Long Yuze looked at Lin Ling and said softly: "I can ask Chen Huiniang to assist you in investigating this matter." ”

Lin Ling was stunned: "Do you believe her?" ”

Long Yuze nodded: "If she was really the queen's mother, she would have handed you over to the queen or the prince a long time ago, but now that you have been safe and sound, there are not many people in the capital who know you, so she should be trustworthy at present." And you have to go to the cold palace to find out what happened more than ten years ago, without her help, I'm afraid you won't even be able to go to the cold palace. ”

Lin Ling nodded, just as Chen Huiniang opened the curtain and walked in, the bead curtain crackled and fell, and she walked over.

"Lord, princess, it's not early." Chen Huiniang's eyes are like ink, charming and moving.

Lin Ling glanced at Long Yuze and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that his expression was as usual.

The two walked out together, and when they arrived at a place where there were fewer palace maids and eunuchs, she took out the rice paper in her arms and said, "This is what the prince just gave me, and it is about the death of the princess and the princess more than ten years ago, let's watch it together." ”

Chen Huiniang raised her eyebrows: "Oh? Interesting, since you entered the prince's room, you have spoken softly, for fear that I would hear it, but now you take out the letter written by the prince himself to share with me, is there some ulterior conspiracy? ”

Lin Ling smiled: "No matter what ulterior conspiracy I have, it is also to rescue the prince." ”

Chen Huiniang didn't speak again, and studied the letter written by Long Yuze with Lin Ling.

At that time, Long Yuze's mother and queen concubine were pampered, and she was the first beauty of the dynasty, and she was named the mother queen of a country after entering the palace one year ago. But at the same time, the Chen family also relied on the huge power of the Chen family to enter the eyes of the emperor, and was pregnant with the dragon seed at the same time as the first queen. The Daewoo Dynasty is all about the elderly, and the big is not small, and the heirs are not small, so although Mr. Chen has a son, the position of the prince is still Long Yuze's, but the two princes were small at the beginning, and the matter of establishing the prince was slightly shelved.

But the good times didn't last long, only three or five years later, the first queen was sent to the cold palace because of an incident, and then died inexplicably in the cold palace, and then Chen became the queen. Of course, the original eldest prince also became a concubine, and he was also the eldest son, so under the premise that everything was justified, the eldest prince became the crown prince of the dynasty.

As for Concubine Ping, she died of a violent illness before the first queen and the Chen family gave birth, and because she was happy to have two dragon sons, this matter was over. And although Concubine Ping has a look and family background, her appearance is not as good as the first queen, and her family background is not as good as Chen's, so her death did not bring much shock to the palace, even if the prime minister launched a lot of people to write a book to investigate the matter thoroughly, but how could the affairs in the harem be interfered by a foreign minister, yes, there was no movement.

"I've heard my dad mention it." Chen Huiniang frowned and said, "But more than ten years have passed, and it is difficult to find out." And the queen mother has controlled the harem for more than ten years, and there should be no traces of the erased at all. ”

"Even if you can't find out, you have to check it, otherwise how can you explain it to the prime minister?" Lin Ling put away the rice paper and said, "Let's go to the cold palace first, maybe someone will remember what happened more than ten years ago." When the prince first investigated, the news was dug up from the mouths of several old palace maids who had served the first queen, but before he could hand over the evidence to the emperor, the two old palace maids disappeared. Therefore, we must be careful not to be discovered by the queen mother. ”

Chen Huiniang nodded: "If you can rescue the prince by doing this, I will spare no effort to help you." However, I am still the niece of the queen mother, and since I can't do things for her, I don't want to be her enemy. ”

"From the moment you fall in love with the prince, you are destined to be the enemy of the queen." Lin Ling said coldly, "If you remain neutral, the queen will deal with you, and the prince won't believe you, so since you love, it's better to love more thoroughly!" ”

Chen Huiniang stared at Lin Ling with slanted eyes, the corners of her mouth were inadhilantly hooked, and she said as she walked: "Yes, I will help you rescue the prince now and betray my family." No matter whether the crown prince successfully ascends the throne in the end, or the prince successfully counterattacks, then I will not end well, you say that I do all this, why bother? ”

"Chen Huiniang, isn't this all a path of no return that you have chosen?" Lin Ling actually sympathized with Chen Huiniang's situation, and did not hesitate to break with the family for the sake of his beloved. If Long Yuze loves her, then everything is worth it and rewarding. But Long Yuze clearly didn't love her, and he didn't even want to see her more. If Chen Huiniang was her friend, she would definitely say something to stop Chen Huiniang's moth to the fire, but there was no way, they were both allies and enemies, so she could only persuade her to go to the end towards that road of no return.

