Nong Hua Makeup
Chapter 106
Chapter 106
Concubine De's first reaction when she heard the news was to be stunned. It wasn't until the maid called her several times that she came back to her senses, staring blankly at the maid who was talking back and forth: "What you said is true? The emperor really said so ?”
"Yes, but His Majesty's treatment of His Royal Highness King Ning..."
"King Ning has no mother's family to rely on. Although the Lin family has some abilities today, is Lin Luzhi going to the Southwest in vain to try to come back alive? How can it be possible in three to five years if Lin Jincheng is alone?" The concubine snorted coldly.
"But there is still the Xu family..."
"The Xu family doesn't need to be in a hurry. A pair of children in his family happen to be unmarried. Isn't it just a good way to control? At that time, whether the Xu family will face the Lin family, King Ning, or this concubine, we will wait and see." Complacent, she has been thinking about this matter these days, the Xu family is getting bigger and bigger, Xu Boshan is the highly respected Guozijian Jijiu, Xu Chengqing is sitting firmly in the position of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, even Xu That hairy girl Zhaozhao has also been named princess, if she doesn't hold it in her hands sooner or later, she will be in trouble sooner or later.
The maid lowered her eyes and said no more.
Concubine De glanced at her, and said: "Don't worry, this concubine said she would find a way to let you out of the palace and she would definitely do it, you go back and keep watching."
There was some hope in the maid's heart, and she hurriedly retreated after saluting.
After she left, Concubine De began to ponder. She had known the emperor was afraid of the Xiong family for a long time, but now the Xiong family has become a stumbling block preventing Kan'er from climbing to that position...
She frowned, looked at the maid serving beside her and said: "Prepare your pen and ink, this concubine wants to write a letter to my brother."
"Yes."
Immediately a maid came to prepare the pen and ink.
After the letter was finished, he said: "Ask the sender to send my brother to the capital as soon as possible."
"Yes." The maid answered and hurried out.
Only then did Concubine De think about how to arrange for Xu Zhaozhao to come. The Xu family loves this little daughter the most, and she must maximize her value!
outside the palace.
Zhao Qing looked at Marquis Dingnan who had been pulled into the mansion, then dismissed the people around him and said coldly, "Did Lin Jinhua ask you to come and say that?"
"Only she can save me..."
"She will only harm you, and then ask you to drag me into the water." Zhao Qing snorted coldly: "Have you forgotten who made you look like this?"
Ding Nanhou looked at his broken arm and sneered: "If the prince hadn't let me out to harm her, how could I be here today? In the end, the prince just wanted to use me, so there is no need to say it as if It has nothing to do with me."
Zhao Qing saw him speak like this, and murderous intent appeared in his eyes: "Your Majesty, you mean to blame me?"
"How dare I blame the lord? But since the lord can't save me, then I can only find my own way of life." Marquis Dingnan snorted coldly, but Lin Jinhua will not let it go, as long as the illness can be cured this time Well, sooner or later, he will tear her into pieces.
Zhao Qing looked at the murderous look in his eyes, and glanced at his guard lightly. The guard understood, drew the sword from his waist, and pressed it against Dingnanhou's neck.
Marquis Dingnan frowned and looked at Zhao Qing: "Could it be that the lord is going to kill me in your Prince Yu's mansion? Just now, many people watched me come in. If I die here..."
"You dare to raise private soldiers, and you dare to clamor for rebellion here. How can I not kill you?" Zhao Qing said coldly, and glanced at the guard, who raised his sword and cut his throat severely.
Marquis Dingnan didn't expect this to happen. He hurriedly covered his throat and looked at Zhao Qing in astonishment. As soon as he wanted to speak, blood gushed out instantly, causing him to fall to the ground helplessly.
The people in Dingnanhou's mansion were all frightened, some people wanted to run away, Zhao Qing's guards quickly stepped forward and killed them all, and there were only two or three left. Seeing this, they immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Want to live?" Zhao Qing slowly got up and walked to the side of Marquis Dingnan's body, kicked him in the face, and then said with a faint smile: "Then do you know what to say?"
The three of them looked at each other and hurriedly said: "Marquis Dingnan vainly tried to pull the lord into rebellion, the lord refused and he became murderous, but he missed and was executed by the lord."
Zhao Qing glanced at them with satisfaction: "You have to remember what you said now, and if you say a wrong word when the time comes, neither you nor your family can escape."
"Yes..." The three of them nodded their heads.
Zhao Qing glanced at them coldly, and then ordered: "Go to Ma Lai, the king must enter the palace immediately to plead guilty." Is it a trap? She also underestimated herself too much.
Outside Prince Yu's mansion.
Lin Jinhua waited until Mo Yue came back and said that Zhao Qing had gone out alone and that Marquis Dingnan had not come out, and finally heaved a sigh of relief: "It seems that Marquis Dingnan is dead." She didn't intend to do anything with him, she We must cut off his hands and feet first, so that no one in the capital is willing to help him, then we don't need to do it ourselves, if he dares to seize the throne, Concubine De will not let him off lightly.
"Princess, what shall we do now?"
"Go back, I'm tired." Lin Jinhua said lightly.
Mo Yue quickly responded and drove the carriage away, but when she got back to the palace and got off the carriage, she saw Xu Zhaozhao had come, followed by a little tail.
"Yuan Shao?" Lin Jinhua looked sideways, the young man in light blue brocade clothes with a cold face, who is it but Yuan Shao?
Yuan Shao walked up to her, saluted politely, and said, "I have seen Princess Ning."
Lin Jinhua smiled slightly: "Why are you here?"
"I happened to go to pay a visit to Xu's mansion. Seeing that Ms. Xu was coming, I thought of coming to greet the princess together." Yuan Shao said clearly.
Lin Jinhua still remembered the news he sent last time, and knew that he was not like Princess Pingxi, so she said, "Come in and talk first."
Xu Zhaozhao curled her lips, she hadn't forgotten why she was punished by her mother last time.
She stepped forward and took Lin Jinhua's hand and said in a low voice, "Sister Jinhua, I have something to tell you in private."
"Miss Xu, please go ahead, I can wait outside." Yuan Shao said calmly.
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Xu Zhaozhao's bulging face, and smiled slightly: "What did you say?"
"It's tomorrow's Changchun Garden Banquet. Daddy wants to take me and my elder brother together, and he agreed to find someone else, and you can help me take a look." When Xu Zhaozhao said this, his face blushed rarely.
When Yuan Shao heard this, he raised his eyes to look at her, but didn't make a sound.
Lin Jinhua smiled slightly: "Yes, but you already have a young master?"
"Of course not." Xu Zhaozhao blushed hurriedly, then lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the sons of Fuguo Gong's family are good, but they don't live in the capital, and they met once the year before last. I don't know how they are now."
Lin Jinhua's brows were raised high, this girl was really yearning for spring.
but……
She glanced back and sideways, Yuan Shao had stopped and did not move forward, turned around to look at the flowers.
Lin Jinhua blinked, but Yuan Shao is only 11 years old this year, and he is only [-] years old. He is still a child, and he should not understand the relationship between men and women. child.
She pulled Xu Zhaozhao and chatted with each other. In the evening, she invited all the Xu family members. Yuan Shao also left after eating. During the dinner, she chatted happily with Xu Chengqing, so that Xu Chengqing still felt that Yuan Shao was too old. If he is young, if he is older, he must join him in the imperial court as an official.
After dinner, Lin Jinhua pulled Xu Chengqing out to talk.
As soon as Xu Chengqing saw her pulling him out, he knew what she was going to ask, and said with a smile: "Zheng Shangshu is going to collapse these days."
"How do you say it?" Lin Jinhua asked as he walked down the quiet path.
"His Royal Highness Yu Wang has been too busy these days to take care of his affairs at all. Mr. Zhang is dedicated. We interrogate three times a day. No matter what he says, we will write down word for word. In a few days, let him be as good as he is. And as long as he pushes out the responsibility, at most he is hiding and hiding, and the crime is not worthy of death, but if he bears it all, not to mention being demoted to a commoner, at least he will not think about it for the rest of his life. I have been an official in the court, and I have struggled all my life. The Zheng family can be regarded as a big family that has been an official for several generations. If it falls because of this incident, wouldn't it mean that it would be shameless to face the ancestors after death?"
"According to this, nothing will happen to the Zheng family so soon." Lin Jinhua paused, then turned to look at him: "Master Zhang, what did you find out?"
"Difficult, except that the corpse you saw was transported from the Zheng family, there is no way to find out the entanglement between the Zheng family, Lin Duan and the old patriarch."
"Then cousin, let's drag him first, no matter what the result is, as long as it can be delayed..." Lin Jinhua said, it is best to delay until Zhao Qing can't wait to get rid of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family will no longer be his right-hand man. , but a stumbling block.
Xu Chengqing nodded: "Don't worry, I have to explain this matter to the emperor, and I won't let him out easily."
Lin Jinhua nodded, but Zhao Qing is already in a hurry because of the matter of Marquis Dingnan. When the barbarian queen mother arrives tomorrow and Wei Yunyi's identity is revealed, his situation will be even more difficult.
But why wait until the barbarian queen, now Zhao Qing is already regretting why he took action against the Lin family first, and now he is bound hands and feet, and can only be slaughtered.
He waited at the gate of the palace until it was dark before he saw Eunuch An come out.
"His Royal Highness Prince Yu." Eunuch An saluted.
"What did your father say?" Zhao Qing asked eagerly.
Mr. An apologized and looked at him: "The emperor is tired, why don't you come back in a few days. As for the matter of Marquis Dingnan, the prince will directly transfer it to Dali Temple for review. I believe Master Xu will be fair."
Zhao Qing's palms were cold, did the emperor still refuse to see him after all, and he just loathed himself so far?
Zhao Qing smiled coldly: "I understand."
Eunuch An looked at him like this, saluted and retreated.
Zhao Qing returned to the carriage calmly, but couldn't help but punched the carriage hard.
"Isn't this the Nine Emperor Brothers?"
A playful voice came, and Zhao Qing knew who it was without looking.
He turned around and bowed, looking at the little princess in Princess Xuan's arms, he became cold; "The little princess is so cute."
Concubine Xuan was so frightened that she immediately asked the wet nurse to follow behind with the baby, and then said to Prince Xuan: "My lord, let's go back first."
"What's the rush? It's rare to see Brother Nine Emperors being so respectful to me. When he was following Brother Da Huang, he didn't look at me directly, right Brother Nine Emperors?" King Xuan looked at him aloofly. He forbears it, but it's different now, he has a son, and his mother and concubine also want to fight, he is not afraid of Zhao Qing who has nothing now.
Zhao Qing's eyes were dark, and he stood up and looked at him with a smile: "Brother Sihuang is still the same as before, nothing has changed."
"What do you mean?" King Xuan heard some embarrassment.
Zhao Qing looked at his not clever head, and lost interest, turned around to leave, but was stopped by King Xuan: "Brother Nine Emperors, since the Great Emperor doesn't want you now, why don't you follow me? I am not much worse than him, although the empress has released her now, she is no longer the empress before, follow me, wait for me..."
