Queen's Development

Chapter 157

Yu Zhi was taken aback when she heard the words, Han Qing immediately appeared in her mind, she got up and looked at Lin Jia.

Lin Jia stretched out an index finger to cover her lips, and gave a soft "shh".

Yuzhi understood and immediately went behind the screen.

After a while, Ah Qing ushered in a young man of medium build and dignified face.

When the young man saw Lin Jia, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "Master Lin, thank you for saving my life!"

Lin Jia hurriedly returned the salute: "Brother Han, my family, you are welcome!"

Yuzhi had never heard that Lin Jia was so polite to others, and called him "Third Brother", and the other party thanked Lin Jia for saving his life, so she guessed in her heart that this "Third Brother Han" should be the Crown Prince Taifu Han Li Han Zhaoyang, the third son of Yunzhou Tongzhi.

Lin Jia and Han Zhaoyang chatted outside for a few words, and then went straight to the topic: "Third brother, the Zhu family is extremely domineering in the northwest. If the third brother comes to Ganzhou, don't go head-to-head with the Zhu family. It's better to give in temporarily and wait for the right time !"

Han Zhaoyang is Han Li's son, so he naturally knew Lin Jia's idea of ​​attacking the Northwest from his father, so he said with a smile, "Thank you, Brother Yu, you will be extremely compliant, and wait for Brother Jia to come and rescue you!"

Hearing what Han Zhaoyang said was interesting, Lin Jia couldn't help but smile, and said loudly: "Don't worry, Third Brother, Brother Yu will definitely rush to Ganzhou, a hero to save the beauty!"

Han Zhaoyang laughed when he heard the words, and then asked seriously: "Jiadi, how can I contact your people?"

Lin Jia pondered for a while, and then began to talk with Han Zhaoyang in detail.

After Han Zhaoyang left, Yuzhi came out from behind the screen: "Ajia, Third Brother Han is going to become an official in the northwest? Is Ganzhou the prefect?"

Lin Jia nodded and said, "Now the situation in the Northwest is treacherous and unclear, Third Brother Han's going here is extremely dangerous...Mr. Han is an upright person, dedicated to serving the country, and the three senior brothers are also like this..."

Seeing Lin Jia's serious face, Yuzhi looked up at Lin Jia: "Why don't you ask Yibaolou to send some experts to protect Third Brother Han?"

Lin Jia nodded: "I'll see the people from Yibaolou tomorrow, and let them arrange it so that people who are loyal to the country are not allowed to be murdered by traitors!"

In the blink of an eye, it was December, and the definite news came that Han Qing had fled to the northwest.

When Lin Jia came to Yutangdian, Emperor Yongtai was talking to Eunuch Ding.

Seeing Lin Jia coming in, he said wearily, "Ajia, you don't need to salute, come and accompany me!"

Lin Jia answered "yes" obediently, and sat down on the brocade bench next to the imperial couch.

Emperor Yongtai looked at Lin Jia with a depressed expression, "It turns out that Han Qing is Zhu's lover, no wonder he ran away as soon as the incident happened."

Lin Jia was silent.

Emperor Yongtai stared at Lin Jia, saw that his complexion was very good, finally felt a little happy in his heart, and said: "Ajia's complexion is much better now than before, I am very relieved!"

Lin Jia said honestly: "Uncle Huang, Yu Shi has taken good care of me!"

When Lin Jia mentioned Yushi, Emperor Yongtai's eyes lit up: "Ajia, how many months has Yushi been pregnant? I remember it was two months?"

Lin Jia's eyes were filled with joy: "Uncle Huang, Yushi is two months pregnant!"

Emperor Yongtai was also very happy, thinking: "I have to think about it, how to reward the Yu family..."

Eunuch Ding saw that Emperor Yongtai had recovered from the depression just now, he was also very happy in his heart, and thought: Ajia still has a way, a few words can make His Majesty turn from worry to joy!

Lin Jia looked at Emperor Yongtai's thinner and thinner face, felt inexplicably sad, and said with a smile: "Uncle Emperor, Mrs. Yu is pregnant, so I have to keep hiding it from Mrs. Li's people..."

When Emperor Yongtai heard it, he knew that Lin Jia was referring to Concubine Li and Princess Li, and said, "Li Qingze is quite loyal, but his aunt and sister are actually like this!"

Lin Jia smiled slightly, but did not answer.

Li Qingze and him are political enemies, and they will never stop dying. What can he say?
Emperor Yongtai looked at Lin Jia: "Ajia, since Han Qing has fled, you will be the head of the House of Internal Affairs!"

