The twin siblings of the Song family have been very similar since they were children, the elder brother is too handsome, but the younger sister is quite heroic, and it was not until she was six or seven years old that she gradually showed her differences.

Even after nearly nine years of separation, the two still recognized each other at first sight.

Especially Zhi Wei, she knew her brother's misfortune, and she didn't need to hesitate at all, she could be 100% sure when she saw that dazzling scar.

Song Zhige's height has risen a lot, and Zhiwei, who was a little taller than him before leaving home, is already half a head shorter than him at this time, but he still has a familiar face.

Zhiwei thought that she had been smoothed out by years of palace life, but when she saw her family again, she still couldn't suppress the excitement in her heart, and directly ignored the difference between men and women, so she threw herself into her brother's arms and cried like a tearful person.

Ren is firmly convinced that "men don't flick when they have tears", and Song Zhige, who has been trained in the army, can't help but have red eyes.

Before the brother and sister could speak, they hugged their heads and cried.

"In this way, the relationship between the two brothers and sisters is very good!"

When listening to the report, His Majesty the Emperor commented on this, and his tone was slightly lukewarm.

Zhao Jiufu smiled: "This is crying with joy." If the slave can see a family member, and can cry wet two sleeves and the entire hem, can Your Majesty take a look? ”

Huo Yanzhi snorted and said, "Don't be sloppy in front of me!" If there is still someone in your family, with your current status, are you afraid that you will not see each other again? ”

Zhao Jiufu hurriedly expressed his loyalty: "What kind of identity is a slave?" It's just His Majesty's subordinates, how dare he use his power for personal gain? ”

The emperor's comments on the reunion of the Song family's brothers and sisters were revealed, but Zhao Jiufu couldn't pretend to forget about it.

Because, not two days after that day, Song Zhige made an excerpt on the Eight Classics, said something about brother and sister affection, and asked His Majesty the wise emperor to show mercy and let Zhiwei leave the palace in advance, so that their family could be reunited.

Not all of these things can be delivered to the emperor himself.

Generally speaking, before the emperor reads and approves, it must be submitted by the General Administration Department, and then through the cabinet "vote", that is, two rounds of screening.

So, in the midst of a group of impeachments against each other, crying for poverty, and singing praises, Song Zhige's excerpts with very different painting styles attracted the attention of some handling officials, but it was not so bizarre that one stone stirred up a thousand waves.

After all, although Song Zhige was lucky, made some contributions in the counterinsurgency, and became a five-grade junior general, he was born from Rong, but he had a flawed face and a low background, and his only friend was just a small head of the Ministry of Rites, and the rank of the military attache has never been counted, so he had to automatically reduce two or three levels to be on an equal footing with the civil officials.

Therefore, there are not many people in the capital who are interested in him now, unless it is the family of those petty officials who have a daughter to be married.

However, the Anguo Mansion is very concerned about this young general, and the same is true in the front and back yards.

When the counterinsurgency army returned to Beijing, it was to bring the prisoners of the South Vietnamese royal family and the representatives of the mountain barbarian tribes into the city, and then the Ministry of Rites specially arranged a day to do the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, and almost all the nobles and eunuchs in the capital were dispatched, which naturally included the queen's maiden family.

An Guogong and his wife both went, and they also saw Song Zhige among the several people who were elected to be the representatives of the prisoners.

Mrs. Qin knew Song Zhige's identity for a long time, and when the Su family first appeared in the capital, she explored the details of the other party, and secretly rejoiced that Song Zhige was injured by the bandits and left a long scar.

Later, Song Zhige followed the army to South Vietnam, and she was even more gloating, only feeling that eighty percent of Su's son was going to be lost on the battlefield. Even if she didn't die, she might be missing arms and legs when she came back, and what she was worried about would be even less likely to happen.

