Chapter 140: Ambush
The speed of the procession on the way back to Beijing was a little slower than when it came, after all, the queen mother's age was there, and the queen mother could not be too tired.
Soon the procession stopped at the nearest town, where the officials were already at the gates.
The Queen Mother did not live in the official's house, but only arranged for her to live at the post station. In order to protect the safety of the Queen Mother, they also sent a lot of people to guard the post station.
After Lin Zhuohua finished dinner, he went to the Queen Mother's side. And the Queen Mother happened to be walking in the yard, and when she saw her coming, she immediately beckoned her to her side.
Lin Zhuohua took over Mama Yin's position and helped the Queen Mother to take a slow walk in the yard.
"Queen Mother, Zhuo Hua will massage you, right? After two days of traveling, you must be tired. ”
The environment of the post station is not too good, the queen mother has a habit of taking a hot bath before going to bed, so that she can sleep more comfortably, but after all, she doesn't plan to take a hot bath outside.
Hearing Lin Zhuohua's words, he immediately nodded: "Okay, when your grandmother wrote to me, she always praised your massage techniques for being very good." ”
Lin Zhuohua was slightly surprised, he didn't expect that his grandmother and the Queen Mother would still keep in touch with each other for so many years.
She smiled: "The Queen Mother will know if you try it." ”
Lin Zhuohua helped the Queen Mother back to the house, and then let the Queen Mother sit on the chair. She walked over to her outreach, put her hands on her head, and began a gentle massage.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes slightly, only to feel that her whole body was relaxed, and her head didn't hurt anymore. A deep sleepiness came over her, and soon overwhelmed her.
Listening to the Queen Mother's even breathing, Lin Zhuohua withdrew his hand.
Seeing this, Mama Yin immediately asked people to help the Queen Mother to rest in the inner room. Until the person was placed on the bed in the inner room, the person did not wake up.
Lin Zhuohua glanced at the incense burner and frowned without a trace.
"The Queen Mother is getting older, and she is not suitable for lighting incense. Tomorrow, I will send a sachet over and hang it on the head of the Queen Mother's bed, so that the Queen Mother can sleep peacefully. ”
When Mama Yin heard this, she immediately said happily: "Then the old slave will thank the lord of Ronghua for the queen mother first." ”
In fact, the Queen Mother didn't like to light incense very much when she was young, but as she got older, she inevitably had some problems with sleep, so she started to light incense.
Lin Zhuohua waved his hand: "It's all a gesture, the relationship between the Queen Mother and her grandmother is so good, I definitely hope that Zhuohua will do this." ”
After speaking, she turned around and left, and walked out of the queen mother's courtyard just in time to meet Lin Youran who came over.
She stopped Lin Youran and said, "Is my sister here to visit the Queen Mother?" That's a bit unfortunate, the Queen Mother just fell asleep. ”
Lin Youran looked at Lin Zhuohua, lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "Since the queen mother is asleep, is my sister willing to accompany my sister for a walk?" ”
Lin Zhuohua was slightly surprised that Lin Youran would take the initiative to invite her, but after pondering for a moment, he said, "Okay, let's go." ”
The two walked towards the lotus pond in the backyard of the post station, and then sat in the gazebo.
Although this post station is simple, there are still things that should be there, but there is not much to see here.
"Isn't my sister supposed to be in Gangnam? How could it appear here in the Queen Mother? ”
Lin Youran asked straight to the point, and now she can see that Lin Zhuohua is smarter than before, and she can't beat around the bush when talking to smart people.
Lin Zhuohua looked at her, tilted his head and said, "Where did I appear, do you still have to explain to your sister?" ”
Lin Youran was choked for a moment, and then said: "My sister is just curious, if my sister doesn't want to say it, don't say it." ”
She looked up and down, and saw that her face was ruddy and not as pale as before: "It seems that my sister has raised well in Jiangnan, and her face is much better than before." This made my sister feel a lot more at ease, after all, my sister was also retreated from the lake by Miss Fu for me. ”
Lin Zhuohua raised her eyebrows, she couldn't guess what Lin Youran was looking for herself this time.
"Let's not talk darkly, I'm afraid you're not talking to me today, let's talk about these homely things, just say what you want to say."
