Li Sanmei, the side concubine who had just entered the Qing Palace, was summoned into the palace by the queen's mother, but accidentally fell into the lotus pond in the imperial garden and died, and it is said that she was pushed down by the concubine Yu of the East Palace. Concubine Li was the life-saving benefactor of the Qing prince, so the Qing prince sued in front of the emperor, so the concubine Yu was given death, the prince was grounded, and the queen was scolded by the emperor severely.

This matter seems to have come to an end.

Li Sanmei's "aftermath" was very grand, although the coffin was lying in a palace maid who didn't know whose name was.

Lin Ling looked at Long Yuze beside him and said slowly, "What do you say the queen will do next?" ”

"Don't wait a few days, there will be a happy event in the East Palace soon." Long Yuze wiped a bronze sword, gently pulled it out, and slowly groaned, "Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use soldiers for a while, Xiao Ling'er, this king will go down to Jiangnan tomorrow, and he will return to Beijing within three days." No matter what the queen and the crown prince do, you should be at ease, and everything will wait for the king to come back and make a decision! ”

Lin Ling suddenly remembered that this Long Yuze had raised tens of thousands of troops in the south of the Yangtze River, and seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, he was afraid that he was going to raise troops.

The closer you get to this time, the more dangerous it becomes. How many people lost their lives in the battle for succession, even if Lin Ling has not studied history, he has watched so many TV series, and the throne is built with blood and bones. Long Yuze went to Jiangnan this time, I am afraid that there will be many crises, it may be to boost morale, or it may be to leak his whereabouts and be annihilated in one fell swoop!

Thinking of this, Lin Ling's heart chilled, and he couldn't help but reach out and hold Long Yuze's wrist: "Are you sure?" If...... Can we give up the throne? It is said that the high place is unbearable, is the throne so important? ”

This is the first time, Lin Ling persuaded Long Yu Zemo to compete for the throne, and perhaps the last time.

Long Yuze smiled, put down the sword in his hand, and held Lin Ling's hand: "Xiao Ling'er, are you afraid?" Rest assured, this king will keep you safe. ”

Lin Ling was silent, and the little hand lying in Long Yuze's palm moved, and said in a low voice: "Because I am a goddess, do you protect me thoroughly?" ”

"Isn't the goddess Li Sanmei now?" Long Yuze's voice was low, but it exuded a charm.

Lin Ling's heart tightened, this means that he has anything else to mean to her besides the goddess, right?

"Okay, don't think about it, I'll be back in three days, and when the time comes, how about this king allow you to enjoy the country together?" He put his arm around Lin Ling's shoulders and smiled heartily, and the two of them looked at the yellow leaves flying in the distance, as if they were really looking at the rivers and mountains.

Lin Ling also curled her lips and smiled, she just waited for him to come back, and on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, let them fight side by side.

She couldn't do much, but she was able to stand by his side and give him strength.

All the things in the palace are handled by Chen Huiniang, although it is just a small side concubine, but she is the life-saving benefactor of the nominal Qing prince, and there are really many people who come to mourn. Chen Huiniang was busy before and after, busy inside and out, and finally finished being busy. As soon as Li Sanmei's white affairs were finished, Long Yuze left the palace to go out on errands, and the palace became deserted.

Chen Huiniang lay lazily on the low couch, her thoughts slowly unfolded, and her eyebrows slowly twisted.

Now the situation in the palace is really unfavorable to her, the prince and Lin Ling's girl are getting closer and closer, and if this continues, she will never have a chance to be favored. To this day, she has not had sex with the prince, which is a great shame for her. Even if you have the power to take charge? The prince didn't look at her at all, and in this palace, she had no other use except for dealing with family affairs.

originally thought that she could win over the prince's life-saving benefactor Li Sanmei to stand on a united front with her, but she didn't expect this Li Sanmei to die in the palace, and now, she can only find a way to get rid of Lin Ling, a troublesome girl, step by step. Although there are many concubines in the house, none of them are useful, and the glass that can block the pressure of the queen for her is increasingly useless. If she doesn't make a move, she will either be crushed to death by the pressure of the queen, or she will be cold to death by the alienation of the prince.

