Early in the morning, Lin Long went to Ye Zhong's courtyard before entering the palace, and before he was in the house, he smelled a burst of medicine, believing that the maid had fried a bowl in the morning and brought it to Ye Zhong's to drink.

"Mother-in-law, are you better?" She lifted the curtain and went in, only to see that the gray-faced Ye Zhong was being dressed by the maid, was this going out?

The doubt in her eyes, Ye Zhong could see it just by glancing at it, "I want to enter the palace." ”

As soon as she woke up in the morning, her nerves were tense until now, especially when she thought that her daughter might become a widow, she had no way to eat with peace of mind, and her heart had to fly to Ruyang City, thousands of miles away, and she only hated that she couldn't be by her daughter's side now.

Lin Long was stunned, "Mother-in-law, you should rest in the house if you are unwell, let me go for a trip in this palace, anyway, I am going to find the queen's mother......"

"No, I'm going to go myself." Ye Zhong said very stubbornly, now she can't wait for a moment, and all the messy thoughts cross her mind, "You also persuade me, I am a mother, and I want to know my daughter's situation." ”

Lin Long looked at this mother-in-law for a while, she thought that if she was Ye Zhong's family, she would definitely not be able to wait for others to report it, and she must find out in person to feel at ease, so she no longer persuaded her, "Mother-in-law, I also want to go to the palace." ”

Ye Zhongshi nodded, sat down and wore a few beaded hairpins, and did not dress up carefully, turned around and walked out, took two steps, and then looked back at Lin Long who came up, "Have you settled up?" ”

No matter how anxious she is for her daughter, she has not forgotten her two grandchildren, and what happened last night is also negligent.

"I sent someone to watch it, and my husband arranged two little maids to watch it, plus there are about a dozen grandmothers and big girls I arranged, so this response won't go wrong." Lin Long arranged for his two sons, so he went out with confidence, and after a pause, he said, "I'll let someone go back to Lin's house later and pick up my second mother." ”

After all, the little maid, the grandmother and the maid are all outsiders, and it is more reassuring to be guarded by multiple family members.

Ye Zhongshi nodded with satisfaction, "You arranged it well, so be it." ”

When he got into the carriage and entered the palace, Lin Long sent someone to pick up Lin Lu's family to the Hou Mansion.

The atmosphere in the carriage was a little tense, Ye Zhong had not been open, and Lin Long didn't know how to say anything to comfort this mother-in-law, except for sighing or sighing.

She made tea and was about to serve it to Ye Zhong's when she heard the mother-in-law say, "You go to the queen mother, and I will go to the queen mother's bedroom." ”

When Lin Long heard this, he understood in his heart that Ye Zhong's family wanted to act separately, so the news would be more comprehensive, these two people had a great relationship with them, and they should not hide anything, anyway, sooner or later, something that had changed in the Ruyang Mansion would spread.

"Yes, mother-in-law." She responded, "Take a sip of tea to moisten your throat, I believe that my sister-in-law will definitely be able to come to Jitai." ”

At the mention of his daughter, Ye Zhong's eyes turned slightly red, and he sighed and took the tea cup in Lin Long's hand and took a sip, "Except for this, I have nothing else in this life." ”

Lin Long sat beside Ye Zhong's side with a gloomy face, silently supporting her.

The car was silent again, and the two big maids did not say a word, they both knew that the masters were upset, so both of them kept quiet with great eyesight.

After handing over the sign to enter the palace, the carriage traveled a little further, and the two were helped off the carriage by the maid.

"Let's leave it at that." Ye Zhong's said.

Lin Long looked at the fork in the road and nodded "yes".

When Ye Zhongshi heard this, he didn't speak again, and hurried towards the queen mother's bedroom with his face on his feet, looking at the back that looked a lot more rickety than yesterday.

Lin Long's eyes were slightly wet, and he really felt pity for his parents in the world.

