Yan Yu was about to go to bed when he suddenly heard the sound of Lonicera coming from outside, "Who is it?"
"General Nian sent his subordinates to deliver the message." Lin Xin deliberately disguised his voice, but revealed a jade pendant in his sleeve, which flashed before Liao Dong's eyes.
Lonicera recognized it as Su Liang's thing at a glance, and her expression changed.
Just then Yan Yu opened the door, "Is this the person Ah Cheng sent to deliver the letter?"
Ling Dong nodded, "Yes." Hua Luo said to Lin Wei, "Come in."
Yan Yu was surprised to see the visitor, but Yan Dong wanted to invite her into her room. She was puzzled, but didn't say anything.
After entering the door, Lin Wei returned to his original voice, and with a smile, he cupped his hands and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm Lin Wei, Xiaonian's friend."
Yan Yu was stunned, then looked happy, "It turns out to be Mr. Lin! Ah Cheng always mentions you in his letters, sit down quickly!"
Liao Dong was a little surprised. After confirming Lin Xie's identity, she went out and stayed outside, leaving them to talk in the room. Recently, the Su Mansion has been being watched by people. Liao Dong knew that it was Duan Mu Yi's person, so she was very careful when talking to Yan Yu.
Lin Xin deliberately disguised his identity out of caution.
"Are you hungry? Did you come here from Kasyapa City? Do you want someone to prepare some food?" Yan Yu asked Lin Xi.
Lin Wei shook his head, "Sister-in-law, there's no need to be busy, I'm not hungry. I arrived in the evening and went to see the emperor first."
The next moment, Yan Yu asked eagerly, "Is Su Liang okay?"
Lin Wei was instantly happy, "I have to tell Xiaonian when I get back. My sister-in-law will not ask if he is okay when she sees me. She will first care about Su Xiaoliang."
Yan Yu coughed lightly and said, "I know A Cheng is fine and we have been communicating with him."
"Su Xiaoliang is fine too, and is with Gu Xiaoling." Lin Wei smiled, "Of course, your Acheng is fine too. In fact, it was me who was in trouble, but I have been rescued by Su Xiaoliang."
Yan Yu looked happy, "Su Liang and Gu Ling are okay? Are they together? That's great! Are they coming back?"
Lin Wei shook his head, "It's hard to say. Maybe he will come back after a while, but not necessarily."
"As long as everything is fine, they must have a plan whether or not to come back." Yan Yu let out a long sigh of relief, "I also want to thank you. When Acheng goes to Kasyapa City, your family will always take care of him."
"I'm not an outsider, so why are you so polite? I still have a happy event to tell my sister-in-law." Lin Qian's lips curled up slightly, "Su Xiaoliang is happy."
Yan Yu stood up happily, "Really?"
It was said that the last time she saw Su Liang and Gu Ling was the day they got married. At that time, Yan Yu suspected that they had arranged a fake marriage, but he did not expect that Su Liang was pregnant.
Lin Xie knew how Yan Yu and Su Liang met, and could completely understand why she cared so much about Su Liang and was so excited at the moment.
After chatting for a while, Lin Wei handed Nian Jincheng's letter to Yan Yu.
Yan Yu finished reading it quickly. There was nothing in the letter, except that he missed her very much.
"Are you leaving tonight?" Yan Yu asked.
Lin Wei shook his head and said, "I still have some things to do. I'll leave in three days."
"Then where do you live?" Yan Yu asked.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I have a place to live. Don't be in a hurry to reply. I will come over again before I leave," Lin Wei said.
As for the details of Su Liang, Gu Ling and Lin Yi's previous experiences, as well as the purpose of his coming to the capital, she did not tell Yan Yu too much, and Yan Yu did not explore it. She only needed to know that Su Liang and Gu Ling were fine.
Feel at ease.
As for the fact that Su Liang's two masters and Qi Jun all went to the Liang Kingdom, Yan Yu had previously written to Nian Jincheng and mentioned it, and Su Liang and Gu Ling already knew about it.
