The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 236. The emperor's intention

When Steward Lin finished speaking, Ruan Jiang didn’t show much expression, but Forsythia and Dewdrops behind him were a little surprised. In the eyes of both of them, Steward Lin was just a somewhat crazy half-old man. Who knew what he said today was reasonable. According to statistics, I don’t know why, it is completely different from the past.

Jiang Ruan was not surprised. He was a handsome Tanhua Lang who was able to retreat in the most beautiful times, and had the determination and endurance of forbearance. He was a man of great wisdom. But Jiang Ruan could also see that when Steward Lin mentioned the news of Li Gonggong’s death, there were indeed some fluctuations in his eyes, which could hardly be concealed. Obviously, he may have some relationship with Grandpa Li, but everyone in the world always has some secrets, so why do we need to explore them? It’s just that Steward Lin’s analysis coincided with her, but it made her mind firmer.

“You are right. The person who can count on Grandpa Li must be someone who is extremely close to him, and may even have been lurking around Grandpa Li for many years. Now that the emperor is seriously ill, one reason is that the emperor is seriously ill, and more importantly, This may be a signal.” Jiang Ruan said.

“Signal?” Steward Lin frowned and asked, “Madam Young thinks they are going to do it?” At this time, Lao Lin seemed to be discussing the next countermeasures with Jiang Ruanzai. There is no way to be unreliable on weekdays. appearance.

“It’s not doing it. Grandpa Li died suddenly. I thought his death was too abrupt, and there must be a special reason to put him to death at this time. If you do it, you don’t have to start with a manager, so Li The father-in-law’s death must have been caused by him. He made a mistake in one aspect and eventually killed himself.” Jiang Ruan said in a deep voice.

Steward Lin also thought about it for a while, and seemed to think that Jiang Ruan’s words were very reasonable, and looked at her and said: “But Madam, what can he make mistakes? What kind of mistakes caused him to die in the end?”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: “What is the most nervous thing in the palace now?”

“Yes… Your Majesty is seriously ill.” Steward Lin replied.

“Then, Grandpa Li’s fault lies here. He is the general manager, but in the end he is inseparable from his majesty, so the biggest reason why he died is because of the emperor. And the greatest value of a general manager Where is it, because he is the person closest to the emperor, and may know many secrets of the emperor. In this way, things seem very simple. Grandpa Li knew of a certain decision of the emperor, and this decision was accidentally caught I got it, and then he was killed.”

Butler Lin couldn’t help but marvel, and Jiang Ruan could tell so many things about the death of Grandpa Li alone. He couldn’t help but feel a little lost. Perhaps there was such a young lady in Jinying Palace. This was the original Prince Hong Xi and the old man. Things that King Jinying didn’t even think of. Now that the situation is so chaotic, Jiang Ruan can still analyze it so indifferently and calmly point out the doubts in it. In the recent panic that has gradually begun to diffuse, suddenly vanishes, and Lin Jianjia suddenly feels courage.

He followed Jiang Ruan’s words and thought: “The young lady’s decision is indeed good, but what decision of the emperor will lead to the death of Grandpa Li? Let the people who deal with it so impatiently do it, even the body of Grandpa Lee is flawed. Hundreds of things. In fact, he can do it more precisely. Looking at it like this, it seems that he can’t take care of anything else.”

“It must be a great event in the world that can make people so cruel. The seizure of the concubine is imminent. Before your majesty fell, he had not established the prince. Now the position of the prince is suspended, and the officials have their own guesses about the sadness of your majesty. If this is your majesty. Shi immediately had the will to set up a future prince, and the other would definitely be anxious. Grandpa Lin probably revealed his majesty’s intentions, and another person who had no relationship with the prince would jump the wall in a hurry.” Jiang Ruan said: “And the emperor will definitely not make Xuanli the prince, so the person behind him can only be Xuanli.”

Steward Lin wanted to say that the thirteenth prince Xuan Pei might also be the killer. When he saw Jiang Ruan’s expression, he stopped. Jiang Ruan didn’t hesitate on his face. Just like her tone, she was right from the beginning. I absolutely believe in Xuan Pei. Steward Lin knows that Jiang Ruan has a good relationship with Xuan Pei, but it has always been strange that why Jiang Ruan, who seems to care about no one, trusts Xuan Pei so much, this is really strange. However, Jiang Ruan’s vision has always been good, especially when it comes to foresight. It is almost nothing to say. Steward Lin naturally has no doubts, so he replied: “In this way, in such a situation at this moment, the eighth prince will Turn the situation around before your Majesty’s intention is expressed…”

“Kill the king, change your fate.” Jiang Ruan said coldly.

