Chapter 123. Usurp
Uss? Wanguan?
It turns out that the name does not belong to me.
Zhen Huan's trembling hands almost couldn't hold this thin piece of paper, she burst into tears, and at this moment, she understood everything.
Why does the emperor use the word "Guan" as her title, why does she always feel that the emperor is always uneasy when he gets along with her, why can she bypass Rong'er and Sister Mei to be concubines first - all of this is because she is the replacement of Queen Chunyuan.
All the affection and favor are not for her, but through her shadow to send lovesickness.
Tears fell on the paper drop by drop, blurring a little tear stain, Zhen Huan clenched her teeth so that she didn't let herself cry, her heart was cold, and little by little it was cold into her bones, freezing all the love she had originally hidden in every corner of her body.
She thought that after going through so many things, there should be a true love between her and the emperor that no one could insert, she loved the emperor so passionately, and she was crowned a concubine at the age of twenty, even if it was Rong'er, she couldn't take her weight in the emperor's heart, but in the end, she was just a stand-in?
After Zhen Huan cried, she couldn't help but want to laugh, laughing at her delusions, laughing at herself for not being able to measure herself, Rong'er reminded her several times that she could only seek favor in the palace, not true love, she was all on the sidelines, and whenever the emperor treated her better, she forgot it all, it was really self-inflicted and could not live.
"Woo Woo?" The emperor's voice sounded behind him.
Zhen Huan turned around slowly, looked at the emperor from afar through the heavy curtains, and watched the emperor approach step by step with teary eyes, until she was only separated from her by a layer of foggy blue curtains: "Your Majesty ......"
"Wanyun, why didn't you call me Shiro?" The emperor's voice sounded a little unreal.
Shiro?
Zhen Huan burst into tears, this seems to be what Rong'er called the emperor in private, could it be that the emperor's favor for Rong'er also stems from Queen Chunyuan? Thinking like this, she was even more sad in her heart. Does the emperor only love Queen Chunyuan in his heart? With her before, no matter who she is after that, no one can compare.
"Wanyun, why are you crying?" The emperor lifted the curtain and looked over, his eyes stayed on Zhen Huan's tear-stained face, and the smile gradually faded, replaced by an indifferent look, "It's you." His gaze became a little detached, and he turned to see the letter in her hand, and suddenly, a look of shame came to his eyes, "Who allowed you to look at this?" After a pause, he rebuked angrily, "Who told you to come here? ”
Zhen Huan ignored it, looked at the emperor directly, read the letter word by word, and at the end, she couldn't cry: "...... May the soul of the ice and snow be knowledgeable, remember the sorrow of the husband, and be able to often sleep in a dream to comfort the lovesickness. Even if you get Guanguan, Guanguan is like Qing, temporarily think hard, and also 'get rid of Wushan Feiyun'. is a good one, except for Wushan Feiyun, a good Guanguan class. She cried and laughed, ignoring etiquette, pulled the emperor's sleeve, raised her head and asked him, "What about me?" What am I? ”
There was a touch of pain in the emperor's eyes, but he covered it, and said word by word: "It's your blessing to be a little like a cloud." ”
"Blessing?" Zhen Huan let go of her hand in despair, staggered back two steps, her chest seemed to have a big hole, the cold wind whistled through her body, swept away all her love for the emperor, she looked up and smiled and cried, crying, "Is it my blessing or my sin?" The love and time of the past few years, is it wrong-"
"Shhh
An Lingrong retracted his hand suddenly, and a bead of blood came out of his fingertips, rolling down the handkerchief that was about to be embroidered, staining a red plum-like bloodstain.
"Don't move, slave go get the medicine box." Dill hurriedly pressed An Lingrong's hand, got up and walked to the cubicle.
An Lingrong looked at the stinging fingers in a daze, his thoughts were chaotic.
The year has been peaceful and unpeaceful.
There were many rumors in the palace, all saying that An Lingrong deliberately cut a hole in Zhen Huan's auspicious clothes, wanting to prevent Zhen Huan from sealing the concubine, and after being discovered, he rushed to help, so that Zhen Huan could befriend her again because she owed her favors.
An Lingrong had no way to refute this, she could neither prove that this matter was the queen's hand, nor could she prove that this matter had nothing to do with her, so she simply closed the door of Weiyang Palace, saying that no one would see her illness. Fortunately, the emperor misses her and often comes to see her, and the people in the palace don't dare to put this matter on the surface, and only pass it on in private. But for this matter, Zhen Huan was a little colder to her, and even Shen Meizhuang didn't often talk to her.