She didn't hesitate, and turned around with Ruyan and headed towards Su Ziyu's Initial Palace.

met Mama Jin at the gate of the palace, she was busy saying hello, Mama Jin gave her a salute, and said: "Niangniang said that the county lord will enter the palace today, so let the old slave wait here, sure enough, the county lord really came in." ”

Lin Long was slightly stunned, these words revealed a lot of information, and sure enough, the palace received the news earlier than them, otherwise Su Ziyu would not let Mama Jin wait for her here. "There's Mama Lao."

"The county lord is the righteous daughter of the mother, the little master of the old slave." Mama Jin said, and reached out to touch Lin Long's hand, feeling a burst of coldness, "You have just come out of confinement, and you can't be sloppy either, you can't freeze." Then he instructed the palace people around him to send the prepared hand warmers.

This is just early autumn, it seems that Mama Jin's hand warmer is specially prepared for herself, Lin Long's heart was moved, and he was busy thanking Mama Jin.

Mama Jin led Lin Long into the side hall of the palace, where Su Ziyu usually got up in the morning.

After Lin Long entered, he saw Su Ziyu checking the baby products, and when he saw her coming, he hurriedly beckoned, "Come and accompany me to see, which one is good?" ”

After Lin Long saluted, he hurriedly stepped forward.

Su Ziyu pulled her to sit beside her, "They all said that they don't need to do this Lao Shizi false courtesy, what are you doing?" ”

"I was pregnant before, and my stepmother said that I would not be able to salute, and I obeyed it, and now the child is born, and I am also out of confinement, this ceremony cannot be abolished, this is my respect for my stepmother." Lin Long knows how to be measured, Su Ziyu treats her well on the one hand, but if she does too much, she will be gossiped about.

"You, you just want to do everything." Su Ziyu shook her head and said, Lin Long has a good temperament, but he is too polite.

Lin Long smiled, but this smile still seemed to be a little reluctant now.

How can Su Ziyu not see the truth? sighed, "If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh, can I, the mother-in-law, blame you?" After a pause, "I know that you came to the palace in a hurry for the sake of your sister-in-law......"

"Mother-in-law, I won't go around in circles with you, what happened to Ruyang Palace? We haven't received any definite news yet, so we won't be able to sleep peacefully all night......" Lin Long asked hurriedly.

Su Ziyu pressed her hand, "Sister Long, don't be nervous, you will know about this sooner or later, in fact, the exact news was only a few days ago when the palace received it." After pondering for a while, she said again: "The prince of the Ruyang Royal Mansion died a month ago. ”

He's dead?

These two words enlarged in Lin Long's mind, and they suddenly buzzed, making her heart clench violently. Although I guessed that something happened to Shizi, and I thought that he was very likely to die, it was not as shocking as it was to really confirm the news.

"Why did you die?" She asked blankly, "The girl in our house is happily embarking on the road of marriage with the holy decree, how can he die?" What do we girls do? ”

Su Ziyu herself is a woman, and she is more or less sorry for Ye Manjun, this girl, Ye Zhong's family has raised her very well, otherwise she would not have let the old man of the Queen Mother look at her. "According to the people who came to report the funeral in Ruyang Palace, they said that they fell from a horse and died, and the fall occurred a month and a half ago.

Speaking of this, Su Ziyu also felt that there must be something greasy in this, this life died too timely, on the eve of marriage, so that the relationship between the royal family and the king of Ruyang is very delicate.

For Ruyang City, the royal family has always been uneasy, otherwise the princesses of all dynasties would not have come from the powerful families of the capital, and they must be close to the royal family.

Lin Long's expression eased when she heard Su Ziyu talk in detail about the cause of the death of the prince of Ruyang, and at this moment she didn't dare to imagine what Ye Manjun's life would be like, so she hurriedly asked, "Then did our girl marry the prince?" ”

If you worship the church, then the name has been decided, as long as the Ruyang Mansion does not let people go, Ye Manjun has to start widowing; But if you haven't visited the church yet, there is still room for fighting.

So her expression became tense again.

