At night, in the Weiyang Palace, a beautiful woman leaned on the couch, her eyes closed, her long eyelashes cast a shadow, and she let the maid behind her comb her hair. In the dormitory, several palace maids lightly prepared incense bedding, everyone knew that the queen was quiet, and once the movement was big, she would be punished. And the queen is a princess who was married far away from the Phoenix Kingdom, and she has a noble status in the Phoenix Kingdom, even the emperor has always followed her in everything, not to mention the palace maids in the palace.

When the queen lay down on the bed, all the maids in the house withdrew. The palace maid who went out at the end blew out the lamp, and it was dark in Weiyang Palace. But at this moment, the queen, who was already lying on the bed, got up lightly, lifted the curtain, and stood in the palace to listen intently for a moment before walking towards the south wall. After a few taps on the wall, the original wall opened a door, small enough for the next person to walk through.

The queen looked around, picked up a candlestick from the side, and quickly flashed in, it turned out to be not weak in martial arts. She walked into the dark passage, and the door behind her was closed, and only then did she take out the fire fold, light the candlestick in her hand, and walk along the dark passage. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, a wall appeared in front of her, and she knocked a few more times, and the door opened, revealing a large hall.

Candles were lit in the hall, and the furnishings were simple, with layers of curtains, and the figure of a man loomed in the curtain.

"Ruohua see the Lord!" the queen walked into the hall and bowed to the man in the tent.

"Get up!" After a long time, the man in the tent lazily asked Ruohua to get up.

Ruohua didn't dare to rub his kneeling numb legs, got up slowly, and said, "Thank you, Lord! The Lord summoned Ruohua today, I don't know what happened." ”

"I don't know what's going on?" the man said lazily, but the next moment a teacup fell in front of Ruohua, and the flying debris slashed through Ruohua's arm, Ruohua grinned deeply, but he didn't dare to let out a cry of pain. As soon as the curtain was raised, the man got up from the couch and walked quickly towards Ruohua.

There was a candle flame burning in the hall, and the dim light of the fire reflected the man's charming appearance, even if there was a trace of anger in his face, it did not diminish his elegance at all, and this person was Ouyang Lingchen, the king of Jing who had seen Shen Yanling's family in Xiaohe Village. Ouyang Lingchen walked to Ruohua's side, reached out to pick Ruohua's chin, and forced Ruohua to look at him. Ruohua couldn't stand Ouyang Lingchen's might, but he couldn't dodge, his teeth clenched his lower lip, and he fiercely held back the tears that were about to roll down.

"You arranged for someone to be by Ouyang Zirui's side?" Ouyang Lingchen's voice was cold, his right hand tightly grabbed Ruohua's chin, and his eyes stared at Ruohua's eyes.

Ruohua was stunned when he heard this, and defended: "The subordinates have not! The subordinates are born as the Lord's people, and their death is the Lord's ghosts." Never dare to do anything behind the Lord's back, I hope the Lord will see clearly!" Ruohua naturally understood what Ouyang Lingchen meant, Ouyang Lingchen hated others for doing things behind his back, and the third prince, Ouyang Zirui, was a bargaining chip for him, although Ruohua had always expressed that he was not close to Ouyang Zirui, but the mother and son were connected, and Ouyang Lingchen always believed that she could not leave her child. It's just that if Ruohua really sent someone to Ouyang Zirui's side, it would inevitably be suspected of betrayal, and I think it was this reason that caused Ouyang Lingchen to be so angry.

Ouyang Lingchen stared at Ruohua tightly, and saw that she really wasn't lying, so he let go of his hand. As soon as Ruohua let go of Ouyang Lingchen's hand, he gasped for breath, thinking back to Ouyang Lingchen's words, it seems that Ouyang Zirui has someone around him to protect him, not his own people, it must have been arranged by the emperor, Ruohua breathed a sigh of relief. In order to protect Ouyang Zirui, Ruohua left the child to the nurse from the birth of the child, and rarely talked to the child, so that the child is not very close to her until now. It's just that there is no mother in the world who doesn't love her children, Ruohua was forced to pretend to be the Phoenix Princess to enter the palace, Ouyang Lingchen didn't fully believe her, so he deliberately let her give birth to a child, even if she didn't want to, for the sake of the child, she would follow him. Now that he knew that Ouyang Zirui was protected by someone, Ruohua breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to show anything, and only gasped to hide his joy.

Ouyang Lingchen was silent for a moment before turning his back and asking, "Has Shen Yanling's identity made some progress?"

"Back to the Lord, yesterday his subordinates sent people to follow the emperor and Shen Yanling, and the emperor took Ouyang Lingxi and Shen Yanling to Cining Palace to see the sick Empress Dowager, they were very careful, the people sent by their subordinates didn't hear much, but it was certain that Shen Yanling was the crown prince Ouyang Lingze who was appointed by the emperor. Ruohua didn't dare to slack off, and replied in a deep voice.

"Ouyang Lingze, he is still alive!" Ouyang Lingchen's eyes were dark, he didn't know what he was thinking, for a while, he sneered: "Ouyang Lingze was once the crown prince, I know that before Ouyang Lingqi ascended the throne, the crown prince of the golden dragon was Ouyang Lingze, although this prince disappeared early in the morning, there are still many old-fashioned people who support him wholeheartedly. You say, if he comes back, wouldn't it be very interesting? What's more, he is the Shen family, although the Shen family is not as strong as the other three, but Master Taifu's protégés are all over the world, and he may not have the strength to fight. Hehe, no matter what choice he makes, he can help us stir up a pool of spring water, why not?"

