Pan Qingxian was in a trance, but she heard the accompanying girls not far away whispering something.

"You know what? The envoys of the Northern Dynasty came to live in our palace, and I heard that they also brought a county lord who was like a flower. ”

"Shhhhh What to say! The emperor - oh, no, it is the king who has decreed that the word Northern Dynasty is not allowed to be spoken, to say the kingdom! ”

"Yes, yes, everyone has to remember!"

"That envoy is not an old man, but a man in his thirties, a very heroic person."

"Yes, the envoy's name is Lin Yiqing, and I heard that it is the Northern Dynasty...... Oh, no, the grandson of Lin Wenzhonggong of the kingdom. ”

"As soon as I heard that he came, the French were frightened and arrested the leader who destroyed the national seal given to us by the kingdom!"

"Yes! I heard that at yesterday's court meeting, whether it was Lord Ruan or Lord Zunmu, they had to bow their heads when they saw him. ”

Hearing the girls say this last sentence, Pan Qingxian's heart couldn't help but move.

The girls seemed to have noticed that Pan Qingxian was eavesdropping on their conversation, so they exchanged glances, and then left together, leaving Pan Qingxian alone.

Of course, Pan Qingxian understood that they were deliberately alienating themselves, but now she is used to it.

When she was elected to the palace, because of her grandfather Pan Qingjian, her family was already in the middle, and compared with the other companion girls from the noble and important ministers' families in the palace, her background was very low. So I have always bowed my head and behaved, and never dared to expect anything.

Although she is unusually beautiful, she is talented and knowledgeable. Smart and studious. He is often praised by the masters. said that she had the qualifications to become the queen, but her small heart couldn't bear such a weight. She said to herself over and over again: It's too early, don't be too happy, don't let others see that you are happy. She knew how many jealous eyes were on her, especially the daughters of princes and ministers.

The girls who can enter the palace to accompany them are fourteen or fifteen years old, and the youngest ones are only five or six years old, and most of them come from noble families. Every girl understands that if she can enter the palace to study, it means that she will be a candidate for the future queen concubine, and their every move, smile and smile are under the scrutiny of the royal family. Therefore, these girls are all careful everywhere, fine grooming, and often practice smiling in the mirror, for fear of saluting in front of the royal family, and not answering a sentence properly. ruined his future. And there must be no mistakes, otherwise it may be tied to the fate of the family.

They smile brightly and quietly in front of people all day long. In fact, the heart is already heavy inside. When Pan Qingxian first entered the palace, she was surprised by the depth of the scheming of the girl who accompanied her, the harmony on the surface, and the scheming in private. But as the days went by, she herself became silent and cautious.

Pan Qingxian no longer thought about those troubles, but silently packed up his baggage in the house, his father Pan Qinglian had been promoted to the head of the secret institute to take up his post in Hue. She was allowed to move to her new home in the capital to visit her family, and her parents would pick her up at the palace gate tomorrow, and the thought of this made the girl wish that the day would pass sooner.

But at this time, she couldn't find the window textbook where she practiced poetry and calligraphy on weekdays. She summoned the maid to look for her, but the maid said, "Maybe it was picked up by the maid who cleaned it as old paper." Pan Qingxian saw her eyes dodging, and a trace of uneasiness flashed through her heart, but what was the use of copying this poem? It's a pity that I want to give my father a daily study.

The girl didn't know. At this moment, one of her "Yongmei" is being spread on the Queen Mother's table.

"Hold the ice soul in the cold winter of independence, do not compete with the flowers for spring, the style is far from vulgar, and the blue and high arms are not stained with dust?

Thousands of miles of snow are red, and Ling Han stands on his own. The majestic and proud bones are envied, and the wind is full of fragrance. ”

What does this poem mean? It's too obvious. At a young age, they regarded themselves as queens, and they didn't know how their family taught their children. How can such a person stay in the palace and accompany the princes? A concubine said angrily.

At this time, the Empress Dowager had just learned that the envoy sent by the Great Qian Dynasty not only searched for a number of seals of Vietnam, but also forced Emperor Xiehe to abolish the imperial title and live in the palace. At this time, when he heard the concubine's words, he broke out, "What queen prince?" The king has abolished the emperor's name, and there is another emperor in your words, be careful of your heads! ”

The concubines were startled, and immediately they all knelt down.

