"Then according to His Majesty's words, after the expiration of the three-year national mourning period, can Princess Zhenli and the dog be married?" Madame Montay hesitated again and again, but finally asked this question, "Although the courtier is now just an ignorant woman in the house, she also knows that the court is not peaceful...... The Meng family has been loyal for generations and will definitely support the royal family. ”

Luo Xizheng tapped the table with his hand.

"Now that Prime Minister Ning is dictatorial and autocratic, and it coincides with the upcoming draft ceremony, if His Majesty's former dynasty and harem are all people who can't be trusted-"

"Madame Montame." Luo Xizheng forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, directly interrupted her, and said softly, "This is no longer what you should say." ”

"Yes." Madame Montay wisely stopped talking about this, and immediately changed the topic, "Now that Your Majesty attaches great importance to Princess Zhenli, it is well known to everyone, and the princess has reached the age of the princess, and the courtiers also ask Your Majesty to make arrangements for the princess's lifelong events." ”

Arrange for her life's events early?

How to arrange it? Married to Meng Yan?

To be honest, Luo Xizheng didn't want to see Luo Liyao marry anyone, so he could only try his best to postpone her marriage contract. However, Madame Montame's next sentence suddenly woke him up—

"Your Majesty, as a man, may not know that in our Tianqi, a woman who has not yet negotiated marriage at eighteen is immoral, and if she has not married and given birth to children after twenty, she is considered an 'old woman'...... It will be laughed at by everyone. Madame Montay raised her head slightly, met his inquiring gaze, but did not shy away from continuing, "I believe that Your Majesty and the courtiers have the same opinion—a proud daughter of heaven like Princess Zhenli cannot be discussed because she has not married for a long time. ”

That's a very clever way to say.

She could see that Luo Xizheng did not approve of the relationship between the royal family and the Meng family, and she had also heard various folk rumors, some of which were even unbearable...... But no matter what the reason is, she has to remind him - if she is really good for Princess Zhenli and sincerely thinks about her, she should arrange a marriage for her as soon as possible, and the Meng family can also do things for the royal family more loyally.

It's a bit of a threat in it.

Luo Xizheng heard the meaning of her words, but he didn't take it to heart, smiled indifferently, and said, "These things don't bother Mrs. Mengtai." ”

Luo Liyao never said that she was willing to surrender and marry Meng Yan, so he would never let this happen.

No one can force her, no one can.

Luo Xizheng already had a somewhat sharp gaze, and he made Mrs. Montay on the opposite side feel a little numb.

And the person he was always thinking about was sulking because of him at this time.

"Dissipate the gas, dissipate the ......" Shi Yuezhen stuffed a cup of tea with the right temperature into Luo Liyao's hand and patted her at the right time

The back tried to stabilize her emotions, "Isn't it just a big thing?" If you don't want it, why don't you give it to me? ”

"Think beautifully!" Luo Liyao was a little furious when she heard this, glaring at her, and her beautiful eyes were full of displeasure because she was angry. She angrily put the teacup on the table, and said to Bang Yue, "Take it back and press it at the bottom of the box, and put the dust!" ”

Bang Yue hugged the heavy snow-white coat, blinked when she heard the words, and hesitated how to persuade her highness.

The fur of this big coat is oily and slippery, extremely comfortable to the touch, and it is still a rare snow-white color, even she can see this extraordinary product at a glance - I heard that His Royal Highness went out hunting a few days ago, and finally got a ferret, I am afraid that His Majesty will come to make this big piece for His Royal Highness.

With such intentions, it should be impossible for His Highness not to see it.

Such a valuable thing, what else does His Highness say about putting it at the bottom of the box to accumulate dust...... Bang Yue unconsciously shuddered, what if His Majesty blamed it-Bang Yue didn't know what to do, and was stunned for a while.

"Alright, alright, take it back." Shi Yuezhen secretly gave her a look, and patiently persuaded Luo Liyao, "Don't say such angry words, look at it, Bang Yue is scared by you—if Your Majesty hears this, won't you be gone?" ”

Bang Yue understood, silently held the snow-white big coat in his hand and retreated.

You have to go back and put this away quickly, not only to maintain it so that it can't fall into dust, but also not to let His Highness see it easily...... Unless His Highness takes the initiative to ask after his anger is gone, well.

"Humph!" It just so happened that Luo Liyao didn't bother to say more, snorted coldly, and got up again to screen the portraits.

Tang Haoqi looked admiring, silently grabbed a handful of peanuts and put them in his mouth, and gave Shi Yuezhen a thumbs up.

It is true that the more true, the matter was solved in a few words.

Belch...... Sort of, it's solved. Anyway, they don't need to do this thing to coax the princess. Tang Haoqi thought secretly.

As Shi Yuezhen said, after many days, Luo Liyao finally finished reading the portraits of the show girls who were sent to her one by one, and screened out those who were qualified to enter the palace to participate in the physical examination.

After the list was published all over the country, the common people just watched the excitement, and the high-ranking official families in the clan who were selected as ladies were all busy for this.

And it is worth mentioning that no matter how much displeasure Luo Liyao held back in her heart, she really had to admit that the women in the pictures sent by Empress Dowager Zhao were very outstanding in terms of family background and appearance, so they were directly put into the list.

Even if it also includes Ning Wan, who Luo Liyao doesn't like very much.

Even she herself couldn't say why she didn't like Ning Wan so much—probably because

For her extremely rude words to herself and the queen mother at that time, Luo Liyao put down the fully checked account book in her hand, rubbed her forehead, and thought silently.

