"The Chu family's affairs, although it is said outside that you and Concubine Chen took action to avenge the Gan family." Chu Huaiyu shook her head, "I don't believe this at all. I know that you are not innocent in this matter. It is possible to be a pusher. But there must be two prerequisites. First, the emperor must have the idea of ​​taking down his grandfather first. Second, someone must have a sufficient amount of weight to be able to cure the Chu family's death." Her eyes shining at Lin Yutong, "It's not that I underestimate Your Highness, you so far

So far, there is no ability to control the emperor's ideas. And grandfather has always been careful in his work. What he often talks about is to sail the ship for thousands of years. But he has another particularly big weakness, that is, to protect his shortcomings. Those who protect his shortcomings trust and are unprepared for those who protect his wings. Grandfather once said that if he falls, the last knife must be stabbed in by someone close to him." As he said that, her face showed chills, "On the day when his uncle... my father-in-law came back, I was so angry that I was too angry with them.

I agreed to Qi Duoer and his cousin and wanted to go back to his parents' home. But I found that I couldn't leave the gate of the Duke's Mansion. From that day on, I felt uneasy, but I didn't know where the uneasy came from. In just a few days, something happened to the Chu family. And it was just so coincidental that my father-in-law, who came back secretly, just left quietly at this critical moment. I haven't recovered it yet. If so many coincidences meet, I can't guess who killed me. Then I'd better stop living, just be stupid.

Even if I don’t know what the Chu family has done over the years, I can always smell some tricks. In fact, it’s not unfair to say that it’s not implicated. It’s already a surprise that the people of the Chu family have to die and not die. Many women and children actually don’t know anything. They have never done anything bad outside the mansion. I don’t ask for much. If your highness really feels embarrassed and only finds a way to rescue the child under three years old, this is a great kindness to me and the Chu family!”

Chu Huaiyu knelt down, "Please Your Highness!"

Lin Yutong used to think that Chu Huaiyu was a smart person, but she was also in the inner house. But today, she realized that Chu Huaiyu had such a side. There were not many women who could understand the affairs in the court and could see them clearly.

"Get up." Lin Yutong glanced at Sanxi, and Sanxi got up, helped the person up, sat on the chair, and poured another bowl of hot chrysanthemum tea.

Lin Yutong rubbed her forehead and said frankly: "My sister-in-law is a smart person. I will tell you the truth. The last person your grandfather saw in his life is me!"

Chu Huaiyugang picked up the teacup's hand and let go of it all at once. The teacup fell to the ground, making a harsh sound.

But neither Lin Yutong nor Chu Huaiyu looked at the ground, and they looked at each other.

Chu Huaiyu understood what Lin Yutong meant just now, and the last person to meet his grandfather, that is, his grandfather probably died at her hands.

"Why?" Chu Huaiyu took a long time to find her voice. But after she asked, she felt that she had asked a stupid question. The place in the Tianzhu is not something that anyone wants to enter. Similarly, Lin Yutong is the same even as a princess. She does not have that power yet. Then there is only one answer, she was ordered to do it. The corner of her mouth grinned, and a crying expression appeared, "You mean, you have acted as an executioner."

Those who were betrayed and sentenced to death only hated the official and the master who sentenced him. But they had never seen anyone who held a grudge against the executioner.

This is what she wants to express.

Lin Yutong looked at Chu Huaiyu seriously. She must not have looked so calm, but she still suppressed all the thoughts in her heart and said this.

She sighed and said, "I don't comment on what Prime Minister Chu has other things, but as a father and grandfather, he is definitely competent. When he is about to come, he is still planning for his children and grandchildren. I won't tell you that it's empty. Except for some really guilty people in the Chu family, no one can affect his family. As for the descendants of the Chu family, there are really incompetent people. If they violate the law, they will be sentenced according to the law. Whatever the crime should be. "This is the last one you have fought for, and it's not my credit." She looked out and the sky was slowly darkening. "You can't go down the mountain today. Go back tomorrow morning. The Chu family's best not to stay in the capital." Even if no one bullies them, this gap in identity will drive people crazy.

Chu Huaiyu's lips were trembling, and light flashed in her eyes, and she was stubborn and did not let tears flow down. After a long time, she stood up and knelt down to Lin Yutong and kowtowed a few times, "I know at least! Without the help of Your Highness, even if my grandfather wanted to plan, he probably wouldn't have a chance. No matter how many grudges it involves, it had already passed. The Chu family recorded the kindness of Your Highness." As he said that, he stood up and slowly retreated.

Sanxi saw that his master was stunned at Chu Huaiyu's back and left for a long time. Before he could come back to his senses, he whispered: "I don't understand what the prince's wife said. She really can have no grudges in her heart."

