The Queen Mother and her own family have a meal, of course, there is no need to wait for the order such as Bingbi and the living room, but since the Queen Mother intends to wrap up, this dinner, not only allowed Eleven Niang and Wei Yi to be on the side, but even made a special trip to leave Xu Xiuneng - although the foreign ministers cannot stay in the harem, but there are also many special officials who need to be on duty all night, in case urgent state affairs can not be agreed on in time, so the Chinese and Korean dynasties actually have a place for the court officials to stay, in fact, the monarchs of the past dynasties, it is inevitable that there are extremely trusted ministers, and they are often invited to the palace for dinner. Even in the middle of January, it is common to have a half-moon stay in confinement.

The Queen Mother deliberately left Xu Xiuneng down on this day, firstly, it was a heavy display, and secondly, it seemed more natural to invite Jin An's mother and son, and finally it was to test Xu Xiuneng, he was recommended by Jin An, but she knew that the Queen Mother wanted to inquire from Ruan Ling's mouth because of Xu Guogong, if Xu Xiuneng slightly leaked the forbidden behavior or hints, the Queen Mother would of course have to consider his usage in the future.

Since even Xu Xiuneng stayed, of course the Queen Mother would stay with King Jin for another night, but Tong'an was still mourning, so it was inconvenient to see outsiders at dinner, so he did not sit at the table.

He Yan was mourned for less than three years, so even if it was a family banquet this night, there was no singing and dancing piano to help the fun, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who was bored, yawned again and again, as if he didn't pay attention to everyone's words and deeds, but one person secretly watched him.

Xu Xiuneng was already surprised that the King of Jin was still unscathed, he didn't know that when He Yan died, the imminent confrontation in the Zichen Palace, but he heard about the case of the two cities, and he has been wondering who the person who submitted the book is, unlike the real murderer that the Queen Mother firmly believed, Xu Xiuneng was even more suspicious of the means of the King of Jin, because he was keenly aware that after the case of the book, the King of Jin was the biggest beneficiary, otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to save his life a long time ago, but what he couldn't understand was why the Queen Mother believed that the King of Jin was innocent, Instead of eradicating the roots, the biggest threat to the throne seems to trust him wholeheartedly?

He didn't believe that Empress Dowager Wei was because of the kindness of the woman, so he suspected that His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who was stubborn on the surface and only knew how to be reckless, was actually unfathomable.

And the secret peep from Xu Xiuneng naturally could not escape the extremely alert King Jin's awareness, on the surface absent-minded as if he was ignorant and unconscious, and secretly he was also calculating: this person was born in a noble background but was able to rank first in high school, even if he was strongly recommended by the eldest princess, what status did the eldest princess have in the heart of the queen mother? In just three or two years, he is more respected than He Zhan, Xue Luli, etc., and it is an honor to wait for the order!

It can be seen that this person's scheming is not simple, and he is obviously paying attention to himself at this time, could it be that he sees some clues? Xu Xiuneng must not take this lightly, or do you need to explain to Liu Shiyi Haosheng to investigate?

The focus of Shi Niang's attention is on how the Queen Mother asked Ruan Ling without any traces.

Although Eleven Niang firmly believes that Lu Lizhi is cautious, but the Queen Mother is suspicious, whether this time can deal with the past as expected, no one is completely sure, but it is difficult to achieve a big deal if she is too forward-looking, and Eleven Niang thinks that she is eighty percent sure, so it is worth a try.

A few main dishes were removed, and the Queen Mother finally got back to the point: "Today, I invite Jin An to enter the palace, it is for you to recommend meritorious service, and Xiu Nengguo is a rare talent, and now I have him and Eleven Niang by my side, I don't know how much effort I saved." ”

Because Wei Yan was not mentioned, the girl's expression froze, and she lost her appetite even more.

The Queen Mother didn't wait for Jin An to be polite, and said: "It's also a coincidence, if it weren't for my sudden interest today, I didn't know that Ling'er actually went to the Xuguo Mansion to listen to the teaching." ”

Speaking of this, the eldest princess was also very surprised: "Recently, I saw Ling'er go out early and return late, and I don't know what kind of busy he is, if it weren't for the mother's edict to see us, I asked the next person, where did I know that he went to the Xuguo Mansion, Ling'er, you have always disliked restraint, but the grandfather has always been old-fashioned, why did you send it to the door to suffer from that irritability." ”

This is indeed Jin An's consistent tone, and the Queen Mother saw that she really didn't know what was going on, but she believed that Xu Xiuneng did not report the news.

