Queen's Development

Chapter 256 Please enter the urn
Because it was late at night, Emperor Yongtai did not drive to Shouchang Palace with great fanfare, but took Jin Burong for a slow walk.

The most trusted eunuchs of Emperor Yongtai used to be Yang Wen and Ding Dang, but now there is another Jin Burong.

Jin Burong was young and handsome, with a flexible personality, and he was able to figure out Emperor Yongtai's thoughts better, so he came from behind, and was highly trusted by Emperor Yongtai, and he was often with him.

Now it is almost midnight, a bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the palace garden under the moon is quiet, like a palace in the sky.

When he arrived at the gate of Shouchang Palace, Jin Burong was about to knock on the door, but was stopped by Emperor Yongtai.

Emperor Yongtai stepped forward slowly and listened attentively.

A pious female voice came from inside the palace gate: "... May God bless your majesty with a healthy dragon body and prolong your life for a hundred years; bless your concubine to give birth to an heir for your majesty and continue your blood; bless my Great Zhou Dynasty to prosper and prosper"

It was Jiang Guifei's voice.

Jin Burong naturally heard it too, and couldn't help being a little moved, and said softly: "Your Majesty—"

"Who is outside?" Concubine Jiang's sharp voice came from inside the palace gate.

Emperor Yongtai glared at Jin Burong, and said softly: "Concubine, it's me, I miss you, come and see you!"

Concubine Jiang's voice immediately became surprised and delighted: "Your Majesty is here!"

Her voice was almost crying: "Qingming, quickly open the door to welcome His Majesty!"

After the palace gate was opened, Emperor Yongtai immediately saw Concubine Jiang who was standing inside the palace gate to welcome him.

I haven't seen her for a while, Concubine Jiang seems to have grown taller and more beautiful, standing gracefully in the moonlight.

Seeing Emperor Yongtai, she blinked, and a teardrop rolled down Yingjie's little face.

She seemed not to believe her eyes, stepped forward hesitantly, and said shyly, "Your Majesty—"

Rao is Emperor Yongtai who has lived a thousand sails and claimed to be a master of love, but seeing Concubine Jiang like this, he can't help being moved.

He stretched out his hand to hold Concubine Jiang Gui's hand, and found her hand was cold, he felt sorry for her, and said, "It's so late, why are you still awake?"

Concubine Jiang looked at Emperor Yongtai in a daze, with tears in her eyes.

She shook her head slowly, her voice was astringent with sweetness, sweetness with madness: "Your Majesty came to see my concubine, this concubine is so happy! Really happy!"

Emperor Yongtai walked in with Concubine Jiang in his arms, and saw the altar under the osmanthus tree at a glance.

Looking at the melons and fruits enshrined on the table and the sandalwood lit in the incense burner, Emperor Yongtai was emotionally agitated, and sighed: So after Shuyan passed away, there are still women in this world who really love me
That night, Emperor Yongtai took some pills and tried his best to spend some time with Concubine Jiang.

He only has one son, Lin Jia, so he naturally wants to have more heirs, and Jiang Guifei is the only concubine who has been pregnant in these years, so he naturally has to work hard.

Concubine Jiang Gui also took the secret medicine of the Miao people, and just waiting for tonight, she naturally tried her best to make Yongtai Emperor Dragon, Tiger, and Tiger want to die, almost dying on Concubine Jiang.

Emperor Yongtai rested in Shouchang Palace for three consecutive days, and then went to the Compassion Ning Palace to meet the Empress Dowager, and said only one sentence: "Mother, the Funing Palace has been empty for a long time!"

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Funing Palace has been the empress's residence. Since the former queen passed away, Funing Palace has been empty for many years.

Emperor Yongtai must raise Jiang Zhen's position, but Jiang Zhen is already a noble concubine, and if he raises her again, he can only make her the empress.

The Empress Dowager had no idea, looked at Emperor Yongtai, and saw that his face was pale and blue, eyelids were swollen, eye bags were obvious, and his lips were light. She thought that Emperor Yongtai was mad at courtiers for making Concubine Jiang the empress, so she immediately said: "Come as you wish!"

Emperor Yongtai smiled slightly: "The queen mother has to come forward with this matter!"

He knew in his heart that if he proposed to make Jiang Zhen the empress, Ajia's people would definitely block it; if it was proposed by the Queen Mother, Ajia's people would have nothing to say because of filial piety.

