In the imperial garden, the osmanthus flowers were fragrant, and a figure flashed under the shade of the tree, creeping into an inconspicuous corner, and taking off his hood to reveal a rather clever face.

It turned out to be the little eunuch of Qingwang's Mansion.

In the corner hidden by the dense laurel tree, a clear male voice sounded in a low voice: "How is it?" ”

"The slave is fortunate not to be dishonored!" Diamond's eyes were bright, revealing the pride of a young man: "That little fool is stupid and arrogant, very coaxing!" In the past two days, he has flaunted his power in the mansion, as if he regarded himself as half a master; The servant plucked him and ate a few lotus seeds, added oil and vinegar to stir it up, and now the princess has completely hated him! ”

There was a moment of silence behind the laurel tree, and the young man's voice was flat and unjoyful: "That slave is indeed extremely stupid, but there are occasional times when he is clever. You have to be careful. ”

"Minions know!" Diamond responded with a smile, and said the jokes made when King Qing got married yesterday and the farce at night, the whole person was in spirit, and he was not at all afraid to shrink on the stage like when he was in King Qing's mansion.

It's a pity that until he finished speaking, the person behind the laurel tree still didn't give him a word of praise, and only asked in a light tone: "You mean that Princess Qing entered the palace by herself?" ”

"Yes," Diamond raised her chin triumphantly, "the husband and wife turned against each other, and the two of them didn't even say hello to each other!" ”

The man behind the tree groaned slightly and said "um": "I see." Go back to your house, be careful, don't make people suspicious. ”

Diamond answered "yes", bowed, and reluctantly withdrew.

The autumn wind was blowing, and a person slowly walked out from behind the laurel tree, and the action was like a Zhilan jade tree standing in the wind, and it was the second prince Shen Qingyue.

A smile appeared on his beautiful face, the folding fan in his hand flicked his sleeves, and he walked leisurely: "Let's go, let's go and meet the concubine." ”

The two little eunuchs behind him followed step by step, without a trace of expression on their faces, obviously they had seen the world.

Because he has seen the world, when he saw that his master said that he would meet the concubine, but he actually didn't enter the door, but "encountered" Princess Qing in the middle of the palace, the two little eunuchs didn't say a word, and tacitly walked to both ends of the road, standing like a pillar.

In the aisle, Shen Qingyue put away the folding fan, smiled with a smile on her face, and bowed to Chen Lingwan: "Princess Qing." ”

"Your Highness, no!" Chen Lingwan hurriedly returned the salute, with an uneasy expression: "The young and the old are orderly, how can there be any reason for you to salute me first!" ”

"The young and the old are orderly, and the respect and humility are also orderly." Shen Qingyue straightened up and smiled kindly: "The fourth brother has been crowned king, and his identity is very different from ours, so the foolish brother naturally doesn't dare to slack off." ”

Chen Lingwan was laughed at by him, her face was inexplicably hot, and she hurriedly said: "What kind of king is not a king, if your own brother talks about dignity and humility, it will be too much to see the outside!" ”

Shen Qingyue hesitated for a moment, and then smiled: "My brother and sister are right, it's a foolish brother who is pedantic. ——The fourth brother and younger brother and sister are happy to get married, and the piano is harmonious, and the father and the mother will be happy. Have you already met your father? ”

The smile on Chen Lingwan's face slowly froze, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince has always been known for his calmness and transparency, but today he seems to have fallen into an evil spirit, not only did he immediately realize that it was inappropriate to divert the topic, but stood firmly in place with a bit of stubbornness, and he actually looked like he would not give up without an answer.

The atmosphere froze for a long time, Chen Lingwan pulled the corners of her lips weakly, squeezed out a plausible smile, and said astringently: "The prince said that he wanted to read more books in the mansion, and he never came with me." It is inconvenient for me to go to worship my father alone, so I came to visit Ye Niangniang first. ”

"What?!" Shen Qingyue was shocked, "Newlywed Yan'er, the fourth brother still only cares about studying?" This...... It's a good thing to love reading, but you can't leave your new wife alone! Let you be a girl in the palace alone to accept the questioning and ridicule of others, this is ...... What a system! ”

After he finished speaking, Chen Lingwan's tears had fallen.

Shen Qingyue didn't seem to realize that her words were inappropriate until this moment, and she hurriedly raised her hand and patted her face, sneering: "Look at my mouth!" Don't be too sad for your younger siblings, the fourth brother is still young, and it is inevitable that there will be times when he is not sensible, so it will be fine in two years. ”

Chen Lingwan wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, barely squeezing out a smile, but she couldn't speak.

