As soon as Ling Xi returned to Qingfeng Garden, she saw Aunt An coming up, and she said softly: "Queen Mother, you can count it back, the county lord of Anning is waiting for you in the house." ”

Ling Yao came, I'm afraid I came to participate in Xiang Yiyi's first birthday banquet, but unfortunately just because of the episode between the princess and the princess Qing, Ling Xi missed meeting Ling Yao at the banquet, thinking of this, Ling Xi was a little annoyed, she walked quickly to the house.

Ling Yao sat in the house with a child in her arms, the child in her arms was still a little crying from time to time, after Ling Yao saw Ling Xi enter the house, she quickly got up and wanted to salute Ling Xi, Ling Xi walked to Ling Yao's side and helped her.

"There are no outsiders here, so our sisters don't salute outsiders like this." Saying that, Ling Xi looked at the child in Ling Yao's arms, in the spring, Ling Yao gave birth to a daughter, this child is Ye Muzhi's daughter. Ling Xi had fantasized about having children with Ye Muzhi countless times, but she didn't expect that one day, she would see Ye Muzhi's daughter in the palace, who was also her niece.

"Can Hongu hug her?" Ling Xi couldn't help but ask.

Ling Yao didn't hesitate, she simply sent her daughter to Ling Xi's eyes, no matter whether Ling Xi was the queen or her sister, how natural it was to want to hug her daughter.

Ling Xi carefully took the baby girl who was only a few months old from Ling Yao's hand, she remembered the situation when she saw Xiang Yiyi in Xiyan Palace just now, the child in her arms was much smaller than Xiang Yiyi, but it seemed to weigh a thousand catties in her arms, this was her niece, and there was no other identity. Suddenly, the child in her arms smiled sweetly at Ling Xi, and stretched out her little hand to shake it in front of Ling Xi's eyes, it was obvious that her little niece liked her very much, and she was the same.

"It seems that Qingqing likes her aunt more, and she doesn't like me as a mother very much, she just cried in my arms, and when she got into my sister's arms, she couldn't stop laughing, not to mention that she thought her sister was her mother." Ling Yao said with some surprise.

"Qingqing?" Ling Xi muttered to himself.

"Ye Qingqing, the uncle took it for the child before leaving, saying that it is a daughter, it is called Qingqing, such as the green grass on the grassland, the son is called Mu Feng, don't go to the battlefield in the future, you can be like Mu Chunfeng."

Ling Xi hugged the child in her arms tightly, she remembered that in the letter she had given to Ye Muzhi, she said that after marrying him in the future, their children must not go to the battlefield, and their children should grow up like a spring breeze in a place with green grass, it turns out that Ye Muzhi has never forgotten her words, even if he married her sister, he still did not forget.

"Why didn't you see my sister-in-law enter the palace together?"

Ling Xi deliberately diverted the topic, she asked Jiang Mengqi. Since last year's Dragon Boat Banquet, Jiang Mengqi has never entered the palace again, and when Ling Zhu went to Chenzhou, Jiang Mengqi did not go with him, Ling Xi vaguely felt that Jiang Mengqi would probably not enter the palace in the future.

"Sister, after the eldest brother went to Chenzhou, my sister-in-law had to take care of the affairs of the entire Pingyuan Marquis Mansion alone, which was very hard, especially this year, my father's health was getting worse and worse, and my sister-in-law often had to serve around the country, so I didn't have time to go to the palace to visit my sister."

Although Ling Yao didn't speak

fake, but Ling Yao also seemed to feel that Jiang Mengqi had a knot in her heart and was unwilling to enter the palace. The Pingyuan Marquis Mansion died one after another with a wife and a concubine, and Ling Zhu went to Chenzhou inexplicably, Ling Yao knew that there were many things she didn't know, and if they didn't tell her, she didn't dare to ask. Especially Jiang Mengqi, after she entered the palace to participate in the Dragon Boat Banquet last year, she changed, became taciturn, and was even more reluctant to mention Ling Xi.

"What happened to my father's body?"

Ling Xi remembered the scene when Ling Xiao entered the palace to question her that day, and he was angry and vomited blood, Ling Xi couldn't help but feel a twitch in his heart.

"I heard that the imperial doctor said that it was depressed in my heart, and it was not very good, coupled with my father's many years of military camp life, he was sick and stubborn, and it is estimated that he will not be able to go to the battlefield."

Ling Xi let out a long sigh, although she had ten thousand dissatisfaction with Ling Xiao, but she remembered that Ling Xiao was once a general with outstanding military achievements after all, and when the general was old and couldn't get his own big sword, I was afraid that it was the greatest sorrow of a soldier.

Ling Yao looked at Ling Xi, who was a little melancholy, she knew that Ling Xiao's status in Ling Xi's heart was no less than that of her mother Jiang Shuangxue, but it was a pity that they knew that it was useless, Ling Xiao never knew.

"Sister, my uncle returned to Yicheng a few days ago, and I heard that my uncle may be going to the battlefield again soon, and my uncle plans to take my cousin Bang Feng to the southern military camp together, and Your Majesty has already given permission."

"Cousin Bang Feng is only fifteen or six years old, if he enters the Tai Academy, it will not be bad to be a scholar in the future, why take risks on the battlefield?"

"Uncle said that His Majesty's determination to destroy Nanxi is firm, or it won't be long before Dongyu's army will definitely set foot on Nanxi's national capital, and then my uncle will use Emperor Nanxi's head as a stacked stone under the queen's feet, so that your rear position is as stable as Mount Tai."

Ling Xi was stunned, she looked at Ling Yao in front of her, Ling Yao had never been interested in these things, it seemed that Ling Yao entered the palace today and was afraid that she would not only come to attend Xiang Yiyi's first birthday banquet.

