As soon as the news in the palace came out, Lin Qingyun didn't care about pretending to be sick, so he changed into plain clothes with Tu Yan and rushed to the palace. For them, it was just the funeral of the emperor's grandfather, but for some old nobles, it was equivalent to sounding the death knell of their own family. Of course, at this moment, they would not think so deeply, they only felt that once the emperor died, there was no protection, and the emperor would definitely take them, but the emperor hated them very much, and he had been waiting for a long time today.

According to the system, the son keeps filial piety for his parents for three years, which is actually 27 months, but the emperor's status is special, and he usually changes days for months, that is, 27 days. In order to express his sorrow, the emperor kept filial piety for 100 days, and everything else was handled according to the emperor's funeral, and the matter of filial piety to the prince and rebellion was postponed for the time being. There are many suspicious people in the outside world, in fact, the emperor wants to deal with filial piety as soon as possible, but the emperor Gang Bintian attacked his favored grandson, even if it is a major crime of rebellion, it also makes people feel vicious and cold. People in the world always sympathize with the weak.

Five drums enter the court every day, Lin Qingyun feels a little unbearable, but looking at Tu Yan is as usual.

At the very beginning, the emperor was worried that he would not be able to bear it, but he could not avoid it, after all, it was the funeral of the emperor, and if he did not sacrifice with the emperor every day, he would definitely bear the reputation of unfilial piety. Every day, the princes and ministers could see Prince Chun kneeling in front of him in a snow-satin plain suit, his face was almost the same color as his clothes, and he always felt that he was going to fall down at any time, but he carried it and did not fall ill until the end of the tomb.

The emperor rewarded condolences, and the emperor personally commended Tu Yan as a "person of pure filial piety", and other princes and ministers were naturally not to be outdone and visited the sick one after another.

At this time, the pure prince, who was sick and couldn't get out of bed, was crooked on the bed watching Lin Qingyun sort out the gift list, although his face was poor, but he was definitely far away from "not getting out of bed".

"Chengping Bofu, their family's gifts are really generous." Lin Qingyun raised her eyebrows, handed him the gift slip in her hand, and chuckled: "Although their family also had etiquette exchanges in the past, they were all decent, and there was no warmth at all. After an autumn storm, his attitude changed greatly. As he spoke, he looked at the ambiguity of a vain smile: "What is the reason for this?" ”

Tu Yan laughed out loud, glanced at the two or three things on the gift list that were not very appropriate, and said lightly: "It has been a matter for many years, and now the queen mother is still angry when it comes to it, so it is always indifferent to treat them in the house." ”

"How?"

"My body was diagnosed after being poisoned, not only is the life expectancy limited, but the heirs are also difficult, but who wants to marry anyone who loves their daughter? Which girl would be willing? Speaking of these now, Tu Yan's real heart is like water, just mentioning the actions of Chengping Bofu, it is inevitable to ridicule: "Their descendants are not successful, only the title looks at the scenery." In the end, it is the emperor's maternal uncle's house, which is often common in the palace, and the queen mother has the heart to choose a wife for me, thinking of kissing them, as long as they are willing, the queen mother will definitely help them in the future. The queen mother originally took a fancy to the eldest girl in their family, but the eldest girl has been married, and the second girl is a concubine, and only the identity of the third girl who is a few years younger matches. At that time, the queen mother was not very satisfied, mainly because the other party was too small, but my body was ...... The queen mother tried to mention it to the eldest lady of Chengping Bofu, but the other party did not accept it at the time, nor did she refuse, the queen mother thought that the other party had concerns, and was waiting for a reply, but it was a matter of the three girls and the prince of Nan'an County accompanying the spring, and the two families decided within a few days. Later, the eldest lady in Nafu said that their lord had an intention with the prince of Nan'an earlier, and she didn't know about it, but this was just a lie to the three-year-old child. ”

"She was engaged to the prince of the Nan'an Palace? So what happened next? Lin Qingyun calculated He Yuefu's age, I am afraid that she will only be sixteen this year, if she had been married in the early years, she should have married now. What's more, she has seen all the princesses and concubines of Nan'an Palace, but she has never heard of the prince's engagement in the past.

"Both families said it was a disagreement."

"That's a panacea. Actually? "Speaking of which, the prince of Nan'an has the power in his hands, and this family affair is definitely Gao Pan, the first two families were small, but I am afraid that the prince of Nan'an took a fancy to the other party was the emperor's maternal uncle's family, and wanted to get closer to the emperor.

