Nong Hua Makeup

Chapter 44

Every year before the New Year's Eve, the Jin Dynasty invites officials of the third rank and above to bring their family members to the palace to attend the palace banquet. Because there are too many people, the queue to enter the palace runs from morning to night.

Zhao Huaiyan went in early because the emperor specially summoned him.

Lin Luzhi greeted the waiting officials.

Lin Jinhua looked at Xiong Shuli who was being respectfully welcomed in at the palace gate, her eyes were slightly cold, she lifted the curtain of the carriage and walked down.But Lin Zisu didn't dare to show her face because of the injury on her face.

She just came down, and there were a lot of gazes from around.

Someone pulled Lin Luzhi directly and asked, "General Lin, is this Miss Seven?"

Lin Luzhi also knew that his daughter looked very good-looking today, so he nodded with a smile.

Someone saw this, their eyes lit up, and they walked over with a reserved smile: "Miss Seven, I wondered if I would meet you today." After finishing speaking, he looked at Lin Jincheng who was standing beside him in a black court dress, blushing He saluted: "Young master Lin is also here."

Lin Jincheng was afraid that she would be embarrassed, so he smiled slightly: "Miss Wang, you go ahead, I'll go to my father's place first." After finishing speaking, he walked over directly.

Wang Ruyan lowered her eyes and said softly, and when he left, she seemed to be relieved, and looked at Lin Jinhua with a smile: "The sisters from my grandfather's family have come to my house these few days, so it's not good to see you, your maid Is it better?"

Seeing that she was still thinking about Cai'er, Lin Jinhua smiled and nodded: "It's much better."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a trot, and then Ye Ling came to Wang Ruyan's side panting slightly: "Miss Wang, I'm late."

Wang Ruyan didn't say anything: "It's okay, the lines on the left and right are still long."

"Miss Seven is here too." Ye Ling smiled, but she stood beside Wang Ruyan affectionately: "Do you like the embroidered handkerchief I gave you last time? I have been embroidering for several days, but I am afraid it will make a joke." She smiled slightly awkwardly.

Seeing her like this, Lin Jinhua's eyes darkened slightly, but she only smiled faintly: "Miss Ye is going to enter the palace today?"

Ye Ling's face became even more embarrassing, and then he said: "I don't have such a blessing, but I promised to give Miss Wang two handkerchiefs a few days ago, I rushed all night yesterday, and I just embroidered it this morning Come." As she said, she took out two neatly stacked handkerchiefs from her sleeves, and the handkerchiefs were embroidered with orchid grass, which was indeed delicate and lovely.

Wang Ruyan didn't say anything, and accepted it with a smile: "I said it casually that day, but it was troublesome for you. I will change my habit of speaking casually in the future."

"Miss Wang, why are you being so polite to me? Could it be...Could it be that she dislikes Ling'er for being the daughter of a merchant..." She lowered her head in low self-esteem.

Wang Ruyan took a look, and smiled softly: "How could it be, Miss Ye is very sweet-hearted, she is very attractive."

Ye Ling smiled instantly: "I knew Miss Wang wouldn't mind..." Before she finished speaking, the handkerchief in her hand flew out with the wind.

Wang Ruyan was about to ask the servants to pick it up, when Lin Jinhua saw that Ye Ling had turned around, and took her hand: "Her goal is on that piece of handkerchief that flew away, wouldn't it be bad for you to ask the servants to pick it up?" What about her?" Ye Ling said that she embroidered all night yesterday, but just now her little face was rosy and fair, her eyes were clear, she was dressed in silk, and she was wearing delicate makeup. He would think that she was the lady of some big family, after all, all the officials who came here today were third-rank officials and above.

Wang Ruyan saw her see through, she spread her hands helplessly, and looked at Ye Ling's back: "A few days ago she suddenly came to my house and wanted to embroider me a handkerchief, I couldn't shirk it, so I agreed to her."

Seeing her miserable look, Lin Jinhua smiled slightly, and Ye Ling's handkerchief obediently floated onto a young man in brocade clothes.

This young man's eyes had been fixed on Lin Jinzheng's side. Although Lin Jinzheng was beautiful, she was already famous, but Wang Ruyan was different, she was just as delicate and cute, and she was the daughter of Wang Yushi...

"My handkerchief..." Ye Ling came over and called out coquettishly, he smiled softly, and picked it up for her: "Which family does Miss belong to?"

"I..." Ye Ling was embarrassed to say it, and only looked back at Wang Ruyan and Lin Jinhua who were looking at her, and said softly, "Young master, return the handkerchief to me."

"If I don't pay it back..." He believed that Ye Ling and Wang Ruyan had a good relationship, and seeing that Ye Ling's body was well developed and her face was also good, the idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone came up.

Seeing that Ye Ling's fish had already taken the bait, Lin Jinhua also saw the man's eyes wandering over Wang Ruyan's body, and asked, "Is he the younger brother of Marquis Dingnan?"

Wang Ruyan glanced at her, narrowed her eyes, and hurriedly turned around: "It's better not to have any contact with him, come and remind Miss Ye."

Lin Jinhua wanted to say that she had good intentions, but she was afraid that Ye Ling would think that she was deliberately sabotaging, but before she could say anything, eunuchs had already come to invite them into the palace.

Lin Zisu just got out of the carriage, but kept her head down, not daring to look at anyone, and silently followed Lin Jinhua, gritting her teeth.

They were not allowed to bring people in. Lin Jinzhen glanced at the thin woman standing behind the carriage with her face downcast, the corners of her mouth curled up, she turned and went in with Wang Ruyan.

Half an hour passed, and the front of the palace gate was almost empty.

The welcoming eunuch saw a woman in green clothes standing in front of the palace gate, and asked strangely, "Which mansion are you from?"

Only then did Murong Yu raise her head slightly, and took out the waist badge of the Prime Minister's Mansion from her arms and handed it to him: "I am the younger sister of the Prime Minister's wife, and I lost my way because of playing, I wonder if I can trouble my father-in-law to take me in to meet my sister-in-law? "

The father-in-law frowned, and was just about to look through the roster, when suddenly he saw a man dressed as a family servant running over, and brought her a bundle full of gold and silver, and said anxiously: "Miss, why haven't you gone in yet, Concubine De The empress also said that she wants to see you, if it is delayed, the empress de concubine will not spare you." While talking, he took out an ingot of gold ingots from the bag and stuffed it into the father-in-law's hand: "Elder-in-law, please come in The queen of the palace will take my young lady to change her clothes first, otherwise the prime minister's wife will be scolded later."

