The moment he saw Xiao Mufeng, a smile appeared on Lin Qingzhi's face, Xiao Mufeng could see the sorrow on Lin Qingzhi's face, and after asking, he knew that Lin Qingji had endured so much during the period of time when he was away, and his eyes were gloomy.

Seeing the two faint dark circles under Xiao Mufeng's eyes, Lin Qingzhi moved to the table, picked up the herbal teapot, poured two cups of tea into the matching white jade cup, and handed Xiao Mufeng a cup.

Looking at the clear and turquoise tea in the cup, Xiao Mufeng lowered his eyes and said quietly: "When I asked my father to say goodbye today, my father asked me if I wanted to restore the prince's right to listen to the government. ”

"At the reception banquet when I returned from the north that day, the moment I saw the queen, I knew that there would be such a day sooner or later." Lin Qingzhi stroked the white jade cup in her hand and said lightly.

"The suppression of the prince and the queen that day was because the power of the Wang family's relatives was too huge, and now the support for the prince is even more because Brother Mu, your reputation in the court is growing, and you have military merits, plus our marriage is imminent, plus my father's military exploits are beyond the control of the emperor, so in order to check and balance, it is not surprising that the emperor has this idea."

"I always thought that my father really protected me, so he gave me a lot of use, but I didn't expect ......" Xiao Mufeng lowered her eyes to hide the pain in her eyes, but she was still seen by Lin Qingzhi, she knew how much her brother Mu valued this only blood parent who was still in the world.

"If it's really pure love, how can you let everyone know that he values you with great fanfare, among the imperial power, the more prosperous the emperor's grace will also bring more trouble and hostile killings, the emperor will not not understand this truth, I know that saying these will only make Brother Mu more disappointed and uncomfortable, but sometimes the reality will force us to face it, just like now the emperor is afraid of your power, although there may still be love for you, but the queen has never given up dealing with us, Otherwise, Luo Die would not have died in order to save his eldest brother. Lin Qingzhi's eyes were misty, and her lowered eyelashes couldn't see her eyes clearly, but her slender eyelashes trembled slightly.

"I'm sorry, I've said this sorry sentence too many times, and even I feel bored, but if it weren't for me, I wouldn't have drawn Qingji into this power struggle, and I wouldn't have been seriously injured and almost lost my life, nor would I have lost my loved one." Xiao Mufeng's clenched right hand was white due to too much force, and it was full of remorse.

"Throughout the ages, the court of which dynasty was not so treacherous, even if it wasn't you, as a son and daughter of the Lin family, you couldn't stay out of it, so Brother Mu, you don't have to blame yourself." Lin Qingzhi's eyes looked at Xiao Mufeng gently.

"I know, but sometimes I always feel that I still have a little bit of a thought, knowing that it is impossible, otherwise the mother concubine would not have ......" Xiao Mufeng had a gentle smile on his face, but his eyes were indeed red, and he didn't continue to talk halfway through.

"Brother Mu, I know, let me protect you instead of Concubine Jin in the future." Lin Qingzhi's words were firm, as if there was a powerful energy hidden in her petite body.

Thinking that the two were about to get married, Xiao Mufeng had a happy smile on his face, stretched out his hand to put his arm around Lin Qingzhi's shoulder, looked at the moonlight like water outside, and said with a smile: "I'm going to be a bride soon, why are you still studying these medical things every day, don't worry too much, don't you see I'm not doing well now, there is no discomfort or illness or anything like that, you have written so many notes, and you must not have had a good rest during the time you came back, and you can't be a beautiful bride if you continue like this." ”

"Come and make fun of me again, okay, I didn't see it, Brother Mu, you are also such a superficial person, I'm not pretty, Brother Mu, you don't like me?" Lin Qingzhi's apricot eyes widened slightly, twisting Xiao Mufeng's ears and pretending to be angry.

"Don't dare, even if you grow into a monster, I will marry you." Xiao Mufeng smiled and pretended to surrender, raised his hands and said helplessly.

"Who blames me? You're the monster, hum ......" Xiao Mufeng's surrender did not get Lin Qingzhi to let him go, but instead clenched his fists and beat Xiao Mufeng's arm.

"I said it wrong, I'm a monster, how can Ah Zhi's appearance of sinking fish and geese and closing the moon and shy flowers be monsters, it's just that Ah Zhi, I didn't find it before, you are a bit of a tigress now." Xiao Mufeng hooked his index finger and scratched Lin Qingzhi's beautiful nose while she was not paying attention.

Before Lin Qingzhi could answer, she continued: "I just like the appearance of your tigress, which makes me feel real." After that, he hugged Lin Qingzhi into his arms, smelled the faint fragrance emanating from Lin Qingzhi's body, felt unprecedented stability in his heart, and secretly decided in his heart that he was fortunate to have this good wife in this life, and he would do his best to protect her for the rest of his life.

In the world, or rather, among the royal magnates and families, there is no shortage of brocade clothes and jade food, there is no shortage of open and secret fighting, what is lacking is indeed the untouchable and indescribable love, some people long for the love of all the people in the world, some people long for the love of parents and relatives, some people long for the love of men and women, and these, fortunately, Lin Qingzhi has them, but what she needs is protection, it is precisely because of the love of so many people that she has more responsibility and obligation to protect them, but this road is destined to be not smooth or simple.

As Lin Qingzhi expected, the emperor did not fully believe that his second prince Xiao Mufeng, who was once full of shame, although he had handed over the affairs of the military department to him, it was only a slightly better choice after he weighed the pros and cons.

After all, Lin Chengde, who had won a great victory in the south and the north, still made him unable to eat and sleep with heavy troops, and in comparison, the power of holding 200,000 heavy troops in the hands of the prince of the Xiao family still made him more at ease.

But seeing that the Lin family and Xiao Mufeng are immediately grasshoppers on a rope, and this momentum is even stronger than the previous Wang family, the old emperor sitting in the palace can't feel at ease.

So he has to make some moves, so first, is to restore some of the power in the hands of the queen and the crown prince, and second, he hasn't thought of a countermeasure yet.

After all, Lin Chengde, who led an army of 200,000 to fight two big victories, is now praised by the people, if he doesn't find a good reason to weaken their momentum at this time, it will only attract public anger and fall into the mouth of a faint king to kill loyal ministers, he doesn't understand the ability of the people to carry boats and capsize boats.

Didn't he sit on this supreme position by holding the military power in his hands and the double opportunity of the previous emperor's loss of popularity, so many years he often dreamed that others killed him in front of the dragon chair, pointing a sharp sword at him.

He must not let others have the opportunity to repeat the original scene, so for so many years he has deliberately suppressed the power of the generals, but under the internal and external troubles, he still gave the Lin family a chance to rise, and now although he can't bear it, and even relies more on Lin Chengde on the surface, but his heart has always been like a fish in his throat, and after returning to the dynasty from the north, this feeling is even stronger.

The afternoon after the autumn is not as hot as before, and the holy car has been moved back to the palace from the Xishan Palace, but the old emperor Xiao Jingjiao, who woke up from a nap, was sweating profusely, and when he saw the emperor wake up, Zhang Fu hurriedly ordered Xiao Yunzi outside the door to bring a basin of water for the emperor to clean his face.

After cleaning the noodles, Zhang Fu took a cup of tea with a suitable temperature and handed it to the emperor, and stood aside respectfully.

After slowly drinking a cup of tea, the warm tea slid down from his throat, and he felt a little calm in his heart.

After pondering for a long time, a voice sounded in the hall: "Zhang Fu, what do you think of Zuo Xiang?" ”