The Empire and the Kingdom

In the defense mansion, Xue Ai was sorting out the news that had been reported recently.With the help of Fei Yejin Academy, Feng Jingsu has gradually established her own news network in the capital. Of course, there are some more detailed areas that Feng Jingsu has not covered. She prefers to buy news directly from Qingyunfang.

It is Xue Ai's specialty to deal with these small pieces of information. The table in front of her is covered with papers, which are all kinds of news, many of which have been transcribed and organized by Xue Ai.

At the moment she is holding a piece of paper, frowning and thinking.

"Miss, you have been busy all afternoon, take a break and take care of your body." Meng An came in to deliver tea, seeing Xue Ai was still sitting on the chair, barely moving her position, so she hurried over to persuade her.

"I'm fine." Xue Ai didn't raise her head, she reached out to take the teacup in Mengan's hand, and was about to drink it recklessly.

Meng An hurriedly stopped her, "Miss, be careful!"

Xue Ai pouted, "I'm so thirsty." This is acting like a baby to Meng'an.

Meng An smiled and helped to cool down the tea, which was delivered to Xue Ai. "Miss, you've been reading all afternoon. What's so unusual about these messages?"

Xue Ai drank the whole cup of tea in one breath, "Meng An, think about it, the queen is dead, what will the other concubines think?"

"Of course they all want to be queens!" Meng An understood this truth.

"Then who is most likely to be the queen?" Xue Ai continued to ask.

Meng An thought for a while, then shook her head, "This servant doesn't know."

Xue Ai looked at her, and suddenly sighed, "Oh, why hasn't Sister Su come back?"

Meng An lowered her head, Miss thought she was stupid.Indeed, this kind of topic cannot be discussed with her.

The master and servant were talking when the door was pushed open and Feng Jingsu walked in.

"Sister Su!" Xue Ai immediately jumped up from the chair, ran to Feng Jingsu, and got into her arms.

Facing such an enthusiastic little fox, Feng Jingsu's mood is so good that it can go to heaven. "Slow down, you're not feeling well yet."

Meng An sighed in her heart, and quietly backed away.

Feng Jingsu saw a table of papers, rubbed her hair and asked, "Did you find anything else?"

"Yes!" Xue Ai excitedly took Feng Jingsu's hand and sat down at the table, picked up the page she had been reading just now, "Look at this."

Several messages were recorded on this piece of paper, apparently extracted by Xue Ai from the complicated messages.Several pieces of news put together clearly explained one thing, someone contacted the Fourth Prince Feng Ji.

"Who do you think it will be?"

Xue Ai's big eyes were very lively, "Of course it's someone who lacks a son."

Feng Jingsu raised her eyebrows, "Concubine Shu?"

Xue Ai smiled, "Why do you guess Concubine Shu?"

Feng Jingsu felt that the little person in front of her was too cute, so she stretched out her hand to pinch her nose, watched her struggle, then hugged her into her arms and let her sit on her lap. "The phoenix position is vacant, so naturally someone will fight for it. Among the four concubines, Concubine Xian and Concubine Shuang have no intention of fighting for it, so only Concubine Gui and Concubine Shu are left. Concubine Gui has a fifth brother in her hand. Although he is not her own, after all, she has been raised for many years. Before she knows the truth about the death of the second brother, she will not abandon the fifth brother and go to the fourth brother. Then only concubine Shu will be left."

Concubine Shu has no children. If she wants to adopt and assist a prince, the only princes she can choose are the fourth, sixth and seventh princes.Both the sixth prince and the seventh prince had just lost their mothers. At this time, the adoption would probably encounter great resistance. Although the fourth prince still had his biological mother alive, Lu Chongrong had been in the cold palace for many years, and the fourth prince was used to it.In fact, these three people are not very good candidates, but Concubine Shu has no better candidates.

"Unexpectedly, Concubine Shu, who has always been honest, has moved her mind, which shows that power is attractive." Feng Jingsu sighed.

"Sister Su, what are you going to do?" Xue Ai was curious.You must know that Lu Chongrong is still in the cold palace.

"Let's see. Anyway, whether it's Concubine Gui or Concubine Shu, I have a way to deal with the fourth and fifth brothers." Feng Jingsu already has enough chips in her hand.This is what she learned in Feiyejin Academy, don't rush to find out the chips when you get them, the biggest use of chips is always before they are used.

The weather is getting hotter. Although Xue Ai still has poison left in his body, his actions are no different from ordinary people.Feng Jingsu has been quite busy recently, and when she is free, she often goes to Princess Ming Qi's mansion as a guest.

The last time she was poisoned, the eldest princess was frightened. This time, the eldest princess has to be more careful.All the imported things have to be inspected before they are served.Regarding the poisoning last time, Xue Ai didn't mention it, and the eldest princess didn't ask, she had her own judgment.Recently, Pan's feet were grounded, and she was concerned about being locked up.

"You little skinny monkey, if you're not in good health, be more steady, why are you still so skinny?" The eldest princess smiled and looked at Xue Ai who was running around in the greenhouse.

"Because His Highness is kind to Pi Houer!" Xue Ai accompanied the eldest princess to work in the greenhouse.

"Because of the queen's affairs, all the happy events in the capital have stopped recently." The eldest princess chatted without saying a word, "Two days ago Mrs. An Guogong came to visit and said that the marriage of the third boy in her family will be postponed again. Fortunately, there is nothing to do at the border now, otherwise the three boys will go to war, and this marriage will have no years."

Guan Lin, the third son of the Guan family, was originally ordered by imperial order to marry Tang Yun, a lady of the Tang family in Duke Qi's mansion. The marriage date was all set, but the queen died and had to be postponed.