Shen Qingyue knew that she was depressed in her chest, so she hurriedly persuaded again: "Brother and sister, don't think too much, like you, with a blue heart and a charming appearance, the fourth brother will not be willing to be cold." He may not have enlightened yet......"

Speaking of this, his face suddenly changed again, and he knocked his head with a fan, and then said to Chen Lingwan with a smile: "Don't talk about this." The concubine must have been waiting for a long time at this moment, and I heard that Lin Cairen was also there. That's a foul mouth, I'll go in with my brother and sister. ”

When Chen Lingwan heard the last sentence, the tears that she forcibly suppressed rolled down again, and she involuntarily rushed forward two steps and blurted out: "Second brother!" ”

"What's wrong?" Shen Qingyue stood still and looked back at her, her expression so gentle that she seemed to be facing not a seventeen-year-old brother and sister, but a seven-year-old doll.

Chen Lingwan's eyes became more and more hot, and even her whole face was hot, and the words in her heart drilled out of her mouth as if she had grown legs: "Second brother, what if...... If I hadn't married King Qing, wouldn't I have been as ...... as I am now?"

Shen Qingyue slowly lowered her head, was silent for a long time, and sighed: "The fourth brother is young, indeed...... It's too ignorant, if I'm ...... I won't let you be so wronged. ”

Chen Lingwan's tears burst instantly.

After Shen Qingyue said this, as if she had been suddenly knocked on the top of her head by an invisible person, her face changed suddenly, and then she immediately turned around and walked away, not only did she fulfill the offer of "accompany you in", but she didn't even say "goodbye".

It's like running away.

Chen Lingwan did not blame him for his dishonesty and faux pas. She turned around slowly, looking at Shen Qingyue's back, crying silently.

Until a sneer sounded behind him.

The maidservant beside her, Huizhu's face changed, and she hurriedly knelt down and saluted, and Chen Lingwan came back to her senses and looked back at the person who came.

After that, his face suddenly turned pale: "The temple ...... Your Highness, how can you ......?"

In an instant, hundreds of thoughts flashed in Chen Lingwan's heart, but her mouth seemed to be stuck with paste, and she couldn't say half a word.

She thought that Shen Yuli would question her face-to-face, and might even insult her with ugly words. Depending on the barbarian's solution, he might even be able to do something to her......

Unexpectedly, Shen Yuli didn't mention anything about the second prince, and the first thing he asked was: "What happened to you around the forest?" ”

Chen Lingwan's thoughts were still around the "Second Prince", and when she heard Shen Yuli ask her, she subconsciously wanted to deny it: "Don't get me wrong, I really don't have anything with him-what?" Around the forest? What do you say about circling the forest? ”

Shen Yuli narrowed his eyes, and his expression became colder: "Today was supposed to be you and me entering the palace together, but you deliberately avoided me from coming alone; Coincidentally, Huan Lin disappeared at this time, do you dare to say that this matter has nothing to do with you? ”

"Of course it's none of my business!" Chen Lingwan was full of confidence, and her courage immediately grew: "The person on the tip of your own heart can't stand it, but you come to me to find some bad luck?" You sold the servant girl who benefited from me, you got rid of the mother-in-law in charge, and I didn't bring any small maids, only a few useless little girls, can you take a big living person away for you? It just doesn't make sense! ”

"That's right. Your mother-in-law. Shen Yuli accurately grasped the person in her words.

Chen Lingwan sneered angrily, as if she didn't want to argue with a child about such a stupid question. It's a pity that her eyes are a little swollen from crying, and the momentum around her body feels a little insufficient.

Shen Yu couldn't help but look at her, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his guess would not be wrong, and his expression became more and more determined: "Xiangfu and Yaxing, I have already asked someone to inquire." Once it is confirmed that this matter is related to you - Miss Chen Liu, I will teach you that even if you are as noble as you, there is a price to pay for doing something wrong. ”

"Yes, yes!" Chen Lingwan's cowardice in her heart had completely disappeared, and looking at Shen Yuli was like looking at an entangled enemy: "You two, sing a good double reed!" Okay, I, Chen Lingwan, am not a person who can't bear things, you must deduct such a black pot for me, I admit it! Anyway, it's my fault no matter where this matter goes, and the tip of your heart is missing, isn't it my jealous woman's ghost......"

