After the spring equinox, the weather is getting warmer day by day, and even the willow trees have glowed with new green shoots, which makes people look refreshed, only to feel vigorous, green grass, peach and apricot spit fragrant, and it is another spring.

Lin Qingzhi stood in the small garden of Lixin Garden, looking at the peach blossoms blooming all over the tree, and couldn't help but think of the little promises and sweet memories in the Yaxuan in the Lin Mansion at this time last year, but unfortunately, it became a thing of the past.

Fortunately, she still has relatives by her side, at least Lin Qingji and the child in her womb are the closest people, time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the life in her belly has been eight months, Lin Qingzhi walked slowly on the cobblestone path, and the crystal hairpin in her hair was shining in the sun.

came to Luoyang City for four months, got rid of the queen and the prince, but her most direct enemy still sat on the Golden Palace, enjoying the glory, he killed his own father and brother, and killed his respected adoptive father, this revenge must be avenged.

Lin Qingzhi is not in a hurry, after all, what people who achieve great things need most is patience, and she has patience.

Think about it that day, in order to make Xu Chu think that it was the queen and the prince who killed his wife and children, he sent Ah Da Ah Er to do it, and after Xu Chu added fuel to the fire, after the prince died, he revealed the identity of Huamei, so that he knew that he had been at the mercy of Huamei and the queen and the prince for so long, and let him collapse from the psychological defense line, what better way to destroy a person than this, and finally Xu Chu also lost confidence in officialdom and went into hiding with a pair of children.

There is only one thing that Lin Qingzhi is puzzled by, that is, Liu Zhiyuan, since the fall of the Lin family, Liu Zhiyuan seems to have evaporated from the world, and resigned from his position and official position in the army on the grounds of poor health, and there is no more news.

Lin Qingzhi also sent people to visit Liu Zhiyuan's hometown of Jinyang, but the news he got was that Liu Zhiyuan's parents died of famine when he became an adult, and a brother was nowhere to be found.

The clue seems to have been broken here, and there is no more news, even Liu Zhiyuan's brother has disappeared into the vast sea of people, and he is nowhere to be found.

Xiao Mufeng, who was outside the Saiwai, was trying his best to resist the invasion of foreign enemies at this time, because since the beginning of spring, Tibet and Mongolia have been constantly picking quarrels and provoking troubles, and the border trade between markets has often been robbed, and several disputes have broken out.

Just two months ago, the two countries finally couldn't hold back and jointly sent troops to attack Lingzhou, Xiao Mufeng led the army to resist several times, each time defeating the enemy army and retreating hundreds of miles.

These were all transmitted back to the ears of Xiao Jingjiao, the Jin Emperor of Luoyang City, and Xiao Mufeng, the commander of Lingzhou, accumulated a lot of military merits, which gave the emperor a rare smile of appreciation and satisfaction on his face.

But since the death of the crown prince, although there have been courtiers who have repeatedly advocated the selection of merit and the re-establishment of the prince, and there are not a few courtiers who have this idea.

Since the beginning of spring, although the weather has improved, but the emperor's body has not improved with the weather, but has been sick several times, and even once actually dropped out of the court for half a month, which makes many ministers anxious, after all, the emperor is already old, in case of sudden death, without the prince, the court will fall into turmoil, and even the destruction of a country because of the battle for the throne has happened more than once in history.

And the king of letters, Xiao Muheng, has been weakened, after the death of the prince, the emperor is not in good health, and many court affairs have also been picked and handed over to him to take care of, which makes some courtiers think that the emperor has the heart to support this young son, and it is unknown that the position of prince may finally be handed over to him.