Lin You swallowed back his words, and said bluntly: "I want to form an alliance with my sister, you are now close to King Yi, and the prince wants to deal with King Yi, as long as my sister is allied with me, I will have a way to make the prince no longer target His Royal Highness King Yi." ”
Lin Zhuohua's eyes flashed with a hint of ridicule when she heard this, if she wasn't reborn, then she would really easily believe her. After all, the prince dared to dislike the emperor for her sake.
It's a pity that she was reborn, she knows what kind of person the prince is, and she also knows that the prince will never let go of Li Zeyi in his life.
Maybe the prince likes Lin Youran, but that person will not let Li Zeyi go for her.
"I'm curious if my sister has any way to make the prince stop targeting King Yi."
Seeing this, Lin Youran knew that Lin Zhuohua was a little moved, but she didn't have much confidence, so she could only say first: "My sister naturally has a way, but I can't tell my sister about this way." With my alliance, my sister has nothing to lose. If the crown prince is still targeting King Yi, it is okay for my sister to regret it at that time. ”
Lin Zhuohua wanted to refuse, but swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, so after pondering for a while, he said: "I have to think about it for a few days, and when I think about it, someone will tell you the result." ”
Lin Youran didn't want to get the result immediately, so he nodded: "Sister is not in a hurry, sister can think about it slowly." ”
"Yes." Lin Zhuohua nodded, and then continued: "If there is nothing to do, my sister will leave first." ”
Lin Youran didn't stop this time, and watched Lin Zhuohua leave.
Until Lin Zhuohua's figure disappeared from her sight, she looked sideways at Mama Dong beside her and asked.
"Do you think she will agree?"
The corners of her mouth hooked a light smile, she really didn't expect that her sister would be so powerful. The feather coat building and the medical building turned out to be hers, and she was still walking outside as Jing Gongzi.
"This depends on the weight of King Yi in the eldest lady's heart, the prince targets King Yi everywhere, and repeatedly shoots assassins to assassinate King Yi. If the eldest lady cares about King Yi, she naturally doesn't want him to be in danger all the time. ”
Lin Youran nodded when she heard this, and then frowned: "But what if she doesn't believe that I can make the prince stop targeting King Yi?" ”
After all, she is not so important in the prince's heart, she knows, and Lin Zhuohua naturally knows it.
"This is up to Miss, you to discuss with the prince, it's just that you don't want King Yi for the time being, and when the prince ascends the throne as the emperor, how to clean up King Yi at that time is just a word from the prince."
Why is King Yi so domineering in Shangjing, it is not because the emperor loves him too much, basically as long as he does not rebel, the emperor will turn a blind eye to whatever he does.
Such a favor, Yiwang is the only one. Because of this, he has attracted a lot of jealousy, and many people want to secretly pull him down, but unfortunately no one has succeeded so far.
Lin Youran pursed her lips when she heard this, how to tell the prince, she still has to think about it carefully. So she was not in a hurry to ask for Lin Zhuohua's reply, and waited for her side to get the prince's consent.
Lin Zhuohua returned to his place here, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw Li Zeyi sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a book in his hand and reading. Seeing her come in, he looked up at her, then pointed to the snacks on the table.
"I saw that you didn't eat much at night, so I went to the street to buy you a snack, I heard that it is a specialty here, you can try it."
Li Zeyi got up and pulled Lin Zhuohua to sit down at the table. Then he clubbed his chin with one hand and watched her eat a snack.
Lin Zhuohua really didn't eat well at night, after all, eating at the same table with the prince really affected her mood when eating. It's just that she didn't expect Li Zeyi to notice it. Without her knowing, she went to buy snacks for her to eat.
For some reason, she thought it was extra sweet.
She only ate three pieces of dim sum, and then asked Bai Yu to put it away and keep it for tomorrow's journey. This snack is good, not very sweet, the Queen Mother should like to eat it.
"I'll tell you something."
She told Li Zeyi word for word about Lin Youran coming to her to form an alliance, and then tilted her head and said, "What do you say she wants to do?" ”
To be honest, she thought about it all the way and didn't figure out what the purpose of Lin Youran came to such a play.
Li Zeyi frowned when she heard this, and she didn't know what she was going to do.
"Don't promise yet, keep an eye on her during this time, as for the prince's side, I will keep people on the lookout. When I return to Beijing, I will immediately ask people to check. ”
There must be a demon when things go wrong, he doesn't believe that the second lady of the Lin family really wants to form an alliance with his little girl. It is impossible for the prince to stop targeting him, and it is impossible to think with his toes.