Filial piety is really a brick, and it can be moved wherever it is needed.

When she heard the news that Concubine Jiang Gui was made empress, Lin Jia was concentrating her forces to attack Gyeongnam Province in Goryeo.

Although Koryo is a small country, it is extremely arrogant and has repeatedly provoked Dazhou. Lin Jia insisted on teaching Koryo a lesson this time, but she did not intend to occupy Koryo.

The land of Goryeo is long and narrow, mountainous, and extremely barren. There is no place worthy of Lin Jia sending troops, except for the mouth of the Northeast Sea.

If this battle is won, Lin Jia will be able to seize the mouth of the Northeast Sea, and there will be a truce.

The junction of Gaoli and Liao in Liaozhou is very cold in winter, and the dripping water turns into ice, and the winter comes very early, and it starts to snow in September. It is difficult for the soldiers of Dazhou to adapt to such severe cold.

Therefore, Lin Jia plans to end the war before September and return to the dynasty.

During the interval between the battles, Lin Jia returned to the commander's tent, and had just rested on the narrow camp bed for a while, when Ah Qing's voice came from outside: "My lord, there is an urgent report from the capital!"

Lin Jia got up, put on her robe and went out, sat down on the chair behind the desk: "Send it in!"

Ah Qing came in with a stack of documents.

He first handed an urgent report to Lin Jia.

Lin Jia flipped through it, her handsome face froze slightly: Jiang Zhen really became a queen!
But this is what he expected. One is that Jiang Zhen is pregnant twice, and she is the only one among the concubines. Emperor Yongtai will give Jiang Zhen an explanation sooner or later; It is impossible for Lin Jia to prevent Emperor Yongtai from entering the harem, Jiang Zhen will find a chance sooner or later.

What needs to be done now is to prevent Yu Zhi and A Yin from returning to the capital.

Jiang Zhen hated Yuzhi so much that she would definitely attack again.

Qingzhou is Lin Jia's sphere of influence, and Yuzhi has the ability to protect herself, so it is safer for Yuzhi and A Yin to stay in Qingzhou before his teacher returns to the court.

Thinking of this, Lin Jia looked up at Ah Qing: "Is there a letter from the side concubine?"

Ah Qing immediately answered "Yes", reached out and rummaged through the tray, and quickly took out a bulging letter.

Lin Jia was a little anxious, and immediately reached out to pick it up, but soon realized that she was a little too anxious, so she slowly put her hand on the desk, and pretended to tap on the desk with her slender fingers, making a "dunk" sound.

Ah Qing saw it in his eyes, and there was a villain in his heart who laughed so hard that he fell down, but his face was still respectful, and he enshrined to Lin Jia the letter sent by Concubine Bai along with Yu Yiwei's secret report.

Lin Jia took the letter, tore open the envelope without using a letter opener, pulled out a large stack of letter paper, and opened it to read it.

Ah Qing stood aside and noticed that Wang Ye was watching, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his smile deepened, but when he turned to the third page, he found that Wang Ye had a serious expression on his face, and on the fifth page, he saw Wang Ye Laughed again.

Lin Jia was reading the fifth page of letter paper at this time. There was a picture of a child on the letter paper, with a big head and a small body, phoenix eyes and a small mouth. At a glance, she knew it was Ah Yin.

Ah Yin was running in the water with her chubby legs, and there were several mandarin ducks fleeing in a hurry in front of her. There was a woman standing under the porch on the bank, leaning on the railing and laughing, with some beautiful official characters written on the side - "Ah Yin frightens the picture of mandarin ducks."

Seeing this picture of A Yin frightened and scattered mandarin ducks", Lin Jia first laughed, but soon her eyes became moist.

He lowered his head, stared at the painting, and remained silent for a while.

Ah Qing understood everything in her heart, and hurriedly said: "My lord, I will go down and make tea for you!"

Lin Jia stared at the picture in her hand, and gave a soft "hmm".

After Ah Qing went out, Lin Jia blinked, a tear fell, and hit the letter paper with a "slap".

The man does not flick his tears lightly, but he really misses Yuzhi and Ayin, as well as Naya who is far away in the northwest.
After about a cup of tea, Ah Qing brought the tea in, but found that Lin Jia was writing a letter, and hurriedly stood aside.