Now Lao Bai, Lao Mu and Qi Jun have not returned yet, and there is no news about them at home.
Lin Xian asked a few questions, then stood up and left.
After leaving the Su Mansion, Lin Wei noticed that someone was following him. He walked around the city several times, got rid of the spy, and went to the Lin Mansion.
When he met Lin Shuzhi, Lin Qian explained in detail what had happened and the purpose of his coming to the capital.
After hearing this, Lin Shuzhi sighed repeatedly, "It's right for them not to come back for the time being, as long as everyone is safe. On the emperor's side, if they can make up their minds to resolve the conflict, Xiao Liang and Xiao Gu will consider whether to come back. Otherwise, they will have to make other plans.
Don't worry about us, Yu Sheng's sister is going to be the queen, and the emperor won't touch us rashly because of Xiao Liang and Xiao Gu."
Lin Wei nodded, "That's good. The emperor asked me to wait for three days. After three days, I will know how the emperor chooses."
When Lin Shuzhi heard that Su Liang was happy, Lin Shuzhi was also very excited and said yes repeatedly. His real apprentice Ning Jing had passed away long ago, but Su Liang and Gu Ling both called him master and helped the Lin family through difficulties many times and even saved them.
The fate of the whole family also prevented Lin Xueqing from marrying into the royal family. She was like the patron saint of their family.
Lin Shuzhi has always been low-key and conservative in his behavior, but now that he heard Lin Xi talk about the "treasonous" things that Su Liang and Gu Ling were going to do, he didn't feel at all that it was wrong or that it would bring risks to the Lin family. As long as Su Liang and Gu Ling decided to do something,
He is absolutely supportive.
"I won't write to Xiaoliang anymore," Lin Shuzhi said, "but I happen to have a letter here that I want to give to her."
Lin Shuzhi went to the study to get the letter and gave it to Lin Xie.
"This is?" Lin Xin was a little curious about who wrote it.
"This is a letter sent by my in-laws, Yu Sheng's father, a few days ago. The first is to report that he is safe, and the second is to tell Xiao Liang something." Lin Shuzhi said, "You can open it and read it."
Upon hearing that it was Xing Ji's letter from Xuanbei City and that it was related to Su Liang, Lin Wei opened it.
The letter was opened and Lin Shuzhi, his two sons and son-in-law read it. The letter was brought by the soldiers sent by Xing Ji back to the capital to deliver the certificates, and was given to Lin Bojun.
What Xing Ji said in the letter was that he was poisoned and threatened by people sent by Situ Xie.
But unlike the letter to Duanmu Chen, Xing Ji told the truth in the letter.
Lin Yan saw it halfway and looked confused, "Yuan Ying? Why have I never heard Su Xiaoliang mention that she has such a friend?"
Lin Shuzhi smiled and said, "It should be the girl who Xiao Gu went to ask for the antidote when Gao Jiabao was poisoned. Last year, Xiao Liang and Xiao Gu were in Liang Kingdom. Didn't they say that Xiao Gu and Emperor Liang begged the thousand-year snow lotus for another girl?
?I guess the thousand-year-old snow lotus is to restore the girl's humanity."
"So it's her?" Lin Xie also knew the two things Lin Shuzhi said, "This girl should have been a poison master that Gu Xiaoling knew at the beginning, right? But now she has become a good friend of Su Xiaoliang, and she also did it for Su Xiaoliang.
Liang betrayed his master and took risks. He is really compassionate and clear about right and wrong, just like me, haha!"
Lin Shuzhi also smiled, "That's a good girl, and she's very capable." He sighed again, "But this time she betrayed her master and helped Xiaoliang's adoptive father, which may cause trouble for herself. Yusheng's father
I am sending this letter because I want to inform Xiao Liang as soon as possible. If the original girl needs help, only Xiao Liang and Xiao Gu can help her."
