Although Yidu County is a big city, with the rapid increase in population in recent years, from the initial 200,000 to more than 350,000 people, especially at the beginning of the year, the rich families who fled from the Central Plains have settled in Yidu County and sought safe shelter, making the land inside the city increasingly scarce.

This time, more than 1,000 palace maids and eunuchs Zhang Xuan received from Yu Wenhua and his hands have sent them home, and the six or seven hundred palace maids who are really homeless will marry them to the soldiers who have followed him for many years and have not yet married their wives, which not only solves the marriage problem of the soldiers, but also finds their own homes for these palace maids, which can be regarded as a happy thing.

During this time, Lu Qing has been busy with this matter, although there are also officials in charge of this matter, but Lu Qing refuses to marry them hastily, she wants to roughly understand the family, place of origin, age status, etc. of these soldiers, try to match them according to the region, and then make their names into a name lot, and give the palace maids their own lottery to determine their respective future husbands.

Lu Qing was pregnant again and couldn't be too tired, so he mobilized the whole family to help, and Zhang Xuan's family was very busy during this time.

Lu Qing was officially canonized as the princess of Qi when Yang Guang was alive, and several other sisters were canonized as Liangdi by Empress Xiao, and Empress Xiao also crowned them as his wife, this is Empress Xiao's way of doing things, she needs Lu Qing's care, of course, she must use her special identity to express her heart first.

This morning, Lu Qingzheng sat in the room drinking tea and talking with Wu Niang, Wu Niang finally became pregnant again after the unfortunate miscarriage, nearly a month earlier than Lu Qing, this time she was careful to maintain, not daring to be careless, maybe because of hope. Wu Niang's mood also washed away the haze of last year, and gradually regained her cheerful and bright personality.

"Eldest sister, I heard that we may have to move and go to a far away place, is it true?" Wu Niang asked worriedly.

Lu Qing took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's true that we want to move, the general told us before." We may move to Wei County, but it is still only the preliminary stage of consideration, I think it will take at least more than half a year to prepare, but even if you move, don't worry, we will definitely take a big boat, the journey will be very smooth, and there will be no fatigue. ”

"Hey! After living in Beihai County for so many years, I gradually got used to it, and moved to Wei County all of a sudden. I'm really afraid that I won't fit in. ”

"It's alright! Beihai County is close to the sea, a little humid, Wei County is much better, but it will be a little cold in winter, but I don't feel like living in the room, to be honest, I grew up in Zhuo County, and I'm really not used to life by the sea. I'm looking forward to moving. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Qing pursed his lips and smiled. "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

Wu Niang smiled, "I'm not disappointed, in fact, I don't like the life by the sea, it's just a little fresh when I first came, and now I'm just worried about the child, but since I'm going on a big boat." That's not a big problem, it's funny to say, I used to run around all over the world, and I couldn't stay in one place for even three days, and now I'm afraid of tossing. In the past few years, the whole person has been lazy. ”

"You're not lazy, but you're having a home, woman! Who doesn't want to live in peace? ”

While the two were talking, a maid reported at the door: "Princess Qiqi, the Queen Mother sent someone to invite her, saying that she has something to discuss with the princess." ”

Lu Qing nodded, "I'll go over right away." ”

She got up and smiled at Wu Niang: "I'll talk to you later, let's see what happened to the Queen Mother first." ”

Empress Xiao's mother and daughter are currently living in the east courtyard of Zhang Xuan's mansion, and there are depressed concubines, there are more than 20 palace maids living with them, and there are special female guards to protect them, there are more than 100 palace maids around Empress Xiao, and there are dozens of eunuchs, the east courtyard can't live, Lu Qing rented a few private houses for them nearby, and they can only wait to move to Wei County in the future and pick them up.

Lu Qing just walked to the east courtyard surrounded by several maids, and saw Yang Ji'er sitting in the pavilion reading a book, Lu Qing especially likes Yang Ji'er, and at the same time has always been a little grateful to her, if it wasn't for Yang Ji'er who picked her up from Lu's mansion in righteousness, I'm afraid she wouldn't be where she is today.

"Jill!"

Lu Qing smiled and beckoned to Yang Ji'er, Yang Ji'er saw Lu Qing, and hurriedly put down the book and walked over quickly, "Why hasn't Sister Qing come here these days?" ”

"I'm busy working as a matchmaker!"

Lu Qing smiled and held her hand, "You won't come over to help me." ”

"I really want to go, but the queen mother doesn't agree, saying that she won't let me trouble you."

"What's the trouble? So be it! I'll tell you how boring it is to be alone here, and how happy it is to be with us. ”

"That's it! Sister Qing must convince the queen mother, I am about to suffocate to death. ”

The two walked while talking, and soon came to the back hall, and a palace maid saw Lu Qing coming, and hurriedly reported: "Queen Mother, the princess is here." ”

"Invite her in!"

