Dingnan Hou Mansion.

Mrs. Hou's belly has been nearly five months old.

The April breeze blew the peach blossoms all over the yard, pink and tender, the breeze blew, countless petals rose with the wind, beautiful like a fairyland, but at this time Mrs. Dingnanhou was not in a good mood.

She was studying how to make Hou Ye happy in the courtyard, and even the Spring Palace Book was flipped through, and before she could find a way, she saw someone quietly come to report that Aunt Hexiang, who was favored by Hou Ye, was hooking the prince to do something immoral in the peach forest, and she was immediately so angry that she hurried over.

When she arrived at the gate of the forest, she didn't go in immediately, she still had to take into account a little bit of the Hou Ye's physique, and only ordered: "Everyone is waiting outside." ”

The subordinates responded in unison, and then she carefully held her bulging belly and slowly walked inside.

Inside the peach forest, there is a loquat forest, the branches are low and luxuriant, she just walked in not long ago, the maids outside could not see her figure, not long after, heard a scream from inside, the people hurriedly ran in, and when they saw Mrs. Dingnanhou, she had fallen to the ground, and blood had been seen on her trouser legs.

Seeing this, Huang Li, the maid who was guarding her, hurriedly shouted: "Madame is going to have a miscarriage, hurry, go and ask the doctor to ......."

When Mrs. Hou heard this, she immediately grabbed her arm, and her nails were deeply embedded in her flesh, before she suppressed the pain and said, "Please ...... the best imperial doctor."

"By the way, madam, why don't you invite Miss Lin to come." Huang Li looked at her with concern and said, "Miss Lin has excellent medical skills, and she has always known your body. ”

Where did Mrs. Hou still want to get so much now, so she only nodded hurriedly.

At this time, Lin Jinwen had already arrived at Imperial Doctor Liu's mansion.

Imperial Doctor Liu was thinking about how to deal with the queen in the palace after a few recently favored ladies in the palace, when he heard a report that Lin Jinwen was coming.

"What is she doing here?" Imperial Doctor Liu put down the medical scroll in his hand, his face was quite unkind, he went to see Mrs. Luo with another imperial doctor before, but he didn't see anything, or asked Lin Jinwen to see it, this incident made him end up with Imperial Doctor Lu, and was laughed at by the people in the imperial hospital for a long time.

The little maid hurriedly said: "It seems that she is going to pass by, but when she comes, the carriage is bumpy, and she is very dizzy now, and I want to ask you to take a look." If you don't look, the minions will send her back? ”

When Imperial Doctor Liu heard this, his eyes drooped, and he put down the book in his hand before snorting softly: "I haven't seen this miracle doctor yet, since I'm here, I naturally want to meet him." Dizziness after a few bumps, a woman is a woman, how can she be compared to a man? After the sarcasm, he confidently went to the front yard.

When she arrived, she saw Lin Jinwen sitting in the front hall with a slightly pale face, and her expression seemed to be uncomfortable.

He stepped over, and then said, "Miss Lin, aren't you a doctor yourself, and it doesn't look very serious, why don't you treat it yourself, but come to beg me, a mediocre doctor?" ”

Lin Jinwen knew that these imperial doctors in the palace had a sense of arrogance, but she didn't fight with him, and only made a painful statement: "Imperial Doctor Liu, I don't know what's wrong with me, now I feel dizzy and weak, and it's clear that it's just a few bumps......

When Imperial Doctor Liu heard this, he sneered disdainfully, and stepped forward to buckle her pulse, but after a while, he wrinkled his brows and looked at her in surprise: "What did you eat when you came?" ”

"I just had lunch at Liufang Pavilion." Mo Feng responded on one side, and he also looked concerned, and hurriedly asked him: "Lord Liu, is my young lady seriously ill?" ”

"It's poisoned, her poisoning is still mild, I'll prescribe a side medicine to you, just take it for two days." After he finished speaking, he immediately called someone to write the prescription, but he wrote it down. Lin Jinwen herself is a doctor and can still be poisoned, if she didn't mean it, then someone deliberately poisoned her while she was unprepared. He had also been to the Liufang Pavilion, and there were indeed some strange places, such as the strange incense that kept burning day and night in every private room.

After he finished the prescription, he was about to dig out more useful information from Lin Jin's mouth, but he saw that the little guy at the door ran in a hurry again.

Seeing him like this, Imperial Doctor Liu was a little impatient: "What's the matter?" ”

"Master, it's someone from the Hou Mansion in Dingnan, who said that he wanted to invite Miss Lin to the house, and Mrs. Hou's fetus has a problem." The little guy said busily.

"What?" Imperial Doctor Liu was also surprised, and turned his head to look at Lin Jinwen, she is now poisoned, where can she treat people and protect the fetus? But if you go by yourself, if the fetus can't be saved, won't it be counted on your own head?

He paused, and immediately turned his head to stare at Lin Jin'an, but after thinking about it, she was not an immortal, how could she predict that Mrs. Dingnanhou would slip the tire, and then come to her in advance?

He was suspicious, but he only said to the little guy: "Tell that person that Miss Lin herself is poisoned." After a pause, he sighed: "I'll go with you." After saying that, he immediately asked people to prepare a medicine box.

Lin Jinwen looked at this Imperial Doctor Liu, thinking that she should be a cold-blooded and ruthless person who did all the bad things with the queen, but now that she looks at it, it is not so bad.

Not long after, the medical box was brought, and Lin Jinwen also took Mo Feng's hand and got up and said, "Imperial Doctor Liu, I'll go with you." ”

"You're not in good health, what's the use of going?" Imperial Doctor Liu's beard trembled slightly, and he turned his head and left in a hurry.

Mo Feng wanted to stop him, but he was pressed down by Lin Jinwen.

