Qianlong Palace.

Hearing that the imperial concubine was here, Queen Gu got up and meditated on the folds of her Zen clothes, "What the concubine said, please think about it again." ”

"The concubine retreated first."

She was graceful and blessed, and left with the palace maid.

The imperial concubine carried the food box into the hall, and met the queen who walked out slowly, her eyebrows bent, "My sister is just sending a cup of tonic soup for the saint, my sister doesn't have to avoid suspicion, but I want to go in and taste it together, my sister has boiled a lot of this soup." ”

Empress Gu looked at her with a smile, "If the palace wants to drink, just tell the dining room to do it, your craftsmanship is not the right appetite in the palace." ”

"The saint is still waiting for your tonic soup, let's go in quickly."

With that, he left gracefully.

The queen's meaning is that she has good craftsmanship in the dining room, and she dares to give it to the emperor to drink, and the imperial concubine naturally understands it, and her face is gloomy.

Since the father and son of the Gu family resigned one after another, Queen Gu has changed her usual gentle and dignified temperament, and her words and deeds have become more and more arrogant, and she is not ambiguous at all.

That's it, she has time to toss slowly with her.

Restraining her anger, the imperial concubine showed a gentle smile and lifted her skirt into the hall.

"Holy."

Emperor Feng Yuan hummed in a low voice and looked over.

"What's the matter here?"

The imperial concubine smiled coquettishly at Emperor Shangfeng Yuan's majestic eyes, "The saint is busy with government affairs, and the concubine looks distressed, so she specially cooked tonic soup and brought it to the saint." ”

Emperor Feng Yuan took the soup cup in her hand and listened to her again, "What does the Holy Lord think of the niece of the Jiang family?" ”

"Do you mean the time?" Emperor Feng Yuan glanced up at her, "Smart and dignified, gentle and well-behaved, she is a beautiful woman." ”

The imperial concubine knew that the emperor had a very good impression of Shen Naiqing, but she didn't know that she would be praised by the emperor like a flower, and the white handkerchief in her hand was clenched harder.

"As the saint said, Qing Shi is a rare beauty, and the nephew of the concubine thinks it is too."

"I came today to be entrusted by my concubine and younger brother, and I want to draw a red line for the Qing Dynasty, make a good match, and ask the saint to give me a marriage parable."

"Do you want Qing Shi to marry into Youcheng Mansion and marry your nephew?" He suddenly frowned, "Your brother's son...... But the boy who was drunk at the palace banquet on the Shangyuan Festival, and had no merit at all? ”

The imperial concubine's heart sudden, "...... Be. ”

"Lian'er failed in the last imperial examination, he has been studying hard, and plans to take the exam again next year, he has been clever since he was a child, and his temperament is also humorous and cheerful, he is very considerate, and he fell in love with Qing Shi at first sight."

Emperor Fengyuan glanced at the imperial concubine deeply, "The widow remembers that Gengnan Forest Farm is the ancestral business of your Lin family, right?" ”

“…… Be. "The imperial concubine felt that today's saint was particularly strange, in the past, she was very intimate, but now she can't figure out the saint's thoughts, and she is a little uneasy in her heart.

Emperor Fengyuan put the half-drunk soup cup back on the table, "Qing Shi is Jiang Ruo's child, if you want to ask for marriage for Youcheng Mansion, the widow has to ask Jiang Hou first." ”

"And Qing Shi is only sixteen this year, so I'm not in a hurry to get married."

When the imperial concubine heard this, she wanted to speak again, but Emperor Fengyuan picked up the fold and continued to approve it, so she had to give up.

The next day, inside the medical center.

After the foot injury was bandaged, Shen Naiqing slowly walked out of the inner room with his support for the wall, and the white-robed man who had been waiting outside for a long time stepped forward when he saw this, and helped her sit down on the table and chair beside her.

"Girl, is this injury serious? I have already paid the money, and I am really sorry that the house slave recklessly caused the girl to step on the empty stairs. ”

Shen Naiqing shook his head, "I already have old injuries, so leave if my son has something." ”

"Then the messenger sent the girl home, where is the girl's house?"

