On the sixteenth of the next day, Lin Qingyun freshened up, and had breakfast with Tu Yan in Zhuyunju, and the egret said back and forth that the sedan car was ready. She is going to enter the palace today to greet the queen, and by the way, she is also going back to the queen about the situation last night, others are not as weighty as she said, and this is also a daughter-in-law's business.

Qingyun looked at Tu Yan, who was rinsing his mouth, and asked him, "Can you go?" ”

Tu Yan waved his hand to remove the tea bowl, and said, "I just feel that I don't have the strength in my body, so I won't go." My body and queen mother know it, and I won't blame it, you explain it to the queen mother, and don't let the queen mother worry. ”

Lin Qingyun couldn't help but glare at him, and had to get up: "Then the prince will recuperate, and he is not allowed to read, so he doesn't have to hurt his mind!" As he spoke, he personally instructed Hong Aya, such as not allowing him to drink tea, not to go out, not to write and paint, and so on.

"I'm just a minor ailment." Tu Yan saw that she was deliberately narrow, and she was very helpless, and the red silk only snickered on the side.

"Doesn't the prince hear that 'three points of medicine, seven points of nourishment, and ten points of prevention', the most important thing is to recuperate." Lin Qingyun said that he also smiled, straightened his expression, and quoted the scriptures again, and then went out in a very depressed posture with Tu Yan covering his face with his hands.

As soon as he came out of the cloud residence, the egret hurriedly said: "I almost forgot to report to the princess, my brother came to visit, saying that the Western merchant was looking for the princess, and my brother asked the princess if he wanted to see him?" ”

In the past, there were no restrictions on going out in the Lin Mansion, and it was more comfortable, and it was always Lin Qingyun who went to the church to see Lawrence, or asked Father Anderson to transfer it on his behalf. After getting married, her identity is different, and many things are not as comfortable as before, if she always runs to the church, the palace will naturally be unhappy when she knows it. Therefore, she told Lawrence that she could go to the Wenlou if she had something to do. The books that Lawrence asked for last time had been translated, and he brought her a lot of new and clever Western things, and I don't know why I came to her this time.

After thinking about it, Lawrence was a shrewd man, and he would not bother her with the trivial matters, so he said, "Tell your brother, and say that I will go tomorrow." ”

When I arrived in the palace, because it was the period of the second and sixth days, the family members of the palace concubines who had not been provincialized yesterday entered the palace to ask for peace, and many foreign women in the queen's Fengyi Palace went in and out. Although Lin Qingyun didn't recognize most of them, but those who entered the palace wore imperial clothes, and they knew the rank if they recognized the clothes, and she was the princess and concubine, in addition to the queen mother and queen, Wu Guifei, Prince Zhongshun and others also saluted because of the elders, so she came in and only received the salute from the foreign women, or turned back to the chin, or only returned to the head at most.

After entering the palace, the queen saw her very kindly: "Qingyun is here." ”

"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye." Lin Qingyun saluted first, and then sat down under the queen, and before the queen asked, he explained the situation in detail. "The prince was a little drowsy and not in good spirits last night, because of the cold wind blowing last night. Since the beginning of the winter in the old year, the prince is like this, because he is worried that he will lose his resistance to eating too much medicine, and the prince does not like to eat those medicinal juices, so he did not let the doctor prescribe medicine, and he is mainly based on food supplements. I saw that the prince was not to the point where he had to take medicine, so I didn't persuade him. This morning, the prince has been much better, but there is no strength in the body, when I entered the palace, the prince also asked me to ask for peace on my behalf, saying that he was already well, and he would come to the queen mother in two days to say hello, please don't worry about him, and worry less about maintenance every day, and some of the little things that don't matter just leave them to others, don't be tired. ”

After listening to it with a smile, the queen was worried, but she was even more relieved, and turned her head and said with a smile: "This must not be You'an's words, although You'an has filial piety, he will never say such a thing." ”

Wenxin smiled: "The prince's filial piety is naturally sincere, how can the princess not know when she gets along with each other, but she just said it through her mouth." It can be seen that this is a husband and wife, as the saying goes, 'the heart is clear'. ”

After a few jokes, the emperor came.

Yesterday, several concubines in the harem went back to their parents' homes to save their relatives, and today they naturally want to return to their relatives to do things, and the emperor got up early to be busy with government affairs, so he pushed the time back. Lin Qingyun greeted the emperor, and the emperor asked You'an again, and learned that he was just recuperating and not taking medicine, so he felt very comforted, and even said that Lin Qingyun took good care of it, and opened his mouth to give several rewards, all of which were good things from the emperor's private treasury.

