I heard you have nine tails

The day Tan Chang moved was a day he specially chose.

Although he doesn't pay attention to these things, it is inevitable that he will follow the Romans.Colleagues from the Hanlin Academy all came and had a lively gathering.Although Yang Jingrun didn't come here in person, he sent someone to send a gift to save face.Even Yao Zhiyuan, who was not in Beijing, sent a gift.

In the evening, everyone dispersed, and when he heard the knock on the door, Tan Chang coughed twice, dispersed most of the people in the room, and asked the boy to open the door.

"It's getting late, which guest is it?"

"It's an old man. Chuanbai, you go down and make a pot of tea first, and I'll treat the guests." Tan Chang glanced outside the door, sitting on an even footing.After hearing the words and saluting, the little servant retreated.

As soon as Li Lin took a step, he sat down generously without waiting for his greeting. "Chuanbai? What's your name?"

"Yes." Tan Chang looked away, his face burning a little.

Li Lin smiled happily.

Although the name is not necessarily because of him, it is at least influenced by him.The maids and guards in the palace of His Royal Highness are all named after medicinal materials.

"Today is really bad." After laughing enough, he leaned back, and Li Lin closed his eyes showing some fatigue.

"What are you up to?" Chuan Bai brought tea, Tan Chang gestured for him to go out, and poured tea for Li Lin himself.

Li Lin slowly rubbed the space between his eyebrows with two fingers, and his voice gradually became softer. "Shuntian Mansion fished out a female corpse from the moat. It is Nanny Song from the former mother's harem."

"Isn't it by chance?" Tan Chang rolled up his sleeves to collect the tea, put down the teapot, blew on the tea soup, and handed it to Li Lin.

Li Lin took the tea soup, and took a big gulp without caring that the tea was boiling hot. "Of course not. I asked. She also left the palace in the same year with a Wang Momo and a Zhao Momo. After I sent someone to inquire, I found out that Wang Momo also died of illness a few days ago."

"Where is Mother Zhao?" Tan Chang sat up straight, looking at Li Lin intently.

"She went out of Beijing with her relatives, and I have already ordered someone to chase her. When she chases her, she will naturally ask her clearly." Li Lin raised the tea bowl and took another breath before putting it down. "Okay, I'm here to warm your house, so you don't have to listen to my complaints again."

Tan Chang felt that this matter alone was not enough to make Li Lin feel so tired.But Li Lin made it clear that he didn't want to go on, and he didn't know how to intervene.

"Look at the housewarming gift I gave you, you are still satisfied." After talking about the tea bowl, Li Lin took out the clothes from his sleeves and handed them to Tan Chang.

Tan Chang looked at the sachet, blinked, and took it.Although it is made of high-quality satin and the stitches are extremely delicate, it is nothing more than an ordinary sachet embroidered with a few bamboos.

"Open it and have a look." Li Lin urged.

Tan Chang opened the sachet, shook it out, and pulled out a handkerchief, which wrapped two night pearls.Tan Chang didn't care about the priceless Ye Mingzhu, he shook off the veil first, and when he saw it, he was stunned.

The veil is blue, it doesn't look like a complete veil, but it looks like it was cut from something. In the middle is a dragon, shining with golden light, flying through the clouds and riding the fog, with an imposing manner like a rainbow.Beside the five-clawed dragon is a fox with its nine tails outstretched,

"Don't you like the dragon pattern on my robe, so I asked them to embroider this fox for you." Li Lin said slowly, "I didn't disturb the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was cut directly from the old robe."

Tan Chang was afraid of getting wrinkled, so he quickly let go of his hand, held the corner of the handkerchief and spread it flat on his knees, looking at the golden dragon and red fox, the more he looked at it, the more strange he felt, but he couldn't help laughing.

"This thing is out of control, burn it when you've had enough fun, just put away the sachet and the night pearl." Li Lin hesitated for a while, then said. "You don't lack any gold and silver. Apart from these, I only have a piece of sincerity to give you."

The two luminous pearls are about the size of longan eyes, and they are crystal clear and shiny.It coincides with the word "Ji Ming" that Li Lin took as the table word.Tan Chang put the handkerchief into the sachet together, and said with a smile: "I only want you to be sincere, to be in love with each other, to be honest with each other—after all, what happened today?"

