After Zhang Hanwen left, the subordinates hurriedly stepped forward to say to Yao Bingyong: "Master, Princess Lingyang has been waiting in the side hall for a long time. ”

Yao Bingyong was taken aback at first, and then smiled slightly and said to himself: "What was kidnapped by a strong man, I think it's just young men and women frolicking." ”

Thinking of this, Yao Bingyong couldn't help but have an idea, if he could match these two people, it would be a good thing. This can tie Zhang Hanwen more firmly to his chariot, and secondly, it can also provide background resources for Zhang Hanwen's future promotion.

Yao Bingyong tidied up his clothes and said to his subordinates: "Please princess go to the main hall to speak." ”

After a while, Zhu Wanqing went up to the main hall accompanied by Ling'er and Zhang Xiaohu.

According to common sense, Yao Bingyong is a minister, and he should first salute Zhu Wanqing. But Yao Ge Lao thinks that he is the third duke, and the emperor will discuss with him in private, you are just a princess, and you are my granddaughter, so I will not be respectful.

As soon as Zhu Wanqing came in, she saw Yao Bingyong sitting on the upper seat drinking tea, and she didn't seem to have any intention of getting up and saluting.

"Wanqing has seen my grandfather." Zhu Wanqing thought to herself, forget it, I am an insignificant little transparent, in order to avoid embarrassment, let's do a family ceremony.

"Oh, Wanqing, I haven't come to see my grandfather for a long time, come on, sit down and talk, and show tea to the princess. And the puff pastry from the Western Regions the day before yesterday was also brought up, I remember that you were so sweet when you were a child. Yao Bingyong looks like a parent cares about the younger generation.

"Wanqingqing was supposed to accompany her mother back to Beijing to help take care of the Seventh Prince, but her mother left suddenly, and Wanqing failed to fulfill her duties." Zhu Wanqing blamed herself clearly, but in fact she was complaining about the bitter water, why did you leave me in that small fishing village in Penglai.

"Qing'er doesn't have to blame herself, if you want to blame it, blame your mother, just know your son, forget where your daughter is lost." Yao Bingyong laughed as he spoke.

Zhu Wanqing could only smile bitterly.

This tea is drunk from green to colorless, from bitter to tasteless. I also ate half of the puff pastry, and my teeth hurt, but Zhu Wanqing never found a suitable topic to start with. This Yao Bingyong has been talking about how her sister and brother were naughty when they were children, and how her mother, Concubine Shu, disciplined the two children.

After about half an hour, Zhu Wanqing finally couldn't hold it back, and suddenly interrupted him and said, "Master, I came here this time for a big matter, and I want to ask you to call the shots." ”

When Yao Bingyong heard this, he smiled, pointed at Zhu Wanqing and said, "Let me guess, is it related to Zhang Hanwen?" ”

Zhu Wanqing nodded.

"Haha, I knew that there must be something between the two of you, don't worry, I will ask the emperor to give marriage when I go back, and his horse master is also quite in line with my heart, you, you are at the age of talking about marriage." Yao Bingyong smiled, thinking that this granddaughter was still useful.

"Taishi, Zhang Hanwen was corrupt and perverted the law during his tenure as the prefect of Langcheng, and turned a blind eye to the tens of millions of people affected by the disaster, please Taishi to investigate." Zhu Wanqing got up and stood in front of Yao Bingyong and said solemnly.

"Presumptuous! You dare to criticize the ministers of the DPRK and China, who are you going to stand up for? Yes? For Xu Guangyan and them, for the crown prince? Yao Bingyong was furious when he heard this, and he didn't care about the identity of Princess Zhu Wanqing, just like reprimanding a junior.

"Let me tell you, Zhang Hanwen is now the newly appointed household servant, how many pairs of eyes are staring at him outside. At this time, you pour dirty water on him, not only for his life, but also for my life, and for your mother's life. Yao Bingyong slammed the teacup on the table, making Zhu Wanqing tremble.

After calming down for a moment, Zhu Wanqing took out a handful of spikes from her pocket and put them in front of Yao Bingyong.

"Master, those hungry people just want this stuttering, why can't they meet this demand?" Zhu Wanqing was unwilling.

"You know what! At present, the situation between the DPRK and China is complicated, the two sides are tense, and there is a disaster in the city of Lang, and the disaster is just a disaster of 100,000 people in a corner of the land, if the dispute between the court and the court escalates again, if it loses control one day, the whole world will fall into war at that time! Yao Bingyong said.

Although Zhu Wanqing didn't understand the exact reason, she knew at this moment that it was impossible to make Yao Taishi change his mind, and if she wanted to save the people of Langcheng, she could only find another way.

"Wan Qingshang still has to go to see his mother, take care." With that, Zhu Wanqing turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait."

