Although Emperor Dongming hadn't issued an order yet, Concubine Lin made a vow that she would summon Lin Xu every few days and constantly brainwash Lin Xu.
"Don't worry, the grandson of the emperor will definitely be born from your stomach in the future. This is the descendant of the Lin family. My aunt will definitely not harm you."
When Lin Xu heard this, the anger in his heart was finally wiped out, so he gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Miss Huang is going to Beijing tomorrow, you are not allowed to mess around." Concubine Lin repeatedly told her that she was very satisfied with Lin Xu in the past, but now Lin Xu keeps making troubles again and again, which has wiped out her good impression in Concubine Lin's heart.
Lin Xu nodded, "Xu'er knows, don't worry, aunt, Xu'er knows how to measure."
"Good boy, you have sacrificed so much for Ming'er, Ming'er will definitely be grateful to you."
Lin Bin smiled softly, and Lin Xu forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.
Concubine Lin seemed to have thought of something, and glanced at Lin Xu, "Xu'er, we should have less contact with that Xinling County Lord in the future."
Lin Xu looked at Concubine Lin suspiciously, and Concubine Lin smiled faintly, "Master Xinling County is the second prince's direct cousin, and we are not on the same path as us."
"Yes!" Lin Xu nodded.
After leaving the Yuhe Palace, Lin Xu's whole face was distorted, "It's all because Xiao Concubine that bitch spoiled my good deeds!"
"Miss, the emperor has just issued an order to release the first prince's restraint, but the first prince is not allowed to leave the city."
Lin Xu's face became even colder when he heard this, "It's not all because of Huang Ziying!"
Lin Xu angrily turned around and left. After returning to the Lin Mansion, she smashed everything in the house. She couldn't swallow the gloom, and her red eyes were very cautious.
"Miss, Miss Zhen is here."
Lin Xu glanced at the servant girl, then remembered Lin Bin's words, and said displeasedly, "Just say I'm unwell, so I can't see guests."
"yes!"
Zhen Yan received the letter, and said softly, "Since Sister Lin is not feeling well, I will come back another day. It is important for Sister Lin to take care of herself."
The servant girl responded and left.
Zhen Yan left the Lin's house, a very faint darkness flashed across her eyes, "Take care of her, don't let her make any more trouble."
"Yes, miss."
Early in the morning, Lin Xu washed up and was about to go out, but was stopped by a maid on the way, Lin Xu looked displeased.
"Miss, the master said that the lady should rest at home and not go out for a few days."
Lin Xu became angry when he heard this, "My cousin finally got his feet lifted, so why don't I go and see my cousin?"
The servant girl looked embarrassed, "Miss, the door is full of guards, and the lady can't go out, but the master said that the lady will only be allowed to go out in three days, and the lady will be patient for three days."
Lin Xu gritted her teeth bitterly, and probably guessed why, the eldest prince lifted the ban because of Huang Ziying!
The Lin family didn't let her go out because they were afraid that she would cause trouble. Lin Xu was discouraged, "Bring my mother, I have something to see my mother."
The servant girl hesitated for a while, and Lin Xu stared, "Why, I can't go out of the house and see my mother?"
"Yes, servant girl, I'm going to find Madam now."
Lin Xu went back to the house angrily, and Mrs. Lin came after a while, "Xu'er, your father is doing it for your own good, so you should rest for a few days and stop making trouble."
As soon as Mrs. Lin entered the door, she slammed her face and said, with a somewhat impatient tone, "Xu'er, it's not that mother won't help you. You should understand your father. You ruined the reputation of the Lin family. If it wasn't for mother begging for a punishment, it would be inevitable. If you lose your value, your mother will not be able to protect you."
Mrs. Lin seemed to have aged a lot overnight, and she was a bit decadent. Because of Lin Xu's incident, she had a lot of relationship with Lin Fei. If it continued, Mrs. Lin would definitely be disgusted by Lin Fei.
Lin Xu was aggrieved, "Mother, why are you helping outsiders to talk about your daughter? The daughter is already wronged enough, and now she is grounded by her father again. Isn't it because Huang Ziying came back outside, and the eldest cousin is with her? My daughter is really not reconciled."
Lin Xu grabbed Mrs. Lin's arm tightly, "Mother, please go and beg father to let me out. My daughter just wants to visit her cousin, and she won't cause trouble."
