The widow of an emperor is gone, and it can't attract anyone's interest in the capital, not to mention that this widow is a criminal concubine, so no one pays attention to it.

Cui Jinchen, who was recuperating alone in the Lin Mansion, heard the news, and thundered like five thunders.

The death of the one in Chonghua Palace will not be implicated by him, otherwise what will happen to the good ones. Cui Jinchen couldn't swallow, couldn't sleep at night, and lost weight in just a few days.

At this time, the Cui family entered Beijing, and the first thing they did was to visit King Jing and Lin Xi, and moved Cui Jinchen back to the Cui family's courtyard.

Lin Xi's gratitude to the Cui family only smiled faintly, and she also smiled faintly at the behavior of the eldest lady of the Gao Mansion who sent people to send things in three days, her mind in the past two days was not elsewhere, only on Li Yingjie.

Since my grandfather was called by the Queen Mother the day before yesterday, he locked himself in the study as soon as he came back, and went out early and returned late for several days, not knowing what he was busy with. Within a few days he fell ill.

In this Hou Mansion, the person Lin Xi cares about the most is his grandfather, as soon as he fell ill, Lin Xi was more anxious than anyone else, asked for medical advice, served tea and water, and did nothing with the hands of a fake maid, took matters into his own hands, and invited Lin Bei to come.

Lin Bei was about to go on a long trip, King Jing went to Shandong, and asked him to meet there, the stakes were very high, and he had to make this trip.

Lin Bei was about to take the opportunity to talk to the little senior sister, but it happened that the people from the Hou Mansion came to invite, and he pushed something at the moment, so he went to the mansion.

Lin Beifu pulse, from the pulse point of view, there is no big problem. After he prescribed the medicine, he told Hou Ye to be relieved.

Li Yingjie nodded and smiled, and asked Lin Xi to accompany Lin Bei and drive people away.

As soon as the two left, Li Yingjie's smiling face sank. In the past few days, he has secretly buried the concubine. While pondering how Wei Guo would know the secrets of the Queen Mother, who leaked the news. How much do the people of Wei know and do they have a backhand......

He and the Queen Mother were in the palace together. One was outside the palace and secretly investigated the matter thoroughly. However, after a few days, there was no progress at all, and Li Yingjie was in a hurry, attacking both internally and externally, and fell ill.

He was crooked on the bed, thinking about what was going on, and he always felt uneasy. After the envoy of Wei revealed the news to the Queen Mother, there was no movement. An Fen stayed in the inn. He Li Yingjie has lived this age, and he knows that the calmer he is, the more dangerous he is.

He let out a long sigh and closed his eyes. At this time, the maid handed the medicine in, and he didn't think about it, but drank it in one gulp.

……

"Senior brother, how many days is this trip going?" Before the person left, Lin Xi was reluctant.

Lin Bei calculated the distance: "It is estimated that it will be more than a month." ”

"So long?"

Lin Bei gently pulled the person into his arms. His chin rested on her forehead.

"Konishi, I'll be back soon. You wait for me. ”

The familiar aura came to his face, and Lin Xi's heart relaxed, and he muttered, "You be careful." Go early and come back early. ”

Lin Bei squinted his eyes, felt the fragrant fragrance in his arms, and squeezed out two words for a long time: "Don't worry." ”

Lynsey reached out and wrapped her arms around his waist. He rubbed his head twice in his arms and motioned for a response.

The corners of Lin Bei's mouth hooked. There was some worry in my heart.

In the case of the two of them, he really couldn't control whether he could wait until the day of the cave room. It seems that these days are getting harder and harder.

……

Lin Bei went out of the distance. Cui Jinchen went back to Cui's house to recuperate, his grandfather was also bedridden to recuperate, and Lin Xi was a scoundrel in every way, and he was lazy in the room and didn't want to go out.

Just when everything was calm in the capital. The envoy of Wei handed over the post again and entered the palace to meet the queen mother.

"Queen Mother, how are you thinking?"

Empress Dowager Li hated the face in front of her, and sneered: "What if the mourning family says no? ”

Xu Yi smiled lightly, "Does the Queen Mother think that Concubine Shu is dead, and there is no proof of all death, so she can sit back and relax?" ”

Empress Dowager Li chuckled in her heart, and her face was not obvious, "Needless to say, it is impossible for the mourning family to deal with this matter." Mr. Xu, please go back. ”

Xu Yi got up unhurriedly, walked up to the Queen Mother, bowed, and said with a smile: "There is a story, do you want to hear it?" ”

Empress Dowager Li squinted, the cold light in her eyes seemed to see him through, "The mourning family doesn't want to hear Mr.'s story, step down." ”

"For the position next to the first emperor, it's better for the queen mother to listen."

