followed Huang Shi through the Imperial Garden, and happened to run into something salvaged by the eunuch.

When the man saw Huang Shi, he immediately saluted.

Huang asked, "What are you doing?" ”

The chief eunuch replied, "Tell my father-in-law that a eunuch who was on duty at night last night fell into the pool and is salvaging the body. ”

Huang Shi was obviously displeased, but because Luo Qingzhi was by his side, he didn't have a seizure, but just said lightly: "After you get it done, let people change the pool water once, it's very unlucky." ”

"Yes."

The two came to the Xianyang Hall and did not see His Majesty the Emperor.

Huang Shi explained, saying: "Your Majesty has not yet gone down to the court, the county lord will wait for a while." ”

"Isn't Gonggong Huang afraid that His Majesty will be blamed if he falsely preaches the holy will?" Luo Qingzhi asked.

Huang Shi lowered his head and replied respectfully: "If it were someone else, Your Majesty would be angry, but if it was for the county lord, Your Majesty would not." ”

Luo Qingzhi thought that she was stopped at the gate of the palace and went to the Chongde Palace, and after only a cup of tea, Huang Shi came, it seems that Huang Shi has more eyeliner in the palace than she imagined, or, it is His Majesty's eyeliner, she can't get it for a while, so she has to press the table.

Gao Yan returned from the next dynasty, and the moment he saw Luo Qingzhi, his eyebrows and eyes were raised, and his words were dyed with a smile.

"Arlo, have you waited a long time?"

Luo Qingzhi shook her head and bowed her hand.

"Your Majesty."

Seeing Luo Qingzhi's rustiness, Gao Yan frowned slightly, but he didn't stop it anymore, and said to Huang Shi: "Look at the tea." ”

Gao Yan sat down, took out a booklet from the left side of the bookcase, handed it to Luo Qingzhi, and said, "This is the list that has been reviewed by the Ministry of Rites, Ah Luo take a look." ”

Luo Qingzhi took the list, and Gao Yan continued: "This time to recruit a son-in-law, I asked Zong Zhengsi and the Ministry of Rites to do it together, and I plan to let Baili Xi come out of the essay test questions." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Yan was worried that Luo Qingzhi would be displeased, and added: "Although you and Baili Xi have long lost their family relationship, he is Shang Shuling after all, and he is the head of civil officials, and he can show fairness in the literary test." ”

"I understand." Luo Qingzhi replied, and continued to look at the roster in his hand, except for those who were already married, almost all families had men of appropriate age to participate in the selection, accounting for as many as eighty percent.

"Is this the final list?" Luo Qingzhi asked.

Gao Yan took a sip of tea, shook his head slightly, and said, "Today is the last day, but there shouldn't be any changes." ”

Luo Qingzhi nodded and said, "The question of the literary test, the minister thinks that it is very good for Lord Baili to lead it, but what about the martial arts test?" ”

"How do you want to try?" Gao Yan asked rhetorically.

"In this selection, there are many children of the family, if they are allowed to compare with each other, it is inevitable that there will be accidents," Luo Qingzhi paused for a while, observed Gao Yan's reaction, and saw that he had no intention of stopping, and continued: "There is a general under the minister's hand, named Feng Zinan, his martial arts are good, and he has light and heavy hands, it is better to let him compete with you, and within the specified time, he can win Feng Zinan." ”

Gao Yan didn't have any rebuttal, nodded, and said, "I agreed." ”

Some of the persuasive words prepared by Luo Qingzhi were easily promised before they were used, she didn't believe that Gao Yan didn't know, and let Feng Zinan be a martial arts tester, that is, let him directly exclude some people, Feng Zinan was born in the Luo family, and his martial arts were also inherited from the Luo family all his life, and few people in the entire Qi Ning could beat him.

Of course, there is one more thing, Gao Yan doesn't know, Baili Xi has always cherished her the most.

After coming out of the palace, Luo Qingzhi entered Baili Mansion through the back door, except for the few little maids who saw Luo Qingzhi at the beginning, who made surprised sounds, the rest of the people saw Luo Qingzhi and saluted respectfully.

After delaying time in the palace, when she came to Baili Xi's study, the old man with a gray beard had already fallen asleep on a cushion, Luo Qingzhi played with her heart, quietly came to Bai Lixi's side, picked up the Zihao pen on the side, and was about to make a mistake, when there was a cough behind her.

This sound did not wake up Baili Xi, but it made Luo Qingzhi stop the movements in his hand.

She turned around slowly, a middle-aged man in court clothes, holding a scroll in one hand and a pen in the other, with an angry face.

"Qingqing, don't be presumptuous."

“...... Uncle. ”

"Qingqing," Baili Xi, who was asleep, opened his eyes sharply and said in surprise: "Qingqing!" ”

Seeing Luo Qingzhi's Baili Xi, tears flowed down as soon as he brushed it, and took Luo Qingzhi's hand and looked around.

"Compared to when I saw you the year before last, I am thinner again, my Qingqing." Baili Xi began to wipe his tears with his sleeve.

Luo Qingzhi smiled and said, "Waiweng, I'm not thin, it's because you haven't seen me for a long time." ”

Baili Xi changed his mood and said angrily: "You still know that you haven't seen me for a long time. ”

Luo Qingzhi was coquettish and said, "Waiweng~ Didn't I come to see you after solving the trivial matters?" ”

Baili Xi wisped his beard and asked rhetorically: "Immediately?" How long have you been back in Kyoto, hey, forget it, forget it, whatever you want to eat for lunch, I'll have someone prepare. ”

"It's all right."

Bai Lihan, who was standing on the side, shook his head and left the study.

