An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Golden Partridge

Back at Jingren Palace, the situation had turned around. Fei Wen and Jing Bai had been locked up in the cold wind all night, and they were extremely scared.

After Zhen Huan said coldly, "What should I do?", Fei Wen crawled to the emperor's feet without any care and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to lie! I don't dare to lie!"

She knocked very hard, but after just a few blows, her forehead turned red. Her hurried eyes wandered around, and when they fell on Jingbai, they suddenly emitted an unusually bright light and shouted: "Even if the emperor doesn't believe what I say, this slave." , you can’t help but believe Master Jingbai! She saw with her own eyes at Ganlu Temple that Dr. Wen often visited Concubine Xi!"

Jingbai walked out of the dark corner, her eyes averted because of her guilty conscience, and she hurriedly fiddled with the beads, still pretending to support the scene: "Amitabha, monks don't lie." She and Fei Wen both knew very well that now they are both Qi The grasshopper on the noble boat, if the boat capsizes, no one can escape. This lie must be kept true even if it bites the bullet.

However, a cold and melodious female voice broke her pretense, and Ning Guiren walked in furiously: "Master Jingbai's words are enough to make monks all over the world die of shame for you." She walked to the emperor's side without looking away, and squeezed away. Su Peisheng bowed slightly to the emperor, "I just wanted to go back to the palace to rest. Unexpectedly, I met the third lady and her maid on the road and told my father-in-law that they were going to find Concubine Xi. I saw that the father-in-law she was bringing was Xiao Yunzi. Xiao Yunzi He said that he also had an old acquaintance in Ganlu Temple. The concubine thought that Master Jingbai could not be trusted by himself or by multiple people, so he gave Xiao Yunzi his palace badge and asked him to find someone. . Unexpectedly, the third young lady and Xiao Yunzi walked very fast and came back in a hurry."

Ning Guiren spoke neatly. At the door of the side hall, Zhen Yurao flew in like a fluttering butterfly. Because she ran too fast, her hair on the temples was slightly loose, but she still couldn't hide her shocking appearance. She rushed towards Zhen Huan: "Eldest sister didn't come home all night, I'm so anxious."

The emperor's eyes fell on Zhen Yurao, his expression was dazed for a moment, and he blurted out: "Wan..."

"Just like a heavenly being." The queen replied with a careless smile. She raised her eyes and looked at the emperor with a slight smile. Under her calm smile was the fear she tried to control. "Concubine Xi's younger sister has an outstanding appearance, just like a fairy from Yaotai."

Zhen Huan's heart skipped a beat and she quickly held Zhen Yurao down, signaling her not to say more.

Zhen Yurao couldn't hold back, she looked sideways at the emperor: "The emperor has already deposed my sister once, does he want to do it a second time? Jingbai is not the only sister-in-law in Ganlu Temple, the emperor should listen to others."

As soon as the words were spoken, another girl walked in with big steps. Without looking at anyone else, she walked straight to Zhen Huan and put her hands together and saluted: "After several years of separation, is the frostbite on my hands still severe in winter?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Zhen Huan looked back in surprise and stood up. She couldn't help but shed tears: "It's much better now, but it will still hurt in winter." She looked at Mo Yan, and the stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.

"Do you also know about Concubine Xi's frostbite on her hands?" The emperor's face had improved a lot and he asked.

Mo Yan nodded, responded lightly, and then said: "The imperial concubine has to cut firewood, wash clothes, and do all kinds of rough work at Ganlu Temple. Her hands are still soaked in the river in the cold winter. How can she not get chilblains? If she doesn't do it, Jingbai will die." She was often beaten and scolded, and the imperial concubine was often sick. She was framed by Jingbai for stealing a bird's nest when it was snowing, and she was rushed to Lingyun Peak. She almost didn't survive several times."

These words really tore off Jingbai's fig leaf. She lowered her head, feeling guilty and short of breath, wishing she could run away immediately.

"Your Majesty, if Imperial Physician Wen hadn't visited her often, Concubine Xi might not be here now." Concubine Jing couldn't bear it and said quickly.

"You are still a monk, but you are so vicious." Xingui spat at Jingbai harshly.