Lin Wei nodded, "That's right. I'll hand it over to Su Xiaoliang when I get back. She may know what kind of trouble Yuan Xiaoying will encounter."
Xing Ji also mentioned in the letter that Yuan Ying told Su Liang that the two masters and Qi Jun were safe, that Situ Jing was blind, and that Mrs. Yue was a crazy and vicious woman, all of which were related to Su Liang.
However, Su Liang had already seen Situ Jing and was currently treating him.
Lin Xie confirmed that everything was fine with the Lin family, put the letter away, and left. As for Xing Yusheng and the Duke of Qin's mansion, he would not go looking for them. Lin Shuzhi would tell them what needed to be said.
Lin Wei told Yan Yu that he had a place to stay, but it was actually an inn.
In the middle of the night, Lin Xie, who had finally finished his business, returned to the inn and fell on the bed, feeling tired and hungry. He regretted a little that when Yan Yu asked him in the Su Mansion, he should have said he was hungry and got something to eat. But he
I called my sister-in-law, thinking not to cause trouble to Nian Jincheng's daughter-in-law. After all, it was so late. When I went to Lin's house, I only drank a glass of warm water.
At this time, all restaurants are closed.
Lin Xie lay on the bed hungry, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, so he got up again, lit a lamp, looked left and right, but found nothing to do and nothing to eat.
I touched my arms and found only Xing Ji's letter from Lin Shuzhi.
Lin Wei opened the letter again, lay on the bed, raised his hands, and read word for word from beginning to end, trying to divert his attention. It was already dawn before he could eat, and he didn't have the energy to go out and steal something to eat. Besides, it was not possible at this time.
I don’t know who has it ready-made.
"Yuan Ying..." Lin Xian read Yuan Ying's name, imagining what she would look like. She was good at poison. She was definitely not an ordinary girl. She couldn't be gentle and sweet. At least she was much more fierce than Su Xiaoliang. In fact, Su
Xiaoliang doesn't look fierce, but occasionally behaves in a tough manner. The girls among her friends are quite gentle, such as Yan Yu and Lin Xueqing.
Lin Xie read the letter three times and couldn't figure out what President Yuan Ying looked like, but Xu was too tired and finally fell asleep with the letter paper covering his face.
That night, Lin Wei had a dream. In the dream, a woman in red whose face could not be seen clearly waved a colorful whip made of poisonous snake skin and chased him. He ran and ran, but he couldn't escape no matter what...
It was daylight and Lin Wei woke up. He felt even more tired and hungry. He didn't change his clothes. After confirming that the disguise was still there, he went out to find something to eat.
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Royal Palace.
After the morning session, Duanmu Chen went to the imperial study room to review the memorial. He stopped in the middle and touched his chest. There was something hard, which was the medicine bottle given to him by Lin Xie last night.
It was approaching noon when Duanmu Chen came out of the imperial study. Chang An, who was guarding outside, said that someone was coming from the Queen Mother's palace and asked Duanmu Chen to come over and have lunch.
Duanmu Yi, who became the Supreme Emperor after abdicating the throne, lived in the Queen Mother Xiao's Palace. Xiao was good at cooking and used to cook by herself. Duanmu Yi liked her most for her caring and gentleness.
When Duanmu Chen arrived, Mrs. Xiao had just finished stewing the last soup.
Duanmu Yi smiled brightly and waved to Duanmu Chen to sit down, so that he didn't have to be formal, and he really looked like he was doing nothing.
Duanmu Chen sat down. The dishes on the table were very rich, and some of them were quite familiar to him. It was the recipe he took from Su Liang that he gave to Mrs. Xiao.
"Your Majesty, you're here just in time." Madam Xiao came over with a smile on her face. After asking the palace maid to put down the soup cup, she asked all the servants to leave. In the past few days, Duanmu Chen would report to Duanmu Yi on the affairs of the court every meal time.
