The Splendid Garden is the dormitory of Lin Long, the ninth princess of the Chu Kingdom, and there are two skinny ginkgo trees in the garden. When the King of Song married her after ascending the throne last year, he asked her what she wanted, and she told the King of Song that she wanted two ginkgo saplings, male and female, because there were also two male and female ginkgo trees in the palace where she lived in the Chu Palace, which were nearly 100 years old and full of gold when the autumn wind rose. She said that since she married into the Song Kingdom, it would be difficult to return to the Chu Kingdom, so she wanted to plant two ginkgo trees for herself by herself, and when she was old enough to die in a foreign country, she would be accompanied by at least two big trees that she liked as a child.

After a year, the thin ginkgo tree has fallen full of leaves, and Lin Long is playing with two small golden fans in his hands, and he can't help but think of the hurried years in the Chu State. Ah Xing and Ah Die brought a hand warmer, and the other handed a rabbit fur shawl, and the two chattered and said with concern: "Princess, it's cold, warm up quickly, wear more." "Don't stand here, let's walk around with the princess to warm up." "Princess, are you hungry? Ah Xing made red date barley porridge in the morning, you didn't drink a few sips, and it was still warm! ”

Lin Long smiled at the two personal maids she brought from the Chu Palace, and said, "Don't be busy, I'm not cold or hungry, let's walk around." It should be cold after the jade capital enters winter, and it may be difficult to come out to bask in the sun for a day in winter like now. ”

A Xing said: "Princess, you are inconvenient now, you still have to rest more." ”

Ah Die said: "Yes, you can't get sick, otherwise the people from the hospital will be over." ”

Lin Long smiled and waved his hand: "If I can't even deal with the people in the hospital, how dare I take the two of you to play with such fire?" Don't worry, even if the matter is revealed, the Chu and Song generations are good, and the King of Song is a good person, there will be no big problem, and I can still save the lives of the two of you. ”

Ah Xing and Ah Die followed Lin Long noncommittally to the door of the Splendid Garden. Ah Xing asked, "Where is the princess going?" Let's go out of the garden less now! ”

Lin Long strode out of the garden, "Let's go to Suhua Palace to see the princess of Qi Kingdom." She has been married for a few days, and I heard that her health has been bad, and even King Song was rejected by her, and I don't know if it is better. In the deep palace, heart disease is the most difficult to treat. ”

Ah Die said: "What is there to see about the princess of the dead country of Qi? Sickness and illness are unlucky. Is she physically ill or mentally ill, and what does it have to do with us? The Queen Mother, King Song, and Qiao Meiren didn't go to see her, so we couldn't afford to go to see her! ”

Lin Long walked briskly towards Suhua Palace, "I just want to go and see if my guess is right." Ah Xing Ah Die, do you remember Zhuge and his unmarried wife? ”

Ah Xing said: "Remember, we were really curious at that time, why did Zhuge Gongzi sneak into the White Jade Palace. Although his unmarried wife is sick, she is really good-looking, no wonder the son of the richest man in Chu State risked his life to go to the harem of Song State to find it. ”

Adie reminded: "Be quiet! Don't let anyone hear it. ”

Lin Long said: "I guess that Zhuge his beautiful fiancée is the princess of Qi who married the King of Song. ”

Ah Xing's eyes widened in surprise, "What? Isn't the princess of Qi pregnant then? Whose child is she carrying? ”

Lin Long smiled: "I don't know either." However, it doesn't matter whose child it is, the important thing is that the princess of Qi is married to the king of Song, and the Song country really engulfed the Qi country. ”

Ah Die said: "In my opinion, she is definitely not pregnant with King Song's child, otherwise King Song didn't go to see her once, and the Queen Mother never went to see her." Even her wedding gift was done by our princess, and no one must want her to defile the blood of the Song royal family. But she is the princess of Qi State, and it is better for King Song to marry her in order to swallow the last bit of incense of Qi State. ”

Ah Xing asked: "But how does the princess know that the princess of Qi is the fiancée that Prince Zhuge brought to our palace that day?" ”

Lin Long said: "Do you think that the ordinary palace maids in the White Jade Palace are so beautiful? We've been here for a year, which palace maid hasn't seen it, how come it's never seen a good-looking one? Isn't it that the people of the Qiao family are afraid that King Song will fall in love with the girls of other families and hinder the Qiao family's dominance? A woman with such a beautiful appearance can be hidden in the palace, either someone who is beneficial to the Qiao family or someone who is beneficial to the Song Kingdom. What's more, is Zhuge Escape an ordinary person? The Zhuge family has always had a family business, but how can ordinary people be adopted by the old man Zhuge ? Thinking about it this way, if that beautiful maidservant girl is really the princess of Qi Kingdom, and if she is really Zhuge 's fiancée, I'm afraid Zhuge will ......."

Ah Xing's eyes opened wider than just now: "What's wrong with Gongzi Zhuge ?" ”

Lin Long shook his head slightly and sighed, "It's already pitiful to hurt one, so don't involve the other anymore." Zhuge ...... Alas, I'm afraid I won't want to marry him as an unmarried wife for the rest of my life. He is just a rich and noble son of the Chu State, and he doesn't even have a fief, how can he compare with the King of Song who can command thousands of troops? It's almost time to Suhua Palace, you two keep your mouths shut and don't say a word of gossip. ”

The door of Suhua Palace is closed, just like the old palace that has been abandoned, and even the lintel has not been renovated. I don't know what kind of women lived here when the Qi royal family dominated the White Jade Palace. Lin Long lightly slammed the palace door, and no one responded for a long time. She slammed it a few more times.

