At night, Lin Ling walked in the palace, letting the breeze blow his cheeks, occasionally raising his head to look at the increasingly dense stars in the sky, and the moon slowly rising. The stars and the moon are difficult to see in the modern cement and steel metropolis, and now that there is such a good opportunity, how can you miss it?

I heard Caixia say that the stargazing platform where Li Sanmei lives is an excellent place to see the stars, and she has to go over and take a look at whatever she says.

"Oh? Concubine Chen is also in a good mood to come here to enjoy the stars? Looking at the maids waiting at the door of the stargazing platform, Lin Ling said with interest.

Caixia echoed: "The slave maid heard that Concubine Chen and the newly promoted Concubine Li are very close to each other, and they often visit the palace at night. ”

Lin Ling nodded knowingly, this may also be a good thing.

The courtyard of the observatory is simple but chic, with a small pavilion topped with vines hanging down from the side, and many flower pots at the bottom. At this nightfall, there is quite a sense of meaning, and a faint fragrance of flowers can be faintly smelled. Chen Huiniang and Li Sanmei sat side by side in the pavilion, with melon and fruit snacks and strong tea on the stone table, and both of them had a shallow smile on their faces.

"Sister Li, the princess has returned home today, you must have heard of it, right?" Chen Huiniang picked up a sour jujube and put it in her mouth, looked at Li Sanmei, and said slowly, "You have been married into the palace for a few days, although you have not met the princess, but I think you have heard of it, right?" The princess is tired of traveling today, I'm afraid I won't be able to meet you, but you will see you tomorrow. ”

Li Sanmei reciprocated with an obscure smile and remained silent, she had seen Lin Ling when she was in the fishing village, but it was a secret.

Chen Huiniang smiled and said, "Don't worry too much, the princess is young and inevitably acts impulsively, but in general, she is reasonable." As long as you understand etiquette, don't do wrong things and say wrong things, and the princess will not treat you like this. Besides, you are the prince's savior, even if the princess wants to send you away to Zhuangzi, it is basically impossible. ”

When the princess first married into the palace, she sent all the concubines in the palace away, and also used various means to deal with Concubine Chen, and even poisoned Concubine Chen's mother at a banquet in the palace...... For these, Li Sanmei always had a skeptical attitude, when she was in the fishing village, the main person who saved her was this princess, and she was not as vicious as the people said.

And...... Li Sanmei cautiously glanced at Chen Huiniang beside her, although she was stupid, she also knew that the woman in front of her was not simple. What did the prince ask her to marry into the palace, she still doesn't know the reason. But what she can guess is that the prince just wants to protect the princess. Just now, the dark night beside the prince also told her that everything would be under the orders of the princess in the future.

"Sister Li, don't be afraid." Chen Huiniang thought that Li Sanmei was timid, and comforted her.

Li Sanmei hurriedly shook her head and said, "Sister Chen, I'm not afraid. ”

"You naturally don't have to be afraid, with the prince protecting you, who dares to hurt you half a point?" Chen Huiniang said with a smile, her eyes turned, looked at the door of the stargazing platform, and laughed loudly, "The stargazing platform is really lively tonight, and the concubines don't know that the princess is coming, so they are not welcomed." ”

As he spoke, he stood up with Li Sanmei and saluted Lin Ling, who walked in.

Lin Ling heard Chen Huiniang's words in the second half clearly, with a bright smile on her face, she hugged Li Sanmei, who was blessed, and said with a smile: "When Concubine Li entered the door that day, I was thousands of miles away, and I really couldn't go back to the house, I was able to see Concubine Li today, she was really pretty and lovely, no wonder the prince couldn't wait to marry you into the mansion." ”

"I ......" Li Sanmei was full of embarrassment, she didn't know what to say, when she looked up, she saw Lin Ling winking at her, her heart relaxed, she took a step back, bowed her head and said, "The concubine has seen the princess." ”

"Don't be so restrained." Lin Ling walked to the pavilion with a smile, sat down casually, looked up at the bright and twinkling stars in the sky, and said, "This stargazing platform is really much better than my Qingtianwu vision, I will come here to see the stars when I have time in the future, I don't know if it is convenient for Concubine Li?" ”

