After the flower feast, Lin Qingyun left Daiyu and An Le for two days, and then took out the other nine albums in her private collection to show them.

"My sister still hides so much, I said that my sister has drawn more than a few in a year's kung fu." Daiyu and An Le each picked up a book and flipped through it, first looking at the paintings, then looking at the words, and when they saw the handwriting, they realized that it was not Lin Qingyun's handwriting. The handwriting twist is implicitly sharp, obviously from the hand of a man, and you don't have to guess who it is.

An Le didn't have so many worries, and immediately laughed: "It's my uncle's word." ”

"It's all his inscriptions, so it's hard to show the sisters before." Lin Qingyun has been observing An Le, but An Le is no different from ordinary people when he is not sick, and his face is ruddy and very healthy, so he doesn't know how Fan Shu heals him for a while. And the disease is not good to say to people, worried about Daiyu, she can only ask again in private.

An Le was tired after a day of crazy play, and fell asleep early in the evening, but Daiyu was not like An Le and Xiangyun running around, itching to see the southbound scenery during the day, hastily eating dinner and getting into Lin Qingyun's small study, while looking and asking, when I saw Hangzhou, a sense of nostalgia came to my heart.

"My sister will definitely have a chance to go again in the future. It's not early, and my sister is asleep. Lin Qingyun took the album and urged Daiyu to go back to sleep.

"I'll sleep with my sister tonight." Daiyu held her hand and begged half-coquettishly.

"Okay."

The two washed up, lay down on the bed, and talked a lot.

"There are a lot of things that happened in the year that my sister was away, and I said all the previous ones in the letter, but there is one thing that my sister doesn't know. The second sister's Liguo Mansion has a side branch disciple, named Liu Xianglian, who became a Taoist priest. Daiyu was talking about Liu Xianglian and Third Sister You, and there was no lack of emotion in her tone: "I have also heard people talk about some very bad things about the You family sisters, and I didn't like them very much in the past, but now it seems that Third Sister You is the daughter of Zhenlie, if there is no misunderstanding, it may be a good marriage." ”

Daiyu has already been engaged, even if Zhuang Li often sends some poems and things on weekdays, he also knows that the other party's character is not as ordinary as usual, but it is inevitable to suffer from gains and losses, and when he heard about Liu Xianglian and Third Sister You, how could he not think about it.

When Lin Qingyun heard this, she only asked her: "If Third Sister You doesn't die, what if Liu Xianglian really marries her?" ”

"How?" Daiyu didn't understand the meaning for a while.

"You are a big lady who rarely goes out in the courtyard of the deep house, even you have heard the words of the You family sisters, will others not know? Moreover, I have also heard of Liu Xianglian, who is a prodigal child, loves sleeping flowers and willows, and likes to string plays, can you really accept your heart when you marry a relative? Even if he really accepted his heart, the friends he made would not break off, and others knew that he had married Third Sister You, but he didn't say it on the face, how could he not talk about it secretly? Can he stand the rumors of the outside world? It is the third sister of Nayou, although she lost her father in her early years, she has always been pampered, and there is no shortage of silk and satin brocade clothes and food, but Liu Xianglian's family has fallen into despair, and she has no spare money in her hand, and she can stand the poverty of firewood, oil, and salt for a long time? ”

Daiyu, who said this, was stunned, and said in a low voice for a while: "Listen to my sister, their current result is actually good?" ”

"Poor couples mourn everything." Lin Qingyun was afraid that she would have a negative attitude because of this, so she said: "I'm not saying that the hearts of the two of them are not true and sincere, it's just that they are too hasty, marriage is not a trivial matter, you must be cautious, even if the love is as hot as fire, you have to endure it, and then think about whether it is appropriate to calm down." This is also the reason why the matchmaker has to be done three or four times, and they always have to investigate each other and think about it a lot. ”

"Yes, Third Sister You chose the eldest lord of Ning Guofu to talk about the matchmaker, which is really inappropriate, and I complained that Liu Xianglian later retorted, and it must have been said that the eldest lord Zhen took advantage of his drunkenness to coax away his mandarin duck sword." Daiyu sighed, from Xichun's words and deeds and even Lin Qingyun's occasional mention, Daiyu knew that Ningguo's mansion was dirty, and Jia Zhen herself was unclear with the You family sisters.

