Chapter Twenty-Nine

The winter nights at the Palace of Tranning are cold, and the icy air is filled with the quiet moonlight.

It was a night as bright as day, there was not a single star in the sky, only a round of bright full moon hanging high, lining the sky clear, the moon was like a light gauze tent shrouded the high platform of the palace, and the glazed blue tiles emitted a shimmering and fluctuating light like a lake.

This is a very small courtyard courtyard, and the people living next to it are all palace maids, many of whom are not very old, and many of them are even younger than the owner of Ye Lingyi's body.

Today, the lights were turned off in her room, and no one slept in the cold darkness.

Sitting at the window, there was a large tree in the center of the courtyard not far away, the leaves had long since withered completely, and only the bare trunk and the branches of the shuffled and insolent fingers of the devil stood, swaying gently in the wind.

The full moon was split into several unequal geometric figures in the shadow of the branches, casting a clear silver glow that shrouded the girl by the window.

Someone let out a long sigh.

The sound alarmed a small bird in the treetops that was about to fall asleep, and in an instant, the sound of flapping wings echoed throughout the courtyard, and at this time it was already night, and someone quietly opened the courtyard door and crept in.

When Ye Lingyi looked over, the person opposite also happened to stop and saw her.

The two looked at each other and smiled awkwardly, and the man across from them quickly slipped into one of the rooms.

It was the palace maid on duty, who had just returned from work.

After entering the palace for more than a month, Ye Lingyi can easily remember the work and rest of the palace maid.

"Speaking of which, I've been in the palace for a month, and I've been here for nearly half a year......"

The girl had seen a little sadness floating on her rosy cheeks.

She originally thought that she was sent to the palace to work like other palace maids at most, and people of status were slaves wherever they went, and they were all calloused working classes, but one day she would leave this body, leaving this ghost place that could not be found in the history books.

But later she gradually understood that there was a reason why the Queen Mother deliberately brought her into the palace, she didn't have to get up early every day like other palace maids, and she didn't have to be restrained in wearing palace clothes and saying some obscure entertainment, just learning some new knowledge from her grandmother every day.

Most of that knowledge is good for people.

Who do you like?

Ye Lingyi felt very strange, because the upbringing grandmother taught the slaves and servants to cut off the heart of climbing the dragon and the phoenix, and on the other hand, she taught her all the emperor's preferences in detail, wrapped the sleeping habits, and asked her to memorize them one by one and use them in the future.

At this time, Ye Lingyi figured out one thing, it turned out that the woman in Queen Liang wanted to be a female emperor and wanted to go crazy, and she wanted to use herself to spy on her biological son.

The price of Empress Liang's freedom was to go to the emperor's side as a spy.

Doesn't this just verify the proverb called: you always have to pay it back when you come out to mix.

What a vicious mother!

Until now, she still doesn't believe that Empress Liang is the emperor's biological mother, and secretly thinks to herself, maybe there is a shocking secret of the royal family hidden behind it, after all, she has seen so many bloody palace fights, and the conspiracy tricks of the dove to occupy the magpie's nest are not uncommon, and they emerge in endlessly, and the concubines in the harem, no matter how cruel and vicious they are, are all for their son's power.

How can a woman who has entered middle age control the son of an emperor and replace him as a generation of holy masters?

Ye Lingyi was extremely suspicious that this Empress Liang had read too much of Wu Zetian's cheats, or the emperor was not her own, she must be her stepmother, and the secret hidden behind it may be that the emperor's biological mother unfortunately fell victim to the palace fighting drama, Empress Liang took the opportunity to pick up the leak, and took advantage of the emperor's youth and did not remember, so he lied to the outside world that he was the emperor's biological mother, and then seized the high position step by step, and waited for the opportunity to replace it after the high position was in hand.

Ye Lingyi secretly made up a bloody drama in his brain.

Well......

The logic seems to make sense, from a certain level, it is simply a disguised fishing law enforcement, the emperor is like a poor fat sheep, in the continuous lure of the she-wolf step by step to ascend to the high position, and in a certain situation was shaped into a weak emperor who is afraid of power and things, the dictatorship of the mother party, compared to the isolated puppet emperor, there seems to be only one opportunity between the queen of Liang and the high position.

