Half an hour later, Fan Ning left the Qilin Hall of the Inner Palace, returned to the imperial city, and after a stick of incense, Gao Tao, who was extremely comfortable physically and mentally, came out of the map room slowly, and returned to the Laifeng Pavilion where she reviewed the folds under the embrace of six personal palace maids.

Coming to Fengge was also in the Qilin Palace, Gao Taotao rested in the room for a while, drank a cup of tea, and asked the personal palace maid Cai'e: "How is the situation at Ning Bi's house?" ”

Ning Bi is also one of her six personal palace maids, these six people were brought by her from the palace, and they have followed her for many years, the only thing she is not very worried about is Ning Bi, this child always has accidents at home, the year before last, her mother died, and recently heard that her father was seriously ill again.

"It seems that he has already gone, and the family is raising money for his father's burial!"

"You called her!"

Not long after, a palace maid came in and knelt in front of Gao Taotao, "Slave maid see the queen mother!" ”

Gao Tao asked, "Ning Bi, you have followed me for almost eight years!" ”

"The slave maid will be by the Queen Mother's side when she is eight years old, and it will be eight years next month."

"And how do I treat you?"

The palace maid whispered: "It's not a parent, it's better than a parent!" ”

Gao Tao nodded with satisfaction, and asked again: "I heard that your father unfortunately passed away, why didn't you tell me?" ”

"The Queen Mother works hard for state affairs, and the slaves and maids dare not use family affairs to bother the Queen Mother."

"That's what you're wrong, I raised all six of you, and I treat you as my daughter, why don't you tell me if you're in trouble?"

The palace maid bit her lip and said, "There are still a few acres of thin fields at home, and my brother can sell it enough to bury my father." ”

Gao Tao sighed, "The land was left by your father, how can your brother sell it, if you told me earlier, there would be no such troubles." ”

She immediately said to Cai'e: "Take two hundred taels of silver from my case money and send it to Brother Ning Bi, so that he can bury his father properly." ”

The palace maid Ning Bi's tears came down, and she kowtowed: "The queen mother is very gracious, and the slave and maid can't repay the broken bones." ”

"Silly boy, people's hearts are flesh and blood, you have followed me for so many years, you are in trouble, how can I stand by and watch, go!"

Ning Bi kowtowed a few times and left.

Gao Tao breathed a sigh of relief, these six palace maids, they had to squeeze their mouths tightly.

At this time, a eunuch said at the door: "The official family has come to ask the Queen Mother for peace!" ”

"Let him in!"

Gao Taotao was a little vigilant in his heart, his son usually came to greet him in the evening, why did he come now?

After a while, Zhao Ji walked in quickly, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "The emperor greets the queen mother, and wishes the mother good health and a good mood." ”

Gao Taotao smiled slightly: "The emperor is exempt!" ”

"Thank you!"

Zhao Ji stood up and stood beside him with his hands down, and said: "Today, Erchen heard that Fan Jingluo's envoy entered the palace to report on his work, and Erchen looked forward to it, so he asked Daru for leave and rushed back in advance. ”

I see, it's impossible to think about it, how can my son know.

Gao Tao said with a smile: "You are concerned about the situation of overseas development!" ”

"Exactly!"

"In fact, the mourning family is also very concerned, your imperial grandfather left a will, overseas development is related to the Great Song Dynasty Zhongxing, just now the mourning family and your imperial grandmother listened to Fan Yuanjun's report on the restart of the Ryukyu Mansion, Fan Envoy Jun in order to put the Ryukyu Mansion on the right track, a very hostile indigenous tribe of the Great Song Dynasty was completely strangled, very bloody, it can be said that it was killed, what does the emperor think of this matter?"

Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and said: "If it is a subject of the Great Song Dynasty, I will have mercy on it, if it is an enemy of my Great Song Dynasty, I will kill it all, this is the legacy of the emperor's grandfather to his sons, and the Great Song Dynasty is the sky." ”

Gao Tao said with relief: "The mourning family is afraid that you will be mistaken by those corrupt Confucians, but now it seems that you are indeed a qualified emperor, and the mourning family also supports Fan Yuanjun's approach." ”

After a pause, Gao Tao said again: "The mourning family will convene the Zhizheng Hall and Fan Yuanjun in the Ziwei Partial Hall to discuss the matter of immigrating to the Ryukyu Mansion later, and you can also participate!" ”

Zhao Ji was suddenly surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said: "Erchen also wants to talk to Fan Envoy alone about overseas development. ”

"Tomorrow!"

Gao Taotao smiled slightly: "These days the spring is very good, I really want to go to Jinmingchi to relax for a few days, the emperor will accompany me, you directly summon him in Jinmingchi, and have a good chat with him about Japan's trade issues, I am also very interested." ”

"Sons obey orders!"

Gao Taotao immediately issued an order to summon the ministers of the prefect hall and the overseas economic envoy Fan Ning to discuss the matter in the Ziwei Partial Palace!

She also sent someone to inform the Empress Dowager Cao and invite her to attend with her, but the Empress Dowager Cao had no interest in overseas development, and declined Gao Tao's invitation under the pretext of being unwell.

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It was almost dusk when Fan Ning came out of the imperial city, and he took the carriage directly to his father-in-law Zhu Xiaoyun's mansion, and Fan Ning secretly shook his head in the carriage.

Of course, he knew that Gao Taotao might not really care about overseas development, she just wanted to create another opportunity for the two to get together, which really made Fan Ning's head a little bigger.

