As soon as Li Lingyou left, the two queen mothers in the Zichen Hall put away their smiling faces.

Empress Dowager Rong sneered: "Don't think I don't know, what you left Yongsi in the palace for." ”

Mrs. Yin didn't change her color later: "Sister said, what can I do for?" ”

"For the things she brought back to Kyoto."

"Those things originally belonged to the Daliang royal family, shouldn't they be returned to their original owners?"

"That's the dowry given to Yongsi by the first emperor!" Empress Dowager Rong was annoyed.

"No, it was a gift from the first emperor to the Khan of the Qiang State in order to seek peace, just like Princess Yongsi." Empress Dowager Yin said with a cold face.

As soon as the Khan of the Qiang Kingdom died, a secret report was sent back to Kyoto, and when it reached her, the secret report was clearly stated: Princess Yongsi assisted the king in capturing the five sons of the old Khan alive, and found the treasure house of the Qiang State hidden underground, and made a seemingly reasonable request - she wanted to keep the dowry given by the emperor and her relatives.

The king agreed, but she, the queen mother, couldn't agree.

You must know that in order to marry Princess Yongsi, the first emperor ruthlessly sent out half of the Daliang treasury, countless gold and silver treasures, and priceless curios, which were transported out of Kyoto one after another, and ten miles of red makeup, not only sent away the first beauty of Daliang, but also the poor and luxurious past of the Daliang royal family.

The remaining half of the treasury was also exhausted by the royal king's successive campaigns, and if it were not for the destruction of the Six Edicts and Piluo, the Daliang army would not have had any food, grass and military pay to attack the Qiang State.

Empress Dowager Yin waited for ten years before she could taste the fruits of victory, how could she tolerate others to share.

"I'm afraid my sister doesn't know, the dowry that Princess Yongsi asked the king for is one-third of the treasury of the Qiang Kingdom, if it were you, would you give it to her?"

Empress Dowager Rong was stunned, and said, "But ...... That's what we owe her. ”

Empress Dowager Yin smiled coldly: "No, none of us owe her, she was willing to kiss her, wasn't it?" ”

Empress Dowager Rong fell silent.

Empress Dowager Yin slowed down her tone: "I've inquired about it, the king will send Princess Yongsi's dowry to the princess's mansion today, and tonight, there will be people from the inner chamberlain to carry those things back to the palace, and my sister doesn't want to be this wicked person, so I'll do it." ”

She paused, looked at the Empress Dowager Rong with a smile, raised her hand and pointed to the door of the main hall, "That pair of peony vases, my sister is tired of seeing them for a long time, I will let people replace them early tomorrow morning." ”

Empress Dowager Rong slowly closed her eyes and said weakly: "It's all up to you." ”

***

The night is cold and dewy.

Li Lingyu wrapped in a cloak, leaning in front of the window lattice of Changle Palace, looking at the grassy courtyard.

Honeysuckle is quietly boiling tea on the side, curling with water mist, faint tea fragrance, warming people's hearts.

Li Lingyou looked back at her, "Honeysuckle, how are you doing after I left all these years?" ”

Honeysuckle replied without thinking, "Okay." ”

"Liar, your hands are thick, it must be very hard to guard this place alone."

Honeysuckle's nose was sore, and his eyes were wet again, "After His Royal Highness left, the first emperor stayed in Changle Palace for three days and three nights, and was seriously ill...... I am afraid that the princess will return to her hometown one day, and she will be sad to see people here go to the empty building. ”

Li Lingyou sighed, leaned over, and wiped her tears with his sleeve, "You loved to cry when you were a child, but this hasn't changed." ”

Honeysuckle blushed suddenly.

Anal came out of the dormitory, saw Li Lingyu and Honeysuckle close, and walked over quickly, "Kedun, I made the bed, you go to bed quickly, sleep a little later, it will be uncomfortable to wake up tomorrow." ”

Li Lingyou was helpless: "Don't rush, I'll drink another bowl of tea and go to sleep." "Honeysuckle painstakingly brewed tea, can't be wasted.

……

Anar served Li Lingyun to sleep, and when she turned around and saw Honeysuckle glaring at her, she followed her to the outside of the hall.

"What's the matter?" Anal's tone was not very friendly.