Yao Bingyong stood up, walked up to her and whispered: "The old man has made up his mind to marry you to Zhang Hanwen, if you agree, maybe the people of Langcheng can still be saved, after all, there are starving people there, and it is also his dereliction of duty, how can I watch my family's resume stained." ”

After that, Yao Bingyong shouted to send the princess back to the palace, and went straight to the inner room.

Zhu Wanqing stood there stunned, if it was half a month ago, this marriage would have been her dream, but now, she only felt disgusted.

......

After coming out of Yao's Mansion, Zhang Xiaohu said goodbye and went to Zhang Hanwen to recover his life. And Zhu Wanqing didn't enter the palace immediately, she took Ling'er to wander the street for two days, firstly to inquire about the recent events in the capital, and secondly, to have fun, after all, it is not easy to enter the palace and come out again.

A few days later, in the Huiyi Palace, the people were smoking wormwood, and the lady concubine Niangniang sat aside, her eyes slightly closed, listening to the endorsement of the seventh prince Zhu Huanyu.

"Yu Niangniang, Princess Lingyang has come to say goodbye." The old lady leaned forward and whispered.

"Let her in." Concubine Shu then remembered that she had left her daughter in Penglai a few days ago.

Zhu Wanqing came to her mother and saluted, "My daughter greets her mother." ”

Concubine Shu ignored Zhu Wanqing, just pulled Zhu Huanyu to her, opened her eyes and said: "You are fifteen years old, and you can't memorize the book "Zhuangzi" as little as thirteen, he is only eight years old, how can you let me say hello." ”

"My younger brother likes to ride horses, and he likes to dance with knives and guns on weekdays, so wouldn't it be good to be a general who charges before the battle in the future." Zhu Wanqing said.

"What's good, charge ahead, who will you give your life, I'll tell you two, ...... a few days ago" Concubine Shu stopped, coughed a few times, and the people took the initiative to retreat outside the house when they saw this.

"A few days ago, your father was approaching his fiftieth birthday, and he said that there was a hurdle in his life at fifty, so he was critically ill, although it was relieved now, but at that time, the prince received the news that he came to the capital with soldiers from Datong Mansion, how hung do you say." Concubine Shu told her about the situation, and Zhu Wanqing finally knew why the whole country was in a state of emergency a few days ago.

"Is my father's illness that serious?" Zhu Wanqing asked.

"No, I heard that the funeral clothes are ready." Concubine Shu asked the two children to sit beside her.

"Qing'er, as a sister, you must help your mother supervise your younger brother. Now that the prince has been sent to Datong Mansion to experience, this is not far from being deposed, our family is now in full swing, all this hope is on Huan Yu, you also have to be careful, don't see no one every time you come to use you. Concubine Shu took her son's hand with one hand and Wanqing's hand with the other and said.

Zhu Wanqing thought to herself, am I missing? Obviously you threw me into the air every time!

"Knowing my mother, I will urge Huan Yu to study hard from the beginning of tomorrow." Zhu Wanqing originally planned to tell her mother about Zhang Hanwen, but now she has changed her mind, because her mother, like her grandfather, regards the interests of the Yao family as the most important, and in their eyes, there is no fault or wrong, only success and defeat.

"Sister, can I go to Qingxue Pavilion to study during the day? If you don't understand this, you can ask it directly. "Zhu Huanyu went to Qingxue Pavilion under the pretext of studying, just to see Ling'er.

"Then you'll have to ask your mother." How could Zhu Wanqing not know his thoughts, but it was not good to agree or refuse directly, so she simply pushed the problem to her mother Shufei.

"As long as you can memorize the "Zhuangzi" as well as Xiao Thirteen within five days, the palace will be approved." Concubine Shu also can't do anything about this son.

Zhu Wanqing said goodbye to her mother and returned to Qingxue Pavilion, although there were people cleaning up here every day, but no one lived in it for more than two months, she was still a little less angry.

Qingxue Pavilion is in response to Zhu Wanqing's Qing word, last year Zhu Wanqing turned eighteen, and the emperor gave it to her.

To her surprise, Zhang Xiaohu was wearing the uniform of the Ouchi guards and was standing guard outside the door.

She stepped forward to ask and learned that after Zhang Hanwen learned that their group had arrived in Beijing safely, he asked Yao Bingyong to help find a relationship and find a position for his nephew Zhang Xiaohu in Da Nei to replace Pang Sanbiao, who was injured before. Pang Sanbiao has also saved a lot of money over the years, and this time the pension is still a lot, so he resigned and went to open a dart bureau outside the capital.

"Look at Zhang Xiaohu's outfit, it's quite like a dog." Ling'er and Zhu Wanqing laughed while discussing, Zhang Xiaohu heard it, and didn't dare to refute, so he could only blush.