The current situation is completely beyond An Lingrong's expectations. Even her family doesn't know what is going on.

Just as she was thinking about it, Song Zhi, who was beside Concubine Hua, suddenly came and brought some Dong'e Ejiao to An Lingrong. After putting it down, she said to An Lingrong: "Our queen said that you don't have to worry about Lord An's escorting of grain and grass. Just take good care of your pregnancy."

An Lingrong was even more confused. What was going on?

After waiting anxiously for a few days, the emperor suddenly came.

As soon as the emperor came in, he sat on the couch and asked An Lingrong: "I think Rong'er also knows about the matter of grain and grass in the northwest these days. Why didn't I see you come to see me?"

An Lingrong knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, my father has always been timid and cowardly. If my father really did something wrong, I understand that the country has its own laws, and I will not side with my father."

Yinzhen nodded, then helped An Lingrong up: "Okay, don't kneel down so easily when you are pregnant. Although the northwest grain and grass encountered stray soldiers, your father led the troops to resist after Jiang Wenqing escaped. Although he was outnumbered, he still saved half of the grain and grass, and solved the urgent need in the northwest."

An Lingrong was very excited, thinking that her good father had finally done something good. Just when she was about to kneel down to thank him and flatter him, the emperor said, "Of course, you just said that your father was timid. So, your father wore a soft armor when he was escorting grain, but the price of this soft armor was far beyond what he, a county magistrate, could afford. So I followed up and found that your father had embezzled nearly 1,000 taels of silver."

When An Lingrong heard this, she immediately knelt down, cursing in her heart that she knew that this bastard An Bihuai would not do anything good for her.

"However, An Bihuai donated all the money he had embezzled to the Northwest War, and replenished the looted food and grass in time, thus atonement for his crime." This emperor liked to talk with heavy breathing, which scared her so much that she almost gave birth to her child.

The emperor smiled and helped An Lingrong up: "I've told you not to kneel down at every turn." "Thank you, Your Majesty." An Lingrong thanked him, but in her heart she had already cursed the emperor.

The emperor pulled An Lingrong to sit on the couch and said: "I came to you this time to talk to you about promoting your father." "Promotion?" An Lingrong was stunned.

The emperor nodded: "Yes, although your father was corrupt, he handed over all the embezzled money in time and replenished the food and grass, which offset his faults. However, your father led the remaining soldiers to resist the wandering soldiers and protected most of the food and grass, so I decided to promote him."

According to An Lingrong's understanding of the emperor over the past decade, this must be a test. So she knelt down again and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my unfilial behavior. My father really doesn't have the ability." The emperor saw An Lingrong kneeling down again and quickly pulled her up.

He patted An Lingrong's hand and asked, "Oh, why?"

"Your Majesty, you don't know that my mother is an embroiderer in Suzhou. My father's current position as county magistrate was all thanks to the donation from my mother's embroidery sales. My father was just a spice vendor before he became an official. The first thing he did after becoming an official was to take a concubine. He has no ability to be an official." When these words were spoken, coupled with An Lingrong's action of wiping her tears, she looked so pitiful, and it was so heartbreaking to see.

"Okay, okay, you're pregnant, so stop crying. I have a plan for this matter, so don't worry." The emperor wiped An Lingrong's tears and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Afterwards, Yinzhen accompanied An Lingrong to do prenatal education for the baby in her belly for a while and then left because a minister wanted to see him.

After An Lingrong sent the emperor away, she sat on the couch and cursed An Bihuai, the idiot, in her heart. According to An Lingrong's understanding of An Bihuai, it must be because of An Lingrong's letter that he knew that the food and grass matter was of great importance and wanted to take advantage of it.

As a result, because he was timid and afraid of getting hurt, he spent a lot of money to buy a piece of soft armor. Alas, the food and grass were saved, but his corruption was also exposed. Really, buying soft armor is fine, and buying such an expensive one, without considering whether he is worthy of being a county magistrate.

An Lingrong now understood what Concubine Hua meant. When there was a problem with the food and fodder, Concubine Hua must have sent a letter to Nian Gengyao to inquire about the situation, so she also knew about her father's situation.

No wonder he said he didn't have to worry about the food and fodder, and no wonder his family didn't know what was going on. I guess his mother thought An Bihuai was arrested because of the food and fodder issue, so she asked the wrong question. It turned out that it wasn't the food and fodder that An Bihuai was caught embezzling.

Fortunately, An Bihuai was sensible and stopped embezzling money after An Lingrong scolded him. He also used all the embezzled money to make up for the robbed food and grass. An Lingrong was almost scared to death.

After she recovered, An Lingrong wrote two letters home. Since the emperor knew everything anyway, in addition to writing about An Bihuai's current situation, An Lingrong also wrote another letter to admonish An Bihuai, directly telling him to be a good official and that she could not protect him.

After sending the letter, An Lingrong sat on the couch and asked Baoyu to fetch some more glutinous rice flour and tapioca flour, as she wanted to eat pearl meatballs. She specifically asked Baoyu to take less tapioca flour, as she couldn't eat too much now.

An Lingrong sighed and touched her belly. It really didn't stop. It wouldn't be long before Princess Wen Yi would vomit milk.

But before that, there was also the matter of Shen Meizhuang's fake pregnancy. Oh, every day, An Lingrong was so worried that her stomach hurt.

(Sorry (T ^ T), the order was wrong. I have corrected it now. I am very sorry (T ^ T). Please forgive me for affecting your viewing experience.)

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