As the night fell, Yang Hai walked in from outside and said to Ling Ruo, who was still seriously copying: "Master Qiqi, the two Geges have already left the palace, and the servants inquired in Cining Palace and learned that among the two Gege, the Queen Mother chose the one from the Yingge family. ”

And so it was...... The corners of his lips were lightly raised, with a hint of indifferent smile, staring at Yang Hai and saying, "Did you hear the specific situation at that time?" ”

"The servant asked the little eunuch in Cining Palace, I heard that the Queen Mother originally belonged to the Gege of Lord Yilong's family, she is not only beautiful, but also good at learning, and she is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but unfortunately she is a little arrogant, not as approachable and humble as the personality of Lord Inge, so the Queen Mother finally chose the one from Lord Inge's family."

"Approachable, humble and courteous." Ling Ruo repeated these eight words, stopped what he was doing and sneered: "It is often said that hearing is false, and seeing is believing." According to this palace, I am afraid that seeing may not be believing. ”

"Why did the master say this?" Shui Xiu asked curiously while wiping the sweat from Ling Ruo's palms.

"If this palace is not mistaken, the woman in pink that I saw in Kunning Palace early today should be Lord Longkeduo's Gege, and the woman in blue is from Lord Yingge's family."

Shui Yue replied on the side: "Well, the slave and maid remember that at that time, the slave and maid also asked the master which one the queen mother would choose to be the second elder brother Fujin." ”

Ling Ruo smiled with a hint of secrecy, "If you want to become the prince of Fujin, appearance, family background, and talent are very important, the first two are similar, the most the same is the same, and the Yingge family is slightly inferior." But in addition to these things, there is another thing that the Queen Mother values, and that is virtue. The queen must be very clear about this, so she started from here and asked her niece to grasp this point tightly, so as to become the best candidate in the eyes of the queen mother. ”

Shui Yue's mind spun extremely fast, and she vaguely understood the meaning of Ling Ruo's words, and whispered: "The master is saying that that Gege of Lord Yingge's family is pretending to be humble and gentle?" ”

"Bengong has paid close attention to the two of them, although Nala Lanling seems to be humble and supple, but when she left with Jade, she kept walking in front of the women of the Long family, refusing to fall behind even half a step. If she is really a woman who has always been supple and humble, how can she have such a caring behavior. As the night deepened, the wind blew in through the unclosed door, and the candle flame that had never been covered with a veil swayed for a while, until Yang Hai closed the door of the temple, and the candlelight gradually stabilized.

"If the queen wants to consolidate the position of her family, she must not let the position of the second elder brother Fujin fall aside, and it is expected that Nala Lanling will be selected." The daughter of Inge is surnamed Nala, and her maiden name is Lanling.

"Then let the queen get what she wants?" The water show was a little unwilling.

"The Queen Mother has chosen what else to do, but the four words of getting what she wants are not necessarily true." Ling Ruo smiled slightly, got up and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this, let the small kitchen bring the dinner, I have to continue to copy it after I finish using up the palace earlier, but I have to copy it before sunset tomorrow." In addition, go and call the fourth elder brother over for a meal. ”

However, just after dinner, Ling Ruo summoned Yang Hai alone, and there was only one order, "From this moment on, everyone in the Chengqian Palace is at your disposal, and this palace wants to know the every move of the second elder brother of Lu Dao." Since the last time he intercepted Shi Qiuci's letter, Ling Ruo had a little more trust in Yang Hai, and many things began to let him do.

"Slaves obey!" Yang Hai agreed, knowing why Ling Ruo did this, as a minion, the most important thing is to be obedient and loyal, and the most undesirable thing is to be talkative and curious.

Before dusk and sunset on the third day, Ling Ruo presented the palace rules that had been copied to Wu Yashi as scheduled, and after Wu Yashi looked through it carefully, he found that the handwriting before and after the front and back was the same, and there was no act of copying on behalf of him, his face eased slightly, and he looked at Ling Ruo who was kneeling on the ground and said: "I hope Concubine Xi doesn't think that the mourning family is deliberately embarrassing you." ”

Ling Ruo hurriedly kowtowed and said: "If the concubine makes a mistake, it is a matter of course for the emperor to punish the concubine, how dare the concubine have such thoughts." ”

Seeing that Ling Ruo did not deny what had happened before and looked at him sincerely, Wu Yashi bowed slightly, handed over a thick stack of paper in his hand to the palace maid who was waiting next to him, and said: "What you have copied, the mourning family hopes that you will keep it in mind in the future, and don't be as willful and reckless as before, otherwise the mourning family will not be punished as lightly as this time." ”

"Yes, the concubines follow the teachings of the emperor's mother." Ling Ruo hurriedly agreed, and sat with him for a while before leaving, returning to Chengqian Palace, after resting for a while, he saw Yang Hai come in, and whispered a few words in Ling Ruo's ear, Ling Ruo pondered slightly, and stretched out his right hand towards him, "Help the palace to go to the imperial garden for a walk." ”

"Huh!" Yang Hai hurriedly replied and helped Ling Ruo's hand out. In October, when the late autumn enters winter, the royal garden is no longer full of flowers, but under the careful care of the palace people, there is no sign of ruin, and the seasonal flowers are in full bloom in the cold wind, such as green chrysanthemum, thousand-petal chrysanthemum, wood hibiscus and so on.

Passing through the cobblestone path planted with plum plums on both sides is the northeast corner of the Imperial Garden, where there is a floating pavilion, across the pool, now there is a person standing in this pavilion, when Ling Ruo walked in, the person was sensitive, turned around, and when he saw that it was Ling Ruo, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "Hongshi has seen Xi Niangniang." ”

"It's the second elder brother, you don't have to be polite." Ling Ruo looked at him gently, "Second Elder Brother doesn't talk to the queen mother in Kunning Palace, how can he stay here alone, not even a minion." ”

"I'm just going to walk around and I'll be back later." Hongshi's gaze was a little evasive, but the more he did this, the more it aroused Ling Ruo's curiosity, and after taking a closer look, he was surprised and said, "Hey, why are the eyes of the second elder brother a little red, but he has cried?" ”

Hongshi hurriedly lowered his head, avoided Ling Ruo's gaze, and smiled reluctantly: "Xi Niangniang said that I was laughing, what am I crying for no reason, it was the sand that got into my eyes just now, so it was a little red." ”

"Is that so?" Ling Ruo glanced at him meaningfully, sat down on the bench and said, "This palace heard that the Queen Mother has chosen a candidate for the second elder brother, I don't know which family's daughter is it?" ”

A hint of pain flashed in Hongshi's eyes, "Yes...... The daughter of Lord Inge's family. ”

"Lord Inge?" Ling Ruo pretended to be surprised and said, "So, it's the second elder brother's cousin?" It's a good thing to kiss and kiss. But...... Looking at this palace, the second elder brother doesn't seem to be very happy? There is no joy for the bridegroom. ”

Hiroshi wanted to say that he was very happy, and he was happy that he was about to marry his cousin, but he couldn't say anything about it against his will. From beginning to end, the woman he wanted to marry was only Jia Mo, whether it was the daughter of the Long family or his cousin, he was not the person in his heart at all.

Seeing that Hongshi was silent, Ling Ruo said with concern: "If there is anything wrong with the second elder brother, you might as well talk to this palace to hear about it, maybe this palace can help you." ”