Lin Yuan took leave and left the table and returned to the tent in advance, not to go back to rest, but to the big tent where the emperor lived. The eunuch on duty outside the door saluted her respectfully and diligently, and said with a smile: "Is the little lord coming to prepare supper for the emperor again?" ”

"Yes." Lin Yuan handed him the food box in his hand: "This is the decanting soup, take it and heat it up, remember to go to the small stove at the back and use the smallest fire." ”

The little inner supervisor quickly took his things and ran.

When Lin Yuan saw him walking away, Fang lifted the tent and entered the house, and went around to a small room on the far right.

The people in the room were startled at first, and they stood up in a hurry, and there was a sound of rustling. Lin Yuan covered her mouth and exclaimed, apologetically: "Ah, it was the concubine who was abrupt, but she didn't know that Lord Xiao was here." ”

Xiao Zhen is the right minister of the court, and he specially asked to see the emperor here today, but the banquet in front of him dragged on for too long, and everyone refused to stop partying until late at night. He didn't expect that there would be a living person in the big tent, and he was stunned for a while before he remembered that this was the favorite concubine by the emperor's side, and hurriedly saluted Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan dodged sideways: "Xiao Cheng, one of the two Xiaos, has a high position, so he doesn't have to pay a salute to the imperial concubine of the fifth grade." ”

Xiao Zhen still finished the salute with a promise, and said a little lonely: "Er Xiao is just a false praise from the world, how dare Weichen compare with Xiao Guozhang." ”

Xiao Youxiang was born in a poor family and entered the office as the 21st champion of Kangjing. Not only is he from a humble background, but his face is not good, and the facial features of his face are very narrow, and he has no extravagance at all; It's just that he is indeed talented, when he was an envoy in Mongolia and Dali, he was clever and eloquent, quick-witted, and made great contributions to Dali's submission before he was appreciated by Tuoba Hong, and finally climbed to the position of a first-class master. Because the queen's father, Lord Zaifu, who is the prime minister of Zuo, is also surnamed Xiao, and both of them are prime ministers, so the people of Daqin call them Erxiao.

However, the court of the Great Qin State has never been a place to eat only for skills, and Xiao Zhen is talented, but he has never been accepted by the aristocratic circle in the capital. Mixed officialdom pays more attention to pomp and circumstance than mixed harem, how can you earn a piece of heaven by yourself without the backing of the family, Xiao Zhen has the name of a right minister, but the so-called right minister is to assist the left minister, and he has no rights, and he is not as good as the six Shangshu that can arbitrarily decide one acre and three points of land. What's more, Xiao Guozhang is powerful, and the oppression of Xiao Zhen can be imagined.

Lin Yuan's gaze swept two or three times on Xiao Zhen's small nose and dark skin, and the corners of his lips were quietly hooked: "Lord Xiao is too modest." The adult has both ability and political integrity, and the general is in the phase, and the concubine can always think that the name of this Erxiao is well deserved......" said with a wave of his sleeve and brushed the case: "This concubine is bothering the adult." After the feast ahead, the emperor will summon King Mu Wu, and he will not be able to come back until the third watch, and the adults will have to wait a little longer. ”

Lin Yuan left immediately, looking like she had really gone to the wrong room and didn't want to talk about it.

Xiao Zhen's small inverted triangular eyes narrowed to only a slit, and his gaze shot at Lin Yuan's back. I asked to see the emperor for the sake of business, and I had to deliberately pass on Yu Linwei, and report it layer by layer before I could enter this big tent, but this imperial concubine said that she would come in, and she was also qualified to break into the place where the courtiers discussed politics. Also, the news that the emperor was going to summon King Mu Wu after the banquet, and she didn't even know that she was a prime minister, so how could she know......

I have heard of Xiao Zhen, the concubine of the Lin family, and I know that she is the new favorite concubine, but I have only heard of it...... I never thought that Lin Niangniang would be so favored by the saints.

***

On the second day, Lin Yuan was still driving.

King Mu Wu was standing a few meters in front of her, wearing the snow-white white iron armor that Emperor Kangjing had given him and allowed him to have a private soldier. In his fertile fiefdom of Qizhou, his ironclad army is still growing, and Tuoba Hong has been helpless for eight years...... And today, in the hunting ground with Mongolia to promote the friendship between the two countries, he is also wearing heavy armor, as if he is on the battlefield.

Lin Yuan didn't think that King Mu Wu was just an arrogant overlord who was spoiled by his father. Being able to hold up under Tuoba Hong for eight years is not simple.

When the crowd dispersed, Lin Yuan dismounted and walked around the far right side of the birch forest. It was the place where the most ferocious beasts haunted, and it was also the place where King Muwu and Tuoba Hong were most likely to go.

Sure enough, the sound of iron hooves and cheers in my ears was getting closer and closer, mixed with the roar of tigers and leopards, which was shocking. Such a place where swords have no eyes and fierce beasts are full of beasts will never be suitable for women, but Lin Yuan never stopped, she blocked the sand and dust with her hands and walked forward.

