Lin Jue smiled and shook his head, "Actually, it's not bad to go out and have a look, the scenery in the northwest is particularly magnificent, which is unimaginable in Kyoto for a long time." ”

"Mobei is a long way, and the road is very dangerous, even if the scenery is good, it is very rare for young ladies in Kyoto to go."

The eldest princess of Peixi smiled.

"That's what the mother said."

Lin Jue smiled faintly.

The two were chatting, but the Empress Dowager Xiao next to her suddenly interjected, "Alas, you said that Nangong Yi, why did such a thing happen?" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao said with regret on her face.

"Yun Shu, don't worry, the mourning family will help you go to the emperor later, and see if there is room for maneuver."

The eldest princess Peixi looked at the Empress Dowager Xiao with a look of disbelief, didn't she just remind her that she was not allowed to mention Nangong Yi's matter, let alone be soft-hearted in front of Lin Jue? Why did you mention it yourself now?

Since Empress Dowager Xiao has already taken the initiative to propose it, can she also say it?

"Yun Shu, don't worry. The imperial brother still has a little friendship with Nangong Yi, and when the time comes, we will help you ask him for a favor, even if the title is withdrawn, it will be good to save your life. ”

The eldest princess Peixi also began to echo.

Lin Jue, "......"

When she came back this time, she didn't plan to let the two of them intercede for Nangong Yi at all, but since this is the case, shouldn't she also do something?

Lin Jue was about to speak, but heard Empress Dowager Xiao say again, "But Yun Shu, it's okay for us to help you intercede with the emperor, but after Nangong Yi comes out, you can't marry him again......"

"Yes......", the eldest princess Peixi also echoed, "When the period passes, the mother concubine will let the queen mother call the shots and help you find a good family business." Nangong Yi can't ask for it, anyway, the marriage contract between the two of you has already been dissolved. ”

"Queen Mother, Mother Concubine, in fact, I entered the palace this time, not because Nangong Yi ......"

Lin Jue opened his mouth and said.

"Oh?"

Empress Dowager Xiao was a little surprised, but the long years of harem life made her develop a quiet temperament.

"Actually, ......", Lin Jue lowered his head slightly, looking like he wanted to say something, "Actually, this time, I just want to enter the palace to see the mother concubine and the queen mother." When I came back this time, I found that everyone else in the family had already returned to the south, and my father was away all the year round, so I ......was alone."

"Good boy, I've really wronged you."

Before Lin Jue's words were finished, Empress Dowager Xiao took it.

"Lin Taibu is also really, doesn't there still a daughter at home, she is away all the year round, and she doesn't even come back to take a look. It's really heart-wrenching. ”

Speaking of this, she looked at Lin Jue, her face was full of love, "Yun Shu, you will treat this place as your home in the future, you can come to see the mourning family whenever you want, don't be afraid, if there is anything, come to the mourning family." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

Lin Jue's voice was filled with crying. Because of the touch.

"Yun Shu, why don't you move directly to my princess's mansion?"

The eldest princess of Peixi mentions yì.

There are only a few people living in the huge princess's mansion, and if Lin Jue goes, someone happens to accompany her to chat and relieve her boredom, so that she doesn't have to come to the palace often.

"What do you mean by moving to the Princess's Mansion?"

Empress Dowager Xiao immediately had a dissatisfied look.

"If Yun Shu wants to move, he must move to this palace to join the mourning family......"

"But the queen mother, Yun Shu is my daughter......"

The eldest princess Peixi was a little helpless.

"What's wrong with your daughter? She's still my niece......"

Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at her.

"Queen Mother, I don't mean ...... that", the eldest princess Peixi hurriedly explained, sometimes people are old, just like children, they have to rely on coaxing, "I mean, since Yun Shu is my goddaughter, according to common sense, she should naturally live in the eldest princess's mansion, but as for whether the queen mother wants her to enter the palace, that is another matter." ”

"What's going on here, that's it, just go straight to the palace. Could it be that in this harem, if I say a word, I have to look at other people's faces! ”

Empress Dowager Xiao's face was dissatisfied.

