At the palace banquet of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor and the empress dowager received a letter from Ling Hua to the palace at the same time.

The emperor's letter briefly wrote what happened to Jiangnan Caoyun, how Ling Hua dealt with it, the matter was tricky, and the return date was uncertain, but let Your Majesty rest assured that she would definitely solve the matter of Jiangnan Caoyun, and would not let Your Majesty worry about Jiangnan Caoyun.

After reading the letter, the emperor was relieved.

The letter to the Queen Mother is much thicker than the letter to the emperor and the banquet, except for a brief mention of the matter of Jiangnan Caoyun, it is to emphasize that she will not be able to come back anyway on the day of the wedding, she knows that the Queen Mother is in a hurry, she is also very anxious, but she is really helpless, tell her that the old man must not be in a hurry to break the body, no matter what, she will always be the daughter-in-law of the banquet family.

This last sentence went straight to the heart of the Queen Mother, after reading it, although the Queen Mother was also very helpless, but also understood Ling Hua's heart for the country, seeing the emperor's view, he took the letter and sighed to the emperor, "Your Majesty, when the matter of Jiangnan Caoyun is dealt with, you have to reward Ling Hua, this child has worked hard for Jiangnan Caoyun for so many years, not to mention, and now even the wedding that has been prepared for so long has been delayed, you don't know, her wedding dress is embroidered by hand, and she didn't let the embroiderer touch a needle and thread, not only that, During this period, he also made three ordinary clothes for Xiaoqing, and even the embroidery on the auspicious clothes was taken back to the Ling family from the Imperial Clothing Bureau, and he squeezed the time to embroider it by hand. She is not the slightest dissatisfied with this marriage, and she is extremely dedicated to it, and now if she is not forced to do so, she will not be unable to come back and postpone the wedding. ”

After the marriage was granted through the holy decree, for such a long time, Ling Hua entered the palace every three or five days to chat with the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother was affected by her attitude and words, so she could naturally see that she really wanted to marry the banquet lightly, and her impatient mind was not much worse than her urgency to let the banquet marry his wife. In the past, Ling Hua didn't like to enter the palace, she knew it, and she remembered how many trips she had to the palace in the past two or three months of marriage.

The emperor nodded, "Don't worry, the queen mother, the burden of Jiangnan Caoyun is heavy, I know better than anyone else, for so many years, on the shoulders of her little girl, I can't help it, but there has been no suitable person to replace her, and I am helpless." ”

The Queen Mother also knew that Ling Hua's ability could not be replaced by anyone, and if it weren't for this, she would not have been pushed to that position by the emperor. She sighed, "You just know it in your heart, it's not that the mourning family says good things for her, it's really that this child has really not gained any benefits in the past three years, except for being affected." ”

The Ling family is not short of money, with the Ling family's family business and the property left by Wang Jin for her, Ling Hua is enough for her to squander for several lifetimes. When she took over Jiangnan Caoyun, she was fighting for a breath, wanting to protect the Ling family, everyone knows this, and His Majesty also knows that in the past three years, she has added a lot of deficit to Jiangnan Caoyun, and even she knows a few points.

The emperor bowed his head, "The queen mother can rest assured, once I find the right person, I will let her rest." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, "That kid also said five years, now it's three years, and there are still two years, so you don't have to worry." There is plenty of time, but you still have to be a little careful, after all, even if you find the right person, you can't get started all at once to support the big stall of Jiangnan Caoyun, and you always have to let Ling Hua take it. ”

"Exactly." The emperor looked at the Manchu Dynasty and shook his head secretly.

The Queen Mother is old, and although her body is good, she can't last too long, so she retired early.

On the way back to Changning Palace, the Queen Mother said to Grandma Sun, "Ling Hua's letter was written wildly, it can be seen that he is really busy, and even a letter has to be written in a hurry. ”

Grandma Sun nodded.

The Queen Mother said, "Since ancient times, there have been many records of soldiers taking command of the expedition, and they can't come back from the wedding. ”

Mama Sun smiled, "Miss Ling is a person who does big things. ”

"Yes, since ancient times, people who do big things can't help themselves." The Queen Mother looked at the sky, "I haven't even seen the moon this year, but it really makes people feel good." ”

Grandma Sun smiled and said, "The slave maid heard that Miss Ling doesn't like to enjoy the moon on August 15, and she looks forward to the moon on August 15 every year. ”

"Why?" The Queen Mother wondered.

