The emperor Zhou Chengyong shook his head and explained to the queen mother: "Where did the queen mother go, how could I look at a ten-year-old little girl, it's not for the sake of Li Yan's marriage, at this time, you must not make a move on that little girl, otherwise, with the degree to which Fang Jingshu loves that little girl, Li Yan's happiness in this life can be ruined by the queen mother." ”

As soon as the emperor said this, the Queen Mother understood a little, but she was finally unwilling to swallow this breath, she still wanted to teach that Fang Dongqiao a lesson.

"Huang'er, since this is the case, the queen mother doesn't want Liyan's child to marry into the Fang family and be snubbed by the county horse, in this way, the mourning family can listen to the emperor and not harm her life, but this royal princess is not allowed to be bullied, that little girl dares to rob the third princess of the horse, she has to pay the price, otherwise, in the future, anyone can be bullied to the top of our heavenly family's golden branches and jade leaves, this will go on for a long time, where does the dignity of the royal princess exist, does this make the married princess and the unmarried princess still have face?"

The Empress Dowager proposed this, and the emperor Zhou Chengyong smiled indifferently.

"The queen mother can rest assured, how could the emperor allow an accident to exist with Gong Tianyu at such a critical moment? Because the emperor is here, he has already thought of an idea, this idea is for the queen mother to come forward and accept the little girl as her goddaughter, and then I will come forward and reward her to the county lord, so that she can stay in the fief well and never return to Beijing. ”

When the queen mother heard the emperor's idea, she immediately burst into laughter.

"This matter is still thoughtful by the emperor, so, once that little girl is the identity of the imperial aunt, she wants to come to the Dashang Gong Tianyu as a senior, and she is his elder, so that the kid of Gong Tianyu should also dispel his thoughts. In addition, the mourning family heard that the wasteland in the north has no grass all the year round, the environment is harsh, and there are no living people who will stay in that place to live, so let's do it, the emperor will simply be generous, and if the fief is to be sealed, it will be a big one, and the entire wasteland will be rewarded to that little girl with such a county lord status, which is enough to give her Fang family supreme glory. ”

Let that little girl bear the glory of the county lord and live for three months, and by then, the marriage between the county lord and the third princess has been completed, and whether the little girl is dead or alive over there is not in their consideration.

The emperor didn't expect that the queen mother would be thought of by him, he just wanted to find a remote county for Fang Dongqiao to stay in, so that she could live there peacefully for the rest of her life, but he didn't expect the queen mother to make this request, which made the emperor a little embarrassed.

So, what's the difference between this and hurting that little girl?

In this way, doesn't that Fang Jingshu still have to hate his daughter Zhou Liyan to death?

Thinking about it, the emperor was going to talk to the queen mother, where do you know, the queen mother no longer listens to what the emperor says.

In her eyes, the happiness of the county lord matters to her own granddaughter, not to mention that the county lord's father is still the thorn in the heart of the queen mother, but she knows how much the first emperor loves that son, if it wasn't for the disappearance of that son back then, maybe the one sitting on the throne today would not be her son.

So the queen mother was intuitively displeased to think about what for Zhou Liyan, the emperor pointed out that the victim Fang Dongqiao would make Zhou Liyan have a bad life, she felt that she could not do it, not to consider the happiness of the county lord, but because this matter is related to the royal face problem, at this time, if the little girl was hurt and the county lord and the county master were out of harmony, it was really not good to explain anything to the world, and it would also damage her reputation as the queen mother, no matter how it was calculated, it was a little more than worth the loss, so, but she was angry and did not think about it thoroughly.

But at this time, she had already given in, and the concession no longer harmed Fang Dongqiao, but exiled her, and recognized her as her goddaughter, so that she could stand up to the name of the county lord, so that the little girl and the Fang family have nothing to be dissatisfied with, that is a glory that some people can't get in their lifetime, even if this glory is only for a short time, then it is enough to comfort the Fang family.

Therefore, the Queen Mother at this time completely imposed her hatred for Rong Wanshu on Fang Dongqiao, who called Fang Dongqiao's status is not high, and who called Rong Wanshu the daughter of Rong Guo's Mansion, so after weighing the pros and cons, the Queen Mother had to choose a weak Fang Dongqiao to get angry.

In this case, what else can the emperor say, after all, there is a filial piety word pressed on the top of his head, this kind of thing that has nothing to do with the overall situation of the court, the emperor is naturally unwilling to disobey the will of the queen mother, so he thought about it again and again, or nodded and agreed to the queen mother's suggestion, left this Cining Palace, and when he returned to the imperial study, the emperor Zhou Chengyong immediately summoned the university scholar, passed his meaning to the university scholar, and asked him to draw up such a holy decree.

The scholar received the emperor's order, naturally did not dare to slack off for half a minute, and was busy drawing up a will according to the emperor's intentions.

Zhou Chengyong looked at the will at a very fast speed, his brows were slightly twisted, and the hand holding the jade seal was always hesitant to leave the seal.

The scholar looked at the emperor with such a look and asked cautiously. "Your Majesty, but what's wrong with Weichen?" As soon as Zhou Chengyong heard the scholar ask about this, he hurriedly said: "No, Aiqing didn't make any mistakes, so it was naturally excellent." ”

After saying this, Zhou Chengyong finally made up his mind, covered the jade seal, and then ordered Xiao Shunzi, the chief eunuch beside him, to come over and ask him to go to Fangfu with the reward and the holy decree to pass the decree.

