Ding Xiang and Mama Qin discussed the posts together, and finally screened out more than a dozen.

She turned her head to look at Mama Qin: "Mama, which two do you say we should hide?" Since it is a temptation, the weight of the concealed post must be enough, and it cannot be casual. ”

Mama Qin pondered for a moment and picked out two sheets: "Just press these two." ”

Lilac opened the post and looked, these two, one is the birthday of Mrs. Yao of the Duke of Qi, and the other is the post of the Duke of Pei.

Well, that's a lot of weight!

One of these two families is a long-established family that has survived two dynasties.

One is the maiden family of the former queen. Although the Peiguo Mansion has been confiscated from the military power, and it has been lonely a lot in the past two years, but the old Guogong is alive after all, and no one dares to underestimate him with the identity of the national abbot. Although the Duchess of the Kingdom is a stepmother, she is the biological mother of Concubine Hui in the palace.

The two carefully selected for a long time, sorted out ten important posts, and sent them to Lin Long by Mama Qin.

In the small study, the apricot yellow curtain opened gently, Jian Yi stepped in first, and then supported the curtain with his backhand, Mama Qin personally came in with the post, Lilac followed at the end, and stood in the corner of the bookcase after coming in.

Lin Long raised his head from the bookcase, tapped his chin, and motioned for Mama Qin to put the post on the bookcase.

"Lady." Mama Qin gently put it aside, and then stood aside with her head down.

"Sit down." Lin Long put it in the scroll, rubbed his eyebrows with his free hand, and didn't look at the post, but asked directly, "In this post, who has the highest title, who has the greatest voice in the court, who is close to the King of Qin and the mansion, and which ones are related to the royal family?" ”

Mama Qin was slightly stunned, she didn't expect Lin Long to ask in such detail, and she stayed for a moment before replying one by one.

"Hmm." Lin Long nodded, and asked again, "What kind of posts are these?" ”

"It's some birthdays, flower viewing parties, poetry clubs, and tea parties."

"Birthday, whose birthday?"

As soon as Lin Long's words fell, Lilac's heart was tight, among these posts, there was only one birthday, it was Mrs. Yao of the Duke of Qi, but this post had just been taken out.

Compared with Lilac, Mama Qin was more calm, and replied in a deep voice: "It's the 60th birthday of the old lady of Qi Guofu." “

Lin Long nodded, "This is Xishou, you should go." As he spoke, he stretched out his jade white hand, "Where's the invitation?" ”

Lilac clenched the corners of her clothes and breathed a sigh of relief.

Mama Qin still lowered her eyebrows, and she did not hurry to find the post of Qi Guofu from the stack of posts, and sent her hands to Lin Long's palm.

Seeing this, Lilac's eyes widened in disbelief - she hadn't even withheld the invitation.

After taking the invitation, Lin Long opened it and looked at it, and asked about the practice in the house again, because it was a whole life, he increased the birthday gift by two layers on the basis of the custom.

Putting down Qi Guofu's post, Lin Long read all the other invitations again, and picked out two of them who were going to go to the banquet in person, and handed over the others to Mama Qin to take care of, as usual.

Coming out of the small study, Lilac almost pulled Mama Qin until the outside before letting go.

"Mama, you ......" she didn't know what to say.

Mama Qin was much calmer than her: "You said a lot, I was arrogant before, what the master asked us to do, we will do it, there is no reason to be dissatisfied, I think it is bad." As for tempting the master, it is absolutely impossible to do it, it is a great mistake to deceive, and I cannot do it knowingly, no matter how high-sounding the reason. ”

Lilac breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled: "Mama, it's good if you want to open it, you also saw it just now, and the lady is not so easy to deceive." ”

"yes." Mama Qin nodded, "If I really detain the post of Qi Guofu, and the lady asks me which one the birthday banquet is, I will have to lie, and use many lies to round it up, and if there are too many lies, I can't change it, I am really afraid to think about it." ”

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The Qi State Mansion has been a secretary of state for generations, standing for two dynasties, and the in-laws are all over the Great Zhou. Mrs. Yao had a big birthday, and there were people who sent him to him and went far away to go on the road several months in advance.