At Baili's family lunch, the bowl in front of Luo Qingzhi was already full of dishes from Baili Xi, and Baili Han finally couldn't look at it, and said: "Father, it's not like Qingqing hasn't eaten, are you going to break the only granddaughter?" ”

Baili Xi immediately put down his chopsticks and said sharply: "You still know that I only have Qingqing, the only granddaughter, since your lady left, let you continue the strings, I don't want to, it's not to blame you, so that the old man can only hurt Qingqing alone." ”

Seeing that the atmosphere between the father and son was not right, Luo Qingzhi immediately smiled and said: "Waiweng, this is your mistake, uncle's infatuation is something that the whole of Jinling knows, how can you, as the head of the heavenly officials, force your uncle to be a merciless person." ”

Baili Xi sighed and said, "Forget it, forget it, one or two, all of them are infatuated people." ”

Luo Qingzhi thought of the grandmother in the mouth of the crowd, it is said that when she was outside Jinling City, she fell in love with her father at first sight, and no matter how the grandfather stopped her, she was determined to marry him. However, at that time, the world was initially decided, the Baili family and the Luo family were both northern scholars who had moved out, and Su Zong wanted to set a girl from the Jiangzuo family for his father to consolidate the status of the Gao family, and A-Niang invited herself out of the Baili family and eventually became husband and wife.

At that time, Luo Huaiyi was alone, and the protégés of the Baili family were all over the government and the opposition, how could such a combination of the two families not make other families blush, in order to protect the next generation of the Luo family and the Baili family, so that they could not be disturbed by the court, they could do what they wanted to do with peace of mind, and the two families could only pretend to be separated.

But such an idea was not achieved in the end, the Luo family was in trouble, and Luo Qingzhi was stationed in Yuzhou alone and left Beijing for ten years.

Baili Xi noticed that Luo Qingzhi was in a bad mood, and hurriedly calmed down, and said: "Qingqing, Wai Weng has never felt that your mother's infatuation is wrong, and it is your uncle who is angry. ”

Luo Qingzhi shook her head and said, "Qingqing just thought of her mother, thinking that she had never seen her, and she was a little regretful. ”

Baili Xi also sighed deeply, and said: "Your aunt is the most like me, wanton and chic," said and sighed again, and said: "Qingqing, this time Your Majesty recruited a son-in-law for you, although he has his intentions, but I don't want you to find a child of the family, I only hope that you will find a child of a poor family, go to Yuzhou, and never come back." ”

"Wai Wen." Luo Qingzhi raised her eyes and looked, Baili Xi's eyes were full of pity and reluctance.

"Qingqing, uncle also hopes that you don't get into the troubled waters of the capital." Baili Han also said.

She breathed a sigh of relief and said jokingly: "I'm relieved when you say this, I saw that there were people from my uncle's family on the list, and I thought that you wanted to convince me that the fertilizer water would not flow into the fields of outsiders." ”

Baili Han said solemnly: "Qingqing must not study hard in Yuzhou, and the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders is not used like this, you should say that you should be a pro, you should be ......."

Before Baili Han finished speaking, Baili Xi immediately interrupted and said, "Don't chew words here, what we Qingqing said is right." ”

I haven't felt the feeling of my relatives by my side for a long time, Luo Qingzhi laughed rarely, and said, "Who recommended the people from my uncle's family?" ”

"It's not me!" Baili Xi and Bai Lihan said in unison.

"Not you?" The two asked face to face again.

Luo Qingzhi asked suspiciously: "Isn't my uncle's family a family?" ”

Baili Xi immediately explained, saying: "Your uncle Su is a family of merchants, it doesn't count, it doesn't count." ”

Luo Qingzhi sighed and continued to ask: "Is the little boy of my uncle's family good-looking?" ”

This time it was Baili Han who replied: "When I went to Tiger Hill half a month ago, I saw this little son of the Su family, who was full of poetry and books, and there was no copper smell of the Shangjia family. ”

Luo Qingzhi smiled, and she already knew in her heart that the little grandson of this uncle's family must be very satisfying to them.

"Okay, Qingqing will definitely take a good look at each other when he arrives, but, Waiweng, Your Majesty ordered you to make a question, you are not allowed to miss the question." Luo Qingzhi said.

Baili Xi said: "How come." ”

When she left Baili's house and returned to the county lord's mansion, it was already dusk, and it was Luo Qingrou who greeted her at the door.

"Arou, are you waiting for me?"

Luo Qingrou smiled softly as before, threw herself into her arms, nodded, and said, "Yes, I'm waiting for my sister." ”

Luo Qingzhi exhaled and said, "Coincidentally, I'm also looking for you, come to the study with me." ”

The two people who entered the study seemed to have something on their minds, and they were waiting for the other party to speak first, Luo Qingzhi thought for a while and said, "Arou, I'm ...... with the prince."

"Sister, I know everything," Luo Qingrou said immediately, as if she had made up her mind, and said firmly: "Sister, although I am happy with my brother, but in Arou's heart, Sister is the most important." ”

Luo Qingzhi listened to these words, a little ashamed, a little distressed, and a little blamed herself, if only the palace banquet that day was a little more careful. She thought about it, and she didn't plan to tell Luo Qingrou her suspicions, maybe all this was discussed by Gao Zhen and Concubine Shu.

"Arou, in my sister's heart, you are also the most important." Luo Qingzhi said.

Luo Qingrou looked at Luo Qingzhi, nodded solemnly, and said with a crying voice: "Arou knows, if it weren't for me, my sister could have been the most chic girl in the world, if I hadn't entered the palace without permission and was used by His Majesty to blackmail you, you could, you could have not fought on the battlefield." ”

"Not exactly." Luo Qingzhi said, slowly walked towards Luo Qingrou, gently wiped her tears, and said, "It is my responsibility to protect you, but as the daughter of the Luo family, it is also my responsibility to defend the border." ”