At the back door of King Xin's mansion, a tightly covered sedan chair was slowly lifted out, and then disappeared into the street at dusk.

At the gate of a small courtyard in the palace of King Xin, who had never let Princess Xin approach, King Xin Zhao Xuan stood at the door of the moon with a red face and a radiant face, followed by Zhang Dadao with a deliberately flattering smile.

"This time is good, this king's Dao method has obviously taken another step forward." King Xin said to Zhang Dadao with some unfinished feelings.

Zhang Dadao congratulated King Xin, shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity, the Ling Niang of Jixiangfang has not been found now, if not, I believe that if she and King Xin explore the Dao, presumably the Dao of the King of Xin is more refined than now, and it will benefit immensely." ”

With Zhang Dadao's words, King Xin's mind involuntarily appeared in Ling Niang's delicate appearance that made him fascinated and unrelenting.

That woman can be said to have made him fall in love at first sight, but since someone deliberately sabotaged it, in the past two years, he has never met that Ling Niang again, for him, this has to be said to be his regret that he can't go any further.

"Isn't there any eyebrows?" With a deep regret in his tone, King Shin began to walk towards the back garden with his hands behind his back.

"I didn't have eyebrows before, but ......." Zhang Dadao said behind him.

"But what?" King Huo Ran turned around, the spring mood between his expressions had not completely subsided, and his eyes were bright and said: "This king knows, you won't suddenly mention that Ling Niang in front of this king for no reason, are you now finding it for this king?" ”

Zhang Dadao smiled bitterly, and then sighed: "It's really funny, in fact, this Ling Niang has always been in Dawazi, and she is still in Jixiangfang, but we ignored Jixiangfang, and always thought that she was deliberately avoiding the ...... of King Xin." ”

"Is that true?" King Xin's expression was even more pleasantly surprised, looking at Zhang Dadao's unhurried tone, he asked hurriedly.

"Seriously." Zhang Dadao followed King Xin's continued steps, and said with a serious expression: "But there is a tricky thing that Ye Qing seems to have a relationship with her, or that Ling Niang is now backed by the Imperial City Division, so she ......." ”

"Ye Qing? How did you find out? How did you find Ling Niang? King Xin frowned, and when he heard the word Ye Qing, he immediately lost all interest, and suddenly his whole person became gloomy.

Lu Zujian found it after he got on the line with Li Heng, and later Lu Zujian secretly spied on it, only to find that there were people from the Imperial City Division in the auspicious square from time to time. In the area of Da Wazi, there have always been some people and ruffians who collect protection fees, but later found out that this auspicious fang is like Li Heng's tea shop, and no one has ever dared to collect protection fees, so Lu Zujian began to wonder if this auspicious square is covered by the Imperial City Division, and whether the Imperial City Division is in the place where Da Wazi inquired about the news, so no one dares to come to the door. Zhang Dadao explained to King Xin that Lu Zujian had stumbled upon Ling Niang's matter.

"That Ling Niang is still in Jixiangfang on weekdays?" Shin Wang walked to the door of the back garden, looked at the pavilion not far ahead, and suddenly paused at his feet, then stopped and turned back and asked.

"Yes, she is still in Jixiangfang, but she will leave for a day or two every other day, because she is accompanied by someone from the Imperial City Division, so even Lu Zujian does not dare to get too close, and she has no way of knowing where she went and what she did in those days. But every time after those two days, I will go in and out of Jixiangfang as usual. Zhang Dadao explained.

Looking around King Xin, he saw that in the corridor pavilion, Princess Xin and the palace maid were chatting there, and when Lu Zujian was about to go to King Xin's side, he had to salute Princess Xin when he passed by the corridor pavilion.

"Ye Qing hasn't been back for a long time, so it seems that Ling Niang shouldn't have anything to do with Ye Qing. But where will she go? Li Heng doesn't know either? King Xin asked, looking at Zhang Dadao, who was looking at the pavilion.

"This matter has just been raised, and it is too late to ask Li Heng for confirmation. What's more, this is your secret, so I think it's not clear whether Li Heng is sincere ...... or not. Zhang Dadao hesitated.

"Don't hesitate, you will go to Li Heng to ask for clarification in a while. Even if this person is not of the same mind as this king, but since today's court meeting, he can't help but not have the same heart with this king. As soon as King Xin thought of Ling Niang's appearance, his mood became urgent, so as for Li Heng, he didn't care much at the moment.

But looking at Zhang Dadao's somewhat confused look, he still explained: "After today's court meeting, Li Heng is already the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, as the so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, Ye Qing is not a fool, how can he not see the meaning of the imperial court and the emperor's father suddenly promoting Li Heng as the deputy commander?" Therefore, it is impossible for the two of them to be called brothers and sisters like before, and if Li Heng is ambitious, his only way is to stand on our side. ”

"Divide the two of them?" Zhang Dadao guessed.

"This is just one of them, since Ye Qing took charge of the Imperial City Division, the Imperial City Division has become more terrifying than ever, the four characters of the Tiger Mouth Yamen are now like being customized for the Imperial City Division, the courtiers are jealous, and the father naturally does not want to see Ye Qing dominant, so this matter will be handed over to the king, befriended and won over Li Heng, in order to suppress Ye Qing, and even when necessary, the Emperor Taishang is also willing to sacrifice Ye Qing and replace him with Li Heng." King Xin patiently explained to Zhang Dadao.

