The people who were waiting didn't come, but the people who shouldn't have come came to visit.

Lin Ling didn't tell anyone about his residence, not even the shopkeeper of the teahouse. Seeing that Qin Yiyan had found this place accurately, Lin Ling couldn't help but be a little annoyed, either Ashin revealed their residence, or Qin Yiyan sent someone to follow him. The former is impossible, so it can only be heard by Qin Yiyan sent people.

Qin Yiyan was dressed in a dark blue robe, with white jade hair tied up, and the narrow courtyard could not hide the brilliance around him.

"Marquis Qin, I don't know why you are here?" Lin Ling didn't invite Qin Yiyan to sit in, his face was indifferent and indifferent. Since Qin Yiyan thought that her appearance ruined his life, she would no longer have contact with him from then on. She has always regarded Qin Yiyan as a friend, and she never thought that Qin Yiyan's heart was like that, which made her no longer able to face this man with a normal heart.

Qin Yiyan smiled, looked at Lin Ling's indifferent face, and said, "Xiao Ling, I drank too much that day, and it was abrupt, let's forget all those unpleasantness." These days, I heard that there is a witty storyteller in the capital, and I was not interested in these, but I heard that this storyteller told a story about the Qing prince and the Qing princess, so I expected it to be you. ”

Qin Yiyan said so, Lin Ling didn't want to keep a straight face, walked into the west side and brought out a pot of tea, asked Qin Yiyan to sit down, and said, "That's right, it's me." How did you know that the storyteller was mine? Also, how did you know I lived here? Lin Ling handed the teacup to Qin Yiyan and looked at him lightly.

"In the story, it is said that the Qing princess was forced to marry into the Qing Palace, and the people in the capital thought that the Qing princess was climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix." Qin Yiyan held the hot tea and said, "And I know that it was Long Yuze who went to Quanzhou to kidnap you and force you to marry him." After speaking, he stared at Lin Ling with a pair of eyes.

Lin Ling hurriedly looked away, yes, if there was no Long Yuze's appearance, she would definitely be married to Qin Yiyan now.

"Xiaoling, I'm willing to help you and help you rescue him." Qin Yiyan put down the teacup and said softly.

After hearing this, Lin Ling smiled and said, "Master Qin, I have already thought of a way, so I won't bother you." ”

"Xiaoling, are you still thinking about that day?" Qin Yiyan's voice was low, and a trace of pain appeared in his eyes.

Lin Ling shook his head: "The matter of the crown prince and Long Yuze competing for the throne, it is better for you to stay out of the matter." I'm not talking angry, it's a fact. I went to look for you that day, thinking too little, and I didn't think at all that if I let you get involved, it might implicate the entire Qinhou Mansion. Qin Yiyan, you go, if I can't help it, I'll ask for help. ”

"Your purpose in telling that story is to bring Mrs. Chen here, right?" Qin Yiyan spoke again, "Do you think Mrs. Chen will help you?" First of all, you are the princess of the Qing Dynasty, the serious hostess of the Qing Palace, she used all means to drive you out of the capital, how could she help you? Second, it is not known which side she is on, and it is unknown whether she is a spy of the queen's mother. If you let her know you're back, danger can come at any time. ”

Lin Ling nodded and said, "You are right, but, according to my analysis, in fact, she also wants to rescue Long Yuze, and with this alone, she and I can stand on the same front." ”

Qin Yiyan sighed and shook his head, he didn't know how to tell Lin Ling a lot of words, and now the situation in the court was becoming more and more unpredictable. Since Long Yuze was imprisoned, the prince has become more and more profligate and acted more and more presumptuous, which has also made many people in the court dissatisfied with him, and even the emperor has repeatedly reprimanded him in the court. The second prince, Prince Qing, is calling for lifting the ban more and more, which also makes the queen more vigilant and more sensitive to this aspect of things.

If Lin Ling came out at this time, the queen would be the first to cut her.

When the time comes, if you find out that she is the Qing princess who went and returned, she will not be spared.

Moreover, in Lin Ling's story, the matter of the child is also mentioned. The crown prince has no heirs so far, and if the prince of the Qing Dynasty already has an heir, the chips will be added to the bargaining chips. How could the queen easily spare Lin Ling. Even if the best plan is true, if Chen Huiniang is willing to stand on the same front with Lin Ling, in the later stage, it is difficult to guarantee that she will not secretly use methods to frame Lin Ling for injustice.

