Xie Fanghua looked at Jin Yan silently.

Is it worth it?

She thinks it's worth it, then it's worth it.

"It's not too early, let's go to the Queen Mother's palace and call my mother and aunt, let's get out of the palace." Jin Yan said.

Xie Fanghua nodded.

The two walked towards the Queen Mother's palace.

Before he arrived at the Queen Mother's Palace, he saw Princess Ying and the eldest princess walking towards them while talking.

"You said you went out for a walk, why did you go to the imperial study?" The eldest princess looked at Jin Yan suspiciously, carefully examining her expression, as if she wanted to see something from it.

Jin Yan glanced at the eldest princess and whispered, "I pulled Sister Fanghua out, but it was actually a pretense, I just wanted to go to the imperial study to talk to Cousin Yu alone." ”

The eldest princess naturally has ears and eyes in the palace, especially about Jin Yan and Xie Fanghua going to the imperial study, not only her, but the Queen Mother and Princess Ying have also gotten the news, and the two of them have not covered it up, naturally someone has already reported to the Queen Mother's palace, she saw Jin Yan telling the truth, and immediately raised her heart, looked at her nervously and asked, "What do you want him to say?" Yan'er, you won't return ......."

Jin Yan hurriedly shook her head, took a step forward, and grabbed the eldest princess's arm, "Mother, it's just to talk for a while, although I wanted to open it a few days ago, I still have some knots in my heart, and now I have really let go of it." ”

The eldest princess looked at her, "Is that really the case?" ”

Jin Yan took her arm and shook it, coquettish, "Isn't my daughter still lying to you?" Do you think I'm like that? ”

The eldest princess saw that her eyebrows were stretched, the clouds that had been hanging in the center of her eyebrows had dispersed, her complexion was shiny, and the whole person looked like she had made some great resolute determination, extremely relaxed, and indeed it didn't look like she was still entangled in the past, she was completely relieved and relieved, "It's good that you really want to open it, and my mother will rest assured." ”

Jin Yan smiled at her and nodded.

The eldest princess whispered again, "So, what does the emperor say about the marriage with the Zheng family in Xingyang?" Can you mention it? ”

Jin Yan nodded, "Cousin Yu hesitated earlier, just because I was afraid that I would be rash and irresponsible for my life, after I talked to him, he said that he still wanted to announce Zheng Xiaochun's entry into Beijing. ”

The eldest princess also smiled when she heard this, and patted her hand, "It turns out that the emperor is afraid that you will be rash for a while, and regret it later, he is right, after all, it is an eventful time, and the Zheng family of Xingyang is a family for hundreds of years, so you can't easily choose a family affair and then regret it, and offend it." Regarding Zheng Xiaochun's talent and character, this can rest assured that Mrs. Min and Mrs. Youxiang must be no different. However, it is a matter of your life, and you really need to be cautious. ”

Jin Yan said "um" twice.

The eldest princess nodded on her forehead, "You, it's really broken my heart for so many years, and now that you've finally grown up, I can save a little worry in the future." ”

"Put your heart in your belly." Jin Yan said playfully, and at the same time winked at Princess Ying, who was looking at her with a smile, "Growing up is not a matter of one person, you see, isn't Cousin Zheng all grown up?" ”

The eldest princess laughed.

"Originally, I wanted to praise you, but I didn't expect to become a leather monkey again in a blink of an eye, and I couldn't praise it anymore." Prince Ying said and walked forward and beckoned the two, "Let's go, it's not too early, let's get out of the palace." ”

The eldest princess nodded.

The four of them chatted and gossiped as they walked outside the palace.

At the gate of the palace, the eldest princess and Jin Yan were separated, and Princess Ying and Xie Fanghua got into the carriage.

When the curtain fell, the smile on Princess Ying's face was put away, and after the carriage had walked for a while, she asked Xie Fanghua in a low voice, "Girl Hua, is there a big problem with the Zheng family in Xingyang?" ”

Xie Fanghua nodded, "The matter is urgent, and I haven't had time to talk to my mother in detail, so I'm just taking time out now." When the words fell, he whispered and simply told Prince Ying the list of secret talks, Jin Yan's marriage, and Jin Yan's decision.