Lin Qingyun thanked her and sat aside at the queen's signal.

Not long ago, Wu Guifei, Qi Shufei, Concubine Rong, Concubine Xiande, Chen Qi Concubine, and Zhou Guiren all came to the Holy Peace, and the emperor gave a seat, and listened to a few people in turn to return to the provincial relatives last night. Greeting the concubine and the provincial relatives, this is a grand event that has not been seen since the founding of the country, and all families are waiting for the arrival of the extremely luxurious and wealthy Niangniang. When the concubines and the ladies of the family saw each other, the sisters had to write poems to congratulate, and everyone brought the poems back to the palace.

The emperor and queen seemed very interested, and ordered the poems to be presented and read together.

The emperor just looked at it casually, the queen was more detailed, and after reading it, they all appreciated it, and each family had a reward, and at the end the queen smiled: "The ladies of each family are really talented, and their poetry is outstanding, and they are not inferior to men." If the palace is selfish, it is the sisters of the virtuous concubine who are slightly better, especially the garden of the provincial relatives, and I don't know how the scenery is, which is already amazing from the poem. ”

"What the queen said was very true. It is worthy of the national government! The Emperor echoed the Empress's words, and though there was no other reward, it displeased some of those present.

Jia Yuanchun was deeply frightened, and hurriedly got up and said humbly: "The saint and the queen have praised it falsely, if you look at it according to the concubines, it is the sisters of the concubine, the concubine and the sister of Concubine Rong who are more talented, and the sisters of the concubine's family sit in the well and watch the sky, but they are really not as good as others with one knowledge." ”

"The virtuous concubine sister is so humble, Her Majesty and the queen mother are both praised, how can it be a joke." Concubine Qi Shufei smiled smirked, showing no mercy on her lips.

"Exactly, the emperor said that it must be good, when will it be good to meet those girls of the Jia family." Zhou Guiren also echoed softly.

Jia Yuanchun can only respond modestly.

Since the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor has favored her more than before, not only rewarding her as before, but occasionally coming to sit in her palace, and also staying in Fengzao Palace twice. It's only been half a month, and I have slept twice, which I didn't dare to think about in the past. The emperor does not pay attention to the harem, that is, the most favored Zhou Guiren only has four or five days in January, the fifteenth day of the first month must be in the queen's palace, Wu Guifei palace also has one or two days, and Qi Shufei, Rong Fei, Chen Qifei and others are divided into three or four days, the emperor will not sleep in the harem for more than fifteen days a month, usually only about ten days, so you have no others, there is no one, there is no competition, in order to compete for favor, the people in the palace can use all kinds of means. For some reason, the partial emperor has been very cold to her and Zhen Shunfei, and now in addition to her, only Zhen Shunfei is favored, which seems to overshadow the limelight of Zhou Guiren.

Jia Yuanchun was inexplicably a little uneasy, especially since this matter was related to Prince Jingxiao, and the crown prince was abolished...... Also, Qin Keqing......

Only after half a month, the wind and waves were calm, and it seemed to be no different from before, and she could only comfort herself that she was suspicious. At the moment, she only has one wish, take advantage of the favor, hurry up and get pregnant, the emperor's favor in the harem is all false, only the child is real, with a child is not favored and will not be forgotten by the emperor, with the prince, there is other capital.

When the emperor left and the concubines dispersed, Lin Qingyun saw that the time was not early, and then left the palace.

The queen suddenly asked, "Are you familiar with the girls of the Jia family?" ”

"Yes, the Jia family is my sister's foreign family, although I don't go to the Jia family much, but the girls in the Jia family are really different." Lin Qingyun was stunned, knowing that the queen would not ask this for no reason, how she and the Jia family and who she was friends with, the queen must be clear before getting married.

The queen said: "Looking at people with poetry, those girls are indeed good, and it is your love to have a relationship with the girl's family, but it's just that the Jia family will not go if they can." Nafu is really not a good place to go! A flash of disgust flashed between the queen's eyebrows.

