When the play started, everyone had a play list in their hands, and the name of the play was written on it. Lin Qingyun glanced at it, "The Pipa Story". She doesn't like to watch dramas, but it is marked as Yue Opera, and she remembers that the tone of Yue Opera is soft and poignant, and it is curling in her ears. watched the content of the play again, and suddenly lost interest.

This pipa is written about a scholar who was forced by his father to enter Beijing to take the exam after marriage, won the top prize, and was forced to enter the prime minister's mansion as a son-in-law. His wife served her in-laws at home, and in the famine year, her in-laws died of famine, and they sang and begged all the way into the capital to find a husband. The daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion invited him into the house and helped the husband and wife reunite, and the reunion story of the three of them returning to their hometowns together.

Lin Qingyun only had one thought after reading it: nonsense!

Although she doesn't like to watch dramas, she really watches a lot of dramas every time she socializes, and she complains that Jia's mother said that those plays are all excerpts, even if they are not talented and beautiful, most of them are a set. is like this set of "Pipa Records", there are shadows of several plays on it, and what disgusts her the most is that the scholar in it has a helpless posture from beginning to end, stopping his wife and remarrying has two virtuous and good wives, but if he is not so cowardly, he will fight the basis of reason, I am afraid that he will be able to return to his hometown after winning the champion that year, his parents are afraid that he will not die of famine, and his wife will not suffer such suffering.

This is also one of the reasons why she doesn't like to watch dramas, she can't understand it, it's boring, and she understands her depression.

Glancing at others, but listening more attentively.

It's really good to abandon the story itself, just listen to the lyrics, and then look at the appearance. Jiang Yuhan is the same age as Jia Baoyu, only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, but for actors, especially those who sing Danjiao, they are already old, and their voices are not as good as when they were twelve or thirteen or fourteen years old. The boy had a voice change period when he was fourteen or fifteen years old, which was also a catastrophe for the drama, and when Qi Guan'er wanted to leave the palace, he may not have considered this convenience. He is favored because of singing, and once he can't sing, he is in a worrying situation.

I only heard the eldest princess say: "I have heard this Qi Guan'er's play before, and I can't imagine that a few years later, this voice is still good, but it is rare." It's just a little different from what it used to be. ”

Lin Qingyun pays more attention to her appearance and figure, and Jiang Yuhan is really beautiful when she wears makeup.

After listening to the two-fold play, the servants went back and forth to say that the banquet was ready, and everyone moved to the lotus pond to take the seat. Everyone here is a royal family member, but there are those with high seniority and low fate, and there are also those with low seniority and high fate like Lin Qingyun, so there is no big table arranged, like a small banquet, everyone sits alone, and there are also good relationships side by side. Lin Qingyun sat with Princess Yongjia, and there was a high-level concubine sitting next to Zhen's family, but no one came up.

Before the banquet, Princess Zhongshun smiled and said, "You must be suspicious in your hearts, guessing why I have a banquet today." I'll tell you the truth, if I don't say you can't even eat wine. Our prince has won the emperor's mission, and he will leave Beijing next month, so I will go with the prince, and the prince and his wife will stay in the house to take care of it. They are young, I and the prince are not here, if there is anything in the house, I have to work for everyone to help me, and I will thank them again when I come back. ”

Everyone was shocked.

Several princesses of the county glanced at each other, but they never got the news, and the princess of Dingjun was the most stable, and asked with a smile: "We haven't heard anything about such a big thing, when did it happen?" What kind of difference did Uncle Zhongshun receive? Where to go? In the past, all the family members were in Beijing, why was the emperor's aunt willing to work together? ”

A series of words are asked, no matter how calm the face is, the truth is leaked.

Princess Zhongshun didn't care, but still smiled and said: "It's not that we hid it tightly, this errand was just received two days ago, and I was surprised when I heard it." I'm not afraid of your jokes, I haven't been out of the capital since I'm so old, I heard that this time I can go with me to Coke, our family Huiyi and daughter-in-law are very greedy, and they can't go. It is also the emperor's grace to be able to go this time. Your imperial uncle's temperament is known to the world, if I don't watch from the sidelines, I don't know how to mess around. If you want to talk about the origin of this errand, you probably know that there is an auspicious situation in the south, and the prince went for this matter. ”

Lin Qingyun also heard about auspicious things, at the end of last year, he said that he had found a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, and this spring it was rumored that someone saw a colorful luan bird in the mountains, and a month ago he said that a very old agarwood was dug up in the field. Although they are not the same county seat, they are all in the southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and the imperial court questioned the local officials for deliberately creating auspicious fortunes for merit.

