Concubine Xiao said that it was not a few days ago.

The minions in the imperial palace are not honest, and Concubine Xiao will come forward and personally lead people to clean up, and the minions in the imperial palace will not make any more moths for at least a while.

However, a few minions, Concubine Xiao can still rectify at will, and Emperor Tianlong has nothing to say. There's nothing she can do about the prince.

Emperor Tianlong was occasionally infected with a slight illness, and almost all the princes and daughters would go to their fathers to fulfill their filial piety. Concubine Xiao drank the tea, as if taking the opportunity to consider the wording: "Fortunately, you reminded her, otherwise it would have been possible for these ghosts and charms to succeed."

Several adult princes, especially the frequent visitors in front of Emperor Tianlong, served their father to serve the illness but sent a question. Fools don't do it.

Lin Qiantan thought to herself, if she was Emperor Tianlong, it would have been just when he had just fainted a few days ago. Now that she has generally "recovered", her sons are still serving her in front of her, and if it were her, she would probably only feel completely unlucky.

Concubine Xiao seemed to be a little unwilling to talk to Lin Qiantan about these intrigues in the court, she held Lin Qiantan's hand and deliberately asked about her marriage to change the topic. Lin Qiantan pretended to be shy and avoided answering.

"You're about to get married, aren't you?" Concubine Xiao smiled.

Lin Qiantan thought for a while and said perfunctorily: "The bone wound on the hand has not healed, and the imperial doctor also said that it is best to recuperate first." The meaning of uncle and cousin is also a little slower. Lin Qiantan always felt that Concubine Xiao's smile gave her a sense of familiarity.

Concubine Xiao's expression was very loving: "That's fine." After all, she is the daughter of the old man, and she is married to the Chu family......

Many years ago, when Concubine Xiao was a girl, she also thought about the handsome man in the Chu Mansion. It's a pity that her identity was very embarrassing at that time, and the Great Xia was gone, and she couldn't survive until she could survive, so she watched herself get farther and farther away from the mansion in her mind.

Concubine Xiao looked at the small rockery forest that stretched outside the courtyard of her palace, and a little memory appeared in her eyes.

Lin Qiantan came to her palace, and only tried to approach the rockery forest at the beginning. Concubine Xiao also noticed that even if she secretly gave permission, Lin Qiantan never approached there again.

Everyone has secrets.

Concubine Xiao thought about her secret, she had been holding it alone for a long time, and she would also want to share it with others, but Lin Qiantan didn't appreciate it.

"Have you been there?" Concubine Xiao thought about it, and simply asked knowingly.

Lin Qiantan looked at the rockery along Concubine Xiao's finger, and naturally said, "No."

"Would you like to check it out?" There seemed to be a hint of inquiry in Concubine Xiao's smile.

Lin Qiantan's hesitant appearance made Concubine Xiao even more satisfied in the eyes of Concubine Xiao. Since Concubine Xiao was willing, Lin Qiantan thought about why she should refuse. Concubine Xiao can't use such a low-level method to harm her.

In this rockery forest of Mrs. Xiao, many people know that Mrs. Xiao does not like others to enter.

There used to be the daughter of the minister's family who followed the elders of the family to play in Concubine Xiao's palace, but she was beaten by Concubine Xiao because of her naughty trespassing. Even Emperor Tianlong gave face to the place where he didn't trespass, and ordinary people didn't dare.

Lin Qiantan followed behind Mama Gong and walked to the entrance of the rockery. Mama Gong didn't have a superfluous expression on her face, and said to her: "The girl can go in and play by herself, without the order of the concubine, the slave and the maid and others cannot go in."

Concubine Xiao had a heart, and Lin Qiantan appreciated it. Since Mama Gong said so, Lin Qiantan raised her feet and walked inside. She didn't ignore the smug look in Concubine Xiao's eyes when she asked Mama to bring her over.

After entering, Lin Qiantan found that there was no cave in it at all. It looks like such a small place, but it is a heavy space, in all directions, and the design is very three-dimensional.