"She didn't die in Jingbai's hands, and she wasn't too vicious." Mo Yan said coldly, "A place like Lingyun Peak is remote and difficult to navigate, and civet cats often come and hurt people. If Imperial Concubine Xi really had an affair with Imperial Doctor Wen, You can just leave, why bother staying there and suffering."

Zhen Huan is afraid of cats. This is something everyone in the palace knows.

The emperor felt a little heartbroken and looked at Zhen Huan: "Huan Huan, I have wronged you."

Zhen Huan twitched the corner of her mouth, but found that she had no strength at all.

Jing's face was as pale as death, and she was still struggling: "The poor nun did not treat the empress harshly. These are just the daily tasks that girls from Ganlu Temple have to do. As for Lingyun Peak, Lingyun Peak..." She stuttered and could not continue, so she had to keep her head down. head.

Liu Zhu also followed Zhen Yurao, stepped forward and knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, since your Majesty returned to the palace, I have been deeply grateful for the Emperor's kindness, so I never let my slaves talk about the hardships while practicing in Ganlu Temple. Who would have thought that today I would be raped? Such slander. When the empress left the palace and first came to Ganlu Temple, she had just given birth and was feeling unwell, but she couldn't even get a packet of brown sugar. Jingbai was ordered by the host to take care of the empress, but he closed the door to Aunt Jinxi. Or Mo Yan saw it from a distance and couldn't see it, so he sent a package over. During daily work, Jingbai always asked the empress to do the dirtiest and most tiring work. He asked her to scrub the floor tiles of the hall several times while the empress knelt on the ground. I wiped it inch by inch, and at the end of the day, I couldn't even straighten my waist..." She picked up a few important things to say, and every time she said something, Mo Yan would explain a few words beside her. All eyes were red.

"I'm still practicing. If I didn't risk my life, it's because of Concubine Xi's fate." Xingui wiped the corners of his eyes and said bitterly.

Jingbai's feet went weak and she collapsed on the ground. "Thanks to this sister-in-law, Concubine Xi suffered a lot of wrongs in Ganlu Temple, and she asked the emperor to punish Jingbai severely!" The noble lady said in a sweet voice, her lips as bright red as the blooming peony flowers, as delicate as a drop of beauty, "My lord, I thought she should be strangled immediately, and her tongue should be pulled out, so that she would not be in front of the Palace of the King of Hell, and she would continue to gossip like this."

The queen's eyes were like daggers, piercing the jade nobleman fiercely. If the situation did not allow it, she would have scolded the shameless villain for openly taking refuge in her and secretly helping Zhen Huan. How dare this little nobleman do anything under her nose. This is a counter-intuitive plan!
"I usually see you being quiet, but your words turned out to be so cruel." Shun Guiren looked at Yu Guiren in surprise, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether he was an enemy or a friend.

Jingbai's face turned pale with fright, and she pulled Qi Guiren's sleeves and shouted repeatedly: "Qi Guiren, save me, Qi Guiren! Qi Guiren! Save me, Qi Guiren!"

Qi Guiren had no time to take care of himself and turned away forcefully not to look at her, letting the guards escort Jingbai and drag her away. She knew that today's defeat was certain. She raised her eyes to meet the queen's eyes, and was frozen by the cold chill in her eyes. I shivered a little.

"Master Jingbai also said that he has not stepped into the harem for two years. When he saw me, he blurted out that he was a noble. When he offered the sea lantern, he knew that I was not a high-ranking person. It shows that he knows everything about the harem." Ning Guiren said coolly. , suddenly raised his voice, pointed at Fei Wen and Bin'er who were kneeling on the ground, and said fiercely, "It's difficult for Mr. Qi to collect you one by one!"

Bin'er cried and walked to Zhen Huan on her knees, crying and kowtowing: "Miss, I'm sorry, Miss! But I dare not not come to the palace, otherwise, Mr. Qi will let Chen Si beat me to death!" She lifted up her sleeves. , revealing the criss-crossed wounds on her arms, some of which were not healed, and some of which were scabbed. It was shocking. She turned to the emperor and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, although my young lady has known Doctor Wen for a long time, they really have no personal secrets at all." Love! Please understand clearly!"

