Chapter 373 Cannon Fodder Stand & Cold Tyrant 16 (2-in-1)
Ling Zhi finished dinner in the Imperial Study Room before being sent back to Cuiwei Palace. Along the way, Song Zi’s face was beaming with joy, and Lu Rong and others’ faces were also full of joy. Full of smiles.
“Hmph, those people still want to imitate you, but it’s a pity that Your Majesty doesn’t pay attention to it. They deserve it!”
After Zhang Zhaoyi left in dejection, some people who originally brought snacks also wanted to send them to the Imperial Study Room. The concubines of the thing were surprised and angry. Some of them were unwilling to give it away, but before they even entered the imperial study, they were ordered to leave by the guards.
The more they thought about it, the more proud they became. Their empress was the only one in the harem.
Soon after returning to Cuiwei Palace and sitting down, Lu Qi came up and handed Lin Zhi a letter, which was sent in from outside the palace.
Now Lu Qi and the three of them take turns waiting at Zhuan's side to see if there is a letter from the Lin family.
After opening it, the reply contained the revised content of Lu Ru’s last letter. Linzhi’s basic necessities, food, clothing, housing and transportation were written down, but the key content was not written. In short, everything was going according to plan.
Lin Xiruo had no doubts. In the letter, she asked Lu Ru and the others to continue to stare at Lin Zhi to prevent His Majesty from finding out that she was different from her.
Then he said that Lu Ru's brother was promoted to the leader of the bodyguard by the eldest young master of the Lin family, and now he works with Prince Rui.
She raised her eyebrows and gave the letter to Lu Rong and the others. Lu Rong suddenly became furious: "My queen, you are right, Lu Ru is the lady's confidant. They don't care about the life or death of the three of us." Gritting her teeth, "Don't worry, my queen. The slave must not have said anything to her. "
I secretly hated her for serving the young lady for so long, only to be given up.
Ling Zhi smiled: "Just write a reply and let me know."
But thinking that the Lin family must have reached cooperation with Prince Rui now, Prince Rui should also start to approach the courtiers in private and make plans. Conspiracy.
But their last thought was to have the original owner drugge her, so she was not in a hurry.
They would come to her eventually.
In the following days, many concubines still went to the imperial study to deliver things, and without exception, they were all kicked out.
And this time is different from before, I didn’t even see the emperor’s face.
Ling Zhi would go to the Imperial Study Room every once in a while. Of course, there was almost no ambiguity between the two of them, but they were just acting as Xiao Yuan's human catnip, being held and sucked by him.
But others didn't know it, and they all thought she was deeply loved by the emperor and was a favorite concubine.
This matter also spread to the court, especially when everyone discovered that the dark circles under Xiao Yuan's eyes had become lighter, and he was not as easily angry as before in the court, and his mood suddenly became complicated.
Then he began to write a memorial to advise your majesty to get rid of the rain and dew, and not to follow the example of the previous dynasty, when the king was destroyed and the country was harmed by the demon concubine.
But the emperor paid no attention to it.
After returning, Cuiwei Palace was still on display.
Ling Zhi asked him if he wanted to eat together before they had dinner. Xiao Yuan agreed. The two of them had dinner, rinsed their mouths and changed clothes, and then entered the inner room.
Yes, the only improvement was that now she no longer had to be held by him for an hour or two, she could just lie on the bed with him and let him hold her.
But today, Lin Zhi pushed him away: "Your Majesty, I'm here with Guishui."
Xiao Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he didn't care: "I won't touch you, you have What does it matter if I don’t have Guishui? Or are you saying you don’t like me here? "Look at her.
That’s not true. It’s already November. It snowed two days ago and the temperature dropped sharply.
His body was as warm as a furnace, and she was afraid of the cold, which was actually just right.
But since he didn't dislike him like other men, Lin Zhi just went with the flow and lay in his arms.
The bed curtains all around were lowered, and the palace lanterns swayed gently.
Aware of the warmth on his body, Lin Zhi quietly moved closer. Seeing that his eyes were still closed, she moved closer until a voice sounded in her ears: "Why move, sleep well."
Ling Zhi Glancing at him: "Your Majesty, your body is warm."
Xiao Yuan opened his eyes, seemed a little impatient, and stuffed her inside: "Stop moving." He closed his eyes, suddenly opened them again, and touched her Her lower back asked, "Is it so cold?"
Even through his clothes, he could feel the coldness coming from the cracks in his bones.
Ling Zhi put her head against his chest: "I have the root cause of the cold caused by the cold when I was a child. It happens every month on small days, but it's usually fine."
Xiao Yuan glanced at her and thought to himself , the legitimate daughter of Shangshu Mansion, with more than a dozen maids and women waiting on her, how can she still catch cold?
Ling Zhi's voice was full of weariness: "Your Majesty, would you please put your hand on my lower back to warm me up?"
There was no reply from the top of my head, but the big hand did. Didn't leave.
Lin Zhi fell into a deep sleep and didn't notice it until Xiao Yuan left. When she woke up the next day, she saw Song Zi happily saying that Your Majesty had moved some silver charcoal to Cuiwei Palace. She raised her eyebrows and smiled on her lips. become darker.
