For Qing Yu Huaijin, the palace is far from being as mysterious as the world seems.

She often entered the palace when she was four or five years old, and whether she was the emperor or today, she was as kind to her as her own daughter. When she is older, she will be able to play with a group of princes who are not much different in age, which is a treatment that Qing Yu Zhongwang has never enjoyed.

However, in the past year, except for Emperor Jing's summons, she basically did not take the initiative to enter the palace to ask for a meeting.

"In the past, when you were in Dadu, you would come to Hanyuan Hall every three or five days to visit the palace, but now you have not been willing to set foot in the palace for several months, and you have to send someone to invite you to come over."

In the palatial Hanyuan Palace, a graceful and luxurious woman in palace clothes with a smile in the corners of her eyes held Qing Yu Huaijin's hand, although her words were a little complaining, her expression was extremely spoiled.

She is the main palace queen of the current Dajing Tianzi, the daughter of Chemu Gunnan, the biological mother of the crown prince Nalan, the third prince Wuyan, and the fourth prince Haige.

Although she is over forty years old, this queen mother is still very well maintained, she was born in a big family, and she was also the leading beauty of the Jinglian clan back then.

Shaohua passed away, but his face did not change, but he had a little more mature charm.

Qing Yu Huaijin smiled and said: "Niang Niang forgive the sin, Huai Jin didn't mean to, but the war in the south has been anxious recently, my father and brother are on the battlefield, and my mother is quite worried, so I have to stay at home to take care of her." In addition, Huai Jin also wanted to calm down and think about the details of the battle situation, maybe he could give a little help to the warriors on the front line. ”

Seeing that Qingyu Huaijin was silent, the queen said kindly: "You and the prince grew up together, you should know that he is loyal, generous and gentle, and has always respected and cared for you——"

"Fighting is their man's business, so why should you bother?"

When she said this, Qing Yu Huaijin didn't want to refuse directly, otherwise she would be disrespectful and wouldn't take this queen seriously at all.

The queen patted the back of her hand gently, pulled her to the edge of the couch and sat down, and said softly: "The most important thing for us women is to teach our husbands and children, take care of the house properly, so that men have no worries outside." ”

Qingyu Huaijin said with a little embarrassment: "Niangniang, that was a long time ago. ”

The queen covered her mouth and smiled, shook her head slightly, and said: "Silly child, getting married is not an overnight thing, even if you want to marry two years later, shouldn't you choose the man you like now?" You can't just find someone to marry when the time comes, even if you want to, the king of Changshan County will not agree, and His Majesty and the palace will not agree. ”

The Zhuote clan is also the majority of the Jinglian clan, and it is also one of the few forces that did not side with the Hui Luo clan and then opposed the Qingyu clan.

Qingyu Huaijin knows the queen very well, her biggest advantage is that she is obedient to the Son of Heaven, if there is no hint from the Son of Heaven, she will never take the initiative to meddle in her marriage.

Qing Yu Huaijin was silent.

As soon as she thought of this, she said cautiously and clearly: "Niangniang, I think it will be okay in another two years." ”

Qing Yu Huaijin had probably guessed the other party's thoughts, but she still responded obediently: "Niangniang, please speak." ”

The queen also knew the temperament and past of the daughter of the county king, so she did not force her to give an answer, and continued: "Although you are not the daughter of this palace, it can also be regarded as this palace watching you grow up, and in this palace's heart, you are no different from those girls. There are no outsiders today, and this palace has a few words in my heart that I want to say to you. ”

"Okay, then don't mention it."

The queen's tone was gentle, but her attitude was more resolute than hers, and she still smiled: "To be honest, if you are asked to marry a child of another family, Your Majesty and the palace are really not at ease, after all, you have not suffered the slightest grievance since you were a child." Bengong thought about it, and suddenly had an idea, which can not only take care of the dignity of your Qingyu clan, but also make you as satisfied as before. ”

The queen looked at her dotingly, and said, "Tell me about this palace, is there a man you like?" If there is, this palace will make the decision for you, and I think the king of Changshan County will also give this palace this face. ”

The queen smiled and said: "You are now in your twenties, and it is time to find a family affair." However, this palace knows that Ling is the pearl of the king of Changshan County, he doesn't want you to leave home too early, and we Jinglian people don't have those cumbersome rules of Qi people, and it will be late if it is later. It's just that you can't keep dragging it out. ”

"If you get married, you can be filial."

Seeing this, the queen held her palm and said with emotion: "But this palace also knows that your child has always had a high heart and a higher vision, how can ordinary children enter your eyes?" It's not that no one wants you to become his daughter-in-law over the years, and there are many people here in the palace who come to explore the situation, but in the end, it didn't happen. I heard that the third child of the Zhuote family looked for you in private, but you beat him up? ”

This time she said very sincerely: "Niangniang, I don't want to get married now, I just want to stay at home and honor my father." ”

Although Qing Yu Huaijin suffered several losses under Lu Shen and suffered a lot of blows, she did not lose her political sensitivity to being taught by Qing Yu's words and deeds, and soon realized the true intentions of the queen.

Qingyu Huaijin's face was as usual, but he didn't think so in his heart.

