The back court was busy, "Come on, move this flower pot over there", "What's the matter with you slave?" clumsy", "come and take the handle, move this screen to this side".

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"Ling'er, do you know what I called you here today?" The emperor flipped through the recital and asked casually, Hong Ling pursed her lips and had the answer in her heart, but she paused and replied: "Ling'er really doesn't dare to speculate on the holy will", the emperor put aside the recital in his hand and raised his head and joked: "Since I named you the county lord, you haven't called me 'father'."

Hongling lowered her head and clasped her hands together, "Ling'er is scared, don't dare, don't dare to make a mistake in front of her father", the emperor raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Hahaha, it's really my good daughter, but I called you this time to discuss other things with you."

Hong Ling exhaled secretly, her heart was settled, she raised her head, and the emperor continued: "Nanzhao is a good neighbor and friend of my Tianpu Dynasty, recently Nanzhao sent envoys to make friends with our country, tonight I will feast on the envoys in the imperial garden, and I will also announce to the world that you are my daughter", said and paced to the window, Hong Ling just looked at the emperor, but scolded him thousands of times in her heart, but still answered: "Ling'er is deeply gracious and will be grateful to Dade and do her best for her father" for a long time, "No matter what, I am ashamed of you after all, If you have any desires, I will fulfill them."

Hong Ling was immediately shocked: "Father, is this true?" "Jun Wu joked" said that the emperor turned around and looked at Hong Ling, Hong Ling immediately proposed: "Ling'er just wants to meet the prime minister and the prime minister's wife before leaving, father, is it okay", Hong Ling looked at the emperor eagerly, the emperor frowned, but still agreed.

Hongling has forgotten how she came out of the imperial study, but she is already excited in her heart, and she can fight for the last meeting with her father, and Hongling's heart is already a celebration. As soon as Hong Ling stepped into the courtyard, the emperor sent someone to send all kinds of dresses for Hong Ling to choose from, and after a few considerations, Hong Ling chose the most beautiful color but also a dignified set of clothes. Now that it is certain that he will embark on such a journey, why bother dying and struggling to end up in an ugly end.

While thinking about how to live on the road ahead, while practicing calligraphy, I couldn't help laughing at myself, I couldn't imagine that Jiang Hongling, a generation of demon kings of the mixed world, would accept such a fate and such an arrangement so quietly and peacefully, no matter what, the current parents are together, isn't that enough? Thinking of this, his face was filled with a happy smile again, and the palace maid and eunuch who were waiting were also stunned when they saw such a shocking sweet smile, and intuitively felt that this hard-working master was stupid, and he was still smiling so happily at such a time.

When night fell, the indispensable royal relatives at the banquet, Princess Hua Min did not attend, a group of concubines, a group of princes, Hongling only knew King Pu, and when she saw that he also happened to look at her, she nodded. The singing and dancing of the opening banquet, the toast of the envoys, the emperor's return, the mutual exchange of gifts, the staggering, and the more delicacies, at this time, Hongling all ate and chewed wax. Until the banquet was about to end, at the request of the envoys and the emperor's orders, Hongling had to go on stage to perform her talents.

Hongling smiled brightly, ordered someone to move a guqin, only in front of their own idle playing, after a song, everyone was still immersed in it and did not reminisce, for a long time, King Pu's eyes were blazing, and the guests raised a glass to Hongling and then drank it all, and the ministers were all impressed. The scene of that night, according to later people's descriptions, the Ruyi County Lord was like a nine-day fairy descending to earth, and every glance and smile was fascinating.

Prime Minister's Mansion, Jiang Zhong and Wang Anxin ate together in the restaurant as usual, and during the banquet, Jiang Zhong said: "Ling'er is about to marry Nanzhao, what do you want to tell me?" "Master, my lord has always loved Ling'er, I must have seen that Ling'er was different from before me, so I pretended to let her go to pay tribute to Die'er and then sent someone to do it on her way, and then pretended to be the emperor's hand, and naturally sent her to the palace and drove her to a foreign country, but it was just a picture of not being out of sight", Wang An'an's expression was natural, as if he had nothing to do with himself.