Lin Jia answered "Yes", took a sip of the tea cup brought by Eunuch Ding, and then said: "Uncle Huang, don't worry, I will do my job well!"

He put down the teacup and lowered his eyes: "Uncle Huang, in the northwest, we may have to prepare for war..."

Emperor Yongtai looked at Lin Jia and said worriedly: "Ajia, I have to work hard for you again!"

Lin Jia looked up at Emperor Yongtai, and said softly, "Uncle Huang, don't worry!"

No one knows except Yuzhi, he likes fighting very, very much!

After leaving the palace, Lin Jia took Hu Yingzhi to the House of Internal Affairs.

He is very busy, so he planned to hand over the specific affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Hu Yingzhi, and he was only in charge of sitting in charge.

In the Anxiang Courtyard in the back garden of the Lin Mansion, Concubine Li and Princess Li were sitting in the open room of the main room, and sisters Lin Lixiang and Lin Guixi sat in the room to accompany them.

Concubine Li looked at Princess Li: "How is Li Xiang's marriage?"

Concubine Li sighed, and said: "Cousin came to say that Yu Yizhou's wife originally agreed, but went back to discuss with Yu Yizhou, and immediately changed her words, saying that her son should concentrate on studying now and not get married too early!"

Lin Lixiang's pretty face immediately flushed when she heard this, tears welled up in her big eyes, and her delicate cherry mouth trembled slightly.

When she went to the Prime Minister Yu Yizhou's mansion to attend the plum blossom party held by Yu Yizhou's daughter-in-law Yu Mingyue, she happened to meet Yu Mingyue's brother Yu Mingyue and fell in love with Mingxing at first sight. The family refused!
Seeing Lin Guixi, he hurriedly handed the handkerchief to Lin Lixiang, and said softly, "Sister——"

Concubine Li felt sorry for her daughter, and hurriedly ordered: "Gui Xi, you can accompany sister back to the room!"

Lin Guixi answered "yes", and was about to help Lin Lixiang, but Lin Lixiang straightened her back and said stubbornly: "Grandmother, mother, I want to know the real reason why the Yu family rejected me!"

Concubine Li raised her finger and pointed in the direction of Songyuan: "Isn't it because of that bastard in Songyuan, the Li family wanted to marry their daughter Yu Mingyue to him, so they couldn't let Xingxing Yu marry Lixiang, so as not to be said to be a marriage exchange! "

Princess Li was taken aback when she heard the words: "Auntie, Yu Yizhou is the prime minister, how could he fall in love with Lin Jia?"

Concubine Li didn't expect Princess Li to say such stupid words, her eyes froze immediately: "He is His Majesty's favorite!"

She sneered: "He is the future emperor!"

Hearing this, Princess Li, Lin Lixiang and Lin Guixi all looked serious.

Lin Lixiang said contemptuously: "What is he? A little mouse that can't easily escape!"

She looked at Concubine Li: "Mother, you are so serious, you haven't killed a helpless orphan in so many years!"

In her eyes, her father Lin Tao is just the father of their siblings and has nothing to do with Lin Jia.

Concubine Li was in distress, she sighed and said: "Someone has been protecting him, so every time he failed."

Concubine Li said slowly: "Let's take this matter slowly. If Lin Jia dies and our Ayi becomes the heir to the throne, won't Yu Yizhou come crying and begging us to marry Li Xiang to his son?"

Hearing this, Lin Lixiang was overjoyed, and looked at Concubine Li: "Grandmother, please be the master for your granddaughter!"

Concubine Li smiled kindly, called the big maid Qiulan to come in, and ordered: "Put this plate of fragrant pears and send it to Tingsong Courtyard to Aunt Yu, and tell her that I will reward her!"

Yuzhi pretended to be sick and hadn't come to pay her respects for a while, so she had to send someone to check on Yuzhi's reality.

Qiulan is fair-skinned and beautiful, with a stable personality. She is Li Taifei's favorite maid.

She answered "yes" and went to clean up the plate of fragrant pears.

Concubine Li looked at Concubine Li: "Auntie, could Yuzhi be...pregnant?"

Concubine Li sneered, and said, "Qiulan, take a good look at Yuzhi's belly!"

Qiulan answered "yes".

After Qiulan went out, Concubine Li pondered for a moment, and asked Princess Li: "Didn't you ask to find Yuzhi's family? Did you find them?"

Concubine Li had a smug smile on her face: "Don't worry, aunt, I sent Li Fu to look for it, and I have already got a letter from Li Fu, saying that Yuzhi's family is in Wanzhou, her family name is Bai, her parents work in agriculture, and her My elder brother has passed the Juren examination and is waiting for an official in the capital. Li Fu is taking Yuzhi's parents to the capital!"

