Chang Si turned to look at Lin Xie who was approaching. Deep down he was unhappy, but on the surface he looked overjoyed. He smiled and saluted Lin Xie and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Lin, for your kind words!"
The two looked at each other and smiled. Lin Xi turned to look at Lan Lin, then reached out to touch the purple sand teapot he placed on the stone table. She looked sideways at Nian Sheng and said, "The tea is cold, please make another pot for Your Majesty! "
"It's - Eunuch Lin!"
A smile appeared on Lan Lin's face, and then he handed a pair of scrolls placed on the stone table to Chang He and said: "These are the shipbuilding drawings that I have reviewed. I have selected the most satisfactory ones and kept them. You can let me Let the shipyard build military ships according to the shapes of the ships on these drawings!"
Changhe nodded, took the drawings with both hands, and asked: "Your Majesty, did you have any plans for a southern expedition?"
Zhuilan is an island country. According to the inference, even if King Zhuilan wants to go on an expedition, the first thing he needs to conquer must be another island country in the south. However, for so many years, there has been no war between these island countries and everything is peaceful. He really didn't understand why Lan Lin suddenly paid attention to building warships?
Lan Lin said: "Although I don't have this idea for the time being, there is no guarantee that other island countries will invade Zhuilan in the future. By then it will be too late to build more warships, so I want to plan in advance and strengthen the manufacturing of warships. Firstly, it is to strengthen national defense. Secondly, it is also to prepare for typhoons and tsunamis. As an island country, typhoons and tsunamis occasionally strike. When floods destroy surrounding villages, there may be a large number of refugees. With these military ships , it will also be beneficial to future rescues!”
Changhe nodded and said: "This subordinate is short-sighted. Your Majesty cares about the people of Zhuilan Kingdom and it is right to take precautions early. Then I will go down and study these shipbuilding blueprints."
Lan Lin nodded, and then said: "If there is anyone who can be used among the imperial guards, you can call for help. I allow you to enter and leave the palace freely during this period."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lan Lin watched Chang He and others leave. When he turned around, Nian Sheng had already brought new tea, and Lin Xie poured the tea for him personally.
Lan Lin looked at his face, and then at the eyepatch he wore on his right eye. He was still a little unaccustomed to it for a while, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Lin's face is still a little pale. It seems that he needs to pay more attention to conditioning." That’s all, don’t let the root cause of the disease get to you, then it will be difficult to cure!”
Lin Xie said: "I have been favored by Your Majesty these days, and the injuries on my body have almost healed!"
Lan Lin picked up the teacup, drank the hot tea, let out a breath of cold air and said: "Even so, the medicine cannot be stopped, do you understand?"
Lin Xie nodded.
Lan Lin seemed to be showing off, pointing at Yan Se standing beside him, and said to Lin Xie, "This is Gu's new guard. Does Eunuch Lin like it?"
Lin Xie smiled slightly, looked at the cold expression on the side, and said with a smile: "Chang Si's martial arts is not weak. Since she can defeat Chang Si, she must be very amazing!"
"More than that! Yanse has another characteristic that Lugu likes the most!"
Lin Xie frowned slightly and glanced at Yanse in confusion.
She is a woman with not strong facial features, a bit cold and indifferent, her eyebrows are like razor blades, a little wild, but she also looks calm. He said: "Oh? I wonder what characteristics make His Majesty like him so much?"
Lan Lin laughed, stood up and said: "Yese is mute. She can only be Gu's shadow quietly and will not make noises in Gu's ears. Do you think it's good?"
Lin Xie frowned slightly. He felt that Lan Lin was a little complacent. He had taken good care of him these days, almost making him forget that he was a person who never cared about what others thought. How could he show off a person's imperfections like this?
He thought that both he and Yanse were just his caged birds. He was the aloof monarch who could trample on their imperfections at will.
Lin Xie suppressed the anger in his heart and forced a smile.
Lan Lin held up the tea cup, raised his eyes and looked at him, then couldn't help laughing and said: "You don't have to feel unhappy about Yanse. Gu Xiang has heard this a lot in her life. If a person If he has to live under his own shortcomings forever, then he will never become a strong man. Everyone is born with strengths and weaknesses. I believe that those shortcomings can be ignored and you don’t need to care too much. You only need to focus on your own Just your strengths. Yanse, are you right?"
After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Yanse who was standing aside, and Yanse nodded.
He smiled with satisfaction, then turned to look at Lin Xie: "Eunuch Lin, what do you think?"
Lin Xie said: "Your Majesty is right."
Lan Lin lowered his head to drink tea with satisfaction, and Lin Xie asked: "Your Majesty, the man named Chang Si just now, I remember that he seemed to be the person who assassinated Your Majesty on Suoyun Lake that day. I'm afraid it would be bad for such a person to stay in the palace. Bar!"
Lan Lin said: "It was a misunderstanding that Chang Si assassinated Gu Gu that day. He wanted to avenge his brother Chang Ting. Hao Lai Gu has made it clear to him and he has figured it out. Since he wants to inherit his brother's will , serve Gu Zuo, why can't Gu give him this opportunity? Or are you jealous, Eunuch Lin? "
Lin Xie was puzzled and asked with a smile: "Why are you jealous, my slave?"