She had to find a way out for herself.

"Miss, now that the prince is not in the mansion, this opportunity must not be missed." Hongying said in a low voice.

Chen Huiniang raised her eyebrows: "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

"Naturally, I want to give the princess a look, and I have to make her suffer a dumb loss, even if the prince comes back, she can't sue." Hongying said coldly, "Miss must not be soft, being kind to the enemy is cruel to yourself." If you marry the princess directly on the same day, then there will be no worries today. ”

"Sue?" Chen Huiniang sneered, "I'm going to make it impossible for her to sue!" This time, I will definitely not give her a chance to turn over. ”

In late summer and early autumn, there are many energetic little insects hiding in the grass, and they are constantly barking.

The green and yellow leaves fell on the lawn from time to time with the breeze, Lin Ling squatted down and picked up a few brightly colored and not yet yellow leaves, lowered his head and sniffed, turned his head and said: "This weather is so good, if you didn't ask me out to relax, I would really be suffocated in the palace!" ”

Ma Xiaoge smiled: "Yes, the scenery in the suburbs of Beijing is very beautiful, I only knew about it once before, so I specially asked you to relax here." ”

"I'm distracted?" Lin Ling jumped in front of Ma Xiaoge, "I think the person who needs to be distracted is you, right?" From the moment we met, you had a sad face, and now even though you are laughing, it is worse than crying! Since you have asked me out, hurry up and tell me what you are worried about, so that I can share it for you! ”

"I want to ask you for a favor, you must help with this favor, or no one will help me." Ma Xiaoge looked at Lin Ling solemnly, and said slowly, "Qin Xiaohou wants to accept me as a concubine, as for why you don't need to know, what you need to know is that the Hou Mansion is about to marry a new lady, and I am also going to marry into the Hou Mansion at this time, you say, what should I do?" ”

Lin Ling's hand holding the leaves paused, looking at Ma Xiaoge in disbelief, but only saw the decisiveness in her eyes.

If that's her choice, let it be up to her, as long as she feels good.

"How do you want me to help you?" Lin Ling said lightly, "Since Qin Yiyan is willing to marry you, and you are willing to marry, wouldn't that be just right?" Find an auspicious day for the zodiac to do the family affairs, and it is only right to settle it early. ”

Ma Xiaoge didn't care about Lin Ling's sudden alienation, and sighed and said, "It would be nice if it was just so simple." The key is that Miss Bo is about to enter the door soon, and I don't want to lose to her in momentum, otherwise I will be trampled under my feet in the future. Although she is the pearl of the Bo family, I am also my mother's heart. Xiao Ling, I want the little Hou Ye to carry a sedan chair to marry me into the door, I don't want to quietly become a concubine in the Hou Mansion, you have to help me ......"

Lin Ling understood what Ma Xiaoge meant, if Ma Daopo hadn't saved her at the beginning, how could she have the scenery of being the princess of Qing today? Although Ma Daopo is dead, the kindness is still there, Xiaoge begged her to do something, of course, she must spare no effort to do it, in order to be worthy of Ma Daopo's life-saving grace back then.

"Xiaoling, I want to recognize you as my sister......" Ma Xiaoge said in a low voice.

For this body, Lin Ling didn't know what his real age was, in short, it was about the same size as Ma Xiaoge. As for her actual mental age, she is more than enough to be Ma Xiaoge's sister, so she naturally nodded. Carefully scrutinizing Ma Xiaoge's words, it was not difficult for Lin Ling to understand what she meant.

She stretched out her hand to hold Ma Xiaoge's hand and said, "When Miss Bo marries into the Qinhou Mansion, you will live in the Qing Palace, and then you will marry from the palace." Married as the sister of Princess Qing, Miss Bo will take more or less care of me when she wants to embarrass you, do you think this is good? ”

"Xiaoling, thank you!" Ma Xiaoge held Lin Ling's hand and said in a low voice.

This step is very difficult for her, but fortunately Xiao Ling doesn't ask, otherwise what would she say?

said that she put drunken heavenly incense in Qin Xiaohou's wine glass, and Hou Ye had no choice but to be responsible for her?

