Ling Li appeased Ling Juan, summoned a chamberlain, and instructed him to go back to the city to pick up Shen Zhu. Then, he said to Qing Kite: "In a while, I will take you to meet Concubine Mu, she and your aunt are old friends." ”

"But the eldest princess's mother?" The blue kite asked cautiously.

"Exactly."

"The eldest princess looks so delicate and cute, Concubine Mu must be shocked." The green kite said yearningly.

Thinking of the enthusiasm of the women of the official family on the post road before, a smile tugged at the corner of Ling Li's lips, "I'll know in a while." ”

Ling Li took the green kite to Du Ruoyuan, where Shu Mei rested, and as soon as he walked into the courtyard, he bumped into Shu Mei who was hurrying out with two palace maids.

"The concubine has seen Your Majesty." Shu Mei saw Ling Li, and immediately bowed his head and bowed.

She has changed back into women's clothes, wearing a begonia-colored large-sleeved Luo shirt decorated with a Hunan butterfly flower shawl, and on the high-raised upright bun, there is a rare hairpin that distinguishes the grade of the concubine in the palace. This kind of outfit makes her look quite dignified and ladylike.

"The green kite has seen Concubine Mu." Shen Qingyuan, who was following behind Ling Li, immediately stepped forward and saluted when he saw this outfit.

Shu Mei raised his eyes to see Shen Qingyuan's appearance clearly, and suddenly showed a look of surprise.

"Ah Mei, do you think she is a little kind?" Ling Li asked with a smile.

Familiar?! She once wore this face and lived a long time hiding in Tibet. It was the most difficult time of her life. Unexpectedly, one day I would see this face appear in front of me.

- "When I passed by here fourteen years ago, I never imagined that I would meet the most important person in my life......"

Thinking of what Ling Li had said before, Shu Mei's heart was cold: It turned out that that person was talking about Shen Chan.

Looking at the smile on Ling Li's face, Shu Mei suddenly hooked the corners of his lips, and said with a gentle smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, concubine, for meeting your old friend again in this old place!" ”

Ling Li was a little embarrassed by her congratulations, and explained: "She is Shen Chan's niece Shen Qingyuan, I specially brought it for you to see." ”

"Green kites?" Shu Mei looked Shen Qingyuan up and down, and said with a smile: "Yes, I like this appearance very much in this palace, so I will stay by Your Majesty's side and wait in the future." ”

"Ah Mei!" Ling Li's face turned cold.

"The concubine made an appointment with Princess Yuyao to fight crickets in Baicao Pavilion, so she lost her company first." Shu Mei turned a blind eye to Ling Li's displeasure, dropped this sentence and left without looking back.

"Your Majesty, did the green kite make the mother angry?" Seeing that Ling Li's face was not good, the green kite asked in a low voice.

"It's none of your business." Ling Li originally wanted to bring the green kite to explain to her what happened next to the rockery before, but she actually had this attitude, and he was also angry for a while, "I still have something to deal with, you go to the Keqing Hall to wait first, and when your uncle arrives, I will order someone to call you." ”

"Okay." Shen Qingyuan responded obediently.

Ling Li also went to the Baicao Pavilion, and before he entered the door, he heard the sound of a group of female relatives laughing and laughing from inside the pavilion. He stopped. Originally, the Spring Flower Festival was held to please her. Let her have a good time today.

There are many female guests in Xixi Palace today, and even some concubines of Shuiyue Palace have come to join in the fun. Ling Li didn't want to be saluted all the way, so he turned around and went to Fangfei Palace, Man Fu had already placed the slashers brought with the chariot in the study room in the hall, and the imperial pen, paperweight, and inkstone he was used to using were also brought over one by one. He just changed places and continued to deal with government affairs.

In the afternoon, Shen rushed to the Xixi Palace.

Ling Li told him about Shen Qingyuan, mentioning that Qingyuan and Shen Chan looked very similar, which made Shen Zhu feel suspicious.

"When we moved to Zhangzhou, the green kite was just over two years old. When she encountered bandits on the way, she and her sister-in-law were in a carriage. At first, I heard her crying, but then there was no sound. After the bandits left, I crawled out of the thorn bushes, and I also got into the carriage to see that everyone in the carriage was lying in a pool of blood, and I cried out for a while, but there was no response, and then I left crying......"

"Then it's possible that she wasn't killed, but was just scared and fainted, and after you left, she was saved by passers-by?"

"Possibly. It's just that a person who hasn't heard from him at all these years suddenly appeared in front of His Majesty in Xixi Palace, and he looked so similar to his sister, which was really strange. ”

"There is a blood relationship, and the appearance is also natural. I'll ask her to come over, and you can ask her about some things when she was young. ”

"What if she says she's forgotten all about her childhood?"

"She only begged me to avenge the Shen family, and she didn't ask for anything else. Even if you can't tell the truth from the fake, you can take her back and slowly screen it. ”

"Your Majesty has forgotten that Concubine Mu was disguised as a sister by Tianxianglou?"

"Ling Zhao is dead, Tianxiang Mansion has been sealed, and all the people involved have been disposed of, there will be no more such things." Ling Li felt that it would be a great thing to be able to recover a glimmer of bloodline for the Shen family, and he said firmly: "What's more, I have let go of your sister, and no one will be able to use this to bewitch me." ”

"Even if you can't bewitch Your Majesty, what about Concubine Mu?" Shen asked.

Ling Li looked at Shen and was silent.

"Ling Zhao's malicious provocation made Niangniang and His Majesty separate, if there is another person like a sister who appears next to His Majesty, has Your Majesty ever thought about Niangniang's feelings?"

"Concubine Mu has already seen the green kite today." Ling Li felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Seen? What did the mother say? ”

"I rescued the green kite next to the rockery and was seen by her and Juanjuan, and Juanjuan said that she was angry and left. Later, I took the kite-kite to explain to her, she first congratulated me on meeting the deceased in my hometown, and then said that she liked the appearance of the kite, and asked the kite to stay and serve me...... I know she's just talking angry......"

"Your Majesty, this green kite can't be kept." He said in a firm tone.

Ling Li looked surprised, "Wei Zhi, she may be your own niece?" ”

"Even if it is my own niece, as long as she causes the imperial concubine to be discordant, she will not be allowed to stay."

"You take her to Persimmon Lane, and if you don't see Concubine Mu in the future, why can't you stay?"

"Your Majesty, do you know that there is a word called 'like a fish in the throat'? The more a strong woman like Niangniang, the more she cares about single-mindedness......"

"I treat her, how can I have two hearts!" Ling Li's face was displeased. His feelings for Ah Mei, how can he be allowed to beak as a foreign minister?!

"It's a minister's words." Seeing that Ling Li's face had changed, Shen immediately admitted his mistake.

Recalling the day he looked at Ah Mei in a daze in Funing Palace, Ling Li felt more and more unhappy in his heart. Shen Zhu is now twenty-four years old, and he has already reached the age of marrying a wife and having children. On the day when the imperial court rewarded the western army of Zhenzhen, Yu Yao fell in love with him at first sight, and even forced him to die, and his father personally proposed marriage, but he refused, he was ......

Ling Li thought to himself for a while, squinted his eyes and asked, "Weizhi, you mean, you don't see the green kite?" ”

In the heart of the minister, the family has long lived in seclusion in Huangquan, and over the years, the minister's mourning and sacrifice have calmed down. The minister does not want to add to the fetters and troubles. He replied with a deep bow.

"Well, I can't force you to confess. If you don't want to, I'll have the woman expel her. ”

Shen arched his hand and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for being so considerate." ”