And this opportunity may most likely have something to do with what she will do next.

Just as she believed the guess, the night passed.

The Queen Mother did not summon Ye Lingyi, but only sent her to lead her into the imperial study.

However, the imperial study was originally a place where the emperor discussed matters with the courtiers in private, and the people and servants of the harem could not enter at will, but because the young emperor had no real power, the nurturing grandmother only relied on a golden hand to exchange the minions at the door of the imperial study for the ground, trembling and getting out of the way.

"Let's go inside!"

The nurturing grandmother took the queen mother's golden hand back into her arms, and turned back to greet Ye Lingyi behind her.

Ye Lingyi was stunned, then nodded in surprise, and followed the nurturing grandmother into the imperial study with small steps.

"The old slave visits the emperor."

The nurturing grandmother took Ye Lingyi to kneel and bow to the people on the high seat.

Facing the ground, I quietly raised my eyes to see a few steps of gold steps not far away, and on the golden steps was a bookcase covered with bright yellow cloth, and the breeze blew in from the half-open window, gently swaying the edge of the yellow cloth as if it were a wave.

"Mama Lin."

The person on the high seat spoke out with joy, gently put down the pen and walked down the golden steps, and personally helped the nurturing grandmother up: "Why did the grandmother come to me today?" ”

The young man's hearty eyes were full of kindness, and his voice was loud and asked his mother.

The nurturing grandmother bowed her head slightly and said: "Recently, the queen mother has not been sleeping steadily, and she always has nightmares at night......"

When he said this, the emperor's face was already worried.

The nurturing grandmother hurriedly said: "But the emperor doesn't have to worry, although there are some messy things in the dream, fortunately, the queen mother's body is still tough, but I am worried that the emperor is tight, so I specially asked the old slave to come and take a look." ”

In this way, the emperor's expression gradually calmed down.

Turning her head, the nurturing grandmother called, "Come on! ”

As soon as the words fell, a little palace maid came in with a food box, and saluted the emperor with earnest eyes.

Bringing up the grandmother smiled kindly, took out the jasper bowl in the gold lacquer food box, held it in front of the emperor's eyes and said: "This is the thousand-year-old snow ginseng soup specially prepared by the queen mother for the emperor in the imperial dining room, and it is an extremely nourishing tonic." ”

The young emperor's eyes lit up, and he didn't thank him first, but took the ginseng soup and drank it cleanly as soon as he raised his head.

Ye Lingyi knelt on the ground, the expression on his face moved, and he said in his heart: Oh no, shouldn't this Liang Hou jump off the wall in a hurry, and want to poison the emperor without doing anything, right?

This idea is undoubtedly nonsense.

The young emperor put down the bowl, wiped his mouth with the cuffs of his brocade robe, and smiled contentedly like a child: "Please go back and thank my mother for me, and when I finish dealing with the matter at hand, I will go over to say goodbye." ”

The nurturing grandmother nodded "yes", looked at Ye Lingyi who was kneeling on the ground and said: "The queen mother is worried that the servants around the emperor will not serve her well because she has been sleeping unsteadily for several days, so she has specially selected a clever girl who knows some fist and foot kung fu, and she can protect the lord at a critical time." ”

This last sentence is very cleverly stated.

What is the critical moment when the critical moment is the key moment? The Lord is well-protected, who is this Lord?

To put it bluntly, the emperor had to accept her as a personal maid.

The emperor did not show much doubt, and said with a bright smile: "The child is not filial, which really bothers the queen mother." Mama Lin must take care of the queen mother's body on behalf of me when she goes back, thinking that it is the winter solstice at this time, and the feet of the queen mother are prone to chilblains, so the imperial doctor should prepare good medicine in the bath soup in advance, and soak it once in the morning and evening. ”

The monarch who has a lot of opportunities in the world actually remembered clearly that his mother was prone to chilblains, and Ye Lingyi was almost moved.

Mama Lin is worthy of being a person who has seen strong winds and waves, and when the emperor explained like this, she only had the usual humility on her face, as if she heard the words of ordinary greetings, and she responded with a faint "yes" and retreated.

