Lan Ling returned to Wangyou Palace, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
Ling Chen's injury was still not healed, but he insisted on going to the court. The senior brother called Jiang Rui, who was one of the best in Tsing Yi Hall, his cousin Chen Chao, and Liang Hongxiu. It seemed that something important had happened.
Is it going to war again? And Beiyi? Or King Ning? And her father Lan Jingtian
Huo Jingyun once told her that Lan Min had been sent away by him and sent to the third aunt.
She wasn't worried about the safety of her younger brother, but what about her father, Lan Jingtian, the mountains never changed, and they would meet each other sooner or later, so what would she do then
Lan Ling became more and more worried.
There have also been some changes in the palace in the past few days. Guan Yue was conferred the title of Concubine Degui, in charge of the affairs of the harem, and Concubine Jing was conferred the title of Concubine Jing.
Both of these two were responsible for catching spies in the palace.
Of course, in the harem, when someone laughs, someone cries.
Concubine Yu, who had never been involved in the affairs of the palace, was given to death by the emperor. The reason was that she colluded with King Ning and revealed information to King Ning. reveal the military situation.
Lan Ling knew that Liu Hui was on good terms with his father, Lan Jingtian, but he did not leave with his father.
Because of this case, Lan Ling was once again feared by some ministers, but now everyone knows that the concubine Ling is being favored, and no one dares to write a letter against her.
It is said that the emperor has issued an order that it is strictly forbidden to spread these news to Wangyou Palace, but the more you try to hide things in this world, the faster they will spread.
But Lan Ling never asked about Ling Chen's court. She never asked about her father. Because there is no solution to this matter, she actually knows the ending.
These days, Ling Shuang spends time in Lan Ling's palace every day, and now the person she pesters Lan Ling to ask has changed, it is no longer Huo Jingyun, but Jiang Rui.
It turned out that Ling Chen asked Huo Jingyun to teach Ling Shuang how to shoot arrows, and Huo Jingyun handed over the job to Jiang Rui.
"Sister-in-law Ling, yesterday you said that Jiang Rui could kill a wild boar by himself at the age of nine, but Jiang Rui said you were wrong. He was only seven years old when he killed a wild boar for the first time." Ling Shuang said to Lan Ling seriously .
"Oh, that must be my memory." Lan Ling smiled.
Ling Shuang suddenly whispered mysteriously: "Jiang Rui said that you often wet the bed when you were young, and you wet the bed once when you were almost eight years old. Is it true?"
Lan Ling's face was flushed, and he gritted his teeth and said softly to the princess: "Remember, remember, at that time, he just ate a chicken raw, with chicken feathers at the corner of his mouth, and blood on his hands, but he wanted to dry the quilt for me, and I Grandpa scolded me."
"Eat raw chicken?" Ling Shuang was shocked.
"Yeah, he didn't tell you? Jiang Rui liked to eat all kinds of animals since he was a child. He ate all kinds of animals that flew in the sky and crawled on the ground. As long as they were living things, he ate them all. The wriggling bugs, beans Worms are the best, they must be raw, and cooked meals are not to his liking.”
Lan Ling's face turned green when he saw Ling Shuang.
Lan Ling knew that Jiang Rui was actually most afraid of bugs.
"Then does he eat people?"
"Human. If he wasn't extremely hungry, he wouldn't eat." Lan Ling said lightly.
At night Ling Chen arrived at Wangyou Palace, saw Lan Ling and said with a smile: "Today I heard a joke about your little uncle."
"What joke?" Lan Ling saw that Ling Chen was in a good mood, and her mood also improved.
"Jiang Rui recently taught Ling Shuang archery. Ling Shuang often brought food to Jiang Rui. I heard that today Ling Shuang brought Jiang Rui a plate of live bean worms for Jiang Rui to eat directly. Jiang Rui jumped several times in fright. Ran."
Lan Ling laughed loudly, Jiang Rui, let you talk about my embarrassing things when I was young!