Ruan Ling was also absent-minded, and was named by the Queen Mother and his mother successively, so he said lazily: "In the past, I was greedy for fun and didn't learn anything, but I couldn't be idle all my life, and I was more and more despised. ”

Jin An immediately understood Ruan Ling's purpose, and said angrily: "It's so high-sounding, it's just to curry favor with Xue Luli, I really don't know what evil you have, but I'm willing to look at people with cold faces." ”

Ruan Ling didn't want to argue with his mother in front of many idlers, so he picked up a piece of pastry and threw it into his mouth and chewed it.

"This matter is worth playing, first the eldest sister coveted Xue Xuanzhi, and Ruan Ling followed and pestered." Someone laughed "hehe" and dared to ridicule Jin An's mother and son in front of the Queen Mother, naturally only His Royal Highness the King of Jin.

But it caused the mother and son to say in unison: "Hugh is talking nonsense!" ”

Jin An was greatly annoyed: "Brother Ye, don't ruin Ling'er's reputation, although he is messing around, he has never been contaminated with those absurd and evil habits." ”

Ruan Ling also raised his eyebrows angrily: "It doesn't matter what my uncle says, if this is heard by Xue Lang, he will definitely refuse to advise." ”

Even Eleven Niang had a much more difficult sentence: "Ruan Langjun just admires Xue Liulang's morality, don't misunderstand." ”

King Jin raised his eyebrows very badly, and looked at Eleven Niang: "Do you know that this king has misunderstood?" So what do I misunderstand? ”

Eleven Niang was blushing and her neck was thick now, and she slandered in her heart that this living Hades had nothing to do.

Finally, it was the Queen Mother who coughed lightly and relieved the siege for Eleven Niang: "Ye'er can't talk nonsense, Xue Liulang is now a courtier of the Great Zhou, but you can't help but slander it arbitrarily." ”

King Jin reluctantly stopped his mouth, and he was a big lazy waist: "Mother, I'm sleepy, go back to the prince's courtyard first." ”

The Queen Mother was interrupted by King Jin, so she had to reorganize her words, but she didn't want to be interrupted by him anymore, so she waved her hand and allowed King Jin to go, and then asked Ruan Ling again: "According to your consistent temperament, I thought that after that cane punishment, I would hate Xue Xuanzhi, but it turned out to be very unexpected, Ling'er really admired Xuanzhi?" ”

Ruan Ling was not very impatient to confide in the Queen Mother, only faintly "En", and the Queen Mother didn't mind: "If you had spoken out to me earlier, why do you need to waste it, Xuan Zhiyuan is a handsome and talented person I am optimistic about, not to mention that I have a teacher-student friendship with Shi Niang, whether it is me or Shi Niang to introduce you, it is easy." ”

Ruan Ling then corrected his attitude a little: "Don't dare to bother the Queen Mother, Ling is worried that if the Queen Mother is invited to come forward, Xue Lang thinks more and more that Ling is forcing each other, and the Queen Mother does not need to worry about the trivial matters of Ling. ”

"Oh? Xu Guogong actually came forward today? The Queen Mother seemed to ask casually.

"My great-great-grandfather also saw that I had the heart to repent, and he thought that Xue Lang was indeed a good friend, so he was willing to help." Ruan Ling didn't notice the Queen Mother's intentions, and after a word of response, he kept silent again.

"Although the Cui Xue family is in-law, but Xu Guogong has not moved for many years because of his illness, this time he was entangled by you to go to the door, I heard that Xuanzhi's grandfather is not very good, has Ling'er ever had the honor to visit today? If you can get the guidance of Xu Guogong and Xue Gong successively, it can be said that no number of scholars can be lucky. ”

The Queen Mother knew that Xu Guogong was not going to the Xue family's mansion today, but she pretended not to know.

Ruan Ling really hit the plan: "Today, Xue Lang asked a friend to get together in the other garden, so he was not at home, and Ling never saw Xue Gong. ”

"So I don't know how many friends Xuanzhi has introduced to Ling'er?" The Queen Mother was very interested.

"Xue Lang and his friends made an appointment in the next day, but Ling was not seen."