Lin Qingyun is also strange, not that someone makes auspicious, but that he is strange about those county orders. Next to each other, they are considered "neighbors", and what the other party has will do is definitely clear, not to mention the auspicious events reported to the imperial court, how can they be reported one after another? Is it true or false, or is it true or false?

Tu Yan said at the time that the motives of the three county orders were not pure, and Bi must have been involved in other things.

I didn't expect that the imperial court would send the prince of Zhongshun to investigate the matter.

During the banquet, Lichun came in with water from outside, handed the basin to the little girl, avoided people and gave Lin Qingyun a note, and said: "I went to the teahouse to ask for water, and I met the girl next to the princess of Chengjun, and the girl stuffed this to me, saying that she wanted me to transfer it to the princess." ”

Lin Qingyun frowned slightly, and when she opened the note, she frowned more and more.

Afterwards, when he returned to the table, Zhen had left the table early, saying that he was worried about the little prince in the house.

When he returned to the house, Tu Yan was at home, because he talked about the fact that the prince of Zhongshun went to the south, Tu Yan ordered the girls to retreat, and then he told her: "The prince of Zhongshun went to the south not only for auspiciousness, but also to inspect the river. In previous years, there were dangerous news in all parts of the Yellow River at this time, and this year Henan and Anhui and other places have reported disasters, but they are better than previous years, and in recent years, the prevention has been strict, but there are few disasters reported in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and only a few are understatements. The emperor was not very relieved, and was afraid that there would be another person who would not report it, so he asked the prince of Zhongshun to take a trip. ”

Lin Qingyun nodded when she heard this, went to look at Brother Rui'er, and just came over, she saw that Chu Yang woke up and was messing with Tu Yan.

"Mother, hug." Chu Yang is now one and a half years old, although he can't say sentences, but he can say a lot of words, and it is rare to speak clearly. The teeth of the early sun are relatively early, and now the big teeth have grown two, and they can eat a lot of things, but they don't make a fuss about eating and sleeping.

Took Chuyang in his arms, checked it, and felt that it seemed to sink a little more, and then looked at his little arms and legs were chubby, and gritted his teeth when he teased his little face: "Little fat man, things are really not eaten in vain, and the meat is grown." ”

Chu Yang was amused and giggled, and a pair of small hands held her face and kissed her, gnawing on her saliva.

Tu Yan hugged the little guy with a smile, and scolded with a smile in his mouth: "This bastard boy, where did he learn it?" ”

Lin Qingyun wiped his face with a handkerchief and smiled: "Who can I learn from, eat so fat, others look cute, I have to hug him when I see him, and kiss him twice from time to time, he didn't learn it." ”

Tu Yan also smiled, and suddenly asked her: "When you first came back, you were preoccupied, what were you thinking?" ”

Lin Qingyun told Zhen's matter: "She asked me to meet at the Muni Temple outside the city on the first day of junior high school. Looking at today's situation, her situation is really not good, she is even restricted from going out alone, and she wants to talk to me in private and secretly come here. I'm puzzled, it's that the Zhen family has fallen, and Concubine Qi Shu's mother and son don't like this princess, but they won't be so precautionary, right? If you are really jealous, I am afraid that there is a way to make Zhen sick in bed. ”

Tu Yan didn't pay attention to anything else, but said: "She wants to ask you to meet, but I'm afraid she will ask for something." ”

"Please?" Lin Qingyun remembered Zhen's words during the banquet, and couldn't help frowning, if Zhen wanted to beg her to save Xiao Shizi...... It's not that she's reluctant to give up a golden lotus seed, what she's afraid of is that the secret will be exposed, and more people will come to ask for it, how will she deal with it? Everyone understands the truth of her guilt, now that she has two sons, it is absolutely impossible to take risks, not to mention, to put it ruthlessly, Zhen and the little prince have no reason with her, why did she spend Golden Lotus Seeds to save her?