"The servants are wrong, please let the Queen Mother calm her anger!"

The Queen Mother glanced at the poetry copy on the table again, waved her hand and said, "Since this child's character is not good, let her parents take her out of the palace." ”

With such a casual wave of her hand, the fate of another person was completely changed.

So Pan Qingxian's father, Pan Qinglian, received in front of the palace gate that she was the daughter who was expelled from the palace by the will of the Queen Mother.

The queen mother's gentle wave of her hand is like a mountain of guilt for the official eunuch house "after the guilty minister". What did the daughter do wrong? I heard that I wrote an anti-poem? Pan Qinglian was frightened and couldn't find out the truth, so he only knelt at the gate of the palace all day and begged for forgiveness. But Emperor Concord in Miyagi didn't know about it at all, and he was worried about only one thing all day: the flames of war might be about to burn.

Pan Qingxian wished she was dead. She doesn't care about being kicked out of the palace, but she feels sorry for her parents, who are terrified all day long. My father knelt before going to the imperial city every day, and my mother walked around the house, muttering: "How good is this, how good is this...... She would suddenly start packing up her things and say, "Xian'er, let's escape from the capital quickly!" Mother is just your daughter, in case the king decrees to kill you...... Mother can't live without you......" Suddenly began to burn all the letters and ink in the house, "These are all sins, you can't keep them, you can't keep them!" ”

Her sanity was on the verge of collapse.

Pan Qingxian took her mother's hand and cried, "They are just coming at me!" I don't stay in the palace, and if I don't fight with them, it's fine! It's okay, Auntie, don't be afraid. But my mother could not hear what she had to say.

Pan Qingxian wiped her tears and went to Miyagi to find her father. Pulling his sleeve and saying, "Daddy." Let's go home. ”

But her father slapped her in the face: "You little sinner." How dare you come! Let the ladies in the palace see it, aren't you upset? Do you want to die? ”

Pan Qingxian cried: "It's my daughter's fault, then my daughter will die here, what's the matter with Daddy and Auntie." Don't be afraid of me anymore. So he ran headlong into the palace, but was hugged by Pan Qinglian, and cried: "Son, if you kneel here for your father for one more day, the king will be less angry." You'll have one more chance to survive! Go home quickly, and don't let the people in the palace see you again!" The father and daughter hugged their heads and cried.

Suddenly, someone behind me asked, "What's going on?" Who weeps here? ”

Pan Qingxian looked up, but saw a short, fat, dark-faced man in an official uniform riding on a horse, staring at him, and beside him was a large group of cavalry guards.

Pan Qingxian didn't recognize him, but saw his father bow down to the black-faced fat man.

"Sinner Pan Qinglian, meet the Venerable Lord."

Hearing her father's words, Pan Qingxian knew that the black-faced fat man in front of her was the powerful minister of the government and the opposition.

"Sinner? Master Pan, I remember that you were just promoted to head of the Secret Academy a few days ago. You came to Beijing to work, right? How did you become a criminal? He was stunned for a moment, turned over and dismounted. came to Pan Qinglian and stretched out his hand to help him, "What's going on?" Get up and speak. ”

Listening to what the Venerable Room said, Pan Qingxian couldn't help but have a good impression of him.

Pan Qingxian once heard the accompanying girl in the palace say that his behavior was not dignified and generous enough, he was not good at words and communication, he was impatient and cruel, and he had no talent, he was timid and fearful, suspicious and murderous. But when she saw her talking about herself today, she couldn't get such an impression.

"They said I was guilty of writing poetry and expelled me from the palace." Pan Qingxian burst out of courage in front of this powerful minister, and said loudly, "What crime I have committed, I will bear it myself, and it has nothing to do with my father and mother!" ”

"You...... How dare you speak like that to your lord! Don't kneel yet! Hearing his daughter's words, Pan Qinglian was so shocked that his hands and feet trembled.

