At the end of the morning court, as Long Qing left in a hurry, all the officials also dispersed.

When the officials saw Zou Yinglong with a smug look on his face, everyone knew that if Dali Temple was responsible for investigating Taiyuan Hospital, it would be impossible to achieve a fair result.

Guo Pu noticed the proud expressions of Zou Yinglong and Xu Jie, and turned to look at Lin Haoran in confusion, but he didn't understand why Lin Haoran didn't stand up to stop this just now.

Lin Haoran seemed to be connected with Guo Pu, with a bitter look on his face, then turned his head to look in the direction Long Qing left, and then looked helplessly at Guo Pu.

But I don’t know what Long Qing and Xu Jie have been talking about during their frequent contacts recently, but the monarch and his ministers have gradually become closer, especially on the matter of establishing a prince.

After Guo Pu saw Lin Haoran's actions, he also realized that this matter contained Long Qing's will. Now Long Qing is indeed gradually leaning towards Xu Jie.

Even if Lin Haoran had just stood up and strongly opposed it, it would probably be of no use. With the joint efforts of Long Qing and Xu Jie, the matter would still be handed over to Dali Temple Minister Zou Yinglong. It was indeed wiser for Lin Haoran to choose not to argue just now.

Just thinking that some people would arrange the current queen like this in order to achieve their goals, and it was obviously covering up the truth of the fraud in the Imperial Hospital. He felt uncomfortable in his heart and felt that this move was very inappropriate.

Even though the empress of the Ming Dynasty was powerless, and even though Empress Chen had no heirs to rely on, Empress Chen was the mother of the Ming Dynasty after all, and she earned the most basic respect from everyone.

Unexpectedly, when the emperor was still in his prime, he ignored the queen's feelings and insisted on naming the emperor's eldest son as the crown prince. Some people even instigated the imperial hospital to "slander" the queen because she was infertile.

The time has quietly come to morning, but there is no sun today.

Although the officials in the palace felt that it was inappropriate to appoint Zou Yinglong to investigate the Imperial Hospital, they still shook their heads helplessly and left the Golden Palace.

Lin Haoran nodded towards Pan Sheng and Lin Liao who were staying there, then raised his hands to Guo Pu and said: "Mr. Guo Ge, I plan to go to Kunning Palace with Pan Shilang and Lin Shilang to meet the Queen, but I don't know that you

Are you willing to go together?"

Pan Sheng and Lin Liao came closer and looked at Guo Pu curiously. Although they were already senior officials in the officialdom, they were lower than Guo Pu. Guo Pu was their real senior and superior.

"It's enough for the three of you to go together. If I go together again, I'm afraid I'll leave something to be said!" Guo Pu's heart moved slightly, and then he shook his head firmly.

The court is now in a sensitive period. Once he goes there with Lin Haoran and the two ministers of the Ministry of Rites, this news will undoubtedly trigger various speculations, and some may even think that they, the ritual protectors, are trying to form an alliance to prevent the court from canonizing the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Yijun.

If that time comes, the Ritual Protector Sect will undoubtedly fall into a more passive situation, so he cannot go with Lin Haoran and others to visit the Queen.

Lin Haoran knew that Guo Pu's scruples were reasonable, so he handed over his hands again and said: "In that case, let's go to Kunning Palace and say goodbye!"

"Mr. Guo Ge, I'll take my leave first!" Pan Sheng and Lin Fiao maintained a respectful heart towards Guo Pu and saluted Guo Pu solemnly.

Guo Pu watched Lin Haoran and the others leave, a flash of hope flashed in his eyes, but he hoped that Lin Haoran and the others would get some unexpected surprises during their trip.

Frankly speaking, he did not agree with the current canonization of the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince. If there was a choice, he would prefer that Empress Chen give birth to the emperor's legitimate son to inherit the throne.

Kunning Palace, the door here has long been opened, and the dewdrops on the steps disappeared as the temperature rose.

Empress Chen is a very self-disciplined person. She always gets up on time and reads or plays the piano in the study next to her. However, recently she likes to meet with female officials or palace maids and eunuchs.

Thanks to the Lin family's financial assistance and her superior status as queen, she has firmly controlled the Forbidden City's female officials, and she has also placed her spies in the city.

It was time for breakfast, and a delicious breakfast was already placed on the dining table. After eating preserved egg, lean meat porridge and shrimp dumplings last time, she suddenly fell in love with Lingnan food, and today's breakfast

This is also the arrangement.

When a female official saw Empress Chen sitting at the table, she immediately served her a bowl of fragrant preserved egg and lean meat porridge, but this porridge obviously had a lot of top-notch condiments added to it.