Tu Yan naturally thought of the "magic medicine" on her body. The two never talked about this matter, but they knew each other, and they were afraid that she would be soft-hearted because of that little man, so he said: "The Zhen family has a grudge against you, and it is okay if you ignore it, and I can't say what the Zhen family is planning. ”

Yes, it was she who sued the Zhen family in the first place, which made the Zhen family investigated, and involved the later raiding of the family, and the Zhen family hated her for making sense. Only faintly, she felt that Zhen really wanted to beg her. is also a mother, empathy, as long as she can save her son's life, even if she bows her head and begs for the time being with the enemy, what is it.

Lin Qingyun sighed: "There is one more thing written on that note. Zhen said that the king of Chengjun took a fancy to the three girls of the Jia family, and planned to wait for her to be full of filial piety and then enter the mansion as a concubine, whether the Jia family and the three girls were willing or not, but if the king of Chengjun opened his mouth, it was not easy to refuse. The Jia family is already like that, the three girls are eighteen after their filial piety, and their mother-in-law has committed a major crime and was beheaded, what does King Chengjun want the three girls to do? I was uneasy. ”

She was worried that King Chengjun was going to visit the spring, because of herself, how could she not feel guilty in her heart.

Earlier, Daiyu also told her that when the Jia family was filial, she would ask someone to say goodbye to Tanchun. Although Tanchun himself is good, his parents have committed crimes, and it is difficult to be afraid of family affairs, Daiyu plans to explore Tanchun's tone. In the three springs of the Jia family, only Tanchun has the highest ambition and the most ideas, although Daiyu has the heart to help, but she is unwilling to do bad things with good intentions.

When Tu Yan heard this, he thought thoughtfully: "This is not like the behavior of Concubine Qi Shufei's mother and son. What are the benefits of the three girls in the Chengjun Palace? Even the relatives of the Jia family are the only Lin family, and they can have a relationship with the Zhuang family, but these two families are not easy to get together. ”

"The father-in-law and the dealer are both pure ministers, and they refuse to mix in those things. There is nothing in the world for no reason, and it must be beneficial for the king of Chengjun to ask for the third girl, maybe Zhen knows that she is using this as bait to make me go. Lin Qingyun thought through this festival and decided to go there.

"I'll go with you." Tu Yan obviously took this matter to heart.

On the first day of the new year, the two went to Muni Temple.

There are many people who put incense on the fifteenth day of the first month, and the incense of Muni Temple has been at its peak. Zhen's arrived early, since Zhen's family incident, Zhen's came to incense on the fifteenth day of the new year, rain or shine, and the king of Chengjun went with her every time, only a few people followed. Tu Yan sent Lin Qingyun into the apse of the temple, and Zhen worshiped the Buddha inside. Zhen's annual donation of incense money is a unique rich, the temple host opened the door of convenience, Zhen came to the apse there were no other pilgrims.

Those people from the Chengjun Palace's mansion had their own cooking, and only Zhen's henchmen were waiting at the door of the apse, and when Lin Qingyun came, the other party only saluted, opened the palace door and invited her in.

Zhen knelt on the futon in the center, did not chant scriptures, nor did he do Buddhist things, but just quietly looked at the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in front of him, not knowing what to think. Hearing the knock on the door, Zhen turned around: "Pure Princess." ”

Lin Qingyun didn't go around in circles, and asked her straight to the point: "Why does King Chengjun want the three girls of the Jia family?" ”

Zhen asked rhetorically: "Do you know how many things the Jia family received from our Zhen family at the beginning?" ”

Lin Qingyun thought that he was talking about the hidden property, so he said: "The thing was collected by the second wife of the Jia family, and after the second wife was convicted, the big boxes of the Zhen family were taken away by the imperial court along with the seals, and this matter was handled by the prince of Zhongshun himself." ”

Zhen sneered: "I'm not talking about these things on the surface. Those big boxes are less than 100,000 taels in total, and most of them are antique calligraphy and paintings, and the gold is only 5,000 taels, how can our family only have so many things. Without waiting for Lin Qingyun to answer again, he said, "I'm not talking about the 100,000 taels of silver entrusted to the Jia family earlier. At the beginning, my father hid a sum of gold, 50,000 taels, for the purpose of family recovery, but ......" Zhen said with tears in his eyes.