Lin Zhuohua nodded when he heard this, and he could only do this first.
Watching the little girl finish her snack, she seemed a little sleepy. He got up and helped her to the bed.
"You sleep, I'll stay with you here, and I'll leave when you're asleep."
Lin Zhuohua moved the corners of his mouth, and when he saw him holding his hand, he looked like he had to stay, so he could only close his eyes and rest.
The air was filled with a familiar atmosphere, Lin Zhuohua felt very relieved, and soon fell asleep deeply.
On the second day, the party set off immediately after breakfast, and Lin Zhuohua was still left in her carriage by the Queen Mother. Just as he was about to get into the carriage, Lin walked over leisurely.
"Queen Mother, can you accompany you like your big sister?"
The Queen Mother looked sideways at Lin Youran, pondered for a moment and nodded: "Of course it's good, with you two little girls like flowers accompanying the mourning family, the mourning family will definitely not be lonely along the way." ”
After speaking, the Queen Mother got into the carriage, and Lin Zhuohua just glanced at her later, and then followed closely.
Lin Youran breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that the Queen Mother would refuse, and she would be embarrassed if there were so many people. If the prince hadn't asked her to come over, she really didn't want to come, wouldn't it be good to be in the carriage by herself? Unrestrained, there will definitely be a lot of rules in the carriage of the Queen Mother.
After she got into the carriage, she saw Lin Zhuohua sitting next to the Queen Mother, and put a pillow behind the Queen Mother for her to lean on.
"Queen Mother, do you want me to massage your head?"
The Queen Mother nodded, not to mention that after Lin Zhuohua's massage, she felt a lot more relaxed.
"Your craft is so good, no wonder your grandmother always praises you in her letters." For Lin Youran, who came up later, the Queen Mother didn't take a look at it at all, and now she closes her eyes and enjoys Lin Zhuohua's massage.
The queen mother's carriage was very large, and there were four people in Lin Youran, who came up later. But it's not crowded at all, even if there are four or five more people coming up.
Lin Zhuohua heard that the corners of his mouth turned up, and his tone was a little playful: "My craft is like this, my grandmother is doting on me, so she naturally sees me as good at everything." ”
Lin leisurely sat quietly to the side, lowering his sense of presence. Watching Lin Zhuohua interact with the Queen Mother, he sighed in his heart that the Queen Mother really liked Lin Zhuohua very much.
It's just that the people in front of him have changed too much from the memory, the Queen Mother in the previous life was very good to Lin Zhuohua, but Lin Zhuohua was not very close to the Queen Mother. In her last life, she felt that if she had such a backer as the Queen Mother, she would definitely grasp and please her.
But now looking at the happy person who coaxed the queen mother in front of her, she couldn't help but wonder if her rebirth had changed the lives of many people?
Lin Zhuohua kept paying attention to Lin Youran out of the corner of his eyes, and there was nothing abnormal about her. I just don't know what I'm thinking, and there is a bit of confusion between my eyebrows.
The Queen Mother fell asleep again under Lin Zhuohua's massage, and she took the thin blanket handed over by Mama Yin and covered the Queen Mother's legs.
She sat on the side and rested against the wall of the carriage. Along the way, no one spoke.
I don't know how long it was, but the carriage suddenly stopped. The car hesitated and shook a little.
Lin Zhuohua opened his eyes violently, and the bottom of his eyes was clear, not at all like the appearance of sleeping just now.
The Queen Mother also opened her eyes at this time, frowned and asked, "Why did you stop, what's the situation outside?" ”
When Mama Yin heard this, she immediately opened the curtain of the carriage and glanced out, and when she saw that the Imperial Forest Army outside was fighting with a group of black-clothed people, the prince and King Yi were also among them. His face changed slightly, and he immediately lowered the curtain.
"Outside...... There are a lot of people in black out there......"
The Queen Mother's brows furrowed deeper when she heard this, and it was naturally not easy to be able to achieve the position of the Queen Mother. She was just flustered for a moment, and then immediately calmed down.
She lifted the curtain of the carriage, and at this time Li Zeyi had already come over, and just happened to see the Queen Mother, so she immediately spoke.
"The imperial grandmother stays in the carriage with peace of mind, and it will be solved after a while."
