Chapter 569 The Legend of Zhen Huan An Lingrong 26
Chapter 569 The Legend of Zhen Huan An Lingrong 26
He paused, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his deep eyes: "In this harem, anyone who dares to touch you, I will not let anyone go."
An Lingrong's heart warmed when she heard this, and her tears flowed even harder. She tightly grasped Yinzhen's hand, as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, and finally regained a sense of security.
She choked up and said intermittently: "Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace..."
Yinzhen smiled gently, wiped away the tears on her face, and said softly: "Li Fei, do you like this title?"
An Lingrong finally realized that Yinzhen not only wanted to protect her, but also wanted to make her his concubine! She was flattered and overwhelmed with emotions. For a moment, she didn't know how to express herself.
She could only hold Yinzhen's hand tightly and nod continuously. In her tear-blurred vision, Yinzhen's handsome face looked even more gentle and charming.
"Su Peisheng," Yinzhen called out.
Su Peisheng immediately bowed and replied, "Your servant is here."
"Draft an imperial decree to confer the title of Li Fei on An and announce it to all the palaces." Yinzhen's tone was firm and left no room for doubt.
"Yes!" Su Peisheng took the order and left, secretly sighing in his heart that this An was so lucky to be so favored by the emperor.
The news spread, and the six palaces were shaken. When the queen heard the news, the teacup in her hand fell to the ground with a "smack", and Fan Jianqiu saw this and hurried forward to comfort her: "Your Majesty, calm down. This An is just a humble girl. The emperor is just interested in her for a while. After a while, the emperor will naturally get tired of her."
Yi Xiu sneered: "Just a temporary novelty? I don't think so!"
Jianqiu carefully observed Yixiu's expression and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, the only plan now is to wait and see what happens, and then take it step by step. Although An is favored, her foundation is shallow after all. As long as we find her weakness, we will not be afraid of not being able to overthrow her."
Yixiu took a deep breath, tried to suppress the anger in her heart, and said in a deep voice: "You are right, I can't lose my composure. An Lingrong, we will see!"
Yinzhen learned that it was the Queen who plotted to frame An Lingrong, and he was furious and wanted to punish the Queen immediately. But he knew that this matter needed to be considered carefully and should not be rushed.
He suppressed his anger, took An Lingrong's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Rong'er, follow me."
He didn't want to wait any longer, so he took An Lingrong straight to Jingren Palace.
In Jingren Palace, the Queen sat upright, twisting a string of Buddhist beads in her hand. She seemed calm, but she was actually anxious. The news that An Lingrong was favored and was canonized as Li Fei exploded in her ears like thunder, making her almost unable to breathe. She tried hard to maintain the dignity of the Queen, but she couldn't hide the panic in her eyes.
From outside the palace came the eunuch's shrill announcement: "The Emperor has arrived, and Concubine Li has arrived—"
Yixiu stood up suddenly and almost staggered to the palace door to greet him. Yinzhen, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, walked in with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, while An Lingrong followed him meekly, with a hint of sickly weakness between her eyebrows, which made her look even more pitiful.
"I respectfully welcome the Emperor."
Yinzhen ignored her and pulled An Lingrong to sit in the main seat, the phoenix chair that originally belonged to the queen. An Lingrong was flattered and subconsciously wanted to get up, but Yinzhen held her tightly.
"I said, no one in this harem can wrong you." He said firmly, with an unquestionable dominance. Yixiu stood aside, her face pale, her hands tightly clenched with Buddhist beads, her knuckles white.
She tried hard to maintain the demeanor of a queen, but she could not hide the resentment and unwillingness in her eyes.
"Empress," Yinzhen's voice was as cold as ice: "Do you admit your guilt?"
Yixiu took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
"I don't know, Your Majesty, please tell me clearly."
"You framed Concubine Li and stirred up trouble in the harem. Do you think I know nothing about it?" There was a hint of sarcasm in Yinzhen's tone, and his eyes were as sharp as knives, as if they could see through people's hearts.
Yixiu trembled all over, and the Buddhist beads in her hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound, which was particularly harsh in the silent hall. "Your Majesty... Your Majesty is innocent..."
"Bring the people up!"
Baojuan knelt on the ground, shaking like a sieve.
"I...I dare not deceive the emperor. Everything was done by the Empress. It was the Empress who gave me a packet of medicine powder and asked me... asked me..." Baojuan burst into tears and spoke intermittently. Fear and regret intertwined together, almost making her collapse.
"What kind of powder?" Yinzhen's voice was low, but it carried a chilling pressure.
"Yes... it is a powder that can cause women to have miscarriages..." Baojuan said this tremblingly, and then collapsed to the ground, as if she had lost all her strength.
Yixiu's face turned pale, her lips trembled, but she was powerless to refute. She didn't expect Baojuan to betray her so easily, and she didn't expect Yinzhen to protect An Lingrong so much.
She clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hand, her nails almost digging into her flesh, but she felt no pain at all, only a chill that penetrated her bones.
"Queen, do you have anything else to say?" Yinzhen's eyes were cold, like a sharp sword, piercing Yixiu's heart.
Yixiu took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent! Baojuan is just a servant, how can you take her words seriously? I am the queen, how could I do such a vicious thing?"
"Unfair?" Yinzhen sneered, took out a letter from his sleeve and threw it in front of Yixiu: "Take a look for yourself!"
Yixiu opened the letter with shaking hands, and the contents of the letter made her feel like she was falling into an icy cave. She never thought that the secret she had hidden for many years would be exposed to the sun in this way.
The letter recorded in detail how she took advantage of Empress Chunyuan's pregnancy and replaced the originally mild abortion-maintaining medicine with a medicine that would cause dystocia.
It also records how she gradually consolidated her position in the harem, eliminated dissidents, and even how she secretly bribed Baojuan, intending to use the dragon fetus in Noble Lady Fucha's belly to frame An Lingrong.
Every line of words was like a sharp knife, stabbing Yixiu's heart. Before her eyes appeared the painful look of Queen Chunyuan before her death, and An Lingrong's eyes full of fear and despair. She had always thought that she had hidden it perfectly, but she didn't expect that Yinzhen knew everything.
"No, it's impossible..." Yi Xiu's face turned pale, he muttered to himself, and shook his head desperately, trying to deny it all.
"The facts are in front of us, what else do you have to argue about?" Yinzhen's voice was cold and ruthless, like the chilly wind in the cold winter, which made Yixiu feel cold all over.
Yixiu slumped on the ground, her eyes empty, as if she had lost her soul. She knew that everything was over. Everything she had worked so hard for was destroyed in an instant. She had planned everything, but in the end, she ended up like this.
NFBE