mtl008 Chapter 417: Foreigners on Lingyun Peak
Chapter 417: Foreigners on Lingyun Peak
"Rong'er, it's a blessing that you woke up. How could I blame you for a nightmare?"
The emperor smiled and walked forward to hold An Lingrong's hand.
He only called out softly, and Rong'er slowly woke up...
The emperor looked at Hongzhan standing beside the bed and felt much more pleased. "Your mother has woken up. Come and pay your respects."
Hongzhan took a small step forward and bowed respectfully.
"Your son greets you, Mother. May you be blessed with good fortune and success in everything."
His words were filled with uncontrollable excitement.
An Lingrong also looked back with a smile, and looked Hongzhan up and down with a gentle gaze.
"I'm relieved that you're safe."
"Hongzhan, mother also wants to see Hongyao and Zhaohua. Can you go and call them over for mother?"
"Mother, my brothers and sisters have been hoping that you would wake up soon. I will go right away."
Hongzhan understood that his mother wanted to say something to the emperor, so he obediently agreed.
After there was no one else in the bedroom, An Lingrong stared at the emperor with her watery eyes.
"I slept comfortably, but Your Majesty is worried. I really feel..."
"Rong'er, you slept for more than a day. The Lantern Festival is already over. You fell into a coma due to a high fever the day after you rescued Hongzhan, and have been in a coma ever since."
The emperor patted her hand lightly.
"Your mother and brother arrived at the garden a few days ago and are staying at Louyue Kaiyun."
Upon hearing this, An Lingrong threw herself into the emperor's arms with gratitude.
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. I..."
She was so choked up that she couldn't speak.
Lin and An Chengle were invited by Concubine Hua, and the emperor's ambiguous words could easily be misunderstood.
Lingrong didn't want to flatter against her will, so she pretended to be surprised.
"Your Majesty, I have always called you mother. You just said 'E'niang'. Was it a slip of the tongue?"
"Rong'er, you've been unconscious for a long time, and the imperial physician couldn't find the cause. Su Peisheng happened to mention that you were unconscious for seven days after giving birth to Hongzhan, and only woke up after the imperial decree to confer you the title of Consort. I thought of raising the flag and blessing you and your mother's family, and I hope you wake up soon."
The emperor explained with a smile.
"I didn't expect this blessing to be so effective. Rong'er, you will be Fucha Lingrong from now on."
"I thank the Emperor for his grace. If my father were to hear this good news down there, he would surely be smiling in his grave."
An Lingrong spoke so sincerely that the emperor shifted uncomfortably when he heard the latter part.
"Rong'er, you just woke up and you're still weak. Rest well first. I'll come see you after I finish my official duties."
"I respectfully send you to your Majesty."
An Lingrong reluctantly watched the emperor leave the bedroom, her expression unchanged.
After taking dozens of breaths, she slowly lay back on the bed.
"Bao Que, tell someone to prepare water and help me wash up."
"Master, the hot water is already boiling in the kitchen. I will have someone prepare it right away."
"Okay, let Sixth Prince take Eighth Prince and Zhao Hua to wait in the main hall. I will go out to meet them later and pay my respects to Mother."
An Lingrong wanted to clean herself up and see her family again.
After greeting the three children through the curtain, she stepped into the big bathtub with Baoque's help.
"Bao Que, can you tell me what happened during the days I was unconscious?"
"My Lord, Concubine Hua and Eunuch Su have arrested a group of people with bad intentions in the garden. I heard that the interrogation room in the garden is almost full."
"But the culprit who caused the Sixth Prince to fall into the water has not yet been revealed."
"Madam Suo once reminded me to take good care of the master and the young masters. The emperor will handle the important matters outside."
"I suspect that you and the Sixth Prince have suffered in vain this time..."
Bao Ge accidentally discovered that the Suo family's nanny had a good relationship with Su Peisheng, and both of them guessed that she must have known something from Su Peisheng.