Jiang Zhong listened to her explanation, and smiled helplessly: "You and I have been married for more than 20 years, a pair of daughters, but in the end it was a failure, the old man thought that he had not done anything hurtful, but now he ended up like this." ”

Wang Anxin pinched the handkerchief and came out and wiped the corners of his mouth, "Since Ling'er's incident that day, the master has not spoken to the concubine for a long time, the concubine knows that you are complaining about me after all, and the concubine has nothing to say, after all, after so many years, the butterfly has not been returned, Ling'er is gone, leaving a pair of skins in vain, the concubine only begs, only begging the master to let the skin live", Jiang Zhong snorted coldly, and then left the table, leaving Wang Anxin alone to hurt himself.

Finally, people are no longer those people, and home is no longer that home.

The emperor ordered someone to allude to Jiang Zhong and asked him to enter the palace with his wife to meet Hongling. Jiang Zhong received the order to stand alone in the study for a long time, and couldn't help but feel ridiculous, his own daughters never remembered him so much, but this fake daughter was very attached to them.

"Dad, mother, you are here" Hongling was happy to see them coming, called a group of minions to wait outside, and asked them to come into the house to drink tea, Wang Anxin saw that Jiang Zhong did not react, so he took the lead in stepping forward and holding Hongling's hand, "Ling'er, I don't know how many years I have seen it, you must carefully protect your body in Nanzhao Country alone."

Hong Ling couldn't help but redden, and just wanted to say something comforting, Jiang Zhong interrupted: "My Jiang family has been loyal and good for generations, and it is nothing to sacrifice one or two children for the country, since you have been named the county lord by the saint, you will abide by your duty as the county lord with peace of mind, and you must not lose the emperor's face, and it can be regarded as your reward for the kindness of raising me as a courtier, and it is useless to say anything more."

Hong Ling clenched her fists, looked directly at Jiang Zhong and said, "Don't you have a little reluctance to worry about your daughter?" Jiang Zhong then turned around and stared at Hongling fixedly, Wang Anxin just wanted to answer to break the embarrassment, Jiang Zhong replied: "For my daughter, I have a heart of love and affection, but you are no longer my daughter."

Hongling would be mistaken, thinking that Jiang Zhong was talking about the emperor's recognition of her as his daughter, and she couldn't help but feel even more bitter, "Daddy, daddy, if you hadn't been in the way, would I have been able to enter this palace?" Do you recognize the emperor as a father? Ling'er is not stupid, Ling'er has thought that this is your bureau since the first day she entered the palace, Ling'er knows that you are dedicated to the country, so you are willing to accept such an arrangement, but why do you want to be so ruthless" After that, Hongling was already crying with tears on her face, Jiang Zhong laughed coldly and didn't want to say anything more, just about to brush her sleeves and leave, Hongling knelt on the ground, hugged Jiang Zhong's leg and begged: "Father, Ling'er is not afraid of harmony, Ling'er is not afraid of life and death, Ling'er only asks you to treat your mother well, don't abandon your mother, Be the one who forsakes his wife and children."

Jiang Zhong was furious when he heard this, and he shook off Hong Ling's head and left the small courtyard where Hong Ling lived without looking back, Hong Ling knelt on the ground and cried for a long time, Wang Anxin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking that this girl was still thinking about her so much, so he made up his mind to treat her as his own daughter, so he didn't say anything, sighed and helped Hong Ling up from the ground, wiped away her tears, and seriously explained how to protect herself far from home to a foreign country, and calmed Hong Ling for a while before she settled down.

"Mother, you must be good, don't let your father bully you, you know?"

Wang Anxin said: "Silly girl, what can your father bully me, you just have to take care of yourself", the words were almost the same, and Wang Anxin left......