Concubine Li laughed when she heard that: "Did Yu Zhi ask Lin Jia to help her brother?"

Princess Li smiled and said: "Auntie, Yuzhi hated her family for selling her so much, so she ignored her family and even changed her surname! Her brother didn't know that Yuzhi was in the capital, and she was the aunt of the second-rank privy envoy! "

A gleam flashed in Li Taifei's eyes: "Things are getting more and more interesting...Small families and small families often favor sons over daughters. If you can sell your daughter once, you can sell your daughter the second time, and the third time. As long as the price is enough to impress People's hearts..."

Today, the wind is cold, the dripping water turns into ice, and dense and small snowflakes are splashed in the dark sky, but the wintersweet in the courtyard of Tingsongyuan is blooming, and the fragrance permeates the entire courtyard.

Yuzhi was wearing a mink fur jacket engraved with gold peonies in red and covered with brocade, and she took Han Lin to the courtyard to admire the plum blossoms.

Wintersweet is in full bloom in the snow, and the plum blossoms are crystal clear, small and exquisite, as if carved out of beeswax, with a faint fragrance, as beautiful as a painting.

Han Lin broke off a branch of wintersweet and handed it to Yuzhi.

Yuzhi was looking at the wintersweet carefully, but saw Ah Xuan coming in with a very beautiful and familiar maid.

Ah Xuan raised his eyes to see Yu Zhi, and hurriedly cupped his hands in salute: "I've seen Auntie!"

Qiulan also bowed her knees and saluted.

Only then did Yuzhi realize that she was Qiulan, the eldest maid in Concubine Li's room, and said with a smile, "Qiulan, get up!"

Qiulan smiled softly, and said: "I want to report to my aunt, it's freezing cold, and there are earth dragons growing in the house. The old concubine is worried about my aunt's heat, so she specially ordered my servant to bring some fragrant pears over!"

While she was talking, a pair of watery almond eyes kept circling Yuzhi's abdomen, but unfortunately Yuzhi was wearing a large mink fur coat, so there was no clue at all.

Yuzhi smiled and said: "Thank you, old concubine! It's just that I'm sick now, so I can't thank the old concubine for the reward in person!"

She told Han Lin: "Don't take it yet?"

Han Lin took the heavy box of fragrant pears.

Seeing that Yuzhi had no intention of inviting her in, Qiulan said with a smile: "Auntie, this slave girl and Dongmei have been sisters for many years, I wonder if I can go and see Dongmei?"

Yuzhi smiled slightly: "Go, my lungs are hurting, let's go for a walk!"

Qiulan stared at Yuzhi's abdomen and took another look, she was still not sure, but she could only bow her knees and salute, and went to look for Dongmei.

Yuzhi watched Qiulan enter the west wing room, took a walk for a while, and then went back to the room while holding Han Lin's hand.

Dongmei and Aimei were sitting on the couch in front of the window doing needlework, when they saw Qiulan coming in, they both smiled and greeted her: "Your guest is here!"

Qiulan and Dongmei Aimei exchanged a few words, and whispered: "The concubine sent me to ask you!"

Dongmei smiled: "What are you asking?"

"It's not the one who lives in the main room!" Qiulan pointed outside, "Is she pregnant?"

Both Dongmei and Aimei thought about it.

After a while, Dongmei said, "I saw her retching when I prepared the meal!"

Aimei thought for a while, and said, "I've seen her retching too, but it's gone in the past few days!"

Qiulan was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Then does she still serve the second young master?"

Dongmei looked contemptuous: "Why don't you serve me? She and the Second Young Master are like glue. She wished she could grow on the Second Young Master. Naturally, she would sleep together every day, from night to dawn, and from morning to night!"

When Qiu Lan heard this, she frowned and said, "Could it be that she was never pregnant? Why would she dare to serve the Second Young Master when she was pregnant? Aren't you afraid of miscarriage?"

Ai Mei pondered for a moment, and said: "I saw her eating pickled plums, which she never ate before, because they were too sour..."

Dongmei also remembered: "When she comes out now, she is always charming and raucous, and she even supports Han Lin when she goes in and out!"

Qiulan had almost concluded that Yuzhi was pregnant, so she chatted with Dongmei Aimei for a while, then got up and left.

After hearing Qiulan's reply, Concubine Li and Princess Li couldn't help but look at each other.

After a while, Concubine Li said solemnly: "The Queen Mother said, Your Majesty is looking forward to Lin Jia having a queen, and you must not let Yuzhi give birth to Lin Jia's evil offspring!"

Princess Li was silent for a moment, and said: "Auntie, I have an idea!"

(End of this chapter)