After dinner, the palace maid reported that Concubine Hui was here.
Since the past few days, Concubine Hui has been running towards her. Even if she has a cold face, she still comes as if she can't see her.
The door curtain opened. Concubine Hui was wearing a rabbit fur cloak. She took off her cloak at the door and entered the room.
Seeing Lin Zhi holding a bowl of soup and drinking it with a rosy face, she smiled and said, "When I came here just now, I saw the carriage that His Majesty was leaving. Look at my sister's rosy face. Hey, she is really different from the same person. Oh my life.”
Looking at Lin Zhi, "Although my sister can't become Princess Rui, she might become the Queen in the future."
"When my sister gets rich, don't forget about me."
Ling Zhi took the bowl Give it to the palace maid, He lightly touched the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief and looked at Concubine Hui, with a pair of beautiful eyes. Not to mention anything else, since he became the emperor's humanoid catnip, Xiao Yuan has never been stingy with food, clothing, clothing, etc., which turned the original owner's thin face into a , raised white and rosy.
"Why wait for the future? We are all fourth concubines with equal status, but I call Concubine Hui my sister. How about Concubine Hui call me sister from today on?"
She didn’t know what Concubine Hui was up to, but it was definitely not good.
Anyway, they were in a state of tearing up their faces, so they didn’t have to worry about arguing, and covered their lips with a smile: "I heard that the Prime Minister was impeached for corruption, and embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from His Majesty's disaster relief? Tsk tsk, Your Majesty obviously gave you a lot of salary, Prime Minister But you are still so confused. Concubine Hui needs to persuade your father.”
Hui. The concubine's expression changed: "Corruption? What are hundreds of thousands of taels? What are you talking about."
Ling Zhi pretended to be confused: "Don't you know, Concubine Hui? Yesterday in the court, your majesty got a lot of hair." He said he wanted to investigate thoroughly."
Concubine Hui's expression changed, she looked at her and left in a hurry.
Ling Zhi twitched her lips, Xiao Yuan never said these things, she knew it from the plot, and it was just right to use it to stimulate Concubine Hui, so as not to stare at her all day long. Looking at Songzi: "Can you find out who Concubine Hui is close to?"
Songzi: "Zhang Zhaoyi."
Lin Zhi instantly remembered what happened in front of the imperial study room last time. She probably hated her at that time, thinking why she didn't hate Xiao Yuan but hated her. He looked up and saw Songzi still standing there with doubts in his eyes.
"Empress, this is a letter from outside the palace."
Because it was Song Zi who could imitate Lu Ru's handwriting, the letter also passed through his hands.
Lin Zhi opened it, and it was Lin Xiruo, saying that Aunt Li had contracted the cold and missed her very much, hoping that she would leave the palace. She immediately frowned in disgust.
Before this, Lin Xiruo had written several letters and wanted to enter the palace.
After reading the plot, Lin Zhi knew that she had a quarrel with Prince Rui, and that she entered the palace to deliberately anger Prince Rui. It was a small interest between the two, so she ignored it and only let Lu Ru write a letter to fool him.
I guess he saw her reluctance and sensed something was wrong, so he used this method to let her out of the palace.
After all, the original owner cares most about Aunt Li.
She looked at the letter and realized that since Lin Xiruo had repeatedly wanted to go to the palace, and she also needed to check on Aunt Li, she would just take this opportunity to leave the palace to make arrangements, otherwise it would always be a worry.
Moreover, Xiao Yuan should be aware of the difference in identity between her and Lin Xi. After all, she cannot be Lin Xiruo for the rest of her life. This identity will be changed back sooner or later. Taking this opportunity, he can discover it by himself.
Turning her lips, although she and Xiao Yuan are just cats and catnip, it depends on who they are competing with. Lin Xiruo and Prince Rui played the substitute love so smoothly, and they don’t know what they will be after they overturn. What expressions, and Prince Rui colluded with court officials. She and Xiao Yuan are now like grasshoppers tied to the same boat. If he dies, she will die too.
During this period, his headaches decreased significantly and his temper improved.
I no longer get angry when facing courtiers. Even if I kill a lot of people, most of them are those who committed corruption and committed crimes. They really deserve to die. Most of the people who were killed before were those who deserved to die.
She didn't want him to die, so it would be better to use her as a clue to discover Prince Rui's vicious heart earlier and get rid of those people earlier.
Seeing that she was still silent after reading the letter, Songzi called out: "Empress?"
Ling Zhi raised her eyes and put down the letter: "Go and call Lu Rong and the others. "I have made up my mind to go back, but some things have to be arranged.
Soon the three of them came in, and all the other maids in the room left, leaving only five people. The incense in the incense burner curled up, and the room was warm because of the silver charcoal. Lin Zhi said: "Sister Cai just sent me another letter to remind you. I left the palace and said that Aunt Li was infected with the cold, so I planned to go back."
The three of them stared wide-eyed.