What is the future, and who can see clearly?

The cold palace is in the southwest corner of the palace, extremely remote, and there are almost no palace maids and eunuchs coming and going. Along the way, the trees withered and the vines were intricate, as if walking into a ruined temple without incense for a long time. After passing through a barren path, you will arrive at the gate of the cold palace, not even a plaque is used, the door is dilapidated and old, and the occasional sound of frolic is heard in the house.

"Why do you say that there is no one guarding the gate of this cold palace?" Lin Ling was a little strange, wasn't he afraid that the women in the cold palace would run out to make trouble?

Chen Huiniang shook her head and said, "I'm afraid that the guards are lazy, and it's my first time here, let's go in quickly, it's not good to be discovered." With that, she pushed open the broken wooden door and stepped inside.

"Ahh The food delivery is here, everyone come out, the food delivery is here! As soon as Chen Huiniang entered, a woman dressed in dirty clothes pounced on her like the wind. Fortunately, she had practiced martial arts, so she easily dodged it, frowning and staring at the woman.

Lin Ling walked in, and saw a lot of crazy women coming around, and when he saw the two of them empty-handed, he turned back one by one in frustration: "I thought it was for food...... No, go back to sleep! ”

"Like...... There is no normal ......" Lin Ling looked at the situation in the courtyard and muttered.

In addition to the dilapidation, the yard was still very dirty, it was already winter, and there were several women sleeping on the ground, and no one stopped drinking. In addition to these, there are also a few women who are crazy and fussing around, and listening to the words that come out of their mouths, you can judge that the brain must be abnormal. However, among this group of abnormal women, Lin Ling finally saw a woman who was all dressed cleanly, she was sitting on a stone bench, her brows furrowed.

"How long have you been in this cold palace?" Lin Ling walked over and asked cautiously.

The woman raised her eyebrows and looked at Lin Ling coldly: "If you don't call the palace attendants, don't talk to the palace!" ”

Lin Linggang was about to say something, but Chen Huiniang grabbed her, pointed to her head, and said, "I'm afraid there is also a bit of a problem." ”

The two had to give up and walked into the house together, and there were many women in the house. Although there were many people, they didn't seem to see the two of them, what they should do or what they were doing, and they were not affected at all.

"What do you say?" Lin Ling looked at Chen Huiniang worriedly.

Chen Huiniang also shook her head: "It's all crazy, even if you ask, I'm afraid you won't be able to ask anything." ”

The two were just about to give up, when suddenly a person came out of the room.

The woman was dressed as a bright red palace concubine, her hair was meticulously combed, and a turquoise bead hairpin was inserted in her bun. There seemed to be fat powder on her face, and rouge on her lips, she walked out with a handkerchief, stared at Lin Ling and the others, and asked, "You were sent by the emperor to let me out of the cold palace?" ”

"No, we're just passing by and taking a look." Lin Ling didn't dare to be sure if the person in front of him was normal, so he could only perfunctory first.

"Oh, no......" the woman looked disappointed.

"May I ask who you are?" Chen Huiniang asked lightly.

The woman immediately raised her eyebrows and said: "I am a Qi nobleman, and I was beaten into the cold palace by the emperor in anger three days ago, but I believe that the emperor is just angry, and I will leave this broken place immediately in a few days!" ”

"It turned out to be Qi Guiren." Chen Huiniang blessed her body, "But the only daughter of Lord Shangshu's family, Lord Qi, entered the palace half a year ago?" ”

The woman nodded, "How do you know?" Who are you? ”

Lin Ling hurriedly raised his interest, it seems that the woman in front of her is not in a good spirit, but she only came three days ago, and she won't know anything valuable if she wants to come. But it's good to ask, so without waiting for Chen Huiniang to reveal their identities, Lin Ling opened his mouth and asked, "Qi Guiren, do you know that there are sane women in this cold palace?" Or do you know anyone who's been here for more than 10 years? ”

Qi Guiren glanced at Lin Ling coldly and said, "It seems that you are here to find out some unknown secrets in the palace." ”

"Qi Guiren, you are now in the cold palace, and you can't help yourself, just waiting for the emperor to take you out of the cold palace, how high do you think the possibility is?" Lin Ling said in a deep voice, "If you help us, we can think of talking to you in front of the queen mother, so that you can leave this place as soon as possible, how about it?" ”

"You guys? Can you speak in front of the Queen? Qi Guiren said disdainfully.

