When dawn broke, Mo Qihan got up and dressed in Ling Xueman's deep sleep and left, returned to the bedroom, gave Ling Xueman's dirty dragon robe to Xu An after eating, and then changed clothes and freshened to the Jinluan Temple.
When I returned to the Imperial Palace early in the morning, the eunuch came in to inform the emperor, "Prince An Xiaochang and Princess Yuqin please see you!"
"Xuan!"
Two quarters of an hour later, Mo Lixuan and Concubine Mo Ya walked out of the Dihua Palace dejectedly, and sighed repeatedly. Not long after they walked, they met Mo Qiyan, Mo Qiming, Mo Qilin, and Mo Qichen who came together. , Mo Qiyu.
"Xuan'er, what's the matter? Manman was shocked last night? Did she faint?" Mo Qiyan asked in shock.
Mo Lixuan raised his head, lowered it quickly, and replied sullenly: "Yes, father, my mother had a high fever last night and her whole body was cold, so she came out of the clothing bureau and came to see me, but she went to Lanyue. When I was upstairs, I fainted. Father Xu took it to Ye Ting Hall according to the rules of the palace. When I heard the news, I stopped Father Xu and wanted to leave my mother. I took it back to Jingxuan Palace and told her the pulse was given to her by the emperor. When I drank the medicine, my father sent someone to stop me from taking in my mother. The rules broke, so... he sent my mother back to the clothing bureau and locked her up. Now I don’t know what is going on! Fruit] Qi"
"Hey, the emperor brother is not allowed to even go to see Manman. It's no use for me to kneel and beg the emperor brother just now!" Concubine Mo Ya looked sad and sighed again and again.
"Oh my God, the fever is! Has the fever gone?" Mo Qiyu exclaimed, "No, I'll go see Brother Huang!"
"It's useless, Brother Seven, Brother Huang is gone now!" Mo Yafei shook her head.
Hearing this, Mo Qiming frowned and turned away without saying a word.
Ling Xueman woke up naturally when he fell asleep. As before, his eyes opened, it was almost noon, and he stretched out his arms and yawned heavily, "Ah..."
"princess!"
Chuntang got up from the round table, yelled out as usual, walked a few steps to the bed and lifted the gauze tent, smiled and said, "The slave and maidservant will wait for you to change your clothes!"
Ling Xueman was shocked, and then happily grabbed Chuntang's hand, "Is Chuntang really you? Haha, you were really gotten by your concubine!"
Chuntang felt a little embarrassed, "Ahem, the princess, the servants were not brought here, they were called into the palace, um, Qiuyue is also here, and after waiting for the princess for a few days, he will be transferred back to my master, um, also It's the grand maid next to the current emperor."
"Hehe, no matter how I came, I am so happy to see you and Qiuyue anyway. Chuntang, why are you still calling me the princess, I am not the princess anymore..." Ling Xueman was so excited that he was naked. I have forgotten that, together, Jin was slipped off, "Ah! I'm not wearing any clothes!"
"Haha..." Chuntang blushed slightly, couldn't help but chuckle, and couldn't help but jokingly said: "The slave and maidservant have been waiting for the princess for two years, but she never knew it, she didn't know the princess..."
Hearing that, Ling Xueman's cheeks flushed red, and she wanted to find a hole to go in. Now that such a shameful thing is known, her face really has no place to rest! "Chun...Chuntang, I...Me too, I have no choice, you, don't laugh at me..."
"The slave girl dare not." Chuntang said hurriedly.
Ling Xueman grabbed the quilt with both hands to cover herself tightly, lest some traces on her body would be even more embarrassing when Chuntang saw her, "Chuntang, you, what else do you know?"
"The slaves and maids don't know anything, just listen to the emperor's confession, saying that the princess has a special status, so that the slaves and maids will take good care of them." Chuntang said immediately.
"Oh, then, the emperor is not too bad." Ling Xueman nodded, looked around a few times, and asked in surprise: "Qiuyue, why didn't you see her?"
