Ling Zhu stood outside the Dongnuan Pavilion, and Xiang Hongxuan was still in the house to discuss state affairs with Yan Qing, so Ling Zhu had to wait outside the house. He looked at Qingfeng Garden, this is where Ginkgo lived after entering the palace, although it is not as good as the splendid Jiaofang Palace, but it is also elegant and comfortable, this is Ginkgo's favorite place, but unfortunately he did not give Ginkgo such a comfortable place, and this deep palace has never been a place where she can express her feelings freely.

"Uncle Guo, Your Majesty invites you to come into the house."

Xiao Dezi appeared in front of Ling Zhu's eyes, Ling Zhu came back to his senses all of a sudden, and he followed Xiao Dezi's steps into the Dongnuan Pavilion.

"Your Majesty."

Ling Zhu respectfully saluted Xiang Hongxuan, Yan Qing had already exited the inner room, waved his hand to Hongxuan, and the waiter served Ling Zhu tea.

"Uncle Guo is exempt, what is the matter with Uncle Guo coming to the harem today?"

"Your Majesty, it will be March 3 in a few days, after Uncle Zhongyi marries the county lord of Anning, the minister wants to go back to his hometown Chenzhou and hone himself in the local area."

Xiang Hongxuan slowly put down the tea bowl in his hand, his face stiffened, and his expression became solemn.

"Uncle Guo, the matter of the sweat towel has passed, and Uncle Guo doesn't have to care. Now I need a courtier like Uncle Guo to serve, so Uncle Guo doesn't want to talk about going to the earth. ”

Even though Xiang Hongxuan was trying his best to keep Ling Zhu, Ling Zhu still fell to his knees again, and he slammed his head on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has no talent and no virtue, because of the relationship between the queen and the queen, he became a waiter in the military department, and then he was promoted by His Majesty to the position of deputy minister of political affairs.

"Uncle Guo doesn't have to worry about the remarks of those officials, I have already put an end to this matter, these officials are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, if they dare to hold on to this matter again, I will punish them severely."

Xiang Hongxuan walked in front of Ling Zhu and helped him up, to be honest, releasing Ling Zhu was the best means to calm the speech of the officials, but when Xiang Hongxuan thought of Ling Xi, he was a little unbearable. It's just a Fengyue case that can't be put on the table, it's not a big deal, as long as he presses it, this matter will pass.

"Your Majesty can block the mouths of the officials, and you can't block the mouths of the world, the ministers don't want to embarrass Your Majesty, and they don't want the queen to bear the charge of protecting her relatives."

Xiang Hongxuan was stunned, he was indeed negligent. He only thought of Ling Xi's feelings, but he forgot that Ling Zhu was a relative, or a relative who had no roots in the imperial court.

Although the Ling family is the founder of the country, but Ling Zhu is a concubine, but Ling Zhu's rocket-like road to the throne will inevitably make the courtiers a little uneasy, if this matter is not a small punishment for Ling Zhu at all, it is not good. After all, when it comes to the harem and Ling Xi, it is better to think about it.

After thinking about it again, Xiang Hongxuan said faintly: "Then Uncle Guo will go to Chenzhou to be the governor, and when the four-year term expires, Uncle Guo will return to the court and serve me." ”

"Thank you, Lord Long." Ling Zhu slammed his head on the ground again and said respectfully.

"Uncle Guo went to meet the queen, this is four years, the queen should miss Uncle Guo very much

Target. ”

After Ling Zhu thanked him, he withdrew from the East Warm Pavilion, he followed the chamber to the west chamber, as soon as he walked into the house, he saw Ling Xi embroidering a purse, Ling Xi saw Ling Zhu, she slowly got up and came to Ling Zhu's side.

"Brother, why did you enter the palace."

"Queen Mother, I heard that you are sick, are you feeling better?"

Ling Xi's eyes were rosy, and there seemed to be something in her throat, and she couldn't speak for a long time, which made her extremely uncomfortable.

"Ginkgo is dead, brother, Ginkgo died for this palace."

