Throne room

It is rare that the emperor did not have an early dynasty, and a group of courtiers pounced, and the three and three of them whispered.

Linghu Hongxi knew the reason why the emperor did not go to court, but he pretended not to know, came to the court as usual, pounced with everyone, and was about to turn around to go to the cabinet, but was shouted from behind.

"Master Hou, please stay."

It was Lin Donghe who spoke.

Ling Hu Hongxi's expression was awe-inspiring, and his opinion on Lin Donghe was no longer the same as before, but full of dissatisfaction and vigilance.

It's just that his face is as easy-going and respectful as before.

"Second Highness."

"Master Hou, you entered the palace yesterday and saw your father, was your father uncomfortable at that time?"

Lin Donghe asked Linghu Hongxi seemingly casually.

The emperor did not come to court early, and nine times out of ten he was unwell.

Everyone didn't have any suspicions, but Lin Donghe was a thief and had some suspicions.

Linghu Hongxi thought for a while, and looked at Lin Donghe suspiciously,

"Back to His Royal Highness, the minister entered the palace yesterday and saw that the emperor looked good, but he just coughed a few times and asked the emperor, but the emperor said it was okay, and the minister retreated."

When Linghu Hongxi spoke, the other courtiers also pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

In fact, a group of old courtiers in the court are more fond of inquiring about news than ordinary women in the market, and above the court, the situation is changing rapidly, making Hu Hongxi a big celebrity around the emperor, and his daughter is not only a second-class female official, but also the future princess, Ling Hu Hongxi is now stomping his feet, and the impact on Kyoto is even more obvious than before.

On the side, Ding Taiyang gritted his teeth and glared at Linghu Hongxi fiercely.

The last incident failed to bring him down, but made him more trusted by the emperor, on the contrary, his daughter has not heard of marrying the Second Highness for a long time, and she is also giving birth to a daughter, but his daughter is dead, sick, and no one can come out.

Hou Ye said this, which made His Royal Highness even more worried about his father. Anyway, the Hou Ye is fine, so it is better to accompany His Royal Highness to see his father. ”

Lin Donghe shrewdly pulled up Linghu Hongxi.

I just want to test whether the emperor is not in the early dynasty today, and whether it has anything to do with seeing Linghu Hongxi yesterday.

Ling Hu Hongxi's eyes drooped, he didn't expect Lin Donghe to be so cunning.

At this moment, Shang Jingping hurriedly walked over from not far away, regardless of the presence of so many people, grabbed Linghu Hongxi's sleeve, and said anxiously,

"Master Hou, why are you still here? The emperor explained the progress of your waterway transportation yesterday, didn't you want to discuss countermeasures with me today? You have such a temperament, you don't hurry up what you do! I'm really anxious to kill the old man! Do you remember, forget you and say it! My fold is still waiting for you! ”

Shang Jingping is not only the only stunned young man in the court who calls the emperor from time to time, but also a well-known quick temper. But because of his uprightness, he is deeply valued by the emperor.

Shang Jingping suddenly intervened, Lin Donghe frowned, and looked at Shang Jingping and Ling Hu Hongxi without a trace.

Ling Hu Hongxi smiled a little embarrassed,

"Lord Shang don't be impatient, the old man will go to the cabinet, Lord Shang-"

"Hurry up! In a few days, the rainy season will come, and when the project goes wrong, the people of the nearby villages will suffer! ”

Shang Jingping is notoriously faceless and never lies.

Lin Donghe suspects anyone, and he will not suspect Shang Jingping.

It's just that Shang Jingping has no problem, which doesn't mean that Linghu Hongxi, an old fox, is okay.

"Second Highness, look at this-"

Linghu Hongxi looked at Lin Donghe with a difficult face.

Lin Donghe hurriedly waved his hand, with an easy-going and relieved expression,

"Master Hou go and get busy, His Royal Highness can go by himself."

"Your Highness is considerate."

Linghu Hongxi's voice fell, and he was pulled by Shang Jingping towards the cabinet.

Linghu Hongxi, who had his back to Lin Donghe, breathed a sigh of relief.

He deliberately didn't give Shang Jingping a fold last night, before going to the morning court, knowing that Shang Jingping would block him outside the hall, Linghu Hongxi was the first to come to the hall, Shang Jingping didn't know that he had come, and when Shang Jingping entered the hall, everyone stood up in accordance with the rules and regulations, Shang Jingping and Linghu Hongxi were separated by several people, and Shang Jingping never had the opportunity to speak.

Linghu Hongxi took advantage of Shang Jingping's anxious and upright temperament, without him opening his mouth, Shang Jingping would urge him to go to the cabinet, and then he would have an excuse to be busy and leave the hall.

He didn't expect to be targeted by Lin Donghe before, and this method was just to ask for a foolproof one.

I didn't expect it to come in handy.

Looking at the back of Linghu Hongxi's departure, Lin Donghe's eyes became more and more gloomy and hideous.

Ding Taiyang cautiously leaned to Lin Dong's side and said softly,

"Second Highness, this makes Hu Hongxi always scheming, but you have to keep an eye on it."

Ding Taiyang was dissatisfied with Linghu Hongxi, and his daughter was the future second imperial concubine, so it was unnatural for him to get very close to Lin Donghe.