Li Sanmei nodded hurriedly: "The princess can come if she wants, and the door of the stargazing platform will be open for the princess at any time." ”

"Yo, as soon as the princess comes back, Sister Li will ignore me?" Chen Huiniang screamed and grabbed Li Sanmei's arm, and smiled at Lin Ling, "Don't hide it from the princess, the concubine and Sister Li are too close to each other, so I can't help myself, and please don't mind the princess." ”

Lin Ling smiled indifferently: "The sisters in the house are kinder, and the prince is less worried, which is really a good thing." ”

The night is getting thicker and thicker, the temperature has dropped a little, and the lively atmosphere in the pavilion has slowly faded.

Chen Huiniang has always been smiling with Lin Ling, and her words reveal how much the prince loves Li Sanmei, and how close her relationship with Li Sanmei is. Lin Ling could only smile indifferently, in the harem house, women will inevitably form gangs, does Chen Huiniang think that standing in a line with Li Sanmei can defeat her?

It seems that it is really a good thing that some things have become secrets, for example, she and Li Sanmei have actually known each other for a long time.

Li Sanmei's words were not much, but she only occasionally echoed them, while Lin Ling didn't have the heart to play word games with Chen Huiniang, and laughed indifferently from beginning to end. Chen Huiniang couldn't sing anymore by herself, so she said a few more words and said goodbye, leaving Lin Ling's Li Sanmei sitting in the pavilion.

As soon as the person left, Li Sanmei's nerves collapsed again, and she didn't dare to look at Lin Ling, she lowered her head, twisted her handkerchief, and explained uneasily: "Princess...... You and the prince have a life-saving grace for me, I married the prince just to help the prince, and please don't mind the princess, after the matter is completed, I will leave immediately, and I will never interfere in the life of the prince and the princess. ”

"It seems that the prince told you everything?" Lin Ling asked lightly.

Li Sanmei shook her head: "No, the prince only said that I would help, and let me obey the princess's orders, and I didn't say much else." ”

"Third sister, you and I know each other in the fishing village, and I also know that you came to the capital in desperation." Lin Ling pondered his words and said unhurriedly, "It is the prince who pulls you into this whirlpool to be ashamed of you, and you don't need to feel guilty about me." ”

"Princess, all this is my own volition." Li Sanmei said firmly.

Lin Ling looked at Li Sanmei's eyes, those eyes were infinitely bright, and for a moment, she seemed to see the splendor of the moth in front of the fire. When she was in the fishing village, she felt that Li Sanmei had a strange feeling for Long Yuze, women always have unusual feelings for men who saved their lives, and Li Sanmei was just an ordinary woman. Marrying a man she admires is helping, so why wouldn't she?

Thinking of this, Lin Ling felt a little less guilty in his heart, and said softly: "Third sister, since the prince didn't tell you everything, then it's inconvenient for me to say more." Li Sanmei is simple-minded, even if she tells her, she may not understand, but only increase her worries. Lin Ling thought about it, and now the top priority is to rescue Xiaoge from the palace.

Although Long Yuze said that Xiao Ge was fine in the palace, she was still worried that no matter what, Xiao Ge was detained in the palace by the queen because of her. Now that she has returned to Beijing, she has to think of a way to rescue Xiaoge no matter what. Long Yuze is plotting to win the big thing, he doesn't care about Xiaoge's life and death, maybe he will turn around and forget about it.

"Since Chen Huiniang has the heart to befriend you, then you will open your heart to her." Lin Ling looked at Li Sanmei's eyes and said, seeing that there was cowardice and incomprehension in those eyes, he said, "The prince and the queen are the prince's rivals, and Chen Huiniang is the queen's niece, but now she is married into the palace...... Third sister, you will understand these things slowly in the future, but what I want to talk about now is ......"

Lin Ling said his plan carefully, although Li Sanmei didn't understand the reason, she also knew what she should do.

"Don't worry, I will say it in advance, you just have to do it boldly." Lin Ling patted Li Sanmei's shoulder, looked at the dark sky, turned around and walked out of the pavilion.