Zhen Huan took a breath of cold air, stood up and knelt down: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qi instructed Bin'er, Feiwen and Jingbai to slander the concubines. This matter is clearly exposed, but I don't know who else instigated Mr. Qi behind the scenes, otherwise she wouldn't have such a big influence. I don't have the guts to think so carefully." She looked at the Queen out of the corner of her eye, seeing all her hidden anxiety and uneasiness.

"Concubine Xi's words are true. If this person is allowed to cause trouble in the palace, I'm afraid the harem will still have no peace in the future." Ning Guiren said from the side, "I hope the emperor will make a decision soon."

"Your Majesty Qi, if you are willing to reveal the mastermind behind this, I may be able to bypass you." Zhen Huan looked back at Mr. Qi steadily, "Whether you want your life or not is up to you."

Qi Guiren's eyebrows jumped, and her survival instinct made her impulsively want to shout out the name, but she stopped. After hesitating for a long time, her eyes suddenly lit up, she raised her head and shouted: "No one can control me, Concubine Xi "It's me who hates you! My family background and appearance are not as good as yours. Why do I want you to take all the limelight in front of the emperor! So, so..." She trembled her lips and cut off her only "So it's all my own idea!"

But the queen knew that even if Qi Guiren did not identify her, the emperor still had doubts about her. She whispered softly as if she was not in the situation: "It's good to have my own sister in the palace. Concubine Xi is with her own sister. I asked my concubine to think of the time when she and her sister served the emperor together in the palace. The sisters were together, sharing weal and woe. No matter what happened, at least one person would believe in her." She stood up and knelt down, looking at the emperor sadly, " Your Majesty, if my sister is still here, she will definitely believe that I am innocent!"

"I really hope your sister doesn't have a sister like you." The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at the queen with indifference, "I want to know that water..."

Before he finished speaking, Huichun came out and knelt down in tears, confessing, "Your Majesty, I didn't mean this. When I went to prepare some water, I took a handful. I forgot that I had just cleaned the white sails in the backyard." , I accidentally touched my finger with water. It was an unintentional mistake, slave!"

After hearing this, the emperor just hummed softly and lightly plucked the beads in his hand: "Huichun is so careless in doing things, send her to the Sentence Department." He then raised his hand to signal the queen to stand up, and warned coldly, "Your sister and the Queen Mother have always taught you to be peaceful and upright, and I hope the Queen will keep it in mind." He knew that the Queen was the one who contributed to the bowl of water. However, due to Chun Yuan's affection and the Queen Mother's face, he could only knock it. That's all.

The queen was helped by Jianqiu to sit back down. The soles of her feet were soft, as if she were stepping on a ball of cotton.

"The noble Guarjia family of Qi made alarmist remarks, disturbed the palace, and was thrown into the cold palace." After a whole day of quarrels, the emperor was really tired, so he closed his eyes and leaned on the back of his chair to rest. , a fine of six months' salary. The rest shall be handed over to Concubine Xi."

Jin concubine and Kang Changzai immediately stood up and knelt down.

Zhen Huan stood up to receive the order and straightened her appearance slightly: "Jin Xi, take Bin'er, Mo Yan and Yu Rao back first."

Cui Jinxi leaned over and took the three of them away first. Liu Zhu took her place and stood behind Zhen Huan.

"Feiwen, Jingbai, kill with the stick." Zhen Huan's voice was as cold as ice, without a trace of emotion. Listening to Feiwen's desperate cry when she was dragged out, she was not moved at all, "Since I returned to the palace, about There have been too many rumors about me and my twins. I didn’t blame them in the past because I thought the rumors were unfounded. Who would have thought that my repeated indulgence would lead to great disaster today.”

Lu Shouchang walked in holding a piece of bloody stuff and returned to his life. The faint smell of blood made everyone avoid him in discomfort: "My dear, I have cut out Jingbai's tongue."

Zhen Huan didn't even look at her: "Give Guarjia an extra tongue, so she will know how to take care of her own tongue."