An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

After Lingrong finished processing the list, she sent Zhaoshui to deliver it to the Yangxin Palace. The emperor did not read it carefully, but just asked Zhaoshui to reply to Lingrong, saying that he would slowly consider it after Prince Guo returned with the announcement of the marriage.

It didn't take long to say that. In just one month, Prince Guo completed the task.

But strangely, he did not return to the capital to report immediately. Instead, other ministers did the job for him. He found an excuse that he needed to help a woman find her relatives and stayed at the border temporarily.

His excuse was reasonable. Although the emperor was angry, he could do nothing about Prince Guo's refusal to come back. He could only write a letter to reprimand him.

However, Prince Guo's attitude was relatively good. In his reply to the emperor, he sincerely admitted his mistake and said that he would return to the palace to apologize after helping the woman find her family.

In this way, even if the emperor is angry, he will have to calm down.

However, he also sent people to find Prince Guo, and found out that the so-called search for the woman's family was all false, and Prince Guo was just accompanying Zhen Huan to travel around the mountains and rivers.

The two not only ate, drank and played along the way at the border, but also took the opportunity to go to the south of the Yangtze River to see the misty rain described in the poem.

Without the constraints of palace rules, Zhen Huan and Prince Guo were very happy. The vows of love they had promised to each other had actually been fulfilled.

"When I was in the Old Summer Palace, I also went boating on the lake, but I never felt as relaxed as I do now."

Zhen Huan leaned on the side of the boat, paddling with her palms in the warm lake water that was bathed in the sun, and all her fatigue seemed to disappear.

Prince Guo sat aside, holding an oil-paper umbrella to block the sun for Zhen Huan to avoid being too scorching.

Zhen Huan heaved a sigh of relief, "Everyone says Jiangnan is great, and now I see it is indeed true. No wonder the late emperor preferred Jiangnan."

Prince Guo waved his fan, gently blowing wind for Zhen Huan, "The spring water is bluer than the sky, and I sleep on the painted boat listening to the rain. If it rains tonight, it would be great to listen to the sound of rain on this boat."

Listening to Prince Guo reading the poem, Zhen Huan slowly withdrew her hand, sat up straight, and pulled up her sleeves to cover her hands.

"You and I have been husband and wife for a long time, yet we still treat each other with respect." Prince Guo sighed. He didn't even finish the next two lines of poetry. Seeing Zhen Huan being so distant, how could he not feel jealous?

Zhen Huan smiled shyly and lowered her head slightly. When she raised her head again, her cheeks were flushed, and even her ears were stained with a little red. "Yun Li, in broad daylight, how can I... not be embarrassed when you say such things?"

When Prince Guo saw Zhen Huan like this, he immediately had nothing to say. He sat beside Zhen Huan with an umbrella and held Zhen Huan's wrist with his hand, "The woman beside the wine shop is like the moon, and her white wrist is like frost and snow."

Zhen Huan did not break free from Prince Guo's hand. Instead, she raised her head and looked directly into Prince Guo's eyes. "But the last two sentences are: Don't return home before you are old, or you will be heartbroken if you return home.

Yunli, you are missing your mother in the capital, or... you are missing your wife and concubines in the mansion."

"Huan'er, don't talk nonsense." Prince Guo held Zhen Huan's arm tightly, "In my heart, my wife will only be you. Meng Jingxian is indeed my wife, but that was not my wish, so it doesn't count."

Prince Guo was afraid that Zhen Huan would become estranged from him because of his marriage to Fu Jin. Therefore, he would always say that he had never considered Meng Jingxian his wife.

"If you are willing to marry me, you will be my only wife."

"Your Highness, you are joking," Zhen Huan pulled her hand back, stroking her fallen hair, "You married your wife in a formal ceremony, how can you easily replace her with me?

What's more, she gave birth to Yuan Che for you, so there is no reason to change your surroundings."

"Huan'er, Jingxian's giving birth to a child was not my wish. It was because she dressed up as you on our wedding night that I, drunk, mistook her for you, and that's how we became husband and wife.

But I didn’t expect that Jingxian became pregnant just that one night.

The child is innocent after all, how could I bear to ask her to abort it? "

"Of course the prince is reluctant to do so, and so am I," Zhen Huan shook her head and smiled bitterly, "Does the prince think I am someone who takes a child's life for fun?

