Concubine Xiao is different from ordinary concubines, and does not live in a remote and cold palace. Emperor Tianlong also treated her very specially, so that she was fortunate to be able to live in the palace where she lived in the palace when she was the concubine of the first emperor and when she was the princess of the Xia Dynasty.

It's no wonder that others say that although she doesn't have the name of the queen mother, she has the reality of the queen mother.

Hanyuan Palace can be said to be the place where Concubine Xiao has lived since she was born. It's just that there is still a big difference from when she was a princess of the Xia Dynasty in the past. Hanyuan Palace, which had been expanded once during the period of Emperor Yanjian, was renovated again after Emperor Tianlong ascended the throne. Grace and preciousness are not inferior to the dormitory where the Queen Mother lives.

The huge Hanyuan Palace, probably only the earliest part of the old house where the unfavored princess lived remained largely unchanged.

Among them, the palace room, which is usually used to rest and sleep, is even more regarded as a forbidden place by Concubine Xiao, and ordinary palace people are not allowed to enter it at will.

Even Emperor Tianlong is willing to respect Concubine Xiao's stubbornness, and he never forcibly enters with the power of the emperor. Concubine Xiao lives in it, and few people have seen what it looks like inside.

Lin Qiantan thought that she was lucky to be able to witness this place.

Needless to say, the exquisite living utensils are naturally needless to say, whether it was the first emperor or today's Emperor Long, there has never been any deduction for Concubine Xiao's life supply. The ornaments in the palace are also full of the master's cultivation from the small brocade clothes and jade food.

However, there is a bit of discord that when you go inside, you can intuitively feel a hint of girlish breath from the graceful and luxurious atmosphere in the room.

Concubine Xiao herself probably forgot that she also threw the toys that the little girl who was only fifteen or sixteen years old played with at the head of the bed, apparently playing with them from time to time. When she was young, she regretted that Xiao Chen, the lovely third princess in front of her, bullied her for being humble, and when her subordinates saw the wind and rudder, they also fell into the well. Although there is no need to worry about food and clothing, it really can't be said well.

That toy was popular in Beijing at that time.

But what really caught Lin Qiantan's attention was the familiar sheepskin that was placed on the table.

Coincidentally, Concubine Xiao usually put away this important thing properly, but the night before, her subordinates told her that some of the other broken sheepskins seemed to have fallen.

In a moment of excitement, she took out the treasure and left it there, but it was covered with a curtain.

The summer is hot, and most of the doors in the palace are wide open, and Concubine Xiao is no exception. The wind outside the window brought up the curtains, allowing people to see a shadow of the items on the table over there.

Lin Qiantan couldn't help but laugh.

She never thought that the sheepskin she had been looking for would be on a princess who was very disliked by the emperor of the Xia Dynasty back then. It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

Lin Qiantan just wanted to laugh, but the sharp pain in her hand almost pulled her attention back in an instant. At this moment, Concubine Xiao also seemed to remember what was still on her desk, and walked over pretending to be calm, pretending to be tidying up there, and quietly put away the broken sheepskin. Then he turned back as he was and walked back to Lin Qiantan.

Although Lin Qiantan noticed her movements, she was so painful that she didn't have the heart to think about anything else.

Yin Qiang may have been running with the intention of destroying her hand, and she made a ruthless move, and a good pair of hands were scratched by twenty nail boards. It's also thanks to her quick response.

The Tianshan Snow Lotus Paste that Concubine Xiao asked someone to fetch is also a good thing for treating external injuries. However, Lin Qiantan is really not sure, even the kind of holy product for treating external injuries can make her leave no scars......

It is said that a pair of hands is also a woman's second face, which is to be often displayed in front of people, and the practice of the Yin sisters really annoyed her. A pair of hands is so important, she uses it to write, read and paint.

Concubine Xiao comforted gently: "How is it, will it hurt?"

Does it hurt?

Needless to say?

Lin Qiantan's face turned white in pain, but she still stubbornly did not cry out in pain, her appearance made people can't help but look at her as a daughter raised in the boudoir.

