Chunman Palace

Chapter 51 The Battle Between Wolves and Tigers
Lin Qingyu went to the side hall of Ganquan Hall with others. The interior decoration is exquisite and elegant, several Tang colored ruyi vases with blue background, white porcelain ink and willow bottles are placed on the mahogany stand, and the Dunhuang Feixian screen is beautifully carved and painted, attracting people. Fascinated.

The eldest princess said to the people: "Sit down."

Lin Qingyu bowed to the people first, "Thank you, Eldest Princess, for making the rescue..." Everyone laughed.

The eldest princess continued to laugh and said: "It's been too long since I have obeyed the rules of this palace, and I didn't realize it for a while, don't be surprised by Lin Changzai." Then she stretched out her hand to signal people to sit down.

"Actually, what kind of person is Concubine Min, and I don't want to know what kind of person she is. It's not right for a woman of a foreign race to climb to this position in three years." The eldest princess took a deep look at Lin Qingyu, and then Said: "If it is not my blood, its heart must be different. Does Lin Changzai understand this?"

Lin Qingyu was a little taken aback and did not dare to reply.

Seeing that people are not very enlightened, the eldest princess opened the teacup, put in a few dates, stirred the tea in the cup with a spoon, and said: "During the years when I was married, there was no Lushan Yunwu tea that I loved to drink. , I don’t even have clear tea, only Jinfu tea with red dates and sugar, I gradually got used to it, but I never want to go back to Xuanming City, even if I’m used to the life there, if I can leave, I don’t want to leave Stay for a long time."

Just like Concubine Min, although she is the emperor's concubine, she is still the princess of a foreign race, Ashina Shan?

Thinking this way, Lin Qingyu said cautiously: "I am far away, but my heart is still in my hometown."

"Well, that's what it means." The eldest princess smiled lightly, and pushed the cup of black tea with red dates in front of Lin Qingyu, "Lin Chang is trying the tea that this barbarian drinks to see if it suits his taste?"

The color of the tea soup is dark black, like a bitter medicine in a white porcelain cup, when you smell it carefully, it smells like syrupy jujube. The taste is taken away, and it seems a bit overwhelming.

This cannot be called tea, it should be called sugar water.

She frowned and put the teacup on the table.

The eldest princess caught people's expression very quickly, and said with pursed lips: "Aren't you used to drinking it? Lin Changzai, I hope you will never get used to this kind of golden tea." do.

Lin Qingyu noticed that the cup that the eldest princess drank was obviously stronger in sweetness... She thought that in the barbaric land, there were many hunters for food, and her physical strength was extremely exhausted. She would never sit in the room and sip tea carefully like the ascendant people. Her "tea" is nothing but sweet water that replenishes energy the fastest.

The eldest princess asked suddenly: "Does Lin Changzai know why I help you?"

Lin Qingyu shook his head.

"I didn't know Concubine Min at first, but I heard that she is the most arrogant and domineering when I go back to the palace. It's really outrageous that a foreign woman is so lawless in the harem. I was going to ask Brother Huang to ask what he meant, but it happened to be on the way. This happened." The eldest princess raised her hand and yawned, with sleepy tears coming from the corners of her eyes, she said again: "So I brought you back without any hassle, and don't rush to leave, lest Concubine Min will look for you again when I go back. .”

Lin Qingyu nodded and said, "Thank you, Eldest Princess."

"You can do whatever you want, I'll go to rest first." After finishing speaking, the eldest princess yawned again, she pointed to the desk beside her and said, "There are some milk cakes inside, you can fill them up if you are hungry." Pad your stomach, don't be restrained, just treat it as being in your own palace."

After all, the eldest princess went into the back room to rest.

Lin Qingyu said to Mo'er: "Go and see if the Empress Dowager has returned from Linxian Temple? I'll go and pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."

"Yes." Just as Mo'er was about to go out, the maid at the door said, "The Empress Dowager has gone to the Imperial Garden, so she's not in Ganquan Hall."

"Okay then." Lin Qingyu was cautious, fidgeting in this side hall of Ganquan Hall, always feeling that there was nothing in his heart.

Although the eldest princess looks informal, but she is the emperor's own sister, she has a noble status and she is not familiar with her temperament. If she says something wrong or does something wrong and offends the other party, she may be even worse than Concubine Min.

At this time, a court lady passed by her and brought out a small wooden bucket from the food box under the table.

She hurriedly called out to humanity, "What's in here?"

"It's milk. The eldest princess said that she wants to have some milk jujube soup and pearl milk shortcake after waking up."

Lin Qingyu immediately said: "Then I'll go with you too, it's faster to do this." Then he stood up.