Li Lin choked, and his gaze on Tan Chang was fixed, but it turned into tenderness in a blink of an eye.He sighed softly. "It's not a big deal. Today, my father announced me to go there and warned me a lot."

Li Lin spoke plainly, but Tan Chang didn't dare to take his words literally. "Why the warning?"

"It's just those who have and don't have it. Why do you suddenly think of asking this?" Li Lin brushed Tan Chang's face lightly with a smile.Tan Chang didn't care to talk to him, he lowered his head and thought quickly.

Li Lin and the cabinet were the ones who made the decisions about major affairs in the court, and they would report to Jing and Emperor. If they were dissatisfied, they would vent it on the spot.What happened today?No, the team that went to sea set off south half a month ago.If there is any other major event... "Is it because King Yanping returned to Beijing?"

"You know?" Although Li Lin asked like this, he didn't mean to be surprised. "The mother's health is not very good, the imperial doctor told her to rest. But I think it seems to be a heart disease. I thought that the eldest son of the second brother is also two years old, so I just brought it back for the mother to see."

Although it is a big deal for the vassal king to return to the capital, it is not a big deal for Yu Jing and Emperor.After all, when Emperor Jinghe was in court, the King of Lu was also proclaimed into Beijing every three days.Other than that, only Li Lin just said, the empress's mother-in-law.But this is not a big deal, nothing has been found yet.Tan Chang turned around in his mind, and finally came up with an answer that sounded unbelievable but reasonable:

"He suspects you of seizing power?"

Li Lin's eyes were a little helpless, he rubbed his fingers around the edge of the tea bowl, and finally nodded.

"Is he crazy?" Tan Chang gritted his teeth, cursing Jing Hedi in his heart.

Since ancient times, there has been suspicion between the emperor and the prince, especially the aging emperor and the prince in his prime.Therefore, from the perspective of the future and the emperor's support of the third prince to share power with the Yao family and the crown prince and the Chen family, these emperor's intentions are well known by everyone, and they are nothing.But now that the third prince has lost power, Emperor Jinghe is weak, and the crown prince has been in charge of the country for many years, what kind of moth is going to happen to Emperor Jinghe!

Li Lin's fingers circled around, and the smooth glaze of the ceramic reflected his thoughtful eyes. "He decreed that the king of Weinan would enter the dynasty, starting from the official department, and the six departments would rotate."

boom!

With a muffled sound, Tan Chang slapped the table directly.

"Why are you angry? Does your hand hurt?" Li Lin frowned, quickly grabbed Tan Chang's hand, and rubbed it, "If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have told you, and I made you angry for nothing. It's just a six-part rotation." Well, what is it?"

Yes, what is it?The king of Weinan is a county king, but he followed the path of the prince's experience.Even Li Lin entered the cabinet directly back then!No matter how favored Li Ji was in the past, he only stayed in the Ministry of Rites, and he only entered the court at the age of 17. The King of Weinan is only 14 years old this year!

Li Lin blew again to help him dispel the pain, and only let it go after seeing that there was no redness and swelling.His eyes are bright, and he speaks slowly: "Don't worry about it, I already guessed that there will be such a day, I just know it in my heart. You...you just need to follow the husband in the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy, and it will be considered as sharing my worries. gone."

Hearing this, Tan Chang moved his eyes and withdrew his hand.

"The Empress, she..." He wanted Li Lin to prepare well. After all, the King of Weinan is the son of Empress Xu, and there is a difference between closeness and estrangement.

It's a pity that Li Lin just said calmly: "My mother must be in trouble, I know it in my heart, and I don't want to disturb her. The left and right brothers are coming soon."

"I ask you something." Tan Chang stood up and said solemnly, "Give me the "Daily Life Record" you copied before, and I want to read it again." Although he claims to have a photographic memory, it has been three years after all. , It was inevitable that I was lazy at the time, and there were some omissions.

Li Lin didn't immediately agree. "Now you have two jobs, and you are both burdens that you cannot push off. You are already very busy. You have seen it before, and there is nothing wrong with it."

"I have some ideas, and I want to look at them again." Tan Chang insisted.

"Forget it, I'll ask someone to bring it to you later." Li Lin got up. "It's not good for me to stay outside today."

