"Niangniang, you can eat something." Dill came in with a bowl of hot porridge, and saw Cardamom holding a hot egg to cover An Lingrong's face, and felt distressed, "The emperor's hands are too heavy, the mother is thin-skinned, this slap mark will take many days to fade, how to hide it when I go to the queen's palace tomorrow." ”

An Lingrong raised his hand expressionlessly, dodged Cardamom's hand, and said disapprerovingly: "Do you still need to cover it up?" Coming out of the Heart Nourishing Hall this morning, so many people have seen it, and I'm afraid that it has already spread all over the palace, and I'm waiting to be laughed at tomorrow. ”

Cuiyin stood aside worriedly with a handkerchief: "I don't know what happened to Concubine Zhen to annoy the emperor, and I can't even persuade Niangniang." ”

"I knew that the emperor was so angry, and the slave didn't urge the mother to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace." Cardamom looked at An Lingrong's bloodshot right face, and regretted that her intestines were blue, "Concubine Hui begged the queen, and finally got to the emperor, and only said so many words, and the emperor was angry and dismissed the power of the six palaces, and then went to the queen mother's palace." ”

An Lingrong is not surprised, the queen has always been meticulous in layout, accurate and ruthless, either not moving, or hitting with one blow.

It was snowing again, An Lingrong looked out the window, the light of the candle flame dancing on the window, reflected in her eyes, clearly extinguished, and the sound of confrontation between her and the emperor seemed to be echoing in her ears.

"Could it be that without the shadow of Queen Chunyuan, the emperor doesn't love his sister?"

"Presumptuous!"

"Of course the emperor loves his sister, but Uncle Zhen helped the emperor dispose of Nian Qianyao and Prince Dun before and after, and the emperor was afraid that the Zhen family would one day be powerful, and Uncle Zhen had the power to restrain the emperor in the court, so he thought about extinguishing it when it first appeared, even if it was a trivial crime."

"Concubine Rong, don't think that if I love you, you can be unscrupulous!"

"The emperor is angry and embarrassed, is he being said by his concubine? The emperor wants to suppress the Zhen family with a clear conscience, so he wants to cut off the relationship with his sister, and use Queen Chunyuan to give up his sister, turning all these years of love into smoke, and everything can be treated as if it never existed. After the threat in the court ceased to exist, the emperor lightly exposed the matter, and still doted on his sister as before, this is the emperor's love, right? ”

"I am the emperor, the king of a country, I sit in this position, I am worried every day, worried that the former dynasty and the harem will collude together, and calculate me! Rong'er, why can't you understand me? ”

"The concubines don't understand the affairs of the previous dynasty, they only know that the emperor calculates people's hearts and deceives feelings, which really makes the concubines feel disgusting."

"Smack!"

The memory ended at that slap, An Lingrong came back to his senses, and he didn't realize that he was already in tears.

It's so cold, it's about to start spring.

Overnight, the situation in the palace changed, Zhen Huan was grounded, An Lingrong fell out of favor, Shen Meizhuang lost power, the triangular forces that had been in the palace for three years were wiped out in an instant, the queen monopolized the power, Fang Chunyi and Qi nobles were equally divided, and the beauty of a girl bloomed in the palace full of spring.

"Concubine Rong has always been diligent, why is it so late today?" The queen deliberately made a fuss at An Lingrong, and said coldly, "Concubine Zhen doesn't understand the rules, is it possible that you don't understand the rules either, or are you using this to express the emperor's dissatisfaction with Concubine Zhen's punishment?" ”

An Lingrong got up and knelt down, and said lightly: "The concubine is guilty." ”

The queen touched a soft nail, and she was not annoyed, but took a sip of tea slowly, turned to look at Fang Chunyi, and said with a smile: "The emperor has taken away the title of Zhen Concubine, but it embarrasses you, this Zhen Concubine Zhen can't tell who is who, this palace mentioned it to the emperor last night, and the emperor said that Zhen Concubine will be reduced to a noble, so that it will not be confused." ”

Shen Meizhuang was looking at An Lingrong worriedly, and when he heard this, he looked up at the queen, but saw that she was looking at him with a smile, so he couldn't help but swallow his anger and swallowed his words back.

Now she is only glad that she was fortunate to listen to An Lingrong's words last year, clarified the people in the palace and accepted a few henchmen, otherwise, after being seized power today, more than two years of hard work will really be empty.

Shen Meizhuang looked at the queen's smug smile, and couldn't stop hating in his heart. She was really blind, she actually regarded the queen as her own person, thinking that the queen was really unintentionally powerful, so she worked so hard to dot the six palaces, and never thought that she was just a dispensable chess piece in the queen's hand.

