Chapter 44: The Calm Before the Storm

"So you've been so estranged from me for a while, is it all because of this?"

Yin Chen's sudden question made Li Shenlan's movements freeze there, yes or no, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Looking at Yin Chen, with two big eyes open, there are doubts, anger, and ...... Grievance?

"I ...... It's not ......"

Li Shenlan had to admit that under Yin Chen's gaze, she didn't know how to say it, and her brain turned into a mess in an instant.

"It is said that when a woman is pregnant, she will think more, but now it seems that the old saying is really true."

Yin Chen's words were a little joking and a little more serious, which made Li Shenlan's face turn red all of a sudden.

Maybe for her, under the same roof as Yin Chen, everything will be more ordinary.

Seeing that Li Shenlan didn't speak, Yin Chen suddenly got up and walked in front of her. Hou Zhong saw that he was busy rushing at the surrounding palace people, and everyone retreated with interest.

Looking at Yin Chen at this time, he was already squatting in front of Li Shenlan, raising his head and staring at Li Shenlan's eyes, word by word like an oath:

"Shen Lan, you are you, to me you are not a substitute for anyone, just my only Shen Lan."

The man had gold under his knees, and at this moment, Yin Chen was already kneeling in front of Li Shenlan, looking at the man in front of him, the king of Daqi and his husband, Li Shenlan didn't know whether he was moved or how, and tears fell like this.

Yin Chen said that he is just himself.

So I really stumbled into it by mistake, and in this deep and endless deep palace, I got someone who could be entrusted for life?

"Why are you crying?"

Yin Chen's voice was very soft, and his action of wiping Li Shenlan's tears was even softer. It's like wiping this peerless baby, for fear that it will hurt her if it's heavy.

"I'm sorry ......"

This apology, Li Shenlan seemed to be saying it to Yin Chen, but she was also saying it to the second elder of the Song family in her heart.

It is not so much that Li Shenlan was carried away by the love of her children, but for her, because of this child, she now has not as much energy as before.

"Fool, I'm just thinking it's this naughty ghost in my stomach that makes you think cranky every day. Okay, eat. ”

Everything seems to have gone back to the past, Li Shenlan sat and ate Yin Chen's dishes for her. If you like to eat shrimp, then peel it for her; If you like to eat fish, then pick a good spine and put it in her bowl.

After a meal, Li Shenlan finally let go of the entanglement, forgave Yin Chen and liberated herself.

"Speaking of which, since you mentioned Concubine Jin, I think it's time to talk to you."

After dinner, Yin Chen pulled Li Shenlan to sit outside the courtyard. Seeing that it was past midsummer, but there was no intention of lowering the temperature on this day, and Li Shenlan was pregnant again, almost all the ice in the palace was sent to Yongfu Palace.

Blowing the wind, the two looked at the night scene, but they didn't expect Yin Chen to suddenly mention Li Mingjin again.

"Actually, it's not that I don't know why the Taiwei wants you to enter the palace."

As soon as these words came out, Li Shenlan nestled in Yin Chen's arms, and her body stiffened unnaturally.

"Ming Jin left suddenly, let alone the captain, I was stunned for a long time when I first got the news."

There were still cicadas chirping on the trees from time to time, Yin Chen continued, and Li Shenlan didn't dare to say anything and listened quietly.

"So the Taiwei let you enter the palace, just hoping that you can find out what happened back then. At first, I was also angry, thinking that the captain was doing too much. But now that I think about it, I might as well tell you, and I can ask for peace of mind.

When Ming Jin was pregnant with a child, there were too many open and secret fights in the palace, and there was a Jieyu who had bad intentions at that time, so ......

But in the final analysis, it is a scandal in the palace, and if it is really publicized, I am afraid that the royal face will also be lost. ”

Li Shenlan didn't understand why she suddenly said everything clearly, but thinking about it, maybe Yin Chen had hidden this matter all these years and was suspicious of his courtiers, so it was not good.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, the secret guard is reporting on the actions of the Yongfu Palace.

Yin Chen was not worried about Qin Ye after all, and many things were now handed over to another secret guard to do, in the final analysis, he had to gradually empty Qin Ye.

At this time, Li Shenlan listened to the set of Li Mingjin's rhetoric that she said, but she didn't write to the captain, which was unexpected.

Because he had known that the two had this correspondence, Yin Chen deliberately said that set of rhetoric. In other words, it is to test Li Shenlan.

The Jieyu that Yin Chen said was actually just a person who had nothing to do with Li Mingjin's affairs. But for Yin Chen, behind this person is the inspector of the Sanpin Military Department, and he has always been Yin Chen's confidant.

