The heavy snowfall for two days finally stopped in the early morning of the second day, the pale golden sunlight shone on the bed through the window paper, the sleeping Lin Qingzhi frowned, slowly opened her eyes, the lamp on the table had run out of oil, and only the charred and curled wick was left to shrank aside.

Unconsciously read a book last night and saw the third watch, the dissolving moon water was washed, and it was ten o'clock after eating breakfast, at this time Lin Chengde had returned to the house, Lin Qingzhi got up and walked in the direction of the Nanyue study where Lin's father was, the garden after the heavy snow was covered in silver, and the ice picks under the eaves were already more than enough, and under the golden sun, it was as dazzling as colorful glass.

Lin Qingzhi pushed the door into the study, and saw the back of a green coat standing in front of the window, this is the famous Zhenyuan general, who has repeatedly entered the hellish battlefield of Shura but has repeatedly won by surprise.

I saw Lin Chengde's broad eyebrows and starry eyes, but he still had clear eyes and a lofty spirit, and there was a kind of compelling spirit that was not angry and self-threatening in his perennial experience on the battlefield.

Lin Qingzhi curtsied, "My daughter has seen her father." ”

"Zhi'er is here, but she came for the prince's proposal two days ago, but she has already thought about it?" Father Lin beckoned Lin Qingzhi to sit down, and at the same time took the brass tea cup on the coals and poured down the hot tea and handed it to Lin Qingzhi.

"I know that you have never liked the prince's flying and domineering, and my father also feels that he is not worthy of my pearl, but now that the prince's party has become a wing, and the queen is behind him, this matter will be widely implicated if it does not change much." Lin Chengde was sitting on the mahogany carved chair next to him.

"This incident is all because of my daughter, and I should take the responsibility of maintaining the family, but my daughter believes that this matter is not irreversible." Lin Qingzhi pushed aside the tea foam on the red tea soup, and the dense heat blocked the bright face, making people unable to see the expression at the moment.

"I remember that my father once said that when you raised troops to conquer Nanjun, you saved Murong Qing, the son of the Murong clan of Nanjun, and Murong was favored by you and once said to test whether you were willing to marry Qin and Jin, I was only three years old at the time, and you felt that marriage was related to a lifetime of happiness and did not want to make decisions for your daughter, so you didn't agree, right?"

"Yes, the Murong family is a Jiangnan family, Murong Yun also studied under the Qingcheng faction, I met the son of the Murong family once a few years ago, Murong Gongzi's one-handed pine wind swordsmanship is like the strength of the pine, like the speed of the wind, and there is no marriage yet."

Thinking of this, Lin Chengde's expression perked up, and he said, "You mean to say that you have already had a marriage contract with Murong Qing, and you can't marry the prince, right?" You have been in contact with King Ning a lot over the years, and now that you are older, your father sees it in his eyes, I know that you don't want to push King Ning on the cusp, so this matter can only be started from somewhere else, it is difficult for you to come up with this method, Zhi'er is really Bing Xue smart. Father Lin stroked his palms and laughed heartily.

"This method is very good, I immediately flew a pigeon to pass the book to the Murong family, I believe they will help my father, Zhi'er, no matter how you want to do it or not, as long as you don't want to marry someone, your father will definitely not force it, your mother is no longer here, I am also so old, the title of meritorious service is illusory to me, my father just wants to protect the stability of your brothers and sisters, seeing your wisdom, it is also relieved to be a father, the Lin family in the future still needs your young people to guard, but it is a pity that you are a daughter, if you are born as a seven-foot man, We must be able to build a meritorious work for the benefit of the people. Father Lin looked into Lin Qingzhi's eyes, wanting to speak, but his eyes were full of love.

At this moment, Lin Chengde is no longer the god of war in the mouths of the people, but an ordinary father who has entered the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and his high sideburns have turned white, and Lin Qingzhi felt pain in her heart and her eyes were sour.

When he was a child, his father scolded his brother for his actions, and the two also studied and read together, no matter how well his brother's homework was done, he rarely got praise from his father, but Lin Qingzhi Whether he was teasing his brother or not doing his homework well, his father was at most naughty with Wen Yan. The subordinates of the family only said that the general who values love and righteousness misses his deceased wife, so he loves his young daughter to the extreme, although there are many words to persuade his father to continue after the death of his mother, but Father Lin has never continued to take a concubine. Even the dormitory was arranged according to the preferences of his mother during his lifetime, and the world praised the affectionate nature of General Zhenyuan.

"The emperor has recently had a recurrence of cough and the dragon's body is not safe, the imperial doctor has exhausted all his resources and still has not improved, and the queen has also been moving frequently recently, I am afraid that the sky in Luoyang City is about to change." Lin Chengde frowned deeply and his face was worried.

"The emperor has always been jealous of his relatives and the Wang family, won't there be action?" Lin Qingzhi's eyes also became extremely deep.