Lin Qiantan knew that Concubine Xiao was asking her, nodded, and didn't lie blindly: "It's okay, the courtiers can bear it."

Concubine Xiao then nodded.

While speaking, the palace people had already pulled out their legs and brought the Tianshan Snow Lotus Paste over.

This is a good thing to heal, as soon as the ointment touches the skin, there is a cool feeling through the skin, into the internal organs, so that people only feel comfortable and forget the pain for a while......

Lin Qiantan suddenly felt that her hand didn't hurt so much.

Then I waited for the imperial doctor, carefully checked the injury, and then did some serious treatment. Even the imperial doctor also sighed, this snow lotus paste is hard to find, it is a good thing to pay tribute to the remote mountain counties in the northwest, and it is used in the right place.

There was such an incident, this was originally to come to the palace to teach Concubine Xiao to embroider the handkerchief, and naturally it couldn't be embroidered. However, there is no going back.

Lin Qiantan didn't want to worry about Mei and the others, so when Concubine Xiao proposed to ask her to rest in the palace for one night, she didn't refuse.

The residence of the palace is naturally different from the ordinary mansion outside, and Concubine Xiao gave Lin Qiantan the best guest room in her Hanyuan Palace. Lin Qiantan's hands were injured and she had nothing to do, so she could only stand on the edge of the windowsill and look at the scenery outside the window.

The view is excellent, and you can see a large area in front of you.

Looking around, the figures of the palace people coming and going on the palace road were clearly visible, and even Lin Qiantan saw the four princes and the three princes sitting in a pavilion in the distance, as if they were sitting opposite each other drinking.

The three princes have no intention of government, as we all know. Recently, it has been heard that he has invited a group of monks to discuss Buddhist scriptures and Buddhism, and the masters of the White Horse Temple have also entered his house from time to time.

The four princes are lustful dogs and horses, and drunken people, what can these two people say together?

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The four princes intend to store the throne, and the three princes know about this matter.

However, he didn't expect that the fourth prince would hit him with the idea, and even he had to win him over.

The so-called words are not speculative for more than half a sentence, and the third prince has become more and more disheartened since the death of his wife, and recently he has even had the idea of becoming a monk. It's just that because of the status of the prince, he has no choice but to stay in Beijing.

Lin Qiantan remembered that he seemed to be very close to many of Shilin's children.

From a distance, Lin Qiantan saw that the two brothers had spoken for a while and then dispersed. The three princes were plainly dressed and went outside the palace. The four princes are splendid flowers, and they go to a prosperous place, how can they go to one place.

Speaking of which, the four princes entered the palace for a purpose.

When I met the three princes, it was all accidental.

Since he had that intention to include the eighth lady of the Dongshan Hou Mansion in the backyard, then he should take active action. The reaction from the Hou Mansion was not positive, and he wanted to try to ask the imperial concubine directly.

Lin Qiantan then watched him go in the direction she had just come.

The fourth prince met with the third prince under the nose of Concubine Xiao, and there was no need for Lin Qiantan to say, she would also ask someone to find out what was going on.

As a result, after asking, I knew that the fourth prince went to Yin Qiang.

The ambition is great and the talent is sparse, and the heart is higher than the sky.

Both of these words can be used to describe the Four Princes.

The real virtuous and talented people actually don't look down on the four princes.

Yin Wei wanted to hook up with him, but unfortunately Lin Yangde's father and son thought about the problem from a completely different angle from that of a mother.

If Lin Bixiang marries him, even if Lin Qiantan Bodhisattva lets her go, she will not have a good result with the death of the fourth prince. The four princes, short-lived.

The fourth prince didn't stay too long in the palace of Yin Qiang, the sun had just climbed into the middle of the sky, and he didn't eat there, so he left. Yin Qiang and Lin Yangde and the others have the same position, and they don't want to see their niece marry the fourth prince.

Lin Bixiang can be of better use.

It is clear that she has reached middle age, but Yin Qiang is still as fresh as a girl, and her green jade fingers are tight and do not lose anyone.