Due to Concubine Xiao's instructions, Lin Qiantan walked in it without any obstacles. The one who hides and guards it does not show up.

Lin Qiantan walked a few steps, and at first felt puzzled - she had always thought that there was some great mystery in this rockery forest.

Now it seems that it is not as great as it seems.

It seems like it's just a stone.

In the distance, Concubine Xiao was condescendingly looking at Lin Qiantan, who occasionally showed a head in the forest for her to see, smiling.

"She is much more powerful than this palace, the first time she entered this palace, she couldn't touch the north at all."

*

Lin Qiantan walked around, and soon found that she seemed to be a little lost.

I didn't pay attention when I first came in. However, when I went deeper, I gradually found that there were several formations arranged here.

For the sake of confusing the direction of the person who entered by mistake.

Lin Qiantan is not afraid of these formations.

Concubine Xiao asked her to come in, not just to let her see the formation here. Maybe it's telling her that she can share her secrets.

Concubine Xiao has gradually lost sight of Lin Qiantan's figure in the forest.

She smiled and asked the people behind her, "Guess what, can she discover the secret of this palace?"

The man behind him could hear that the master's mood was not bad at this time, and he said after consideration: "Miss Seven seems to be a little different from ordinary boudoir misses." Generally speaking, this formation arrangement is enough to trap most people. But this Seventh Miss walked in it, as if she would not be confused by the formation.

Didn't say "yes", didn't say "no".

Concubine Xiao smiled: "Indeed, this palace remembers that there are several female officials in the court who are also very capable, and the big girl of the Chu family went in before, and she completely lost her position." This girl is better than her cousin. She also mentioned to me before that she wanted to join them, and it seems that she usually doesn't study less. ”

The old lady chimed in again.

The more Lin Qiantan walked in the formation, the more amused she became.

She thought she was wrong. As a result, the magic circle here is really similar to what her mother's books say.

Unexpectedly, entering the palace to inquire about the news turned into entering the palace to dig treasures.

How did she know that this place was Chu Ling's masterpiece at all.

She picked up the stones on the ground, sketched them on the sand, and calculated where the eyes were.

The person staring in the dark had no intention of looking at it, and was a little surprised. This Seventh Miss is still an expert in breaking formations.

So he called someone to tell Concubine Xiao about it.

Concubine Xiao seemed to be in a happier mood. I thought in my heart, if it wasn't Chu Ling's daughter, these things should be born to know.

Lin Qiantan finished calculating, spent some time, and found the eye of the formation. The Eye was a low hole so narrow that it could only fit a woman through. Lin Qiantan estimated her figure, tried to squeeze, and found that she was just able to pass.

After Lin Qiantan entered, she took another look at the things under her feet in front of her, and thought, is this the secret that Concubine Xiao wants to tell her?

Originally, I thought that the rockery was just an ordinary small hole, but it turned out to be the same as the outside space design, and there was something else. A staircase entrance to the lower part is very inconspicuous, with two small beads that emit light to guide the way.

Lin Qiantan hesitated, finally raised her foot and walked down towards the depths of the cave.

*

Concubine Xiao waited for Lin Qiantan to go through the tunnel and come back to see her, she was bored alone, and just about to take a nap, she happened to usher in someone she didn't want to see at all.

The palace people outside told her that Emperor Tianlong was here.

Concubine Xiao's impatience was all written on her face, but she had to let people in. Emperor Tianlong just sat down as usual, but it was enough to make Concubine Xiao feel bored.

Recalling that back then, she, the princess of the dead country who was captured by the new dynasty, was originally a chess piece specially placed by Emperor Tianlong to the side of the first emperor in order to compete for the position of crown prince.

As the crown prince of Emperor Tianlong, she also has a lot of merit.

But this person has been a nuisance to her for half her life, and she hates this person to the bone.