Lin Yutong smiled, "She is a smart person. Things in the court are not so simple to distinguish right from wrong. Once you enter the game, you must have the awareness of being in the game. Don't be proud of your success, don't complain if you lose. This is the case if you succeed. Since the defeat of the Chu family is inevitable, she will pursue this matter and be enemies with me. What benefits will it do to her? Those who die will die eventually, but living people still have to live. It is easy to survive, but it is difficult to live well. Putting aside those unpleasant ones and choosing to surrender to me to protect the Chu family is the smart way!"

It is really not easy to do this.

Sanxi also looked out: "But even if she said she had no grudges, can the master believe it?"

Lin Yutong smiled and didn't say anything. It doesn't matter whether she believes it or not. Just ask herself to see her value. As for what kind of value she has, we have to look back.

When the Fourth Master came back, it was midnight.

"What have you done?" Lin Yutong asked while serving him to change his clothes.

The Fourth Master waved his hand and asked the girls in the house to go down, then said, "Go to find Guo Yi."

Guo Yi?

Lin Yutong paused, "Why did you go to find him? Have you had a showdown with him?"

The Fourth Master nodded, "If you don't look for him, he will have to turn in."

"What do you mean?" Lin Yutong saw that the Fourth Master was dressed by himself, so she handed over the hot tea. "Can you be aware of it by the emperor?"

"That's not." The Fourth Master sat down and took a deep breath. "No now, it doesn't mean there is no in the future. The emperor will immediately summon Jin Cheng'an into the palace. Jin Cheng'an is now being held down by the emperor, but he feels that Yuan Ge'er has a great future. In the future, he will only be loyal to the emperor. If he wants to win the trust of the emperor, then he must have a letter of fame. I'm afraid he will be impatient to let the emperor know about the secret guards. He has already stared at Guo Yi before. When the emperor found Guo Yi and followed the clues, even if he couldn't suspect us, some of the secret guards' forces would be exposed."

It turned out to be planned in advance.

In the middle of the night, the wind came out of the window screen, with a chill.

Madam He put the cloak on her and whispered: "Don't wait, take a break."

Gan shook his head: "This note will not be processed tonight." As he said that, he thought of something and quickly said: "You hit someone and go to Lai Fu, ask him to tell the emperor, and hit someone and go to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works to watch. The autumn rain is coming, so you have to be careful of the autumn flood. The autumn harvest is coming again. The rain is not stopping, and this year's autumn tax cannot be raised, and this winter is not easy." As she said, she rubbed her eyebrows, waved her hand, and urged Madam He.

Madam He sighed and went out quickly.

The emperor was not in the imperial study room tonight, but she took it as if she didn't know anything and went to the imperial study room first, and then went to Li Cairen's Yilan Palace.

Lai Fu waved his hand, not daring to call Madam He to make a sound, so he leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything wrong with the Imperial Concubine?"

As if she had not heard the sound from the hall, Madam He said what her master had told, "Autumn Flood and autumn tax are all major events. The Empress's meaning is that once the memorial is arrived, she will be handed in quickly, and it will not be delayed at all."

Lai Fu looked into the hall and felt a little disagreeing. He really didn't know who belonged to the world.

He nodded: "Madam, go back. I'll hit someone now."

Madam He turned around and walked back. When she saw Gan, she whispered: "...The two of them have been having a long time today. Now it's past midnight. If you continue like this, I'm afraid..." The emperor's body can't last long.

Gan's hand gently lit the table, "No, our time is not enough. He can't fall down now..." She waved to Madam He and whispered a few instructions.

Madam He hesitated a little: "She? Is it OK?"

"Whether it's okay, it's the most legitimate thing for her to come forward." A complicated look appeared in Gan's eyes, "Go and make arrangements."

At dawn, the rain stopped. The sun passed through the clouds and sprinkled on the ground. The birds' cries seemed to be right in their ears, and the air still had the fishy smell of soil.

Li Xiangjun sat in front of the dressing mirror, and a kind nanny with dimples on her face was combing her hair. After she had finished the bun, she turned around and picked out the golden chrysanthemum-like tins from the row of boxes, "We should do it too."

There was a girl next to her holding a plate of fresh chrysanthemums: "Empress, this hairpin is also excellent."

"This season is already on?" Li Xiangjun's face was a little joyful, "Let's go back and make fresh chrysanthemum cakes. If you wear them on your head, just forget it. The prince is going to marry the princess. How can this mother-in-law dress up so charming? It makes people laugh!"

The nanny who was picking up the makeup smiled and said, "You are still young and it's time to dress up brightly."

"Dress up?" Li Xiangjun's mouth was filled with bitterness, "Who should I show you?"

The nanny smiled and said, "Look at what you said, of course she was dressing up for His Majesty. Look, even if His Majesty does not stay in Beichen Palace, the imperial concubine will dress up properly."

The smile on Li Xiangjun's face stopped a little: "What did she do?"