The father-in-law took the gold ingot and looked at the badge that Murong Yu handed over just now, it was indeed from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and judging by her appearance, she was indeed Miss Qianjin, but people entering the palace should not be so hasty... …

Just as he was hesitating, a horse neighed, and then Gao Zhi quickly turned over from the horse and came down: "Elder-in-law, please give this to the prince, he forgot to bring it early in the morning." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Murong Yu, surprised Said: "Prime Minister's wife actually left you outside? The banquet is about to start, and you will be punished if you are late."

The father-in-law paused, and he knew Gao Zhi, and hurriedly said: "Guard Gao, this lady...is she really the sister of the prime minister's wife?"

"Of course it is." Gao Zhi smiled: "Eunuch doesn't believe it, go ask the prime minister's wife to come and admit it."

The father-in-law never doubted him, and he didn't dare to invite the prime minister's wife, so he softened his attitude and recruited the young eunuch: "Quickly, take this young lady to change her clothes before going to Yongshou Palace."

When Murong Yu heard this, she secretly let go of the tightly clenched hands in her sleeves, and followed the little eunuch to walk in quickly.

Gao Chi dismissed the person in front of him, then looked at the hunched sixth child, and smiled: "Okay, let's go back, the matter that the future princess told me has been done." After finishing speaking, he approached him and asked: " This lady always looks familiar to me, who is she?"

Only then did Lao Liu slowly straighten up, and cupped his hands at him: "My lord guard, Cao Min and other matters that the young lady explained, thank you very much today." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and left.

Gao Ti frowned, looked at the sixth child, then looked at Murong Yu's leaving back, thought for a while but didn't think about it, and then went back. He still has other things to do that the future princess told him, but he really Surprised, how did Ms. Lin think of such a trick.Looking in the direction of the city gate, he whipped his whip and left quickly.

Today's palace banquet has always been the busiest time, everyone wants to shine at the palace banquet, and Concubine De will use this kind of banquet to overwhelm the empress's limelight every time.

Today she picked out a long lake blue palace silk dress, with large blooming peonies embroidered on the skirt, and the corresponding peony flower-style jewelry, with a sapphire on her forehead, and her skin is in good condition, this dress When I came down, I looked like I was in my thirties.

She sat in front of the bronze mirror and watched the maid slowly combing her hair, and said with a satisfied smile, "The empress is still dressed in that old-fashioned way today?"

"The empress always wears a phoenix robe and holds a cloud bun in such a day. It's been like this every year." Gui Zhi, the maid beside the side, replied with a smile, and then rolled her eyes: "How can it be compared to your present?" The clothes you are wearing today are all bought from Persia specially by the Prime Minister, and these jewelry are made by the best craftsmen, they are different every year, the emperor will definitely like it when he sees it."

Hearing this, Concubine De became more and more happy, and looked at her with a smile: "You are the only one with a sweet mouth. Did elder brother ever enter the palace?"

"Here we are, first go to the emperor to pay his respects, and then come to your place." Seeing that she was about to get up, Gui Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to support her.

Concubine De straightened her bun, hummed lightly, and then asked, "Where's Kan'er, haven't you seen him today? On such a big day like today, let him find someone to keep an eye on, so that he doesn't make any mistakes. "

Gui Zhi nodded hurriedly: "My servant has already sent someone to invite the third prince, don't worry, our third prince is the most outstanding among these princes, if the emperor likes it before it's too late, even if he makes a small mistake, the emperor will definitely not pursued."

Hearing this, Concubine De sighed, and sat down beside the imperial concubine's couch.

Gui Zhi thought he had said something wrong, so he quickly knelt down: "Madam, but what did the servant say that shouldn't be said?"

"It has nothing to do with you, it's just that this concubine is upset. The emperor has not confirmed the crown prince for a long time, and now only Zhao Huaiyan has been named king, so this concubine is always worried about accidents. And now Kan'er has not been able to marry a prince who can help him Concubine, the Lin family doesn't want to, it can compete with the Lin family, Dingnan Hou's mansion has no daughters, and Zheng's mansion is only a mere third grade." She said worriedly, and quickly filtered out these famous ladies in the capital, but none of them suitable.

Seeing that it was none of his business, Gui Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but Concubine De suddenly asked her: "Tell me, what should I do?"

"This..." Gui Zhi thought for a while, then leaned forward and said, "General Zheng's family can't be the main concubine, even a side concubine is fine."

Concubine De's eyes lit up slightly when she heard this: "This is a way..." After finishing speaking, she looked at her: "At the banquet, I will pay more attention to this Miss Zheng for my concubine. If she is a generous and sensible person, that's fine."

"Yes." Gui Zhi hurriedly lowered her eyes to answer.

There was still a while before the banquet, Concubine De took a nap, Gui Zhi used the excuse to go out to find the third prince, left Concubine De's Yonghe Palace, and went straight to the Imperial Garden.

Seeing the man in the brocade robe standing in the imperial garden, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down: "Master, do as you said."

"En." He responded lightly: "Apart from the Zheng family, who else did she think of?"

"She didn't say anything, probably a more powerful family, and the Dingnanhou Mansion didn't intend to let it go." Gui Zhi said.

"Understood, keep staring." After finishing speaking, he turned his head to leave.Gui Zhi watched his back, stepped forward hastily, and said, "My lord, do you really want to marry Miss Lin?"

"It's not your turn to comment on this king's matter..."

"But the princess..."

"The king will take care of her affairs. But Lin Jinhua, none of you can make up your mind." Zhao Huaiyan gave the man on the ground a cold look, and walked away.

Guizhi felt discouraged, and her heart was filled with pain. She wanted to see how this young lady of the Lin family was doing.

In Yongshou Palace.

The sky outside gradually darkened, and hundreds of candles were lit in the huge palace, illuminating the splendid hall very brightly.