Emperor Tianlong also knew that he was not welcomed, and although he left, he left behind a cup of tonic that was said to be a tribute from a small country. He didn't like it when he smelled it, and thought that Concubine Xiao had always loved to eat these soups and waters, so he brought them personally.

But whatever is given by Emperor Tianlong, apart from such a dormitory where she has lived since childhood, what else can Concubine Xiao accept?

Concubine Xiao casually beckoned a palace person who usually looked quite pleasing to the eye, and rewarded her with the cup of soup made of strange things that Emperor Tianlong had given her: "Be careful, don't let others see it."

The palace people had good things to eat for nothing, so they naturally nodded busily - this was the emperor's tribute.

The palace maid went with the soup cup.

Emperor Tianlong's coming and leaving can be regarded as passing some time for Concubine Xiao. When she looked at the sky again, it seemed to be getting a little cold and gloomy.

"What time is it?" Concubine Xiao didn't take a nap today, and after that sleepy point, she didn't feel like lying down.

On the side, someone from the palace came up to answer Concubine Xiao and said an hour to her.

Unknowingly, it was the right time.

"This girl, she should have already walked to the exit by now, right?!" She was just talking to herself, and naturally she didn't expect anyone to pick her up. The room was very quiet for a while, and after Concubine Xiao finished speaking, she didn't speak again.

Concubine Xiao's estimate was accurate.

Under the illumination of countless night pearls, Lin Qiantan went south along the road underground. Just when she wanted to give up and turn back, she finally found a slight light somewhere ahead in the somewhat dim tunnel.

Lin Qiantan felt a little excited.

She immediately quickened her pace and walked towards the light, where she found that the so-called light was an exit that had opened up vertically from a high place.

That's it.

What really made Lin Qiantan feel a little ridiculous and surprised was that there should be an ancient well.

Concubine Xiao was still guessing that the end of this secret passage leading to the outside of the palace had not been used for many years, and Lin Qiantan was at most standing at the bottom of the well that had long dried up and looking up at the sky.

You can't climb up.

But she missed the calculation that Lin Qiantan is not an ordinary daughter.

When Lin Qiantan stepped on some grooves in the stone wall of the well, and carefully climbed up the not very high well, she had a sense of absurdity when she saw the scene outside.

I saw that the ancient well was overgrown with weeds, and in front of it was a large five-room house that was also deserted. The house is surrounded by elaborate hugging houses and verandas. The long-withered vines and the broken swings under the vines seemed to tell visitors that there might have been a young lady living here.

But the houses here, Lin Qiantan has obviously seen them a long time ago. With a strange expression, she glanced at the walls at both ends of the courtyard, and went down to the ancient well.

She took a lot of effort and stepped on the same road all the way back, and Concubine Xiao was still waiting to reveal the mystery in front of the little girl, frightening and frightening her.

Who knows it herself.

That well is clearly the deserted courtyard between the Wang family of the Duke of Yan and the Chu family.

Concubine Xiao didn't feel bored because of this, but thought that this girl was agile...... That place was originally used to go up and down with a rope ladder, and a man used to go down from there and have a private meeting with her underground.

Lin Qiantan walked back and forth like this, which took a lot of time, and Concubine Xiao had no intention of telling her all the buried things at once.

So he smiled and said, "It's not too early, you should go back early." If you have any questions, the next time you come, this palace will answer your questions. ”

Concubine Xiao said so, what else could Lin Qiantan do.

Naturally, there is only farewell.

The sky was indeed jet black.

Looking at the back of Lin Qiantan leaving, Concubine Xiao felt relaxed and happy like never before. Lin Qiantan is a tight-mouthed person, she knows that since she has promised that she will not say it, she will definitely not say it.

Lin Qiantan really won't say it. She just felt that her mood was very complicated.

Before this day, she thought that Concubine Xiao had put some treasures or something in the rockery forest. Who knew that Concubine Xiao would give her such a big scare.

Jin He and the others were just waiting for Lin Qiantan to come back in Concubine Xiao's bedroom, and they didn't know what Lin Qiantan had seen in the tunnel after going for so long.