The corner of Lin Zhi's mouth curved slightly: "It's just Lu Ru's death, and I still need your help to cover it up, do you understand?"
Lin Xiruo still doesn't know about Lu Ru's death, Lu Rong and others have hidden it very well. . She didn't intend to let her know until the identities of both parties were revealed.
Lu Rong was anxious: "No! If the young lady enters the palace, won't we find that you and His Majesty... are different from before? Then King Rui will know about it." If they are discovered, they will die. . I don't agree with anything.
Lu Qi and Lu Zhu also looked scared, and they were also afraid of death.
Songzi is now very disgusted with Lin Xiruo: "Since I changed it, why do I have to change it back?" Before, he was an errand under Lin Xiruo and could not be reused. Today, the empress has a gentle temper and never fights. After sending someone off and still reusing him, he naturally didn't want anything to happen to Lin Zhi.
Thinking of something, Xixi looked at Lin Zhi, "Empress, Your Majesty treats you so well now. Even if you don't go back, they won't dare to do anything to you."
Lin Zhi shook his head: "My biological mother is in their hands, no We can’t go back. As for why my sister came to the palace, she must have had a quarrel with Prince Rui and wanted to go to the palace to anger him.”
The four of them were extremely shocked and felt ridiculous. What kind of reason is this?
Ling Zhi looked at them: "I also want to go back to see my biological mother. As for Your Majesty, I came to Guishui. You ask the senior manager to ask him to mention it to Your Majesty and let me rest for a few days. "But..." She came to Guishui yesterday to help from another palace maid who was promoted. The three of them didn't know, so they thought she came today. There was something that Xiao Yuan didn't mind at all, so there was no need to tell them.
How can we let the emperor discover these things if he is not allowed to come?
Looking at Songzi, he said: "When sister comes, you and Lu Yi should not come forward. I have also strictly controlled the mouths of the people in the palace."
Seeing that she had made up her mind, Songzi could only nod: "Your Majesty. Don't worry, I will help you keep an eye on Cuiwei Palace and not let anyone do anything bad!" He glanced at Lu Rong and the other three, he was the only confidant of the empress, including them.
The corners of Lin Zhi's mouth raised, and she felt relieved that Song Zi was doing the work.
Soon asked Songzi to write a reply, willing to exchange.
In Prince Rui's Mansion, Lin Xiruo was always being watched closely. She got the letter that day and raised her eyebrows: "Humph, this Lin Zhi really thinks that after entering the palace, she will be out of my control? As long as Aunt Li is with me In my hand, you just let me round it and flatten it.”
"I want to see what you did in the palace."
At this time, the servants reported that the prince ordered people to send melons from the south, and detailed that it was not easy to eat these melons at this time of the year. , someone still thought of a way to save it, and then it was delivered.
Her face was full of joy and she asked urgently: "Where is the prince? Is he here?"
The servant hesitated: "The prince is still discussing matters in the study."
Lin Xiruo's eyebrows suddenly stood up, and she swept the melon to the ground: "Get lost." The servants rolled away and she told Lu Zhi: "Go, pack my things, and we will enter the palace tomorrow!"
Luzhi was equally bold: "Yes, if the prince knows that you have entered the palace, young lady, he will be anxious and look for you. When you come back, he will cherish you even more."
Lin Xiruo raised her lips high. She thought so too, but when she thought about her quarrel with Prince Rui, she was still dissatisfied: "I just want the position of Princess Rui, but he said I have to wait. He doesn't know when he will have to wait. , What do those high-ranking women think of me when I go out?"
Grinning his teeth, "Concubine, concubine, why should I be the concubine?"
Green branches? nod: "Your Majesty is right. When you come back, this servant will call you Princess."
Lin Xiruo smiled: "Okay, close the door. When the prince comes back, he will not be allowed in."
As a result, all the people in the palace saw that the concubine had closed the courtyard door before Youshi. When the prince had finished discussing the matter and went over, she would not open it no matter how much she shouted. They were all speechless. It was obvious that the concubine had a bad temper. Wen Wen, why...do you seem like a different person now?
The next morning, as soon as Lin Zhi got up, a sign was handed into the palace, saying that Prince Rui's concubine came to visit her sister. She glanced at it and threw it aside, waiting to change her clothes and wipe her mouth after eating. Only then did someone reply, and then they waited in the palace.
Not long after, Lin Xiruo and his maid rushed into the palace angrily. They were still able to maintain their decency in the presence of the palace servants. But as soon as the palace servants left, they got angry: "I handed over the sign in the morning, but you haven't done it until now." "Let me in!"
Ling Zhi looked at her. She was not wearing the concubine's concubine's clothes, but water-red regular clothes, but they were made of first-class materials.
Even the ones worn on the head and hands are not of a size that a concubine can wear.
Moreover, with this temper, he could still pretend to be virtuous when he was in the palace, but he returned to his true nature within a few days after leaving the palace, and he didn't even cover it up, shouting and yelling.
She held her head and worried: "I have been feeling unwell for the past two days. I apologize to my sister. Please don't be angry."
She said she was sorry, but her body remained motionless.