An Lingrong sighed heavily, turned his head, and saw two pairs of big black eyes looking directly at her, and couldn't help but sigh again: "Ankang, where did you go crazy with your sixth brother again?" Sweat on such a cold day, and when the wind blows, it's time to catch a cold again. ”
An Kang raised his head and asked An Lingrong to wipe his sweat, and the sixth elder brother did the same, and also raised his head to let An Lingrong wipe his sweat.
An Lingrong smiled dumbly, wiped the sweat of the two of them, and asked them to take them down to eat snacks.
The emperor came to see her, not only to support her, but also to send her the sixth elder brother, saying that he would let her be temporarily guarded. An Lingrong had a headache for many days.
The sixth elder brother is the adopted son of the queen, even if he has become the queen's abandoned son now, it does not mean that the queen is willing to see the sixth elder brother being raised in the palace of other concubines, if the sixth elder brother is really raised in Weiyang Palace, sooner or later she will have a head-on conflict with the queen because of this.
However, it would not work if the sixth elder brother was sent back to Jingren Palace like this, the queen made it clear that she didn't want him, and even according to the queen's temperament, it was not impossible to kill the sixth elder brother to pave the way for herself. An Lingrong remembered Xia Dongchun's instructions before he died, and closed his eyes with a headache.
"Niangniang, something is wrong." Cardamom walked in quickly, "The emperor demoted the status of Concubine Guan, punished her for grounding Yuxuan, and stripped her title. ”
"What?!" An Lingrong was stunned for a moment, got up from the couch, sat down again, and muttered stupidly, "Sure enough, it can't be changed......"
"What did the mother say?" Cardamom didn't hear clearly, and then said, "Niangniang, go and persuade the emperor, Concubine Hui Niangniang has already gone to the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”
An Lingrong glanced at the sixth elder brother who was playing with An Kang, and thought for a long time before finally getting up with determination: "Prepare a sedan chair." ”
When he hurried to the Heart Cultivation Palace, An Lingrong was running into Shen Meizhuang, who had returned from the feathers, and the two glanced at each other, without saying anything, just one look was worth a thousand words.
"Mother, where are we going now?" Cai Yue kept up with Shen Meizhuang's footsteps and kept looking back, "Concubine Rong Niangniang has entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, why don't you follow her in?" ”
"Rong'er was able to enter the Heart Cultivation Hall because the emperor acquiesced that she could enter and leave freely, but not in this palace. The emperor didn't want to see the palace, so the palace went to find the queen and the queen mother, and staying in the palace would only be annoying. Shen Meizhuang's footsteps were hurried.
Here, An Lingrong slowly walked into the Heart Nourishing Palace, the air inside was oppressive and heavy, the emperor stood in front of the desk, writing the word "forbearance" over and over again, and crumpled it into a ball one after another and threw it aside, his face was so black that he could drip ink.
Su Peisheng stood on the side, hanging his head, he didn't dare to come out, and when he saw An Lingrong coming in, it was like seeing a savior, and he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Ouch, Concubine Rong, why are you here on this cold day?" The emperor was just thinking about Niangniang, but it happened that Niangniang came, and the slave went to pour tea, and Niangniang ate it warmly. Then he hurriedly left.
"Are you also here to intercede for Concubine Zhen?" The emperor raised his eyes and looked at An Lingrong with gloomy eyes, "Concubine Zhen is pampered and arrogant, her father also holds his own merits, and he doesn't take me in his eyes, I didn't demote her to a concubine It's already a love affair in the past!" ”
An Lingrong pursed the corners of her mouth and sighed lightly: "The concubine is not here to intercede for Sister Zhen. She stepped forward, took the pen from the emperor's hand, slowly rubbed his stiff arm, and said, "The concubine wants to talk to the emperor about the sixth elder brother, in the end, it is the adopted son of the queen's mother, and it is not a matter to always raise him in the concubine's Weiyang Palace, the emperor should send him back to Jingren Palace." ”
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and pulled out his emotions: "The queen doesn't like the sixth elder brother, and it's the same as if you sent it back, since you are tired, I will send him to the elder brother's office." ”
"The biological mother died early, the adoptive mother didn't like it, and the sixth elder brother may not be taken care of carefully when he goes to the elder brother's office, why don't the emperor choose a new adoptive mother for him?" An Lingrong said slowly, "At the beginning of the year, the concubine took An Kang and the sixth elder brother to pay New Year's greetings to the queen mother, and I happened to meet Concubine Jing Niangniang, who had never seen her, but he was very dependent on her. ”
"Concubine Jing's temperament has always been gentle and friendly, and it is not surprising that the sixth elder brother relies on her." The emperor nodded, "She's a suitable candidate." ”
An Lingrong smiled and didn't answer again.