But now, Song Zhige not only came back with sound limbs, but also soared into the sky and became a five-rank general. Moreover, according to the grapevine, His Majesty seems to have a great appreciation for this young general, and if the latter had not insisted on resigning, he would have rewarded him with a fourth-rank military attaché.

Now I'm so optimistic, if there are a few more battles, won't this kid go straight to the clouds?

Mrs. Qin hated it to death, but she didn't dare to show the slightest in front of her husband, and hoped that the latter would not see anything unusual.

Qin Zhongguang, the Duke of Anguo, had long heard of Song Zhige's experience, and because he was also a military general, he couldn't help but feel some sympathy, so he intended to make friends with this rookie in the army.

He stood very close at the prisoner sacrifice ceremony that day, so he could see Song Zhige's face very clearly.

At that time, Qin Zhongguang frowned, as if he remembered someone or something, which made Mrs. Qin, who had been secretly observing him, sweat.

After the ceremony, Qin Zhongguang even took the initiative to greet the commander of the counterinsurgency, specially said a few words of encouragement to Song Zhige, and asked about his family situation. I don't know what Song Zhige said, but in the eyes of Mrs. Qin, Qin Zhongguang didn't seem to be suspicious.

When Huo Yanzhi finally "luckily" arrived at Song Zhige's "letter of begging for sisters" in the mountain-like excerpt, Mrs. Qin happened to see the queen in Kunxu Palace.

The queen hugged her six-month-old belly and complained to her mother about how her eldest sister-in-law, Princess An, won the favor of the queen mother and how she bullied others.

Mrs. Qin was absent-minded: "Niangniang don't always stare at these side details, the key is to coax His Majesty to change his mind as soon as possible." No matter how Princess An is, as long as Her Majesty speaks, will she dare to live in the palace forever? ”

The queen said: "This palace has asked to see Your Majesty several times, but Your Majesty's attitude is always lukewarm......"

Madam Qin shook her head and sighed, she simply didn't expect to be able to go through the emperor's path.

She beat her spirit: "Now that winter is approaching, it is most likely to catch a cold, especially children. King Xiao'an's physique is not very strong, and if he has a headache and brain fever one day, his mother concubine will naturally not be able to continue to stay in Cining Palace. ”

The queen was overjoyed, and she had a new understanding of her mother's methods, and the faint worries and fears that she would have in the past had turned into a calm acceptance.

Mrs. Qin said casually: "I heard that Recently, Your Majesty has sent a few palace people to Zhuangzi in the other courtyard, does Niangniang know about this?" ”

Hearing this, the corner of the queen's mouth stiffened.

"How don't you know? Just pretending to be deaf and dumb. Now His Majesty is disgusted with this palace, and he doesn't have a good face for others, and no one has been on the internal history for a long time...... It is naturally a good thing that someone can win the love of His Majesty and spread out for the royal family in the future. ”

The queen's perception of Zhiwei is very complicated, and she once thought about letting her mother take action and take care of Zhiwei's family, but now she has no time to take care of it.

The queen even comforted Mrs. Qin in turn: "Mother doesn't have to worry about that girl, it's just a slave from a lowly background." Just looking at His Majesty's delay in taking people back to the palace, such an unjustified name, you know that Your Majesty is not really interested in it. Such a woman, even if there are a few more, it doesn't matter if the palace comes. ”

"However, the brother of that cheap maid now has an official position, if he gets His Majesty's blue eyes and is promoted in the future, I am afraid that he will become a big hidden danger!"

The queen thought about it, but still didn't take it to heart.

"Mother is reasonable, but the person surnamed Song is just a five-grade petty official. Not to mention our family, even the maiden families of Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian are enough for him to drink a pot. I don't know if he will be able to come back next time he goes to the battlefield! Now, it's better to give birth to this baby bump in the belly safely first......"

Madame Qin couldn't say what she really was worried about, and she was worried about the queen's situation in the palace, so she had to go back listlessly.

At the same time, His Majesty the Emperor, who had been silent for a long time, finally made a decision.

