The palace shrouded in the net of heaven and earth is becoming more and more lifeless, the concubines who are playing around and laughing are gone, the whispering subordinates are gone, and some are only left with bleak and lonely eyes, even if the spring breeze blows away the cold of winter and brings bright vitality, the Dayuan Palace, which is in the center of power, is still left in the middle of winter.

Tang Jinyi hurriedly walked through the snow, looking around from time to time, cautiously observing whether anyone was found or tracked, because her abdomen was getting bigger and heavier, and the seemingly short distance consumed a lot of her physical strength, and when she reached her destination, a layer of sweat was already on her forehead.

The northernmost row of undecorated palaces in the inner palace is the place where she is coming, and this is very incongruous with her current status as an improper and improper crown princess.

This is the place where the convicted concubines are imprisoned, the cold palace.

"Mother." Gently closing the door, Tang Jinyi turned around and saluted with his stomach straight.

The room in the center of the cold palace is very large, but there is no decoration in it, and it is doubly empty because it is too big, and the person sitting in the center of the room is extremely prominent, and Tang Jinyi is saluting this person.

After a while, the man looked up with a little surprise: "Jin noble? How dare you come here? ”

"Now that the palace is heavily guarded, the concubines don't dare to come to the cold palace to make people look good, and if it weren't for the important matter, they wouldn't risk changing clothes with the palace maids close to them and running quietly." Tang Jinyi walked closer and said softly, "Niangniang, don't worry, the little eunuch concubine outside the door has already taken care of it, and she will never tell others about the concubine's visit to see Niangniang today." ”

"Don't scream one by one, this palace is just a criminal concubine now, and she is not the imperial concubine who was high up in the past."

Long Yue'er, who was in her early Chinese New Year's Eve, was quite old, partly because she had never made up her face with her face, and the other half because the ups and downs had given her too many vicissitudes. Tang Jinyi and Long Yue'er also have some friendship, thinking back to the scenery when Long Yue'er was the imperial concubine in the past, he couldn't help but sigh gloomily.

Long Yue'er smiled, there was no taste: "I heard the little eunuch who usually comes to deliver meals say that the identity of the Jin nobles is very different now, although it is not justified, but it is better than those sisters who were expelled from the palace and exiled to the people, this palace is really happy for you." ”

"Niangniang is really happy, but she is just happy that the concubine has not suffered misery, if you start from my Dayuan state affairs and the safety of the people, Niangniang's heart must be crying blood now, right?" Tang Jinyi said boldly.

Long Yue'er was silent for a moment, and her smile suddenly became a little warmer: "The noble Jin is still so smart, it's a pity that this world is not good, and I didn't let you meet a Ming Jun, otherwise with the appearance and mind of the noble Jin, the seat of the noble concubine is just around the corner." ”

"Cheap concubines don't seek high power, it's enough to have one person treat each other sincerely." Sighing lightly, Tang Jinyi walked to Long Yue'er's side and held Long Yue'er's cold hands tightly, "At that time, the mother wanted to clear the king's side and punish the concubine and the minister, and the concubine was always afraid to come forward, but now it is too late to regret it." Now Zuo Cheng Lian Song and Concubine Yun have placed the emperor under house arrest, and coerced His Royal Highness to act as his puppet, how many concubines in the harem have been bullied, and how many upright and loyal ministers have been killed in the previous dynasty. ”

Before Lan Zhirong confused Jun Xin to control the harem step by step, Long Yue'er had already discovered her plot and tried to clear it, but Lan Zhirong took the lead and framed her with witch Gu and other incidents, and almost eradicated many of the concubines involved, Tang Jinyi, who was a noble person at the time, was one of them.

Tang Jinyi was recommended to Long Yue'er by Wen Mozheng, at that time, Long Yue'er found that she was very smart and low-key, originally wanted to promote and reuse after expelling Lan Zhirong, but later the plan was revealed, Long Yue'er herself was difficult to protect, plus the death of the concubines and the scattered, so she no longer had any contact with Tang Jinyi, Tang Jinyi suddenly came this day, and it was inevitable that she would not be curious.

Even so, Long Yue'er remained silent and pretended not to understand.

"It's hard to be Jingui - heh, it's right to be called the crown princess instead. The status of the crown princess is above the palace, and she can also visit the palace in person with her old feelings, this intention really moves the palace, but it is a pity that the palace is already a cold palace, and she can't do it if she wants to thank the princess, which is rude. ”

Seeing that Long Yue'er had the intention to avoid it, Tang Jinyi was still not impatient: "Niangniang is still so cautious and careful, this is what the concubine is happy to see." Since Niangniang is in the cold palace but can know about the change of the identity of the concubine, then my Dayuan current situation Niangniang should also know something - to tell the truth, the concubine ventured to come to ask for Niangniang's help, and the task that our sisters failed to complete at that time is now the concubine wants to continue to complete. ”

Long Yue'er gasped slightly: "You want to be in politics?" ”

"It's not about politics, the concubine just wants to get rid of the adulterous concubine and punish the ministers, otherwise my Dayuan will not die under the iron hooves of the Hosdu Empire, but also die in the chaos and public anger."

The southern Hosdu Empire invaded, many neighboring countries did not help but acted for the tiger, and the abyss was stormy and in danger, and Long Yue'er was indeed clear about these situations. Listening to Tang Jinyi's firm voice and powerful words, the blood buried deep in Long Yue'er's heart was aroused again, and she tightened her fingers and tightly held Tang Jinyi's wrist.

