The queen and the eldest princess had already prepared a banquet and waited, and when they saw Lin Qingwan in the dust, the queen glared at the emperor with disgust, and asked the eldest princess to take Lin Qingwan down to freshen up first.

The eldest princess took Lin Qingwan's hand and went to the apse, and said with a smile: "The queen mother knew that her father couldn't think about this, so she asked people to go to the county lord's mansion early to get your clothes, you freshen up first, and then we went to eat something, I see what the father and the queen mother mean, I'm afraid that I will keep you in the palace at night." ”

Lin Qingwan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty and Niangniang are in love." ”

"I think this is the way it should be, you are also the daughter of your father and mother, Ruying stays in the palace every time she returns to Beijing, and no one thinks there is anything."

Lin Qingwan and Zhong Ruying are different, Zhong Ruying lived in the palace when she was a child, how old was Lin Qingwan when she was recognized as a righteous daughter?

Lin Qingwan lowered her eyes, and her face was a little scared.

The eldest princess directly pushed her into the bathroom and asked the palace maids to serve her, Lin Qingwan was not used to being served by people like this, so she hurriedly excused herself and said, "I'll just come by myself." ”

"My sister is not used to it, I knew that I should have brought in your personal girls."

Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "Your Highness has already bothered a lot, just bathing, I'm not a doll, I can come by myself." ”

The eldest princess said, "Then I'll wait for you outside." ”

"Your Highness will go to accompany Your Majesty and Niangniang first, the Fourth Highness is still in front, I'll pack up and go over in a while."

In fact, if it weren't for the fear of colliding with the queen, Lin Qingwan felt that she only needed to wash her face and hands, she was not used to bathing in an unfamiliar place.

At this time, none of the familiar people around me were there, and my heart couldn't help but raise my guard.

Lin Qingwan quickly freshened up, and the eldest princess didn't go far, just drinking tea in the courtyard.

When Lin Qingwan opened the door with her wet hair, she put down the teacup and looked over, and hurriedly asked someone to dry her hair.

"Although the weather is hot now, you can't spread it like this, be careful of the wind and cold."

Lin Qingwan sat on the couch and said with a smile: "If the wind is strong, how cool it is." ”

The ladies stepped forward to help her slowly dry her hair, and then served her to put on her coat.

Waiting for her to finish it, at this time the sun was in the middle, Lin Qingwan turned her head to look at the hourglass, and hurriedly said, "Let's go, don't let Your Majesty wait for a long time." ”

"Okay."

The eldest princess led Lin Qingwan over the other way, and the palace maids took a few steps back and followed from a distance.

The eldest princess said to her: "The third sister is now in charge of the Imperial Court, what do you think of the war in the Chu State?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "I just returned to Beijing, Yu Xizheng doesn't know much, the eldest princess has an idea in her heart?" ”

The eldest princess smiled and said: "I don't have any ideas, but I saw that my sister played a perfect trick in Liaodi, so I thought about whether I could use this trick to deal with Chu State." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "This is a good idea, but who does the eldest princess want to separate?" ”

"Xiang Shan and Emperor Chu," the eldest princess smiled lightly: "My sister doesn't know, the contradiction between this kindness and Emperor Chu is not small, Xiang Shan even pointed at Emperor Chu's nose and scolded him in the early years, which is why he was dismissed and returned to his hometown." Unfortunately, I heard that he had a good relationship with Mr. Ji. ”

The eldest princess's eyes looked at Lin Qingwan with deep eyes and said: "The relationship between my sister and Mr. Ji does not seem to be shallow, if you can invite Mr. Ji, with his tongue, it will be much easier to kill Xiang Shan or let Emperor Chu take his job." ”

"Since His Highness said that Mr. Ji has a great relationship with Xiang Shan, how could he persuade Emperor Chu to kill Xiang Shan?" Lin Qingwan said: "Obviously, Xiang Shan would not rebel against Chu, otherwise he would not have been ordered at this time." ”

The eldest princess frowned and said, "Emperor Chu is suspicious, it's not bad to let him do his job." ”

"I'm afraid that Mr. Ji will not be able to convince there."

"What if my sister comes forward, can you be sure?"

Lin Qingwan shook her head, "I don't know much about the Western Expedition now, so I really don't dare to assert it." ”

The eldest princess stopped talking, and just arrived at the front hall, and the two went in hand in hand.

The fifth prince and the sixth prince were also there, talking around the emperor, and the queen hurriedly beckoned when she saw them, "Come on, I'll let them serve the food, and I'll wait for you." ”

The three princes hurriedly got up and asked them to sit down first, and then they sat down one after another.

This is a small family banquet for the royal family, the fifth prince and the sixth prince have grown a lot taller, the two of them secretly glanced at Lin Qingwan, and immediately lowered their heads when Lin Qingwan's gaze swept over.

The six princes are just embarrassed, but the five princes are a little weak-hearted.

I don't know why, in the past two years, my father has been very strict with him, as long as he makes a mistake, even if it is a small mistake, he will be severely punished.

At first, he was still resentful of his father, thinking that he was too partial to the fourth brother.

