Of course, the Qi family knew that it was very abrupt that they would appear at other family banquets. But among them, there is Lin Yangde's acquiescence.

Seeing this, Shen was obviously not surprised, and it seemed that he had already known the reason.

The Qi family is a guest, so they naturally sit in the guest seat. During this period, Yin Wei frequently talked to the Qi family and was very courteous.

Lin Yangde also spoke out from time to time and exchanged a few words with the Qi family.

The people of the Qi family came with the intention of marrying Lin Bixiang. And Lin Yangde obviously did not object to Yin Wei's approach.

Lin Bixiang's existence, for him, is also a negative asset that he can't ask for quickly. He is also willing to sell a face to his daughter-in-law and do this.

What's more, he himself also asked for and received favor from the Qi family.

The guests who came were a very important couple from the Qi family, and the couple also knew very well that they had a task on them.

The banquet was lively.

Lin Yangde is actually equivalent to a state of retirement, and he is also thinking about passing on the title in advance and handing it over to his son. He and the Shen family enjoyed Qingfu.

He had been hesitating between his two sons, not knowing who he should choose as the heir......

The second son is stable and capable, but the third son also occupies the righteous name of the heir.

But the good thing.

Now, although he was originally a descendant, the third son, whose career has always been not as smooth as the second son, suddenly came out.

In addition, the daughter-in-law Yin also secretly hid from her husband and bribed herself with a huge amount of money......

All of this captured his heart.

Yin Wei is well aware of her father-in-law's greed for money, and she is reluctant to let her children trap the wolf, so she basically gave up most of her dowry.

Lin Dong had already seen all his father's recent actions, and he understood a little in his heart, but he didn't panic at all.

In his opinion, his younger brother was inferior to him in everything except that he was born better.

Even Lin Qiantan, her biological daughter, refused to help him, but instead chose to help her second uncle, who was not related to him.

So even if Lin Yangde tilted the scales in favor of his younger brother, what could he do. It's a big deal, he can't get a knighthood, and he can also set up his own door, and he won't have a bad time.

It's just unwilling.

*

Lin Dong looked at Lin Quan.

At the table, the men were talking about the government, and the women were talking about the trivial matters of the back house.

Lin Quan has done a good job in the Ministry of Industry recently, and the fourth master of Qi is praising him, even though he is only three points good, he has to say seven points.

Lin Quan did not go to the Ministry of Officials after all.

Emperor Tianlong came back, Gu Ping handed over power, and then the appointment and dismissal of these officials, of course, was not what Gu Ping said.

Emperor Tianlong has another suitable candidate in his heart, and the emperor himself is the one who ascends the throne.

However, in today's situation, forest rights are also satisfied. It is naturally good to be able to go to the affairs of the ministry, and it doesn't matter if you can't go.

As for the money that he said was "borrowed" from his daughter, Lin Quan didn't think about it at all and needed to pay it back.

At this time, Lin Quan followed his father and also toasted with the fourth master of Qi.

The fourth old man and his wife laughed so much at the banquet that their noses were out of sight, and they looked a little weird.

The people of their own family will promise to help Yin Wei and persuade Qi Qinyue's family, and it is also related to some thoughts in Lin Yangde's heart.

Lin Yangde crossed his wife Shen at this time and spoke to the fourth lady of the Qi family: "The last time my family's mansion was in business, thanks to Lord Lingzun's help."

The fourth lady of the Qi family was modest. Her father has some friendship with the inspection officials who are responsible for copying and inspecting the palace of Dongping County.

Most of the juniors heard it in a fog and didn't know what kind of sugar gourd was being sold.

Lin Qiantan heard that Lin Yangde and the Qi family had frequent contacts before, and guessed that it might be related to a gift that Lin Yangde gave to the Dongping County Palace in his early years.

The fourth master managed to take this gift back, so that Lin Yangde was not worried.

The facts are not far apart, and the thing that Lin Yangde referred to in his words about the help of the four old men and couples of the Qi family is indeed that one.

The fourth lady smiled quietly, but what Lin Yangde asked for was more than this one.