Yin Qiang is a very favored imperial concubine of Emperor Tianlong, she gave birth to two sons and a daughter is proof of favor, although she is not a queen, but she has some powers of the queen.

It's a pity that her two sons are not in unison, and each has their own plans. Yin Qiang couldn't help but sigh that her eldest son was disobedient and refused to help her younger brother take the throne.

Perhaps the same as those mothers who prefer young sons, Yin Qiang is the youngest son who prefers to look more like Emperor Tianlong. It is precisely because of him that she has gained real favor.

As for the second prince, he ignored it.

The second prince didn't care - although he was born in Yinqiang, when he was young, he stayed with Concubine Xiao for a while.

This may also be the reason why Yin Qiang is a little wary of him.

The second prince did remember that Concubine Xiao had raised him, otherwise, he would not have hurriedly come over to visit after Concubine Xiao and Yin Qiang clashed again.

The second prince's appearance is somewhat similar to his uncle's femininity, not terrifyingly feminine, but he also has his uncle's three-four silhouettes, Lin Qiantan naturally didn't have much of a good impression of him.

However, after suffering a big loss early in the morning, Lin Qiantan changed her mind and came up with some different thoughts.

It is said that the brothers are on the wall, and outsiders take advantage of the situation, and the second prince is also the nephew of the Yin family, but there is no reason to ask the fifth prince to monopolize the resources. No matter what, you should give some to your brother.

As an injured party, Lin Qiantan couldn't help but have the honor to have some words with the second prince. The second prince is in acceptable condition, not as gentlemanly as the third prince, but not too crooked. The power under his name is also earned by himself, but he doesn't have much credit for Yin Qiang.

Lin Qiantan thought to herself, maybe she could help him a little.

Just thinking about it.

"This is Miss Lin Qi." The second prince, as the actual eldest son, is bound to win the throne. Everything that can be won is what he should work hard for.

Although the momentum of the Dongshan Marquis Mansion is far less than that in the early years, it is still very valuable to win over. Although most of the men in their family are not successful, behind the female relatives of the Lin family, they are connected with many big families.

Speaking of which, he just saw the third and fourth children outside. The fourth prince has been very diligent in running to the Dongshan Hou Mansion recently, the slut born to that slut......

When Lin Qiantan heard this, she saluted respectfully. She was injured, needless to say that the second prince also saw it. She didn't have to do the full salute, she just stood up and meant it. The second prince didn't care.

The second prince is also the only one among the adult princes of Emperor Tianlong. Lin Qiantan had some dealings with the second princess.

The second princess is also a member of the Wei family.

The Wei family has both the elegance of the family and the ability to invest in interests, and it is no wonder that most of the family has suffered blows, but the Wei family has gone against the current, and on the premise of not attracting the attention of the emperor, it has gradually surpassed the more qualified Qi family and other families and become the head of the family.

The second prince came here not only for the unpleasant trouble between Concubine Xiao and his biological mother, but also for her own private affairs.

It is said that the second princess returned to her parents' home at this time.

The two princes and their wives also have disagreements. The girls of the Wei family inevitably have the common problems of the family, and they are arrogant, so they don't like their husbands to take concubines.

Chu Ling is like that, even if she still accommodates one or two sisters and sisters, she still has to be said to be jealous, not to mention that the Wei family is still married to a prince who is almost destined to have only one woman.

At the blind date banquet in the palace of Zhongyi County. Most of the princes below were forcibly selected as candidates for the crown princess. The second prince was not willing to be lonely, and selected two little girls to be married by Emperor Tianlong, who was still in the capital at the time, and became side concubines.

No matter how you say it, she has raised it herself, and Concubine Xiao cared a few words.

The second prince was also a little displeased: "It is natural for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but she is good, even those one or two women are unwilling to accept it." The father suppressed the family, and they deserved it. From the perspective of the sons, the family is too ignorant of promotion, and they think very highly of themselves...... "The accumulation of the family era, pay attention to cultivation, the daughter of the family may be good in everything, but only about the matter of concubines, they are more or less criticized."

