What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 204 Lin Clan Members
"Empress Dowager, don't worry, this concubine knows that you have treated me as much as a mountain."

Lin Ximeng knelt on her knees, her forehead resting on the ground under the Empress Dowager's feet.

"A grievance has a head and a debtor, Ximeng knows all these truths"

In fact, how could the Wang family and the Meng family have no relationship?

One is the chief assistant of the cabinet who has gone through two dynasties, the father-in-law of the first emperor, the father-in-law of the first emperor, and a century-old family with deep roots.

One is an upstart in the court, who has no foundation, no family and no power, but has gained a firm foothold in the court in just a few years.

If it is said that there is no connection between them, who would believe it?

But these things, of course, leave no evidence.

The Meng family may not really make friends with the Wang family.

In the end, Meng Zhengye relied on his father-in-law, Master Zheng, the natal family of his aunt Mrs. Zheng.

It is said that there are people in the court who are good at being officials, and Master Zheng was also a senior figure in the court during the late emperor's time. He had a lot of power at hand, and he could also keep Meng Zhengye safe and secure as the Minister of the Household Department.

This is the game between court parties.

Everyone in the world is benefiting.

The machinations and tactics involved cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

In a word, the relationship between the Meng family and the Wang family is limited, and the Lin family is unfortunately related to the Wang family, but not too much.

Lin Ximeng knew that her status was low, so of course she would not hit a stone with an egg.

In front of the queen mother, she was very humble, which made the queen mother very satisfied.

When a man is about to die, his words are also good.

The queen mother actually took her hand and said earnestly that Wang Xiangjun was unreliable, and asked Lin Ximeng to take care of the queen because of his affection for these years.

Lin Ximeng couldn't take it anymore.

She stood up and patted the wrinkled clothes, staring at the Queen Mother coolly.

"One size counts. The Wang family really didn't get involved in my father's case. Ximeng dare not offend her."

"But if you want to talk about love, back then you used me as an eyeliner by the side of the Sixth Prince, forcing me to provide you with information, and when you learned that I was exposed, you sent someone to assassinate me, and even planted it on Zhao Liangdi.

"The sixth prince became the king of Chu, but you supported the first prince, and forced me to blow the pillow wind to His Royal Highness Chu, and persuade him to submit to the prince."

"The king of Chu was promoted to be the regent. You are seriously ill, and it was the concubine who exhausted all the blood in your body to exchange blood for your illness."

"The affection you mentioned, I don't know which one it is?"

Lin Ximeng stood there with her back straight and neither humble nor overbearing, her eyes were full of spirit.

Every single one of these things is a deadly business.

"If it wasn't for the fact that the concubine has been a lowly servant and has a great fate all these years, and if it wasn't for the benevolence of His Highness, the concubine would have died countless times."

"Being polite to you now is also for the sake of my Lin clan."

The queen mother's face was blue and white, and her eyes lit up when she heard the Lin clan.

"Yes, yes"

"Back then, only this palace had the means to know the news about Beijiang, and indeed sent someone to deliver supplies. If you don't believe me, ask your mother, she must have received it, every year in the past few years."

Lin Ximeng saluted politely: "You don't need to ask, the concubine already knows, that's why the concubine is willing to kneel here today to repay your kindness"

"Unfortunately, that's all there is to it"

Before leaving, Lin Ximeng left a book of medicinal recipes, which recorded in detail all the medicinal recipes and recipes suitable for the Queen Mother.

She looked back at the queen mother again.

"What you said, if you can do it, Ximeng will definitely do it, and if you can't, please ask the queen mother Haihan."

The petite but upright figure gradually disappeared, and the Queen Mother stared blankly until she could no longer look away.

She held Fang Rui's hand and wept all the time.

"If there is a daughter in my Wang family who is as wise as her, why should my Wang family have no future, and why should I, an old woman, live forever in the palace while licking my old face?"

Fang Rui also cried.

"The empress is also good. These days, the empress studies hard every day, and manages the affairs of the harem more and more orderly. The emperor also praised it several times."

"But what's the use of these"

The Empress Dowager burst into tears: "I still don't understand Mr. Xiang's temper? Her thoughts are not with the emperor, but must be transferred to others."

"I don't know what will happen in the future!"

She knew best from the children she watched and grew up that Wang Xiangjun is by no means a virtuous and virtuous woman, she is used to being full of flowers, how can she adapt to the feeling of being alone and sleepless in the harem.

It's hard to say.

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The days passed day by day, and it was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

Every New Year's day, the ladies in the palace want to eat small stoves. They spend tens of taels of silver to choose a cook who suits them, and cook a few of their favorite foods according to their own tastes, which is also a good addition to the New Year.

Lin Ximeng didn't have half a tael in hand, and she even canceled the extra food for the New Year, and only ate the New Year's food prepared by the imperial dining room.

That night, when the New Year's Eve feast lasted until the early morning, she wore a velvet cloak embroidered with koi carp in carmine, and walked back to Huafengxuan on the ankle-deep snow.

Several palace maids and eunuchs are already on vacation, only Qingqing is still by her side.

"Sit down, it's just the two of us, don't distinguish between master and servant, just light a stove and eat something warm, and in two or three hours we will get up and worship our ancestors, it's not worth taking off our make-up and going to sleep."

"Heat up these soups, let's drink some warm ones"

Qingqing went away at the sound, and soon came back with hot soup. The master and servant were sitting opposite each other, hugging the warm quilt.

"Qingqing, you followed me all the way from the prince's concubine to the present nobleman in the deep palace forest"

"What do you think of my future?"

Qingqing thought for a while: "Naturally, the future is bright, but our Lin family is back."

"What do you mean by a bright future? Please be more specific."

Qingqing was a little embarrassed, but still said: "If General Lin is really wronged, after the emperor is rehabilitated, you will be at least a noble concubine. Who doesn't know that General Lin has made great achievements in the war and won dozens of victories for the Dasheng Dynasty. unrivaled”

She added it proudly.

"At that time, the emperor will love you even more, as long as you take good care of your body..."

When it comes to recuperating the body, the current emperor has no son or daughter, and the courtiers are desperately trying to give birth, urging the draft, urging the emperor to accept the harem to spread its branches and leaves.

Lin Ximeng's heart was calm, but her face was full of worries.

"You speak lightly, how can it be so easy"

In fact, what I think in my heart is that it is fine to have a child, and what can I give him after I am born, and I can live my life well.

She doesn't want to be a shitty concubine at all.

"If I can give birth to a prince for the emperor, I don't know if I have a chance to be a queen"

"There are some, there must be some, everyone knows that the empress is getting less and less favored, and I also heard that"

Qingqing whispered in her ear, telling the top-secret gossip that the queen's thoughts were not on the emperor.

Lin Ximeng was shocked and covered Qingqing's mouth.

"Don't talk nonsense, if you spread it, you will lose your head"

"How could it spread, besides, it's true, master, please don't say that I said it, this matter will be kept secret for now"

Lin Ximeng didn't bother to worry about these things, her mind was full of thoughts, should my younger brother see his mother?

I don't know what the Lin family's house looks like?There are a total of more than 1000 taels of silver bills, and you can't buy any good houses. At most, you can buy three ordinary ones, which are still in extremely remote places.

In a place like the capital where every inch of land is expensive, house prices are expensive in any dynasty.

(End of this chapter)