The reason why he explained so patiently was not that he felt that Zhang Dadao was dull and couldn't see through the imperial court's strategy to suppress Ye Qing, but that he needed to dispel Zhang Dadao's doubts about the fear of the Imperial City Division, so that he dared to rest assured and boldly find Ling Niang who thought about him day and night.

When King Xin told Zhang Dadao that Li Heng was now the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, Lu Zujian, who was saluting Princess Xin, was waiting for King Xin in the Langting, and unknowingly told Princess Xin about today's court.

The reason why she didn't go to the palace today, in addition to the fact that today's court meeting is very big, is that the queen mother has important matters with the emperor, so she rarely has time to spend time lazily with her palace maid Fangfei in the back garden of this palace today.

When King Xin walked into the pavilion, Princess Xin only raised her eyes to take a look, and then continued to sit quietly at the table to drink tea and enjoy flowers.

In front of Princess Xin, King Xin was not easy to ask Ling Niang about it, so he took the tea poured by Fang Fei, and King Xin, who sat down opposite Princess Xin, looked at Lu Zujian, who was smiling, and asked, "Why are you so happy?" ”

Princess Zhong Qing just quietly listened to Lu Zujian's conversation with King Xin from beginning to end, whether the two talked about whether Dali Temple should assist the court and put some pressure on Zuo Shaoqing after Li Heng was promoted to deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, or Fan Niande's matter, now the court has planned to close the case, but when Bai Bingzhong still refuses to forgive, the calm on Princess Zhong Qing's face has never changed.

As if she was listening to something that had nothing to do with her at all, or even two worlds, from beginning to end, even when Fang Fei looked at Zhong Qing from time to time, Zhong Qing always acted as if nothing had happened.

When King Xin talked to Lu Zujian at the end, the topic of the two began to turn to Ling Niang, but in the mouths of the two, no one mentioned the word Ling Niang, but Lu Zujian said: "But Zhu Xi found that in Fengshan Academy, there is a child named Wang Chong, and the relationship with her is confusing. ”

"The king knows about this, but he never thought of ......." Zhao Xuan, the king of letters, naturally knew who she was referring to in Lu Zujian's mouth, and the matter of having a son had been known since he first saw Ling Niang.

"Fang Fei, let's go back." Zhong Qing put down the teacup in his hand, cut off the bonsai that he had been taking care of for a long time just now with a pair of scissors, and didn't look at King Xin and Lu Zujian, turned around and walked out.

Fang Fei hurriedly saluted King Xin, and then hurriedly chased Zhong Qing's back and left.

King Xin's eyes were complicated and his expression was gloomy, and he was very different from the way he talked and laughed and was elegant and comfortable just now.

Lu Zujian was naturally clear about the matter between King Xin and Princess Xin, and at this moment, looking at King Xin's deep eyes and blue face, he stood silently aside, looking down at his toes.

In fact, if it weren't for King Xin's preference for dual cultivation of Taoism, perhaps King Xin and Princess Xin would also be an enviable couple, but helplessly, King Xin has a soft spot for dual cultivation of Taoism and Law, and for many years he would rather exist with Princess Xin in name than give up that dual cultivation of Taoism.

Therefore, it is difficult for Lu Zujian to understand why King Xin gave up Princess Xin, a beautiful woman like a fairy, but instead entangled with those women who are wives and mothers, and carry out the so-called dual cultivation of Taoism!

Zhang Dadao, Liu Guangyi, and Liu Guangyi's disciple Weng Baoguang, in Lu Zujian's view, are like the spiritual food of King Xin, and I don't know if it is because of them that the irreparable rift between King Xin and Princess Xin has been created, or because of their existence, King Xin has found spiritual and physical sustenance after losing Princess Xin.

"The son of Ling Niang, Wang Chong? In this way, Ling Niang's husband is surnamed Wang? King Xin, who had a gloomy face, watched Zhong Qing and the palace maid completely disappear into the back garden before he opened his mouth and asked Lu Zujian, who bowed his head and was silent.

"I'm afraid others can't say clearly, when Ling Niang was in Yongjin Building, she knew a Xiucai, but then Xiucai disappeared, maybe he was dead, but it doesn't seem to be surnamed Wang." Lu Zujian hurriedly gathered his thoughts and said to King Xin.

"Then it's strange, why did Ling Niang let her child have the surname Wang? Zhu Xi can't find out in Fengshan Academy? King Shin asked, frowning.

"I can't find out, I've only seen Ling Niang's carriage twice, except for the coachman who is Ling Niang alone, so it's hard to know what Ling Niang is...... What's going on. After thinking about his words, Lu Zujian said euphemistically. He was afraid that because of his words, he would arouse the deep jealousy of the king.

"It won't be Ye Qing, after all, Ye Qing hasn't been in Lin'an City for so long, so who could it be? What do you think of this matter being handed over to Li Heng? Or is it investigated by Dali Temple? "King Xin's mind is now full of Ling Niang, and all his thoughts naturally revolve around Ling Niang.