On this day, above the court, someone mentioned the matter of reinstating the prince again, but this time, the emperor did not shirk or get angry, just stared at the minister with a smile, coughed twice and said softly: "Then according to Aiqing's intentions, who is the most suitable person to take the position of the prince?" ”

The minister saw that the emperor no longer shirked, thinking that there was a play, so he immediately glanced at the right minister Wen Zongshen, kowtowed to the emperor, and said: "Back to the emperor, if you talk about military merits, it is naturally His Royal Highness King Ning, the second prince, and His Royal Highness King Mu, the third prince, who are the most qualified, but governing the army and governing the country are still different. ”

Standing among the courtiers, King Xin has a weak crown, and he is no longer the appearance of a child back then, but has grown into an adult with a straight body, I saw him walk to the center, knelt on the ground and said: "Father, the second brother thinks that the second brother is the most suitable candidate for the position of the prince, in addition to leading the troops to fight, when he was trained in the court before, he also handled the affairs objectively and fairly, and was in good order, and he was the best candidate for the prince." ”

Seeing that his youngest son was so modest, the emperor walked down the steps, slowly bent down to pull him up, and asked kindly, "Don't you have any interest in the position of prince?" ”

When King Xin heard this, he thought for a while, arched his hand and said: "Father, the sons also want to have such supreme glory, but this supreme position, the corresponding burden is also heavier, and the sons' abilities are limited, so they just want to be like the mother concubine, without desires and desires, with a pure heart and few desires." ”

The emperor didn't answer when he heard Xiao Muheng's words, but just looked at this little son, as if he wanted to see him through those eyes, and after looking at it for a long time, he was a little disappointed in his eyes, and muttered: "No desire, no desire, pure heart and few desires, very good, very good." ”

Wen Zongshen's face at the bottom was as black as iron, after all, since the death of the prince, he knew that he had helped the prince and Xiao Mufeng fight before, and now he must have no way to fall on the big tree of Xiao Mufeng, so he can only focus all his attention on Xiao Muheng, the king of letters, after all, Concubine Xun Shufei also secretly has the intention of wooing, and wants to find an opportunity to ask the emperor to give Wen Xiang's youngest daughter to his son as the princess of Xin.

But seeing that King Shin had no idea about the throne at all, he was naturally unhappy in his heart.

Even when King Xin entered the palace to ask for peace and told Concubine Xun Shu about this, his mother actually scolded him in a rebellious manner, saying: "Mother is so forbearing, for what? Isn't it just so that one day, our mother and son can no longer be coldly spoken of and bullied? You were good, and your chances of performing well were ruined by you. ”

Xiao Muheng felt uncomfortable when he saw his mother's disappointed appearance, but then said puzzledly: "Mother, now that you are a concubine Xun Shu, your father loves you even more, and handed over the power of the harem assistant and the phoenix seal to you, no one can bully our mother and son, why do you want your son to fight for the throne?" What's so good about the throne, since ancient times, how many people have died on this throne You don't know, my son doesn't want to be the emperor. ”

only heard the sound of "pop", Concubine Xun Shufei slapped her son in the face, and after the beating, she saw the red slap marks on Xiao Muheng's face, and hurriedly stroked her son's face, and said with tears in her eyes and blamed herself, "It's all the mother concubine who is not good, the mother concubine hurts you." ”

Xiao Muheng was stunned by Concubine Xun's slap, then covered her face and smiled and took Concubine Xun's hand, and said, "Mother doesn't have to blame herself, it's her son who is useless and disappoints you." ”

Concubine Xun Shu raised her sleeves to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, sighed slightly, shook her head and said: "Heng'er, the mother concubine only has one son, you remember, in the future, the errand assigned to you by your father must be done beautifully, don't let your father down, understand?" ”

Xiao Muheng couldn't bear to see his mother feel sorry for himself, so he pulled Concubine Xun Shu to sit on the brocade couch, sat aside, and said softly: "My son promised you, it's just that my mother concubine, the second brother and the third brother have always treated me very well, even if the second brother becomes the prince and ascends to the throne in the future, he will treat our mother and son well, I know, you want your son to fight for breath and not let my father disappoint me, right, then I will work hard and share my father's worries, don't be sad, okay?" ”

Concubine Xun Shu knew that her son had no city and a pure mind, and he had no covetousness for the throne at all, so she could only persuade him slowly, so she didn't force him, and promised on her face: "Okay, mother is not sad, but you don't let your mother and your father down, you must behave well, you promise your mother!" ”

"Okay, my son promised you that it wouldn't work, come, don't cry, eat a candied fruit to change your mood." Xiao Muheng smiled and took out a candied fruit from the desk and put it in Concubine Xun's mouth, and the mother and son restored the atmosphere of harmony.