The emperor obviously didn't expect to meet outsiders in the imperial garden, and was slightly taken aback, before raising his hand to excuse himself: "Mrs. Qiu is flat!" ”

Although the two are not familiar with each other, and there is a difference between men and women, but in the end, they are relatives, since they bumped into each other, they can't leave separately when they see each other, and they always have to say a few words of greeting. So after the emperor waited for Qiu Yulan to get up, he said: "I heard this morning that Mrs. Zhuang and Mrs. Qiu entered the palace to meet her, but Mrs. Dao is now in the Taishi Palace, I don't know how to be here?" But did the queen mother send anything? ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, it is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Yongfu who saw that her mother and the queen mother had a very happy conversation, and she was afraid of disturbing the two elders, so she pulled the courtiers out of the palace." Qiu Yulan said truthfully, "Originally, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess wanted to invite the courtiers to the water pavilion to watch the song and dance, but the courtiers didn't know anything about singing and dancing, so they were afraid of disturbing Her Highness's interest, so she took people for a walk in the imperial garden, unintentionally disturbing the holy car, and hoped that Your Majesty would forgive her sins!" ”

How dare the emperor punish her for her crimes? Not to mention such a trifle!

At the moment, he chuckled: "Mrs. Qiu is too polite, speaking of which, you are still my cousin-in-law, how can you be guilty of meeting you by chance?" ”

Qiu Yulan also smiled: "Your Majesty's false praise, how dare you be called Your Majesty's 'cousin'?" ”

"That's not right, Yuxiang is the nephew of my mother's concubine, that is, my cousin! What is a cousin's wife, not a cousin? ”

Since the relationship between relatives has been mentioned, although Qiu Yulan said "I don't dare", the relationship between the two sides has become a lot closer. Standing on the road like this, greeting for a while, and finally the emperor's chamberlain in front of him noticed that Qiu Yulan was pregnant, and he was tired from standing for a long time, so he quietly reminded the emperor, and the emperor suddenly said: "It's time for me to go back to the imperial study to learn calligraphy!" ”

"Courtiers send your majesty!" Qiu Yulan was feeling tired, and wished he could find a place to rest after he left.

Seeing the holy car go away, Su He walked towards the nearest pavilion while helping Qiu Yulan to walk, and said with some novelty: "Your Majesty is really approachable, it is the first time for the maid to see Your Majesty so closely!" It's not fierce at all, and he speaks so kindly! ”

When Chun Ran and Xia Ran heard this, they looked at each other behind Qiu Yulan and smiled: Fierce? Even when Qin Guogong was angry before, he had to consider that Qiu Yulan was pregnant! The emperor dared to be fierce to them, the young lady, did he not want to live?

Qiu Yulan glanced at Su He, and said with a light smile: "You look at Your Majesty is kind, but you don't know that our Majesty is not simple!" ”

Su He asked curiously: "Why is it not a simple method?" ”

Qiu Yulan only smiled and didn't answer, thinking in his heart: "With my appearance, I met close by, and I really haven't seen a few men who don't lose their minds - even for an instant!" Although His Majesty may have seen me from afar at the banquet before he ascended the throne, how can I feel the same from the face-to-face from a distance? But His Majesty was surprised to see me, but he didn't expect to meet me, and other than that, his eyes were too calm, so calm that they were almost flat! ”

Of course, she is not so bored as to be beautiful that she hates anyone who is not out of shape for her appearance.

Rather, "I am not in the slightest moved by the beauty of Allure - such a person is either only a man, but I have never heard of this majesty having such a tendency!" Either you have read all the vicissitudes of life, and you are not shocked, at Your Majesty's age, even if you grow up in the palace and see the beauties, you are far behind; The last possibility is that he has a great plan in his heart and is extremely determined! That's why we can not be bewitched by external objects at all! ”

Thinking of this, Qiu Yulan couldn't help but press his eyebrows, under normal circumstances, the emperor has a grand mind and a firm will, which is a blessing for his subjects.