The maidservant who opened the door turned out to be Aunt Tingfang, the old man next to King Song of Yong'an Palace, Lin Long suddenly thought that he had gone to the wrong palace.

Tingfang saluted Lin Long and said, "Lin Meiren is safe." There is a Laurin beauty who came over on purpose, but Xiao Meiren is sick, so Lin Meiren should please go back first. ”

Lin Long said: "Aunt Tingfang, Xiao Meiren is probably a heart disease and a heart medicine." She was pregnant, and she would definitely be depressed if she didn't go out for a long time, so I went in to see her, chatted with her for a few words, and left. ”

Tingfang said: "Lin Meiren should come back in a few days." Xiao Meiren is indeed in poor health today and needs to rest in bed. ”

Lin Long knew that Tingfang was a close confidant of King Song, and what she said must be King Song's will, so he didn't dare to disobey at the moment, so he had to take a step back, "Okay, I also ask Aunt Tingfang to bring something for Xiao Meiren for me." He picked off the rainbow beads hanging on his earlobes and handed them to Tingfang, "This is a rainbow bead that is rare in a century, and it is my wedding jewelry, which is said to be able to drive away illness and eliminate disasters." I borrowed Xiao Meiren for a while, maybe her body can recover faster. ”

Tingfang took the rainbow bead earrings and saluted: "The slave and maid thanked Xiao Meiren first." ”

Lin Long waved his hand and said, "It's all a family, so Xiao Meiren doesn't have to be polite." ”

Back at the Splendid Garden, Ah Xing said angrily: "That Xiao Meiren relied on the power of Aunt Tingfang beside King Song, and actually dared to turn our princess away!" ”

Ah Die was also unconvinced: "Yes! And princess, you even lent her the priceless rainbow beads! ”

Lin Long said meaningfully: "When she sees the rainbow beads, she will come to me." When the time comes, Tingfang can't stop her. ”

Xiao Meiren is still in the future, and the first person to find Lin Long is Liu Ying, the king of Song. That night, King Song had dinner in the Splendid Garden.

Lin Long couldn't remember the last time he had a meal alone with King Song. Probably never. But at the Queen Mother's monthly family banquet, she can often see Liu Ying. At this time, Liu Ying has lost a lot of weight compared to last month's family banquet, and now she has a touch of blue and black, as if she hasn't slept well for a long time. She felt that King Song must have been troubled recently. Looking at the current situation of the Song Kingdom and the Kyushu Kingdoms, King Song has nothing to worry about, and the only thing that can make him have such a change is probably the princess of Qi who is newly married into the White Jade Palace but does not interact with anyone and rejects King Song.

During the meal, Liu Ying didn't talk much, and politely greeted her with warmth, which was no different from when she saw her at the Queen Mother's family banquet on weekdays. After the meal, Liu Ying glanced at Lin Long and said gently: "You have a good complexion and good appetite recently, do you have any effective maintenance methods?" ”

Lin Long replied with a smile: "Eating well, sleeping well, and having a clear conscience is the best maintenance method in the world." ”

Liu Ying nodded in agreement: "The Ninth Princess's words are wise and transparent, better than countless doctors. ”

Lin Long said: "The king praises falsely. I'm just a rectum. ”

Liu Ying said: "If there were a few more rectums in the world, there would not be so many entanglements." ”

Lin Long smiled: "I'll get straight to the point." The king has never come to look for me, and I came here today, but I heard that I went to Suhua Garden to deliver rainbow beads? ”

"Indeed," Liu Ying praised, "it has always been a pleasure to talk to you. ”

Lin Long said: "I know, Xiao Meiren, like me, is unwilling to marry into the White Jade Palace, I believe that you also know the king." I don't know if Xiao Meiren is unwell, but I know that she must have a knot in her heart, so she never wanted to see anyone, and she never even asked the Queen Mother and Qiao Meiren to say goodbye, nor did she go to the Queen Mother's monthly family banquet. I went to see her today just to help her resolve some knots. In the deep palace, the long days are long, and the heart disease is not eliminated, which is not a long-term solution for others or oneself. The king doesn't have to ask me why I'm so kind to help a stranger, because I have come to help her because I want something from him. ”

Liu Ying asked, "What do you want?" ”

Lin Long said: "I want to make a bet with the king. If I win, the king will promise me one thing, and I will not go back. ”

"What bet?"

Lin Long said: "I bet that after Xiao Meiren sees me, she will no longer close her door and thank guests, and she will stuff herself in Suhua Palace for a long time." I bet that after she saw me, she would become a well-mannered, long-sleeved harem beauty. ”

Liu Ying saw Lin Long smiling lightly, as if she was confident, and didn't ask her what the bet was, and said bluntly: "If you win, I will help you do something, but it can't be something that violates morality and kills people for money." If you lose, I don't want anything from you. ”

Lin Long sneered: "I'm not a thief in the rivers and lakes and a hero in the green forest, why does the king even use words like murder for money?" What I entrusted the king to do is absolutely not harmful, nor does it violate my heart, and I will not do any harm to the king, nor will I let the king hurt anyone. ”

Liu Ying said: "A word is a certainty. If you cure Xiao Yi's heart disease and let her go out to meet people, even if it is just to come out to attend the Queen Mother's monthly family banquet, don't avoid anyone, I will help you do one thing. ”