In Yongning Palace, a brilliant ray of sunlight shone on the smooth floor from the window to the west, dyeing the room a light golden glow.

Wu Qiuyu, wearing a first-class imperial edict costume, did not respond, but said sincerely: "Empress, if you still say help at this time, then I have never been here today, which is also my mistaken recognition of you in my heart.

This sister!"

"Okay! I will accept your wishes, but if I don't do something for your Lin family, I will feel sorry for you!" Empress Chen also said as if she was heartbroken when she saw the persistence in Wu Qiuyu's eyes.

It has to be said that everyone has different temperaments. Some people "repay with a drop of water", but some people "repay with grace."

Empress Chen is a scholarly family and has been baptized by Confucianism since childhood. She is also a man who is grateful for his kindness, but she is unwilling to get the benefits of the Lin family for nothing.

Now that she has received the favor of the Lin family, she also hopes to give the Lin family corresponding benefits, and it is also the principle she has always adhered to.

"The Empress should know the battle between my husband and Mr. Xu in the court. My Lin family really needs the Empress to take care of her." Wu Qiuyu faced Queen Chen's longing gaze and made a decision.

When Empress Chen heard this request, she responded bitterly: "The Ai family is not favored by the emperor, nor does it rely on the Zhu family's descendants. She has long been isolated and helpless in the palace. The Ai family is now unable to take care of themselves.

How can it help your Lin family?"

Although the sound was not loud, it was full of deep helplessness. Even though she was the queen of the Ming Dynasty, she had no support now, and even lost all her face this Spring Festival.

Even though she was willing to help the Lin family, she could not affect the emperor at all. She had not met with the emperor for a long time, so she was willing but powerless.

"Empress, if you are really willing to take care of our Lin family, then our Lin family will support the Queen's future expenses and give her enough money to help her take care of her so that the Queen can sit in the harem.

I wonder what you mean by the position of the Lord?" Wu Qiuyu saw that the time was ripe, so she immediately put forward the plan.

In order to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, the empresses of all generations were small families. There are many empresses like Empress Chen who had to subsidize their parents' homes without getting their help.

But Empress Chen is the lord of the harem after all. If she had enough money to lead the way and had enough money to take all the eunuchs and palace maids for her own use, then she would no longer have to worry about the eldest princess showing her face, nor would she show herself again.

The secret matters will be passed on to the outside world by your own personal personalities.

That's right. If the Lin family acts as the queen's foreign aid, then the two sides can be said to be a mutually beneficial alliance, and Queen Chen will benefit a lot from it.

Empress Chen is a rational woman. She was not overwhelmed by the sudden good things. Instead, she looked at Wu Qiuyu and asked seriously: "If this is the case, you can definitely find Concubine Li to cooperate. Why did you choose the Ai family?"

"My husband said that Concubine Li is too greedy and is too petty to be concerned about gains and losses! Not to mention whether she will sincerely help our Lin family overcome difficulties when the Lin family is in trouble, the Empress thinks that Concubine Li is a person

Will you turn around and hit our Lin family and see how much wealth our Lin family has?" Wu Qiuyu admired her husband's accurate grasp of Queen Chen's thoughts, so she threw out the words she had already thought of.

In fact, they did consider Concubine Li, and even the initial intention collaborator was Concubine Li.

However, after so many years of contact and observation, they have judged the character of Empress Chen and Concubine Li. Concubine Li is undoubtedly too greedy and jealous.

This is true. Although Concubine Li will be able to be rich by her mother in the future, after several weighings, the Lin family resolutely chose to cooperate with Empress Chen.

When Queen Chen heard this reasonable explanation, she knew what the Lin family wanted, and what she could do, so she nodded firmly and said, "Okay, the Ai family promised you that she will definitely not let your Lin family down!"

Now that things have developed to this point, she has long fallen out of favor with the emperor. If she doesn't have any help, her life will only become more and more difficult.

It doesn’t mean that the New Year will continue to be humiliated by the eldest princess, and this Spring Festival will be bad, and even more unbearable things have been spread to the outside by people around you.

"Empress, my husband and I only want to protect ourselves, and please don't be too careful!" Wu Qiuyu felt secretly happy and added.