Ling Xi's face was instantly covered with tears, she hadn't cried like this for a long time, because she lost the queen's demeanor, because she couldn't let others see her weakness, but at this moment, when Ling Xi saw Ling Zhu, her tears couldn't hold back anymore.

"If Bengong knows about Ginkgo and her brother, Bengong will definitely not let her enter the palace, so that she will not die in the Neiwei Mansion and die in front of Bengong's eyes."

Ling Zhu stretched out his hand and gently wiped away the tears on Ling Xi's face, but no matter how many tears he wiped away, Ling Xi's eyes were like a fountain, and tears continued to flow out, crossing Ling Xi's face, and drop by drop fell to the ground.

"Queen Mother, you are not in good health yet, so you will cry badly."

"It was Ling Man and Aunt Leng who spread the matter of the sweat towel outside the palace, and Ling Man also went to the Neiwei Mansion to tell Ginkgo that the palace was impeached by the officials, and Ginkgo couldn't think about it, brother, don't blame Ginkgo, blame her for telling you about it, she has no choice, it was the palace that harmed her."

When Ling Zhu heard that Ginkgo's death was related to Leng Qiuye's mother and daughter, one of his hands clenched into a fist, and an angry expression also leaked from his face.

"I don't blame her, I only blame myself, on the day of your wedding, you didn't stop her from entering the palace."

"Big wedding?" Ling Xi raised her teary eyes and looked at Ling Zhu, she didn't know how many things she didn't know.

"On the day of your wedding, I once looked for Ginkgo, I told her not to enter the palace, but she said, you need her, she doesn't want to be a humble person in the inner courtyard of the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, she wants to enter the palace. It's not that you hurt her, it's that I didn't give her enough confidence to be willing to stay by my side, and I hurt her. Ling Zhu said in disappointment.

"When did it start? Why don't you tell me. Ling Xi said sadly.

"I don't know what to start with, maybe from the first time I saw her, I always felt that she had the shadow of A-Niang. I was only three years old when my aunt died, I can't remember my aunt's appearance, but on Ginkgo's body, I seem to feel the breath of Niang, unconsciously, I fell in love with the little maid next to you, I thought about marrying her in the future, giving her a name, but my uncle gave me Mengqi Xu, I can marry Miss Anguo Houfu as a concubine, I know enough, I dare not accept Ginkgo as a concubine, and finally she wants to accompany you into the palace, I can no longer keep her. Ling Zhu said humbly, it seemed that when Ling Xi's wedding was in front of him, Ginkgo was in front of him, as long as he held Ginkgo's hand tightly, maybe Ginkgo's ending would be different.

"Brother, do you blame me? That sweat towel .........."

"Queen Mother, the sweat towel was given to me by Ginkgo, please don't mention it again in the future."

Ling Zhu interrupted Ling Xi's words, his eyes were slightly red, and he shook his head at Ling Xi, although there were no other palace people in the house, but this was the inner courtyard of the palace, and the secret should not be spoken, otherwise the dead would die in vain.

"Queen Mother, Weichen is here to bid you farewell."

"Resignation? Where is my brother going? ”

"Your Majesty has given permission, Weichen will go to his hometown Chenzhou to take office after the little sister gets married, and he will be the governor of the state for four years, and the mother will have to take care of her in the future."

"Your Majesty said, the matter of the sweat towel is over, why should my brother leave?" Ling Xi asked Ling Zhu in confusion.

Ling Zhu looked at Ling Xi with tears on his face distressedly, he sighed faintly, and said: "For Ginkgo, for you, sometimes I envy Niangniang, Niangniang has never given up hope no matter when, but I can only be afraid of the side, afraid of wolves and tigers, weighing left and right, I think I should be a very cowardly man, and now I want to do something for you." ”

Looking at Ling Zhu's meaningful words, Ling Xi frowned and asked eagerly, "Brother, what do you want to do?" ”

Ling Zhu was close to Ling Xi's side, and he whispered in Ling Xi's ear: "When I want to go, take Ginkgo with me, I want to bury her in my hometown, next to the grave of my aunt in the Ling family, so that she is not a lonely ghost." ”

"Brother, are you crazy? If the officials knew about it, my brother wouldn't want to go back to Yicheng in the future. Ling Xi said in a low voice.