Lin Jinwen looked at his back as he left in a hurry, and said with a light smile: "Let's go by ourselves." ”

Mo Feng bowed his head at this time.

The horse whipped quickly, and the carriage was very bumpy, but it also quickly arrived at the Dingnan Hou Mansion.

As soon as Lin Jinwen got out of the carriage, she saw the maid Huang Li waiting anxiously at the door, she was the personal maid of Mrs. Dingnanhou, why was she here?

She was puzzled, when Huang Li saw her at a glance, she hurriedly ran over and said with tears in her eyes: "Miss Lin, you must save my wife, you are a miracle doctor, you will definitely be able to save my wife's child, right?" ”

Lin Jinwen couldn't wait to set herself up like this, so she smiled helplessly and shook her head: "I was also poisoned, so I came up from Imperial Doctor Liu's mansion, I'm afraid I am powerless today, but I and Imperial Doctor Liu will do our best to lead us in first." ”

When the maid heard this, she saw Imperial Doctor Liu, who was slowly getting off the carriage with the hand of the little maid, her face was stagnant, and she nodded in response, but her eyes became complicated in an instant.

After passing through the hanging flower gate in front, I finally arrived at the courtyard of Mrs. Hou in Dingnan, but before I entered, I heard Mrs. Hou's heart-rending cry from inside, presumably the child could not be saved at all.

Hearing the sound, Mrs. Dingnanhou hurriedly asked, "Is Miss Lin here?" ”

"Madam, Miss Lin is here." Huang Li answered from afar.

Lin Jinwen glanced at her sideways, and stepped forward through the curtain to salute: "Madam, don't be afraid, Imperial Doctor Liu, who is the queen today, is also here, and Jinwen will be on the side to assist." ”

"Okay, ah——!"

Mrs. Dingnanhou screamed in pain again, and Imperial Doctor Liu hurriedly stepped forward to put on the hand stretched out from the curtain, his face was very dark, and he immediately prescribed a few strong prescriptions to ask someone to decoct the medicine, but Lin Jinwen looked at the basins of blood and water brought out by the midwife inside, and knew that the child could not be saved. Imperial Doctor Liu also knew that the last prescription was just a final struggle, and he looked good on his face, and when the child was really gone, he could also say it, after all, he had done it countless times in the palace.

Lin Jinwen quietly observed the people in this room, the maids were in a hurry, and they all looked panicked, they all knew the temper of Mrs. Dingnanhou, if this child was gone, they would not be pleased, but only the talented Huang Li was wrong, although she was also worried, but she was obviously not worried about Mrs. Dingnanhou.

Lin Jinwen looked at the rolling of her eyes, her eyes dimmed slightly, and she stepped forward and asked her softly, "Can you inform Master Hou?" "Master Hou has no children under his knees, if he knew that something like this happened to Mrs. Hou of Dingnan, it would be impossible not to come back.

Huang Li's hand in front of him tightened a little, and he nodded when he saw her: "The slave and maid sent someone to inform her, but I don't know why I haven't come yet." After speaking, he looked back at Mrs. Hou, then at Lin Jinwen, and begged: "Miss Lin, can't you really save my wife?" ”

Mrs. Dingnan Hou also heard this inside, and called Lin Jinwen's name: "Save my child......" If there is no child, everything will be gone, and the Hou Ye will love that concubine even more.

Lin Jinwen didn't want her to keep the child, but Concubine Xian was too well prepared, just looking at the basin of blood and water that came out, she also knew that eighty percent of the child was gone.

She stood outside the curtain and apologized: "Mrs. Hou, Jin Wu was poisoned, and now she can't take the pulse at all." Imperial Doctor Liu's medical skills are above Jin's, and he will definitely do his best. ”

"What......" When Mrs. Hou heard this, she only felt more and more uncomfortable, and when the medicine that Imperial Doctor Liu had boiled came, she didn't drink a sip, and then heard the midwife say that the child had come out, and it was a male fetus that had been formed.

The news of the male fetus undoubtedly made Mrs. Dingnanhou even worse, and before she could speak, she stared and fainted.

Everyone began to scramble again, and Lin Jinwen was also squeezed back a few steps.

She looked at Imperial Doctor Liu, who hurriedly went up to check his pulse, and then looked at Huang Li, who was standing on the side and looked worried but was actually watching coldly, and sighed slightly in her heart.

Seeing the mess inside, she planned to go out first, and come back when Mrs. Dingnanhou woke up, but she heard a rush of footsteps outside, and then saw a tall man running in in a hurry.

A mother-in-law hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master Hou, it's filthy inside, don't go in." ”

"How's the kid?" The first sentence of Dingnanhou is a child.

The mother-in-law looked panicked: "The child was not saved, but it's a pity that it's a male fetus that has been formed......"

Dingnan Hou's face immediately sank, and he kicked his mother-in-law away, before gritting his teeth and saying, "Who is serving by Mrs. Hou's side today, how could such a thing happen!" ”

Huang Li knelt down at this time, looked at him sadly and said, "Master Hou, it is Mrs. Hou who has to go to the peach forest, and she still doesn't let the slaves and maids follow, please Master Hou Mingjian." ”

"What did she do in Taolin for no reason, she couldn't go crazy!" When Ding Nanhou thought that the child was gone, he turned blue with anger.

Huang Li stepped forward and gently tugged at his clothes and said softly: "Master Hou, don't be angry, the child is gone, there can be again, don't be angry." She raised her eyes pitifully upwards, and her skin was fair, and now she looked at it, but it was also human.

Dingnanhou glanced at her, looked at the purple flowers she had in her ears, and her face was a little better: "What's your name?" ”

"Slave Oriole." Huang Li said busily.

"Come and serve tonight." Ding Nanhou said, looked at the busy people in front of him coldly, frowned, turned his head and went out again.