Chen Huiniang said with a smile: "I am the concubine of Chen Guogong's mansion, and I am also the niece of the queen's mother, and I am also the lady of the dynasty, and it is not too difficult to see the queen and the emperor." As long as you help us, I will let you out of here sooner, after all, what we are doing is not in conflict with you. ”

Qi Guiren lowered his head and thought for a while, probably feeling that this matter did not conflict with him, but could give him a chance to live, so he said: "There are many people in this cold palace who have been in this cold palace for more than ten years, but they are all a little crazy, the only one who is not crazy or noisy is a deaf person, and he can't speak, just in the courtyard behind, I will take you over." ”

The courtyard at the back was even more dilapidated and barren than the one in front, and on a couch with yellowed and blackened cotton wool lay several women, all of them yellow and thin, ragged, with hollow eyes, looking extremely terrifying. Lin Ling walked in cautiously, and saw a woman nestled at the head of the bed, her hair was unkempt, but her eyes were not so blurred, she should be the deaf and mute person in Qi Guiren's mouth.

"This is the woman who was beaten into the cold palace more than ten years ago." After Qi Guiren brought the two of them here, he walked out of the house in disgust, stood at the door and said, "You guys go in and take a look for yourself, I'll wait outside." ”

Lin Ling walked to the couch, patted the deaf and dumb woman's arm, and made a writing motion, only to see the woman shaking her head blankly.

Lin Ling didn't understand, I don't know if the woman shook her head to mean that she couldn't write, or that she couldn't understand her gestures?

"Although the mad man is not sane, he must remember the most impressive things." Lin Ling thought of what he had seen before from somewhere, and walked up to a few delirious people again, and said in a loud voice, "The queen mother has arrived!" ”

"Ahh

The room immediately became a mess, and three or four women knelt on the couch with their heads in their arms, making gestures of begging for mercy.

Lin Ling and Chen Huiniang glanced at each other, and they both felt that there was a play.

Chen Huiniang was already noble, and her demeanor was also very dignified, and she was even more similar to the queen, she stood straight and said in a calm voice: "That thing, this palace let you rot into your stomach, but now there is a lot of rumors outside, saying, which of you leaked it!" ”

"Not me...... Not me...... Ask the queen to spare her life! A group of people knelt and begged for mercy, but only the woman sitting at the foot of the bed watched all this blankly.

Chen Huiniang squatted down, pinched a person's chin, and said coldly: "Tell me, what happened more than ten years ago?" ”

"I don't know! I don't know......" The man trembled with fright, and kept spitting out characters without syllables in his mouth.

It may just be a natural reaction, they just remember the instinctive feeling and forget what made them who they are.

"I think we've got to start with her." Lin Ling looked at the deaf and dumb woman and said, "Although she can't hear and can't speak, she should be literate." If she can't read, then let's see if we should find a doctor to treat her, it may not have any effect. ”

Chen Huiniang shook her head: "We can come to the cold palace today, just because the guards here are lax, and if we leave today, someone will definitely inform the queen mother, then next time, it will not be so easy." As for this deaf and dumb woman, in my opinion, she was also victimized, and she just wanted her to not be able to say anything, no different from the living dead. If you find a doctor, it may not be useful. ”

Lin Ling was silent, these women have been here for a long time, and they are indeed not normal.

"It's not early, let's leave first, and then slowly figure out a way." Chen Huiniang opened her mouth and said, Lin Ling had no choice but to go out first.

The noble man sent the two of them out, and told them not to forget what he promised her.

When he returned home, Lin Ling took out all the rumors and news about Empress Chen, but he couldn't see why.

If you want to find out the case more than ten years ago, it is even more difficult for her to enter the palace than to ascend to the sky.