It's just that Zhen Yingjia made a lot of calculations, but he didn't calculate that not only did he end up with the seizure, but the emperor liquidated so much. None of the men in the Zhen family escaped, especially the one who was in the same lineage, and none of them were alive except for the lost Baoyu. In the past few years, the Zhen family has been using the only remaining connections of the Zhen family to find Zhen Baoyu, but they have never been able to find it, the Zhen family only has her and Zhen Shun Concubine in the palace, and now, even the only sister will leave her, and all she has is the 50,000 taels of gold except for the son who is sick and will not live long.

Lin Qingyun was shocked, 50,000 gold is 500,000 taels of silver, with Zhen's identity, I don't know how much can be done.

"What does this have to do with the three girls of the Jia family?" Lin Qingyun would not guess that Tanchun had hidden the gold, so he became more and more puzzled.

Zhen sighed and laughed at himself: "The Zhen and Jia families, who have been friends for several lifetimes, originally thought that there was a virtuous concubine in the palace, and the Jia family could be a few years late, but who knew that it was closely following in the footsteps of the Zhen family." My father entrusted the gold to the old lady of the Jia family, not in cash, but ten bills of exchange belonging to three different banks, hidden in the mezzanine of the carved jewelry box of rosewood. These ten bills of exchange are only required to be redeemed within five years, deposited anonymously, and the vouchers are desirable and invalid when they expire. The gold was deposited a year before the Zhen family's accident, and it expired on the first day of December this year. ”

"What do you mean......" Lin Qingyun suddenly thought of a section, afraid that the box was in Tanchun's hand.

Sure enough, Zhen said: "After the Jia family had an accident, I wanted to get the things back, but the slut from the Gao family went with the king of the county and slandered me, and he strictly forbade me to go out like a thief." Later, the Jia family had an accident, and it was a mess, and until the old lady of the Jia family died, they didn't find a chance. You also saw it when I went to the Zhongshun Mansion that day, even if I went out to socialize, the Gao family followed, and this was the opportunity I spent 10,000 silver to buy her out. Oh, how ridiculous, my dignified princess Chengjun wants to please a side room. Zhen suddenly glanced at her, and there was nothing in his voice: "Don't underestimate her, she is not the kind of woman who only competes for favor, her methods are powerful." I knew that I wouldn't have a chance to retrieve the gold, and neither could my sister, so I deliberately leaked the secret and asked the county king to take it. ”

"In that case, the gold won't be yours." And in this way, Zhen's life is really coming to an end.

Zhen naturally knew it, and his expression was cold and calm: "I know very well that once they get that gold, I will 'die of illness'." As soon as I die, who will really take care of Xiao Shizi? I'm afraid I won't live for a few days. Such a ruthless man has enjoyed the benefits of our Zhen family, but he turned his face and didn't recognize anyone, and he didn't even care about the relationship between father and son. Since he doesn't care about the life and death of our mother and son, why should I care about him! ”

Lin Qingyun faintly sensed Zhen's intentions, both surprised and sighed, looking at the Zhen family in front of him, he suddenly remembered the Zhen family he saw for the first time in the autumn season. At that time, Zhen was arrogant and beautiful, although she was forced to be the step-concubine of Chengjun Wang, but obviously Chengjun Wang coaxed her well, and Zhen looked very happy when she was pregnant.

"What do you want?" Lin Qingyun asked.

Zhen chuckled: "What did Prince Chun say I want?" I just want Xiao Shizi to be healthy and safe, I know that you must have a way, even Prince Chun can be healed and healthy, why can't my little Shizi? As long as you are willing to save the little prince, I will not only give you the gold, but also give you a few letters, which are letters between the king of Chengjun and the king of Nan'an, which say a lot of rebellious words. ”

To be honest, Lin Qingyun is not interested in gold, and she has no place to use more money. It was a letter that could bring down the king of Chengjun, and she gave up after hesitation. Now those county kings want to find the handle of Tu Yan but can't, they are fighting each other, why should she do hard labor for others, and finally put herself in danger. After all, when those few people fight, they can make a profit, and if one of them falls, he will become the target of the public, and he will have to pay for the loss.

All she cares about is the fate of Tanchun, and when she has the ability to stop her, she always hopes that she can do something.

