"Young lady, the king's greetings." Hongling rolled up the bead curtain and sent a post, Xin Zixuan took it, and her pretty face suddenly became solemn, and she said to Hongling: "Call Xu Qing's daughter-in-law in." ”

Hongling was stunned for a moment, knowing that something big must have happened, otherwise she wouldn't have called Xu Qing's daughter-in-law, so she immediately retreated obediently. After a while, he led in a young daughter-in-law, who was nearly thirty years old, with a faint expression on her face, and looked like a serious person.

After entering the house and giving Xin Zixuan a salute, Xin Zixuan asked Hongling to retreat.

"What is the young lady looking for me?" Xu Qing's daughter-in-law used to be Xin Zixuan's personal maid, and after marrying, in order to help Xin Zixuan keep the dowry, she was matched with the housekeeper in the village, and now she is also a housekeeper.

Xin Zixuan handed the palace post to Xu Qing's daughter-in-law, and waited for her to finish reading it before she sighed.

"Mo'er's death day is coming, the palace invites me over, you say I shouldn't go." Xin Zixuan is a few years younger than Xu Qing's daughter-in-law, and she treats her as a sister when she is young, so if she can't make up her mind, she will inevitably call her in to discuss. Chunrong is Xu Qing's sister, and it is also Xu Qing's daughter-in-law's idea to let Chunrong come in and be an aunt.

Xu Qing's daughter-in-law's slender eyes suddenly widened, and her face was a little surprised, "So fast? She also forgot that her second lady had already passed away, and seeing that Xin Zixuan's mood was a little heavy, she quickly put away her expression, "Don't you want to go?" ”

Xin Zixuan raised her head, looked at her deeply, and then looked a little deflated as if she was guessing the matter, "I don't know if I should go or how to go." ”

"It stands to reason that you are the sister-in-law of the princess, and the general and his wife are far away in northern Sichuan, and this mother's family is none other than the young lady, so you have a reason to shirk it. Secondly, when the princess passed away, you were not in Beijing, and you still don't know where she is buried, and you have never incensed the princess. It makes sense that you can't say goodbye on this sacrifice day. Xu Qing's daughter-in-law seemed to be talking to herself, and she seemed to be hesitating in Xin Zixuan's heart, "It's just that you are now the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the Li family, and the elder has always avoided getting too close to the princes and grandsons." If you go, the eldest young master will inevitably attend, but it is rumored that the eldest young master and the old man are not good people in the court. ”

After listening to her, Xin Zixuan was surprised for a moment, she picked up the teacup on the table and pretended to drink tea, and slowly collected the expression on her face. But Xu Qing's daughter-in-law stopped speaking after speaking, just frowned, as if she was troubled, and as if she was distracted.

When Xin Zixuan's cup of tea bottomed out, Xu Qing's daughter-in-law had not yet spoken, and she was finally a little anxious. "Sister Jiao, you read everything I thought in my heart, you should give me an idea."

Hearing Xin Zixuan open her mouth, she called out the title before leaving the pavilion, which caused Xu Qing's daughter-in-law to laugh. "I thought the young lady had set her temperament, but she still couldn't sit still."

"How can you let me sit still, I can't figure out this matter at both ends, and more importantly, Mo'er can't come back, you don't know how uncomfortable I will cry in Liangping at that time, and I will cry my four-month-old child anymore."

Xin Zixuan mentioned the sad thing, her tone became depressed, and she almost couldn't recover from the loss of two important people in a row. And later, one flowed another, and Xin Zixuan really collapsed. I invited a doctor to come and take a look, saying that she couldn't settle her emotions and couldn't raise a fetus. That's why Li Sijin didn't force it anymore, only let her take good care of herself.

However, Xin Zixuan didn't dare to tell others about these things, Li Sijin was all focused on his political achievements, and those maids said that they were here to take care of them, but in fact, they all wanted to climb into Li Sijin's bed. It's all sent by her mother-in-law, and she can't do it clearly, so she can only endure it silently.

Xu Qing's daughter-in-law didn't expect Xin Zixuan to have these things and never talk to her, she was surprised, she felt a little sorry for her, and regretted that she couldn't give it to her in the first place. "I think the young lady doesn't have to care too much, it doesn't matter if she goes to the palace generously, the fifth lady is not also in contact with the lady of Xingyongbo's mansion, doesn't it just settle those speculations."

When Xin Zixuan heard this, her heart really brightened, "Then I will go and reply to the letter and ask the palace to arrange it." ”

"Young lady, please wait." Xu Qing's daughter-in-law shouted.

"What's wrong?" Xin Zixuan glanced at her.

"I think the palace is not just for the young lady to discuss the matter of the sacrifice day." Xu Qing's daughter-in-law paused for a moment, and didn't have the appetite to catch Xin Zixuan anymore, "I heard that the Anqing Marquis Mansion and the Wangfu had a falling out, because of the matter of the princess." ”

"Mo'er?" Xin Zixuan blinked her eyes and looked at Xu Qing's daughter-in-law and shook her head, "It's not the second lady." Xin Zixuan was even more confused, except for Xin Zimo, there was no second princess in this dynasty.

The queen mother is gone, the emperor and the third prince are the sons of the original concubine, and the crown prince of the year is the son of Concubine De. The emperor ranked second, because the prince suddenly fell ill before he ascended the throne, so the throne fell, the first emperor was lonely under his knees, and after the death of the prince, there was only the emperor and the third prince.