Mrs. Lin rubbed her forehead, "Xu'er, we have no choice now. It is not our turn to intervene in His Highness's affairs. If you continue to make trouble, not only His Highness and the Lin family will abandon you, you can imagine what will happen to you."
Lin Fei just didn't trust Lin Xu, so he sent someone to guard Lin Xu.
Tomorrow night is General Huang's clean-up banquet. If something happens, the Lin family can't stand it anymore.
Lin Xu curled her lips, "My mother is just like my father. They are all for the interests of the Lin family. They never think about my life or death."
"Xu'er!" Mrs. Lin stood up, "In order for you to marry His Highness, how many good things did mother say to Concubine Lin, how many troubles did mother go through, and who did mother complain to?"
Mrs. Lin looked disappointed, she just felt that Lin Xu didn't understand her painstaking efforts, "The side concubine is only a temporary concubine, even if you make trouble, the position of the main concubine can be sent back to you? Or do you want to drag the entire Lin family together?" Crazy with you!"
Lin Xu just complained a few words, but she didn't expect Mrs. Lin to react so strongly, "Mother, if my daughter backs down, the Lin family won't have any face in the future, isn't it under the Huang family?"
Mrs. Lin looked disappointed. Once Lin Xu encounters the eldest prince's problems, she will lose her mind.
Get into the horns, regardless of the crazy appearance.
"Xu'er, think about sister Xi three years ago. If you insist on doing this, the Lin family will never help you. Because of our mother-daughter relationship, mother will definitely help you leave the Lin family."
Mrs. Lin made up her mind, and she didn't know what would happen if she didn't wake Lin Xu up.
Lin Xu's face paled when she heard this, "How can mother say it's so serious..."
A few years ago, Lin Xi was the daughter of the second wife who was abandoned by the Lin family. She was beaten to death with a stick, thrown her body into the wilderness, and expelled by the Lin family.
Mrs. Lin glanced at Lin Xu, "Now is a critical period, don't be arrogant, your grandfather already knows about you, your grandfather doesn't care if you are the daughter of the Lin family, and your father won't intercede for you, he just wants to Be an abandoned son or let the Lin family be proud of you, you can figure it out yourself!"
Speaking of Madam Lin, she left without looking back, leaving Lin Xu sitting on the couch in a daze with an embarrassed expression.
Madam Lin's words made Lin Xu calm down a lot.
On the second day, Lin Xu sat on the porch in a daze.
"Miss Huang came to visit the Lin family. She is really beautiful. She and the First Prince are a match made in heaven."
"That's right, Miss Huang is heroic without losing her daughter-in-law style. Yesterday, she rode a horse into Beijing, and the whole capital is talking about Miss Huang's demeanor. At least in the capital, it's hard to find a match."
"I heard that the eldest prince picked it up in person. The eldest prince is very gentle with Miss Huang..."
The little maid squatted in the corner and chattered, only behind a wall was Lin Xu's increasingly gloomy expression.
Now that Huang Ziying has taken her place, the whole capital is praising Huang Ziying, and Lin Xu's sanity has been sapped a little bit again.
"How unreasonable! The one who robbed me dares to swagger like this!"
Lin Xu's teeth were grinding, and the anger accumulated for many days was stirred up little by little, and Mrs. Lin's advice was ignored.
I only heard that there was still a lot of discussion on the other side.
"But why didn't the eldest prince come to visit the young lady when he came to the Lin residence? Tomorrow is a banquet. If the emperor personally decrees the marriage, wouldn't the young lady have no chance at all?"
"Hush!" The servant girl looked around, "It's not just that the young lady was underestimated by others in public, and the eldest prince lost face. Madam suggested that the eldest prince go to see the young lady, but the eldest prince refused. Everyone Said that the First Prince hates Miss, so he took this opportunity to break off his engagement with Miss."
"Break the engagement?"
"Just now I went to serve tea and heard it with my own ears. The master will marry the young lady far away in a few days, so the old master deliberately restrained the young lady from going out, and announced to the outside world that she was seriously ill and needed to rest, so he abdicated and let Miss Huang be the eldest concubine. Woolen cloth."
Lin Xu couldn't bear it any longer when he heard the words, and said loudly, "That's enough, shut up all of you, come and arrest them all!"