The eldest princess Peixi knew that Empress Dowager Xiao meant something, and she was dissatisfied with what Empress Yang had done, so she was very interested in not answering. Even if she is favored by the Empress Dowager Xiao and respected by the emperor, since she is married, she is an outsider, and since she is an outsider, it is better to interfere less in the affairs of the royal family.

"Yunshu, you say, where are you going to live?"

After Empress Dowager Xiao complained, her mood was much more relaxed, and when she saw that Lin Jue was still stunned in place, she asked with a smile.

"I know that the Queen Mother and the Mother Concubine are good to me, whether it is to live in the palace or to go to the princess's mansion, it is a great honor for Lin Jue. Just ......"

Speaking of this, Lin Jue paused.

"It's just that I've always been used to being wild outside, I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt to life in this palace, if it is inconvenient to the Queen Mother because of my recklessness, then I can't express my guilt if I kill my head."

"Okay, that's up to you."

Lin Jue said this, and the Empress Dowager Xiao also gave up.

And she also thought that in the harem, it may not be safer than outside. If those two women knew that Lin Jue lived here, they might have to make some troubles again.

"However, although you live in the Lin family, you have to come here often to accompany the mourning family, don't stay at home all day, you have to stay sick if you are not sick."

Hearing Empress Dowager Xiao's relief, Lin Jue smiled and nodded.

The atmosphere was relaxed, and the three of them continued to chat for a while, during which the heat wave outside became more and more intense, and there were not many ice basins in Ci'an Palace, and after a while, Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't stand it, "It's really hot this day, if there is something to relieve the heat, it would be good......"

"yes, it's better to be a little sweet and sour."

The eldest princess should be harmonious.

When Empress Dowager Xiao heard her say this, her eyes instantly became different, and she couldn't help but ask with a little joy, "Pei'er, shouldn't you have it?" ”

"What are you talking nonsense about, Queen Mother?"

The eldest princess Peixi was speechless, how old is she, and the colt is not at home all day, how can there be?

"If the mother concubine wants to drink something sweet and sour to relieve the heat, the daughter has a mention."

Lin Jue took the opportunity to speak.

When Empress Dowager Xiao heard her say this, she suddenly became interested, "Come, hurry up and talk about it, what is there to eat and drink?" ”

"Good food and drink don't count. But if it's chilled, it tastes even better. ”

Lin Jue said with a smile.

"Chilled?"

The eldest princess of Peixi paused, as if thoughtful. It's only the beginning of summer now, and although there is ice in the palace, it's not much, and if you want to eat cold things at will, this amount is far from enough. Except, of course, one place......

Thinking of this, she blurted out, "Queen Mother, it's so hot, why don't we go to the Summer Palace to escape the summer?" Let Yun Shu send the finished things to the Summer Palace, chill them, and eat them while escaping the heat, how pleasant! ”

The Summer Palace is a well-known summer resort, but it is heavily guarded, and in addition to the emperor who can enter on weekdays, only the Empress Dowager Xiao has the right to enter and exit freely.

"The Summer Palace?"

Empress Dowager Xiao hesitated, and just when the eldest princess was worried that the old lady would be unhappy again, Empress Dowager Xiao laughed and said, "You see that the mourning family is all hot and confused, and they forget that there is such a place." Then let's go there and wait. ”

The eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief.

When she met a queen mother who changed her face faster than turning a book, she had to be worried about it all the time.

*

Here, Li Aoshan listened to the words of the Qingyun monarch, left the poetry club in advance, hired a carriage, and hurried towards the ruined temple in the west of the city. She didn't want to be able to have anything with Nangong Yi, she just wanted to take a look at him. It's been too long, since a certain year's palace banquet, this indifferent young man has only stayed in her dreams.

It is very strange that she hates Lin Jue, but she can't hate Nangong Yi.

