Chapter 173 Zhen Huan 49
Chapter 173 Zhen Huan 49
After this period of humiliation, An Lingrong hated Concubine Hua in her heart, but after all, she was just a person with little influence, so how could she avenge herself?
But if she didn't take revenge, the resentment in her heart would make her feel uncomfortable. Finally, she had no choice but to secretly make a rag doll in her own bedroom and curse Concubine Hua without anyone knowing.
She had originally done this matter secretly, and the people who served her all knew that she didn't like people touching her bed recently, so she was not worried that this matter would be exposed.
But she didn't expect that even though she was so careful, she was caught by the queen who came to see her today, which forced her to get on the queen's boat completely.
Although she had to surrender to the Queen in order to gain favor, the difference between her passive surrender and the current situation where the Queen has the upper hand over her is not a little different.
After two years in the palace, no matter how dumb she is, An Lingrong can now observe what kind of person the Queen is.
So even before she went to seek refuge with the Queen, she remained alert and left herself a way to retreat.
But after what happened today, no matter how unwilling An Lingrong is, she and the Queen will have to be tied to the same rope in the future.
For a moment, An Lingrong felt that the road ahead was bleak and life was boring, but when she thought of her mother who had eye disease at home, An Lingrong had to rekindle her fighting spirit.
Fortunately, she had a backup plan before. Although the Queen caught her this time, she also discovered that Baojuan was the Queen's person.
Because the rules of the harem in this life are strict, Juqing was not given to An Lingrong by Zhen Huan.
In addition, the doll that Yin Qi sent over would occasionally secretly signal An Lingrong, making her notice Baojuan's abnormality.
So An Lingrong was very relieved. She found out who Baojuan was working for a long time ago, but she was not sure and did not dare to believe it before.
It turns out that Baojuan was really an undercover agent sent by someone to monitor her.
An Lingrong felt bitter, lost and sad. She regarded Baojuan as her confidante and treated her as well as Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang treated Huanbi and Caiyue. But why, why did Baojuan betray her?
And even if she knew that Baojuan was the Queen's person, what else could she do except be on guard?
When she thought of this, An Lingrong couldn't stop her tears from falling from the corners of her eyes.
"Little Master"
The puppet Bailing had been paying attention to An Lingrong's movements. When she heard the faint sobbing coming from the bed, she turned her little head around, pretending to have just woken up, got up from the footstool, and walked to the bedside, looking at An Lingrong with a worried look on her face.
"What happened to my lord?"
Hearing Bailing's voice, An Lingrong came back to her senses from her trance. After focusing her eyes, she met Bailing's concerned and clear eyes.
The other party's sincere look made An Lingrong feel much more comfortable. She seemed to have grasped some hope. She stood up, took Bailing's hand and asked in a low voice.
"Bai Ling, will you betray me?"
After she finished speaking, An Lingrong stared at Bailing's eyes and refused to look away.
"Little Master"
Bailing exclaimed in surprise, then carefully looked back outside the house. After making sure that no one else was alarmed, Bailing covered An Lingrong's hand with her other hand that was not held, and looked at An Lingrong with tears in her eyes.
"I am an orphan. After entering the palace, I have been doing odd jobs in various palaces. If I hadn't been lucky enough to be assigned to the young master's palace and promoted to a personal maid by the young master, I might have been tortured for a long time. So I dare not betray the young master."
After saying that, Bailing let go of An Lingrong's hand, took a half step back, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. When she stood up again, her face was covered with tears.
Seeing Bailing like this, An Lingrong finally put aside her doubts and was very moved and held Bailing's hand again.
Look, it turns out there are still people who won't betray her.
"Good Bailing, it is because I like you that I ask you this. You have seen the situation today. The Queen is eyeing her covetously, and Baojuan is also hers. You are the only one I can use now."
Seeing that Bailing was truly loyal to her, An Lingrong's panicked heart finally calmed down a little.
But Bailing was not satisfied with this. In order to make An Lingrong trust herself more, Bailing chose to reveal a big piece of news at the right time.
"But the Queen is not liked by the Emperor, and I heard before that when she was still in the palace, she had assaulted other young ladies' children. If the young lady follows the Queen, she may not be able to have children in the future."
"Where did you hear this?"
As expected, upon hearing the news, An Lingrong was instantly shocked and her heart was shaken.
In this harem, the emperor's favor is certainly important, but the emperor's grace is like flowing water, which can be fought for but is not reliable at all.
Just like her now, she is just like a toy. Not only does she have to flatter the emperor, but she also has to be bullied by Concubine Hua, who is also a concubine. Even if the emperor knows, he will just ignore it.
So An Lingrong saw it very clearly that no matter how favored she was, it was not as stable as having a child.
Seeing that someone had taken the bait, Bai Ling made a "yeah" gesture in her heart, but her face showed an expression as if she was thinking about something. After a while, she pretended to remember and spoke.
"When I was in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I heard some old maids who came back from the palace talking about this. But it's been so long that I have forgotten a lot of things. But there is one thing I remember clearly. It seems that it was the Empress who murdered Concubine Hua's first child. That's why the Empress is not liked by the Emperor."
In fact, it was Yinqi who asked Bailing to pass on this message. He did this only in case the affair with Concubine Hua was exposed in the future, Yongzheng's reputation would be ruined if it got out.
However, Yinqi did not slander the queen. It was just the blame of three people that was put on her alone.
After all, when Yixiu first learned that Concubine Hua was pregnant, she put a lot of thought into it.
She immediately went to the palace to discuss how to solve the problem with Concubine De. Later, when Concubine Hua had a miscarriage, she and Concubine De took turns brainwashing Yongzheng to ask him to sterilize Concubine Hua.
Of course, Yongzheng himself was narrow-minded and wanted to demolish the bridge before he even crossed it. This cannot be washed away.
But in order to prevent the Aisin-Gioro family from bearing the blame, Yinqi could not let Yongzheng have this stain no matter what, so our Queen could only bear the injustice and have to die.
"Then I..."
After hearing Bailing's words, An Lingrong not only believed it completely, but was even scared to tears.
"It's a pity that you can't get rid of the queen now. If what I heard is true, you must be more cautious in the future and wait for an opportunity to turn things around."
This is too timid. Bailing looks down on An Lingrong in her heart, but her face shows comfort and worry.
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