Tu Yan squinted and smiled, quite mischievous: "I found someone to tell the old lady Nan'an that the queen mother had taken a fancy to the third girl, and their family found Chengping Bofu to cancel the subscription, and they didn't dare to say the real reason, so they only insisted that the third girl did not abide by the way of women's chastity." Later, the two agreed that they would not be able to cancel the subscription because of the disagreement, and the matter would not be mentioned again. ”

Lin Qingyun was very surprised, in her opinion, Tu Yan is not such a powerless person, how can he deal with a little girl, and even ruin other people's relatives?

"But what happened?" She asked.

Tu Yan looked at her and smiled: "In the end, only Qing knows me." If you really don't look down on me and don't want to be married, neither I nor my mother will force it, how can we get along with them. It's just that their family's behavior is really disgusting, vague and perfunctory, and they turned their heads and quickly settled with other families, and the queen mother was angry, and she heard the people of Chengpingbofu relay the words of the third girl, and she fell completely ill and lay down for a month. Tu Yan sighed, his eyes were dark: "Actually, if you think about it seriously, what the three girls said is right, even if I am the prince and the only concubine, but I am sick and will die at any time, who is willing to be a widow in the name of a pure princess?" But she also said that the queen mother was worried in vain, and she must have not accumulated virtue in her early years, so that her eldest daughter would become a widow, her son would be sick, and she would die young, and an unformed child could never give birth again......"

Although his voice was very soft and faint, Tu Yan's eyes became colder and colder.

"Youan." Lin Qingyun was even more disgusted with He Yuefu in her heart, maybe Chengping Bofu just wanted to cling to the wealth, and felt that the value of Tu Yan was not great and chose Nan'an Palace, but Na He Yuefu was very self-conscious, mean-mouthed, and wanton and reckless by her family, even the queen of the dynasty dared to arrange it, what else did she not dare.

Tu Yan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "It's been a few years ago, and I have to forget it." Why did you mention Chengping Bofu in particular? "Although the gift list is indeed rich, it is not only this one that is special to send things this time.

"You can't guess? The three girls of the He family found out about your goodness and wanted to eat back grass. Lin Qingyun had the intention to adjust the atmosphere, so she deliberately teased him, and thought of what he had just said, so she pretended to sigh regretfully: "It's a pity that no matter how good she is, she can only use her heart in vain, the so-called people are watching the sky, how does she know what she has done and what she said?" ”

If He Yuefu knew that the relationship with the Nan'an Mansion was destroyed in vain, and knew that the queen was sick for a month by her mean remarks, let alone delusional to enter the Pure Prince's Mansion, she was afraid that she would be too frightened to hide at home and dare not go out.

Tu Yan's eyes were full of sarcasm when he heard this: "Their mansion has been jumping up and down in the past few years, and the emperor is annoyed, you just need to stay cold as before." If anything, just push it on me. ”

"I'm not afraid of her." Lin Qingyun is not blindly confident, but he knows the emperor's attitude towards Chengping Bofu, and has the wholehearted trust of Tu Yan, not to mention one He Yuefu, even ten He Yuefu don't think of having the opportunity to step into the pure prince's mansion.

Just as Cao Cao was talking, Cao Cao arrived.

The two didn't let anyone wait in the house, and Hong Aya said through the door: "The eldest lady of Chengping Bofu is here with the three girls, do you want to see the princess?" ”

Lin Qingyun raised her eyebrows: "Why did you come suddenly, and you didn't see the post beforehand?" ”

When everyone comes to the door, no matter how big or small, they have to hand over the post in advance, which is the way of hospitality. It is extremely rude to come to the door without saying hello in advance.