Li Sanmei slowly stood up with a blank face holding on to the stone table. Dong Xue, who was outside the pavilion, walked in with a cloak and said softly: "Concubine Li, it's late at night, let's go into the house." Li Sanmei nodded, all that came to her mind was Lin Ling's words, she glanced at Dongxue who was supporting her lightly, thinking that this was someone sent by Chen Huiniang, her heart trembled.

But she couldn't be afraid, took a breath of cool air, and said, "Dongxue, the princess threatened me just now, what do you say I should do?" ”

"Threat?" Dong Xue said in shock, "Why did the princess threaten Concubine Li? She just returned home today, so she can't wait to come to embarrass Concubine Li? Concubine Li don't be afraid, just go and tell the prince, the prince will make the decision for you. ”

"Didn't you say that the princess sent all the concubines to the outskirts of Beijing, and the prince didn't say anything?" Li Sanmei sighed and said, "And the princess even demolished the prince's Hanyuan Pavilion, Dongxue, if I complain to the prince, maybe I will be scolded by the prince." The prince has no feelings for me, only the affection of a life-saving benefactor, I ...... Don't dare to overdraw. ”

"Then ......" Dong Xue twisted her eyebrows and thought, "Concubine Li, since you can't get the protection of the prince. It is better to join forces with Concubine Chen to fight against the princess, although Concubine Chen is the niece of the queen's mother, but she is also frequently suppressed by the princess, and she has not been able to raise her head in the palace. The princess only returned home today, and she couldn't wait to give Concubine Li a dismount at night, and she didn't know how to deal with you in the future, so she should quickly think about countermeasures. ”

Li Sanmei nodded: "Dongxue, you also know my identity, I don't know about these, you can make up your mind for me." ”

"The slave is the maid of the side concubine, so naturally she is planning for the side concubine wholeheartedly." Dongxue lowered her head and said in a proper manner, "But it's late at night today, the side concubine should rest first, let the slave think about it all night, and then discuss it with the side concubine tomorrow?" ”

"Okay, you go down first." Li Sanmei nodded and lay down on the bed tiredly.

With a deep smile on the corner of her mouth, Dongxue gently blew out the candle and retreated lightly.

Since the Qing Dynasty married the concubine, it has become more and more lively day by day, and nine out of ten after-dinner chats in the capital are inseparable from the Qing Palace. Especially when she married a wild girl from nowhere as a side concubine, the Qing Wangfu was pushed to the forefront. The life experience of the concubine is already vague and ambiguous, and the same is true for this side concubine, does this prince love this mouthful?

It is said that three women are in one play, and this palace is really lively.

When Lin Ling was still sleeping, Caixia came in and woke her up, saying that Concubine Li was coming to officially give tea to Concubine Zheng today.

In the hall, there are not only Li Sanmei and Chen Huiniang, but also the bright moon, glass and jasmine that have not been seen for many days. Lin Ling still had a strong sense of sleepiness, yawned and took the tea handed over by Li Sanmei, and the strong tea entered the stomach, and the sleepiness was only half gone. Chen Huiniang and Li Sanmei sat left and right, and the other three side concubines all stood on the side in a proper manner.

"Concubine Chen, you are in charge of everything in this mansion, right?" Lin Ling remembered that there were still things to be done, so he cheered up and asked, "What are you going to do with the seven or eight concubines in the textile manor on the outskirts of Beijing?" ”

"It's all at the princess's orders." Chen Huiniang said lightly, I don't know which one Lin Ling wants to play again.

Lin Ling nodded: "Give each of them five hundred taels of silver, and burn the deed of sale, and from then on they will no longer be from the palace." ”

"Princess, five hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, so many people, but it is a small amount of ten thousand taels of silver." Before Chen Huiniang could speak, Mingyue frowned, when there was no mistress in the palace, she also looked at some accounts by the way, is this princess too generous or is she not clear about the concept of five hundred taels?

