Beijing City, Forbidden City, Inner Garden.

"Queen Mother, Your Excellency the Archon has returned to Beijing, and the Lords of the Council have just gone to greet you," Qiuzhu, the Queen Mother's personal palace maid, hurried to Cining Palace.

When Empress Dowager Zhang, who was personally accompanying the little emperor to play tricks, heard this, she immediately stood up and said happily: "Have you already entered Beijing?" Where are the people? Are you safe? ”

Now, hearing the news of Wang Qi's return to Beijing, Empress Dowager Zhang had no intention of accompanying the little emperor for a while, and turned to the nurse and ordered: "You guys take the emperor down first."

After the emperor left, Empress Dowager Zhang sat down and summoned Qiuzhu: "You go to the internal affairs mansion to take out the blue sea pearls offered by the Nanyue Kingdom a few days ago, and bring a few newly made fox furs from the mourning family to the consul's mansion together." ”

"Queen Mother, those big pieces." Qiu Zhu hesitated a little: "Does it make people misunderstand something?" After all, it was made by the Queen Mother herself. ”

"It's just a few clothes, what does it matter?" Empress Dowager Zhang frowned: "Besides, go and tell the Inner Prison Mansion that the palace can dare to chew the root of the tongue, pull my tongue for me, and drive me out of the palace!" ”

"Slave obeys," Qiu Zhu nodded.

"Recently, there is any news and interesting news outside the palace, tell the mourning family," the Queen Mother supported her cheeks with her hands, thanked her for leaning on the soft collapse, her beautiful eyes were slightly closed, and she looked a little tired.

Qiu Zhu sucked her lips slightly, and thought for a while before saying: "I heard that there was something strange over there in Nanjing City, and a meteorite fell from the sky, saying that the ruling lord "

"Don't talk about these rumors, the mourning family doesn't want to hear them," the Queen Mother's beautiful eyes condensed slightly, and she waved her hand: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Luo Tian Dajiao of Gesoap Mountain, said that the ruling lord is a saint from heaven, Li Huaxia," the little palace maid raised her head slightly, pointed her index finger at her chin, and said slowly: "There are other dojos, it seems that there is also this kind of strange scene, everyone in the world says that the ruling lord is really a natural saint, as if everything is given by God, and there is no need to learn hard the day after tomorrow, those old monsters who have been in the imperial court for decades are not the opponents of the ruling lord."

"Hmm," Empress Dowager Zhang closed her eyes and nodded slightly.

"And." Qiu Zhu pouted: "Also, I heard that some people in Liangguang have recently started to buy and sell Kunlun slaves, whether it is factory work, or field farming, serving the master's family, they are all good hands, and the big families in Liangguang are almost all proud of raising Kunlun slaves, and each family has a few Kunlun slaves."

"Kunlun Nu?" Empress Dowager Zhang naturally knew what the palace maid said about Kunlun slaves, but this queen mother, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, couldn't understand how anyone could buy those black strangers to work?

"When I heard about this, I also got the approval of the ruling lord, saying" Qiu Zhu frowned and thought for a long time before continuing: "It is said that this thing can be used as a slave, can be used for acres of land, and can be used for factories, but the ruling lord also made it clear that this slave is barbarian and lowly, and it is strictly forbidden to intermarry between Kunlun slaves and Han people. ”

"The ruling lord has done the same thing as the mourning family thinks," Empress Dowager Zhang nodded when she heard this: "How can those black slaves sit at the same table with the Han people?" ”

After a while, Empress Dowager Zhang felt a little tired: "You can go, send the gift later, and then return to the mourning family." ”

"Slave and maid, let's do it." Qiu Zhu bowed slightly, and then slowly retreated.

"Queen Mother, do you want to wait for you to rest?" The old lady who has been serving the Queen Mother since she was a child stands by the door.

"No need, just lie down for a while."

In the palace, the hollow carved phoenix incense burner emitted wisps of incense, and in the dormitory, the Empress Dowager Zhang quickly lay on the soft couch and fell asleep.

After a while, Empress Dowager Zhang, who had already fallen asleep, heard someone sobbing in a low voice.

Opening her eyes slightly, Zhang Yan raised her eyes: "Who is crying outside the palace?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, no one cried, but Princess Ningde asked to see her outside the palace," the old lady said at the right time.

Empress Dowager Zhang, who had just woken up, didn't know what Fang Cai had dreamed of, her cheeks were crimson at the moment, her temples were scattered, her two round jade legs were entangled with each other, and her breath was a little unstable. ”

Princess Ningde came to see Empress Dowager Zhang because of Wang Qi's return to Beijing.

The wedding date of the two has been pushed back by Wang Qi, and now that Wang Qi has finally returned to Beijing, Ningde wants Zhang Yan to help Wang Qi open his mouth and determine the wedding date of the two - after all, as Ningde's elder, this matter is also what Empress Dowager Zhang should do.

