Chapter 36: Return to Calm
Liuxia died like this, because it was the crime of framing and slandering the master, that is, he was not even qualified for burial, so he could only be thrown into a mass grave.
Li Shenlan regained her favor, and Yin Chen asked people to find a lot of lily orchids and send them to Yongfu Palace. For a while, it seemed that the glory of the past had returned.
The people in the palace have a good memory, and those concubines who had the mentality of watching the drama from the beginning have long forgotten what children Wang Jun'er has. All of them were staring at the lord of Yongfu Palace with red eyes as before.
"Niangniang has been in a bad mood recently, and she doesn't even have much to eat, why don't you ask the doctor to take a look?"
Li Shenlan was depressed for a few days, Yin Chen was busy with the war on the front line for a while, and the days of coming to Yongfu Palace were more than doubled.
What others don't know is that Li Shenlan dreams of staying in the summer every day when she sleeps in the past few days.
Sometimes she looked at herself with a smile, sometimes she pulled Bang Chun and they gossiped and chatted at the door, but more often she asked herself sharply with her throat and blood on her face, cursing herself.
"Where's Ruxia's body?"
Bang Chun was stunned when he heard this, since the death of Liuxia, the harem will not mention the bad luck girl of the traitor.
"What did the mother mention her, such a person was naturally thrown into a mass grave......"
"Go and ask someone to find her outside the palace and bury her well."
Li Shenlan didn't know why, and she herself felt that there was something wrong with Liuxia.
"!" Bang Chun is the person who hates the traitor the most, so naturally he can't figure out what Li Shenlan means.
Helplessly, Li Shenlan ignored her, just got up and said that she was going to Changle Palace to see the queen.
Taiwei Mansion, since the last time he received Li Shenlan's letter, Taiwei has been indignant.
The letter said that the palace has always regarded Li Mingjin as a taboo, and no one has heard Li Mingjin mention it after so many days in the palace.
This is what the Taiwei doesn't understand the most, if Li Mingjin just fell into the water, why don't the people in the palace even dare to mention it?
"Father, why don't you send someone from our palace to help Li Shenlan?"
"No, that's too frightening. I heard that Ruxia died? ”
"Yes, Li Shenlan killed Wang Guiren's child in the frame, so naturally he won't survive."
Taiwei snorted coldly, and said that the four girls were personally selected by Mrs. Li, and they were able to produce a traitorous girl, which almost made him fall short.
"What about the people in the house, they didn't do anything, did they?"
Li Yunhao shook his head, the second elder of the Song family has always been very honest, and he knows that his daughter is in the harem and never asks for trouble. This is the only thing that reassures them of so many things.
"Look, every time the person who delivers them supplies must make sure that no one follows."
The second elder of the Song family is the only bargaining chip for the Taiwei to manipulate Li Shenlan, and he can't make any mistakes.
As for Li Mingyue, Taiwei made a good calculation early in the morning, although the family he picked was not a high-ranking official, but it was precisely like this that could allow Li Mingyue to live a stable life, and not let the emperor feel that he was forming a party for personal gain.
And just as the Taiwei was planning his own thoughts, on the other side, Li Mingyue met with the eldest princess again.
"I came today, I still want to ask the princess."
"If you have a request, you might as well say it directly, this palace has said that since you have saved He'an, naturally this palace will help you in everything."
Li Mingyue didn't go around the bend with the eldest princess, and the person in the mansion who was responsible for delivering supplies to the second elder of the Song family was discovered by her two days ago. It's been staring for half a month, and it's easy to find a place to live, so it's natural to keep it useful.
"I want to ask the princess to borrow a few people, preferably a ...... who knows martial arts."
"Borrow?"
I had already guessed that the eldest princess would not agree easily, and Li Mingyue had already prepared, and smiled at her:
"The princess never thought that Princess He'an would be framed by Li Shenlan once, and it is hard to guarantee that there will not be a second time. Besides, Li Shenlan's eyes will be revenged, and Princess An hates her so much, even if she is reconciled now, won't she Li Shenlan feel guilty? ”
Seeing that the eldest princess still had this doubt, Li Mingyue said again.
"It's also the grass people who know a secret, so I want the princess to know what kind of person Lan Jieyu in the palace is......"
In Changle Palace, the queen finally recovered yesterday. Half an hour ago, Concubine Xiang hurriedly ran to Changle Palace to find the queen, and the excitement on her face couldn't be stopped.
"There's news of Gu Chip!"
This is the person Concubine Xiang has been looking for since she entered the palace, and it has been ten years, and now there is finally news.
However, after listening to Concubine Xiang, the queen still sighed sympathetically.
"But that doesn't mean you can find him, especially if it's not him?"
Don't blame the queen for saying this, a person who has not heard from him for ten years can't rely on a passer-by to say a word to determine that it is him.
