Overnight, the news of Li Lingyu's canonization of the eldest princess of Dingguo spread.

Before the princess's mansion had time to post the list of visitors, she received a stream of greetings like snowflakes, and the porter had saved enough baskets to send to the inner garden.

Li Lingyun slept until three o'clock in the morning before waking up.

Honeysuckle carefully selected two well-behaved, diligent little palace maids to serve her closely, one is called Frangipani and the other is called Lotus Peng, both thirteen or fourteen years old, the same age as flowers.

Li Lingyou had people take all the mourning clothes she wore last night and burn them clean, and there were no suitable clothes to wear right now.

Fortunately, Honeysuckle reminded Anar in advance, and sent someone to the East Market early in the morning to buy it, collected all the high-quality silk and satin in the cloth workshop, and hired a group of seamstresses and embroidery girls from the embroidery village to make spring shirts for Li Lingyou.

As soon as Li Lingyu got up from the bed, she was surrounded by a group of people to tailor her clothes, frangipani and lotus canopy with morning tea and breakfast, and fed her a bite in the air.

Honeysuckle whispered to Anar on the side: "The cloth bought in the East Market is still a little worse, so I can only make a few regular clothes for His Highness to wear, and I have to sew palace clothes, and I have to wait for the palace Shangfu Bureau to send tribute clothes, preferably cloud silk and floating brocade, but these two things are not much to pay tribute every year, but I am afraid that the palace will not have enough points, and defective products will be sent." ”

Anar glared and said: "No, except for His Majesty the Emperor and the two Queen Mothers, just count the dignity of our Royal Highness, they dare to fool with defective products?" ”

Yesterday, Li Lingyu burned his mourning clothes, and Anar consciously changed his name and was no longer called Kedun.

"You have just arrived, where do you know the doorway here," Honeysuckle patiently explained, "Your Majesty is not only our Royal Highness's aunt, there are also two eldest princesses in Kyoto, one is the eldest princess of Yong'an, and the other is the eldest princess of Yongning, although the title is not as good as our Royal Highness, but their biological mother is the queen mother, how dare the palace be lazy." ”

Anal was puzzled: "Is the Empress Dowager still alive?" ”

Honeysuckle hurriedly covered her mouth: "Shen Yan, the Empress Dowager is now recuperating in Luodu, and her old man is still there." ”

Li Lingyu heard the movement, glanced at them, and called out: "You two don't be lazy, take a look at those posts, and read them to me." ”

Anal and Honeysuckle responded, looking through the basket of worship posts, mainly Honeysuckle was watching, although Anaar was literate, but he couldn't read people, and couldn't tell which posts were important and which didn't matter.

Honeysuckle soon found two of the most important ones, and coincidentally, they were the people she and Anar had just discussed - one was from the eldest princess of Yong'an, who invited Li Lingyou to her youngest son's first birthday banquet three days later, and the other from the eldest princess of Yongning, who invited Li Lingyou to go hunting in the eastern outings seven days later.

Li Lingyou was a little surprised, although she and Yongan Yongning were sisters, they were not born to the same mother, so they were not close.

Her mother was the original match of her father, and the current Queen Mother was originally just her father's concubine, and she did not sit on the throne until her mother died. In her impression, the Empress Dowager is a woman with great means, although she failed to give birth to a prince, she enveloped her royal brother, and married her niece to the imperial brother, that is, the Empress Dowager Rong.

Anal once asked Li Lingyou why she was more than one princess to be married back then, but she chose her to be married, but Li Lingyou concealed the truth.

Because it was a scandal of the Daliang royal family - Yong'an and Yongning, in order to escape from their relatives, one committed suicide and became half-dead, and the other self-destructed his innocence and made a private agreement with the guards for life.

So the Empress Dowager naturally appointed her and her relatives, even if the imperial brother was unwilling, there was nothing to do.

Li Ling's thoughts turned around and instructed Honeysuckle: "Go and write a reply and tell Sister Yongan that I am still in mourning, so it is not good to bump into my little nephew, and then send it as a congratulatory gift." ”

Honeysuckle asked, "Does the eldest princess of Yongning also want to refuse?" ”

"You don't have to go back, just go out for a walk."