Lin Jia wrote the letter, sealed it herself, and then handed it to Ah Qing: "Send it to Qingzhou urgently!"

As soon as Ah Qing delivered the letter, he saw Ah Chi walking out of the commander's tent, and repeatedly ordered the followers outside: "Go to the generals everywhere to pass the message, and come to the prince's tent for a meeting at Xushi!"

Seeing this situation, Ah Qing knew that the prince might have a new military arrangement, so she hurriedly walked to the big tent.

After entering August, the weather gradually cools up.

Si time every morning is the time for Professor Yuzhi, A Yin, to study.

This morning Yuzhi was leading Ah Yin to study, but she heard voices coming from outside. She looked at A Yin, saw that Ah Yin was sitting upright, and was reading with the book Yuzhi made for him, so she Smile up.

Ah Yin is a precocious child. Although he is young, he is very attentive when reading and writing.

After reading the number of words prescribed by her mother, A Yin raised her eyes to look at Yuzhi: "Mom, I can read it all!"

Yuzhi was taken aback, and looked at the golden chiming clock next to her, and found that it had only been half a quarter of an hour——A Yin completed all the tasks of an hour in half an hour?

She didn't believe it, so she flipped through the word recognition book and asked Ah Yin to read page by page.

Ah Yin was confident, her eyes moved with her mother's fingers, her voice was immature, but she didn't read a single word wrong.

Yuzhi closed the reading book, looked at A Yin with sparkling eyes: "A Yin, you are so smart!"

Ah Yin narrowed his eyes and smiled, and snuggled his chubby body into his mother's arms: "Mom, I have completed the task, can I go out and play?"

Yu Zhi smiled and kissed A Yin's hair, and said softly: "A Yin has completed the task, so of course he can go out to play!"

Ah Yin clapped her hands happily, and ran out with her chubby legs.

Yuzhi couldn't restrain her joy, and followed her out. Seeing that Ye Ling and Ye Bi had followed Ah Yin, she stood behind the railing to watch.

Li Hanxing stayed in the concierge, and when he heard A Yin's laughter, he asked Ye Luxiao, who was studying at the same time, to go out to play with A Yin.

Yeluxiao put down the book, the black Youyou cat's eyes lit up, he got up and went out with Li Hanxing.

Lin Yin is the darling of Lin Jia and Yuzhi, and also the future emperor of Da Zhou, so he has to gain a good impression of Lin Yin.

Seeing A Yin playing with Li Hanxing and Ye Luxiao in the yard, Yuzhi could not help but smile.

She was worried that A Yin would become sissy in the future if she was with the maids all the time, so she kept encouraging A Yin to play with Li Hanxing and Ye Luxiao, especially Ye Luxiao, because Li Hanxing was a little eunuch after all.

Thinking of the little eunuch, Yuzhi gradually became serious.

Both Li Rui and Li Hanxing entered the palace at a young age, when she has that ability, she must discuss with Ah Yin to cancel the rule of using eunuchs in the palace, because it is too cruel.

At this moment, Alan came in, saw Yuzhi standing on the porch, hurriedly walked over, and reported in a low voice: "Side concubine, there is news from the capital that His Majesty has appointed Concubine Jiang as queen!"

When Yuzhi heard this, she immediately became serious.

She knew that Jiang Zhen would become a queen sooner or later, but she didn't expect it to be so soon.

After a while, Yuzhi said softly: "Since that's the case, then we will have to stay in Qingzhou City for a while longer."

She originally planned to take the old prince back to the capital for recuperation, but now that Jiang Zhen has become a queen and Lin Jia is not in the capital, if she brings A Yin back, she will really send a sheep into the mouth of a tiger.
Yuzhi made up her mind, so she stopped thinking about it and looked at A Lan with a smile: "I asked you to find the most authentic seafood restaurant in Qingzhou, have you found it?"

She likes to eat seafood the most, and Qingzhou is near the sea, and August is when seafood is plentiful, so she has thought about seafood addiction for a long time.

Alan didn't expect Yuzhi to change the subject so quickly, she was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The side concubine has been found!"

Yuzhi smiled, and said: "Then you can take Han Lin there, and watch them cook some special dishes and send them in!"

