The Legend of Zhen Huan: Rebirth of An Lingrong: Counterattack to Become the Queen Mother

As everyone stared intently at Concubine Qi, an undercurrent quietly surged outside the palace. Su Wanqing's father, a scheming and manipulative businessman, grew increasingly resentful of his daughter's fall from power within the palace, and began to stir.

He secretly gathered a group of counselors in his own mansion and said with a gloomy face: "My daughter was oppressed by Zhen Huan and An Lingrong in the palace for no reason. I, Su, swear not to be a human being if I don't avenge this!"

One of the counselors said cautiously, "Master, that is the imperial palace. If we act rashly, we might bring about a catastrophic disaster."

Father Su sneered, "Of course I won't act rashly. I've already sent people to the palace to secretly contact some people who have been offended by Zhen Huan and An Lingrong. They also want to bring them down. As long as we work together from within and without, we will definitely put them in trouble."

Meanwhile, in the palace, Zhen Huan and An Lingrong were still unaware of Su's father's plot. Zhen Huan said to An Lingrong, "Huan'er, we need to think carefully about this matter of Concubine Qi. We can't let her know that we are investigating her."

An Lingrong nodded: "That's right, Lord Buddha. We can start with the palace maids around her, maybe we can find a breakthrough."

At this moment, Lingxi suddenly ran over and said breathlessly, "Old Buddha, Empress Dowager An, I heard a young eunuch say that there seem to be some strangers secretly moving around in the palace recently. I don't know what they are planning."

Zhen Huan frowned. "A stranger? This palace is heavily guarded. How could a stranger come in and out so freely? Could someone have done this on purpose?"

An Lingrong felt uneasy. "Could this be related to our enemies? Lingxi, do you know where those strangers appeared?"

Lingxi shook her head: "I only heard that they appeared in a remote corner of the Imperial Garden, and I don't know anything else."

Zhen Huan said to Fu Heng, "Fu Heng, take some people to the Imperial Garden to check it out. Be very careful and don't alert the enemy."

Fu Heng took the order and left. In the Imperial Garden, Fu Heng and his men searched carefully and indeed found some suspicious footprints and some discarded notes. The notes had some strange symbols written on them, which Fu Heng couldn't understand, so he brought the notes back to present to Zhen Huan and An Lingrong.

An Lingrong looked at the note and was startled. "I think I've seen this symbol before in the account book of my spice shop. Could it be that Su Wanqing's father is behind this?"

Zhen Huan asked doubtfully, "Are you sure? Why is Father Su going to such great lengths to plot this in the palace?"

An Lingrong gritted her teeth and said, "He must be trying to avenge Su Wanqing. He thought we were isolated and helpless in the palace, so he wanted to plot against us."

Lingxi said with some fear: "Old Buddha, Queen Mother An, what should we do? Will they hurt us?"

Zhen Huan comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Lingxi. We also have our own power in the palace. It won't be easy for them to succeed."

An Lingrong pondered for a moment and said to Zhen Huan, "My Lord, we can first take advantage of their tricks. Pretend we don't know about their plot, then make secret arrangements. When they reveal their true intentions, we can take them down in one fell swoop."

Zhen Huan nodded: "This is a very good plan. However, we must be more cautious and not let them realize that we have discovered their plan."

Zhen Huan and An Lingrong then began quietly deploying personnel within the palace to closely monitor the every move of those suspected of involvement. Meanwhile, Father Su, still convinced his plan was flawless, intensified his plot with his inner circle to strike a fatal blow against Zhen Huan and An Lingrong. Within the harem, a turbulent storm, unleashed by Father Su, was about to unfold. Could Zhen Huan and An Lingrong once again overcome this danger and maintain their position and peace within the palace? Everything remained uncertain, and a tense atmosphere, like a gloomy haze, enveloped the entire palace.