Jiang Mengqi paced back and forth in the listening rain, and after noon, she rushed to the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, saying that she came to see Jiang Shuangxue, but she basically didn't have the heart to eat lunch. And her face was a little nervous, as if something big was about to happen, which was out of place with her usual heartless appearance.

"Brother Ling Zhu, why hasn't he come back yet?" Jiang Mengqi began to ask anxiously.

Ling Xi sat quietly beside Jiang Shuangxue, she knew what was going on, she could understand in the back hall that day, the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion was going to be a new queen, but that person was not her. If Ling Xiao wants to give Ling Man an identity as a concubine, then he has to give Ling Man's biological mother Leng Qiuye an identity as a wife, in addition to divorce his wife, then there is only the road of a flat wife. Obviously, Ling Xiao invited his clansmen to the mansion early this morning, probably to discuss the matter of raising Leng Qiuye's identity.

"Mengqi, don't wander back and forth in the house, my heart is a little uneasy because of you." Jiang Shuangxue hugged Ling Yao in her arms a little tighter, for fear that her hands would tremble and she would fall on Ling Yao.

"Auntie, my father said that the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion is now coming to the mansion with the Zhang Luo clan, which is not normal. It is rumored outside that the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion is going to have a queen, and King Duan came to the mansion a few days ago as a guest, it is obvious that the second sister will become the queen is a sure thing, what is the uncle looking for people to come to the mansion now? ”

Jiang Mengqi walked to Jiang Shuangxue's side, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and said in a low voice: "Could it be that there is something wrong with the Yilan Courtyard, and my aunt should not agree to hand Ling Man's Geng post to the palace, which makes the Yilan Courtyard have thoughts that it should not be born." A concubine still wants to enter the palace as a palace concubine, which is really wishful thinking. ”

"Mother, I'm back." Jiang Mengqi was still in a state of anxiety, and Ling Zhu slowly walked into the house.

"Brother Ling Zhu, have you heard anything?"

Jiang Mengqi gave Ling Zhu an urgent look, she was expecting Ling Zhu to give her an answer at the moment, but she seemed to be a little afraid that Ling Zhu would really say something big.

"Father, inviting the people of the Ling clan to the mansion is to discuss the matter of raising Aunt Leng as a flat wife." Ling Zhu whispered.

"What? Aunt Leng really doesn't stop at all, and she is still dreaming of spring and autumn here? Jiang Mengqi couldn't believe it, she had already heard that Leng Qiuye had bewitched Ling Xiao ten years ago to ask her to ask Mrs. Fengguo, that is, for her own fate, so that she could squeeze into the ancestral hall and become a flat wife. Fortunately, Emperor Xuanwu did not agree to Ling Xiao's invitation at that time, otherwise Leng Qiuye might not know what kind of arrogance he would become. It's good now, Leng Qiuye came up directly to ask for the position of his wife, she is so impatient, is she crazy?

"She wants to be beautiful, my aunt is the young lady of the Marquis of Anguo's mansion, and she has worked hard in the Ling family all her life, how can she be a flat wife? Besides, there is a polite law to find a flat wife, and the concubine is raised as a flat wife, there is no such rule in Dongyu Kingdom, and the Ling clan will not agree to it so confused, aunt, you don't have to worry. Jiang Mengqi comforted Jiang Shuangxue.

"Is something happening? Hou Ye wouldn't be so unmeasured. ”

Jiang Shuangxue also felt that this matter was a bit too ridiculous, if Ling Xiao could give Leng Qiuye the identity of his wife, how could he make a big move, and did not hesitate to go to the court to invite Mrs. Fengguo for Leng Qiuye, there must be something in this.

"The second sister's divorce has been spread in Yicheng, and I don't know when it started, and there are ugly rumors about the second sister, so she is afraid that she will not be able to take the throne. His Majesty intends to let the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion have a queen, and his father wants the third sister to replace the second sister to become the queen, in order to give the third sister a legitimate identity as a concubine, he will think of this method of raising Aunt Leng as a flat wife. After saying that, Ling Zhu didn't forget to glance at Ling Xi, Ling Xi sat beside Jiang Shuangxue without saying a word, her face was very calm, it was obvious that Ling Xi had already known about this.

"What? How could this happen, I have to go back to my house and tell Daddy. ”

Jiang Mengqi suddenly lost her soul and became depressed, Leng Qiuye's identity was related to the election, it would be difficult to say, she hurriedly walked out of Tingyuzhai, Ling Zhu saw her like this, a little worried, he also followed behind Jiang Mengqi and sent her back to the Marquis of Anguo's mansion.

Jiang Shuangxue looked at Ling Xi who was in a daze on the side, she asked her subordinates to take Ling Yao out to play, and after a long time, she said quietly: "You broke off with the Ye family's son, rest assured at home and wait to enter the palace." Jiang Shuangxue said sonorously, although she deliberately lowered her voice, Ling Xi heard it very clearly.

"Auntie, do you know everything?"

Ling Xi looked at Jiang Shuangxue's determined expression, could it be that Jiang Shuangxue already knew about her and Ye Muzhi? When did you know, Ling Xi's heart couldn't help but mutter.

