A sunset glow at dusk covered the entire sky like a veil, casting golden light all over the ground and illuminating the long palace road.

After returning from the Qianqing Palace, Yonglian stood at the palace gate, waiting for Miaoqing to come out of the Changchun Palace and return home together.

The couple have been together for many years and have an unspeakable tacit understanding between them.

When he married Miaoqing, he knew that his wife was no ordinary woman, so after the wedding, he did not think of confining Miaoqing to the palace.

Miaoqing has her own world.

Her business has spread across large and small industries, and she has even persuaded her eldest sister-in-law and third brother's wife to invest in it, with each of them taking responsibility and working together.

The couple walked quietly hand in hand, sharing the latest news of the day with each other.

Miaoqing said that her fourth brother's wife was very cute, with a delicate figure, and she also wanted a daughter.

Yonglian said that when the emperor looked through the logs of the Ministry of Revenue, he found that although the taxes in the Jiangnan region had been stable in recent years, they did not increase year after year as before.

In recent years, the wars in Dzungar have been one after another, and now it is a critical period to conquer the Han tribe, so there is a desire to expand trade and increase treasury revenue.

Miaoqing's eyes lit up. She wanted to sell her rouge, powder, and clothing fabrics overseas.

In addition, she heard that there were new textile machines abroad, and she wanted to introduce them as well to expand production.

Yonglian naturally agreed to all of them.

A few days later, the emperor summoned his ministers to discuss whether to open the gate in Zhejiang.

After discussion, the emperor decided to open Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wenzhou, Jiangning and Zhenjiang as pilot cities for trade in the areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, in addition to Ningbo, and would place Prince Yongsheng of Lu and the fifth prince Yongqi in charge.

The increase in overseas trade means that there must be good enough transportation conditions to ship goods overseas.

Now, most of the court's cargo ships are still bird boats, which hoist sails when there is wind and row oars when there is no wind. They are too restricted by nature.

The Qing Dynasty urgently needed a new power revolution.

Yongqi thought of Tian Yuner’s previous discovery - the power of water vapor.

He was eager to find Yun'er, only to discover that Tian Yun'er was also trying to put her discoveries and ideas into action. The two hit it off and stayed together to study every day.

On the other side, Bai Ruiji was concentrating on preparing for Jingyu's marriage.

Under the guidance of the Queen Mother who had been married to a princess, Bai Ruiji's preparations were in an orderly manner.

She was so happy that she could actually see her daughter get married with her own eyes. Thinking of this, her little face, embraced by white fox fur, was filled with a happy smile.

More than ten years ago, she was just a musician in the Nan Mansion, holding her pipa and walking on the long palace road.

Later, the song was wrong, and Zhou Lang looked back. Because of the queen mother's scheme and for the emperor's temporary favor, she picked up the pipa and walked into the deep palace.

From then on, her life was gathered in this small world. She had no control over whether she was happy or sad.

At that time, she was reckless and conceited, and was eager to prove herself in one battle after another, but she almost harmed her own child.

Fortunately, she came to her senses and turned back. In the days that followed, she no longer obsessed with escaping her origin and fighting against everyone in the world.

She learned to be gentle, learned to pull out the thorns on her body, and hugged Jingyu and depended on each other.

Until today, she can send her daughter out of the palace and let Jingyu see life outside the palace for her.

She was delighted.

Bai Ruiji seldom drinks, and has never drunk with Jingyu.

But on this day, light snow fell throughout the entire day, and it became heavier and heavier until midnight, when the glazed tiles and eaves of the palace were covered with a layer of white snow.

Jingyu accompanied Jingxuan to build a snowman. She had just returned from Yongshou Palace and was now leaning against the fireplace, wearing a light pink jacket, just like a new bud just blooming.

Outside, there was the sound of snow falling. In the hall, chestnuts were roasting on the stove, making crackling sounds, and the house was filled with a sweet smell.

Bai Ruiji smiled and asked, "Jingyu, have a glass of plum wine with mother."

Jingyu's face turned red because of the fire.

After two glasses of wine, both mother and daughter were a little drunk and started laughing at each other.

Jingyu smiled and said:

"Mother, please play the Yueqin for me again. I want to hear it."

Bai Ruiji gently stroked Jingyu's forehead, her slender fingers were warm,

"My son is about to get married. I wish you two will be like phoenixes flying high and phoenix trees resting on them. May you be blessed with good fortune and happiness."

This is the sentence that Bai Ruiji saw when she was reading poetry with Jingyu. She thought at that time that she must tell it to Jingyu in the future.

Bai Ruiji took out the pipa, plucked the strings with a ding-dong sound, and played a song called "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix".

"There is a beautiful woman, I will never forget you when I see her.

I don’t see you in a day, thinking like crazy.

Feng Fei soars, seeking phoenix from all corners of the world.

Unfortunately, the beauty is not at the east wall. "

The past events are still vivid in my mind. The first time Jingyu called "Mother", the first note she played the piano, the first word she wrote, the first picture she painted, all flow out from my memory like gurgling springs.

The sound of the piano was clear and melodious. When the song ended, the mother and daughter smiled at each other.

Jingyu hugged Bai Ruiji and rubbed her forehead affectionately:

"Mother, Jingyu will definitely come back to the palace to see you often. Jingyu loves you very much."

On the second day, the Forbidden City was covered in silver. Jingyu wrapped herself in a cloak and went to pay her farewell to the empresses.

Bai Ruiji looked up at the lead-gray sky, which was covered with dark clouds.

She thought that she would never allow anyone to disrupt her daughter's marriage.

So, she wanted to go to Yiku Palace to warn Concubine Xian.

In Yikun Palace, Ruyi sat in front of the heater in a side hall, wishing she could put her hands on it.

Obviously, the charcoal fire in the Yiku Palace was not enough to heat up the whole house, but she insisted on opening the door to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the red walls and white snow.

Qiu Wen and San Bao did not want to suffer any more, so they each kept some charcoal and burned it in the veranda room, unwilling to come to the side hall to serve.

Ruyi was just lamenting that she lacked a close friend to appreciate the snow with when a small, slender figure appeared at the door of the side hall.

It was Bai Ruiji.

No one had visited the Yikun Palace for several years, and it suddenly became more popular, which made Ruyi a little uncomfortable.

She put her hands in her pockets, wearing a dark blue shirt with a blessing pattern embroidered on it, and bowed to Bai Ruiji.

"Rui Ji, why did you come to see me? Please sit down."

Bai Ruiji didn't want to waste time talking to her, and even less did she want to sit on another chair that was already covered in dust.

She threw a box from her sleeves, threw it in front of Ruyi, and asked sternly:

"What did you give Jingyu?"

Ruyi's eyes widened. The box contained the wedding gift she gave to Jingyu, which was naturally something she carefully selected.

"Rui Ji, I don't know what you are talking about. The things in here may not be valuable, but they are also my thoughts."

The box rolled to the ground, revealing a green copper armor that was exactly what Ruyi had taken off from her little finger.

Ruyi looked at the armor lovingly, "Rui Ji, you don't know that although you are of humble origin, Jingyu is still a princess and should maintain her dignity. You don't understand these things, and as her stepmother, I also have the responsibility to teach her."

Bai Ruiji stepped on the armor, which was originally made of copper sheets, and it became deformed when she stepped on it.

This hurt Ruyi's heart.

She pouted and said, "Rui Ji, you can't trample on my feelings like this."

Bai Ruiji pulled out another object from her other sleeve...

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