Lin Qingyun turned sideways when she heard this, and asked her curiously: "Is it Jia Zhen who went to kiss Liu Xianglian in person?" ”

In the original book, Jia Lian met Liu Xianglian and mentioned this matter, but now Jia Lian is in Shunning and has nothing to do with Second Sister You. Third Sister You probably didn't know anyone else, and probably felt that Jia Zhen was quite good outside, so she entrusted the matter to him. He would have thought that in Liu Xianglian's eyes, Jia Zhen and even the entire Ningguo Mansion were not as clean as the two stone lions in front of the mansion.

"I don't know the specifics, it seems to be Brother Jane." When it comes to kinship, Daiyu is the same generation as Baoyu, and Jia Zhen is also the same generation, and when she usually lived in Jiafu, she also shouted "Brother Zhen" with Baoyu, but now she doesn't shout so much.

Lin Qingyun didn't want to talk to her about Ning Guofu or Third Sister You anymore, so she opened the conversation: "Today, I saw that the third girl and Miss Xue didn't look very good, and I guessed a little reason. The third girl is upside down, she is a concubine, Mrs. Wang always treats her one layer apart, but it's just Miss Xue's family affairs......"

"Sister, don't you know, the old lady doesn't want to." Daiyu now also thinks that Jinyu has a good relationship, Baoyu is too soft, and with the assistance of Baochai, it is stronger. It's just that she also knows Baoyu's temperament, and she doesn't like Baochai's preaching the most, so she is not close to Baochai psychologically.

"Why didn't you ask Concubine Xiande to call the shots?"

Daiyu frowned slightly: "This is not clear, but the second wife enters the palace every month." ”

"That's it, it's something else's business, let's talk about it in private. Sleep, it's late. Lin Qingyun coaxed Daiyu to sleep, but she was a little distracted. When I came back this time, the atmosphere in the palace was obviously different, Concubine Zhen Gui died strangely, and the emperor fell ill again, but I was afraid that I couldn't bear to honor the prince.

Looking at the autumn, the needlework room should make seasonal clothes, and embroidery girls to measure. After measuring and looking at the size, it was longer than three months ago, only to hear the embroidery girl smile: "I just went to measure the prince, and the prince is also taller, but it is rare, the size of the prince has not changed for three or four years." ”

"It's not unusual, a lot of people are over twenty years old and a little older." Lin Qingyun said this, but he knew in his heart that the credit should be attributed to the golden lotus seed.

At this time, Hong Aya came in from outside the door, saluted and said, "Princess, the princess is in Qingfeng Mingyue Courtyard, please come over." ”

"Could it be that the prince can't compose poetry today?" Quipping in her mouth, she handed over the rest to the Egret Acacia, the left was just to pick the clothes material and style, and the Egret Acacia both knew her preferences. She took the key and went to the next yard by herself.

Walking through the flowers and plants in the garden, he saw Tu Yan standing in the pavilion, and turned around as soon as he approached him.

After glancing at it, the book on the stone table was left there and had not been opened, and the chess pieces were all in the chess jar, so I couldn't help asking: "What do you have to say here?" ”

Tu Yan poured her a cup of tea and said, "It's quiet here." This year's Royal Autumn Festival, the itinerary has not been curtailed, and it lasts for one month. Although I have not participated in the past, according to the convention, all the princes will go, and this year I want to take you with me. ”

"Why do you want to go all of a sudden?" The intuition is that there is something, otherwise according to his temperament, he will not hit the eyes of other princes and ministers at this juncture.

Tu Yan rubbed the rim of the cup and said slowly: "I suspect that something big has happened. I got the news from the palace today, and the emperor became more and more bad, sometimes confused, sometimes sober, and his words were not very clear. In just a few days, the filial piety of the prince entered the palace several times to serve the sick, and every time he left the palace, his face was not good, although he did it hidden, but there were more people in and out of his house. This time, the filial piety of the prince will also participate. ”

Lin Qingyun was silent for a while, and asked him: "When the emperor is so seriously ill, the emperor is going to hold an autumn festival, no one doubts it?" ”

Tu Yan looked at her and said with a smile: "Autumn is a custom handed down from our ancestors, and it is a grand event, and it will never be canceled if there is no major event." Moreover, even if he had doubts about honoring the prince, the current situation did not allow him to hesitate any longer, and he would definitely take risks. The palace guards are naturally tight, but it is not easy to say that the chaos in the capital is not good, the queen mother is worried about you and me, and wants us to stay in the palace. ”

"What day?" She asked.