As soon as he talked about Tanchang, he understood what he meant. "Go back quickly!" Tan Chang pushed him away as soon as he stretched out his hand.Even after being reprimanded by Jing Hedi and running out of the palace, Li Lin is also very heartless!

Finally a shallow smile appeared on Li Lin's face, "I'll go back right away, take care of yourself."

Tan Chang watched the door close and sighed deeply. When he put away Li Lin's tea bowl, he could still feel a trace of remaining warmth.

The news of King Yanping's return to Beijing did not stir up any splashes in Beijing, and it was not even as sensational as the news of King Weinan's entry into the court.After all, everyone knows that King Yanping has a disability and has no chance to be a big man. He is just a transparent person promoted by the prince.No matter how young and intelligent his eldest son is, can he surpass the King of Weinan!

No matter what others think, Li Lin is very happy to welcome his second brother back.

Li Yun has grown up and is a vassal, so it is inconvenient to live in the palace.Li Lin asked the Ministry of Industry to repair a palace in advance, and gave Li Yun's family a place to stay. After the family rested for a day, they were introduced to the palace in the name of Empress Xu.

Empress Xu was still ill, so Li Lin received the family in the side hall.Li Yunhei, the king of Yanping, lost some weight, probably because he was exposed to the sun in the south, but he looked more energetic, not as sullen as before when he was in Beijing.The concubine had a gentle smile and respected Li Yun in every way.There is nothing to say about the upbringing of the Wu family.The little emperor's grandson, Li Weizhen, was not as tall as a chair, and was led away by his mother. He knelt down and kowtowed in front of Li Lin in a dignified manner, and said in a childlike voice, "My nephew pays homage to the prince's uncle!"

The palace people all pursed their lips and smiled, and Li Lin also smiled. "Zhen'er is young, get up quickly." He personally helped Li Weizhen to sit down, and told them all to sit down.After sitting down, Li Lin saw that there was a woman behind the princess, dressed in green clothes, with a graceful posture and a respectful expression, so he asked, "Who is this?"

Li Yun coughed, a little embarrassed.Instead, the concubine answered generously: "This is the prince's concubine, Mrs. Zhang, who is already two months pregnant. If she gives birth to a boy, she can be raised as a side concubine. The concubine will keep her in the palace, hoping that the queen mother will look happy. "

"This is a good thing, and the queen mother will be happy." Although Li Lin wanted to guard Tanchang for the rest of his life, he couldn't dictate to his younger brother's backyard.He saw that Mrs. Zhang was always respectful, and she didn't look arrogant when he was mentioned as a side concubine, so he asked her to sit down as well, and casually asked about the things on the way.

Li Yun stayed in the fief for three years, and it wasn't just his appearance that changed.He chatted casually with Li Lin about the customs and customs along the way, naturally and generously, no longer feeling timid.When Li Lin talked with him about Yanping's rule, he praised him a few words, and he was generous with his subordinates, and he did not shirk.In the past two years, Yanping had a bumper harvest, and it was in the coastal area, and it was doing business with Fanbang, so it was rich and prosperous. No matter who it is, Li Yun, who is the lord of the fief, will be praised.

Li Lin turned to talk to the concubine again, but she was his sister-in-law after all, so he wanted to avoid suspicion, so he just asked the concubine's family and allowed her to visit, then got up and led them in. "The queen mother is not feeling well and needs to rest, so I will just take you to have a look."

He wanted to lure his family in, but after a while, the green pomelo who had informed him came out and saluted apologetically, "The empress said that I am not in good spirits today, and I am afraid that I will give the little grandson the sickness. See you when you get better." .”

Li Lin raised his eyebrows in surprise, then nodded without saying anything.Afraid of Li Lin's unhappiness, he made a special trip to comfort him after he left the house: "The queen mother is indeed in a bad mood, she has been resting in the palace, and I haven't seen her for a while."

Li Yun said understandingly: "Your Majesty is not in good health and should rest."

"Go and see your concubine." Li Lin said with a smile, "She must be very happy to see you. In a few days, I will go to Biezhuang to live alone, and we brothers will hunt together."

He patted Li Yun on the shoulder and bid farewell to his younger brother's family.