In the front hall, Tuoba Shen and Xiao Ziqing's brothers and sisters sat on one side, and several maidservants were waiting with feather fans in their hands.

Princess Yu walked into the hall under the guidance of two maidservants with lamps, and behind her there were more than a dozen dressed maidservants.

"See Your Highness!" More than a dozen maidservants lined up in two rows to salute.

"Get up!"

Xiao Ziqing stood up, took a step forward, looked at these handmaidens, turned back to Tuoba Shen and smiled: "Erlang, I heard that you sent someone to buy a few handmaidens the day before yesterday. Is there such a thing? ”

"Yes, there are no maids in the hall, and I feel inconvenient. Men are careless, women are careful, but some trivial things are indispensable. ”

Xiao Ziqing pointed to the maids and said, "How do those vulgar fans sold in the city match your identity!" Let's see, these handmaidens are all chosen by the princess for you, how are they compared to those vulgar maids in the city? ”

Tuoba Shen listened to Xiao Ziqing's words, and couldn't cry or laugh. No matter how beautiful these maids are, he can't do anything but look at them, what is the difference between being beautiful and not being beautiful, and in the end he can't say that he still gives them away. He didn't dare to bring these uncensored maidservants into the palace!

Xiao Ziqing has good intentions, of course it is not easy to refuse. Tuoba Shen stepped forward to take a look, and these maidservants were all wearing silk silk clothes. According to the rules, this is against the law, but in troubled times, even if someone has objections, there is no way to investigate and deal with them, and over time, no one cares.

In terms of their appearance and figure, these handmaidens are rare and excellent, and they are at least one meter six (estimated) or more tall. Look at the women who are in their teens and twenties, and there are even twins.

Tuoba Shen didn't want to look closely, and after only a few glances, he turned around and said, "It really can't be compared." It's just that there are not many of these maids who want to be uncles. The niece is mostly in the hall on weekdays, and he has no time to travel and feast. And in the future, when they go north, they will also leave their homeland. Please also ask my aunt to draw one or two more, if you get three or five people, it will be enough! ”

Princess Yu said: "Erlang is too worried, my aunt has already thought about this section." These maidservants are all outcasts, and they have no relatives to care about. Saying that, he pointed to the pair of twins and said: "I said that this sister of the Lu family was originally the daughter of the people of the good family in Jiangzhou, and her family was attacked by bandits five years ago, and there were no elders." The Lu sisters escaped for their mother's life by hiding under the couch, and were later sold by others, and moved to Jiankang four years ago before entering the mansion. ”

Tuoba Shen glanced at the twins a few times, and saw that they were not much older than Xiao Lingyuan, although they had not fully grown up, but their demeanor had already appeared. I think I bought it to entertain people's ears and eyes, and I must have spent a lot of effort and training.

Xiao Ziqing looked at the sisters of the Lu family, suppressed the reluctance in her heart, and said, "What the princess said is very true. Jiro doesn't have to worry about it. When you first came to your uncle's house, your aunt had a good intention, so don't refuse. ”

"So, niece, thank you for your aunt's kindness!"

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Yu Zhong hung a long knife and a horse whip from his waist, and walked into the vestibule under the leadership of the servants of the Xiao family. Seeing Tuoba Shenzheng and Xiao Ziqing standing in the atrium, after passing the slave, he quickly stepped forward and saluted: "The lower official has seen His Royal Highness", and said to Xiao Ziqing: "The foreign official has seen His Royal Highness the King of Luling of the Qi Dynasty."

Xiao Ziqing nodded and responded, but did not answer.

"Your Highness, you have entered the middle of the day. If he doesn't return to the museum, I'm afraid that Li Micheng will be worried. ”

Tuoba Shen nodded, and said to Xiao Ziqing: "Today, His Royal Highness the King of Luling treats him with hospitality, and the foreign envoy is grateful to him. It's just that the night is dark, and I don't dare to disturb the master anymore, so I will leave. ”

"How dare you send each other alone"

When I got to the door, I found that there were people and cars on the main road in front of the door, and there were many cars parked on the side of the road a hundred steps away. Follow these cars and go straight to the door of Xiao Shunzhi's mansion that passed in the evening. It turned out that at this hour, the news of Xiao Shunzhi's death had already spread. These people are all relatives and friends of the Xiao family, and they are all here to see the situation and ask about the funeral. The Southern Dynasty scholars attached great importance to these social contacts, so if they did not bow or greet each other in case of mourning, it would be equivalent to breaking off friendship. In the future, when they meet on the road, they will not look at each other more.