"You ......"

Empress Dowager Li's apricot eyes widened angrily, but she was pinched in her shortcomings, "Say it!" ”

"In the past, there was a young lady from a small family in Kaifeng Mansion, because of her outstanding appearance, she was favored by the official lord and wanted to marry her home as the eighth aunt. The young lady was unwilling, so she fled at night, and the official man was angry and imprisoned the family. ”

Xu Yi sighed softly: "The world is big, there is nowhere to go, Miss entered the palace and became a palace maid, thinking that one day, she can save her family." Who knew that as soon as she entered the palace gate, it was as deep as the sea, and she could not protect herself, so she could only slowly figure it out step by step. And that family was implicated, the dead died, the wounded wounded, and the sold sold. The most pitiful thing is that the eldest sister-in-law of the young lady is pregnant for eight months and is about to give birth. ”

seems to be an inconsequential story, but Empress Dowager Li listened carefully. The person in front of him will not tell a story at random, and this story must be powerful.

"The child was born, it was a baby girl, she was adopted by the cell boss, and when she was six years old, she was sold to a big family as a maid, and she traveled many times, and finally was bought by Li Yingjie, who had not yet been crowned, and entered the palace."

Mrs. Li's face tightened, and her eyes burst into light.

At this time, the young lady who entered the palace first had already become a nurturing grandmother and had some rights in her hands. By chance, the aunt and nephew met each other. ”

Xu Yi sighed softly: "In the back story, the Queen Mother must know that after the baby girl entered the palace, she had an encounter and was favored by the emperor and conceived a dragon fetus. She thought that her future would be prosperous. But the upbringing grandmother has been in the deep palace for many years, how can she not know how powerful, she ...... Keeping an eye on it, she left something that should have been burned to ashes in case she could save her niece's life in the future. ”

Empress Dowager Li's heart turned cold a little.

"Sure enough, the baby girl was imprisoned, and all the palace people were killed, so the grandmother had no choice but to go out of the palace and live in the high gate to be a nurturing grandmother.

Empress Dowager Li is such a smart person, how can she not understand the depth of her words. She gritted her teeth and said, "Then, this grandmother took refuge in the Wei State?" ”

Xu Yi nodded. I didn't want to say much about the twists and turns, so I just smiled: "The story is over." This grandmother is indeed in the Wei State now, if she knows that her niece is dead, I don't know if she will be in a hurry and ...... the events of the year Queen Mother, how do you think it should end? ”

The cold sweat of the palms and vests trickled down, and the Empress Dowager Li was dumbfounded.

Xu said coldly: "Ten days is the limit, if it is within ten days." The Queen Mother should no longer marry the two countries, then all the secrets will not become secrets, and will spread all over Kyushu. Which is more important, the Queen Mother should think about it! ”

Empress Dowager Li sat down in her chair with a dejected face.

After hand, the Wei people really kept the back hand.

After Xu Yi left, Empress Dowager Li dismissed everyone and locked herself in the small Buddha hall.

For a whole day, Empress Dowager Li did not eat or drink in the small Buddha hall. Chunyang and the others were so anxious that they didn't know what to do.

At the same time that Empress Dowager Li entered the Buddhist hall, a rumor poured out in the capital, saying that Xin and Wei intended to marry.

Some say that the Queen Mother chose several unfavored county lords in the royal family. Some say that it is Lin Xi of the Marquis of Xiaoyao, and some say that it is the palm beads of several ministers of the humerus, and there are all kinds of them. Accounts vary.

The news came to the Xiaoyao Hou Mansion as soon as possible, and Li Yingjie learned the news. Startled, he jumped up from the bed and didn't say a word. Put on your court clothes and go to the palace.

When Lin Xi got the news, she was playing chess, she looked up at Xia Feng, shook her head and said: "Don't listen to the wind is the rain, I have already decided to kiss people, how can I still go to kiss, you think about it with your toes, it is impossible." ”

Xia Feng tilted his head and thought, he was really worried, the girl had already made a marriage with the prince, and even the wedding date had been set, how could she still go to get married.

Lin Xi put down a chess piece in his left hand and smiled coldly: "This Wei countryman is close to each other all day long, and he doesn't know what idea he is playing." I have to remind the Queen Mother to be on guard, these people are very ambitious. ”

……

Li Yingjie entered the Changmen Palace, and the Empress Dowager Li asked him to wait for half an hour before being summoned, which was rare in the past.

