"Qiong Zhi, for the sake of you waiting for me for so long, I won't pursue the past with you." Zhao Fujin stuffed the pendant into his clothes, beckoned to Qiong Zhi, and said, "I haven't seen Meng Niangniang for a long time, you and Qiongyu will follow me to see her." ”

It's just that before they left the palace gate, they saw a woman wearing a green forged cotton robe and a red jade hanging hairpin on her head, leading Mrs. Li and Li Qing'er to slowly walk towards the temple gate.

This woman is Xu Ruanniang, who Cai Yan begged to entrust to Zhao Fujin.

Now he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and his actions are extremely crisp and spicy, which is very suitable for Zhao Fujin's appetite.

When Zhao Fujin saw her, he immediately smiled a little: "What's the matter, the soft lady didn't return to Mingxing Building yesterday?" ”

Xu Ruanniang looked up and saw Zhao Fujin's smiling face, but she was not annoyed at all, but said frankly, "Shen Lang's mother was separated by heavy snow in the Taoist temple yesterday, and Shen Lang personally took someone to pick it up." He is not in Mingxing Building, and it is not interesting for me to go back and sleep alone. ”

"Phew! Sister Soft Niang doesn't want any face at all, and she actually talks nonsense in front of the emperor! Qiong Ye was already waiting at the second gate, and when she saw Xu Ruanniang coming, she was just going to greet people with a paper umbrella, but when she heard the words of this meat and vegetarian taboo, her face turned red, but she still raised an umbrella to greet her, and complained in her mouth: "Mingxinglou makes so much money, why do you go out on a snowy day and don't even wear a hood and cape?" ”

"Look at my mouth, I didn't see Sister Qiongye there!" Xu Ruanniang slapped her mouth, turned around and introduced to Mrs. Li's mother and daughter: "This is Sister Qiongye, the most powerful person around our emperor, I went out today, if you have something, look for her." ”

When Li Qing'er heard this, her eyes lit up, and she immediately looked up at Qiong Ye, with a somewhat flattering smile: "Sister Qiong Ye!" ”

When I saw Qiong Ye yesterday, I thought it was an ordinary palace person, but I didn't expect it to be the most powerful person by Emperor Mingde's side!

As they spoke, they walked to the door of the temple.

Mrs. Li's mother and daughter came to guard, so she naturally had to entertain guests first, and then go out to visit.

After they finished greeting, Mrs. Li said, "Yesterday, the courtiers were rude in front of the emperor because of their poor health. ”

"Mrs. Li is too worried, she came here today, but she wants to inquire about Li Shinong?" Zhao Fujin stretched out his hand and motioned for Mrs. Li to take a seat, and then said: "I have already met with the official family yesterday, and he has promised me to send someone to Xing'an County today to pick up Li Shinong into Beijing and talk about farming, you can rest assured." ”

Talking to your husband about farming?

That is, not to ask him about his sin?

Mrs. Li's face was overjoyed, and she had just been hit by half of the chair, and immediately leaned up, pulled Li Qing'er, who was looking around, and knelt in the hall upright: "Thank you, Your Highness!" ”

Li Qing'er was pulled out, and she knelt on the ground in the same way, and after Mrs. Li thanked her, she begged closely: "Courtier Li Qing'er, in order to thank Emperor Ji for saving my father's grace, I am willing to be a slave and a maid in the Emperor Palace." ”

"Qing'er~~" Li was startled by Li Qing'er's sudden words, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't say anything to reprimand.

Reprimand her for something, do you know how to repay her?

So, he froze on the spot at the moment, glaring angrily at Li Qing'er.

Zhao Fujin knew that she was restless since he saw Li Qing'er yesterday.

Compared with her mother's sincere and sincere begging, her face was not only perfunctory, but more curious and envious.

It's an ambitious one.

For ambitious people, Zhao Fujin has no objection.

But like Li Qing'er, who didn't know it, Zhao Fujin was a little bored: "Oh, Miss Qing'er, do you know that your father's entry into Beijing this time, if it goes well, will stay in Beijing as an official?" ”

Staying in Beijing as an official?

The lowest official in Beijing related to agriculture is also the Zhutun Supervisor, and the lowest official position is also from the seventh grade.

