Dongfu has always cared about cherishing spring, and she has allowed her to grow up in Rongguo Mansion since she was a child, but in addition to the girls' monthly monthly money and head fat powder, all kinds of other expenses are still provided in Dongfu.

Now that Xichun is recognized as the granddaughter of the old concubine, Jia Zhen sent You Shi to take Xichun home to live for a few days, but Xichun refused to go. She felt that Nafu was dirty, and she hid it on weekdays, so she was willing to contaminate it again. Jia Zhenyou knows her temperament, and she couldn't control her before, but now she has become a choice with her relatives, and she doesn't dare to care, so she has to let her. Whether Jia Zhen found out of interest or conscience, he instructed You Shi to prepare a dowry for Xichun, which looked like nothing more than three big boxes from the outside, after all, Xichun's real dowry was from the Nan'an palace or the imperial court.

The things were delivered to the Tatefuxuan, and the sisters gathered in the warm incense dock, but no one spoke, and the room was quiet.

"Girl, this is sent by the eldest master in the East Mansion." Since entering the painting, Xichun has not added a big girl to his side, so he only takes care of everything in the room by the color screen, and occasionally there are times when he is too busy.

Xichun glanced at the three big red boxes, lowered his eyes and made no sound, as if he hadn't seen them.

Shi Xiangyun couldn't stand such an atmosphere, so he stood up and asked, "What good things did Big Brother Zhen send?" Bring it in and open it and take a look. ”

"What do you want these Raush sons to do, the fourth sister will be sent to the foreign domain to be the princess." Baoyu is a sad person, even if Baochai repeatedly told him when he came, he couldn't hold it at this time, and he cried bitterly when he lay on the table. Baoyu really can't figure it out, how can such a good thing happen in Hao'er's family, a group of girls were taken away in his Yihong Courtyard, the third sister is going to be sent to Nan'an Wangfu as a concubine, and the fourth sister is going to be sent to the foreign domain by Nan'an Wangfu, which makes Baoyu, who has always been kind and weak, can't help but hate and say: "Nan'an Wangfu actually has an enmity with our family?" It's not enough to hurt the third sister, but also to harm the fourth sister! ”

"Baoyu, stop talking nonsense." Baochai was startled, and hurriedly glanced at the attacker, for fear that he would say something nonsense again.

The attacker also said in a hurry: "Second master, you haven't finished reading yesterday's book, and the master wants to check it today, let's go back." ”

Since the inspection of the Grand View Garden, Baoyu was moved out and placed in the front yard within a few days, and since then it can be described as a dire situation. Jia Zheng urged him to study every day, and he was not allowed to read those poetry classics Zhuangzi, only four books and five regular exams. Baoyu also went to Jia's mother to cry, but Jia's mother thought that Baoyu would have no support after a hundred years, so she had to persuade Baoyu to study hard. Later, Baoyu probably got used to it, even if there was not much spirituality in those professional articles, in the end, Jia Zheng would treat him more leniently.

Baoyu has experienced so many separations, even if she is still naïve, it is not the same as before.

After listening to the attacker's words, he laughed at himself: "Don't blame me, my lord is not at home today, and he won't ask about my book at all." Besides, if you know about the fourth sister, you won't come to look for me at this time. ”

The attacker was stunned, and felt that such a treasure jade was unfamiliar.

I only heard Xichun suddenly ask him: "Second brother, in the past, you always said that sisters are best together for a lifetime, but now you should also understand that everyone has their own destiny, and it is not that you can leave the sisters with a few coquettish words." In the future, we are all gone, what about you? ”

Baoyu looked at Xichun in a daze, with confusion in her eyes, as well as pain and struggle.

The attacker was afraid that he would get sick, so he took the lead and smiled: "The fourth girl is talking about these things, if you provoke the second master's madness, we don't even want to live." ”

After a few people left, the color screen packed up his things, and he had to open the three large boxes.

"Girl, Sister Yindie said when she sent things, these are the wife's dowries back then, and the eldest master specially found them for the girl." There are several exquisite ornaments inside, several boxes of various jewelry and jewelry, although there are few things, but they are good objects that are difficult to find outside. When a layer of flannel was removed, the color screen exclaimed: "Gold! ”

Xichun glanced at it, but saw that under a box there were layers of gold ingots, a ten taels, a total of twenty, and two layers of silver, a total of 1,000 taels, and a small red lacquer box next to it, which was full of newly beaten gold and silver bills, specially designed for rewarding people, it can be seen that it was also painstaking. Although if Xichun marries normally, this idea is not bad at all with those who ask for food, but this time they are far away and close, the dowry is already in charge of the imperial court, and Ning Guofu will even be rewarded, so that he can also prepare some practical cash for Xichun, which can be regarded as a trace of friendship in the end.