Empress Chen would not think that the Lin family is unjust, but when she saw Wu Qiuyu and Lin Xuran resolutely, she joked: "You couple are the same, but the Ai family can hear that Mr. Lin has a few months ago.

I took my concubine again, don’t know if this is true?”

Wu Qiuyu knew that Empress Chen hoped that men in the world would be more attentive, so she responded honestly: "If there is indeed such a thing, I will take the concubine this time for my husband!"

"Don't you feel good?" Queen Chen couldn't help but be stunned, then looked up and asked seriously.

Wu Qiuyu showed a slight smile on her face, but she replied seriously: "It was indeed a bit uncomfortable at first, but this thing had to be done!"

"He forced you?" Queen Chen's brows immediately frowned and seemed to be seeking verdict.

Wu Qiuyu felt the dissatisfaction in Queen Chen's tone, and even explained seriously: "My husband never forces me to do anything, but if I don't arrange this for him, I probably shouldn't have done it.

The eldest wife of the Lin family!" After a pause, he said with a smile: "Earlier, my husband and I got married for many years and had no children, but my husband never had the idea of ​​taking a concubine. He was also an official in Guangdong.

Shi and Hua Yingrong had known each other for many years before they included her in the Lin family. My husband could not be considered a playboy!"

In this era, it has been normal for officials to have three wives and four concubines. The number of wives and concubines that officials with status like Lin Qingran marry is undoubtedly no longer the same as fickleness.

"Compared with the emperor's three palaces and six courtyards, Master Lin is indeed restrained, but why should he accept it?" Empress Chen's expression calmed down and asked in confusion again.

Wu Qiuyu faced Queen Chen's puzzled gaze and asked seriously: "Empress, do you know how long my husband has known my new concubine Ali?"

"Men are all fond of the old and old, and they can only get to know each other for half a year!" Queen Chen knew that she was the most favored beauty, and she was already aware of it.

Wu Qiuyu, standing in front of the bed, shook her head gently and said seriously: "When my husband and Ali met, he was just a child, and it has been more than eleven years since then!"

"So long?" Empress Chen thought Lin Xuran had bumped into a beautiful woman somewhere and "became in love at first sight". However, when she heard that the incident actually originated eleven years ago, she immediately looked up in surprise and said in surprise.

Wu Qiuyu nodded seriously and said jokingly: "Ali is the martial arts teacher of her usual sister. She has been following her ordinary sister. She has been with her husband for the past eleven years. However, it is because she is concerned about her.

My husband, therefore, has not been married for so many years. When my husband went to Shanxi last year, Ali followed him as a guard. When my husband was assassinated that night, fortunately, she used her own arrows to help her escape.

And she almost died on the spot!”

"This..." Empress Chen thought Lin Xuran had taken on a young and beautiful woman, and then she couldn't help but feel dumbfounded when she heard the reason.

Although she hates fickle men, she is also a reasonable woman. Her dissatisfaction with Lin Weiran earlier due to this incident also disappeared.

Wu Qiuyu looked at the stunned Queen Chen, but said with emotion: "She has been waiting for her husband silently for eleven years, and has been guarding her husband, and she risked her life to block the arrows for her husband. If I stop her again

Li entered the Lin family’s door and was afraid she could not be the eldest wife of the Lin family!”

"You really can't stop it, otherwise the Ai family will also hate you!" After learning about Ali's experience, Empress Chen also changed her position.

Seeing that Empress Chen's position changed, Wu Qiuyu also asked Empress Chen seriously: "My husband is not a fickle person. On the contrary, he is extremely dedicated. Please don't ask the Empress to take Ali as his concubine.

Misunderstanding my husband!"

"If Master Lin did not take Ali as his concubine, then I would think Master Lin was unkind and righteous. How could he blame her for being fickle!" Empress Chen was a reasonable person, but she shook her head seriously.

road.

When Wu Qiuyu heard that "I am not indifferent to Ali," she couldn't help but smile.

She found that women really deal with them everywhere, but she felt a sense of pride in her heart for having such an excellent husband. What should I ask for in life with such a husband?

The last doubt in Queen Chen's heart was relieved, but she was ready to work with the Lin family wholeheartedly, so she sat up from the bed, poured tea at the table and asked, "It's said that Lin Ge Lao calculates in three steps, he

Did you plan to cooperate with me or Concubine Li in the past few years?”