There are three rows of long tables on the left and right of His Highness, the officials are arranged according to their grades, and the family members sit in the two rows behind the officials. Lin Jinhua and Lin Zisu chose the last seat to sit down, but she is dressed in red today, why? There was no way to hide, the gazes in the hall would always fall on her from time to time, as for Zhao Kan who was sitting across from her, he never took his eyes off her. It is not as far as Lin Zisu, but looking at it now, it is astonishing.

Lin Jinhua did not avoid his gaze this time, but raised her eyes and looked at him lightly, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Zhao Kan's heart skipped a beat when he saw her bright eyes were slightly cool and her red lips were bright.

He raised his hand to cover his chest. He had never felt this way before. Now that she just smiled, did he move his heart?

His heart beat faster, and the feeling of joy spread over his limbs, making him feel like a dreamy dream. Looking at the woman in red opposite him, apart from the thought of pressing her down hard, there was also a tenderness of wanting to pity her.

Lin Zisu frowned as she watched the interaction between the two, and said in a low voice, "Lin Jinhua, what the hell are you doing?"

"What's the hurry, fourth sister?" Lin Jinhua looked at her indifferently, if the fish didn't take the bait, how could they catch it.

"Let's count what you said." She looked at her hesitantly. She is indeed beautiful now, but she is more calm, as if so many envious eyes from outside or men's coveted eyes don't exist.

"Don't worry." Lin Jinhua saw that Zhao Kan had already drank a jug of wine without knowing it, smiled, slowly raised his glass to him, drank it down, and then quietly got up, took Lin Zisu Go out together.

The officials were all complimenting each other, and Lin Jincheng couldn't avoid it, so she didn't notice that she was sitting in the back and quietly walked out through the side door.

Seeing her get up, Zhao Kan drank the wine in the glass again, and then chased her out.

After leaving the Hall of Eternal Shou, Lin Jinyu dragged Lin Zisu out of the hall with familiarity.

Lin Zisu didn't know where she was going, so she hurriedly asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Look at the back." Lin Jinhua didn't turn her head, she pulled Lin Zisu straight forward, walked through the corridor in front, and went directly to the imperial garden.Although the imperial garden is not big, but surrounded by rockery and trees, it is enough to do whatever you want.

Lin Zisu's heart brightened when she saw Zhao Kan following behind, and quickly followed Lin Jinhua: "If he disagrees..."

The corners of Lin Jinyu's mouth slightly curled up: "The third prince drank a lot of wine today, and my sister is such a beauty who volunteered to sacrifice herself, how could he disagree?"

Lin Zisu blushed when she heard the words, but her eyes were cold and ruthless when she looked at her side face: "I will definitely thank Seventh Sister after the matter is completed."

"Fourth sister doesn't want to kill me. If she wants to kill me, she must strive to become the third concubine, not the side concubine." Lin Jinhua led her to a rockery, and there was a small attic above it.It's not a secret that the queen came from the palace, and she likes to take a rest in this attic the most.

Seeing her looking up, Lin Zisu asked, "You..."

"When there is movement around, you have to call for help. The truth of marrying a wife and running as a concubine must be clear to the fourth sister?" Lin Jinhua listened to the approaching footsteps outside, silently opened the jade bottle in her sleeve, and spilled it inside. powder.

Lin Zisu naturally understood that she had already thought about it, if Zhao Kan refused to admit it, she would make a fuss to the emperor.

Seeing her burning eyes, Lin Jinhua curled up her mouth, carefully put away the bottle in her sleeve, and hid in the middle of the rockery when the footsteps approached.

Zhao Kan went outside, thinking that Lin Jinhua was waiting for her here, and said with a smile, "Lin Jinhua, my prince has never thought that you are so beautiful."

Lin Zisu secretly gritted her teeth and remained silent.

Knowing that someone was hiding inside, Zhao Kan's eyes darkened, "However, Zhao Huaiyan will die sooner or later, and you won't end well if you follow her, and you will even implicate the Lin family. You can't figure this out, right?" He slowly Slowly walked to the edge of the rockery, because the sky was too dark, I could only vaguely see a woman hiding in the corner of the rockery.

He approached slowly, and suddenly inhaled a strange fragrance, and the evil fire under his body rushed up suddenly, thinking of her alluring appearance in red clothes in the palace today, following her delicate face, one can see her fair and slender The neck of the neck, what kind of beautiful scenery should be hidden under the neck...

The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't help it. He rushed forward to catch the shadow in the corner, and when he heard her cry, the evil fire in his chest seemed to rush out, he directly pinched her chin and said in a low hoarse voice: "Lin Jinhua, you Sooner or later he will be my man, let's treat it as an early bridal chamber tonight!" After saying that, he tore off her body with his hand, and then kissed her red lips.

Lin Zisu was scared for the first time, and she was even more resentful hearing him call Lin Jinhua's name, but now she dare not think about anything else, she must become the third concubine!

After thinking about it like this, he didn't resist, and started to cater directly.

Lin Jinhua looked at the entangled body in the dark silently, with an indifferent expression, she turned and left.

Not long after she left, the queen really went towards the attic on the rockery.

"Ma'am, it's getting late, let's go early." The aunt next to her said, Yun Jiang.

"It doesn't matter if you go early, the emperor will ask concubine De to go there together after all, I am an insignificant person who goes early and late." The queen looked cold, and walked to the attic lightly, intending to take a look at the closed palace as usual The lights inside were turned on, but suddenly a man and a woman gasped.

She was stunned, and Yun Jiang behind her also blushed, hurriedly walked to the side of the pavilion and sipped softly: "Where is who!"

Lin Zisu came to his senses, looked at the person whose consciousness was getting more and more blurred, and hurriedly shouted: "Help, who is there, help me... help me..." After finishing speaking, he pulled Zhao Zhao on his body. Kan pushed away, and was about to run away wrapped in torn clothes, but Zhao Kan got up and threw him down again.

When the queen's courtiers arrived with lanterns, they stared so hard that their eyeballs would fall off when they saw this scene.

Lin Zisu still did not forget her purpose, crying and shouting: "Help me, save me, I am Miss Fourth of General Lin's Mansion..."

When the queen heard this, she looked at Zhao Kan who was subconsciously unconscious, and the corners of her mouth curled up almost invisibly.

Yun Jiang also reacted, and smiled; "Could it be that God is helping your mother?"