"Brother Sihuang, why don't you think about how to have more sons, sons are so cute, how can one be enough?" Zhao Qing turned to look at him sarcastically, asking him to follow such an idiot, even if he could be used.He, Zhao Qing, will one day sit in that position with his own strength!
King Xuan heard his sarcasm, and his complexion became even more ugly. Princess Xuan did not dare to make a sound, and only dared to say after Zhao Qing got into the carriage and left, "My lord, is this outside the palace, let's..."
"You don't need to remind me!" After finishing speaking, King Xuan glared at her angrily again: "If you have half the skills of Princess Ning, I don't have to worry so much." After finishing speaking, he rushed into the carriage angrily and left up.
Concubine Xuan's eyes turned red. When she mentioned Lin Jinhua, she was also furious. A teenage girl likes to show off so much. I'll let you show off tomorrow!
Zhao Qing rushed back to Prince Yu's mansion angrily, and was surprised to see the people waiting at the door early.
"Why is Ms. Sun here?" He looked at the majestic man in the chest-length light gauze skirt, half revealing, and his brows frowned almost imperceptibly.
Sun Wanwan bowed coquettishly, and then said softly: "The courtier is worried that the prince will lose his temper, and wants to comfort him."
Zhao Qing glanced at her lightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "In that case, Miss Sun, please come inside."
Sun Wanwan looked at his handsome face and the pair of peach blossom eyes when she looked directly at her, her whole body was half sore, and she directly touched him, Zhao Qing didn't push him away, just picked him up horizontally, and took him back to the room.
The night passed.
When Lin Jinhua woke up, Zhao Huaiyan had already changed her clothes.
Seeing how she was snoozing, he sat on the edge of the bed and picked her up, let her close her eyes, and dressed her before saying, "Can't you pay me back?"
"Get up." Lin Jinhua raised her hand, saw the butterfly jade pendant on her wrist, and smiled slightly: "Does your lord know about that barbarian queen mother?"
"I lost my husband in my early years and lost my daughter in middle age. Now I'm not close to the barbarian emperor. She's alone, but she's a wise queen mother. If she hadn't supported the barbarians, they would have been annexed by the covetous Southern Xinjiang."
"The mourning girl..." Lin Jinhua muttered these two words before asking, "Then, did this barbarian princess ever marry?"
"I married a Han man, surnamed Wei." Zhao Huaiyan said.
Lin Jinhua looked at him in surprise, but felt even more pitiful for the queen mother, whose daughter and granddaughter were all dead...
After she changed her clothes, Zhao Huaiyan rubbed her head and said: "Don't think too much, this Queen Mother is far calmer than you imagined."
Lin Jinhua nodded.
Xu Zhaozhao rested here last night, and came here bouncing around after washing up in the morning. When he came, he didn't call the prince, but sweetly called his brother-in-law, and was directly rewarded by Zhao Huaiyan with two bags of golden beans. She was so happy that she almost jumped up .
"Sister Jinhua is so pretty." She caught a glimpse of Lin Jinhua who was coming out from the room, her eyes widened, she was wearing a bright red cross-neck dress with a plain white lining inside, and a light gauze blouse outside, walking time, as if about to fly.
She glanced at Zhao Huaiyan, who had a soft expression and handsome features, on one side, and felt that they were both talented and beautiful.
Seeing her staring wide eyes, Lin Jinhua smiled lightly and showed her white teeth: "Zhao Zhao is also pretty."
Xu Zhaozhao narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.
The few people packed up and went to Changchun Garden soon. There were ice cubes in the carriage along the way, otherwise they would not be able to go out in such a hot day.
Changchun Garden is more than ten miles away from the capital. After they arrived, the nobles in the palace would not come over until the evening, so Lin Jinhua still had time to take a stroll.
Changchun Garden is not very big, with dozens of houses standing around a huge lake. There is a not too high hill beside the lake. At the foot of the hill is a white jade bridge across the lake. The weeping willows by the lake are swaying in the wind. The scenery is really beautiful. .
It was not the first time Zhao Huaiyan came here, he took a few people to rest and talk in the gazebo on the mountain, and the servants also brought melons and fruits, which was very pleasant.
"Huh, Yuan Shao?" Xu Zhaozhao looked at the people walking on the bridge and recognized him at a glance, but there seemed to be someone beside him, she squinted her eyes for a while, and almost jumped up: "It's the son of the Duke Fu's family." ..." She hurriedly took out the handkerchief and wiped her mouth, then nervously straightened her appearance, and went down like a gust of wind.
But when Lin Jinhua looked at Yuan Shao, why did he always feel that he was very dark-bellied at such a young age?
"Jinhua."
Just as she was in a daze, a familiar voice came.
She turned her head to look, and it was Princess Duanhui and Ling Weiye who were on her way.
Princess Duanhui forced a smile when she saw her, and then nodded to Zhao Huaiyan.
Zhao Huaiyan also got up and saluted, and called aunt.
"The princess is here today too." Lin Jinhua smiled. Before Huaiyan said that the princess knew about the queen, she thought that Duan Hui would deliberately not come here because the queen was here.
"Come and have a look." Duan Hui sat down with a smile, and then said to Ling Weiye: "Go with your cousin to the garden."
Ling Weiye was happy, Lin Jinhua knew that the princess had something to say to Huai Yan in private, so she just nodded and took Ling Weiye to leave temporarily.
Seeing that Ling Weiye was about the same age as Yuan Shao, she brought him there, but when she arrived, she heard Xu Zhaozhao's suppressed anger: "When will I be engaged to you!"
Yuan Shao's expression was calm, and he said to the young master of Fuguo Duke's Mansion: "I heard that the young lady of the Yun family is here today, and she is just fluttering butterflies in the garden."
Hearing the words, the young master in plain brocade bowed immediately and hurried to the garden.
Ling Weiye also understood: "Luohua intends to be ruthless."
"What do you know!" Xu Zhaozhao's heart was broken as she watched the young master of Fuguo's family run away. She could remember only a few handsome and about the same age. Has a man been married for a lifetime...
Lin Jinhua knew her forgetful nature, so she just stepped forward and said with a smile: "Maybe there will be other outstanding sons at this banquet, don't worry."
Hearing this, Xu Zhaozhao wiped away his tears and nodded, but glared at Yuan Shao: "Next time you talk nonsense, I'll throw you into the lake!"
Yuan Shao didn't take it seriously, Xu Zhaozhao was a little bit taller than him now, and in two years, he would definitely be taller than her...
"Little ghost, you are so short!" Xu Zhaozhao grimaced at him angrily, and then ran to the garden. If he didn't find out by himself, her mother would marry her casually later.
Yuan Shao was dumbfounded, but Lin Jinhua couldn't help laughing at the side, leaned up to Yuan Shao and asked with a smile, "Aren't you angry?"
"Children are angry, what they say is angry, there is nothing to be angry about." Yuan Shao said calmly.
"Aren't you a child too?" Ling Weiye laughed along with him.
Yuan Shao glanced at him lightly, and then said to Lin Jinhua: "Today, my grandparents will come, as well as my distant cousin."
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly. Is this child reminding her that the queen has already chosen someone to give to Huaiyan?
After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he also went towards the garden.
Ling Weiye watched and tugged on Lin Jinhua's sleeve: "Jinhua, they..."
"Call me cousin." Lin Jinhua corrected him.
Ling Weiye's tone froze, and he simply closed his mouth.
Seeing this, Lin Jinhua had no choice but to stop talking.
The two walked from one side of the bridge to the other side, but they immediately saw Xue Wenxin who was walking sneakily by himself.
Lin Jinhua felt strange, didn't the nobles in the palace come here until evening, why did she come so early?
"Weino, go back to the princess first." Lin Jinhua said.
"what are you going to do?"
"Shh... I'm fine." After Lin Jinhua finished speaking, she hurried forward to follow her, and her intuition told her that Xue Wenxin must have ghosts, and it might have something to do with that child.
She followed Xue Wenxin's footsteps all the way forward, and soon saw her entering an open gazebo on a lake, but the road to the gazebo was only a narrow bridge, it was impossible for Lin Jinhua to approach, so she had to watch from afar .
She also knew the person standing opposite Xue Wenxin, who was the queen's imperial physician, Imperial Physician Zhang, but the two seemed to be arguing about something, until finally Xue Wenxin slapped Imperial Doctor Zhang hard on the face.
Physician Zhang hurriedly knelt down, Xue Wenxin seemed very angry, but he only looked around nervously, and then left angrily again.
As soon as she left, Doctor Zhang seemed to have lost his soul, sitting alone in the gazebo without speaking. He was not very old, and he should only be in his early forties this year, which is the time when he has great potential.
Lin Jinyu heard footsteps behind her, so she pretended to turn around and walked back. The maid who was on her way saluted her and left.
Lin Jinhua walked forward, thinking about the relationship between Doctor Zhang and Xue Wenxin, but when she turned around and got on the bridge, she heard a thud, and then panicked.
She grabbed one of them and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Someone threw himself into a lake."
"Who?"
"Doctor Zhang." The maid replied.
Lin Jinhua immediately looked back, and soon there were guards coming over, but the lake was so big that Doctor Zhang didn't seem to have the consciousness to survive.
Standing on the bridge, she saw that Xue Wenxin hadn't gone far, she turned her head and ran a few steps towards this side, but stopped soon, with a complicated expression, pained but also somewhat relieved, He covered his mouth and ran away quickly.
Lin Jinhua looked at her back, then at the diving doctor Zhang Yu, and wondered, what is the relationship between the two of them?Could it be that the child in Xue Wenxin's stomach is related to this imperial doctor?But Imperial Physician Zhang is not young, and he has been walking in the palace for so many years, so he would not make such a mistake.
"Madam, where is Suya Court?"
While she was thinking, someone suddenly asked behind her.
It was a polite voice. When Lin Jinhua turned around, she saw that she was wearing non-Jinchao clothes, her hair accessories were simple and plain, and her temperament was very gentle and peaceful.
Lin Jinhua saw that there was a white-haired woman standing not far behind her, but although she was gray-haired, she didn't look old. Standing there, there was only a kind of nobility and loneliness that came from a high position for a long time.
Seeing Lin Jinhua looking over, she nodded slightly at her. Lin Jinhua looked into her eyes and immediately thought of Wei Yunyi.
"It's also my first time to come to Changchun Garden. This is the Barbarian Queen Dowager." Lin Jinhua said with a slight smile.
The maid was surprised, seeing that her attitude was not as arrogant as Jin Chaoren's, she nodded with a smile: "The queen mother wanted to walk around first, but she didn't see any servants along the way."
Lin Jinhua heard the words, and knew that the servants here must be treating him deliberately, after all, the barbarians were still at war with Jin Chao.
She said to the maid not far away: "Come here."
The maid heard the words and immediately came over: "What is the princess' order?"
"Send the queen mother to Suya Pavilion, so that she can serve you," Lin Jinhua said.
The maid nodded, and then stepped forward to salute: "Please follow me."
