In the end, Tu Yan had limited manpower, and it was difficult to verify the Gao family without being noticed, so he reported the matter to the emperor. The emperor was busy with government affairs, and the chief eunuch of the harem came to report that Zhen Shun Concubine had fallen into a coma and could not take the medicine.

"You're too lazy! This time, I don't have time to take care of this matter, you are idle all day, and you will check the affairs of the Gao family, I will give you a few people, just order them. After pondering for a moment, he said: "I know that you have to avoid suspicion, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the king of Chengjun, I have arranged another person." ”

“…… Yes, the sons obeyed. Tu Yan hesitated for a moment and received the will.

Without waiting for Tu Yan to leave, Dai Quan suddenly came in from outside to report: "Your Majesty, the queen has just come to report, Zhen Shun is a concubine." ”

When the emperor heard this, his brows moved slightly, the pen in his hand did not stop, and he said, "I know." The matter was handed over to the queen in accordance with the law. ”

The meaning of this is that the funeral is treated according to the rules of the concubine funeral, and there is no posthumous seal. The people in the palace knew that Concubine Zhen Shun had fallen out of favor, and when they saw that the emperor had not been rewarded after her death, she was naturally not dedicated enough to the funeral. The queen doesn't like Zhen Shun's concubine, but as the queen's duties, she still handles it in accordance with the established rules, and as for the stealing and treachery of the people below, as long as she doesn't commit it in the open, she will ignore it.

In addition to Zhen Shun's concubine, only the princess of Chengjun is left. When the news came, Zhen was stunned, hugging the little prince in his arms tightly, without a drop of tears.

"Looking for brother, there are only two of us left, mother and son."

At this time, the maid Chunhua came in and reported: "Princess, the prince is here." ”

King Chengjun came in with a frown, his face was cold and impatient, and he didn't look at Zhen's mother and son, and as soon as he sat there, he asked, "What's the matter with sending someone to call me?" Hurry up and say, I have something ahead of me. ”

Zhen was accustomed to his attitude, but he just caught a glimpse of Brother Xun'er's eyes shrinking, and his heart ached. While patting Brother Xun'er's back to appease, he said with a flat voice: "I know that Prince Chun has something to do with that divine doctor Fan Shu, I want to ask Prince Chun to invite Fan Shu to show Brother Xun'er, maybe it can be cured." ”

"You can only do such a small thing, why do you need to come to me?" When King Chengjun saw her mention Xiao Shizi, he glanced at it, and immediately looked away with displeasure on his face.

At the beginning, Brother Xun was born before term, and the use of medicine made Brother Xun born in extremely bad health, and now he is almost five years old, but he looks like a child of two or three years old. Brother Xun'er's skin is very white, sickly white, and very thin, the cyan blood vessels on his body are very obvious, and his lips are not normally ruddy, but with black purple, not to mention that it is scary to see at night, even if it is in broad daylight, you may wish to bump into it and wonder if it is a living person.

Looking for a brother is a child in the end, and has never gone out, a few years ago I heard the laughter of children outside, and ran out of curiosity for a while, and as a result, the little boy and little lady from the two side concubines in the house were scared to cry, although the high side concubine was speechless, the other Chen side concubine was distressed about the child, and because Zhen had already lost favor and had little status, he stood outside the courtyard gate and said a lot of ugly words. If it was only said that the Zhen family was down, the partial concubine Chen not only took the Zhen family, but also pointed at the little prince, Zhen was furious, rushed out and slapped Concubine Chen to the ground. Concubine Chen cried to the king of the county, and the king of Cheng found Zhen and scolded him, not because he felt pity for Concubine Chen, but because he disliked Xiao Shizi and went out to embarrass him.

This has always been the place where the Zhen family hates Chengjun Wang the most, but the father dislikes his own son, and if it weren't for Chengjun Wang's desire to tie the Zhen family to Chengjun Wangfu, where would she be in a hurry to get pregnant in filial piety, and she was forced to give birth with medicine.

With a full view of the look on King Chengjun's face, the last trace of hesitation in Zhen's heart was completely cut off.

Zhen said: "Now the affairs in the mansion are taken care of by the concubine Gao, if I want to ask Fan Shu, I have to go to Prince Chun's mansion." Concubine Gao's affairs are complicated, do you have time to accompany me? ”

Less than half a year since the defeat of the Zhen family, King Cheng took away her stewardship under the pretext of taking away her stewardship, which is also the reason why she is struggling in the county king's mansion. If it weren't for her rich dowry, and the king of Chengjun and the concubine Gao were worried that they would make too much trouble, she wouldn't know what to do now.