"This one doesn't." Su Ziyu hurriedly said, "Before the girl from the Xiangyang Hou Mansion arrived, the prince couldn't hold on, so the two of them haven't gotten married yet." ”

When Lin Long heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, without the worship hall, there would be no name for husband and wife, this is a great luck in misfortune, it's just, "Mother-in-law, why is it ...... such heavy news?"

You're going to hide it from me?

This is also the question in her heart.

Su Ziyu looked at Lin Long deeply, "I didn't inform you of this news first, it was my idea." ”

Lin Long looked at Su Ziyu in surprise, she originally thought that it would be the news of the blockade of the emperor and the queen mother, but she never thought that it would be Su Ziyu, who was close to her, what was this qiē for?

Su Ziyu held Lin Long's hand, "Your future aunt of the Hou Mansion is dead, can your two children's full moon wine still be able to do it?" This is your first child, and a full moon wine is very important, so can you understand my intentions? ”

The blockade of this news is entirely so that Lin Long's son can finish the full moon wine smoothly.

Lin Long's eyes suddenly moistened slightly, it turned out that everything was for her, just by virtue of this, she couldn't accuse Su Ziyu of hiding such a big news from her, "Stepmother......"

"If you don't come to the palace today, I will also send someone to summon you and tell you the news." Su Ziyu interrupted her words and said to herself.

"Mother-in-law, I understand." Lin Long in turn held Su Ziyu's hand, and just yesterday, Su Ziyu also rewarded her two sons with a lot of good things.

"You don't blame me, just understand." Su Ziyu said.

Lin Long sniffed at this time, took out a handkerchief and pressed the corner of his eyes, for a long time, still with a little crying, he said, "Mother-in-law, my sister-in-law has not married the son yet, even if she is not a person from the Ruyang Palace, can you ...... Let her come back to the capital? ”

Su Ziyu knew that Lin Long would definitely ask this sentence, which was expected by her, for a long time, just when Lin Long was waiting in her heart, she said: "Sister Long, it's not that I, who is a stepmother, refuse to answer you, but this matter is not easy to handle, and the emperor does not seem to plan to let Miss Ye return to the capital." ”

She asked Zhu Yi openly and secretly, but Zhu Yi didn't give her a clear answer to this question, which means that Zhu Yi either has a plan in her heart, or is hesitating, no matter which one it is, it is the same for Ye Manjun.

"She hasn't been able to get married now, and it's not an exaggeration to go back to the capital this time, and when the king of Ruyang establishes another son, it will be the same if the saint sends another one over." Lin Long said eagerly, in fact, he also knew in his heart that this was an extravagant hope, and it was extremely unkind.

Not only is her own girl a baby, but other people's girls are also a baby, and it is also very bad to use this to annoy Su Ziyu, who has a big belly, but except for the supreme stepmother in the world, she has no one to ask for help.

In any case, she wanted to try again, even if there was little hope.

Su Ziyu sighed, "I understand your feelings, but Sister Long, this matter is not up to me now." Miss Ye's marriage is not only a matter of children and relatives, but also a political affair, do you understand? ”

Lin Long's expression darkened, how could she not understand? Before Ye Manjun got married, she understood very well that this marriage was definitely comparable to the harmony of the previous dynasty, and it was a chess piece of the royal family to contain King Ruyang.

"Mother-in-law, I understand." Her mouth was full of bitterness.

Seeing Lin Long's gloomy face, Su Ziyu was also distressed, so she reached out and hugged her shoulder, "Don't be sad, I will talk to the emperor about this again, but there is not much hope, after all, Miss Ye's reputation is outside, and it will be difficult to find another one like her." In order to balance the relationship between all aspects, the emperor will not change people lightly. ”

Lin Long hurriedly got up and made a big salute to Su Ziyu, only to see her kneeling on the ground, and said solemnly: "Please do your best to help." ”

"Hurry up, it's cold on the ground, you just got out of confinement and can't stand the cold, how can I help without doing my best?" Su Ziyu had a big belly and couldn't pick up Lin Long, so she had no choice but to glance at Hongling.