She just still didn't understand. In the end, what point is she not as good as Lin Jue, who has no family background and no family background, and who wants to be virtuous but not virtuous? Why did Nangong Yi choose her?

Is it because of childhood sweethearts?

Thinking of this, Li Aoshan couldn't help but sneer. What's the use of childhood sweethearts, no matter how deep their feelings are, they can't withstand the changes of the world, and they fly separately when disaster comes, hasn't the Lin family dissolved the marriage contract with him?

The ruined temple in the west of the city is not far away, out of the Xizhi Gate, and then walk a section to arrive.

But when Li Aoshan got there, he didn't see Nangong Yi's figure.

It was empty, silent, and there was no one.

The west of the city was originally a desolate place, and there were very few residents around, and it was even more inaccessible to people because it had already left Xizhimen. But thinking that Nangong Yi was now wanted, so naturally he would not show up in broad daylight, Li Aoshan gritted his teeth and dared to push open the door of the broken temple and walked in.

The temple is very dilapidated from the outside. But after walking in, the structure inside is eighty percent new.

Li Aoshan walked in step by step boldly, she didn't dare to call Nangong Yi's name, so she had to poke her head around to check, but she didn't take a few steps, but she faintly heard the sound of wheezing.

She shuddered.

"General Nangong?"

Li Aoshan shouted cautiously.

No one answered.

But the wheezing continued.

"General Nangong, is that you?"

She asked again.

There was a burst of coldness in her heart, and even the few trees around her became very scary, she held her breath and condensed, relying on the only obsession in her heart to walk forward, and when she got closer, she found that under the statue of the broken temple, someone seemed to be moving!

The bottom of the idol is covered with straw, and the movement is not too big, half of it is still hidden under the straw, but it can still be recognized that it is a human movement.

"General Nangong?! ——”

Li Aoshan gritted her teeth, plucked up the courage to raise her voice and shouted.

The voice fell, and he was shocked, but he saw that the wriggling straw stopped, revealing a face from it, and after seeing that face clearly, Li Aoshan instantly screamed in fright-

But her cry had not yet drifted away, and from the straw pile, another face was revealed, and there were fine beads of sweat on her jade-like face, and a slight flush was pervasive......

Although Li Aoshan has never experienced the affairs of men and women, but an official lady like her, before getting married, she will have a nurturing grandmother to guide and teach, since she is engaged to the sixth prince, she naturally understands these things.

At this moment, seeing the other two of them rolling naked in the grass, their faces were still flushed, and there were a few bite marks on their bodies, where else did they not understand, and they were suddenly frightened to dilate, their mouths were wide open, and their faces were red and white, and they even forgot to look away.

Compared with her stunned, the other two were misty-eyed, as if they didn't care at all, and continued to take care of their original actions.

It was only at this time that Li Aoshan completely reacted.

While covering her face and running out, she screamed in fright, ran halfway, and fell down, but she didn't care, and continued to rush towards the door of the broken temple, her face was even more ugly than that of a ghost.

Liu Yi, the little leader of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, was wandering around the west of the city with a small group of Praetorian Guards.

This afternoon, someone suddenly came to Yamen to receive the reward, saying that he saw Nangong Yi's figure here in the west of the city, since the reward announcement was posted, he has seen a lot of people who want to see money and open their eyes, but today this person, what he said is well-founded, he can't help but not believe it.

In order to confirm, I had to personally bring someone to the broken temple in the west of the city to check it out. In fact, Liu Yi himself is selfish, if he doesn't find Nangong Yi, forget it, if he can find it, it will be a great achievement.

I went around in a big circle, but I didn't find anything. When he was bored, he was about to go home, but he heard a scream from the ruined temple.

As soon as Liu Yi heard that there was a play, he immediately led his subordinates in the direction of the broken temple.

When I walked to the door, I saw a woman in a gorgeous costume with a panicked face, and rushed out of the gate of the broken temple with a crawl!

"Girl, what's going on......"