Mama Sun said, "It is said that it is because of the old saying that the clouds cover the moon on the fifteenth day of August, and the snow lights up on the fifteenth day of the first month." You can't see the moon on the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, and you won't see snow until the first month of the following year. ”

The Queen Mother laughed, "Oh, you say this, the mourning family is also in a better mood, the snow lights are indeed very beautiful, the mourning family remembers, there is a year on the fifteenth day of the first month, the palace hung a lot of palace lights, the entire palace is lit up, the snow hits all kinds of palace lights, very beautiful, the mourning family also guessed a lot of lantern riddles that year." ”

"Yes, the slave remembers that it was ten years ago." Mama Sun smiled, "That day, the little marquis was by the side of the Queen Mother, he was still a well-behaved and clever child, very smart, and he guessed the most difficult lantern riddles in the palace." got a reward from His Majesty, and boasted that there were successors to the house, and the blue was better than the blue. ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Not really." ”

It's a pity that Yan Qing has been thirteen and a half years old since he was thirteen and a half years old, and somehow he turned against his bones, whether it was literature or martial arts, he didn't learn anything. He began to have a headache when he started reading, it was a real headache, she didn't believe it, she thought he was pretending, but she had really seen him read and hurt for three days, sweat beads crackled down from his head, his face turned pale, and then he fainted, and since then, she has stopped forcing him.

Duanjing Houfu was the only seedling of him, she was sitting in front of his bed at that time, looking at him lying on the bed, with a pale and thin face, I was really afraid that he would do something good.

So, when his brother and nephew tried their best to get him back to the journey, she came forward to persuade him to stop him.

In any case, he is good, marry a wife and have children, pass on the ancestry, and be a lively gentleman, although he can't continue to shine on the lintel of the palace, but it is better than breaking the roots.

However, he threatened not to marry a wife, even if he closed his eyes on his deathbed, he couldn't get him to nod and say a word to marry. The beautiful little girl in the capital was at his disposal, she got a few copies of the roster and put them in front of him, and he threw them out the window, so determined that her heart was cold.

Fortunately, after more than four years, when she didn't report any hope, he drank with Qin Huan and made this scene, which rekindled her hope.

But now, it's going to be postponed again.

The Queen Mother sighed again, "Hey, when will the heart of the mourning family fall into the stomach." ”

Mama Sun knows the Queen Mother best, "You can relax, there is the words of the little marquis, and now there is also Miss Ling's letter, it is only half a year late, the days go by quickly, and it will be spring next year in a flash." ”

What else can the Queen Mother do, she can only nod, "Then the mourning family is looking forward to the faster life!" ”

Soon after the Empress Dowager left, the emperor also withdrew early in order to let the courtiers raise their glasses and drink freely.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor stayed alone in the emperor's dormitory for many years.

On the way back to the emperor's dormitory, the emperor said to Zhao Gonggong, "Jiangnan Caoyun's stall is none other than Ling Hua, and I am really afraid that I will not be able to find someone to replace her in two years." ”

Gonggong Zhao didn't dare to say that he would let Miss Ling continue to carry it, so he could only say, "Two years is still a long time, Your Majesty is looking for it slowly, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be time for the triennial Golden Autumn Scientific Examination, maybe there will be a suitable person." ”

The emperor said, "Ling Yunyang, that kid, I have seen him as a slippery head since I was a child, but unfortunately, he is also a member of the Ling family. ”

What is the difference between handing Jiangnan Caoyun from Ling Hua to Ling Yunyang's hands and being in Ling Hua's hands? If Ling Hua was in charge for five years, and then Ling Yunyang took over, and for a few more years, Jiangnan Caoyun would become the Ling family.

How can Houliang's lifeblood be controlled by one family? What's more, the forces in Ling Hua's hands can compete with the East Palace, how can it be done for a long time?

Zhao Gonggong lowered his head, he didn't dare to listen to this, and he didn't dare to take it.

The Emperor sighed, "I hope that among the talented people this year, they can find someone who has that ability." ”

Zhao Gonggong could only say, "It will be." ”

The emperor asked, "What is the prince doing in the East Palace today?" Can there be a banquet in the East Palace? ”

He originally wanted to release Xiao Ze today to participate in the palace banquet and reunion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Jiangnan Caoyun did not present the excerpt, and Xiao Zhen, who went to Hengchuan County a month and a half ago, and Zhao Jiang, the head of the household department, did not fold into Beijing, he was depressed, and when he saw the four princes and the fifth prince, he had no intention of letting Xiao Ze out.

Gonggong Zhao shook his head, "The old slave doesn't know, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is afraid that he is very worried about His Majesty today, and every year His Royal Highness celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival with Your Majesty." ”

The emperor stood there for a moment, and suddenly said, "Swing and go to the East Palace." ”