latelenovela Chapter 60 An Lingrong (60)
Chapter 60 An Lingrong (60)
An Lingrong gritted her teeth and uttered a word: "Buy!"
The system happily agreed, and quickly deducted all of An Lingrong's few points as interest paid in advance, and then told An Lingrong the truth: "It was Zhen Huan who hired someone to poison Nian Shilan."
An Lingrong asked, "Who helped her?"
"This is another price." The system's voice is annoying.
"It only takes 15 points to reveal the 'kind-hearted person' who helped Zhen Huan. Do you want to buy it?" The system's voice was full of expectation.
But An Lingrong resolutely refused.
She felt relieved knowing that it was not the emperor's doing.
As for who helped Zhen Huan and how Zhen Huan did it, it is actually not that important.
Cao Qinmo and Xin Changzai lived in the same palace, and they both knew soon that Xin Changzai had defected to Zhen Huan.
An Lingrong then determined that it was Concubine Xin who provided the secret medicine to Zhen Huan. Although her mother's family was thousands of miles away, there were many talented people like the Miao people there. It was said that not only could everyone cast a spell, but they could also make other things that sounded incredible. It was possible that they could get this secret medicine. (It was necessary for the plot, but the author absolutely did not mean to diss the Miao people or say anything bad about them)
"However, although Concubine Xin can get this medicine, I feel that she may not have the ability to reach out to our Yikun Palace." Madam Kong raised another doubt.
"I heard that when Concubine Wan first entered the palace, she had a very good relationship with Cui Jinxi, the aunt who used to be the head of Suiyuxuan. Cui Jinxi is also Su Peisheng's fellow villager. Maybe it was Cui Jinxi who made the connection." With the case of little Yunzi's brother, everyone accepted An Lingrong's conjecture well.
What An Lingrong didn't say was that she was also wondering if it was Prince Guo who helped Zhen Huan.
After all, who has as many connections in the harem as a former favorite concubine? She remembered that some fan fiction she had read speculated that Cui Jinxi might also be someone left behind by Concubine Shu.
It's just that Concubine Hua and the others don't know the relationship between Zhen Huan and Prince Guo, so it's not a good idea to mention this guess in front of them.
Cao Qinmo was still guessing another possibility: "Perhaps the Queen and Concubine Wan have temporarily joined forces. The connections that the Ulanara family has accumulated in the harem cannot be underestimated."
This...is not impossible.
An Lingrong asked the system: "The answer you told me at that time was the mastermind or the whole story?"
This time the system was very happy to answer the question: "Yes, it's all of them. The poisoning of Concubine Hua was planned and carried out by Zhen Huan alone."
Very good, then in this matter, there is an 80% chance that either Cui Jinxi asked Su Peisheng for help or Zhen Huan herself asked Prince Guo for help.
"If that's the case, then Zhen Huan must not be innocent. Let's start with her!" Concubine Hua was murderous, and God knows she was almost scared to death by her own outrageous guess.
If the emperor really wanted to poison her, she would have no chance of survival.
Zhen Huan almost scared her to death, she must vent her anger!
An Lingrong responded positively.
She suggested that they first take down Xin Changzai, the lackey who had recently defected to Zhen Huan.
This Concubine Xin, I have been obsessed with studying for some time and neglected her, but in just a short while, she has already sided with Zhen Huan.
When Xin Chang showed up, An Lingrong suddenly remembered that in her previous life, it was Xin Chang's father who had reported her father for corruption and bribery. Although An Bihuai was indeed not a good person, Xin Chang's move was to surrender to Zhen Huan.
It was also because of saving her stupid teammate’s father that she went down the path of no return in her previous life.
Xin Changzai, there is a road to heaven but you don't take it, there is no door to hell but you go in. Since you dare to show your head, I will be the first to kill you!
An Lingrong offered advice to Concubine Hua.
So, not long after the emperor returned from praying for rain, a court official reported to the emperor that Concubine Xin's father was a local tyrant in Yunnan. Not only did he oppress the people in various ways, he also embezzled and accepted bribes of more than one million taels of silver.
When this memorial was released, the whole court was in an uproar.
It just so happened that Yue Zhongqi had recently returned with Nian Fu after suppressing the rebellion, and the emperor immediately asked them to take a trip to Yunnan and bring Xin Changzai's father to Beijing.
Such a big thing happened to her father in the previous dynasty, how could Xin Changzai not know about it?
Xin Changzai panicked as soon as she found out that her father had been thrown into prison.
She was not completely unaware of what her father was doing. In fact, she was able to hold the position of a concubine and live such a carefree life without taking sides or getting involved in palace fighting, all thanks to the large sums of money her family sent her.
Even before, Xin Changzai dared to challenge everyone and everything as a Changzai, because she relied on her father who was also a powerful figure.
What? You ask why Xin Changzai is still just a Changzai even though she gave birth to a daughter?
Didn't I say that? She has a foul mouth. The poison she sprayed offended too many people, and she didn't join any faction, so she was always suppressed.
Knowing that her mother's family background must be related to her situation in the harem, Xin Changzai immediately went to find her only connection in the harem - Wanpin, "Please help me, Madam!"
"What's going on? Sister Xin, please get up and talk properly." Zhen Huan actually already knew what happened in the previous dynasty, and she was now in a very difficult situation.
It's really not a good deal for this new comer to run around for her without doing anything.
But if she really did nothing and watched the person die, it would be disheartening. The more serious impact would be that if other people saw her acting like this, who would come to work for her in the future?
But how can we save him?
To be honest, Zhen Huan's father Zhen Yuandao was just a civil servant with no real power, and his official position and power were not as good as Xin Changzai's father. Compared with each other, she was just a little more face in front of the emperor.
But no matter what, Zhen Huan first agreed to Xin Changzai's request to plead for her father.
Xin Changzai was very touched by Zhen Huan's timely help. She swore to Zhen Huan and said that if her mother's family could escape this disaster, she would follow Zhen Huan's lead.
After paying great tribute to Zhen Huan, Concubine Xin began to try all kinds of methods to cure her illness.
She rushed into Zhaoxiang's office and forcibly took away her daughter Shuhe. Then she held Shuhe and knelt at the door of the Yangxin Palace to beg the emperor to spare her father's life.
She kept saying that Shuhe couldn't live without Guoluomafa (Manchu for grandfather), "I beg the emperor to forgive my mother's family for Shuhe's sake!"
The emperor became even angrier when he heard Concubine Xin's plea for mercy.
Is this a plea or a threat?
He already felt humiliated by the shocking scandal involving his concubine's mother's family, and the emperor actually felt that the situation was becoming even more difficult because of Shuhe.
He only had a few children, and except for the Fourth Prince, who he regarded as a shame in his life, he loved all the other princes and princesses very much. Since he loved them so much, how could he not make plans for their future?
If Shuhe's maternal family had such a reputation, how would she get along with her brothers and sisters in the future?
The emperor is in a difficult situation. For Shuhe's sake, he even thought of doing something behind the scenes to make a big deal out of a small matter. But Concubine Xin is so tactless.
What's the difference between her shouting like this in the Yangxin Palace and hammering her father to death for indeed committing those corruption and bribery crimes?
Now the emperor doesn’t have to worry about it anymore.