"This... Lin Changzai, you are a guest, how can I ask you to help? If the eldest princess wakes up, I'm afraid I will blame the servant girl." The maid shook her head in fear, "The servant girl should come by herself."

Lin Qingyu said: "It's okay. If the eldest princess asks me, I will say that I want to help, and I will take it as gratitude to the eldest princess for helping me out of the siege. The eldest princess helped me today. If I don't do something, I will feel uneasy."

"Then... alright." Seeing people saying this, the palace maid couldn't refuse, so she took the two of them to the small kitchen.

About half an hour passed.

The eldest princess got up lazily, changed her clothes and went to the main hall, but Lin Qingyu was nowhere to be seen.

Just as she was about to ask a question, she saw Lin Qingyu and several court ladies coming in with pastries at the door.

The eldest princess said playfully: "What did Lin Changzai go to do just now? I didn't see Lin Changzai when I woke up. I thought that Concubine Min had come to detain someone secretly, which made me very worried."

The maid replied: "Eldest Princess, Lin Changzai just saw the servant girl preparing cakes, and said he wanted to help, in order to express his gratitude to the eldest princess, so he went to the small kitchen with the servant girl to make these."

The eldest princess looked down and said awkwardly: "Here, Lin Changzai is originally a guest, how can I let you make these pastries, come and sit down."

"If the eldest princess doesn't make a rescue today, I'm afraid Concubine Min won't let it go easily. These pastries are just a token of affection." Lin Qingyu pointed to a plate of pastries on the table and said, "I don't know if it suits the eldest princess's taste, please. The eldest princess tastes."

The eldest princess smiled and nodded, picked up a piece of milky white pastry decorated with candied osmanthus, put it into her mouth and tasted it carefully, her red lips moved slightly: "The milk flavor is very strong, only decorated with candied osmanthus, sweet but not greasy , soft and delicious, and the cakes made by Lin Changzai are very delicious. Brother Huang, it is very good to have a caring person like you by your side."

"As long as the eldest princess likes it."

The eldest princess tasted the milk soup, and said: "Speaking of which, I have only returned to the palace not long ago, and I don't know the people in the harem very well. Who does Lin Changzai think is more favored by the emperor in the harem now?"

"Now besides Concubine Min, there is another Jin noble who is quite favored by the emperor, and..." At this point, Lin Qingyu paused before saying: Concubine Chang is also quite favored by the emperor. "

The eldest princess's eyes flashed in surprise, and she said, "What? The emperor seldom even goes to the queen's place nowadays? I remember that the fourth concubine was established before, and because the emperor favored the current queen, there were very few people in the mansion to serve him. I got a concubine, but it's not the current concubine Min."

Lin Qingyu could tell from the eldest princess' reaction that the emperor seemed to have loved the empress very much in the past, but now he has become like a guest to each other, and others can no longer see much deep friendship.

"Actually, the emperor still often visits the empress."

"After all, it's not as much as it used to be? I don't care if Concubine Min used any tricks, but the ascendant court will never allow a woman of a foreign race to be suspected of surpassing the queen. If the emperor can't bear it, then only I, the younger sister, can help He is ruthless." The eldest princess casually said such terrifying words, which made Lin Qingyu feel cold behind her back.

Knowing that people hated Concubine Min, the eldest princess met people's eyes, and said invitingly, "Is Lin Changzai interested in listening?"

"This..." Lin Qingyu's heart was full of mixed feelings, and he couldn't say anything.

Right now, cooperating with the eldest princess is undoubtedly the best opportunity to fight back against Concubine Min, but forming an alliance is not a child's play. If she forms an alliance with the eldest princess, it means that everyone the eldest princess hates will become her enemy in the future. No matter how possible it is to regain freedom, it can only be used as a pawn for the eldest princess to plan and plan.

In this harem, they are already like birds in a cage. If they are placed in a denser and narrower cage, and they can't help themselves, wouldn't they be even more pitiful and hopeless.

The eldest princess saw that Lin Qingyu's expression was wrong, and knew that what she had said was too much, so she said softly: "Don't worry about Lin Changzai, I won't do anything, but what I did afterwards, the emperor brother or the queen mother asked At the beginning, please pretend that you don’t know.”

Lin Qingyu looked at Humanity solemnly and said, "Don't worry, princess, I will never confide a word about today's matter."

The eldest princess nodded, and said to the maid: "Chen'er, see off the guests. Remember to call the concubines that Lin Changzai was talking about later."

Lin Qingyu's heart skipped a beat.

She felt a little regretful that she didn't understand what the eldest princess said just now, and actually told sister Mu, but now that the words have been spoken, it is too late to take them back.

