Outside, the sky had completely sunk, and the house was lit with lights. Bai Yanran sat in the lamp and pondered, Su Xin didn't dare to disturb, she stood quietly aside, and she was also distracted.

Zhu Ling crept in, but it still alarmed Bai Yanran, she was excited, as if she had just woken up from a dream, and saw it.

Zhu Ling said: "Princess, Aunt Tong is back, and Hanjin and Zhilan have also been brought back. Hanjin was beaten fifty boards, and there was only one breath left. ”

Su Xin gasped when she heard this, but Bai Yanran said: "It seems that the father-in-law who was tortured still has some strength, otherwise there will be no way to survive if the fifty boards go down." What about Zhilan? ”

Zhu Ling replied: "Zhilan is afraid that she will have to recuperate for a few days after receiving ten boards, but according to the value of the board she received, Aunt Tong has already offered her up."

Hanjin took care of things for Aunt Tong, and now she is still ignored in the room. On the contrary, Zhilan is clever and tongue-in-cheek, and now she has become Aunt Tong's confidant, and a group of people are surrounding the cold and asking for warmth. ”

Bai Yanran sighed: "Go and ask someone to find a doctor to show Hanjin, in the end, it is also a human life." ”

After that, she said, "This Zhilan is a new girl?" I didn't see that there was such a clever girl in our house before. ”

Su Xin replied on the side: "Zhilan did not enter the house not long ago, didn't there be two girls in the kitchen who went home after the New Year, they were recruited at that time, and the slave maid had seen it a few times before, and he was a clever one."

Later, she somehow went to Xirong Courtyard, and now she has become Aunt Tong's minion, and she really underestimated her in the past. ”

Zhu Ling is in charge of the big and small things in the house, but this detail is not clear to Su Xin. Su Xin said that she looked at Bai Yanran flatteringly, but Bai Yanran didn't look at her, which made her a little disappointed and became more and more cautious.

Seeing that the princess didn't speak, Zhu Ling speculated: "Then according to the princess's meaning, do you want to inquire about Zhilan's family history?" ”

Bai Yanran shook her head tiredly and said, "Tong Ruoyao has her own Concubine Shu to worry about her, and I can't take care of her now." ”

After that, she asked again: "Does the prince have a letter today?" ”

Zhu Ling was surprised: "Didn't the prince just come to the letter the day before yesterday?" ”

Bai Yanran smiled reluctantly and said, "Yes, it seems that I am anxious, I only saw Lingxi's appearance today, and I was a little scared for no reason." ”

Liao Guangtian secretly didn't know how many days he had been dormant, and he had even infiltrated the palace unconsciously by relying on the floating life, which was really terrifying.

Today, they dared to rashly attack Lingxi in the palace, which was completely different from the previous cautiousness. Bai Yanran was worried about what special meaning was hidden in this, and at this time, Ji Lingyun was far away from the capital and alone.

At the beginning, the prince was afraid that Ji Lingyun would have something to do with Lingxi's marriage, so he found an excuse to break him away, presumably planning to let him come back after the marriage was decided.

But now the situation is unclear and changing rapidly, which is really unsettling.

She suddenly got up and walked outside, Su Xin was stunned behind her before she went out, and Zhu Ling picked up a lamp before she followed. saw Bai Yanran go straight to the study, it was dark inside, and Zhu Ling hurriedly rushed in and lit the lamp.

Bai Yanran walked to Ji Lingyun's desk where he usually handled official business, and found rice paper to spread out. Su Xin reacted at this time, and she had already started to study the ink.

Bai Yanran hid a thousand words in her heart, but when she picked up the pen, she hesitated for a moment before she dropped the first stroke. After a while, she picked up the letter that had not dried and blew it, folded it into the envelope herself, and said to Zhu Ling: "You go and hand it over to Lian Yue, and ask him to deliver the letter in person overnight, and be sure to deliver it to the prince by hand." ”

Zhu Ling solemnly accepted the letter, turned around and left.