"Quick, quick, inside—"

Li Aoshan was like seeing a ghost, she couldn't say anything clearly, she just blindly pointed at the broken temple with her finger, her face was pale and her expression was flustered.

When Liu Yi heard this, he didn't care much, and hurriedly rushed in with the young men in the dozen under him-

When they rushed to the door of the main hall of the broken temple and saw the scene under the statue, the people in the dozen were all stunned!

In the haystack under the statue, a man and a woman were like intoxicated lingering, hearing footsteps, the woman looked up, and then seemed to wake up instantly, her pupils dilated, as if she had seen a tragedy in the world, subconsciously stretched out her hand to block her chest, and screamed. Then the man also looked up, saw a large group of people watching, his face turned red, and he yelled, "Are they all dead?!" Get out of here! ——”

*

Standing up for two months pregnant, Concubine Yin was leaning on the green vine soft couch embroidering small clothes.

"Niangniang, don't be too tired, just let the slave and maid come to these jobs."

The personal palace maid beside him couldn't look at it, so she said.

"It's okay, I'm idle anyway, I have to find something to do, otherwise I sit all day, I can't move that, and people will be stupid."

As he was talking, suddenly a little palace maid walked in with a mille-feuille cake.

The palace maid just now couldn't help frowning, after being pregnant, Concubine Yin felt sick to her stomach when she saw this sweet and greasy thing, how could the people in this imperial dining room still be so uninteresting?

Looking at the mille-feuille cake, Concubine Yin thoughtfully, "Who gave it?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, this pastry was given to you by Hongyuan National Master Tuonu."

Hongyuan?

Concubine Yin's gaze froze for a moment.

Didn't this person have a big fight with her just a few days ago when he disagreed? Now you know how to apologize? Just send such a piece of mille-feuille cake, where is the sincerity?

"What else did he say?"

"Back to Niangniang, the national teacher said to wait for you in the old place."

Old place?

Concubine Yin's gaze softened.

Did this man finally realize that he was wrong? Since they are grasshoppers in the same boat, they should focus on the overall situation, rather than having so much sense of autonomy. I hope he can learn a lesson this time and stop making the four princes angry again.

*

Here, the Empress Dowager Xiao and the eldest princess Peixi have arrived in the Summer Palace, and the Summer Palace is really worthy of its reputation, as soon as they walked into the corridor, the temperature suddenly cooled down.

"Pei'er, you said that the mourning family is really old and confused, if it weren't for you mentioning yì, I really forgot, there is such a good place to escape the summer."

"Queen Mother, you are wise and foolish, where are you old and confused."

The eldest princess of Peixi smiled.

"I still remember that the queen mother was reluctant to come here because it was too extravagant and wasteful......"

"Where is it? You said that the emperor was afraid of heat, so he built such a palace with a lot of construction, and also put ice in the summer and charcoal in the winter. ”

As soon as Empress Renxing was mentioned, Empress Dowager Xiao's heart was full of fire.

In fact, Empress Renxing is not bad, and she doesn't care about the affairs of the harem at all, unlike the current Empress Yang who is so authoritarian, but the only thing that makes Empress Dowager Xiao unhappy is that the emperor is too fond of her, so pampered that even if Empress Renxing wants the moon in the sky and the treasures in the sea, he will not hesitate to go up the mountain and down to the sea to find it for her.

It's a pity that since ancient times, there has been a lot of life. is so favored, for a long time, it naturally attracts the eyes of others. The fire in the palace around eighteen years ago not only cost her, but also the crown prince of the year.

Although it was rumored in the palace for a while that Nangong Yi was the crown prince of the year, Empress Dowager Xiao still didn't believe it. No one knew the fire better than her, and it was impossible for that woman to stay alive when she made a move. Even if the maidservant girl beside Empress Renxing escaped from the palace, she would definitely not be able to take the former prince away from under the nose of Empress Yang.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. She was going to believe it.