Li Yingjie was anxious, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, he only stared at the soles of his feet, motionless.

Half an hour later, Li Yingjie knelt on the ground, Empress Dowager Li looked at him and personally helped people up, this move made Li Yingjie chuckle in his heart.

"Yingjie, how many years have you known the mourning family?"

As soon as the word Yingjie came out, Li Yingjie was discouraged, cold sweat broke out on his body, and after many years of getting along, he knew that the Queen Mother was afraid that she had made a choice.

He fell to the ground and said in grief: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, you want Xiaoxi ......"

"Yingjie, you let the mourning family bury the concubine, do you know that the mourning family can't let her be broken into thousands of pieces."

The Queen Mother gritted her teeth: "The mourning family took every precaution, but she didn't keep her back." ”

Li Yingjie's mind moved, and he understood it immediately.

The Queen Mother, who has come through many storms, will never compromise because of Wei Guo's fluttering words. What can make her compromise must be the Wei people who have ironclad evidence.

Li Yingjie shook his head, and tears dripped from his eyes: "Queen Mother, the minister has known the Queen Mother since she was sixteen years old, and she has never asked the Queen Mother for a thing, but this time, the minister implores the Queen Mother, open the net, that child ...... It is the lifeblood of the minister. ”

"Yingjie, it is your lifeline, and it is the lifeblood of the mourning family, in this life, there is only one her, and the mourning family is like a thousand arrows piercing the heart, and it hurts as much as you."

Li Yingjie crawled a few steps and shook his head again and again: "Queen Mother, since ten thousand arrows pierce the heart and the pain is unstoppable, can you change one person to a friend, in the bitter cold land, the child can't stand it." ”

Empress Dowager Li smiled miserably. If she can change people, why does she need to sit in the Buddha hall. The people of Wei came prepared this time, there were all the human and material evidence back then, if she didn't act according to the plan, everything she had would be in vain.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Li Yingjie sighed faintly: "Queen Mother, Concubine Shu is dead, even if Wei Guo has the evidence, he can't do anything." The emperor was raised by the queen mother, and it is impossible to abandon the queen mother because of this matter, and the minister asks the queen mother to think twice. ”

Empress Dowager Li burst into tears: "Yingjie, you think too simply. If this matter is revealed to the world, the emperor and the mourning family will never be able to go back to the past. Not only can he not go back to the past, but the emperor will also hate the mourning family, so that there is no place for the mourning family to speak above the court. ”

Li Yingjie cried: "Queen Mother, we are all old, it's time to take care of our old age." ”

Empress Dowager Li sneered: "The mourning family is raised." Can you keep the Marquis Mansion? The mourning family has worked hard in this huge palace for decades, and they must not be put into the coffin with a stain after death. He writes the history of the day. The mourning family snatched the son and ascended to the throne, how willing do you make the mourning family. ”

"Queen Mother...... A hundred people died. Is that kid not as good as these false names in your eyes? ”

Empress Dowager Li shook her head. He doesn't understand, he still doesn't understand, the royal secrets are leaked out, and the world will be turned upside down at best, and the dynasty will be changed at worst.

The emperor has a soft temperament, but he has no imperial qualifications but sits on the throne of the emperor. Once the mother and son are opposed, the traitor is in charge, and the country is in danger!

She can't gamble, and she can't afford to gamble. She was favored by the first emperor, and she must take care of this country for him, and no one can destroy it.

Therefore, between Jiangshan, Huangquan and Linxi, she chose the former. Because her identity is not only a grandmother, but also the helmsman of a country.

The blood in Li Yingjie's heart was cold a little bit, but he still wanted to make the last struggle. He crawled to the feet of Empress Dowager Li. Lift up the old face.

"The Queen Mother, the minister wants to use the affection with the Queen Mother over the years to exchange the child for freedom. If not. The minister could not kneel. ”

After that, Li Yingjie kowtowed again and again. Every time there was a sound, but only a few dozen times. There was blood on the forehead.

Empress Dowager Li's heart was like a knife, and when she was in pain, she actually knelt down in front of Li Yingjie.

"Yingjie, I'...... I...... I'm sorry for you. ”

Li Yingjie's heart was cold, as if he had been fished out of the water. He stared at the face in front of him, his eyes full of despair.

He loved her for decades, and in the end...... In summary...... It turned out to be an empty illusion, his and her blood and bones, the only blood and bones, were not as important as her imperial power, her country, and her reputation.

