Chapter 24: Selfishness
On the way back, Jiang Lingxi felt a little funny for a while.
If there is really some invisible force pulling in the dark, then how should Jiang Linxi himself face the fate of his own sister one day in the future?
What about herself? I thought that now that the shape is good, the little emperor has brought down the stumbling blocks led by the Li family, and it is only a matter of time and opportunity to be pro-governmental, and he can have the opportunity to hug this thigh as earned. Who would have thought that there was such a potential crisis as Jiang Linzhao around him? Pattern, figure is clothes!
Jiang Linzhao asked her to act as if today's incident had never happened, but there was already an objective fact of it, so how could it be so easy to turn a blind eye?
But then again, does she have any other choice than turning a blind eye?
For the sake of his own future, he made a strong move first, and unknowingly did Jiang Linzhao? Putting aside the sisterly feelings and the hurdle in her own heart, it is impossible to predict what reaction the waste prince's side will have.
Hinting that Empress Dowager Zhou is wary of Jiang Linzhao? Don't be kidding, Empress Dowager Zhou already looked at her unpleasantly, let her know that she knew the secret of her hostage-taking (tongue twister?). You can't kill people right away!
Sue the little emperor? The reason why Empress Dowager Zhou hid it from him was that she didn't want to leave any stain on his future life, since she chose to stand on his side, if this matter was stabbed out by his hands, it would be a loss of 12,000 to kill 8,000 enemies.
Jiang Lingxi tossed and turned all night, trying to break his head, but he didn't come up with a clue. In the end, I almost gave up on myself: What cares about his grandmother, he is just a second bastard recruited by the little emperor to play with, and he is not a strategist who wants to assist him in fighting the country, and he receives the salary of selling cabbage, so why bother to that white/powder heart? Empress Dowager Zhou buried the thunder herself, and asked her to clean it up by herself!
Anyway, he still bears the identity of Jiang Linzhao's own sister, Jiang Linzhao's last sentence of "keeping the Jiang family" is a request, and on the other hand, it is not a promise to her, take 10,000 steps back, even if the abolished prince returns to the throne in the future, she may not be completely impossible to find a whole body for herself.
Born with this kind of selfish idea of self-preservation (both ends of the first mouse), Jiang Lingxi felt that she was very sorry for the little emperor, after all, since she joined the company, the little emperor has been good to her, and the last time she helped her copy the scriptures, she asked her if she would help him, and she also agreed.
Walking all the way to Hongying Palace, Jiang Lingxi really didn't know how to face it calmly when he saw the little emperor later.
As a result, the two of them looked at each other, good guys, two pairs of dark circles.
"You don't have to be so tacit, you haven't slept all night, right? Why are you? The little emperor yawned and joked.
Jiang Lingxi hurriedly followed suit, yawned and asked back, "Why are you?" ”
The little emperor shook his head and was silent for a while, revealing a sense of despair that could not return to the sky, and sighed: "The queen mother is crazy." ”
Jiang Linxi was taken aback, "When is it?" Why didn't you listen to the report from the palace? ”
"Ahem......" The little emperor rubbed his fingers in the center of his eyebrows, and brushed away the three black lines hanging from his forehead by the way.
On the side, Zhang Dou'er hurriedly helped explain: "What the emperor means should be just a description." ”
Well, Jiang Linxi was embarrassed, and sure enough, lack of sleep is easy to lead to insufficient brain capacity. reacted and asked Zhang Douer again: "What did the Queen Mother do?" ”
"It's just when I first got down from the early dynasty...... Zhang Dou'er just got up, feeling the resentment full of a sense of desolation emanating from the little emperor, she couldn't help but get closer, lowered her voice and whispered a word in Jiang Lingxi's ear.
Jiang Lingxi sneered when he heard this, this Li Ying probably also felt that he was about to go, so he couldn't wait to deal new cards to himself.
……
When he saw Li Min for the first time, a thought burst out of Jiang Lingxi's mind: This product and Li Ang are really not born by the same mother!
Since the emperor ascended the throne as a child, Li Min was the only unmarried daughter in Li Ying's mansion, but unfortunately she had just turned eleven years old at that time.
More than two years have passed, Li Min has also passed his thirteenth birthday, and he rushed to Ji Lu while talking, and the filial piety of the first emperor happened to be almost full.
The only thing that is not perfect is the attitude of the little emperor.
After the early dynasty ended in a hurry today, he was called to Jinkun Palace by the Empress Dowager Zhou and went on a "blind date" with Li Min. About half an hour later, the Empress Dowager Zhou ordered him to accompany Li Min around the palace, and he took people directly to Hongying Palace...... threw it to Jiang Lingxi, and went back to the dormitory to make up for sleep.
Jiang Lingxi is so embarrassed! Putting aside her relationship with the Li family, is it really good to just throw a reserve queen to her so casually? If there is a little bit of inconsiderate greeting, how will she mix up after she takes the position? Ah, how to mix!
Seeing the little emperor go out in a dashing manner, Jiang Lingxi carefully observed Li Min's reaction, and unexpectedly found that she was neither unwilling, nor aggrieved, nor complaining, but just calmly gave a gift and sat back calmly, calm and a little not like what a thirteen-year-old should be.
"What's inside, the emperor ......" Jiang Lingxi poured her new tea, carefully grasping the wording, "Recently, it has indeed been busy." ”
"You don't have to excuse him, I know he just doesn't want to see me."
Li Min took the teacup and showed a smile that did not distinguish between feelings, "Since the Empress Dowager Zhou announced to the outside world that he would keep filial piety for three years, I know from the discussions of the adults in our mansion that one day I will be stuffed into the palace and play such an embarrassing role." ”
Jiang Lingxi looked at her and couldn't help but feel a little distressed, she was only thirteen years old, a junior high school student, and she should have no heart and lungs. People live too clearly, and most of them are not easy to be happy.
Li Min noticed Jiang Lingxi's gaze, so he raised his eyes and looked back for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, "I have long heard that the emperor has the best relationship with you, but now that I have seen me, men's clothes are so refreshing and neat, if you change into women's clothes and carefully make up, what kind of charming appearance should you be?" No wonder the emperor likes it. ”
Jiang Lingxi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't make trouble, I was recruited by him to act as a second bastard, and I receive a monthly salary, not to talk about feelings." ”
Is that really the case?
Li Min narrowed his eyes and recalled a conversation he accidentally bumped into outside Jinkun Palace this morning.
"The youngest daughter of the Li family is knowledgeable and virtuous, so let you wait a little longer to wronged you? Are you in such a hurry to mess with that Jiang who is neither male nor female? ”
"Don't be so ugly? She dressed as a man just to make it easier to walk in the palace, why wasn't she a man or a woman? ”
"Heh, protect her like this, it seems that that girl has a high status in your heart. Don't forget, you promised not to give her the title of harem back then, so I agreed to let her in. ”
"Why are you going so far? Did I say I'm going to give her a name? You are willing to give, people are not necessarily rare! ”
"Hmph, a third-grade foreign origin is also qualified to say that it is rare or not."
"What's wrong with Zhengsanpin? She is also a pampered lady in their house, and she was recruited by me to suffer from you everywhere, did people say anything? If you just think that she is from a lower background, I will bring down Li Ying and make her father the prime minister! ”
"You...... You, you're just fooling around! ”
Empress Dowager Zhou's angry voice, accompanied by the porcelain on the ground, tore Li Min's self-esteem.