"My sons and daughters all remember, the queen mother is relieved, and the prince often explains to me." Lin Qingyun guessed that the dirty things in the Jia family were only known to the queen, otherwise no matter how it was, it would not make the queen so disgusted, and told her not to go as much as possible. On the other hand, since the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the direction of the wind in the palace has changed greatly, and there will inevitably be turmoil in the court, and the emperor and the prince of filial piety are all surging in their minds, fearing that the storm will rise. According to the original book, I am afraid that the remnants of the abolished prince and the party of filial piety to the prince will be uprooted, and the decay and decline, the old lords and nobles, the four kings and eight princes, I am afraid that they will not escape the purge.

The Jia family is down, but the Sanchun sisters have a relationship, especially Xichun, if they take the old road in the original book and become a nun, you will know from the old things in Shuiyue Nunnery, where can you get anything really clean.

I returned to the house with a heavy heart, and went to Zhuyunju first, and told everything in the palace.

Tu Yan listened, and then looked at her current demeanor, he couldn't guess what she was worried about. Although it is said that if you enjoy the glory and wealth of the family, you should also bear the honor and disgrace of the family, but people's hearts are partial, and the young sisters who have intersected together are suffering, where can they stand by indifferently?

"Why don't you tell your sister about this."

"Huh?" Lin Qingyun didn't understand for a while.

Tu Yan said: "The Jia family is the in-law of the Lin family, although it is not intimate now, but once something happens to the Jia family, it is for the sake of fame, and the Lin family cannot ignore the Jia family." Compared with the Lin family, you are an outsider in the end, and I am afraid that you will not be able to do well. ”

Lin Qingyun thought about it carefully, it was true, after all, her identity was here, once she interfered in the affairs of the Jia family, she didn't know how others would guess. Especially the county kings who are fighting for their heads.

Tu Yan said: "On the other hand, for women, there is no choice in birth, whether they are rich or poor, God is destined, but marrying someone is another opportunity to change their fate, just like a man's imperial examination." Married to her husband, once a woman marries, she is a member of her husband's family and has nothing to do with her mother's family. In the case of the Jia family, even if the family is raided, it will not implicate the married daughter. ”

Lin Qingyun nodded in agreement, but her tone was not much relaxed: "What if a woman is married?" If you don't have the support of your mother's family, won't you let your husband's family treat you? If the Jia family is defeated, some people will raise people, and if it is not good, it will be light to abandon it. ”

"Your thoughts are too negative." Tu Yan had already discovered that she was too pessimistic about certain things, as if there were layers of shackles in them, which puzzled him. If she is empathetic, it is not very similar, after all, although her family is ruined, she has been smooth since then, if you are really pessimistic, you should also be pessimistic about the impermanence of the world.

"Yes, there is no endless road, I hope so." Lin Qingjun is not a pessimistic person, otherwise she would not have been able to survive for so many years when she was terminally ill, she was just bound by the original book. The original work is a tragic story, and the fate of all women is a tragedy, although Daiyu is different from the original book, but Daiyu is surnamed Lin and the Jia family...... Even if the emperor doesn't deal with it, they can toss themselves to death.

I don't know if the Jia family incident happened in advance or according to the original book?

The Emperor Taishang is still there, and Jia Yuanchun, Prince Jingxiao......

There was no mention of any major cases of rebellion in the original book, but there were always traces to be found, and she couldn't remember it for a while. That's it, the left is just within two years this year and tomorrow, and the matter of honoring the prince will happen!

Throwing away those, Lin Qingyun and Tu Yan said: "Tomorrow you are going to go out of the mansion and go to the Wenlou, do you want to go?" ”

Tu Yan knew that it was her property at the beginning of the opening of the Appreciation Building, and since she got married, Lin Qingyun has not hidden it from him when she took care of the library, so he also read a few translations of Western books that are not available in the church. What really surprised him was not that she knew Western and could turn books, or that she had made a lot of money by opening a library, but that she occasionally had wonderful ideas in the library, and her acceptance of new things and ideas in the West, even if he was a little uncomfortable when he first came into contact with her, not to mention that she was just a boudoir woman.

He was fascinated by her thinking ahead of his time.

"It's only the middle of the month, and it's not the time to check the accounts, what are you going to do in the library?" Tu Yan joked.

"When do I need to check my accounts in person?" Lin Qingyun also knew that he was urging narrowness, and explained with a smile: "I told you about a Western businessman, Lawrence, remember? He asked Shulou to bring me a message, and he wanted to see me, but he was afraid that he would have something to ask for. I've been using his merchant ship for so long, and this is the first time the other party has opened his mouth, but I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter. ”

"Then I'll go with you." The things that can make the big Western businessmen helpless must be involved with the officials of the dynasty, the most likely is that their merchant ships are detained or their goods are pressed, etc., if it is an ordinary trivial matter, it can be accommodated by spending a little money, since the other party can't solve it, it is not deliberately suppressed, or it has other plans.

