Qin Lin smiled evilly at Zhu Yao, although there was no blasphemy, it was quite interesting to tease the sister-in-law.

The poor eldest princess could not help blushing at the thought of the embarrassing collision in the street, and hung her head so that she did not dare to look at him.

Empress Dowager Li has long been accustomed to her daughter's shyness, as a mother, the love she gave to Zhu Yaoyuan was not as good as a fraction of that for her two sons, and she would not notice anything unusual at this time.

"Everyone," Mrs. Li's expression turned solemn, and she said to the officials: "The theft case of "Qingming Shanghe Tu" has spread widely outside, and this small family still talks about etiquette when relatives go to the family, and what is it to send something to their father?" How did you get such a field? ”

The Queen Mother's words were a little reproachful, Feng Bao, as the head of the inner house, bore the brunt of the blame, and repeatedly asked for guilt: "The old slave is not strict, and the palace ban is lost in the inspection, resulting in the theft of national treasures, the old slave is guilty, and the old slave is guilty!" ”

Feng Bao is the Empress Dowager Li's most trusted housekeeper, and even sometimes the Empress Dowager's discipline of Emperor Wanli is carried out through him, so as soon as Feng Bao said this, the Empress Dowager's expression was slightly better, "Feng Companion, the mourning family is not reproaching you, but in the palace forbidden, after all, it is different from other places, and now he has lost the national treasure, do you know if he even lost the jade seal?" ”

Just when Feng Baocuo had no land, Qin Lin suddenly returned: "Empress Dowager Qi, Weichen checked that there is no such thing anywhere outside the palace, in terms of records in the palace, and since the first emperor Long Qingye promised to give it to Zhu Laoguogong, there is no follow-up. ”

Li Wei wanted to get this painting worth 10,000 taels of gold, Qin Lin said that on his heart, the Queen Mother was still groaning, and he had already said in a stack: "Yes, yes, where must you still be lying in the palace, there are thousands of houses in the Forbidden City, and I can't find it for a while, but there are also some, Gonggong Feng, you will find it for me again?" ”

Feng Bao could only shake his head and smile bitterly, but the reason for this could not be an outsider.

The Queen Mother also agreed with her father's opinion, and nodded approvingly to Qin Lin: "The mourning family just said, the palace is heavily guarded, how can it be so easy to be stolen from the national treasure?" Since "Qingming Riverside Picture" can be stolen, why not steal the phoenix crown and jewelry of the mourning family? ”

Qin Linlian claimed that it was, but secretly said in his heart that the Queen Mother really has no knowledge in calligraphy and painting, and the value of "Qingming Riverside Picture" is much higher than your jewelry!

Feng Bangning, Xu Jue and the others looked at Qin Lin with envy, jealousy and hatred, although the Empress Dowager Cisheng was compassionate, but since the loss of her husband, she has been cold all year round, and she is easily unwilling to smile, but her attitude towards Qin Lin today is really too kind, the two of them talk like a family, when did any courtier be so favored? Even Feng Bao and Feng Gonggong can't get to this step!

As everyone knows, Empress Dowager Li was originally from a humble background, and she had to talk about those red tapes in the position of the Empress Dowager, but in fact, she was not at ease in her heart, but Qin Lin's identity as a junior in the future was talking to her, just as casually as her own relatives talking at home, which made Empress Dowager Li extremely happy.

Zhu Yaoyao looked down at her toes and thought to herself, rejoicing for her cousin Xu Xinyi for a while, and worrying about herself.

There have always been very few concubines who can win the favor of the queen mother, and Zhu Yaoyao has a half-sister in front of her who has not yet married, and the sisters are worried about it when they meet.

The sisters have not been married for a lifetime, but there is an aunt who is not far away: the daughter of the grandfather Emperor Jiajing, the sister of the Longqing Emperor, Princess Zhu Luyuan of Ning'an, has no ability to marry the concubine, and it is not very popular with the emperor and the queen, so this princess and the concubine are not less bullied by the eunuchs and the old palace maid after marriage, if the concubine does not bribe the old lady, even the princess can't see the face of the princess!

"It would be nice if that colt in my future could be as capable as Brother-in-law Qin and win the favor of the queen mother," the eldest princess thought stupidly, and suddenly felt shocked: "Oh, where do I want to go?" Zhu Yaoyuan, Zhu Yaoyuan, haven't you always wanted to marry a Jiangnan genius who is proficient in piano, chess, poetry and painting? A brocade-clothed military attache like Brother-in-law Qin, although he is not bullied by others, is too vicious......"

Not to mention how the eldest princess was thinking nonsense, Qin Lin said again: "Niangniang, in Weichen's humble opinion, that painting must be stored in a secret place, so I can't find it for so long, please also visit the first emperor Longqing Emperor During the reign of Emperor Longqing, the people who served his cronies left and right will definitely be rewarded." ”

After speaking, Qin Lin looked at Zhu Yaoyao, but this little sister-in-law lowered her head vigorously, not knowing what she was thinking, and she didn't notice it.

"The people who served the first emperor?" Empress Dowager Li was puzzled, looked at Feng Bao and asked, "Feng Banban, have you asked those close eunuchs?" ”

"The old slave has asked seven or eight times, but he was only dragged to the East Factory for torture," Feng Bao replied to the Queen Mother's words, but his eyes secretly looked at Qin Lin, not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

"Ahem, ahem," Qin Lin coughed dryly, and when he saw that Zhu Yaoyuan was still wandering out of the world, he simply said loudly: "Not only eunuchs, but also people close to the emperor, maybe there are also people who know what happened!" ”

"Qin Lin!" Feng Bao flicked his sleeves and scolded: "Before the Queen Mother's mercy drives, you are not allowed to be so loud, are you shouting and selling strong pills in the market?" ”

But Qin Lin was so loud, Zhu Yaoyao finally came back to her senses and covered her mouth and screamed.