However, the situation is stronger than people, the court intervened in the internal marriage between the families, and the families married their daughters to some nouveau riche who they actually looked down on in order to protect themselves, and they had already fallen off the branches and turned into pheasants.

Lin Qiantan knew that her mother was the pheasant who went against the trend of the times and failed in the end.

The second prince also seemed to have just remembered the reputation of Lin Qiantan's biological mother, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed. Lin Qiantan then made an excuse and retreated, leaving the space for the two to talk.

She went to the palace elsewhere, but she could still hear some of it in her ears.

My hand hurt again.

Although the best ointment was applied, the pain still came out from time to time, attracting Lin Qiantan's attention.

Inside.

Lin Qiantan went out, and the second prince saw that there were no outsiders, so he said presumptuously: "...... Erchen is not the fool of the third child, but a useless woman who died after a few days of marriage, and when she died, she died, making her look like a chaste and fierce man who kept the festival, and his father asked him to continue the string, and he was unwilling to do so. ”

But at the end of the day, he still wants one less political enemy. Three princes, it's better to be decadent......

Concubine Xiao frowned slightly.

Concubine Xiao herself doesn't like that the second prince has some problems that his biological mother is used to, but she won't tell it in person. She herself is a little famous, and she doesn't like to see men despise women.

Besides, the death of the third princess may not be clean for the second prince.

When Lin Qiantan returned to Concubine Xiao's side, the second prince had already left.

Lin Qiantan was injured. He did not go out of the palace and went back. But if she stays in the palace, she will also send someone back to talk about it. It's not that I'm afraid that the Lin family will worry about how many people will be worried, but that I care that a few girls will worry about her.

Ji Yue then pulled her legs and went.

As everyone knows, something happened after such a delay.

Ji Yue went back, and of course she had to come back at night. After coming back, he told Lin Qiantan that Mei had been attacked.

Lin Qiantan was startled, and hurriedly asked what was going on?!

Ji Yue said that it happened in the early afternoon.

At the time of the incident, when Mei had just returned from Song's place, halfway through, he met a few people who jumped out with knives and cut them when they saw Mei. Zheng Hao blocked a knife for Beimei. Zhimei only had a few bloody cuts on her hands and feet, and she suffered some moderate injuries. Zheng Hao was much worse, he stabbed someone in the belly, but fortunately, the stab was a little off, and it was not inserted deeply, and his life was still there, but he had a high fever and was being treated.

Lin Qiantan heard that the people in the house refused to rescue, although it was expected, but she still looked coldly.

It doesn't matter, she has money and people herself. Jin He and the others also knew to send Zheng Hao out and go to the outside hospital to see the injury.

Ji Yue said: "Someone from the third lady said that Zheng Hao had caused a lawsuit, and he didn't dare to stay in the house, so he wanted to die outside!"

Lin Qiantan sneered: "Zheng Hao won't die, and Mei won't be fine, not only will there be nothing to do, but I will also hold a wedding for them afterwards."

Ji Yue also nodded.

Ji Yue came back at a bad time, the door of the palace had just been locked, Lin Qiantan couldn't go out again, and Concubine Xiao didn't agree with Lin Qiantan going out at night for a minion.

The emperor is not there, and Concubine Xiao also has Concubine Xiao's difficulties, Lin Qiantan can understand, so she can only wait for the dawn of the next day to go out of the palace early to have a look.

At this time, the sun has already set.

When the time came, Lin Qiantan cleaned up a little absent-mindedly and lay down to sleep.

All night in the palace, Lin Qiantan was thinking about Mei. Treat Mei as kind to others, she has not offended anyone, the only thing that Lin Qiantan can think of is that she mentioned before that she encountered a "robbery" on the way back to the Dongshan Hou Mansion.

Before, she didn't take it very seriously.

It seems that this matter needs to be investigated.

Even not only Zhimei, but also herself, as well as Jinhe and other people related to her, also need to be careful.

If it's not a feud, then it's likely to be a mouthful.