King Chengjun thought that the second brother of the Zhen family killed the family of Prince Chun, and went to beg the other party, but it was difficult to say whether the other party saw it or not, but there was no need for the Gao family to follow, so as not to look beautiful. Of course, in order to prevent Zhen from meeting others in private, he pointed out the people who followed the car all the way.

Hearing that Zhen was coming, Lin Qingyun was taken aback.

Originally, the two agreed to meet again on the first day of next month, but in fact, after reporting the matter to the emperor, she did not plan to communicate with Zhen again, but she did not think about changing the hexagram when she promised to invite Fan Shu to come. Fan Shu actually knew a little about the little prince of Chengjun Wangfu, but because there were many troubles in that mansion, Fan Shu was unwilling to get involved, so he didn't respond to Zhen's invitation. She wasn't sure if she could invite Fan Shu, so she had to try her best, and she should be used as a reward in exchange for the letter.

The Zhen family was welcomed into the hall, and the maids brought tea.

The thrush reported in front of Lin Qingyun: "It was the princess of Chengjun who came alone, the high-sided concubine did not come, and the two maids who followed were all princesses of Chengjun." I asked Xiao Baozi to go to the front to ask, and the guard of the car and the others spoke vaguely, not like obeying the orders of the princess of Chengjun. ”

Lin Qingyun knew it when she heard it.

After entering the hall, Zhen didn't come until he came: "When can Princess Chun invite Fan Shu here?" ”

"I have sent a letter, whether he can come or not, and there will be news in ten days."

Zhen was slightly surprised, and said with a sarcastic smile: "The pure princess can't even do this?" I thought I had something in my hand that everyone wanted, but it can be seen that the life of the pure princess is going well, and such treasures are not tempted. It's just that if you don't want it, don't you want it? ”

Lin Qingyun didn't pay attention to □□ and provocation, and said lightly: "It's rare for Princess Chengjun to go out freely, but it's better to be loose, I'm afraid there will be no such good opportunities in the future." You don't need to mention what you said before, my prince is not interested in this, and I am no longer allowed to interfere, I will ask Fan Shu for you, but for the sake of the little prince. ”

Zhen was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't believe that she was willing to let go, but after looking at it carefully for a long time, it really didn't look like a fake. As a result, Zhen panicked and said in a very cold tone: "You really don't want to talk about it anymore? ”

Lin Qingyun pretended to be puzzled and said: "You and I have a grudge between the two families, and it makes sense that you were willing to come to me for the sake of the little prince before." Now that I've invited Fan Shu, there's nothing else I can do, why do you want to talk to me? ”

Zhen showed a little depressed and mocked: "Who let you marry well." Prince Chun, the only concubine of the dynasty, the only prince among the princes, is already recognized by everyone as an invisible prince, who is in the limelight now? If there is a better alternative, can I come to you? ”

"You can ask the emperor."

Zhen laughed out loud, and the laughter was full of ridicule: "You can't be so naïve, right? Who am I? I am the daughter of the Zhen family, the daughter of a criminal minister, but the king of Chengjun is the son of the emperor, can the emperor help me? But if the emperor likes my brother a little bit......" Zhen didn't say the latter words, after all, it would be a big rebellion to say it, so even if she was extremely resentful in her heart, for the sake of Xiao Shizi, she couldn't be resentful.

It's not that the emperor didn't take care of the little prince of Chengjun Wangfu, and in the first two years, he asked the imperial hospital to see the imperial doctor, but the imperial doctors were helpless, and the emperor didn't ask again. Perhaps compared to the effort spent on Tu Yan, the emperor really doesn't like the little prince of Chengjun Wangfu, this is also human nature, although the palms and backs of the hands are meat, but the ten fingers are still long, not to mention that Tu Yan is the son-in-law, the only one, the little prince is the emperor's grandson, and the emperor has several.

Zhen got up to say goodbye, and when he was leaving, he suddenly said, "Since you said you weren't interested, why did you take that box again?" I think that in the future, Prince Chun's Mansion will be very lively. ”

Lin Qingyun understood the meaning of her words, but she was unmoved, and only said: "If I can invite Fan Shu, I can let him leave, and your little son's illness can not be cured overnight." ”

Zhen's face changed, and he didn't say anything in the end.