Just as he was talking, he saw Ling Shuang walking in angrily, dragging a person behind him, it was Jiang Rui, followed by Huo Jingyun.
Feeling guilty, Lan Ling was frightened and hid behind Ling Chen.
"Brother Huang, where is that woman?"
Ling Chen saw Ling Shuang's eyes wide open and her face flushed, and saw Lan Ling hiding behind him holding her breath, her eyebrows lowered as if she was pleasing to the eye, it was obvious that she had done something bad.
"Which woman, what's the matter, who provoked you? Jingyun is also here?"
"Having seen the emperor, I was afraid of trouble, so I followed all the way."
Ling Shuang saw Lan Ling who was hiding behind Ling Chen, and grabbed him out, "You big liar!" She scratched Lan Ling's itch while talking.
Lan Ling dodged, laughed loudly, and hid behind Ling Chen again.
Jiang Rui frowned and looked at Lan Ling fiercely.
Ling Shuang shouted to Ling Chen: "Brother Huang, don't help her!"
Ling Chen stretched out his hand to stop Ling Shuang who was rushing forward, "What's going on?"
"She, she told me that Jiang Rui likes to eat raw food..."
Ling Chen suddenly realized, "The joke that was spread in the army today is your masterpiece? You should be punished. You should be fined to come out and pour tea for them to admit your mistake."
Ling Chen pulled Lan Ling out from behind.
"Sister-in-law Ling, he just said that you are almost eight years old and still wet the bed, but he didn't say anything else. How could you take revenge on him like this?" Ling Shuang asked.
"Are you still wetting the bed at the age of eight?" Ling Chen suddenly turned his head and asked Lan Ling.
"Nonsense! If you talk nonsense again, I will tell you everything about your childhood!" Lan Ling threatened Jiang Rui viciously.
"It seems that having a playmate who grew up together is not a good thing." Jiang Rui said.
Everyone laughed.
Lan Ling saw that the princess had shifted her mind to Jiang Rui, and Jiang Rui seemed to like the princess quite a bit, so her mood improved.
I just thought of Huo Jingyun, such an outstanding person, I don't know what kind of outstanding woman can match him. Liang Hongxiu liked him, and Lan Ling knew it long ago, but the brother's feelings for her didn't seem to be between a man and a woman.
During this time, Ling Chen would go to Wangyou Palace almost every day. He has been very busy, sometimes he would not speak for a long time, and when he came, he would just lie there and listen to Lan Ling.
Ling Chen likes to hear her chattering nonsense. Only at this time can his heart feel a little relaxed.
In the evening, Ling Chen passed on the dinner and left Huo Jingyun and the princess Jiang Rui to have dinner together. During the dinner, because Lan Ling and Ling Shuang kept arguing, only the two of them never regarded him as a high-ranking emperor. He regards him as his husband and elder brother, and this meal is very warm.
It has been two watch days since they left.
Ling Chen held Lan Ling in his arms, and suddenly said: "Should we have a baby?"
"Isn't Concubine Yi pregnant with the emperor's child?" Lan Ling's expression faded.
I don't know why, except for Wen Heng, none of their concubines were pregnant, and Liu Hui was pregnant once a long time ago.
Lan Ling always thought that the emperor didn't want them to be pregnant, so he gave them some medicine.
Ling Chen paused for a moment, then hugged her tightly again, "I'm talking about our two children. Take care of your body, I want a baby. Why, don't you like it?"
He suddenly tilted his head and asked her.
"Of course, who doesn't want to have a child of their own. It depends on fate."
"Then let's work harder." Ling Chen was in high spirits today, perhaps because he was in a good mood.
Ling Chen's wounds had already healed, and now he was full of tenderness and sweetness, Lan Ling greeted him shyly, the curtains swayed, and the whole room was full of charm.
The two were lingering, and Yang Shu whispered outside: "Your Majesty, the girl in Yong'an Palace is here to report that Concubine Yi is popular today, I'm afraid the fetus will not be safe..."
Lan Ling broke free from Ling Chen's embrace, and straightened her hair.
