In order to cherish the spring, Lin Qingyun made a lot of efforts, but it was cold today, and she was pregnant and it was not good to go out, so the palace let the queen be exempted from asking for peace. She entrusted the matter to Tu Yan, and Tu Yan entered the palace and talked to the queen in detail.

The queen smiled: "Listening to this Fan You is not bad, but he is not the only good candidate." Ning He is very popular now, I don't know how many families come to beg, and even the queen mother wants to ask for a match for her nephew. ”

"Erchen thinks this Fan You is the most suitable." Tu Yan smiled and said: "In the end, Ning He is the county lord who was awarded because of his relatives, and her relatives must not only be good-looking, but also satisfy herself." Besides, if this Fan You is set, the court can also get a good name, although Fan You is only a person, but he has a very good reputation among the literati, and this person is not into the office, has a wide range of contacts, and has excellent eloquence, but I am afraid that there will be a place for the court to use in the future. ”

"Didn't you say he didn't like to be a good man?" As soon as the queen heard that it was about the court, she restrained her joke a little.

"There are some things that are not convenient to do as officials. At the moment, I just have an idea, and I haven't mentioned it to my father yet, so it's not very suitable for the past few years. Tu Yan wanted to be influenced by a little foreigner, just like a series of follow-up reactions triggered by an article by Zhuang Li last time, which took the power of public opinion and the power of the people, and the emperor guided and manipulated behind the scenes, and finally achieved the goal.

The mouth of the people is not as good as the defense of Sichuan, and the power of the people is used well, which is beneficial to the National Congress.

When the queen saw him say this, she knew that he had a plan, so she asked no more. Thinking about it, he said: "It's easy to say that this family affair is Ninghe, as long as it looks good." Since you came to tell me, it must have been the princess's idea, which shows that Ning He is willing. That being the case, I will consult with the emperor. ”

Afterwards, I don't know how the emperor and queen discussed, and finally agreed to choose Fan You as the husband of the county lord of Ninghe. Of course, when the imperial court issued the marriage decree, it was written "Fan You, the son of Fan Ying, Caozhou Mansion, Shandong". Fan Ying can be regarded as a master of painting, and he has a family heritage, outsiders don't know him, but most literati know it, even those who love painting also know that this person is Xianyun Laosuo. Knowing Fan Ying, and mentioning his son Fan You, it will not make people confused, the scholars and literati have a particularly high acceptance of marriage, and even gossip came out of nowhere, saying that the county lord of Ninghe and Fan You were married because of painting, and they just had to make up a book.

When Lin Qingyun heard about this, he immediately guessed that it was the handiwork of the imperial court, fortunately, and it was not a popular talent and beauty. For example, books such as "Huizhen Ji" and "West Chamber" are not serious books in the eyes of the world, and the women in them are not serious women, so in the original work, Baochai will say that he wants to train Daiyu, and Daiyu will panic when he hears it.

Before the wax moon seals the pen, the marriage decree is given, counting the time for various preparations, the wedding will enter the winter next year.

Considering the special situation of Xichun being sealed, and the defeat of his family Ning Guofu, the imperial court wanted to give a county lord's mansion, but Xichun refused to do so. The words in the excerpt are sincere, only saying that she is the sister of a criminal minister, and she has received the emperor's grace, and she will not dare to suffer anything else. When the emperor saw her like this, he commended her and ordered her marriage to be handled according to the rank of the county lord, and the dowry was equal to that of the county lord.

The treasury of the imperial court has to accumulate a lot of materials, utensils and other things every year, and the emperor was moved by the emperor in vain to sort out those things and ship them overseas to earn real gold. Now that the emperor had ordered the construction of treasure ships, reconfigured his weapons, and trained his sailors, it was clear that the lucrative profits of the ocean-going trade had brightened the emperor's heart, and he no longer had to worry about the lack of money in the treasury and the inability to carry out many policies.

This family affair can be done according to the grade of the county lord, which is enough to make people blush.

Fan You has only been running away all these years, but the family also has an ancestral property, and the real valuable things of the Fan family are the books and paintings inherited from the ancestors, which are the collections of his grandfather and father and the handwriting of the two, which are now worth a lot of money. The Fan family didn't have much money, but Fan You could see it and let it go, and took out a few calligraphy and paintings to exchange money with a few wealthy friends for family affairs.

Although Fan You and Xichun both hope that their husbands and wives will go with the world after marriage, considering the identity of the county lord of Xichun, Fan You bought a big house in Beijing, after all, getting married needs a place, and the first three months of marriage have to stay in the capital.