After hearing this, Prince Ying's face showed a rare solemnity, and she was speechless for a while.

Xie Fanghua thought that the princess was not the eldest princess, since she got married in the palace, for more than 20 years, the eldest princess's mansion has not been involved in court politics, and has been a relative of the emperor and the country in a regular manner.

What's more, the Xingyang Zheng family was already too deeply hidden. If she hadn't let Mrs. Ming use Xie's secret agents this time, she wouldn't have been able to use this clue to find out the plot behind it.

The silence of Prince Ying and Princess Ying was not until the carriage returned to Prince Ying's mansion, and after the two got out of the car, they walked towards the inner courtyard, and Princess Ying sighed and said, "In front of righteousness, Jin Yan, this girl, did the right thing, I really didn't expect it." ”

Xie Fanghua also sighed, "Seriously, I also admire Jin Yan, she likes Qin Yu, it has reached the point of admiration." How many people in the world have turned against each other because of love, but she has never changed her original intention. ”

Prince Ying and Princess Ying bowed her head, "Much stronger than her mother." ”

Xie Fanghua didn't answer, she had nothing to say about the eldest princess, the golden flower that grew in the royal family.

Princess Ying said, "Back then, your aunt Xie Feng, in this Southern Qin Capital, was not without a favorite young man, but in the end, she still went to Mobei without hesitation, everyone said that she was in love with the king of Northern Qi, but at first only Yuwan and I knew that before she married to Northern Qi, she had another favorite person." Northern Qi originally wanted the eldest princess to be with her, but she couldn't live or die, your aunt made up her mind and went to the border of Mobei, which can be described as the righteousness of the family and the country. Later, the king of Northern Qi originally changed the concubine to the princess of Southern Qin, and married her to the media, which is her ability. ”

Xie Fanghua thought that the king of Northern Qi must have loved his aunt very much, and later his aunt should have fallen in love with the king of Northern Qi, otherwise he would not be willing to give birth to Xie Yunji for him. The righteousness of the family and the country, the love of marriage, sometimes only lies in a choice, a thought.

Princess Ying patted her hand, "I also think that Jin Yan has done the right thing, love and righteousness, as long as they are all the same, they will not live in vain when they come to this world." Now that the Southern Qin Dynasty is in turmoil and the situation is unstable, the family and the country must naturally be put in the front, and the love of children must be in the back, otherwise there is no country where to come from, and there is no righteousness and it cannot last forever. ”

Xie Fanghua nodded.

Prince Ying let go of her, "You're tired too, go back and rest, if Zheng'er has a reply, send someone to tell me." After a pause, she said coldly, "You can't let the Xingyang Zheng family turn over the big storm, don't think that this Nanqin will hide it as a family, don't think that everyone else is blind and easy to be blind." ”

Xie Fanghua nodded, and separated from Prince Ying and Princess Ying, one walked towards the main courtyard, and the other returned to Luomei Ju.

Back at Luomeiju, Xie Fanghua saw a slightly older mother-in-law waiting at the door of Luomeiju at a glance, this mother-in-law Xie Fanghua didn't recognize, she was holding a stack of things in her hand, wrapped in cloth, and she couldn't see what it was from the outside.

When the mother-in-law saw Xie Fanghua coming, she hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Hello little princess, the old slave is the married slave next to Mrs. Zuo Xiangfu, called Sister-in-law Zhang, now accompany the young lady back to the house, and stay in the mansion with the young lady in the future, I specially came to give the little princess a gift, thank you for saving the young lady's life." ”

Xie Fanghua nodded when she heard this, and asked kindly, "Sister-in-law Zhang is exempt, sister-in-law has returned home?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang nodded, straightened up, and said with a smile, "The eldest prince took my young lady back to the house today, and the young lady knew that you and the princess had entered the palace, so she went to the princess's main courtyard first and waited to say hello to the princess, and then came over to talk to your concubine, and let me send you the things first." ”

As she spoke, the sister-in-law handed over the things wrapped in the cloth bag.

Xie Fanghua didn't answer immediately, and asked with a smile, "What is this?" Was it given by my sister-in-law? ”

"It's my wife's dot, it's a thank you gift to the little princess, you saved my young lady earlier, and my wife hasn't thanked you yet." Sister-in-law Zhang smiled and said, "Don't shirk the little princess, it's a little bit of Madame's heart." The words fell, and he added in a low voice, "Xiangye has seen it." ”

The last sentence is full of meaning.