The barbarian queen mother glanced at Lin Jinhua, smiled at her, and then stepped forward, but when she was leaving, the maid saw the butterfly jade pendant that Lin Jinhua was wearing on her wrist.
She didn't say much, after all, this princess is gentle and courteous.
Only after arriving at the Suya Pavilion where she had rested, she walked to the side of the queen mother and said softly: "Your servant saw that the lady was wearing red rainbow jade just now."
The Queen Mother paused slightly holding the teacup: "On her?"
"Yes. Empress Dowager, I have not received any news from the Princess during my visit to Jinchao. Do you want to send someone to ask this lady?" the servant woman asked.
The queen mother lowered her eyes to look at the tea, with a lonely expression: "Later."
Seeing her like this, the servant woman only sighed slightly in her heart, and left without further words.
Lin Jinhua stood on the bridge for a long time. When she heard Huaiyan talk about the Queen Mother's life this morning, she felt sad. Now that she saw it, it was indeed so.But Zhao Qing lied to Concubine Wei back then, what was the reason behind it?Could it be that they want to gain the power of the barbarians?
She couldn't figure it out for a while, she stood on the bridge for a long time, and she finally withdrew her thoughts when she heard footsteps behind her.
"What are you thinking?" Zhao Huaiyan walked behind her and asked softly.
Lin Jinhua shook her head, looked at Princess Duanhui not coming, and said with a slight smile, "Have you finished talking with the princess?"
"En." Zhao Huaiyan nodded, and naturally led her by the hand as he walked forward and said, "All the queen's actions are left to King Pingxi, and she doesn't show up at all. This banquet is an opportunity."
Lin Jinhua looked up at him, and was relieved to see his calm expression.
Zhao Huaiyan seemed to be aware of her worry, and said as he walked: "Although the queen is my adoptive mother in name, she has no feelings for all these years except to use her, and she has tried to harm you many times. It’s really not fit to sit in that position anymore.”
Lin Jinhua also understood that since the last incident, the Queen has been terrified of having no rights, and wants to control everything in her hands.
The two of them walked all the way to the garden, and many young ladies came forward to salute, their eyes all fell on Zhao Huaiyan, after all, the prince who used to be withdrawn now dotes on his wife like his life, which woman would not envy him?Everyone hopes that he is the next person to make him fall in love with.
Zhao Huaiyan looked at the people surrounding him, frowned slightly, and saw King Xuan welcoming him.
After King Xuan saw the ceremony, he smiled and said: "Just now, I was discussing with the second brother and several other brothers about the eldest brother. I don't know what kind of blessing I have to marry a woman like the emperor's wife." After finishing, she took a special look at Lin Jinhua. The red skirt made her skin more beautiful than snow, her eyebrows were picturesque, her bright eyes and white teeth were three points more beautiful than the beauties in the paintings.
Seeing that he couldn't look away, Zhao Huaiyan tightened his brows, turned his head and said to Lin Jinhua, "Hua'er, you can rest in this garden for a while."
Lin Jinhua complied and watched Zhao Huaiyan walk away quickly, only then did King Xuan reluctantly withdraw his gaze and turn away.
At the corner, Princess Xuan watched this scene, her fists clenched.Last time the prince said that he was not as good as Lin Jinhua, but now his eyes are glued to her?It can be seen that Lin Jinhua is a vixen!
Lin Jinhua faintly noticed a murderous gaze, turned her head and saw Princess Xuan.
She raised her eyebrows slightly, the current Princess Xuan wanted to call her sister-in-law when she saw her.
She walked over with a smile, and said with a slight smile, "what are the brothers and sisters doing here?"
When Princess Xuan heard the word 'brother and sister', she was so awkward, she bowed perfunctorily and called Sister-in-law, then lied that she had something to do and left in a hurry.
Mo Feng followed and laughed, "This Princess Xuan is so petty."
Lin Jinhua smiled faintly, turned around and saw Xu Zhaozhao, but her complexion was not very good-looking, the corners of her skirt were stained with mud, and she looked embarrassed, and the person in the corridor not far away was pointing at her. Missing Sun Wanwan.
"Miss..." Mo Feng was about to go up, when Lin Jinhua saw Yuan Shao who was following Xu Zhaozhao, and smiled, "Let's not be in a hurry." After speaking, he simply stood aside and watched.
Xu Zhaozhao bit his lip and stared at Sun Wanwan: "Don't think I dare not throw you into the water!"
Sun Wanwan covered her lips and smiled lightly, and said to the young lady next to her: "It is said that the Xu family has a scholarly family, but the young lady who came out is so rude. I don't know, but it's because of some wild girl in the countryside."
"I'm the princess anyway!" Xu Zhaozhao stepped forward and was about to make a move, but the young master of Fu Guogong's mansion immediately stood up and said, "Princess Yongle, after all, it's your fault this time, you shouldn't push Miss Sun." .”
Xu Zhaozhao saw that he was also helping Sun Wanwan to speak, and his eyes were red with anger: "It is clear that she bumped into me on purpose, and even bumped me into the flower bed..." Xu Zhaozhao wanted to defend, but Sun Wanwan immediately aggrieved: "I am not as good as the princess She is strong, and the princess has a noble status, how dare I bump into it on purpose? It is clear that you don't like me and deliberately framed me."
"You...you are talking nonsense!" Xu Zhaozhao was so angry that he wanted to jump, looking at the mocking eyes around him, thinking about his messy appearance, she came to find her future husband today, and no one would know how she looked like this I want her.Thinking of this made her even more aggrieved.
"Where am I talking nonsense..."
"Whether it was planted or not, you know it in your heart. There are so many pairs of eyes here, there must be someone who is blind." Yuan Shao coldly handed his handkerchief to Xu Zhaozhao, then looked at the son of Fuguo Duke's Mansion and said: "There is one in the sky." It’s a good leather bag, but it’s a straw bag inside.”
The young master of Fuguo Duke's Mansion blushed with anger, and remained silent for a long while.
Sun Wanwan sneered: "Hey, Princess Yongle still needs a child to protect? Is there no one around?"
Yuan Shao glanced at Sun Wanwan, and indifferently ordered the guards behind him: "Throw her into the water."
As soon as these words came out, the women beside Sun Wanwan also stood up immediately, but Yuan Shao's guards were not simple, they threw the two women aside without much effort, picked up Sun Wanwan easily, and threw them from the corridor Went to the lake behind.
Xu Zhaozhao's eyes widened, but he felt inexplicably happy.
"You guys are deceiving people too much. Ms. Sun is the servant's daughter after all..."
"Ask Shilang Sun to come to Pingxi Prince's Mansion to find me, and I will tell him how the noble lady he raised framed and insulted me." After Yuan Shao finished speaking indifferently, he glanced at Xu Zhaozhao with his hands behind his back, and said: " Walk."
"Where are you going?" Xu Zhaozhao wiped away his tears.
Yuan Shao looked at her muddy clothes and said, "Change clothes." After finishing speaking, he stepped up and left, his momentum was not weak at all despite his young age.
When Xu Zhaozhao heard the words, he glared at the blind Lord Fuguo, turned his head and followed Yuan Shao away.
The group of people were still pointing and whispering, Lin Jinhua came over, looked at the crowd and smiled slightly: "Did my concubine's cousin hinder you all?"
Seeing her coming, everyone kept silent.
Lin Jinhua smiled: "No, then I hope you all guard your tongues. By the way, is that Miss Sun in the lake?" She turned her head to look at the thrashing humans in the lake.
"Yes, Princess Yongle, she deliberately..."
"Deliberately?" Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly: "Why did Miss Sun bump into Zhaozhao on purpose in what my concubine saw? Could it be that my concubine has bad eyesight?"
Others saw that she was clearly defending Xu Zhaozhao. No one wanted to offend Prince Ning's mansion for Sun Wanwan who had no friendship, so they hurriedly shut up and stopped talking. Prince Ning's mansion is against it.
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, the identity of Princess Ning is really useful.
Just after thinking about it, a sudden burst of applause came.
Lin Jinhua turned her head and saw that everyone had knelt down and saluted.
Lin Jinhua also hurriedly saluted: "I have seen the emperor and all the empresses."
The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Jinhua. With her temperament, if she didn't have a dominant intention, she would be able to take care of the harem well, but if she had that intention, I'm afraid she would not be suitable for the position in the future.
He said with a smile: "When I first came here, I saw a good show."
"My concubine sees that Princess Yongle still doesn't control much, so it's better to give her a marriage earlier, so that she can take care of her." Concubine De glanced at Zhou Weikang, the prince of Fuguo, with a shallow look. Shallow smile.She is very confident now. Since the emperor wants to make Kan'er the crown prince, he will definitely not hinder her from gaining influence for Kan'er. The young ministers are all disciples of Duke Fu, and with the help of Duke Fu, they are not afraid of those stubborn and disobedient elders in the court.
The emperor smiled: "It's a good idea."
Lin Jinhua's eyes tightened slightly, and she smiled, "To tell you the truth, my aunt has already found someone for Zhaozhao."
"Really?" Concubine De's voice immediately became colder.
The corner of Lin Jinhua's mouth slightly raised: "Naturally. Pingxi Palace came to Xu's family to discuss a kiss earlier, but my aunt considered that Zhaozhao was still young and wanted to keep her for two more years, but she was very satisfied with the young master of Pingxi Palace."
Having said this, the emperor also understood that the Xu family did not want other people to interfere in their children's marriage.
His attitude towards the Xu family is different, and the loyalty of the Xu family is also what he needs. Hearing this, he smiled: "If that's the case, let Xu Aiqing decide for herself, and I won't worry about it anymore."
Lin Jinhua agreed with a smile, but seeing that Concubine De had already plotted to get into the Xu family, there was another Xu Chengqing who had to settle the marriage sooner.
After talking here for a while, the emperor led everyone away. From the beginning to the end, the empress looked cool and indifferent, as if she could see through the world of mortals.
"princess."
While she was in a trance, a whisper suddenly sounded in her ear.
She turned around and saw the familiar but much thinner face, she was very surprised: "Mrs. Luo, you have already..."
"Your Majesty has already checked it out. Your Excellency has never conspired against you." When Madam Luo mentioned this, her heart was filled with sadness, but she hurriedly said: "Princess, please come with me." After finishing speaking, she lowered her head and walked quickly. go forward.
Lin Jinhua didn't realize it for a while, because the Luo family was slandered and treasonously involved in a lot of things before, but now the emperor has let the Luo family go quietly, what is he trying to do?Is it really for Huai Yan's sake?
She followed Mrs. Luo all the way forward, and after walking for a long time, she stopped behind a secluded rockery.
"Wangfei, wait a moment." Not long after Madam Luo finished speaking, she saw two people walking from the corridor not far away, one was the queen, and the other was Princess Pingxi. After a while, the two got closer.
Princess Pingxi had a bitter expression on her face, and said: "Your Majesty, the lord really doesn't want to get involved in these matters."
"Do you want the glory and wealth?" The queen looked at him with a sneer: "And you have already done it, do you still want to get out? Do you think Zhao Huaiyan will let you go?"