"Princess, the Queen Mother, please go in" Not long after, Mama Zhang came out of the hall and invited Zhu Huiyan into the hall.

"Imperial sister-in-law," as soon as she entered the hall and saw the only relative in the world, Zhu Huiyan, who was originally emotionally stable, immediately couldn't help but feel aggrieved, and the big tears overflowed from her eyes, and she threw herself into Zhang Yan's arms at once, and the tears fell down, soaking the chest of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

"Okay, okay, what's going on?" Empress Dowager Zhang was a little distressed and wiped Ningde's eyes with a handkerchief: "If you have any grievances, tell your sister-in-law." ”

"Wang Qi has returned to Beijing today," Zhu Huiyan wiped her eyes with her sleeve, and said aggrievedly: "I said it was May, but then because of the matter of the imperial brother, it was postponed for a few months, and now it is almost a year over, and if I don't marry again, what should the world say about me?" ”

Hearing Zhu Huiyan's words, Zhang Yan was also stunned, and then smiled with an unnatural expression: "The mourning family, the mourning family also feels that this matter cannot be delayed any longer." ”

"The royal decency you represent," Zhang Yan stretched out her hand and gently stroked Zhu Huiyan's pretty cheek lovingly: "He Wang Qi wants to maintain the current balance, he wants the rule of the parliament to be in accordance with the law, so he will definitely marry you No matter what aspect it is, this matter is what he Wang Qi should do." The mourners will tell him, don't worry. ”

Blinking, Zhu Huiyan pursed her lips: "What if he doesn't allow it?" ”

Zhang Yan nodded Zhu Huiyan's smooth forehead a little helplessly, and then said calmly: "He will, as long as he promises something, he will do it." ”

"I'm a little worried" Zhu Huiyan remembered the last time she saw Wang Qi, and she was a little flustered.

The man was too cold.

It was as if everything could be discarded in order to achieve his ultimate ideal.

And what about her?

Zhu Huiyan didn't dare to think about it.

Therefore, she wants to be the one Wang Qi likes.

I'm already doing my best.

However, Wang Qi never seemed to take a serious look.

In the past two months, Zhu Huiyan has sent countless letters to Nanjing, along with her own thoughts and the handkerchief woven by the girl's family.

But there was no word-wrecked reply.

This made Zhu Huiyan's heart sink into the valley.

That's why she came to the inner palace in such a hurry, looking for the queen mother to help.

But how did she know that the queen mother, in her dream, that beautiful scene?

Wang Qi only returned to the mansion when it was getting dark.

"Welcome home!"

The door of the mansion was wide open, Wang Qimai walked into the mansion, and behind the shadow wall, on both sides of the long corridor, the maid mother-in-law and the servants in the outer courtyard stood in two rows, all bowing their heads and saluting.

And at the end of the road, there is Hai Lanzhu's pretty face with faint tears.

Hai Lanzhu, who pursed her lips, looked at her husband who returned to Beijing in the morning, but entered the palace at sunset, a little aggrieved, proud, a little helpless, and full of love.

"Welcome back to the house," Hai Lanzhu bowed slightly to Wang Qi, and behind him, Xiao Wang Lian was held in the arms of the nurse, staring at a pair of dark eyes, looking at Wang Qi not far away with some curiosity.

"Thank you for your hard work," Wang Qi stepped forward and helped Hai Lanzhu up, and then turned to the people in the house: "You are also working hard, notify the inner treasury, according to the rank and responsibility, this month will be issued three times the monthly salary." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

In the joy and respectful cheers of everyone, Wang Qi waved his hand: "Let's go back to their places." ”

Not long after, Hai Lanzhu accompanied Wang Qi into the backyard.

After holding his son and teasing him for a while, Wang Qi became a little tired and handed the child over to the nurse.

"Master, dinner has been prepared, let's eat some first."

"I just received a notice from Wenyuan Pavilion, and the concubine asked the kitchen to reheat the meal, including crystal beef buns, and leeks and pork cakes," helped Wang Qi to sit down, and Hai Lanzhu sat beside Wang Qi with the support of the maid: "I heard that the lord often stays up late to deal with government affairs in Nanjing City, and the meals are not eaten on time, so the concubine made red bean barley and lotus seed porridge"

As she spoke, Hai Lanzhu scooped a bowl with a soup spoon and put it in Wang Qi's hand.

"The food in the south is exquisite, but I still like the pasta and cakes that my wife made for me," Wang Qi smiled and patted Hai Lanzhu's wrist.

Wang Qi ate alone, Hai Lanzhu watched from the side, and got up from time to time to serve a bowl of porridge and break a piece of cake for Wang Qi.

"Lian'er has just begun to learn to call people these days, and when I saw my husband today, I was happy and tight, one by one." Hai Lanzhu looked at Wang Qi's face, looking at a look of relief.

