Queen's Development

Chapter 95
Lin Tao looked at his son and said in a deep voice: "The palace is similar to the palace, and everywhere is extremely dangerous. Everyone has a pair of rich eyes, especially the eunuchs and maids around your majesty and queen. You must take good care of these people, and you must not slack off at all. !"

Lin Jia's black phoenix eyes are like stars in the dark night: "Daddy, I have no money!"

Lin Tao: "..."

He already knew that Lin Jia must say this, and he was already prepared.

Lin Tao opened the desk drawer, took a brocade box and handed it to Lin Jia: "This is the expenses for the first half of next year. In the second half of the year, I will send someone to deliver it to you!"

Lin Jia took the brocade box, feeling a little heavy in her heart: "Daddy, I'm going back."

Lin Tao stared blankly at Lin Jia's slender figure, feeling empty in his heart, and said for a long time: "I don't dare to let people into your room anymore, you can insist on going to the capital to talk about it!"

Lin Jia agreed and stepped back slowly.

That night, Lin Tao, who was supposed to come to Hongxi Courtyard to accompany Princess Li, did not come.

Concubine Li sat in the open room of the main room without moving for a long time.

Xue Li was a little worried, quietly brewed a cup of maple dew tea and put it aside, and said softly: "Princess, drink some tea to moisten your mouth!"

Concubine Li took a sip of the tea cup, and then said in a low voice, "Where did the prince go tonight?"

Xueli said in a low voice: "Just now Aunt Lian ordered someone to send the news that the prince has gone to Aunt Ping's room tonight."

Princess Li hated her so much that she raised her hand and dropped the teacup on the ground.

Hearing the "crack" sound of the teacup being broken, Xueli's body remained motionless, and the expression on her face remained the same.

Two little servant girls walked in quickly, and lightly cleaned up the mess on the ground.

Xueli was about to speak, when she suddenly heard footsteps approaching from far outside, she hurriedly looked up.

Huang Xing lifted the curtain and walked in, bowed her knees and saluted, and hurriedly said: "Princess, the person in the study outside just heard the news that the prince told the second son that His Majesty has ordered someone to send a letter to the second son to go to the capital at the end of the year!"

Princess Li's face turned red when she heard the words, her lips trembled slightly, and she said for a long time: "What? Lin Jia still wants to inherit the throne and become emperor?"

Xueli hurriedly said: "Princess, you can't bear it any longer. If you don't make a move, if Lin Jia becomes the emperor, the third son, you, and the Li family, I'm afraid they won't be able to keep it!"

Concubine Li thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Now that things have come to an end, we have to take action..."

The next morning, the wife of Xia Zhiqing, the magistrate of Qingzhou, came to Xingping County Prince's Mansion in a sedan chair, and went straight to Hongxiyuan to meet Princess Li.

Concubine Li accompanied Mrs. Xia to gossip for a long time, and seeing that it was almost brewing, she said with a smile: "Mrs. Xia, I met your Man Ling before. I liked it very much. Jia begs to marry your family Manling, who knows... oh..."

Mrs. Xia's heart of wealth and honor had already been lifted, and she hurriedly asked, "Princess, what's the matter?"

Princess Li shook her head and sighed a few times, but refused to speak.

Mrs. Xia pestered her for a long time before Princess Li said mysteriously: "I'll tell you a secret, don't tell anyone else!"

After listening to Princess Li's words, Madam Xia hurriedly smiled and said: "Princess, is this concubine such a talkative person!"

Concubine Li then said: "Don't tell others, our palace has received His Majesty's secret decree, Ajia is going to Beijing in the twelfth lunar month, and wants to be adopted by His Majesty and the Empress..."

Mrs. Xia's cousin Han is the concubine of King Ding'an, and Concubine Han gave birth to a son for King Ding'an, named Lin Lun, who is also the candidate for the heir to the throne.

As long as she told Mrs. Xia the news that Lin Jia was going to Beijing for an audience, Mrs. Xia would definitely pass it on to Ding'an County Palace, and Ding'an County Palace would kill Lin Jia.

Madam Xia's eyes lit up immediately when she heard this, and she hurriedly stood up to salute Princess Li: "Congratulations, Princess! Congratulations, Princess! From now on, the second son will inherit the throne, and you will be the Empress Dowager!"

The corner of Princess Li's lips twitched - if I want to be the queen mother, it would be great to send my son Ayi into the palace, why bother to make so many detours?
She sneered in her heart, but she had a proud face on her face: "That's natural, our Ajia is the most filial to me!"

Mrs. Xia has always had a heart of wealth and honor. What she was thinking at this time was not to tell her cousin Concubine Han the news that Lin Jia was going to Beijing, but to think that if her daughter Xia Manling became Lin Jia's concubine, Lin Jia would inherit her in the future. After taking the throne, wouldn't her daughter become a noble concubine?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Xia restrained herself, chatted with Princess Li for a while, and then found an excuse to say goodbye and leave.