Chen Huiniang glanced at Mingyue: "How can you question the princess's decision?" ”

Lin Ling didn't care, looked at the three concubines in the hall and said, "If you want, you can also take five hundred taels of silver and leave the palace, and this princess will not embarrass you." ”

"The concubine doesn't mean that, the concubine is born as a person from the palace, and death is a ghost from the palace, and she will never leave the palace......" Mingyue lowered her head and said, clenching her teeth, she is just a small concubine, the affairs in this mansion have nothing to do with her, and keeping silent is the biggest weapon to protect herself.

Liuli also hurriedly said: "Princess, the concubine will not leave." ”

"The concubine won't leave either......" Jasmine said weakly.

Lin Ling sighed in his heart, since these women insisted on staying, if something happened later, she couldn't be blamed anymore. She glanced at Li Sanmei, raised her chin and said: "Concubine Li, you are just a country woman, you must know nothing about etiquette, when this princess married into the palace, she learned from the grandmother in the palace for more than a month, you are the side concubine of the palace, these must also be learned." ”

"Yes." Li Sanmei nodded respectfully.

"Concubine Chen, you are the niece of the queen's mother, you must be extremely transparent about these things, why don't you just order Concubine Li?" Lin Ling looked at Concubine Chen and said with a smile, since Chen Huiniang wants to be friends with Li Sanmei so much, then she is not afraid to give her this opportunity.

Chen Huiniang smiled slightly: "The concubine will definitely live up to the princess's trust." ”

Several women were talking painlessly, and the old housekeeper in the front hall hurriedly ran over, saying that there was a will from the palace.

"The Qing princess disappeared for many days and finally returned to Beijing safely, and the queen specially summoned the Qing princess and Concubine Li into the palace for a talk." The eunuch came to the queen's message, her face was gentle, and Lin Ling was also smiling, she knew that the reason why the queen detained Xiaoge must be to suspect that she was a goddess. No, she just returned to Beijing, so she couldn't wait to summon her into the palace.

As long as the queen's doubts are dispelled, won't Xiaoge be released?

But summoning Li Sanmei into the palace means that Long Yuze's plan has succeeded, and the queen really began to doubt it?

Lin Ling couldn't wait to enter the palace, but the old housekeeper was worried, this queen summoned the princess into the palace, there would be no good thing. The prince went to the court again, if the queen was desperate to attack the princess, what should it be?

"Butler, don't worry, find someone to go to the Taihe Palace to deliver the message, and when the prince goes down to the court, go directly to the Phoenix Eagle Palace to find me. There is the palace, and even if the queen mother has the courage to do anything to me, she will not do anything to me, but ...... You have to be optimistic about the palace, but don't make any trouble. Lin Ling instructed the old housekeeper a few words, and then got into the carriage into the palace with Li Sanmei.

When Li Sanmei entered the palace for the first time, she was very nervous, and she was silent all the time, not daring to say more. Lin Ling was also thinking about how to face the queen after entering the palace, but he didn't speak, and the carriage was quiet.

At this time, it is already early summer, the palace is full of flowers, the greenery is also lush, walking in the meantime, the mood is exceptionally good.

Lin Ling was invited into the Phoenix Vulture Palace, but Li Sanmei was waiting in the side hall.

"The concubine has seen the queen's mother." Lin Ling knelt down and said goodbye, although the scenery in the palace was good, the people he had to face were very powerful, and if he took it lightly, his life was really in danger. When she fell off the cliff, it was planned by the queen and the crown prince, if it weren't for her and Long Yu Zefu's fate, they would have been staying underground at this time.

The queen smiled and helped Lin Ling and said, "You have also been missing for a while, what the hell is going on, let's talk to the palace." This palace is really a little boring in this harem all day long.,You can also talk about some new things when you come.,Relieve boredom in this palace.。 ”

Dare to love her to pick up a life after life and death, which is a new thing in the eyes of the queen? Lin Ling snorted disdainfully in his heart, but when he thought of his purpose for this, his face softened again, and he looked sad: "Queen Mother, you don't know, the concubine almost can't come back...... fell off the cliff, fortunately fell into the sea, and only then did he pick up a life, and he returned to the capital after nine deaths. However, I thought that everything would be fine when I returned to the capital and returned to the palace, but I didn't expect the prince to ......"

As she spoke, Lin Ling's eyes also turned red, this was not pretending to be her, she was really sad about this.