Shen Naiqing just wanted to go to the seasonal building for a meal, but she bumped into a person dressed as a guard, causing a foot injury, and the pain made her unable to walk normally, and she couldn't help but feel bored.

She glanced up at the handsome man in a white robe, and when she saw that he looked determined, she went with him.

"Jianghou Mansion, there is a son of Lao."

Shen Naiqing stood up and moved a few steps before the man moved to follow, "In Xia Goldman Sachs, the girl turned out to be a girl from the Jianghou Mansion, and the Jianghou Mansion is now extremely famous. ”

He stretched out his arm and let Shen Naiqing help his arm to get into the carriage, and then he went in, Shen Naiqing said, "Gao Gongzi's accent is not like that of Shangjing." ”

"My ancestors were businessmen, who traveled back and forth between Sheng and Feng, and today I came to Beijing to take stock of the accounts."

"What a coincidence, my eldest brother is also a businessman, and he has been a businessman for three or four years, but it's a pity that he left Beijing with his elders, otherwise you might be able to get to know each other."

"Miss Jiang doesn't say it, but I also know the prestige of Prince Jiang." Gao Sachs smiled gently, "I thought that the Jiang family were all generals who marched and fought wars, but I didn't expect that doing business was also extraordinarily strategic." ”

Shen Naiqing really hadn't heard anyone mention Jiang Qingchen, and she was very interested, and Goldman Sachs continued to talk about it when she saw that she was willing to listen.

When he arrived at the Hou Mansion, Shen Naiqing smiled lightly, "When my eldest brother comes back, I will invite Gao Gongzi to come to the Hou Mansion to sit down." ”

Goldman Sachs raised his hand and arched, "Then I'll be waiting for this news." ”

After Shen Naiqing returned the salute, he got into the carriage and left.

She stepped into the door of the mansion, Gu Tingnian walked out from behind the door, he supported her, "Why did you hurt your foot again?" ”

"I was hit and twisted."

"That guy?"

Shen Naiqing looked at him sideways when he heard this, "You have been standing behind the door?" ”

She thought he had met her by chance, but she didn't want him to be waiting here.

Gu Tingnian didn't look at her, and his tone was as cold as ever, "The palace people who my aunt planted in the Qianlong Palace said that yesterday the imperial concubine wanted the Holy Lord to marry you and the son of the second room of the Youcheng family, but the Holy Lord refused on the grounds that he needed to ask your Jiang family. ”

"The imperial concubine wants to marry me?" Shen Naiqing paused, "Why?" ”

She suddenly remembered that day when Meng Tanglin asked her to enter the palace to see the imperial concubine together.

"The imperial concubine will not have the heart to notice you outside the palace, Xu is the mind of the fourth prince, I guess he is worried that after the Jiang family returns to Beijing, you will not have the heart to plan with him."

Gu Tingnian said lightly, "It just so happens that my brother has already resigned himself as deputy commander and plans to go to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing to play, do you want to go with me?" ”

"It's early summer now, it's a good time to be lukewarm, after Meng Song returns to Beijing, the situation in the DPRK and China will definitely change, and the four princes will also make some moves, and you can be clean for a few days if you leave."

They chatted while walking and arriving at Shen Naiqing's small courtyard, Shen Naiqing hesitated a few times, "When are you going?" ”

"Don't worry, if you want to go, I'll accommodate you."

"Then the day after tomorrow, tomorrow my little cousin and I will invite my mother's spirit card back."

Gu Tingnian heard her agree, and a faint smile crossed her eyes.

"Okay."

Xunyin had already heard the sound and came over, Shen Naiqing let go of his hand, and Gu Tingnian also said, "I'll leave first." ”

The next day, the carriage of Jianghou Mansion swayed out of Shangjing and drove slowly towards Yue Ling Mountain.

Inside the carriage, Jiang Qingqiao looked at the chess game and wailed bitterly, "Why did you eat me again!" ”

"It's my brother who has to pull me to play chess, and now he still dislikes me." Although Shen Naiqing said so aggrievedly, the movements in his hands were not slow.

Another black disc fell, white was wrapped, and the game was already won by black.