"Xiaoling, you are too naïve!" Qin Yiyan shook his head, "Things are not as simple as you think. ”

"Anyway, I have to see Chen Huiniang first." Lin Ling said firmly.

There are more and more people who come to the teahouse to listen to books, just relying on the famous novels and novels that she reads in modern times, Lin Ling can talk for more than half a year, and she occasionally tells the story between Long Yuze and her, so three or five days have passed. Finally, the person she was waiting for came.

Chen Huiniang was very low-key and did not wrap up the entire teahouse. Instead, I picked a corner spot, ordered a good pot of tea, and listened quietly. Chen Huiniang was dressed gorgeously and looked like a fairy, as soon as she came in, everyone noticed, not to mention Lin Ling standing on the stage. was about to talk about the twenty-seventh episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but when Chen Huiniang came in, Lin Ling decided to tell the story again.

Chen Huiniang drank tea quietly and didn't look at Lin Ling. But Lin Ling knew that she must be listening.

After a story was finished, Chen Huiniang sent someone to hand Lin Ling a note, and then walked into a private room in the teahouse.

"Long time no see." Lin Ling walked into the private room and took the lead in saying, "Don't come unharmed." ”

Chen Huiniang hooked the corners of her mouth and stared at Lin Ling: "A woman dressed as a man to tell a book is indeed presentable." ”

Lin Ling smiled: "Mrs. Chen, I'm curious, what point in my story made you come here to see what happened?" ”

Chen Huiniang stroked her hair and said casually: "Two years ago, in the Lin Mansion, you and I met for the first time, and at that time you asked me to help you escape. At that time, I was very jealous, you didn't want to marry the prince, but he just let you be the princess. I've been waiting for three years, but I've never been able to get him to look at me squarely. You turn to me for help, how can I miss this great opportunity? Lin Ling, I think your wishful thinking is wrong, you appear in front of me, I want to kill you, it's easier than pinching an ant to death! ”

"Mrs. Chen, is it possible that you came to see me to kill me?" Although Lin Ling was also a little apprehensive in her heart, she still pretended to be confident, she sat opposite Chen Huiniang, picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water, took a sip, and said slowly, "I spent so much effort to bring you to see me, not to let you kill me." ”

Chen Huiniang couldn't help but sneer: "If I want to kill you, I can't help you." ”

"Mrs. Chen, don't you want to save the prince?" Lin Ling also sneered, "Or is it because you betrayed and betrayed the prince that the prince was imprisoned?" If that's the case, I've found the wrong person, and I deserve to be killed! ”

Chen Huiniang's eyebrows were raised, but she didn't speak.

In the eyes of the queen, she loved Long Yuze like a fool, and even broke with the Chen family for him. In Long Yuze's eyes, she was an undercover agent sent by the queen mother to the palace, and she felt redundant even to look at her. She wanted to rescue him and find his subordinates who had been loyal to him, but those subordinates didn't believe her either, thinking she was the queen's mother.

Now hearing Lin Ling say this, she suddenly felt extremely sad.

Her loved ones whose blood is thicker than water can't understand her, and the people she loves the most don't believe her.

And this woman who was hostile to her could actually see the deepest part of her heart.

Yes, she also wants to save Long Yuze from it, whether this man loves her or not.

"I'm now Mrs. Yipin, and even I can't do anything, what can you do?" Chen Huiniang looked at Lin Ling and couldn't help but sneer, "Don't forget, you escaped from the Qing Palace's mansion a year ago, and everyone in the capital thought that you were a water-based Yang Hua who couldn't stand the loneliness." You don't even have the capital to return to the palace openly, and you dare to negotiate conditions with me? ”

"However, I was able to gain the trust of the prince." Lin Ling also chuckled and said, "That incident a year ago, even a fool can see that I was framed. Of course, the prince also has a mirror in his heart. I heard that you can enter the palace to meet the prince every month, so the purpose of bringing you here is to ask you to take me to meet the prince. ”