Approaching the Chinese New Year, there is a festive scene inside and outside the capital, and even the shouts of the hawkers are full of New Year's flavor.

At this time, Chunliu had been sent back to Jinling, but the Zhang family in Jinling did not send a word, Zhang Ming was guilty, and learned that Zhao Ke had sent a letter to Jinling's parents, how could he not know what was written in the letter, and he was immediately ashamed and annoyed, and he didn't want to see Zhao Yunshuang again. The Zhang family's years are boring, one of the male and female masters is inside, and the other is outside, it is like two families.

Zhao Yunshuang recovered from the earlier jealousy, and wanted to ease the relationship, but there was nothing she could do, and she hated the people behind the scenes more and more. It's Shangyuan Festival, and she even urged her subordinates to hurry up to investigate things during the New Year, and finally had a reply on this day, and the person who has been making her sleepless is He Yuefu!

"What you said is true?" Zhao Yunshuang's face was full of anger and suspicion, her motives for approaching He Yuefu were not pure, but she helped her a lot after dating, and she also dealt with each other's temperament, I am afraid that they are the only sisters close to each other.

"Back to the eldest girl, this is true, I have verified it twice in private, and I can't be wrong." The words of the people below are conclusive, and the evidence found does point to He Yuefu without a doubt.

"Why did she ......" Zhao Yunshuang couldn't understand, what was she sorry for He Yuefu? Why do you calculate her like that? Suddenly, thinking of He Yuefu's current situation, and thinking of the origin of this family affair, he suddenly became enlightened, and sneered: "Okay, you started to hate me so early." In vain, I treat you as a sister, and I bother with you in everything, and you repay me like this! ”

As a result, two days later, news came out of nowhere, and people all over the city were talking about the □□ of the relationship between Miss He San and Jiang Cong in Chengping Bofu. Zhao Yunshuang naturally didn't dare to involve Prince Chun, so it was rumored that the He family had taken a fancy to a person for the three girls' relatives, and they were afraid that the other party would not look down on their family, so they took advantage of the banquet in the house to introduce this person into the garden, and then made their own girl deliberately fall into the water, and played a "hero saves beauty", so that the other party took the initiative to propose a family affair for the whole girl's name. How do you know that Jiang Cong unintentionally cut off his beard halfway, so he achieved a bunch of resentments.

If such a thing is reported by other families, outsiders may not believe it, but Jiang Cong and He Yuefu and his wife all know about the troubles in the city. Outsiders are already wondering, how can these two families get married? After listening to the inside story of this rumor, it suddenly dawned on me, and some people even listed the "fast son-in-law of Chenglong" that the He family fancied, and Tu Yan was at the top of the list.

Lin Qingyun has the news of Bailing under her, that is, Lu Luo is equipped with someone and is also in the house, and the gossip business is still booming, and she even got the list. Looking at the first one was the name of Tu Yan, my stomach hurt from laughter.

"It can be seen that the eyes of the big guys are bright, and they all know that the He family has approved you." Lin Qingyun smiled and joked, and sighed: "Zhao Yunshuang is playing ruthlessly, others don't know who spread the news, but He Yuefu must know." I'm afraid that Zhao Yunshuang won't be able to do well. ”

A few days later, another piece of news came into the dust, and the people in Beijing were shocked.

The Zhao family's desperate affair was still exposed, and the inside story was very detailed, especially the private relationship between Zhao Yunshuang and her cousin, which was like a story, lingering and poignant, bold and presumptuous. The people outside compared it with Cui Yingying, and for a while, all the ladies and ladies of the family avoided like snakes and scorpions, and the girls of the Zhao family were discredited, and both of them were retired, and one of them was almost hanged.

At this moment, the Zhao family couldn't sit still, even if Zhao Ke was in a high position, he couldn't compete with the people of the clan, let alone think about the reputation of the whole clan. As a last resort, Zhao Ke could only expel Zhao Yunshuang from the Zhao family, and now Zhao Yunshuang is married, and since then she has completely broken off her relationship with her mother's family, and she is not allowed to come to the door during the New Year.

Zhao Yunshuang sat on the ground with a pale face, without eating or drinking for a full day, during which Zhang Ming didn't ask a word.