The queen's words were like a basin of water, which extinguished Concubine Xiang's excitement at once.
"Siwan, you know my ......"
Yes, the queen and Concubine Xiang grew up since childhood. Although Concubine Xiang is very arrogant on weekdays, no matter what happens, even if it is the attack of her old illness that night and the battle report of Zhao Li on the front line, Concubine Xiang is calm.
But this woman, once she encounters everything related to Gu Chip, she will lose her mind like a crazy demon.
"He's been missing for ten years, and I've been looking for him for ten years......"
Concubine Xiang said that tears came down, like a river that had burst its embankment, and she couldn't stop it.
"I know it's not like I haven't thought about it, he hasn't looked for me in so long...... It's already a pile of bones......"
Concubine Xiang couldn't cry when she said this, and the queen was also worried on the side, but she didn't know how to persuade her.
"Arlo, many times the ending is already known in the middle...... And why keep trapping yourself in it? ”
The queen's words seemed to be persuading Concubine Xiang, but she didn't know that Concubine Xiang had also persuaded herself with these words. Concubine Xiang is in Gu Chip, and Queen Yu is in Yin Chen, but they are all the same.
The two sat face to face and were silent, as if they were sitting like this, until they were old.
"Niangniang, Lan Jieyu is here."
As soon as Li Shenlan entered the door, she found that the atmosphere was not right, and even Concubine Xiang, who was smug on weekdays, did not speak.
"Say hello to the Queen."
"You're finally here, it's not easy for the palace to hear Concubine Xiang say that you are grounded, and now it seems that you have lost a lot of weight."
The queen changed back to a gentle expression when Li Shenlan came in, and now she hurriedly beckoned her to sit down.
"It's just some people who tend to be inflammatory, and see the wind and steer the rudder. It's just that I haven't slept well lately, and I may feel a little thinner. ”
Li Shenlan also smiled and didn't think much about it, seeing that the queen would cough a little from time to time, she couldn't help but care about her body.
"This palace is ** sick, it's not a big problem. In addition, Concubine Xiang has been taking care of her, and she has recovered this time. ”
"You take the medicine honestly, nothing happens."
Concubine Xiang also relieved herself, listening to the queen's tone was still so indifferent, she couldn't help but talk angrily.
Everything seemed to have returned to the beginning, the three of them got together to chat and enjoy tea, Concubine Xiang always had to pull Li Shenlan to play chess, and the queen sat helplessly and watched.
"Speaking of which, a while ago, there were really a lot of things, and I wronged you."
The queen talked to Li Shenlan, but she blamed herself in her heart. In the end, when Li Shenlan had an accident, she was sick and couldn't help her.
"Don't blame yourself, the queen must blame herself, I was too stupid.
I thought I wouldn't cause trouble, and trouble wouldn't come to provoke me. I never thought that if I wasn't careful, I would fall into the mud. ”
Li Shenlan also sighed, this time a series of things happened, Li Shenlan has also changed a lot, and now she is paying attention to everything she does.
"It's not all Yin Chen's fault, if he is covered with rain and dew, how can there be so many things."
Concubine Xiang went back to her old ways, listening to the two of them summarizing the incident there, she couldn't help but scold Yin Chen again.
For a moment, neither of them spoke anymore. Concubine Xiang looked at the two of them and secretly felt sad, and at the same time she was angry and had to admire Yin Chen's ability.
Forget about the queen, that's a love affair since childhood. But how long has it been since he entered the palace for the exam, it seems that he has entrusted him wholeheartedly.
"Shen Lan, don't forget what I told you at the beginning."
Concubine Xiang had an expression of hatred on her face, and she asked her not to give her heart away, why couldn't she control it.
Li Shenlan was also helpless, it was not that she didn't listen to Concubine Xiang's teachings, but Yin Chen's series of offensives didn't say anything. Even if he persuaded him to get wet with rain and dew, he was also indifferent and "insisted on going his own way".
"All fools!"
Concubine Xiang scolded angrily, but she didn't know whether she was scolding herself or Li Shenlan and the others.
The room was quiet for a long time, and when Li Shenlan wanted to go back to the palace first, Xiao Dezi ran into Changle Palace to report:
Major General Zhao found it, and there was no broken arm, but he was seriously injured in an ambush.
"What did the emperor say?"
Concubine Xiang was in a hurry, and she couldn't wait to fly to Zhao Li to take care of him now.
"The emperor sent the imperial doctor to the front line secretly early in the morning, and he sent the servants to come just to reassure the mother first."
"It's good to find it, Ah Luo, don't worry, the imperial doctor will definitely be able to come back in the past."
"I hope so......"
Concubine Xiang can only pray, after all, she is such an elder brother, and the Zhao family is such a son.