Lu Qing took Yang Ji'er's hand and walked into the inner hall, she often came to visit Empress Xiao, they were already very familiar with each other, and there was not so much etiquette, Lu Qing gave a thousand blessings and smiled: "How is the Queen Mother?" ”

Empress Xiao hurriedly pulled Lu Qing to sit down and asked with concern, "How does the fetus feel?" ”

Lu Qing gently touched his lower abdomen and smiled slightly, "It's okay, I feel that the little guy is alive, and it is estimated that he is a little Langjun again." ”

Empress Xiao knew that Lu Qing wanted a daughter, so she comforted her with a smile: "It's only four months now, where can you tell if it's Xiaolang or Xiaoniang, besides, when I was pregnant with Princess Lanling, I also moved a lot in my stomach, I also thought it was a little prince again, but I was born a little princess, so it may not be Xiaolang who is naughty in the stomach, Xiaoniang's may be a little bigger." ”

"I wish I was a little girl."

Empress Xiao then turned the topic to business, "Pei Xiangguo asked the palace maid to bring a message, saying that he and some ministers want to come to see me, and it is indeed not convenient for me to entertain guests here, so I want to discuss with the princess, can you let me borrow the outer hall of your mansion." ”

"It turned out to be this matter, although the Queen Mother uses it, there is no need to discuss it with me, speaking of which, we are not fully prepared, and the Queen Mother does not even have a place to entertain, I am really sorry!"

"It's nothing, I've never had such peace of mind like now for so many years, although the place is a little smaller, but I don't have to worry about being scared anymore, I still have to be grateful to King Qi when I say it, and of course I am even more grateful to the princess."

Lu Qing smiled, "I wonder when Pei Xiangguo and the others will come to visit the Queen Mother?" ”

"Just this afternoon."

"Alright! I'll go and clean up a little, and then the Queen Mother will just go over. ”

"Thank you, Princess, can you accompany me to meet you?"

"If the Queen Mother needs this, Lu Qing should obey her fate!"

Lu Qing mentioned the matter of asking Yang Jier to help again, Empress Dowager Xiao agreed, Lu Qing got up and said goodbye, Empress Xiao kept sending her down the hall, watching Lu Qing walk away, Empress Xiao couldn't help but sigh softly.

In fact, she doesn't have no place to entertain guests, the minister can go to the east courtyard gate, and then she can set up a guest tent in the open space of the courtyard, but Empress Xiao has experienced too many things, she knows that she must not meet the minister without authorization, even if she has to meet her, she must bring Lu Qing, so as not to have suspicion of Zhang Xuan in her heart, then it will be a big trouble

In the afternoon, Pei Ju and two important ministers came to the palace of the king of Qi, although Pei Ju hoped that Su Wei could come to meet the queen mother together, but Su Wei still politely refused his request.

This is also the difference between Pei Ju and Su Wei, including their personality and style of doing things, Pei Ju is flamboyant, Su Wei is low-key, Pei Ju likes to form alliances and pull factions, use resources when helping people, but also use unscrupulous means when retaliating, Su Wei can get along with anyone on the surface, a typical good man, but he has his own principles and will never give in principle.

So on the issue of official status, the performance of the two is completely different, Pei Ju is active and deals with the problem in front, he hopes that Zhang Xuan can adopt his opinion, but Su Wei advocates waiting for Zhang Xuan's decision, and when Zhang Xuan decides, he will implement it.

The ministers who came to visit Empress Xiao with Pei Ju were Zheng Shanguo, the former secretary of Dali Temple, and Lu Zuo, the priest of the country, one of these two was the leader of the Central Plains Shi clan, the other was the leader of the Hebei Shi clan, and Lu Ju was also the father of Princess Qi, and they all represented the interests of their respective factions.

An old eunuch led the two to the lobby, and there was a huge screen in the lobby, and the queen mother summoned ministers with curtains to separate them, but there were no curtains in Zhang Xuan's mansion, so they could only temporarily replace them with screens.

But the old eunuch had already quietly told them that Princess Qi was also sitting on the side, reminding them not to lose their manners.

The three of them walked into the lobby and knelt down, and Pei Ju said in a loud voice: "Ministers Pei Ju, Zheng Shanguo, and Lu Ju meet the Queen Mother and Princess Qi!" ”

Empress Xiao sat in the middle of the screen, while Lu Qing sat sideways, she only accompanied each other, and did not participate in the reception.

Empress Xiao said softly: "The three important ministers don't have to be polite, please get up!" (To be continued.) )