klisemfg Chapter 112: A small county magistrate who does not seek advancement
Chapter 112: A small county magistrate who does not seek advancement
Chapter 112: A small county magistrate who does not seek to make progress
An Lingrong's brain was buzzing. Hua Fei's voice echoed in her mind. The image of Hua Fei talking and laughing in front of her spread out before An Lingrong's eyes.
An Lingrong couldn't believe that Hua Fei would be so straightforward. What kind of grudge did Hua Fei have with her father?
An Lingrong clutched the handkerchief tightly, her voice trembling: "Your Highness... Your Highness, what dissatisfaction do you have with my father?"
Hua Fei looked at An Lingrong's shaky appearance, forced a smile, reached out to pick up the teacup on the low table and took a sip: "I wonder if my sister has received a letter from home. I heard that An Lingrong's mother gave birth to another illegitimate son."
It was when An Lingrong had just arrived at the Old Summer Palace some time ago that she received a letter from Aunt Xiao. The letter said that An Bihuai had taken two concubines last year, one of whom was redeemed from a brothel. It was that prostitute who gave birth to a son for An Bihuai, who was also the only son of the An family.
As a mother's status increases with her son, the status of the concubine is also at its peak, which directly squeezes out the legal wife, An Lingrong's mother. An's mother is also depressed because of this incident, and the effect of her eye treatment has not been very good recently.
"Empress Hua is very sharp-eyed and sharp-eared. I did receive a letter from home a few days ago. I heard that one of my aunts gave birth to a son for my father, and he was very happy."
An Lingrong tried hard to calm herself down.
"A concubine gave birth to a son, and the mother is honored by the son. I'm afraid Madam An's life will be difficult." Concubine Hua looked into An Lingrong's eyes and said.
Could it be? Could it be?
"My queen, what do you want?" An Lingrong's heart was beating like a drum, her breathing was rapid, and her fingertips were trembling slightly.
"I heard that the concubine had a lover when she was in the brothel. I can arrange for the concubine to elope with the lover and give the child to Madam An to raise, but my condition is that he is Lord An."
Concubine Hua gave An Lingrong two choices: to reverse her mother's situation or to protect her useless father.
An Lingrong lowered her eyes and thought for a long time. She waited until Concubine Hua finished her tea before she stood up from the stool and knelt down before Concubine Hua: "Your Majesty, my mother gave everything she had to my father, but my father repaid her with hatred and treated my mother badly. He also never cared about me."
"My concubine and my mother only ask for your protection in this life."
The hatred in An Lingrong's eyes was undisguised. An Bihuai had never fulfilled his responsibilities as a father and his duties as a husband. He was unfaithful, selfish and greedy.
He was just a small county magistrate, but he had no ambition to make progress. He heard that An Bihuai was now relying on his favored status in the palace to show off, embezzle money, accept bribes, and squeeze the people's wealth.
The news that I heard was already so terrible. If someone wanted to harm me one day, my father would be my biggest weakness.
In the past, An Lingrong always felt that concubines without her maternal family were too powerless, just like Concubine Cao, who had no one to rely on and died quietly.
But now An Lingrong can receive income from the spice recipes outside the palace every month. It is better to have no father than to have a father who will cause trouble for her anytime and anywhere. She is not afraid now if someone in the palace laughs at or bullies her because she has no mother's family.
"Changzai An, please get up first." Concubine Hua helped An Lingrong up.
"I will not really kill Lord An, but Lord An privately used the grain and grass that the emperor sent to the northwest. My brother knew about this and notified me first. In a few days, the memorial impeaching Lord An will be sent to the emperor. Lord An will have a hard time getting through this."
As expected, An Bihuai really brought trouble upon himself. He was very brave to use the grain and grass from the northwest.
"My lady, I understand."
If An Bihuai was convicted, she would be the daughter of a criminal, and her future days in the palace would be difficult.
She is the daughter of a traitor, so what? If An Bihuai can only rely on her mother and herself to live in the future, she, An Lingrong, is willing to bear the blame this time.
An Lingrong was planning a way to remedy the situation after An Bihuai's incident. Concubine Hua looked at the resolute look in An Lingrong's eyes and spoke slowly:
"I have already told my brother that he does not need to report this to the Emperor. As for Lord An, he will have to lie in bed and be served by others for the rest of his life."
"The power to manage the An family's backyard can only be managed by Madam An. Madam An and Aunt Xiao will raise my younger brother. When Young Master An passes the imperial examination and becomes an official, he will earn an imperial decree for Madam An. What do you think of this move?"
An Lingrong had originally planned to endure the humiliation brought upon herself by being the daughter of a guilty minister, but she did not expect that Concubine Hua would consider her so thoroughly.
How nice it would be to lie in bed for the rest of my life, always relying on my mother for my life. It's time for my father to pay for the pain he caused my mother.
"I will follow your Majesty's lead for the rest of my life."
An Lingrong bowed deeply to Concubine Hua.
The Nian family is powerful, and although Concubine Hua looks ruthless, she lays all her calculations out in the open for you to guess.
An Lingrong could accept such a wise plan calmly.
All Concubine Hua wants is her loyalty.
Hua Fei looked at An Lingrong's greeting and did not refuse. Hua Fei knew that some people could be nice to him, but he must let this person know the gap between him and her, otherwise it would be the story of Mr. Dongguo and the wolf.
After her rebirth, Concubine Hua thought about the miscarriage of Zhen Huan in her previous life for a long time. She was afraid that the Huan Yi Xiang in her palace and her punishment of Zhen Huan were just the last straw that broke the camel's back.
There must have been musk in Zhen Huan's body, so the person who did it was of course the Queen. Concubine Hua originally only thought of the Queen.
But when An Lingrong brought the goose pear tent incense to present to her that day, she discovered that there was someone in the palace who was so knowledgeable about spices.
In her previous life, An Lingrong once asked herself in her palace what the incense burned in the Empress' palace was. At that time, she was very proud of it, thinking that it was the Huanyi incense that the Emperor had bestowed upon her alone.
I think it was at that time that An Lingrong knew that there was musk in Huanyi incense, and she never showed her understanding of fragrance since then.
In the previous life, the push from Noble Lady Fucha, Xiangfen, Xiaochan, Songzi, Zhen Huan, and Noble Lady Cao, now it seems that everything has a basis.
She was neglected because of Zhen Huan's miscarriage, An Lingrong was favored in Jiuzhou Qingyan, and she was deceived by the Queen and humiliated by Jiang Fuhai under the scorching sun.
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. It turns out that it was all the work of An Lingrong and the Queen.
But in this life, without An Lingrong's sharp claws, the Queen would find it much more difficult to do anything she wants.
In the previous life, Zhen Huan and An Lingrong were sisters, but An Lingrong became Zhen Huan's favorite when she lost her child.
It was so obvious that he was on top of the world, but he didn’t even notice it in his previous life.
In her previous life, all her attention was given to Zhen Huan because of the emperor's love, and all attention was focused on Zhen Huan.
What is the Emperor's love?
An Lingrong is the one who is definitely not an ordinary person.
Such a person may be humble and cowardly, crawling in the darkness, but if she is helped to grow wings, perhaps she can also have another kind of brilliance.
An Changzai, I hope that I have made the right bet in this life.
Baoque accompanied An Lingrong back to Fanying Pavilion. Concubine Hua lay back on the couch and picked up Mr. Sanjin's notebook to read.
Mr. Sanjin mentioned a sentence in his storybook: "Even if you are in a place of discord, if there is sunshine, you can grow plump flesh and blood."