Lan Lin stroked his cheek with one hand, looked at him and said, "After all, he looks somewhat similar to Chang Ting!"
Lin Xie thought to himself, that would be the best. When the time comes, you can fall in love with someone else and focus your energy on Chang Si. I won't have anything to worry about soon.
Lan Lin was a little unhappy because there was no trace of jealousy on Lin Xie's face, so he said, "Gu is really forgetful. The person Lin Xie is thinking about seems to be Hua Jue, right?"
Lin Xie frowned, wondering why his old habit had returned? Didn’t you say you wouldn’t mention that thing again?
He said: "If your Majesty has nothing to do, my servant will prepare breakfast for your Majesty!"
Lan Lin nodded, watched Lin Xie leave, curled his lips and smiled, and had some thoughts of teasing him in his head.
Tianchen Palace.
In the secret room, as Queen Ye Nong recited the scriptures louder and louder, she felt a sharp pain in her chest, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out. She was shocked, looking down at the pool of blood in front of the futon, feeling uneasy inside.
When she looked up, she saw the blue eyes of the statue suddenly began to move left and right, as if they were coming to life.
Ye Nong was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt on the ground with both hands, and said with force: "God, believer Ye Nong, please give me the ability to change this decadent dynasty!"
After Ye Nong finished speaking, the statue in the shrine remained silent. She felt a little uneasy. When she looked up, she saw that the statue had turned back into a stone statue, indifferent to her words.
Queen Ye Nong felt uneasy inside. For some reason she seemed to have a premonition that something was going to happen.
She stood up and covered the statue with the red silk that was placed next to the shrine, then turned and left, and the door to the secret room was slowly closed.
It's dark tonight, and the entire Zhuilan Palace is shrouded in black clouds. The airtight black clouds are layer upon layer, like a big net woven by resentment.
The three pillars of incense burning in front of the shrine have burned out, and the ashes curled up and fell.
A strange wind suddenly blew in the windless secret room, and the red silk originally covering the statue slowly blew to the ground. The blue eyes of the cyan statue under the red silk suddenly flashed a red light, and then revealed a ferocious look. smile.
The night guards were patrolling the corridors of the major palace gates, and all the palace gates of Zhuilan Palace had already been closed and went to bed.
Luoyin Palace.
"ah--"
A shrill scream woke up the sleeping Concubine Xi. At this time, Concubine Xi was already pregnant. Her bulging belly was like a protruding hill under the golden quilt. She screamed and woke up. Come over, your pale cheeks are covered with cold sweat.
"What happened?"
Concubine Xi asked.
The two palace maids who were keeping watch outside the door hurriedly opened the door and walked in, with frightened expressions on their faces, and said to Concubine Xi, "Reporting to Concubine Xi, Luoyin Palace... A palace maiden died in Luoyin Palace!"
Concubine Xi was shocked. She protected her pregnant belly with one hand and supported the palace maid's hand with the other as she stood up and said, "What did you say? Take me to see it quickly!"
Palace Maid A said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xi, the death of the palace maid is suspicious. We have already ordered someone to inform the eunuch in charge, Eunuch Lin. Your Majesty, it is better to stay in the house and not go out!"
Concubine Xi frowned and said, "How can you doubt the law?"
Palace Maid Yi said tremblingly: "I heard... I heard that he died after being sucked dry of his blood!"
"Ah -" Concubine Xi was shocked and fell onto the bed. She then reached out to cover her stomach, frowning with a look of pain.
"Empress, Concubine Xi! How are you?"
Concubine Xi clenched the hand of the palace maid A in pain, and said with a pale face: "Quick... hurry up, pharmacist Xuan! I have a severe stomachache!"
"Yes, Concubine Xi..."
Palace Maid B rushed out in a hurry. As soon as she arrived outside Luoyin Palace, she met Lin Xie and others who came to investigate.
"Eunuch Lin! Oh no, something might have happened to my mother-in-law!"
Lin Xie saw Palace Maid B's panicked look and hurriedly asked, "What happened to Concubine Xi?"
Palace Maid B said nervously: "Concubine Xi heard that a palace maid died tragically. She may have been frightened. Now she has unbearable abdominal pain. She ordered me to go to the Imperial Pharmacy Department to find a pharmacist!"
Lin Xie frowned, thinking that Concubine Xi of Luoyin Palace was now pregnant with Liujia. This matter was no small matter, so he said to the chief guard who was following him: "Find two skilled people and go and kill Pharmacist Chen from the Imperial Medicine Department immediately." Invite me!”
"It's - Eunuch Lin!"
Lin Xie said to the palace maid: "You don't have to go, just follow me in and see how your mother-in-law is doing first!"
"Eunuch Lin, please—" Palace Maid Yi hurriedly stepped forward to lead the way.
Lin Xie said to Nian Sheng behind him: "Nian Sheng, you lead the guards to seal the scene of the dead body first. Don't let anyone destroy the scene!"
"Yes -" Nian Sheng nodded and hurriedly led the people forward.
Lin Xie thought that Concubine Xi in Luoyin Palace was pregnant with a dragon fetus, which Lan Lin valued very much. If something went wrong now, it would be terrible.
When he followed the second palace maid to Concubine Xi's bedroom, Concubine Xi was already rolling on the bed in pain, and the bed was already covered in bright red, which was shocking.
Lin Xie was stunned.