First, it is the name of the old father behind him, and secondly, he also has the intention of seeking further progress for his son-in-law.

These two things, the four masters of the Qi family have a very good way to take a hand.

Lin Qiantan was thinking about it, and Mrs. Qi Si happened to talk to her over there: "...... The seven girls are going to get married before they know it. ”

Lin Qiantan said perfunctorily.

The important thing is that if you marry a girl from the Qi family, I am afraid that there will be many unspeakable benefits for the Lin family. First of all, for people like Lin Yangde, money and interests are enough to attract him.

Lin Qiantan had some contact with the fourth lady of the Qi family in front of her.

Fourth Master Qi can be said to be in a hurry to help in these matters of the Lin family.

This kind of pie falling from the sky is a loss to Lin Yangde, who has been mixed in officialdom for most of his life, and he will be easily baited.

While the fourth lady of the Qi family and Lin Qiantan were talking, they glanced around these people on the field.

Lin Qiantan hooked her lips and smiled, and then lowered her head.

The people of the Qi family, especially the fourth master of Qi, also have something to ask for the Lin family.

The Qi family divined a hexagram with Baiyun Heavenly Master a while ago, saying that the Qi family was about to have a big disaster, and they urgently needed a woman who met the birth date to solve the crisis.

Several concubines of the Qi family inquired around and learned that Lin Shuchen, the ninth lady in the third room of the Lin family, happened to meet the requirements of the Qi family.

Lin Qiantan smiled secretly. The likes of the Heavenly Master may not be all cheated and deceived, this Heavenly Master's fortune-telling is quite accurate.

Isn't it just a big problem?

is good, and it was suddenly exposed in the wave of liquidation of Emperor Tianlong, and he still has some contact with the rest of the Xia Dynasty, and he happened to be in a nest.

Lin Qiantan married several young ladies of the Qi family in her previous life, and she was implicated in vain, she was in the mood for love, and the newlywed Yan'er became a ghost with a broken head overnight!

The people of the Qi family suffered, but the people who were separated from the Qi family survived.

Lin Qiantan glanced at Lin Shuchen. No matter how much she didn't like Lin Shuchen, she couldn't watch Lin Shuchen jump into the fire pit.

The marriage of the Qi family, forget it, it's better than the Chi family......

The family banquet is just a few more outsiders, and it is not a great difference from the usual meal. After the Qi family finished what they had to do, they went back.

Lin Yangde called Yin Wei away again to speak alone. Lin Qiantan thought to herself, Lin Shuchen was also one of the people whose fate was affected by herself. Just like the butterfly effect, Lin Shuchen originally had nothing to do with Chi Xun, let alone the Qi family.

The Shen family only left everyone to talk for a while, and then dispersed.

Lin Qiantan rarely took the initiative to find Lin Shuchen.

"Ninth sister, let's go together."

Lin Shuchen also wanted to talk to her about his marriage. Yin Wei didn't plan for her, so she had to actively plan for herself.

So he replied, "Okay."

Lin Bixiang, who hadn't appeared in front of everyone for a long time, followed them from a distance and looked at them coldly.

The Lin family is not small. It's not very comfortable to have someone who follows him for a long distance and doesn't leave, but he doesn't come up to talk.

Lin Shuchen's brows also furrowed, for fear that Lin Bixiang would hear her talking to Lin Qiantan......

Lin Bixiang didn't take such a small person as Lin Shuchen in her eyes at all.

What she was looking at was Lin Qiantan.

Her mother told her that in the past few days, she had arranged several assassinations, and Lin Qiantan avoided all of them.

Even the famous flower picking and murder thieves on the rivers and lakes have no way to take Lin Qiantan......

Lin Bixiang thought to herself that God was unfair, so Lin Qiantan was so lucky. It's the same hurt hand, why does she have to hold a pair of black hands for the rest of her life?

Obviously, she is the daughter born to Mrs. Zhengfang, and all the good luck should be hers of course.

Chu Jiang is not only blind.

Even his father's attitude towards Lin Qiantan has changed a lot recently.