Princess Pingxi immediately knelt down and begged, "Empress, my concubine is getting old, and the prince is also getting old. We are really powerless..."
The queen snorted coldly: "Don't say you are weak! If you can't do this well, don't blame me for being ruthless and let you be buried with the entire Pingxi palace!" After finishing speaking, she turned back alone.
Princess Pingxi looked at the back of her leaving, and sighed a long time, then stood up tremblingly supporting the maid's hand, and slowly walked in another direction.
After reading all this, Lin Jinhua still didn't understand, so she heard Mrs. Luo say, "Princess, please come and save my concubine later."
Before Lin Jinhua could figure it out, she ran out and yelled for help, and ran to the garden where she had just come while yelling.
As soon as her voice came out, the queen who hadn't gone far soon heard it.
She turned around and saw the person running out from behind the rockery, and clenched her teeth: "Catch her back for me..."
"But empress, after all, this is..."
"Go!" It would be miserable if someone heard Cai Cai's words, and the Pingxi Palace had long thought of not wanting to interfere, once this matter was known, they would definitely take the opportunity to withdraw.Without Prince Pingxi's Mansion, she really has no capital.
The court ladies went immediately after hearing the words, but they just wanted to catch him back, but Mrs. Luo ran to the garden lake, looked at the person with a look of horror, and shouted: "I didn't eavesdrop on purpose. , empress, please let me go..."
Those maids looked at each other, not knowing what to do, but the empress ordered that they must be taken back...
Thinking of this, they still approached, but Mrs. Luo seemed to be unsteady on her feet, and fell into the lake by herself.
Seeing the Queen leave, Lin Jinhua immediately took Mo Feng out, but was stopped by Duan Hui when she entered the small garden.
Duan Hui looked at her and said, "You don't need to interfere in this matter!"
"But Mrs. Luo just now..."
"She's too timid." Duan Hui didn't want to involve Lin Jinhua in this matter, after all, if something happened to her, she could still count on Lin Jinhua to take care of Ling Weiye.
Seeing the person struggling in the water, she immediately yelled at him with a cold face: "What are you still doing, save him!"
Seeing her like this, Lin Jinhua frowned slightly.
Mo Feng whispered: "Why don't you see Xiaojun Wang?"
Lin Jinhua also found out that Ling Weiye was gone.
Looking at the direction Duanhui left, she always felt that she seemed determined to die, and she felt a little uneasy.
"You go to Wei Ye first." After Lin Jinhua finished speaking, she followed quickly.
At this moment, Mrs. Luo had been rescued. Seeing this, the queen's maids wanted to sneak away, but Duanhui sneered coldly: "You dare to force Mrs. Luo to death, and you still want to leave?"
"Princess, the servants didn't..." the maids hurriedly said, they just wanted to take Mrs. Luo away, and it was clearly Mrs. Luo who threw herself into the water.
But when Mrs. Luo was rescued, she was already on the verge of death. She looked at Duanhui with red eyes and a little fear, and said, "Princess, save me..."
"Tell me first, why are they chasing and killing you despite so many people here?" Duan Hui asked in a serious voice.
The people next to him surrounded him with astonishment on their faces.
Mrs. Luo spit out some of the water she had choked in, and said, "I heard a big secret from the empress."
The maids panicked and wanted to report to the queen immediately, but Duanhui had already made them look up and couldn't go away.
"What secret?"
"The empress colluded with the Pingxi Palace, killed the son-in-law and Mrs. Ling, and even attempted to murder the princess..." Mrs. Luo fainted after she finished speaking. When Duanhui heard this answer, she still couldn't help trembling all over. Even if she risked her life, she would avenge the son-in-law!
When the queen's maids heard this, they immediately knelt down, but Duanhui only let Madam Luo be picked up, and took these maids to see the emperor.
When the emperor heard this for the first time, he still didn't believe it: "The empress has lived in the deep palace for a long time, how could she do such a thing?"
Duanhui knew that he didn't believe it, she knelt down on the ground with red eyes, and said: "Brother Huang doesn't believe it, you can call Princess Pingxi over to ask."
Seeing that she insisted on making a fuss here, the emperor looked unhappy. After all, the purpose of coming to Changchun Garden was to entertain envoys. If the news spread to the ears of the barbarians, he would not be able to ridicule him as the majestic king of a country, even a few women. good?
"If the emperor doesn't investigate, the younger sister will hang herself here today..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw her close-knit nurse running in crying, "Princess, it's not good!"
"what happened?"
"It's the king of the little county. He was poisoned and is still unconscious!" Nanny knelt on the ground and wept uncontrollably.
Duanhui clenched her fists secretly but immediately turned her head to look at the emperor: "Brother Huang, if you don't believe me, go and investigate now, the person who poisoned Weiye must be related to the queen! She just hates me, so she wants to kill my family! Brother Huang, Have you forgotten that the queen killed people indiscriminately, she is such a vicious person!"
The emperor's face darkened, and he looked at the nanny and said angrily: "Why do you look at the little county king, and let him be poisoned!"
"The servants should be damned, but at that time the little county king was greedy for a plate of pastries that the empress had placed outside, so he ran away while the servants were not prepared." The mama kowtowed quickly.
The emperor's complexion was dark, he looked at Duanhui under his eyes, and said coldly: "Immediately tell the Queen and Princess Pingxi to come to see her... Also, this matter is not allowed to be rumored!"
When Eunuch An heard the words, he immediately arranged for someone to communicate, and then asked the nanny, "Have you ever invited a doctor for the little county king?"
"Please. Fortunately, Concubine Ning went in time. Now the little princess is just in a coma, and I don't think his life will be endangered." After finishing speaking, the nanny quietly glanced at Duanhui on the side.
"That's good." The emperor finished happily. Although he was also furious about the killing of the son-in-law before, he never thought that it would be the queen's hands.
Soon Princess Pingxi came, and upon entering the hall, she saw Duan Hui, who was weeping, and the serious emperor above, and Dang Li knelt on the ground tremblingly, "My wife sees the emperor."
The emperor looked at her with a serious expression: "I ask you, does the killing of the son-in-law and Mrs. Ling have anything to do with your Pingxi Palace?"
Princess Pingxi's face turned pale instantly, she was not as calm as the queen, her attitude betrayed her as soon as the emperor asked her a question.
Seeing this, the emperor slammed the table and shouted loudly: "Bastard, if you dare to kill the son-in-law, it is the crime of punishing the nine clans!"
Princess Pingxi immediately kowtowed: "Your Majesty, matters that have nothing to do with the minister's wife are arranged by the empress, and the minister only knew about it after the fact. If the empress hadn't threatened her, the minister must have told the emperor!" The only way to deal with the crimes of the Nine Clans is to blame the Queen.
Hearing this, the emperor snorted coldly: "Nonsense, how could the empress send so many elites without your assistance!"
"Because..." Princess Pingxi swallowed, looked at the really angry emperor, gritted her teeth, and said, "It's because the queen's younger brother has been hiding in the military camp outside the palace. The woman conveyed it on her behalf, and the minister's wife did not know that the content of the letter was to assassinate the son-in-law and Mrs. Ling, otherwise she would not have passed it on."
"Her younger brother is hiding in the capital?" The emperor clenched his fists more and more. At the beginning, he deliberately dismissed the empress's natal family, because he was afraid that the empress would take the opportunity to grow up, but she didn't expect that she would hide her younger brother in the military camp without telling him!
"Yes. It was arranged by the prince." Princess Pingxi was sweating profusely.
After she finished speaking, the queen was also invited, but when she saw the kneeling person on the ground, she only frowned, and stepped forward to greet her: "The concubine has seen..."
"I ask you, did you send someone to assassinate the son-in-law?" the emperor interrupted her and said coldly.
The queen's hand in front of her body tightened a little, and she smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, what evidence did you find? The concubine has never done it before, do you want to ask for it this time without evidence like last time?" The confinement of Guan Chen and his concubines?"
Hearing that she still dared to mention this sentence, the emperor said in a deeper voice, "Do you still think I owe you?"
"The concubine dare not, but the emperor must be used to arresting and killing people without evidence. He did this to his concubine before, and now he can do the same to his concubine."
"Bastard!" The emperor was furious.
Princess Pingxi was so frightened that she dared not speak out, but the queen talked about him from left to right, but she didn't say whether the son-in-law was assassinated by her.
Seeing this, Duan Hui said: "Brother Huang, the queen killed the person, and the witness is Princess Pingxi, and now she almost killed Mrs. Luo to silence her, and almost poisoned Weiye to death... The next one, I don't know if it's my sister or the princess." Royal brother."
When the emperor heard this, he only felt pain in his heart.
He stared at the queen coldly, pulled away from the concubine Yin's fault and said, "I ask you, the son-in-law and Mrs. Ling, are you responsible for it?"
"Concubine..."
"I only ask if you are!" The emperor slammed the table.
The queen immediately knelt down and looked straight at him: "No concubine."
"What about chasing Mrs. Luo? There are witnesses and evidence, as well as poisoning Wei Ye. How can you argue?" the emperor said angrily.
"The concubine has never done it. Someone wants to frame the concubine. I hope the emperor will find out!" The queen has already felt the emperor's distrust of her, and this time Duanhui seems to have laid a net of heaven and earth, but so what, she is the queen , is the mother of the country, the emperor is dissatisfied with him, as long as he doesn't admit it, he can't kill him, as long as he doesn't die, she still has a chance!
The emperor looked at her like this, his patience was exhausted, and he looked at her darkly: "Do you really think I dare not punish you?"
"Please consider for His Highness King Ning." The queen took out her last card. She was Zhao Huaiyan's adoptive mother. If she was killed for a crime, Zhao Huaiyan must be the one who would be most affected.
The emperor really hesitated.
Duanhui kowtowed heavily on the ground, choked with sobs and said: "Brother Huang, sister-in-law begs you to give justice to the son-in-law, loyal ministers who serve the country can be killed indiscriminately, and now she can't tolerate any of my Ling family. Can you still be the mother of my Jin Dynasty?"
The emperor's face was cold, he glanced at the queen, took a deep breath, and said: "The evidence is convincing, the queen abolished the posthumous position and was thrown into the cold palace..."
"Brother Huang!" Seeing that he was still reluctant to kill, Duanhui was extremely disappointed, but she had already guessed that her brother would always only think about herself.
"Duanhui, stop making trouble..."
"Brother Huang, the son-in-law and the old lady died wrongedly, and the people who were killed by the queen also died wrongly. Brother Huang, if you don't get rid of the troubles today, she may kill you in the future!" Duan Hui shouted.
Eunuch An quickly lowered his head.
The emperor's face was livid: "Be careful what you say!"
"Brother Huang won't kill her, she will kill me next, why don't I fulfill her now!" After finishing speaking, before everyone could react, he pulled out the hairpin on his head and slapped her hard on his heart. After the stabbing, the smell of blood immediately spread throughout the hall.
Duanhui felt a sense of relief when the hairpin pierced into the flesh.
When she fell down, she looked at the panicked eyes of the queen, and the corners of her mouth raised coldly, with the ruthlessness of death.
