In the Qianqing Palace of the Forbidden City, Emperor Qixiang was crooked on the couch, closing his eyes and recuperating, two little palace maids with double hairheads kneeling in front of the couch, holding a beauty fist, gently knocking his legs, one standing behind the couch, stretching out two white jade-like little hands, rubbing his shoulders.

At this time, Liu Changgui, the chief manager of the Qianqing Palace, came in lightly and knelt quietly to the side.

Emperor Qixiang didn't open his eyes, just waved his hand, and the two little palace maids got up and bowed, and quietly retreated.

Liu Changgui saw that the palace maid had retreated, knelt down a few steps, came to Emperor Qixiang's couch, took over the work of the little palace maid, knocked him on the leg, and said softly: "Sage, San'er, they are back." ”

"Oh, how do you say?"

"I have no contact with Mu Xiang, Lin Hou, Lord Yang and Qi Shilang, and I don't even know the sons of several families in advance. The boss of Gu Zuixianlou said that the seventh master arrived first that day, and Lin Gongzi and they arrived later, and it was indeed a chance encounter. As for the second time, it was also a coincidence, the seventh master arrived at Baiwei Zhai first, Mu Gongzi and they originally planned to go to Huizhen Building next door to Baiwei Zhai, and Huizhen Building was covered by the king of Nan'an County on the same day, so they went to Baiwei Zhai. After Liu Changgui finished speaking, he quietly knocked Emperor Qixiang's leg, and Emperor Qixiang didn't make a sound, as if he was asleep.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and smiled slightly, "So, Lao Qi has nothing to do with them?" ”

"Yes."

Emperor Qixiang thought that he had finished his meal in the Summer Palace that day, and asked his son what reward he wanted, Xiao Jin said frankly: "Erchen thinks Lin Hai and Yang Ze are very interesting, and wants to make friends." ”

Emperor Qixiang responded with a smile at the time, and when he returned to the Qianqing Palace, the emperor's suspicion made him think a little more, so he sent someone to investigate secretly. The results of the investigation made him very satisfied, and Lao Qi was not like those brutes, for the throne. Not even a person did it.

"What about the rest?"

Liu Changgui was silent for a moment, carefully peeked at Emperor Qixiang's expression, and saw that the emperor had a slight smile on his face, but his eyes were like the water of the ancient pool, slightly unhappy, and he panicked, and hurriedly said: "The second prince met the daughter of the left waiter of the household department in Guangji Temple the day before yesterday, and he was quite fond of her, and he intended to accept her as a side concubine. ”

"Wan Chun is coming?" Emperor Qixiang showed a rather sarcastic smile, Wan Chunlai was regarded as his legacy to his sons to make merits. Now it seems that it has become the person they are trying to woo, which is really ironic.

Liu Changgui's heart trembled, and he responded in a low voice: "Yes, Wan Shilang's concubine is the third daughter." ”

"It's really good, my son, even a concubine girl is allowed to be a side concubine, the second child is really good." Emperor Qixiang said coldly, "I guess the second child has already mentioned it to his mother." What did Lan Rong say? "Zhang Lanrong is the mother of the second prince and was named one of the nine concubines.

Liu Changgui said: "The contouring lady has already responded and promised to lobby the saint for him." ”

Emperor Qixiang sat up violently and laughed loudly. "Good, good, good, what a mother and son with one heart and one force."

Liu Changgui held his breath and knelt in place. The atmosphere did not dare to breathe.

"Okay, didn't he want to marry, I let him marry." Emperor Qixiang laughed. His face was gloomy, and even his voice was gloomy, which made people breathless.

Liu Changgui saw that Emperor Qixiang's mood had darkened, and he didn't dare to say anything later. Emperor Qixiang glanced at him, "Go on." ”

"Three of the little eunuchs who have just entered the Qianqing Palace have been stuffed in."

"Who?" Emperor Qixiang asked dryly.

"Guifei, Xianfei, and Zhaoyi." person

"It's good, it's great." Emperor Qixiang closed his eyes vigorously, and when he opened them again, his face had regained calm, he waved his hand to Liu Changgui up, and ordered: "Go and tell Concubine Shu that I will pass tonight." "So far, in the entire harem, among the concubines who don't have many problems at present, only Concubine Shu is more satisfactory to him.

Speaking of which, when he was young, he was not very proud of a woman like Concubine Shu, thinking that she would neither be coquettish nor considerate, and everything was indifferent, which made people not interested. Now, he thinks that the young concubine is too frivolous, and the concubine is too utilitarian, but the concubine is indifferent, not much talking, not flattering, and getting along very easily.

"Yes." Liu Changgui is the person who has followed Emperor Qixiang the longest, and he knows his preferences the most. In the past year or two, Concubine Niangniang has obviously won the emperor's heart. Although the emperor does not necessarily stay overnight, he is now the concubine in the palace who has seen the emperor the most times. It seems that he will be more respectful to the Seven Princes and the Lady Concubine in the future.

In this way, when Emperor Qixiang was on the side for half a month, he ordered the concubine to accompany him, which made the eyes of everyone in the harem red, and they hated so much that they didn't know how many foxes they scolded in secret, and at the same time, above the court, Emperor Qixiang also assigned an errand to the seventh prince, Xiao Jin, and he was angry and red in the eyes of the prince, thinking that he had been deceived by the seventh.