But now that the Jiang family controls the government, it's not a good thing that the emperor is too capable!

"Go back and remind Nineteen!" Although Qiu Yulan felt that it was unfair to the emperor to do this, it involved her life and wealth, especially now that she had one in her stomach, she didn't dare to ignore it!

After spending time in the pavilion, it was almost noon, and a palace maid came over: "The queen mother has set up a banquet in the Taishi Palace, and ordered the maid to invite the young lady over!" ”

"It's hard work!" Qiu Yulan said politely, motioned to Su He to take a purse to reward her, got up and straightened her dress, and returned to the Taishi Hall with the palace maid for a banquet.

There was no eldest princess of Yongfu at the banquet, and because Mrs. Zhuang was there, Empress Dowager Jiang specially explained: "Prince Jing Bo entered the palace today to report some things......

At this point, Mrs. Zhuang understood, and said with a smile: "Then hurry up and don't disturb them!" ”

Mrs. Zhuang is more familiar with Oubi City, which often travels between northern Xinjiang and Beijing, than her own son, and she also treats it as her own flesh and blood. Since he is married to the eldest princess of Yongfu and has a serious name, as an elder who really loves them, he is naturally happy to see that the two of them are good at mixing oil in honey, where can he be angry because the eldest princess of Yongfu is not at the moment?

Empress Dowager Jiang also knew her temper, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything, but only frequently asked people to give Qiu Lulan cloth vegetables as if she was reciprocating: "These are all good for the child if you eat them during pregnancy." ”

Although there were not many people at this homely banquet, the atmosphere was very good.

After the banquet, Empress Dowager Jiang had a gossip with Mrs. Zhuang again, and Mrs. Zhuang proposed to retire.

The Queen Mother was a little unsatisfied: "It's been a long time since anyone has been able to talk to the mourning family for so long, if the fourth sister-in-law is not in a hurry to return to Northern Xinjiang, please come to the palace often!" ”

Mrs. Zhuang smiled and said, "This is natural, now the big house is gone; I don't have much to say about the third room; On the other side of the sixth room, he was thinking about the face of the third uncle and the third aunt, and pretending to be confused, but he was impatient to pay attention to it! As for the eighth room, she is not as old as my eldest daughter-in-law, her name is Concubine, what can you say when you come together? is also the queen mother, and the fifth sister can talk. ”

"The fifth sister is busy right now!" Empress Dowager Jiang quipped, "It's easier to mourn here, and the ceremony is a state affair, and it will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites to be busy." So the fourth sister-in-law wants to talk to her peers, so she can only come to the mourning family! ”

The two sisters-in-law laughed a few words, and the queen mother let them go.

Back at the Guogong Mansion, Mrs. Zhuang specially asked the people who stayed behind, and when she learned that there was no movement on Qin Guogong's side, she was relieved: "I just said that it is impossible to detain me for a lifetime!" ”

Qiu Yulan bit her lip and couldn't help laughing, thinking that Old Madam Tao was sick and refused to come out to speak and do things, Qin Guogong's seniority and identity, could he still go into battle to train his daughter-in-law in person? I can only be generous!

But it's not easy to say this, so he diverted the topic and said: "Mother, have you asked the Queen Mother about the ladies in Beijing today?" ”

"Of course!" Mrs. Zhuang glanced back at her and saw that she was in good spirits, so she said, "You come with me, and the two of us will go through the details together!" ”

After entering the house and taking a seat, Mrs. Zhuang sent away the idlers as usual, leaving only Chang's mother, Su He and other mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's henchmen to observe, and then said: "I showed the list to the Queen Mother today, and the Queen Mother said that the rest of those people's daughters are just like that!" Either the appearance is not beautiful enough, or the family style may not be reliable! ”

"I think the reason why you starlings were not good with your eighth sister-in-law in the first place was because your eighth sister-in-law was good at everything, but she lacked something in her appearance! So this girl who is not beautiful enough, she can't tie the heart of your starling after marrying the door, she can't do it! And if the family style is not good, the daughter who taught me is afraid that she is not right-minded, so don't instigate disharmony in our room at that time! I can't tolerate such a daughter-in-law! ”

When Mrs. Zhuang said this, she took the tea bowl and took a sip to moisten her throat.