Killing him before the emperor showed his intentions, or made him unable to show his intentions anymore, and then pretended to be imperial decree. This was an opportunity. At the moment, it seemed that this was the only way out for Xuanli.

Steward Lin was obviously shocked by the words Jiang Ruan spit out. He didn’t speak for a while, and the seizure of the protagonist was never done in blood and blood, and it was done without any peace and happiness. But just listening to what Jiang Ruan said, he already felt the viciousness rushing toward his face. Perhaps in the next few days, the undercurrents in Beijing will be raging and startling every step of the way.

Jiang Ruan smiled and said: “But it’s not that bad right now. Butler Lin, go out first. I have something to do. I will come back later. I will explain this to Xiao Shao. There is always a way to deal with it.”

Steward Lin didn’t speak, and stepped back silently. It is not Xiao Shao who is supporting Jinying Palace now. There is a young lady in Jinying Palace now. Leave it to them, Mr. Lin thought.

After Steward Lin left, the smile in front of Jiang Ruan was put away. She slowly turned her face down, and she didn’t seem as confident as she was just now. Looking at Forsythia and Dewdrop, they were taken aback. Forsythia asked hesitantly: “Young lady…but what’s wrong?”

“It’s wrong,” Jiang Ruan looked down: “Naturally it’s wrong.”

Seeing this, Tianzhu also asked: “Since the plan of the eight princes has been seen through, as long as he is not allowed to succeed, the young lady is so worried. Although the eight princes have a forbearing temperament, they are really smart and not really smart. The young master hasn’t returned yet, this matter will certainly not be so bad.” Jiang Ruan dared to declare a confrontation when he was not Princess Jinying. For so long, Tianzhu and the others have been used to Jiang Ruan’s tactics, so worried. Tianzhu felt a little uneasy when his expression appeared on Jiang Ruan.

“Naturally, the smartest person is not Xuanli,” Jiang Ruan sneered, his smile looked a little cold: “The emperor is the smartest person.” She didn’t go on, and Tianzhu looked at each other and didn’t know how to deal with it.

At night, it was naturally late at night when Xiao Shao came back. Jiang Ruan was sitting on the edge of the bed and leaning on the blanket to flip through the book, but he flipped it carelessly, not even the sound of Xiao Shao’s approaching footsteps. Xiao Shao paused and walked to her. After thinking about it, he reached out and patted her forehead, and said, “Why are you still reading?”

“Waiting for you to come back.” Jiang Ruan threw the book aside, Xiao Shaofang came back from the outside, still carrying the coldness of the cold dew in the night, a little moist, and the beautiful eyes under the lights, almost like those quaint scrolls. The cold and immortal coming out from above. No matter when, this person is always so glamorous, even if he doesn’t like gorgeousness, and always wears the coldest colors, he can’t take away his half brilliance, it seems that as long as he stands there, he can’t help but attract the attention of others. Similar.

Jiang Ruan sighed slightly, Xiao Shao sensitively noticed that she was wrong, so he didn’t immediately go to the bath, and sat down beside Jiang Ruan, and said with concern: “What’s the matter?”

“You…” Jiang Ruan hesitated for a while before asking: “Do you want to be the emperor?”

Xiao Shao was slightly startled, as if she didn’t expect that she would ask this suddenly, she was a little startled for a while, then she frowned and asked, “Who have you met today?”

When Jiang Ruan saw him look like this, he laughed: “The person you are worried about can’t afford to be injured in the palace now, how can you meet me. You are probably too worried.” Since then, Jiang Ruan stood at the door and listened to a speech, and then he was able to learn Xiao Shao’s secret. Xiao Shao is so nervous now, naturally because he remembered what happened last time. Xiao Shao didn’t let go of her brows when she heard this, but stared at her thoughtfully, and said, “I never thought about that position.”

“If… someone is forcing you, what shall you do?” Jiang Ruan asked.

“What to do with me?” Xiao Shao asked back. His tone was indifferent, but there was an irresistible trend. Some people were persecuting, so what to do with him? He does things in this world as he likes them, and he doesn’t do them if he doesn’t like them. No one can persecute him.

Jiang Ruan took a deep breath, and suddenly said: “The emperor is now unconscious and Xuanli hastily acted, which can only explain one thing. The emperor has the intention to establish a reserve. Perhaps the matter of the reserve has already been set. Xuanli heard about this. That’s why we have to cut off the clues.” Jiang Ruan stared at Xiao Shao’s eyes: “Xuanli probably thought that the other party was Peier, but you and I know that, no, he wanted to give up this position. A man has never been his own son.”