After hearing what his wife said, Xia Zhiqing felt a little afraid when he thought of the prince.

Seeing that her husband was so cowardly, Mrs. Xia immediately sneered and said, "Wealth comes from danger, if you don't work hard, where does wealth come from? Besides, we don't want Man Ling to marry the second son as the main wife, so how can the prince blame us? "

Xia Zhiqing was upset by what his wife said, so he immediately waved his hands and said, "You can play with it, I don't care!"

Mrs. Xia snorted, and went to find her own daughter, Man Ling, to discuss it.

Such a good thing can't be known by Xia Manyun, an ugly girl born to a lowly maid.

Xia Manling listened to her mother's words, her heart lightened, and she began to imagine the scene of Lin Jia wearing a dragon robe and all the ministers Shan Hulong live.

Lin Jia was born so handsome, she must be the most handsome emperor in a dragon robe!
She will be loved by Lin Jia in the future, so she will naturally be made a noble concubine by Lin Jia. When the time comes when she favors the harem, her son will naturally be the crown prince. Then she will be the empress dowager in the future. At that time, she will be the most handsome in the world How happy is the boy raised in the Compassion Ning Palace...

Xia Manling immediately said: "Mother, I have a solution!"

After entering November, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the wind howls from the sea, carrying the cold and damp sea breath, which seems to be able to penetrate the clothes of people and penetrate into the bones of people.

Yuzhi knew that she would leave Qingzhou for the capital next month, and the capital was even colder, so she was busy every night, making several sets of cotton clothes for Lin Jia to keep out the cold.

Before dawn, Yu Zhi and Alan, who were dressed as servants, followed Lin Jia to the prefectural office.

In the morning, Lin Jia was busy in the Judgment Hall for the whole morning, and Yu Zhi acted as his book boy, serving tea, pouring water, studying ink and taking notes. He was also busy, but he did learn a lot.

In the afternoon, Lin Jia finished her work and was a little tired, so she took Yuzhi out of the lobby, intending to walk around the corridor to exercise her muscles.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he met Xia Fu, the entourage of Lord Xia of Zhizhou, and said that Lord Xia invited him to talk.

Lin Jia immediately took Yuzhi and followed Xia Fu.

Unexpectedly, Xia Fu took him to Xia Zhiqing's study with all his might.

The study room was empty, there was no one at all.

Xia Fu apologized, first asked Lin Jia to sit down, and then asked the master to go.

Lin Jia sat there, looking at the study.

This study is in the state office, and he often comes and goes, it still looks neat and clean, and there seems to be nothing wrong.

Standing beside Lin Jia, Yuzhi felt that the room was too fragrant, and it didn't seem like a middle-aged man's study.

Although she was standing there, her eyes were looking up, down, left, and right in the study room.

Lin Jia sat for a while, suddenly felt something strange about his body, his heart was beating faster and faster, his palms and feet seemed to be brewing something, a little hot, a little itchy, gradually he felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly looked at Yuzhi: "This room There seems to be a problem!"

Yuzhi was staring at the purple-gold incense burner on the carved sandalwood stand, and she still stared at the incense burner and said, "It should be this incense burner, the scent is too sweet!"

She looked at Lin Jia, only to realize that something was wrong - Lin Jiaxiu's long hyphoid eyes were watery and shiny, and her lips were a little red, and her face was also flushed.

Yu Zhi hurriedly supported Lin Jia: "What's wrong with you?"

Lin Jia's body was as hard as iron, and he wanted to bend down to cover it, but he couldn't use any strength in his body, so he hurriedly said, "Hurry up and get me out!"

At this moment, he still knows how to defend men and women, so he dare not let Yuzhi carry him out.

Yuzhi reacted quickly, immediately picked up Lin Jia and rushed out.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from behind the screen: "Master Lin! Lin Jia!"

Following the sound of footsteps, a girl with an oval face and slender eyes chased after her. It was Xia Zhiqing's legitimate daughter Xia Manling, followed by four strong women.

Yuzhi knew something was wrong, and immediately ran towards the door of the study with Lin Jiafa in her arms.

There was a thick brocade curtain drenched with clear water cotton on the door of the study room. Yu Zhi hugged Lin Jia on one side, knocked open the brocade curtain and rushed out.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the four wives didn't agree with the original plan of the madam and the second girl, so they stopped thinking about it and hurriedly chased after them.

Yuzhi ran fast with Lin Jia in her arms, but she was holding Lin Jia after all, her speed was naturally limited, her ears were rumbling, and the wheezing and footsteps of the women behind her were close at hand.

(End of this chapter)