Now Zhang Ming's situation is also not good, Zhao Yunshuang's reputation is discredited, and he is also ridiculed and ridiculed. Outsiders thought that Zhao Yunshuang and her cousin had already had an affair, and it was not perfect, and said that he could even endure this for the sake of his career and power. Zhang Ming is also a man no matter how he is, how can he not know if the Zhao family is complete? But how can this be explained to outsiders? but all kinds of words are endured. What he couldn't bear was the deception of the Zhao family, and when he learned about this qiē, Zhao Yunshuang's design had another feeling, and he also understood why the granddaughter of the other party's dignified Sanpin was in love with him.

Sitting in the study, I thought of my parents who were far away in Jinling, Chunliu who was still recuperating, and the power of the Zhao family, and Zhao Yunshuang's viciousness and control......

Zhang Ming wrote a letter of resignation in one go.

"Third master, third master is not good, third grandma hanged!" A maid suddenly ran in, and her face was so frightened that the color was gone.

Zhang Ming was startled and hurriedly rushed to the inner house. When she entered the bedroom, Zhao Yunshuang had been put down by her mother-in-law, and the maids were crying. Zhao Yunshuang was lying on the ground, her eyes closed, and she looked very quiet, as if she had never been so quiet. There was a red mark on her neck, slightly purple, and her mother-in-law was desperately pinching people, and it took Zhao Yunshuang to open her eyes for a while.

At this moment, Zhang Ming's heart was very complicated, and he couldn't tell whether it was a sigh or a regret.

Afterwards, when he returned to the study, Zhang Ming looked at the book of resignation with fresh ink, and finally burned it. Zhao Yunshuang has been given up by the Zhao family, and if he abandons her again, it will be no different from forcing her to die. In the end, a couple of years, even if they can have no scruples under anger at the beginning, they can't bear it at this time.

At this time, Zhao Yunshuang was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, listening to Mei report Zhang Ming's every move in detail.

After Nianmei finished speaking, she lowered her head and remained silent, becoming more and more jealous of her own girl in her heart, and she dared not make mistakes.

The corners of Zhao Yunshuang's mouth rolled up with a smile, and her voice was very pleasant: "Yunfei is reluctant to me, I know that he has me in his heart." ”

As soon as the news came out, she knew that things were not good, she understood the helplessness of her grandfather's decision, and after her anger, she accepted her grandfather's secret dealings with his parents. Recently, Zhang Ming's qiē fell in her eyes, and she knew that Zhang Ming was afraid that she would give up, so she set up a game to test that she had won.

Who wins and who loses, sometimes it's not necessarily true.

Zhang Ming was tired of the capital, and at first because Zhao Yunshuang was unwilling to leave Beijing, saying that he was reluctant to let his family and parents, and he had a seniority in the Hanlin Academy, so he stayed in Beijing. In these years, it has to be said that it has relied on the power of the Zhao family. Now taking advantage of the Zhao family's abandonment, Zhang Ming has searched for relationships and finally got released, because his predecessor died of illness in office, so he needs to take office immediately.

"Leaving Beijing?" Zhao Yunshuang was taken aback when she heard this, and forced herself to calm down: "Why did you think of leaving Beijing?" Isn't it good to be in Hallym Temple? Just stay up for another two years......"

"I've been appointed to leave in three days, and if you don't want to go, you can stay." Zhang Ming cut off her words, not at all like the previous discussion, it was just a message, and after speaking, he turned around and left.

Zhao Yunshuang sat down in the chair, and finally asked Nianmei to do something to salute.

She couldn't go and ask her grandfather to stop the order, otherwise once Zhang Ming knew that her grandfather didn't really give up on her, and forced his decision with the Zhao family's strength, she would definitely write a letter of resignation again. How could she be abandoned? How could Zhang Ming leave her? So at the moment, she can only compromise and accept it.

In May, Lin Qingyun gave birth safely and got a brother, and Tu Yan named him Tu Rui.

The confinement is just in time for the hot day, and I dare not use ice when I am partial, which is really difficult. After staying up for a month, Lin Qingyun felt like she was alive again, and within a few days, she received a post from Princess Zhongshun, saying that the lotus flowers in the house were blooming well, and invited her to enjoy the flowers.

Lin Qingyun thought of the loyal princess, and it was unlikely that she would hold a flower viewing party for no reason, thinking that she was going to go there, and she would ask when she went.