In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Qin Ye was reporting to Yin Chen the latest happening. It's really tiring to say that this time has been really tiring, there is Li Shenlan's matter before, and there is the matter of General Zhao's family later.
Piece by piece, let alone Qin Ye, even Yin Chen's secret guards are tired of running around.
"The guards have discovered that someone has been secretly exploring the house for the past two days, and they are already close to the neighborhood today."
"Who?"
Yin Chen was a little puzzled, that house was the residence of the second elder of the Song family. Since he knew Li Shenlan's life experience, Yin Chen had been sending people to keep an eye on it, so that he could instigate Li Shenlan that day, and the first Taiwei's mansion turned against him.
"The first batch of people is the third lady of the Taiwei family, and the second batch ......"
Qin Ye spoke in a hurry, which made Yin Chen a little impatient.
"Just say it."
"It's the eldest princess's secret guard......"
Yin Jingya?
It only took half a moment for Yin Chen to guess probably, when did Yin Jingya hook up with Li Mingyue?
"What do you think?"
The slave guessed that the death of the third girl's aunt had something to do with Lan Jieyu. I'm just afraid ......"
I'm afraid that Li Mingyue is going to kill Li Shenlan's biological parents.
Yin Chen exhaled a long breath, he didn't expect that by mistake, his thoughts would collide with Li Mingyue.
"Your Majesty, do you want to save it?"
"Save? And then you go and tell Yun Xiu's people that the people who killed her? ”
Yin Chen's love for Yin Jingya is known all over the palace, and Qin Ye doesn't dare to accept this kind of crime.
"Leave her alone, it's none of what I want to do. Reduce the secret guards arranged around the house, and don't let Yun Xiu know that we know their arrangements. ”
If you can achieve your goal without doing it yourself, why not?
"Yes, there's one more thing. Lan Jieyu had an idea today, wanting to take the two maids who took care of her from the Taiwei Mansion into the palace. ”
Hearing this, Yin Chen frowned, and he didn't know what he was thinking. For a long time, he ordered Hou Zhong to withdraw the things that were originally going to be sent to Li Shenlan......
Bang Chun has been wrong for the past two days, Li Shenlan realized it.
"What is this!"
Speaking of which, Li Shenlan was also sharp-eyed, and suddenly found that there was something hidden in Bang Chun's arms. Without waiting for Bang Chun to react, Li Shenlan snatched it up.
"Sachets?"
It was nothing else, just an ordinary sachet. It's just that this color is dark cyan, and the embroidered bamboo sword is obviously not a girl's thing.
Li Shenlan is now different from before, and now she is also a person who has experienced the love of her children, so she naturally understands Bang Chun's thoughts.
"Tell me, which young man is it?" Li Shenlan asked jokingly.
When the sachet was robbed, Bang Chun's face turned red, and at this time, when Li Shenlan asked like this, he was even more red and was about to drip blood.
"What the mother said, the slave doesn't understand......"
Looking at Bang Chun's shy answer, Li Shenlan couldn't help laughing. But he approached her as if he had come over, and explained softly.
"Silly girl, I'm doing this for your own good. Which boy is it, you tell me that I will also mention it to the emperor, and I will marry you two when the time comes. ”
Bang Chun obviously didn't expect Li Shenlan to have this idea, and he was ashamed and happy for a while.
"Oh, you say, it's the Imperial Doctor...... Or a guard? ”
The more Li Shenlan asked, the more excited she became, and suddenly she discovered the joy of Liuxia's gossip at the beginning.
"Yes...... Be...... Qin Guards......"
Qin guards?
Li Shenlan thought about it, and then remembered who Bang Chun was talking about.
No wonder, no wonder Qin Ye went to the house to bring pastries to himself, and asked himself about Bang Chun's body with a twist. Li Shenlan remembered that she still felt inexplicable at the time, but now she really explained everything.
"Do you really please him?"
Speaking of which, Li Shenlan is a little worried, others don't know about Bang Chun's body, but she knows. Who wants his wife to be unchaste?
Bang Chun also understood what Li Shenlan meant, and Nuo Nuo explained.
"The slave felt that he was not worthy of him, but he did not dislike the slave and the maid...... The same is true for slaves and maidservants...... It is also very well cared for. ”
Li Shenlan knows in her heart that Bang Chun will have some fresh rouge gouache many times, and occasionally there will be a new pearl flower. Originally, she thought that Bang Chun had asked someone to buy it herself, but now it seems that she was afraid that it was all given by Qin Ye.
"You......
If you really have this heart, and he is also interested in you, I can also ask the emperor what he means. After all, he is the person in front of the emperor, and he must come up to marry the two of you. ”
Li Shenlan is really happy for Bang Chun, she has experienced the happiness of having her sweetheart company, and naturally hopes that Bang Chun can be the same as herself.
"Thank you Niangniang, if you can really do this, the slave will never give up!"