Xichun felt more and more ironic, if it weren't for the matter of harmony, how could there be a girl in Dongfu.

Within a few days, the Nan'an Royal Mansion sent chariots and horses to pick up Xichun.

It was already August, and the Nan'an Palace's house was folded, and the court acquiesced in Xichun's selection as a choice with his relatives, and issued a holy decree to give Xichun as the lord of Ninghe County and the prince of the foreign domain. The daughter of the prince is called the county lord, and the daughter of the county king can only be called the county lord, and the county lord of Jingyi is sealed to appease the Nan'an royal mansion, so even if she is also the county lord, Jingyi is not as good as Huiyi, the authentic royal county lord. As for An Le's canonization, it is because the eldest princess is the queen's concubine, because the original marriage was not the emperor's intention, and the emperor just made up for it. Even if he made up for it, he only made up for his granddaughter, but he didn't have any reward for Lu Hong, because once Lu Hong was rewarded, it would involve more inheritance and government affairs.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent four grandmothers to teach rules and etiquette, and they will marry with their relatives in the future, and the foreign feudal clan also sent people, and it was when they saw Xichun that they were satisfied, and they knew that they were the daughters of the Guogong Mansion, so they nodded. After all, when foreign vassals come to Beijing, they don't have any news channels, and they can always know if they want to inquire.

The dowry of the relatives is undertaken by the Nan'an Palace, in order to bring the prince back safely, the Nan'an Palace's palace is also bloody, and the dowry is very rich, which is definitely comparable to the marriage of the king of the county. In September, the Heqin delegation set off, and Jia Lian was indeed named the deputy envoy of Heqin, and because the Heqin was the daughter of the Jia family, the imperial court allowed the Jia family to see him off.

Lin Qingyun had a big belly, so she didn't go, saying that she was too sad and unwell.

Jia's mother was old, and it coincided with the eventful autumn of the past two years, and she was not comfortable for a while, so she only ordered the mandarin duck to send the spring on her behalf. Jiafu prepared a car, Mrs. Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, Jia Zhenyou, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Wang Xifeng, Ping'er, Tanchun Xiangyun Baochai, and even the married Yingchun and the borrowed Xing Xiuyan and Baoqin all came.

The pro-embassy went south by water, so everyone saw them off at the ferry.

A treasure ship was dressed in red and green, and it was dressed up in an extremely festive manner, but from the ship to the shore, no one had a happy face. Mrs. Jia Zhengwang was full of sorrow and worry, because Baoyu was clamoring to marry for Xichun, and even secretly concealed the house to the court. Mrs. Wang was extremely angry about this, and she must find out who gave Baoyu the idea, her Baoyu has always been an official who is a national thief, not to mention where she understands things in officialdom, how can she write excerpts? How can you send the excerpt to the imperial case?

As a result, there was no result after checking and checking, Jia Baoyu couldn't see Mrs. Wang punishing the girl in the house, so she took the initiative to say: "I begged the prince of Beijing, and the prince handed me the fold." ”

Mrs. Wang was dumb for a moment, she thought that maybe it was Baoyu who begged Daiyu, and Daiyu turned to Prince Chun's mansion, but she didn't expect it to be the prince of Beijing. No matter which one she can't provoke, but if it's really the girl of the Lin family who is troublesome, she can still have a seizure, if the prince of Beijing helps, what can she say?

Baoyu expected this, so he didn't tell the truth.

In fact, it was Lin Qingyun and Tu Yan who helped.

Lin Qingyun was also really surprised, she didn't expect Jia Baoyu to come to the door in person to ask to see Tu Yan, in order to be able to marry Xichun. According to Tu Yan later, Baoyu's expression was very calm at that time, although he was reluctant to marry Xichun Yuan, but it seemed that there was more to it. Maybe Jia Baoyu wants to get out of Jia's house and take a look outside.

Lin Qingyun doesn't know if Jia Baoyu will become a monk in the future, or completely indulge, or change, but it is not easy to make up her mind to take a step.