Huang Li hurriedly got up to send him off, and Lin Jinwen saw all this in her eyes, didn't make a sound, and became a transparent person in the corner.

When Dingnan Hou left, she went to wait under the corridor, and waited for a long time before she heard the rumor that Mrs. Hou was awake.

Lin Jinwen nodded, turned around and followed in.

When I saw Mrs. Hou again, she was lying silently in tears, her eyes staring straight at the curtain, and she didn't say anything.

"Mrs. Hou seems to be wrong." Mo Feng whispered on the side, with Mrs. Hou's temperament, even if she didn't make trouble, she would definitely punish the midwife and the surrounding maids, and she was so quiet.

Lin Jinwen glanced at Huang Li standing at her bedside, and probably guessed that Huang Li had disappointed Dingnanhou and called her to serve. No matter how strong Mrs. Hou is, she is just a woman, and under such grievances, where can she still be angry.

She walked over slowly, looking at Huang Li still talking about how Dingnan Hou wanted her to serve, and only said coldly: "Mrs. Hou needs to rest, you go to the warm pavilion and wait." ”

Huang Li gritted her teeth slightly, and looked at Lin Jinwen with a little dissatisfaction: "Miss Lin, slave ......"

"Get out." Mrs. Hou also spoke.

Huang Li was slightly stunned, so he had to bow and withdraw, and glanced at Lin Jinwen coldly when he left.

Lin Jinwen didn't care about her, and when the people left, she looked at Mrs. Dingnan Hou on the bed, and said softly: "The child is gone, there can be the next one, Mrs. Hou doesn't have to worry." ”

Mrs. Hou ignored her, obviously blaming her for not saving her child.

Lin Jinwen was also patient, and continued: "Today is also strange, I went to Liufang Pavilion to eat and was poisoned, and I reluctantly went to the Liu Imperial Doctor's Mansion, and the people from the Hou Mansion were able to find it in time." But Mrs. Hou, Master Huijue once told you to be careful, but this time you encountered something unavoidable to get bored? ”

Lin Jinwen said this carefully, but every word was guiding Mrs. Hou. For example, she can be poisoned when she eats, and she can be found when she goes to Liu Yuyi's Mansion, and after she entered the peach forest herself, she didn't see Aunt Hexiang and Dingnanhou at all, but there was a wild cat she was most afraid of pounced on her.

"Hexiang, that slut!" Mrs. Hou almost gritted her teeth, her bloodshot eyes were full of viciousness, and she struggled to get up.

Lin Jinwen hurriedly said: "Mrs. Hou, you are not in good health now, and if you catch a cold again, I am afraid that you will not be able to get pregnant in the future." ”

Mrs. Hou was very helpful to this statement, and immediately paused, only looking at Lin Jinwen with tears: "Could it be that I just let that slut kill my son?" ”

"Jin Wu doesn't know who Madame is talking about, but this person can not only poison me unknowingly, but also arrange for people in this house to let Mrs. Hou have an accident, I'm afraid it's not simple, at this time, Madam is still resting." Lin Jinwen didn't say it clearly, otherwise she would have to doubt herself.

"Who's that?" Mrs. Hou was not very smart, and she was confused for a while.

Lin Jinwen only shook her head: "Jinwen doesn't know, but Mrs. is still good to give birth first, Hou Ye is in the prime of life, and it is normal to feel sorry for the heir, Mrs. can conceive a first child, and she will definitely be able to conceive a second child." ”

"Really?" Mrs. Hou looked at her with expectant eyes.

Of course, Lin Jinwen can't shake her head at this time, but as long as she is willing to work hard, there may be hope.

Mrs. Hou saw her positive attitude, and felt a lot more relieved.

Lin Jinwen saw that it was not early, got up and was about to leave, but Mrs. Dingnanhou suddenly grabbed her hand and said, "You help me look at something." ”

Lin Jinwen paused and nodded.

Mrs. Hou took out a sachet from under the pillow on one side and gave it to her: "Look, is there something wrong in this sachet?" ”

Lin Jinwen glanced at the painting on the sachet, it was a picture of a mandarin duck, thinking that it was given by a woman to a man.

She took it, opened it and looked at it, her face slowly sank, and she couldn't help but ask, "Mrs. Hou, where did this thing come from?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"There is musk in it, although the amount is small, but it is not ground into powder, and it is easy to identify." She put her things away and set them aside.

Mrs. Hou's face turned slightly pale, she knew very well what musk was, and she knew very well what it was for.

"This thing ......" her lips trembled slightly, and then said: "It's me who always smells this fragrance on Hou Ye, so I let people quietly take a sachet of that slut, I never thought that she actually let Hou Ye smoke musk every day and come to see me again, my child, it's Hou Ye and his ......"

"Master Hou definitely didn't know that there was musk in it." Lin Jinwen hurriedly pulled her out of her grief.

Mrs. Hou also woke up in an instant, and she was almost about to hate Master Hou.

She raised her hand to cover her now flat lower abdomen, and hated it more and more: "This slut, slut!" ”

"If you wear this object for a long time, you will not be able to get pregnant." Lin Jinwen said, seeing that the hour was not early, knowing that it was not appropriate to stay for a long time, and said: "Mrs. Hou, the poison on Jin's body has not been unraveled, can you say goodbye first?" ”

Mrs. Hou's heart is full of musk, musk is extremely valuable, only in the palace, where does an aunt come from such things? And he can also poison Lin Jin'an, today's event must have been planned in advance, and there is also Imperial Doctor Liu......

Lin Jinwen saw her fall into deep thought, so she silently retreated.

