Lin Xiaoman understood that at the age of the Queen Mother, what she wanted most was family and prosperity. No matter how angry the concubine was, she did not want to publicize the scandal in the palace to the outside world.

And she was just a little princess. The Queen Mother had already spoken, so what else could she say? She could only nod in agreement.

As for the fact that the Queen Mother had announced her coming to the palace to speak in the past few days, I don’t want to care whether it was the Queen Mother’s sincere words or just casual remarks.

The Queen Mother was very satisfied with this, thought for a moment and said: "I heard that Qingping, you are very good at growing melons and vegetables. I wonder how much you know about growing flowers and plants?"

When the Queen Mother was alive, she loved to work with flowers and plants. Lin Xiaoman also learned some lessons from her, but in terms of skill, she was definitely not as good as the gardeners in the palace. But when the Queen Mother asked her about it, she couldn't say no, so she said: "

I know a little bit about it."

Not wanting the Queen Mother to nod with satisfaction, she stood up and said, "Let's go, Qingping, go with the Ai family to see the lotus flowers raised by the Ai family."

Seeing the Queen Mother leaving in a hurry, Lin Xiaoman could only follow her.

When Meng Meng and I visited Tongcheng a few days ago, we happened to come across the annual lotus exhibition. The lotus flowers on display were of various varieties and shapes. Lin Xiaoman also took a lot of photos, but judging from the introduction, most of them were new varieties cultivated by later generations.

, I just don’t know what kind of lotus the Queen Mother planted.

Although there are many lotuses planted in the Royal Garden, in Lin Xiaoman's opinion, the varieties are single and far inferior to those seen in the Tongcheng Lotus Exhibition.

As the Queen Mother came to the pond behind the Buddhist hall, she saw lotus flowers blooming among the lotus leaves.

How can I put it? They are pretty, but they are very ordinary lotus flowers. There are a few special-looking ones in the tank on the bank, but they are completely incomparable with the lotus displays of later generations.

Lin Xiaoman wanted to give the Queen Mother a vat of new lotus flowers to thank her for saving her today.

But I can't say this yet. If the Queen Mother is happy and asks her to go back and get it immediately, where can she go to get it? Let's wait until after buying it.

Lin Xiaoman praised the lotus flowers planted by the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother laughed so hard that her eyes narrowed. Even though she was over seventy years old, her smile did not have many wrinkles, and she looked like a child with white hair.

The most important thing is that the Queen Mother looks kind and kind, not at all like the person who will have the last laugh in the harem.

After appreciating the lotus flowers, Lin Xiaoman cooked several specialty dishes for the Queen Mother. Her favorite was pot-wrapped pork, so Lin Xiaoman taught the people in the small kitchen around her how to make them.

During the dinner, the Queen Mother talked a lot about the Emperor and the legendary King Chen. Only then did Lin Xiaoman know that although the two brothers were thirty years apart, neither of them were the Queen Mother's biological children, but one was promoted to the throne with the support of the Queen Mother.

One was raised by the Queen Mother herself.

Especially King Chen, who was raised like a jewel by the Queen Mother.

Therefore, after King Chen was forced to leave Beijing because of Xu Panxia, ​​the Queen Mother even disliked the Queen. Although she was dissatisfied with the concubine being domineering in the palace in the past two years, she did not support the Queen. In fact, she was also angry with her family.

My niece forced the child she raised away.

At this point, the Queen Mother sighed, "If you don't want to marry, you won't marry. Why would you leave the capital? Tell the Ai family that they will never let him be wronged."

Speaking of King Chen, the Queen Mother couldn't stop talking. From how smart and cute King Chen was when he was a child, to how handsome he is when he grows up, even King Chen's own mother was praised again and again by the Queen Mother. She couldn't tell the difference between Chen and King Chen.

When the king's mother was alive, she and the queen mother could be regarded as love rivals.

But, why is the Queen Mother telling her these things? She doesn’t recognize King Chen, and wants to echo the Queen Mother, but she doesn’t know what to say.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother may have noticed Lin Xiaoman's embarrassment and asked her about some things in Qingping County, and Lin Xiaoman started to answer questions.

Obviously, the Queen Mother is more concerned about some affairs in Qingping County than growing grain and farming. Especially when talking about the county magistrate Lu Jin working with the people from dawn to dusk to farm and recording the planting conditions in the fields, the Queen Mother always listens very carefully.

When she learned that Lu Jin had been assassinated and almost lost her life, the Queen Mother frowned deeply and her eyes were filled with distress.

"It's not easy for this child either. Who would have thought that someone who was raised in a noble family would be able to endure all these hardships."

Lin Xiaoman guessed that the Queen Mother must have recognized Lu Jin. After all, he was a child who grew up in the capital and seemed to come from a wealthy family. The Queen Mother also liked children. She might have hugged him when she was a child, so she was not surprised when she heard about Lu Jin.

Jin will feel distressed when she suffers a hard life in Qingping County and gets injured.

When leaving the Queen Mother's Buddhist Hall, the sun was already setting in the west. The Queen Mother also told Lin Xiaoman to go to the palace to see her as an old man from time to time.

Regardless of whether the Queen Mother was sincere or polite, Lin Xiaoman was flattered. It was much easier to get along with the Queen Mother than with the Queen.

Little did they know that at this time, the palace was almost destroyed due to the disappearance of Princess Qingping.

Lu Jin stood outside the royal study like a murderous god, and the palace guards who were sent out to look for him were under tremendous pressure when they came back.

Princess Qingping was deceived into the palace in the name of the queen and lost. Who would have thought that this person would be the first to be anxious?

Although everyone knew that the princes were plotting against Princess Qingping, no one expected that this one would get involved. Even looking at this, Princess Qingping had already been included in his protection?

A guard entered the door tremblingly. Just as he was about to kneel down to report, Lu Jin asked urgently: "Have you found anyone?"

The guard shook his head, "Not yet..."

"Then why don't you go look for it?"

Lu Jin's shouting voice was so hoarse that the guard was so frightened that he ran out in a hurry, swearing that someone else would come in next time and he would not come forward again.

The emperor was also depressed for a while when he was blocked in the royal study room. He regretted that he should not have told such a joke that day, but he didn't know that his princes were really brave when he made a joke.

Although the whereabouts of Princess Qingping have not yet been found, six of his good princes have arranged for people to attack Princess Qingping. No wonder they are so angry that they block the imperial study room and get angry.
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At this time, what can the emperor do? Even if he is scolded, he has to endure it. Who makes him wrong? I hope he can avoid outsiders when scolding, so that he, the emperor, will not be too embarrassed.

Lu Jin strode in from outside. The emperor was just about to ask him to scold him softer when he heard Lu Jin say: "Xiao Manruo has three advantages and two disadvantages..."

The emperor immediately understood, "The noble concubine has done such a wrong thing, I will not protect her this time,"

Lu Jin snorted coldly, staring at the imperial brother who had raised him since he was a child, like a brother like a father, and loved him more than his own son, without saying anything else.

But just pushing out the imperial concubine can't relieve his anger. Everyone involved in this matter counts, and no one can escape.

Is it a crime... The traitors who just happened to be arrested haven't been tried yet, so let's charge them together.
Chapter completed!