At this time, Lin Qingluan was standing in front of the window, holding a letter in his hand, looking at it with eyes like water.

Hearing An Lan's voice, Lin Qingluan looked up slowly, the corners of his lips were smiling, and his eyes blinked, but tears flowed down.

Zhou Chuwan is fine.

Originally, he suddenly got the news of Master Lin and left a letter for Lin Qingluan, so he hurried to the south, hoping to find people back.

As a result, he was unlucky, he happened to encounter a heavy rainstorm, and then it was a plague, but fortunately, he was a doctor and helped to treat the disease in the epidemic area.

Now that the situation in the epidemic area has been controlled, and they have also fought against Lin Yaochen and Zhou Zhao, they only need to resist King Rui now.

And for such a group of people, King Rui's so-called 50,000-strong army is really not enough.

Lin Qingluan pinched a thin piece of paper, with a lot of emotions in her heart, only to feel that the long-term depression had finally dissipated.

Great, Zhou Chuwan had nothing to do, and invited Master Lin to return to Beijing together.

My brother is fine, with Zhou Chudui and Master Lin, as well as the experienced Marquis of Annan, it will definitely be no problem to deal with the remnants of King Rui's defeated army.

Great, great!

Maybe it won't be long before they come back safely!

At this time, Lin Qingluan was no longer looking forward to any military merits or rewards, she just asked everyone to be safe and return to Beijing as soon as possible!

In another two days, the emperor also got some good news, and he gave a good thing to Wan'an Palace, but in the name of saying that Lin Qingluan had been accompanied by meritorious service recently.

With such a name, the Queen Mother also rewarded her, and specially asked Mama Wei to praise Lin Qingluan.

It's just anything else, but one of the sentences "In the future, with the imperial concubine accompanying the emperor, the mourning family can rest assured" is particularly eye-catching.

"Master, the Queen Mother...... It can't be that way, right? An Lan cautiously pointed in the direction of Kunning Palace, and whispered with his mouth half-covered.

Lin Qingluan also frowned, she shook her head slightly, feeling that she shouldn't.

The queen mother and the emperor should have a tacit understanding, and Zhai Hanjing's position is unshakable.

At the same time, Kunning Palace.

Zhai Hanjing covered his eyes with one hand, revealing only the lower half of his face with a wry smile.

"Master, don't think about it, Xu, Empress Dowager Xu didn't mean that......" Jinru whispered all.

Zhai Hanjing covered his eyes and shook his head, and his voice was hoarse when he spoke: "That day in the Shen Penal Division, the Queen Mother came in time, I thought that at least she was ......"

I don't want to scrap it.

But about now, after this period of observation, the Queen Mother may feel that Lin Qingluan is more suitable to be the queen than her.

In the previous dynasty, although Prime Minister Zhai was the prime minister and the head of the civil officials, General Nalin was also the head of the military attachés, and ...... General Lin is still so young.

Zhai Hanjing exhaled deeply, she put down her hand, her eyes were slightly red, but she was already calm: "The emperor's mind, you and I can't change it, so we can only ...... Let it be. ”

"Is the master willing?" Jinru couldn't help but ask.

Zhai Hanjing did not answer, only continued to smile bitterly.

How can this be reconciled?

But if she is willing or unwilling, what can she do?

Jinru bit her lip, if it was in the past, she would have instigated Zhai Hanjing to contact the Zhai family, and she could also join forces with the concubines in the harem and fight Lin Qingluan to the end.

But、But Jinru is indeed a little scared now, it's okay to scramble, but if she accidentally angers the emperor, she doesn't have to be punished, and she can stand it if she is sent directly to the Shen Criminal Division.

The master and servant lost their fighting spirit, and they sat silently facing each other, but fortunately, the person they cared about the most was right in front of them, and they were at ease with each other.

In Cining Palace, Shangguan Yan was also asking the Queen Mother: "The words that the Queen Mother specially sent people to say, but they have other meanings?" ”

"What can it mean," the Queen Mother smiled lovingly, "It's the emperor, who has lost weight recently." ”

Shangguan Yan smiled slightly: "With the imperial concubine by his side, my son has already used a lot of meals." ”

"In that case, she should be rewarded." The Queen Mother's head.

Shangguan Yan lowered his eyes, and after a while, he still said, "I need a son-in-law." ”

The Queen Mother did not have any surprise or dissatisfaction, only closed her eyes slightly and nodded: "It is the rule of Dasheng to set up a concubine as a prince." ”

The two don't have to say everything, they already understand what they mean to each other.

