Chapter 121 An Lingrong 62
The prescription contained some warming and nourishing herbs, and there really wasn't anything wrong with it.
Lingrong felt something was wrong. Unfortunately, she was not a professional imperial physician and could not fathom the mystery. Moreover, Wen Shichu must have read the records of the Imperial Hospital after Zhen Huan's miscarriage. Even he had not discovered Zhang Mi's problem, let alone herself, an outsider.
She simply stopped looking and just reminded him, "Since Imperial Physician Li also advised you to rest, why not refuse Concubine Hua tomorrow?"
Zhen Huan, however, shook her head. "Imperial Physician Li also said that I'm just weak. Besides, Sister Mei has only recently recovered compared to me, and she's over eight months pregnant, so she deserves more rest. Concubine Hua has long considered the three of us a partisan. Now that it's difficult for you two to go, I naturally can't refuse."
Seeing Lingrong about to speak, she quickly grabbed her hand and said, "I know you care about me. If I really feel unwell tomorrow, I won't force myself."
Seeing her say so, Lingrong stopped trying to persuade her. The three of them talked for a while, and Lingrong sent them out because she was afraid they would get tired.
The next day, seeing the weather had cleared, Lingrong, having finally waited, could no longer wait. She hurriedly asked Ziyuan to have the servants boil some hot water, and only after washing herself so thoroughly that she felt as if she had peeled off two layers of skin did she feel alive again.
She was lying on the couch with her son, letting Biqing wipe her hair carefully, when she suddenly heard a noise outside.
"What's wrong?"
Ziyuan ran in in two or three steps, her face flushed with anger. "Your Majesty, Song Dekang outside said he came here on the orders of Concubine Hua to invite Your Majesty to the Yikun Palace to discuss matters."
"The Empress is still in confinement, how can she go out!" Bi Qing obviously didn't expect that it was someone sent from Concubine Hua's palace, who wanted to invite their Empress to go to Yiku Palace.
"Song Dekang said that according to the date, the Empress should be released from confinement today, so Concubine Hua specially sent him to invite her." Ziyuan was obviously shocked and angry. She had never heard of someone being summoned for a lecture just after the date. This Concubine Hua was too...
"This is too rude! How could they do this?!" Biqing was also very angry and wanted to beat him out.
Ling Rong smiled and angrily ordered Ziyuan, "Have him wait outside. I just finished my confinement today and am bathing and changing clothes. I will go after I am done."
"Yes!" When Ziyuan heard this, her face immediately lit up with joy, and she ran outside to confront the arrogant and annoying guy.
"Your Majesty, will this... offend Concubine Hua?" Although Biqing felt happy, she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. In the two years since entering the palace, they had never directly confronted Nian Shilan.
"What's there to be afraid of?" An Lingrong patted her sleeping son, clearly unfazed. "I didn't disobey her wishes, I just arrived a little late. If she's reasonable, fine. If she's not, there are naturally unreasonable ways to deal with her."
[Is it really okay, baby? I think the heroine is so brave that she can punish you even after she has become a concubine. Will she make you kneel down as punishment when you get there?] N1 is not as blind as Biqing. She thinks of Nian Shilan and is a little worried that she will go crazy.
[Of course she would.] An Lingrong knew without hesitation that this action of hers would definitely give the now lawless Concubine Hua an opportunity to lash out, and she would definitely humiliate her severely, just like she did to Zhen Huan.
"Ah? Then you're still provoking her!?"
[Because even if I don't provoke her, she won't let me go.] Ling Rong waited until her hair was half dry before she leisurely got up from the couch and asked Bi Qing to dress her up like Wen Wan, hoping to exude a Madonna halo and provoke Nian Shi Lan to death.
She's already showing off, trying to suppress the arrogance of us. No matter how respectful we are, we can't escape her false accusations. So why should I compromise?
After Lingrong and the others had dressed, she went back to the couch and touched her son's face: "Sometimes, you don't need many chips, just one, and you can get a seat at the table. After all, in this Forbidden City, only the Aixinjueluo are the masters, and everyone else is a slave."
She glanced at Song Dekang, who was sweating profusely under the scorching sun. His face no longer had the arrogance he had when he came. Instead, he looked as miserable as a dog that had lost its home.
She was able to remain standing because of the Nian family's arrogance and dominance, but if she wanted to suppress the concubines in the harem, wouldn't she have to form factions and do it herself? Otherwise, why would she, Nian Shilan, need Cao Qinmo's advice?
[There is no right or wrong in this palace, or rather, the emperor's will is right or wrong.]
Lingrong sat on the sedan chair that carried her as a concubine, fanning herself intermittently with the round fan in her hand. She slowly stood up when they arrived at the door of Yiku Palace.
"Tell them to find a place to wait. I just came out of confinement and am feeling unwell. After listening to Concubine Hua's instructions, I'm afraid they will have to carry me back."
After An Lingrong finished speaking, she walked in leisurely without even looking at Song Dekang's expression. However, she did not expect to see Zhen Huan and Mei Zhuang kneeling in the scorching sun with pale faces.
"Oh~ I thought it was some desperate thief who dared to break into my Yikun Palace at this time. It turned out to be Concubine Yi?" Concubine Hua was lying in the inner hall, saying this in a sarcastic tone. She was about to explode, but she didn't expect An Lingrong, who was usually taciturn in public, to speak first:
"I wonder what wrong did Wanpin and Hui Guiren commit to deserve such severe punishment from Your Majesty. Please consider that they are pregnant..."
"If you want to beg for mercy, kneel down with them!" Seeing that she dared to ignore her, Concubine Hua's originally relaxed mood immediately turned into anger. "Didn't you ask what they did wrong? I will tell you, they have no respect for the inferior and despise me, so they recite the "Nujie" in this scorching sun. But now it seems that their confidence was probably fueled by you!"
"Your Majesty, I am unworthy of your words." Lingrong bowed and replied lightly, which made Concubine Hua even more angry.
"Oh, I think you are very responsible. You deliberately came late today, contradicted me and showed no remorse. If I don't punish you, wouldn't it be encouraging the unhealthy trends in the palace?" Nian Shilan casually threw the fan out of Songzhi's hand, "Why don't you kneel down!"
Ling Rong stood there, her usually cold face even more solemn: "If Your Majesty charges me with this crime, I will forgive you for not obeying your order."
"You! How dare you disobey your superiors!" Hua Fei's words immediately made the eunuchs standing outside tense up: "Go, I want to see who will not kneel when I, Nian Shilan, ask them to!"
The leader Song Dekang was overjoyed when he heard this. He had just been scolded in Chengqian Palace, and he could hardly wait to suppress An Lingrong.
"Who dares? I am the Sixth Prince's biological mother, personally appointed as Consort Yi by the Emperor. Do you, a bunch of slaves, want to rebel?"
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