"The prince has a mean personality and a treacherous mind, the emperor has never liked it, and he was also forced to establish him as the prince by the traditional legal system and the court power of the Wang family, and now he is even more powerless due to illness. Concubine Jin was quite favored when she was alive, the second royal highness was gifted and intelligent and had a good heart, and she was the most dazzling among the princes, the emperor originally intended the emperor to be located in the second highness, but the world was unpredictable Concubine Jin died early, and there was no powerful person in the mother's family of Concubine Jin, so the second highness could only send the mountains and rivers to hide the edge to avoid disasters, after the death of Concubine Jin, the emperor did not mention the idea of establishing the second royal highness as the prince, I think if Concubine Jin is alive, it should be another situation. Lin Chengde's eyes flashed with gloom.

Father Lin never covered up the situation in front of Qing Zhi, and now talking about these reminds Qing Zhi of being only five years old at that time, and remembering that when he saw the emperor's uncle when he was a child, he was accompanied by a beautiful woman with picturesque eyebrows and elegant orchids, always speaking softly, never as domineering as the queen, never expected that such a young woman like a flower would die early at the age when she should be the most beautiful and blooming, leaving Brother Mu to live alone in the deep palace.

I still remember that on the day of Concubine Jin's burial, Xiao Mufeng secretly drank green plum wine and sat on the pond in Yaohua Palace and cried secretly, holding Lin Qingzhi's hand and crying. How much love and how much time can be left for him?

"The third prince King Mu has always been close to the crown prince, and his mother is a palace maid who is not favored, so naturally he cannot pose a threat, the fourth prince King Xin is only thirteen years old and has an impulsive personality, the only one who can pose a threat is the second prince King Ning, is the frequent action of the queen said by my father aimed at King Ning?" Lin Qingzhi stroked the white jade teacup in her hand and said.

"Yes, my father has been in the army for more than 20 years, and now there are many people in the army who used to be carried by the court, so the news is still a little known. His Royal Highness King Ning happened to go to Songzhou some time ago, so the queen suspected that King Ning knew something, and wanted to kill him quickly. Although I am the left minister, I can't cover the sky with one hand, the ministers of the court and the central government are already moved to see that the emperor is seriously ill, and recently the prince has visited the ministers of the central government and the rank of five or above, presumably some people have already stood in line. Lin Chengde's face was solemn and authentic.

"So the prince's visit to his father five days ago was also a calculation, including the reason for the proposal, which was also obvious, just to win over his father and your protégé, but the daughter was willful, I am afraid that her father will be in danger." Lin Qingzhi's eyes were full of apology.

"I can't blame you for this, the queen and the prince have always had the intention of wooing, but the father has been shirking and pretending to be confused, I'm afraid that I have already offended them, even if you agree to this marriage and become the princess and queen of the middle palace in the future, with the suspicious nature of the prince and the queen, I'm afraid it will be difficult for my Lin family to be alone, after all, we all know how the true dragon throne of the saint today was obtained, and they will not allow their relatives to be too powerful, so sooner or later they will tear their faces, it is better to take this opportunity to make a decision as soon as possible." Lin Chengde's face was as pale as ice.

The current emperor Xiao Jingjiao is the elder brother of the Empress Dezhuang of the former Tang Dynasty, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty after three generations, passed to the third generation when the young emperor ascended the throne was only three years old, assisted by the Queen Mother and her brother Xiao Jingjiao, five years later Xiao Jingjiao abolished the young emperor and established himself as the emperor, and changed the name of the country to Yongping.

Today's emperor has a total of four sons, the eldest son Xiao Mucheng is the son of him and the queen of the Middle Palace, five years ago was made the crown prince, the second son Xiao Mufeng's biological mother Concubine Zhao Peilan was also born in the Gaomen Wang clan, his father is three generations of loyal ministers, and his great-grandfather was named the Marquis of Wuwei, but this generation is already a withered person, and there is no longer actual power in the court, and there is no longer the title of marquis. The third son, Xiao Mulin, was born to the emperor after being drunk and a maid in the queen's palace, and was only given the title of a concubine after birth, and was never pampered, and died of depression two years later, even his son was not taken seriously. The mother of the fourth prince, Xiao Muyan, is the daughter of the prefect of Xunyang, and was named Mrs. Xun after entering the palace, but she has always been cold and indifferent to the emperor and has no desire to compete for favor, but she is quite liked by the queen mother, and she worships Buddha with the queen mother on weekdays.

Hearing that the queen was going to do something to Xiao Mufeng, Lin Qingzhi suddenly felt secretly frightened, since the death of Concubine Jin, Lin Qingzhi decided that she must wait for Brother Mu in this life. Although she played with the four princes when she was a child, only Xiao Mufeng, who spoke little, loved her the most.

I remember that year when she was eight years old, the queen mother's grandmother gave her a pair of golden bell bells, the eldest brother sent a white jade carved nine rings, Mu Lin and Mu Cheng sent a puppet, she thought that Brother Mu forgot his birthday, and when she was angry about it, she saw a colorful paper kite flying in the sky, which was very good-looking, it turned out that after the death of Brother Mu's mother, some concubines in the palace worshiped high and low, and the queen never liked Brother Mu, let alone anyone dared to treat him well, Therefore, His Royal Highness, who didn't have much expense, relied on the memory of making paper kites for him when Concubine Jin was alive before, and studied it for many days and stayed up late for three nights to make this paper kite, thinking of this, the corners of Lin Qingzhi's mouth unconsciously curved.

I don't know what to do and I fall in love, maybe at that time, the love is already deep-rooted.