This queen is not too curly

What day is fifteen?
Yan Yuan was confused for a moment.

Under the candlelight, Chen Ling's eyes were like the surface of a lake at night, quiet and deep.

Yan Yuan suddenly remembered what day it was today. There are many days in every month, only the fifteenth day is different from the first day of the new year. These two days are the days when she is accompanying her as the queen.

The memory of half a month ago came back in an instant.

Yan Yuan felt her heart skip a beat, and during the stalemate, she blurted out an excuse in her mind: "It's almost dawn."

Chen Lingchen didn't seem to hear.

He still held Yan Yuan's wrist.

After a moment of silence, he raised her wrist, imitating the leather buckle on Yan Yuan's wrist.

Buttons are really complicated, and Chen Lingshen doesn't often serve people, even though his eyes are very focused, he still can't figure it out.

Yan Yuan: "..."

In the silence, the leather rope rubbed against the buckle, making a crisp and subtle sound.

To Yan Yuan's ears, she felt that his clumsy technique was actually a torture and test to her heart. She felt a little irritated, not just irritated, standing where she was and letting him delve into the buttons of clothes... ...it's really hard to breathe normally.

However, Chen Lingshen still couldn't solve it.

Yan Yuan: "..."

Chen Ling frowned deeply.

Yan Yuan finally took advantage of the moment when he stopped and withdrew her hand, and said dryly, "Today is sixteen."

Midnight has passed, and the moon has moved westward.

In more than an hour, the sun will come, and it can't be counted as fifteen.

Chen Ling raised his head deeply, and said in a flat voice, "So what about sixteen?"

Yan Yuan opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer.

Sixteen is of course... no need to go to bed!

Of course, this cannot be said truthfully.

Yan Yuan could only stiffen her body, just when she was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole in place, someone knocked lightly on the door of the inn.

Immediately afterwards, two shop waiters carried a bathtub into the room: "Dear guest, according to your instructions, a new bathtub is ready."

One of the shop waiters bent down into the tub, stroked the tub back and forth several times with his hands, raised his head with a smile on his face, and said, "The small ones in the tub have been polished several times, and there is absolutely no wood thorn to be found. Please feel free to enjoy it.”

Yan Yuan: "..."

The two shop waiters carried water back and forth, and soon the bathtub was filled with hot water, and a screen separated the bathtub from the outside room.

Chen Ling's deep voice sounded from behind her: "You still have blood on your body, and it hasn't been cleaned up."

Yan Yuan stared at the bathtub in a daze: "...Do you want to take a bath?"

So he insisted on staying in the inn to let her wash off the blood?

Chen Ling said calmly: "What does the queen think?"

Yan Yuan: "..."

Chen Ling was condescending, staring at Yan Yuan's profile.

He found that this mushroom, which has always been faceless and skinless, actually blushed from embarrassment, and a gleam of joy flashed in its dark eyes.

The light was only a little bit, and it soon became calm.

His voice was cold and gentle: "So, today is the sixteenth, is it convenient for the queen to take a bath?"

Yan Yuan: "..."

Yan Yuan also responded blankly: "It's convenient."

……

This dog thing is of course intentional.

Yan Yuan gritted her teeth and thought, because he couldn't untie her cuff buttons and lost his position, so he became angry and took revenge.

This is indeed something he can do.

Yan Yuan detoured behind the screen full of complaints, took off her clothes, and immersed her body in hot water.

She reached out and brushed her neck and the back of her ears, only to feel that the touch was greasy. She looked down at her fingertips, and there was indeed a lot of blood left as Chen Lingchen said.

No wonder he insisted on going back to the inn. If the people in the palace saw his appearance like this, there would be rumors of a sacrifice to Concubine Mei and Concubine Peach.

But he can obviously make it clear directly, why bother to talk about ten 56.

Yan Yuan thought bitterly while washing.

He did it on purpose.

Yan Yuan took a comfortable hot bath indignantly, and when she stepped out of the screen, she found that Chen Lingchen was not in the room.Instead, there was a table of meals on the outer table of the room. At this time, the hot dishes exuded fragrance, which instantly aroused Yan Yuan's appetite.