"Since Xu Guogong appreciates Xuanzhi, presumably today's long talk should involve a lot of historical allusions, and Ling'er can feel that he has benefited? Since you are said to be motivated, you might as well talk about it, and let me hear how it is. ”

Ruan Ling was originally a little impatient, but in front of outsiders, it was not easy to disobey the Queen Mother, besides, he had also heard that Lu Li was now quite important to the Queen Mother, in order not to embarrass Lu Li, of course, it was inevitable to socialize, and more importantly, he had noticed that the Queen Mother seemed to be on guard against such attention today, but he didn't know whether it was Lu Li or Xu Guogong, so although he still had a lazy tone, he also responded to the Queen Mother: "My great-great-grandfather led me to Xue Lang's Farewell Garden under my begging, but it was inconvenient to continue to pressure the elders. I didn't have a long talk with Xue Lang, I went to the study to look through Xue Lang's collection, but Xue Lang listened to my intention to ask for advice on scriptures and history, and had a lot of advice. ”

He said the key points of the conversation with Lu Li, and he should pay attention to the Queen Mother perfunctorily.

The Queen Mother Wan'er, only then stopped the interrogation, and said to Jin An: "Listening to Ling'er's detailed complaints, it is really necessary to change the past, although many understandings have not yet reached the essence, but the attitude is good, I think, Jin An, you don't need to worry, just let him be friends with Xuanzhi, and it is always better than not learning and making trouble." ”

"If Ling'er really benefits in the future, my mother can give me support." Jin An's eyes lit up, and he fought for his son to start over.

The Queen Mother still said: "That's inevitable." ”

Although this topic stopped here, after the dinner was dispersed, when the Queen Mother saw Dou Fu'an, she still had to interrogate: "Can you detect Xue Xuanzhi's movements today?" ”

"The slave maid has been staring at people for most of the day, after Xu Guo's resignation, there are indeed several Langjun of Li and Wang Mansion visiting in the next day, and he asked for his resignation before curfew, Xue Xuanzhi also led Xue Zhao home, and the slave and maid did not dare to relax, and they have already confessed, they must keep an eye on the other garden these days, but they have noticed the entry and exit of courtiers, and they immediately knew about it...... However, the slave maid has already found out the whereabouts of He Qi's party members, the king of Nanyang County, and even the rest of the Xue family's official positions, and it is impossible for them to have a private meeting with Xu Guogong. ”

The Queen Mother bowed: "Xue Xuanzhi will not collude with He Qi, I am only worried about He Ye!" Fortunately, He Ye entered the palace early in the morning today, but happened to be left by me for a whole day, it could not be that he met with Xu Guogong, and there was a court meeting in Japan, but those who had official positions must enter the palace, and then stared at the villa for two days, as long as there were no strange people in and out of the palace in these two days, and there was no absentee from the court meeting after tomorrow, it didn't matter, it should be Cui Zheng who was entangled by Ruan Ling, so he made an exception to take this trip. ”

Of course, it is impossible for the Queen Mother to catch any strange people, because Lu Zhengming has seen Cui Zheng, and he has already returned to his home from Pingkangfang Jin Wang Villa, and the court meeting two days later also participated as usual, so this incident was finally closed as Lu Li's design, and Xu Guogong did not make any changes after Xuanrenfang and his party, until June when the summer heat increased and moved to the suburbs to cool off as in previous years, there was no strangeness during this period, and the Queen Mother finally completely forgot about this matter.

But on a certain day in June, the King of Jin "changed his face" disguise merchant Jia and his entourage quietly mixed out of the Chang'an City Gate, and it was on this day that Cui Tianbai suddenly went to his grandfather's field to greet him, and did not stay overnight, and returned the next day.

This is also reasonable, it is inevitable that the daily life of the farm will be inconvenient, and there will always be family members to send supplies, which is not worth the ban.

But on this night, Cui Zhengtian stayed and served the pair of servants and concubines who fell asleep, and Cui Zheng also turned off the lights early to rest, and in the middle of the night, a black shadow suddenly jumped over the wall and fell silently in the courtyard.

The man listened quietly for a while, making sure that he had no eyes or ears, and then he flashed again and pushed open the hidden door of a bedroom on the east side.

There were no lights and candles, but there was moonlight shining through the window, and Xu Guogong, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the black shadow entering, and whispered: "Old minister, see the king." ”