Judging from the emperor's attitude towards Nangong Yi during this time, it seems that it has also confirmed that the former prince is really just a rumor. Otherwise, how could he issue an edict offering a reward for the son of Empress Renxing.

"Queen Mother, let's not mention the previous things, didn't the imperial brother know his mistake later, this Summer Palace, but now apart from him, only the Queen Mother can come in...... Even my own sister is blessed by my mother. ”

"Hmph, mourning is not uncommon."

Empress Dowager Xiao said this, but the look on her face was much more relaxed.

Knowing that she was no longer angry, the eldest princess Peixi breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to accompany her while chatting along the loafer corridor.

*

Concubine Yin came to the "old place" in Hongyuan's mouth as agreed.

This was the place where they met, but no one could have imagined that the four princes would choose the place where they would discuss important matters in the Summer Palace.

The most dangerous place is the safest place.

Because of the emperor's explicit prohibition, no one will come to the huge Summer Palace on weekdays, and even if someone wants to come, they will not be able to enter without the emperor's holy decree.

And the emperor himself, because of the fire that year and the matter of Empress Renxing, was probably afraid of touching the scene and hurting his nerves, and he was almost reluctant to step here. And the Empress Dowager Xiao is even more so.

So this place is an excellent base for them in the palace.

As soon as Concubine Yin arrived there, she saw a figure sitting there inside the screen.

She glanced at the back angrily and said, "What? Are you still mad at me? ”

Hearing her words, Hongyuan didn't look back, just sitting, just like when he was angry on weekdays.

Concubine Yin couldn't help but sigh, when will his strange temper change? Forget about her, but if you treat the four princes with such an attitude, people will no longer be as kind as her, even if she is already a national teacher? With just one word, people can beat him back to his original form.

"I said, you have to change your stinky temper, right?" , Looking at his back, Concubine Yin was a little helpless, "Since they are all grasshoppers on the same rope, then the overall situation should be the priority." Now that Nangong Yi has finally been wanted by the emperor, and in addition to such a big trouble, we should concentrate on dealing with that woman in unison, instead of rebelling in the nest-"

*

The eldest princess Peixi accompanied the Empress Dowager Xiao on the corridor, and just wanted to turn around to the flower hall, but heard the sound of people talking faintly in a side room next to her.

The two looked at each other.

Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he walked over with a light step.

Voices from inside were heard.

“…… Anyway, the emperor has already issued an edict, so Nangong Yi doesn't need to care about it anymore, and now the key is that woman...... Of course, if you have the ability to deal directly with the emperor, I have no opinion...... But my personal opinion, let's take it step by step, after all, with that woman here, even if the fourth prince sits in that position, it will be unstable......"

Before Concubine Yin's words were finished, suddenly the door was pushed open-

Empress Dowager Xiao pushed away the eldest princess Peixi, who was supporting her beside her, and rushed in.

The situation changed abruptly.

Concubine Yin seemed to have been struck by lightning and froze in place.

"Too-"

As soon as he spoke, the left half of his face was directly hit by a mouth.

"Come on, pull this rebellious slut down to me and beat him to death! ——”

Empress Dowager Xiao's voice trembled, and she didn't want to give Concubine Yin a chance to defend herself.

"Queen Mother, slave maid-"

Concubine Yin was drenched in cold sweat, where could she have thought that Empress Dowager Xiao would come to this Summer Palace today, and she happened to be bumped into.

Several eunuchs came up, tied up Concubine Yin with eight hands and feet, and dragged her down.

"Wait—"

Suddenly, someone who had been sitting behind the screen since just now and had not moved or made a sound walked out.

Empress Dowager Xiao was stunned.

She was so angry that she forgot that there was a fellow party hidden behind the screen. It's better to have two and a pair and get rid of all these people.

Concubine Yin was also stunned.

She was scared and forgot that her comrade Hongyuan was still inside, which was good, not only did Empress Dowager Xiao bump into her, but even Hongyuan couldn't escape. (To be continued.) )