He stuffed Song Zhige's folds back into the bottom of the pile of folds to be reviewed, looking like he hadn't seen them.

Zhao Jiufu, who accidentally saw this scene: ...... Your Majesty, what the hell is wrong with you?

Song Zhige waited for several days, but he didn't wait for a reply, so he couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

He suspected that the little official of the General Administration Department secretly deducted his fold and did not send it up, because Xiao Huang had mentioned this unspoken rule to him. After all, there are so many civil and military generals in the Manchu Dynasty, if everyone's excerpts are to be sent, wouldn't it be similar to the elders and Your Majesty?

So, Song Zhige wrote another letter with a very serious theme, the theme was a personal suggestion of the management plan after the mountain barbarians returned to Shun, and by the way, he mentioned the matter of the little sister at the end of the excerpt, and also tactfully sued the General Political Secretary.

Of course, he would not be so stupid as to sue directly, saying that Your Majesty, I wrote to you, but the damned Secretary of the General Administration did not deliver it to me, but took retreat as advance, first pleaded with the emperor for the recklessness of his previous request, and then asked His Majesty to forgive himself, a poor man who had been separated from his relatives for many years......

When Huo Yanzhi saw this letter, his face was very good-looking.

Chief Manager Zhao, who had already taken advantage of the emperor's absence, secretly took out the bottom of the letter and read it again, and asked knowingly: "Forgive the slave and maid for talking too much, which open-eyed courtier made Your Majesty angry today?" ”

Huo Yanzhi didn't make a sound, and threw the fold into the pile of liuzhi.

After a long time, he finally took the initiative to bring up the conversation: "I remember, these palace maids in the palace are all signed ten-year contracts, right?" ”

Zhao Jiufu replied in the affirmative, and said in his heart, it seems that His Majesty is really tempted, otherwise how could he be troubled by General Song's request?

"Empress Meng Renxiao's kindness, the palace maids can leave the palace after ten years of service, if they want to stay in the palace, they must pass the assessment of female officials and be promoted layer by layer......"

Huo Yanzhi pretended to nod and asked, "Is there any one who has been transferred to a female official in advance?" ”

Zhao Jiufu was stunned: "There is no such precedent." However, if the people of that palace have good character and merit, it should be okay......"

He suddenly thought of something, and turned his head with difficulty to peek at the emperor.

I saw that the young emperor's eyes were shining, and a hint of a teasing smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, like a naughty child who thought of some bad idea.

Zhao Jiufu almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood in his heart.

Your Majesty, you don't want to let people go, don't you just carry them into the harem? Why do you want to go around in such a big circle?

He thought about it and felt that His Majesty was walking alone on a wrong path.

Zhao Jiufu, a loyal servant, decided to lure His Majesty back on the right path.

He closed his eyes, straightened his chest, and opened himself: "Your Majesty, do you want Miss Zhiwei to stay in the palace for a long time?" ”

Huo Yanzhi thought about the time for a blink of an eye and nodded deeply.

Zhao Jiufu was overjoyed: "Then, why doesn't Your Majesty give Miss Zhiwei a name as soon as possible?" Now that her brother is also an official person, it is not out of place to give her a six-grade treasure forest. ”

Huo Yanzhi's originally calm face instantly distorted.

He blushed, glared at Zhao Jiufu and scolded angrily: "Who said that I want to seal her what Baolin is?" How could I fall in love with that blind girl? I'm just, I'm just ......"

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally found an excuse that he felt good.

"I just feel that these days for her to mobilize the crowd and ask for medical treatment, the cost is quite a lot, so it is a little impossible for her to leave like this. I can't ask General Song Xiao for debts......"

Zhao Jiufu was dumbfounded and couldn't say a word.

Your Majesty, where is your usual shrewdness and decisiveness?

Sure enough, this kind of thing can make people stupid, but fortunately he is a eunuch. Tut.