"What the lord said is right, and his subordinates immediately ordered someone to do it!" Ruohua responded.

"Well, it's not too early, you go back! Remember not to have two hearts, I have already poisoned Ouyang Zirui, if I find out that you have betrayed me, Xiao Zirui will have to accompany you, an incompetent mother!"

Ruohua knelt on the ground, a chill hit her heart, her hands clenched, she pinched the blood, and tears slid down, but she clenched her teeth tightly and didn't dare to cry. After a long time, Ruohua slowly stood up, walked out slowly, knelt for a long time, her legs were already numb, but she didn't seem to feel it, and still walked back step by step. When he returned to the palace, he regained some calm, but he heard someone knocking on the door outside.

In order to facilitate movement at night, Ruohua used light sleep not to be disturbed, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were far away, and no one dared to come and disturb at night. "Who?" Ruohua asked with a frown.

"The queen mother, it's Rui'er. Rui'er has a nightmare, Rui'er is scared and wants to sleep with the queen mother. Ouyang Zirui replied outside.

Ouyang Zirui is only five years old now, although Ruohua is not close to him, and he is not clingy to his mother, but after all, he is young, if he has a nightmare at night, he will definitely return to his mother's door and knock on the door, although his mother will always educate him and let him go back by himself, but every time at this time, he can feel his mother's care and love.

In the past, Ruohua would definitely ask her son to go back, but tonight when she heard that Ouyang Lingchen had poisoned Ouyang Zirui, she felt that everything she had done in the past had been in vain. "Rui'er, come in! ”

Ouyang Zirui outside was stunned when he heard this, he didn't think that his mother would let him in the door, he just wanted to talk to his mother, and when he heard his mother call him in, he hurriedly pushed the door into the house, closed the door and climbed into his mother's bed, for fear that his mother would regret it. "Queen Mother!" Ouyang Zirui hugged Ruohua's neck tightly.

Ruohua was sad for a while, and hugged Ouyang Zirui tightly, maybe there was really no other way, she knew that once it was done, Ouyang Lingchen would not leave their mother and son, in this case, why help a person who harmed their mother and son, maybe help the emperor, he would find a way to cure Zirui, after all, it was his child.

Approaching the birthday of the Golden Dragon Emperor, envoys from various countries came to the capital one after another, and Kyoto of the Golden Dragon Kingdom added some exotic customs.

The weather was fine, and Ning'er was an idle person, so she led Yutang out shopping together. Now Ah Ping has Mrs. Shen to take care of her, although Shen Yanling has not yet been officially conferred, but recently she has been busy with secret door affairs in the early morning and late return, Ah Zheng is Ouyang Zijun's companion, and she has less time at home. It is also strange to say that Ouyang Zijun has an extremely cold temperament, and he has never had a companion who has been by his side for three days, and Ah Zheng has been extremely noisy since he was a child, both smart and naughty, and his popularity is excellent. When Ouyang Lingqi chose Ah Zheng to be Ouyang Zijun's companion, Shen Yanling and his wife didn't think that Ah Zheng could continue to do it, but they didn't expect the two to get along well.

Last time, Shen Yanxin took Ning'er to Zhuque Street, this time Ning'er decided to go shopping elsewhere, and heard that there was a newly opened teahouse on North Street, which was a little fresh and interesting, so she took Yutang with her.

The two came to this newly opened drunken tea garden, which was really a little different from the ordinary teahouse, the building was simple and generous, and the environment inside was fresh and elegant, and Ning Er liked it at first sight. Although this teahouse is newly opened, there are not many guests coming in and out, but fortunately, Ning'er and them came at the right time, and there is a private room.

asked for tea and snacks, Ning Er took Yutang to sit in the private room to drink tea and eat snacks, watch the performance downstairs, and listen to the chat of the people next door by the way. It's not that Ning Er and Yutang have the heart to listen to others, but the voices of the people next to them are too loud, and the sound insulation effect of the ancient house is really not very good, Ning Er can hear everything next door clearly, and it also makes Ning Er make up her mind that she must not talk nonsense in the restaurant teahouse in the future.

I don't know what kind of mixture of three religions and nine streams next door is, the topic starts from the first tea and wine to the Oiran dancers in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion in the capital, and now they are talking about state affairs, and state affairs from the imperial examination just past, talking about the three princes of the Prime Minister's Mansion who made a taboo in the exam, were relegated to the frontier, and said that the birthday of the emperor is coming, and at this time it is inevitable to mention Ouyang Lingze, Prince An, who disappeared since childhood.

I only heard someone next to me talking: "Legend has it that Queen Shen was peerless, and that Prince An must also be a beautiful man, it's a pity!"

"What is a pity? Who said Prince An is dead?" asked another.

"She must be dead, Empress Shen died early, how could Empress Dowager Chu tolerate Prince An, who was named the crown prince at birth? Otherwise, the current emperor can sit on the throne steadily? Although the Shen family is low-key, they may not lose much against the Chu family. Another said.

"I said Prince Ann is not dead. I tell you, don't tell anyone else, this is the sister of my cousin's daughter-in-law who works in the Shen family, and the son of the Shen family is not the son of the old man Shen Qingting, but Prince An, born to Empress Shen!" said the second speaker.

Ning Er's brows furrowed when she heard this, the so-called gossip spread like this, although she didn't say anything to others, but everyone knew that it would be spread in a few days, and it seemed that those people were going to find trouble again.