Chapter 237 Please help us
However, Cheng Jin did not hesitate for too long. After getting out of bed, she asked Cuizhu to clean up for her and then sat in the main hall to welcome guests.
Cheng Jin sat in the main seat. She sat properly, and a sense of oppression that did not belong to Cheng Jin arose spontaneously.
Without waiting for a moment, she saw Xu Jilin and Qu Wanxin coming to her main hall together.
It had been a while since I last saw her. Xu Jilin seemed to have changed. She was no longer the gentle and kind queen mother. Her eyes were red, as if she had just cried.
Qu Wanxin no longer had the arrogant look she had before. She followed Xu Jilin closely, wearing plain clothes. If Cheng Jin did not know Qu Wanxin, she would have thought she was a new maid who followed Xu Jilin.
Qu Wanxin lowered her eyes, like an eggplant hit by frost. When she looked at Cheng Jin, she became even more panicked.
Cheng Jin didn't know what they were here for, but when they entered the door, Cheng Jin stood up and bowed slightly to Xu Jilin.
Cheng Jin said, "May the Empress Dowager live long and healthy. I didn't know that the Empress Dowager had arrived. I'm sorry for not coming to greet you."
Xu Jilin didn't want to say anything flattering to Cheng Jin.
She raised her hand slightly to stop and sat down next to Cheng Jin.
Cheng Jin didn't say anything polite to Xu Jilin and sat down herself.
Cheng Jin asked knowingly: "I remember that the Queen Mother should be in Shou'an Palace to worship Buddha, how come you came here?"
"As a junior, I know that the Queen Mother should be the first to pay her respects after she can leave the palace. Why bother the Queen Mother to make this trip?"
Xu Jilin sighed and didn't say much to Cheng Jin. She went straight to the point and said: "I think Rong Guifei also knows about the Fifth Prince. I came here this time to help you to facilitate a marriage."
"What?" Cheng Jin assumed many possibilities, and didn't expect Xu Jilin to say this. Cheng
Jin originally thought that Xu Jilin came here just because she couldn't see the emperor and wanted to take her to see him, so that she could appeal to his emotions and reason, and let Chu Chengye spare Chu Huaian's life.
Otherwise, he could be more powerful and kidnap her directly to exchange her life for hers.
After thinking so much, Cheng Jin was not nervous at all. If Xu Jilin really attacked her, she would probably be intercepted by the secret guards that Chu Chengye had arranged by his side before she could make a move.
To facilitate a marriage? Cheng Jin really didn't understand what Xu Jilin and the others were doing.
Before Cheng Jin could react to Xu Jilin's words, he saw Qu Wanxin kneeling at his feet with a "thump".
If it weren't for his strong willpower, Cheng Jin would probably have jumped up from the chair in fright.
Cheng Jin subconsciously helped Qu Wanxin up. Qu Wanxin was really rude and got up as soon as Cheng Jin picked her up.
Cheng Jin: "..."
What kind of drama is this?
The two looked at each other in silence. Xu Jilin, who was standing aside, immediately gave Qu Wanxin a look. Qu Wanxin, who was confused just now, changed 180 degrees.
She knelt at Cheng Jin's feet again, and tears suddenly fell down.
Qu Wanxin is the heroine of the original book, so her appearance is naturally impeccable. Even though she has not seen the sun or left the palace for some time since she followed Xu Jilin, she cries like a spoiled young lady.
"Your Majesty, please fulfill our wish!"
"As long as you fulfill our wish, we will immediately disappear from this palace, no, from the capital."
Cheng Jin never understood who this "we" meant.
Qu Wanxin and Chu Huaian are childhood sweethearts, so their relationship is naturally extraordinary, but now Chu Huaian can't be found, so there is no way to ask her.
Cheng Jin did not pull Qu Wanxin anymore, but let her cry, and waited for her to cry until she was tired and then brought her tea.
Qu Wanxin saw that no one said anything for a while, and looked at Cheng Jin with tears in her eyes. Cheng Jin immediately brought her tea when she saw that Qu Wanxin had stopped crying.
Qu Wanxin: "..."
Cheng Jin naturally understood what the two people meant. She pretended to be embarrassed and said earnestly: "Mr. Hui, what are you doing? I know that you and the Fifth Prince have a relationship, but who knows where the Fifth Prince is now? Even if I have this idea, there is no way to do it."
"Don't worry about it, you are also the emperor's concubine. If your crying for another man gets to the emperor's ears, let alone helping you and the Fifth Prince, who can stop him when the emperor gets angry?"
Qu Wanxin stopped crying instantly, and her tearful eyes moved around Cheng Jin and Xu Jilin.
Xu Jilin understood what Cheng Jin meant, and Chu Huaian was not found.
Xu Jilin felt relieved. Chu Chengye took away all her power as soon as he came back this morning, and advised her to enjoy her old age and sit peacefully on the throne of the Queen Mother of Southern Qi.
Xu Jilin seemed to be living a peaceful life, but now Chu Huaian's whereabouts were unknown. As a mother, how could she feel at ease?
Chu Chengye blocked all the news from the Dali Temple and replaced all the people Xu Jilin had planted with clean ones. She had no way of knowing the situation in the Dali Temple.
Today, she heard that someone was tortured in the Dali Temple, but he didn't say a word. Xu Jilin thought of Chu Huaian. If he was humiliated in the Dali Temple...
Xu Jilin didn't dare to think about it. She wiped her eyes and looked at Cheng Jin, pretending to be gentle, "Good child, tell me, the emperor is sure he doesn't know where the fifth prince is?"
Xu Jilin said, and was about to put her hand on Cheng Jin's hand. Before Xu Jilin put her hand on her hand, Cheng Jin took her hand and put it on her leg. Cheng Jin smiled and said, "Empress Dowager, these are all political affairs of the previous dynasty. How can I, a woman, know?"
Cheng Jin's words cleared her up, but Xu Jilin couldn't help laughing when she heard Cheng Jin say this.
Cheng Jin said she didn't know?
She hid herself well, pretending to be a harmless little white rabbit. In fact, who knows how many conspiracies and tricks she had left unused.
Xu Jilin had really thought that Cheng Jin was just a woman in the harem who could not cause any unrest. Now it seems that she was wrong.
Xu Jilin lowered her eyes and did not look at Cheng Jin. She whispered, "You are young, Concubine Rong, and have never given birth to a child. You don't understand what the Fifth Prince's behavior means to me."
Xu Jilin hit her chest, "My heart is like a knife. Chu Chengye and An'er are doing this. My heart is like a knife."
Cheng Jin now roughly guessed why Xu Jilin brought Qu Wanxin to do this.
Chu Chengye took away her power as the queen mother and asked her to take care of her in her old age. However, Xu Jilin's beloved son Chu Huaian is now missing and in danger of his life. How can Xu Jilin, as a mother, feel at ease?
Chu Chengye begged for mercy, but Chu Chengye knew Xu Jilin's intention and made an excuse not to see her.
Xu Jilin knew that emperors are cold and indifferent.
She then set her sights on Cheng Jin.
Cheng Jin has a happy family. As an ordinary woman, she can't stand seeing people crying and pretending to be pitiful to beg for mercy. She thought Cheng Jin might agree.