"That's really good, the concubine has been worrying about this for the past few days." Fang Chunyi followed the queen's words, and couldn't see An Lingrong still kneeling on the ground, "Yesterday, the concubine met the servants in the imperial dining room to deliver food to Broken Yuxuan, and when I heard them talk about how Concubine Zhen was, I thought they were talking about the concubines, and they were so angry that the concubines punished them severely, and later I learned that I had made a fuss." ”

The queen responded with a smile, and after a while, she reacted under Concubine Jing's reminder: "Look at the memory of this palace, I forgot that Concubine Rong is still kneeling." She sighed, "I used to always see you, but now somehow, I can't see you, and I ignore you when I miss you, get up and sit down." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother." An Lingrong's face did not change in the slightest, and he pretended to be deaf and dumb at the sarcasm of the queen's words, but after kneeling for a long time, he staggered when he got up holding Cuiyin's hand, causing the Qi nobles behind him to sneer.

"Concubine Rong is really delicate and frail, she has only knelt for so many moments and her legs are weak, what can she do, if she sees the emperor and is so rude, the emperor will be angry." Qi Guiren Yin and Yang said strangely, "Oh no, the concubine forgot, Concubine Rong hasn't seen the emperor for a long time, and she can't talk about rudeness." ”

An Lingrong sat quietly in his seat, unresponsive like a piece of wood.

Such a scene has been staged in Jingren Palace for almost a month, Shen Meizhuang wanted to reply for An Lingrong, but this could only be exchanged for the queen's intensification, everyone knew that this was the queen suppressing An Lingrong, and the emperor didn't know if he didn't know about it or deliberately connived at the queen, and he didn't have anything to say about it.

Seeing him rise up, seeing his building collapse.

It was Concubine Qi who also had some sympathy for An Lingrong, and changed the topic: "By the way, this year's show girls have already entered Beijing, right?" I don't know how many new people will be brought in this year. ”

"I heard that there is a particularly outstanding appearance this year, and his fame has spread to the palace." Xin Guiren answered with a smile, "I don't know how beautiful it is." ”

"Xin Guiren is talking about Yangzhou Xuezheng's daughter, Fu Ruyin, right?" The queen's smile faded slightly, "Born in a small family, it is the same as Concubine Rong, I don't know if I can be as favored as you were when I entered the palace in the future." The queen looked at An Lingrong.

It's just that An Lingrong didn't react at all, and after answering lightly, he drank tea by himself, and the queen didn't think it was interesting, so she asked everyone to kneel down.

Walking out of Jingren Palace, Shen Meizhuang took An Lingrong's hand and comforted her silently.

"Sister Mei, don't worry about me, I'm fine." An Lingrong smiled, and was about to say something, but when he looked up, he saw the sixth elder brother running over in a panic, "Sixth elder brother, didn't you go with An Kang to visit the Queen Mother today?" Why did you get here? ”

The sixth elder brother stood still in front of An Lingrong, panting, gesturing anxiously and panickedly, and kept pointing in the direction behind him.

An Lingrong was puzzled, so he could only guess randomly: "Is there something wrong with Ankang?!" ”

The sixth elder brother shook his head vigorously and shouted in his mouth: "Ahhh ”

"Sixth Elder Brother said, let you hurry up over there." Concubine Jing's voice suddenly sounded, she slowly stepped forward from behind, and asked gently to the sixth elder brother, "That's what you mean?" ”

"Uh, uh." The sixth elder brother nodded.

An Lingrong glanced at Concubine Jing in surprise, then turned to look in the direction pointed by the sixth elder brother, and reacted suddenly, Shen Meizhuang on the other side also thought of it, and the two said in unison: "Something happened to Broken Yuxuan!" ”

Before they had time to say goodbye to Concubine Jing, An Lingrong and Shen Meizhuang hurriedly followed the sixth elder brother in the direction of Broken Yuxuan, and Concubine Jing stood in place and watched them leave, with a touch of almost invisible envy in her eyes.

Outside the Broken Jade Xuan, An Kang was pulling Gongding to confront the guards: "Do you know who I am? ”

"You are Her Royal Highness the Princess." The leader of the guards replied helplessly and respectfully on his knees.

"Get out of the way if you know, I'm going in." An Kang raised his chin and tried to look down at the leader of the guards, although he was small, he spoke clearly, had a clear purpose, and his brutal and willful appearance was quite flattering when he first entered the palace.

"Well, don't mess around." An Lingrong came to relieve the siege of the head of the guards, "Zhen Niangniang can't come out yet." ”

"But Zhen Niangniang is sick." An Kang said seriously to An Lingrong.

