"This—" Gao Ping wondered for a while: "The princess also knows that the emperor has already rested." I have seen many officials, and this Lord Lin is the best, and others only wait for the emperor to eat, drink, and eat before he can be summoned. However, Master Lin wanted to pull the emperor up from the bed.
"I have to go after rest." Lin Wanrong sighed deeply: "This matter is choked in my heart. If I don't ask clearly, I will not be at peace. Don't worry, Eunuch Gao, I will take care of anything, and the emperor will blame it Just blame me."
Give Gao Ping ten guts, he didn't dare to disturb the emperor's dream, but after seeing Master Lin's Quan Wu Xing staged just now, he also knew that this person is not a good bird, if there is a disagreement, maybe he will Get a bully fist. For a while, neither advancing nor retreating, made him very embarrassed.
"Sanggong, you still have to see your father so late at night, is there something urgent?" Qin Xian'er said softly.
"It's a very important thing." Lin Wanrong nodded solemnly. He couldn't explain what it was in front of Xian'er, a little vinegar jar. Otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble this girl will make.
Qin Xian'er nodded, looked at Gao Ping and said, "Go and see if Emperor Father is asleep, and just say that I will accompany Xianggong there later."
Seeing Princess Nishang's words, Gao Ping reluctantly took the order and left. Qin Xian'er glanced at Lin Wanrong, and twitched her mouth: "Sir, do you want to ask about that foxy girl?"
"This, can you not answer?" Lin Wanrong chuckled. If you want to say that this little girl, Xian'er, is really not ordinary shrewd, she can't hide anything from her.
"If you want to ask, just ask, I can still stop you. I already knew that you are hard to let go of that Hu Meizi." Qin Xian'er pouted.
Can't let go of an old love? When did I give up. This girl can really use words! Lin Wanrong laughed, put her arms around her waist and said, "Don't worry, I can carry water with a shoulder pole, and the two sides are flat. Sigh, it's not easy for me to take care of you.
Xian'er smiled sweetly, tightened her little hands around his arm, and sighed softly: "Master, in fact, according to my opinion, I just want to live a good life with you and honor my father, what are you doing?" Princess, not interested."
"Then why did you change your mind?" Lin Wanrong asked strangely.
"Master is right. Mr. Xianggong, you are an unprecedented talent. It would be a pity if you were buried among the people. I have such a status, and my father loves me so much. As long as you want to be your husband, there is no such thing as you in this world." Things that can't be done, not to mention that the emperor likes you so much." Qin Xian'er's eyes were shining with colorful lights, and she looked at him firmly, her face was full of attachment and trust.
Could it be that the old man said something to Xian'er again? Alas, the coveted heart never dies. You can't be too good at being a person! Lin Wanrong put away the picture scroll, hugged Xian'er and smiled coquettishly, "Don't worry, I will work hard—let's work hard together. Give him more than a dozen dolls, let the old man hold one every day, hehe!"
Qin Xian'er's face was bright red, she hid in his arms and did not dare to come out, she snorted softly: "Nonsense, my mother only gave birth to me once in her whole life, I will have two with my husband."
The two were groping, but Gao Ping came out in a hurry, looked at Lin Wanrong and said, "Master Lin. The emperor said he fell asleep."
These words are level, are you fooling me or fooling you? Lin Wanrong chuckled: "This is the emperor's original words?!"
Gao Ping nodded and said: "That's the exact words. The old man asked me to pass the word, saying that he has fallen asleep, and if Master Lin has something to do, I will ask to see him tomorrow."
Just after doing something for him, he didn't recognize anyone in the blink of an eye. The old man's face turned so fast. Lin Wanrong was about to grab Xian'er and rush in, but Gao Ping said again: "The emperor also said that trespassing Don’t pursue the matter of the forbidden palace, if you have the heart, remember these three words—Zhe Baoding!” [Heaven’s Kiss Hand Slap]
Zhebaoding? ! ! What's the meaning? Lin Wanrong looked at Gao Ping suspiciously: "Did the emperor say anything else? Eunuch Gao, you have to finish your sentence at once!"
Gao Ping smiled wryly, bowed and bowed: "My lord, these are the emperor's oral instructions. I dare not miss a single word, and I have conveyed it to you completely. The meaning of this, the servant does not understand anything."
Seeing Gao Ping's expression, Lin Wanrong knew that the old emperor would not see him tonight. Since he even knew about my trespassing, he naturally sent out his verbal instructions. It's just that the word "Zhebaoding" was suddenly said. How can this be explained? Could it be related to Qingxuan? With such vague words, the old man is also a master of riddles.