Everyone has a weakness, Zhen's weakness is clear at a glance, even if Lin Qingyun is unwilling to coerce young children, but in order to prevent Zhen's madness, he has to use this as a threat. I only hope that Zhen can always remember that if she takes a wrong step, Xiao Shizi will also be with her. Naturally, she wouldn't do anything to a child, but as Zhen herself said, once she is gone, no one will really take care of Xiao Shizi.

Zhen's person is already a little crazy, as soon as Zhen Shun's concubine dies, Zhen only has Xiao Shizi and 50,000 gold, and 50,000 gold is the guarantee for her and Xiao Shizi's life, so she can hand it over lightly.

She also talked about this with Tu Yan last night, saying that why Zhen revealed his secret was nothing more than to save his life. No one knew about this before, but what if Tanchun knew? Outsiders didn't move, and if they were as smart as Tanchun, they could only rot the secret in their stomachs. Concubine Qi's mother and son have always liked to win over courtiers through marriage and gain support, but now that Zhen is useless, death is the best choice, how can Zhen sit still and wait for death. As soon as the 50,000 gold was exposed, Concubine Qi's mother and son were naturally hot, and they may not have tried to coax the Zhen family to defraud the gold, but the Zhen family didn't dare to be naïve, and Concubine Qi's mother and son could only find another plan, and they didn't dare to touch the Zhen family before they succeeded.

If King Chengjun doesn't come to gold, the emperor is even more impossible, so no one is naïve enough to think that the emperor can solve the matter by summoning people for a first trial.

These days, she has been thinking about the Zhen family, thinking about the unfinished words in the apse of the Muni Temple that day, full of resentment towards King Chengjun, and today she heard her resentment towards the emperor, and Concubine Qi Shu's mother and son obviously got gold and wanted her to die, how could she be slaughtered? So, what will Zhen do?

Ten days later, he received a reply from Fan Shu, who said that he could heal Xiao Shizi, but not in the county king's mansion.

Lin Qingjun only informed the Zhen family of the news, and the rest of the matter was handled by the Zhen family himself.

Zhen seems to be a noble princess of the county, but in fact, she has no power in her hands, and her entry and exit are restricted. That Fan Shu refused to come to the county king's mansion, and she was in the hands of the Zhen family, and she didn't want to stay in the county king's mansion for treatment, for fear that the Gao family and others would do tricks, so she found the king of the county again. Although King Chengjun didn't care about Xiao Shizi's condition, in the end, he was his own son, a sister-in-law, and everything was left to Zhen. With permission, Zhen ordered someone to decorate a house. When she got married, the Zhen family gave a very generous dowry, there are three sets of big mansions in Beijing, six shops of different sizes, and the location is good, and now she has chosen a house not far from the county king's mansion as a place for healing, and she will also live there at that time, far away from the disputes of the county king's mansion for the time being.

The 50,000 gold has not yet arrived, and the county king's mansion will only monitor her, and she is safe for the time being, she just needs to guard her brother-in-law.

Zhen no longer came out, and Lin Qingyun's life calmed down.

On this day, Tu Yan took her out of the house to inspect the clubhouse under construction. It took a lot of time from site selection to design and layout of this place, and it was not until March this year that construction began. Now four or five months have passed, and all places are basically completed, but the follow-up needs to transplant flowers and plants, purchase tables, chairs, tea sets, etc.

Acacia and Mama Li stayed in the house to take care of Brother Rui, Chuyang followed, Bailing Thrush is lively, and now she is also a twenty-one-year-old girl. Bai Ling has a family, and her parents have asked for grace, and when they are old, their family is in charge. The thrush said that he did not want to go out, and he did not have any family, so he wanted to stay in the house.

The area of the clubhouse is not small, and it is not much different from the Grand View Garden, which not only provides banquets and small gatherings on weekdays, but also provides accommodation. Because the guests are all women, they should be managed to serve all women, and in terms of safety, the large courtyard next to the clubhouse is the guard's quarters, responsible for patrolling day and night.

Walked around a few places, a group of people sat by the pool to rest, behind a few ginkgo, red maple, the ground is paved with yellow and red leaves, very poetic. Here you can also fish, and you can set up a feast, according to which a small piece of holly not far away is followed by a guest yard.