Everyone looked at her at some point, at some point.

"Good girl, what are you going to say?" Seeing that her daughter was so afraid of life, Empress Dowager Li was also secretly distressed, knowing that she had given too little care to this daughter, she was a little ashamed in her heart, and her tone was extremely gentle.

The eldest princess's face was red, her voice was as low as a mosquito humming, and her eyes were dodgy and she didn't dare to look at her mother: "Daughter, daughter suddenly remembered, when my father was holding me in the imperial study to write, I saw and saw him put a scroll so long and so thick into the secret compartment next to the imperial case......"

Ouch, my eldest princess! Qin Lin looked at it and shook his head, this lying look couldn't be more obvious.

Fortunately, the eldest princess has always been afraid of life and timid, and she speaks with such a red face, others think it is strange, but Empress Dowager Li, Feng Bao and others are accustomed to it, and they do not notice anything unusual.

She is bigger than the length of the size, but not exactly a scroll rolled up? And more than a foot long, "Qingming Riverside Map" is eight inches wide, plus the blank edge, it is exactly!

Everyone nodded in unison, "Yes!" It must be the secret grid that the first emperor placed next to the imperial study case, the current emperor is young, and he has not been studying in the imperial study all these years, but with Mr. Zhang in the Xinuan Pavilion and the Yangxin Palace, the imperial study has been empty and no one has used it, so I haven't found it so far! ”

Only Zhang Cheng and Zhang Whale had extremely strange expressions, and looked at Zhu Yaoyuan with suspicion, and then at Qin Lin; And Feng Bao was even more confused, he didn't understand what was going on, and hesitated: "What the eldest princess saw, maybe it's not "Qingming Riverside Map", right?" The first emperor probably ...... something else."

"Whether it's true or not, just take a look at it," Empress Dowager Li eagerly ordered to set up the imperial study, and then took her daughter's hand: "Yao Yuan, let's see what your father and emperor have put in the secret compartment of the imperial study." ”

As a widow whose husband has been dead for many years, Empress Dowager Li is obviously more anxious than anyone else to know what is in the dark compartment, she also thought of her husband's love for this daughter back then, and often held the young Zhu Yaoyuan in the imperial study to deal with the music, and then thought of her indifference to Zhu Yaoyuan over the years, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty in her heart, and held her hand tightly, which was much more affectionate than usual.

The poor eldest princess hung her head and didn't dare to look at her mother, the guilt of lying made her heart feel like a deer, but from her cousin Xu Xinyi, she learned that Qin Lin had put a lot of effort and caused so much trouble in order to find her four treasures, and she had to suppress the cowardice in her heart and tell the first lie in her life for him in front of her mother...... The imperial study is not far from Cining Palace, and the people led by the Empress Dowager Li will arrive in a while, and the eunuchs on duty in the imperial study hall have not seen so many nobles come here for many years, and they are so frightened that they hurriedly kneel down to greet them.

Although it has not been used for many years, the palace has its own system, and the imperial study does not have the cobwebs and dust everywhere that the house has been vacant for a long time, but the stiff atmosphere of the house that has not been used for a long time is still very obvious.

At this moment, Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Yaoyao both sighed from the bottom of their hearts.

Feng Bao knew about the secret grid, and he was about to go ahead and get something.

"Wait!" Empress Dowager Li suddenly stopped Feng Bao, and just when the latter didn't know what to do, she smiled: "The things left by the emperor, the mourning family will take it themselves." ”

Right in the middle! Qin Lin laughed.

Zhu Yaoyuan originally lowered her head, but at this time she glared at him with a red face: Dare to design to deceive my mother, it's so hateful!

Qin Lin didn't care about the stall hand: In order to find the national treasure, let's join forces to perform a play, and your queen mother will not have anything to lose...... Perhaps, the revisit of the old place reminds her of the good memories of the past!

Indeed, Empress Dowager Li stood in the imperial study, but she did not rush to get the things in the dark compartment, but stood and looked around, thinking about the situation of her deceased husband in this room, I don't know what good memories she touched, the corners of her mouth curved slightly, and her slightly pale face also had two more long-lost flushes.

Finally, it seemed that it took a lot of effort to make up her mind, and the Empress Dowager Li opened the secret compartment next to the imperial case with her own hands, and after taking out the things inside, she only glanced at it, and said in surprise: "The country is picturesque, if it is really the idle chapter of the first emperor, this handwriting...... It is also the imperial pen of the first emperor! ”

But seeing the scroll wrapped in yellow silk, with the seal of the imperial pen and Zhu Biao pasted on it, the old man in the palace knew very well that the four-character idle chapter of "picturesque rivers and mountains" was often used by Emperor Longqing when he was alive!

Empress Dowager Li read the words on the seal word by word: "Zhu Xizhong, the prince of Chengguo, has made outstanding contributions to the country, and he is specially given the national treasure "Qingming Riverside Map". ”

Others are okay, Feng Bao heard this, his brows twisted into Sichuan characters, looked at Empress Dowager Li in disbelief, then looked at Zhu Yaoyuan, and finally looked at the scroll wrapped in yellow silk, as if he had seen a living ghost.

(To be continued)