Hongyan said: "The eldest lady said that she had just come out of the palace, and she remembered that Prince Chun was still sick, and the princess had not seen her for a few days, so it was strange." The third girl also said that Prince Chun's cousin was sick, and the princess worked hard and came to visit. I didn't hand over the prayer post in advance, and I hope the princess will forgive me. ”

The corners of Lin Qingyun's mouth rolled up with a smile, and after a closer look, it was exactly the same as the previous mischievous laugh in vain: "It's hard for Tang Yiren to think about it, but it's hard for her to run, but at this moment I just lay down to rest, and I don't have the energy to entertain guests." Please come back next time, it's better to hand over the post first, so that I'm not at home and run for nothing. ”

Now Cheng Pingbo has been ill for a long time, and he has been bedridden, and outsiders know that the title will be inherited by the eldest son after the death of anger, and the emperor promised not to demote the title. The partial-born old Cheng Pingbo has been sick for four or five years, and he has always been hanging for a breath, don't look at how filial piety he is in the house, and in fact, I don't know how much I look forward to the death of the old Cheng Pingbo. As Tu Yan said earlier, the descendants of Chengping Bofu are not successful, including the eldest master of Changfang, so the emperor only gave him a loose official, from the five grades of Fengzhi doctor, he has no real power at all, he doesn't go to work and doesn't discuss politics, he just says it sounds, and the only difference between the dragon forbidden lieutenant bought by Jia Rong of Ningguo Mansion for five dollars of silver is that the emperor personally awarded it.

Therefore, according to the rank, Lin Qingyun is not wrong to call the eldest lady Tang pleasant. It's just that when Tu Yan was young, the emperor's biological mother, Concubine Wen Huigui, was still alive, and in order to get closer to the emperor's grandson and his mother's family, Tu Yan privately called Uncle Cheng Ping, these queens mentioned it to her, but it was only a general mention, after all, Cheng Pingbo's illness was afraid that it would not get better, and when the two didn't meet, they just knew that it was going on. Tu Yan also called Tang's cousin when he was young, and Tang remembered it, otherwise He Yuefu would not have called Tu Yan "cousin" when he was a child just now.

Outside the door, Hong Aya was slightly stunned, then reacted, pursed her lips and snickered twice, and hurried to reply.

"You're narrow." Tu Yan laughed too.

"I've always called her Tang Yiren, and I haven't changed it." It's just that when He Yuefu called her cousin, she only called her pleasant, and it was obvious that she was not affectionate, and she even showed her face, so she couldn't tell why the two of them were annoyed.

Indeed, as soon as Hong Aya conveyed her words, Tang noticed that the other party called him "Tang Yiren", and his face darkened, but He Yuefu didn't have to say a word, and she was unwilling, so she asked Hong Aya: "Let's come here, cousin doesn't know?" ”

Hong Aya has been in the palace for many years, what kind of thoughtful woman has she never seen? What's more, although He Yuefu is ambitious, she really can't be called a woman with any good calculations. Hong Aya pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Dare to ask who the 'cousin' in the mouth of Miss He San is?" ”

One sentence stunned He Yuefu, and even blushed Tang's face.

The royal family is different from other places, where can you kiss at will, only the nephews and nieces of the prince's mother and concubine can call the princes cousin, like Chengping Bofu, even if it is the emperor's biological mother's maiden family, but now it is far away. If the princes are easy-going, they will shout, and if they care, no matter how big their face is, they will not be enough to lose.

He Yuefu seemed to feel that the people around her were laughing at her, and she was annoyed for a while, and she didn't care what Hong Aya's identity was, so she started a fire: "What did you say about this girl!" My grandfather is Uncle Chengping, the brother of Concubine Wen Huigui, the emperor's own uncle, and Prince Chun also wants to call out his uncle, but you came to ask me who my 'cousin' is. I want to see the princess, and see how she manages her house, and allows ......."

Before the words were finished, Tang's mouth was covered, Tang's face was pale, his head was full of sweat, he didn't care that Hongya was just a maid, and couldn't help but say: "The girl is really sorry, she just sat in the car all the way and her hair was dizzy, and she didn't know what she was talking about." There is no need to alarm the princess and princess with this little idea, and I will take her back immediately. ”

Hong Aya glanced at Tang with a smile, and then her eyes fell on He Yuefu: "I am a palace maid from the Internal Affairs Mansion, and I have served in the queen's palace for five years. Miss He's words frightened me. ”

"You, you ......" He Yuefu had nothing to say about the run, and she was dissatisfied with the queen and the princess, and she actually lost all her face. Tears flowed down at the moment, and he didn't care about Tang, he ran out crying.