"Hehehe......" Chen Huiniang couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Hongying, who had been standing behind, couldn't help but shout: "You woman is so ignorant!" This opportunity to meet once a month is something that our young lady has asked for, do you think you can move our young lady with such a few words? You are now in the capital, and there is no one to protect you, you are simply asking for your own death! ”

Lin Ling pretended to knock on the wooden table carelessly, glanced at the red tassel, and said lightly: "The emperor is very old, and within three years, the crown prince will definitely ascend the throne." If the queen can't wait, the emperor may ...... at any time At that time, there will be no one to protect the prince, and the prince's life is in danger, and I think this monthly opportunity to meet should also be left underground. You have been in the capital for a year, and you have not been affected, if you love the prince, why didn't you run for him? There were many subordinates in the past, and if they were gathered to plan again, they would definitely be able to rescue the prince! Chen Huiniang, do you don't love the prince at all, or is your love limited? You're afraid of offending the queen and the prince, aren't you? ”

"You've really become sharp!" Chen Huiniang snorted coldly, "Okay, if I take you into the palace to see the prince, then what good will I do?" You and the prince are concubines, I finally drove you out of the palace, do I want to help you rescue the prince? When the time comes, you will continue to be your Qing princess, and I, seeing you every day, don't you find guilt for yourself? ”

"Then do you want to watch the prince die at the hands of the queen?" Lin Ling smiled a little sadly, "I don't have anything now, and I can't promise you anything." However, if we work together to rescue the prince, then the prince will no longer suspect that you are the queen's mother, and he will naturally open his heart to you. ”

For a while, Chen Huiniang's mind was full of thoughts, and she couldn't make up her mind, so she said lightly: "I'll reply to you in three days." ”

As soon as she came out of the teahouse and sat in the sedan chair, Hongying began to frown and persuade.

"Miss, don't listen to that woman's nonsense!" Hongying's face was full of disdain, "What kind of wishful thinking is she playing, how could Miss guess?" If you really bring her into the palace to see the prince, all your hard work, Miss, will be in vain. ”

"However, if I don't bring her into the palace, the prince will never believe me, and everything I do is also meaningless." Chen Huiniang sighed, leaning weakly on the soft collapse, her heart fluttering. Hongying was still persuading beside her, but she didn't seem to hear anything, she just wanted to fall asleep deeply.

She was really tired and tired.

chose such a path of no return, so it was inevitable to endure so much suffering and pressure.

In order to marry Long Yuze, she waited for three years and missed the most beautiful flower season for women. Later, she was able to marry into the palace smoothly, all because the prince of Qing finally relented and was willing to marry a wife. Despite the opposition of her family, she resolutely married this man she had loved for many years. She was unwilling to betray him, disobeyed the queen's mother, and gradually separated from her mother's family, and now she is fighting alone.

She lost everything for the sake of her beloved.

However, if the crown prince ascends the throne, then she will not even have the last expectation.

Lin Ling, the girl, returned to Beijing, which she absolutely did not expect. It took her a lot of effort to drive Lin Ling out of the palace, this girl's reputation was discredited, how could she still have the face to return to Beijing? Chen Huiniang suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly turned her head and said, "Hongying, send someone to keep an eye on Lin Ling, especially to find out if she has a child!" ”

"Miss, do you believe that woman's words? She said that the princess gave birth to a child, how could it be? At that time, when she left the palace in despair, she was not pregnant. Even if you have a child, it can't be the king's. Hongying said puzzled.

"No...... Chen Huiniang thought carefully and ordered, "Go to the alley behind Changqing Street." ”

Hongying was just about to ask, when she suddenly thought that the alley behind Changqing Street was not where the Ming concubine was? The person who instigated the woman to escape was Mingyue, this Mingyue has a deep foundation in the palace, Miss originally planned to resell her, but who knew that she had redeemed herself, took the deed of sale, and turned around and married here.

But it is said that the person who married is not very good, and life is also difficult.

Mingyue's man always sits at the door these days to pick his teeth and bask in the sun, and he has pushed away the work on the dock. He married a mother-in-law, looking at the fine skin and tender meat, his hands could not lift his shoulders and he could not resist, but her dowry was still quite attractive. Especially a few days ago, a rich woman came and bought a lot of things at once and sent them into the house, so that he could not have to work for several days.