In the empty hall, only Ye Lingyi, who bowed his head and knelt on the ground, his legs gradually trembled, and the young emperor who looked at Mama Lin's departing figure and did not turn away from his sight for a long time.

"Get up."

The young emperor's voice was soft and soft, no longer as loud and brisk as when he spoke to Mama Lin, but there was a faint hint of exhaustion.

Ye Lingyi believes that this puppet emperor who has been manipulated since birth must be a master of scheming in a weak skin, and such a person should not be taken lightly.

So when he asked her to get up, she stood upright.

The Young Emperor slowly walked up to her, a white hand slightly bent in front of her, and lifted her jaw.

At this moment, Ye Lingyi finally saw this so-called weak and fearful young emperor clearly.

He had a very feminine face, even in this poorly lit room, he looked particularly brilliant and dazzling, he was dressed in a bright yellow dress, his figure was long and thin, as if a gust of wind could blow it down, half a bundle of black hair hung down behind him and fell straight to his waist, his skin was very white, white reminiscent of the weeds that grow in the shadows, without the light of the sun would lose its original color.

A pair of thick and slender eyebrows, watery eyes with lingering gloom, a high nose bridge, and thin red lips that seem to be delicately depicted, and a finely sculpted facial contour.

I have to say that he has completely inherited all the advantages of Liang Hou in his facial features.

"Forgive the slave for being blunt," Ye Lingyi's eyes straightened, this was the only time she felt from her heart that she had crossed over: "You are really the best-looking among the people the slave has ever seen." ”

How many times has she said this familiar thing?

I don't remember, but this time it's true.

The young emperor was stunned, the expression in his eyes was disturbed for a moment, he put down his hand, and said in a majestic voice: "Do you know the consequences of being so presumptuous? ”

Ye Lingyi came back to his senses and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

The young emperor grabbed her arm: "You don't have to kneel, since you little girl was sent by the queen mother, you don't have to be bound by the rules of the palace." ”

"How does this work?"

No matter how wasteful you are, you are also an emperor. She didn't want to be criticized for being disrespectful.

"I don't have to, I don't have to."

The young emperor raised his leg and walked towards the bookcase, walked up the golden steps in a few steps, and picked up the pen again.

It looks like you're thinking about something.

His gaze turned to Ye Lingyi and said, "From now on, you will serve me closely." ”

Ye Lingyi said "yes".

The young emperor immediately said, "In this way, I will come and study ink for me." ”

Ye Lingyi said "yes" again, walked over and picked up the ink strip and gently stirred it in the inkstone.

The emperor was still thinking about something with a pen.

Ye Lingyi quietly glanced at a piece of deerskin paper pressed under the ruler, only to realize that the emperor was actually drawing, and the painting was still ...... A mass of pigs and dogs that are not creatures?

What a superb painter it must be to be able to paint to such a level of "Ann can tell that I am a pig and a dog"!

Ye Lingyi couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said in her heart: It turns out that being good-looking is not the basis of the decathlon, and some people are an exception.

This painting skill is probably not as good as that of kindergarten children, it is simply miserable.

"Have you seen a dog?"

The Young Emperor suddenly asked while thinking.

Ye Lingyi was startled, looked left and right at no one, and replied in surprise before she was sure she was asking herself: "Of course, who hasn't seen a dog?" ”

"Really?" The emperor's eyes lit up and he was slightly excited: "Then can you tell me what it looks like?" ”

Ye Lingyi wondered: "This...... It's hard to say, this dog is tall, thin, short and fat, straight and curly, and the coat color is diverse, and the species are not all the same, so it is not easy to explain. ”

"Is that so?"

The emperor was somewhat lost.

Ye Lingyi looked at him, and asked with more mouths driven by curiosity: "Please forgive the slave for talking too much, hasn't the emperor ever seen a dog?" ”

The Young Emperor glanced at her, but did not answer her question.

But looking at it like that, it was clear at a glance that he had really never seen a dog.

What a poor emperor.

Ye Lingyi secretly sympathized with him.