(End of this chapter)
Concubine De's first reaction when she heard the news was to be stunned. It wasn't until the maid called her several times that she came back to her senses, staring blankly at the maid who was talking back and forth: "What you said is true? The emperor really said so ?”
"Yes, but His Majesty's treatment of His Royal Highness King Ning..."
"King Ning has no mother's family to rely on. Although the Lin family has some abilities today, is Lin Luzhi going to the Southwest in vain to try to come back alive? How can it be possible in three to five years if Lin Jincheng is alone?" The concubine snorted coldly.
"But there is still the Xu family..."
"The Xu family doesn't need to be in a hurry. A pair of children in his family happen to be unmarried. Isn't it just a good way to control? At that time, whether the Xu family will face the Lin family, King Ning, or this concubine, we will wait and see." Complacent, she has been thinking about this matter these days, the Xu family is getting bigger and bigger, Xu Boshan is the highly respected Guozijian Jijiu, Xu Chengqing is sitting firmly in the position of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, even Xu That hairy girl Zhaozhao has also been named princess, if she doesn't hold it in her hands sooner or later, she will be in trouble sooner or later.
The maid lowered her eyes and said no more.
Concubine De glanced at her, and said: "Don't worry, this concubine said she would find a way to let you out of the palace and she would definitely do it, you go back and keep watching."
There was some hope in the maid's heart, and she hurriedly retreated after saluting.
After she left, Concubine De began to ponder. She had known the emperor was afraid of the Xiong family for a long time, but now the Xiong family has become a stumbling block preventing Kan'er from climbing to that position...
She frowned, looked at the maid serving beside her and said: "Prepare your pen and ink, this concubine wants to write a letter to my brother."
"Yes."
Immediately a maid came to prepare the pen and ink.
After the letter was finished, he said: "Ask the sender to send my brother to the capital as soon as possible."
"Yes." The maid answered and hurried out.
Only then did Concubine De think about how to arrange for Xu Zhaozhao to come. The Xu family loves this little daughter the most, and she must maximize her value!
outside the palace.
Zhao Qing looked at Marquis Dingnan who had been pulled into the mansion, then dismissed the people around him and said coldly, "Did Lin Jinhua ask you to come and say that?"
"Only she can save me..."
"She will only harm you, and then ask you to drag me into the water." Zhao Qing snorted coldly: "Have you forgotten who made you look like this?"
Ding Nanhou looked at his broken arm and sneered: "If the prince hadn't let me out to harm her, how could I be here today? In the end, the prince just wanted to use me, so there is no need to say it as if It has nothing to do with me."
Zhao Qing saw him speak like this, and murderous intent appeared in his eyes: "Your Majesty, you mean to blame me?"
"How dare I blame the lord? But since the lord can't save me, then I can only find my own way of life." Marquis Dingnan snorted coldly, but Lin Jinhua will not let it go, as long as the illness can be cured this time Well, sooner or later, he will tear her into pieces.
Zhao Qing looked at the murderous look in his eyes, and glanced at his guard lightly. The guard understood, drew the sword from his waist, and pressed it against Dingnanhou's neck.
Marquis Dingnan frowned and looked at Zhao Qing: "Could it be that the lord is going to kill me in your Prince Yu's mansion? Just now, many people watched me come in. If I die here..."
"You dare to raise private soldiers, and you dare to clamor for rebellion here. How can I not kill you?" Zhao Qing said coldly, and glanced at the guard, who raised his sword and cut his throat severely.
Marquis Dingnan didn't expect this to happen. He hurriedly covered his throat and looked at Zhao Qing in astonishment. As soon as he wanted to speak, blood gushed out instantly, causing him to fall to the ground helplessly.
The people in Dingnanhou's mansion were all frightened, some people wanted to run away, Zhao Qing's guards quickly stepped forward and killed them all, and there were only two or three left. Seeing this, they immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Want to live?" Zhao Qing slowly got up and walked to the side of Marquis Dingnan's body, kicked him in the face, and then said with a faint smile: "Then do you know what to say?"
The three of them looked at each other and hurriedly said: "Marquis Dingnan vainly tried to pull the lord into rebellion, the lord refused and he became murderous, but he missed and was executed by the lord."
Zhao Qing glanced at them with satisfaction: "You have to remember what you said now, and if you say a wrong word when the time comes, neither you nor your family can escape."
"Yes..." The three of them nodded their heads.
Zhao Qing glanced at them coldly, and then ordered: "Go to Ma Lai, the king must enter the palace immediately to plead guilty." Is it a trap? She also underestimated herself too much.
Outside Prince Yu's mansion.
Lin Jinhua waited until Mo Yue came back and said that Zhao Qing had gone out alone and that Marquis Dingnan had not come out, and finally heaved a sigh of relief: "It seems that Marquis Dingnan is dead." She didn't intend to do anything with him, she We must cut off his hands and feet first, so that no one in the capital is willing to help him, then we don't need to do it ourselves, if he dares to seize the throne, Concubine De will not let him off lightly.
"Princess, what shall we do now?"
"Go back, I'm tired." Lin Jinhua said lightly.
Mo Yue quickly responded and drove the carriage away, but when she got back to the palace and got off the carriage, she saw Xu Zhaozhao had come, followed by a little tail.
"Yuan Shao?" Lin Jinhua looked sideways, the young man in light blue brocade clothes with a cold face, who is it but Yuan Shao?
Yuan Shao walked up to her, saluted politely, and said, "I have seen Princess Ning."
Lin Jinhua smiled slightly: "Why are you here?"
"I happened to go to pay a visit to Xu's mansion. Seeing that Ms. Xu was coming, I thought of coming to greet the princess together." Yuan Shao said clearly.
Lin Jinhua still remembered the news he sent last time, and knew that he was not like Princess Pingxi, so she said, "Come in and talk first."
Xu Zhaozhao curled her lips, she hadn't forgotten why she was punished by her mother last time.
She stepped forward and took Lin Jinhua's hand and said in a low voice, "Sister Jinhua, I have something to tell you in private."
"Miss Xu, please go ahead, I can wait outside." Yuan Shao said calmly.
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Xu Zhaozhao's bulging face, and smiled slightly: "What did you say?"
"It's tomorrow's Changchun Garden Banquet. Daddy wants to take me and my elder brother together, and he agreed to find someone else, and you can help me take a look." When Xu Zhaozhao said this, his face blushed rarely.
When Yuan Shao heard this, he raised his eyes to look at her, but didn't make a sound.
Lin Jinhua smiled slightly: "Yes, but you already have a young master?"
"Of course not." Xu Zhaozhao blushed hurriedly, then lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the sons of Fuguo Gong's family are good, but they don't live in the capital, and they met once the year before last. I don't know how they are now."
Lin Jinhua's brows were raised high, this girl was really yearning for spring.
but……
She glanced back and sideways, Yuan Shao had stopped and did not move forward, turned around to look at the flowers.
Lin Jinhua blinked, but Yuan Shao is only 11 years old this year, and he is only [-] years old. He is still a child, and he should not understand the relationship between men and women. child.
She pulled Xu Zhaozhao and chatted with each other. In the evening, she invited all the Xu family members. Yuan Shao also left after eating. During the dinner, she chatted happily with Xu Chengqing, so that Xu Chengqing still felt that Yuan Shao was too old. If he is young, if he is older, he must join him in the imperial court as an official.
After dinner, Lin Jinhua pulled Xu Chengqing out to talk.
As soon as Xu Chengqing saw her pulling him out, he knew what she was going to ask, and said with a smile: "Zheng Shangshu is going to collapse these days."
"How do you say it?" Lin Jinhua asked as he walked down the quiet path.
"His Royal Highness Yu Wang has been too busy these days to take care of his affairs at all. Mr. Zhang is dedicated. We interrogate three times a day. No matter what he says, we will write down word for word. In a few days, let him be as good as he is. And as long as he pushes out the responsibility, at most he is hiding and hiding, and the crime is not worthy of death, but if he bears it all, not to mention being demoted to a commoner, at least he will not think about it for the rest of his life. I have been an official in the court, and I have struggled all my life. The Zheng family can be regarded as a big family that has been an official for several generations. If it falls because of this incident, wouldn't it mean that it would be shameless to face the ancestors after death?"
"According to this, nothing will happen to the Zheng family so soon." Lin Jinhua paused, then turned to look at him: "Master Zhang, what did you find out?"
"Difficult, except that the corpse you saw was transported from the Zheng family, there is no way to find out the entanglement between the Zheng family, Lin Duan and the old patriarch."
"Then cousin, let's drag him first, no matter what the result is, as long as it can be delayed..." Lin Jinhua said, it is best to delay until Zhao Qing can't wait to get rid of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family will no longer be his right-hand man. , but a stumbling block.
Xu Chengqing nodded: "Don't worry, I have to explain this matter to the emperor, and I won't let him out easily."
Lin Jinhua nodded, but Zhao Qing is already in a hurry because of the matter of Marquis Dingnan. When the barbarian queen mother arrives tomorrow and Wei Yunyi's identity is revealed, his situation will be even more difficult.
But why wait until the barbarian queen, now Zhao Qing is already regretting why he took action against the Lin family first, and now he is bound hands and feet, and can only be slaughtered.
He waited at the gate of the palace until it was dark before he saw Eunuch An come out.
"His Royal Highness Prince Yu." Eunuch An saluted.
"What did your father say?" Zhao Qing asked eagerly.
Mr. An apologized and looked at him: "The emperor is tired, why don't you come back in a few days. As for the matter of Marquis Dingnan, the prince will directly transfer it to Dali Temple for review. I believe Master Xu will be fair."
Zhao Qing's palms were cold, did the emperor still refuse to see him after all, and he just loathed himself so far?
Zhao Qing smiled coldly: "I understand."
Eunuch An looked at him like this, saluted and retreated.
Zhao Qing returned to the carriage calmly, but couldn't help but punched the carriage hard.
"Isn't this the Nine Emperor Brothers?"
A playful voice came, and Zhao Qing knew who it was without looking.
He turned around and bowed, looking at the little princess in Princess Xuan's arms, he became cold; "The little princess is so cute."
Concubine Xuan was so frightened that she immediately asked the wet nurse to follow behind with the baby, and then said to Prince Xuan: "My lord, let's go back first."
"What's the rush? It's rare to see Brother Nine Emperors being so respectful to me. When he was following Brother Da Huang, he didn't look at me directly, right Brother Nine Emperors?" King Xuan looked at him aloofly. He forbears it, but it's different now, he has a son, and his mother and concubine also want to fight, he is not afraid of Zhao Qing who has nothing now.
Zhao Qing's eyes were dark, and he stood up and looked at him with a smile: "Brother Sihuang is still the same as before, nothing has changed."
"What do you mean?" King Xuan heard some embarrassment.
Zhao Qing looked at his not clever head, and lost interest, turned around to leave, but was stopped by King Xuan: "Brother Nine Emperors, since the Great Emperor doesn't want you now, why don't you follow me? I am not much worse than him, although the empress has released her now, she is no longer the empress before, follow me, wait for me..."