Lin Donghe had a generous and casual look,

"Lord Ding is too careful, Lord Hou is doing his best for his father, and he is a rare pillar of the imperial court, of course, Lord Ding is also a hero of the imperial court."

Lin Donghe has long seen through Ding Taiyang as a person, but the grass on both sides of the wall is down, which side is advantageous and which side is down, for this kind of person, his daughter is under his control, but he is just a snob, pick it up and use it when he should use it.

Ding Taiyang didn't get a bargain, and added unwillingly,

"Second Highness, people can't look good, Ling Hu Hongxi just looks loyal on the surface, but in fact, he has a bad stomach inside, so he has to guard against it."

"Lord Ding has worked hard, His Highness will be careful."

Lin Donghe gave Ding Taiyang a face, and Ding Taiyang finally left satisfied.

Outside the main hall, Lin Jian was walking in front with a frown, and Su Kang hurriedly followed behind.

His Royal Highness has always walked unhurriedly, but today it is very abnormal.

Send someone to follow Linghu Hongxi and keep an eye on him. Also, the Hou Mansion is also keeping an eye on it to see if Linghu Manyue shows up today. ”

Lin Jian commanded Su Kang in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Your Highness, do you suspect that there may be other reasons for the emperor's physical discomfort?"

Because Lin Jian's footsteps were in the direction of Chengqian Palace, Su Kang guessed so.

"I always have a bad feeling, I feel that something is wrong since last night, if something happens, my father does not show up, and the emperor's grandmother has a perfunctory attitude, something must happen!"

His intuition also told him that it was very likely that Hu Hongxi knew about this incident!

Because the father's most trusted courtier is Linghu Hongxi!

Although the king of the Western Regions is the younger brother of his father, he is so far away after all, not like Linghu Hongxi, who gets along almost day and night, and the hearts of the people are separated from each other, and the father is still afraid of the power of the king of the Western Regions.

Su Kang retreated to deal with the things Lin Jian ordered, and Lin Jian walked towards the Chengqian Palace with fast steps.

On the way, he was stopped by a female voice.

"Brother Prince, where are you in a hurry?"

Er Ruo called him in a sweet voice, caught up with him in three or two steps, and looked at him with clear and clear eyes, without a trace of impurities, as if her temperament was like her eyes at the moment, simple and harmless.

A trace of indifference flashed in Lin Jian's eyes, but the corners of his lips raised a natural arc.

"I went to Kunning Palace to see the queen mother, and I heard that the queen mother is not feeling well these days."

"Ke Erruo just heard his father say that the emperor is also unwell, and he hasn't been to the early court today, brother prince, let's go and see the emperor first."

Er Ruo had an innocent expression on her face, as if she had never made any calculations against Lin Jian from beginning to end.

"Father is unwell, the most need to rest, if we go over, wouldn't it disturb the father, the father is already very hard, at this time let the father have a good rest, let's go see the queen mother."

Since Lin Jian didn't want Er Ruo to know that he was going to see his father, he wouldn't take Er Ruo with him.

"Well, all right, you will listen to the prince's brother." Er Ruo smiled sweetly at Lin Jian.

"Let's go." Lin Jian nodded and strode ahead.

Er Ruo followed behind him, the corner of her eye quickly swept into the darkness, although she didn't see Lin Donghe, she knew that Lin Donghe was staring closely in the dark.

Just now, Lin Donghe found her and asked her to follow Lin Jian no matter what, to see if he was going to Chengqian Palace, but obviously, Lin Jian had reservations about her.

If Lin Jian went to see the emperor or the queen mother, she would not doubt it, but how could Lin Jian ever care about the queen's body? It's clearly lying to her! But she has no reason to debunk!

In the dark, when Lin Jian walked away, Lin Donghe flashed out, and the gloom and suspicion in his eyes became thicker.

This palace, since yesterday, feels very unusual to him! Could it be that the Gu worm thing was leaked?

It's a pity that the little eunuch who was placed next to the Queen Mother was executed by the Queen Mother and lost a favorable internal response!

He's going to get to the bottom of it anyway!

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Kunning Palace

The queen was shocked to see the crown prince and Er Ruo coming over early in the morning.

"Jian'er, Erruo, why are you here?"

"The Queen Mother."

"Queen, Brother Crown heard that you are not feeling well, so Er Ruo came with Brother Prince to see you." Erruo spoke first and sat affectionately beside the queen.

"You really have a heart, this palace is fine, it's just that the rest of the past few days is not good." The queen was puzzled, but there was a relieved and satisfied expression on her face.

"Erruo, is your father in good health?"

The queen asked Er Ruo politely, but her eyes looked at Lin Jian suspiciously.

This son has always ignored her, and he will come to see him? Unless the sun comes out of the west!

"Xie Niangniang cares, my father has come back from the next dynasty."

"Down? Why so early? The queen was obviously surprised.

"Niangniang may not know that the emperor is unwell, so he didn't go to court today." What you are waiting for is the queen's words.

Lin Jian didn't take her there, but the queen was eager to show herself in front of the emperor, and she wouldn't be indifferent.

"Really? I also blame this palace for being uncomfortable today, and I got up a little late. ”

The queen muttered to herself.

"Niangniang, you have to rest well, the emperor is unwell, but he can't do without your care." If you deliberately lead the queen to achieve her own goals.