Chuntang smiled and said, "Qiuyue gave the princess Zhang Luo food, and he will be back soon, princess, servants will wait for you to change your clothes first, you have brought all the clothes and shirts of the four palaces, but it is not convenient now. Take a bath, you will be bathed by the son in the evening."
"My son? Who?" Ling Xueman was dazed and asked blankly.
"The son is my friend when the master was in the mansion. The emperor said that the princess was given to the son. These days, the princess is uncomfortable, and the son is surrounded by men inconvenient to take care of, so the emperor transferred the servants and Qiuyue to the palace. Take care of the son for a few days."
"Oh? What's the name of this young man?" Ling Xueman's eyes lit up and immediately asked.
Chuntang closed his mouth tightly and shook his head.
"Chuntang, please tell me, okay? Chuntang, I treat you like a sister, don't hide it from me!" Ling Xueman shook Chuntang's arm, ignoring that the spring was exposed. , Pitifully talking.
"Princess, the servants don't know, the servants dare not inquire about the masters." Chuntang shook his head, then shook his head, and added, "The master acts inexplicably, and the servants are the servants. Although the servants wait for the masters personally, they are regular To be guarded."
"Dizzy, what's going on!" Ling Xue became angry and said in an angry tone: "Don't call me the princess, I have nothing to do with your lord, the emperor! Give me a change of clothes!"
Chuntang pursed her lips, not daring to talk any more to make Ling Xueman upset, and hurriedly brought the clothes she had prepared, carefully helped Ling Xueman to dress neatly, and waited for her to wash and groom her.
In the middle of the night, after discussing with Lin Mengqing, Mo Qihan quietly rode out of the imperial city and headed to the Palace of the Four Kings. He sought help from the old man Tianji and Granny Meihua!
The weather is a bit gloomy, and the palace is very busy, all preparing for tomorrow's concubine.
Another gust of wind blew by, the branches were rustling, and the cold wind blew on the face like a knife.
He wore a dark blue brocade and a heavy cloak over his shoulders. The stronger the wind, the faster the steps under his feet!
"Master, it seems to be snowing!" Mo Qing reminded aloud.
"Ok."
Mo Qiming faintly responded, and did not stop, the palace wall next to him kept moving backwards, his expression was calm and unwavering, but his deep eyes were staring straight ahead, looking at the "Wan Yi Ju" from a distance. "The three words suddenly accelerated the pace.
Mo Qing was anxious, and hurriedly followed, risking the crime of overstepping the rule and said: "Master, the emperor's will, you go now, don't you obviously not put the emperor in your eyes?"
"Talk about it!" Mo Qiming said coldly without turning his head.
Mo Qing closed his mouth hurriedly, but when they stood on the door of the coat bureau, he still couldn't help but persuade: "Master, let other princes worry about it, and the prince, he must be more anxious. …"
"They are them, this king is this king!" Mo Qiming interrupted, then lifted his robe, stepped onto the steps, and walked inside.
"master!"
Mo Qing couldn't persuade him, so he had to step up to keep up.
"Minions (slaves), see the third prince!" Deacon Zhang recognized Mo Qiming with sharp eyes, and hurriedly led a group of busy eunuchs to kneel to greet him.
"Where is Ling Xueman's room?" Mo Qiming asked directly without screaming.
The stern face made the eunuchs and palace ladies who knelt down in the first court tremble. In fact, since Ling Xueman's arrival yesterday, they have been in a state of tension, ready to welcome the imperial family who suddenly came in person.
Deacon Zhang lowered his head and replied tremblingly: "Go back to the third prince, the palace maidservant Ling's room is the innermost one in the west."
Mo Qiming pressed his lips tightly without saying a word, and walked towards Westinghouse.
Wuji stood with his sword, and the two Ouchi guards behind him looked cold, and guarded the door on both sides of the substation.
"The minion has seen the three kings!"
"Free gift!"
Mo Qiming cried, stared at the door, and said, "Wuji, this king only takes a look at Ling Xueman. If she is still alive, how will this king go?"
"The third prince Hui, the emperor has a purpose, Ling Xueman has disturbed the holy driver for a very heinous crime, no one can visit! Please forgive the slaves for being rude!" Wuji bowed back.