"The redness and swelling on your face some time ago, Dr. Xu told me, you deliberately used herbs to make it, you asked Zhu'er to invite the Zhan family to come to the house, didn't you just let Zhan Gongzi see your face that was almost disfigured? The Zhan family's divorce was also deliberately caused by you. ”

It turned out that Jiang Shuangxue knew it, and she knew it clearly, Ling Xi couldn't help but smile bitterly, she thought how smart she was, and she had hidden it from many people, but Jiang Shuangxue had already known it, but she didn't break it.

"In order to marry me, he did not hesitate to go to the battlefield to make meritorious deeds, I promised him, I will wait for him, I will not marry him in this life." Ling Xi said excitedly, and she couldn't help but get up, also with a determined look.

"The feats he won on the battlefield are for himself, not for you, if there is no election, I am willing to fulfill your love, but not now, you must enter the palace as the queen."

Ling Xi looked at Jiang Shuangxue in front of her in disbelief, she had never felt sad for Ling Xiao's partiality, just because she felt that she had the best mother, Jiang Shuangxue was rational and generous, the most important thing was that whenever she could, she would help herself, she had her mother's selfless love. But today she knew that Jiang Shuangxue could acquiesce in her love, but the premise was that it could not damage the interests of the family, it turned out that between her daughter's love and the future of the family, for Jiang Shuangxue, the latter was more important, Ling Xi suddenly felt a little lost.

"If Ling Man becomes the queen and Leng Qiuye becomes Ping's wife again, there is no doubt about Ling Hua's identity as a concubine, Ling Zhu will have no chance to inherit the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, I don't mind these fame and fortune, but if Yao'er doesn't have a maiden family to rely on, how can she have a happy future in the future? In the future, how will Mengqi gain a foothold in the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, and Leng Qiuye's narrow-mindedness, her daughter will be the queen, can the Marquis of Anguo Mansion still live in peace? ”

After hearing Jiang Shuangxue's words, Ling Xi's originally angry eyes were suddenly soaked in swollen tears, and her anger was soaked in wet and salty tears, and it was consumed little by little.

Rationally speaking, Jiang Shuangxue is right, Leng Qiuye has made a lot of trouble in order to get on the throne, ruining people's reputations, poisoning and provoking contradictions between the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion and the Anguo Marquis Mansion, if Ling Man really sits in the back seat, the Jiang family is afraid that if he dies on the battlefield, it will be a good death, and no amount of merit can withstand Ling Man's pillow wind. And Jiang Shuangxue and Ling Yao, as well as Ling Zhu and Jiang Mengqi, they will have to look at Leng Qiuye's face in the future at the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, and they will be struggling.

But what about her? If she enters the palace, she and Ye Muzhi will have no future, and the kind of life in the inner courtyard of the deep palace is not something that a woman like her can get grace from, except for the lonely and depressed life, only the golden palace walls remain. For her, her happiness lies in Ye Muzhi, and entering the palace will cut off her path to happiness.

"So A-Niang plans to sell her daughter into the palace to exchange for the great future of the Yuanhou Mansion and the Anguo Marquis Mansion?" Ling Xi said with some anger.

With a "horn", Jiang Shuangxue slapped Ling Xi's face excitedly, and soon a crimson handprint appeared on Ling Xi's face, Jiang Shuangxue saw the swelling on Ling Xi's face, she regretted it a little, since she was a child, she had never hit Ling Xi, she couldn't help but want to step forward to see Ling Xi's injured face. But Ling Xi avoided Jiang Shuangxue's care as soon as she turned around, and let her aggrieved and helpless tears glide across her face arbitrarily, and her slightly red and swollen face was infected with wet and salty tears, painful and painful.

"I know you resent me, and when you become a mother one day, you will understand that I am doing this for your good." After speaking, Jiang Shuangxue walked out of the door of the room lonely.

Thinking of Jiang Shuangxue's resolute appearance, Ling Xi knew that Jiang Shuangxue was determined to send her to the palace, don't look at Jiang Shuangxue's usual generosity and gentleness, but once she decides things, even Ling Xiao can't change it, Jiang Shuangxue has the courage of a military general, as well as an indescribable stubbornness, but Ling Xi is not? She really looks too much like Jiang Shuangxue.

Ling Xi was unwilling, her fate was tied to the inner courtyard of the deep palace from then on, she thought of Ye Muzhi, and countless happy pictures she had fantasized, she knew very well what she wanted, she wanted to join hands with Ye Muzhi to sail in the countryside, comfortable and expressive, and she was not willing to spend her days in the deep palace, wandering between loneliness and calculation.

She suddenly remembered the play she watched on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, a rich girl could elope with the young master, and she could also go to the border town alone to find Ye Muzhi, no matter how long Ye Muzhi was in the border town, she accompanied him.

But Ling Xi thought of Jiang Shuangxue again, and the relatives she cared about, when she left, the Marquis of Anguo Mansion not only lost the position of queen, she was equivalent to giving Leng Qiuye a chance, an opportunity to abuse and hurt all her relatives, Ling Xi thought of this, she was extremely depressed, and suddenly slumped on the bench.

Her feet seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and they were firmly nailed to the ground, and she couldn't take a single step, no matter which step she took, there was an abyss under her feet. Where does she go from here? Ling Xi sat there motionless, staring blankly at the door for a long time.