As he was talking, someone suddenly came from behind, his steps were not very heavy, and his voice was extremely loud: "Oh, why are the little couples arguing here?" ”

is Lin Cairen, the biological mother of the nineteenth princess, and the second prince just said that she was waiting in the palace of the concubine.

Chen Lingwan didn't investigate why she was here, and cried and pounced when she saw someone: "Niangniang, help!" His Royal Highness King Qing wants to kill me! ”

"Why ...... like this," Lin Cairen was frightened, "Why is it that you want to fight and kill?" I just got married yesterday, this ...... What it looks like! ”

Chen Lingwan threw herself into her arms, crying breathlessly.

Lin Cairen hugged her like a child, and hurriedly turned around and instructed the palace maid: "Go and invite Your Majesty to come and talk in the palace together!" Really, how can this young couple be so worry-free! ”

The palace maid listened to the order and hurriedly ran to invite someone, so Lin Cairen took care of Chen Lingwan carefully and persuaded to go to see the concubine together, and did not forget to turn back to Shen Yuli to reproach a few words, saying that he was ignorant and did not feel sorry for his daughter-in-law or anything.

Shen Yuli listened impatiently, and was stopped by Lin Cairen several times when he wanted to leave, and finally even put an elder on him regardless of his identity: "Do you don't recognize your elders even after you are crowned king?" As a newlywed son of man, Yan'er didn't see your father or concubine, hiding in this nobody's middle road and scolding your daughter-in-law, you are so promising! ”

"I'm not," Shen Yuli's face was ugly, "I still have important matters, I'll come back to see my father and you mothers in a while!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Lin Cairen's face sank, and he showed the momentum of Zhaoyi in the past: "What is important, it is worth you to leave the newlywed princess aside?" Don't forget that this is your father's marriage! ”

She carried the emperor out several times, but Shen Yuli couldn't argue in person, and her heart couldn't help but become more and more aggrieved.

At this time, Chen Lingwan cried a little softer, choked and grabbed Lin Cairen's sleeve: "Niangniang, don't scold him...... I know, a hundred of them are not as good as one ...... around the forest."

"Who?!" Lin Cairen was shocked, "Around the forest? Hasn't he already been executed by His Majesty? ”

Chen Lingwan and Shen Yuli showed surprise at the same time, each puzzled.

Lin Cairen was already on the verge of a great enemy, and hurriedly called the palace maids to come forward to block Shen Yuli's way, and said awe-inspiringly: "This is not something that can be explained by 'ignorance'. Fourth Highness, you have to say a few words in front of Your Majesty in a while! ”

Shen Yuli saw that the road behind him had been blocked by more than a dozen palace maids, and knew that he couldn't leave, so he could only be secretly anxious.

All the way helplessly entered the Mingfeng Hall where the concubine lived, and the emperor soon came in a hurry, and Chen Lingwan's tears were still uncollected.

A room of concubines and princesses competed for persuasion, Chen Lingwan sobbed and got up and saluted the emperor, and fell to the ground crying.

The emperor was impatient to hear people crying, and he was so angry that he pulled his beard: "What's the matter, what's the matter?" I gave you a good marriage, why did you cry? ”

"Your Majesty!" Chen Lingwan struggled to fall to the ground and kowtowed: "The courtiers are brave, beg Your Majesty to take back her life, and give the courtiers peace with His Royal Highness King Qing!" ”

"How can it be!" The emperor and several concubines roared in unison.

Ye Guifei hurriedly stepped forward to hug Chen Lingwan, pressed her forehead with a handkerchief to prevent her from knocking again, and weptly persuaded her: "Newlyweds are not sure of their temperament, and it is nothing to occasionally say a few words." If you are like you and talk about peace and divorce at every turn, wouldn't it hurt the hearts of your parents and elders? ”

"But," Chen Lingwan fell on Ye Guifei's lap and cried breathlessly, "But King Qing is disrespectful to His Majesty, and his courtiers don't want to be with him!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the women in the temple were shocked.

The Emperor twisted his beard, looked up and asked, "How can he be disrespectful to me?" ”

Chen Lingwan straightened her back, raised her head and said: "His Royal Highness King Qing doesn't like courtiers, last night the cave room flower candle insisted on refusing to enter the new room, and instructed the servants to eat all the lotus seeds on the marriage bed, deliberately looking for bad luck...... The courtiers also heard that King Qing complained to people in private, saying that His Majesty was unkind to his father, and not only left him in the deserted garden for more than ten years, but also ...... and gave him an old woman as his wife......"