Yan Yuan suddenly found that it was the right decision to find an inn.

She happily sat down at the table and ate.

When Chen Ling returned to the room, Yan Yuan was already full.

She was sluggish, and when she saw Chen Lingchen, she pointed to the untouched dishes on the table and said, "There are some left for you, uneaten."

No one wants to eat other people's leftovers, let alone Chen Lingchen, so she left a few plates unattended from the beginning.

Of course, it's all vegetarian.

Chen Lingchen gave a soft "um" and sat beside Yan Yuan.

As soon as he approached, he brought a chill.

Yan Yuan was slightly startled, and suddenly realized that he had left the inn.

But what is he going out for?
Is it to contact the people in the palace, or is there some other purpose?
This time he came out of the palace definitely not to make up for some dragon spirit, could it be that he came here for the counterfeit money incident in the first place?

But in the end, Chen Ling didn't say anything, and as a long-term worker, it was inconvenient for her to ask, and she was even more embarrassed to leave the table to rest halfway, so she could only force herself to eat with him in sleepiness, and then she lay down on the table .

After all, she was too tired.

Taking a shower and eating, each of them aggravated her drowsiness and dragged her into the abyss of deep sleep.

There was a cold touch in the mist, poking her cheek.

But she couldn't wake up, so she could only mutter and resist.So someone picked her up by the wrist again, and then her body lightened, as if she had been picked up by someone, and then she was gently placed on a soft place.

"Undress."

Chen Ling's deep voice rang in her ears.

Yan Yuan silently refused, she turned over and continued to sleep.

In a daze, the remaining consciousness is still sticking to it.

Yan Yuan only remembers one thing: the clothes cannot be taken off, and the old wound left by Kui Yuying on the shoulder cannot be seen.

But Chen Lingchen didn't unbutton her clothes again.

The cold fingertips landed on her eyelashes and touched them lightly. After a moment of silence, the bed sank slightly, probably because Chen Lingchen himself lay on the bed.

It's not impossible.

Yan Yuan thought to herself.

It's not like they didn't share the same bed.

The last consciousness finally gradually fell.

Naturally, she didn't see it. Chen Ling took out a sachet from his sleeve and placed it gently beside Yan Yuan's pillow.

The sachet was just sent by Luo Ziqiu Xingye. It contained some sleep aid medicine to help her sleep as long as possible. There are also people outside who are brewing Tianlucao and some nourishing qi and blood. The medicine will be delivered in a moment.

and also……

The portrait has been sent to Qin Jianyue.

A sharp light flashed in Chen Lingshen's eyes.

The dark guards just evacuated from Cuiwei Mountain, not completely. The dark guards had already repositioned when they got into the carriage.Among the dark guards, there are many talents who have a good memory and are good at tracking. He ordered them to draw Yan Yuan's appearance in men's clothing, and sent them to meet Qin Jianyue at high speed.

And Qin Jianyue was only a day and a night away from the imperial capital.

There is a special method of communication between the gray cavalry and the gray cavalry. The hatchbacks meet up for at most one night.

Everything is in order.

But he still felt uneasy.

This uneasiness soaked into the marrow of his bones, making him feel like he was sinking deeper into the quagmire with every breath.

It was obvious that he was about to suffocate.

But still, reluctant to go ashore.

"Ning Bai."

Chen Ling looked at Yan Yuan's sleeping face deeply, and spoke in a low voice.

Of course Yan Yuan didn't respond.

She was lying down and sleeping soundly half a foot away from him.

Her brows were stretched, and a thin layer of sweat oozed from her forehead. Although her lips were pale, she raised them slightly, as if she was dreaming a comfortable and peaceful dream.

"..."

Chen Lingshen's color darkened slightly.

He was never a good person, so he lifted Yan Yuan's quilt.

As expected, Yan Yuan frowned in her sleep, her body curled up from the cold, and the dream probably turned into a nightmare.

Chen Ling was a little satisfied.

He stretched out his fingertips to poke her eyelashes, messed up her bun, and finally saw how pitiful she was, so he reluctantly pulled her into his arms.

"Go to sleep."

Chen Ling said calmly.

He also closed his eyes.