"Might as well do it." Zun Mu smiled and waved his hand to Pan Qinglian, looking at Pan Qingxian.

Pan Qingxian was not afraid of the eyes of the Venerable Chamber, and held her head high and looked at this powerful minister.

Zun Mu said that after looking at her for a while, a strange bright color suddenly flashed in his eyes, he seemed to remember something, turned his head and was about to talk to Pan Qinglian, but saw that Pan Qinglian was still kneeling there, so he smiled and stepped forward to hold Pan Qinglian's arm and personally helped Pan Qinglian up.

"Master Pan, it's just a poem, and the trivial things in the palace have nothing to do with you. Don't take it personally, I can assure you that the king will never blame you for such a trivial matter. The Venerable Room said to comfort Pan Qingqing.

"But...... But...... The little girl committed a great crime and offended the emperor...... Lord-sama ...... "Before he finished his father's words, he interrupted him with a smile.

"What a royal power! The emperor has already gone, Lord Pan, remember, don't say this emperor anymore. Let the envoy of the kingdom hear about it, but the trouble is much greater than your daughter writing a few poems. The Venerable Room said with a smile, "When is it, the inner palace is still fighting openly and secretly for such a trivial matter." The king's heart is still clear about right and wrong, and Lord Pan is more relaxed. When I get back, I'll go and talk to the king. ”

Pan Qinglian was so grateful that he kowtowed again and again: "With the words of the lord of the Venerable Room, the ministers dare not be ruthless and be loyal." ”

"By the way, Master Pan, do you know where I came from?" Zun Mu said that he glanced at Pan Qingxian again and said to Pan Qinglian.

Pan Qinglian didn't expect the venerable room to say that there would be such a question, and he was stunned for a while, not knowing how to answer.

"This ...... The minister didn't know. ”

"Master Pan, I was invited by the envoy of Shangguo to take the envoy to Lingzun's ancestral hall to worship Lingzun." Zun Mu said that he gave the answer with a smile, and stroked his beard and watched Pan Qinglian's reaction.

Hearing that the Venerable Room said that he had just gone to Pan Qingjian's ancestral hall with Lin Yiqing, the envoy of the Great Qianchao, Pan's father and daughter were shocked.

"Envoy of the Kingdom of Shang...... And the lord went to worship his father? Pan Qinglian's voice was excited, and Pan Qingxian saw her father's tears flowing again.

He smiled and nodded.

"The envoy of Shangguo personally burned incense to offer sacrifices, placed offerings, and recited the sacrificial texts, with a very reverent attitude." "Especially the memorial text, it's a good article." ”

"That'...... What does the sacrificial text say? ”

"The sacrificial text of the envoy of the kingdom. I didn't write it all down. But there are a few sentences that I still remember clearly: 'Pan Gong is a good person. Honest, diligent and cautious, dare to speak up, go through three dynasties, and be simple. and the southward journey of the festival, the situation is helpless, and the guilt can be convicted, and it is difficult to deal with people. Look at its omission. The heart of loyalty is overflowing, and he is rich in words and erudition......" The Venerable Room shook his head and chanted, and the erudite Pan Qingxian immediately heard it, this sacrificial text could never be made up casually to make their father and daughter happy, so that they would be grateful to themselves!

After Pan Qingjian's death, although Emperor Heide put all the responsibility for losing the land on him, and also gave Pan Qingjian the punishment of "eternal beheading case, punishment and death", but the people were very sympathetic to Pan Qingjian's experience. Because Pan Qingjian has asked for the people's lives many times. As an official and extremely honest (as can be seen from the name given to his son), some people spontaneously established an ancestral hall for Pan Qingjian. Stand a tablet for enshrinement.

Lin Yiqing went to worship in such an ancestral hall.

At this moment, Pan Qingxian actually felt in a trance.

She never thought that a Qianguo person would have such reverence for her grandfather.

No matter what motive he did this, at least one thing is certain, he worships his grandfather as the emperor's envoy of the Great Qian Empire, which is equivalent to rehabilitating his grandfather on behalf of the emperor of the Great Qian Empire!