The queen's eyes were light: "This matter is related to the prince and General Lin's mansion, so don't say anything, take them to see the emperor immediately."

Yun Jiang smiled knowingly, and immediately sent someone to do it.

It didn't take long before Lin Jinhua came back. Wang Ruyan managed to push away the girls who were pulling her to talk, and then looked at her and asked, "Miss Seven, where have you been?"

"When I came here, I saw a flower blooming just right at the door, so I picked one." After finishing speaking, he handed a palm-sized pink flower to her: "For you."

Wang Ruyan looked at this delicate flower, smiled and bent her eyes, then turned sideways and said, "Where is your fourth sister?"

"She said she was going to the Royal Garden to get some air, but I didn't know the way, so I didn't follow." Lin Jinhua smiled.

Wang Ruyan didn't ask any more questions.

After sitting for a while, a father-in-law hurried over and asked Lin Luzhi to go out. Lin Jinhua knew that the matter of Zhao Kan and Lin Zisu might have been discovered.

She looked at the wine glass on the table, and raised her hand to pour herself a glass, but someone grabbed her wrist: "You woman, what are you doing with so much wine?"

Lin Jinhua looked up, and it was Yuan Lvyi whom she hadn't seen for a long time.It had been a long time since she had seen her, and she had lost a lot of weight. The arrogance was still there, but her eyes lost their luster.

She sat down beside Lin Jinhua and said with a smile, "I like the rose tea you sent me very much. I've always wanted to see you, but I delayed it. You won't blame me, will you?" she asked.

Lin Jinhua knew that what she was referring to was probably about getting married, so she just smiled and shook her head.

Wang Ruyan saw it and came over: "This is..."

"My name is Yuan Luyi." Yuan Luyi smiled generously, and looked at Wang Ruyan: "Are you the young lady of the Wang family?"

"Yes, it turned out to be Princess Yuan." She usually doesn't deliberately go out to socialize, but even if she knows this character, she has never seen it.

Yuan Lvyi nodded politely, seeing that both of them were outspoken people, Lin Jinhua was happy to let them interact more.

The three of them sat together and chatted lively for a while, then they heard a whisper.

Lin Jinhua just raised her eyes to look, and Lin Jincheng in front of her hastily got up and passed by.

Lin Jinhua looked at the person who accidentally fell down in front of the hall, her brows furrowed tightly, Zheng Ruyi has so many tricks!
Lin Jincheng arrived first, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her up: "Miss Zheng, have you ever been injured, do you want to call the imperial physician?"

"I don't mind..."

"I also said it's okay, I must have sprained my ankle, my daughter's skin is delicate, she should call the doctor sooner." Lin Jincheng said more and more anxiously.

Seeing this, others joked, "The Zheng family and the Lin family are probably going to form a good marriage."

"That's right, a man with talent and a woman with good looks are a perfect match. General Lin, if you hadn't gone to the Zheng family to propose marriage earlier, otherwise it will be too late and you will have no chance."

Others booed.

Lin Jincheng still wanted to protect Zheng Ruyi's reputation, so he quickly waved his hands to say that he had misunderstood, but Zheng Ruyi looked shy, and followed him to support his hand, sticking it to his arms as if nothing.

Lin Jincheng's face was flushed, but the happiness in his eyes was beyond words.

Wang Ruyan watched, suddenly lost the interest to speak, and her eyes became dull: "It turns out that Mr. Lin already has a lover, and she is still such a good-looking lady."

Yuan Luyi glanced at her, immediately saw her thoughts, and smiled helplessly: "There are so many good men in the world, at least you still have a chance to choose..."

Wang Ruyan and she both had their own thoughts in mind at first, drinking tea with their heads down in sullenness, but Lin Jinhua gritted her teeth secretly.

Just as he was about to go forward, he saw a woman in brocade clothes suddenly walking outside the hall.The woman is slender, like a willow leaf in the wind, extremely weak, but her eyes are full of firmness.Meimou was gentle and firm, biting her red lips because of nervousness, but she didn't flinch in the slightest.

There are still young masters whispering to each other: "Which family is this lady, such a beauty, I have never heard of it before."

Xiong Shuli, who was about to see Concubine De, saw someone coming, and immediately dropped the cup in his hand to the ground, making a bang, which attracted everyone's attention.

He didn't care much, and hurriedly stepped forward to take her away, but he heard her loudly: "The prime minister has imprisoned me for three years, isn't that enough?"

As soon as she said this, the audience was in an uproar.

Xiong Shuli was so angry that he grabbed her arm fiercely and wanted to pull her out of the hall. Lin Jincheng happened to be on the side. Seeing Murong Yu's painful little face, he stopped Xiong Shuli: "Prime Minister, this lady is the Prime Minister." People from the government?"

"Yes!"

"No!" Murong Yu also said, shaking off Xiong Shuli's hand and said: "My daughter, Murong Yu, is a descendant of the former imperial doctor Murong's family. Back then, my father was imprisoned because of the Huangquanshui case. My daughter was originally imprisoned by the family. The slave escaped with him, but he met Xiong Shuli three years ago and was taken back by him..."

After what she said, regardless of whether it is true or not, just looking at Xiong Shuli's expression of wanting to strangle her immediately, you know that what she said is probably true, and this is too perverted. The majestic prime minister actually kidnapped a woman and went back to be a prisoner. If it is an ordinary person It's fine with the girl, but it happened to be the Murong family who just had their wrongdoing avenged a while ago.

It's not that Xiong Shuli has never seen strong winds and waves, and immediately said coldly: "Nonsense! You are just a concubine in my family. Who let you enter the palace today to slander me?"

"Slander?" Murong Yu's face turned pale, but she was not afraid at all: "I have lived in the secret room in your study for one year, and in the private house outside the mansion for two years. You say I am your concubine? I know you have I have already arranged a false identity for me, but Xiong Shuli, my Murong family's old people in the palace must be able to recognize it, I still remember when I was a child, I went to the palace with my father to check the pulse of the concubine, and I still remember the illness..."

"Enough!" Xiong Shuli sneered coldly: "This is Yongshou Palace. It is a capital offense for you to trespass on the palace. Now you are still talking nonsense here. I can dispose of you without asking the emperor. Come..."

"I don't know who gave Ai Qing the right to dispose of people as she pleases. Could it be Concubine De?"

