A magnificent carriage was parked outside the gate of the mansion, and Concubine Min stood outside the carriage holding the hand of the maidservant, looking at the spacious gate of the mansion, and had mixed feelings for a while.

Pick up the handkerchief and wipe away the tears silently.

When Cao Xiangong came out, he saw this scene, choked up for a while, and called out the small characters of Concubine Shengmin.

The father and daughter looked at each other, and for a while they were in tears.

Originally, when they were at home, they were still father and daughter, and now they are goodbye, they are monarchs and ministers, and the concubine's return to the door is a big deal, and for a while, many passers-by gathered outside the county mansion, all wanting to see the true face of Concubine Min.

Due to the rules, Cao Xiangong stepped forward and knelt down for Concubine Min: "Minister Cao Zhi knocked to see Concubine Min." ”

Concubine Min stepped forward quickly, holding back her tears and said, "If your daughter is not filial, you have to ask your father to kneel down and worship her daughter." ”

After that, he was going to kneel back in front of Cao County.

Cao Xiangong hurriedly helped the person up, couldn't help but choked and said: "This is absolutely unacceptable, how can I salute the old man with the body of a mother's daughter." ”

The maidservant on the side couldn't help wiping away her tears and said, "The lord and the lady should go into the house to talk, there are people coming and going outside." ”

"Yes, let's go inside!" Cao Xiangong helped Concubine Min, and the father and daughter walked to the house.

The furnishings in the house have not changed, and even the swing by the lake is still the same, Concubine Min couldn't hold back her tears anymore and cried loudly.

"Daddy, my daughter doesn't like the palace, it's cold, except for a few palace maids, there is no one to talk to my daughter."

Cao Xiangong was distressed when he heard this, and hurriedly comforted him: "If you have something in life, you will give up, you are a master in the palace, and even your father is favored by your colleagues, such a blessing, others can't think of it." ”

The reason why Concubine Min entered the palace was also for such an honor, and the Duke of Cao County needed a daughter to help him consolidate the glory of the Cao family.

Concubine Min held back her sobs and asked, "Daddy said that my mother is sick, and I don't know how my mother is doing now?" ”

As soon as the words fell, an excited voice came from behind him.

"Lan'er!"

Concubine Min turned around and saw her mother, her face was surprised and happy, and she hurriedly ran towards her mother.

The mother and daughter haven't seen each other for a long time, and they have been intimate for a long time, and they can't help but tear up.

Concubine Min held her mother's hand and choked up: "Daddy said that my mother is sick, but my mother is better?" ”

"Am I sick?"

The county duchess looked at Cao Xiangong a little confused, Cao Xiangong coughed lightly, stepped forward and said, "If this is not the case, where can my father have the opportunity to meet you alone?" ”

"Is my mother's illness fake?" Concubine Min was stunned for a moment.

Cao Xiangong looked around, fortunately it was lunch time, and there were very few servants around him.

"Go with your father to the study, for your father has important matters to consult with you!" Cao Xiangong said in a low voice.

Concubine Min responded, and the county duchess took her hand with some reluctance, and muttered: "Mother is waiting for you to eat together in the front hall!" ”

Her heirs are difficult, only Concubine Min's daughter, now her daughter is married, married to the current emperor, the mother and daughter want to see each other again and don't know that it will be the year of the monkey and the moon, at this moment, the county duchess is very cherished.

Reluctantly, Concubine Min followed Cao Xiangong into the study, and then followed the maid to the front hall.

Cao Xiangong sent away the servant, and only the father and daughter were left in the study, Concubine Min couldn't help but be curious when she saw Cao Xiangong being so serious, and said, "Daddy has something important to tell his daughter?" ”

It reached the point where the county duchess was going to call her sick.

"This matter can be big or small, if the emperor investigates it carefully, I am afraid that it will anger the entire county government, but if the emperor does not pursue it, this matter can be turned into a big matter and a small matter." Cao Xiangong raised his eyes to look at Concubine Min.

Concubine Min couldn't help but be even more curious when she heard this: "What is it?" Is it so mysterious to call Daddy? ”

Cao Xiangong took a deep breath, standing in front of him was his eldest daughter, in the early years, the county duchess was domineering, he was afraid of the concubine, so he had to have such a daughter, he loved her in every way, and now these dirty things, I don't know how to talk to her.

Seeing Cao Xiangong's embarrassed look, Concubine Min couldn't help but feel a little worried, suddenly remembered something, looked at her father with wide eyes and said: "Could it be that Daddy is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, colluding with Mrs. Mobei, and now that the East Window incident has happened, let the emperor know?" ”

"How can you think that?" Cao Xiangong was also taken aback when he heard this, and couldn't help but blame Concubine Min for being open-mouthed, if he asked others to listen to him and put a hat on him as a collaborator and traitor, then this matter would be not trivial.

"Not that? Why is that? "Concubine Min can't bear it.

Cao Xiangong gritted his teeth and decided to tell the truth, and now the only one who can help him is this daughter.

He said in a deep voice: "My father loves to study pharmacology on weekdays, and you and your younger siblings at home also know about it. ”

Since I know, Cao Xiangong has been able to describe the word medicatory, he always likes to lock himself in the pharmacy at home on weekdays, and never comes out until lunchtime, and the home is full of medicinal fragrance all day long when he was young, and the little maids and aunts at home have long been accustomed to it over the years.

Obsessed with one thing to a certain point, practice makes perfect, Cao Xiangong is like this, he studied ancient prescriptions, developed many partial prescriptions, one of which was presented to the Queen Mother, to please the Queen Mother, but also lost a life.

