The carriage drove through the long street, Lin Qingzhi's expression was fluttering and thoughtful, Rongyue straightened the corners of her skirt for her, handed the hand stove that had just been installed from Xiaoyao Pavilion to Lin Qingzhi, and asked, "Miss, are you still worried about the prince's choice of concubine?" "Rongyue has followed Lin Qingzhi for ten years, and the character of this master is to be thoughtful.

"With the character of the queen and the prince, I am afraid that this matter will not be easily stopped, we must think of a way to achieve both, this time Brother Mu went to Songzhou to investigate the loss of disaster relief silver by visiting the mountains and rivers, I am afraid that it has aroused the suspicion of the Wang family, if this matter is made public with the public, I am afraid that it will be more difficult in the future." Lin Qingzhi rubbed the prominent pattern on the stove with both hands and sighed.

"His Royal Highness King Ning is really, since it is not easy to investigate, just find an excuse to push it away, why do you have to wade into this troubled water, the emperor is too, since he feels sorry for His Royal Highness, he should not let his son put himself in danger, and ask the slave to say that the emperor is simply pushing His Royal Highness into the fire pit." Rongyue has always been a straightforward person, and she is even more worried about Lin Qingzhi and Xiao Mufeng.

"Rongyue, don't say this again, the wall has ears, if someone with a heart hears a big fuss, you and I will lose our lives." Lin Qingzhi said with a serious expression.

"Got it, miss, just pay attention to what you talk about after the moon, the snow outside is getting heavier and heavier, it's already half a foot thick, let's go to the plum garden to build a snowman tomorrow?"

Rongyue lightly lifted the red brocade sedan curtain, and the irrepressible excitement in her eyes when she saw the snow scene outside was overflowing, although she was sixteen years old, she was a child's heart after all, and she was so innocent and simple that sometimes people couldn't bear to be harsh. Many times, Lin Qingzhi envies Rongyue for not thinking deeply about everything and living from her own heart, if her mother is still there, will it be a different situation......

But born in the family of the powerful, it is destined to be inseparable from the whirlpool of power struggle, if you are not careful, you will be crushed and even endangered the life of the family.

She wants to protect her family, and even more so to protect the people she loves, so she can only be cautious in everything in order to survive.

The snow fell silently, and soon the whole earth was dyed white, becoming the only color between heaven and earth, and the snowflakes flew like catkins on a spring day.

The carriage drove slowly for half an hour, and finally stopped at the door of a solemn and majestic house, and above the vermilion gate there were four big characters written vigorously and powerfully, "General's Mansion", although Lin Chengde has been sealed as the left minister, but still retains the plaque given by the emperor himself, because this symbolizes the supreme glory.

Lin Qingzhi's father, Lin Chengde, has followed the current emperor to fight on the battlefield for many years, and has made great achievements in war with courage and strategy, and has helped the emperor to quell rebellions repeatedly.

His wife is the emperor's sister Princess Hechang, it is said that Princess Hechang was born on the day of Caixia dyed the whole sky, the crane is around the beam and long song, so the name Hechang, meaning and beauty and prosperity, after the emperor ascended the throne as Princess Hechang, Princess Hechang has the appearance of the country and the city, and Lin Chengde is in love, because the two families are world friends, so after getting married, gave birth to a son and a daughter, the eldest son Lin Qingji, the youngest daughter Lin Qingzhi.

The only daughter naturally has to be pampered by thousands of people, even the queen mother also loves her very much, but because of premature birth hemorrhage to Princess Hechang left an ineradicable body weakness, even if all the power of the hospital plus the search for the rivers and lakes Langzhong is difficult to completely eradicate, and finally died at the age of thirty-two, Lin Qingzhi inherited the beauty of her mother and the wisdom of her father, but she has no interest in the embroidery of female workers that her daughter must learn, and has the ability to never forget, she has read a lot of books for many years, especially Confucianism, ink, Taoist classics and books on the art of war. His father, Lin Chengde, even found a mysterious old man to teach him personally, and at the age of ten, he could talk about the art of war.

Rongyue put down the footstool, helped Lin Qingzhi and got out of the car, the two walked into the gate, passed through several doors and carved arches, and came to a delicate and small courtyard, just entered the far door, I saw Ah Fu is hands staggered in his sleeves and stretched out his head to look at the door, and saw the two of them immediately rushed over to catch the umbrella in Rongyue's hand, "Miss is finally back, the eldest prince has been here for a while, and he is waiting for you in the room!" ”

Hearing Ah Fu's words, Lin Qingzhi showed a bright smile, sped up her pace and pushed the door through the corridor, and saw a jade man reclining on a pear blossom wooden couch, wearing a dark plain gauze robe, with a green jade moire buckle around his waist, and the long black hair under the crown of white jade hair on his head poured down, and a pair of eyes under the eyebrows that flew obliquely into the temples were like high-grade black glass emitting dazzling light, just a glance made people can't take their eyes off, obviously a man, but more delicate than a woman, warm as jade, handsome and elegant. Looking closely, there are six or seven similarities with Lin Qingzhi's eyebrows and eyes, and the two brothers and sisters of the Lin family have inherited the beautiful appearance of their mother and Princess Hechang, who are smart and smart. At this moment, Lin Qingji was holding a plum blossom pattern green jade tea cup in his hand and sending it to his mouth.