The road out of Dingnanhou Mansion was not far, she was familiar with the road, and soon arrived at the gate of the mansion, but before she could go out, she heard a soft call behind her: "Miss Lin." ”

Lin Jinwen stopped and looked back, the slender woman with willow and silky eyes had already come over, she was very conservative in what she was wearing, and the plain brocade long skirt set off her as if she had a bit of pure temperament, such a person with a contradictory style and extraordinarily beautiful, no wonder Dingnanhou, who was already a good woman, was so obsessed.

"Aunt Hexiang, is there something wrong with me?" Lin Jinwen smiled lightly, she had already guessed who she was, but she was not polite or polite.

The smile in Hexiang's eyes was even worse: "Miss Lin is really a very smart person, but it's a pity that the will of God is hard to disobey, and when things happen, you always have to follow current events to save your life." ”

Lin Jin's wife: "What my aunt said is true. ”

Hexiang paused, and then reacted to what she meant, only covered her lips and chuckled, and then said: "Come today, I don't embarrass you, since you arrive at the door, I will personally send you out." ”

"Not necessarily." Lin Jinwen looked at her to get closer, smiled faintly, and turned to leave. Hexiang came over this time, mostly to test herself, and she didn't want to waste time on meaningless conversations.

got into the carriage, only to see Hexiang Fang's eyes cold, and only lightly ordered Mo Feng to let people drive the carriage away.

Hexiang watched her carriage go away, and couldn't help but feel a little envious, such a wanton lady is really happy.

She lowered her eyes to look at the deep scar on her wrist, the corners of her mouth raised, and turned to go to the courtyard of Mrs. Dingnanhou.

Mrs. Dingnanhou had been thinking about it in the room for a long time, and another henchman stepped forward and said, "Madam, what to do with Huang Li?" It's really hateful that her little hoof dares to take advantage of your miscarriage to hook up with Master Hou. ”

"Deal with ......" Mrs. Dingnan Hou remembered what Lin Jinwen had just said, and her thoughts slowly cleared up, but she laughed instead: "Lord Hou likes her, wouldn't it be better, not only will I not touch her, but I will also raise her as an aunt." Do the ladies in the palace think I'm stupid and easy to bully, and see if I'm really that stupid! ”

"The lady in the palace?" The maid was puzzled, but Mrs. Dingnanhou only stared at the musk sachet for a long time, and gritted her teeth.

Today's sunshine is warm, Lin Jinwen still remembers Wang Huiyuan's affairs, and on the way back, she turned around and went to the palace, but learned that Wang Huiyuan and Wang Ruyan went out together, and her heart sank slightly, so she only let the carriage leave.

At this time, Wang Ruyan was in the private room of the tavern, looking at the man in front of her with an ordinary face but extremely shy, and smiled lightly: "Why is the son's face red, is it shy?" ”

"I ......" The son of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites is Tao Mou, the seventh son, who is honest, but he has done well in his studies, so he is looking forward to high school this time, so as to earn a decent salary for his aunt, but he didn't expect that Miss Wang, who he usually didn't dare to think of, would take the initiative to ask her.

"I've had this drink first, it's an old flower carving." Wang Huiyuan only smiled and poured him another full glass.

Tao Mou did not refuse, and drank cup after glass with a red face until he was drunk and unconscious.

Wang Huiyuan took another hangover medicine before he breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Wang Ruyan on the side gratefully, and said, "Ruyan, thanks to you this time, otherwise I would have no way." ”

Wang Ruyan looked at the person who had fallen asleep, and lowered her eyes lightly: "Brother, it's not too early, you go back and prepare early, I want to go and see Rouge." ”

"I'll go with you to ......"

"My brother is busy, and it's better for Ru Yan to see things like rouge herself." She looked up and smiled, without the slightest hint of displeasure on her face.

Wang Huiyuan is indeed anxious about tomorrow's palace test, and he has to go back to prepare, so he said: "That makes people optimistic about Tao Mou, and let him out after tomorrow's hour." ”

"Hmm." Wang Ruyan bowed, and Wang Huiyuan hurriedly got up and left.

When he left, Wang Ruyan's eyes completely cooled, and she looked at the people around her silently: "You go out first, I'll rest for a while." ”

The maid looked at the fainting person there, and said uneasily: "Miss, this Tao Gongzi ......"

"He's drunk, go down." Wang Ruyan said lightly.

The maids knew that since that incident, the approachable young lady had become extremely eccentric, and they didn't dare to say more, so they retreated one after another.

Hearing that the door was closed, Wang Ruyan slowly raised her hand, poured herself a glass of wine, and drank it slowly: "It is said that if you are drunk, you will not feel uncomfortable, why do I think it is useless." She muttered, drank another glass, and was not overwhelmed by the strength of the wine, and then slowly got up from the table.

Looking at Tao Mou lying on the table, he picked up the cloak he had fallen on the ground from the side and covered it for him, before slowly turning around and leaving.

After going out, the maid saw that her cheeks were flushed, and she hurriedly said, "Miss, shall we still go buy rouge?" ”

"Let's go home. Go back to the carriage and go slower. She really didn't want to be under the same roof as her eldest brother, but she couldn't let him know. There are some sins that he can suffer once, and he will never forget them for the rest of his life, and that is the best.

She held the maid's hand and slowly left, but she didn't expect that the seemingly sleeping person in the room slowly opened his eyes. He is a concubine, he has survived all kinds of bullying and murder in the main house since he was a child, how can he really be so simple that he is defenseless against Wang Ruyan, who is suddenly courteous, but ......

He looked at the cloak he was draped on, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

The night breeze is soft, soft like Wang Ruyan's eyes, simple and always full of hope, which makes people feel comfortable at a glance.

Lin Jincheng was dressed in a white undershirt, only wearing a thin cloak on his body, and the wind in the courtyard blew, and the green silk scattered on his shoulders also blew up.