Just when the dark tide was turbulent in the court, Lin Hou finally came back, entered the palace to face the king, and was specially left by Emperor Qixiang for dinner, and chatted for a while after the meal, Emperor Qixiang specially praised Lin Ruhai in front of Lin Hou, "Ai Qingsheng has a good son." ”

made Lin Hou incomprehensible, and he had to be humble, "The dog is too stubborn to be praised like a saint." ”

"Aiqing, don't be too humble." Emperor Qixiang said with a smile.

Lin Hou left the palace with a belly of questions, and when he returned to the house, washed and changed his clothes, he went to the main courtyard to see Mrs. Lin.

Mrs. Lin, Jia Min, Lin Yun, and her son were facing the four women sitting in the main courtyard, and a boy smiled very politely, all confused about the origin of these people, waiting for Lin Hou to come and solve his doubts.

Mrs. Lin had received a letter from Lin Hou and knew that he would bring a few people back when he came back this time, saying that he had a good wife and children with him before. Because of his friend's illness and death, he couldn't bear to see his friend's wife and children being bullied, so he planned to bring them back to be raised. Mrs. Lin doesn't care, but there are two or three more people, and the Lin family can't afford to support them. As long as it's not Lin Hou's outer room plus an illegitimate child, it doesn't matter. Besides, the friend Lin Hou said, she also knew that she had indeed studied with the same teacher, and the relationship was very good. To be honest, he married his wife or Lin Hou to operate. Later, this person was admitted to the Jinshi and was sent to Lingnan as an official, he took his wife on the road, Lin Hou cried for two days, and even was unhappy for a long time.

Later, the two places were separated by thousands of miles, and communication was inconvenient, so Fang Nansheng ran over a few places to become an official, and gradually had little contact with Lin Hou. Who knows, Lin Hou went to the labor army this time, and he was able to meet Fang Nansheng's wife and children, which cannot but be said to be fate.

Fang Nansheng's wife, Mrs. Lin also saw it that day, a talented daughter, a standard small family jasper, now goodbye, the sideburns have seen frost, much older than herself. Looking at the clothes on his body, although they are new, they do not fit well, and they were obviously bought in a hurry on the road. A son and a daughter, the son is only a young man, but the daughter is about the same age as Lin Yun, but her face is thin and her eyes are especially panicked.

Mrs. Lin looked sad, and stretched out her hand to the little boy, "He is Brother Yan'er, come to Auntie." ”

The little boy could afford to be half a head shorter than a child of the same age, a small face was only the size of a palm, his complexion was yellow, and only those eyes were as black as ink, but they were very quiet. Seeing Mrs. Lin calling him, she walked over slowly, saluting in a decent manner, although she was still rusty, she was not cramped.

When Mrs. Lin saw it, she secretly praised it, asked the girl to help him up, took him to sit down, stroked his head, and said with a smile: "Brother and sister, this child's eyes are so good, he is a smart person at first sight, and he will not be inferior to his father in the future." ”

Yun's face had already seen the wind and frost, it was the general of this time, his face was still pale, he tried his best to straighten up and sit on the chair, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law praised him too much." ”

Mrs. Lin was noisy with the Yun family here, while Lin Yun pulled the Yun family's daughter Fang Miaoxiang and spoke quietly. The other two young girls were thrown to Jia Min. I asked just now, these two girls are the daughters of Lin Hou's cousin, because her father died in battle, and her mother was seriously ill, the elders of the clan wanted to sell one of the girls to others as a concubine, and she was entangled, she knew that her cousin Lao Jun was coming, and immediately sent someone to ask to see her.

Speaking of which, Lin Hou didn't have a good impression of this cousin, and his mother also wanted to ask to marry his cousin as his wife, but at that time, his cousin's mother, his aunt valued the son of another Hou Mansion, just because he couldn't inherit the title, no more than that person who could have been crowned the son of the Hou Mansion.

Mrs. Lin was so angry with her sister that she fell seriously ill, and since then, her sisters have not been in contact, and her body bones have deteriorated, so she went in a few years. Lin Hou has always believed that if his aunt hadn't slapped his mother in the face in public, his mother would not have died early, so he had no good impression of his aunt's family. Later, I heard that this cousin did not marry the prince of the Hou Mansion, but was promised to a military general, and married far away.

Who would have thought that it would be encountered here. He didn't plan to care, but it could be seen that his cousin dragged his seriously ill body over and knelt down to beg him, and he softened his heart, so he had to agree and take his two nieces back to upbring. He thought it was simple, but when he grew up, he would just give two more dowries.

After Mrs. Lin asked about the identities of the two girls, she was secretly angry with her husband and brought someone back, why didn't she tell her in advance, and just brought people back. The eldest of these two girls is fourteen, and the younger one is thirteen, both of them are half the size of the age, and it is difficult to raise and choose a son-in-law. In addition, he still has Lin Yun's daughter, and he can't worry about his own daughter, so he got two more.

Jia Min saw that Mrs. Lin and Lin Yun were busy, so she could only talk to the two girls by herself, the two girls were born very beautiful, the big ones were curly, the small ones were charming and moving, each with their own demeanor, when it came to talking, they were not in a hurry, which made it easy for people to have a good impression at first glance.

Lin Ruhai saw a room of women, and he honestly sat on the side as a wallflower, thinking in his heart that Jia Min had just told him about opening a borrowed bookstore. (To be continued......)