Xichun is still young in the end, and it is very tiring to wear a red phoenix crown, especially the heavy crown that makes her neck ache, but the boat is not open at this time, and she can't take it off. Standing on the bow of the boat, looking at the relatives on the shore, even though he knew that he would come back, he was so sad that he was crying with the tears of his sisters, and he opened his mouth and couldn't say words of comfort.

At this time, Baoyu whispered and wondered: "The sisters are all here to send the fourth sister, why didn't Sister Lin come?" ”

Xichun smiled faintly and said: "Second brother doesn't know yet, Sister Lin is happy, where can I stand the sad parting." ”

Daiyu was found pregnant during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she is less than two months old.

In August, it was known that she was going to marry far away in the spring, and Daiyu was already sad and depressed, and she drank two glasses of wine in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lin Qingyun didn't tell Daiyu the truth, but when she heard that Daiyu was pregnant, she was so frightened that she hurried to see her, and told her the truth in detail, and Daiyu was more relieved. Now these days, Daiyu only recuperates in the mansion.

Baoyu was in a trance for a while when she heard the news, and seemed to wake up after a while, and nodded with a smile: "This is indeed a happy event, Sister Lin has a good result." ”

"Second brother, are you okay?" Xichun felt that Baoyu's expression was not quite right.

"I'm fine, I've never been so good." Baoyu suddenly said to her: "I was walking on the street that day, and I suddenly saw Grandma Liu, and I realized that Qingwen had married into their village and was doing well. Everyone is involved in right and wrong because of me, and it's good to leave me all, they should also go out early, don't delay because of me. ”

It's like crazy talk again.

"Sailing—"

With this shout, there was a cry on the shore ship.

Here are not only the people of the Jia family, but also the people of the Nan'an Palace, and there are also many relatives and friends of the marry. They don't know how to □□ with their relatives, and it will be difficult for their relatives to see each other again in the future, how can they not be sad. It's Wang Xifeng Ping'er, crying and cherishing spring, and worrying about Jia Lian, after all, the West Sea has only fought along the river, what if it starts fighting again when it arrives in the place? This is not without examples in the past.

Jia Lian didn't know the inside story, he just thought that Prince Chun valued him and let him go through the training, except that he was afraid that he was full of ambition. It's just that now that Wang Xifeng is pregnant, and there is a young daughter and a weak son at home, Jia Lian is really not at ease, so she can only tell Ping'er again and again, and repeatedly ask her nurse Zhao Mama to take care of her.

Seeing the boat disappear into the river, the group turned around.

Tanchun returned to the mansion and caught a glimpse of the embroidery frame placed in the corner, on which was the unfinished pink wedding dress, and since she got the news that the prince of Nan'an had been captured, she did not move a stitch. The life and death of the prince of Nan'an is uncertain, where is the palace in the mood to do happy events, and when the prince comes back, it must be the new year, and it is unknown what happened at that time.

However, it was said that the prince of Nan'an was captured, and the court was shaken, and there was one family that was also very nervous, that is, the Lin'an Bofu family.

Lin'an Bofu and Nan'an Wangfu are in-laws, their aunt and grandmother married the old prince of Nan'an, and now they are the old concubines of Nan'an Wangfu, and their mother's family naturally gets a lot of benefits. The two families have always been closely related, the prince of Nan'an is not in Beijing all the year round, but everything is in the Lin'an Bo Mansion, so the old lady treats her mother's family more and more affectionately, Jiang Cong, the nephew and grandson of her mother's family, spent most of her time in Nan'an Wangfu when she was a child. At present, although the prince of Nan'an has been captured, the court has agreed to the conditions of the foreign domain, and it is only a matter of time before the prince is redeemed.

Although Jiang Cong is a greedy gentleman, his father is a little shrewd, especially when he thinks of the family that was uprooted by the emperor last year, including the Zhen family, his heart is empty.

The emperor is gone, and the four kings with different surnames at the beginning, except for the prince of Nan'an, who holds the military power, the other three were automatically handed over early for various reasons and became idle princes. Lin'an Bofu once felt that the three princes were too timid as mice, and there was a big difference between having power and not having power, besides, the prince of Nan'an had been guarding the West Sea along the coast, which was the barrier of the imperial court, and the emperor had to worry about whether he had the intention to collect power, but this time the accident of the prince of Nan'an was an excellent opportunity. Once the emperor justifiably withdrew his military power, the Nan'an Mansion lost power, and the Lin'an Bo Mansion, which was dependent, was only afraid to suffer first.