Ling Chen got up and put on his clothes, turned around and tucked Lan Ling in the blanket, "I'll go and have a look."
Lan Ling didn't speak.
Ling Chen came to Yong'an Palace.
He hasn't seen her for more than a month. Ling Chen didn't go in, he just stood at the door and asked the imperial physician, Zhou imperial physician.
"How is she?"
The imperial doctor Zhou knelt down and said: "Report to the emperor, the imperial concubine has a sign of miscarriage, and she has already taken medicine for her when she sees red. It seems that there is no serious problem at present."
After hearing this, Ling Chen turned around and was about to leave, but he heard Wen Heng shout from inside: "Ah Chen, do you really hate me so much?"
Wen Heng came out, she had lost a lot of weight, her face was pale, and there was water in her eyes.
Ling Chen paused, and finally turned around.
The moisture in Wen Heng's eyes finally condensed into tears, and they rushed out. He used the child as the price, and he finally came. As long as he comes to see her the first time, she will let him come the second time, the third time... .
Ling Chen walked back, "Wen Heng, don't think too much, take care of your baby."
"Ah Chen, you hate me so much? Just because of Lan Ling? I did that to her because of jealousy. I can't blame me! Because I love you, I can't stand you being nice to others!"
"But Lan Ling never harmed you. Also, I punished you because you harmed Lan Ling. I alienated you and had nothing to do with her. You also know that I hate others to deceive me the most. You pretend to be heartbroken and cheat My feelings, that time in Qingshan, almost caused Lan Ling to lose his life. How can I trust you again!"
Wen Heng broke down in tears.
She stepped forward and grabbed Ling Chen's sleeve, "Yes, I lied to you, but the purpose of my lying to you is just to hope that you will treat me better, it is not a heinous crime. Dust, don't do this abandon me… "
Ling Chen sighed, "Wen Heng, let us all calm down."
Wen Heng still didn't let go: "Ah Chen, why do you feel that you don't care about this child?"
Ling Chen gently stroked her hand away, "You think too much."
"Then will your previous promise still count? Only my child will be the prince?"
Ling Chen nodded, "Of course it counts."
He left anyway, Wen Heng sat on the ground in a state of disappointment, gritted his silver teeth.
She always thought that she understood Ling Chen, but she didn't realize until today that she didn't understand him. Or, she no longer knows Ling Chen now.
It's just winter, and the weather is weirdly cold.
During this period of time, Ling Chen was even busier, and he often couldn't see his shadow for a few days.
Lan Ling vaguely knew that the Beiyi army had reached the border of Daxing Kingdom, Shangdan Kingdom had also turned against Daxing, and Shangdan Kingdom had openly supported King Ning. There is also the Northwest Marquis on the northwest border, and the emperor can't move it anymore.
Knowing that Ling Chen was upset, Lan Ling made different soups every day and sent them to his study.
The first thing Ling Chen does when he comes to the study is to look at the soup pot on the right side of the table. Every day when he retires from court, he can always see that the recipes are different, such as Qingxin Soup, Sanxian Soup, Old Chicken Soup, Nourishing Soup, Moisturizing Lung Soup...
Even the soup utensils are different every day, which is pleasing to the eye.
Lan Ling seemed to know what he was thinking. Sometimes he wanted to have a sip of mutton soup, but what he saw when he returned to the study was mutton soup. This made Ling Chen feel very miraculous.
Lan Ling personally delivered wolfberry and black-bone chicken soup to the emperor today. When he came back, he stayed in the imperial garden for a while, and suddenly saw Pearl hiding behind a tree, with a flustered expression and tears in his eyes.
"Pearl, what's wrong with you?" Lan Ling stepped forward and asked.
Zhenzhu was originally the third daughter of a concubine named Shen Bing, a doctor in discussion. She was beautiful and versatile. In the spring, she was sent to the palace for a draft by her father, and the emperor only selected two concubines. She was chosen to serve the emperor's daily life and serve tea in the Linhua Palace.
