Chang Lingyan in the crowd reluctantly watched Mo Guhan's carriage go away, gloating at Yuehua who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes were full of joy and pride, and he walked to Shao Ziqing, the fragrant breeze was blowing, and he bowed to him, and the exit was the delicate sound of the warbler.

"Lord Shao, I don't know who the benefactor in the car is? Ling Yan made a special trip to thank him another day. ”

Shao Ziqing smiled incomprehensibly: "Miss Lingyan don't worry, she will naturally see you again in the future." ”

That smile was like the beginning of a warm sun, with a thousand ways of brilliance, Chang Lingyan's heart was like a drum, and he hurriedly lowered his head shyly: "That Lingyan first thanked Lord Shao for his affection." ”

Shao Ziqing didn't smile, it was quite far-fetched and perfunctory: "It's easy to say, please Miss Lingyan wait for a while, Rong Ziqing will go find a soft sedan chair for the girl." ”

Chang Lingyan glanced at the corner of the street, where his black-painted carriage was parked, and the coachman looked in this direction uneasily. But how could she be willing to give up such a good opportunity to get close to Shao Ziqing? If the two can walk all the way back to the Hou Ye's Mansion together, wouldn't they be envious of the girl to be married in Chang'an?

She hurriedly refused: "This place is only a few steps away from the house, so there is no need to bother." ”

"Oh? Since this is the case, then Ziqing doesn't have to send each other, so don't say goodbye, Miss Ling Yan walks slowly. ”

Chang Lingyan didn't expect Shao Ziqing to reject her so neatly, and just as she was about to regret it, Shao Ziqing had already turned around and paced in front of Chu Yuehua, half-squatted down, and slowly stretched out a slender hand towards Yuehua.

"Let me see your injuries."

Yuehua raised her eyes, glanced at him coldly, and lowered it again, refusing: "Thank you, no need." ”

Shao Ziqing had already reached out without saying a word and grabbed her wrist. Yuehua struggled to break free, and red blood oozed from the wound again. She gritted her teeth, but still couldn't help but snort: "Shao Xiang, please respect yourself!" ”

"I don't know what to do!"

Shao Ziqing touched the nail again, stood up angrily, turned around and walked two steps, barely suppressed his anger, turned his head and leaned over to lower his voice: "I have wronged you today, if there is any difficulty in the future, I will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find Ziqing, and I will definitely help." ”

Chu Yuehua sneered: "Slap a sweet date?" Shao Xiang acted a good show! I'm sorry, Yuehua doesn't appreciate it, and he doesn't climb high, so Shao Xiang doesn't have to waste his efforts so pretendedly. ”

Shao Ziqing sighed, pushed aside the crowd, and turned his head to frown slightly at the group of embroidery girls: "Isn't there even any medicine for injuries in the embroidery village?" ”

The embroidered girl looked at him suspiciously, and hesitated for a while. It was the shopkeeper who was the first to react, and hurriedly ordered the guys below to hurry up and get the wound medicine to bandage.

The onlookers saw that Shao Ziqing was so meticulous and considerate to Chu Yuehua, and they all felt inexplicable for a while, what does today's farce mean?

Is it really as Chu Yuehua said, a slap to a sweet date?

Ci'an Palace, ranked in the middle palace, the first of the six palaces.

The furnishings in the hall are not luxurious, calm and atmospheric, and frugal, there is no kind of colorful brocade curtains around, and there are no golden gilt utensils, the room is full of antique rosewood furniture, the warm and lustrous jade furnishings, only with light cyan lake silk with snow-white hanging yarn decoration, calm and revealing a trace of relaxation, full of elegant fragrance.

The Empress Dowager lay on her side on the drum-legged Arhat bed, leaning on the cushion of Magu's birthday behind her, closing her eyes and calming her nerves. The ink bed screen was removed, and Mama Lin extinguished the soothing incense in the hall, and stood aside to reply.

"It's getting more and more interesting." The corners of the Empress Dowager's lips smiled slightly, it was rare to smile like this, reaching the bottom of her eyes.

"No, these uncles of the Chang family are very good at figuring out your thoughts when they see the face of the Empress Dowager." Mama Lin echoed and smiled: "This turmoil is all in favor of Miss Yuehua, so I'm afraid that the Lian family is as distressed as cutting meat?" ”

"The fun that the mourning family said refers to the two children Yuehua and Guhan."

The Empress Dowager lifted her eyelids, and even the bottom of her eyes was full of smiles. It's really like a kind elder, looking at his junior, and smiling helplessly and dotingly.