He looked at his sister in front of him and felt distressed: "It's all because my brother is useless, so I caused you to suffer so much." ”

"As long as the eldest brother can live well, Jin Wu will not feel bitter." As long as you live, there will always be hope.

Lin Jincheng became more and more distressed, he seemed to have lost weight again after not seeing him for a long time, standing in front of him with a small head, although he knew that she was no longer a little girl who had followed behind him and would only cry and cry for her brother, but she was just a woman in the end, her father and mother were not there, and she had to worry about her brother.

Mo Feng came in from outside, walked to Lin Jin's side and said with a smile: "Miss, the medicine has been bought." ”

"Hmm." Lin Jinwen took it and gave the medicine to the ink flower on the side: "Take it every day." I can't come here every day, and if anything happens, you will have someone look for me. ”

Mo Hua looked at her embarrassed, then turned her head to look at Lin Jincheng before saying, "Miss, Lin Gongzi is going back to the southwest." ”

Lin Jinwen hurriedly looked at him, there was still no blood on his face, and the wounds on his body had just begun to scab over, if he fought with others again, I was afraid that his life would be gone.

"Big Brother ......"

"Lord Yuan was also injured in order to save me, and there is still a long way to go to the southwest this time, if I don't go, she is a woman and a few guards are only afraid of bad luck. And the emperor's order to me is to send her safely, otherwise I won't be able to be a second-rank general, how can I protect you? Lin Jinwen gently raised her hand and rubbed her forehead, looked at her eyes full of worry, leaned over and said affectionately as she had coaxed her before: "Don't be afraid, my brother is an adult, and nothing will happen." ”

Lin Jinwen knows his temperament, he seems to be gentle and easy to speak, but in fact he is very stubborn, once he decides about something, he will never turn back if he hits the south wall.

She exhaled slightly and looked at him solemnly: "This time, my brother must be very careful, and you should throw away some of your gentlemen's ways as soon as possible, the Xiong family doesn't pay attention to what gentlemen are not gentlemen." ”

"I have studied thirty-six strategies for so many years, I understand it, don't worry, this time I went to the southwest, I will definitely make his Xiong family regret it!" Lin Jincheng's gentle eyes suddenly overflowed with coldness, but they were retracted the moment they looked at Lin Jincheng.

Lin Jinwen remembered that he had also fought on the battlefield for many years, and he was so gentle in front of him: "When will you leave?" ”

"Tonight."

"You ——!" Lin Jin's eyes were slightly red: "If I don't come, won't my brother leave quietly today?" ”

"Why, I naturally want to see you, and Ru Yan." He laughed.

He didn't know what happened to Wang Ruyan, and he just wanted to give her a reassurance, so that she could wait for him to come back.

Hearing this, the faces of several people present became solemn.

Lin Jincheng sensed that something was wrong and said in surprise: "What's wrong?" But Ru Yan, she has already made a marriage ......"

"Since my brother is leaving, why don't you leave earlier, if you are worried about Ru Yan, you can write a letter to me personally, and I will pass it to her for you." Lin Jinwen immediately smiled, but she was sad in her heart, if her brother knew about Ru Yan, he would inevitably go to Wang Huiyuan for trouble, so that he would be exposed, and if the emperor deliberately did not let him go, a crime of bullying the king could also be convicted.

Lin Jincheng wanted to ask again, and Mo Feng also said: "Miss Wang has been seriously ill recently, and her mood can't fluctuate, and if the son goes now, it will hurt her, so it's better to leave a letter and hand it to her when Miss Wang is better." ”

"Are you sick?" Lin Jincheng looked at Lin Jinwen nervously, and Lin Jinwen also nodded: "Brother go first, I'll let Mohua accompany you on this trip." ”

Mohua also nodded, she also had the heart to go outside to see, in the end, she was born in the rivers and lakes, although she was willing to stay in the capital for the sake of the prince, but she was happier when she went out.

Seeing her answer like this, Lin Jincheng was no longer suspicious, and quickly went to write a letter, and gave Lin Jincheng a painting by the way: "I painted it on the road, I planned to give it to her again when I came back, but now...... You can help me give it to her. When he handed it out, his face was slightly red.

Lin Jinwen saw that her nose was sour, and she only smiled.

When she left, she prescribed a lot of medicines for Mohua, telling her to grab the medicine before leaving, and then left.

On the carriage back, she looked at the letters and paintings written by Lin Jincheng herself, and only closed her eyes tiredly.

Mo Feng looked at her embarrassed and said, "Miss, these things, why don't you give them to Miss Wang for the time being?" ”

"Brother's heart, it's good to give it to her. What I'm worried about is not that my brother can't accept it, but that she can't get over the hurdles in her heart. "The Women's Title Festival, but she has experienced the worst night, and now it seems to be going astray.

"Miss Wang is a poor person."

"You can send your stuff tonight." Lin Jinwen gave her the things.

Mo Feng saw that she had made up her mind, and nodded.

Back at the Xu Mansion, Jiang Qingshu was also there, Lin Jinwen only felt tired, and she didn't eat with them, she just went back and fell asleep after a simple freshen-up, but she also knew that many people were destined to have trouble sleeping tonight.

Wang Ruyan soaked in the bath, and the maids all knew that she had to do this every day since then, and she didn't want to come out until the water became cold, so they all waited obediently outside, and when Mo Feng's figure flashed, she only thought she was dazzled, and she didn't care at all.

Wang Ruyan heard a sound behind her, turned around nervously, but only saw a letter and a scroll of paintings under the candlestick not far away, she looked around hesitantly, to make sure that there was no one, then took the clothes and put them on, slowly walked over, and when she saw the strong and powerful 'Ru Yan personally opened' on the envelope, her heart beat violently, and then she opened the letter with trembling hands. After reading it word by word, I saw the word 'wait for me' at the end, and the word 'Cheng' at the end, so I shuddered and curled up and cried suppressedly.