Alan raised her eyes to look at Yuzhi's side, seeing Han Lin looking at him with a smile, she couldn't help feeling sweeter, and hurriedly said: "Yes, side concubine."

Yuzhi glanced at A Lan and Han Lin, and knew that she might be preparing a dowry for Han Lin.

Thinking of Hanlin's home, she felt very happy, and said, "If the chef in that restaurant is really skilled, you might as well ask him if he would like the whole family to enter the Prince's Mansion!"

She has no other hobbies, but really likes to taste delicious food, so she often invites good cooks into the house.

Han Lin said with a smile, "Don't worry, side concubine!"

After Ah Lan and Han Lin left, Yu Zhi called Chun Yu over and said, "Go to the courtyard of the outer study and have a look. If Steward Li is free, please invite him over!"

She planned to discuss with Li Rui about her schedule in Qingzhou.

Chun Yu answered "yes" and backed out with a smile.

She has been in the palace for a month, and she is already familiar with her, so she no longer needs a servant to lead the way.

Li Rui watched Mr. Liu give the old prince a medicinal bath.

After the medicated bath, it's time for acupuncture.

Li Rui instructed the servants to carry the old prince to lie down on the brocade couch in front of the window, and then told him to take a good look at the old prince, and then went out by himself.

After leaving the study yard, Li Rui was about to meet Chun Yu.

He was listening to Chun Yu when he met a beautiful young woman surrounded by maidservants.

It turned out to be Lin Yi's wife, Qiao Shi.

Li Rui glanced at Mrs. Qiao, bowed his hands and saluted, "I've seen Mrs. Third!"

Chun Yu hurriedly stepped aside.

Mrs. Qiao was dressed extraordinarily gorgeously today, full of jewels and emerald clothes, and the diamond hairpin on her bun was shining brightly in the morning sun.

She raised her chin and glanced at Li Rui with an arrogant look: "Butler Li, I'm going to see the old prince!"

Because the princess has passed away, since she married into the Xingping county palace, she has taken over the middle class of the palace. Except for Le Lintao, Lin Yi and his son, everyone in the palace depends on her face.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Yuzhi came to Xingping County Prince's Mansion, she took over the old prince. When Qiao realized it, she realized that Yuzhi had taken over the foreign study without knowing it.

Lin Yi asked her to be patient, but she was not very angry. Today, she was provoked by Aunt Huang, so she found an opportunity to come here to gain power by cleaning up Yuzhi's confidant Li Rui.

After hearing this, Li Rui's handsome face was still calm: "The slave will accompany the third young lady in!"

He glanced at Mrs. Qiao, and suddenly frowned and said, "But the prince has just finished his treatment, so it's inconvenient. The third young lady might as well come back at another time."

Qiao immediately snorted and said, "Does Butler Li want to stop me from being filial?"

This Li Rui has never let her in. Could it be that the old prince has already gone, but side concubine Bai is hiding it?

Li Rui raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Qiao, then at the group of maidservants following Mrs. Qiao, his eyes fell on Aunt Huang who was beside Mrs. Qiao, and then looked at Mrs. Qiao, her handsome face was still as calm as water : "It's really inconvenient for the prince, does the third young lady have to go in and have a look?"

Now that Mrs. Qiao has come, she intends to take a look at the situation of the old prince, at least to pick on Li Rui's thorns, and take back the responsibility of taking care of the old prince, so she raised her head and said, "That's natural!"

Li Rui groaned slightly, then winked at the servant standing beside him, and said: "Go and tell the side concubine that the third young lady is going to fulfill her filial piety with the old prince. Already!"

Although Chun Yu was sent by Yu Zhi, but Chun Yu didn't know the inside story yet, so it would be quicker to send a servant.

The boy had been serving Li Rui for a long time, so he naturally understood the meaning of Li Rui's words, answered "yes", and ran away in a hurry.

Chun Yu stood there motionless like a quail, not knowing what to do.

Seeing the young man running away, Li Rui looked at Mrs. Qiao and said, "Miss Third Young Master, please!"

Standing behind Mrs. Qiao, Aunt Huang always felt that there was something in Li Rui's words. She wanted to stop Mrs. Qiao from entering, but after thinking about it, she didn't stop her, but followed Mrs. Qiao into it.