The next day, the two went to the study building in a low-key manner and met Lawrence in a clean room in the backyard.

Lawrence took his wife into the courtyard, and his originally relaxed expression suddenly changed, because there were many men and women standing in the courtyard. Even if the clothes of these people are not clearly marked, Lawrence can come to the East to do business, he is well-informed and very shrewd, and he can naturally see the difference between these nurses and the maids, they are well-organized, their eyes do not squint, and they seem to have entered the court in a trance. Of course, Lawrence never went to the court, but he was fortunate enough to go to the Duke's Palace, and even if the country was different, the royal atmosphere was the same.

Lawrence and his wife glanced at each other, and couldn't help but be excited.

In order to facilitate his business, Lawrence spent money on the title of baron, which made his business in the East very smooth, but he did not expect that someone seemed to see through something and did not buy it. In addition to the title that Lawrence bought, he only had money, that is, some of his connections were in the country, and all the connections that could be used in the East were used, so he had to go to the capital and try to see if the mysterious Miss Lin could help.

The egret led the two into the room, and looked at the ordinary room outside, but the interior was extremely elegant. In order to do business better, Lawrence specially learned a lot of oriental rules and taboos, especially the specifications for the use of various official ranks, item patterns, etc., in case he accidentally made a mistake. From this, he could see at a glance that the things in this room seemed ordinary, but the details revealed that the specifications were extremely high, even if he couldn't distinguish the specific level for a while, but it must be royal.

Lin Qingyun and Tu Yan had been sitting behind the screen and observed the two outside.

Tu Yan raised his eyebrows at her and smiled, and Lin Qingyun understood. Thinking about what Lawrence had discovered, his expression became more and more respectful, and the expectation in his eyes was even greater.

Lin Qingyun walked out from behind the screen and sat on the top: "Mr. Lawrence, is this your wife?" What a beauty! ”

Lawrence bent down and saluted, but did not show excessive nervousness, and introduced with a smile on his face: "Yes, this is my wife, Scarlett, the love of my life." Scarlett has always longed for the East, and this time I went back, I brought her with me. ”

"You may be seated." Lin Qingjun didn't go around in circles, and asked him directly: "Is there something wrong with Mr. Lawrence seeing me?" ”

Lawrence sighed with a sad face: "Don't hide it from Miss Lin, our merchant ship was detained, and the Quanzhou City Shipping Division said that our quotation was fake, not only to confiscate the entire ship's goods, but also to fine." Miss Lin, the citation of our ship was handled by me personally in the City Shipping Division, and there will definitely be no fake, and it can be used last year, so why do you say that there is a problem this year. I found a few Quanzhou officials, but there was no result, so I really had no choice but to ask Miss Lin for help. ”

Lin Qingyun couldn't help frowning, because Lawrence was going to meet, she chatted with Tu Yan about the port trade. The dynasty did not prohibit the sea, and maritime trade was legal, but the imperial court had restrictions, regardless of export and import, all citations were issued, and only those who possessed citations could come to trade with the dynasty. The text quotation is directly handled in the city shipping department, there are three places in the city of this dynasty, which are set up in Ningbo, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou, each text is quoted five taels of silver, and a total of 100 citations are issued, sometimes reduced to 80, and the sea has been passed for so long, and I have never heard of someone copying the text quotation privately, but there is a lot of illegal trade of local small merchant ships.

"Citation......" Lin Qingyun murmured.

"Bring him a quote." A male voice suddenly sounded behind the screen.

Because Lawrence can only speak some simple words in Chinese, and knows that Lin Qingjun understands Western language, the whole process is Western communication. The maids in their previous conversation room, including Tu Yan behind the screen, couldn't understand it, in the eyes of Hong Aya and others, the image of their own princess was instantly raised, and Tu Yan also once heard her communicate with foreigners in Western dialect, that natural proficiency can not be practiced overnight, and even if he wasn't sitting here, when he heard Lin Qingyun's Western dialect at first glance, he was afraid that he would think that he was a Westerner.

Another mystery, in vain Yan secretly remembered in his heart.

Lawrence was startled, wanting to ask but not daring to ask.