"Wuji, what if she is sick and dead?" Mo Qiming's eyes were stained with haze, and his sharp eyes shot directly at Wuji.
Wuji raised her eyes and replied blankly: "If Ling Xueman dies of illness, the minion will have to ask the emperor before he can lift her body out!"
Out of the Huanyi Bureau, Mo Qiming was distraught. He couldn't see her at all through a door. He could imagine her sickness at this time. Did the medicine Lixuan feed her last night didn’t work? ? If she can't get rid of her fever, what will she be like overnight, and now in the afternoon? And even a good person can't stand it even if she hasn't eaten for so long, let alone a thin and weak woman
Lin Mengqing treated her so mercilessly, he wants to take her away, must take her out of this cold prison, even if... even if he gives up everything, as long as she is willing to go with him!
But now, what should he do? How can I see her
Long...
With a pain in his heart, Mo Qiming shook his body a few times, Mo Qing hurriedly supported him, and said anxiously: "Master, what's the matter with you?"
"It's okay." Mo Qiming spit out two words, looking at the snowflakes finally falling from the sky, for a long time, and then muttered in a low voice: "Mo Qing, the king suddenly felt tired, very tired and tired... I don't know. When will you be relieved..."
"Master!" Mo Qing didn't know what to say, looking at Mo Qiming with heavy eyes.
"Let's go, go to the Imperial Palace!"
"Master! The emperor..."
"This king can't let her go!"
Outside the Emperor Hua Palace, a eunuch bowed and replied: "Going back to the third prince, the emperor is currently in the study room and the adults from the Three Provinces and Six Departments are discussing matters."
After returning, Mo Qiming took a detour and went to the study.
In the snow, he stood silently, Mo Qing persuaded him to wait in the side hall several times, but he stood stubbornly in the snow, looking at the closed door of the upper study without saying a word.
Numerous eunuchs, court ladies, guards, imperial army, foreign ministers and domestic ministers passed by him, all looked at him in amazement, and then quickly asked to retreat.
As night fell, the snow got bigger and bigger. Outside the Chongzheng Hall, it was all covered with snow, and Mo Qiming became a snowman. Mo Qing kept patting the snow falling on him, but the seven-foot man was about to cry in a hurry. "Master, the slave begs you, you have been standing for two hours! If you stand on again, how can your body stand it!"
"Master, the emperor has already said no. You know the emperor’s temper, don’t you pluck the hair on the tiger’s mouth, okay? Master, you know better than a minion about the principle of making a chess mistake and losing every game. The minion begs you to go back. Right!"
"Master, your body is going to be frozen, you may have typhoid fever now, master!"
The door to the study room suddenly opened. Eight ministers filed out. They were all shocked when they saw Mo Qiming standing under the jade steps. They all clasped their fists to greet them, "I have seen the three princes!"
"No gift!" Mo Qiming said calmly.
"Xie San Wangye!"
Among the eight people, three of them belonged to Mo Qiming's party. When they saw this, they couldn't say anything, so they left with the others.
Seeing the door to the study room closed again, Mo Qiming's eyes dazzled, and he slowly bent his legs and knelt in the snow. Mo Qing was startled, followed by kneeling, and said impatiently: "Master, this is the snow." !" "The ball looks like she is sick at this time, and her eyes are open. It is almost noon. Ma knows."
"To shut up!"
Mo Qiming did not squint at the two harsh words, with a commanding tone, but stared at the red-lacquered door on the high corridor.
In the study room, beside the large long table, Mo Qihan buried his head and gave the zhezi, sometimes his brows were soothing, sometimes frowned, and suddenly he flung a copy of the zhezi in his hand and threw it on the table with a loud "pop!" !
"The emperor!" Xu An hurriedly handed over a bowl of ginseng tea, and said cautiously: "The emperor calms down his anger, and the emperor has a ginseng tea break first."
"Huaiyin Salt Daoist is really bold!" Mo Qihan took a sip of ginseng tea, glanced out the window, and asked, "Is the third prince still outside?"