Retracted his gaze, and saw his car parked under the doorsteps, the guards who followed today were lined up on the left and right, and behind his car there were two ox carts appointed by Xiao Ziqing, and there were dressed maids standing next to the car. Tuoba Shen descended the doorway, turned around and saluted, "Your Highness, please come in." ”

"It's easy for you to go."

"Farewell!"

After Tuoba Shen got into the car, the casual maids behind him got into the car in turn, although Yu Zhong was surprised to see so many maids, but in view of the public, he didn't ask much, but divided three people to escort him in the back, and he whipped forward.

Xiao Ziqing went down the doorstep and looked at the distant convoy and the crowd of cars and horses in front of Xiao Shunzhi's mansion for a while before entering.

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When I returned to Gyeonguikan, it was already more than half an hour later. After instructing Liu Teng to settle the new maidservant, Tuoba Shen and Yu Zhong went straight to the main hall.

Li Biao, Jiang Shaoyou, Zheng Daozhao and Lu Guang had been waiting in the main hall for Tuoba Shen to come back, and when they heard footsteps in the vestibule, they came out to greet them together.

"Your Highness!" The four saluted

Tuoba Shen nodded and said, "Lu Qing, you hold the lamp and wait outside the hall, don't let idlers approach." ”

Seeing Tuoba Shen's serious voice, Li Biao and the others knew what had happened to Xu. After entering the hall, Li Biao asked, "Your Highness, but is there any important matter to discuss?" ”

"Something is really important." Tuoba Shen said: "The invitation of the King of Luling tonight is indeed as Li Qing said, it is for the sake of martial arts. But that's not the point. Speaking of this, Tuoba Shen paused for a moment and asked Jiang Shaoyou: "I heard that before Jiang Qing entered the court, how many generations lived in Qingqi?" ”

"Exactly, Xiaguan's ancestral home is Le'an Bochang, and he has been surnamed Qingqi for generations. In the second year of Huangxing, the lower official residence returned to the dynasty in Liyang, and then moved into the clouds. ”

"Since Jiang Qing has the surname of Qingqi, can he know Qinghe Cui Huijing?"

"Cui Huijing......" Jiang Shaoyou thought for a while and said, "Xiaguan's mother family is from the Cui family. When it comes to intimacy, he is originally a subordinate official from his maternal uncle. It's just that Cui Huijing abandoned the north and ran south at the beginning of his rise and attached himself to Xiao Daocheng. I haven't seen it for more than 20 years. Why did His Highness mention this person? ”

"Lonely Wenqi's lecture on martial arts is planned by Cui Huijing. Cui Huijing is the remnant of Cui's Nanben, and now that he has this discussion, he may not be the plan of one person. Jiang Qing has an old relationship with the Cui family, but he can go to find out after the martial arts is over. Speaking of which, Tuoba Shen remembered that the Cui family followed Xiao Daocheng's grand prize in his early years, and it should be more than Cui Huijing. Cui Huijing is a planner after all, even if Jiang Shaoyou goes, he may not be willing to see him, and take a step back and say, even if he does, it may be difficult to find out.

"Li Qing, can the people of Nanben know its auspiciousness since the rise of the Cui Emperor? In addition to Cui Huijing, who else is a high-ranking official? ”

Li Biao pondered for a moment and said: "The old clan of Qingqi, the people of Nanben, Cui, Fang, Liu, Zhang, and Ming, among them, the Cui family is the most, and the next is the Fang family, Zhang, Liu, and Ming. If it is said that Cui's is in a high position in Jiangzuo, there are Cui Huijing, Cui Zusi, and Cui Pingzhong. Cui Huijing, Cui Zusi Yu Huangxing, Tian'an Nanben attached to Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Daocheng pseudo-Jianyuan two years plus Cui Zu Siqing Ji Erzhou Thorn History, soon Cui Zusi was sick. Cui Huijing also preceded Cui Zusi in his year as the assassin of the pseudo-Liang and Southern Qin states. A few years ago, Xiao Zhen transferred him to the history of Sizhou Thorn. But I don't know why it's in Jiankang?! ”