Separated from Ma Xiaoge, Lin Ling directly began to visit the night market in the capital, she hadn't been shopping for a long time, and she was a little excited.

Ashin followed behind Lin Ling, carrying the large bags of things that Lin Ling bought casually, with a smile in his eyes.

"Ashin, you can also taste this, it's very sweet!" Lin Ling stuffed a string of sugar gourds into Ashin's mouth, turned his head, and saw something fresh and interesting, and immediately took out the silver to buy it, and was very happy all the way.

Because the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there is a night market concession, but the time is not very long, and before the fun is finished, many stalls are ready to clean up and close the stalls. But Lin Ling was also very satisfied, looking at all kinds of food and gadgets that Ashin was carrying, and laughed: "This capital is really more fun than Quanzhou, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I must come out to play every day!" ”

"Miss, don't you want to go back to Quanzhou?" Ashin was suddenly a little lost, and from Lin Ling's tone, he could tell that she had begun to like and cherish the place she had wanted to escape. Like the leisurely appearance of Quanzhou, I'm afraid it will never be there, right?

Lin Ling paused, and while eating the rock sugar gourd, he shook his head and said: "If you have the chance, of course I will go back, I still miss the host of Desheng Temple." Ashin, don't ask me, I mentioned marriage to you last time, but you changed the topic. Whether you agree or disagree this time, I will make the decision for you. You're a lot older, you can't put it off any longer! ”

"Miss, my subordinate was originally a dead soldier in the Qinhou Mansion, and he swore allegiance to the little marquis." Ashin said slowly, "Later, Master Hou gave an order to his subordinates, so that his subordinates should protect Miss well for the rest of their lives. Therefore, the subordinates will never get married, and they will be by the side of the young lady for the rest of their lives to complete the mission of the dead man! ”

"Come on!" Lin Ling waved his hand impatiently, "I hate you saying this the most!" The mission of marriage and death can also be both! Ashin, let's do it, you and Caixia get married, you can continue to protect me, she can continue to serve me, isn't that right? ”

Lin Ling looked at Ashin expectantly with a pair of eyes, he had been with her for more than three years, and she naturally knew his dead brain. If she really leaves this era one day, then Ashin must think that something happened to her, either to apologize for her sins with death, or to die alone. This is not what she wants to see, if he gets married, has a wife and children, then there will be new concerns, even if she leaves, it will not affect him too much.

Ashin didn't speak, and his heart beat violently and irrepressibly.

His only prayer was to be able to be by her side forever.

If she would be happy to see him become his own child, then he would make him happy.

So, Ashin nodded: "As long as you can continue to protect Miss, you can do anything!" ”

"Since you agreed, then I'll ask Caixia?" Lin Ling laughed and said, although she heard Ashin's reluctance, she could only do this, otherwise she couldn't bear to watch the person who had protected her for three years beat her up! If Caixia is unwilling, there are still many capable and beautiful maids in this palace.

As soon as he returned to the palace, Lin Ling asked Caixia this question, and Caixia didn't speak, only said that she would consider it.

Lin Ling didn't care either, and came sleepily under the quilt. Before falling asleep, it suddenly occurred to me that Long Yuze would probably return home tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow, and this day was still peaceful and beautiful, and it was quite fast...... didn't allow her to think about it too much, and fell into a dark and sweet dream.

Caixia carefully blew out the candles, closed the door lightly, stood still at the door of the room for a few seconds, decisively tightened her cloak, and walked all the way towards the east and west corners of the palace. This is the main kitchen of the palace, on the side, is a long wing, the door of the wing is full of firewood and other things, Caixia rubbed her hands, hesitantly stood still.

Just someone was passing by, Caixia hurriedly called: "Auntie, is Luo Wenjie here?" ”

"Yo, is it the princess's side Caixia girl?" The lady smiled, put down the things she was busy with, and said, "This Wenjie is young and strong, and he hasn't slept so late, and he is busy in the kitchen with snacks for tomorrow morning." Miss Caixia is waiting here, and I will call him out. ”

Caixia nodded, stepped back, and hid herself in the shadow of the tree.