But as he grew older, he slowly became worried, more or less understanding that his father was doing good for him.

So when facing Lin Qingwan, he always had a void of heart for some reason, and it seemed that the other party's eyes could always see through him.

Lin Qingwan accompanied them to have a peaceful lunch, and then followed the emperor and the four princes to the side hall to continue to talk about political affairs.

The fifth prince and the sixth prince saw them leave, breathed a sigh of relief, patted their chests and said, "My father's expression is so serious today, isn't there another accident on the front line?" ”

The eldest princess glanced at them, turned her head to look at the emperor's back, and her face was a little solemn.

The queen glanced at her and smiled at the fifth and sixth princes: "You are not young anymore, you should also learn to manage government affairs, and you will always help your father and emperor in the future." ”

The fifth prince and the sixth prince shrunk their necks and did not speak.

They're still young.

"Okay, go back and rest, I have to go to class in the afternoon," the queen couldn't help but wave when she saw them like this: "Study hard, maybe your father will use you when the emperor will use you." ”

When the fifth and sixth princes left, the queen looked at her daughter.

She waved her hand to make all the palace maids in the hall retreat, and then asked with a straight face, "Did you come around the corridor just now?" ”

The eldest princess laughed, "There are walls on both sides of the road, and it's very boring, so I took the third sister and walked back from the small garden." ”

"I think it's because you have something to say to her, so you can't be heard, right?"

The eldest princess knew that it was impossible to hide the affairs of the palace from the queen mother, but she dared to mention it in the palace, because she was not afraid that the queen would know.

So she smiled: "It's just a few words of gossip, and there's nothing to say to outsiders." ”

The queen couldn't help but sigh, "Is there anything you can't say directly to the fourth child, and you have to discuss it with her?" ”

"The fourth brother has a lot of things to do now, and what I want to say only involves the Lifan Academy, so naturally I have to talk to the Shangshu of the Lifan Academy......"

"Yuanhua," the queen called in a low voice, looked up at her, and said, "Have you made up your mind to participate in politics?" ”

The eldest princess frowned, "Queen Mother, why can't I?" The second sister and the third sister are also women, and they are just royal daughters. ”

"They can participate in politics by virtue of their status as royal daughters, but by their true skills."

"The queen mother won't let me try, how do I know that I don't have real skills?"

"You have the ability, so I don't want you to get involved in politics too much." The queen said with a cold face: "Yuan Hua, the fourth is not the second, he has a soft personality and is easy to be swayed, and you have always had a strong attitude, but there can only be one king in this country, and I can't let people influence him like this." ”

"There are also powerful people among the ministers of the court, doesn't the queen mother let them become officials in the court?"

"You are different from them," the queen said: "They are ministers, no matter how soft the fourth child is, he can still afford to hold a posture in front of them, and those courtiers also know more about their duties as ministers." ”

"And you are the eldest sister of the fourth, you are nine years older than him, he is used to letting you in small things, and you can let in big things, and you don't have the consciousness of being a minister in front of him, so you can't!"

The eldest princess's face changed drastically.

The queen looked at her with pity and said: "Your sister Zhong has the same problem as you, and she is too strong for the fourth child, but she is a little stronger than you, and she has always adhered to her bottom line as a minister." ”

"The two of you together can't compare to one Lin Qingwan, no matter what she thinks in her heart, she has always been humble and respectful to the fourth child, and she abides by her duty as a minister," the queen said: "You see her acting, there are many times when I feel that she is pointing out the fourth prince, but it seems that she is not, and the fourth child will never be disgusted by this, this is the duty, and it is also the gap between you and her." ”

The queen sighed and said: "Your father and I have looked away, she urgently entered Beijing back then, but I am afraid that she has calculated our attitude and entered Beijing to complain." In terms of kindness and righteousness, she is no less than you in the fourth, and you didn't find out, she has gotten along very well with the fourth child in the past two years, better than your sisters and brothers. ”

"I don't want you to participate in politics, it's not that I don't want you to come out, but if you have half of her, I just beg Your Majesty with an open face, and I will ask for an official and a half position for you. But you don't, so give up. ”

"What does Mother mean by this," the eldest princess glared, "Do you think that I will control the court in the future and go against the fourth child?" ”

The queen didn't speak, silence meant everything.

No matter what Zhong Ruying and Lin Qingwan's original intention of participating in politics was, these two people do have responsibilities for the country and the people, and they also consciously take that responsibility.

But Yuanhua is different, this child only thinks about herself and her children, once their interests are contrary to the country, I am afraid that she will choose her own interests.

Unlike Zhong Ruying and Lin Qingwan, they will have some tricks, or even give up, just to achieve the overall situation.

The queen loves her daughter, she gave birth to so many children, and in the end only she lived, how could she not love her?

But no matter how much she loves her, she is willing to give her daughter everything she has, but this does not include the country that her husband has worked so hard to protect.

The emperor's health is not good, in addition to the emperor and the imperial doctor, the queen is the third person who knows best, and now the heir is clear, it must be the fourth.

Therefore, the queen does not want her daughter to be too deeply involved, lest she stretch her hand too long in the future.