A deep male voice came, with a chilling coercion.

Lin Jinhua looked at the emperor who came suddenly, presumably the little eunuch had already reported what happened here just now.

Hearing this, Xiong Shuli hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I just want to help you..."

"For me? Could it be that I'm already so old and foolish that I still need you to make a decision for me?" The emperor said, gave him a cold look, and walked straight past him to the first seat.

The queen who followed behind walked slowly with her body upright, and everyone knelt down to salute.

Concubine De followed at the end, even though she had changed into the best clothes, her face was gloomy at the moment.

Lin Luzhi followed, with the lingering anger still on his face, and he returned to his seat and sat down after the emperor said slowly.

Murong Yu looked at the man in the dragon robe, and knelt straight down: "My daughter has a grievance. I know that the emperor is wise, so I dare to make such a move to enter the palace. I beg the emperor to give my daughter justice."

The emperor had heard her words outside just now, and his brows frowned slightly: "Prime Minister, is this true?"

"Your Majesty, my humble servants have always been law-abiding. How dare you do such a thing? I hope you can learn from me. My humble servants are loyal, and the sun and the moon can learn from each other. My Xiong family is even more virtuous. I devoted myself to the emperor back then, but now I am the king of the Southwest In the frontier, but always thinking about the safety of the emperor." He stood straight and only cupped his hands.

There was already a threat behind what he said. The Xiong family did a lot of credit back then, and later they took the initiative to hand over military power to the Southwest to become the King of Southwest, so the emperor never reprimanded Concubine De for so many years, no matter how difficult Concubine De was with the Queen. It was all the way that Xiong Shuli became the powerful prime minister.

Perhaps because of the emperor's tolerance, Xiong Shuli is not afraid at all now.The emperor must know which one is more important, a daughter of the Murong family who has long been useless, and his Xiong Shuli.

Seeing this, Lin Jinhua fiddled with the tea leaves in the cup lightly with downcast eyes, but all the courtiers held their breath.If the emperor is patient this time, the Xiong family will only be more aggressive in the future, but they cannot offend the Xiong family at this time...

While everyone was waiting, the emperor only looked at the queen: "I remember you kept talking about wanting a daughter?"

The queen came back to her senses, and immediately smiled and said: "Yes, my daughter is soft and beautiful, it is best to be as young as Miss Murong."

"That's good." The emperor chuckled, "I will reward Miss Murong as Princess Zhaohe, and give it to the princess mansion."

Xiong Shuli listened, thinking that the emperor didn't dare to touch him, so he compensated Murongyu like this.

But Murong Yu refused. How could she let this scum continue to dominate her? The false name of a princess could not save her and her brother's lives.

"emperor……"

"Miss Murong." Lin Jinhua interrupted her, and looked at her with a slight smile: "The empress and the emperor are sensible people, and they will definitely investigate your matter again. Hurry up and thank you."

Murong Yu looked at her puzzled, but Lin Jinhua only winked at her secretly.

She knew that the emperor could not deal with Xiong Shuli publicly, but the emperor is the emperor after all, Xiong Shuli provoked him so much today, and she still wants to go smoothly in the future?The emperor has been able to secure this seat until now, it is definitely not by patience.

Concubine De only kept a cold face and said nothing, what happened today is very strange, now that my brother provoked the emperor, with the emperor's temperament, if he didn't say anything on the face, he would definitely not let him off lightly in private: "Princess Zhaohe, this matter Maybe it's just a misunderstanding, the people in Dali Temple will definitely investigate clearly. And whoever helped you break into the palace, the emperor will also investigate!" She said with a bit of gnashing of teeth.

Murong Yu's eyes were red, and now she openly said that the reputation is already gone, if Xiong Shuli can't be punished, how can she be reconciled!

Thinking about it this way, regardless of Lin Jinhua's hints, she looked at the majestic emperor above and said, "My daughter knows that she is not clean and does not deserve to live in this world. If there are still people who question this, my daughter is willing to die to show her will." !” After speaking, he slammed into the pillars in the palace.

Lin Jinhua's heart suddenly seized, and she got up to stop her, but she saw a crimson figure flashing past, firmly holding him in her arms.

He looked at Lin Jinhua, blinked at her, and then let go of Murong Yu, and said, "This king and Mr. Murong had the honor to meet each other, and this king is also in charge of the Murong family's affairs. I will deal with your matter." Royal father, please order to check it yourself."

Hearing this, the emperor's face became a little more relaxed, and he always wanted him to help him wholeheartedly, but he never thought that today would be an opportunity.He glanced at Murong Yu and said: "I'm not old enough yet, don't worry. As for the false name of Princess Zhaohe, you can take it as the empress's loneliness in the harem. You often come to Cheng Huan's knees, it's all your heart."

Murong Yu could feel the warmth in Zhao Huaiyan's arms, and when he heard that he had seen his brother, his nose turned sour: "Your Highness is really willing to help my daughter..."

"My king doesn't tell lies." Zhao Huaiyan handed him over to the maid at the side, then turned around and went to the emperor to greet him.

When Xiong Shuli heard that Zhao Huaiyan was coming to intervene, he knew that this matter must not be escaped, so he gave Murong Yu a cold look, and stood aside and stopped talking.

The emperor looked at the tense atmosphere in the hall, and smiled slightly: "Now I have to seal another princess, thinking that there are still a few princes under my knees who are also at the right age, so it should be crowned king, let's seal it while this is the time."

Concubine De was anxious, she got up hurriedly: "Your Majesty..."

"Concubine De, are you anxious about Kan'er? Don't worry, Kan'er is outstanding among my many sons, and I see it in my eyes. From now on, the third son will be named King Jing and bestowed on King Jing's mansion." After finishing speaking , looked at Lin Luzhi on the side, and said: "The fourth daughter of the Lin family, virtuous and virtuous, gentle and obedient, hereby become Princess Jing, and they will get married in three days!"

"Concubine Jing? Get married in three days?" Wang Ruyan couldn't help but whispered, and the others could even hear the meaning.

She leaned closer to Lin Jinhua's ear and said, "Three days later, it happens to be the second day of the Lunar New Year. If you don't go out on the second day of the Lunar New Year, why did the emperor let her get married? And in three days, King Jing's Mansion has not been set up yet."