If Taiwei received the news, he would definitely check the background of this person, and Yin Chen had already laid a clue.

The so-called sandpiper and clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman, the queen mother knew what Yin Chen meant, and she couldn't help but sigh at this thought.

The affairs of the front line finally ended half a month later, and on that day, General Zhao sent someone to send an excerpt into Beijing, saying that he would return to the court in a few days.

What everyone didn't expect was that it was said that Zhao Li was seriously injured and difficult to recover, and he was afraid that he was worried about his life, which was originally General Zhao's strategy.

Reducing the enemy's vigilance is the only way to break through by surprise.

After Yin Chen finished reading the recital, he immediately called someone to invite Concubine Xiang to the Palace of Heart Cultivation, after all, when Concubine Xiang learned that Zhao Li's life was in danger, she ran to Yin Chen to make a lot of trouble, and even threatened to support the front line alone.

In any case, the battle on the front line was won by a great margin. The Nanban King sent his eldest son to enter Beijing with General Zhao to show reconciliation.

For a while, the palace was full of joy, and even the people outside were living in full swing.

However, not only Yin Chen was puzzled, but even Li Shenlan felt strange. Since she went to the Taiwei Mansion and came back on the day of the fight, it has been two months since Li Yunshan sent a letter to him.

During this period, Li Shenlan also asked about Harvest Autumn, but Harvest Autumn meant that he knew that there was such a letter, but no one in the house sent the letter into the palace.

Although Li Shenlan didn't care about Li Yunshan's letter at all after losing the second elder, it was indeed not Li Yunshan's style to never write a letter.

On this day, Li Shenlan was in a daze, and Zang Dong suddenly ran in in a hurry, saying that the eldest princess was here.

It stands to reason that the eldest princess should not go back to the palace, but since she came, Li Shenlan had no choice but to greet her with a smile.

It is said that the two are no longer enemies, but there is a gap between them in the past, and it is inevitable that they are a little uncomfortable.

"Why did the princess come, I don't even know when she will return to the palace."

"I just arrived this morning, and when I saw the emperor's mother, I came to you to take a look. It is also here to congratulate, one is to congratulate you on your promotion to Zhaoyi, but to congratulate you on being pregnant. ”

The eldest princess said, and Hook Yue behind her handed over all the gifts to Shuqiu, and all of a sudden, even Shuqiu sank.

"The princess is gracious."

"It's Zhaoyi who is too polite with the main palace."

If it was said that the eldest princess was a leopard who locked her prey in the face of Li Shenlan, then now she is like a kind cat next door.

"No matter how you say it, we can work together to get through it, and how Zhaoyi turns his face is the distance again."

"The princess said with a smile, maybe she has been in this palace for a long time, and she can't see through the warmth of people's hearts and don't dare to believe it."

Li Shenlan's words were obviously estranged, but the eldest princess was unexpectedly speechless. didn't care, and sat next to Li Shenlan with a smile. When he sat down, he glanced at the hook moon again, and the man immediately understood, and led the harvest to leave the house.

Thinking of that day, Bengong really admired Zhaoyi, and had to look up to Zhaoyi a few points. Speaking of which, at first, Bengong thought that if Zhaoyi couldn't do it, then Li Mingyue's life would fall into my hands. ”

At the mention of Li Mingyue, Li Shenlan's body stiffened. As if the scene of that day had reappeared, Li Mingyue fell there bloodily, staring at herself with two eyes.

For a while, the feeling of nausea hit the taste buds again.

Li Shenlan glanced at Yin Jingya coldly, and then couldn't help retching.

"Oops, sorry, sorry, forgot you were still alive and shouldn't have mentioned that bloody scene.

But you still have to thank me. At the beginning, the corpse was disposed of by the main palace, and when he saw the severed hand, he sent it to the Taiwei Mansion intact......"

When the eldest princess said this, her face was still unfinished. Rao is Li Shenlan, who has killed people, and she feels terrible and weird when she sees her.

Concubine Xiang is right, this woman is indeed difficult to figure out.

After the eldest princess left, Li Shenlan sat there and remembered what she had just said.

No wonder Taiwei hasn't sent a letter for many months, no wonder he asked Bang Chun to send someone to find Li Mingyue's grave but found two.

I'm afraid that one is made by the eldest princess, and the other is the hand buried by the captain.

What Li Shenlan can't understand, even if Li Shenlan has a grudge against Li Mingyue and a discord with the Taiwei Mansion, it is also her own business. Why did the eldest princess make a stumbling block?

Is it just to separate the two?

Yin Jingya would never do such a thing that didn't have much effect.