Hongling stepped forward to help Lin Long get up, patted her on the knee, and sat her back in place.

Lin Long said in a nasal voice: "Thank you stepmother." ”

"Silly boy, I'm talking stupid things again." Su Ziyu pretended to be displeased.

At this time, she didn't want the atmosphere to be too solemn, so she asked about Lin Long's pair of twins, as soon as she talked about this, Lin Long was like a treasure, even if she couldn't laugh at this time, but she also talked about her two sons in detail.

Su Ziyu listened carefully, and also pointed out Lin Long's experience in raising children, and frowned slightly when she heard that someone from the Ye family's daughters was making her bad, "What's the matter with the Ye family's daughters?" It's really hateful to dare to poison such a young child. It's really not okay if the female relatives of your family don't teach a lesson, and I will make a reprimand when I go back, so that they can understand who can provoke and who can't. ”

If there is an east wind to borrow, why not borrow, Lin Long did not say anything to stop it, the group of people in the Ye family, from aunts to peers, should be reprimanded well, otherwise they don't know how to write a dead word.

The two were talking, and suddenly Mama Jin lifted the curtain and came in, "Niangniang, the Queen Mother sent someone to find the county lord." ”

Lin Long was slightly stunned, what are you looking for her to do? Could it be? As if guessing something, she hurriedly said, "Mama, please come in quickly." ”

Mama Jin was not half dissatisfied with Lin Long's preemptive voice, and nodded, "The old slave will go and bring her in." Lowering the curtain, she stepped back.

Su Ziyu glanced at Lin Long's eager expression, "Don't worry, listen to what she said?" ”

Lin Long tapped his head, but this heart didn't mean that he couldn't be in a hurry if he wasn't in a hurry.

After a while, Mama Jin led people to hurry in, this is the Mama of the Queen Mother's bedroom, as soon as she came in, she greeted her first, and then looked at Lin Long, "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother sent the old slave to invite Mrs. Xiangyang Hou to come over." ”

"But what's the urgency?" Lin Long hurriedly got up.

"Mrs. Hou, my mother-in-law fainted."

Sure enough, Lin Long had already guessed that it was related to Ye Zhong's family, and it was estimated that it was to confirm the news of the death of the prince of Ruyang, Ye Zhong's family couldn't help but faint, and when she came, she saw that her face was extremely bad. Even if he took a decoction with sleeping ingredients yesterday, Ye Zhong's still had nightmares.

She was just about to ask Su Ziyu for instructions, and Su Ziyu said, "You go over first, I'll go over later." ”

She didn't feel at ease about letting Lin Long go over like this, but her belly was quite big now, so it was better to be careful.

Lin Long hurriedly curtsied and bowed, and hurriedly followed the mother in the queen mother's bedroom out of the queen's bedroom.

When Mama Jin put on a thick cloak for Su Ziyu and ordered someone to prepare a Luan car, she said, "This Ye family girl is really strange and pitiful. ”

"Either way, it's her life." Su Ziyu said.

Mama Jin sighed, and finally didn't say anything, she has seen a lot of injustices in the world, only because she is close to Lin Long will sympathize with Ye Manjun, if it were someone else, she would not have made such a sympathetic sigh.

Ruyang City.

The Ma Lan clan inadvertently ushered in the people sent by the Zhu Chen family, the princess of Ruyang, and she was also very familiar with this Qiu Mama, and the strong dragon did not suppress the head snake, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Why is Mama here?" ”

"Mrs. Ma." Mama Qiu still saluted the official's wife according to the rules, "You also know that the princess cares about this Ye girl very much, and now that she is not sick, no, I have to ask the old slave to come and take a look to feel at ease." ”

When Ma Lanshi heard this, he didn't think so, but his face was still moved, "Of course, Miss Ye has come all the way to get married, and she has to ask the princess to take care of her." ”