"Fu'er!" Although Tang was anxious, he remembered the rules in the end, and suppressed his worries to support the last decency and Hongya and said: "The three girls in our family are all spoiled by me, she is just sharp at the corner of her mouth, but she is not bad, Hongya girl don't go to her heart." As he spoke, he took off a silk eight-treasure gold bracelet on his wrist, and stuffed it into Hongyan's hand involuntarily: "The girl accepts it, and I have the right to make amends for the girl as a mother." ”

"Tang Yiren is serious, how can slaves and maids be worthy." Hong Aya hurriedly said that she didn't dare, secretly thinking that this was the means of the lady, and suppressed her as a subordinate with a light word, and no matter what happened in private, it was not good to mention it on her face.

After sending off the Tang mother and daughter, Hong Aya went to Zhuyunju to reply.

Lin Qingyun listened to it, looked at the bracelet again, and said with a smile: "This bracelet is a good thing, you just keep it, this is what you deserve, is it not in vain to be said to be lost." ”

Hong Aya pursed her lips and smiled: "Which famous brand am I, it is nothing to be said by others, but I don't like Miss He San to carry the princess." Besides, though the bracelet was good, I got a lot of good things, and the princess rewarded me with a lot of good. ”

"I can hear it, Miss Red Silk is complimenting me."

After a few more jokes, Red Aya withdrew.

also remembered it for a while, Lin Qingyun asked Tu Yan: "Hongyan is twenty-five now, right?" What do you plan for the future? ”

"She's three years older than me, exactly twenty-five this year. When the queen mother summoned her to me earlier, she said, "I am in charge of what happens in the future." I asked her in the early years, and she said that there was no one at home, and she went out to run away, and planned to stay in the palace. There are also people in the house who come to beg, there is a third-class guard named Liang Wu, I think it is appropriate, I told her, she also agreed, only for the time being, Guoxiao, and when Guoxiao is out, they will do their business. ”

The third-class guard, from the fifth grade, is good. If she gets the opportunity to be an official in the future, Hong Aya will be a serious official wife.

The guards in the palace have different grades according to their ranks, just because they are the level of guards, and most of them are from poor families, and some of their relatives are not up or down. Married to a small family Jasper, in the future to be an official, such a lady can't cope with the big scene, want to marry, and no one is willing to marry, and later the decent female official in the palace, the first-class maid next to the wife of the family has become a popular candidate, both knowledgeable and has a certain connection, which is also the origin of the saying "Rather marry everyone than marry a small girl".

Red Aya picks such a person to marry, which is a win-win situation. These guards are different from the dragon forbidden lieutenants donated by Jia Rong, they are all kung fu and ability, and they are selected from the army, but whenever there is an opportunity, they will not worry about no future.

"If Hong Aya goes, there will be a missing person by your side, and you will have to pick someone to fill it. When the country is out of filial piety, the egret next to me is also going to marry, I didn't plan to add people, but if I don't add it, everyone is worried about a pit in vain, and I don't know how many things will happen. If you want to add people, there is really no suitable candidate, I plan to bargain with my sister, and ask for the four second-class little girls I used to be at home, which will save a lot of things. ”

Seeing her sad thinking, Tu Yan couldn't help laughing: "Wei Qing doesn't have to worry, when she leaves the country's filial piety, there will be no shortage of people to call, I'm afraid there will be more." ”

"Why?"

"Did Wei Qing forget the big thing about the two of us?" Seeing that she was still at a loss, Tu Yan beckoned her to his side, nodded his index finger on her lips, and smiled deeply: "Originally, we should have had a round house this year, but because of national filial piety, it will be September next year." When you and I live in one place, how many people will be placed in front of us? There are so many around you and me, there are enough for you to pick and choose. ”

Lin Qingyun shook his hand away, a little uncomfortable, and refused to be defeated, so he glared at him angrily: "The prince is really getting more and more unserious." ”

"We're so serious in private, but what's the fun."

"I can't tell you." Lin Qingyun pushed him away with a smile, packed up the gift list scattered on the table, and suddenly remembered something: "Now that the emperor is gone, the filial piety of the prince has been defeated and captured, when does the emperor plan to knife those old nobles?" ”

Tu Yan heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning: "You want to ask the Zhen family?" ”

She nodded.

Although she often ignores the relatives of this body in this life, it is because of the blessing of this body that she is alive, and avenging the three people who died in the Lin family is the only way she can repay this kindness. Now that the emperor is not here, the Zhen family has no protection, wouldn't it be very easy to govern the Zhen family, maybe the Lin family's case is not worth mentioning the many crimes of the Zhen family, but it must not be ignored, it is belated justice for the Lin family.