Lin Long didn't have to go so early, but the birthday gift was also sent three days in advance.

On her birthday, she went over with Princess Qin, and went with the little county lord of the mansion, Zhu Yang. Xu was instructed by Concubine Pang, and the county lord of Zhuyang was very close to Lin Long, and he stuck to her side and refused to leave for a moment.

The little county lord was extremely well educated by the Pang family, lively and well-behaved, smart and gentle, and the appearance of obediently snuggling up to Lin Long's leg and talking with a glance was particularly painful.

Lin Long has always loved little girls, no matter whose children they are, they are all patient with twelve points, along the way, one big and one small you and I will talk, but it is also appropriate.

The little county lord clasped his hands, his steamed bun-like little hands were fleshy, and he was raising his face to tell Lin Long about the trivial matters of the little ladies in Qi Guofu.

"Sister-in-law, I don't like to go to Qi Guofu." She pouted.

"Why is that?" Lin Long reached out and pinched the bun on her head, "Doesn't Zhu Yang like to go out the most, you can wear beautiful clothes." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yang looked down at his beautiful red dress, as if he was much happier, but his mouth was still high: "I don't like the ladies in Qi Guofu, they bully me." ”

Lin Long was very interested in the small friction between children, which she had never had in her childhood, and she missed the hat, "How can they bully you?" ”

Zhu Yang pouted and stopped talking, although she was small, she also knew that some words could not be said in front of Lin Long, she couldn't sue the eldest sister-in-law, those little ladies disliked her as a concubine.

King Qin and the mansion only have her little lady, and she asked for the title early, and she is very favored, in fact, she is no different from her grandmother. The little ladies of other families are afraid of the power of King Qin and the mansion, and they dare not show it, only the little ladies of the Qi Mansion dare to sneer at her.

The little girl around ten years old has a thin skin and a sensitive mind, of course she can't stand it.

The county lord of Zhuyang was very aggrieved, lying on Lin Long's lap in a daze, his little face bulging into a bun, and his face was unhappy: "I don't like Qi Wu the most, and I don't like Qi San's sister either." Although Third Sister Qi was speaking to her and scolding Qi Wu, Zhu Yang could still feel the contempt in that tone.

Lin Long comforted the little girl: "Then we don't like her either, Zhu Yang can play with others, there will definitely be a lot of little ladies in Qi Guofu today, and Zhu Yang will play with whoever he likes." ”

"I like my eldest sister-in-law the most." The little girl's mouth was smeared with honey, and Lin Long kissed her several times.

In the eyes of everyone, Lin Long has always been calm and cold, and she is indifferent to everyone, not far or close, I didn't expect her to be so close to the little county lord, and she has unprecedented patience with the little county lord.

Whether they treat each other sincerely or not, in fact, it is easy to distinguish, precious clothing gifts, for a palace like them, there is no shortage at all, no matter how much the princess gives to the little princess, it does not show true intentions.

But those hand-made snacks, sewn small toys, and teach the little county lord to write, draw, and play chess, it is Pang Fangfei, and the little county lord's biological mother is not so patient.

Seeing that the little princess got the will of the princess, the nurse was very happy, with the love of the future princess and even the queen, it would be of great benefit to the little princess, whether it was a future marriage or the current boudoir communication, it was all beneficial.

When the carriage arrived at Qi Guofu, Zhu Yang took Lin Long's hand and stepped on a small stool to get out of the carriage, and followed behind Lin Long step by step, like a little tail.

The group first went to Mrs. Yao to pay homage to her birthday, followed the servant woman who led the way in front, passed through the hall, bypassed the shadow wall, and finally came to the backyard.

The front yard is a male guest, the backyard is a female guest, because the people who pay tribute to the old lady are endless, men and women are constant, there are only a few old sisters in the main hall to accompany the old lady Yao, and the rest of the people worship the birthday, or go to the side hall, or go to the garden to be entertained by the daughter-in-law or the little lady on the Qi State Mansion.

Those who can call old lady Yao sisters and sisters are all people of the same status, and as soon as Lin Long and the others appeared, they were called by everyone to take a closer look.