Just as he was squinting and enjoying the early winter sunshine and about to fall asleep, a luxurious carriage stopped in the alley. First, a richly dressed maid got out of the car, and then helped a noble lady down. He rubbed his eyes and quickly stood up to meet him. He's got shit luck lately, it must be!

"Madame, why did you come to the Humble House? If you don't dislike it, just go in and sit for a while and have a cup of tea. Mingyue's man nodded and greeted Chen Huiniang in, rubbing the black bench with his sleeves over and over again, and then invited Chen Huiniang to sit down, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Mingyue, hurry up and serve tea!" To be on the good Biluochun! ”

That Biluochun was sent by Lin Ling a few days ago, Mingyue put down the pattern she was embroidering in her hand, stood up and made a pot of tea, and walked out. There are very few guests in their house, who will be the one who can let her man take out Biluochun to entertain? Mingyue opened the curtain and walked into the hall, looking at the noble and beautiful woman, she couldn't help but stop.

"You mother-in-law, what are you doing?" The man couldn't help but scold in a low voice, walked over and snatched the teapot from Mingyue's hand, turned his face and smiled again, "Madam, you drink tea." ”

"You go out first, I have something to say to Mingyue." Chen Huiniang said lightly, stretched out her hand and gestured to the red tassel, and the red tassel immediately took out a silver ingot and handed it to the man. When the man saw this, his eyes lit up, and he took the money and went out of the house, and closed the door.

Mingyue hung her head, slowly moved over, and said, "The woman has seen Mrs. Chen. ”

"No need to be polite." Chen Huiniang waved her hand, "I'm here, I just want to ask you one thing, when you helped Lin Ling escape from the Qing Palace, did you find anything different?" ”

Mingyue paused, and quickly said: "The woman doesn't know what Madame means. ”

"You must have heard the story told by the storyteller in the small teahouse, in which it is said that the princess was pregnant when she left the palace, and now she has given birth to a child." Chen Huiniang stared at Mingyue tightly, not letting go of any expression on her face, "At the beginning, you were the last to see Lin Ling, did you find that she was different from usual?" ”

Mingyue clasped her hands tightly, and she thought of the red on Lin Ling's skirt when she let Lin Ling out of the mansion that day. Yes, Lin Ling may be pregnant, and she also informed the prince of this matter. It's just that she doesn't know whether Lin Ling kept the child later, and whether she gave birth to it.

Seeing Mingyue's hesitation, Chen Huiniang smiled lightly: "I also know your current situation, marrying a useless man, and beating and scolding you all day long." As long as you tell me the truth, I will certainly not sit idly by. You used to be the eldest girl in the palace, and you also won the appreciation and trust of the prince, and now you are in such a situation, I can't bear it. ”

"Ma'am, that was a year ago...... Women need to think about it. Mingyue replied with her head down, and her heart was also entangled.

Chen Huiniang stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll send someone to ask tomorrow to see if you think clearly." ”

Mingyue sent Chen Huiniang's master and servant out of the door, and as soon as the carriage disappeared into the alley, the man rushed in, slammed the door, and roared: "You stinky woman!" There is so much! I'm telling you, you're never going to get rid of me for the rest of your life! Unless you let that lady kill me! ”

Mingyue didn't bother to take care of him, turned around and went into the house to continue embroidering.

But the man was not willing to give up, and opened the curtain and rushed in. I also know that I married a useless man and beat and scolded you all day long. As long as you tell me the truth, I will certainly not sit idly by. You used to be the eldest girl in the palace, and you also won the appreciation and trust of the prince, and now you are in such a situation, I can't bear it. ”

"Ma'am, that was a year ago...... Women need to think about it. Mingyue replied with her head down, and her heart was also entangled.

Chen Huiniang stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll send someone to ask tomorrow to see if you think clearly." ”

Mingyue sent Chen Huiniang's master and servant out of the door, and as soon as the carriage disappeared into the alley, the man rushed in, slammed the door, and roared: "You stinky woman!" There is so much! I'm telling you, you're never going to get rid of me for the rest of your life! Unless you let that lady kill me! ”

Mingyue didn't bother to take care of him, turned around and went into the house to continue embroidering.

But the man was not willing to give up, and opened the curtain and rushed in.