"After the Mid-Autumn Festival." Seeing that she didn't look special, Tu Yan couldn't help asking, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

Lin Qingyun shook her head: "Although I know that you must not be lying, but that kind of thing is too far away from me, even if I know that it will happen, it still has no sense of reality." Besides, you're not afraid, what am I afraid of? I also believe that the emperor has already made arrangements. ”

"Don't worry, it'll be fine." Tu Yan took her hand and uncovered the chessboard, revealing a familiar box underneath. When I opened the box, there was a gun with a family crest engraved with a capital letter "V".

"It's ......"

"My father gave it back to me, and allowed me to take it to Qiuqiu."

Lin Qingyun felt a little more down-to-earth in his heart, and joked with a smile: "Then the prince has to practice well, but when it comes to hunting, he can't aim accurately, and he will lose face in front of the princes and ministers." ”

Tu Yan suddenly brought up the old thing: "What did you say about the front sight earlier?" Tell me more about it. ”

Lin Qingyun paused: "I haven't seen it either, it is said that it is pressed on the body of the gun and used for aiming at the target, so it is also called a scope." The last time I talked to Louise, she also said that she had seen some guns with bayonets on them, which was convenient for hand-to-hand combat. The latter is true, it doesn't seem to be very useful, and she doesn't know the specific reason. She really doesn't know much about gun military, all she knows is common sense.

Tu Yan thought back to the □□ he had seen earlier, and saw the disadvantages at a glance: "I'm afraid it's not very easy to use, if it's hand-to-hand combat, the gun is too long, and it's inconvenient to turn around." It's better to carry a dagger with you, it's more convenient to fight, and it's not difficult to carry. ”

"Wouldn't it be easy to attach it directly to the gun and make it easy to disassemble?"

Tu Yan thinks it's feasible, but now is not the time to think about it.

As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, the holy car was ready, and the matter of staying in Beijing was arranged, and the team of Qiu Zheng set off in a mighty manner. The queen is still sitting in the middle palace, and the emperor ordered Wu Guifei, Qi Shufei, Concubine Rong, Concubine Xiande, and Zhou Guiren to accompany her, but Concubine Xiande fell ill at an inopportune time and could only stay in the palace to recuperate. Tu Yan's frame followed closely behind the emperor's royal car, and Lin Qingyun was in the same car with him, looking at the scenery on both sides through the screen window, and only the sound of the carriage and horses moving forward could be heard in his ears.

The autumn festival was carried out in the Iron Net Mountain, and a group of people rushed to set up camp and set up camp in a circle.

Lin Qingyun immediately got out of the car and moved his muscles and bones when he arrived at the place, and the people moved the things they carried in the car into the camp tent, and prepared hot tea and snacks. She washed her hands and wiped her face with Tu Yan, drank two sips of hot tea, and Tu Yan went to the emperor's dragon tent in the middle of the field, and she went to Wu Guifei's tent. Now that the queen is in the future, Wu Guifei has the most respected status among the concubines, and the women inside and outside will naturally ask Wu Guifei for peace. The camp tent of the palace concubines is behind the emperor's tent, and the camp tent of the princes is surrounded by the dragon tent, and they enter the range of the dragon tent after passing through layers of checkpoint defense.

Lin Qingyun met Concubine Qi Shu leading a person halfway, although she was raw, she was wearing the clothes of the princess of the county, and she was extremely young and beautiful, presumably the step-concubine of Prince Cheng and the third daughter of the Zhen family.

"I'm afraid Princess Chun hasn't seen it yet, this is the daughter-in-law of the palace, Zhen, who is two years older than Princess Chun." Concubine Qi said this, but she never meant to let the Zhen family salute.

Lin Qingyun also knew about Concubine Qi Shu, and the other party was not surprised by such a move, so she smiled and said, "It turned out to be the second sister-in-law, and it was indeed the first time I saw her." ”

"It's not that I'm lazy to go out, I didn't go out to rest when I first came to the capital earlier, so I didn't go out and walk, and only recuperated in the house. Later, I was physically inconvenient, and my mother and the prince were worried, so they didn't let me go out to socialize, for fear that I would be tired. Zhen only smiled shyly, his voice was soft, and he gently put one hand on his slightly bulging lower abdomen, but the arrogance in his eyes was undisguised.

Pregnant?