"It's really commendable that the envoy of the kingdom can do this, Lord Pan, you have to think about it, thank you for it!" Zun Mu said that he glanced at Pan Qingxian meaningfully, and patted Pan Qinglian's shoulder, "Okay, I still have something to do, go first, don't cry here, go back to the house to rest." ”

"Minister...... Lord Xie Zun. Pan Qinglian seemed to understand something, and immediately said to the Venerable Room and bowed down.

The venerable room who got on the horse said that he waved his hand at Pan Qingqing, and went away surrounded by guards.

"Daddy, let's go home." Pan Qingxian watched the distant figure disappear into the dust, and stepped forward to support her father.

Pan Qinglian slowly got up with the support of his daughter and walked in the direction of home, Pan Qingxian found that along the way, his father looked at him from time to time, and his eyes seemed to be very different from before.

"That Mr. Pan Qingjian, it's really pitiful." Zhu Xueyan listened to Lin Yiqing's story about Pan Qingjian's deeds of worshipping today, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"The concept of 'the signatories are traitors' has a big market in Daqian, Vietnam and North Korea." Lin Yiqing smiled and said, "Fortunately, justice is in the hearts of the people, and the Vietnamese people are still not so easy to fool, so some people will risk the blame of the court and build an ancestral hall for Pan Qingjian to commemorate him." If it's in Daqian, I'm afraid I won't have this treatment. ”

"Hehe, are you talking about yourself?" Zhu Xueyan heard what Lin Yiqing said and raised her eyebrows.

"It's still Yan'er who is smart, and I can see that this time I went to Vietnam, and it was actually a set that someone gave me." Lin Yiqing smiled and nodded, "For the sake of Vietnam, I will definitely have to negotiate with the French, and I will also sign a new treaty, the conditions of this new covenant will be beneficial to our big business, it is the work of the Empress Dowager and the emperor, if the conditions of signing are unfavorable, hehe, I am afraid that my fate is not as good as that old Mr. Pan Qingjian." ”

"Yes, this 'traitor' hat can't be taken off if you button it up." Zhu Xueyan thought of the danger of Lin Yiqing's trip, and couldn't help but feel worried.

"However, we have now pinched the handle of the Vietnamese, and the evidence has been obtained, and now we are on the way to the capital, and it is estimated that when we talk to the French, that Qingliu will not cause us trouble." Lin Yiqing said.

"You mean, those big seals of Vietnam?" Zhu Xueyan immediately guessed what Lin Yiqing's "handle" was. has been with Lin Yiqing for a long time, and she has become less "tendon" than before.

Just a few days ago, Lin Yiqing had ordered that the national seals made by the Vietnamese with the words "overstepping" engraved with the words "overstep" be loaded onto the ship and transported to Tianjin by the high-speed notification ship "Flying Tiger," and handed over to Li Shaoquan to escort to Beijing and present to the Empress Dowager Renxi.

"Yes. I guess those guys who say that Vietnam has always been 'submissive' will break out in a cold sweat when they see these big seals. Lin Yiqing imagined the expressions of the gossip officials when they saw these seals with the words "Son of Heaven", and laughed.

"Maybe when we get back, they'll hang up several." Zhu Xueyan also smiled.

"The next thing is to deal with the French, you don't have to come forward here, you just do the things I told you." Lin Yiqing shook Zhu Xueyan's hand, "This time I came to Vietnam, in fact, another important thing is to clean you up, you must be careful." ”

"Don't worry!" Zhu Xueyan smiled heartily, "It's likely that you will meet acquaintances, if you agree, I will help you find some talents and help us do things." ”

"It would be nice to be able to use it for us. But you have to remember, Yan'er, although they are also from the Heaven and Earth Society, but they are not all under the orders of the Helmsman of Middle Earth, and you are a rebel in their eyes, I am afraid that someone is your old department, and you may not meet each other when you meet. Lin Yiqing admonished.

"I understand, don't worry, Hanpeng." Zhu Xueyan felt the concern in Lin Yiqing's words, and her heart warmed, "I'm going to prepare, you have to be careful." ”

After Zhu Xueyan left, Lin Yiqing's thoughts returned to the upcoming negotiations with the French. (To be continued.) )

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