Lin Bixiang heard her mother-in-law say that Lin Qiantan's biological mother had an affair with a foreign man, and Lin Qiantan may not be a child of the Lin family at all. But eating the Lin family and using the Lin family is really stinky and shameless.

Lin Qiantan didn't know these nonsense thoughts in Lin Bixiang's mind.

While talking to Lin Shuchen, she was thinking, it was almost time for the store outside to collect the accounts, right? Wait for the account books to come up, see if you can arrange a few people to go to Yunzhou and renovate the old shops left by her mother......

It's starting to get cold in August. When I was walking on the road and was blown by the cold wind, I couldn't help but shiver.

The mansion of the Marquis of Dongshan is also some years old. In previous years, Lin Yangde did not come back in Yunzhou, and the people who stayed in the house inevitably had some neglected places, and when the three sisters passed through a rockery forest in the house, they saw that the autumn wind was blowing, and the wooden plaque on a pavilion fell down and pressed to the ground, with a loud bang.

Interestingly, the words written on the wooden plaque are still the words "brothers, friends, brothers, brothers", and the plaque suddenly fell down and smashed a crack, which is also a bit ironic.

This plaque was written and hung by Lin Qiantan's eldest uncle when he was alive. I heard some seniority in the house say that the Lin Quan brothers were quite harmonious at that time, and Lin Dong had not yet given birth to the idea of "shouldn't have".

That is, after Lin Qiantan's uncle was gone, the taste between the brothers in the house seemed to have changed.

This is not the case between sisters today.

Lin Bixiang left by herself, although Lin Qiantan and Lin Shuchen walked together, they were also detached.

It's like a big ship that is barely put together, sailing in the wind and waves, not to mention the difficulties and difficulties, even the blessings cannot be shared.

Such a family might as well be dismantled.

Lin Shuchen also walked out of the fork in the road after a short time.

In fact, the Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet arrived, and the moon in the sky is not round enough, and after a while, a few black clouds floated in, covering the oval moon behind, Lin Qiantan said: "Let's go, save yourself a while, what kind of moth does that one do."

If Lin Qiantan was not sure who got the flowers. But Yin Wei is also moving too much.

It's just that the actions that Yin Wei has done now are getting more powerful every time. In contrast, the old ones were just petty fights.

As soon as she said this, Lin Qiantan had just sat down in the room for a while, and someone from outside came to report the news.

In the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, the Lin family also celebrated festivals, and there were also sacrificial activities at home. At that time, Lin Qiantan felt that Chu Ling's tablet in the ancestral hall was inexplicably swept down by the wind.

It turns out that the latter is buried here.

Fourth Lady Qi introduced the Baiyun Heavenly Master, who was said to be very effective in fortune-telling, to Lin Yangde.

Like the White Horse Temple, which resembles a royal dojo, the Baiyun Temple, where this celestial master is located, is also reputable.

When Fourth Lady Qi came over, she brought this Heavenly Master over.

The little girl who reported the news gasped and finished speaking, and hurriedly ran back. She was a maid in the Shen family's house, and she received Lin Qiantan's silver, which came in handy at this time.

The two religions of Dashang, Buddhism and Taoism are very prosperous, and the great monks and great heavenly masters have very high status.

Jinhe then asked Lin Qiantan what to do next.

"What if that Baiyun Heavenly Master doesn't have long eyes and says that the tablet fell down, and we got it, then how can it be?"

Lin Qiantan recalled the events of the Zhongyuan period.

In those days, I don't know if it was because of the imminent arrival of Zhongyuan, and even the sky was gloomy. The Zhongyuan sacrifice adds to the atmosphere.

On that day, the Lin family also opened the ancestral hall ordinarily, and the whole family entered it, and the Lin family offered fruits to the ancestors and the deceased family members. The men entered, and the women stood outside the threshold and watched.

Originally, everything was smooth, that is, it was Chu Ling's turn, but the small window on the wall of the ancestral hall was suddenly broken, and the tablet also fell.

Even Lin Qiantan thought at the time that it was just a coincidence caused by an accidental wind.

What is Yin Wei going to do? Invite a heavenly master to make a fuss about Chu Ling's affairs?