While looking at it, he discussed some improvements with Tu Yan, and then he didn't continue to walk, there were many tree holes on the ground that were dug up, and it was autumn now, not a good time to plant trees and flowers, and he didn't wait for the opening, so some expensive and difficult to feed flowers and plants were not planted for the time being.

Coming out of the clubhouse, Bai Ling suddenly said: "Princess, Sister Egret's cloth village is not far ahead, let's go and take a look, I heard that Sister Egret is happy." ”

It has been a year since the egret got married, and he used to go to the palace every month to ask for peace, but he didn't come for two or three months recently, saying that he had just been happy and was raising a baby at home. Thinking that it was okay at the moment, and stopping by again, he let the carriage go to Buzhuang.

When he arrived at the place, Tu Yan hugged Chu Yang and said, "I won't go in, Chu Yang has always wanted to come out, I will take it to the street for a walk, and meet in the teahouse in front of me for a while." ”

"Hmm." Lin Qingyun teased Chu Yang, waved goodbye to him, and saw that the father and son were gone, and then turned around and entered the cloth village behind him.

This cloth village is called Fangji Cloth Village, with two faces, with a small courtyard, in view of this location, Fangshan can buy this property is not thin. Fang Shan has been in the palace for a few years, although he is diligent and capable, he can't save such a shop, half of which is funded by his uncle.

The business in the store was good, Bai Ling went in first, and when Lin Qingyun entered, only the egret was there, and he had avoided it as a foreign man. The egret had a ruddy complexion, slightly fatter, and smiled in his words, and he didn't need to ask to know that he was satisfied with his current life. The egret welcomed her to the back room and sat down, served the best tea, and talked about the news outside. The two lark thrushes stood at the door, watching the movement in the store through the curtain, and they always felt fresh.

At this time, another guest came in outside, and Bai Ling whispered: "It's from the Jia family." ”

Lin Qingyun asked casually, "Who is it?" ”

"I don't remember what it was called, I only remember that it was the maid next to the third girl of the Jia family."

Lin Qingyun only felt strange in her heart, got up and walked to the door curtain, lifted a slit and glanced out, sure enough, it was the girl in front of Tanchun, called Sister Cicada. Sister Cicada came over to buy a foot of muslin cloth and two-color needlework, and left after settling the account.

Seeing that her expression was not quite right, the egret asked, "What's wrong with her?" I don't know who she is, she has only been shopping at our house for the past six months, and I met her twice in the store, and when I asked her which girl she was, she just smiled and didn't speak. ”

The big girl in front of Tanchun is Shishu and Cuimo, and Sister Cicada is just a little girl, and she doesn't walk around with Tanchun, and the egrets don't recognize it. Bailing, this girl is easy to inquire about things, and she is also attentive to people, she has been to Jia's house in the past, and she remembered a general impression after seeing Sister Cicada twice.

"I can't tell what's wrong." At first, I only felt strange, the Jia family's house is far away from here, how did Sister Cicada come here even if she wants to buy something? I thought of looking left and right when Sister Cicada came in, and looked at the street outside the store after buying something, as if she saw someone, so she took a foot of cotton cloth to settle the bill. Recently, Tanchun made a scene that made her pay special attention, so she saw Tanchun's girl's whereabouts sneaky at this time, so she naturally paid attention. "Bailing, go outside and find a guard to follow that girl, see where she goes, and see who she can see."

Bai Ling saw that something was unusual and hurriedly went to find someone.

She didn't wait in the cloth village, but went to the teahouse to meet Tu Yan Chuyang.

Tu Yan was in the private room, and ordered someone to wait for her at the door of the teahouse, and as soon as she came, she was led to the private room. As soon as he entered, Chuyang ran up and hit his leg: "Mother, eat sugar." ”

Chu Yang was holding maltose in his hand, and all he bit was saliva, which had been delivered to her mouth. She didn't dislike it either, she opened her mouth to eat most of the maltose, and said to Tu Yan: "He's still teething, it's not good to eat sugar, don't say don't let him make trouble." Look at the water. ”

Tu Yan hurriedly clarified: "I didn't dare to give him food, take it for fun." ”

"You bit the tooth marks on your head?" Lin Qingyun debunked his little lie, and glared at the father and son angrily: "In the future, if Chu Yang grows up, if his teeth are not good, the responsibility is on you, let you spoil him." ”

Tu Yan only lowered his head to drink tea and didn't speak, Chu Yang seemed to understand whether he understood or not, lying on the table and giggling.