"If you want to clear the king's side, you must have capable ministers; If you want to seize power, you must have a dragon head; If you want to determine the world, you must have a trade-off. When these three princesses are all done, the palace will do its best to help. ”

"Niangniang's guidance and concubine note, please rest assured, the concubine will do her best to protect my abyss from being killed by traitors."

Tang Jinyi agreed simply, but she and Long Yue'er both knew that it was not so easy to achieve these three points - if you want to resist the faction led by Lian Song, you naturally need a backing whose strength can match it, Wenchen, military generals, and strategists are all indispensable; The most important of all the people is the dragon head, if there is no suitable person to lead, then there are no courtiers to succeed.

At the moment, the first one is relatively simple, and the second one is the most difficult for Tang Jinyi to choose, she doesn't think that her husband can be qualified for this position, but apart from Wen Mozheng, who else in the imperial capital can lead the loyal ministers to rebel against the puppet regime?

Is it warm and sparse? The second prince who was transferred to the border and couldn't even go back to the imperial capital?

Tang Jinyi had the intention of letting Wen Moshu take the position, so she implored Jun Wunian to change hands to assist Wen Moshu, but she was not sure that this was a good way out, compared to the wise mind and steady style, Wen Moshu's weak body was obviously the most unstable factor.

"If the crown princess is entangled in the selection of the dragon head, this palace does not recommend that you consider the second prince, after all, he is suffering from scabies, and he has not denied the news of his death before. In fact, there is another candidate in Bengong's heart, and he thinks that he may be able to take on this important task. As if seeing Tang Jinyi's contradiction, Long Yue'er couldn't help but remind her.

Tang Jinyi frowned slightly: "Except for the second prince and the fourth prince, the other princes are greedy for fun and do not want to make progress, does Niangniang mean to choose from those elderly princes?" ”

"If one of the princes can achieve great things, how can he let the emperor inherit the throne? The person I'm talking about is not a few princes, but someone who has a very close relationship with a certain prince. ”

Long Yue'er was only willing to explain half of what she said, and the rest was going to let Tang Jinyi figure it out by herself, but who knew that Tang Jinyi couldn't guess it after meditating for a long time. Long Yue'er is the imperial concubine, and she has more opportunities to contact the princes and ministers than other concubines, so it is somewhat difficult to let Tang Jinyi, who has not had much contact with outsiders, guess, and finally took the initiative to say it.

"Clear-sighted, resourceful, as famous as the first emperor's guest Chu Ci Chu Gongzi, and able to navigate between the court and the rivers and lakes with ease, how many such people can there be in the world?"

"Could it be that the mother is referring to...... The warmth of the prince of Dingyuan? Tang Jinyi was quite surprised by Long Yue'er's hinted answer, but Long Yue'er nodded in affirmation without hesitation.

Wen Moqing, Tang Jinyi does not have no memory of him, on the contrary, compared with the occasional meeting of those people in the palace, she has a deeper impression of Wen Moqing, who only has a few faces. At that time, she only knew that Wen Moqing was Wen Jingyuan's henchman who was walking outside, and she was also the prince of Dingyuan who took great care of Yan Liwu, and she didn't think much about it; It wasn't until later that Wen Moqing coldly refuted Concubine Yun and took away Yan Liwu in front of everyone, that she noticed what a bold and courageous man he was.

But based on these alone, can it be asserted that Wen Moqing is suitable for taking on heavy responsibilities? The struggle for imperial power is not a child's play, what is needed is bloodline, status, ability and prestige, King Dingyuan is not even a prince because of the brotherly dispute of the previous generation, as the second son's warmth and affection, how can he compete with many princes?

Tang Jinyi couldn't guess Long Yue'er's thoughts, and wanted to ask, but he couldn't get an answer.

"Princess, please go back, if you don't have something important, try not to come over again, you will inevitably be discovered if you move around too much. What the palace said can be remembered or not, knowing that the princess is thinking about my abyss, the palace is already grateful. ”

Leaving the cold palace with confusion, passing by the lead Hua Palace on the way back, Tang Jinyi heard a faint sob.

She knew that the cry came from Concubine Juan, who lived in the same palace in the past, and she also knew why Concubine Juan was crying, but all she could do was leave in a hurry with sympathy and compassion - Lian Song monopolized power and leaned towards the government and the opposition, even if he knew that he had ruined the concubines with the best appearance and talent in the palace, who could do anything about him? The world is like this, if there is no power and no one to resist, the weak and cowardly can only be slaughtered by others.

"For the sake of Your Highness, for the sake of our children, I am not afraid of anything, I will make myself strong." When he returned to the East Palace, he still didn't see Wen Mozheng returning, Tang Jinyi stroked his abdomen and whispered softly, and somehow suddenly thought of the words that had been in contact for a short time.

Yan Liwu said to Tang Jinyi that she wanted to be strong for the person she liked, and she did so, when other women were still worried about how to keep men's hearts, for their parents' shortcomings, jealousy, or other trivial things, Yan Liwu had already traveled to most of the abyssal country, and this courage is not something that every woman can do.

Tang Jinyi, who was so envious, was still immersed in the intractable chaos of the palace, she didn't know that at this time, Yan Liwu had already stepped out of the Great Abyss Realm, and even crossed Zhongzhou, in order to find Wen Moqing's whereabouts and break into the Hosdu Empire.

It was a place that was completely different from the secret struggle of the power of the Yuan Kingdom, and another storm arose.