The events of the past few days are still vivid, but today, she is standing here again. I was nervous, I couldn't find a place to stay, although I had made up my mind to come here, but why was my heart still so panicked? Caixia reached out and rubbed her slightly stiff cheeks, if Luo Wenjie was unwilling to stay for her, then she would have nothing to be nostalgic for.

"Miss Caixia, is there anything wrong with coming here so late?" Luo Wenjie was dressed in coarse cloth, with blood stains on them, as well as fish scales and animal hair. Caixia frowned, it seemed that every time he came, Luo Wenjie was dressed like this, as if he was busy at all times.

Caixia looked at Luo Wenjie periodically: "I'm here, naturally I'm looking for something for you." ”

Luo Wenjie lowered his head and wiped his hands on his clothes, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Caixia couldn't help but smile bitterly, didn't he know that she was all him? What did you ask? What can be the matter? Isn't that what happened between her and him? From the moment she saw this man like a dumpling, her eyes always revolved around him, she liked to see him ugly and embarrassed, and then stepped forward to teach him, and unconsciously, she actually had him in her heart.

"Luo Wenjie, you don't have to pretend that nothing happened." Caixia lowered her voice and said, "You know my affection, and you know how I am to you." I heard the princess say that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, you will leave the capital and go back to the Black Forest, but I don't want you to go, will you stay for me? ”

Luo Wenjie's face was faint: "Miss Caixia, I said before that the Black Forest is my hometown, no matter what, I will return there and live there for the rest of my life." ”

"I see. Just now, the princess made the decision for me a family matter, how about you leave after drinking the wedding wine? Caixia asked in a low voice.

Luo Wenjie was stunned for a moment, his eyes were as deep and rich as the night, and then he smiled: "This is very good, the capital is better than the Black Forest." ”

"You! Hello! You're so nice! Caixia raised her head and laughed, stepped back one step at a time, stepped on the firewood lying on the ground, staggered and fell to the ground, Luo Wenjie wanted to help, she pushed it away with one hand, "I don't need to be amorous here, from now on, there will be no time in the future!" ”

Looking at Caixia's stumbling figure walking farther and farther, Luo Wenjie suddenly sighed lowly.

The first time he saw Lin Ling in the Black Forest, it was amazing, not emotional.

And in the palace, Caixia takes a lot of care of him, and she has a good impression, is it feelings?

But whether this was the kind of affection he wanted or not, he couldn't give up the Black Forest for a woman.

When Lin Ling got up on the second day, he found that Caixia was very wrong, usually Caixia would comb her hair and dress and wash her energetically, but today she was obviously very slow, and sometimes she was stuck thinking about something. Looking at the dark green circle under her eyes, thinking about yesterday's events, Lin Ling couldn't help but blame herself, couldn't it really be caused by her pulling the red line and blindly making up mandarin ducks, right?

"That Caixia...... If you don't want to accept Ashin's words, just say it, don't care about my princess's identity! Lin Linggan smiled and said, "You have been serving me for so long, I must hope that you will be happy too." ”

Caixia pulled a smile and said, "No, princess...... There was a wild cat outside the house last night that was calling on the slave's windowsill, so it didn't sleep well...... As long as it is arranged by the princess, the slaves and maids can accept it. ”

In ancient times, as long as there was no sweetheart, when the master matched them, there would generally be no objections. Lin Ling looked at Caixia's appearance, although she seemed reluctant, but the one she usually had the most contact with seemed to be Ashin. It may be true that there were wild cats who didn't sleep last night, Lin Ling nodded and smiled: "In this case, then we will do your marriage earlier...... Well, how about it before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so that I can rest assured as soon as possible! ”

There will be a big war around the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Ling didn't want this matter to be ruthlessly postponed, so he set the date with Caixia on the spot, just three days after the marriage between Bo Mansion and Qin Mansion. When he told Ashin about this, he didn't really care. It seems that Lin Ling is messing around alone from beginning to end, she can't help but be a little sneering, but it is also a very beautiful thing to be able to make two people who serve her wholeheartedly become husband and wife.