An Lingrong's Rebirth: Changing Fate from the Suiyuxuan

Chapter 509 Return without Success

"That's how things are..."

Because Zhen Huan was still immersed in "sorrow" and couldn't extricate herself, at this time, An Lingrong became her "spokesperson" and told Concubine Duan the whole story of how they discovered that the auspicious clothes were damaged when they were in Sui Yuxuan.

As soon as An Lingrong finished speaking, Shen Meizhuang and Concubine Jing, who had been worried, also looked unhappy.

At this point, they finally understood why Zhen Huan and An Lingrong came over in anger.

If it were any of them, there would be no way they could let it go easily.

This was no longer simply a matter of anger in his heart, but also involved the suspicion of damaging the imperial gift!

Even if the emperor would not punish Zhen Huan because of his preference for her, it would be a good excuse for others.

Zhen Huan had already been the subject of much discussion because she had always been favored by Emperor Yongzheng. Now that something like this had happened, in the eyes of those people, wasn't this a good handle?

"Empress Duan, this matter must be thoroughly investigated!"

Seeing that Concubine Duan had remained silent after listening to the story, Shen Meizhuang immediately spoke up, "Not to mention that the auspicious day for the enthronement of Concubine Wan is getting closer, even if there is plenty of time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must deal with such a mistake severely! Otherwise, they will only become more lawless in the future. What can we do if this continues?"

"Not bad!"

After Shen Meizhuang finished speaking, Concubine Jing also nodded repeatedly, expressing her support for Zhen Huan to Concubine Duan.

Until now, they all agreed that the reason why Zhen Huan's auspicious dress had such a big tear was that the Imperial Household Department must have damaged it due to carelessness, but in order to avoid responsibility, they pretended not to know and still sent the dress to Zhen Huan.

After all, under normal circumstances, unless Zhen Huan was crazy, how could she destroy her own auspicious clothes?

"What my two sisters said makes sense. Don't worry, I will definitely give justice to Wanpin!"

Even when An Lingrong was speaking, Concubine Duan had already begun to make calculations in her mind.

With Concubine Duan's intelligence, she felt that it was possible that this matter was not done by the Imperial Household Department.

Zhen Huan has quite a few enemies in the palace!

Putting aside the deposed Nian Shilan, among the rest, the queen appears to be virtuous and generous, but in fact... she is unfathomable!

And Concubine Qi, Concubine Li, and even the Fucha clan were not good men and women either.

They all had their own grudges against Zhen Huan, and it would be nothing out of the ordinary for them to take action at this time to disrupt her plan to make her a concubine, or even ruin the whole thing.

Having said that, in Concubine Duan's heart, she actually already had a very suitable person to suspect.

Unfortunately, even if she and Zhen Huan were the only ones together here, Concubine Duan would never express her thoughts.

After some thought, Concubine Duan felt that no matter what, the blame would fall on the Imperial Household Department anyway.

Thinking of this, Concubine Duan said to her maid, "Jixiang, go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ask the chief eunuch Jiang Zhongmin to come see me!"

Concubine Duan also knew Jiang Zhongmin's background.

The other party was the Queen's man. This was no secret to the old people in the palace.

As early as when Nian Shilan was still Concubine Hua, she also promoted her distant relative Huang Guiquan to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition to making profits for her own people, she also did so because having a chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who was one of her own would bring her many "conveniences" on a daily basis.

Because of this, as soon as Nian Shilan fell, the Queen immediately and impatiently arranged her people to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In this matter, Yongzheng was also fully aware of the Queen's actions.

But the reason why Yongzheng acquiesced was not only to suppress Nian Shilan, who was almost out of power at the time, but also to let the queen take power.

Anyway, the queen has arranged her own people to go up with such fanfare. If something happens in the future, can the queen still run away?

The reason why Concubine Duan had previously begun to doubt the Queen was because in addition to having the "motive", the Queen also had the ability to do such a thing.

In fact, with her status as a queen, she didn't have to do anything herself, as there were a lot of people who would take the initiative to serve her.

In comparison, those concubines of lower status couldn't even enter the gate of the Imperial Household Department, let alone touch Zhen Huan's auspicious clothes?

Concubine Duan was thinking this in her mind, but she remained calm on the surface. She just comforted Zhen Huan with gentle words to ease her mood.

After all, Shen Meizhuang was still young and inexperienced. Although she was well aware of the ways of the world, she could not make good use of them, and naturally could not see through the essence of the matter at a glance.

Seeing that Zhen Huan was in a low mood again, Shen Meizhuang had no extra energy to think about it. Instead, she concentrated on accompanying her good sister and comforting Zhen Huan.

The remaining Concubine Jing wanted to speak, but then she changed her mind and realized that this matter seemed to have many suspicious points, not to mention that Concubine Duan had also come forward, so she should just wait and see what happened.

Thinking of this, Concubine Jing remained silent, but she was not idle either. Instead, she asked her maids to prepare snacks and tea to entertain An Lingrong and Zhen Huan.

An Lingrong noticed the expressions and reactions of the concubines, but she had already made a judgment in her mind.

Concubine Duan had deep feelings for the emperor, but other than that, she seemed to be isolated from the world in this palace.

Concubine Duan must have hated Nian Shilan to the core, but now that she had been stripped of her title and became a commoner and banished to the cold palace, Concubine Duan could be said to have avenged her great hatred.

Therefore, Concubine Duan, who had been bedridden, suddenly recovered. Not only was she able to walk around, she could even share the pressure for the empress with Concubine Jing and others as requested by the emperor.

It can be seen that when one is truly sick, one needs to use heart medicine to treat the disease, only then can the disease be cured!

Therefore, as long as it does not involve the emperor's affairs, even if Concubine Duan will not help, she will not add insult to injury behind the scenes, and will more likely just stand by and watch.

As for Concubine Jing, although she saved Shen Meiyu's fetus and now has Shen Meiyu and the little princess with her, her own position has become more stable, but her principles of moderation and conservatism have not changed at all.

Thinking of this, An Lingrong knew that she would probably have to rely on Zhen Huan herself to make the move, and then she and Shen Meizhuang would assist from the side.

When the time is right, Concubine Duan and Concubine Jing might speak up.

However, they cannot put all their hopes on these two, otherwise the results will definitely not be satisfactory.

Just as An Lingrong was thinking, Jixiang came back, and with him came two young eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department. However, Jiang Zhongmin, the general manager of the Imperial Household Department who Concubine Duan wanted to see before, was nowhere to be seen.