Queen Chen faced the table full of Cantonese breakfast, but she glanced at the breakfast on the table and said: "Tang Su'er, the Ai family heard that there is a kind of snow-white cake-like food in western Guangdong, but I don't know what it is called?"

"Replying to my wife, you should be talking about cooking with a dustpan!" Tang Su'er was stunned for a moment, and then replied seriously.

When Empress Chen heard this name, she nodded immediately and said: "Yes, it is exactly this name. My sister usually mentioned to the Ai family that her brother seemed to have used this thing to make a living!"

"When I was in my hometown, I heard about the relationship between Mr. Lin Ge and Dustpan Cooker, but I wonder if the Queen would like to hear about it?" Tang Su'er recalled it for a while and then asked cautiously.

Queen Chen was about to eat porridge when she heard this and said calmly: "Anyway, the Ai family has nothing to do now, so please tell me!"

"Yes!" Tang Su'er immediately gave a salute, and then talked about the past about Lin Haoran and Dustpan Cooking: "When Mr. Lin Ge took part in the county examination, he encountered a restaurant that was on the verge of closing down.

The old shopkeeper of the restaurant is seriously ill, and the old shopkeeper’s daughter has no diners because of her husband..."

Out of her gratitude to Lin Haoran for seeking justice for her family and Lin Haoran arranging for her to come to the palace, she kept many things about Lin Haoran in mind.

Although it had been many years since Lin Haoran had mentioned the relationship when she was taking the county examination, she still seemed to remember it clearly.

Empress Chen listened very seriously. At first she even put meat porridge in her mouth, but in the end she stopped eating. After listening, she held the porcelain spoon and said with emotion: "Mr. Lin Ge is really a strange person. Since

It’s really novel to think of using dustpan cooking to make money, and this kitchen making system!”

When the two maids waiting nearby heard Empress Chen's comments, they couldn't help but gently nodded in agreement. They couldn't help but admire Lin Ge, who was known as the literary leader, even more.

"Empress, after Mr. Lin Ge introduced this cooking-in-service model in half of the restaurants, many local restaurants followed suit, and even many chefs worshiped Mr. Lin Ge!" Tang Su'er saw that the queen was getting more and more interested in talking, and she was also serious.

The ground answered.

Queen Chen scooped up a mouthful of porridge and brought it to her mouth. Thinking of Lin Haoran being posted on the wall for worship, she couldn't help but reveal a beautiful smile, but suddenly she said in a strange way: "It is said that Mr. Lin Ge and Nie Yunzhu are in love, but they never

I have never heard of anyone mentioning that Lin Haoran had this concubine, but I don’t know where she is now?”

"The business of half the restaurant was booming, and Nie Yunzhu also had money to buy medicine for shopkeeper Nie to treat his illness, but shopkeeper Nie eventually died of a long-term illness. Not long after Nie Yunzhu took care of his father's funeral, he didn't know whether he couldn't stand the rumors or had seen through the world of mortals.

She chose to become a monk in a nunnery!" Tang Suer's eyes flashed with loneliness, and she responded with a hint of sadness.

Perhaps it was because she had also experienced the pain of losing a loved one, but she felt the despair of her heart. But unlike Nie Yunzhu, who escaped into Buddhism, she took the opportunity to choose a female official and left that sad place.

, I have been coming to this Forbidden City for nearly ten years.

When Empress Chen heard Nie Yunzhu's ending, she ate her porridge with a slightly dissatisfied expression: "Mr. Lin Ge actually allowed such a woman to escape into Buddhism. He is really a heartless man!"

"Empress, I cannot blame Mr. Lin Ge for this matter! Mr. Lin Ge and Ms. Nie are just a matter of etiquette. In the beginning, Mr. Lin Ge helped Ms. Nie, and then he hurriedly went to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination. When he returns to Leizhou Mansion, he will take up his post.

At that time, Miss Nie had already escaped into Buddhism. Mr. Lin Ge went to the nunnery to look for Miss Nie, but Miss Nie refused to meet. However, Mr. Lin donated a lot of money and left, but it was not considered a good idea.

He is a heartless man!" When Tang Su'er heard Empress Chen's instructions to Lin Haoran, she immediately explained.

Empress Chen swallowed the sweet meat porridge in her mouth, raised her head and looked at Tang Su'er who was defending Lin Haoran and said: "You really care about him in your heart!"

"I dare not, please punish the Queen!" Tang Su'er heard this and immediately knelt down and admitted her mistake.

"Get up! The Ai family has no intention of blaming you!" Empress Chen expressed her position calmly, then picked up a piece of shrimp dumpling and continued: "This man's heart is full of flesh. He punished the villains for your family in the past. You will do it for your family."

There’s nothing wrong with him saying a few fair words!”