How could the eldest princess let her go so easily?The purpose of the chat just now was to find someone available from her side to prepare and cooperate with. Sister Mu is fine, but Chang Xiuru has always been aggressive in her work, so she might be persuaded by the Eldest Princess.

Stepping out of the gate of Ganquan Hall, Lin Qingyu said, "Go to Fujingxuan."

Mo'er was puzzled and said: "Ah? But young master, you just went to Linxian Palace, and you were called to Guanju Palace by Concubine Min, and now you go to Ganquan Palace to make those cakes for the eldest princess. Why don't you go back to the palace to have a good rest?" Still running to Fu Jingxuan?"

Lin Qingyu explained to people while walking fast: "The words of the eldest princess clearly intend to win people over to deal with Concubine Min. Concubine Min has been in the harem for so many years. How easy is it to pull her down? I'm afraid it hasn't threatened Concubine Min's status. I will take the lead first!" She walked too hastily, she stepped back and suddenly fell into a sore sprain, and the pain hit the top of her head, but she endured it and did not make a sound.

Compared with Min Fei's punishments, this is mediocre.

Mo'er hastened to lift him up, and said with concern: "My lord! Are you okay, my lord? This servant will help you back to the palace for some medicine bar first? I'll go to Fujingxuan when you feel better."

Lin Qingyu took a deep breath, slowly straightened her throbbing leg and said, "No, go to Fujingxuan first, I have to remind sister Mu... No, Mo'er, go to Fujingxuan for me first, just say The Eldest Princess must not agree to the cooperation! Hurry up!" She let go of Mo'er, leaning against the palace wall to stabilize her body.

"The little lord is waiting here for the servant, the servant is going!" Mo'er hurried out after finishing speaking.

The autumn wind carried fallen leaves, and there was a hint of frost in the cold wind. The cold wind pierced through, and the pain became even more unbearable. After standing still for a long time, it seemed a little numb. Lin Qingyu tried to move his legs, but his figure was not Therefore, he swayed and leaned down, and his whole body fell to the ground.

"Uh...!" She finally couldn't hold back a cry of pain, her warm tears kept rolling, she struggled to get up, and the smell of dust still remained in her nose.

As Chang Zai, how many times has she been in such a mess?She can't remember.

Humble as dust, insignificant, are these the words used to describe her?Mu Pingting and Chang Xiuru, who were obviously selected at the same time as her, one is dignified and elegant, the other is flamboyant and flamboyant, neither of them has ever been humiliated by Concubine Min like her?

Like Concubine Min, they are all flowers hanging on the noble branches, and she is just a small unknown wild flower that strayed into the harem.

Even if it has a special color, it has no name and no root system after all.

She was forced to enter the palace at the beginning, and her father only waited for her to sit on the honorable position and supported him a lot, but the intrigues in the harem had already overwhelmed her.

If you want to survive in the harem, you need to protect yourself. If you want to use your status to help your family, you need to be favored. It's just a fool's dream to rise to the top.

She endured the pain and propped herself up, a "crack" sound passed by her eyes, and a small blue medicine bottle appeared in her hand.

She looked up suspiciously, only a few court ladies and eunuchs passed by in the distance.

She carefully pulled off the cap of the bottle and sniffed it from a distance.

This smell is very similar to the bottle of Baihua Huoluo ointment that the emperor rubbed on her hand in Qingxin Palace that day, it is specially used to treat bruises, sprains, fatigue and fatigue.

This thing is usually placed in the Qingxin Hall for the emperor to use alone. This thing is so effective that only the emperor uses it in the whole palace, and the medicinal materials are very precious and rare, and the imperial hospital does not supply it to outsiders.

She was at a loss, and felt that this matter was strange, so she temporarily wrapped the small bottle of medicine in a handkerchief and packed it.

At this moment, Mo'er hurried over with Lingqiao.

The two were gasping for breath, Mo'er slowed down and said dryly, "My lord, I have already conveyed your words to Jingui, don't worry!"

Lingqiao quickly discovered that Lin Qingyu was stained with a few spots of dust, and took out a red glass bottle while being wiped carefully: "Your master, where did you get a layer of dust, I brought the safflower wine, wipe it on the Can relieve pain."

"It's okay, maybe it was leaning against the wall and accidentally got some dust on it, by the way, what did Sister Mu say?"

Mo'er said: "Mistress Jin said that she would pay more attention, and also said that in a few days, I would invite the young master to go to Shanglin Garden to enjoy the chrysanthemums and make fragrant tea."

Lin Qingyu felt bitter in his heart.

Sister Mu still has the leisure and elegance to do these things, I'm afraid that after today, the harem will never be peaceful again.

(End of this chapter)