Su Xin looked at Bai Yanran's face and said with relief: "Miss don't worry too much, didn't you say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just sent the prince to Tongzhang to promote winter wheat?" It's too peaceful right now, so it shouldn't be a big deal, and I think I'll be back in less than two days. ”

Bai Yanran shook her head and didn't say much, but the uneasiness in her heart became heavier and heavier.

The emperor and queen are thundering, and the heads of the people below are hanging, and they will naturally get twice the result with half the effort. The matter of floating and scattered is unknown to others in the hospital, but Imperial Doctor Zhang is clear, and there is also Sun Mingzhe, who knows the ins and outs, and it will be quick to check it if he has a clue.

In the afternoon of the next day, Qi Simin suddenly came, but his face was not as comfortable as before, and he looked worried. After retreating, she said: "The Tai Hospital has found out that the ink used by the third princess to copy the Buddhist scriptures has been adulterated. The princess is obsessed with Buddhism these days, and she writes Buddhist scriptures at her desk every day, and she smells not sandalwood, but poison. ”

Bai Yanran was like falling into an ice cave, and suddenly remembered her box of incense powder that had been mixed with poison that day. If it weren't for Zhu Ling's timely discovery, I'm afraid her current fate would not be much better than Ling Xi's.

Qi Simin was obviously frightened, patted his chest and said: "I was also shocked when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me, these people are really delicate and do everything, and now the palace is not safe, and the Prince's Mansion is also strictly investigating."

I have come to tell you about this, and it is also for you to have a bottom in your heart and be careful in everything. The people in the house are all checking the details, don't let the traitors get in and be under their noses. ”

Bai Yanran nodded absentmindedly in response, and asked again: "Since it has been found out that someone has manipulated the ink, there must be an internal response among the palace people in the Liuli Palace, but it can be tried?" ”

Qi Simin sighed when he heard this, and said helplessly: "If this kind of thing happens, the palace people who are waiting for the princess must be tried, the emperor and queen are all angry, and the people below are naturally afraid of implicating the upper body, and they are also heavier."

Among them, there was a palace man who Cai Weixuan somehow died in prison, and now the poor nobleman was unwilling, and he knelt outside the Deshang Hall and couldn't get up. ”

Bai Yanran was surprised, she didn't want to pity the nobleman and looked at Lingli, but she couldn't tell the difference.

said: "Presumably the emperor will not pay attention to her careful thoughts now. ”

Qi Simin said: "This is nature. The poor noble man knelt for a long time and then fainted, and called the imperial doctor to come but diagnosed the happy pulse. The emperor does not have many heirs under his knees, this is another old man, and it is even more expensive, and now the queen mother is afraid that she will be sad again. ”

Bai Yanran's heart moved, as if she had thought of something, she squinted slightly, and said softly: "The pity of the noble person's pregnancy is just the right time." ”

Suo Xiang's death seems to be an accident, but there are too many man-made accidents in this world, but it seems deliberate. The poor nobleman first made a fuss with great fanfare, but now he has a dragon heir as a guarantor, but he has withdrawn from it.

Now that such a thing has happened, others don't know the depth of the water, but the pressure on the prince has increased suddenly. It was not easy for Qi Simin to come this time, Xu Quan was waiting at the door, and Bai Yanran was not easy to keep.

After sending Qi Simin away, the room suddenly became quiet, making Bai Yanran more and more anxious. Everything that is happening now seems to be an accident, but if you look closely, it is all related.

It's like chess pieces scattered everywhere, but in fact, they are all controlled by one hand behind their backs.

She missed Ji Lingyun more and more, and missed his embrace and comfort.