Madam Zhang, who was on the side, beat the girl in the room and then said in a low voice: "My empress, old slave, have asked someone to inquire. The emperor has not stayed in Beichen Palace recently. Since Li Cairen entered the palace, he has only stayed in Beichen Palace for two nights, as if listening. In those two nights, the lights were on all night and he had two midnight snacks. This should be something, not..." Before she finished her words, everyone understood that the emperor and Concubine Chen were not a matter of men and women. "It was Li Cairen... Last night, the emperor had been tossing for more than two hours... Is this dragon body still there?"

Li Xiangjun's face suddenly turned red. I don't know if it was shy or angry.

"Empress, the old lady was confused before, and she brought Li Cairen, the charming son." Madam Zhang persuaded softly, "But that is the Empress's biological mother, she always considers you. Although you have a prince, we don't say that you have a princess, even if you have a princess... like Princess Yunyin. You really don't want to have a child of your own." She got started and helped hold the mirror, "Look, you are still young, and there is still time now. It's really a matter of Li Cairen to defeat the emperor's body, but that's all.

It's too late. Besides, Li Cairen brought a child into the palace, but the child was still from Duke Jin's mansion. Although the child is young and has a young seniority, the power behind him is very powerful! What's the prince? The Li family can't help him, and the future princess will not be known where the princess will be. If your relationship with Your Majesty is too stiff, this is not a long-term solution. It's said that if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepmother, and you will be no longer the words. If you are harmonious with Your Majesty, the prince will also benefit. Let's be softer and don't always be so stiff."

Li Xiangjun looked at the woman in the mirror, and she almost couldn't recognize herself so serious.

Her voice was a little low: "The man has been in the room for a long time and has more frequency. Is it really so great that it has an impact on his body?"

Madam Zhang pursed her lips, "Please give your majesty a look. You are Your Majesty's wife and the queen. If you come forward, your Majesty will not refuse."

Li Xiangjun took the mirror over and slowly turned it on the table, "Go to the Imperial Hospital to preach the imperial edict."

In the imperial study, Emperor Yongkang leaned against the soft pillow and closed his eyes, and felt a little more comfortable. Although he still felt dizzy, he still endured it and did not reveal any of it.

Jin Chengan knelt on the ground, his forehead against the ground, and said nothing.

Emperor Yongkang chuckled: "No matter whether it is the late emperor or I, I have never treated you badly. I really don't know when you started to think about this."

Jin Chengan kowtowed twice again, "I will die!"

"Ten Thousand Deaths?" Emperor Yongkang shook his head, "Where do you have ten thousand lives? If you die once, you will have nothing."

"Damn it!" Jin Chengan kowtowed twice more, and there was already blood on the ground. When he raised his head, his forehead was already covered in blood.

Emperor Yongkang's eyes opened a small gap and sighed, "I brought Yuan Ge'er in. Do you still understand this? What's going on with Prince Duan? Others don't know, but you know clearly. Will I entrust this country to the prince? Do you have no idea? Isn't people struggling for the rest of their lives just for their children and grandchildren? But now I tell you that you want to pass the throne to Yuan Ge'er, I guess you don't believe it. I don't hide it from you, I don't have the intention now. Why? How much do you think in your heart?

You can also guess one thing. You have selfishness and I have selfishness. Although I have no son yet, I have a daughter. This grandson is also a grandson, and it is also my bloodline. Originally, I didn’t want to be so anxious to bring the child in, because of this. I will talk about it when Yun Yin gave birth to a son. But Chu Yuan’s affairs made me have to be in advance. However, since the child has been brought in, I will still treat it the same way. But no matter which one is the crown prince, it is your own grandson. What do you think of it as your own grandson?"

Jin Chengan really believed this. The things inherited from blood are all nature. The emperor is naturally no exception. He kowtowed heavily as if he didn't know the pain, "I am guilty! I dare not hide it from Your Majesty." As he said that, he raised the Zhezi respectfully over his head, "This is the secret guard that I know. It's all on the Zhezi, please check it out."

Secret Guard?

Emperor Yongkang turned over and sat up. Because he was a little anxious, he almost fell off the couch. Lai Fu quickly helped him and handed the note from Jin Cheng'an to the emperor.

The emperor felt dizzy, squinted his eyes, and read the siege roughly. He said in disbelief: "Are you saying that the secret guard is now in Guo Yi's hands?"

Jin Sung-an nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty! There is a clear distinction."

Accurate! That's sure.

"Guo Yi!" The emperor lay down, pressed his forehead with a note, and said with some annoyance: "Why did I forget him? He has been with the late emperor for decades..."

Just as Jin Chengan was about to answer the conversation, he heard a report from outside: "Your Majesty, the Empress is asking for a visit outside the hall."

Why did she come at this time?

Emperor Yongkang stood up and waved his hand to Jin Chengan: "You go back first. Let's talk about it later." As he said that, he looked at the wound on his head, "This injury... was caused by asking me to pardon the women and children of the Chu family. Do you understand?"
Chapter completed!