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When the queen saw the eldest princess looking outside, she couldn't help but smile, "Just want to see her so much?" ”

"It's the first time my daughter has heard Ruying praise someone like this, so I can't help but be curious." The eldest princess snuggled up to the queen and said obediently: "I thought that there was only one woman like Ruying, but I didn't expect that there would be a second one." ”

The queen smiled slightly, it was indeed good for Lin Qingwan to be able to support the Lin family alone after Lin Jiang's death.

A palace person came in to report: "Back to the mother and princess, the county lord has entered the harem." ”

The queen smiled at the eldest princess and said, "Now you can see it." ”

Lin Qingwan took Lin Yubin into the palace to visit, the two of them learned this court etiquette for a long time, the eldest princess waited for them to bow and personally stepped forward to help Lin Qingwan up, looked at her and smiled: "Sure enough, it's a beauty, Ruying didn't lie to me." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled generously: "Not as beautiful as His Highness." ”

Princess Yuanhua raised her eyebrows, it was the first time she had heard someone praise her for her beauty, and she couldn't help but smile and ask, "Sister really thinks I'm beautiful?" ”

Lin Qingwan nodded sincerely, "Beauty lies in temperament, how many people in this world can match His Highness?" ”

Princess Yuanhua laughed, and was very helpful about this, "Ruying must have been with you a lot." ”

These sycophants are all on the spot.

"Alright, alright," the queen smiled, "don't be embarrassed by Sister Wan." ”

She beckoned to Lin Yubin and said, "This is your niece?" It's really good-looking. ”

Lin Yubin blushed slightly and stepped forward to say goodbye, and then walked in front of the queen.

The queen likes beautiful girls the most, and she loves her so much, "I heard your aunt talk about you, I have received your paintings every year in the past two years, I wonder if this year can go further?" ”

"The technique is a little better, but if you want to make a good painting, you have to look at the chance, if the mother likes it, the courtier will give you a few more paintings."

"That relationship is good, I like your paintings, unlike Yuanhua, the paintings are becoming more and more ingenious."

"Mother has a new love, and she has forgotten my old love." Princess Yuanhua pulled Lin Qingwan and said with a smile: "It's just right, our sisters are a bunch, by the way, how long will we stay in Beijing this time?" I'll take you around the capital. ”

"It's more than a month, Your Majesty will go back after his long life, and for a long time," Lin Qingwan raised her eyes and said: "The return date is uncertain, and you will only dare to leave until you get the news of Lord Ruying." ”

The queen and Princess Yuanhua were stunned and asked, "Ruying's news, what news?" ”

Lin Qingwan's eyes showed sadness, and she asked, "Do you really know about the mother and the princess?" ”

The two looked at each other, frowned and asked, "What do you know?" ”

Surprise flashed on Lin Qingwan's face, as if she had thought of something, her face changed, she hesitated, but still knelt down and said, "Queen Mother, the minister asks to see Your Majesty." ”

The smile on the queen's face slowly fell, staring at Lin Qingwan fiercely and asking, Lin Qingwan knelt with her head down, motionless.

Lin Yubin was startled, and hurriedly retreated and knelt beside his aunt.

The queen looked at her aunt and nephew for a while, and finally said with a cold face: "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, I will communicate with you." ”

Lin Qingwan kowtowed and said: "Niangniang, forgive me, the courtiers thought that the matter of Hongzhou was acquiesced by His Majesty, so she was terrified, but today I saw that the lady and the princess didn't know anything, and then I knew that the courtiers lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a person, so I asked to see Your Majesty, after all, the matter of Hongzhou is related to the safety of Daliang." ”

Princess Yuanhua was surprised, "Something happened in Hongzhou?" ”

The queen stared at Lin Qingwan for a long time, and then she realized that she entered Beijing because she was a drunkard and did not mean to drink, no wonder, the list of people who entered Beijing to celebrate her birthday had already been submitted, Lin Qingwan was not among them, and the palace banquet did not set her place, but suddenly she came out.

I don't know what happened in Hongzhou.

Thinking of Zhong Ruying's attitude when she entered the palace last year, and then thinking of the geographical location of Hongzhou, the queen was also slightly anxious.

Although I don't know what it is, it is obviously not a matter that can make Lin Qingwan travel thousands of miles to the capital.

The queen quietly glanced at the palace maid, and the palace maid quietly retreated.

The queen was silent for a while, and then people got up, and asked meaningfully: "Lord Lin has a great relationship with General Zhong." ”

Lin Qingwan bowed her head and said: "When the minister was in the boudoir, he admired General Zhong's name for a long time, and after being accepted as a righteous daughter by His Majesty and Niangniang, he had been friends with her for a long time, and it was not until we met last year that they formed a sisterhood." ”

Lin Qingwan raised her head slightly and looked at the queen, "We have both the righteousness of sisters and the feelings of confidants, she is in trouble, and the ministers should go to the soup to fight the fire." ”

"Even if it's disobedient to the king, you don't hesitate to do it?"

Lin Qingwan kowtowed and said, "The minister naturally doesn't dare to disobey the saint, but I just hope to do something for her in the end." ”

"So what's going on in Hongzhou?" A deep voice sounded behind him.

The queen and the eldest princess saw the emperor coming in with a calm face, and hurriedly got up to pay their respects.

Lin Qingwan and Lin Yubin also hurriedly turned around and bowed, and Lin Qingwan also took the opportunity to secretly hold Lin Yubin's hand and patted her comfortingly.

Although this action was secret, it could not hide from the eyes of the three elves, and although the emperor's and queen's faces were still grim, the dissatisfaction in their hearts was still a little gone.

The emperor strode to the top, raised his hand and said, "Get up and speak." ”

Lin Qingwan continued to kneel, looking up at the emperor directly, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, but you ordered to block the road to Hongzhou so that the news could not be spread?" ”

The Emperor frowned, "What are these words, and why did I do this?" ”

Lin Qingwan's face changed drastically, "It's not you, then who is so capable of doing such a thing?" ”

She said like a frightened child: "Your Majesty doesn't know, I have a nephew who went out to study, but disappeared in the Ezhou area, and only two of the six of them escaped back, and they only brought this letter with them. ”

He took the letter from his bosom and presented it.

The chamberlain hurriedly took the inspection and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor opened it and looked at it, his face changed slightly, this was an urgent military report, he stood up with a "hoof" and asked, "Where did this come from?" ”

"They got it from two Hongzhou sergeants, someone was chasing and killing the sergeant, they saw it and intervened, but they got into trouble, and finally the four people disappeared, only two escaped, and the people who pursued them entered Jiangnan, and happened to be seen by the guards in my house, but those who chased and killed were all dead soldiers, and they all committed suicide after being caught."

As Lin Qingwan spoke, the emperor's face became more and more ugly.

“…… Whether it is me, or Zhou Tingshi or Mr. Lu, none of the people sent to Hongzhou and the capital have returned, and they have no choice but to go to the capital in person," Lin Qingwan said with a face full of shame: "The minister hurried all the way, and on the way, he couldn't help but think about it, thinking that it was ......."

The emperor's face was ugly, "I thought I wanted to get rid of General Zhong and take away the power of the Zhong family's army?" ”

Lin Qingwan said with shame on her face: "It's the heart of a minister, if Your Majesty is really such a person, when General Qi died in battle, Sister Ruying would not be allowed to take over the Zhong family's army, and the minister asked Your Majesty to surrender." ”

Looking at Lin Qingwan, who was still young, the emperor's face softened slightly.

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