"Bao Que, who said that I suffered in vain?"
An Lingrong silently uttered the word "yesterday".
The reason why the emperor did nothing was that people who knew him blamed the late empress dowager for Hongzhan's fall into the water.
Everything she experienced in her dream made her see things more clearly.
The other party gave her such a big scare, how could An Lingrong not give something back.
"Master, I understand."
Baoque's eyes darkened. Yesterday's arrangement was too easy for the villain.
But he was heavily guarded, so he had to find a way to give him a proper response.
"Are there any other people in the garden acting unusually?"
"My Lord, the Baiguan girl's ice dance at the Lantern Festival was so well received by the Emperor that she was promoted to the rank of Consort."
When Baoque talked about Bai Caiwei, he unconsciously expressed some dissatisfaction.
"Master, that vixen knew that the emperor would come to visit you at a fixed time, and she even ran into the emperor on the way."
"Besides her, Concubine Hui and Noble Lady He also have feelings for the Emperor."
"Empress Hua Guifei scolded them several times before they finally calmed down."
"If I remember correctly, Shen Meizhuang, Huanbi, and Bai Caiwei were all assigned to the Bitong Academy?"
An Lingrong gently patted the warm water.
"Yes, my lord. Concubine Hui likes quietness. She placed Concubine He and Concubine Bai in the back hall."
"Ms. Bai deserves a reward for making the Emperor smile. As the saying goes, flowers go with beauties. Instruct the flower and herb garden to send over a batch of blooming flowers, mixed in with a few pots of elegant chrysanthemums."
An Lingrong's eyebrows curved.
"We need to tailor palace dresses for the spring. Ask the Imperial Household Department to select some bright materials and send them over."
"As for the elderly in the palace, they are still mainly elegant and steady."
"The servant understands."
This move of the master is indeed clever. There are always frictions when living together.
Concubine He was a person who was unwilling to be inferior to others. Whenever the people from the Imperial Household Department passed the bright materials in front of her, she would not be able to help but find trouble with Bai Da Ying.
Huipin, who lives in Bitong Academy with her, might also have some thoughts in her mind.
Louyue Kaiyun's side was filled with laughter and joy because of the master's awakening, while on the other side, the Lingyun Peak shrouded in clouds and mist seemed very quiet.
As soon as Bai Zhiyi carried the daily necessities for the next month, she went to Zhen Huan to report.
"Miss, Master Jingbai said that those who practice asceticism should be self-reliant. The amount of rice and flour we received this time is less than half of what we received before."
"Thank you for your hard work, Baizhi. I will take care of this matter myself. Ah Jin has brought back two pheasants. You can make a soup with some pancakes and send it to the people in the house at the back."
As long as Yunli stayed in the mountains for one day, she didn't have to worry about not having enough money.
The person in the back room was a dying injured person whom she and Yunli rescued when they were playing in the mountains.
Since they rescued the person, they should take good care of him.
Zhen Huan also had other thoughts in mind. That man seemed to be of extraordinary stature. If Yunli couldn't accompany her to Ningguta to visit her family, she wondered if the warrior, whose injuries had improved, would be willing to do it instead.
Bai Zhi had no idea that Zhen Huan had thought so much, so she agreed and went to the kitchen.
About half an hour later, she walked up to A Jin with a tray.
"Guard Jin, the injured person in the back room looks ferocious and terrifying. I'm scared. Could you please run back?"
"Miss Baizhi, you are so polite. I will go and deliver the meal right away. I will come to the kitchen to find you when the time comes."
After carrying his master up the mountain, A Jin found that this was a rare place away from the mundane world.
There were familiar people on the mountain, so A Jin temporarily let down his guard.
It’s not like he hasn’t delivered food to that Gentile before, so it wouldn’t be a big deal if he went there a few more times.
Bai Zhi watched A Jin walk away with the tray, her eyes flashed, and she turned around to deliver meals to her two masters.