After learning about this situation, Ling Ruo went to the small kitchen to make a snack, and then asked Mo Er to hand it to Sixi, and quietly put it on Yinzhen's table.

After sending it for a few days, when Ling Ruo asked Mo Er to ask again, Sixi said that Yinzhen liked the dim sum she made, and often ate a few pieces, sometimes even a plate clean.

Knowing that Yinzhen likes to eat, Ling Ruo went to make a few things every day and sent them, afraid that Yinzhen would get tired of eating, so he changed his tricks to do it, so he spent most of his day in the kitchen.

On this day, Shui Yue helped knead the flour in the small kitchen, and suddenly burst into tears when she kneaded it, which startled Ling Ruo and hurriedly asked her why she was crying. Shui Yue refused to say, but in the end, Shui Xiu guessed her thoughts and said, "Is it because of the master?" ”

Shui Yue wiped away her tears and said in a low voice: "The master treats the emperor so well, but what about the emperor, after so many days, I haven't even asked the master, and the more the slave thinks about it, the more worthless it is for the master." ”

Ling Ruo said abruptly: "You stupid girl, what is the Dao of this palace, but for this, it's just that, thinking about doing so much, you don't have to block your heart." ”

Shui Yue said angrily: "Master, do you really not care at all?" The emperor doesn't have a place for you in his heart at all, otherwise how could he have been ignoring it for so many days. ”

"The emperor is busy with state affairs, so naturally he doesn't have time to ask about the harem." Ling Ruo sprinkled a little water on the slightly dry dough, then took Shui Yue and kneaded it vigorously.

Shui Yue said excitedly: "No, when the slave heard that the Hui nobles went to the Heart Cultivation Palace, the emperor saw them, and so did the Wen nobles and the Tong nobles." It's just that when the master goes, he is not even allowed to report. Also, as soon as it was said that Zhun Geer was going to call, those ladies in the palace were in danger, like Hui Guiren, at best, they went to see the emperor, and at worst, they went to inquire about the news, and they didn't really care about the emperor at all, but as a result, the emperor treated them as treasures. The slave really wondered if the emperor's eyes were ......"

"Enough!" Ling Ruo suddenly interrupted Shui Yue's words and said sharply: "Don't talk nonsense, besides, they are them, don't care so much." ”

"But ......" Shui Yue was still about to speak, Shui Xiu had already grabbed her and said, "Okay, do you have to say that the master is sad to be happy?" ”

"I didn't mean that, I just ...... Not! Shui Yue was just halfway through speaking, and her mouth was suddenly stuffed with crab meat buns left over from the morning, but it was Shui Xiu, who only heard her say angrily: "Say less and do more, don't really upset the master." She said the latter sentence very lightly, lest it reach Ling Ruo's ears.

Shui Yue was still unwilling, but looking at Shui Xiu's serious expression, she didn't continue, took the crab roe bun in her mouth and said, "I'll go and see if the fire in the stove is burning." ”

Ling Ruo didn't say anything, just silently kneaded the dough under his hands, and the soft dough turned into any shape at will under his hands, just like the people in this palace, changing according to the situation.

If she is smart enough, she should be like Sister Wen said, completely dead to Yinzhen, but in the end, she will ...... After all, I still can't put it down!

Therefore, in this life, she is destined to be unable to pull it out, even if her eyes can see it clearly, her heart is difficult to control.

With the gradual prosperity of spring, the battle situation has also made new progress, Yunxiang's ability to command troops can be compared with Nian Qianyao, and the most important thing is that he does not have Nian Qianyao's good achievements, and he is rigid and self-serving, on the contrary, he listens to advice and is careful and cautious. After arriving at the Sarik River, he did not rush into battle with the Dzungar army, but first observed the terrain to spy on the enemy's situation, so as to know the enemy.

And this time, in order for Yunxiang to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, Yinzhen deliberately transferred the entire firearms battalion to him, and this also means that if Yunxiang is defeated again, the capital will have no available soldiers except for the Fengtai battalion and the infantry yamen, and these will definitely not be able to resist the Junggar army.

In doing so, Yinzhen handed over the fate of the Qing Dynasty to Yunxiang, and such a heavy entrustment also made Yunxiang more cautious. If he does not send troops, he must win, and he urgently needs such a victory to stabilize the morale of the army and the uneasy hearts of the people in the capital sixty miles away.

On the ninth day of the first month of March, the two sides exchanged short arms for the first time, but they retreated at the first touch, and it was not a formal battle, and at that time, the grain and grass transported from the rear were already stretched, according to the officials who transported the grain and grass, the emperor was already trying to raise grain, but even if there was a silver grain collected by the increased tax, the situation was still not optimistic, after all, the time was still short, and the remote places could not pay the taxes in time; Second, taxes can be levied occasionally, but they cannot be releviated unscrupulously, otherwise the Qing Dynasty itself will perish first before Zhun Geer comes in.

Under heavy pressure, on March 20, after several attempts, it finally merged with the Right Army and engaged in the first official battle with the court of Gurdan. I have to say that Geldan is very talented in commanding, and he is not panicked in the face of the sudden encirclement of Yunxiang and Song Kejin, and does not retreat from the Salik River.

It was not easy for him to conquer to this point, and if he retreated, there would be nothing, so it was imperative to go to the capital sixty miles away.

This battle lasted for more than half a month, and both sides could not help each other, the soldiers were the courage of Junggar, but the equipment was excellent of the Qing army, plus the cannons and muskets at the mouth of the firearms. Let Geldan gnaw like a hard bone, but he can't bite it even in his mouth.

In April, good news finally came from Qinghai, the Guo Luobu Rebellion had been put down, and now there were only sporadic small battles, which could be completely suppressed by the border guards.

Yinzhen was overjoyed, Qinghai was pacified, then he could concentrate his forces to deal with Geerdan, and those who dared to calculate him Yinzhen must pay the price of blood. Immediately ordered Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi to lead 20,000 elite cavalry to Salik to support Yunxiang.

On the other side, Yue Zhongqi's secret report also arrived in the capital, and the bureau they set up was avoided by Nian Qianyao's good fortune and was unharmed, but fortunately he didn't realize anything else, let alone that Yinzhen was going to kill him. As soon as he received the holy order, he immediately dispatched his troops and led his most warlike subordinates to Sarik.

Yue Zhongqi asked for an order, whether to secretly execute Nian Qianyao in the middle of the way, Yinzhen thought for a long time, and ordered Yue Zhongqi to suspend his action, although Nian Qianyao is hateful, but at the moment the foreign enemy is the most important, everything is based on the premise of pacifying the Junggar Rebellion, and the rest will be talked about later.

In mid-April, Nian Qianyao and Yunxiang joined forces, with the addition of 20,000 elite cavalry, Geerdan's pressure increased sharply, although his soldiers, all of them were brave, it was difficult to do one block ten, after a day of fierce fighting, the Junggar army was defeated for the first time. Yun Xiang keenly seized the opportunity to take advantage of the victory to pursue, ready to deal a crushing blow to Geldan. But I didn't expect Geldan to be scheming, and when he was defeated, he scattered the golden brocade and wealth, and left many female soldiers with the army, all of which disrupted the Qing army's formation, and there was a large-scale chaos, except for the 20,000 elites of Nian Qianyao, the rest became general scattered sand, looting everywhere, and Ren Yunxiang and several generals couldn't stop scolding. In this way, the pursuit of Geldan is naturally impossible. The hundred-legged insect died but did not stiffen, not to mention that Geldan was only a small defeat, and the 20,000 people of Nian Qianyao could not annihilate it, on the contrary, it might be destroyed.