She said that since Zhongyuan, Yin Wei has been a lot quieter all of a sudden, and she doesn't use some strange means.

Lin Qiantan stretched out her hand to admire her hand with only faint pink nail scars, her five fingers moved flexibly, and said: "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover up, this time, she is very mysterious, who knows her."

said so comforting to the girl, but Lin Qiantan didn't dare to be careless.

She thought that she would have to go to the palace tomorrow, and when she came back, Uncle Zhou would go there to ask, and Uncle Zhou was well-informed, so he could give her some hints.

She didn't think much about what to do, she got up from sleep, and the next day she really stepped on the morning light and entered the palace.

The palace is still magnificent, but with the change of seasons, the scenery has changed. Walking over, the eyes are full of dead branches and fallen leaves, and from time to time there are palace people cleaning there.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and Lin Qiantan can see many things prepared for the Mid-Autumn Festival in Concubine Xiao's bedroom. For example, moon cakes. There are also many styles among them, which were sent by Emperor Tianlong.

Lin Qiantan was able to visit the palace often, and Concubine Xiao was naturally happy. I heard before that Lin Qiantan is good at female popularity, so she asked Lin Qiantan to sew autumn clothes for her.

Lin Qiantan agreed, but the drunkard didn't mean to drink. She was still thinking about the fragments of the Jinghua dream picture that was put away by Concubine Xiao.

But every time I saw Concubine Xiao, I didn't know how to get the fragments. She couldn't do such a thing as taking a sheep by the hand.

Concubine Xiao was satisfied with Lin Qiantan and made the autumn clothes specially given to her, and praised her: "But she is much more talented than your mother." Chu Ling will have a lot of things, but he can't hold a needle and thread.

Lin Qiantan smiled and said: "Mama Song often tells me that my mother is always shouting about what to do to sew clothes by herself."

When Concubine Xiao thought of the past, her face was full of memories: "Yes, you haven't had a chance to see how nondescript the belly pocket she made herself...... "Just covered her breasts, and gave her a strange name called "bra"......

It's a pity that none of the girls who have dealings with her dare to use the thing she gave.

Due to her embarrassing identity, Concubine Xiao has always been alone in this harem. Lin Qiantan's existence is undoubtedly a comfort for her.

Lin Qiantan felt a little embarrassed, she had no other plan to enter the palace by herself, and Concubine Xiao seemed to regard her as a beloved junior. She talked with her, and it was as she should.

It was almost late autumn, and the earth dragon was burning in Concubine Xiao's bedroom early. Lin Qiantan stayed for a long time, and she felt a heat and dryness.

However, she can also see that of course Concubine Xiao also has some use of her. The time when Concubine Xiao asked Lin Qiantan to enter the palace was when Emperor Tianlong had time to come over.

Lin Qiantan had repeatedly met the emperor in Concubine Xiao's palace before, but now that the emperor has a new concubine, the number of times she came over has decreased dramatically.

Concubine Lian has only been on the throne for two months, and there is already news in her stomach. can surprise the harem concubines and envy and jealousy.

Emperor Tianlong recently treated her as a baby, although he said that he was pregnant and couldn't touch her again. But the emperor still went to her from time to time.

Lin Qiantan didn't have to face the emperor, and she was also relieved.

Concubine Xiao simply left her for lunch.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Lin Qiantan felt that Concubine Xiao was good to her, but sometimes it was really too good.

And this kind of goodness is still a bit sudden.

In Lin Qiantan's memory, although she has stayed in Yunzhou for a few years and never returned to Beijing, it is not that she has never grown up in the capital, and at that time, she did not see Concubine Xiao paying attention to her survival in the mansion.

Lin Qiantan had an observation of Concubine Xiao. Mrs. Siu...... Isn't he trying to observe her.

Lin Qiantan has entered the palace many times, and Concubine Xiao has also noticed something unusual in it. Thinking about it carefully, Lin Qiantan has also been more and more diligent since she was injured in her hand.

The two observed each other, Lin Qiantan had lunch at Concubine Xiao's place, and even borrowed Concubine Xiao's room to rest.