……

Luo Ziqiu's medicine was just an ordinary tranquilizer, and it had very limited effect on Chen Lingchen, so he woke up after dawn.

Not long after, the door of the room was knocked lightly, and Chen Niang rushed to the door and appeared at the door.

She originally wanted to push the door open, but she didn't know that it was Chen Lingchen who opened the door, who was wearing obscene clothes, and immediately froze at the door: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the servant is here to see you off..."

When she was picked up by Luo Ziqiu, she was only told that Yan Yuan was staying in this inn, but no one said it was such a scene, so she was at a loss.

Chen Lingchen took the medicine bowl and closed the door before she could finish speaking.

Yan Yuan was still sleeping.

If nothing else, she won't wake up for a while.

Chen Lingchen scooped up the medicine with a spoon, and slowly fed the medicine into Yan Yuan's mouth spoon by spoon.

He fed it very patiently, but in the end he couldn't get it right, half of the bowl of medicine went into Yan Yuan's mouth, and most of it flowed out.

"..."

Chen Ling was silent for a moment.

And the back opened the door expressionlessly, and said to Chen Niang who was waiting outside: "Make another bowl."

Chen Niang was so panicked that she was sweating profusely, she knelt down and begged for mercy: "Return to Your Majesty, the medicine should not be taken indiscriminately..."

Tianlou Grassland is already poisonous, does it mean that if you add a bowl, you will add another bowl?

Chen Ling lowered his head and remained silent.

Chen Niang knelt on the ground and did not dare to lift her head.

After a moment of stalemate, Chen Ling's deep and indifferent voice sounded: "Go and change her clothes."

Chen Niang is amnesty: "Yes."

Clothes are already prepared.

After receiving the message after sunset yesterday, Ruan Zhu hurriedly prepared the clothes for the emperor and empress to stay outside the mountain together.It's a pity that Luo Ziqiu said that he only needs one person to follow. After discussing with Xiaoyu, Ruan Zhu handed over the heavy responsibility to her, and also instructed some...necessary matters.

Chen Niang blushed and walked into the wing.

The moment she stepped into the room, she suddenly smelled a scent of calming incense. When she got closer, she saw Yan Yuan, who was dressed in men's clothes and lying on the bed, and... the medicine stains on the bed.

Dust Lady: "..."

……

At sunset, Luo Ziqiu hurried to the inn.

At that time, Yan Yuan was still awake, and Chen Ling was sitting on the side of the bed, frowning tightly.

Luo Ziqiu comforted him with a smile: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry, the empress's body is weak, and it is time for a deep sleep. After twelve hours of sleep, take the sachet next to the pillow, and she will naturally wake up. "

Chen Ling took a deep look at Yan Yuan, and guided Luo Ziqiu to the backyard of the inn.

There are flower stands in the backyard, and the breeze is coming.

Chen Ling said calmly, "How?"

Luo Ziqiu hooked the corner of his mouth: "Which one is His Majesty asking?"

The few news he brought today were all good news. He was in a very happy mood, and naturally he became more courageous. When he became more courageous, he couldn't help but want to touch the tiger's beard.

Chen Ling took a deep breath, and his expression was a little stiff.

After a long silence, he slowly said: "Fake money."

Luo Ziqiu said solemnly: "There are different degrees of counterfeit coins in the warehouses of several silver buildings. The sales of counterfeit coins overlap with the real coins in the mint, and their whereabouts are very hidden. According to His Majesty's guidance, I checked the information about Luan Yufang. Bills, and sure enough, a huge suspicious sum was found."

Chen Ling frowned, not surprised.

The fake money was collected from Mr. Tu Shan’s private treasury. Mr. Tu Shan was in charge of the Department of Internal Affairs on a regular basis and was responsible for the purchases in the palace. Today, the support of the Secretary of Internal Affairs is indispensable.

But a sword always has two edges. Once Tu Shan hits the thunder, and the Dongchuang incident happens, Luan Yufang must be the first to strike the thunder.

"Your Majesty's expectations are correct. Lin Jiniang and Tu Shan do have a deep friendship, but ever since the empress beat up and smashed the plum garden and revealed the case of abducting a palace maid, Tu Shan lost power, and Lin Jiniang has divorced him since then. seat."

