The burst of pungent fragrance made Lin Ling lick his lips in his sleep.

"Princess, wake up." Someone pushed her, Lin Ling reluctantly opened her eyes, and was about to get angry, but she saw a bowl of steaming chicken soup on the bedside table, she touched her stomach, and drank the chicken soup without caring about anything.

The maid on the side covered her mouth and smiled: "Princess, slow down, there is still a lot of food in the kitchen." ”

Lin Ling drank the soup and asked, "What time is it?" How long did I sleep? ”

"Back to the princess, it's noon." The girl replied, "The princess returned to the palace yesterday at noon and has been sleeping until now. If it weren't for the fear that the princess would be hungry, the slave wouldn't dare to wake the princess up. ”

Lin Ling drank up the chicken soup in one go, glanced at the unfamiliar girl, and couldn't help asking, "What about Qiao'er who served me before?" ”

The girl lowered her head and said: "Qiao'er has been demoted to washing clothes by the prince, and the slave maid is called Caixia, and she will serve the princess in close proximity in the future." ”

Lin Ling nodded, even if Caixia didn't say it, she knew that Qiao'er was implicated because she fled by herself. Long Yuze is still humane, but fortunately, he was just relegated to washing clothes, not beating him to death.

Caixia over there pinched the corners of her clothes weakly, and when Caixia returned to the royal mansion on Chinese New Year's Eve, she hit fifty boards in front of all the subordinates, and she was thrown into the firewood room with blurred flesh and blood, and I don't know what the situation is now. The prince ordered her not to tell the princess about this, although the princess didn't know, but they were scared enough to be frightened, if the princess disappeared again, she would be killed in public.

After Lin Ling had eaten and drunk enough, someone came to report that it was Mingyue, Liuli, and Jasmine, the three concubines, who were waiting to see her in the side hall.

"The princess is not in the mansion these days, and our sisters miss the princess so much." Mingyue said with a smile, "In the past few days of the New Year, the palace has ushered in a lot of excitement, and the princess will marry into the palace one day sooner, so that she can share the worries of the prince as soon as possible." ”

Lin Ling rolled her eyes in her heart, she had only met the three of them once in those days in the palace, where did she miss it? Moreover, these three people only seem to know that she is not in the palace, and they don't know about her disappearance, it seems that Long Yuze has hidden her escape.

Jasmine over there said weakly: "Princess, there is still half a month to go, and it will be the big day for you to marry the prince, and then the concubines of the Chen Mansion will also marry into the palace, right?" ”

Lin Ling nodded and said casually, "Is there any problem?" ”

"The concubine looked at the princess very kindly, and knew that life in the palace would not be too difficult in the future, so she was afraid of ......" Jasmine said in a low voice, wringing the handkerchief in her hand, while carefully looking at Lin Ling's expression, "I'm afraid that the daughter of the Chen family is a ......lord who is not easy to get along with."

Lin Ling frowned and said, "No matter how bad she is, she will be the side concubine in the palace, not to mention that the head of the palace is me, if she dares to embarrass you, you just come and tell me, can't I cure her?" ”

This Jasmine was born in the land of fireworks in Qinglou, without any support behind her, and she can only rely on the favor of the prince in the palace. Today, Long Yuze married two at a time, and she was naturally anxious and scared. The reason why she said these words was nothing more than to seek a blessing, Lin Ling understood it in her heart, but she didn't break it. There is still an old account between Chen Huiniang and her, although she is not reasonable in Long Yuze's eyes, but with these three concubines stirring up the water, are you afraid that you will not be able to find Chen Huiniang's fault?

Liuli snorted lightly, covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and said, "Princess, you are young, and the daughter of the Chen family is close to her twenties...... The concubine is really afraid that the princess will lose...... The princess should not blame the concubine for being straightforward, the concubine is really worried about the princess, but the princess is infatuated with the princess, and he will not let the princess suffer. ”

This glass was sent to the Qing Palace, and it was different when it came to speaking, Lin Ling smiled quietly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, it seems that these three people came to her today to seek her refuge. Regardless of whether Long Yuze's feelings for her are true or not, but at least in the eyes of outsiders, she Lin Ling is the person on the tip of the second prince's heart, if she acts mischiefly and makes waves in this mansion, no one should eat the ambitious leopard and dare to embarrass her, right?

Caixia on the side couldn't get used to looking down on Lin Ling in Liuli's words, and couldn't help but say: "Concubine Li, the prince loves the princess, and he won't let the princess suffer." If you are worried about the princess, you might as well think about yourself......"

"You, what are you talking about a little!" Liuli's eyes stared at Caixia deadly, if it weren't for Lin Ling's presence, she was afraid that she would have rushed forward to scratch Caixia's face, she gritted her teeth hatefully, "No matter how much the prince trusts you, you are just a little slave, and you dare to teach me a lesson?" ”

This glass was sent into the palace by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince two years ago, and because of this relationship, the whole palace is extremely jealous of her. But also because she is a person of His Royal Highness the Prince, the prince does not treat her very much, except for the first time he entered her house, and he has never been there since, and he wasted his youth in this palace in vain. Because of this, the subordinates in the palace treated her respectfully on the surface, but they looked down on her extremely much in private.

Lin Ling glanced at Liuli and said coldly, "What?" Want to make a fuss with me? ”

"The concubine doesn't dare!" Liuli snorted angrily, her eyes were still on fire, and the handkerchief in her hand was about to be torn apart by her.

"Don't dare? I think you're bold enough to overturn me! Lin Ling threw the teacup on the ground suddenly, and after the crisp sound, the side hall was quiet for a moment, and Lin Ling snorted coldly in his heart, "Someone!" ”

As soon as her words fell, several mothers-in-law immediately walked into the courtyard, Lin Ling secretly refreshed in his heart, coughed and said: "Concubine Li has no master mother, Caixia will commit the following crimes, pull Concubine Li and Caixia out to play fifteen boards each, to set an example!" "The punishment of the fifteenth board is not light, but it is not heavy, you can walk on the ground after a little three or five days, she is not so vicious to beat people and cripple, to be honest, this Liuli and Caixia have not done anything excessive.

"Princess......" Caixia stared at Lin Ling in disbelief, but seeing her resolute face, she had to accept the words begging for mercy, and obediently followed the mother-in-law out to be punished. But Liuli was extremely unwilling, there was a mother-in-law pressing her, she was still crying and refusing to give in, Lin Ling snorted coldly and turned her head.

Since she was forced to become a princess, how could she not live up to Long Yuze's kindness, right? She wants to see how much power this princess has, and she also wants to see if she disturbs the palace, whether this Long Yuze will give up.