"Brother Sihuang, why don't you think about how to have more sons, sons are so cute, how can one be enough?" Zhao Qing turned to look at him sarcastically, asking him to follow such an idiot, even if he could be used.He, Zhao Qing, will one day sit in that position with his own strength!
King Xuan heard his sarcasm, and his complexion became even more ugly. Princess Xuan did not dare to make a sound, and only dared to say after Zhao Qing got into the carriage and left, "My lord, is this outside the palace, let's..."
"You don't need to remind me!" After finishing speaking, King Xuan glared at her angrily again: "If you have half the skills of Princess Ning, I don't have to worry so much." After finishing speaking, he rushed into the carriage angrily and left up.
Concubine Xuan's eyes turned red. When she mentioned Lin Jinhua, she was also furious. A teenage girl likes to show off so much. I'll let you show off tomorrow!
Zhao Qing rushed back to Prince Yu's mansion angrily, and was surprised to see the people waiting at the door early.
"Why is Ms. Sun here?" He looked at the majestic man in the chest-length light gauze skirt, half revealing, and his brows frowned almost imperceptibly.
Sun Wanwan bowed coquettishly, and then said softly: "The courtier is worried that the prince will lose his temper, and wants to comfort him."
Zhao Qing glanced at her lightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "In that case, Miss Sun, please come inside."
Sun Wanwan looked at his handsome face and the pair of peach blossom eyes when she looked directly at her, her whole body was half sore, and she directly touched him, Zhao Qing didn't push him away, just picked him up horizontally, and took him back to the room.
The night passed.
When Lin Jinhua woke up, Zhao Huaiyan had already changed her clothes.
Seeing how she was snoozing, he sat on the edge of the bed and picked her up, let her close her eyes, and dressed her before saying, "Can't you pay me back?"
"Get up." Lin Jinhua raised her hand, saw the butterfly jade pendant on her wrist, and smiled slightly: "Does your lord know about that barbarian queen mother?"
"I lost my husband in my early years and lost my daughter in middle age. Now I'm not close to the barbarian emperor. She's alone, but she's a wise queen mother. If she hadn't supported the barbarians, they would have been annexed by the covetous Southern Xinjiang."
"The mourning girl..." Lin Jinhua muttered these two words before asking, "Then, did this barbarian princess ever marry?"
"I married a Han man, surnamed Wei." Zhao Huaiyan said.
Lin Jinhua looked at him in surprise, but felt even more pitiful for the queen mother, whose daughter and granddaughter were all dead...
After she changed her clothes, Zhao Huaiyan rubbed her head and said: "Don't think too much, this Queen Mother is far calmer than you imagined."
Lin Jinhua nodded.
Xu Zhaozhao rested here last night, and came here bouncing around after washing up in the morning. When he came, he didn't call the prince, but sweetly called his brother-in-law, and was directly rewarded by Zhao Huaiyan with two bags of golden beans. She was so happy that she almost jumped up .
"Sister Jinhua is so pretty." She caught a glimpse of Lin Jinhua who was coming out from the room, her eyes widened, she was wearing a bright red cross-neck dress with a plain white lining inside, and a light gauze blouse outside, walking time, as if about to fly.
She glanced at Zhao Huaiyan, who had a soft expression and handsome features, on one side, and felt that they were both talented and beautiful.
Seeing her staring wide eyes, Lin Jinhua smiled lightly and showed her white teeth: "Zhao Zhao is also pretty."
Xu Zhaozhao narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.
The few people packed up and went to Changchun Garden soon. There were ice cubes in the carriage along the way, otherwise they would not be able to go out in such a hot day.
Changchun Garden is more than ten miles away from the capital. After they arrived, the nobles in the palace would not come over until the evening, so Lin Jinhua still had time to take a stroll.
Changchun Garden is not very big, with dozens of houses standing around a huge lake. There is a not too high hill beside the lake. At the foot of the hill is a white jade bridge across the lake. The weeping willows by the lake are swaying in the wind. The scenery is really beautiful. .
It was not the first time Zhao Huaiyan came here, he took a few people to rest and talk in the gazebo on the mountain, and the servants also brought melons and fruits, which was very pleasant.
"Huh, Yuan Shao?" Xu Zhaozhao looked at the people walking on the bridge and recognized him at a glance, but there seemed to be someone beside him, she squinted her eyes for a while, and almost jumped up: "It's the son of the Duke Fu's family." ..." She hurriedly took out the handkerchief and wiped her mouth, then nervously straightened her appearance, and went down like a gust of wind.
But when Lin Jinhua looked at Yuan Shao, why did he always feel that he was very dark-bellied at such a young age?
"Jinhua."
Just as she was in a daze, a familiar voice came.
She turned her head to look, and it was Princess Duanhui and Ling Weiye who were on her way.
Princess Duanhui forced a smile when she saw her, and then nodded to Zhao Huaiyan.
Zhao Huaiyan also got up and saluted, and called aunt.
"The princess is here today too." Lin Jinhua smiled. Before Huaiyan said that the princess knew about the queen, she thought that Duan Hui would deliberately not come here because the queen was here.
"Come and have a look." Duan Hui sat down with a smile, and then said to Ling Weiye: "Go with your cousin to the garden."
Ling Weiye was happy, Lin Jinhua knew that the princess had something to say to Huai Yan in private, so she just nodded and took Ling Weiye to leave temporarily.
Seeing that Ling Weiye was about the same age as Yuan Shao, she brought him there, but when she arrived, she heard Xu Zhaozhao's suppressed anger: "When will I be engaged to you!"
Yuan Shao's expression was calm, and he said to the young master of Fuguo Duke's Mansion: "I heard that the young lady of the Yun family is here today, and she is just fluttering butterflies in the garden."
Hearing the words, the young master in plain brocade bowed immediately and hurried to the garden.
Ling Weiye also understood: "Luohua intends to be ruthless."
"What do you know!" Xu Zhaozhao's heart was broken as she watched the young master of Fuguo's family run away. She could remember only a few handsome and about the same age. Has a man been married for a lifetime...
Lin Jinhua knew her forgetful nature, so she just stepped forward and said with a smile: "Maybe there will be other outstanding sons at this banquet, don't worry."
Hearing this, Xu Zhaozhao wiped away his tears and nodded, but glared at Yuan Shao: "Next time you talk nonsense, I'll throw you into the lake!"
Yuan Shao didn't take it seriously, Xu Zhaozhao was a little bit taller than him now, and in two years, he would definitely be taller than her...
"Little ghost, you are so short!" Xu Zhaozhao grimaced at him angrily, and then ran to the garden. If he didn't find out by himself, her mother would marry her casually later.
Yuan Shao was dumbfounded, but Lin Jinhua couldn't help laughing at the side, leaned up to Yuan Shao and asked with a smile, "Aren't you angry?"
"Children are angry, what they say is angry, there is nothing to be angry about." Yuan Shao said calmly.
"Aren't you a child too?" Ling Weiye laughed along with him.
Yuan Shao glanced at him lightly, and then said to Lin Jinhua: "Today, my grandparents will come, as well as my distant cousin."
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly. Is this child reminding her that the queen has already chosen someone to give to Huaiyan?
After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he also went towards the garden.
Ling Weiye watched and tugged on Lin Jinhua's sleeve: "Jinhua, they..."
"Call me cousin." Lin Jinhua corrected him.
Ling Weiye's tone froze, and he simply closed his mouth.
Seeing this, Lin Jinhua had no choice but to stop talking.
The two walked from one side of the bridge to the other side, but they immediately saw Xue Wenxin who was walking sneakily by himself.
Lin Jinhua felt strange, didn't the nobles in the palace come here until evening, why did she come so early?
"Weino, go back to the princess first." Lin Jinhua said.
"what are you going to do?"
"Shh... I'm fine." After Lin Jinhua finished speaking, she hurried forward to follow her, and her intuition told her that Xue Wenxin must have ghosts, and it might have something to do with that child.
She followed Xue Wenxin's footsteps all the way forward, and soon saw her entering an open gazebo on a lake, but the road to the gazebo was only a narrow bridge, it was impossible for Lin Jinhua to approach, so she had to watch from afar .
She also knew the person standing opposite Xue Wenxin, who was the queen's imperial physician, Imperial Physician Zhang, but the two seemed to be arguing about something, until finally Xue Wenxin slapped Imperial Doctor Zhang hard on the face.
Physician Zhang hurriedly knelt down, Xue Wenxin seemed very angry, but he only looked around nervously, and then left angrily again.
As soon as she left, Doctor Zhang seemed to have lost his soul, sitting alone in the gazebo without speaking. He was not very old, and he should only be in his early forties this year, which is the time when he has great potential.
Lin Jinyu heard footsteps behind her, so she pretended to turn around and walked back. The maid who was on her way saluted her and left.
Lin Jinhua walked forward, thinking about the relationship between Doctor Zhang and Xue Wenxin, but when she turned around and got on the bridge, she heard a thud, and then panicked.
She grabbed one of them and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Someone threw himself into a lake."
"Who?"
"Doctor Zhang." The maid replied.
Lin Jinhua immediately looked back, and soon there were guards coming over, but the lake was so big that Doctor Zhang didn't seem to have the consciousness to survive.
Standing on the bridge, she saw that Xue Wenxin hadn't gone far, she turned her head and ran a few steps towards this side, but stopped soon, with a complicated expression, pained but also somewhat relieved, He covered his mouth and ran away quickly.
Lin Jinhua looked at her back, then at the diving doctor Zhang Yu, and wondered, what is the relationship between the two of them?Could it be that the child in Xue Wenxin's stomach is related to this imperial doctor?But Imperial Physician Zhang is not young, and he has been walking in the palace for so many years, so he would not make such a mistake.
"Madam, where is Suya Court?"
While she was thinking, someone suddenly asked behind her.
It was a polite voice. When Lin Jinhua turned around, she saw that she was wearing non-Jinchao clothes, her hair accessories were simple and plain, and her temperament was very gentle and peaceful.
Lin Jinhua saw that there was a white-haired woman standing not far behind her, but although she was gray-haired, she didn't look old. Standing there, there was only a kind of nobility and loneliness that came from a high position for a long time.
Seeing Lin Jinhua looking over, she nodded slightly at her. Lin Jinhua looked into her eyes and immediately thought of Wei Yunyi.
"It's also my first time to come to Changchun Garden. This is the Barbarian Queen Dowager." Lin Jinhua said with a slight smile.
The maid was surprised, seeing that her attitude was not as arrogant as Jin Chaoren's, she nodded with a smile: "The queen mother wanted to walk around first, but she didn't see any servants along the way."
Lin Jinhua heard the words, and knew that the servants here must be treating him deliberately, after all, the barbarians were still at war with Jin Chao.
She said to the maid not far away: "Come here."
The maid heard the words and immediately came over: "What is the princess' order?"
"Send the queen mother to Suya Pavilion, so that she can serve you," Lin Jinhua said.
The maid nodded, and then stepped forward to salute: "Please follow me."