Lin Qiantan didn't plan to ask Jinhe to know this.

To put it mildly, when the palace of the imperial concubine is actually connected to the mansions of the two courtiers, how can such a thing be known to superfluous people, and only increase their danger?!

Not to mention that one of them is still her maternal uncle.

But then again, what did Concubine Xiao do to tell her this? When and by whom was this tunnel built? Does the emperor know that there is such a tunnel?

Jinhe and the others didn't speak when they saw her coming out of the palace gate all the way, so they didn't bother her much to think about it.

After a while, a little light rain fell from the gloomy gray sky, which made people's hearts cold.

Lin Qiantan returned to the Hou Mansion in Dongshan, forced those thoughts in her heart, and dealt with a few annoying people in the Hou Mansion, and returned to her yard after dinner, and stayed alone.

*

By the next day, she went to Chu's house almost impatiently.

It's just that she didn't go by luck, Chu gradually was not at home, and only one aunt who really couldn't be said to be attentive to her was still there.

Jiang Ningniang didn't care about Lin Qiantan, but Lin Qiantan just became free because of this. Lin Qiantan first pretended to wander around the Chu family, passing by the homesick courtyard that had been handed over to the craftsman for repair, and finally walked towards her destination in a hidden way.

Separated by a wall, the angle from which you look out in an abandoned garden is naturally completely different. Why is this garden deserted? Who was the former owner? There are more mysteries in Lin Qiantan's mind.

As she was watching, she suddenly heard something. I saw that across the wall of the Wang family from the distance, a head she was familiar with was exposed.

The corners of Lin Qiantan's lips hooked up and chuckled, this person, how can he be like a dog with a nose, as soon as she came to the Chu family, he would know.

The tall, sturdy young man didn't say that he had been waiting here for a while. It's not like going to Lin's house and crawling directly along the wall, just sitting on the trunk of the Wang family over there, watching her speak with her mouth.

Lin Qiantan recognized that his mouth seemed to be saying: The trade route from the northern land to the small tribes of the Rong country is open.

Wang Yuanzhao just wanted to use this as an excuse to meet her. After saying that, he will run, and he will not stop. And Lin Qiantan already knew the news she wanted to know......

When the trade route is opened, the income will increase, and in the future, there will definitely not be too much money......

Lin Qiantan came to the Chu family for her uncle Chu Yan. But Chu gradually didn't come back for a long time, and Lin Qiantan slowly didn't want to look for him. It was Chu Jiang, who heard that Lin Qiantan was coming, so he rushed back, and Lin Qiantan had a meal with him at Chu's house.

Come to think of it, why do you have to confirm a certain suspicion in your mind?

Concubine Xiao's bedroom will be connected to the abandoned courtyard of Wang Chu's two families, and it is difficult for Lin Qiantan not to think that there is no possibility that it will be an adulterous affair between men and women.

But to be honest, no matter what Lin Qiantan thinks, he doesn't think that his uncle or the Wang family will be the one who betrays his wife and has something to do with the concubines in the deep palace.

Besides, Concubine Xiao let her know this, didn't she already calculate the possibility that she would guess this.

Lin Qiantan was a little puzzled.

After Lin Qiantan left, Chu gradually returned home belatedly.

Hearing that his niece had come, Chu gradually sighed that it was unfortunate, but he didn't take it to heart. Just when Lin Qiantan is an ordinary visit to relatives and friends.

*

That night, an inconspicuous "little" incident occurred in the palace.

A palace maid in Concubine Xiao's palace suddenly became insane...... There was so much commotion over there, Emperor Tianlong was also so alarmed that he got up from Concubine Lian's bed, put on his clothes and went to Concubine Xiao's palace.

This palace maid saw God killing God, and when she met a Buddha and killed a Buddha, she was finally hacked to death on the palace road by the imperial guards.

Concubine Xiao was frightened.