The storm blew up in the morning and the seizure was imminent. How many ministers stood by themselves, but only Jiang Ruan and Xiao Shao knew that the man, the emperor, had never thought of handing over Jiangshan to Xuanli and Xuanpei. He wanted to sit. The person in this position has always been Xiao Shao. He secretly paid attention to Xiao Shao for so many years and protected him for so many years, perhaps because of guilt, perhaps because he should belong to Prince Hong Xi, but the more important reason is that he has always regarded Xiao Shao as the future prince. .

“I am not here,” Xiao Shao hugged her, Xu meant comfortingly: “I won’t do what he wants.”

“I know.” Jiang Ruan lay on Xiao Shao’s chest, and the man had a pleasant green grass-like smell on his body, and there was a slight chill that was more late at night, but he felt extremely relieved. She said: “You just have to know that the emperor may have expected today. I think he intends to want you to be the emperor. He will definitely prepare for you somewhere to sit in this position. And the most important thing, the most The important thing to rely on is the imperial edict.”

Maybe Xiao Shao didn’t know the emperor. Jin Yiwei was spread all over the world and had the best intelligence, but Xiao Shao was a killer and the leader of Jin Yiwei, but he was not a person who was good at guessing people’s hearts. For the emperor, he was also too alienated, and he did not deliberately get close because of the relationship with his own bones and blood.

But Jiang Ruan is different. During the years that Jiang Ruan spent in the palace, her predecessor Jiang Ruan also used various methods to inquire about the emperor in order to help Xuanli. Let her understand more deeply. The emperor, no matter what outsiders look at, in such a position, he is very clear about the methods in the palace. He also used this method in his previous life, that is, he wrote the imperial decree long ago. Because of this, the matter of changing the prince was worried, and Xuanli decisively took action before the imperial decree was issued, the emperor’s share. The final bargaining chip, under the means of Xuan Li’s iron and blood, was finished before it was launched.

Now that things happen again, the emperor wants to make the imperial decree before. Jiang Ruan is almost certain that the people in Xuanli have already learned the news, and they know that the person on the imperial decree is not himself, so they will act so decisively. To strangle the emperor, and then smoothly into the chapter, use your own way to ascend to that position. It’s just that there were no thirteen princes in the previous life, and Xuan Li had no obstacles in front of him, but now, Xuan Pei has killed him.

“He killed Li Gonggong, perhaps to find someone to replace Li Gonggong to find out the secret of the imperial decree.” Jiang Ruan said softly: “I think it is not only the imperial decree, but with the emperor’s mind, he should also secretly order it. The confidant, if necessary, stand up and verify your identity.” Xiao Shao’s identity cannot be known by too many people at a time, otherwise it will make Xiao Shao a target of public criticism. Efforts to protect his life.

“I will find out the imperial edict.” Xiao Shao whispered softly: “Then burn it, no one will know.”

What he burned was not just an imperial decree, but also his future life, his imperial way. Jiang Ruan suddenly felt sad. It shouldn’t have been that way. Xiao Shao was the emperor’s order. At the end of his previous life, he was obviously sitting on the Dajin Dynasty’s land, but in this life she arrogantly changed his destiny and he no longer Is an emperor.

But so what? She didn’t want to let go. If Xiao Shao wanted to be the emperor, she would let him go. If she didn’t want to, she would just fight for this life, and she wouldn’t let those people succeed. Protecting what she wants is the meaning of her rebirth.

Xiao Shao saw Jiang Ruan’s strangeness, the corners of her lips raised slightly, and she kissed her forehead and said, “Don’t worry, leave it to me.”

“Okay.” Jiang Ruan laughed: “I’ll leave it to you.”

The couple said something again. Xiao Shao got up to take a bath. What he didn’t see was that after he turned around, the smile on Jiang Ruan’s face condensed, and his eyes became a little dark for a moment, and it seemed that it was not as good as that. Just so happy. She slowly said to herself: “Since you don’t want to be an emperor, then I will certainly do it for you.” She lowered her eyes and whispered: “Leave it to me.”

That night, there was another person in the Jinying Palace. He was standing in a secluded corner of the Palace Garden. There was a huge iron basin in front of him. From time to time, some flames sprang out from the iron basin, and some or dark yellow was mixed. Or burnt paper money, he is burning paper money for someone.

The cold wind blew over. Although it was early spring, it was always cold at night, but this person only wore a thin gown, just like the blue shirt worn by the most ordinary student in the academy. At the moment he was sitting on the ground, there was a pot of wine and two glasses beside the iron basin, but there was only one person.