These are what Lan Ling learned later. She likes pearls very much. There is a trustworthy temperament about pearls. There is a kind of person who feels at ease and relaxed every time she gets close to her. Pearl is this kind of person.
Pearl was a little panicked when she saw Lan Ling.
"Concubine Ling, I'm fine."
Seeing her pale face, Lan Ling grabbed her wrist and wiped her pulse, "Are you sick?"
Pearl panicked even more and struggled to break free.
Lan Ling let go, but his face became serious.
"Pearl, you are pregnant, whose is it, the emperor's?"
Pearl immediately knelt down, her shoulders trembling, "No, no, my lady help me, my lady help me."
Lan Ling helped her up, "Go, don't stay here, it's not good to be found out, go to my Wangyou Palace."
Pearl followed Lan Ling into Wangyou Palace.
Lan Ling told the maids to go out, closed the door, and Pearl knelt down again.
Lan Ling asked Pearl, "I know you are a big girl in the emperor's room. Now that something like this happened, if that person is not the emperor, who would it be?"
Pearl just cries.
Seeing her like this, Lan Ling sighed and said, "I can't help you if you're like this."
Pearl kowtowed and said, "I beg your mother to give me a miscarriage medicine, this child, Pearl can't take it."
Lan Ling helped her up, "You are a person in the emperor's room, you dare to move whoever is so bold!"
Pearl said, "Please don't let the emperor know that the servant girl had an abortion, so don't pursue this matter, okay?"
Lan Ling looked at her and whispered, "Is it King Rui?"
Pearl seemed to be shocked by electricity, "No, don't pursue it anymore, please don't pursue it anymore, that person doesn't like pearls, he..."
Lan Ling sneered, "He doesn't like you, and made you pregnant? He doesn't like you, but he likes another person he can't get!"
Pearl looked up at Lan Ling, "So the empress knows too."
"Well, I know. Do you like him?"
"So what if I like him, he won't marry me." Pearl's expression dimmed.
"Do you want to marry him? Even if he doesn't love you?" Lan Ling asked.
Pearl nodded, "As long as I can see him every day, I will be satisfied."
Lan Ling held her hand and said: "Don't worry, I won't tell the emperor, but I will tell that person, as for how he chooses, it's up to him, as long as he doesn't regret it. Don't worry about taking that medicine, after all That medicine hurts the body, and you are not married yet."
Pearl blushed, but she believed in Lan Ling.
Lan Ling sent the pearl back to Linhua Palace, and went directly to Guhuaxuan, the emperor's study.
As soon as we got to the door, we heard arguing inside.
"Brother Huang, you can't hold Wen Heng like this anymore, she is pregnant with your child! Do you have the heart to treat her like this?"
"Fifth, she shouldn't be alive for the crime of arson and murder!" Ling Chen said coldly.
Lan Ling knew very well that no matter how big a crime he committed, if he didn't die then, he wouldn't die later. Especially like Wen Heng, the people Wen Heng killed were just girls in the eyes of outsiders.
And she is pregnant with a dragon heir.
Time will gradually weaken the hatred in people's hearts, and justice will gradually tilt the balance. No one would understand the position of those girls in Lan Ling's heart, let alone the trauma they caused her.
Before the guards went in to report, Lan Ling entered the study.
King Rui and Lei Ze were kneeling on the ground, and Wen Heng stood impressively beside them.
"Why are you here?" Ling Chen asked.
Lan Ling looked up at Wen Heng, "Congratulations to Concubine Yi for regaining her freedom."
Ling Chen's expression changed: "No, she was brought here by King Rui."
King Rui stood up and looked at Lan Ling: "Concubine Ling, after all, she is pregnant with the emperor's heir, and it's not good to keep the child in her belly. Besides, the concubine Ling is still safe and sound, and it's just a few girls who died. Concubine Ling can forgive her."
Lan Ling sneered, "King Rui thinks highly of Lan Ling. Lan Ling is not a magnanimous person, and Lan Ling has always regarded those girls as his sisters. In the eyes of King Rui, the lives of girls are worthless. That's why you bully them at will!"