"Big brother is here." Lin Qingzhi's smile is like a flower, and her eyes are curved like a crescent moon.

Hearing Lin Qingzhi's voice, the moment she raised her eyes to see it, Lin Qingji's handsome face was covered with a shallow smile, like a peach blossom blooming in March, which made people intoxicated, and immediately got up and walked to Lin Qingzhi's side to untie the pink fox fur cloak that was full of flying snow for her. immediately poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Lin Qingzhi, to ask Zuo Xiangfu who cares most about this county lord, naturally it is the eldest brother Lin Qingji.

"I have to go out in the snow on this cold day, it seems that my little Azhi regards her sweetheart much more important than my brother, and can make me wait here for an hour, little Azhi is really becoming more and more unscrupulous, I have to talk to King Ning Ming'er and say, hurry up and marry my sister to be his princess, otherwise the door of our family will be broken by some people." Lin Qingji smiled, although his mouth was full of ridicule and banter, his eyes were full of pampering and gentleness.

"Big brother still dares to make fun of me, but I heard my father say that the daughter of Jiang Bin, the left servant of the household department, has reached the age of Jing, looks quite beautiful, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and his father is even more interested in you, eldest brother, I recently mentioned to my father, do you want me to talk to my father about this marriage, so as to achieve the eldest brother's wish to return beautifully?" Lin Qingzhi took a sip of green tea and looked at Lin Qingji with a smile.

"As far as you are the sharpest, even the eldest brother dares to make fun of you." Lin Qingji's finger tapped Lin Qingzhi's eyebrows.

"Is this book the eldest brother's new treasure?" Seeing the books on the table, Lin Qingzhi picked them up and looked at them, her eyes lit up.

"This is a few days ago and Uncle Heng Wang went to the Treasure Pavilion, seeing this "Liutao" should be what you like, you know that I have some friendship with the pavilion master, so I bought it for you at a low price, do you like it?"

"Big brother knows me best, of course I like what you sent, this "Liutao" is said to be the art of war part of the famous Huang Lao Taoist classic "Taigong" in the pre-Qin period of China, its content is broad and profound, the thinking is exquisite and rich, and the logic is meticulous and rigorous, but it has been lost for many years, and I don't want to appear in the Treasure Pavilion, the eldest brother should have spent a lot of silver, right?" Lin Qingzhi's heart was warm, and her eyes were astringent.

As long as her eldest brother encounters something she likes, she will definitely do everything to find it for her. Since my mother left, my father was busy with political affairs and couldn't care about everything, and he practiced soldiers and horses outside for more than half a year and even sent troops to fight, only this brother thought about her all the time, but after all, the eldest brother was only three years older than her, and he was just a child when his mother died, and he still remembered that when his mother just died, she often woke up from nightmares at night crying and shouting for her mother, and her brother slept in the next room, as long as he heard her crying, he ran over to hug her and comfort her until he fell asleep again, In her heart, her brother is like a father and mother, sheltering her from the wind and rain.

"Do you know that the boss of the Treasure Pavilion and I have some friendship, this matter is not a trivial matter, what is the important thing that happened to King Ning when he went to Songzhou this time?" Qingzhi knew that the eldest brother was also worried about Xiao Mufeng, so she told everything that Xiaoyao Pavilion talked about, and after listening to Lin Qingji's eyes, there was a solemn look in her eyes.

"I'm afraid that if the queen and the crown prince know that this matter has been known to King Ning, it will be unfavorable to him. Lin Qingji and Xiao Mufeng are the same age, when they were young, Princess Hechang often took their brothers and sisters into the palace, and several people often played together, the prince at that time was only the eldest prince, and was not canonized as the prince of the East Palace, they were also friends who had no mustard and suspicion when they were young, but time has changed, and many feelings will deteriorate after being contaminated with power, the most volatile and changeable thing in the world is the human heart, no one can predict the future, and there is no way to talk about re-choosing.

After sitting for a while, the two talked and laughed for half an hour, Lin Qingji got up and came out, he lived in Nanyuan in the south of the mansion, Lin Qingzhi lived in Yaxuan in the west, and the courtyard of the two was separated by a cup of tea, and they often walked around.

Sent Lin Qingji away, Lin Qingzhi slowly looked at the "Liutao" sent by her eldest brother under the lamp, Rongyue took out a pine ink at Lin Qingzhi's request and grinded it slowly, the most incomprehensible thing is just a book, why her own lady looks at it with relish, frowns from time to time and looks into the distance, and from time to time she picks up a pen and writes hard, like a great baby.