Yuan Luyi smiled indifferently: "Who can guess what the royal family is thinking, if you want you to live, you will live, if you want you to die, you will die."

"Hush..." Wang Ruyan booed hurriedly: "Your Majesty, you can't say that."

Yuan Luyi just pretended not to hear, and looked ahead lightly, but his thoughts drifted away.

Lin Jinhua listened calmly, looked at Concubine De who was clenching her teeth and turning blue with anger, and then saw Zheng Ruyi who was also suppressing her anger and unwillingness, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she drank tea with her eyes downcast.

The banquet went on as usual, but the parties had their own concerns.

Lin Jinhua was thinking about the possible return of the old lady at the New Year's Eve tomorrow, when she heard someone coughing violently above her, and when she looked up, it was a concubine who had been silent all the time, sitting at the lower seat of Concubine De, her face was a little weak, Then he coughed up blood.

No one took it seriously, Concubine De just waved her handkerchief and covered her mouth: "Why don't you ask the imperial doctor if you're sick?"

"I have hired an imperial physician, but the imperial physician couldn't tell." She apologized.

Concubine De's face became more and more disgusted, she could only lower her head silently, and even if she wanted to cough, she stubbornly endured it.

Lin Jinhua didn't pay much attention at first, but suddenly found that Zhao Qing, who had been silent all this time, seemed to be looking at this place with great concern. She remembered that his mother and concubine was an unfavored little concubine, could it be her?
Moreover, she coughed up blood just now. One of the symptoms of the epidemic that Zhao Qing had back then was that he coughed up blood so much that he couldn't be buried in the imperial mausoleum after death, but was burned by fire.

"Isn't Ms. Lin a miracle doctor? Why bother to show it to the concubine Jia?" Zheng Ruyi took the opportunity to ask.

Concubine De glanced at Zheng Ruyi, raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked at Lin Jinhua: "Even this palace has heard of Miss Lin's reputation. It is not a skill to see that Mrs. Dingnanhou is pregnant before all the imperial physicians." Everyone has it. Since that's the case, come and take a look for her, and take a look, it's not a waste of your reputation."

Lin Jinhua heard this, if she didn't look well, would she still be punished?
Lin Jincheng only thought that Zheng Ruyi had good intentions, didn't think much about it, hurriedly got up and cupped his hands and said, "My sister really doesn't know much about medicine, so please ask my concubine Jia to ask the imperial physician."

Zhao Qing clenched his teacup hand slightly, stood up and looked at the emperor expressionlessly, and said, "Father, I beg..."

"Then tell the Imperial Physician, Concubine Jia, you are also tired, let Lao Jiu take you back to the palace." The emperor was a little impatient.

The ignorant little princes below all secretly laughed, laughing that the emperor didn't like Lao Jiu at all.

Zhao Qing's face was pale, without any anger, and he obediently agreed to go to help the concubine Jia, but the hand of Concubine De who was holding the teacup shook, and the hot tea was directly spilled on the concubine Jia who was sitting beside her. The back of her white hand was so hot that it turned red immediately.

Everyone pretended not to see and lowered their heads silently, and the queen didn't make a sound.

Concubine De hurriedly pretended to apologize and smiled: "I'm really sorry, sister, why did my hand slip? Didn't it burn you?"

The concubine Jia never dared to say anything wrong, she hurriedly smiled and shook her head: "It's the concubine who is stupid and disturbed the empress."

Zhao Qing's hand that supported her trembled slightly, but it still didn't show it at all on his face.

Zhao Huaiyan frowned slightly, and before she could speak, Lin Jinhua had already got up and walked over, smiling slightly: "Your Majesty is sick and weak, and my daughter-in-law is not skilled in medicine, but she can take care of your minor injuries. There is a compartment next to it. I wonder if I can go there and rest. rest?"

Zhao Huaiyan heard the words and looked at the people around him: "I wish I could take care of my concubine Jia."

"Yes." The little eunuchs stepped forward to support him carefully.

Lin Jinhua and Zhao Huaiyan glanced at each other, but she was so angry that she stared straight at her concubine De, and went to a side compartment.

Lin Jincheng was worried, so he hurriedly got up and followed.Zheng Ru saw the complaint and followed him.

Wang Ruyan watched, lowered her head and drank tea sullenly, but was dragged by Yuan Lvyi and followed in.

The small cubicle was suddenly full of people, the lobby outside was still singing and dancing, but it was very quiet here.

Zhao Qing glanced at Lin Jinhua gratefully, helped his concubine sit down on the warm couch, and said, "Mother and concubine sit farther away next time."

"Just talking nonsense." Concubine Jia looked at the crowd nervously, and then hurriedly said.

Lin Jinhua knew that she was eager to protect her children, so she asked someone to take the scald medicine and apply it to her before taking her pulse, but she coughed again, and the veil covering her mouth was full of blood.

Zheng Ruyi was about to move towards Lin Jincheng, but Yuan Luyi stopped them, and pulled Wang Ruyan to stand beside Lin Jincheng, not bothering to look at Zheng Ruyi.

Lin Jinhua stepped forward to feel her pulse, and after a while, she also had a decision in her heart.

Zheng Ruyi smiled and asked, "Miss Lin, isn't your mother's illness serious?"

"It's not serious, it's just the wind and cold." Lin Jinhua smiled slightly, but her hands in her sleeves began to tremble slightly, and said, "It's just that the wind and cold of your mother is very contagious, and if you stay in the palace, you may be afraid of infecting the concubine. The prince already has a mansion outside, and the emperor intends to become the king, so why don't you ask the emperor to allow you to live in the Ninth Prince's mansion for a few days?"

Concubine Jia is not a stupid person, she could hear the truth in her words, but she didn't dare to show half of it on her face: "If that's the case, it should be as you said."

Seeing that she was smart, Lin Jinhua was relieved, and said again: "By the way, who is the imperial physician who has been treating the empress?"

"It's Imperial Physician Liu." After the concubine finished speaking, she added a special sentence: "He also said the same thing, but the Queen Mother kept me in the palace and let Imperial Physician Liu take full control because she cared about my weak health and was afraid that I would run around. Take care."

Lin Jinhua and Zhao Qing looked at each other, they both knew it well, but they didn't expect that the person manipulating here was actually the queen who seemed to be Zhao Huaiyan and Zhao Qing's faction.