"The queen once said that if you gamble, everyone will be happy if you win, and if you lose, you will let me pay for my career. Good no good? ”

Ling Xi was stunned, many years ago, she also said this when she didn't enter the palace, she knew that this was not gambling, this was the last bit of thought in her heart. After she turned around and walked a few steps, she stumbled and sat down on a chair beside her, and after a while, she whispered, "Ginkgo has been buried, can my brother bear to let her be restless again?" ”

"You chose the land for her, it's really good, but the ownerless grave, it is inevitable that she will be bullied, she entered the cemetery of my Ling family, at least in the next life, she can have a good birth, and she doesn't have to be a slave and a maid, and suffer from this previous life. I'll let people do it quietly before I go, and I don't have to worry about it. ”

Ling Zhu slowly walked in front of Ling Xi, he leaned down, squatted in front of Ling Xi, and wiped the tears from Ling Xi's face with his hands again.

"Let me stay with her in my hometown for four years, this is the only thing I can do for her, let me gamble."

Ling Xi looked at Ling Zhu with a firm expression, she had mixed feelings, she couldn't cry and said: "Brother, don't use the Ling family's family to do this, find some people outside the city, give more silver, Ginkgo loves to be clean, afraid of pain, let them do it lightly, do it carefully." ”

A tear fell from Ling Zhu's face, crossed Ling Zhu's face, and fell on the back of Ling Xi's hand, Ling Zhu whispered to Ling Xi: "Sister, if my brother loses the bet, the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion will ask you, my brother is a little unlucky, don't blame me." ”

After speaking, Ling Zhu slammed together, and he used his sleeves cleanly

Wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes on the ground and walked out of the house quickly.

Ling Xi sat in the room in a daze, tears flowing quietly, and he didn't know how long it would last. Aunt An cautiously walked into the house, she looked at Ling Xi's appearance, remembered that Ling Zhu had just come to leave, thinking that Ling Xi was very sad, she came to Ling Xi's side carefully, and whispered: "Queen Mother, Uncle Guo is just going to Chenzhou for four years, Your Majesty said, let Uncle Guo come back as soon as the term of office expires, you don't have to be too sad." ”

"What's the matter?"

Ling Xi wiped the tears on her face with the silk handkerchief in her arms, she walked out of the window and looked at the clear blue sky, such a beautiful sky, but unfortunately Ginkgo couldn't see it.

"Queen Mother, the palace people of Qingyulou said that the third lady seems to be not feeling well, and she can't leave the palace again." Aunt An's voice became smaller and smaller, she knew that Ling Xi didn't like to hear her words, but this Ling Man was too good at making a fuss, the holy decree was issued, and she was still in the palace, with a fearless appearance.

Although there have always been rumors in the harem that Xiang Hongxuan wanted to include Ling Man in the harem, but as soon as Xiang Hongxuan pointed out the holy decree of marriage, Ling Man's harem road was broken, and it was useless for her to die in the harem.

"If you are sick, you will send the imperial doctor to see it, if you can't send a few more imperial doctors to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion to reside, the third sister will soon become the princess of Duan, but you can't slack off."

Ling Xi looked down at the silk handkerchief in her hand again, this was still embroidered by Ginkgo biloba, Ginkgo said that her embroidery was too poor, so her silk handkerchief was embroidered by Ginkgo.

"You tell the palace people of Qingyulou that if the third sister can't leave the palace before the sun sets today, then they don't have to serve in the harem, and they all go to the Huanyi Bureau on errands."

"The slave knows."

Aunt An looked at Ling Xi, who was a little angry, and she quickly withdrew from the house. Ling Xi looked at the sky, maybe the sky in Chenzhou was also so beautiful, Ling Zhu and Ginkgo would also see such a sky.

(End of chapter)