Li Qing'er calculated in her heart, a petty official from the seventh rank is so many in this imperial city, what hope is there?

At the moment, regardless of Mrs. Li's hints, she still kowtowed and pleaded: "The courtier doesn't care about the identity of an official lady, she just wants to be a maid in front of His Royal Highness, even if it is to do some cleaning and sprinkling work, she is willing." ”

"Miss Qing'er, you better get up quickly, if our emperor uses the official girl as a rough envoy, she will not be scolded to the door by the supervising imperial historians?" Qiong Ye saw that Li Qing'er was so blind, and immediately persuaded her, but her subordinates used some strength to pull Li Qing'er up.

Mrs. Li was also relieved when she saw Qiong Ye coming to pull Li Qing'er, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to pull it, and pinched Li Qing'er's arm with her hand, suggesting that she should not do much.

But Li Qing'er didn't eat her at all, Qiong Ye came to pull, she didn't dodge, as soon as Mrs. Li pinched her meat, she jumped up: "Mother, what are you pinching me for!" Isn't it a good thing that I know that Entu is willing to serve His Highness? ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Qiong Ye: "Sister, I heard that most of the royal servants around the official family are also from official families, why did my sister say something inappropriate when she came to me?" ”

You also know it's official!

Qiong Ye was almost amused: "Our emperor is not an official family, and he can't use the imperial servant, Miss Qing'er, it's better to have more self-respect!" ”

The servant of the royal servant is not a sweeper and sprinkler to be rough!

Mrs. Li was angry and annoyed, her face turned red, and as soon as Qiong Ye's words landed, she slapped Li Qing'er's face, and scolded in her mouth: "You are not worrying, if you knew it earlier, it would be better to leave you in the countryside to be eaten!" ”

After beating and scolding Li Qing'er, she immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your Highness, it's the courtiers who didn't teach their daughters well, and please don't blame Your Highness!" ”

"Well, you really didn't teach her well, so take her down to teach her." Zhao Fujin waved his hand: "Before Li Shinong entered Beijing, your mother and daughter should live in peace, and if it is cold, don't move around." ”

The implication of not moving around is not to come back to see each other.

Li Qing'er was in a hurry, and wanted to plead again, but was stopped by Xu Ruanniang: "Your Highness, the slave is here, I have something to report to you." ”

After stopping like this, Li Qing'er was covered by Mrs. Li and taken out of the door with Qiong Ye.

Xu Ruanniang watched her being pulled out of the door, and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness is too unreasonable, this Li Qing'er is also born with a beautiful appearance and moon appearance, and sent to Yanfu Palace, I can't really enter the eyes of the official family." ”

This is already seeing Li Qing'er's purpose.

"I don't need people to blow the pillow wind in front of the officials, so I'm naturally too lazy about this." Zhao Fujin waved his hand indifferently and asked, "You said you had something to report, what happened?" ”

"The old lady of the Bai family in the capital handed over a post and told my brother that she could give 500,000 taels of silver in exchange for her grandson's crime of hurting people's lives, do you think it's okay?"

"Oh, her grandson?" Zhao Fujin thought for a while: "But the one that let Chen Zhang, the new judge of Dali Temple, arrest?" ”

"Exactly, Mrs. Bai's daughter married into the Qin family, so she only got this one brother, so she raised crookedly, and she didn't commit many crimes every day, and she was all paid off." Shen Ruanniang replied.

"Well, you told Old Madam Bai that 500,000 taels of silver is too little, and Qin Xiang's adulterous wife and daughter are a big crime, if you let them back easily, the Fang family will definitely refuse."

"If she agrees, we'll swap people on death row and put them with me to avoid the limelight. 500,000 taels of silver, I will not only protect her grandson's life, but also help her teach her grandson who is both civil and military. ”

As they spoke, Qiong Ye, who was sending off the guests, just entered the door, and when she heard Zhao Fujin say that she would send me here to avoid the limelight, her scalp immediately became numb.

There is a courtyard in the Ninghe Palace, which raises one hundred and ten Huaiwu teenagers collected from the people. Qiong Ye had heard rumors that these people were used for the emperor's face.

She stood in the doorway, opened her mouth, and closed it tightly.