I have had children and lost children myself. You don’t understand better than I do how important a child is to a mother.

If you and I have a child, this child will be more important than the prince. I'm afraid the same is true for Fu Jin."

Prince Guo remained silent. He was not willing to discuss Meng Jingxian's affairs with Zhen Huan, so every time this happened, he would remain silent and look at Zhen Huan with affectionate eyes.

When Zhen Huan was tired of talking, he would hold Zhen Huan in his arms and whisper that you are the only most important person in the world to me.

"For you, I am willing to give up everything, whether it's Jingxian or Yuanche, I don't need them.

Huan'er, this world is so vast, and all I want is you. Don't you understand now?"

"Your Majesty, I know your inner thoughts better than anyone else, but you can give up everything, but I can't let you give up.

Whether it's Meng Jingxian or Huanbi, whether it's the prince's mother or Yuan Che, they are destined to tie you down for life. If the prince gives up like this, it would be too irresponsible. "

Prince Guo let out a long sigh. If he and Huan'er wanted to be together, he would have to give up a lot of things. He had already made preparations for this. As long as Huan'er was happy, he would be happy even if he sent Huan'er back to the emperor personally.

"Huan'er, they live in the palace, they will never be short of food and clothing, they have enough money and servants, their life will be very comfortable.

It doesn’t really matter whether I’m there or not.

On the contrary, you would suffer so much if I were not by your side."

Zhen Huan sighed. She didn't want Prince Guo to leave her more than anyone else. Since Prince Guo had made his decision, she would just support him.

Therefore, Zhen Huan smiled almost immediately. She pointed at a red lotus among the green lotus leaves and said, "Yun Li, look."

Prince Guo followed Zhen Huan's movements and saw the only lotus flower. "Let's row the boat over and take a closer look."

Zhen Huan nodded in agreement, and the two of them asked the boatman to change direction. Then they stood at the bow together, watching them getting closer and closer to the red lotus.

Suddenly, a small boat came over, and a woman in green approached the red lotus first, and raised her white hand as if to pick the red lotus.

"Wait a minute, young lady!" Prince Guo said hurriedly. The woman in green raised her head and it was Ye Lanyi who had faked her death and left the palace.

Ye Lanyi had only been a concubine for a short period of time, and Prince Guo had rarely seen her, so he did not recognize her at first. "Miss, the lotus flowers are in full bloom. If you pick them now, wouldn't it be ruining the beautiful scenery?

Girl, you are very beautiful in your green clothes. If you take a few lotus leaves, you will be more graceful.

This red lotus does not match the girl's clothes today, please be kind and keep it."

Ye Lan'yi did not recognize Prince Guo, but she recognized Zhen Huan beside him.

She had originally wanted to take a closer look at Honghe, but was suddenly scolded, not only was she startled, but she was also teased and lectured by this stinky man. Her anger had already risen in her heart.

So she just snorted, and the hand that was touching the petals turned to pinch the lotus stem, and picked the red lotus in front of Prince Guo and Zhen Huan.

"Girl, I see that you are a well-educated and well-mannered person. How could you do such a wasteful thing?"

Ye Lanyi ignored her and threw the lotus on the boat, and was about to leave by boat. Unexpectedly, Zhen Huan, who had been silent beside her, suddenly spoke up, "Ye Da Ying, I didn't expect to see you here. We are really destined to meet."

"You've got the wrong person." Ye Lan Yi didn't want to pay any attention to Zhen Huan, so she rowed the boat away.

Of course, Zhen Huan would not let her go so easily. The boatman followed closely behind her and immediately went ashore.

Ye Lanyi's boat was left on the shore. She didn't take the red lotus with her, and no one knew where she had gone. Prince Guo looked around, but picked up the red lotus first and looked at it very carefully.

"This lotus is really beautiful," Prince Guo handed it to Zhen Huan, "Huan'er, we should plant a pond of lotus like this in our yard in the future, so that we can look at it every day in the summer. It will be beautiful.

Even if the lotus flowers and leaves wither in the future, we can still look at the remaining lotus leaves. If there is another rain, it will be even more poetic and picturesque. "

Zhen Huan responded. She was more interested in Ye Lanyi now, so she didn't listen carefully to what Prince Guo said, "Yunli, do you still remember Ye Yingying in the palace?"