Zhao Qing's peach blossom eyes dimmed slightly, and he said immediately: "I'm going to beg my father right now."

Seeing that he was in a hurry to go out, Lin Jinhua hurriedly said, "Ninth Prince, why don't you go after the banquet is over." Talking about it now, it seems like accusing the emperor. The relationship between their father and son can be seen to be very bad, and the emperor probably won't I agreed, but after the banquet was over, it might be possible with Zhao Huaiyan's help.

Zhao Qing paused slightly and understood what she meant.

The two looked at each other and said nothing more.

Zheng Ruyi took into account the reactions of both of them, and then looked at Concubine Jia, who was leaning against the bed and trying to suppress her cough, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"Miss Zheng thinks it's funny?" Yuan Luyi noticed the smile on her face and said without embarrassment at all.

Zheng Ruyi's face turned red, and she hurriedly shook her head in aggrieved way: "Princess, why did you wrong my minister, my daughter has never..."

Yuan Luyi didn't want to play any game of pretending to be pitiful with her, so he waved his hand: "That's all, if you don't have it, you don't have it."

Lin Jincheng frowned slightly, and took a step forward to look at Zheng Ruyi: "Miss Zheng, the banquet outside is about to end, why don't you go out first, or you won't be late."

Zheng Ruyi bit her lip slightly, looked at Yuan Lvyi pitifully and said: "Princess, the servant girl will leave first."

Yuan Luyi saw that she deliberately said these things to him in front of Lin Jincheng, didn't it make Lin Jincheng think that he had bullied her, but since she had no feelings for Lin Jincheng, it didn't matter: "The ones you should salute are the concubine Jia and Jiu Prince." After that, he went forward to make a cup of tea for the concubine Jia, ignored Zheng Ruyi, and said: "You rest first, and we won't disturb you."

Jiabi smiled at her and nodded.

Zhao Qing looked at Zheng Ruyi with a cold gaze, but didn't say anything, just looked at Lin Jinhua: "Thank you very much."

"The Ninth Prince is really polite." Zheng Ru rolled his eyes and smiled when he saw the situation.

Lin Jincheng felt uncomfortable when he listened.Zhao Qing is a well-known playboy in the capital, a frequent visitor to brothels, and he looked at Jinhua in a different way from others, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stand in front of Lin Jinhua, and greeted him: "My ministers, wait a moment first!" Farewell."

Lin Jinhua was simmering with anger, but she also knew that she couldn't get angry now, so as to save Zheng Ruyi from another moth.

After leaving, the banquet outside was almost over, the emperor had already left first, Concubine De glanced at her, shook the handkerchief covering her mouth and nose and led Xiong Shuli out, only the queen was left.

The queen came slowly and looked at her with a smile: "Was it a serious illness?"

Lin Jinhua smiled slightly: "It's just a cold and a cold, it's a bit serious, but it's not a serious problem."

"That's good." The queen smiled gently, seeing the handsome Lin Jincheng, and then looking at Zheng Ruyi on the side, her eyes deepened: "A pair of handsome and beautiful."

"Your Majesty misunderstood." Lin Jincheng hurriedly said, but Zheng Ruyi blushed and lowered her head, as if she had acquiesced.

The queen smiled lightly: "But it seems that Luohua has intentions."

"Your Majesty, you are joking. The elder sister of the Zheng family is interested in the third prince. How could she be interested in her elder brother? When the emperor announced that the third prince was marrying a concubine, Jinhua almost tore the handkerchief in her hand when she saw Miss Zheng." Lin Jinhua smiled. Er laughed.

Zheng Ruyi's palms tightened slightly: "Miss Lin, I didn't..."

"Why is Miss Zheng so shy now? Look at this phoenix bracelet on your wrist. If it wasn't a gift from the third prince, how would you dare to wear it?" Lin Jinyu caught a glimpse of her bracelet. She also had one in her previous life. Show off to yourself that Concubine De gave it to Zhao Kan, and Zhao Kan gave it to her.

Zheng Ruyi hastily pulled off her sleeves to cover the bracelet, but the queen smiled and said, "I did see Concubine De once had one. She is very precious, and she is willing to give it to you. It can be seen that she really likes it. I almost made a mistake in matching it up." It doesn't matter if you get married, Young General Lin is a young talent, and he will always be matched with a good woman." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Lin Jinhua lightly, and then walked away.

Zheng Ruyi gritted her teeth to look at Lin Jincheng, and said in a weak and pitiful tone: "Mr. Lin, it's the third prince...he must wear this bracelet as Ruyi."

"Miss Zheng's words are funny. Before the third prince chased after Lin's house, he didn't see anything for sister Zisu?" Lin Jinhua mercilessly exposed her lies.

Lin Jincheng's face turned pale, and he couldn't tell what he felt.He really likes Zheng Ruyi, but he's not stupid, and it seems like he planned it a few times...

Seeing that he was suffering, Lin Jinhua couldn't bear it, so she just sighed a little: "It's getting late, let's go out of the palace."

Lin Jincheng looked at Zheng Ruyi with complicated eyes, but he still said: "If Ms. Zheng's heart belongs to someone else, you can just say it straight, Lin is not a stalker. If I misunderstood Miss Lin before, Lin hereby apologizes. "After that, he saluted respectfully and then left.

Wang Ruyan hid by the door and eavesdropped. Hearing what he said, she felt angry and worried. She just wanted to sneak out, but when she sprained her foot, she fell out and fell to the ground so painfully that she burst into tears. .

Seeing this, Lin Jincheng was about to step forward, but Wang Ruyan hurriedly staggered to her feet, running outside and saying, "I'm fine, I'm fine..."

"Mr. Lin..." Zheng Ruyi wanted to say more, but Lin Jincheng didn't look back and left straight away.

The journey out of the palace was very long, and he was speechless all the way until he saw Lin Luzhi and the beaming Lin Zisu waiting outside the palace.

On the way back, Lin Jincheng and Lin Luzhi were riding horses on both sides, while Lin Jinhua and Lin Zisu were sitting in the carriage.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Lin Zisu finally couldn't help it. She glanced at Lin Jinhua beside her, feeling a little proud and proud: "The concubine De concubine said that the dowry and betrothal gifts should be kept simple, so don't bother too much."

