Chapter 1718

The whole country mourns the death of the emperor.

In the imperial city of Kyoto, in the hall of Zhaohe, the empress sun Shi sits high in the Luan chair. Below are the ladies who have entered the palace one after another to express their grief.

Qin Zi also sat in the middle of these people, but compared with other people's estrangement, because of the identity of Prince and concubine, she seemed to be close to the queen in words and deeds.

Qin Zi sent her own mourning clothes. On the 10th day of the first month, the emperor died. Today, it's only thirteen days. A whole mourning clothes was made. From the beginning to the end, Qin Zi did it all by himself.

The empress's big palace female tree Zhen took over the mourning dress. The empress was too sad to look at it. She waved her hand and said to Qin Zi, "you have a heart."

Qin Zi nodded slightly and walked two steps forward a little. She said anxiously, "take care of your mother."

The queen stroked her forehead and looked at all the women's family members at the bottom of the circle. After a while, she choked: "the emperor has been seriously ill for three years. I should have thought of this day for a long time, but when it came out, I couldn't accept it. Do you think it's too hopeless?"

As the mother of a country, the model of the women in the world should be dignified and appropriate in any important matters, not showing joy and sorrow. Objectively speaking, the mother of a country is suffering for two consecutive days due to the death of the monarch, so she looks haggard and weak in spirit. When she connects with the imperial edict, she looks like a tottering child, which is really too small.

But even if we all saw the Queen's loss of decency, we dare not tell the truth. The women's family immediately blossomed and even their mouths were words of comfort.

The queen listened, but her face was on the verge of death. After a while, she had no strength, so she sent back all the people except Lin Qilian, her niece, and Qin Zi, the prince's side concubine.

When Lin Qilian was beautiful three years ago, the queen wanted to betroth her to her parents and children. Five princes, Rong Fei, tried to resist her. After several times, all the streets and alleys in Kyoto were spread, saying that Miss Lin Qilian had the audacity to fight against five princes, Rong Fei. However, the goddess had the heart. Xiangwang had no dream. Five princes respected Miss Lin and hated to see the street Tail detour.

Although the facts are not as serious as the rumors, Lin Qilian's reputation has been damaged due to Rong Fei's refusal for many times. The Lin family wanted to use this as a threat to allow Fei to marry Lin Qilian. But Lin Qilian herself did not want to. She was thin skinned and could not do anything that was too hard to deal with. After Rong Fei stepped on her face and made public, she was dead hearted to this man When the Lin family was still fighting for her accommodation, she was angry for a while and came together with a seven grade official.

Now that rice has finished cooking, she has married as another woman, but because the queen loves her since she was a child, even though it is a pity that she can't be her own daughter-in-law, she has given her a promise that she can come to the palace from time to time to sit.

After her marriage, Lin Qilian and her husband also played harmoniously. These days, she often went to the palace and tried to find another future for her husband. However, the queen seemed to really like her. She agreed to some modest requests.

It's Qin Zi. Compared with the crown prince Zhengfei, and Lin Qilian, the great niece of the queen, she was able to stand firm in front of the queen in just three years, which surprised many of the thousands of young ladies who had married the crown prince because of her ecstasy and then gloated.

Now Qin Zi and Lin Qilian stay alone. Seeing no strangers, Lin Qilian takes the initiative to go to the high platform, kneading her aunt's shoulders and beating her legs with her own hands, showing her filial piety.

Qin Zi didn't get close. She and Lin Qilian have different positions. Naturally, the way of courting is different. Lin Qilian can get the Queen's favor with love without any effort. She can't. She uses the method of value.

"You embroidered the mourning clothes?" After the stranger left, the empress's sad expression was slightly relieved. She twisted a corner of the white mourning clothes, and her eyes were picky.

Qin Zi looked down and said: "it was prepared a month ago. After several modifications, it was a good idea. If the mother can see it, she can try it now."

The emperor died two days ago, but the mourning clothes were ready a month ago. The queen was not surprised. She let go of the mourning clothes and glanced at Qin Zi, the next leader: "our palace has said that you are the most intelligent." She said, stroked Lin Qilian's hand and smiled, "you stupid girl, you should learn more from your cousin."