Lin Qiantan couldn't sleep on the bed, and even turning over was inconvenient because of the cloth strips on her hands.

She simply got up.

As soon as she moved, both Fengguang and Ji Yue heard it and climbed up. It's not the first time that Lin Qiantan has seen the vigilance of these two people, and when she thinks about the kung fu shown by these two sisters before, she can't help but think of some things.

Lin Qiantan remembered that Wang Yuanzhao had always told her that Xia Sanniang's mother's family was a well-known family in the Great Xia. Lin Qiantan and Wang Yuanzhao got along for a long time, and gradually saw that Wang Yuanzhao really wouldn't lie and deceive her.

If she asks, he will answer.

So the fact should be what Wang Yuanzhao said, Xia Sanniang should have been born in such a family.

Unless, Xia Sanniang even has to deceive her own son.

But what kind of family is it, even the maids who serve around them must be able to be civil and martial?

The martial arts of these two girls are much better than those of the screen and the waves. When Lin Qiantan had nothing to do, she also asked a few girls to learn from each other, but the two screens and screens together couldn't beat a hand of any of the sisters in the scenery and Jiyue......

You must know that although Ping Feng and Ping Lang are not professional martial artists, they are definitely not weak, otherwise Zhou Yi would not be able to put the two of them in her hands to follow her.

So Lin Qiantan asked Ji Yue to light the lamp, and the three of them sat down and chatted for a while. Lin Qiantan saw the opportunity and cut to the chase and asked the two sisters about their origins.

The scenery is a little more impetuous, and he was the first to say: "I thought you weren't going to ask, master."

Lin Qiantan laughed when she heard this: "The two of you were thrown to me by someone, I am afraid that you have resentment in your heart, where do you dare to ask?"

The two sisters looked at each other and smiled, but they did not deny that they once had some thoughts about Wang Yuanzhao.

Ji Yue is an older sister, so according to Lin Qiantan's question, she said intermittently: "The two slave sisters have been orphans since they were children, and they have been begging until they are six or seven years old, and it was the old lady who brought our sisters back to raise them."

In fact, when Xia Sanniang found out about the two, both of them had been wandering outside for several years, and they only knew that they were sisters with the same faces, but in fact, Xia Sanniang judged for them who was older and who was younger.

As she was talking, Ji Yue saw something on her sister's cheek, and subconsciously reached over and took it off for the scenery.

Ji Yue is stable and loves to take care of the scenery, so she will be considered a sister, which is normal.

“…… After that, Ji Yue threw away a black thing that had somehow stuck to it, and continued: "The old lady invited Master Zhang, oh, it is the one who taught the two sons martial arts, and by the way, he also took us to learn with him."

Lin Qiantan heard Wang Yuanzhao mention two sentences.

Feng Feng added: "There are other people who are also learning." For example, Chen Wen and Chen Wu brothers.

Not only their sisters, but also the brothers Chen Wen and Chen Wu are also capable of writing and martial arts, and their skills are much better than their two girls.

Speaking of Chen Wen and Chen Wu, Lin Qiantan couldn't help laughing. The two brothers looked thin and small, but they were also Lian Jiazi.

But after laughing, Lin Qiantan was even more confused. This Xia Sanniang, who is from which family?

When the Great Shang destroyed the summer, there were indeed many famous families who were involved in the great wave of changing the dynasty, and there were not a few who were destroyed. Nowadays, few people still remember that in fact, the so-called four great families today were not such a lineup from the beginning.

At the time of the founding of the Xia Dynasty, the most prosperous were not the four great families, but the seven great families.

The Zhao family was slaughtered in the middle of the Xia Dynasty; The Yan family, which had a similar fate to the Zhao family, rebelled endlessly, and finally became a royal family; There is also a Han family, which is the mother family of Han Yanqing, the daughter-in-law of the current prime minister and her teacher Gu Ping, who has suffered heavy losses since the middle of the Xia Dynasty, and the family is getting weaker and weaker, and finally it has completely become a family with a general reputation.