Lin Qingyun is not familiar with the port trade, not to mention that it is involved in the depths, she can't take care of it herself, and she has to rely on the identity of Tu Yan. Since Tu Yan had already spoken, he introduced to Lawrence: "This is my husband...... paused and simply said: "Prince Chun." ”

Before the words fell, Tu Yan had already walked out from behind the screen, looking at her with a playful smile.

Lin Qingyun was inexplicably embarrassed.

Lawrence and his wife were shocked, even if they had guessed for a long time, they were still surprised when it was really confirmed, not to mention that he had also heard of this pure prince. However, then Lawrence was depressed: "The city secretary withheld my quotation, saying that it was going to be destroyed, and now the merchant ship can only be redeemed if the fine is raised." ”

Lin Qingyun translated on the side.

Tu Yan held the white porcelain bowl, not only observing Lawrence, but also thinking, Shaoqing said: "The city envoy of Quanzhou City is Yan Yucong, the previous city envoy Ding Wei returned to his hometown, and Yan Yucong went to work in the early winter of last year. This person previously served in the Imperial Academy, and he was a strict official, although he had no political achievements, he had a good reputation. ”

Lin Qingyun glanced at him, and her heart was complicated.

I had never noticed it before, he was so clear about the officials and personnel appointments of the DPRK and China, and paying attention to the movements in the palace could be said to be because the queen was in the palace, he was the son-in-law, and he always had to avoid being involved, but the other ...... If he didn't know that he was really tired of the struggle for imperial power, he would have thought that he was hiding so deeply. Is this kind of expression of his being an instinct as a prince?

Tu Yan casually caught a glimpse of her expression, knowing that she was thinking too much again, just because outsiders were in front of her, and it was difficult to explain it for a while.

Lin Qingyun gathered her mind and asked, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Although she has a heart-to-heart to help, she also knows a lot, Lawrence is indeed not a casual troublemaker, and can get a lot of convenience from him. But if there are too many involved, she doesn't want to do it, anyway, there are many merchant ships on the sea, she can naturally find another family, Lawrence is not as good as Father Anderson with her, she has no need to take risks.

Tu Yan also knew that she was worried, but said: "This matter is a bit strange. After thinking about it again, he said: "You sue him, let him stay in Beijing temporarily, don't ask for other ways to do this, beware of getting into trouble." ”

Lin Qingjun knew that things were complicated when he heard it, so he said this to Lawrence.

Lawrence was frightened and dazed, after all, it was a foreign country, and he knew the general national conditions, after all, he was a Westerner, and many things would be neglected even if he saw them, but he didn't know that it was exactly the place where he died. Fortunately, Lawrence knows his identity very well, and if the other party is the prince of the dynasty, it is his luck to be able to help, and if he can't help, it is also his calamity. Lawrence just wanted to figure out where the "disaster" came from, otherwise he would always be unsteady in his heart, and how dare he trade lightly.

After Lawrence and his wife left, Lin Qingjun couldn't wait to ask him: "Does this matter involve people in the court?" ”

Tu Yan asked her rhetorically: "When I talked about the envoy of Quanzhou City just now, your expression was very strange, but you were cranky again?" ”

Lin Qingyun pursed her lips, nodded her head, and said frankly: "I didn't expect that you have never participated in politics, but you know so much about the officials of the DPRK and China. ”

Tu Yan raised his hand and patted her on the head twice, as if punishing, and said, "Didn't I tell you earlier, I have been to Quanzhou and met some foreigners, and chatting with them will naturally mention the local city. In recent years, the ocean trade has flourished, dozens of countries have entered and exited the port, and the annual customs trade tax alone is a large amount of silver, but the imperial court does not attach as much importance to the city as to the Jiangnan Salt Administration. The imperial court does not pay attention to it, and some people may not. ”

Listening to his explanation, Lin Qingyun's heart was relieved.

She didn't object to him competing for the position, after all, he was a sister-in-law, and it was difficult to stay out of it in order to survive, at most she was disappointed that her future life was not as good as she expected. What she cares about is whether he is disguised, whether he is disguised in front of her, but fortunately, everything he shows is real.

"Who do you think it is?" She asked.

"It's hard to say. This matter is very important, and it is better for you and me not to interfere without permission, and I plan to report this matter to my father. Tu Yan hesitated a little: "It's just that this will inevitably involve you." ”

"How am I? It's just that he knows Western, and the emperor has known about it for a long time. Lin Qingyun didn't care, after all, the difference was only that in the past, the emperor secretly found out, but now it is spread out.

Tu Yan smiled: "Maybe there are benefits for you." ”