The little girl on the other side of the wall ran away when she heard the words, and when Lin Xu chased after her, there was no one left. Lin Xu was blocked by the guards at the door, and Lin Xu gritted her teeth in resentment, but she had no choice but to get out.
"Ah!" Lin Xu stomped her feet angrily, "Let a lowly servant girl sit on an equal footing with me, how dare she slander me like this, and everyone come to humiliate me, I am the eldest concubine, this is the imperial decree! I won't let it!"
A trace of ruthlessness flashed across Lin Xu's eyes, she would definitely find a way to get out and stop this marriage.
Right Prime Minister's Mansion
"Miss, everything is ready." Qing Yu nodded at Concubine Xiao.
Concubine Xiao smiled, just waiting for a few days to watch the play.
Huang Ziying didn't have anything to do with the eldest prince in his previous life, but he had an inexplicable relationship with Prince Chen's son. The trajectory of his life has changed a lot.
Concubine Xiao admired this Huang Ziying somewhat, she was heroic and valiant, and she was also a woman who dared to love and hate.
It is a pity that such a woman deserves to be the first prince, and Xiao Concubine will not let this happen due to emotion and reason.
When Huang Ziying entered Beijing, he was accompanied by the eldest prince.
Wearing a tender green long dress, she is pretty and charming. Her long hair is tied high into a simple temple. There are not many jewelry in her hair, but it is just right. She is capable and elegant. There is a sense of righteousness between her brows, which makes people feel aroused. Good impression.
"Your Highness, it's getting late today, why don't you go back and rest earlier, Your Highness."
It was rare for Huang Ziying to show the shyness of her little daughter in front of the eldest prince, and she behaved like a gentle lady.
"Alright, Ms. Huang should go back and rest as soon as possible. If you need any help, feel free to ask. If there is a chance in the future, I will accompany the lady to enjoy the scenery of Kyoto. Tomorrow's banquet, I will send someone to pick up Ms. Huang."
The eldest prince spoke in a leisurely manner, maintaining a good distance without showing any deliberation.
Huang Ziying's delicate face was slightly flushed, "Then I will thank you, Your Highness."
After Huang Ziying finished speaking, she followed the maid into the Huang's mansion, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, indicating that she was in a good mood.
It wasn't until Huang Ziying's figure disappeared that the eldest prince turned around and left with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.
next day
The palace banquet was held very grandly. General Huang went to battle to kill the enemy and captured many enemies. With a wave of his hand, Emperor Dongming directly sealed the official title of the second rank, and made Huang Ziying the princess.
General Huang only had one daughter in his life and never remarried, so he obeyed Huang Ziying's words and was very precious.
The eldest prince has always been by General Huang's side, neither perfunctory nor flattering, maintaining the demeanor that a prince should have, talking freely, which made General Huang look at him with admiration.
The eldest prince raised his eyebrows and smiled when he saw the Prime Minister on the right, "Why is the Prime Minister free to attend the palace banquet today? I remember that the Prime Minister never likes to be lively."
Prime Minister on the right glanced at the eldest prince, "Your Highness remembers clearly that General Huang's generation of heroes has solved many troubles for Dong Ming. It is not impolite for the prime minister to come to toast, right?"
Prime Minister on the right avoided his sharp edge and lowered his posture a lot.
The eldest prince continued to provoke, "Why should Xiangye be modest? This hall still remembers that Xiangye fought with the emperor's grandfather in the past. He made great achievements in battle and never lost. I'm afraid the whole world may not be able to find a few."
Prime Minister on the right glanced at the eldest prince, and then at General Huang. People who practice martial arts have a hobby, which is to learn from each other. General Huang is a martial artist and a great general. He was sought after all the way to Beijing, and there was one who was more powerful than him Standing in front of him, General Huang has a sense of treating the right as an opponent.
The more the eldest prince pursued the right minister, the more General Huang regarded the right minister as an opponent or even an enemy.
"His Royal Highness has won the award. It is an old story, so there is no need to mention it again. Now General Huang is powerful everywhere, and no one knows General Huang's reputation. If General Huang and Zhenxiang go to the battlefield together one day, Truth still needs a lot from General Huang." Taking care is."
The right minister continued to be modest, and didn't care what the eldest prince said.
General Huang smiled at the Prime Minister on the right when he heard the words, "Master Xiang is modest."