Under the mixture of grief and indignation, Li Yingjie spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

Empress Dowager Li exclaimed and called the imperial doctor.

……

"Girl, girl, something is wrong, sir...... The old man was carried back from the palace. ”

The chess pieces in Linxi's hand fell with a snap, and he picked up his skirt and ran.

The main courtyard was already crowded with people, Lin Xi pushed aside the crowd and rushed to the bed, first stunned, then startled.

The face of the person on the bed was like dead ashes, the top of his head was faintly oozing blood, and his rosy lips were without a trace of blood, and he suddenly looked like he was more than ten years old.

Tears couldn't help but fall, Lin Xi held his hand and sobbed: "Grandfather, grandfather, what's wrong with you, what's wrong?" ”

Li Yingjie looked up at the people around him, he sighed, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Xi stays, and the others go out." ”

When Qian and the others heard this, they looked at each other. The old man entered the palace and became like this, it seems that something big must have happened. No one dared to say a word, and they withdrew one after another.

Li Yingjie saw that the room was empty, and said in a dumb voice: "Child, what about the son?" ”

Lin Xi wiped a handful of tears: "He went to Shandong, and Prince Jing had something to do with him, and he could only come back in a month." Grandfather, the Queen Mother summoned you to the palace, what is the matter? ”

Li Yingjie did not answer, but raised his hand to stroke her hair, gently swaying, his eyes were full of love.

Lin Xi didn't know what was going on, and his heart was a little weak, although such a look was common, but it had never been as intense as it was now.

"Grandfather, you're here to say something."

Li Yingjie shook his head and smiled faintly.

"You sneak into my study, there is a blue brick under the chair in the study, the color is slightly darker, you find it, and then gently press it down, and take out the box inside. Avoid people, and do not let anyone see them. ”

"Grandfather ......"

"Don't ask, go." Li Yingjie's face sank, and his words suddenly became stern.

Lin Xi couldn't bear to disobey, she thought about it, went back to the room to change into a little girl's clothes, and went to the study with a food box openly.

took out the green bricks, and sure enough, there was a brocade box of agarwood, she put the brocade box in the food box and carried it back to the main courtyard.

Li Yingjie saw her come back in a small dress, and his eyes showed surprise. This kid is smart.

"Come here."

Lynsey walked over.

"Open the brocade."

Lin Xi opened Jinhe as he said, and without looking at it, he handed it to the bed.

Li Yingjie pushed over, took a breath and said, "Count for me, how many silver tickets are in it." ”

Lin Xi finished counting and gasped, "Grandfather, a total of twenty-six million taels." ”

Li Yingjie smiled bitterly and muttered: "I didn't expect that I would make so much silver in my life." ”

"Grandfather was born a genius and no one can beat him." Lin Xi saw that his smile was wrong, and he slapped his ass with a shy face.

Li Yingjie clutched his chest and said, "Good boy, this silver was left to you by your grandfather, you can put it away." ”

Lynsey was shocked and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Grandfather, tell me, what's going on?"

"Don't ask, don't ask anything. Take this money to your junior brother, and then go away and fly high, and don't go back to Beijing for eternity and eternity. ”

Li Yingjie said this sentence almost with a roar. With that, his chest rose and fell, panting heavily.

Yan'er, you have your embarrassment, but I have my persistence. I will never let this child go to kiss, even if I Li Yingjie tried my life, I will keep her safe for the rest of her life. Forgive me for not standing by your side this time.

Lin Xi was petrified instantly, she stared blankly at the money in her hand, and regained her composure after a moment.

"Grandfather, what the hell is going on? If you don't make it clear, I won't go. ”

Li Yingjie's gaze kept changing.

Lynsey met his gaze without blinking, with persistence in his eyes.

Li Yingjie glanced away first, and said softly: "Wei Guo proposed to make peace with you, and the Queen Mother responded." ”

There was a thunderbolt that exploded in Linxi's ears, causing the blood to flow backwards all over her body, and she couldn't think anymore.

She pulled out a smile: "Grandfather, you must be mistaken, the Queen Mother loves me so much, she will definitely not reconcile me with Wei Guo." And my brother and I are already engaged. ”

Li Yingjie was told that he was in a sore spot, coughing repeatedly, and traces of blood oozed from the corners of his mouth.

Lin Xi's heart was cold, no wonder his grandfather had aged by more than ten years all of a sudden, and the so-called rumors turned out to be true. (To be continued......)

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