Cao Xiangong told the cause and effect, only to feel a lot better in his heart, and breathed a sigh of relief, this matter of heart, finally someone can share it with him.

When Concubine Min heard this, she opened her mouth wide and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.

The death of the concubine was actually related to her father? Ranwen

"Lan'er, the emperor has said something to his father in the past few days, it is really difficult for his father to sleep and eat, if this matter is known to the emperor, I am afraid that it will anger the entire Cao family."

Concubine Min looked at Cao Xiangong, in her memory, her father had always been gentle and elegant, and he was a drunk and kind person, how could he do such a thing now?

However, how favored the previous concubine was, she also knew, since the death of the first concubine, the emperor has never set foot in the harem, so affectionate, if the first concubine is still there, where is her early day?

People die for money, birds die for food, although this move is dangerous, but it is wonderful.

Concubine Min narrowed her eyes slightly, and said: "Daddy, don't worry, the emperor will never make a fuss about this matter, if this matter is investigated, the biggest culprit should be the queen mother, then it is the emperor's biological mother, how can the emperor really deal with her?" ”

"I'm afraid that the emperor will take the knife for his father in order to wake up the queen mother!" Cao Xiangong only felt very worried.

So far, I can only blame the emperor for coming back too early, and seeing the corpse of the first concubine with his own eyes, and not giving them a chance to deal with the aftermath.

"Since this matter is the Queen Mother's mouth to her father, presumably the Queen Mother will definitely protect her father." Concubine Min comforted.

Referring to the Queen Mother, Cao Xiangong was even more confused, and asked to see him today, but the Queen Mother rejected him, and to this day, he can't figure out the meaning of the Queen Mother.

Concubine Min remembered the Queen Mother's advice before leaving the palace, and said: "The Queen Mother also instructed her daughter before leaving, and when her daughter returned to the palace, she would personally see the emperor and tell him about her mother's illness. ”

Cao Xiangong looked at Concubine Min in front of him, figuring out the Queen Mother's intentions.

"Speaking of which, for more than a year, my daughter has stayed in the harem and has never seen the emperor, this time because of the queen mother's orders, my daughter can meet the emperor, and I think the queen mother still has our Cao family in her heart." Concubine Min was grateful for the Queen Mother's kindness, and she also thought in her heart that the Queen Mother would never give up the Cao family.

Cao Xiangong's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he asked out loud: "Lan'er, besides you now, who else is favored in the palace?" ”

"The emperor hasn't set foot in the harem for a year, but he pampered a palace maid before, but the palace maid was infected with a vicious disease a few days ago and has died violently in the palace."

In this way, there is no one in the palace to accept favor.

Cao Xiangong was a little excited, and said: "Since it is the grace of the Queen Mother, then you must hold it firmly and don't live up to the expectations of the Queen Mother." ”

"Daddy, don't worry."

"No, you don't know how serious the consequences of this incident are, Lan'er, now you are the only one who can save Daddy and the Cao family." Cao Xiangong's eyes were eager.

Concubine Min was stunned, and a maid outside the door opened her mouth to urge.

"My lord, Concubine Min, lunch has been prepared, and Madame is waiting for you to eat!"

"Have you ever written it down?"

"My daughter wrote it down!" Although Concubine Min didn't know the seriousness of the situation, she could see that Cao Xiangong was so anxious, and she also paid attention to it.

"My daughter is begging the queen mother to leave the palace, I can't stay for a long time, I'm afraid I should go back after lunch, and my father will go to the front hall with my daughter to eat." Concubine Min pursed her lips, with reluctance in her eyes.

It's so easy to go home, and I'm going back again so soon.

"Okay." Cao Xiangong nodded.

Father and daughter moved together to the antechamber.

Intrauterine.

The palace maids were busy in front of the palace, putting the food in front of Lu Chaoge, Lu Chaoge was interested, playing with the tea cup in his hand, and quietly watching the palace people in front of him busy.

After a while, the meal was arranged, the palace people dispersed, and a figure fell in front of the water pavilion.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother gave Concubine Min a handful of words and asked her to go back to the county mansion."

"It's not surprising, the mother concubine doesn't want to get into trouble, so she naturally has to rely on Concubine Min to protect the Cao family." Lu Chaoge took a sip of the tea in the cup.

Then he put down the cup and said coldly: "The tea is cold." ”

The secret guard lowered his head and said leisurely: "Cao Xiangong has accepted a lot of bribes from his subordinates in recent years, and has also done a lot of shady deeds, which cannot withstand scrutiny. ”

"That being the case, let's check it carefully, the mother wants to keep the Cao family, but I don't want her to get her wish." Lu Chaoge's lips raised a strange arc.

Obsession together, it is difficult to dissolve, and you need to drag all those who have done bad things into the water.

Those with good hearts have gone to Bliss to die, and hell is too desolate, so you have to bring a few people as companions.

He had to give them a taste of the loss of their beloved, and let them taste what he had been like.

Lu Chaoge stood up and smiled happily.

"People go to tea and cool, and they can't come back."

The delicacies on the table still looked like Fang Cai, but they didn't move at all.

The wind blew and blew off a few dead leaves, and winter was really coming.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, Concubine Min's carriage stopped at the palace gate, and the maidservant took her hand and welcomed the person out of the carriage.

Concubine Min straightened her robe and sighed lightly: "Let's go, go and thank the Queen Mother!" ”

"Yes!"