Emperor Tianlong only thought that this was an ordinary madman. Concubine Xiao told Emperor Tianlong with some trepidation that this palace maid was the one who ate the cup of soup and medicine he sent.

Emperor Tianlong was still a little unable to react for a while.

After Concubine Xiao's careful explanation, he felt a chill behind him.

Concubine Xiao really has no evidence, as for the porcelain cup used to hold the soup, it was cleaned early, and there was no medicinal juice left. But what Concubine Xiao said, Emperor Tianlong was willing to believe.

Everything that is meant to be eaten in the emperor's mouth must go through layers of checks. From the imperial dining room to the summoning of eunuchs, to the tasting eunuchs and eunuchs on the table......

At least in the eyes of the Imperial Doctor, that cup of soup was indeed safe.

But now, there is a palace person who is crazy because he ate that cup of soup, isn't he saying that there is a poison that this imperial doctor can't verify?

Or is it not that it can't be tested at all, but that the doctor didn't tell the truth?

At night, there were crazy people in Concubine Xiao's bedroom, and this matter spread all over the harem as soon as possible.

Many palace concubines complained in private: "It's just a palace maid, and this old woman is too up-and-coming to take it seriously......"

In ensuring the stability of Emperor Tianlong's throne, Concubine Xiao and he still have a lot of common interests. This matter, Emperor Tianlong intends to deal with it coldly, and Concubine Xiao will not have an opinion.

The dead palace maid had already been dragged down. As for those who guarded the food safety of the emperor at that time, they were also arrested by the emperor and interrogated one by one.

The unwitting concubines in the palace slept on their own, but they didn't know how many slaves were sleeping, but they were suddenly broken in and dragged up, thrown into the prison, and tortured.

Lin Qiantan also found out about this matter at dawn.

Wang Shanya was called up that night, responsible for the drudgery of arresting people everywhere and putting them in prison, what he knew, of course Lin Qiantan could know it immediately from Wang Yuanzhao.

After Lin Qiantan finished reading a paper ball that Wang Yuanzhao had thrown at the head of her bed at some point, she threw it into the fire and burned it, thinking about it even when she was eating breakfast.

This matter, without evidence, she also expected that most of it was done by Yin tenacity. Because, in this matter, Yin tenacity will inevitably benefit the most.

In the current imperial court, the Yin family is not to say that it covers the sky with one hand, but it is also unparalleled in momentum.

Yin Ren is probably the one who wants Emperor Tianlong to go crazy and not die.

But whether this is or not, presumably after this mistake, Emperor Tianlong should be alert. Even if he didn't need Concubine Xiao to act on his behalf, he would ...... It's fine for now.

After breakfast, Lin Qiantan accompanied Shen, who was getting worse and worse, to talk for a while, warm and affectionate.

At the same time, in the prison, there was a terrible cry. Trying to make the emperor crazy is not much different from assassination.

Wang Shanya was responsible for arresting people, but he was not responsible for torture. It is the people of the Wei family in Dali Temple.

The results of the subsequent review are not clear even to Wang Shanya.

Emperor Tianlong's judgment was right, the imperial doctor on duty in his dormitory that day was indeed a little unclean, and the imperial doctor seemed to know that he was dead, but he had hidden the poison in his teeth early on......

Lin Dong participated in this matter, and it was not too difficult for Lin Qiantan to know.

It's just the old rule, give money.

Lin Yangde wanted to establish Lin Quan as the prince of the Hou Mansion, but Lin Dong refused to give up. If you don't want to, you can't do nothing.

Lin Qiantan estimated that he should have taken the money in his hand to continue to buy people's hearts, open the door, and even leave a way back for the general to stand on his own. It's hard to say whether Lin Quan can become the prince of the Hou Mansion that he has in mind as he wishes.

Lin Dong received money, and there was nothing he couldn't say, let alone what Lin Qiantan was doing when a young lady asked this, anyway, in his opinion, his brother's daughter was originally different from others.