She held the letter carefully in her heart, and she was in pain. It would have been nice if it hadn't happened that night, and it would have been nice if Zeng Xuehai had died before that, but without 'if', it would have been too late.

She looked at the picture scroll on the side, raised her hand and wanted to open it, but her hand trembled slightly, and it didn't open it. After crying, he slowly picked up the letter and the picture scroll and put it on the candlestick on one side and lit it until they were burned out.

She looked at the ashes on the ground, covered her heartbroken, and slowly walked towards the bed, but before she took two steps, her legs fell to the ground weakly, and a piece of unburned letter paper fell to her side, and the word 'Cheng' on it was still very complete.

She grabbed the only word, and closed it heavily, and her tears rained down.

Outside the house, when Mo Feng saw all this, he could only leave a sigh and turn his head away.

The night passed, when Lin Jinwen woke up, it was already dawn, and she slept very deeply last night, after all, she fed herself poison, so she barely deceived Imperial Doctor Liu.

Mo Xue came in from outside, brought breakfast, and said softly: "Imperial Doctor Liu was called away by the queen early this morning. ”

"Hmm." Lin Jinwen stepped on the ground with her bare feet, pushed open the window, watched the flowers in the flower garden bloom, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "Cousin has already gone to participate in the palace exam?" ”

"I went with Jiang Gongzi early in the morning."

"That's good." Lin Jinwen turned her head and changed her clothes and simply freshened up.

When Mo Yue came with Peanut, she had already finished her breakfast, and she was writing something in front of the bookcase, and when she saw them coming, she only asked, "Did you find the niece that Concubine Xian once said?" ”

Mo Yue bowed: "I found out, Concubine Xian's relatives were only small households in the early years, but although they have not developed in recent years, with the help of the Nine Emperor Princes, they have also mixed with the local prefect, and the so-called niece has grown up in the Governor's Mansion since she was a child." ”

"The Doge's Palace." Lin Jinwen's pen stopped slightly: "Which governor?" ”

"The governor of Huguang and Guangxi seems to be surnamed Wei." Moyue Road.

Lin Jinwen lowered her eyes and looked at the letter she was going to write to Huijue, so she slowly put down her pen, took the letter to the side and burned it with a fire fold.

Mo Yue was puzzled: "Miss, but there is something wrong with this Governor of Wei." ”

"It's not a big problem for the time being, when will Concubine Xian's niece enter Beijing?" She said.

"It should be soon, this Governor Wei is just returning to Beijing to report on his work, and he will escort him all the way." Moyue Road.

"Looks like we can't do it halfway, so let's leave her alone. What happened to Zhao Kan's investigation of Gu worms? "If Zhao Kan bites tightly with the noble people, Concubine Xian will not have the leisure time to trouble herself again.

Peanut stepped forward with a smile and said, "He found the person who kidnapped Zheng Ruyi in the first place, but those two people have already been killed." ”

Lin Jinwen slowly walked to the bookcase and sat down, Concubine Xian's work is really leaky, if Zhao Kan continues to investigate like this, I don't know when there will be clues.

She paused before looking at Peanut: "Do the two people who were killed have any other evidence left?" ”

"I heard that the two of them were originally from the martial arts, and before they were hired to kidnap Zheng Ruyi, they had a dispute with the people of the martial arts, and they once said that they had leaked their mouths." Peanut Road.

"The ...... of martial arts" Mo Xue listened on the side, a faint smile appeared on her calm face, and she looked at Lin Jinwen: "In this case, someone must have given Wuxing a task first, and those two took over the task." Surely there are others who have seen the man who gave the order. ”

"This is a breakthrough point, and we must let Zhao Kan know as soon as possible. In addition, I don't know how many virtuous concubines there are in this capital, so you can find out more. Most of these people have the common feature that they have received the grace of the virtuous concubine or the Nine Emperor Princes before, and the virtuous concubine and the Nine Emperor Princes have not left the capital for a long time, you go to check the people they have come into contact with when they were outside the palace, and see if the household registration of those people is still in place, if it is removed or marked dead. Lin Jinwen said.

Mo Feng was a little worried: "I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to do this." ”

"Mo Yue is naturally slow to do it herself, but isn't there someone who specializes in information trading?" Lin Jinwen smiled lightly.

Mo Feng looked at her and suddenly realized. Isn't this the kind of business that Shui Yunjian does, although it costs some silver, but they are not short of this silver.

"Slave and maid, let's do it." Mo Yue also laughed, Peanut was stunned when she heard it, and hurriedly learned that Mo Yue arched her hand before leaving with her.

"Mo Feng, you also do one thing for me." Lin Jinwen looked at the back of Mo Yue leaving and said.

"Miss, just ask."

The corners of Lin Jin's mouth were slightly hooked, Concubine Xian must not have imagined that she would one day harm her after cultivating so many eyes.

Xu Zhaozhao woke up in the past few days, and his injuries recovered quickly, first, in order to completely crush Lin Jinwen, Imperial Doctor Lu almost took out his housekeeping skills to treat Xu Zhaozhao, and second, Xu Zhaozhao has been bouncing for so many years, and his body is much stronger than that of ordinary young ladies, but after this incident, Mrs. Xu will not let her ride a horse anymore.

When Lin Jinwen came over, Mrs. Xu was forcing Xu Zhaozhao to drink medicine, although she still had gauze wrapped around her head, she had no problem walking, her complexion was not bad, her big eyes were still flickering, and when she saw Lin Jin's daughter-in-law coming, she hurriedly ran over and hugged her: "Sister Jin's sister, Zhaozhao misses you." ”

"Miss me in your dreams?"