Without waiting for her to finish speaking, Qing Yu Huaijin smiled and said, "Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already married." ”

The queen said: "Even so, he is the prince of Dajing after all, and he is the heir chosen by His Majesty, so there is no difference between wives and concubines." The meaning of this palace is to wronged you to be the prince's side concubine first, and then you can be promoted to the imperial concubine when you enter the palace in the future. On the surface, you are a head lower than the current crown princess, but with the support of your father and the Qingyu clan, you don't need to look at anyone's face in the harem in the future. Huai Jin, this palace is dedicated to your sake, you must not live up to the kindness of this palace. ”

Qing Yu Huaijin really didn't expect the queen to be so direct.

She forced herself to calm down, and then judged the intention of the Son of Heaven's arrangement: let her marry the crown prince as a side concubine, on the one hand, it can show the importance of the Son of Heaven to the Qing Yu clan, and on the other hand, it is to lay an ambush for the future - whether the relatives can continue to be in charge of the military power of the Southern Yuan, the Son of Heaven can not only turn a blind eye, but also have enough reasons to force the Qing Yu clan to give up part of the military power.

At the same time, it can also eliminate the possibility of her marrying other big clans, and prevent the Qingyu clan from further expanding its power through marriage.

"Mother, I-"

This time it was the queen's turn to interrupt her, and she smiled gently: "This palace knows that your brain will be a little messy for a while, don't worry, go back and think about it." ”

Qing Yu Huaijin lowered his head and said, "Yes." ”

The queen told again: "Today, our mother and son will say something in private, and don't let outsiders know about it for the time being." ”

Qingyu Huaijin got up and responded: "Yes, Niangniang." ”

He immediately bowed and took his leave.

The queen looked at her slender figure, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

In all fairness, her love for Qing Yu Huaijin is not adulterated, and once Qing Yu Huaijin becomes the prince's side concubine, with the support of Qing Yu's family, the prince's position will only be more stable, and the favored concubines in the palace can only die early.

This is also the root cause of her great eagerness to promote this matter after hearing Emperor Jing's instructions.

Qing Yu Huaijin could probably guess the thoughts of this queen mother, she walked out of the palace with an indifferent face, and the palace guards who were waiting outside the palace immediately greeted her.

Without saying a word, she jumped on her mount, glanced back at the majestic Miyagi, and then pulled the reins and rode away.

On the wide and smooth streets of most of the capital, dozens of horses galloped quickly, and the sound of hooves was like muffled thunder, which was very commensurate with the gloomy weather of this winter.

Pedestrians on the street hurriedly avoided it, even those noble children, after seeing the cold face of the woman on the horse, they also swallowed back the scolding that was almost on their lips.

His Royal Highness the county lord didn't even dare to offend the princes, let alone ordinary magnates?

You must know that in the early years, Qingyu Huaijin was arbitrary in most of the capitals, but her martial arts skills were extremely high, not only relying on her family background to oppress people, but many of the powerful children who were beaten by her didn't even dare to have the idea of revenge, after all, it was already very embarrassing to be beaten by a woman on the street.

In the past two years, Qingyu Huaijin has rarely wandered on the streets, and today's abnormal behavior naturally aroused the curiosity of many people, and for a while, all the nobles in the city talked about it.

Qing Yu Huaijin left all these things behind, she rode her horse and kept speeding up, and went straight out of the south gate of Dadu, running more than ten miles away in one go.

The palace guards looked at each other, neither daring to come forward to ask, nor daring to leave at will, so they could only follow honestly.

When he came to a small hill, Qing Yu Huaijin jumped off his horse and walked towards the hillside alone.

She came to a high place and stood still, looking at the vast and hazy sky in the south, her delicate and picturesque eyebrows and eyes glowing with a bit of gloom.

What the queen said was the will of the Son of Heaven, and no one could resist the will of the Son of Heaven - not even her father, after all, this marriage was not a humiliation for the Qing Yu clan, but an unusually important weapon, at least in the eyes of outsiders. If Qing Yu resisted, no matter how tactful and humble his attitude was, Emperor Jing's words could put him in a dilemma.

"Aiqing retreated in every possible way, could it be that he looks down on the prince who doesn't look down on me?"

And with Qing Yu Huaijin's understanding of his father, he basically would not refuse this will.

Qing Yu Huaijin never doubted his father's love for him, but there was one more important thing in his heart, that is, the safety of the entire Qing Yu family, for which he could even give up his own life.

She took a deep breath of cold air, and the depression in her heart was not relieved in the slightest.

Once upon a time, she thought that she was the proud daughter of heaven who did what she wanted, but when she grew up, experienced those failures, endured the humiliation of being captured in Heluo City, and now experienced that strong sense of powerlessness, she knew the most true appearance of this world.

Of course, she was reluctant to marry the crown prince.

There is no reason, just unwillingness.

Time passed silently.

I don't know how long it took, she suddenly laughed at herself, and whispered to herself: "Qingyu Huaijin, what qualifications do you have to feel sorry for yourself?" There are many women in this world who are more miserable than you, but at least you have enjoyed twenty more years of carefree glory and wealth than them. ”

"You really look like an incompetent resentment now."

"Instead of being sad here, think about what you can do."

As soon as she thought of this, a name popped into her mind.

After calming down, Qing Yu Huaijin turned around and walked down, his eyes cold and calm.

The palace guards were still at a loss, they didn't know what was going on from beginning to end, and in their thinking, their own county lord would definitely not be wronged in the palace.

Only a few people found it a little unusual, and His Royal Highness the county lord seemed to have suddenly changed a person, but he couldn't say what had changed.

Qing Yu Huaijin turned over and got on the horse, and her tone was flat.

"Go home."

(End of chapter)