Chapter 15: Step by Step
"Brother, I heard that Su Ruan found the Nine Turns Linglong. Ah Yuguan looked careless, and when the words fell, he threw a grape into his mouth.
"Ayu, the birthday of the old emperor of Dayan is coming, without further ado, let's leave tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Ah Yu's eyes lit up, clapping her hands and shouting, it just so happened that she also wanted to go to Dayan, of course, the main purpose was Dugu Liancheng.
Dayan Palace.
Ruan Wushuang stood under the stone steps outside the imperial study, his expression hesitated slightly, and then he walked up. As he approached, Gonggong Li, who was waiting outside the door, said, "Master Su is finally here, wait for the miscellaneous family to go in and tell the emperor." β
"There's Father-in-law Lao Li. Ruan Wushuang said in a retracted voice.
After a while, Gonggong Li came out of the imperial study and said with a smile: "Lord Su, please." β
"Hmm. Ruan Wushuang replied and walked in.
Fang walked in a faint ambergris incense to his nose, accompanied by a faint fragrance of ink, his eyes quickly glanced at it, the entire imperial study room was dominated by noble gold, and there were valuable antique toys on the Bogu shelf in the west, and the bronze tripod furnace was smoking lightly, the east side was the bookshelf, a few low steps in front of it, and the agarwood wooden desk was placed on the platform, and the four treasures of the study room were all available on the desk, and the old emperor was sitting upright in front of the desk at the moment to review the folds.
"The minister knocked to see the emperor. Retracting her eyes, she said respectfully.
"Su Shaoqing is here, sit. The old emperor didn't lift his eyelids, and he didn't even put down the pen in his hand.
Hearing this, Ruan Wushuang's eyes flashed slightly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. As he spoke, he got up and looked for a place, and when he sat down, he heard the old emperor say again.
"Su Shaoqing, do you know what I called you here?" The old emperor is not salty or light.
"The minister is stupid and does not know. Ruan Wushuang pretended to be sincerely frightened, how could she not know the meaning of the old emperor's call to her today, but the emperor's mind was something she could guess arbitrarily? Where is Dugu Lianyu, she can still have less scruples, but the old emperor is different, so naturally she has to be more careful step by step.
"I really don't know?" The old emperor's eyes narrowed, and the meaning was unknown.
"Nine turns?" Ruan Wushuang's heart moved, and he pretended to hesitate.
"Su Shaoqing knows what I mean, why should he pretend not to know?" The old emperor said coldly, obviously a little more gloomy in his tone, Su Ruan is a smart person, he knows how to take steps of the camp, and he knows how to speculate on his thoughts.
The minister was confused for a while, didn't react, and asked the emperor to atone for his sins. Hearing the old emperor's voice, Ruan Wushuang's eyelids jumped, and he knelt on the ground.
"That's it, I'm just talking casually, Su Shaoqing doesn't need to be so nervous. The old emperor suddenly changed his anger, and smiled with a pleasant face, but there was a bit of calculation hidden in that smile, but no one knew.
Hehe, the old emperor is really good at saying it, and there is already anger in his words just now, and I am afraid that others have been frightened by his posture and weakened their hands and feet! But that sentence is like a tiger, it is really true.
"Yes. Ruan Wushuang replied in vain, hiding the sneer in her heart, she raised her hand and pretended to wipe a handful of fine sweat from her forehead.
"Then now, can Su Shaoqing tell me about the whereabouts of these nine turns?" The old emperor glanced at Ruan Wushuang, who was sitting back in his chair, and said slowly.
"Nine Turns Linglong is not here. Ruan Wushuang seemed to think about it for a moment and said.
"Oh, where is that?" The old emperor said in a deep voice. A pair of old eyes stared at her, as if they wanted to see her through.
"As far as Your Majesty knows, it should be where the Second Highness is. Ruan Wushuang hesitated slightly. But she couldn't help but raise a slight smile in her heart, she had already said this, and the rest depended on Dugu Lianyu herself.
"Lianyu. Hearing this, the old emperor muttered, and his deep eyes made it impossible to see what he was thinking.
"Why does Su Shaoqing know where Lianyu is?" The old emperor suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Ruan Wushuang secretly said in her heart that it was not good, she never thought that the old emperor would ask like this, Yu Guang glanced at the old emperor's scrutinizing appearance, and quietly stabilized her mind, she said lightly: "The rumors all say that the Nine Turns Linglong is here under the minister, and the minister is terrified, afraid that the matter will affect him, so he naturally has to inquire clearly." β
The old emperor looked at Ruan Wushuang suspiciously, and saw that her appearance did not look like a fake, so he was slightly stunned, Dugu Lianyu was really his good son, although he knew his "ambition" in his heart, but he definitely didn't expect his courage to be so big.
"Hehe, Su Shaoqing is really a visionary. β
I don't know if the old emperor is praising her when he says this? Or does it have a deep meaning, of course, no matter what it means, she can't take it lightly.
"Your Majesty. Ruan Wushuang called out in fear, and his head was slightly lowered.
"That's it, Su Shaoqing will go back first!" the old emperor waved his hand, looking tired.
"Yes, the minister retired. Ruan Wushuang's eyes glanced at the old emperor, and after answering, he walked out of the imperial study.