Therefore, the emperor still takes good care of this younger brother, and treats Hongfang as his own, and treats everything like a prince in the palace.

When Xin Zimo was promised to Hongfang, he also attached importance to Hongfang, but he didn't expect things to turn out like this. The emperor complained a little about General Dingxi, and saw that he had lost his beloved daughter, and it was not easy to punish him. And for Hongfang, who became a widower before getting married, the emperor was even more guilty, so he decreed that after the mourning of the princess, another concubine would be chosen for Hongfang. And this time the emperor no longer interfered in the selection of concubines, but just asked Hongfang to draw up a list to enter the palace by himself, and let him decide for himself after the palace saw it.

It probably means that as long as you choose what meets the requirements, the palace will never interfere, and you can help if necessary. Not to mention that the prince still needs the emperor to marry a concubine, then Hongfang also feels that it is too faceless, and the emperor wants to thank him, but he takes the emperor's words seriously in his heart. is good for his identity and appearance, and everyone is vying for it.

"Qingshu, how did the Marquis of Anqing know about this?" Hongfang sank his face and slammed a booklet on the desk, a crackling sound shook Qingshu's scalp, and he stood next to him and didn't dare to look up. "There's a thief in this house, don't you know?"

Qingshu felt a little aggrieved in his heart, he was doing things with Hongfang, but Hongfang's daily life was taken care of by the maid. "I'll check it out."

Seeing that Qingshu turned around to leave, Hongfang stopped: "Come back." Qingshu's back froze, "All the people who handle it have been pulled out for me, and none of them can be left." Qingshu clenched his fist at him, and Hirokata's face looked better.

Thinking of Song Yan blatantly falling in his face, just because he crossed out Song Yun's name from the shortlist, Hongfang was surprised and only angry. This matter was originally an internal matter of the palace, or it can be said that this was his own business, but Song Yan knew about it. Being known about the shortlist is secondary, and he didn't know that there was a thief in his house, which made him angry, and what made him even more angry was that Qingshu was still at a loss when asked.

"Lord Shizi, the people from the Marquis of Anqing Mansion and the people from the Duke of Lu Guo Mansion made a fuss outside, and they also smashed other people's restaurants." Mo Yan reported before, Hongfang was furious when he heard this, and he said directly: "But I found the official money for last year's disaster relief in the restaurant." ”

The Duke of Lu Guofu is the person of the eldest prince Hongwen, while the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Anqing is the third princess Langjun, so it can be said that they are people in the same boat. But the housewarming of the eldest prince is imminent, and the two parties are actually making trouble outside, and they don't show their faces in Hei Hongwen.

But the matter of the official bank can be big or small.

Last year, there was a drought in all parts of the country, and even the southwest, which boasted of being blessed, also died because of the drought. The people did not even drink saliva without eating, and the ground was dry and cracked, and they could not afford to grow any food at all. The emperor sacrificed to the heavens twice, in exchange for a few drizzles, but it still didn't help. The imperial court allocated funds for disaster relief, but every time they walked to Huaicheng, there would be an accident, and it is said that the locals did not dare to go to the mountains and forests, either to meet bandits, or to encounter wild beasts.

The imperial court sent troops several times but could not catch the shadow, but instead used false rumors, saying that those official silver were taken away by a demonic wind.

The emperor naturally didn't believe in the strange power and chaos of the gods, but he couldn't find the signs that made him very angry, and the disaster became more and more serious, and the two batches of materials and disaster silver were gone. The treasury was running out for a while, and in the end, it could only be directly allocated from Jiangnan to help the emergency. This matter has always been very annoyed in the emperor's heart, so he later let Hongyi and Yan Kaizhi lead troops to encircle and suppress the Huaicheng bandits.

Outsiders heard that the emperor was going to restore the He family in Pingzhou, but they didn't know that in the battle of Huaicheng that day, the bandits were brave and orderly, and the more frustrated they were, the more courageous they became. The imperial army suffered numerous casualties, and even Yan Kaizhi was seriously injured while protecting Hongyi and almost died.

However, the bandits were exterminated, but the official silver still had no clues, and some people said that they might have been caught up in the bandits.

Although I don't think it's very likely, I can only accept an explanation for the time being.

But at this time, it was discovered that the official bank that disappeared last year appeared in the capital, which was too strange.

"Oh no, no, no!" A young man dressed as a second child crawled and panted like Xiyuan. In the process of running, he fell a few times, rolled in the mud, and he didn't care that his clothes were torn open cracks. Ignoring the obstruction of the gatekeeper of Xiyuan, he ran in on a rampage, "The second lady is not good!" The second master was arrested. ”

Ling heard the commotion outside the door early and was very irritable. Today, I felt panicked as soon as I woke up, and now when I hear the shouting outside, I suddenly get angry. After closing the booklet, he walked out and saw two domestic servants detaining the young man to the ground with his backhand, and when he saw Ling coming out, he hurriedly saluted.

"Second lady, I don't know where this kid came from, he went on a rampage all the way, we didn't stop him, we let him run in." After speaking, he will tie up Xiao Er.

Xiao Er was in a hurry and shouted to the Ling family: "Second lady, I am a buddy from Suifeng Tower." The Ling clan shuddered involuntarily, and immediately asked the big man to release him, and was about to call Xiao Er into the house for questioning, but Xiao Er was in a hurry and shouted out, "Second lady, the second master has been arrested!" said that he was hiding official silver privately, and he wanted to cut off his head! ”

When Ling Shi heard this, his eyes rolled, and the whole person fainted.