Li Dequan raised his somewhat red and swollen head and said bitterly: "If you go back to the emperor, this matter is indeed a slave's negligence, and I haven't received any news before; And the slave never expected that such a long time had passed, and it would actually spread in the palace, and it also separated the emperor from the queen mother, and the slave really deserved death. ”

In fact, Li Dequan didn't know about this matter, and it was understandable, this matter involved Yinzhen, and which of those palace maids and eunuchs didn't know that Li Dequan was the person next to Yinzhen, how dare he hear these words.

"If the Queen Mother believes me, how can she listen to these rumors." Yin Zhen sighed lightly, and then said: "You give me a good look, how many people in the palace are still spreading this rumor, and they will be severely punished after they find out." Also, in the future, I will pay more attention to the affairs in the palace, and I don't want to have a second time. ”

"The minions obey." Li Dequan hurriedly agreed, knowing that Yinzhen had let himself go, and kowtowed again before standing up. Seeing that Yinzhen pinched his eyebrows tiredly, he said carefully: "The emperor is tired, why don't you let the servants serve you to sleep?" ”

"No, I want to go out for a walk alone." Yinzhen's heart has always been very chaotic, although his body is extremely tired, he has no sleepiness at all, even if he is lying on the bed, he is just opening his eyes to the light.

Yinzhen walked aimlessly, the night was deep, most of the people in the palace rested, the dim light swayed in the night, as if it would go out at any time, and the palace people who were keeping vigil saw Yinzhen coming, and they all knelt down silently and saluted, until he dared to get up when he walked out of the distance.

When passing through the Chengqian Palace, Yin Zhen paused, walked in, raised his hand to stop before the palace people who were keeping vigil saluted, and quietly came to Ling Ruo's bedroom. After lifting the shark veil and going in, I saw Ling Ruozheng sleeping soundly wrapped in a vermilion brocade quilt, looking at the quiet and elegant sleeping face, Yinzhen's heart that had been troubled all night slowly calmed down.

Ling Ruo slept a little hot, and when he turned over, his sleepy eyes opened a little, and he saw a figure in a daze, and he didn't care, he turned sideways and wanted to continue sleeping, but when he was about to fall asleep, a spirit woke up, no, there was only one person in this dormitory, Shui Xiu and they slept in the ear room, and they wouldn't come over unless they were summoned, why would there be a second person?

Thinking of this, she hurriedly grabbed the quilt and sat up, and only when she saw that it was Yinzhen did she breathe a sigh of relief, stroked her chest and said, "Why didn't the emperor wake up the concubine when he came, but made the concubine frightened." ”

Yin Zhen tugged at the corners of his mouth, revealing an extremely reluctant smile, Ling Ruo had been with him for many years, and when he saw his appearance, he knew that he must have something on his mind, so he hurriedly put his shoes on the ground and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm not afraid of freezing when I get up like this." After Yin Zhen took a coat from the shelf and put it on her, Fang told him the ins and outs of tonight's Cining Palace, and the person he trusted the most in the harem was still Ling Ruo.

Ling Ruo was also speechless after hearing this, it was really chilling for her in-law to doubt her son so much, but she was not easy to persuade her, and she was hesitating how to comfort Yinzhen, but Yinzhen sighed faintly and said: "Actually, what really worries me is another thing. ”

Ling Ruo understood what he meant after a moment's thought, "Is the emperor worried about the origin of this rumor?" ”

Yin Zhen bowed his head and said quietly: "Yes, there were only a few people in Changchun Garden that day, Li Dequan had a firm mouth and would definitely not talk nonsense, and Long Keduo and Zhang Tingyu were important ministers in the court, and they were ordered by Emperor Ama to support their ascension to the throne, and they would not say that the reason must be on their brothers." ”

"In fact, after the emperor ascended the throne, he has promoted several of them to princes, and he entrusted them with all the affairs of the court and the central government regardless of his previous suspicions, and he is finally benevolent and righteous, how can they still be so delusional and do not know how to advance or retreat!" Yinzhen's hard work these days, Ling Ruo saw it in his eyes one by one, and it didn't matter if those brothers didn't help, he actually sent people to spread such rumors everywhere in the palace to divide Yinzhen's mother and son.

"I have always remembered Huang Ama's instructions before his death, treat my brothers well, and do not kill each other; It's a pity that they can't understand my painstaking efforts. Looking at the dark night outside the window, he said: "One by one, they only stared at the position where I was sitting, and even the emperor's mother was used by them." ”

"Now that something has happened, no matter how sad it is, it's useless, the emperor still has to take care of himself." Ling Ruo stepped forward and held Yinzhen's hand that had not been warm all night and said, "The emperor still has concubines, and the concubines will always be by the emperor's side." ”

Yin Zhen looked at her sideways, the corners of her lips curled, and a few smiles floated, "You and Nian's are both side Fujin, and now I have inherited the throne, and Nian's has sealed the concubine, but you only have one Xi concubine, but is it strange that I favor one over the other?" ”

"Whether it's a concubine or a concubine Xi, they are all the emperor's concubines, what are they fighting for, not to mention that the concubines know in their hearts that the emperor treats his concubines very well." Ling Ruo said softly, she naturally didn't really care, but knew that it was useless for her to care. The harem has always been deeply involved, Nian's brother Nian Qianyao has made a lot of military exploits over the years, and now the fourteenth elder brother was ordered to return to Beijing, and Nian Qianyao was ordered to take charge of military affairs. As for his own family background, it is too much worse, even the eldest brother is now only a fourth-grade official, and I am afraid that many people are not satisfied with his position as Concubine Xi.

"If only everyone could know you as well." Yin Zhen sighed with emotion in his heart, although the will of the canonization was only made at the beginning of the tenth year, but the matter was decided early, and he knew who was promoted and what position. Wu cried several times in front of Yinzhen for the sake of being only a nobleman for himself, and Yinzhen was annoyed by her.

Ling Ruo glanced at the still dark sky outside and said politely: "It's not dawn yet, why don't the emperor sleep here with his concubines for a while to nourish his spirits?" ”

"No, I won't be able to rest for much time." Speaking of this, Yin Zhen's voice paused, and suddenly said: "Ruo'er, are you interested in accompanying me to a place?" ”

"The emperor has orders, and the concubines should obey them." In such a laugh, Ling Ruo followed Yinzhen out of the Chengqian Palace, the night gradually faded in the walk of the two, and the misty sky lit up from the east, which was the harbinger of the arrival of dawn.

Yinzhen's footsteps stopped at the Fengxian Palace, Ling Ruo came here for the first time, the Fengxian Hall was built on the white Sumeru seat, in the shape of an I-shape, surrounded by high walls. Under the eaves, the gold line is painted with a large point of gold spindle.

After entering, the gold bricks of one color are paved with the ground, the golden lotus water grass pattern ceiling, the front hall is equipped with the throne of wood carving cover gold lacquer, roughly looking, there are about more than ten handfuls; Ling Ruo knew how many thrones there were in the front hall of this Fengxian Palace, and how many tablets there were in the back hall.