After two special treatments to enter the palace, from the nobles of the high gate to the common people all come to eat with a pint of incense, a pinxiang has become a rare place in the whole capital, where the noble young master can sit at the same table with the commoner boy to drink and talk happily, the elegant party organized by the lady of the family can also see the woman in cloth attending, the family lineage and secular rules are nonsense here, and there are even young men and women here love at first sight to achieve a good marriage good story came out.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and people in the aristocratic circle have long forgotten the lady of King Qi who died in the main hall, and now that Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, they have all picked out some rare gifts and sent them to Yipinxiang and the Plum Garden of the British King as New Year's gifts.

These two places are the most favored places by the emperor today, so they naturally have to take the opportunity to have a good relationship, and the King of Qi who has been thinking behind closed doors has been ignored by everyone at the same time.

Yipinxiang was closed for the New Year on Chinese New Year's Eve, Fang Cannon climbed the ladder and hung a red lantern at the door, while Ruan Mianmian held the ladder below, looking at him with a smile on his plain white face. Ruan Mianmian is wearing a small red jacket and cotton skirt today, and the little red boots of deerskin are on her feet, and she does not slip her feet when walking in the snow, and she is half-draped with a small cloak with sewn fur edges on her shoulders, and two fluffy balls are falling, and she is cute and cute. Two small buds were tied to her head with a red hairband, and two small lanterns the size of her thumb hung from the ends of the hairband, which swayed gently with her movements.

"Mianmian, cannon, I'm back, Brother Mu said that we want to prepare and follow Sister Xinyue into the palace in the afternoon." Liu Xin'er leaned against the door frame and glanced at the two of them, then turned around with a smile and went back to clean up the remaining dirty dishes on the table.

Fang Cannon hung up the last lantern, and slowly descended the ladder with Ruan Mianmian's hand, and the two of them didn't need too many words to have a special tacit understanding.

The two entered the house together, Ruan Mianmian helped pat off the residual snow on Fang Cannon's shoulder, ran to the stove and rubbed his hands to roast the fire, with a satisfied face.

Over there, Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue came down from the second floor, and Uncle Hua and Liu Xin'er also came from the backyard, and the family gathered together. Seeing Ruan Mianmian's cute appearance, Jiang Xinyue clapped her hands and sighed: "Let's sleep more and more like a kitten, the cat raised in the teahouse next door lies on the stove when it snows, and now it is like this." ”

Several people laughed for a while, and Mu Ruqing stopped them and said in a low voice: "I have thought about it for these days, and I decided to hand over that jade seal to the emperor today, so that we can be safe, what do you think?" ”

"Actually, I think it's good as long as we are safe, those fame and fortune are useless to us in front of us, Sister Xinyue can withstand it alone." Ruan Mianmian said obediently.

"I think the same way, if this thing is not done well, it will kill you, and that King Qi will give us a lot of trouble, in case others know, I don't have to do business." Uncle Hua nodded.

Seeing that everyone had such a consistent idea on this issue, Mu Ruqing also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, it was much better for everyone to work together than for these powers to be rich and rich.

When everyone discusses this issue, the quietest is Liu Xin'er, although she is also a member of Yipinxiang, but after all, she joined halfway, and she didn't know where their secret was.

And they had lunch together, and then they made a carriage and went into the palace together. Because it was Chinese New Year's Eve, red lanterns were hung on the streets, and red silk was tied to the stone lions in front of people's doors, which was festive, and then thought of handing over this hot potato in their hands today, everyone was a little happy.

Although the palace does not have to be lively outside, there is also a festive atmosphere, there is a little palace maid who loves to dress up quietly wearing a small red palace flower on her head, and the handkerchief is also replaced with red, which finally makes the cold palace have a little human touch.

The emperor met Mu Ruqing and them in the imperial study, because he said in advance that there was something important to discuss, so there was no one left in the imperial study to wait, and after they came in, the people outside covered the door.

Mu Ruqing held the ebony box wrapped in ordinary cotton, everyone else followed, and saluted in a proper manner, the emperor affectionately asked them to sit down, glanced at the box in Mu Ruqing's hand, and asked with a smile: "What kind of dumb riddle did you play today, do you have anything good to give me?" ”

"Your Majesty laughed, but Miss Ruan Mianmian from our restaurant found a good thing a while ago, thinking that Your Majesty should like it, so she specially brought it to Your Majesty. It's just that if Your Majesty doesn't like it, don't condemn it, and the small shop will depend on Your Majesty in the future. After that, Mu Ruqing put the box on the table, but he didn't hurry to open the wrapped cloth.

"Oh? What is so precious that I don't have it? Let's take a look, I promise I won't blame anyone. The emperor smiled and stroked the bright yellow dragon robe on his body, seemingly unimpressed.

Mu Ruqing didn't procrastinate, reached out and untied the knot on the cloth bag, revealing the simple and simple ebony box inside, and pushed it in front of the emperor. The emperor looked at it for a while, a little surprised: "This box is a little familiar, but it seems to have seen..."

He stretched out his hand and gently opened the box, and when he saw the contents halfway through, he was stunned for a moment, and then opened it suddenly, his face was full of shock, and his voice trembled: "This... It's..."