Lin Long didn't show up much in Beijing, and many people only heard of his name but didn't see him, and they all knew that the prince of Qin married a small girl, and he heard that his life was good, but his background was a little worse.

Now that I see the real person with my own eyes, I can't help but be surprised in my heart, Princess Qin really deserves to be her own mother, even if she picks a low-born person, but the others are all top-notch, whether it is appearance or behavior, they are all top-notch.

"This kid is good, I like it." Qin Taijun of the Chen Guogong Mansion smiled kindly, took Lin Long's hand and looked left and right, with a look of admiration.

Old Madam Yao pointed at Qin Taijun and smiled: "You said that you are so old, how can you love to look at beauties has not changed, you gave your eldest man back then to marry a daughter-in-law with a beautiful and fragrant country, and now you are staring at the princess and the princess." ”

In the face of Mrs. Yao's joke, Qin Taijun was not anxious or annoyed, and still smiled: "Don't you still love embroidery, let's half a catty to eight taels, don't say anyone." ”

Hearing Mrs. Yao mention Mrs. Chen Guogong, some people were curious: "Why didn't you see Mrs. Gu?" ”

"She's gone to Pushouan." Qin Taijun didn't care.

The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, and when he heard about Pushouan, everyone stopped talking, and the atmosphere was a little dull.

At this moment, a girl in green came in, and when she saw the girl, Mrs. Yao's eyes were dyed with a smile, and she beckoned to her: "Sanniang come here." ”

"Grandmother." The girl's voice was crisp and gentle, but her tone was lively.

Qi Sanniang walked in front of Mrs. Yao, first greeted the elders, and then obediently snuggled up to Mrs. Yao. Old Madam Yao patted Qi Sanniang's hand and pointed at Lin Long: "This is the princess of King Qin, you haven't seen it." ”

In fact, as soon as she entered the door, Qi Sanniang noticed Lin Long, after all, she looked as beautiful as Lin Long, and it was difficult to ignore it.

She tilted her head, remembering that her mother mentioned a few days ago that the Queen Mother wanted to pick a good woman for the future prince, and asked her opinion if she wanted to enter the palace.

Qi Sanniang had no objection to entering the palace, but ...... If she enters the palace, she can't be a good person. is just a small family girl, why should she let herself be subservient.

She was silent on her face, but she looked at Lin Long through her heart, she admitted that Lin Long was beautiful, but she was just empty of beauty. A little lady like Qi Sanniang is proud by nature, especially if she is outstanding, and her eyes grow to the top of her head.

In her previous life, when Gu Yanlong was just starting out, she was also very arrogant, but she did have the capital of pride, and she experienced a lot of things later, and she fought in the north and south with the army, and her temperament gradually calmed down.

Yu Gu Yanlong's arrogance is exposed, but in fact, her heart is soft, Qi Sanniang is more introverted, proud in her bones, but her face is not exposed.

Although she looked down on Lin Long, she was thoughtful, and even pretended to be close to her hand, "As soon as I saw Sister Lin, I felt cordial, we are of the same age, I hope you don't mind if I call you sister." ”

Old Madam Yao smiled and said to Lin Long: "This girl is close to you, it's rare to see her like someone so much, and she was arrogant in the past." ”

was exposed, Qi Sanniang stomped her feet unobtrusively: "Grandmother." "Lengthened the tone.

"Alright, alright, grandmother won't say, let's take a few of them to the garden to play." Old Madam Yao smiled.

There were several other girls in the room, and Qi Sanniang took them out together.

As soon as she went out, a round-eyed girl couldn't help but speak, with a mysterious expression: "Do you know why Duchess Chen Guo went to Pushou Nunnery?" ”

Lin Long looked over.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her curiously, the round-eyed girl originally wanted to sell Guanzi, but she was anxious and couldn't save her words, and Guanzi didn't sell it well, so she said directly: "It's because of the first queen." ”

At the mention of the first queen, Qi Sanniang frowned, worried that the round-eyed girl would be disrespectful to the first queen, so she hurriedly blocked her words: "Don't talk nonsense." ”

"Don't worry." The round-eyed girl glanced at Qi Sanniang soothingly, and continued: "What I want to say is the female official next to the first queen, it seems that she is called Caiyi, I heard that she is in Pushou Nunnery, and the Duchess of Guo goes to see her at this time of year. ”