"Does Uncle have anything you want to bring to this palace?" Ling Xi asked suspiciously.

While speaking, Ye Qingqing in Ling Xi's arms seemed to be a little sleepy, and her little eyes began to droop. Ling Yao took Ye Qingqing away from Ling Xi's arms, she coaxed Ye Qingqing, and soon Ye Qingqing fell asleep, and Ling Xi called the palace people to hug Ye Qingqing.

Seeing that there was no one in the house, Ling Yao whispered: "Uncle said that he wanted to set a marriage for Bang Feng's cousin before he went to the southern military camp, and King Xian and King Qing both went to Anguohou Mansion to tell their uncle that they wanted to marry their daughters, the county lord of Huaimin and the county lord of Roujia, to Cousin Bang Feng, and my uncle didn't dare to make decisions without permission, so I asked my sister to enter the palace to make a decision." ”

Huaimin and Roujia? Ling Xi was taken aback, she remembered the dispute between Princess Xian and Princess Qing in the Imperial Garden, which must have something to do with this marriage. King Xian is in charge of the Zongzheng Order, and is the patriarch of the royal family, although he has no real power, he has a very high status in the royal family and manages royal affairs. King Qing is the secretary of Dali Temple, responsible for criminal cases, although the official position is not large, but he has more dealings with officials and has an extremely wide range of contacts. These two are both princes, so it's really hard to choose. And if you succeed in marrying any family, you will inevitably offend the other family, how can you have anything to do with these two families, Ling Xi suddenly looked sad.

"What is my uncle's plan?"

"Uncle said that whether it is with King Qing or King Xian as an in-law, it is better than King Duan, the brother-in-law, which will help my sister in the future, and my uncle wants to choose a daughter-in-law in these two families."

Ling Xi understood, Jiang Zhennan was worried, the Jiang family and the Ling family were both families of military generals, and they had no foundation in the previous dynasty, and they wanted her, the queen, to be stable in the harem, and there must be someone in the previous dynasty. Originally, Ling Zhu should have been the person Jiang Zhennan wanted to cultivate in the previous dynasty, as well as Jiang Bangfeng, but unfortunately Ling Zhu's release and Jiang Bin's illness completely disrupted Jiang Zhennan's deployment, so he thought of using the method of marriage to make Ling Xi's position more stable.

"Uncle wants to marry King Qing?" Ling Xi asked with some uncertainty.

Although King Xian and King Qing are both princes, King Qing has real power, and he is also the only prince who served in the previous dynasty, and King Qing has a wide range of contacts, presumably only King Qing can meet Jiang Zhennan's requirements.

"Uncle said that the county lord of Jiarou is 17 years old this year, and the county lord of Huaimin is only 13 years old, and the county lord of Jiarou is afraid that he can't wait for cousin Bang Feng. In two years, if Cousin Bang Feng makes contributions on the battlefield, the county lord of Huaimin is almost at the age of leaving the cabinet, and it is just right to marry a wife. ”

"Uncle wants to marry King Xian?" Ling Xi asked puzzled.

"Yes,"

Although Ling Yao didn't know what Jiang Zhennan meant, according to Jiang Zhennan's words, Ling Xi should understand.

"Uncle also said that offering the king is a sect order, and it will be the most helpful to my sister in the future."

Ling Xi suddenly realized, how could Xiang Hongxuan let a prince have too much power in the previous dynasty, otherwise there would be no rivalry between King Xian and King Qing, if he still married King Qing, it would really be a stone to shoot himself in the foot, but King Xian is different, King Xian has no real power, but he is a decree, a matter of the royal family, it is still useful for King Xian to speak, and it is indeed the most helpful for himself as a queen.

Sometimes Ling Xi really admires Jiang Zhennan, his mind is used on the future of the family, he sees farther and more strategic than Ling Xiao, and of course he lives more tired.

"Uncle has thought it through, and this palace has no opinion."

Ling Yao seemed to have something to say, she looked at Ling Xi, and said faintly: "Uncle also said that he wanted to set a family affair for the fifth brother. ”

"Linghua? Didn't he just go to school at Tai Academy? How could my uncle have thought of marrying him? ”

Ling Yao didn't understand why Jiang Zhennan cared so much about Ling Hua, it was true that Ling Hua was her younger brother, but she was also Leng Qiuye's son, Jiang Shuangxue and Leng Qiuye both died violently within 2 months, making her vaguely feel that this matter was not so simple, remembering the past when Leng Qiuye made waves in the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, Ling Yao couldn't have brotherly feelings for Ling Hua.

"Uncle said that Princess Qing's fourth sister has a daughter, who is the daughter of the squire of the Criminal Department, and her age is just right for the fifth brother, and my uncle told my father about this, and my father is very satisfied." Ling Yao said with some dissatisfaction.

Although the official position of the squire of the Criminal Department is not large, his wife is Yu Qinghu, the daughter of Yu Ziqi, and Ling Hua's concubine can marry his daughter-in-law, which is considered a high climb. Ling Man married a prince, and Ling Hua again

If you want to marry a noble girl, Leng Qiuye can be regarded as a famous death, but what about Jiang Shuangxue? How angry have they been all these years? The more Ling Yao thought about it, the more angry she felt, and she became unhappy.

"This matter, let Bengong think about it again."

Ling Xi understood that Jiang Zhennan wanted to have a relationship with King Qing's mansion, so that rejecting King Qing's marriage would go naturally, but Ling Hua was not at ease, not because she couldn't tolerate her younger brother, but as long as she remembered what Ling Man did in the harem, she didn't dare to take risks, who could guarantee that Ling Hua would not be the next Ling Man?

(End of chapter)