This is the best arrangement she can make for the sixth elder brother, Concubine Jing has always avoided the world, if it weren't for Princess Haoyue in her previous life, she might not have joined Zhen Huan's camp and handed over the sixth elder brother to her to raise, she would definitely do her best to protect him. It can be regarded as worthy of Xia Dongchun's entrustment before his death, An Lingrong thought.
An Lingrong didn't think about keeping the sixth elder brother by her side, it's just that first, she has good health, but whenever something happens, the sixth elder brother will definitely be in the back row, and there may even be times when he can't take care of it, compared to Concubine Jing taking care of the sixth elder brother wholeheartedly, staying by An Lingrong's side will be inferior, secondly, she is too outstanding now, and the sixth elder brother is bound to attract everyone's discussion by her side, and when he grows up to be sensible, he will definitely be sensitive and suspicious, it is better to let Concubine Jing quietly fade out of everyone's sight, may be able to raise the same calm life as Concubine Jing.
Third, An Lingrong also had the intention of attacking the queen in this way.
According to the queen's temperament, what she doesn't want will not be allowed to be taken by others, even if the sixth elder brother can't speak, there is no hope of succeeding to the throne in the future, and the queen doesn't want him to become someone else's child.
"February 2 is a good day, I want to make you a concubine, how about it?" The emperor's anger dissipated a little, and he took An Lingrong's hand and said something else, "This concubine should have been yours, and now it should be back in your hands." ”
An Lingrong was stunned in place, her mind was in a commotion, but she didn't write the words "Are you crazy" on her face, looking at the slightly proud and inviting expression on the emperor's face, she bluntly and decisively refused: "Don't concubines." She pulled out her hand vigorously and looked at the emperor coldly, "The emperor took my sister's concubine position from the concubine, is it to trap the concubine in an unkind and unrighteous place?" ”
The emperor's smile paused slightly.
"The concubine didn't know what mistake my sister had made, so that the emperor was furious, demoted her sister's position, and stripped her of her title, but if it was for the concubine, the emperor didn't have to." An Lingrong felt that she was about to explode, she finally let Zhen Huan successfully seal the concubine, but it turned out that it was because of her that Zhen Huan was abolished as a concubine.
"Concubine Zhen is disrespectful to the first queen, so I punished her." The emperor was stung by An Lingrong's tone and attitude, "I thought, it should have been you who was the concubine, but because I was so willful, I let Concubine Zhen take the throne, but she was restless and guarded herself, stepping on my bottom line to disobey me and contradict me, how can I bear it!" Rong'er, I have wronged you in this matter, and I want to compensate you......"
"What the concubine wants, the emperor can't give the concubine, what the concubine doesn't want, the emperor insists on giving the concubine, is this the emperor's love for the concubine?" An Lingrong looked at the emperor with disappointed eyes, "Your Majesty, do you really know how to love someone?" Her eyes slowly dimmed, "Concubine Dunsu loves you, but you are always on guard against her, my sister loves you, but you are abandoned like clogs, the emperor, the concubine is really afraid, one day in the future, the concubine will also end up being abandoned." ”
"Presumptuous!" The emperor scolded violently and glared at An Lingrong, "You ......"
"Does the emperor also want to punish his concubines?" An Lingrong took two steps back, leaned over and knelt down, "The concubine receives the punishment." ”
"Rong'er, do you even want to do this to me?" The emperor looked at her tearful eyes, and softened his temper again, "Chunyuan will never treat me like this, Rong'er, you are the only person after her who understands me, why do you treat me like this?" I just want the best for you. ”
An Lingrong slowly raised his head, tears falling in a panic: "The purest and most sincere love of the emperor has been given to Queen Chunyuan, and no matter who she is after that, she can't compare to her status in the emperor's heart." The concubine is, and so is the sister, but the concubine saw it earlier, and the sister was deeply trapped. The emperor said that my sister was disobedient and contradicted you, but this was obviously caused by the emperor's connivance with her, why was it possible before, but not now? ”
She raised her hand to wipe away her tears, looked at the emperor and said, "Could it be that without the shadow of Queen Chunyuan, the emperor doesn't love his sister?" ”