaya? "Aunt Liu's son and daughter used to bully her the most at home.

"Lingya is the blood of the An family, but she has been broken at the root with her mother, I sent her to marry an ordinary family a few years ago, and she also gave enough dowry, let her fend for herself." An Bihuai's face was as gloomy as ink, and he turned to breathe deeply, and said, "You explained in your family letter before, find a good private school for Xuan'er, and it has been arranged for your father." The child didn't know who he was with, but he was very good at reading, and he was admitted to Tongsheng after only one year of study. ”

"That's good, we can be regarded as a scholar in our family." An Lingrong eased his emotions, and finally showed a little smile, "The business of the Treasure Pavilion, Aunt Zhao can take care of it well?" ”

"Xuan Niang has always been a good hand in business, and it is very appropriate to hand over the business of the Treasure Pavilion to her, and before entering the palace, she also specially asked me to ask you, is there enough money around you? If it wasn't enough, she immediately asked someone to send some in. Ambihuai nodded and said, "They are all trustworthy people, and they don't pretend to be others." ”

An Lingrong chuckled and shook his head: "No need, I have enough in my hand, if my father has a balance in his hand, it is good to give a lot of kindness." ”

"Well, that's fine." Ambihuai responded, "You don't have to worry about things at home, everything is fine." I am ready to raise Xuanniang as a flat wife, although the Xiao family is respectful, but I don't have much knowledge, sometimes I can't hold up the scene, just forget it, I don't want people to occupy your mother's position, the Zou family, the Wang family and the He family have been sent out by me, and now the house is clean, Jingting and Lingdan are still young, and there are not many affairs to be taken care of. An Bihuai glanced at An Lingrong's belly, "When you are eight months old, I will let Xuanniang enter the palace to serve you, and you will help your father palm your eyes, if you think it's okay, you will set her, if not, you will make other considerations." ”

"Okay." An Lingrong nodded, and then beckoned An Bihuai to eat.

After the opening of the first month, the emperor was busy, and he didn't enter the harem for more than half a month in the blink of an eye.

On this day, An Lingrong did rouge with Zhen Huan in Broken Yuxuan and chatted about the New Year's concubine.

"She has been sick for a while, and she hasn't even taken half a step out of the gate of Yikun Palace, so it's not really sick or something else." An Lingrong put the pearls into the stone bowl one by one and slowly crushed them, "Although you are still grounded, it will not be so unsightly." ”

"She was stripped of her title, and she was demoted to the position of concubine, her status is far inferior to Concubine Qi, not to mention, and she is a little worse than Concubine Jing, she is so arrogant, she naturally feels that her face is dull." Zhen Huan took the stone bowl in An Lingrong's hand, "It takes a little effort to do this, I'll come." ”

"It's so delicate, and my sister is more careful." An Lingrong chuckled and let go of his hand, and said instead, "Except for Concubine Qi, I'm afraid that no one in this palace will laugh at her, and if she hides like this, she can't get over it in her heart." ”

Zhen Huan shook her head: "The nobles of Fucha often talk about their concubines, these days Chun'er somehow got close to her, and went to Yanxi Palace every day, and when she came back, she often told me what the nobles of Fucha said today, I felt funny when I heard it." It stands to reason that the number of Fucha family etiquette should not be bad, how to raise such an arrogant temper of Fucha nobles. Thinking of the previous incident, Zhen Huan felt funny again, "For you and me, she has found me a lot of trouble before and after." ”

An Lingrong also smiled bitterly: "I don't know when I got into her eyes, with such a noble background, I can't get close, I always feel that it's good to hold her and coax her, and I will throw my face at you if I don't like it." After grinding out the juice of the newly opened peach blossoms, An Lingrong took a closer look and smelled it, "Although the aroma of the newly opened peach blossoms is not strong, it is full of sweetness, and it is not afraid to eat it into rouge." ”

"It's just for you to be pregnant, otherwise who would be willing to spend this effort." Zhen Huan took a blank hand and nodded her nose, laughed, and turned to show a sad face, "Speaking of the Yikun Palace, I'm afraid it will be reset in a while, I heard the emperor talk about the border war, Nian Qianyao led the troops to the southwest to fight, and his second son Nian Fu is quelling the rebellion in Zhuozi Mountain, no matter which good news comes, the current situation will change again." Nian Shilan has not been in the concubine position for a long time. She sighed, "It's been a long time." ”

An Lingrong shook her hand and comforted: "Sister is relieved, the battle in this palace has never stopped, and it is good to have a peaceful birthday for a while." The young concubine lost the two arms of the Jiang brothers this time, maybe she has a headache, has my sister ever thought about installing her own people by her side? ”

"You mean, Doctor?" Zhen Huan's eyes lit up slightly.

An Lingrong nodded, and motioned for Zhen Huan to come over: "We can do this...... With the way of others, and the body of others......"

Zhen Huan listened carefully to her, her eyes gradually brightened, she looked back at An Lingrong, her eyes flashed, she covered her mouth and said a few words in a low voice.

In a few words, the plan was settled.

"Sister Guan!" Chun Chang's voice came from afar, and in the next second, she probed in, and when she saw An Lingrong, her eyes lit up, "Sister Rong, you're here!" ”

An Lingrong smiled and nodded to her: "I brought you a newly made jade soybean milk, dill, quickly bring it to Chun Changzai to taste." Then he said to Chun Changzai, "I love to eat this recently, it is sweet and silky, I think you must love to eat this bite, so I specially brought it today." ”

"Thank you, Sister Rong." Chun Chang was holding the small cup handed over by dill, sat down on the side, and watched Zhen Huan and An Lingrong make rouge while eating, "The weather is warm, everyone is thinking about this, just now I went to Yanxi Palace, and I met Mr. Jiang to send fat powder to the nobles of Fucha, I heard that the emperor specially asked people to make it, and it was not mixed with anything that hurt the fetus, I smelled the powder, it was really fragrant." Alas, I don't like to paint that, as soon as it's hot, my body is slimy and uncomfortable. ”

An Lingrong's eyebrows jumped, thinking of the events of his previous life, and the movements in his hands were also slightly stunned.

Zhen Huan didn't notice it, she only smiled at Chun Changzai: "Don't talk about it, this incense powder has to be wiped day and night, so that the skin can be nourished like a shelled egg, don't throw it aside for you two days ago, let Su Yun use it for you." ”

An Lingrong laughed on the side, listening to Chun often being coquettish.

In the evening, a imperial physician walked into Yikun Palace with a medicine box.

(End of chapter)