She has already paved the road that should be paved, it depends on how Dugu Lianyu goes, if Dugu Lianyu takes this opportunity to become the prince as he wishes, then he will trust her more and more, then she will not be far from the day when the Huangyin case is revealed.
She thought in her heart and walked down the stairs, but a familiar voice pulled back her thoughts.
"The old slave has seen Concubine Qing. β
"Gonggong Li, can the emperor be inside?"
Hearing this, Ruan Wushuang's eyelids jumped inexplicably, and his heart was even more entangled, and he subconsciously looked back, but he was immediately stunned.
I saw a dignified woman wearing a rose-red gilt gilt butterfly palace dress standing in front of the door of the imperial study, followed by two palace maids with food boxes, looking luxurious and dignified, and she was surprised that this person who was called the Qing Concubine was Lin Qingqing!
Why did she come to the palace? Or in this way? Although she didn't know much about Lin Qingqing, how could she enter the palace as a concubine in a blink of an eye according to her momentum of not being alone and not marrying?
Ruan Wushuang was very puzzled by this, and Lin Qingqing, who was talking to Gonggong Li, seemed to notice Ruan Wushuang's gaze, frowned slightly, and looked at it.
Ruan Wushuang's heart jumped, he turned his head quickly, and walked casually, but there were all kinds of speculations in his heart.
"Gonggong Li, who is that?" Lin Qingqing looked at Ruan Wushuang's back intently, and asked, why did she look at this back and be a little familiar? Thinking of this, her eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly, like who?
"Oh, it's Su Ruan, Master Su. Gonggong Li smiled.
"Hmm. Lin Qingqing raised her eyebrows, and it wasn't until Ruan Wushuang's back disappeared into the corner of the red wall of the Zhu Palace that she withdrew her gaze faintly.
Just after leaving the palace, he met Dugu Lianyu who drove over. The old emperor is quite fast. Thinking of this, Ruan Wushuang strolled forward.
"I've seen His Royal Highness. β
"Master Su doesn't have to be polite. Dugu Lianyu said lightly.
After a while, the two exchanged looks and left.
In the Four Princes' Mansion, Ruan Wushuang came at the time of dining in Dugu Liancheng.
She sat down unceremoniously, and even lifted the chopsticks in Dugu Liancheng's hand.
"Well, this fish tastes good. She pouted and said with great enjoyment.
Dugu Liancheng smiled lightly, and then signaled the seven evil spirits who were covering their mouths and smiling on the side to get a pair of dishes and chopsticks.
"Eat five hundred taels at a time. "Dugu Liancheng" does not change its dead nature.
Hearing this, Ruan Wushuang gave a piece of fish to the entrance, and said with a smile: "Keep the account first." β
"Huh. Dugu Liancheng couldn't help but smile, looking at her eyes as soft as if they could pinch out water. If you look closely, you can find that there is a little distress in his eyes, she is much more depressed than before, he can't bear her to suffer, but she is so "unpersuaded", but he just likes her who "doesn't listen" like this.
"By the way, the old emperor called me into the palace today, and you must have guessed what to ask. Ruan Wushuang seemed to remember the purpose, so he put down the chopsticks and said in a clear voice.
"Hmm. He replied undeniably, which was expected.
"If Dugu Lianyu takes this opportunity to become the crown prince, it will ...... you" Ruan Wushuang didn't know what Dugu Liancheng was thinking, in fact, when she first thought of this plan, she asked Qiying to tell him the words of her and Dugu Lianyu word for word, but he didn't say anything, then she would have acquiesced to him, in fact, if he objected, she would definitely not do this, of course, she also believed that he was free in his heart for this matter.
"It's one thing to be a prince, it's another thing to be stable or not, don't worry about me. He smiled lightly. Even if Dugu Lianyu sits on the throne of the prince, it does not mean that the dragon chair is at your fingertips. That kind of thinking is too naΓ―ve, it's just that Dugu Lianyu sits on the throne of the crown prince, and he will have more trouble.
"Hmm. She answered, but there was a little sadness in the depths of her eyebrows, but since he had said so, she didn't say anything.
"Guess who I saw in the palace today?" As if remembering the scene when she saw Lin Qingqing when she was leaving, she asked mysteriously.
"Who?"
"Lin Qingqing. Ruan Wushuang said word by word, and as she spoke, she glanced at it, then lifted the wine in front of Dugu Liancheng and drank it all, she was really thirsty.
She thought that Dugu Liancheng would be surprised when she heard it, but unexpectedly, Dugu Liancheng just responded lightly, and even his expression did not change at all.
"Don't you wonder why Lin Qingqing appeared in the palace and became the emperor's concubine?" Ruan Wushuang looked at Dugu Liancheng and asked.
"What should I be curious about?" Dugu Liancheng is not salty or light.
"Uh-huh. What Dugu Liancheng said was also reasonable, but when she listened to his words, she always felt that there was a little bit of unclear meaning.
"I'm curious about what you're supposed to be curious about, too?"
Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile suddenly: "The day we left the martial arts conference, the Lin family was destroyed. β
His voice did not rise and fall, although he was smiling, it gave people a piercing coldness for no reason.
"What?" Ruan Wushuang couldn't help but stare at him.
"Hmm. He said undeniably.
The Lin family was destroyed, who did it, how did Lin Qingqing escape, and what was the purpose of coming to this palace now? Countless questions swirled in her mind.