"Hmm." Xu Zhaozhao smiled and nodded. ’

Lin Jinwen saw her oily tone, only smiled, and said, "It's a good day today, let's go and pick up my cousin out of the palace together." ”

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she was a little worried: "Zhaozhao's illness ......"

"Mother, I'm fine, if I continue to borrow, I'm really going to get sick." Xu Zhaozhao hurriedly interrupted her. She is already lively, and she can't be idle for a moment, so she is going crazy to lie here all day long.

Lin Jinwen also followed: "Don't worry, aunt, I will take care of Zhaozhao." ”

Mrs. Xu saw her say this, and then looked at her daughter who wanted to put on her wings and fly out now, so she had to compromise, but she still said in the third chapter of the law: "Come back as soon as it gets dark, don't stay around for too long, don't ride a horse." ”

Xu Zhaozhao naturally responded to everything, and simply changed his clothes and went out with Lin Jinwen.

When he went out, Xu Zhaozhao looked at a few big kites in Mo Feng's hand and was surprised: "Let's go to fly kites in front of the palace gate?" ”

"I'm going to avenge you." Lin Jinwen looked at her thin pointed little face and smiled distressedly.

Xu Zhaozhao's eyes narrowed evilly, although she didn't know what method she used, but she believed in Lin Jinwen very much, especially after knowing that she used that method to save herself, she felt that this cousin was the best smart person in the world, and no one could compare.

"Good!" She responded, and Lin Jinwen took her to the palace.

The Imperial Palace at this time.

In Concubine Xian's Jingxiu Palace, the atmosphere was very cold.

The Queen's three-day lockdown has expired and she is free to move.

When she came, she saw Concubine Xian, who was bowing her knees in a proper manner, and she didn't call her up, but only smiled: "Sister Concubine Xian is really good." ”

"The concubine doesn't understand ......"

"Don't you understand? poisoned Lin Jinwen, forced her to go to Imperial Doctor Liu, and then harmed the child of Mrs. Dingnanhou, making her think that all this was the tortuous means of the palace. As soon as the queen remembered that the eyes of the Dingnanhou Mansion went back and forth this morning, and Mrs. Dingnanhou thought that she was doing it, she knew that all this must have been calculated by the virtuous concubine.

When Concubine Xian heard this, she smiled softly: "How many catties and taels does the concubine have, doesn't the mother know ......?"

"Smack——!

"Clear?" The queen gracefully withdrew her hand, looked at the bloodstained armor, slowly took it down and put it in Yun Jiang's hand, and then looked at her with a smile: "For so many years, my sister has hidden it so well, even with the Nine Emperor Princes, this palace has not even noticed half a point, it is really dangerous, and this palace is almost about to catch your way." ”

Concubine Xian's face was scratched with a long blood mark, and the blood slowly flowed down her cheeks, but she still said calmly: "Queen Mother, the concubine has always been on your side, and I have never thought of fighting with you for anything, and this time there are also people who ......."

"Are you really stupid to this palace? Concubine Xian, your ability is really great, in the blink of an eye, you have turned the once invincible Concubine De into today's noble person, and King Jing, who was once a popular candidate for the position of the crown prince, has become a notorious person now, this palace thinks, if you use a few tricks, you can also drag this palace from the back seat? The queen smirked sarcastically.

"Concubines won't ......" Concubine Xian knelt directly on the ground, but the queen interrupted her words lightly: "Concubine Yin, who was like a sister to you back then, even if she protected you in every possible way and let you give birth to an heir, such a great kindness, didn't you kill her?" Concubine Xian, how ruthless you are, others don't know, but this palace is very clear. ”

When Concubine Xian heard this, the begging for mercy and weakness in her eyes disappeared in an instant.

She smiled and raised her eyes to look at the queen: "What happened back then, the mother also had ......."

"This palace has never been as ruthless as you, Concubine Xian, do you really think that you can really stir up trouble in this harem by relying on the queen mother, you also have to ask this palace if you agree." After the queen finished speaking with a sneer, she glanced at Yun Jiang, Yun Jiang understood, and said directly to others: "Concubine Xian dares to be disrespectful to the queen, and she will be punished with thirty canes according to the routine." ”

After hearing this, the queen had already taken the hands of the other palace maids and left.

As soon as the queen left, Yun Jiang sneered and looked at the kneeling concubine: "Niangniang can't wait to show her fangs when she is proud, and she doesn't know the reason why feng shui takes turns." She still remembered that the virtuous concubine was going to give her to the eunuch that day, and when she thought of this, she didn't leave half a way out, and only said to the executing grandmother on the side: "Thirty rods, not light, not heavy, just let the virtuous concubine have a long memory." ”

The grandmothers didn't understand what this meant, so they hurriedly responded, and as soon as she left, they directly started a fierce fight. Thirty boards, if you don't die, you have to shed your skin.

The queen walked out of Jingxiu Palace, and then looked in the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace: "The palace test has begun?" ”

"Here we go."

Let people stare at it to see if the top three are as Na Huijue said. If this time really responds, then I am afraid that Master Huijue will not be able to say the same. The queen smiled faintly and turned away.

Inside the Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

The three rounds of questions and answers have been asked, and the emperor has a number in his heart, so he only asked people to take the case files of everyone's previous exams and slowly look through them, and when they see what they like very much, they pick it out and put it aside, so that they can know who really has catties and two, and who fished in troubled waters.

When he flipped through and saw Wang Huiyuan's blank scroll, his eyebrows wrinkled: "Wang Huiyuan, it's here." ”

"Wechen is here." Wang Huiyuan immediately stepped forward and saluted, his heartbeat also accelerated, he was very confident, just waiting for the palace to pass, he must be in the top three.