Fearlessness comes from ambition and self-confidence. Lin Yuan had already understood everyone's purpose - Tuoba Hong rushed thousands of miles to Beisai in order to kill King Muwu, because Beisai was the place where Tuoba Hong was most sure, there was an army of his cronies and the support of the Mongol Khan. And King Muwu, if he dares to come to Beisai, he will also have hole cards in his hand. The Shen family, the empress, the Xiang concubine, and the family behind the three of them were all weapons that Tuoba Hong could rely on, and the empress dowager refused to accompany him not only because of her old age, but also because she wanted to sit in Kyoto. The Mongol king had reached some kind of agreement with Tuoba Hong, and he was willing to send troops and horses to assist Tuoba Hong, and he must have demanded a very high reward. Chu Huashang was named Jieyu and the Chu family was quickly promoted by Tuoba Hong, because the Chu family was a clan of military generals, and Tuoba Hong needed them to contribute to this matter.

Everyone has their own prey, and at the same time everyone is someone else's prey. Lin Yuan smiled, she was just a favorite concubine, just a woman who was attached to men, but how could she not participate in the struggle of men.

Whether it is Tuoba Hong or King Muwu, as hunters, they are also the prey of others. Tuoba Hong is Lin Yuan's cash cow, and King Mu Wu is a piece of fat stuck to the trap. Although adventurous, the smell of the flesh was too tempting, and if done well, the benefits she could get from this chaos would be considerable.

As an imperial concubine, it is still too unsafe to tie her life to a man, and Lin Yuan needs to do a lot of things.

The sound of horses' hooves became more and more deafening, and it was a spectacular scene of thousands of horses galloping together.

Lin Yuan ran up and headed towards the place with the most crowds. Finally, she saw the figures of the two men, one in white iron armor and the other in golden riding clothes. She laughed, and shouted loudly, regardless of her manners, "Holy! Congratulations on your successful start—"

Takubahiro laughed and raised his whip at her. The appearance of King Mu Wu did not seem to affect the emperor's hunting mood, he was very happy to see his favorite concubine standing in the crowd and shouting for himself, he thought that the little woman of the Lin family was really a stunner, although she was afraid of riding a horse, but she dared to come to this lion and tiger garden, and she also learned the boldness of a Mongolian woman.

He was in a hurry, and Pegasus rushed to Lin Yuan, and pulled the little woman onto the horse with a sharp pull. Lin Yuan screamed, only to hear Tuoba Hong smile and ask, "Aren't women afraid of the roar of fierce beasts, but I underestimated you...... Yuan'er, take the arrow for me! ”

Lin Yuan is never afraid of fierce beasts, she is only afraid of horses, or she is afraid of heights. She didn't expect to be dragged onto the horse by him, and at this moment she just covered her ears and screamed, and her hand trembled as she pulled an arrow from the quiver behind Tuoba Hong's back. Tuoba Hong felt even more interesting when he saw her like this, and laughed loudly: "With a beauty on the side, this hunting is more interesting." I'm not going to let you go today! ”

The sound of the wind swept in my ears. Lin Yuan really wants to cry now, what does it mean to sacrifice his life to accompany a gentleman? The emperor went crazy and dragged her to play on horseback in disregard of the rules, and she regretted coming a little!

The price paid to find out some news is not ordinary!!

Fortunately, Tuoba Hong's arms were strong, and he held her tightly on the back of the horse, and the strength made her believe that she would not fall.

When Tuoba Hong finally felt tired and wanted to rest, Lin Yuan was really about to cry.

She trotted away, passing through the valley where the antelopes were kept, trying to return to her tent.

At the exit of the valley, she met Xiao Youxiang again.

She pressed her chest to try to make herself appear calmer, then smiled and said casually to the courtier in front of her: "Lord Xiao, what a coincidence, this concubine has met you for two days. ”

"So what does the lady have to do?" Xiao Zhen didn't think that it was a coincidence that a concubine would meet with him twice.

"Your Excellency, you are a shrewd courtier." Lin Yuan did not hesitate to praise herself: "If the concubine's guess is correct, the lord is here to see the emperor again, right?" Walking this road in the valley is the easiest way to see the emperor. It can be seen that you didn't see the emperor last night, which is a pity. ”

Xiao Youxiang is neither a favored minister nor a powerful minister, and of course he can't see the emperor as he wants. The favored ministers under Tuoba Hong's command were the generals of Beisai, and the ministers were the rulers of the three major clans of Xiao, Shen, and Shangguan.

"Niangniang is very good at speculating on people's hearts, but this road is not the closest road to the women's tent, so why do you take a detour." There was no embarrassment of ridicule in Xiao Zhen's words, and he continued to ask, "Niangniang, what do you say?" ”

"Oh, Lord Xiao is so anxious to know...... Lin Yuan stroked the broken hair on the corner of his forehead, and raised his sleeves to half-cover his face: "Lord Xiao, this concubine is here to help you." You'd like to know how the emperor planned to deal with King Muwu......"

In the two days when Prime Minister Xiao was anxious to see Tuoba Hong, Prime Minister Zuo and others had a long talk with Tuoba Hong all night. Xiao Youxiang could guess that the emperor was going to do something to King Muwu, but it was not qualified to serve the emperor at such a critical moment.

For the sake of King Muwu, Tuoba Hong brought the Chu clan with him, but he did not mean to bring the right prime minister, because a courtier without the support of the clan was not of high value. Xiao Youxiang knew this, he had no choice but to squeeze his head into Tuoba Hong's circle of henchmen.

A courtier, how many opportunities can he have in this life to encounter earth-shaking events? If you can really make a contribution to such a thing, then the future is not just a marquis. Xiao Youxiang has had two opportunities in his life, but unfortunately he didn't succeed. I didn't make a splash when I won the heir, and now I still haven't been reused.

At this time, Xiao Zhen's eyes widened after Lin Yuan finished speaking.