"Now it's a year later, and those show girls have begun to enter the palace one after another, right? How is the palace arranged? Luo Liyao took the hot tea offered by Bang Hua and asked casually, her eyes turned to the window - it was the cold winter wax moon, the snowflakes had been flowing for a long time, and there was a large area of pure white color, which made her eyes temporarily relaxed.

"There are a total of one hundred and thirty-five show girls, who will live in the Xiangqu Palace, the Mingxin Palace, the Jade Palace, and the Banling Palace." Bang Hua recalled slightly, and quickly replied, "The slave maid has seen the specific distribution of the palace, and it is divided according to the place where the show girls are born, and try to let those show girls from the same place live together......"

"Nope." Luo Liyao waved her hand and directly interrupted her words, "Where there are many people, there are not many people, and if they form gangs in groups of three or five, it will be even more difficult to deal with them - separate them from one place or those with some family origins." ”

"Yes, the slave maid will inform the Internal Affairs Department......," Bang Hua paused before continuing, "There is one more matter, the head of the Internal Affairs Department, Cheng Kang Pinto, the slave maid, came to ask His Highness - it is said that this matter is very important, and he does not dare to make his own decisions. ”

"What?"

"Empress Dowager Zhao...... I wanted to arrange that Miss Ning Wan in the Xingfei Hall where she lived before. Bang Hua glanced at it secretly, and saw that she didn't have any obvious displeasure when she mentioned Ning Wan, so she dared to continue, "Manager Cheng said that the Xingfei Hall is uninhabited now, and it's not a big deal, but this phoenix seal is in His Highness's hands after all, so I have to ask His Highness what he means——"

"He's a man." Luo Liyao lowered her eyes, took a sip of hot tea, held it in her hand, felt the warmth of the tea, and said, "Xingfei Hall is close to Yiyuan Palace, and it is much better than those palaces for show girls to live in...... Before that, it was still the dormitory of the Empress Dowager Zhao, who did she want to give it to, and how could I say something? ”

"Your Highness...... Is this promised? Bang Hua looked at her indifferent look, and her mood was a little complicated.

"Or else? There is no need to make Empress Dowager Zhao feel uncomfortable for this matter. Luo Liyao took another sip of the tea in her hand, "Since she wants to give Ning Wan this dignity, let them go—I'm afraid that the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it." ”

Bang Hua was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly looked up at her.

Luo Liyao was still holding hot tea in her hand, looking at the goose feather snow outside the window with an indifferent face, as if these things were no longer in her eyes.

That's pretty much the case.

Zhao Tianyuan wants to help Ning Wan enter the harem, and Ning Wan wants to become the queen, these things have nothing to do with her at all.

"Your Highness...... we

But if you want to only be in charge? Bang Hua blinked and looked at her.

"What do you tell him? Is it better for Ning Wan? Luo Liyao smiled helplessly and shook her head, "I didn't let him take special care of Ning Wan...... All this is the meaning of the Empress Dowager Zhao in our Yide Palace. ”

"Yes, slave maid understands." Bang Hua smiled slightly, and gently retreated, leaving her alone in this silent hall, only the sound of the charcoal fire in the stove beeping.

Luo Liyao sorted out the stacks of ledgers that had been checked on the small case in front of her, and sighed slightly. But she seemed to have thought of something very happy, and burst out laughing, and muttered to herself softly as a sympathetic whisper in her ear.

"Hahaha-Ning Wan, Ning Wan...... The palace is not so easy to enter. ”

"Ahem......" Ning Wan frowned, and tightened the big coat on her body - this is her father's favorite thing, it is said that this fur was hunted by His Majesty himself and given to his father, but he specially took it out and gave it to himself before entering the palace.

"Miss, but it's cold?" The little maid on the side, Li Zhu, was a little worried, and hurriedly asked outside the sedan chair.

"It doesn't matter." Ning Wan paused, lifted the small curtain to look at the palace scenery outside the sedan chair, and asked casually, "Haven't you arrived yet?" ”

"It's almost there." The attendant who accompanied the sedan chair hurriedly smiled, "After the Canglan Palace, there will only be half an hour away." ”

"Canglan Palace?" Ning Wanzheng felt a little familiar, and suddenly a palace that was completely different from the others suddenly appeared in front of her, and the top of the palace turned out to be aqua blue. She suddenly remembered what she said to herself on the eve of entering the palace, and she knew in her heart, "That's the Canglan Palace?" Princess Zhenli's bedroom? ”

"Yes, Miss Ning has good eyesight." The waiter followed her gaze and said with a smile, "Today's Princess Zhenli is really different from what it used to be." ”

"That...... How so? Ning Wan suddenly remembered Luo Liyao's indifferent but beautiful face, and her heart was a little depressed, "She's just a princess, why did Your Majesty let her take charge of the Phoenix Seal?" And let her preside over the draft? This is also so unconventional! ”

"Ouch! Miss Ning, you can't just say this in the palace! The waiter was frightened by her words, and hurriedly looked around, and said softly, "The slave has a good brother who works on an errand in the Yiyuan Palace, and I saw with my own eyes that Your Majesty beat a minister and demoted him to the southern border city - that minister is still a second-grade official!" Let the beating be beaten, and the depreciation will be degraded. ”

"Just because I said...... What to say? Ning Wan bit her lip, a little afraid.

"The minister just mentioned one sentence: Your Majesty treats Princess Zhenli like this, I'm afraid it's unreasonable-" The waiter patted his chest, and said with some fear, "This palace is not as good as the mansion, there are eyes everywhere, Miss Ning has to be careful when she speaks." ”

(End of chapter)