Wu Qiuyu hesitated and said frankly: "My husband plans everything and then moves, and it is indeed a long-term layout. He was also worried that he was as short as divination, but he said he wanted to leave a way out for the Lin family, so

I have indeed planned this matter for a long time, so I would like to ask the Queen not to blame my husband for being so utilitarian!"

"Mr. Lin Ge can manage one area in the local area. He became the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture and even my father said that Mr. Lin Ge is a real good official. Now he is also thinking about his wife and children. How could the Ai family be worried about this?" Empress Chen Duan

Give Wu Qiuyu a cup of tea, then picked up his own teacup and continued, "But the Ai family doesn't believe that Mr. Lin can't survive thirty years! In the past, a fortune teller said that the Ai family has a weak fate, but he can't survive 18 years.

But as a result, the Ai family is now in the world of motherhood, and it has already passed the 18th."

Wu Qiuyu took the teacup and sat down with Queen Chen, but knew what Lin Qiran's "short life" was like, and he pretended to be resigned to fate: "I hope that this divination should not be taken seriously, but as the saying goes, it is hard to violate the destiny, only

I hope my husband can survive this disaster!”

"Don't worry, the Ai family also knows some facial skills. Master Lin should not be a short-lived person!" Empress Chen took a sip of tea, but comforted him.

"Thank you the auspicious words of Empress!" Wu Qiuyu immediately thanked him. As if he had thought of something, he took out a stack of silver notes from his sleeve and said, "Empress, this is the cost of this month. Please ask the Empress to go there as soon as possible.

The harem gains a foothold!"

Thanks to the establishment of the credibility of the United Money Bank, and the money tickets are indeed countless times easier to carry than gold and silver, and are easy to hide, and now the silver tickets have become the most popular thing in the Forbidden City.

Queen Chen looked at the thick stack of silver notes. Although she knew that the Lin family had strong financial resources, she secretly took a breath of coldness when she saw the amount handed over by Wu Qiuyu in an understatement.

While he was worried about a few taels of silver, the Lin Ge Lao's wife Wu Qiuyu carried a large stack of silver notes with him. It is not a big reason why the Lin family was worried that the greedy Concubine Li would covet the Lin family's wealth.

However, she also knew that Lin Junran's wealth did not come from greed, but because the Lin family was engaged in open sea trade. In addition, Hua Yingrong was a business ability, so the Lin family accumulated huge wealth.

Empress Chen was just a little lost, but calmly took the thick stack of silver notes, and suddenly asked seriously: "How do you think the Ai family can save some face?"

"I remember my husband once said: As long as a person has enough status and power, there are naturally many people who come to flatter and praise him, but they don't need to spend money to buy face!" Wu Qiuyu asked for help from Empress Chen.

His eyes pulled out Lin Weiran and said.

When Queen Chen thought of the wise man, she couldn't help but quip: "Everyone has always said that Lin Ge Lao was Wen Kui Xingjun, but now the Ai family suddenly believed it!"

"If the Empress wants to make fun of it, my husband is just a mortal body, so the rumors should not be taken seriously!" Wu Qiuyu corrected it seriously.

The two chatted for a while, and Wu Qiuyu took the initiative to say goodbye. When they came out of Yongning Palace, they saw the sunset shining on the roof of the palace in front, which looked golden.

She did not leave the Forbidden City immediately, but went to visit the old life concubine of the late emperor, and also sent silver notes to the life concubine who had helped their Lin family.

This move is not only to remember the kindness of the Shoufei Concubine who helped her husband back then, but also to sort out the connections of all parties in the palace to prevent this relationship from being able to be used in the future.

When Wu Qiuyu left, Xiaoli pushed the door from outside and saw Queen Chen, who had a different temperament, asked respectfully: "Master, I don't know what instructions?"

"Give me instructions immediately, the Ai family will move back to Kunning Palace!" Queen Chen's life now had a direction, so she immediately ordered seriously.

Xiaoli felt Queen Chen’s powerful aura and said without raising her head, “Yes!”

The news spread quickly, shocking many wives of the imperial decree.

Earlier, some people mistakenly thought that the queen was beaten to the cold palace, but they didn't expect that Queen Chen really moved there on his own initiative, and found that they seemed to have really neglected the queen.
Chapter completed!