Everyone didn't speak, watching the emperor tremble and pick up the translucent jade seal, the eyes of the dragon on the jade seal flashed with fiery red light in the sun, as if looking at the arrogance of all beings in the world.

"How did you get this thing, the regent family, isn't there no one for a long time?" The emperor did not put down the jade seal, but turned his head and looked at Mu Ruqing and Ruan Mianmian calmly.

Such a valuable thing has disappeared for many years, and how many people he has sent to secretly search for it over the years have been fruitless, but now he has let these people find it, it is really incredible, and he has to suspect that these people have ulterior motives.

"Brother Huang, this is indeed Ruan Mianmian unintentionally discovered, it was in the root of the original big willow tree in the courtyard of Yipinxiang, someone dug a hole in the root, this box and jade seal are hidden inside, and then although we know the truth, we don't dare to take charge of it, there are too many things in the first few months and there is no chance, and now I will take it into the palace and hand it over to you as soon as I have a reason." Jiang Xinyue's face was a little heavy, and she spoke softly.

"I naturally believe in the imperial sister, but you have done me a great favor!" The emperor realized that his attitude was a little serious, and changed his smile instead: "You just said that this was discovered by Miss Ruan, I want to reward you well, Miss Ruan, what do you think is appropriate to reward you, gold and silver jewelry, or family land?" ”

Ruan Mianmian was named, and immediately got up to salute, and the small lantern on his head also swayed: "The folk girl also found it by chance, and she didn't dare to ask for a reward." ”

"I know that Jingshu's friends are all loyal and courageous, so naturally they don't look down on these vain fame and fortune, but you have made great contributions, and I can't help but reward you something, even in the court, there are clear rewards and punishments." The Emperor helped her to her feet

。 Ruan Mianmian really didn't want these rewards in her heart, but the emperor would be wrong, and only felt that she was tall and arrogant and couldn't look down on them, so she raised her weight again.

After pinching his chin and thinking for a while, the emperor finally spoke: "In this way, I will seal your position as the county lord, seal the Qingcheng of the city, and title the county lord of Ruliang." After that, he took the imperial pen from the table, dipped it in cinnabar, and began to write the holy decree himself.

It's just that everyone else was stunned, staring at each other for a while, unable to think of anything to say. Although this jade seal is precious, when did it become such a child's play to be crowned a county lord? Moreover, Ruliang is a military fortress, and it is a fertile land for thousands of miles of grain, which is simply the fattest fiefdom in the entire Central Plains, and a year's tax revenue is enough for Ruan Mianmian to wear gold and silver for a lifetime, and eat and drink without worry.

Although she had already begun to draft the will, Ruan Mianmian still had to be polite, so she half-squatted and saluted: "Your Majesty, the people's daughter has no talent and no virtue, how can she sit in the position of the county lord, please take back the will." ”

"You are a child, I am the son of heaven, how can I take back my will, and besides, the favor you helped today is enough to make you the lord of the county, just bear it." In addition, I have made another will, after a product of incense, it will be a royal restaurant, and the regulations will also be added, and the specific ones will be handed over to Ruqing. The emperor laughed loudly, blew dry the ink on the holy decree, and handed it to Ruan Mianmian.

Mu Ruqing got up and responded, thinking to himself, good guy, this time it has changed from a private enterprise to a state-owned enterprise, and there will be the emperor's support in the future, afraid that someone will find trouble? I'm afraid they can't stutter or stutter!

"Okay, you guys go down first, stay like Qing, I have something to discuss with you." The emperor waved everyone away, leaving Mu Ruqing alone in the study, and the two did not know what to discuss, and did not come out until before the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet.

Ruan Mianmian has just been crowned the county lord, and it stands to reason that he should ask the queen in charge of the harem in the palace to pay a salute, but now that there is no queen, although Lan Guifei is in charge of affairs, she cannot replace the queen in this matter, so Ruan Mianmian was accompanied by Jiang Xinyue and Liu Xin'er to meet the queen mother.

Xiao Liuzi faced the saint for the first time, as if he was too excited, although he didn't say anything, he jumped up when he got out of the hall, and Fang Dacang and Uncle Hua were busy leading him to the imperial dining room to work on the night banquet.

Although the emperor made a county lord with a different surname for a short time, it still spread to the queen mother's palace. The queen mother knew that the new county lord would come to ask for peace, so she came out of the apse and waited on the phoenix seat, and even Princess Fangyan heard the news, thinking about who the new county lord was, and they didn't know that the county lord of Ruliang was Ruan Mianmian.

Walking on the somewhat quiet palace road, Ruan Mianmian walked briskly, but Jiang Xinyue's face was a little heavy, and she frowned, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Sister Yue, do you have anything on your mind?" Ruan Mianmian asked with concern.

"In the imperial study, we are not the only ones, I can also feel the breath of another person, with my skills, I can't even see his martial arts, he is really a master among the masters. If the emperor had ordered us to be killed at that time to prevent future troubles, I am afraid that I would not have been able to resist it with my ability. ”