Xie Fanghua understood, nodded, glanced at the waiter's painting, and the waiter stepped forward to take it, thanked Sister-in-law Zhang, and invited Sister-in-law Zhang into the courtyard.

Sister-in-law Zhang shook her head, "The old slave still has to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to give his wife an errand, and there are still some things that have not been packed up, so he won't stay long." ”

Xie Fanghua didn't force her to stay when she heard this, and asked Shimo to send Sister-in-law Zhang, and she stepped into Luomei House.

Back in the room, the waiter put the things on the table and said to Xie Fanghua, "Miss, can you open it now?" ”

"Open it and see what." Xie Fanghua nodded.

The waiter hurriedly opened the thing.

I saw a few pieces of cloth in it, which were fine snow silk brocades, smooth and shiny, and there were five horses in total.

The waiter flipped over and over, and said strangely, "It's nothing special, Miss is not short of a few satins, even if it is a snow silk brocade, but it is not a rare thing, there are many in our house." When the words fell, she touched the brocade and praised, "It's just that this color is really beautiful." ”

Xie Fanghua looked at it and said to her, "Carry these satins into the back room." ”

The waiter raised his eyes and glanced at Xie Fanghua, nodded, and entered the back room with the satin.

"Spread out all five satins, and we'll see how beautiful the colors are on them." Xie Fanghua closed the door of the inner room, waved his hand and lowered the curtains.

As soon as the waiter heard Xie Fanghua say, he felt that these satins were unusual, and immediately arranged them in order.

After opening, the painting was carefully looked at around the satin.

After looking at it for a while, she looked at Xie Fanghua and said in a low voice, "Miss, the slave is stupid, I think these are a few ordinary satins, I really can't see anything." ”

Xie Fanghua also looked down around the satin, looked at it for a while, and then groped up and down along the cloth, and after a while, she also frowned, "It's strange." ”

The waiter looked at Xie Fanghua, "What is this Mrs. Zuo Xiang doing?" Is it just a matter of sending a few pieces of satin? ”

Xie Fanghua shook his head, "It won't be as simple as a few satins." ”

When the waiter heard this, he looked at it carefully, and even rummaged through the cloth bag holding satin, and finally deflated, "Nothing." No matter how you look at it, it's all a few pieces of cloth. ”

Xie Fanghua sat down and stared at a few satins in thought.

The waiter didn't dare to disturb her.

After a while, Xie Fanghua suddenly said, "Go and open the curtains." ”

The waiter nodded, walked to the window, opened the curtains, and the sun shone in at once.

Xie Fanghua looked at a few pieces of cloth and suddenly stood up, "I understand." ”

The waiter turned his head and looked at a few pieces of cloth, only to see that the several pieces of cloth arranged in the row were originally of the same color, but they were actually exposed to different colors under the sunlight, although it was very shallow, but they had excellent martial arts and eyesight, and they could still see clearly.

She looked at it for a while, and then whispered, "Miss, these five brocades should have been woven a long time ago and kept all the time, and they are of different years, otherwise they shouldn't be so different colors, one looks newer than the other." The most recent piece of cloth should have been a year ago. ”

Xie Fanghua bowed, "That's right, these five pieces of cloth, the oldest one, should be no less than ten years old." When the words fell, she rubbed it gently, "It's the same as new, if you don't look closely, you really can't see it." ”

"I don't know what Mrs. Zuo Xiang used to save it." The waiter said.