The emperor glanced at him lightly, he had heard about the affairs of the Wang family before, but he only regarded it as an untrustworthy joke, and he didn't care much about it, and he was still good when he took the palace test.

Just thinking about it, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu who was waiting outside the hall suddenly asked to see him.

The eunuch passed the words to the emperor's ears, and after the emperor heard it, he immediately darkened his face, looked coldly at Wang Huiyuan below, and said coldly: "Come on, take him out, and he will not be allowed to enter the court as an official for the rest of his life!" ”

Before Wang Hui could react, the eunuch came over and dragged him, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what did Weichen do wrong......?"

"What did you do wrong?" The emperor snorted coldly, raised his hand, and directly summoned the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and his son Tao Mou in.

After Tao Mou entered the main hall, he saluted unhurriedly, and then told the events of last night clearly, but he did not mention Wang Ruyan, only mentioned Wang Huiyuan, and said: "If it wasn't for the shopkeeper's door being locked early this morning, the students are afraid that they will really miss this palace test." ”

Wang Huiyuan was stunned, he actually saw that he was deliberate.

He turned his head to look at the emperor and said busily: "Your Majesty, Weichen just asked Tao Gongzi to drink yesterday, and he didn't lock the door, and early this morning, it was also someone from the Ministry of Rites who notified me to let me come to the palace exam." ”

"Wang Gongzi, the official has already asked the person who notified you, and you have already arrived at the gate of the palace before the person went to your house, isn't it premeditated? And the shopkeeper of the inn also said that it was you who put the lock, and he saw it with his own eyes, and you said that you would come back later. Master Shangshu Tao of the Ministry of Rites said coldly.

Wang Huiyuan was stunned, wasn't it Ru Yan who locked it, how could the shopkeeper see it with his own eyes, isn't this trick to harm himself?

He gritted his teeth and was about to speak, but the emperor was too lazy to listen anymore, and said directly: "Take people down!" ”

The eunuchs neatly covered his mouth and dragged him out.

Xu Chengqing and Jiang Qingshu on one side glanced at each other, both frowning, and didn't say anything more.

The palace test continued, and soon the emperor decided to come up with the top three, the first champion was Xu Chengqing, the second place was Tao Mou, and the third place was Jiang Qingshu.

After the emperor made his decision, he asked the zodiac signs and birthdays of the three people, and the answer was exactly the same as what Huijue said before, so he believed that Huijue was not pretentious, and these three people were personally selected by him, and there could be no problem.

After the emperor personally ordered the first three, he asked everyone to go back, and picked out the scrolls of the three of them, looked at them carefully, and made sure that there was no problem before asking people to draw up the holy decree.

The father-in-law on one side handed over the tea, saw him close his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are also tired, the weather is good today, why don't you go to the imperial garden for a walk." I heard that the princesses are playing there today, so you might as well go over and be lively. ”

When the emperor heard this, his tightly knit brows loosened a little, he stood up and loosened his muscles, and said with a smile: "I have also gained a few talents today, happy, go, go to the imperial garden to have a look." After that, he went directly out of the Heart Cultivation Hall to the Imperial Garden.

The imperial garden is close to the Shenwu Gate, and not far from the Shenwu Gate is the Jingxiu Palace of the Virtuous Concubine.

When the emperor walked by, before he could enjoy the warm spring light of today, he saw a sudden shadow in the sky, and he looked up directly and was stunned when he saw the colorful kite.

Seeing this, Gonggong An's face sank, and he hurriedly ordered the little eunuch beside him: "Go and see who is flying the kite!" ”

"No need." The emperor's face tightened slightly, and he turned his head to leave, but the kite that flew well in the sky suddenly broke its string, floated in the sky for a while, and then fell leisurely.

When the emperor saw the butterfly kite hanging on the book in front of him, his fist behind him clenched tightly, and his face turned pale: "Where is Concubine Xian now?" ”

Immediately, a eunuch stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian Niangniang collided with the queen's mother, and was punished by the queen's mother and beaten with thirty boards. ”

The emperor snorted lightly: "I have only been a virtuous concubine for a few days, and I dare not take the queen in my eyes, come and order, from now on, remove the virtuous concubine, demote to an official woman, and go to the side of the noble person to serve!" With that, he walked away indifferently.

When Gonggong An heard this, he also knew that the emperor was furious, and he didn't dare to say a word more, so he only asked someone to hurriedly pick up the kite before leaving.

At this time, in front of the Shenwu Gate, the attendants looked at the people in front of them, and could only persuade in embarrassment: "Lord Yongle, this is the palace, you can't fly kites." ”

"I know." Xu Zhaozhao said anxiously: "It's my newly raised finch that is disobedient and caught my kite here, big brother guard, now that the kite flies in you, you can help me ask, don't disturb the nobles in the palace, I won't go again." ”

When the attendant heard this, he didn't want to offend the new county lord, so he had to ask someone to go to the palace and say that a little eunuch would come out with a kite in a short time.

Lin Jinwen sat in the carriage not far away and looked at the little eunuch's panicked appearance, knowing that the matter was eighty percent done, she thought it would be a while, but now it seems that the emperor eighty percent is near the imperial garden.

After a while, Xu Zhaozhao came back with a kite, and only after getting into the carriage did he look at Lin Jinwen excitedly and said, "Sister Jinwen, can we take revenge like this?" ”

"Go back and wait for the news." Lin Jin's wife, in order to beg for mercy, the shopkeeper today said that the one thing that Concubine Xian was most afraid of was kites. The shopkeeper couldn't say why, Lin Jinwen guessed that eighty percent of it was related to the death of Yin Concubine. When the emperor sees the old things again, he will inevitably think of the sad things of the old days, even if he didn't do anything to the virtuous concubine in consideration of the queen mother's dignity two days ago, this time I'm afraid I can't bear it.