He thought hard, but he still couldn't figure out the meaning of these three words. If he thought about it, even if he forced his way in to see the emperor, with that old man's personality, he would not be able to explain the riddles that should be solved. Seeing Qingxuan's message tonight, I was extremely excited, but I just thought that maybe because of a small riddle, I and Qingxuan couldn't meet each other even if we were close to each other. I was so depressed that I couldn't tell. He spent the whole night in anxiety and meditation, and even forgot to tell the emperor about meeting Dongying people in Houshan today.
I went to see him early the next morning, but was stopped by Gao Ping with a frowning face. He looked around and said cautiously: "Master Lin, you are not an outsider, so this old servant is telling the truth. Right now, all the imperial doctors are inside." Waiting, the emperor is furious, he has already dragged out and beheaded three of them."
Cut three? Could it be because of the injuries he suffered from the assassination yesterday? But Xian'er went back to Xiangguo Temple this morning. Her wish to marry her mother has not yet been fulfilled. When she left, she didn't hear that the old man's condition has deteriorated! Thinking of the discussion with Xu Wei, Li Tai and the others yesterday, I realized in my heart that this is playing hard to get, and the old man is well versed in it!
Lin Wanrong recalled what she had ordered Ning Yuxi to do yesterday, and wondered whether she had passed on the words, so she was a little worried, but thinking that the old emperor might know about Qingxuan's whereabouts, but made some mysteries on purpose, it was not interesting, so she didn't bother Take care of the affairs of the Dongying people and let them assassinate them again.
When he came out of the palace, he saw Xu Wei guarding the door ghostly, with a very strange appearance. Lin Wanrong tiptoed over and patted him on the shoulder. Xu Wei was startled, turned around to see him, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother Lin, you finally came out."
What do you mean I finally came out? Mr. Lin, I'm not a fan, he smiled and said: "What do you say? Mr. Xu, didn't you meet yesterday morning?"
Xu Wei pulled him aside, looked him up and down carefully, and then looked around vigilantly, then nodded and said: "It's fine, it's fine. The emperor summoned you yesterday, until this morning I haven't heard any news about you, Miss Xiao and Madam are worried about you, asked me to ask several times, and Miss Qiaoqiao is so anxious that I don't know what to do."
This was negligent. Yesterday I was focused on helping Xian'er reunite his father and daughter. Later, I met Uncle Wei and saw the picture scroll left by Qingxuan. I was pleasantly surprised and disappointed. I didn't have time to think about Missy and Qiaoqiao. They, Lin Wanrong felt ashamed and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Xu, are they all right?!"
"It's okay!" Xu Wei shook his head and said meaningfully: "You don't know, now the Xiao family has guards in the palace secretly protecting it, so nothing will happen. But you, you went to see the emperor yesterday, which made me quite worried. "
Lin Wanrong was also a shrewd person, so he could understand the meaning of Xu Wei's words. The emperor's assassination yesterday was a big deal, but at the most critical moment, the emperor summoned Lin Wanrong for an audience. When other people saw the emperor, they would come out after a cup of tea, but he hadn't been seen for a day and a night. An old slicker like Xu Wei could naturally smell some unusual smells from it.
Lin Wanrong clasped her fists gratefully, with extremely complicated expressions on her face. Talking about yesterday's experience, she still felt terrified, and didn't know whether to cry or laugh. But Lao Xu was so caring, and he was quite a bit loyal, which moved him a little.
"One more thing." Xu Wei frowned, looked at him with a worried expression on his face, and said, "I don't know what to say to you little brother."
A bad feeling rose in Lin Wanrong's heart, and he hurriedly said: "Oh, my brother Xu, what time is this, why are you being modest, just speak up if you have something to say."
Xu Wei smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It's not that I won't say it, but I'm afraid you won't be able to hold back if I say it. You know that Li Tai's army will leave in twenty days or so, right?"
"It's not just me, everyone in Dahua knows about it." Lin Wanrong waved his hand impatiently: "Brother Xu, let's get to the point, get to the point!"
"The reason why Li Tai's hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers have been delayed until now is because the wages required for the war have not yet been collected. Among them, the most important batch of money, food, and grass has a huge amount of 350,000. Jiangnan." Xu Wei glanced at him and said slowly.
"What's wrong with Jiangnan? It's all about the money." Lin Wanrong said with a smile, and he remembered Luo Min's taxation on brothels in Jinling. Once the man's belt was loosened, he had everything.
"Three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, which was collected after excluding the silver paid to the treasury, was to be escorted to Beijing, but on the way—" Xu Wei shook his head and sighed.
"What happened?" Lin Wanrong was surprised.
Xu Wei nodded sadly: "350,000 taels of silver, escorted by 5,000 elite soldiers, but there was a mutiny in Shandong. In one night, 350,000 taels of silver, together with 5,000 troops, disappeared without a trace."