"Yes, the marriage between my eldest sister and the seventh prince has also been postponed." Xue Ai sighed.

When Xue Ying was mentioned, Princess Ming Qi curled her lips, "Xiao Ai, don't worry about what I say, your eldest sister is too high-minded, it's nothing at all, with your family background, even the future empress can think about it. It's a pity that she is high-minded, but her brain is not good. She is so high-minded, she really doesn't look like Xue Xiang's daughter." She took Xue Ai's hand, "Xue Xiang is such a powerful person, but the back house is not stable. If not You are smart and have a good temper, so I'm afraid you have to grow up to be like your eldest sister."

Xue Ai nodded, "Your Highness is right. Father is busy with government affairs all day long, so he really neglected to teach us sisters."

The eldest princess reached out and tapped her forehead, "You don't have to cover up for your mother, I know what she did wrong, even if you don't tell me, I can guess it. I have seen it a few times before, and I only think of it as your mother." She is an indistinct character, I never thought she would treat you so viciously, I am also a mother, my own daughter is always on the top of my heart, I think she is also very good to your elder sister, how can she treat you like that? so bad?"

Xue Ai didn't want to say more about Mrs. Pan, after all, she was her own mother, and this was undeniable.

Seeing that Xue Ai didn't want to say more, the eldest princess also changed the topic. "Recently, my younger sister Mingqian, who was married to Yunguo, came back, have you seen it?"

It was only then that Xue Ai remembered that Princess Mingqian had been back for a long time, and she had been following the rules recently, so she forgot that such a person existed.

"I've seen it before." Princess Mingqian came back with Feng Jingsu, and Princess Mingqi didn't know about this. Xue Ai guessed that the relationship between the two sisters might not be very good.

Princess Ming Qi sighed, "Xiao Ai, I take you as my own. There are some things that have passed for many years. I thought I would have forgotten them long ago, but when I saw my old friend, I remembered those things. gone."

Princess Ming Qi talked about the events of that year.Back then when she was in the palace, she had always gotten along well with her sisters, needless to say Princess Minghui, the two were biological sisters, with a great age difference, and had a very good relationship.Princess Mingqian relied on her biological mother to be favored, so it was inevitable that she would be a little arrogant, but it would not be too much.

Later, Princess Mingqi was rescued by her son-in-law, so she begged the late emperor to marry her, but the late emperor wanted to marry her to Princess Mingqian's ancestral family, so Princess Mingqi went to ask Princess Mingqian for marriage. Mingqian's biological mother said something, but she was ridiculed by Mingqian. Later, Mingqi and Minghui sisters spent a lot of effort to get the late emperor to agree to the marriage.Because the result was good, Princess Ming Qi didn't care too much about it, but when Princess Ming Qian returned to China, when she saw her sister whom she hadn't seen for many years at the family banquet, the past was still vivid in her memory.

"Between sisters, especially those who are not born to a mother, it is inevitable to have thoughts. The usual petty quarrels are nothing more, so don't take it to heart. But if something is really bad, then don't worry about sisterhood." The eldest princess said this to Xue Ai said it was perfect, because she was afraid that Xue Ai would be bullied by being soft-hearted and soft-hearted, "Everyone is like this, people treat you as a sister, and you treat others as a sister. There is no need to show your sincerity and send it up. It's a waste."

"Your Highness," Xue Ai hugged the eldest princess' arm, "You are so kind to Xiao Ai."

Faced with Xue Ai's coquettish behavior, the eldest princess felt that her heart was about to melt.Seeing this little girl's watery appearance reminds her of Princess Lingxin, her daughter, who has been pampered at home for a few years. Once married, she will be her daughter-in-law. It's a comfortable day.

"Look, doesn't this look quite like a lady, why does she look like a monkey when she runs out?"

Feng Jingsu returned to the garrison mansion and found that Xue Ai hadn't come back, so she immediately ran to the eldest princess mansion to pick up Xue Ai.The eldest princess knows that Xue Ai can't eat casually now, so she doesn't keep food.

When the two came out from the Princess's mansion, Feng Jingsu asked the maids to go back to the defense mansion first, and she took Xue Ai for a walk on the street.

"Are you hungry?" Feng Jingsu saw a stall selling fish balls next to her, and seemed to be planning to buy one.

Of course Xue Ai wanted to eat too.It's not that she can't eat other things completely, at least one bite is fine.

"Do you want to eat?" Feng Jingsu was already paying for it.

"I want to eat." Xue Ai swallowed.

The boss is an old lady, seeing these two beautiful girls, she cheerfully served a bowl of fish balls, skewered them skillfully with bamboo sticks and handed them to Xue Ai.Xue Ai took it and smelled it, "It smells so good!"

The old woman smiled and said, "Little girl, the fish balls here are the most delicious. Once you take a bite, you will never forget it."

Feng Jingsu gave Yin Zi and continued walking back with Xue Ai.Xue Ai held up a bunch of fish balls like a bunch of candied haws, but he just held it up and didn't eat it.

"Why don't you eat?"

Xue Ai raised her head, "Do you eat on the street?" She is an official lady, but she has no habit of eating while walking.

"What's the matter?" Feng Jingsu poked her head over and bit off a fish ball.

Xue Ai stared blankly at the bamboo stick missing a fish ball, then at Feng Jingsu who was chewing the fish ball, "Is it delicious?"

"Delicious." Feng Jingsu took her to a secluded place, bowed her head and kissed her, "You look like this makes me want to kiss you."

作者有话要说：感谢在2020-04-0722:53:28~2020-04-0809:42:05期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: Silver Fox and Hu Bugui;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!