Shen Meizhuang suddenly became anxious, and asked the head of the guards in a loud voice: "What's the matter?!" ”

"The people who broke Yuxuan just now wanted to break out of the palace gate, shouting that Zhen Guiren was sick and wanted to find a doctor, but the emperor ordered, Broken Yuxuan did not allow anyone to enter and exit, and Weichen could only order someone to suppress it, but he never thought that there was a palace maid who was clever, so he broke through a door and came out, and the guards inside were entangled with her, and the princess happened to pass by and heard it." The head of the guard explained.

"Bold." Shen Meizhuang was so anxious that he couldn't do it, and it was rare to speak fiercely, "The emperor just ordered Zhen Guiren to be grounded, but you still blocked her knowing that she was sick and didn't allow her to seek medical treatment. ”

As soon as the words landed, Liuzhu's cry came from inside: "Concubine Hui, my little master has not eaten or drunk for three days, and he just fainted, and there is really no way for the slave to break into the door, and please ask Concubine Hui Niangniang to quickly invite Imperial Doctor Wen to come to my little master to see a doctor!" ”

"What do you call this adult?" An Lingrong was not in a hurry, and asked the leader of the guards slowly.

"Don't dare to be a mother, Weichen's surname is Lu." Lu Shouchang replied politely and respectfully.

"Lord Lu, this palace knows that you have received the emperor's order, and you are only acting according to the order, but this palace also wants to remind your lord that if you want to go up, you need to see something other than the emperor's order." An Lingrong said slowly, "The emperor asked you to wait for the heavy guards of the broken jade xuan, except that no one is allowed to enter or leave, can there be a will?" ”

Lu Shouchang frowned: "No." ”

"Did the emperor say that Zhen Guiren was not allowed to seek medical treatment?" An Lingrong asked again.

"Nope." Lu Shouchang shook his head again.

"That being the case, Lord Lu should go and ask for instructions now, if the emperor clearly says that Zhen Guiren is not allowed to seek medical treatment, Lord Lu will be scolded at most, if the emperor allows Zhen Guiren to see a doctor, Lord Lu will just get rid of this matter, instead of making his own claims here." An Ling Rongfu said again, "The emperor is angry with Zhen Guiren's thunder, but he still cares about her very much, Lord Lu might as well take a trip." ”

Lu Shouchang pondered for a long time before bowing to An Lingrong: "Thank you Niangniang for your guidance." He turned to the door and shouted, "Noble Lao Zhen waits, I'll go and ask the emperor first." ”

"Hongu will go with you." Shen Meizhuang also followed him to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Inside the Broken Jade Xuan, Liu Zhu and the others breathed a sigh of relief. No matter how angry the emperor is, he will never watch the little master get seriously ill.

Outside the Broken Jade Xuan, An Lingrong led the three children to wait at the door, she hadn't seen her for a long time, and pulled her up and down.

Since the incident of Prince Dun, Gongding was sent to Shoukang Palace, the emperor was not angry with her, and asked the queen mother to choose a good family for her, and then marry out of the palace, for this reason, the queen mother detained her to embroider the dowry every day, which can be regarded as teaching her - taught by the queen mother, which can cover up a little bit of her identity as the daughter of a criminal minister, so that she will not be despised after she marries.

"I haven't seen you for half a year, and I've grown so much taller." An Lingrong looked at Gongding, who had raised half a head, and said with a smile, "Thirteen years old, it's time to talk about marriage, do you have a favorite person?" ”

"Rong Niangniang said and laughed, how can I have any favorite person, it used to be a boxy palace, and now it is a boxy palace, and I haven't even seen a few crooked melons and cracked dates, let alone eye-catching." Gongding smiled generously, with a sense of relief in his eyes, "It doesn't matter who you marry, the worst plan is just to get married, I just obey the order." ”

An Lingrong was slightly stunned, but he also knew that he couldn't change anything, so he could only take her hand and laugh at some trivial things.

After half an hour, Lu Shouchang flew back, followed by the panting Imperial Physician Wen, who opened the lock of the door of the broken Yuxuan, and Zhu Juqing Xiaoyunzi stood neatly inside, seeing that Imperial Physician Wen was coming, everyone was so excited that they cried and laughed.

An Lingrong stopped outside the door, but An Kang was small, and slipped in with a "sloppy" sound, the sixth elder brother was not clever enough, and he didn't keep up at the first time, and was stopped by the guards outside the door after half a beat, and he was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

"It's been too long since I've been out today, I should go back." Gong Ding bowed to An Lingrong and turned to leave.

An Lingrong didn't keep her, but said to Lu Shouchang: "The health of this palace is really playful, and I bother Lord Lu to send her back to Weiyang Palace later, and this palace should be a generous gift." ”