Today's emperor is not as merciful as the Emperor.

After thinking about it, only the relatives with Chengping Bofu may be able to save themselves, and no matter how bad it is, his son Jiang Cong may be able to escape the catastrophe. It's a pity that they are all staring at the affairs of Nan'an Wangfu at the moment, the two families are close, and it is not good to marry relatives and do happy events at this juncture, so they can only be suppressed temporarily.

In the blink of an eye, it was October, and Wang Xifeng was talking to Ping'er that the peace mission should arrive at the coast of the West Sea, but he heard about the war within a few days. Wang Xifeng hurriedly sent Wang'er out to inquire about the details, and it took half a day for Wang'er to come back, standing outside the door and panting while replying.

"Second grandmother, the slave went out to inquire around, and they all said that there was indeed a war along the West Sea. When the team of the court and relatives arrived at the place, they proposed to meet the prince of Nan'an before they could make peace and sign the documents, but the outer domain could not hand over people, and the court repeatedly forced the foreign domain to attack and start a war. Later, the people who went to the imperial court learned from the mouth of a lieutenant general who was captured together at that time that the prince was seriously injured when he was captured that day, lost his foot and fell into the sea, and the foreign feudal clan sent several boats to look for it for several days but could not find it. The foreign vassal was only for the benefit of the imperial court, and he was afraid that the imperial court would pursue it, so he said that he wanted to make peace, thinking that after the two countries became relatives, the imperial court would not fight. ”

Wang Xifeng and Ping'er were terrified when they heard this, and hurriedly asked, "When did the fight start?" How's the battle going? But what about people who say they are kind? ”

Wang'er hurriedly replied: "The slave also inquired, but the news has only been transmitted back to the capital, and the outside knows nothing detailed." ”

Wang Xifeng pondered for a moment, and hurriedly ordered Wang'er to prepare the car: "Let's go to the pure prince's mansion, maybe the princess knows something." I really don't feel at ease if I don't inquire, not only the second master is there, but the fourth sister is still the county lord of the family, and Baoyu is here, so I don't know what happened. He also explained: "Don't let the old lady know, so as to save the old man from worrying." ”

Recently, Jia's mother's health has been bad, and the doctor has diagnosed that there is no major problem, and it is common for people to be old and mentally poor and physically decline. He also said that the old lady should not be angry and sad, and it was not appropriate to be sad and happy, and so on.

Before he could go out, he saw Mrs. Wang coming over in a hurry, and asked, "Feng girl, have you heard about anything outside?" Baoyu, Baoyu, this child...... I didn't let him go at the beginning, he wanted to go, but now that there is a war, he doesn't know what he is afraid of, and there is no news at all in the capital. Mrs. Wang cried as she spoke, she only had Baoyu a life, how could she not worry.

"Second wife, don't panic, I'm about to inquire." Wang Xifeng was not very happy when he heard this, although Baoyu was indeed naïve and not only worried, but there were also Jia Lian and Xichun, as aunts, they didn't even ask.

Seeing that she was indeed going out, Mrs. Wang hurriedly said, "Are you going to ask your uncle?" Just right, let's go together. ”

"Auntie went to ask my uncle, and I asked Prince Chun and Princess Chun to inquire." Wang Xifeng didn't go over to ask the Wang family earlier,

Hearing that Wang Xifeng came to the door, Lin Qingyun immediately guessed what he meant, and ordered someone to be invited in.

Now Wang Xifeng is four months pregnant, and she can see some traces, and because of worry, her face is not very good. Lin Qingyun exempted her from the ceremony and ordered someone to watch the tea on the seat. The tea is red date ginger tea, with some honey added to it, and the weather has cooled since the end of September, which is the tea she drinks on weekdays.

Wang Xifeng was also thirsty, took two sips and felt good, and tasted it again, so he smiled and said: "In the end, the princess is exquisite, and a tea also has these tricks." ”

Where is this where she has a lot of tricks, they are all arranged in vain.