"Return to the emperor, yes!" Xu An said as he walked to the window and looked around, then turned around and said: "The emperor, the third prince is kneeling on the snow!"
"Oh? Let him kneel!"
Mo Qi gave a cold snort, put down the ginseng tea, and returned his eyes to the zhezi. Xu An handed the Zhubi to the zhezi. Mo Qihan took the Zhubi for a while and gave a few lines of words on the zhezi, and then threw the zhezi aside.
A few more copies were approved, and seeing that there was only one memorial left on the table, he said, "Xu An, come in, Lord Xuan San!"
"Yes, the emperor!"
The room was warm, Mo Qihan was tired and leaned back, then continued to lower his head to give the last copy.
There were footsteps coming in, then the sound of kneeling and hitting the ground, and then a cold voice sounded, "Brother Chen, see the emperor! Knock the emperor Jin'an!"
"Three princes, what's the matter with Huaiyin Salt Road's tax revenue this year? It was 8 million taels less than last year. Where did this money go?" Mo Qihan did not call flat, but raised his eyes slightly and asked faintly. .
Mo Qiming was startled, and steadily replied: "Back to the emperor, Huaiyin has experienced several floods this year, and the salt merchants suffered heavy losses. This matter was reported to the emperor in August."
"Really?" Mo Qihan's thin lips ticked lightly. After finishing the approval of the last word, he closed the folder and leaned back on the back chair. Looking at Mo Qiming, he asked sharply: "The salt merchant has suffered heavy losses. So why did I receive a secret report that the income of the two largest salt merchants in Huaiyin, the Jiangli family, this year was twice as high as last year? Three princes, you are in charge of the household department. It’s terrible, this matter was reported to the Supreme Emperor in August,"
Mo Qiming immediately kowtowed his head and said: "The minister is convicted, and the minister will investigate thoroughly immediately!"
"No! I will send an imperial minister to Huaiyin to find out where this huge sum of money has fallen!" Mo Qi's cold eyes swept across Mo Qiming, and said, "Once we find out, all officials involved in this case, regardless of their authority. No matter how high the position is, I will punish it severely!"
"Yes!" Mo Qiming spit out a word and nodded.
Mo Qihan turned around and asked bluntly: "The three princes came to see me in the snow, is there something important?"
"Back to the emperor, the official brother is here for Ling Xueman." Mo Qiming also said straightforwardly.
When it comes to personal matters, Mo Qihan changed his name, "Third Brother, let's be flat!"
"The emperor Xie, let the minister kneel. The emperor begged the emperor to go online and let Ling Xueman go. I don't know if the emperor agreed?" Mo Qiming raised his eyes slightly and said firmly.
Mo Qihan smiled faintly, "Oh? Third brother is going to beg for Ling Xueman again? What if I don't agree?"
"If the emperor doesn't answer, the minister will kneel down!" Mo Qiming's expression was indifferent, but his tone was firm.
"Hehe, third brother, I don't understand, Ling Xueman is no more than an unclean and divorced daughter, why does the third brother come to me for her repeatedly?" Mo Qihan said with a light smile.
"The emperor, Ling Xueman has a fever and has not eaten for a day. The courtier is really...a bit worried. I implore the emperor to be merciful! The emperor doesn't like her. However, the courtier has her in his heart. Now she is demoted as a slave. Can you ask the emperor to grant her a favor? Brother Yu Chen, if you can, Brother Chen is grateful!" Mo Qiming said slowly, expecting in his heart that Lin Mengqing would not dare to talk to Mo Qihan even if Lin Mengqing had occupied Ling Xueman, so even if Sang Lan said him Mo Qihan must not know about the matter, so...
In the study room, there was silence, and the atmosphere was even depressive, making it difficult to breathe. Mo Qiming kneeled quietly, with his head down, Xu An stood on the side, quietly observing Mo Qihan's reaction, even the atmosphere did not dare to breathe. .
Mo Qihan's face was cold, his handsome face was stained with icy breath, and his frost-like eyes shot directly at Mo Qiming, without a word for a long time.
"The emperor, I beg the emperor to agree!" Mo Qiming knocked his head three times, his tone full of eagerness.
