Chapter 224: Saber rattling
When Zhou Zheng arrived at the palace, it was already night!
The night is like ink, and the moon is light and the stars are scarce. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew through the corridor, bringing out an empty echo. In the attic on the east side of the palace, an ever-bright lamp is as bright as a firefly, and it seems to be a star in the night sky, telling the canghua of the mulberry year. By the light of the everlasting lamp, the cornices of the attic were faintly visible, as cold as an eagle's claw.
Xiao Guifei Niangniang sat on a mahogany circle chair and drank longan red date tea.
Lin Lao said: "Mother, why hasn't Zhou Zheng come yet?" β
Xiao Guifei said: "What are you in a hurry, you can't hold your breath so much." It's all said to be on the way. A yellow-haired girl, when she returns to Tai Academy, she always has to freshen up and dress up before seeing someone. β
Sure enough, before the cup of tea was finished, the palace maid came to report that Zhou Zheng was coming.
Xiao Guifei looked at Lin Lao and said, "This big night, do you really have something important to talk to Zhou Zhengzheng?" Do you have to let me leave first? β
Lin Lone's eyes didn't dare to look at Concubine Xiao Guifei, "My son and Zhou Zhengzheng are alone together, so I can confess my heart!" β
Xiao Guifei said, "Okay, then I'll go inside first." Zhou Zheng is the daughter of Wu Guogong, not something you can offend, you must not come nonsense. β
Lin Lao said impatiently: "I know, how many times do you have to say it before you believe it." β
Concubine Xiao shook her head and left.
Zhou Zheng was led in by the palace maid.
As soon as he saw that Lin Lao was alone in the room, Zhou Zhengzheng immediately thought that this was Lin Lone's plan.
Lin Lao was only afraid that it was to help Zhou Yunluo, because she came to ruin her reputation! Just what else can Lin Lao do seriously!
"Miss Zhou, my mother will be here soon, she asked me to talk to you for a while. The girl doesn't mind! Lin Lonely gradually approached.
Zhou Zhengzheng didn't take half a step back, there was no fear in his eyes, and he smiled lightly, "Then what does His Highness Eleventh want to talk to me about?" β
"Miss Zhou, in fact, I have always admired you." Lin Lao saw that Zhou Zheng was not afraid, and his heart was weak and he didn't dare to look at Zhou Zheng, so he lowered his head.
Zhou Zhengzheng's expression was still faint, "His Royal Highness Eleventh likes Sister Yunluo, so you don't have to be like this." β
Lin Lao trembled and looked at Zhou Zheng in surprise, "What did you say?" β
Zhou Zhengzheng's eyes were blazing, and the cold air was pressing, "If today, His Highness Eleventh treats me unruly, I am afraid that it will also ruin His Highness Eleven's reputation." I am already engaged to someone, and King Yu will not mind if he loves me, but what will you get for Your Highness Eleven? Are you going to get Sister Yunluo? No, no, you will only be ridiculed by the Manchu ministers, and the emperor will be completely disappointed, and your fiancΓ©e Zhao Xinyi will also choose to divorce you. Does His Highness Eleventh think this is a good deal? β
Lin Lao gasped, "You guessed it all." β
Zhou Zhengzheng said: "So, I also came prepared, even if His Highness Eleventh still wants to harm me, he will not succeed." Why don't Your Highness Eleventh listen to my advice? β
Lin Liao sat down dejectedly, "What other good advice would you give me?" β
Zhou Zhengzheng said: "His Highness Eleventh wants to get Sister Yunluo, in fact, as long as he gets rid of King Qi and cooperates with us." β
Lin Lao was shocked, "You want me to fight with Lin Feng to the death, you and Lin Zhongchao will reap the benefits of the fisherman again!" β
Zhou Zheng shook his head, "Wrong, we want to deal with Lin Feng, we don't need His Highness Eleven, but His Highness Eleven has to rely on us if he wants to deal with Lin Feng." β
Lin Lao felt a pang in his heart, "This is indeed the truth, but it sounds uncomfortable." β
"The truth is always brutal." Zhou Zhengzheng said, "But it would be better to face it early." β
Lin Lao thought for a while and said, "I also understand that I can't compete with you and Lin Feng, since I have a gap with Lin Feng, if I must choose a friend, then I can only choose you, but can you guarantee that after success, you will reward Zhou Yunluo to me?" β
Zhou Zhengzheng said: "Sister Yunluo is not a threat to us, and rewarding you is also a good destination." β
Lin Lao was silent for a while and said, "I'm curious to know, how did you know that I like Yunluo." β
Zhou Zhengzheng smiled: "It's all written on your face." β
"I'd like to think about your proposal." Lin Lao stood up, "I'll go and call my mother over now." Don't blame her, she doesn't know anything, she just defends me. β
Zhou Zhengzheng nodded, "His Highness Eleventh knows how to rein in the precipice, I have no reason to talk nonsense anymore." β
Concubine Xiao came over, and Lin Liao retreated.
Hearing that Zhou Zhengzheng came to the wolf's milk, Xiao Guifei was very strange, "Could it be that there is a newly born child in the Duke of Wu Mansion?" β
Zhou Zhengzheng said: "No, just a slave's child." β
Xiao Guifei asked people to fetch it, and looked at Zhou Zheng carefully, "Miss Zhou is really good to her subordinates, and she didn't say anything." β
After getting the wolf milk, Zhou Zhengzheng went back to Tai Academy, for fear that Lin Zhongchao would be worried, so he left a letter to Lin Zhongchao from the palace to report his safety.
And in the Jianning Palace just now, Xiao Guifei and Lin Liao stayed awake all night.
Lin Lao put forward a proposal to cooperate with Lin Zhongchao.