Mama Lin didn't dare to talk about the emperor, so she only followed the empress dowager's wishes and said: "Miss Yuehua really impressed the old slave, but I didn't expect that she would be so forbearant and wise after years of planning and winning in one move." I'm afraid that the grandmother of the Hou Mansion didn't expect that the marriage in Baoding Mansion was a bureau set up by a yellow-haired girl of hers, and she was insatiable and ruthless, so she fell into it. ”

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly: "That's her own fault, no wonder Yuehua calculated." If she hadn't harbored such harmful thoughts, how could she have fallen into the trap? This girl didn't want to enter the palace, so she killed two birds with one move, thinking that if she moved out of the Hou Ye's mansion and left the Chang family, the mourning family would not worry about her. It's just that, after all, he wasn't ruthless enough, and he returned the shop he had gotten back. As far as Zhiren's point of interest is concerned, although he has learned a lesson, he has been eaten to death by the Lian family in only three or five days, and Yuehua's hard work is only in vain. In the end, he ended up being tired and thankless, and he was infamous for being ungrateful. ”

Mama Lin sighed: "The old slave really doesn't understand the thoughts of the Lian family's grandmother. If you find a decent in-law for several sisters in the house, help each other, and how good it would be to have a smooth ride. If you are partial, you have saved such dirty thoughts three times and twice, greedy for money for a while, and have harmed your sisters for a lifetime, why bother? ”

"There is such a person in this world, narrow-minded, and short-sighted, she is full of jealousy, where can she tolerate others a little good? I can't wait to be trampled in the mud under my feet. That Chang Lingyan is very good, but it is because of her mother that I don't like it. If it is after entering the palace, the means of competing for favor and flattery may be ingenious, but the queen's candidate, if he does not have a long-term vision, has a small belly, and has an arrogant temperament, it will be sooner or later to capsize the boat. At this point, the emperor is clear. ”

The Empress Dowager sat up, and Mama Lin immediately had the vision to tidy up the blanket she was wearing, still on her lap, and then picked up the small kang table, cooked fragrant tea, and picked it up at just the right temperature without burning it, and picked up the Empress Dowager's voice.

"But this emperor seems to be very disgusted with Miss Yuehua, and he actually gave her such an embarrassment on the street, and the shot is a killing move, if it weren't for Miss Yuehua's quick dodge, that dart would have taken her life directly or cost that flower-like face."

The Empress Dowager opened the lid of the lamp, leaned her face over, and the hot steam mixed with the fragrance of tea steamed on her face, and slowly stretched her eyebrows.

"This little emperor, did it deliberately to show us, Yuehua has a few catties and a few taels, he already knew it, otherwise on the street, everyone is watching, how can he act so recklessly? If you take on the name of a careless person's life, won't you be scolded by others, but you are a dumb king? ”

"Huh? What does the Empress Dowager mean is that this scene was deliberately arranged by the emperor? ”

The smile on the face of the Empress Dowager was even stronger, and this Mama Lin was more and more able to speak according to her heart. She has been with her for many years, and she knows the emperor's thoughts well, how can she not understand? Partiality is to pretend to be stupid and let yourself pick her, which may be what people often say "wise and foolish", right?

This is the little emperor, and he himself is aware of the danger brought to him by Chu Yuehua, and he is unwilling to let such a smart woman as the Chang family enter the palace. Otherwise, once he takes power, even if there is no mourning family in the future, the Chang family can restrain him everywhere. He deliberately favored Chang Lingyan, stood up for her, distorted the facts, taught Yuehua a lesson, and asked Shao Ziqing to personally send Ling Yan back to the Hou Ye's Mansion to show his favor, just to mourn his family and do what he liked, change his original intention, and send Chang Lingyan to the palace. Ling Yan is not as smart and forbearant as Yuehua, and it is easy to seize her handle, and then control or get rid of the entire Chang family. On the day when the mourning family drove the crane west, the Chang family tree fell and scattered, and he could sit back and relax. ”

"Your Majesty, he was able to perceive such a subtle mind of the Empress Dowager with just a few words from others, which shows that he is also quite concerned about your election for him."

The Empress Dowager closed the lid and sighed lightly: "The position of the right minister of the younger brother of the mourning family has been sitting long enough, and it is also wise to do too much to fill the private pockets, and the party is the same as the other. Otherwise, don't say that the emperor will return to the field, I am afraid that the emperor of the field who died will not leave it to him. I took this opportunity to propose to the emperor in exchange for another ten years of glory. Can the emperor not be afraid? I wish the mourning family could find him a stupid one, and it would be best to be a puppet. The selection of this queen is not only a turning point in the rise and fall of the Chang family, but also a fundamental relationship with the power in his hands. ”