The car wheeled over a stone, the carriage shook, Jiang Qingqiao pretended to be unstable, and pounced directly on the chess table, the black and white children were all mixed together, he said sorry, but the peach blossom eyes were full of satisfaction

Shen Naiqing quietly watched his clumsy performance, angry and laughing.

"Is it fun?"

Jiang Qingqiao pretended not to hear, lifted the curtain and said, "Oh, you see how beautiful this scenery is, it seems that Yueling Temple is coming." ”

"My mother was placed by me in the Taoist temple above Yueling Temple, where there is not as much incense as Yueling Temple, and it is quiet."

"Then I also stopped at Yueling Temple, I heard that the master of Yueling Temple is extremely effective, let's go around first and then go to my aunt."

Shen Naiqing divided the scattered chess pieces into the chess box and responded lightly.

Today's weather is bright, the breeze is gentle, standing on the mountainside and looking at the scenery below, the beauty of nature is fiercely impacted, and it is particularly shocking.

There were a lot of pilgrims in Yueling Temple, and Xiao Shami led them to the main hall on the other side, Shen Naiqing looked at Jiang Qingqiao's enthusiastic appearance, drew a sign at random, and followed Xiao Shami to the inner hall to unsign.

Inside the hall was an old monk, who looked like a fairy wind and bones, he stared at the sign, and then said to the young monk beside him, "You stand down." ”

"Uncle Shi......" The young monk was puzzled.

He finally got the opportunity to learn to sign with his uncle, and he had never seen his uncle to let the disciples step down, and he was puzzled for a while to ask, but he saw the old monk glaring at him lightly, frowning and accentuating his tone.

"Stand down."

As soon as the door of the hall was closed, the old monk looked at Shen Naiqing, who was curious on the side, and said first without saying a sign, "The girl is dressed in a noble body and has exquisite clothes, so she thinks she is the daughter of a nobleman." ”

"Yes, I am a girl from the Jianghou Mansion." Shen Naiqing glanced at the signature in the old monk's hand, "I don't know what this signature means, and I ask the master to answer." ”

"Phoenix Panni is reborn, it's inconvenient for the old man to say much about this matter, Miss Jiang knows it in her heart, if she doesn't cause the disaster of killing, it's not good."

The light color in Shen Naiqing's eyes froze, and the faint smile on the corner of his lips cracked a little.

Phoenix?

The old monk put the signature in a red brocade bag and solemnly handed it to her, "This signature is collected by the girl, and you can dispose of it at will." ”

"Miss Jiang is out."

Shen Naiqing clutched the signed document in the palm of his hand, and was deeply in disbelief, and when she left the hall, she didn't even hear Jiang Qingqiao shouting to her.

Jiang Qingqiao stepped forward to grab her and said with concern, "What's wrong with you Qingshi?" ”

"I ......" Shen Naiqing wanted to tell him about it, but when he thought that this was outside, he was silent, "You go and unsign the document first, and I'll tell you." ”

"Then you just wait for me in this lotus pond, and I'll be here soon." Jiang Qingqiao admonished and strode away.

Shen Naiqing took out the signature in the brocade bag, looked left and right and couldn't see anything, how did the old monk know the six words of Phoenix Panni rebirth?

The matter of the mysterious power of the gods is particularly mysterious, and the old monk may not be accurate when a mortal person says it, she comforted herself.

Remembering that the old monk asked her to dispose of this thing at will, Shen Naiqing looked at the pilgrims who came and went around her, pretended to be natural and sat on the stones on the side, picked up a few stones and threw them into the lotus pond from time to time.

It wasn't until the last piece that she quickly stuffed it into the brocade bag, threw it out with all her strength, and watched it fall into the pool, and the solemnity in her eyes slowly faded.

There was also a line of sight, looking at the location of the brocade bag, silently noticing, and suddenly a little novice patted him on the shoulder.

"Third Senior Brother, Uncle Shi is unsigning, you are not studying next to you, what are you doing here?"

The third senior brother glared at him dissatisfiedly, "Can you manage it, go and do your job." ”

Then he hurried away.