"Isn't Your Highness in good health?" Honeysuckle was very worried.

"Kedun's health has always been bad," Anal looked at Honeysuckle strangely, "She has a heart disease, don't you know?" ”

Honeysuckle's eyes widened: "Impossible, Your Highness has been in good health since she was a child, she loves to hunt on horseback the most, and she rarely gets sick, let alone suffers from heart disease!" ”

Anar also glared: "Impossible, I've never seen Kedun ride a horse, she can't even hold a bow and arrow, how can she like hunting, are you mistaken?" ”

Honeysuckle was anxious: "I entered the palace to serve His Highness at the age of eight, how could I be mistaken!" ”

Anar was not convinced: "I have been serving Kedun since I was seven years old, a year before you, Kedun does suffer from heart disease, and he has to take medicine every day, what am I lying to you about." ”

Honeysuckle instantly became dumbfounded, became depressed, and muttered to himself: "What happened to His Highness in the Qiang Kingdom, how could it be like this." ”

Anal looked at her hesitantly and whispered: "I can't talk nonsense about Kedun's affairs in the Qiang country, and I advise you not to ask her." ”

"Why?" Honeysuckle was puzzled.

Anal shook her head, looking secretive.

……

This night, Li Lingyou slept well, but caught a cold and woke up with a cough.

While changing clothes for Li Lingyou, Anar babbled that she shouldn't have sat in front of the window last night to blow the wind, and Honeysuckle wanted to go to the imperial doctor, but was stopped by Li Lingyou.

"In the end, this palace is not as good as before, one more thing is better than one less thing, cough cough, I will go out of the palace after seeing the two queen mothers, and it is not too late to return to the princess's mansion to find a doctor."

***

Empress Dowager Rong slept well last night, and used half a bowl of soup for breakfast than usual, and the palace people who served her thought that it was because of the victory of the Great Liang Army and their return to the dynasty, only Empress Dowager Rong herself understood in her heart what she was for.

This good mood lasted until Empress Dowager Rong walked into the gate of Zichen Hall and saw the pair of familiar peony vases at the door.

"Why are these two vases still here?" Empress Dowager Rong's tone was displeased, and the palace people behind her looked at each other, not knowing what kind of temper she had.

"Take it out and change it."

The palace maid Lan Pei immediately called two eunuchs in, moved the vase away, and carefully asked the Empress Dowager Rong: "Niangniang, which pair do you want to change?" ”

Empress Dowager Rong pondered for a while, she remembered that in the dowry given to Yongsi by the first emperor, there was a set of eight ice-glazed celadon crane neck bottles, from large to small, in pairs, and the bottle mouth was also embedded with huge orbs, which was very suitable to be placed in front of the palace, and waited until the next day of worship for the women, so as not to lose face in the palace.

I just don't know if Yongsi brought back that set of crane-neck bottles.

Empress Dowager Rong was thinking about it in a daze, and Empress Dowager Yin walked in angrily, waving her sleeves and shouting back to the palace people in the hall: "Get out!" ”

Empress Dowager Rong chuckled in her heart, and said tentatively: "What's wrong?" ”

Empress Dowager Yin gritted her back teeth, "The people I sent to the princess's mansion last night didn't get a single thing back. ”

Empress Dowager Rong was stunned: "What's the matter?" ”

"The king's personal soldiers are guarding the outside of the princess's mansion, and the people who are in charge of the inner prison can't even enter the door." The more Empress Dowager Yin spoke, the more angry she became, and her face turned pale.

Empress Dowager Rong frowned: "Didn't you get angry with the royal king beforehand?" ”

"No," Empress Dowager Yin was a little weak-hearted, and explained: "The royal king promised Yongsi to keep the dowry in the Qiang Kingdom, and with his person, it is impossible to go back on his word, I was just afraid that he would obstruct it, so I deliberately hid it from him, but I didn't expect him to send troops to guard the princess's mansion." ”

Empress Dowager Rong smiled bitterly when she heard this, and her indescribable loss: "In this way, you can't get those things back......"

Empress Dowager Yin looked up at Empress Dowager Rong and said meaningfully: "I can't get it back, so I have to rely on my sister, the hard one can't work, isn't there still a soft one?" ”