Qi Su Niang returned to Cining Palace with the Queen Mother, and every day in addition to talking to the Queen Mother and learning the rules, she sat in front of the window of her room to make shoes for Chen Yan.

Fortunately, this year's rainfall is insufficient, and the Yongding River has not flooded, which greatly relieved the residents of the Gyeonggi area, and the palace also brought some joy.

"I didn't expect Chen Dada'er to be a lucky general?" The queen mother sat on the Hunan concubine couch, and the palace maid behind her gently shook the fan, "I heard that he returned to Beijing the day before yesterday, and he was grizzled and dirty, and he submitted a request to see the emperor in front of the palace gate, and he almost didn't call the guard camp back." The Queen Mother laughed as she spoke.

Qi Su Niang was about to talk to Xiao Xiao, but the Queen Mother waved her hand and said with a smile: "This is the person who does errands with heart, and the emperor values it the most." In addition to him, who in the Jiupin official can directly submit the book and see the driver from time to time? It's just that he really dared to think too much, and he actually asked the emperor to send important ministers to lead the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners to help build the Yongding River embankment. ”

Qi Su Niang saw that the Queen Mother was more and more happy, and knew that she didn't need to answer, so she had to laugh and listen, but she was admired and helpless in her heart. The queen mother muttered to herself for a while, and finally smiled: "Okay, the mourning family really wants to see this Chen Daring, while he is still in the capital, the emperor is pestering the emperor to send troops to repair the embankment, and let him enter the palace for the mourning family to see." ”

When Qi Su Niang heard this, her heart moved, the Queen Mother looked at Qi Su Niang, beckoned her to approach, took her hands and looked at it carefully, and sighed: "How many pairs of shoes have you made in the past few days?" I heard that Chen Daring came back with a burden and was broken by the guards at the palace gate, and there were more than a dozen pairs of broken shoes inside. I see that you do it every day, all the time, and the needles on your hands are not all good. I originally wanted you to enjoy happiness in the palace, but I didn't expect it to be like this. ”

Qi Su Niang said with a smile: "The Queen Mother lifted the people's daughter, and the people's daughter was grateful. It's just that the folk girl was born poor and didn't dare to forget her roots. Moreover, he has no relatives and no reason, except for the people's daughter, there is no one to handle these for him, it was Chen's mother who went to entrust the people's daughter, so it was like this. ”

The Queen Mother nodded, let go of her hand, and said, "You have also been careful, don't you know compassion for such a thing?" If it weren't for you, why would you summon him to the palace? After that, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "You go back to the house to get busy, this is the summer, and you start sewing cotton clothes." That kid is really blessed to be able to find such a caring daughter-in-law. When Qi Su Niang retreated to the door, she vaguely heard the Queen Mother sigh: "You are also a blessed ......"

Qi Su Niang retreated and slowly walked back to her own room. She knew that the Queen Mother would not summon her to accompany her today, and seeing that Aunt Rui still had two hours to go, she closed the door tightly, took a shower, and sat in front of the window in a close-fitting thin dress. The big locust tree in front of the window is already a few years old, and the dense shade blocks the heat wave, bringing some cool breeze from time to time, Qi Su Niang sews up the cotton clothes one by one.

A few days later, before the Empress Dowager summoned Chen Yan into the palace, Kangxi ordered someone to summon Qi Su Niang to the Qianqing Palace.

Qi Su Niang stuffed a piece of jade ornament, entrusted the burden to the eunuch Xiao Wei, gently crossed the high palace threshold, and walked to the door of the upper study, and heard someone inside: "Erchen thinks that Chen Bianzhi's strategy of building an embankment to control the water and cleaning the muddy river is very appropriate, although the project is huge, it is a one-and-done strategy." ”

Qi Su Niang raised her eyes slightly, and saw that it was the young fourth elder brother who spoke, and in front of the Kangxi throne stood the crown prince, the eldest elder brother, and the son of Suo Etu, the minister of the guard, Xinyu.

Qi Su Niang stood at the door of the upper study, and immediately a eunuch reported in. She walked into the upper study and asked Kangxi for peace, and then heard Kangxi smile and said: "Qi, Chen Bianzhi asked for a favor yesterday, begging me to deposit these rewards and silver from him here, you come and accept it." ”

Qi Su Niang was stunned for a moment, looked up at Kangxi's imperial case, and saw ten pieces of silver in a corner of the red lacquer plate, and an ingot of thirty taels of snowflake official silver.

Li Dequan smiled and handed the tray to her, Kangxi smiled: "Qi's family, the so-called male protagonist outside the female protagonist, you haven't entered the door yet, but Chen Bianzhi's rules are so good, and your more than ten pairs of shoes are not in vain." ”

Qi Su Niang heard the soft laughter of the ministers, but she didn't dare to take it, knelt down and said: "If you go back to the emperor, because you haven't made a ceremony, it doesn't conform to the rules, it's just-"

"That's it, that's it." Kangxi put down the imperial pen in his hand, stood up and said: "Although women's morality is heavy, loyalty and filial piety are the first, Chen Bianzhi is working hard for national affairs, and it is difficult for him to take care of the trivial matters around him." Although his background is small, but his father has contributed to Sheji, and his mother is also from a scholarly family in Jiangnan. ”

Qi Su Niang heard the word "family", and was slightly surprised, thinking about Chen Niangzi's appearance and behavior, she also felt that it was expected, and then listening to Kangxi's tone, Chen's father was just an ordinary person, but he didn't know what his achievements were. Kangxi maintains Chen Yan like this, I am afraid it is also related to him. What is the situation between him and Mrs. Chen, so that Mrs. Chen did not mention a word.

After Kangxi's words, Qi Su Niang took over the property and was about to retire, when she heard the report of the eunuch outside the door: "Your Majesty, Bo Chenyan, the master of the Yongding River, asks to see the emperor." ”

Kangxi was stunned for a moment, and said with a headache: "This person is here again, although it is a good strategy to build an embankment to contain water, it is a bit too much to send the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners to build an embankment, what do you think?" ”

Xinyu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Chen Bianzhi is inevitably exaggerating, the Yongding River is governed every year, and the rivers have been deeply understood by the terrain, which is the people who have to be used, how can it be that what he said is unbearable?" Why do you want to transfer my Eight Banners Iron Horse? What's more, although Yongding River is related to Gyeonggi, after all, it is a corner of the matter, and it is enough to send one or four officials of the government, so why bother with ministers? In vain......"

While speaking, Li Dequan gave Qi Su Niang a look, she retreated lightly, and retreated to the gate of Qianqing Palace, and heard the eldest brother inside: "Huang Ama, the ministers think that what Chen Bianzhi said is very reasonable...... Qi Su Niang sighed softly, took back the burden, thanked the eunuch Xiao Wei, and slowly walked towards Cining Palace, and heard the sharp summons of the eunuchs of the Qianqing Palace echoing in the sky above the Forbidden City: "Xuanyongding River Lord Bo Chen Yan Jin see——"