Lin Qingyun didn't go around in circles, and directly said her intention: "Are you here to ask about the Heqin Mission?" ”

"I knew that I couldn't hide it from the princess, the fourth sister, Baoyu, and our second master were all along the West Sea, and I suddenly started a war with my relatives, and I was scared to death when I heard the news. I didn't dare to ask more, but I just wanted to know if the Heqin mission had gone to sea by boat? "Wang Xifeng's ancestors were in charge of the tributary trade of various countries, and they knew a little bit about the things coming and going by sea, but it was the first time that they had experienced it, and they couldn't figure out where Jia Lian and them were now. This kind of thing involving court affairs is very sensitive, and the emperor has a very strict management of the mission for security reasons, and Jia Lian and others cannot contact anyone privately.

"It's good to have a friendly mission, they are now stationed in Canton, and they haven't sailed by boat. If you want to be close, you have to meet the prince of Nan'an first, and if you don't see it, where else will you talk. It's too simple for the outer domain. Lin Qingyun said lightly, but the thrill of this is not known to outsiders.

For this matter, the emperor didn't even use the imperial guards, but activated the secret guards. While the ship was still sailing on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the secret guards had arrived in Guangzhou as soon as possible, and from Guangzhou they took a boat to the outer domain. When the Heqin delegation arrived in Guangzhou, the secret guards had figured out where the outer domain was holding the prince of Nan'an, and when the outer domain was defenseless, they turned the tiger away from the mountain, kidnapped the prince of Nan'an, and brought him back to the capital. Of course, the prince of Nan'an, who returned to the capital, was just a body. This is still good, if the prince of Nan'an is still alive, one day in the future, the emperor will completely eradicate the palace of Nan'an, and now his mother, his wife, and his children are still alive and enjoying honor.

In fact, if the king of Nan'an County comes back alive, after all, he lost the battle, and he can also take back the military power on this ground. It's just that there are many henchmen in the Nan'an Palace, and it is very likely that he will plead to regain military power with his merits, and there is indeed no one who knows more about the West Sea than the king of Nan'an, and the emperor does not want to see that kind of situation. On the other hand, the Xihai Yanzi has become more and more rampant in recent years, and the emperor has obtained a batch of good guns.

Wang Xifeng was relieved to hear that the pro-embassy was not involved in the war.

Glimpsing Lin Qingyun sitting lazily on the warm couch, with a Persian blanket on her body, her abdomen bulging high, and she has been counting for more than seven months, so she said: "The princess is afraid that this baby will be born in the wax moon." Looking at the princess's ruddy complexion and good spirits, it can be seen that the little prince is strong. ”

"I guess it's a kid." Lin Qingyun smiled and didn't argue too much. Although she also hopes that the first child is a son, so there is a lot less pressure, but others complimented her, but Fan Shu said that eighty percent of them might be a little son. When the imperial doctors encountered the nobles to diagnose the pulse, most of them did not dare to say this, but Fan Shu resigned that day and made a diagnosis before saying this. He also said that anyone who has practiced medicine for many years can probably feel it, but it can only be seven or eight points accurate.

"I'd love to have another boy. It is not easy for a woman to have a life, and if she can't give birth to a son, she has no confidence. In the past, I wanted to be strong, but I always refused to admit it, but since I had Brother Kui, I realized that some things were destined. Wang Xifeng sighed, thinking of the past years of forcing the family to take care of the family's affairs, pay for the dowry, and consume energy, not only did not get a good sentence, but scolded and hated. Now that she has given birth to Brother Kui, even the old man and wife, who have always been stingy, often have something to reward her, and praise her for her ability.

"Why do you have to think so much, after all, there is Brother Kui, and I am not afraid of this baby as a sister. Besides, he is still young, and it is not easy to have children. It was rare for someone to come to the door, so Lin Qingyun chatted with Wang Xifeng.

After Wang Xifeng left, Lin Qingyun walked back and forth in the house, and looked out at the sky again, it was dark and heavy, and the wind was blowing tightly, I was afraid that it would snow at night. Sure enough, in the afternoon, the snow beads crackled, and Tu Yan came back with a cold body. Now the outer room has taken off the big coat, washed his hands and face with hot water, and then he has come into the inner room.

Tu Yan habitually touched her belly first, and asked her a few words about how she was eating and resting, and then she said a message: "Today, I went to the palace to greet the queen mother, and I heard about something. Last night, Concubine Xiande accompanied the driver, lost her honor in front of the emperor, was demoted to a partial hall, removed her title, and was demoted to a nobleman. ”