These days, in order to prevent accidents, he has arranged people. So he didn't panic about these black-clothed people who suddenly appeared.
Hearing Li Zeyi's words, the Queen Mother's heart relaxed a little and said, "You must also pay attention to safety." ”
Li Zeyi nodded, and then his eyes met Lin Zhuohua, and when he saw her nodding, he left with confidence.
When Lin Zhuohua's kung fu was in Jiangnan, Li Zeyi secretly instructed her and did her sparring partner, and now she has improved a lot, even if there is a man in black who has slipped through the net, she and the Royal Forest Army full of escorts can solve it, and it will definitely not frighten the Queen Mother again.
Looking at the Queen Mother who was calmly sitting in the carriage Li, Lin Zhuohua felt that the Queen Mother in the previous life was frightened because the emperor was assassinated, although it was not successful, but in the end she was injured.
The Queen Mother looked at Lin Zhuohua and the two sisters, and saw that neither of them showed a panicked look on their faces, and she was very satisfied.
The fighting outside was getting louder and louder, and Lin Zhuohua was a little worried about Li Zeyi. After all, the poison has not yet been resolved, and when she was in Jiangnan, she would take time out to recuperate his body every day, but his body still did not recover as well as before.
The most important thing is that he really can't use any internal strength at all. But now that she is in the carriage of the Queen Mother, she must not be able to call out the cold winter rain.
"Worried about Yi'er?"
The Queen Mother saw that Lin Zhuohua wanted to see the situation outside from time to time, and asked.
Lin Zhuohua was not hypocritical when he heard this, and nodded: "Well, although my senior brother's body is a little better, it is still ......."
Before she finished speaking, the Queen Mother already understood what she meant: "You don't have to worry, the mourning family has already asked the secret guard to help." ”
The Queen Mother naturally has a secret guard to protect her, just now she saw Mama Yin open the carriage curtain and gesture outside, now think about it, it should be at that time that the Queen Mother ordered the secret guard who secretly protected her to support.
Lin Zhuohua was relieved when he heard this, but he thought that there was a prince in front of him, and he was a very insidious guy. will not take advantage of the chaos to make a move on Li Zeyi, which is really worrying.
But this time she didn't show it, after all, the crown prince is also the grandson of the queen mother. If she shows it, I'm afraid the Queen Mother won't be happy.
Lin Youran sat on the side, listened to the conversation between the two, pursed his lips and said, "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, in addition to the Royal Forest Army who came with her, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also transferred some of his subordinates over." ”
In Jingguo, the prince and the prince who has been crowned the prince can have their own team of soldiers, of course, the number is not allowed to be too much, the prince can have 200 people, and the prince who is crowned the king can only have 100 people.
Although the number of people is small, if these people are cultivated well, it is not a small combat power.
Lin Zhuohua raised her eyebrows, she really hadn't seen what Li Zeyi's hundred soldiers were like.
The Queen Mother nodded: "The prince is very thoughtful. ”
The Queen Mother's words fell, and the carriage suddenly shook violently. There seemed to be someone on the roof of the car, and soon the sound of a fight could be heard from above.
Lin Zhuohua's brows furrowed, did he touch the fish that slipped through the net so quickly?
The palm hidden under the long sleeve flipped over, and a silver needle was sandwiched between the two fingers.
She sat down next to the Queen Mother and looked around vigilantly.
Seeing this, Lin Youran also hurriedly sat down beside the Queen Mother and protected the Queen Mother.
A long sword suddenly pierced through the roof of the carriage, and Lin Zhuohua reached out and pulled the Queen Mother to the side, just dodging the sword. At the same time, silver needles flew out of her hands and pierced through the roof of the car.
There was a scream, and the person on the roof of the car fell from above. The sword was still piercing upwards, perhaps with too much force the man had pierced, and part of the hilt had sunk into the carriage.
Lin Zhuohua stood up, took off the long sword, and then held it in his hand, protecting the Queen Mother by his side.
Since one person can touch it, there will naturally be a second and a third.
Soon more people came to the carriage, and the carriage no longer seemed to be safe.
It was the first time Lin Youran had encountered such a situation, even if she was reborn, she was very scared at this time, and her little face was a little pale.
She looked at Lin Zhuohua, who was protecting the Queen Mother by her side, and jealousy and envy flashed in her eyes. It's a pity that her Gu skills can't be exposed!