"Because my husband has been away from home for a long time, the house is all thanks to my wife's management, even if it is a child, I am not accompanied by much," Wang Qi was a little helpless in his words, looking at Hai Lanzhu, his eyes were full of apologies, but his mouth was already inserious: "I will treat my wife a lot tonight, and let me work hard for my husband." ”

Hearing such explicit words, Hai Lanzhu's cheeks immediately turned crimson, almost dripping blood, and the glutinous almost mosquito sounded: "There are still people here." ”

A few little maids are not very old, and they are also unemployed, but when they saw the mother's reaction like this, they also knew what it meant.

immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at Wang Qi.

"You guys go out first," Wang Qi knew that Hai Lanzhu was thin-skinned, and he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so he waved his hand and asked the maid who was waiting on the side to retreat.

"The lord is so frivolous, how can the concubine establish majesty in the mansion in the future?" Hai Lanzhu's face was still red, and she didn't look at Wang Qi.

"Old husband and wife, isn't this boudoir secret whisper?" Wang Qi was nothing, Lang smiled and said: "I will bathe my husband for a while, I don't want others, and I need Mrs. Lao." ”

After a few degrees of spring night, the bed was already a mess.

Hai Lanzhu's cheeks were crimson at the moment, she only felt weak, lazily lying on Wang Qi's chest, her temples spread out scatteredly, revealing a smooth back like white porcelain.

Wang Qi patted Hai Lanzhu's shoulder lightly for a while, his broad and strong chest rose and fell slightly, and it seemed that he was exhausted after a galloping charge.

"Horqin has been a little restless lately," Wang Qi said intentionally or unintentionally with his eyes closed, as if he was pretending to sleep.

"Well," Hai Lanzhu just snorted lightly, without any superfluous movements, she looked extremely tired, and her voice was lazy and coquettish: "Since the first time I met Guangning, I have already been my husband's Hai Lanzhu, not the Horqin grassland." ”

Wang Qi just spoke to himself: "I will shoot Ye Xianggao and Lu Yu to go to Horqin, if not, I will go to Mobei." ”

Hearing this, Hai Lanzhu's originally closed beautiful eyes slowly opened, and her long eyelashes shaved on Wang Qi's chest, making her a little itchy.

"I just came back, and I'm leaving" stretched out slender fingers, slowly slid on Wang Qi's chest, and then went down, stretching out to an inexplicable position.

"What's going on in the world," Wang Qi just opened his mouth and spit out three words, and a strange feeling came from the bottom.

Hai Lanzhu's slender white fingers, that kind of touch, make people can't help themselves.

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When Hai Lanzhu woke up, Wang Qi was already dressed neatly under the service of the maid.

"Today I'm going to go to the scientific society, I'll come back later, Madame doesn't have to wait for me for lunch," Wang Qi stood there, the maid was bowing her head, and she was tying more than 100 belts for her.

With one arm propped up, Hai Lanzhu lay there sideways, looking at her husband with affection.

That kind of charming, breathtaking.

If it weren't for the extraordinary concentration, Wang Qi would almost want to charge on the battlefield again, and attack several more times!

Looking at her husband who was almost deserted and fled, Hai Lanzhu couldn't help but say angrily: "Little thief! ”

After a while, Hai Lanzhu was also waited for by the maid to get up.

After washing up and seeing Lian'er, I was free to come down and drink a cup of lotus seed tea.

"Madam, pothos is asking to see you outside the door." The personal maid stepped forward to report.

"Let her in," put the tea bowl aside, Hai Lanzhu nodded slightly.

Under the leadership of the subordinates, a green pothos in a blue skirt walked into the house and obediently saluted Hai Lanzhu: "The pothos has seen Mrs. ”

"During this time, you have worked hard," Hai Lanzhu waved his hand: "Sit down." ”

"It's not hard to follow the adults," the pothos seemed to be a little afraid of Hai Lanzhu, and lowered her head, not daring to look at the housemother.

After all, in the entire ruling government, Wang Qi almost doesn't care about things, all affairs are handled by Hai Lanzhu, and she almost holds the power of life and death for everyone.

"The lord has a special identity, those beauties in the south must be like a hungry tiger pounced on food, and they pounced on the lord without their lives, so that you can follow you, it is also a precaution," Hai Lanzhu flipped his wrist, and the white jade bracelet on it made a crisp sound, which was extremely pleasant: "After all, you can't keep everyone by the master's side, you did a good job in this matter." ”

"If you have any requests, you can mention them," Hai Lanzhu looked at her maidservant.

"Ma'am." Pothos lowered her head, as if she didn't dare to speak.

"Something?" Hai Lanzhu seemed to know something.

Taking a deep breath, the pothos said glutinously for a while: "Slave. Pregnant. ”

Hearing the words of the green pothos, Hai Lanzhu was stunned at first, and then her beautiful eyes moved slightly: "When did it happen?" ”

"It's been three months"

"Three months, I was still in Beijing at that time," Hai Lanzhu's face did not change, but she turned her head, looked at the maid on the side, and lightly opened her lips: "Go and get the book!" (End of chapter)