Tu Yan said: "I'm afraid I have to wait for filial piety." ”

I was not surprised when I heard this, after all, the Zhen family was an old minister of the Emperor Taishang, and if the Emperor Taishang had just died, he would have a bad reputation in the end. In ancient times, there was a saying that "the father is watching his actions, and the father is not in the three and does not change his will", the emperor and the emperor have different ideas of governing the country, and there are great differences, and the emperor has endured for many years, and it must be changed, but it cannot be too hasty and be accused of unfilial piety.

The funeral of the Emperor Taishang is over, and it has reached the end of the year, but this year the palace is not very lively.

The emperor has always advocated frugality, and just took advantage of this to return to the funeral of the emperor and ordered a qiē festival to be simple, and the queen naturally followed it and saved a lot of things. As for Wu Guifei and the others, they didn't bother to pay attention to these trivial matters at all, last time the three county kings of Qiu Qiu had an accident, and everyone with a discerning eye knew what was going on, and they were afraid that the emperor would pursue it, and they were very low-key during this time.

On this day, Lin Qingyun went to the palace to greet the queen, and Tu Yan continued to recuperate in the mansion, and just came out of Fengyi Palace, but saw Jia Yuanchun hugging the qin beside him.

"The slave has seen the pure prince and princess, and the princess is blessed." Baoqin hurriedly saluted, and his face seemed to be anxious.

"Why are you in such a hurry? How is Concubine Xiande lately? Lin Qingyun stopped and asked.

Baoqin replied: "Niangniang has not eaten well recently, and she has not slept well, and she has a cough today, so she asked the doctor to say that she was tired and injured before, and now she has to rest in bed." The slave was about to go back to the queen's mother. ”

"Then you go." Lin Qingyun thought of Jia Yuanchun who he had seen at the funeral of the Emperor Taishang before, even if his body was still a little round, his face was weak, and he began to sweat profusely after a while with the sacrifice, and he carried it all by hard support. In the past, Jia Yuanchun's body was very healthy, but I was afraid that it was the previous miscarriage that injured his body, and the matter of Concubine Zhen Gui and filial piety to the prince made him frightened and worried, and his body was not good to maintain.

As soon as I returned to the house, I learned that Daiyu was coming, but it was strange, Daiyu had never come to the door without saying a word.

Everyone in the palace knew that their sisters had a good relationship, so Bailing welcomed Daiyu to the flower hall at the second gate, which was very close to the vine Luo Courtyard, and Lin Qingyun had to pass through here when he came back. Daiyu had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw that Lin Qingyun finally came back and hurriedly greeted her, her face was a little anxious and worried: "Sister! ”

"What's wrong?" Lin Qingyun was taken aback by her, thinking that something had happened to the Lin family or Lin Ruhai.

Who knew that Daiyu said: "I heard some rumors against my sister outside, and after careful investigation, it was actually released by the third girl from Chengping Bofu." When did my sister offend her? She ruined her sister's reputation like this. ”

"He Yuefu?" Lin Qingyun was not worried when she heard this, she only asked her to sit and drink tea, and went back to her room to change clothes and wash herself, and then asked her carefully: "What did He Yuefu say?" ”

Daiyu said angrily: "When she met people, she said that she and her mother came to the palace to visit the doctor last time, but my sister only said that she was tired, and let their mother and daughter sit for half an hour and go home. What do you say, my sister is the princess in the end, and her status is noble, and they can't compare to the Pingbo Mansion. In addition, he made up a lot of miscellaneous things in the palace, and he actually deliberately smeared his sister, which is really unbearable. ”

Lin Qingyun was not angry, but laughed happily.

Seeing that she didn't take it to heart like this, Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief and puzzled at the same time: "Why is my sister still laughing?" What's the reason for this? Why haven't I heard that my sister had a holiday with her? ”

"What's the big deal, it's just a fool, don't pay attention to her." Lin Qingyun only told Daiyu about He Yuefu's ideas.

Daiyu became more and more annoyed when she learned this, and blushed and spit out a few words: "No shame!" ”

"You don't have to be angry with people like this, I know it all. She jumps up and down like this, is the others blind? In the end, it's just a clown jumping off the beam for fun. Lin Qingyun sighed, He Yuefu can be like this, but no one cares about Chengping Bofu, which shows that the family is confused. That Tang knows the rules, and she also has a scheming, and she has no determination, no matter who coaxes her in her ear, her heart will soften.