This person is not someone else, but Steward Lin. He looked at the beating flames in a daze, as if missing something, and suddenly smiled: “Old Li, I said you are too stupid. You are in this position. , How can you still follow other people’s way? Look, this is good, I haven’t found you for a drink, so you will leave first, I am boring and shivering.” He seemed to be a little funny. She also had some smiles, as if she was not sad, but in this smile, there was a little more loneliness and sadness.

“At the beginning, the three of us, you, me, the prince, but a scene in the capital. Hey, although you are an eunuch, but you look good, although not as good as me and the prince, when we three go out, how many girls turn around Hey, if you weren’t an eunuch, it would be a pity.” Steward Lin muttered to himself, seeming to find that what he said was extremely interesting, but he laughed unconsciously. His gaze penetrated the flames in front of him, as if he had seen things from a long time ago.

At that time, the prince Hong Xi was still the son of Pian Pian, he was a handsome man to explore the flower, and although Xiao Li was an eunuch, he was triumphant in his witty temperament and good looks. When Prince Hong Xi slipped out of the palace privately, he would always bring both of them. The three of them were very cheerful, like the three gentlemen in the mouth of the storyteller. Prince Hong Xi was originally an approachable temperament. Since meeting the Princess Xiang Xiaoyuan, after they bought the grandma, they did not even distinguish the slightest level of rules. In front of Prince Hong Xi, the three of them were equal.

They are indeed equal, so when the news of Prince Hong Xi’s death came, both Xiao Lizi and Steward Lin were truly heartbroken. It’s just that Steward Lin chose to resign and resign, he wants to guard the only blood of his friend. However, Xiao Lizi stayed in the palace. This does not mean that Xiao Lizi is a wolf-hearted person. This may be another way he used to pay tribute to his friends-stay here to assist the king, even if only for the sake of The emperor brings tea and water, as long as he can contribute to the country that this friend has spent his life on.

So after so many years, Steward Lin has become a real steward. It seems that he has forgotten all those literary, Taoist and martial arts, and he only worries about trivial things every day. He put all his energy on Xiao Shao. . With his cleverness in the palace, Xiao Li finally became the chief manager next to the emperor, Grandpa Li.

They have never been in contact for so many years, but they know that they are living well with each other and that everyone has a life of their own choice. Steward Lin raised his head and filled the two wine glasses in front of him. Then he touched one of them, and then spilled all the wine in one of the glasses on the ground.

“The three of us, you and the prince are also reunited, but I still can’t make it. I have to watch the young master have a good life, and watch the young lady and the young son, and the young master and the young lady have a good life. No, even that’s not okay. I have to live well. I said it a long time ago. No matter how good you are, the prince is not as blessed as my old Lin. Only I can watch them live better day by day. , You guys are not lucky enough to see this scene!” Steward Lin laughed, and with such a smile, he has the same appearance as before, but if he takes a closer look, he can see the corner of his eye again under the light of the fire. A ray of light flashed quickly.

He said, “Even though the young lady did not clarify what was said today, I understand it. Grand Prince, are you happy, this daughter-in-law is extremely clever, if you are still there, you will definitely like it too. It’s just your brother. , It seems that I still want to give the position to the young master. The young master definitely disagrees, hey, the prince, if you are there, how can you watch your son being bullied like this?” He rebuked He took a sip of wine: “Lao Li, you really are, you are still the number one manager. After so many years, you can’t control a decision. You can’t persuade the emperor to do what the emperor is. , Where did that cleverness go?”

No one answered the words of Steward Lin. He sat alone at night and talked to himself like a madman. However, he sighed again: “The old man was once a beautiful and suave man.” He thought for a while. . Taking out a small bottle from his arms, he grabbed the small bottle in his hand and smiled suddenly: “When is the time coming, I also understand. I want to watch the young master continue to live so well. I don’t know if there is such an opportunity. The capital is about to change. Although our Jinying Palace is not the East Palace, we have been with the young master for so many years. This is already Lao Lin’s home. He poured the vial into his palm and rolled a pill out of it.

There was nothing special about the pill, but Steward Lin smiled. He shouted at the flame in front of him with great momentum, and said, “Even so many years have passed, the old man is still so suave.” He said that. The pill was thrown into his mouth and swallowed in one breath, and it took a long time before he took the flask in front of him and took a sip.

After swallowing this pill, Steward Lin didn’t change because of it, but the application seemed to stretch out, as if he had made a determination.

“It’s time to show people with their true colors.” Manager Lin silently threw a handful of paper money into the burning brazier again: “This time, I will protect the young master, prince, give it to me.”