Mrs. Qiao is Lin Yi's regular wife, and Lin Yi is her lover, why should she meddle in her own business?It is in her interest for Qiao Shi to stumble!
Li Rui was calm and relaxed, neither humble nor overbearing, with his back straight like a green bamboo, he led Qiao's group into the courtyard of the outer study.

It's just entered August, although the night is cool, the day is still a bit hot, but there are several hundred-year-old sycamore trees planted in the yard outside the study, and the whole yard is shaded by trees, which is cool and shady.

Li Rui led Qiao's group to the open room of the main room, then stopped to look at Qiao, and said softly, "Mrs. Third, are you sure you want to go in to fulfill your filial piety?"

Several of the people who came with Qiao Shi were Lin Yi's concubines, some of them saw something wrong, and immediately pulled Qiao Shi's sleeve quietly.

Provoked by Li Rui, Qiao shook off the concubine Ji's hand, and said loudly: "I am the prince's daughter-in-law, so I must be filial to my father-in-law!"

A smile appeared on Li Ruijunxiu's handsome face, this smile was fleeting, and his voice was cold: "Third Young Madam, please!"

Yuzhi was leading the inspection of the planting of flowers and trees in Xingping County's mansion, and Lian Ji and other servant girls followed closely behind her.

The servant sent by Li Rui happened to bump into Yu Zhi, and hurried forward to report in a low voice.

Yuzhi laughed when she heard it, and immediately said: "Let's go to the outer study to see the excitement!"

Since she planned to live in Qingzhou permanently, she naturally wanted to grab the entire Xingping County Palace in her hands. She was worried that she could not find a pillow when she was sleepy, so Qiao delivered it to her door herself.

Lian Ji and other maids saw that there was something exciting to watch, so they all followed with a smile.

Li Rui led Qiao Shi into the Ming Room, then stopped in his tracks, with a troubled face on his face: "Miss San, it's a little inconvenient for the old prince today, why don't you come back tomorrow to fulfill your filial piety?"

Seeing that Li Rui didn't seem to want to let him go in to see the old prince, Qiao felt even more suspicious that something had happened to the old prince. Li Rui was deliberately hiding it, fearing that he would know, so he insisted: "Since I'm here, I naturally want to see the old prince. !"

Li Rui smiled slightly and said, "Miss Third Young Master, please!"

The servant lifted the curtain of the bedroom.

Qiao Shi held his head high and walked in with his cronies.

As soon as she entered the bedroom, she stayed there - the old prince was lying naked on the brocade couch in front of the window, his whole body was covered with silver needles, and a middle-aged doctor was bending over for treatment!

The old prince has been treated for so long, although he can't walk around or talk at will, he has already woken up. Seeing his daughter-in-law and a group of people coming in, he also stayed there, his eyes widened.

The people behind Mrs. Qiao were also stunned. One of them was Lin Yi's favorite concubine, who immediately screamed when he saw the old prince's numerous private parts.

Seeing this situation, Qiao's face turned pale, knowing that she had been fooled by Li Rui, she turned around and was about to go out, but she heard the voice of Concubine Bai from outside: "What? The third young lady is in the old prince's bedroom? What is she doing? Can I go in? The old prince is doing acupuncture naked!"

Qiao's body was on the verge of falling, and he fell limp to the ground.

She knew she was done.

How can the daughter-in-law see people when she sees her father-in-law naked?

As soon as Yuzhi finished speaking, Lin Yi strode over.

Knowing that Mrs. Qiao had entered the old prince's bedroom, Lin Yi's face turned ashen, and she gave Yuzhi a bitter look.

He had visited several times, so he naturally knew what his father looked like when he was being treated.

Yu Zhi's complexion was correct: "Third son, the third young lady brought so many people in to see the prince's body, how should we deal with this matter?"

Lin Yi gritted her teeth and took a look at Yuzhi, and said, "Of course I let her think about it behind closed doors!"

Yu Zhi stared at Lin Yi with sparkling eyes, and said slowly: "Then let the third young lady shut herself up and contemplate for two months!"

She left Qingzhou two months later, so she didn't care about that much.

Lin Yi took a deep look at Yuzhi, and said, "Let the concubine decide!"

After all, he walked away.

Looking at Lin Yi's back, Yu Zhi smiled.

She wants to live in Xingping County Prince's Mansion for a long time, so she naturally wants to control it, so that she and A Yin can live in peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)