The Queen Mother really hated Zhai Hanjing, whether it was when she fought for power and only cared about the Zhai family, or now she closed the palace gate and refused to go out, in the eyes of the Queen Mother, she is not a qualified queen.

Especially in this period of time, the emperor worked so hard, during which whether it was the second prince's voice, Zhen Jieyu's miscarriage or Yumeiren's death, the queen was not in charge.

The queen mother is very displeased, the emperor is already so busy, does he still have to worry about the affairs of the harem? As a queen, she can't serve her husband and can't manage the harem, let alone the queen, even the wives of the family don't have this.

So the Queen Mother specially asked people to pass on such words to Lin Qingluan, just to beat Zhai Hanjing.

In the Queen Mother's mind, she hinted so clearly, Zhai Hanjing had to jump up quickly and do more things to prove that she was the most suitable for being the queen?

But Shangguan Yan knows his mother, and since the queen mother said such a thing, she may not have such a heart.

It's a pity......

Shangguan Yan sighed slightly in his heart, but still said: "The second prince was born safely, the queen mother, the son thinks that everything will be fine." ”

Divine punishment? So after he treated Lin Qingluan sincerely and gave her the status of being above 10,000 people under one person, has God forgiven him for what he has done?

The mother and son both understood each other's thoughts, but it was really inconvenient to tell them, so they were only silent, but they were in a good mood at this time.

Shangguan Yan said indifferently: "Queen Mother, Shangguan Jue is going to die." ”

"Someone who should have died a long time ago." The Queen Mother said this, but she also laughed.

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"I want to be the marquis of Lin Yaochen." Shangguan Yan looked at Zhai Xiang who was standing in front of him and smiled slightly, "Zhai Xiang, please take a seat." ”

The palace man cleverly brought a chair over, and Zhai Xiang, who had a white beard, sat down calmly and didn't say anything.

"The merit of Northern Xinjiang, the merit of King Rui, Zhai Xiang thinks, what title can Lin Qing be awarded?" Shangguan Yan continued to ask gently.

Zhai Xiang seemed to really frown and think for a moment before he said: "The minister has no form, and if General Lin is knighted, it is best not to go beyond the Marquis of Annan." ”

"Oh?" Shangguan Yan raised his eyebrows slightly.

Zhai Xiang is very reasonable: "Back then, Annanhou subdued Nan'an by himself, but now there is no Nan'an, only Dasheng Nan'an County, this kind of achievement ......"

That is indeed incomparable to Lin Yaochen.

"However, the Lin family's defense of northern Xinjiang for generations can be regarded as meritorious." Zhai Xiangren is old and refined, how can he not understand what the emperor means? He laughed slowly, "Now that you want to stay in Beijing for a long time, you can really be named a marquis, and you can afford it." ”

Shangguan Yan also laughed: "What Zhai Xiang said is exactly what I mean." ”

The northern Xinjiang is stable, the king of Rui is ambushed, the north and the south are safe, and the four seas are safe.

Then there is no need to leave the people who should not be left where they should not be.

Shangguan's eyes were gloomy, but his smile was very obvious.

He was so happy, too.

Wan'an Palace.

"Really? Brother, they've already returned? "Lin Qingluan was really surprised.

"Yes, the emperor also just got the news, and he was afraid that Niangniang would worry about General Lin, so he asked the slave to come and talk back to Niangniang." Yu An smiled and narrowed his eyes, "General Lin has succeeded in suppressing bandits, the south is stable, and the general will return to Beijing in a few days!" ”

"Good, good, good!" Lin Qingluan bent her eyes happily, "This is really the best news in recent times!" ”

My brother is back, and Zhou Chuwan is also back, maybe he will bring back Master Lin, or maybe ...... This winter, Zhou Chuwan will not be so difficult.

And her brother has been relieved of his errands, and he will be able to return to northern Xinjiang in a few days, this time she will definitely make a proposal to the emperor, at least let her brother take a nephew out of Beijing!

However, Lin Qingluan was planning like this, but Yu An bent his waist even more: "There is better news, the emperor is ready to knight General Lin!" ”

"What?" Lin Qingluan was stunned for a moment, and in the next moment, joy and smile all disappeared from her face, she approached Yu An in disbelief, and asked again, "What did you say?" ”