Chapter 121: Investigating Princess Wensheng
The carriage stopped before it reached the gate of the palace, Lin Ruochen jumped out of the carriage with the ten princes in confusion, only to find that there were about 100 carriages of different colors parked at the gate of the palace, Lin Ruochen shrugged his shoulders and smiled at the ten princes: "It seems that we are too late, and there is no place to park the carriage." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
"Hmph, there are always more flattering people than down-to-earth people, I really don't understand why my father left so many useless people to make waves in the court. The Ten Princes were a little emotional, I don't know if they were angry because the carriage was blocked far from the palace gate, or if they really felt it.
"What's wrong with the Ten Princes today, I haven't heard these remarks of the Ten Princes before, have you been stimulated by something?"
"Brother Lin, I haven't said anything to others before, and I just want you to know that if I really become the emperor one day, I will definitely clean up the court and let those who only take the money but have nothing to do get away from me. ā
"Hmm!" Lin Ruochen nodded, "Your idea is good, I approve it with both hands." ā
The two of them walked towards the palace gate as they spoke, as if the embarrassment just now had never appeared, and it had returned to a friendly period. It's just that the relationship between them is like a scar, although it has healed, it has left a scar, which gradually grows in their hearts.
Before entering the main hall, Lin Ruochen suddenly said to the Ten Princes, "Can I ask you to do me a favor?"
"Brother Lin, please speak!"
"I may say one poem in a moment, please be sure to help me say another. āā¦ā¦
When Lin Ruochen and the Ten Princes approached the main hall, there was not much time left before the banquet began, and after they greeted the other princes separately, the emperor and the queen also happened to walk in. Many officials present wanted to take this opportunity to get in touch with the Ten Princes, but they didn't even have time to speak, so they could only shake their heads and sigh that it was a pity.
After the emperor sat down, he picked up the wine glass in his hand and drank three glasses happily, as a person who is over half a hundred years old, it is indeed a thing worthy of his joy to be able to give birth to a princess again. The queen also seemed to be in a good mood, not only rewarded the princess with a lot of things, but even suggested that the emperor give the princess a name on the spot.
After a little contemplation, the emperor waved his pen and wrote a big "å§©" word, and then picked it up for everyone to see, and for a time the praise was endless, and the emperor's words were almost plated with a layer of gold. When it was the prince's turn, of course, the prince would inevitably praise him, but Lin Ruochen said something inappropriate at this time.
"When the minister was flipping through the book yesterday, he happened to see a poem: Yuan Liang praises Chenji, and Shengde enjoys the heart of heaven. Therefore, the minister thought that the emperor would use the word "sheng", but it seems that the minister guessed wrong. ā
"Sheng?" the Tenth Prince took Lin Ruochen's words, "How could Brother Lin come up with this word?"
"Isn't that a bad word?"
The Ten Princes shook their heads, "This poem of yours is not as interesting as the one I read yesterday, what I read is: the article contains gold and jade, and it is loud on the ground." Look, isn't it more vivid than you say?"
Lin Ruochen replied without hesitation: "Then it's called Princess Wensheng, both Wensheng and Sheng, how about it?"
The queen's face changed, and she couldn't tell whether she was happy or angry. But there was nothing unusual on the emperor's face, but repeated "Princess Wensheng" and "Princess Wensheng" twice!
After that, the emperor turned his head to look at the queen and asked, "Why is this name so familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere." ā
The queen's face had recovered at this time, and she told the emperor with a smile: "There is no woman named Wensheng in the palace, and there doesn't seem to be this name among the children of the family, but the concubine thinks that the princess's name should be handed over to the princess's mother, we should understand her merit in giving birth to the princess, and give her a chance to express her maternal love." ā
The emperor laughed, "Good, good, good, since this is the case, then we will no longer discuss the name of the princess, we will all raise our glasses and drink!"
Lin Ruochen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, at least he was sure that the queen knew about Princess Wensheng, so he only needed to learn from the queen and find out the mysterious person was just around the corner!
What Lin Ruochen didn't expect was that things were far from being as simple as he thought, and an incident happened that night, which interrupted Lin Ruochen's only clue.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the officials left the palace one after another, the ten princes and the crown prince were left behind by the queen, and Lin Ruochen was naturally left behind. The queen and they were together for a while, and then she asked Lin Ruochen to accompany her to the yard for a walk under the pretext of accumulating food. Although the crown prince and the tenth prince did not understand the queen's decision, they did not ask their doubts, but withdrew with interest.
After Lin Ruochen accompanied the queen to the courtyard, Lin Ruochen's heart was tightly entangled, and he knew that the answer was about to be revealed.
"How could you think of using the word "Wensheng" today?" The queen's face looked calm, but her eyes were aggressive.
Lin Ruochen deliberately looked surprised, "Is there anything wrong with this name?"
"Do you really not know or do you pretend not to know?"
Lin Ruochen paused, "I didn't think about it so much, I thought it was just an ordinary name!"
The queen shook her head, "In that case, then you can go back and rest! ā
After the queen finished speaking, she left, not giving Lin Ruochen a chance to think at all. Lin Ruochen knew that the queen must have guessed that she didn't mention Princess Wensheng by chance, so she decided not to hide it anymore.
"I stumbled upon this name, so I want to ask the queen to clear my mind!"
"Where did you see that name?"
"Someone engraved the words Princess Wensheng on my mother's tablet, and I still haven't found out who did it. ā
The queen was silent, and a noble and elegant woman seemed to appear in front of her, with a shallow smile on the corner of the woman's mouth, but her eyes were full of desolation.
The queen sighed, "That is a poor man, born noble but at the mercy of others, who had the intention to break free from the arrangement of fate but died unexpectedly and tragically in a foreign land. ā
Speaking of this, the queen turned her head to look at Lin Ruochen, "I don't know why her name appears on your mother's tablet, because as far as I know, Princess Wensheng has never left...... Ahh
The queen was talking, but suddenly saw a man appear behind Lin Ruochen, Lin Ruochen was listening to the queen's words just now, so he ignored the strange noise behind him, and when he turned around, he found that the man had shot the arrow in his hand.
Lin Ruochen reflexively wanted to dodge, but suddenly remembered that there was still a queen standing behind him, if he dodged, the arrow would definitely hit the queen, so he could only take it alive. But the man was obviously ready to make a move, only to see that he took advantage of Lin Ruochen's arrow, turned over and jumped behind the queen, and when Lin Ruochen turned around and wanted to make another move, the man's dagger was already on the queen's neck......