The young emperor had a hard time putting up the pen, and finally put down the pen, sighed and said: "This is a picture of a greyhound shepherd for the Black Water Department, I have seen this sheep, but the dog is ......."

What the?

Ye Lingyi glanced at the creature that the pig and dog were not, and finally saw clearly that there was something next to it that couldn't even distinguish the shape.

Uh, did he have some murderous misunderstanding about sheep?

"Can you ask where you've seen the sheep?"

The young emperor thought about it very seriously and said, "At the banquet where I met with the envoys of the Heishui Ministry some time ago. ”

Has he ever seen a mutton hot pot that has been dismantled?

Ye Lingyi held his forehead and smiled reluctantly: "Can you ask, can the sheep's limbs be sound?" ”

The Young Emperor thought about it again and nodded.

Nonsense, roast a whole sheep, in addition to the unsound parts, can the limbs be unsound?

Ye Lingyi almost rolled her eyes on the spot.

Holding back his mouth that wanted to complain, he said, "Why doesn't the emperor learn from the atlas or let someone do it for him?" ”

The hidden meaning of this sentence is: As a normal person and an emperor, how much does it take to not read the classics to even be unable to distinguish between cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs? With your painting skills, if you make a living, I'm afraid you'll starve to death 800 times.

The young emperor said seriously: "How can that work? The two countries have diplomatic relations, and if you say that you want me to paint it yourself, you have no jokes, how can you fake it to him? ”

Well, okay!

You're great.

Ye Lingyi thought, it's time to save this poor child, otherwise if this painting is sent out, the Heishui Department will think that the young emperor is playing tricks, and he will definitely copy the guy and lead the troops to commit it.

Forget it, she will be a Guanyin Bodhisattva who rescues the suffering and saves the children in the world.

A few days later, she asked someone to send a letter to Helian Che, and said that she was in a hurry.

Helian Che was practicing in Tianxinju, when he suddenly saw the minion running in and handing the letter to him.

When I tore open the envelope, I found that inside was a plain white silk handkerchief, on which was drawn a young man standing in front of the bookcase with teeth bared and a crown on his head, and down was a funny canine-like creature framed on a scroll, and then down was a pile of swords, guns, swords, halberds, and a few ingots of silver were drawn at the end.

Sure enough, it was the green kite who didn't know how to write and ink.

Dressed in plain white practice clothes, his temperament was outstanding, and a smile gradually appeared on his thin lips.

Qing Feng leaned over and glanced at it secretly, with a puzzled face, as if he was thinking about the meaning of this bunch of ghost talismans.

Helian Che noticed it, immediately put away the veil, and looked at him with full deterrence.

Qing Feng shrunk his neck, smiled and said, "Does the master know what that means?" ”

Helian Che put away his sword and walked towards the main house, Qing Feng followed him with a questioning face, only to hear him explain: "Go, find a dog with good quality and send it to the palace." ”

"Dogs? Why did the master think of sending a dog into the palace? ”

Qing Feng was even more confused.

Helian Che sat down by the stone desk in front of the main house and smiled: "Didn't the green kite letter explain it?" ”

"The master can actually understand those ghost drawings!" Qing Feng's eyes widened in surprise.

Helian Che disagreed: "The envoy of the Black Water Department once asked the emperor for a picture of a spirit dog shepherding sheep, presumably the emperor has been worried about this recently. The emperor is in the deep palace and is controlled by the queen of Liang, his learning is limited, and it is normal to not know the appearance of the dog. ”

"So that's the case," Qing Feng looked at Helian Che with admiration, and said worriedly: "But if the master obeys Qing Kite and acts like this, if Empress Liang knows that we help the emperor, won't it cause dissatisfaction on the Queen Mother's side?" ”

"Don't worry, why do you think this letter was delivered here? Empress Liang is like a spider web all over the palace, and the fact that this letter can pass through the palace gate means that Empress Liang must have read the content of the letter and felt that it was okay to send it to the Taishi Mansion. ”

Qing Feng was startled, and suddenly smiled with realization: "So that's the case, no wonder Qing Kite wants to paint that ghost." It turned out to be to avoid the Queen Mother's eyeliner. ”

"She's not that smart."

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