Qiu Yulan took advantage of the situation and said: "Mother is so thoughtful, everything is for our good, I really don't know where we are blessed, it hurts to have such an amiable and considerate elder as my mother!" ”

"Your father and I have been absent from Beijing for many years, and I think you have been wronged by this over the years!" Mrs. Zhuang listened to her daughter-in-law's praise but sighed, "Speaking of which, this is what our parents owe to you - other favors can't help, so we can only try to make you less troublesome!" ”

continued to talk about Jiang Yadan's marriage, "The Queen Mother recommended a candidate for me, I sound good, and his elders also knew about it when they were in Beijing in their early years. It's just that I've been away from Beijing for so many years, and I haven't seen that girl, and I don't know if it's like her mother? ”

Qiu Yulan was surprised that the Empress Dowager Jiang would take care of this matter, the Tao family has now fallen, and even Princess Lu is just struggling to live, who else does the Empress Dowager need to take care of?

Uh, wait, be Jiang Yadan's steproom...... Could it be that the Queen Mother is planning to harm anyone?

She muttered in her heart, and said on her face: "Please also ask my mother to show me, who did the Queen Mother recommend to the starling?" ”

"The young daughter of the king of Huainan, Lihui County Lord, her name is Yitong, do you know?" Mrs. Zhuang's choice made Qiu Yulan very surprised: "Lord Lihui? It's her?! ”

Mrs. Zhuang said: "Well, this county lord is not good? His brow furrowed.

Qiu Yulan and Lihui County Lord have only met once, and the two have no friendship, because Princess Huainan, the mother of Lihui County Lord, was designed and killed by Qiu Huilan's cousin Kang Lizhang, and there was even a little faint holiday. However, thinking about the appearance of the county lord crying after Princess Huainan confirmed her death, she still felt a little unbearable.

It's just that the prevaricating words came to his lips, and his mind changed again: "My mother-in-law is now in Beijing, and when it comes to the candidate for the new eldest daughter-in-law, even if you don't doubt my words, you will send someone to check it again, and if you show it at that time, how will you explain it?" ”

With such a jealousy in his heart, he said vaguely: "Not really." It's just that the daughter-in-law has met her once before, but she never thought that she would be a continuation of the starling, which is a little surprising! ”

Mrs. Zhuang became interested: "Tell me about the experience, let me hear what kind of person he is!" ”

It was a few years ago, and Qiu Yulan's attention was not on her that time, and I really don't think much about it now!

But the mother-in-law wanted to know, Qiu Yulan could only try her best to recall, and roughly said what happened: "...... Later, my brother was worried about me, so he went to Zhuangzi to pick me up, and I never saw the county lord again. I only heard that the prince of Huainan went to welcome the princess of Huainan and her home. ”

"It's a filial girl!" Mrs. Zhuang nodded, and sure enough, she said, "But it's hard to see everything about this matter, wait for me to ask someone to inquire and see if it's suitable for Xiaoba!" ”

"I hope my mother-in-law thinks it's inappropriate!" Qiu Yulan said yes in his mouth, but thought in his heart, "It's really strange, why did the Queen Mother recommend Lord Lihui to Jiang Yadan?" Lord Lihui has been guarding his mother's filial piety for the past two years, and he has no chance to offend the Queen Mother, right? As for the king of Huainan, I haven't heard that he offended the queen mother...... Besides, now the emperor doesn't dare to offend the Jiang family, let alone the king of Huainan? ”