Prince Regent's Concubine

Chapter 103 The Empress Dowager Wants Ling Qingshi to Intercede

Ling Qingshi and Bai Xue got off their horses when they arrived at the gate of the city, and led the way in. Ling Qingshi thought that Qin Yuyan and his carriage would not enter the city until a while later, so he took Bai Xue back to the palace first, and then went back to the palace. Let Bai Xue bring Duobao to guard the gate of the city, and then follow Qin Yuyan to see how she came out and went in from under the eyes of the imperial army.

After Ling Qingshi returned to the palace, Xiao Chuyi had already returned from the palace and was waiting for him to have dinner.

Ling Qingshi sat across from him and laughed at him, "Your nephew is so kind to you, he kept you in the palace all day long, if it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't have some forbidden blood relationship now, I wondered if he was interested in you. "

Xiao Chuyi heard Ling Qingshi's dissatisfaction, and explained: "My nephew didn't keep it today, but my sister-in-law didn't let me go."

Ling Qingshi opened his mouth and came, "Then you are really lucky."

Xiao Chuyi picked up a piece of meat for him, and said in a helpless tone, "She wants to protect the Ling family, but the three families have the same crime. family, and the other family has the princess of the dynasty, no one has less connection with the royal family than the Ling family."

"So we tossed about for a long time, and let's forget about the fire that almost killed hundreds of people?" Ling Qingshi was a little annoyed.

"She wants to forget it, that's okay, first ask the people in Kaiyang County if they agree, let them see the capabilities of the emperor's relatives, it doesn't matter how many ordinary people die, but it is not okay for the emperor's relatives to die." As soon as Ling Qingshi put down the chopsticks, he didn't want to eat anymore.

Xiao Chuyi also put his chopsticks away, this matter is not easy to deal with, otherwise he would not be left behind every day these days, the emperor does not want to keep people, because he is very clear about the consequences of keeping these people, If you don't kill chickens and monkeys, you will be afraid of moths that will be full of courts in the future.

After all, no matter what they did, they would be exonerated in the end. When the emperor changes, the past is over, and they can make a comeback.

The emperor wanted these people to die.

But the Empress Dowager refused to agree, she used filial piety to oppress the emperor, and said that Ling He was his own uncle, and that it was a treason for his nephew to kill his uncle, in short, he did not agree to the emperor's execution of the Ling family.

Xiao Chuyi was very innocent. The emperor wanted him to stand on his side clearly, and the queen mother also talked about the Qin family. After all, the Qin family was his natal family, so he also wanted to call Qin Tuo his cousin and ask Xiao Chuyi Can Chu Yi just watch his cousin die?

Not only that, but he also pulled Qin Yuyan out, saying that it was his concubine, and even if he failed by accident, he should remember his old love and save the life of the Qin family.

"Forget about that. She said that you are also from the Ling family. I don't look at other people's faces. I just look at you as a princess. I shouldn't let the emperor kill my own father."

Xiao Chuyi is helpless and innocent, he doesn't care about any of these people, let alone no one is innocent, he doesn't want to save any of them.

After hearing this, Ling Qingshi felt that the Queen Mother was really shameless, "At the beginning she put all her strength into trying to kill me, but now she thinks that I am also from the Ling family. Doesn't he know that I wish Ling He could die?"

How could the Queen Mother not know, she just used it as an excuse to add some leverage.

"So, you have been discussing for so long, and you haven't reached a result yet? Or, you haven't decided whether the ruler of the world is the emperor or the queen mother?"

Xiao Chuyi shook his head, "No, but it's coming soon, you are right, some decisions can only be made by the Lord of the World."

The emperor didn't want his imperial power to be challenged, but the queen mother was trying to test the emperor's bottom line.

As for whether Ling He's life is really that important, it depends on whether the Queen Mother keeps him for more help or because of the family affection.

After talking about the affairs in the palace, Ling Qingshi told Xiao Chuyi about how he and Bai Xue met Qin Yuyan and Li Tianzong at Pingle Temple today.

Ling Qingshi said: "I have already asked Bai Xue to find out how Qin Yuyan got out, but I still find it a bit strange that these forbidden soldiers belong to the emperor, and the Qin family can't afford to bribe them to get out."

Xiao Chuyi didn't see it with his own eyes, and he didn't know how Qin Yuyan came out, so he said, "It's impossible to be ordinary, but there are always exceptions, and besides, there must be an exit that no one else knows about the Duke of Qin's mansion. It is not unusual for Qin Yuyan to be able to leave the Duke's Mansion, a method commonly used by prominent families."

I'm afraid it's not just someone from the Qin family who went out to find a way out. The Ling family and the Anninghou's residence are probably not idle. Qin Yuyan just happened to meet Ling Qingshi this time and knew.

Ling Qingshi asked, "You didn't arrange anyone to monitor these companies?"

Xiao Chuyi shook his head, "There's no need for that. Everyone knows what's going on now. Even if they have a little trick, they can't make too much trouble. The one who wants to get rid of them most is the emperor, not the king."

Keeping such people is the foundation of the country, and the emperor cannot agree.

Ling Qingshi felt that the emperor should know his whereabouts today.

But he wasn't guilty either, it was a coincidence that he ran into Qin Yuyan.

Anyway, we have to wait for Bai Xue to come back to know how people come in and out. Ling Qingshi simply talked about the cement with Xiao Chuyi, "Today I went to see that they had finished it. I asked them to pave a section of road at the door. You can take the emperor to have a look at it sometime. Besides, I promised to let those two craftsmen be responsible for the production of cement in the future, and I also accepted two officials, will you arrange it?"

Naturally, Xiao Chuyi didn't have to deal with such a trivial matter, and then said: "I haven't mentioned the matter of gunpowder. This thing is more dangerous than cement, and it is also more lethal. It shouldn't be done casually. I plan to Talk about it later."

Ling Qingshi had no objection, Xiao Chuyi was much more proficient than him in trying to figure out the emperor's mind and dealing with various methods of the court.

The two agreed that Xiao Chuyi would follow the emperor after the court tomorrow, and soon he would be able to see the cement road the next day. Ling Qingshi felt that the emperor might want to kill those families even more after seeing the cement road.

The cement was made by Ling Qingshi, and the Lin family that Ling He moved at the beginning were from Ling Qingshi's family, so he would reward Ling Qingshi even for superficial efforts.

After finishing the matter, after dinner, Ling Qingshi planned to push Xiao Chuyi's wheelchair around the courtyard, and then Bai Xue came back.

Bai Xue's face was a little excited, and after saluting the two of them, she hurriedly said to Ling Qingshi, "Princess, if I hadn't followed Qin Yuyan today, I would never have imagined that the secret road of Duke Qin's mansion was actually built in a common people's home."

Bai Xue described to them carefully that the place where the family lived was completely in two directions from Duke Qin's mansion, and the surrounding area was full of ordinary people, and there were quite a few people. The family lived in the right location, which was convenient for the carriage to park, and got out of the carriage. , Qin Yuyan entered the door, went down the secret passage from the well in some courtyard, and never came out again.

The most important family members are ordinary people, they don't have any skills at all, the Qin family is very good at covering up, if you don't deliberately follow them, you will never know where the entrance and exit of the secret road are.