Lin Qingyun was really surprised, but when she saw Zhen's expression, she didn't like it: "I haven't heard of it, congratulations here." It's just that the lady concubine and the county king are worried, and the pregnancy is not very accidental, why is it that the autumn is coming, isn't it dangerous to have a bumpy ride all the way? Although I am a younger brother and sister and should not say this, but the second sister-in-law is really willful, if you have a good one, how can the lady concubine and the county king stand it. ”

Zhen choked, but he didn't know how to reply.

Lin Qingyun said again: "I look at Princess Cheng's complexion very well, I really can't see that she is pregnant." Besides......" Lin Qingyun's expression changed slightly, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be sneering: "How long has Princess Cheng been pregnant?" At the end of March, Concubine Zhen Gui died, but the palace issued a decree, and Princess Cheng must not commit taboos and violate the law of the country. ”

Zhen was young in the end, and he was suddenly frightened, and his face turned pale.

Although Concubine Qi Shu on the side is always defeated against Empress Wu Guifei and others, she has been immersed in the palace for many years, and she naturally has the ability to be a concubine, at least she is calmer than Zhen. Concubine Qi Shufei pressed Zhen's arm with one hand to soothe, and smiled at Lin Qingyun at the same time: "How dare you have fun during the period of national filial piety, don't speculate wildly about the pure princess, if it is passed out, how will the emperor and grandson be born in the future?" This was diagnosed by the imperial doctor in the palace, and now it has just turned six months, and it was conceived before the filial piety period. Saying that, he looked at Zhen with a loving face, and sighed: "My daughter-in-law here is from Jiangnan, born with a slender figure, and she is not very pregnant and not obvious. ”

Lin Qingyun didn't believe it in her heart, her belly was too small, like four months, five months at most. That's it, it's not difficult for Concubine Qi Shu to buy off a princess, even if the emperor knows it, he will turn a blind eye, after all, if it weren't for the emperor's insistence, where would there be such a grand funeral specification as Concubine Zhen Gui. I didn't expect that Concubine Zhen Gui was Zhen's aunt, and Zhen was pregnant during her filial piety, and she participated in the autumn festival regardless of the bumps in the carriage and horses......

It is estimated that several county kings have their own news channels, and they are all afraid that there will be an accident in the autumn this time, just like in vain Yan with her, whether it is to win over the Zhen family or to favor the Zhen family or for the sake of her pregnancy, they all decided to take the Zhen family with him to ensure safety. After all, the emperor's holy drive is here, and there is a large army stationed here, if something really happens, it is far stronger than the defense of a county king's mansion.

I thought of Jia Yuanchun who was sick again this time......

After a rest, the next day the autumn season officially kicked off, Lin Qingyun specially changed into a neat long coat and trousers, and followed Tu Yan to ride a horse on the edge of the forest. The opening ceremony was indeed grand, the emperor released the first arrow, shot a deer, and then the princes and ministers went their separate hunts. If you want to talk about Tu Yan's weakness, horseback riding is one, not to mention hunting, after all, I didn't have the conditions to practice since I was a child, and now I can only pace and enjoy the scenery with her.

Lin Qingyun didn't want to live up to the good times in vain, so he found a guard who would set traps, successfully caught several rabbits, and made braised rabbit meat to eat that night.

Eating rabbit meat, she thought of An Le, and hurriedly asked Zhang Bao: "Is the rabbit still alive?" ”

Zhang Bao replied: "A total of five were caught, all of them were slaughtered, one was braised and presented to the emperor, one was sent to the camp of the prince of Zhongshun, one was added to the eight and ninth princes, and the remaining two were braised and stewed, all on this table." ”

"What's wrong?" Tu Yan asked her strangely.

Lin Qingyun waved his hand to order Zhang Bao to retreat, and said with a little shame: "Before I came, I promised An Le to catch two rabbits for her, and I ate them all of them." ”

This time, Qiu Anle wanted to come, but the eldest princess didn't allow it, and sent it to the palace on the grounds of accompanying the queen. Worried about something happening in the paddock, and the other is that the treatment of comfort is at a critical time, Fan Shu specifically said that it should not be frightened or stimulated. Fan Shu is worthy of being a descendant of Fan A, he has good medical skills, and he is very willing to study, so that he can find a proper and effective way to treat Anle's illness, and now he is a distinguished guest of the eldest princess's mansion.

