After the Qingming Dynasty, most of the places north of the Neijiang River in the Li Dynasty gradually warmed up, all the way from the capital to the south, along the way are warblers flying grass long, birds singing and fragrant flowers, but the coachman of the Jiao family who came out of the capital was very depressed all the way, and after crossing the Neijiang River, he was even more bitter, until he arrived at the gate of Nanguo Mansion for the third time, and saw the familiar "Little Nanguo Mansion" Four words, a plaque with red background and red gold, was brilliant in the sun, but the coachman's heart was extremely dark at the moment, he stopped the carriage and walked to the back carriage, and asked towards the lowered sedan curtain: "Madam, you have arrived at the gate of Xiaonanguo Mansion, is you- will you knock on the door now?"

"Now that you've arrived, of course you'll have to knock on the door. ”

"Madam, but I've been here twice, and I'm sure I won't be allowed to enter this door!" the coachman was a little broken, "the butler said last time, if you come again, you will beat me out with a big stick!"

"They dare!" The sedan curtain was suddenly lifted, and a handsome middle-aged woman sat inside, only to see her raise her eyebrows and get out of the car, "I'll knock on the door myself!"

"-Oh, why are you here again, how many times have I told you, my Royal Highness is gone, I can't see you!" The corner door next to the gate creaked open, and the housekeeper Zhao Xing walked out with a frown, and walked in front of the coachman as he spoke, looking at him with a slightly chubby belly, with an impatient face.

"Pay attention to what you say, this is my housewife, the wife of Master Jiao Ranjiao, the head of the household!" The coachman thought that he was driven away by Zhao Xing twice before, but this time with the housemother on his side, he suddenly felt that his waist was a little straighter, and he said loudly in a high voice: "My housemother is not an ordinary deep lady, she is the daughter of the gate!"

"A-Qing - don't talk nonsense. Mrs. Jiao got off the carriage, her figure was tall and tall, she glanced at Zhao Xing slightly, and said slowly: "The post has been sent to your mansion before, and the intention of the visit is also clear, but the Jiao family has already sent people to come twice, and your mansion neither let people enter the door, nor explain the reason. ”

Zhao Xingxiang had already received Yao Jin's instructions, and when he saw her say this, he didn't panic, and made a bow respectfully, and replied: "This lady, My Royal Highness said that whoever sent Miss Lin to Nanguo Mansion could only pick her up." For the sake of Miss Lin's safety, His Royal Highness is not allowed to enter Nanguo Mansion at all. ”

"Lin Yuebai is the niece of the Jiao family, and whether she returns to Beijing or not is also a family matter of my family, I am afraid that I don't dare to ask His Royal Highness the Lord of the Country!" Mrs. Jiao is straightforward, and the kind words just now have exhausted her patience, and at this moment she is too lazy to talk to Zhao Xing anymore, striding on the steps, with a posture of wanting to break through. Zhao Xing was immediately anxious when he saw it, but the other party was not only the family of the senior member of the Li Dynasty, but also a woman, he didn't dare to stop it, so he had to shout at the top of his voice: "Someone, someone, the Jiao family is going to break into the Nanguo Mansion——"

The half-hidden corner door creaked open again, Zhao Xing thought that the guards in the house were coming quickly, it was Yixi, but he found that the person who poked out his head was a little girl named Ayuan next to Lin Yuebai.

"Ayuan, what are you doing here!Come in and let the guards come over!Go!" Zhao Xing hurriedly wanted to block the corner door, but Ayuan deftly got out, she ran to Mrs. Jiao and saluted, and said quickly: "Hello Mrs. Jiao, the slave is the personal girl next to Miss Yuebai, Miss said that she is very grateful for the kindness of her uncle and aunt, but now she is really in trouble and can't leave Nanguo Mansion on her own, and she gives a pair of Ruyi sachets to the two elders, I wish my uncle and aunt all the best!"

After that, before Zhao Xing could come to his senses, Ayuan had already stuffed the sachet into Mrs. Jiao's hand, and ran back again. Leaving Zhao Xing and Mrs. Jiao stunned on the spot, for a moment, Mrs. Jiao frowned slightly and stared at the sachet in her hand, then turned her head to look at the closed door of Xiaonanguo Mansion, and finally said to the coachman: "Go back to the inn first!"

"Madame, go slowly!" Zhao Xing was suspicious in his heart, and when the Jiao family's carriage and horse walked out of the alleyway, he hurried back to the house, and as soon as he entered the door, he hurried to the study where Yao Jin was to pay respects.

"It's really annoying, come and come, come and come, come and go back and forth from the capital a few times, and they are not too tired to panic! Then Li Yao himself didn't come, but he mixed the Jiao family into this!" At this moment, Yao Jinzheng and Wang Xiang are discussing the supply of the navy of Xiaonanguo, the new navy has been established for a while because of the Alor Islands, but the general in charge has not been decided, Fu Jiang is running back and forth in Jiuwei and the inland Nanguo military camp, and there is some concern for the other, and the navy has been complaining about the lack of supply after the year, and even the Songxi County Guard, who has always been good-natured, also wrote that the naval camp is unstable, so that the people near the camp can not live in peace. Yao Jin just talked to Wang Xiang here, I heard that Jiao Mansion came to ask for someone again, this time it was the wife of the Jiao family, she didn't have the heart to discuss the navy anymore, she pushed the report to the side, and said to Wang Xiang: "Hengzhu, I won't agree to let Yuebai leave, Wang Xiang, you quickly think of a way for me, let the Jiao family not come!"

"Your Royal Highness," Wang Xiang got up and walked to Yao Jin's case, "Jiao Ran is Miss Lin's maternal uncle, the Lin family was defeated, but the Jiao family was not implicated, and Mrs. Jiao's maiden family is one of the best generals in the Xiguan Army, and the Jiao Mansion will definitely be able to take good care of Miss Lin." Now they have come to pick up Miss Lin, and it is clearly written on the post, Miss Lin has a noble life, and she must not be exiled, and Lin Fengtai had already entrusted the Jiao family to raise Miss Lin in the capital before she was exiled——"

"Hmph! Yuebai has been living abroad for three years, how can they only think of asking for someone, and they haven't seen any uncles and nieces mentioned for a long time!"

"Your Royal Highness!" Wang Xiang handed a cup of Luo Han Guo tea to Yao Jin, "You obviously know that the Jiao family is ostensibly for the Lin family, but in fact it was assigned by the crown prince Li Yao, why don't you let them take Miss Lin? Then Miss Lin was originally entrusted to you by the prince to take care of her!"

Yao Jin pursed his lips, frowned slightly, and said: "The Lin family was defeated because of Emperor Li, the Jiao family knew that Yuebai was here for three years but didn't dare to come to pick it up, if it wasn't for the indifference of family affection, it was probably because Emperor Li didn't allow it;

"Your Royal Highness means that Emperor Li is still worried about your friendship with Miss Lin, and you are worried that Miss Lin will be embarrassed by Emperor Li when she returns to Beijing?"