"Third brother, do you know that Ling Xueman was my princess?" Mo Qihan said faintly, with a very calm tone.
Mo Qiming's expression changed and he immediately said, "Brother minister knows, but the emperor has already divorced Ling Xueman. After divorcing her, she is no longer the emperor's woman!"
"Brother, if you want any woman, I can give it to you, of course, Ling Xueman absolutely can't!" Mo Qihan said word by word, his eyes swept towards Mo Qiming like a sharp arrow.
"Why?" Mo Qiming raised his head quickly and asked bluntly.
"Because, although I hate her and demote her as a court lady, the court lady still belongs to me. This is only one of them. If there is no such second, it would not be difficult for me to give a court lady to the third brother, but it would be the second. It's the most important thing, I can't ignore it!" Mo Qihan said calmly with a clear voice.
Mo Qiming's heart tightened, and he pursed his lips, "I don't know what the emperor said is the second?"
"The third brother knows that Ling Xueman and the second brother have been rumored to be full of storms in the city some time ago. Although I believe that the second brother did not do anything wrong with Ling Xueman, it is an indisputable fact that the second brother likes Ling Xueman. They know more than me, and besides, what about the fifth brother? What about the seventh brother? Don't they have any ideas about Ling Xueman?"
Mo Qihan paused for a moment, squinted his eyes, took a few sips of the hot ginseng tea that Xu An had replaced, moistened his throat, and then continued: "After I returned from the southern expedition, the emperor had already talked to me. , Unfortunately, I married Ling Xueman as the princess that year, which caused my face to be discouraged, and aside from me, neither I nor my father wanted to cause the brothers to disagree because of Ling Xueman alone, and affect my Daming Jiangshan Instituto, the third brother wanted She, the fifth brother, they all want it, there is only one Ling Xueman, who should I give this rosy face? Therefore, to protect the harmony of the brothers, it is a kindness for me to not kill her, and it is impossible to give her to anyone. , Let her be the maid of the court for the time being, until I think of a better way."
"But the emperor, brother-in-law can not beg her now, but beg the emperor to let her go in and let the brother-in-law come in and have a look at her. She is sick and lives in a cold room. Without eating for a day, she is already weak. How can you stand it!" Mo Qiming said quickly with excitement and anxiety.
"She asked for it!" Mo Qihan lowered his voice and said slightly angrily: "A court lady in the coat of arms wandered in the palace at night, and she passed out before my driver. She was already watching before I was put to death. The brothers and Li Xuan's face is up!"
"The emperor, Ling Xueman didn't intentionally disturb the emperor. She was ill and wanted to find Li Xuan, but she fainted in Lanyue Tower by chance. The official brother kowtowed to the emperor. He begged the emperor to keep her alive and let her go. !" Mo Qiming's tone became more and more anxious, thinking about the snow, she didn't know what to do with the freezing!
Hearing the sound of knocking his head, Mo Qihan's anger and jealousy filled his brain, and his hands on the armrests of the chair were squeezed, the damn girl, let Mo Qiming not care about it for her!
After staring for a while, Mo Qihan calmed down, took a step back, and said, "Brother Brother, I will not let Ling Xueman go, but I can allow Li Xuan and Concubine Ya to visit, or give her food. Keep her alive!"
"The emperor, can Brother Rongchen visit together?" Mo Qiming asked hurriedly with joy.
"Concubine Ya is a woman, and Li Xuan and Ling Xueman have a relationship between mother and child. The two of them go to visit, and there will be no gossip. It is not appropriate for the third brother to go!" Mo Qihan picked up his black eyes and said lightly.
Mo Qiming opened his mouth, and finally lowered his head. He didn't insist anymore, but said, "Thank you, the emperor!"
The following day, the new emperor ascended the throne on the third day.
The snow fell all night, and it finally stopped at dawn, and the eyes were covered in silver clothes. When the wind blew, the snow flakes on the branches rose and fell, and the snowflake danced in the air in various poses, or flying, or circling. , Or fall straight down quickly, laying on the ground.
In the Jinluan Temple, under a sacred decree--