The barbarian queen mother glanced at Lin Jinhua, smiled at her, and then stepped forward, but when she was leaving, the maid saw the butterfly jade pendant that Lin Jinhua was wearing on her wrist.
She didn't say much, after all, this princess is gentle and courteous.
Only after arriving at the Suya Pavilion where she had rested, she walked to the side of the queen mother and said softly: "Your servant saw that the lady was wearing red rainbow jade just now."
The Queen Mother paused slightly holding the teacup: "On her?"
"Yes. Empress Dowager, I have not received any news from the Princess during my visit to Jinchao. Do you want to send someone to ask this lady?" the servant woman asked.
The queen mother lowered her eyes to look at the tea, with a lonely expression: "Later."
Seeing her like this, the servant woman only sighed slightly in her heart, and left without further words.
Lin Jinhua stood on the bridge for a long time. When she heard Huaiyan talk about the Queen Mother's life this morning, she felt sad. Now that she saw it, it was indeed so.But Zhao Qing lied to Concubine Wei back then, what was the reason behind it?Could it be that they want to gain the power of the barbarians?
She couldn't figure it out for a while, she stood on the bridge for a long time, and she finally withdrew her thoughts when she heard footsteps behind her.
"What are you thinking?" Zhao Huaiyan walked behind her and asked softly.
Lin Jinhua shook her head, looked at Princess Duanhui not coming, and said with a slight smile, "Have you finished talking with the princess?"
"En." Zhao Huaiyan nodded, and naturally led her by the hand as he walked forward and said, "All the queen's actions are left to King Pingxi, and she doesn't show up at all. This banquet is an opportunity."
Lin Jinhua looked up at him, and was relieved to see his calm expression.
Zhao Huaiyan seemed to be aware of her worry, and said as he walked: "Although the queen is my adoptive mother in name, she has no feelings for all these years except to use her, and she has tried to harm you many times. It’s really not fit to sit in that position anymore.”
Lin Jinhua also understood that since the last incident, the Queen has been terrified of having no rights, and wants to control everything in her hands.
The two of them walked all the way to the garden, and many young ladies came forward to salute, their eyes all fell on Zhao Huaiyan, after all, the prince who used to be withdrawn now dotes on his wife like his life, which woman would not envy him?Everyone hopes that he is the next person to make him fall in love with.
Zhao Huaiyan looked at the people surrounding him, frowned slightly, and saw King Xuan welcoming him.
After King Xuan saw the ceremony, he smiled and said: "Just now, I was discussing with the second brother and several other brothers about the eldest brother. I don't know what kind of blessing I have to marry a woman like the emperor's wife." After finishing, she took a special look at Lin Jinhua. The red skirt made her skin more beautiful than snow, her eyebrows were picturesque, her bright eyes and white teeth were three points more beautiful than the beauties in the paintings.
Seeing that he couldn't look away, Zhao Huaiyan tightened his brows, turned his head and said to Lin Jinhua, "Hua'er, you can rest in this garden for a while."
Lin Jinhua complied and watched Zhao Huaiyan walk away quickly, only then did King Xuan reluctantly withdraw his gaze and turn away.
At the corner, Princess Xuan watched this scene, her fists clenched.Last time the prince said that he was not as good as Lin Jinhua, but now his eyes are glued to her?It can be seen that Lin Jinhua is a vixen!
Lin Jinhua faintly noticed a murderous gaze, turned her head and saw Princess Xuan.
She raised her eyebrows slightly, the current Princess Xuan wanted to call her sister-in-law when she saw her.
She walked over with a smile, and said with a slight smile, "what are the brothers and sisters doing here?"
When Princess Xuan heard the word 'brother and sister', she was so awkward, she bowed perfunctorily and called Sister-in-law, then lied that she had something to do and left in a hurry.
Mo Feng followed and laughed, "This Princess Xuan is so petty."
Lin Jinhua smiled faintly, turned around and saw Xu Zhaozhao, but her complexion was not very good-looking, the corners of her skirt were stained with mud, and she looked embarrassed, and the person in the corridor not far away was pointing at her. Missing Sun Wanwan.
"Miss..." Mo Feng was about to go up, when Lin Jinhua saw Yuan Shao who was following Xu Zhaozhao, and smiled, "Let's not be in a hurry." After speaking, he simply stood aside and watched.
Xu Zhaozhao bit his lip and stared at Sun Wanwan: "Don't think I dare not throw you into the water!"
Sun Wanwan covered her lips and smiled lightly, and said to the young lady next to her: "It is said that the Xu family has a scholarly family, but the young lady who came out is so rude. I don't know, but it's because of some wild girl in the countryside."
"I'm the princess anyway!" Xu Zhaozhao stepped forward and was about to make a move, but the young master of Fu Guogong's mansion immediately stood up and said, "Princess Yongle, after all, it's your fault this time, you shouldn't push Miss Sun." .”
Xu Zhaozhao saw that he was also helping Sun Wanwan to speak, and his eyes were red with anger: "It is clear that she bumped into me on purpose, and even bumped me into the flower bed..." Xu Zhaozhao wanted to defend, but Sun Wanwan immediately aggrieved: "I am not as good as the princess She is strong, and the princess has a noble status, how dare I bump into it on purpose? It is clear that you don't like me and deliberately framed me."
"You...you are talking nonsense!" Xu Zhaozhao was so angry that he wanted to jump, looking at the mocking eyes around him, thinking about his messy appearance, she came to find her future husband today, and no one would know how she looked like this I want her.Thinking of this made her even more aggrieved.
"Where am I talking nonsense..."
"Whether it was planted or not, you know it in your heart. There are so many pairs of eyes here, there must be someone who is blind." Yuan Shao coldly handed his handkerchief to Xu Zhaozhao, then looked at the son of Fuguo Duke's Mansion and said: "There is one in the sky." It’s a good leather bag, but it’s a straw bag inside.”
The young master of Fuguo Duke's Mansion blushed with anger, and remained silent for a long while.
Sun Wanwan sneered: "Hey, Princess Yongle still needs a child to protect? Is there no one around?"
Yuan Shao glanced at Sun Wanwan, and indifferently ordered the guards behind him: "Throw her into the water."
As soon as these words came out, the women beside Sun Wanwan also stood up immediately, but Yuan Shao's guards were not simple, they threw the two women aside without much effort, picked up Sun Wanwan easily, and threw them from the corridor Went to the lake behind.
Xu Zhaozhao's eyes widened, but he felt inexplicably happy.
"You guys are deceiving people too much. Ms. Sun is the servant's daughter after all..."
"Ask Shilang Sun to come to Pingxi Prince's Mansion to find me, and I will tell him how the noble lady he raised framed and insulted me." After Yuan Shao finished speaking indifferently, he glanced at Xu Zhaozhao with his hands behind his back, and said: " Walk."
"Where are you going?" Xu Zhaozhao wiped away his tears.
Yuan Shao looked at her muddy clothes and said, "Change clothes." After finishing speaking, he stepped up and left, his momentum was not weak at all despite his young age.
When Xu Zhaozhao heard the words, he glared at the blind Lord Fuguo, turned his head and followed Yuan Shao away.
The group of people were still pointing and whispering, Lin Jinhua came over, looked at the crowd and smiled slightly: "Did my concubine's cousin hinder you all?"
Seeing her coming, everyone kept silent.
Lin Jinhua smiled: "No, then I hope you all guard your tongues. By the way, is that Miss Sun in the lake?" She turned her head to look at the thrashing humans in the lake.
"Yes, Princess Yongle, she deliberately..."
"Deliberately?" Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly: "Why did Miss Sun bump into Zhaozhao on purpose in what my concubine saw? Could it be that my concubine has bad eyesight?"
Others saw that she was clearly defending Xu Zhaozhao. No one wanted to offend Prince Ning's mansion for Sun Wanwan who had no friendship, so they hurriedly shut up and stopped talking. Prince Ning's mansion is against it.
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, the identity of Princess Ning is really useful.
Just after thinking about it, a sudden burst of applause came.
Lin Jinhua turned her head and saw that everyone had knelt down and saluted.
Lin Jinhua also hurriedly saluted: "I have seen the emperor and all the empresses."
The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Jinhua. With her temperament, if she didn't have a dominant intention, she would be able to take care of the harem well, but if she had that intention, I'm afraid she would not be suitable for the position in the future.
He said with a smile: "When I first came here, I saw a good show."
"My concubine sees that Princess Yongle still doesn't control much, so it's better to give her a marriage earlier, so that she can take care of her." Concubine De glanced at Zhou Weikang, the prince of Fuguo, with a shallow look. Shallow smile.She is very confident now. Since the emperor wants to make Kan'er the crown prince, he will definitely not hinder her from gaining influence for Kan'er. The young ministers are all disciples of Duke Fu, and with the help of Duke Fu, they are not afraid of those stubborn and disobedient elders in the court.
The emperor smiled: "It's a good idea."
Lin Jinhua's eyes tightened slightly, and she smiled, "To tell you the truth, my aunt has already found someone for Zhaozhao."
"Really?" Concubine De's voice immediately became colder.
The corner of Lin Jinhua's mouth slightly raised: "Naturally. Pingxi Palace came to Xu's family to discuss a kiss earlier, but my aunt considered that Zhaozhao was still young and wanted to keep her for two more years, but she was very satisfied with the young master of Pingxi Palace."
Having said this, the emperor also understood that the Xu family did not want other people to interfere in their children's marriage.
His attitude towards the Xu family is different, and the loyalty of the Xu family is also what he needs. Hearing this, he smiled: "If that's the case, let Xu Aiqing decide for herself, and I won't worry about it anymore."
Lin Jinhua agreed with a smile, but seeing that Concubine De had already plotted to get into the Xu family, there was another Xu Chengqing who had to settle the marriage sooner.
After talking here for a while, the emperor led everyone away. From the beginning to the end, the empress looked cool and indifferent, as if she could see through the world of mortals.
"princess."
While she was in a trance, a whisper suddenly sounded in her ear.
She turned around and saw the familiar but much thinner face, she was very surprised: "Mrs. Luo, you have already..."
"Your Majesty has already checked it out. Your Excellency has never conspired against you." When Madam Luo mentioned this, her heart was filled with sadness, but she hurriedly said: "Princess, please come with me." After finishing speaking, she lowered her head and walked quickly. go forward.
Lin Jinhua didn't realize it for a while, because the Luo family was slandered and treasonously involved in a lot of things before, but now the emperor has let the Luo family go quietly, what is he trying to do?Is it really for Huai Yan's sake?
She followed Mrs. Luo all the way forward, and after walking for a long time, she stopped behind a secluded rockery.
"Wangfei, wait a moment." Not long after Madam Luo finished speaking, she saw two people walking from the corridor not far away, one was the queen, and the other was Princess Pingxi. After a while, the two got closer.
Princess Pingxi had a bitter expression on her face, and said: "Your Majesty, the lord really doesn't want to get involved in these matters."
"Do you want the glory and wealth?" The queen looked at him with a sneer: "And you have already done it, do you still want to get out? Do you think Zhao Huaiyan will let you go?"