"Huh?" When the emperor heard the words "unkind to his father", his face immediately sank.

But Chen Lingwan added: "Early this morning, the courtiers thought that they wanted to enter the palace as soon as possible to meet Your Majesty and all the maids, so they sent the maid in the room to the study to ask for the letter, but I didn't expect it...... Unexpectedly, the girl came back and said that King Qing claimed that he still wanted to study, and he didn't want to come with his courtiers! The maidservant persuaded a little bit or two, and King Qing said that the woman has long hair and short knowledge, so she naturally doesn't understand that the big husband must take the world as his own responsibility, share the worries of the king, and can't fall behind in everything he studies and martial arts......"

"Ouch!" Lin Cairen covered his mouth and exclaimed, "At a young age, the ambition is not small!" ”

Shen Yuli was forced to kneel in the hall, but his expression was not much panicked. He looked up at Lin Cairen, and then still looked at Chen Lingwan: "She is worthy of being a talented woman from a scholarly family for generations, and she can turn black and white upside down and make something out of nothing with one mouth." ”

At this time, Ye Guifei also came back to her senses, hurriedly pushed Chen Lingwan away, stood up and scolded in a deep voice: "Chen, you are not the only one in Qingwangfu, dozens of subordinates inside and outside are all witnesses. If you dare to open your mouth, it is a crime of deception! ”

"Courtiers don't dare to bully the king!" Chen Lingwan cried, "But the palace belongs to King Qing, and dozens of servants inside and outside only listen to him, if they want to reverse black and white, and insist that the courtiers make something out of nothing, the courtiers have no choice but to confess...... Those people dare to worship even those who His Majesty personally ordered to kill as masters, what else dare not ......"

The emperor didn't understand the second half of the sentence, and was frowning, Lin Cairen had already asked, "You mean that around the forest?" Is he really not dead? Was he really rescued by King Qing and raised in the house? ”

Chen Lingwan cried so much that she choked several times, and she couldn't speak, so she could only kowtow.

The emperor pushed the table and stood up with a bang: "What did you say?" That bastard, he's not dead yet? ”

One of Chen Lingwan's maidservants cried: "Your Majesty, our young lady was bullied by that dead eunuch!" He was the one who ate up the lotus seeds in the marriage bed before, and he also insulted my young lady to his face and said a lot of ugly words! King Qing didn't reprimand him when he heard the news, but blamed my young lady for being ignorant...... On the day of her wedding, my young lady was bullied by a pet and could barely survive, and was reprimanded by His Royal Highness early in the morning...... We really don't have a place in the palace! ”

After the maid finished crying, Chen Lingwan wiped her tears and then choked up: "The courtiers know the status of Huanlin in His Highness's heart, and they don't dare to fight, so ...... So I beg Your Majesty to be merciful, and the prospective courtiers and His Royal Highness King Qing will be reconciled! ”

"Is that dog minion really alive?" The emperor glared at Shen Yuli angrily, "Okay, you did a good job!" The palace guards rushed to tell me that they were lucky to be killed, that they had captured the dog slave and killed him the next day, and that they had shown me a corpse, saying that it was not only killed, but also broken! It turned out to—"

What is behind the "original", everyone in the temple is guessing.

The emperor slapped the table with a thunderous voice: "It turns out that you not only bribed my courtiers to jump up and down, but also put your hand into the palace and calculated on my head!" Yu Linwei is in your hands, is the next step to rebel? ”

"Erchen didn't." Shen Yuli raised his head, "Father, everything is fabricated by the Chen family out of thin air. She didn't enter the mansion yesterday and wanted to give her sons a dismissal, and it was destined that the husband and wife would not be together. The retainers avoid her like a snake and scorpion, if they really have a great rebellious mind, how dare they speak rebelliously in front of her! As for the Huanlin that she said - Erchen has been busy studying and preparing for marriage recently, and has not heard from him, doesn't he say that he is dead? ”

The look on his face was genuinely dazed, and no one could see the slightest adulteration.

Chen Lingwan looked at him half in shock and half resentment: "You mean that there is no forest in the house?" That last night's eunuch ......"

"What eunuch was there last night?" Shen Yuli looked stunned, "Princess, aren't you having hysteria?" ”