Lin Jinhua didn't want to talk to her at first, but when she heard her words, she frowned slightly. Did she meet Concubine De in private before leaving the palace?And Concubine De didn't beat and scold her...

Just as he was thinking, a horse neighed outside, and then he heard someone calling for help.

Lin Luzhi yelled and chased after him, but not long after he left, another group of men in black appeared on the empty street.

Lin Jincheng was worried that Lin Luzhi was in danger, so he quickly ordered the casual attendants: "Escort the young lady back to the house immediately, don't delay!" After finishing speaking, he said to Lin Jinhua at the side of the carriage, "There are assassins ahead, I'll go and see."

Lin Jinhua lifted the curtain and looked at her father, she was also worried about her father, nodded, and waited for him to leave before letting the carriage go forward, but she also found it strange that this road was not the one she took when she came here, and it was empty and quiet, a little popular nor.

She suddenly thought of something, and suddenly turned her head and grabbed Lin Zisu's neck: "What does Concubine De want you to do?"

Lin Zisu frightened: "What do you want to do?"

Lin Jinhua didn't have that much patience, she tore off the gauze on the left side of her face, and stared at her fiercely when she saw that she was almost passed out from the pain: "If you don't tell me, I'll throw you in the Brothel, you will never be able to get up for the rest of your life!"

"you dare……"

"Look if I dare!" After Lin Jinhua finished speaking, she stretched out her hand to pull her belt. Seeing this, Lin Zisu tried her best to lift the curtain of the carriage and shout out. Fortunately, Lin Jinhua had quick eyesight and quick hands, and slashed at her with a knife. the nape of the neck.

Seeing her staring and fainting, she gritted her teeth.

Since she yelled out just now, there must be Concubine De among the guards outside.

Just as she was thinking, a servant approached and said, "Miss Qi, what's the matter?"

"It's okay, your carriage didn't drive well, I bumped it." She said calmly.

The man was still puzzled, but it was hard to open the curtain to see, so he had to continue to let the carriage go to the designated place.

Lin Jinhua quickly calculated in her mind, but the surroundings were pitch black and no one lived there. If she ran out like this, she would probably force them to jump over the wall and kill herself. But if she and Concubine De knew about Lin Zisu's plan, what would she do? Woolen cloth?

Lin Jinhua frowned desperately, but now she couldn't think of a solution.

Just as he was about to lift the curtain to look out, the carriage stopped.

A guard felt strange and asked, "Why did it stop..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a sharp sword being unsheathed, followed by a muffled groan of pain.

Immediately afterwards, swords collided, and people kept falling to the ground.

Lin Jinhua knew what happened without looking, there was more than one Concubine De outside.

She tried to lift the curtain to stimulate the horse, causing the horse to run away crazily, but people outside had already known this trick, so she opened the curtain, and a cold sword was placed on her neck.

The man looked at Lin Zisu who had fainted inside, and sneered: "Miss Lin Qi is really smart, but no matter how smart she is today, it's over!" After finishing speaking, he pulled her out and threw her to the ground hard.

Lin Jinhua almost fainted from the pain, and her back also hurt like needle pricks.She looked around, and this place was no longer in the capital.

"Concubine De asked you to come and kill me?" She struggled to make a sound before she was about to speak, but with a flash of cold light, her arm was slashed twice, and she suddenly lost the strength to move again.

The two men looked at each other and began to untie their waistbands: "Your Majesty told me to kill you, but such a beauty, how can you die so easily without having tasted the world?"

Lin Jinhua watched their movements, and for the first time after being reborn, she felt a sense of fear: "You dare! If I don't die, I will cut your corpses to pieces!"

She spoke harshly, wearing a red dress in the afterglow of the night, with a trembling murderous look.

The two of them trembled, but they frowned: "Isn't it just a stinky bitch, what are you afraid of, can you still eat us?" One of them said disdainfully: "Who will come first?"

Looking at the other Lin Jinhua like this, he always felt chills down his spine, and took a step back: "You come first."

"You bastard..." He spat, and in order to prevent Lin Jinhua from moving again, he raised his sword and slashed her leg twice, then took off his clothes and threw himself on her impatiently.

Lin Jinhua's eyes were red, and she gritted her silver teeth, but she also knew that her father and elder brother were probably trapped by someone at this moment, and it was impossible to save her.

Seeing the impatient kiss from the man, she immediately bit down on his neck until she heard his sharp roar, and she still refused to let go until her mouth smelled of blood.

The man was in so much pain that he grabbed Lin Jinhua's neck fiercely, but Lin Jinhua seemed determined to bite off his flesh.

She tasted the blood from her mouth, as if she had seen her previous life again, everything drove her to despair and made her powerless...

"puff--!"

It was the sound of a long sword piercing flesh.

Lin Jinhua could feel that the person on her body seemed to have no strength to pinch herself, and before she could react, she fell into a warm embrace.He was trembling all over, and when he hugged her tightly, she could still hear his rapid heartbeat and breathing.

Zhao Huaiyan looked at the person in his arms at this time, thinking about the scene he saw when he just rushed over, he was terrified.If he hadn't happened to find out that Guizhi was actually delaying him, then today... I'm afraid he will regret it for the rest of his life.

"Hua'er, I'm here, I'm late, I'm sorry..." He tremblingly read, looking at the dull-looking person in his arms, it was like a thousand arrows piercing his heart.

Hearing that it was his voice, Lin Jinhua finally broke free from her chaotic consciousness, hurriedly tugged on the lapel of his chest and said eagerly, "Huaiyan, save father and brother..."

"Okay!" Zhao Huaiyan didn't say a word, turned over and got on the horse with her in his arms, but when he saw the people who were not dead and Lin Zisu who had passed out in the carriage, his eyes were cold: "How to deal with these people?"

Lin Jinhua was wrapped in Zhao Huaiyan's robe, and she was so cold that she just came from the abyss of ice: "They were killed, and their heads were hung in the prime minister's mansion. As for Lin Zisu..." Her eyes dimmed slightly, since she didn't want to enjoy the glory If she is rich, she will fulfill her: "I want her to be seen by everyone, ride by thousands of people, trampled by thousands of people, and then get married!"

(End of this chapter)