"Harvest autumn, pack up, let's go to Concubine Xiang to sit down."

Li Shenlan still wants Bang Chun to investigate, and it is best to arrange someone to enter the Taiwei Mansion. Even though the matter of the second elder has nothing to do with Yin Chen, it may not only have something to do with Li Mingyue.

One life tastes one life, Li Mingyue is dead, and Taiwei can't do nothing. At least the so-called biggest responsibility, Li Yunshan has to bear.

As for why he went to Concubine Xiang, after Bang Chun accepted the secret guard, in order to ensure Li Shenlan's safety, he specially sent two people to guard around Yongfu Palace.

But just a few days ago, Bang Chun sent someone to inform him that there were still a group of secret guards around Yongfu Palace. Although I don't know who it is, it turns out that many things in Yongfu Palace are no longer safe. So if Li Shenlan has anything to do, she will go back to Jinghe Palace, and then send a message to Bang Chun through Concubine Xiang.

Here, Yin Chen quickly learned about the eldest princess's trip to Yongfu Palace, and Yin Chen was shocked a lot when he learned the content of the conversation.

For this sister, he thought he knew her very well, but since that incident back then, Yin Chen found that his sister had become like another person.

Not to mention that after the incident, Yin Jingya changed her princess's mansion into a secret prison for cultivating Deadpool. Let's just say that in terms of dress and behavior, they are all like dusty women, without royal style.

"Where is that man now?"

"The Dark Guard has been guarding him, and he has been in that meditation room for all these years, Princess...... Two years ago, I found a similar charred corpse and thought he was dead. ”

Except for Yin Chen, no one knew who that person was. After that incident, the first emperor ordered him to be killed, and it was Yin Chen's distress for his sister that spared his life, but he didn't expect Yin Jingya to fall into madness.

"Look closely, nothing can go wrong. Since he is already a dead man, let him continue to be the living dead. ”

"Yes."

Life has been living so peacefully, and it is precisely because of the stability that Li Shenlan feels a little incredible.

Without the threat of the captain and Li Mingyue's provocation, no one in the harem seems to have done anything to their children.

"Strange...... Strange excess! ”

"What are you muttering here?"

As soon as Concubine Xiang came in, she saw Li Shenlan sitting there with her head propped up, muttering, I have to say that Yin Chen really spoiled Li Shenlan without a look, not to mention that now that she is pregnant, she is even more stupid.

"Sister! I was just thinking about looking for you. ”

"Don't bother looking for me, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?"

"Didn't Wang Guiren go to the morning meeting this morning, Sijuan heard that he was unwell, so he took me to listen to the Bamboo Palace to visit."

Li Shenlan knew about this, and this morning Cuiyue went to Yongle Palace to ask for peace, saying that Wang Jun'er was not very comfortable.

"As a result, I was about to go out of the Bamboo Palace today, but I was hit by a palace maid with a dark color and panicked......"

"Is the queen alright?"

"The point is not whether Si Wan is okay, the point is that this fell out of the thing that the palace maid was holding in her arms."

Concubine Xiang said and put the box in front of Li Shenlan, Li Shenlan was curious about what it was, and when she opened it, she saw that it was a puppet.

And the puppet was covered with silver needles, and the birthday eight characters written on it were none other than Li Shenlan's birthday.

"It's ...... What did Wang Jun'er do? ”

Li Shenlan frowned, although the real facts were in front of her, she still didn't want to believe it. What was Wang Jun'er like at the beginning, but now she can't wait to die?

"I can't confirm it yet, Wang Jun'er insisted that it had nothing to do with her, and the palace maid was also wiped out by her.

Now that Siwan has sealed the entire Tingzhu Palace, the palace maid has also been arrested and sent to the Shen Criminal Division, and I don't know what she can try. ”

"I was still wondering just now, it's been too smooth sailing recently, but I didn't expect such a wicked way to target me."

"This witchcraft is far more than that, in addition to asking for puppets, you also need the number of Gu on Miao Jiang's side to be effective. But the good thing is that it's been strangled in the cradle now, and you'll be fine. ”

Li Shenlan responded, but she didn't feel scared in her heart.

If this thing really happens, it will be enough for you, but your own children are only afraid......

Just as she was about to say something, Li Shenlan raised her head and suddenly felt that there were two Xiang concubines in front of her.

"Sister...... How did you...... One more? ”

"What did you say?"

Concubine Xiang looked at Li Shenlan in shock, at this time Li Shenlan's eyes were gone, and the corners of her mouth were also outrageously smiling.

"Shen Lan! Shen Lan! ”

Concubine Xiang wanted to wake her up, but Li Shenlan completely ignored her and ran out......