However, it is difficult to return, and she still has to do it.

Sleepless nights.

On the second day, when Chen Huiniang got up, she was summoned into the palace by the queen's mother.

She had been mentally prepared for a long time, so she was not surprised.

"Huiniang, yesterday was the day you met Ze'er, I heard that you went to the cold palace after that?" While peeling the skin of the lychee, the queen said lightly, "This winter is also coming, the cold palace is colder than other places, what are you going to do there?" ”

Chen Huiniang's face did not change, and said with a smile: "Back to the queen's words, when Huiniang went to see the prince yesterday, the prince was in a bad mood and spoke coldly to Huiniang, so when he came out, he pretended to have other things in his heart, and he was lost without paying attention, so he accidentally walked to the cold palace." However, when she found out that it was a cold palace, Huiniang left immediately, not daring to stay for a long time. ”

"Really?" The queen's words dragged on for a long time, all of them were distrustful, but she didn't ask much, just handed the peeled lychee to Chen Huiniang and said, "It was just shipped from the south, you can eat it, if you like it, the palace will send someone to send a little to the Qing Palace." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Chen Huiniang said softly and put the watery lychee on the tip of her tongue.

The queen looked at Chen Huiniang coldly, and couldn't help but snort coldly, her eyes were full of indifference.

She always knew that this girl liked Long Yuze's kid, and in order to get the first information, she married her into the Qing Palace. Unexpectedly, she really dared to break with the Chen family for the sake of a man, and even went to the cold palace to investigate what happened more than ten years ago. She has given this girl many chances, and even named her Mrs. Yipin, but this girl is too dissatisfied to go against her, since this is the case, don't blame her for being ruthless and indifferent.

The grandmother beside the queen sent Chen Huiniang out of the Phoenix Eagle Palace, and said earnestly: "Mrs. Chen, no matter how the queen mother is, she is also your own aunt, think about it, when did the queen mother treat you badly?" Even if the prince of Qing was imprisoned, the queen still felt sorry for you, when did you suffer? ”

"Mama, Hui Niang doesn't understand what you mean." Chen Huiniang smiled slightly.

The grandmother sighed again and said, "You like the prince of Qing no matter how much you like, but he is a man who is unkind, and only relatives will always be good to you." What did you do in the cold palace, the queen mother has sent someone to find out clearly, if this is not an example, the queen mother will also act as if nothing happened, you are still her good niece. ”

"Mama said and laughed, Hui Niang just got lost and went to the cold palace, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will spread the rumor." Chen Huiniang said lightly, turned around and left the Phoenix Vulture Palace, but the fingers in her sleeves sank into the palms.

The queen's personal grandmother said it so openly, which means that she and the queen are really inseparable from now on.

Chen Huiniang wanted to cry and laugh, but in the end, she still had a faint face, arrogant and indifferent.

"Miss......" Hongying called worriedly.

Chen Huiniang shook her head with a smile, Lin Ling was right, since she chose this path of no return, let's go to the end with her eyes closed.

"Hongying, don't worry, I was able to drive Lin Ling away before, and after rescuing the prince, I can still do it." Chen Huiniang smiled confidently, "As long as the prince believes in me, then everything is possible." Said: "No matter how much you like the prince of Qing, but he is a man who is unkind, only relatives will always be good to you." What did you do in the cold palace, the queen mother has sent someone to find out clearly, if this is not an example, the queen mother will also act as if nothing happened, you are still her good niece. ”

"Mama said and laughed, Hui Niang just got lost and went to the cold palace, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will spread the rumor." Chen Huiniang said lightly, turned around and left the Phoenix Vulture Palace, but the fingers in her sleeves sank into the palms.

The queen's personal grandmother said it so openly, which means that she and the queen are really inseparable from now on.

Chen Huiniang wanted to cry and laugh, but in the end, she still had a faint face, arrogant and indifferent.

"Miss......" Hongying called worriedly.

Chen Huiniang shook her head with a smile, Lin Ling was right, since she chose this path of no return, let's go to the end with her eyes closed.

"Hongying, don't worry, I was able to drive Lin Ling away before, and after rescuing the prince, I can still do it." Chen Huiniang smiled confidently, "As long as the prince believes in me, then everything is possible." ”