Someone didn't understand, "What is the relationship between the former queen's maid and the Duchess of the country?" ”

"You don't know." The round-eyed girl said, "There are four female officials around the first queen, and the four of them are different from the later female officials. Duchess Chen Guo used to be a female official next to the former empress. ”

said that she was a female official, but in fact, to put it bluntly, she was a maid, and no matter how high her status was, she was also a maid. Everyone was even more confused when they heard it, "Isn't Mrs. Gu the sister of the first queen, when did she become a female official again?" ”

"It's a clan sister and a female official." The round-eyed girl scratched her head, "I don't know much more." ”

Several girls are of the same age and know each other, and they are also lively talking and laughing along the way.

Among the group, only Lin Long and the other girl were a little quiet, she was because of her identity, and the other girls wanted to be close to her, and they were afraid of their identity, so they were a little distance.

The other girl was purely preoccupied, with sorrow written on the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.

"Hey, Mingniang, what's wrong with you, why are you depressed?" The round-eyed girl touched Ming Niang.

Ming Niang was worried: "My grandmother is sick, and she is always sleepy these days, and she hasn't seen her well for several months." ”

"Have you asked for a doctor?"

"Please, the Imperial Doctor can't do anything."

Qi San knew a little about this: "Didn't the imperial doctor recommend Mrs. Dou, saying that she is the best woman with internal diseases, can you go to ask for it?" ”

"Hmm." Ming Niang sighed, "I begged for it, but Mrs. Dou avoided it at all, and said that she didn't consult all the year round, and her medical skills were wasted, so she didn't dare to delay her grandmother's body." ”

Hearing this, Qi San frowned: "How come?" How did I hear that Mrs. Dou has been sending medicine to Chen Guogong's mansion, she is quite concerned about Chen Guogong's body. ”

"I know that, too." The round-faced girl interjected, "This is really helpless, people want to find her for treatment, but she can't be treated, the prince of the country doesn't want to use her, she just rushes up, it's embarrassing." As he spoke, he shook his head.

Qi San nodded: "I heard that Mrs. Dou's medical skills are quite clever, and she has always cared about the prince of Chen Guogong, and I don't know why, Mrs. Chen Guo has never been waiting to see Mrs. Dou." "The whole capital almost knows that the two are not on good terms. And this kind of discord is not the kind of enemy family, it is because the Gu family does not like Mrs. Dou, and Mrs. Dou is in a hurry to care about the Gu family.

It's really weird, too.

These two were both female officials around the former queen back then, so there must have been something wrong with the two back then.

Lin Long was a little confused when he heard it, "What happened to the prince of Chen Guogong that you said?" ”

I didn't see Lin Long open his mouth all the way, and he opened his mouth so coldly, which startled everyone, and for a while, all the girls looked at Lin Long and forgot to reply, but the round-faced girl reacted quickly, and simply said: "I heard that it is a weak disease brought by the womb, and it has not been cured." ”

Chen Guofu is such a lone seedling, and I don't know how many ways to think of it, but it has not been cured.

Weakness?

Lin Long was stunned, and then quickly thought that in her previous life, when she died, the worm happened to be pregnant, and it must have been at that time that she had fetal gas. As for the jadeite, Lin Long's eyes were slightly dark......

Back then, there were four maids around her, the insect was the most beautiful, the most pure-hearted, and the sister of the Gu family, so she was able to marry Chen Guogong and be the Duchess of Guo.

There are three left, who have served her since she was a child, loyal and calm, the most lenient, but also the most dead-hearted, and being able to go to Pushou Temple is also the best destination that Lin Long can think of.

The other two, Shi Qiao and Jade, are twin sisters who were picked up by her and carefully cultivated. Of the two sisters, Shi Qiao is more intelligent and cautious, and often helps her deal with some ** things.

Her younger sister is smart and competitive, so Lin Long let her study medicine.

One of their sisters betrayed her, and the other died for her.

For Shi Qiao's sake, Lin Long didn't want to pursue the past, she only hoped that Jade could seek benevolence and get what she wanted.