Chapter 41: The Strange Eunuch and the Palace Maiden
Li Yunqing took Yue out of prison and relocated to the Flower Language Pavilion. Nakajima Taro's assassination had nothing to do with her, but Li Yunqing was angry at the time, and the moon came out at that time, in order to vent his inner anger, and also to show his attitude towards Hai Xinguo in front of the curtain that he no longer tolerated Hai Xinguo, so he ordered to deal with Yue. Although Li Yunqing killed a lot of people, he still couldn't watch the girl die in front of him.
Li Yunqing and Zhao Bingyan comforted Yue for a while in the Flower Language Pavilion, and the dignified Emperor Longwu even told the girl a strange and chaotic picture book, which coaxed Yue to sleep. instructed the palace maid and eunuch to take care of them, and the two of them immediately went to the Huayu Pavilion. There was snow again, but it wasn't very big. Chen Zhong and Dongmei followed closely behind them, holding umbrellas for the two of them. Li Yunqing turned his head and took the umbrella in Chen Zhong's hand and said, "You two follow behind, don't step forward." Then he hugged Zhao Bingyan in his arms, and the two walked unhurriedly on the road in the palace.
Zhao Bingyan stretched out his hand to take a snowflake, looked up at Li Yunqing and said: "It's been another year, time passes so fast, although we have only known each other for five years, Bingyan feels as long as fifty years." ”
Li Yunqing smiled and said, "That's because we have actually known each other for five hundred years, five years ago. My ice face and I are eternal and eternal. ”
Zhao Bingyan stepped forward and bit Li Yunqing's earlobe, and said coquettishly: "It's really getting more and more flamboyant, it turns out that I, the queen, are still worried about the thinness of the harem, but now it seems that this worry is superfluous!" ”
Li Yunqing smiled when he heard this, hugged Zhao Bingyan tighter, hesitated for a moment and said, "I plan to go to the north." ”
Zhao Bingyan nodded, as if he knew what Li Yunqing wanted, and said lightly: "I knew you were going, you were full of curiosity about that steppe wolf, and you wanted to know what kind of character he was, right?" ”
"Yes, I want to see what kind of person my opponent is! But that's only one purpose. Li Yunqing came here and gave the umbrella to Zhao Bingyan, squatted down to make a snowball and held it in his hand, and then said: "More importantly, I want to understand the people on the grassland. You also know that the steppe people have been conquered many times by the hinterland dynasty for thousands of years, but they have never given up their resistance. I've always wondered what is the reason why the steppe people have maintained this resistance for generations. If you don't figure out this reason, even if you annihilate Hei Ge this time, there will be similar careerists in the future. I want to completely eliminate the hidden dangers of the grassland in the Longwu Dynasty, and prevent it from harming the successors. ”
Zhao Bingyan pondered for a moment when he heard this, nodded and said, "Husband has this idea, naturally it is very good." If you want to go to the grassland, then go there, but take me with you. ”
"Nonsense, you have a big belly, how can you go to the grassland with me? You can stay in the palace with peace of mind, and I will definitely rush back to celebrate the New Year with you before New Year's Day and win the three imperial concubines. Li Yunqing helped Zhao Bingyan and said softly.
Zhao Bingyan touched her stomach, she knew that Li Yunqing would not agree to take her with her this time no matter what. Besides, his current body is indeed not suitable for the distant school, and he nodded helplessly and said: "I know that you will not agree, in this case, I will choose two people for you to bring, and someone will take care of your diet and daily life for me." ”
Li Yunqing nodded and said, "I am naturally relieved that the lady will do things, and everything will be arranged by you." ”
Three days later, on a snowy morning, Li Yunqing took Ruan Qingrou and Li Yanyu out on patrol again. Looking at Zhao Bingyan, who was standing in the wind and snow to see him off, a burst of warmth swam all over his body. Until Zhao Bingyan's figure was completely blurred, Li Yunqing put down the curtain, looked at the two beauties on the left and right, and said softly: "I can see that Bingyan values you very much, let you go out on patrol with me." ”
Ruan smiled softly and poured a cup of tea for Li Yunqing, and said softly: "That's true, Niangniang is afraid that the two of us will stay in the palace for too long, and she will follow the emperor out to relax." ”
Li Yunqing hugged the two daughters in his arms and said softly: "I read the history books, and there are many palaces and harems competing for favor in the books, which eventually led to a catastrophe, and even the tragedy of the collapse of the dynasty. My harem doesn't have these nonsense things, thanks to the blessing of my ancestors! ”
Li Yanyu smiled slightly and said: "The emperor's yes, thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, the emperor found the best woman in the whole world to be the queen." The queen mother is extremely kind, and the woman thinks that Longwu will not compete for favor in the harem. ”
Li Yunqing nodded and said: "As the so-called self-cultivation Qi family governs the country peacefully, with the queen in charge of my family, I can govern the country with confidence." You are all reasonable and good women, everything must be based on the great cadres of the country, and I will not be biased towards any of you."
Ruan Qingrou and Li Yanyu looked at each other and smiled, Ruan said softly: "The emperor can rest assured, we are not people who are vying for power, and we will definitely assist the queen in managing the harem of Daqian, so that the emperor can concentrate on governing the country and will no longer worry about his family." ”
According to Li Yunqing's orders, Chen Zhong, the chief eunuch, has been guarding Fengming Palace these days. At this moment, his brows were furrowed, and he looked preoccupied. Dongmei stood on the other side and looked at Chen Zhong with a wistful look. After thinking for a while, he walked into Chen Zhong and asked softly, "Gonggong Chen, do you always have something on your mind?" It's all several, Dongmei hasn't stretched her brow when she sees you! ”
Chen Zhong is still very polite to Dongmei, although Dongmei is a girl, she is the big girl next to the queen, and her position in Li Yunqing's eyes is the same. After thinking about it, Chen Zhong approached Dongmei and said in a low voice: "A strange thing has happened in the past half a month, which makes our family mutter. At this point, Chen Zhong looked around, and then continued worriedly: "Several times I sent the eunuchs to transfer accommodation at night, and found that there were no people inside. This person lost his family, so he hurriedly took the eunuch to find it. The strange thing is that I searched for a circle but didn't find it, and when I returned to the place where the eunuchs were staying, they were all honestly lying on the bed, all asleep! ”
Dongmei listened energetically, and her eyes were full of curiosity. Chen Zhong lowered his voice and continued: "The first time I went back to our house, I thought I was dazzled, and I looked around. But the next night, the eunuch disappeared again. This time, our family is sure that we are not dazzled, many eunuchs are indeed gone, and there will be a few people in each room. But when I came back from a crazy search, they were all lying on the bed and sleeping, Miss Dongmei, isn't this weird thing for you? ”
After hearing this, Dongmei tilted her head and nodded: "This thing does sound very weird, do you want to tell the queen about this?" ”
When Chen Zhong heard this, he hurriedly made a silent gesture, pulled Dongmei aside, and said in a low voice: "Don't tell the queen mother in advance, I think so, Miss Dongmei is in charge of the palace maids, you pay attention when you go to bed at night, see if there is anything abnormal in the bow and crossbow, and then report to the queen is the most appropriate." ”
That night, Dongmei also found something strange, the palace maid's side was the same as the eunuch's side, there were many people who were not in bed, Dongmei looked for a circle and then those missing palace maids lay on the bed and fell asleep. After three days like this, Dongmei and Chen Zhong's brows were wrinkled into pimples.