On this day, Lin Qingyun took a car to the Zhongshun Palace, and when he saw the various carriages parked in front of the mansion, he knew that most of the people had arrived. She didn't come back for the first time, and followed the leading maid directly to the back garden. The garden of the Zhongshun Palace, which is not much different from other princes' mansions, is the lotus pond if you want to say which place is outstanding. If you want to say where is the best place to repair in the palace, it is also in the garden, there is a theater building next to the lotus pond, which is definitely second to none in Beijing. King Zhongshun likes to raise small operas, likes to watch and sing operas, but he has been invited to sing all the characters, which is also a yardstick for the Jingzhong opera troupe to raise its value.

The maid led her through the lotus pond, and when she entered a corner door, she was greeted by a voice. The maid said: "Our princess arranged a play, and Princess Dingjun, Princess Sujun, Princess Yongjia, Princess Yongchang, Princess Yongzhen, and Princess Yongyue have all arrived. ”

"Princess Chengjun didn't come?" She asked.

"The princess sent the post, and the princess of Chengjun said that she was coming, but she hasn't arrived yet." As he spoke, he had already led to the grandstand of the theater.

The children and dependents of all the families had indeed arrived, and when they saw her coming, they all got up to see her.

Lin Qingyun saw the eldest princess first, and then smiled with Princess Zhongshun: "The imperial aunt has such a big banquet today, but what is the happy event in the house?" ”

Princess Yongjia also smiled: "We are all asking just now, the emperor's aunt doesn't say it, it must be said when everyone is together." ”

Princess Zhongshun said: "How can I see that there is something to invite you, and we can't get together?" Recently, the troupe in the city has rehearsed a new play, and our prince has seen it and said that it is okay, I want to invite you to listen to it. ”

"Who sang it?" Princess Yongchang loves to watch dramas, although she doesn't know what Princess Zhongshun is hiding, but she is still interested in dramas.

Princess Zhongshun replied: "Speaking of him, you must know that it is that Qi Guan'er." ”

Jiang Yuhan?!

Lin Qingyun not only knew this person in the original book, but also often heard the name of Qi Guan'er when listening to dramas on weekdays, he was indeed a famous character, and he was praised by the loyal prince. It's just that Qi Guan'er left the palace privately, and Baoyu was beaten badly for this, why did he sing in the palace again?

The crowd was obviously puzzled, but they didn't want to ask, so they pretended not to know.

Not long after, someone came to report that the princess of Chengjun had arrived.

When Princess Dingjun heard this, she said: "In the past two years, it has become more and more rare to see her. I heard that the little prince of Chengjun Wangfu is not in good health, and he takes medicine all the year round, but he is soaked in medicinal juice, which is really pitiful. ”

Princess Sujun continued: "I also heard that since the Zhen family's incident, it has been different, she has a sister-in-law and a sick seedling, and the first two concubines in the mansion are more decent and powerful than her." I didn't say a word later, according to the snobbery of Concubine Qi's mother and son, I am afraid that it is not good to say how long the Zhen family can live, after all, I heard that the Zhen family has been sick recently. The concubine Zhen Shun in the palace is also sick, and she can't get up because she is sick, she is really a sister.

Princess Yongchang continued: "I remember that little prince turned four years old this year, right? I've never seen it. ”

The other two princesses also said: "Whoever has seen it, we have not seen it, Princess Chengjun did not bring Xiao Shizi out at all, she only said that she was weak and couldn't stand the wind." ”

"No, Prince Chun wasn't so delicate in the past." Princess Sujun was straightforward and said taboo words again, and as soon as the words came out, she regretted it, and hurriedly looked at Lin Qingyun's face. Seeing that her expression had not changed, as if she hadn't heard, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The past two years are enough for everyone to see clearly the emperor's favor and trust in Tu Yan, and as a concubine, he has to be crowned a prince, even if he has been staying in Honglu Temple to do some idle work, it still makes several county kings breathless. Several people are very jealous of Tu Yan, but they can't find the handle of the attack, Tu Yan has almost no contact with the affairs of the court, but everything to do, usually directly with the emperor, never without the hands of others, making it difficult for others to do tricks. In vain, he didn't take power and didn't care about things, like an egg without a seam, and a few people had to change the target after staring at it for a while.

Now although there is only one princess in Prince Chun's mansion, two serious concubines have been added, which is very popular with the emperor and queen. Most of the people in the court are pro-emperors, even if they don't stand in line, they maintain orthodoxy, and they have a slight bias towards Tu Yan, who is a son-in-law, and now Tu Yan has two sons-in-law, even if they don't fight, they are much stronger than them.

As a pure princess, Lin Qingyun is "more precious than mother and son", and the two princesses of the county who dared to secretly compete with her in person back then have to be cautious when speaking to her.