Mama Qiu pulled her face and smiled, and when she walked to the courtyard where Ye Manjun was temporarily staying with Ma Lan, she said again: "Mrs. Ma, our princess is now in pain for the loss of her beloved son, you know, she has some unfulfilled wishes, which also has to be fulfilled by Mrs. Ma." After a pause, Fang lowered his voice and said, "Our princess is a girl from the Chen Guogong Mansion in the capital, Mrs. Ma won't know the ability of the Guogong Mansion, right?" ”

Ma Lan's expression changed slightly, almost every day in this Ruyang City is walking on thin ice, can not relax for a moment, when her husband was transferred here, she left her two children in her hometown, accompanied her husband alone, all these years have been thinking about her children all the time, but after a lot of relationships did not get the order to transfer.

This Ma Lan's expression naturally fell in the eyes of Mama Qiu, she originally accompanied her own girl, Zhu Chen, at that time she was still young, and she was the eldest maid waiting for Zhu Chen. Later, she was directly matched with the princess's maid, because she was a close confidant of the princess, so her life was quite good.

But because she was from the same place, she knew what Malan was thinking.

"Mrs. Ma, as long as you help our princess to act, our princess promises to write a letter to Chen Guogong in the capital, asking him to dredge up the relationship and adjust the fat for Lord Ma." In order to increase the temptation, she added, "How is the Jiangnan area?" ”

Ma Lan's steps were stunned, this temptation was really great, her pupils were dilated, and she was holding the towel in both hands, if she could really be transferred to the area of Jiangnan, Suzhou and Hangzhou, then she would be able to pick up the two sons who had grown up, and there was no need to separate the two places.

Mama Qiu is not in a hurry, anyway, she brought the princess's intentions to her.

The autumn wind was blowing, a treasure ship was on the boat, and Zhu Sa, who was wearing a black cloak, was on the bow of the ship, playing against the person opposite.

"The prince is very calm." The man dressed in gray had an ordinary face that had no bright spots, but there was a gleam in his slightly raised eyes.

Facing this first strategist under him, Zhu Sa seemed to be in a good mood, took a sunspot and went down to the chessboard, ate a few whites from the opponent by the way, picked up the whites and poured them into the chess box, and the smile on his face was even better. "Looks like this king is going to win."

"That is undecided, my lord." The man in gray smiled and picked up the white son and began to fight back, and while playing chess, he said: "Poor girl in the age of twenty-eight has become a chess piece on the chessboard of the prince." ”

"I can only say that her life is not good and unlucky." Zhu Sa said with a smile, a handsome face was exceptionally handsome in this autumn day, but the words he said were extremely cold.

"It's only one step away, and she is going to marry that son." The man in gray seemed to be pitying.

"Whether she gets married or not, her fate is doomed." Zhu Sa picked up a sunspot and went down to the key position, "However, she will definitely die, if she doesn't die, I'm afraid that the layout of this king will change." ”

The man in gray raised his eyebrows, "According to the layout of the prince, this Ye girl is really fierce, but it's no wonder that others, who called her a girl from the Xiangyang Hou Mansion." ”

The Marquis of Xiangyang Mansion would not watch his own girl die, if Ye Manjun really died in Ruyang City, the Ye family would definitely instigate Emperor Zhu Yi to launch a crusade against Ruyang City.

Ye Manjun represents the royal family, her death is equivalent to slapping the royal family in the face, Zhu Yi may not be able to endure this breath, as soon as the delicate relationship with Ruyang City is broken, it is the best time for the Nine Princes.

The strength of Ruyang City is not small, otherwise Taizu would not have been unable to gnaw on this hard bone at the beginning, and has always made it a fish bone of the Great Shun Dynasty.

At this time, a shareholder wind blew.

Zhu Sa got up, let the east wind blow the cloak on his body "whoosh" and sounded, and suddenly chanted a poem, "The good wind sends me to the green clouds with its strength." ”

"Good poetry, lord." The man in gray stood up and clapped his hands.