Luo Ziqiu's eyes were dark: "It's a pity that you can't cut it off."

Eunuch Tu Shan did more than sell court ladies.

His key is fake money.

The weaver was his only driftwood when he was in trouble.

Tu Shan was counting on the weaving department to wash away all the fake money. As much as Lin Jiniang had his hands on, he could ask Lin Jiniang to fill in as many vacancies for him.If a weaving department can't handle it, there is Luan Yufang outside the palace; if Lin Jiniang refuses to recite, there is Yu Fangzhu's order outside the palace to threaten her.

"Lin Jiniang paid the bill with her own life."

Luo Ziqiu said lightly: "But in the end, Tu Shan didn't keep his promise."

In prison, Tu Shan commanded his right-hand men to feign death, using the excuse of purchasing in the palace, to defraud all the goods from Luan Yufang, and transfer the fake money as well as the goods.

It's just a pity for Luan Yufang.

A wealthy businessman has since been destroyed.

Chen Ling said calmly, "Where are the goods?"

Luo Ziqiu shook his head: "It has already been transferred, and the whereabouts are yet to be investigated."

Chen Ling asked again: "Where is the source of the fake money?"

Luo Ziqiu sighed: "I can't check for now."

The market for counterfeit money has long existed, and the other party's hands and feet are extremely hidden. If Tu Shan Gonggou hadn't jumped the wall to take risks recently, the matter of Luan Yu Fang would not have been discovered so quickly.

Luo Ziqiu said, "But I have a guess."

Chen Ling said solemnly, "Say."

Luo Ziqiu said: "Eunuch Tu Shan has kidnapped and sold a large number of court ladies, and the death penalty is inevitable. Why do you want to deal with fake money like a dog jumping over the wall?"

Luo Ziqiu said: "Besides, my subordinates have checked his life experience. He is an orphan and has no heirs."

An orphan is full of families, no heirs, no amount of money is useless.

Luo Ziqiu paused for a long time before slowly saying: "This subordinate guesses that as long as he gets rid of the fake money, someone can save his life."

A mere head of internal affairs may have the ability to sell counterfeit money, but he does not have the ability to mint counterfeit money. How many hurdles does this sales channel need to clear?How many people in the world can save his life in this situation?Who in the court could unscrupulously use the Queen Mother's birthday banquet as bait to launder money?

Chen Ling's eyes were deep, and there was a flash of hostility in his eyes: "King Xuan."

Luo Ziqiu cupped his hands and bowed his head in salute.

That was all he found.

Now that this matter is over, there is only one thing left.

Luo Ziqiu's gaze drifted across Chen Ling's heavy face, but he didn't dare to stay there, he just admired the emperor's predicament in front of him from the corner of his eye.

Chen Ling frowned deeply, his shoulders were obviously stiff, but his face was expressionless, just silent like this, as if he wanted to turn into a stone sculpture in the cold wind in the courtyard wall.

He doesn't speak.

Luo Ziqiu waited.

The folding fan in my hand shakes and shakes.

Chen Ling frowned even tighter: "Luo Ziqiu."

Luo Ziqiu stopped shaking his fan: "My minister is here."

Chen Lingshen still didn't speak, his bloodshot eyes were like a knife's edge dipped in blood.

Luo Ziqiu looked at him, his heart softened after all, and he put away his teasing thoughts.

He sighed and said: "Your Majesty may need to return to the palace as soon as possible, and it is best to leave tomorrow morning."

Chen Ling frowned deeply: "Why?"

Luo Ziqiu said: "The portrait of the empress has been shown to Qin Jianyue, he..."

Chen Ling said in a low voice, "How did he react?"

Luo Ziqiu raised the corners of his mouth: "He took the leader of the gray cavalry hostage, tried to ask for his comrades, and then fled after hitting and injuring the gray cavalry teammates. Seeing that most people from Boying are good at tracking, it shouldn't take him long to visit here. How long, if His Majesty does not want to see him..."

Chen Ling's breath stagnated: "You said the person he asked for..."

Luo Ziqiu said softly: "His comrade, see Boying young general... Ning Bai."