Princess Pingxi immediately knelt down and begged, "Empress, my concubine is getting old, and the prince is also getting old. We are really powerless..."
The queen snorted coldly: "Don't say you are weak! If you can't do this well, don't blame me for being ruthless and let you be buried with the entire Pingxi palace!" After finishing speaking, she turned back alone.
Princess Pingxi looked at the back of her leaving, and sighed a long time, then stood up tremblingly supporting the maid's hand, and slowly walked in another direction.
After reading all this, Lin Jinhua still didn't understand, so she heard Mrs. Luo say, "Princess, please come and save my concubine later."
Before Lin Jinhua could figure it out, she ran out and yelled for help, and ran to the garden where she had just come while yelling.
As soon as her voice came out, the queen who hadn't gone far soon heard it.
She turned around and saw the person running out from behind the rockery, and clenched her teeth: "Catch her back for me..."
"But empress, after all, this is..."
"Go!" It would be miserable if someone heard Cai Cai's words, and the Pingxi Palace had long thought of not wanting to interfere, once this matter was known, they would definitely take the opportunity to withdraw.Without Prince Pingxi's Mansion, she really has no capital.
The court ladies went immediately after hearing the words, but they just wanted to catch him back, but Mrs. Luo ran to the garden lake, looked at the person with a look of horror, and shouted: "I didn't eavesdrop on purpose. , empress, please let me go..."
Those maids looked at each other, not knowing what to do, but the empress ordered that they must be taken back...
Thinking of this, they still approached, but Mrs. Luo seemed to be unsteady on her feet, and fell into the lake by herself.
Seeing the Queen leave, Lin Jinhua immediately took Mo Feng out, but was stopped by Duan Hui when she entered the small garden.
Duan Hui looked at her and said, "You don't need to interfere in this matter!"
"But Mrs. Luo just now..."
"She's too timid." Duan Hui didn't want to involve Lin Jinhua in this matter, after all, if something happened to her, she could still count on Lin Jinhua to take care of Ling Weiye.
Seeing the person struggling in the water, she immediately yelled at him with a cold face: "What are you still doing, save him!"
Seeing her like this, Lin Jinhua frowned slightly.
Mo Feng whispered: "Why don't you see Xiaojun Wang?"
Lin Jinhua also found out that Ling Weiye was gone.
Looking at the direction Duanhui left, she always felt that she seemed determined to die, and she felt a little uneasy.
"You go to Wei Ye first." After Lin Jinhua finished speaking, she followed quickly.
At this moment, Mrs. Luo had been rescued. Seeing this, the queen's maids wanted to sneak away, but Duanhui sneered coldly: "You dare to force Mrs. Luo to death, and you still want to leave?"
"Princess, the servants didn't..." the maids hurriedly said, they just wanted to take Mrs. Luo away, and it was clearly Mrs. Luo who threw herself into the water.
But when Mrs. Luo was rescued, she was already on the verge of death. She looked at Duanhui with red eyes and a little fear, and said, "Princess, save me..."
"Tell me first, why are they chasing and killing you despite so many people here?" Duan Hui asked in a serious voice.
The people next to him surrounded him with astonishment on their faces.
Mrs. Luo spit out some of the water she had choked in, and said, "I heard a big secret from the empress."
The maids panicked and wanted to report to the queen immediately, but Duanhui had already made them look up and couldn't go away.
"What secret?"
"The empress colluded with the Pingxi Palace, killed the son-in-law and Mrs. Ling, and even attempted to murder the princess..." Mrs. Luo fainted after she finished speaking. When Duanhui heard this answer, she still couldn't help trembling all over. Even if she risked her life, she would avenge the son-in-law!
When the queen's maids heard this, they immediately knelt down, but Duanhui only let Madam Luo be picked up, and took these maids to see the emperor.
When the emperor heard this for the first time, he still didn't believe it: "The empress has lived in the deep palace for a long time, how could she do such a thing?"
Duanhui knew that he didn't believe it, she knelt down on the ground with red eyes, and said: "Brother Huang doesn't believe it, you can call Princess Pingxi over to ask."
Seeing that she insisted on making a fuss here, the emperor looked unhappy. After all, the purpose of coming to Changchun Garden was to entertain envoys. If the news spread to the ears of the barbarians, he would not be able to ridicule him as the majestic king of a country, even a few women. good?
"If the emperor doesn't investigate, the younger sister will hang herself here today..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw her close-knit nurse running in crying, "Princess, it's not good!"
"what happened?"
"It's the king of the little county. He was poisoned and is still unconscious!" Nanny knelt on the ground and wept uncontrollably.
Duanhui clenched her fists secretly but immediately turned her head to look at the emperor: "Brother Huang, if you don't believe me, go and investigate now, the person who poisoned Weiye must be related to the queen! She just hates me, so she wants to kill my family! Brother Huang, Have you forgotten that the queen killed people indiscriminately, she is such a vicious person!"
The emperor's face darkened, and he looked at the nanny and said angrily: "Why do you look at the little county king, and let him be poisoned!"
"The servants should be damned, but at that time the little county king was greedy for a plate of pastries that the empress had placed outside, so he ran away while the servants were not prepared." The mama kowtowed quickly.
The emperor's complexion was dark, he looked at Duanhui under his eyes, and said coldly: "Immediately tell the Queen and Princess Pingxi to come to see her... Also, this matter is not allowed to be rumored!"
When Eunuch An heard the words, he immediately arranged for someone to communicate, and then asked the nanny, "Have you ever invited a doctor for the little county king?"
"Please. Fortunately, Concubine Ning went in time. Now the little princess is just in a coma, and I don't think his life will be endangered." After finishing speaking, the nanny quietly glanced at Duanhui on the side.
"That's good." The emperor finished happily. Although he was also furious about the killing of the son-in-law before, he never thought that it would be the queen's hands.
Soon Princess Pingxi came, and upon entering the hall, she saw Duan Hui, who was weeping, and the serious emperor above, and Dang Li knelt on the ground tremblingly, "My wife sees the emperor."
The emperor looked at her with a serious expression: "I ask you, does the killing of the son-in-law and Mrs. Ling have anything to do with your Pingxi Palace?"
Princess Pingxi's face turned pale instantly, she was not as calm as the queen, her attitude betrayed her as soon as the emperor asked her a question.
Seeing this, the emperor slammed the table and shouted loudly: "Bastard, if you dare to kill the son-in-law, it is the crime of punishing the nine clans!"
Princess Pingxi immediately kowtowed: "Your Majesty, matters that have nothing to do with the minister's wife are arranged by the empress, and the minister only knew about it after the fact. If the empress hadn't threatened her, the minister must have told the emperor!" The only way to deal with the crimes of the Nine Clans is to blame the Queen.
Hearing this, the emperor snorted coldly: "Nonsense, how could the empress send so many elites without your assistance!"
"Because..." Princess Pingxi swallowed, looked at the really angry emperor, gritted her teeth, and said, "It's because the queen's younger brother has been hiding in the military camp outside the palace. The woman conveyed it on her behalf, and the minister's wife did not know that the content of the letter was to assassinate the son-in-law and Mrs. Ling, otherwise she would not have passed it on."
"Her younger brother is hiding in the capital?" The emperor clenched his fists more and more. At the beginning, he deliberately dismissed the empress's natal family, because he was afraid that the empress would take the opportunity to grow up, but she didn't expect that she would hide her younger brother in the military camp without telling him!
"Yes. It was arranged by the prince." Princess Pingxi was sweating profusely.
After she finished speaking, the queen was also invited, but when she saw the kneeling person on the ground, she only frowned, and stepped forward to greet her: "The concubine has seen..."
"I ask you, did you send someone to assassinate the son-in-law?" the emperor interrupted her and said coldly.
The queen's hand in front of her body tightened a little, and she smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, what evidence did you find? The concubine has never done it before, do you want to ask for it this time without evidence like last time?" The confinement of Guan Chen and his concubines?"
Hearing that she still dared to mention this sentence, the emperor said in a deeper voice, "Do you still think I owe you?"
"The concubine dare not, but the emperor must be used to arresting and killing people without evidence. He did this to his concubine before, and now he can do the same to his concubine."
"Bastard!" The emperor was furious.
Princess Pingxi was so frightened that she dared not speak out, but the queen talked about him from left to right, but she didn't say whether the son-in-law was assassinated by her.
Seeing this, Duan Hui said: "Brother Huang, the queen killed the person, and the witness is Princess Pingxi, and now she almost killed Mrs. Luo to silence her, and almost poisoned Weiye to death... The next one, I don't know if it's my sister or the princess." Royal brother."
When the emperor heard this, he only felt pain in his heart.
He stared at the queen coldly, pulled away from the concubine Yin's fault and said, "I ask you, the son-in-law and Mrs. Ling, are you responsible for it?"
"Concubine..."
"I only ask if you are!" The emperor slammed the table.
The queen immediately knelt down and looked straight at him: "No concubine."
"What about chasing Mrs. Luo? There are witnesses and evidence, as well as poisoning Wei Ye. How can you argue?" the emperor said angrily.
"The concubine has never done it. Someone wants to frame the concubine. I hope the emperor will find out!" The queen has already felt the emperor's distrust of her, and this time Duanhui seems to have laid a net of heaven and earth, but so what, she is the queen , is the mother of the country, the emperor is dissatisfied with him, as long as he doesn't admit it, he can't kill him, as long as he doesn't die, she still has a chance!
The emperor looked at her like this, his patience was exhausted, and he looked at her darkly: "Do you really think I dare not punish you?"
"Please consider for His Highness King Ning." The queen took out her last card. She was Zhao Huaiyan's adoptive mother. If she was killed for a crime, Zhao Huaiyan must be the one who would be most affected.
The emperor really hesitated.
Duanhui kowtowed heavily on the ground, choked with sobs and said: "Brother Huang, sister-in-law begs you to give justice to the son-in-law, loyal ministers who serve the country can be killed indiscriminately, and now she can't tolerate any of my Ling family. Can you still be the mother of my Jin Dynasty?"
The emperor's face was cold, he glanced at the queen, took a deep breath, and said: "The evidence is convincing, the queen abolished the posthumous position and was thrown into the cold palace..."
"Brother Huang!" Seeing that he was still reluctant to kill, Duanhui was extremely disappointed, but she had already guessed that her brother would always only think about herself.
"Duanhui, stop making trouble..."
"Brother Huang, the son-in-law and the old lady died wrongedly, and the people who were killed by the queen also died wrongly. Brother Huang, if you don't get rid of the troubles today, she may kill you in the future!" Duan Hui shouted.
Eunuch An quickly lowered his head.
The emperor's face was livid: "Be careful what you say!"
"Brother Huang won't kill her, she will kill me next, why don't I fulfill her now!" After finishing speaking, before everyone could react, he pulled out the hairpin on his head and slapped her hard on his heart. After the stabbing, the smell of blood immediately spread throughout the hall.
Duanhui felt a sense of relief when the hairpin pierced into the flesh.
When she fell down, she looked at the panicked eyes of the queen, and the corners of her mouth raised coldly, with the ruthlessness of death.
(End of this chapter)
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