She stayed in the palace for half a day, and she didn't see Emperor Tianlong come out of Concubine Lian, so she had to sigh that the culprit who indirectly led to the accelerated demise of the Great Shang Dynasty did have some ability. Even if you are pregnant in the belly, you will not delay things.

*

Emperor Tianlong thundered and rained, and people in Beijing were arresting people in panic. It is true that there are fewer people talking about it on the surface, but the number of people who write poems and ridicule them in private and circulate them in the market has not decreased, but has increased.

Lin Qiantan walked out along the palace road, and what she was holding in her hand was the osmanthus cake in the palace that Concubine Xiao asked her to bring out when she came out of the palace.

The things given by the emperor are naturally excellent, but Concubine Xiao treats them like garbage.

It's cheaper for her.

There are many eyes and ears in the palace, and Lin Qiantan can't know where she goes and who is watching.

She walked to one of the paths, and was telling Jinhe to hold her things steady and not shake the pastry inside, when two people were standing behind the wall watching her.

The two of them just happened to be passing by, but they both had a "impression" of her.

One of them was dressed in a brocade skirt, surrounded by a fluffy scarf, and his green white fingers caressed his face, with a bit of charm in his beauty, that was Jinhua.

On the side, a handsome man who was quite similar to her appearance, with a gold belt and jade pendant, python boots and cloud patterns, and a length of at least six feet, that was the fifth prince.

Like his mother, Jinhua is also a little intimately close to the second brother who was raised by Concubine Xiao. is more intimate with the five princes who have stayed together since childhood.

The fifth prince wanted that position, and she was very willing to contribute.

The two were originally just going to visit their pregnant mother together, but they just happened to come here and ran into Lin Qiantan.

The fifth prince knew that Jinhua was jealous in his heart, and when she came up with an evil fire and wanted to go over to embarrass her, he had already stopped her: "Don't make trouble for me."

According to her identity, Lin Qiantan really has no place to compare with Jinhua. This is the palace again. Jinhua wanted to make Lin Qiantan suffer some hardships, but it was not too difficult.

But the court is still a critical time when the position is undecided, and the fifth prince doesn't like his sister and invites him to criticize himself.

Jinhua was obedient, but the unwillingness in her heart drove her to say: "Why does a princess in this palace have to avoid her."

The fifth prince smiled when he heard this: "Just because the imperial sister and your brother Jiang like her, you can't be embarrassed."

Jinhua was choked for a moment, and then he was angry and jealous.

But she also knew that what the five princes really wanted to say was not this.

Concubine Lian's birth gave Yin Qiang a sense of crisis, and Yin Qiang wanted to get rid of her while her foundation was not stable. The fifth prince also believed that as long as he got rid of Concubine Lian, he would be able to prevent his uncle and Concubine Lian from merging.

The tenacious act, calling him, calling him his mother and concubine are a little unpredictable.

And all this has to be done with the help of one person.

The Baiyun Daoist of Baiyun Temple is good at divination, and he sent someone to invite people. At this time, I heard that Mrs. Qi was cut off halfway, and she was introduced to the Lin family.

When Baiyun Tianshi came out of the Lin family, he would carry out his plan.

Didn't Concubine Lian happen to be pregnant?

A mere maid is also worthy of giving birth to a dragon son and competing with his mother's concubine?

Then let the child born to Concubine Lotus become the demon of the Heavenly Master's mouth.

Jinhua also knew more or less about his mother and brother's plan. But she had other plans.

Her aunt Yin Wei regarded Lin Qiantan as a thorn in her side, so she told her aunt about it in private. The two planned to use Lin Qiantan's hand to "accidentally" get rid of the child.

Wouldn't it be better to kill two birds with one stone when the time comes?

Naturally, she wouldn't have gore on her own hands.

Lin Qiantan seemed to feel something, and talked to Jinhe for a while, and glanced at the remote place, just when he saw a touch of skirt corner flashing over there, as if someone was just walking around the corner.

Lin Qiantan frowned, but her mouth was smiling and Jinhe urged her to go faster.

The weather was overcast, and I don't know if it would rain before I walked outside the palace gate.