In the Diligent Palace.

The emperor was calm, and he was also looking at a portrait in a daze.

He had been sitting and looking at the portrait for a long, long time, but the palace people around him did not dare to disturb him.

Gonggong Wan glanced at the emperor, then at the woman in the portrait, sighed in his heart, and said in his heart, how can there be such a similar woman in this world, almost exactly the same as the Empress Yuan, but the woman in this portrait looks younger.

It wasn't until night had fallen that Gonggong Wan asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, are you going back to the harem today?" ”

The emperor seemed to come back to his senses at this time, and wanted to say "no", but after thinking of something, he paused, and then said: "Let's go to Changkun Palace." ”

Lin Yan thought that the emperor would not return to the harem today, if he saw the portrait, his heart would be shocked, and he might not be in the mood to come to the harem.

But Lin Yan didn't expect him to come, and he came to Changkun Palace.

Lin Yan welcomed her in, asked the palace maid to wait for him to change into comfortable clothes, made tea and held it to him personally, and asked people to bring snacks up.

The emperor pulled her to sit on the couch and said softly, "Don't be busy. ”

Lin Yan smiled and said yes, and then sat down next to him.

Lin Yan observed his face for a moment, and saw that his face was unusual, as if he was in a trance, so he knew that he must have seen the portrait.

Although the emperor came to Changkun Palace, he left his heart in the Qinzheng Palace, and when he had dinner, when he talked to Lin Yan, and even when he rested at night, he seemed a little absent-minded.

Men have a kind of greed for freshness, Lin Yan and the emperor have not been in the house for a long time, when the emperor comes to Changkun Palace, he always has to spend a while at night, even if he is afraid that her young body will not be able to bear it, occasionally there will be a truce for a day, he will kiss her, hug her, and tease her.

But tonight, the emperor didn't seem to be in any interest.

Lin Yan reached out under the quilt to hook the emperor's fingers, and her fingers scratched his palm.

This was already an obvious hint, and it was usually like a little ambiguity between them, but this time the emperor grabbed her hand and stopped her, hugged her, patted her on the back gently, and said, "I will accompany you in a few days." ”

This is already a very clear response, that is, he has no interest in this kind of thing today.

Lin Yan sighed in her heart, it seemed that Jiang Xi's influence on the emperor was even greater than she imagined.

So what should she do, do she try it further, or pretend she doesn't know?

Lin Yan put her hand on his chest, played with the hair that fell down on his chest, raised her head to look at the emperor, her eyes were bright, and she said again: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites sent in the portrait of the show girl today, has the emperor read it?" ”

The Emperor paused for a moment and said, "No." ”

Lin Yan flattened her mouth, turned around, turned her back to him, and said dissatisfiedly: "The emperor is lying. ”

The emperor hugged her again, hugged her directly from behind, and said in a flat voice: "When did I lie to you." ”

Lin Yan said: "Then the emperor told the concubines, you have taken a fancy to those beautiful girls, and the concubines will stay for you when the time comes." ”

The emperor said: "No, I said, it is up to you to choose, I believe you." ”

Lin Yan showed disbelief and said, "If the emperor doesn't tell the concubines, if I let the show girl you like fail to be selected, don't complain about the concubines at that time." ”

It took another half a while for the emperor to say "um".

After that, the two had nothing to say.

Lin Yan saw that she couldn't find anything, so she didn't say more. I closed my eyes, found a comfortable position, and prepared to sleep, and I will talk about tomorrow tomorrow.

It's just that after a long time, Lin Yan was about to fall asleep in a daze, and the emperor holding her behind him tightened his hands, suddenly sighed, and said, "I'm sorry for your aunt." ”

Lin Yan opened her eyes and turned her head to look at the emperor.

The emperor was afraid that she would hurt her neck by twisting her head like this, so he twisted her head back and continued: "Your aunt died so early, not entirely because of overwork. That year, King Qi and Empress Chen rebelled, and Empress Chen tricked your aunt, Wu, Cui and other female relatives into the palace and imprisoned them together with my mother. Later, the Chen family sent poisoned wine and forced the concubine to drink it, and your aunt snatched the poisoned wine and drank it herself. In the end, although some of the poisoned wine was forced, it still damaged her body in the end. ”

Lin Yan's eyes gradually dimmed, it was the first time she had heard such a thing. She always thought that her aunt would die early because she helped the emperor run around for help, so she died of overwork, but she didn't know that she had been poisoned.

Therefore, the emperor has always remembered his aunt, not only because of the deep love between husband and wife, but also because he felt guilty about her, so he favored and relied on the Lin family in every way, all because of this.

The emperor said, "I'm sorry for your aunt! His voice was hoarse, as if he were telling a painful story.

Lin Yan didn't know what to say, and she couldn't even say a word of comfort and comfort.

On the second day, when Lin Yan woke up, there was no emperor on the bed.

When the concubine served the emperor, she had to get up earlier in the morning than the holy emperor in order to serve the emperor.

This is the first time that Lin Yan has gotten up later than the emperor, and she doesn't even know when the emperor left.

Lin Yan called Mu Zhi and asked her, "When did the emperor leave?" ”

While waiting for her to get up, Mu Zhi replied: "At the end of the day (three o'clock in the morning), the emperor asked the slaves and maids not to wake you up, so the slaves and maids did not call you. ”

Lin Yan nodded.

After freshening up and having breakfast, Lin Yan called Mu Qing and asked all the palace maids in the palace to go down, and then asked her: "Last night, the emperor told the palace that the aunt of the palace had been poisoned, what is going on?" ”

Mu Qing looked a little surprised, as if he didn't expect the emperor to even tell her such a thing.

But soon she regained her composure, sighed, and said, "That was before the emperor ascended the throne." That year, King Qi and Empress Chen rebelled, and the emperor sent troops outside and was not in Beijing, so Empress Chen fabricated a holy decree and deceived Empress Yuan, Wu, Cui and others into the palace. Empress Yuan knew that there was something different, but the holy decree was covered with a jade seal, and she had to obey it. So Empress Yuan only had time to hide the prince and you in the palace, and arranged the second prince and the third prince, before taking Wu's Cui and others into the palace, but they didn't expect that as soon as they entered the palace, they were taken down by Queen Chen's people, and Empress Yuan and others only knew at this time that the first emperor had already been seriously ill and unconscious, and Queen Chen concealed the news that the first emperor was seriously ill, and took the jade seal to do her own thing. After Empress Yuan and others were arrested, they were sent to the palace of Concubine Xian and imprisoned with Concubine Xian.

At that time, the emperor was already the crown prince, holding military power, and the Lin family and the Wu family helped him. Although King Qi and Empress Chen controlled the palace and the capital, as long as the emperor led his troops back, these rebels were not worth mentioning at all. Empress Chen may also understand, so she tricked the others into the palace. But Empress Chen couldn't wait for Concubine Xian's life, so she sent a cup of poisonous wine to force Concubine Xian to drink it, but in the end, it was Empress Yuan who drank the cup of poisonous wine instead of Concubine Xian. ”