When Tu Yan heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "What's the matter, it's only a few days, and I'll catch it when I go back." Besides, those prey are all kept in captivity in advance, released before hunting, for balance, each time a batch is released, and what prey you want will be there in a few days. ”

"Listening to you say that, this hunting is not so interesting." Lin Qingyun tasted the rabbit broth, which was light and delicious, so he served him a bowl.

Tu Yan tasted the fresh soup, sandwiched chopsticks and vegetables for her, and replied to her: "That's what hunting is all about, otherwise you can't hunt anything with just the prey in the forest." ”

Lin Qingyun saw that the people were not there, so he lowered his voice and said, "This time, the family members who are filial to the prince have not come. ”

"It's okay, my father is prepared." Tu Yan probably knew more than many people, but he didn't feel too nervous, this matter was in the emperor's hands from beginning to end. Filial piety to the prince seems to have the emperor to rely on the momentum of rapid progress, but in fact, his identity is extremely embarrassing, and the matter of the righteous and loyal old prince has passed more than ten years, and there is nothing left of the loyal old department in the past, and most of them can't touch the capable position, otherwise it will not be as soon as the emperor falls ill, he will be in a hurry to make dangerous moves.

Tu Yan expected that he would not be able to succeed, and the matter would inevitably break through the palace in chaos, so Lin Qingyun was brought.

On the evening of the seventh day, the emperor himself went hunting, and the harvest was very rich, so he opened a dinner party in front of the dragon tent and invited the princes and ministers to attend. The night had just darkened, and the tent was full of lamps and bonfires, and it was bright inside and out. The Praetorian Guards had a post at five paces and a post at ten paces, and from time to time there were patrol squads shuttling between the tents to patrol and guard, and the defense was very tight. The palace ladies were separated by a cloth curtain, and another banquet was arranged, presided over by Wu Guifei, Concubine Qi Shu and Concubine Rong were not to be outdone, and there were accompanying ladies who were smiling and smiling, and the atmosphere was very strong.

Lin Qingyun sat on the right, Princess Zhongshun was on the left, and Lord Huiyi was on his side. This time I came back to hunt is right for the temperament of the county lord of Huiyi, I ran every day without a figure, and the princess was helpless, so she had to order the prince to follow her firmly with the guards.

During the banquet, I always felt that someone was staring at me, and that gaze was a little hostile, which was unpleasant.

When she was stared at again, Lin Qingyun followed her gaze and saw a beautiful girl sitting at the end of a few tables, but she was very familiar, but she was familiar with her fate. Lin Qingyun remembered that it was Mrs. Changfang of Chengpingbo's Mansion, and she had met a few times in the palace. Chengping Bofu is the emperor's biological mother's maiden home, and now it is the emperor's maternal uncle who is the heir, the emperor's biological mother died at an early age, and the emperor treats his maternal uncle's family with a lot of kindness, but he never mentions his title. Cheng Pingbo did not participate in the Autumn Festival because of his old age, but his eldest son came with his wife. After a little guessing, I knew that the identity of the young girl must be the third girl from the Changfang of Chengping Bofu.

The three girls of He were caught peeping, and they panicked a little, but quickly calmed down again, and smiled at Lin Qingyun, which was quite provocative.

Lin Qingyun frowned, only feeling inexplicable.

At this time, the county lord of Huiyi came from the opposite side, sat with her, glanced at the direction of the third girl He, and sneered: "It's another unclear one, the princess doesn't have to care about her." ”

"What do you know? I'm confused right now, okay, when did I offend her? Lin Qingyun vaguely guessed a little, but she was not sure.

Hui Yi smiled a little teasingly: "The princess really doesn't know? Now who doesn't know that you and the prince are in deep love, husband and wife are harmonious, and I don't know how many people are envious and jealous. If it was in the past, but over the past year, the prince's health has gradually improved, even if he still doesn't often walk outside, everyone is not blind, and everyone who should know knows it. The corners of his mouth hooked, and his tone was extremely cold and sarcastic: "After He Yuefu was jealous, didn't she want to replace you." ”

Sure enough, it's a peach blossom provoked by Vain Yan!

Lin Qingyun smiled, not at all nervous: "What the county lord said is interesting, it's not that I'm arrogant, it's a royal marriage, and I'm not at fault, how can it be replaced by someone else?" ”

Lord Huiyi snorted lightly: "Don't be careless, princess, what if you make a mistake?" ”

Lin Qingyun inexplicably remembered what would happen in the autumn this time, and was faintly uneasy, and finally took Huiyi's reminder to heart.