"Yo!" I don't know who gasped, and everyone followed her line of sight to look at the gate of the theater, but when they saw that it was Zhen, the princess of Chengjun, they were all shocked when they saw each other for the first time.

Zhen's face is very pale, as if he is lacking in qi and blood, he looks sick, and he is very thin, it seems that a pair of watery eyes in the past are getting bigger and bigger. Zhen is only one year older than Lin Qingyun, but at this time, he seems to be five or six years older than her, wearing a princess of the county clothes, the sleeves are empty, and the jade bracelet on his wrist seems to be about to slip off in the next moment.

Everyone also noticed that the Zhen family did not come alone, and there was a person with him, but the concubine Gao of his house. Everyone's expressions were very subtle. This time, Princess Zhongshun invited guests, and said that she had invited those people, and when everyone came, they brought their children, but none of them brought the concubines and concubines in the house, and when they saw Gao's at first glance, they all frowned slightly.

Lin Qingyun had also heard of the high-level concubines in the Chengjun Palace, who were only concubines when they first entered the Chengjun Palace. You must know that other county palaces are not pure princes' mansions, especially the county palaces have to enter new people every year, and the concubines are not in the case, just a nice name, but also to avoid secrets, there are generally four, and the concubines of the county palace have to change new people every two or three years.

At first, no one paid attention to this Gao family, his father was only six products and thousands of generals at that time, which was really inconspicuous, but the Gao family survived year after year, always stable, and was promoted to a side concubine a year before Zhen entered the mansion, which was an excerpt from King Chengjun himself. At first, the Gao family had a daughter, became a side concubine, and gave birth to a son, who happened to be half a year older than the son born by the Zhen family, and was very healthy. Now Gao's father is guarding the five grades, and this kind of family background is still nothing, but the Gao family has overtaken the Zhen family and become the first person in the backyard of the county king's mansion. Although the Zhen family was defeated and he had a healthy eldest son, it is undeniable that Gao's scheming methods are extraordinary, at least they can gather the heart of the king of the county and make Concubine Qi happy.

No matter what era it is, it is not an ordinary person who can coax both her mother-in-law and her husband.

Lin Qingyun has always been curious about the Gao family, but the other party is a side concubine, and there are many occasions when she has no chance to come forward.

Gao's age looks similar to Zhen's, so he must actually be a few years older than Zhen's. The person is very fair, his appearance is not excellent, only in the upper middle range, it is rare to have a light smile on his face all the time, gentle and calm, so that people do not feel the slightest sense of threat. The two stood together, Gao was obviously half a head taller, a tall woman, and her calm and unchaotic bearing was much more brilliant than the increasingly decadent and haggard Zhen.

Although Princess Zhongshun was strange about Gao's arrival, as the master, she still ordered someone to set up a seat.

It was Gao Shi Shi who gave a salute and said apologetically: "Our princess has not been in good health recently. Xiao Shizi was greedy for cold a few days ago, and his stomach was broken, and the princess didn't sleep day and night, and she was already haggard, but she learned that Zhen Shun's condition in the palace was aggravated, and she couldn't stand it all of a sudden. Today, the king of the county did not let her come, but the princess said that the garden of the Zhongshun palace was beautiful and insisted on coming. The king of the county was worried about the princess, so he ordered the concubine to follow, and hoped that the princess would be loyal to the princess and forgive the concubine for coming uninvited. ”

Princess Zhongshun smiled: "Concubine Gao is too polite, you are the princess of the royal princess, and we are all a family, why not?" And if you say anything that forgives your sins, will you not be divided? ”

Lin Qingyun only cared about looking at the Gao family, and suddenly the eldest princess Yongjia on her side gently touched her hand, and when she looked away, she was facing Zhen's big ethereal eyes, which were dark and swarthy, and there seemed to be no light, which made people have goosebumps for no reason.

Just heard that the Zhen family said: "I heard that Prince Chun had another son a month ago, and I couldn't go to congratulate me in person because of illness, congratulations here." Without waiting for Lin Qingyun to respond, the other party said: "Princess Chun is really a blessing, I can't complain that I can marry Prince Chun." Prince Chun married you, his health was fine, there was no one else in the house, year after year, he gave birth to two healthy and lovely sons-in-law. It's enviable. ”

It's clearly the same thing, but it feels awkward when it comes out of Zhen's mouth.

Princess Zhongshun saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly diverted the conversation: "It's all here, let's start the show." ”