Bai Yanran sat in front of the window for a while, and vaguely heard something. Just as Su Xin came over, she asked, "Where did the crying come from?" ”

Su Xin bit her lower lip and said with a complicated expression: "It's Hanjin." She was hit by fifty boards, and she hired a doctor to come back with a life, but she couldn't cure her injured muscles and bones, and she was afraid that she would have to lame a leg in the future. ”

She lowered her head and muttered, "I was originally annoyed that she was shameless and always pestered Gu Fang, and sometimes I really wish she was dead." But now that I see her appearance, I pity her and feel scared. ”

Bai Yanran sighed: "It's good to know that you're afraid, you just can't control your mouth." It's okay in the house, I can always protect you, but what kind of place is it in the palace, just look at Hanjin. ”

Su Xin's eyes were red, and she grabbed Bai Yanran's cuffs and said, "Miss, I know it's wrong, don't be angry and ignore me." ”

Bai Yanran held her hand and said helplessly: "You, it's time to have a long memory." The prince and I have already agreed, and when these princes come back, we will set the marriage for you and Gu Fang. They are all people who are about to get married, but they can't be so unreassuring. ”

Su Xin burst into tears, and the big stone in his heart finally landed, and muttered: "Count the days, at most Lian Yue should come back tomorrow, I don't know if Gu Fang will also bring the letter back." ”

The palace is still investigating the murderer who poisoned the princess, but rumors have spread outside that the third princess went crazy because she was forced to marry and kiss far away. Seeing that Nanrong's welcoming mission was about to come, this kind of rumor at this time was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.

Of course, what is forced to be imminent at the moment is the candidate who goes to Nanrong and his relatives. Princess Lingxi naturally couldn't, but fortunately, the envoy of Nanrong only said that he was asking for the princess, and did not name which princess it was, so there was only one princess left.

I don't know what rumors Princess Shaohan heard, but when she saw Lingxi's appearance, she thought too much, and she was so frightened that she vomited blood. With such a body and bones, I am afraid that I will die before I reach Nanrong.

In this way, the matter of reconciliation was delayed.

A few days ago, Nanrong sent a letter, saying that Nanrong's welcoming mission had set off, and he was about to enter the territory of Dali, but Dali's princess and relatives were crazy, and there was no one who was sick.

In the early dynasty, the courtiers in the Ninghui Palace quarreled and muttered, and after arguing for a long time, they finally came up with a charter. The current situation can only be to canonize a princess to go to Nanrong and kiss on her behalf.

But this matter is not trivial, and the canonization cannot be easily sloppy. The woman who is enshrined needs to be of the same rank, although it is not orthodox, but she must also carry the royal blood, otherwise it is not suitable for love and law, and she will not be able to explain to Nanrong.

Not only that, but it also has to be a marriageable age with both talent and appearance, so that there are only a handful of suitable people. It's just that although it is a great honor, who is willing to marry his daughter to a foreign country and relatives?

Emperor Yuan He was silent from beginning to end, letting the officials below him quarrel and mumble, and now everyone was quiet, and finally opened his mouth.

"Now that Zhongqing has a way, then I will put my mind at ease. Recently, I have been working state affairs, and my body is a little unwell, so today's morning dynasty is here, and it is all dispersed. ”

The emperor dragon was unwell, so naturally no one dared to make noise anymore. But many people are muttering in their hearts, not knowing what the emperor's attitude is.

But there are also those who are exquisite, and they have already tasted a little bit of taste, including the emperor's henchmen. He was thinking about his thoughts all the way, and when he returned home, he was still preoccupied, and he almost collided with Gu Lingjiao.

Gu Lingjiao was about to have a seizure, and when he looked up, he saw that his father didn't dare to squeak anymore, and he saluted honestly. Gu Hou rebuked tepidly: "It's all a big girl, why are you still so frivolous?" ”

Gu Lingjiao wasn't really afraid of her father, she stuck out her tongue when she heard this, and said with a smile: "My sister has been worried about the princess recently, and she doesn't think about tea and dinner. I specially asked the kitchen to make my sister's favorite plum cake today, and I was going to send it to my sister personally. ”

Gu Hou was stunned, and suddenly said, "Forget it, you go back first, I'll send the plum cake for you." ”