Xie Fanghua was silent, closed the corners of the five pieces of cloth, gradually, she squinted her eyes, the light in her eyes with only a trace of slit became deep and deep, her lips were tightly pursed, and after a while, she returned to normal, looking at these few horses and preaching, "The left minister is really the left minister, no wonder he has been able to stand in the middle of the court for many years, without the support of Fan Yang Lu's family, he can also sit firmly in the position of the left minister, and he can also trample Fan Yang Lu's feet." ”

The waiter said cautiously, "Miss, is this the reason for the color on it?" The slave maid looked like this, and in the sunlight, these textures looked like maps. ”

"That's it!" Xie Fanghua bowed, "This is the map of Southern Qin, except for the map of Xingyang, there are all of them." ”

The waiter was surprised, "These five pieces of cloth turned out to be a map of Southern Qin, it's really ......," she touched the fabric and whispered, "It's unimaginable." ”

"Here, here, and here, and these places......" Xie Fanghua stretched out his hand and gently pointed at the pattern, and sneered, "It is the stronghold of the Zheng clan in Xingyang, and some places coincide with the places that the Xie clan's secret agents probed out, it seems that from ten years ago, Zuo Xiang knew that the Zheng clan in Xingyang had defected to the Northern Qi Dynasty, but he had been hiding and pretending not to know for so many years, which is really powerful." ”

The waiter whispered puzzledly, "Hasn't Zuo Xiang always been the emperor's person?" Could it be that he didn't even tell the emperor all this time, hiding it? ”

Xie Fanghua was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "For many generations, for many years, the royal family has been staring at the Xie family, and they can't wait to eradicate the Xie family. If the left prime minister reported to the emperor as soon as he got the news, wouldn't he tell the emperor that he was doing the emperor's work and couldn't even find out the things that the royal secret guards couldn't find out, and he could know that the emperor had suspicion and jealousy, and once he no longer trusted him, then could his left prime minister's mansion be the current zuo prime minister's mansion? Can it still have the status it has today? ”

The waiter nodded.

Xie Fanghua continued, "And Zuo Xiang may not have liked the Xie family all the time, the benefits of power, most people in the world take care of their own bodies first, after all, the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion is too prosperous, the Xie family is too prosperous, even if Zuo Xiang doesn't care about Fan Yang Lu's family, but after all, he was born in Fan Yang Lu's family." Weighing the pros and cons, and considering it in many ways, this matter should have been concealed when he knew about the Xingyang Zheng family. And today's emperor, as the fourth prince and the crown prince, may not have a lofty vision, whether the left minister takes it out or not, at that time, it shouldn't make much sense. ”

The waiter nodded again.

"Now that he has given this thing to me through me to save Lu Xueying, he is too smart, and since then, he has only stabilized the courtyard of his Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion to stand." Xie Fanghua's words fell, thought about it, and whispered to the waiter, "You go and get a few posts, it just so happens that my sister-in-law has returned home today, it is said that except for the day of the death of the emperor, she is filial piety in the palace, these days, I have never seen Yan Lan, Jin Yan and others." I put a pen to post, ask them to come to the house tomorrow to gather, open a flower viewing party, every year the mother is said to have a flower viewing party, there are often women in the house lively exchanges, but this year there has never been. ”

When the waiter heard this, he immediately reminded, "Miss, the first emperor has been in the past 100 days, will it be bad to do this?" ”

Xie Fanghua shook his head, "It's okay, to put it bluntly, it's just a small gathering, chanting poetry, appreciating flowers, drinking tea, chatting, it's not a big joy." ”

The waiter responded and hurriedly went.

After a while, the waiter brought a post.

Xie Fanghua took the pen and invited Jin Yan of the eldest princess's mansion, Yan Lan of the Yongkang Hou Mansion, Zheng Yewei of the Hanlin University Scholar's Mansion, Wang Ziming of the Imperial History Mansion, Cheng Yuping of Cheng Shilang's Mansion, and Song Qinran of Song Shilang's Mansion were Wang Wu, Zheng Yi, Cheng Ming, and Song Fang's sisters, Xie Fanghua was not very familiar with the latter people, and when they were listening, several people came to the mansion and met once, but these people were born in Beijing since childhood, and they are familiar with Jin Yan, Yan Lan, and Lu Xueying.

A few people put pen to paper, she hesitated, and then gave Li Rubi another post, and finally, took out another post, and gave it to Shay in Xie's sixth room, and deliberately put it on the top after writing, and said to the waiter, "These posts are sent out by the people in the house, and this post for Shay, you personally send it to Mrs. Ming." ”

The waiter nodded solemnly and walked out with the post.

After Xie Fanghua left for the waiter, she found scissors, needle and thread, and cut the cloth brocade sent by Mrs. Zuo Xiang, and after cutting, she took out the needle and thread, sat down and began to sew clothes.