Lin Qilian nodded modestly and looked at Qin Zi below, but her eyes were complicated.

Qin Zi was praised by the queen. She knew that the queen left her alone, not only for mourning, but also for her next words.

Sure enough, the queen spoke again.

"Your brother, this time it's bad for the good things in our palace. Do you know how many people he killed in our palace?"

Qin Zi didn't say a word about it. She fell on her knees and kowtowed directly.

The empress looked at her frightened appearance and sighed: "before, it was my palace that wanted to fork. I thought that you could serve the prince with your heart toward my palace. Don't approach your mother's family. Now, it seems that you should not alienate them, but walk around more. Qin Hai is loyal to the seven kings, but your husband, Prince and Qin family can ascend the throne three days later All intelligent people will be chosen naturally. It seems to me that you will go back to the Qin family tonight and tell your parents well that this palace is not a murderer, and you don't want to see life destroyed. Tell them what you said and see if they understand. "Qin Zi closed his eyes, bit his teeth and said, "I'm worried more about my mother. Sometimes, it's not a bad thing to be alive."

The queen raised her eyebrows and said, "what do you say?"

"The Qin family didn't know how to praise him. We can see how many obstacles he made here. Now that the old and the new have changed, the prince is about to ascend the throne. It's a good time to kill the goose and make an example of the monkey. We should try our best to win over him at this time. If we don't take them as a threat, we can make him strong."

The queen sat a little upright. "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Qin Zi raised her head and advised the empress instead: "as soon as the Queen's mother's achievements are exhausted, the Qin family will not be loyal to you. Such a person can't be removed."

The queen takes a deep breath. Lin Qilian beside the queen is stupid now.

A moment later, leaving from the hall of Zhaohe, Lin Qilian catches up with Qin Zi, who is walking in front of her. She pulls her sleeve and asks, "why do you want to do this?"

Qin Zi looked at her and asked, "how is it?"

"You are not at all like before." Lin Qilian used to be a member of the noble women's circle. Although she didn't like Li Yin and Fang ruotong, she had dealt with Qin Zi and met each other. The former Qin Zi would never be so cruel.

Hard to, even their own relatives are willing to give up.

Qin Zi looked at Lin Qilian's simple face and shook her head helplessly. Then she asked, "I heard that your husband's seniority has arrived. At the end of the first month, he was going to go to Tongzhou to serve as a magistrate, but you don't want to?"

Lin Qilian didn't know why she mentioned this. It's not a secret in the upper circles. She married badly. She went to the palace all day for her husband's sake. She was not satisfied with her official post. So she wanted to find an opportunity to ask for the queen these two days.

"It's too far to go to TongZhou..." Lin Qilian whispers.

Qin Zi asked her, "won't your husband go?"

Lin Qilian lowered her head: "he is Yes, Tongzhou is his hometown. He has long wanted to return home in good clothes, but my family all think that when he leaves Kyoto, it's hard for him to have a chance to come back... "

"Go." Qin Zi suddenly advised, looking into Lin Qilian's eyes, she said: "hurry up, the sooner the better. You probably don't know that the appointment of Tongzhou is not due to seniority. It's his recommendation to your husband."

Lin Qilian's eyes widened unexpectedly.

Qin Zi looked around and lowered his voice. "He wants to protect you, Lin Qilian. You are married. You can't go around your mother's house anymore. Your husband's family doesn't say anything. He's not afraid of them. He respects you. Don't delay. Go right away."

Lin Qilian frowned: "why did you suddenly say this to me?"

Qin Zi smiled: "because I sympathize with you, believe me, and leave as soon as possible. Don't tell your mother's family or the queen. When the time comes, leave Beijing with your husband. Don't come back in a short time."

Lin Qilian is scared: "what do you mean?"

"If you don't leave, you will regret it." This is Qin Zi's last advice to Lin Qilian. No matter she doesn't listen to it or not, she can do it.

After leaving the Imperial Palace, Qin Zi went back to the prince's mansion and handed a secret letter to the most trusted servant girl. The servant girl left with the letter and walked around for a long time, arrived at the Qin mansion and sent the letter.

That night, Rong Xu rushed to Qin's mansion. When he saw the letter, he nodded and said, "plan, carry out as usual."