"This..." Prince Guo frowned. He looked at the lotus in his hand, and touched the root that Ye Lanyi had broken. "But is it Ye Ying who punished the Queen Mother?"

"It was her. She was said to have brought disaster to the Empress Dowager, so she was sent to Ganlu Temple to pray for the Empress Dowager. Not long after, we heard the news that she had died.

The emperor didn't even see her body before she was buried.

Now it seems that the punishment of the Queen Mother was deliberately planned by someone in order to send Ye Lanyi out of the palace."

Prince Guo nodded, but he didn't understand why Huan'er was so anxious to catch up. After all, Ye Lanyi didn't look like a good sister to Huan'er. "Huan'er, do you have any grudges with her?"

"There is no grudge between her and me. We both faked our own deaths and escaped. We have some sympathy for each other, so I just want to sit down and talk."

Prince Guo did not doubt it, "If that's the case, it's okay to look for it.

However, looking at her like this, she doesn’t want to be found by us in the future. She may be afraid that we were sent by the emperor. Miss Ye may be frightened now.”

Zhen Huan turned her head and glanced at Prince Guo, her eyes sliding from his face to the red lotus in his hand, "This red lotus is really beautiful, no wonder the prince likes it so much and holds it tightly."

Prince Guo felt that there was something else behind the words. He did not think there was anything wrong with praising Ye Lan Yi in front of Zhen Huan, because he did the same to every woman, which was why he could be so kind to her and make the innocent girl fall in love with him.

"Huan'er, it seems you have misunderstood. I picked up this lotus flower for you to see. How could I have taken it for myself?"

"The flowers have been picked and are gradually losing their vitality. I don't like such flowers. Your Majesty should keep them for yourself."

Zhen Huan shook her head and turned around to continue looking for Ye Lan Yi who had left. She asked along the way and finally found the woman in green in a remote pavilion.

Ye Lan Yi was enjoying the breeze, and Tuan Rong in her arms was very well-behaved. Its little head was rubbing against Ye Lan Yi's hand. It was originally very comfortable, but when she saw Zhen Huan and Prince Guo coming over, she immediately frowned, stood up, hugged Tuan Rong and was about to leave.

"Ye Da Ying, why are you in such a hurry to leave? After all, we are old acquaintances. Wouldn't it be nice to sit down and chat and reminisce about the past?"

"Reminisce about the past? There is no old relationship between you and me to continue." Ye Lanyi glared at Prince Guo who was following behind Zhen Huan. "Since you have so much free time, why not reminisce about the past with Prince Guo who is following you? After all, there is an old relationship between the two of you, isn't there?"

"You know a lot," Zhen Huan sat down slowly. She looked at Ye Lanyi and made a gesture of invitation. "You were able to escape. Someone in the palace must have helped you. Let me think about it. Could that person be... An Lingrong?"

Ye Lanyi's breathing stagnated. She took two steps back and was about to leave, but unfortunately the stairs on the other side were blocked by Prince Guo. If she wanted to leave the pavilion, she could only fold down from the side.

"I don't have any other intentions. I really want to reminisce about the past with you. After all, I have helped you before, so we have some affection. Now that we meet outside the palace, you don't even want to say a word?"

"Your help for me? What kind of help can you give me? Will you send me to the Emperor as a promise?"

"I didn't cause this, and I have been trying to comfort the emperor for a long time. If Miss Ye has any complaints, she should blame the emperor."

"Hmph..." Ye Lanyi sneered, "If you hadn't brought me with you as a maid, I would have never seen the emperor in my life. I would still be a horse trainer in the Old Summer Palace, and I wouldn't have to live my life in fear like this."

"How could that be? The Emperor thought you were dead, so he would not send anyone to track you down. Why are you so scared?"

Ye Lanyi didn't want to pay attention to Zhen Huan. She took two steps to the side, thinking about how to roll over from the beauty's side. "If that's the case, why bother with you and King Guo to disturb my life?

You were originally the emperor's concubine, but now you live with Prince Guo. It seems that you also faked your death and left the palace. Aren't you afraid that I will tell the emperor about this?"

"I know you won't do that, so I'm not afraid," Zhen Huan coughed. She was a little afraid of cats, so she paid more attention to them. "You just need to tell me whether it was An Lingrong who helped you leave the palace."

"Why should I tell you? Could it be that the Emperor has discovered your escape and wants to use me to threaten An Lingrong to cover it up for you?"