Honeysuckle worried: "Your body ...... Can you hunt on horseback? ”

Li Ling smiled and said, "It's just to see the excitement, and it's not in the way." ”

Honeysuckle wanted to say that the eldest princess of Yongning might not have a good heart, but she knew that Li Lingyu had always been assertive, and since she decided to go, she would not change her mind, so she didn't say more.

***

The princess's mansion recruited customers before it was posted, and it attracted a group of onlookers, because there was a large box full of copper coins under the list, if it wasn't for the guards guarding it, someone would have stepped forward to rob it.

There are people who don't know how to read, please read the list aloud by the person who knows how to read, the Tao is the main attraction of the chief prince of Dingguo, but anyone who has a skill can recommend themselves, no matter whether the princess stays in the end or not, they can take away the consistent copper coins.

While wondering where the eldest princess of Dingguo came from, everyone was excited to take advantage of it, you must know that the copper money has always been worth ordinary people's food and drink for a month, and some people shouted on the spot and squeezed forward vigorously.

"Me! I! I'll do somersaults! ”

"Go, go, who can't somersault, I'll take a big top!"

"Can you learn how to call birds?"

"I'll catch the crickets!"

In order to pick up the money for nothing, these people say that they will have everything, but none of them sound right.

Honeysuckle wouldn't let them go directly to the princess to make an ugly sacrifice, so he arranged for a eunuch named Xiao Lizi to pick someone at the door.

Little chestnut is not very old, not yet twenty years old, because he has worked in the teaching workshop, he has a bit of eyesight, and he is also clever, he holds a gong in his hand, knocks it a few times, and suppresses the voices of everyone.

"Hello everyone! Those who want to receive the reward are lined up in front of me, one by one, talk about what they are capable of, and then show me their hands, who dares to make trouble, don't blame me for being polite! ”

The crowd quickly settled down, and a long queue formed, all waiting to show their hands.

***

In order to rule Xiqiang, Yin Yu discussed with a group of ministers in Zhongshu Province for three days and three nights before he came up with a rough charter.

First, it is necessary to establish a capital in the hinterland of Xijiang, send military generals to garrison, and then send civilian officials to govern; Second, it is necessary to open up official roads, communicate trade routes, enable the people of the two places to communicate, and educate the Qiang people; Third, one of the five sons of the old khan should be selected as a marquis and repatriated to Xiqiang, so that he could pacify the tribe and stabilize the situation.

For this candidate, the ministers made another difficulty, and they were afraid that if they were not careful, they would return to the mountain.

Finally, it was suggested that "it is better to consult Princess Yongsi, who should know the five princes very well." ”

Yin Yu's eyelids jumped, and he looked at the person who spoke, it was Zhongshu Ling Rong Qinghui, who was also the nephew of the Empress Dowager Rong, and another relative who held great power.

Yin Yu hates this person very much, not only because the two of them are political enemies, Rong Qinghui has frequently added to the trouble of his troops in the Qiang State, but more importantly, this person almost became Li Lingyou's concubine back then.

Rong Qinghui is four years older than Yin Yu, now in Chinese New Year's Eve, but he is still a beautiful man in middle age, his face is like a crown jade, gentle and elegant, which is the most sought after by women nowadays.

Unlike Yin Yu, who has been leading soldiers outside all the year round, his skin has become wheat-colored, and he has a beard, which looks fierce, so that people dare not look directly and stay away.

As soon as Rong Qinghui's words came out, he was immediately approved by a group of Wenchen, and someone asked, "Who should be sent to ask?" ”

Rong Qinghui was about to take advantage of the situation, and someone was one step ahead of him.

"This king is going to ask."

A group of people looked at Yin Yu, a little surprised by his positivity.

Yin Yu's face did not change and said: "The Royal Palace's Mansion is next door to the Princess's Mansion, and this king just happened to pass by." ”

Li Lingyu's identity is sensitive, and Yin Yu is reluctant to give her more talk, let alone give Rong Qinghui a chance to get close to her.

The ministers present did not pay much attention to Yin Yu's remarks, firstly, they did not know the origin between the royal king and Princess Yongsi, and secondly, it was rumored that Princess Yongsi was old and decrepit recently, and her beauty was no longer there, and no one thought that the royal king had other thoughts about Princess Yongsi.

Rong Qinghui stared at Yin Yu and looked at it, smiled slightly, and said, "I'll go with the king." ”