After weighing it, she said, "I'm not interested in gold, but what you say about the letters, how can I prove it?" ”

Zhen was prepared, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to her: "There are three letters in total, this is the first one, it was written by the king of Nan'an to the king of Chengjun, you can ask Prince Chun to check the authenticity." ”

As a prince, he does not necessarily write letters himself, usually written by ministers, but he will definitely stamp his own seal on the letter, and the more private the letter, the more it can not be saved, which is the key to showing sincerity and winning the trust of others, and it is precisely because of this that many people are smart and will hide such fatal letters in an attempt to save their lives at critical moments. As you know, "life-saving letters" are often life-saving charms.

Lin Qingyun took the letter, only glanced at it cursoly, stayed on the seal of the prince of Nan'an for a moment, and then put it away.

"I'll ask Prince Chun to inspect it."

"How's my business?" Zhen's eyes showed a slight urgency, which showed that Xiao Shizi's situation was indeed not optimistic.

Lin Qingyun was ruthless and shook his head: "I don't have any magic elixir, I can only find a doctor for you." Without waiting for Zhen's reaction, she then said: "This person's name is Fan Shu, you should know him, I went to Jiuhua Mountain with the prince to seek a doctor before, and it was he who was looking for him." Although he did not heal the prince at that time, he came to the capital to cure the county lord of Anle. He is very good at acupuncture and has a great deal of research on pediatric diseases, so if you want, I can invite him to come. ”

Zhen was originally annoyed when he saw that she refused to treat her, but after listening to the words behind him, his expression gradually calmed down: "Fan Shu, I naturally invited him, but he refused to come." As a father, King Chengjun ignored it, and seemed to wish that the little son would die early. If Fan Shu is willing to come......" I don't know what I thought, Zhen shook his head again: "How can they let Xiao Shizi continue to live, I can't even save my own life, how can Xiao Shizi live." ”

Lin Qingyun couldn't think of any kind of father who would not care if his son lived or died, even if the Zhen family was not good, the little prince would be the son of the prince...... It's all the power at work. When competing for the throne, the princes not only compare their political achievements, conduct, and prestige with each other, but also compare their homes, especially the number of heirs in the house, which is sometimes listed as a reference item.

"I'll be here on the fifteenth day of every month, and you'll come back in a month." Zhen ignored her after speaking, and knelt in front of the Buddha again, silent as a clay sculpture.

Lin Qingyun caught a glimpse of a trace of hesitation flashing in Zhen's eyes, probably not completely dead to King Chengjun, or rather, he still had a trace of luck in his current situation. Now, Zhen has decided to try again, if what King Chengjun does is not satisfactory to her, Zhen will definitely no longer care about the slightest old feelings.

Coming out of Muni Temple, Lin Qingyun's heart was very heavy.

In the carriage, she gave the letter to Tu Yan. Tu Yan was also surprised after reading it: "I didn't expect that the king of Nan'an County would have a private relationship with the king of Chengjun, and the time of the signing of this letter was seven years ago." ”

"This letter doesn't seem to have any substance, why did Cheng Jun Wang stay? Or is it that there are not only three letters kept by King Chengjun, but those three were stolen by Zhen alone? Lin Qingyun shook her head as she spoke, does Zhen really have that much ability? If such a confidential thing is lost, if three envelopes are lost, can King Chengjun not know?

Tu Yan couldn't figure it out for a while, but he felt that there was a lot of article here, and said: "If Princess Chengjun tries to test King Chengjun again, I'm afraid she won't get any satisfactory answer. How did the jewelry box get into the hands of the three girls of the Jia family? ”

Lin Qingyun guessed: "After Jia's mother dies, the two rooms of the Jia family will definitely be divided into her private rooms." I heard my sister mention a few words about this, it is said that Jia's mother had set a list earlier, and everyone got their own share, but they didn't favor the second room too much, but Baoyu got more. In the end, Jia's mother hurts the most is Baoyu. The head of the family who has not married a wife and has not married is slightly thicker, and Tanchun Jiahuan is the same, and there is a share of Xichun, that is, Xiangyun also got it, but it is less, and my sister has several boxes of jewelry, and there are five or six pieces of calligraphy and painting antiques. ”

"So the old lady of the Jia family gave that jewelry box to Tanchun?" Tu Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise, he didn't expect that Jia's mother didn't tell her two sons, but gave things to the third girl, which shows that the third girl is indeed extraordinary. Tu Yan's heart jumped, and he immediately asked her, "Does the third girl of the Jia family know what's in the box?" ”