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Mrs. Xiao served the soup to the father and son. Duanmu Yi took a sip and praised her cooking skills for getting even better. Duanmu Chen also kept saying that it was delicious.
Mrs. Xiao smiled from ear to ear, looking very satisfied with everything now. Her son became the emperor as he wished, her husband no longer goes to other women, and no one in the harem fights with her.
When Duanmu Chen saw this, he narrowed his eyes and finished the bowl of soup silently. When he put down the bowl, Mrs. Xiao had already put a lot of vegetables on the plate for him.
Duanmu Yi finished a bowl of soup and handed the bowl to Mrs. Xiao naturally.
Duanmu Chen quickly stretched out his hand and took it halfway, "My son, I will serve soup to my father."
Mrs. Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, the emperor is the most filial person. Today's soup is to nourish the body. You should also drink another bowl. We are busy with political affairs, so we should pay more attention to taking care of ourselves."
"Yes." Duanmu Chen nodded. When serving the soup, he accidentally spilled a drop on the edge of the bowl. He placed it in front of him, took out his handkerchief and wiped it clean. Then he stood up, placed it respectfully in front of Duanmu Yi, and placed the spoon in front of him.
Put it away, "Father, please use it."
Duanmu Yi chuckled, "Chen'er has always been the most reassuring to me."
A family of three, living in harmony.
When Duanmu Yi finished his second bowl of soup, Mrs. Xiao gave him another dish, but he suddenly trembled and vomited a mouthful of blood. He looked at Duanmu Chen with wide eyes, and before he raised his hand to point at Duanmu Chen, he
He stiffened up and fell to the ground!
The chopsticks in Mrs. Xiao's hand fell to the ground, she screamed and rushed over.
Duanmu Chen slowly put down his chopsticks and walked to the door. An anxious look appeared on his face, and he ordered Dr. Gao to come over immediately.
Because Duanmu Yi wanted to pass the throne and wanted outsiders to think that he was ill, the old doctor Gao had been waiting in the palace recently.
While waiting for Dr. Gao to come over, Duanmu Chen returned to Duanmu Yi.
Mrs. Xiao was so anxious that she started to cry, "How could this happen? What happened to your father?"
Duanmu Yi was awake, his eyes bulging, staring at Duanmu Chen, his lips trembling, but he couldn't make any sound, and he couldn't raise his hands.
Duanmu Chen knelt beside Duanmu Yi, held his trembling hand, sighed, and whispered, "Father, please don't blame me."
Hearing this, Mrs. Xiao looked at Duanmu Chen in disbelief, "You...what did you do?"
Duanmu Chen did not answer Xiao, but leaned over and whispered in Duanmu Yi's ear, "I have no choice but to do so. My father and Su Liang have very similar ideas. You both know each other well, and I am caught in the middle.
It's difficult to handle. The Qian Kingdom needs Su Liang and Gu Ling. If my father doesn't fall, they won't come back to help me. I think my father will understand me."
Duanmu Yi became excited, his face flushed, his lips trembled even more, but his voice was unclear, and after a while he vomited blood again.
"Father, don't do this, it's not good for your health." Duanmu Chen stroked Duanmu Yi's heart, "Didn't Father say that everything is for the sake of the country and the overall situation? I am also doing this for the sake of the country and the overall situation. I have no choice but to do this.
For that.”
But it was obvious that Duanmu Yi was just retreating as Su Liang expected. He delegated power on the surface, but in fact, Duanmu Chen still had to report to him whatever happened in the court every day. He just hid and pushed Duanmu Chen to that position.
to be his puppet, in order to make better use of Su Liang and Gu Ling, and also to reduce his own risks.
At this moment, Duanmu Chen saw clearly that Duanmu Yi's excitement, anger, and unwillingness had nothing to do with the overall situation that he had plausibly argued before.
In this way, Duanmu Chen's eyes became firmer and his tone became gentler, "Father, don't worry, everything will be fine. I will ask Su Liang to come back as soon as possible to treat my father."