However, the eldest prince said, "Master Xiang is now the leader of all officials who has abandoned martial arts and followed civil affairs. He holds great power. Who would dare to disobey an order? As far as Lord Xiang's thousands of cavalry troops are invincible across the battlefield, they are all invincible. Bai, everyone knows that Xiangye only needs to make suggestions behind the scenes, and there is no need to go to the battlefield to fight."
General Huang also has an army under his command, which claims to be one against a hundred, but now it is not as good when compared with the right. After all, the right-hand man holds much more military power than General Huang.
The same husband, but the right minister can enjoy the comfort and power in the capital, but he can only stick to the border. Comparing the two, General Huang's heart is immediately unbalanced.
Prime Minister on the right glanced at the complacent eldest prince with a faint smile, and was lazy to argue with him, so he stopped.
The eldest prince received the letter, and tonight Emperor Dongming would confer Concubine Lin the title of concubine Shu. In this way, the eldest prince can stand up again.
The First Prince had already offended Prime Minister Right, and he became even more unscrupulous, constantly mocking Prime Minister Right.
Prime Minister Right replied a few words in a rare good mood, and then stopped talking to the eldest prince.
Many soldiers came back with General Huang. Because of Huang Ziying's relationship, they all supported the eldest prince, but even the Queen Mother's faction kept getting involved with General Huang, and the eldest prince also followed suit. This appearance is quite different from the previous few days.
The eldest prince was even more unscrupulous, and glanced at the right minister, "Unfortunately, Lord Zhao Hou is not here, otherwise we can still compete with General Huang."
Seeing this, Prime Minister on the right sat back in his seat, with a smile on his face, "No hurry, there will always be a chance in the future."
The eldest prince was rarely in a good mood, and the anger that had accumulated for a long time was finally vented.
Concubine Lin held on to Huang Ziying all night, no matter how she liked it, she praised Huang Ziying dozens of times, and Huang Ziying stood aside shyly.
When it was Emperor Dongming's turn to appear on the stage, his face was a bit embarrassed, so Concubine Lin asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?"
Emperor Dongming snorted heavily, and the room was suddenly quiet.
"Returning to the emperor, Liangzhou suddenly rioted and the people were displaced. If it is not stopped, the consequences will be disastrous."
"Your Majesty, Liangzhou has fallen at this moment, and Suizhou should be next. Suizhou is an important border city of Dongming, and it must not be lost."
After a while, ministers one after another knelt on the ground and begged Emperor Dongming for support.
Lin Bin's expression changed, "Why did something happen suddenly in Liangzhou, how is the third prince doing?"
"Returning to your mother, the Third Highness has not heard from her, and her whereabouts are unknown."
Just one sentence completely changed Lin Bin's face, and she quickly looked at Emperor Dongming, "Your Majesty, Ye'er is still in Liangzhou, please send troops to support him as soon as possible."
"Hmph! These barbarians are really hateful. They keep harassing Dongming. If they don't give some, it will damage Dongming's national prestige!"
Emperor Dong Ming was furious, and slapped the table with his big palm, his face full of anger.
Concubine Lin nodded, and couldn't help but her eyes were red with worry, "What the emperor said is very true, we must find a way to rescue Ye'er as soon as possible."
For some reason, the eldest prince raised his eyebrows, with an ominous premonition.
"Father, this matter still needs to be carefully considered. How could the barbarians suddenly harass Liangzhou after several years of invasion? Could it be the rogues, not the barbarians? It's better to ask the officials around Liangzhou to send troops to inquire about the news. "
Concubine Lin glanced at the eldest prince, "If it's an ordinary bandit, why did it spread to the capital? Now that the whereabouts of the third prince are unknown, it must be the work of barbarians."
Being dismantled by Concubine Lin in public, the eldest prince's face froze.
"Your Majesty, this time it is definitely not the rogue bandits. The rogue bandits would never dare to attack people's homes with great fanfare. There's going to be more trouble."
Emperor Dongming's face was tense when he heard the words, and he looked around, "What's your opinion, my loves?"
The eldest prince glanced at Prime Minister on the right, but when he really wanted to speak, he saw Prime Minister on the right standing up, "Back to the emperor, I am willing to lead the army to fight to pacify the barbarians. Dong Ming and the barbarians have not really fought a single battle so far. It’s a show of our country’s prestige.”