Isn't the Ruyang Mansion an excellent east wind? Otherwise, how could Zhu Sa use a stand-in to sneak out of Beijing and rush to Ruyang City, and the current King of Ruyang is Zhu Sa's target.

At this time, Ye Manjun was sitting with his relatives, and Ye Minglan's uncle and brother Ye Xurong both had a heavy face.

"I've thought about this matter, it's still not appropriate, if we move to the private house in the city before, I'm afraid that it will be easier to be plotted, it's better to be in the official office, this represents the imperial power, and she Zhu Chen's family wants to plot and I have to weigh it." She said with a solemn face, "Zhu Chen's family is not for himself, but also for the sake of his mother's family in the capital, if I have an accident here, the emperor will not sit idly by." ”

"Sister, will we think of this princess too terrible, maybe she is not such a person, in the end, everyone is from the capital, and they should have the same enemy." Ye Xurong still said with some optimism.

Without Ye Manjun speaking up, Ye Minglan's cousin said: "Brother Rong, you think too simply, if you can help each other because of the same background, there will not be such chaos in this world, and now the people in Ruyang City can't believe it, it's good for Sister Jun to keep an extra mind." ”

"Second Uncle Lan is right, Brother Rong, you have to be careful when walking in the city now, the guards must bring enough, don't believe in people lightly, and don't make trouble in the city......" Ye Manjun mentioned, the younger brother is young and vigorous, and he is afraid that he will do something bad for her impulsively, and it will be easy for others to catch the handle and become more passive.

Ye Xurong nodded solemnly, "Sister, don't worry, I am measured and will not do anything out of the ordinary." ”

My sister is passive enough now, and he can't make trouble for her, that Jiang Mama's behavior is really creepy when she thinks of it.

Ye Minglan said: "I went out to inquire openly and secretly, the second master of the Zhu family is also a popular candidate for the prince, and the other two are also very likely to become the new princes......"

So he whispered the situation of the Ruyang Mansion to Ye Manjun, sooner or later Ye Manjun would have to deal with the people of the Ruyang Palace, this was unavoidable.

Ye Manjun listened very carefully, and asked Ye Minglan if he didn't understand, some of which he couldn't even answer Ye Minglan, but one person counted short, and two people counted long, so a total of one, even Meng Dai guessed that he could touch the edge of a few facts.

Ye Xurong was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, he didn't expect to go out for a stroll with this cousin yesterday, he originally thought that his cousin wanted to distract himself and see the prosperity of Ruyang City, and the boss was unhappy in his heart, when was this, he was still in this mood? So he went to the teahouse to sit, went to the restaurant for dinner, and then went to the market for a walk.

Now I know that this cousin went to inquire about the news, and he was really too tender, and his face was blaming himself for a while.

No wonder before leaving, his mother and brother repeatedly told him to listen to his cousin, to be honest, at that time he felt that he was not trusted by his family, and he smiled on the surface, but in his heart he was sad to death.

Now I know that my level is still too low.

The three of them in the room were discussing in a low voice, and the embroidered satin suddenly hurriedly opened the door curtain, "Girl, Mrs. Ma is coming over with a grandmother......

When Ye Manjun heard this, he hurriedly got up and went to the bed to lie down.

Ye Xurong hurriedly picked up the ash powder and smeared some more on Ye Manjun, in short, it made his sister look haggard.

Ye Minglan went to let off steam, and it took a while for him to turn around and make a gesture, and the two sisters and brothers stopped.

Ye Xurong pretended to be worried, "Sister, where are you uncomfortable?" ”

"Ahem...... I...... It's okay...... Ye Manjun covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said weak words in her mouth, but her eyes were looking out, and when she saw the curtain moving, she hurriedly made a Xizi heart-warming action.

Ma Lanshi happened to lead Mama Qiu in, and when she saw Ye Manjun's ugly face lying on the bed, she was suddenly slightly startled, and even she, a person who knew the inside story, felt that Ye Manjun was really sick.