She is also a grateful woman, and the brothers of her mother's siblings are not angry, so she cares about the second uncle's family far more than her biological mother and other brothers, nephews and nieces.

"Back to Niangniang, everything is fine in the house. Daddy is also in good health. Li Ling sat down and replied solemnly.

The imperial concubine patted the back of Li Ling's hand gently, "When you come to the palace, you will be at home, but don't be polite to your aunt." ”

"Well, thank you Auntie." Li Ling pursed his lips and replied shyly.

"By the way, do you have a welcome gift for the Queen Mother?" The imperial concubine looked at Li Ling with a kind face......

Li Ling said softly, "Mother has made arrangements for this matter in the house. Because the Queen Mother had just passed the millennium, she must have seen a lot of exquisite and valuable gifts, so she asked her niece to prepare a pair of shoes made by herself. The niece and nephew have grown so big, she has held a knife in both hands, danced a sword, and written with a pen, but it is the first time she has picked up an embroidery needle. ”

Saying this, she frowned slightly.

The taste of being pricked in the fingertips by needles is not very pleasant.

"You're too honest, kid." The imperial concubine looked at her and smiled gently.

"Mother said that the gift to the Queen Mother does not care how valuable it is, but to show sincerity."

"Your mother is absolutely right." The imperial concubine praised.

"I just don't know what gifts the other two ladies have prepared, if they collide with you, it's not good, so when it's time for dinner, Ling'er, you have to remember to give the gift first."

Li Ling thought for a while and said, "The Qiu girl from Qiu Shilang's family is the oldest. And it is the niece and nephew of the Queen Mother, so it stands to reason that Miss Qiu should give a gift first. Besides, the eldest girl Tong of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is the youngest, and her niece and nephew are sandwiched between them, and it seems a little inappropriate to be the first person to give the gift. ”

The imperial concubine smiled, "You are my niece and daughter-in-law, and I will be there then." There is no need to give in to such a small accident. ”

"My aunt commanded so. The niece got it. ”

The imperial concubine smiled lovingly, "Very good." ”

The imperial concubine found some words to say to Li Ling, and finally stayed up until noon, and the aunt and nephew had dinner together. The imperial concubine left Li Ling to take a lunch break in Yaohua Palace. And he simmered with her in the censer over a low fire for a whole day. The sweet and soft stewed meat, then let her go back to the Cining Palace to prepare for the dinner.

At three o'clock, Tong Xue cleaned up neatly. took Mama Dong and Cai Qing to the main hall of Cining Palace for a banquet.

A pair of sleeping shoes were wrapped in delicate satin in the wide sleeves of Cai Qing, which was not very good at needlework, and in the sleeves of Cai Lan hid a well-framed painting, which was painted by Mrs. Dingyuan Marquis the day after Tong Ning's full moon, saying that she would be in case of emergency.

Tong Xue was still a little unhappy at the time, so she painted very casually, the lines did not look so smooth, the ink was shallow and dark, and even accidentally sprinkled some ink droplets on the blank space of the portrait.

After Mrs. Dingyuan finished looking at it, she nodded, very satisfied with this painting, instructed the painter to frame it, and threw it into the painting tube, and when the little eunuch who invited Tong Xue into the palace came to the palace to pass on the message of the queen mother, she ordered Mama Dong to find it.

The four masters and servants walked into the main hall under the guidance of Aunt Yue.

Tong Xue thought that she was not very late, but when the master and servant walked in the courtyard, they could see from a distance that the queen mother was the center, surrounded by a room full of people.

"The courtiers greet the Queen Mother." After Tong Xue was passed on by the eunuchs, she stepped forward and saluted the Queen Mother.

She had just passed her eleventh birthday, with two lovely buns, big eyes, and a slightly upturned mouth, looking very cute.

After saluting the queen mother, under the prompting of the eunuch, he saluted the imperial concubine.

"Come, the mourning family will introduce a few ladies to you." The Queen Mother let go of the hand of a girl who wore a hundred butterflies and a flower jacket skirt, was about sixteen or seventeen years old, looking forward to her posture and was full of energy, and instead held Tong Xue's hand.

"The ancestors are eccentric, but the granddaughter is not dependent!" The girl who "fell out of favor" said with a smile.

"This is the Lord of Jiahe." The Queen Mother introduced Tong Xue, turned to the girl and said, "This is the eldest girl of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, you can call Sister Tong." ”

Tong Xue hurriedly saluted: "I've seen the county lord." ”

"My ancestors have asked me to call my sister, sister, don't be so polite!" The county lord of Jiahe helped Tong Xue up with a smile in his eyebrows, and he looked like a good match.

Because the Lu family rarely socializes outside after marriage, even Sister Tong Xue rarely appears in front of people.

The lord of Jiahe County saw that Tong Xue looked sweet and cute, her expression was joyful, and her demeanor was down-to-earth and generous, so he immediately had a good impression of her.

"This is the daughter of Li Shilang of the Ministry of Industry, and she is also the niece and nephew of the mourning family." The Queen Mother pointed to a woman about seventeen or eighteen years old who was wearing an autumn-scented jacket, a goose egg face, a gentle face, and a quiet temperament, and introduced Tong Xue.

Tong Xue smiled and saluted the woman, "I've seen Miss Qiu." ”

"Miss Tong is polite." Qiu Muyun also got up and returned the salute, and would give her a light smile.

The corners of Tong Xue's mouth curled, if Fang Cai's smile was pretended to be eight points, now at least seven points are real.

She really didn't expect that she would be able to meet her aunt and uncle again so quickly since the last time they met in a hurry at the racecourse.

Thinking of her uncle, who had already returned to the north, she was a little worried in her heart.

How do you bring two unrelated people together?

In her previous life, after her parents passed away one after another, Tong Xue heard very limited information about General Weiyuan's mansion, only to know that her uncle accidentally broke his leg and returned to Beijing to recuperate, and it was after this that she tied the knot with her aunt.

Although because of her mother's death, her uncle made up his mind not to deal with the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion when he died, but the day before she left the cabinet, the little aunt came to add makeup to her, not only gave her a set of expensive gold and jade heads, but also gave her a stack of silver tickets, so that she could keep it as a private room.

"This is Miss Li from the Korean government." The Queen Mother finally introduced Tong Xue to a young girl who was standing a little closer to the imperial concubine.

The smile on Tong Xue's face paused slightly, and then she said politely and detachedly: "Miss Li." ”

It's not that she has any prejudice against Li Ling, in all fairness, in her previous life, even if she was not the person Li Yan wanted to marry, her mother-in-law, the Korean Duchess and sister-in-law Li Ling, did not deliberately feel sorry for her.

They just treated her as if she didn't exist, and completely ignored her, as if there was no such person in the Korean government.

"I've seen Miss Tong." Li Ling also said with a solemn face.

"The Queen Mother has been in the palace all day long, saying that Cining Palace is too clean, and there is a lack of laughter and laughter of some little girls, and today I will take you over, not to mention how happy she is." The imperial concubine answered at the right time. (To be continued......)