About half an hour later, Bai Ling came in and replied, "Princess, the people who followed you have returned." ”

Looking at it in vain.

"Speak in a moment." Lin Qingyun called people in.

The guard came in with his head down, saluted and said: "That maid has been following someone since she left Buzhuang, and the other party is also like a maid from which house, the two of them entered an alley one after the other, talking together." Looking at the words and deeds of the two, although they know each other, they are not very familiar, and they are still a little defensive of each other. After that, the maid of the Jia family returned to the Jia family, but the other maid went to a house on Muyu Street. I inquired, it was the wedding house of the princess of Chengjun, some time ago the princess of Chengjun sent someone to clean and settle, and the neighbors saw it. ”

Zhen?

Ling the guards retreated, and there was no need to explain to Tu Yan at this time, she just sighed: "I can't imagine that the third girl and the Zhen family have a private relationship, but I am afraid that the third girl was contacted before the Zhen family deliberately leaked the gold to King Chengjun." ”

"The Zhen family promised the three girls benefits, but they deliberately wanted the three girls to enter the county palace." Tu Yan could easily have guessed.

Lin Qingyun thought of Zhen Shun Concubine and Jia Yuanchun in the palace earlier, and then looked at Zhen and Tanchun, and I was afraid that the ending would be a defeat for both.

Chongyang is a big festival, and the internal and external wives attend the banquet in the palace, and the princes and ministers ascend with the emperor.

Before the banquet started, Lin Qingyun asked the queen to stay and stayed, Chu Yang and Brother Rui were there, Chu Yang was very interested in Brother Rui who was wrapped in swaddling clothes, and always liked to lie on the side to watch, and secretly poked Brother Rui's face with his finger when people were not paying attention, and he didn't pay attention to it, and he poked Brother Rui's face red, Brother Rui cried loudly, and Chu Yang was so scared that he also cried, and the faces of the nurses who were waiting were frightened white. Afterwards, Tu Yan Haosheng talked to Chu Yang about the rules, Lin Qingyun felt that he looked at Chu Yang's IQ too much, what could he understand if he was less than two years old? But Chu Yang remembered it and never poked Brother Rui'er's face again.

Wu Guifei, Qi Shufei, Rong Fei, Li Concubine...... Zhou Guiren, who was once quite favored, gave birth to a daughter, and was promoted to the position of concubine, with the title of Li, the little princess died less than a year old, and it is said that Concubine Li was happy again.

Several concubines and their daughters-in-law sat at the queen's head, praised Brother Chuyang Rui, and told some interesting stories about the grandchildren and daughters of the county palaces, and they looked at it harmoniously. Of course, words are inevitable. As daughters-in-law, they can't interject as daughters-in-law, a few people sit in one place and talk, Princess Dingjun and Princess Sujun play a sharp edge, Lin Qingyun and Princess Xiangjun talk about parenting, and Princess Zhen of Chengjun is sitting alone, her face is cold, which is incompatible with today's atmosphere.

Suddenly, she heard the princess of Dingjun ask her: "I heard that the little prince of Chengjun Wangfu has invited a powerful doctor, and now the diagnosis and treatment are also a little improved, and the doctor is the one called Jiuhua Mountain Divine Doctor Fan Shu." Was it invited by Prince Chun? ”

Lin Qingyun replied with a light smile: "Yes, Princess Chengjun begged me to come to me, and I am also a mother, so I feel how much I empathize." Besides, our prince and Dr. Fan have a little friendship, and there is nothing to lose by giving it a try, in the end, Dr. Fan is benevolent, and he came without saying a word. ”

Princess Sujun pursed her lips when she heard the words "Benevolence of the Doctor", who didn't know the stubborn temper of that person in Fan Shu, he really opened his eyes and said nonsense.

Princess Dingjun smiled deeply: "In the end, the seventh brother and sister are benevolent, if I change it, I really don't know if I can have such a heart as the seventh brother and sister." Then again, why was she embarrassed to ask for the door? ”

"It's just a pity for the hearts of parents in the world." Lin Qingyun understated it, but from the look of Princess Dingjun, she already understood that the Chengjun Mansion had attracted the attention of all parties, and even if she didn't know about the 50,000 gold now, it wouldn't be long before she found out. It may have been a lot of excitement at that time.