However, there is a disadvantage and there is a benefit, under the strong intervention of Gao Taotao and Zhao Ji, the governor immediately decided that there was no need to wait for the famine to occur, and directly recruited 20,000 tenant farmers from Shaanxi Road and Hebei Road to go to Ryukyu Prefecture, of course, it could not be done all at once, and it would take time for Fanning to prepare for the construction of Liuzhong County and Liunan County, and the two sides agreed to move to Ryukyu Prefecture within a year.

In addition, at the suggestion of Zhao Ji, the prefect passed a resolution to establish Liuli County in the Xiaoliuqiu Islands.

These gains were a bit unexpected by Fan Ning, but thinking of Gao Taotao's request to go to Beijing regularly to report to the imperial court, Fan Ning really admired Gao Taotao's methods, and did not leak a drop of water, this woman is really amazing.

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of Zhu Xiaoyun's mansion, and Zhu Pei, who had been waiting for a long time, walked out quickly, and she asked with some complaints: "Why is it now?" ”

"There's no way, I was called by the Governor Hall and the Empress Dowager Gao to participate in the Xiangguo Meeting, and the Son of Heaven also went, which is related to the development of the Ryukyu Mansion, which is more important."

The two walked into the mansion and saw Zhu Xiaoyun, Zhu Xiaoyun looked good, talking and laughing, without the slightest frustration of being degraded.

Zhu Xiaoyun invited Fan Ning into the study, a maid served them tea, Zhu Xiaoyun said slowly: "This big adjustment is also expected by me, Wen Yanbo copied the knife, and the attack was really ruthless and accurate, all the officials recommended by Zhang Yaozuo did not let go, I and Zhang Yaozuo actually had no intersection, but I offended Wen Yanbo when I was a judge of the Court of Judges, and I killed me a little by the way this time." ”

Zhu Xiaoyun never admitted that he was demoted because he was not clear about his position on Zhang Yaozuo, but traced the reason back to more than ten years ago, but Fan Ning also knew that his father-in-law had big rules and wanted to save face.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "My father-in-law has not been promoted to the third grade, I think a very important reason is that he has not served as the chief official of the mansion, this time my father-in-law has served as the prefect of Chengdu, I personally think it is a good thing." ”

Zhu Xiaoyun was extremely relieved in his heart, or his son-in-law saw it thoroughly, he was only in his fifties, and he still had at least more than ten years in his career, he didn't believe that he couldn't be promoted to the third grade, it could be said that the first emperor had a bit of prejudice against himself, so what about the future? Especially when he became the head of Chengdu Mansion, such qualifications are enough even if he is the prime minister.

"It's still a good son-in-law who is right, I am still a little short of the local chief, resulting in weakness when I am promoted to the third rank, and it is really not a bad thing to be the prefect of Chengdu this time."

The two chatted a few more words, and Zhu Pei came over to invite them to dinner, and Weng Son-in-law walked towards the dining hall as he walked.

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At night, Zhu Xiaoyun and his wife sent their daughter and son-in-law to the carriage, and Zhu Pei smiled: "Then I wish my father a smooth journey, I won't come to see my father!" ”

Zhu Xiaoyun said with a smile: "You don't need to send it, just take care of your mother and brother, A-Ning, write more letters when you have time." ”

"I will definitely write to my father-in-law!"

The two waved their hands at the window, the carriage started slowly, and left the mansion, Wang smiled at her husband: "You finally admit now that this son-in-law is stronger than you!" ”

Zhu Xiaoyun smiled bitterly and said: "He is not an ordinary strong, but a demon, he is only twenty-six years old, and he has actually achieved the third grade of the Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor, no one in this dynasty can compare to him." ”

Wang Shi was puzzled: "But I have also heard that many young people have ascended to high positions. ”

Zhu Xiaoyun sneered, "That's the royal family, or relying on Zu Yin to seal a high-grade false official, and Ah Ning is not the same thing at all." ”

"That's right!"

Wang smiled: "Don't you think it's the old man who is really powerful?" Since he was a child, he has seen A-Ning, and this eyesight is not available to ordinary people. ”

Zhu Xiaoyun shook his head, "I guess the old man didn't expect A-Ning to have today, hey!" I have to work hard, and if I don't work hard, my last chance will be lost. ”

The husband and wife turned around and went back to the house.

The carriage walked slowly on the street, Zhu Pei looked at the hurried pedestrians outside the window and did not speak, the restaurants and teahouses in the distance were particularly lively, in front of a green building, several women with heavy makeup were soliciting customers, many men half-pushed and half-pushed them in, Zhu Pei couldn't help but sigh lowly.

"Appe, do you have something on your mind?" Fanning asked with a glance at her.

Zhu Pei simply leaned on her husband's shoulder and whispered: "Mother talked to me for a long time today, she said that your heirs are too thin, and she wants me to give you a concubine, sometimes I feel that I am too selfish, you are so young, but there are only three women, to be precise, there are only two, Aya is not counted, one son and one daughter, you go to Quanzhou, I should let Aya take care of you." ”

Fan Ning was a little ashamed in his heart, he really couldn't say anything about Gao Tao, and said after a while: "Although I never go to Qinglou, I can't talk about saints, and I have an occasional impulse, but when it comes to marrying a wife and taking a concubine, I don't have too many ideas, at least not now." ”

"But you only have one son now."

Fan Ning put his arm around her shoulders and said with a smile: "You and Sister Qian will still have children, and Aya will also have them, now let's not mention the matter of marrying a concubine, I don't want to take a concubine for the sake of inheritance." ”

Juppé sighed faintly, "You don't have such thoughts now, but what about the future?" I really can't tell. ”

"Don't think about this kind of thing anymore, in three days, we will leave the capital and go south."

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