At this time, Fang Dongqiao was in a very low mood because of the persuasion of Gong Tianyu, the whole person was sick, she had no appetite, and she was resting, but Qingluo ran in with a panicked face.

"Miss, no, someone has come to the palace, let Miss go to the main hall to receive the holy decree."

As soon as Qingluo's words fell, Fang Dongqiao suddenly turned over from the couch, and then looked at Qingluo in a daze.

"Qingluo, what did you say? Miss Ben didn't hear clearly, can you say that again? Fang Dongqiao thought that the matter had come to an end, but she didn't expect that there would be a holy decree coming down at this time, which made her heart rise again.

Seeing Fang Dongqiao's stunned look, that Qingluo patted her own beating heart, took a breath, and said slowly: "Miss, the slave maid said that someone came to the palace in front of her, it was the little Shunzi father-in-law who came to the Fang family last time, and he was waiting in the main hall with the emperor's decree at this moment, just waiting for the young lady to go over to receive the decree." In this way, Mrs. sent someone over to pass the word, and asked the young lady to quickly pack up and go to the front hall immediately, but don't let Xiaoshunzi's father-in-law wait too long. ”

As soon as Qingluo said this, Fang Dongqiao grasped the key to the matter.

"In this way, that holy decree is dedicated to Miss Ben, not the entire Fang family, isn't it?" That Qingluo heard Fang Dongqiao ask about it, but nodded.

"It should be a holy decree specially passed down to Miss, otherwise, that little Shunzi father-in-law would not say that, saying that it was the emperor's will to Miss."

This Qingluo gave this answer, and the uneasiness in Fang Dongqiao's heart went away, as long as it wasn't the entire Fang family, just her Fang Dongqiao, then things weren't too bad.

In this way, Fang Dongqiao hurriedly got up and asked Hibiscus Qingluo to quickly tidy up for her, and in less than a moment, Fang Dongqiao was dressed up refreshingly and took Qingluo Hibiscus and the two maids to the main hall.

As soon as the chief eunuch Xiao Shunzi saw Fang Dongqiao coming, he immediately bowed his hand to Fang Dongqiao and said, "The slave is here to congratulate Miss Fang on her promotion to the county lord." ”

The county lord? She didn't have any great merit, how could she be rewarded to the county lord for no reason? Fang Dongqiao was obviously a little puzzled, but Xiao Shunzi's father-in-law had already unfolded the bright yellow holy decree and announced it.

"Fang Dongqiao, take the order!"

As soon as Fang Dongqiao heard this, he immediately knelt on his knees, bowed his head and respectfully listened to Xiao Shunzi's father-in-law pass on his will, and the rest of the Fang family also knelt behind him with Fang Dongqiao.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: the Fang family has a woman Fang Dongqiao, gentle and courteous, Heng Huang has rules, etiquette and education, kindness, modesty and obedience won the heart of the queen mother, especially the queen mother's decree to accept as a righteous daughter, now as the holy oracle for the lord of Anping County, given 10,000 taels of gold, 1,000 horses of brocade, given the barren island as the fief of the lord of Anping County, the county lord of the period did not live up to the queen mother and the emperor's love, for the emperor to take care of the wasteland, no edict can not return to Beijing. Chin this! ”

Xiaoshunzi's father-in-law finished reading the emperor's decree and handed it to Fang Dongqiao.

"County Lord, take the order." Fang Dongqiao raised his head, looked at the holy decree handed over by Xiao Shunzi's father-in-law, presented it with both hands, and respectfully accepted it.

"The people's daughter receives the order, long live, long live, long live."

After receiving the holy decree, Fang Dongqiao was helped up by Qingluo, and after the little Shunzi father-in-law announced the holy decree, he didn't dare to stay for half a moment, and turned around and went back to the palace.

Before leaving, he told Fang Dongqiao that the Queen Mother's intention was to let Fang Dongqiao set off immediately after receiving the holy decree, and there must be no mistakes. However, the Queen Mother also said that she would allow the county lord to stay in the capital for three more days, and within three days, she hoped that the county lord would have packed all his luggage and set off towards the wasteland fiefdom.

Fang Dongqiao nodded, and asked the hibiscus next to her to hand over a hundred taels of gold to Xiaoshunzi's father-in-law, which was originally given to her by the emperor, and she just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha.

The little Shunzi father-in-law was reluctant to accept it, but when Fang Dongqiao asked him to take care of the eldest brother Fang Jingshu and the county lord Zhou Liyan in the future, the little Shunzi father-in-law immediately accepted it without hesitation, and then took the eunuch guards below to sit in the palace sedan chair, and went back to the palace to return to the emperor Zhou Chengyong and the queen mother.

And on the side of the Fang family, when the father-in-law of Xiaoshunzi left the Fang Mansion, Fang Dongqiao's mother-in-law, the Yun family, immediately rushed up, hugged Fang Dongqiao, and the tears flowed silently, and Fang Xia Yao was also crying beside him.

Where is this holy decree a reward, it is simply a talisman.