Tang Suer's hanging heart couldn't help but relax. It was Lin Haoran who uncovered the murderer Yan Kuan for her family, and she was able to avenge her family.

Although many years have passed, she has never forgotten this kindness, and she will even use her own spare time to repay the Lin family for this great kindness.

Queen Chen took a bite of the shrimp dumplings, but her heart moved slightly and she said: "I just heard you say that Nie Yunzhu is so beautiful, I really want to meet this Nie Yunzhu!"

"This..." Tang Su'er just stood up from the ground, but upon hearing this proposal, she couldn't help but look at Queen Chen in surprise.

Empress Chen ate the shrimp dumplings contentedly, and with a sly look in her eyes, she said, "Tang Su'er, do you think it would be okay if the Ai family ordered Nie Yunzhu to be summoned to the palace?"

"Everything is at the Queen's command!" Tang Su'er said calmly and honestly after hearing this decision that seemed a bit ridiculous.

But at this moment, a palace maid hurriedly came in to report.

Empress Chen did not expect that Lin Haoran would bring two ministers from the Ministry of Rites to come to see her, so she immediately put down her chopsticks and decided to meet these three important ministers.

Because women are not allowed to participate in politics, the queen rarely meets with important ministers in person.

It's just that she is also paying attention to the court now, but she knows that the battle for the crown prince has been staged in the court, and Lin Haoran and the other three must have come here for the purpose of establishing the crown prince.

"Lin Haoran, a scholar of Wenhua Palace and Minister of the Ministry of War, pays homage to the queen. The queen is a thousand years old!" Lin Haoran led Pan Sheng and Lin Fiao into the place, and together they saluted the queen who was sitting upright behind the bead curtain.

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Queen Chen saw the increasingly powerful Lin Haoran through the beaded curtain and found that Lin Haoran was indeed the most intelligent and courageous man in the entire Ming Dynasty. She looked very calm and said: "Pingshen!"

"Thank you, Queen!" Lin Haoran and others thanked her, and then stood up from the ground.

Empress Chen was naturally not suitable for talking to ministers about family affairs, but she asked straight to the point: "Three ministers came to the Ai family, but they don't know why?"

Pan Sheng and Lin Yan immediately turned to look at Lin Haoran, and Lin Haoran also said solemnly: "Empress Qi, the voices calling for the canonization of the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Yijun are getting louder and louder today. However, the Taiming ancestral system is to establish direct descendants and establish eldest sons and virtuous ones. I

Come here specially to ask the Queen to clarify your doubts!"

Huh?

After hearing Lin Haoran's remarks, even the calmest Pan Sheng couldn't help but look at Lin Haoran. These words had made their intentions even more subtle.

"Everyone in the world says that Mr. Lin Ge is wiser than Guo Jia. How can a woman from the Ai family who lives deep in the palace help Mr. Lin Ge solve his doubts?" Empress Chen seemed to be deliberately being cunning.

this……

Lin Fiao always thought that the relationship between the Lin family and Empress Chen was good, but after hearing Empress Chen's remarks, she felt that the rumors were really untrustworthy.

"The Queen has defeated me, and I have no wisdom. However, the Queen is the Holy Mother of the Ming Dynasty, but she is the one I look up to. I hope the Queen can solve my doubts!" ​​Lin Haoran complained secretly, but petitioned again.

road.

Tang Su'er, who was standing nearby, was also slightly nervous and turned to observe Queen Chen's facial expression.

Queen Chen didn't really mean to make things difficult for Lin Haoran, but she said calmly: "Since Mr. Lin Ge praises the Ai family so much, it doesn't matter!"

"According to the etiquette system of establishing a legitimate son and establishing a virtuous person, I support the emperor's legitimate son. However, now that the emperor's legitimate son has not yet appeared, and the Taiyuan Hospital said that the queen cannot have any more children, I and others are also in a dilemma at this time. If we support the emperor's legitimate son,

The emperor's legitimate son, but after all, he is in name only; if we object to the canonization of the emperor's eldest son as the prince, we are doing it without a name. Likewise, I, Pan Shilang and Lin Shilang came to ask the Queen to give her some advice!" Lin Haoran already had a countermeasure, so he was ready to give it a try.

That’s why it’s difficult to act in the right way.

high!

Pan Sheng and Lin Liao couldn't help but secretly give a thumbs up when they saw Lin Haoran reveal the current situation and skillfully put the problem at the Queen's feet.

Empress Chen glanced at Lin Haoran outside with a resentful look, but said calmly: "I'm sorry that the three adults are troubled, but it is not the wish of the family to cause disputes because of this matter. You don't need to be so entangled. Since Mr. Xu Ge and the emperor are both
To be continued...