The Empire and the Kingdom

Xue Zhi couldn't make sense of the analysis here, so the two had no choice but to analyze it from the side of the Fifth Prince.

"Fifth Brother killed Second Brother. This incident has not been revealed yet. He probably thought he could keep it a secret." After all, this incident has passed for a while, and the dust has settled. "We said before that once the queen dies, the final Concubine Gui and Concubine Shu are the ones who are likely to be made queens. The fifth brother is now the object of the concubine's support. He is not bad whether he is Lidi or Lichang, and he is very likely to be established as the crown prince."

When Feng Jingsu was speaking, Xue Ai kept recording on paper. Her hairpin lowercase script was neat and beautiful, and she picked important words to record, and she was able to keep up with Feng Jingsu's speed.

"So the fifth prince and the second sister are doing this to drag his father into the water to help him?" Xue Ai shook his head while talking, "It is impossible for my father to do this for the second sister."

Feng Jingsu felt that the Fifth Prince had been hiding his powers and biding his time for so many years, and this was understandable. "Even if you can't, as a man, fifth brother is always worth it. What if he can? It's always a hope."

After saying this, the two looked at each other, and the room fell into silence.

After a long time, both of them sighed together.

"Sister Su, I seem to understand what Second Sister is thinking." Xue Ai put down her pen.

Feng Jingsu nodded, "I seem to understand."

Xue Zhi's mind is actually the same as that of the fifth prince. The possibility of such a thing succeeding is indeed very small. Both of them understand, but they have no better and more sure choice. Let's take a gamble. Once done?

Most of the gamblers' psychology is like this. If you are really sure, then it is not gambling.

After being silent for a while, Feng Jingsu looked at the paper, "Tomorrow I will ask someone to investigate again, so as not to make a mistake. You..."

"If it's true, I'll tell my father." It's impossible for Xue Ai to ignore the Xue family's face.

"So we don't need to worry about this matter, let Xiang Xue handle it." Feng Jingsu believed that Xiang Xiang Xue would handle it well.

Xue Ai felt sorry for Xue Xiang, "Sister Su, I want to go home for a few days." She wanted to spend more time with Xue Xiang.

Feng Jingsu shook her head, "It won't work in the recent period. Once Xue Zhi's incident happens, there will be chaos in the prime minister's mansion. The Wang family is in charge of the family now. It's too dangerous for you to go back. It will take a while."

Xue Ai had no choice but to nod. Although she was sensible, she couldn't hide her disappointment in her beautiful eyes.

Seeing that she was unhappy, Feng Jingsu had no choice but to say again: "You can go back more often during the day and don't go into the backyard. It doesn't matter."

Only then did Xue Ai cheer up, "Sister Su, you are the one who understands me best." She hugged Feng Jingsu, and her whole body came alive.

"Of course, I don't know whose fox you are."

When the weather gets warmer, ladies and ladies like to host banquets to entertain guests, to have fun, and to exchange some news.Now because of the queen's funeral, everyone can't have a banquet, but they can't stay, so they start visiting, there is no banquet or singing and dancing, it is not illegal for everyone to chat and chat.

Xue Ai no longer participated in such activities, but Feng Qianzi still wanted to come out.Fortunately, Guan Xuejing is with her now, and she is not lonely.Ever since the relationship between the two became clear, Guan Xuejing has completely turned into a dog's leg, following Feng Qianzi on the saddle all day long, never leaving her left or right.

"Isn't the princess doing anything for you recently?" To be honest, Feng Qianzi's personality is still relatively light, and she doesn't like having people dangling in front of her all day long. The sky was swaying, and she finally understood why she was so annoying to this guy when she was a child.

Guan Xuejing laughed happily, "Yes, but I pushed it, I want to accompany you." Now Guan Xuejing is silly as long as she sees Feng Qianzi.

An invitation card was thrown on the table, "Tomorrow, Duke Qi's mansion invites people to visit, do you have time to accompany me?"

"Yes!" Guan Xuejing agreed without thinking.

Feng Qianzi supported her head with her hands, "Did you not receive the post?"

Guan Xuejing shook her head, "If there is a post, I won't give it to me." The only prostitute of the Duke of Anguo's mansion didn't understand it until now in the capital.Many young ladies don't think that there is such a person in the capital, and the sense of existence is really low.

"Xuejing."

"Hey!" Guan Xuejing replied crisply.

"Why are you always giggling? What's wrong?" Feng Qianzi couldn't be more disgusted.

"No, I feel happy when I see you." After Guan Xuejing was kissed by Feng Qianzi last time, she could wake up laughing at night for several days.

"Come here." Feng Qianzi hooked her hands.

Guan Xuejing sat down immediately, blushing and heart beating, extremely nervous.

"If you go out with me like this, I will be ashamed, you know?" Feng Qianzi stretched out her hands to pinch Guan Xuejing's cheeks, tugging on both sides vigorously.

"Hey! It hurts, it hurts!" Guan Xuejing quickly reached out to save her face, "Qianzi, if you tear such a beautiful face, there will be no place to repair it. Don't you feel bad?" She rubbed her cheek, it must have been swollen.

"Smug!" Feng Qianzi kicked her, "Don't giggle in the future."

"Oh." Guan Xuejing agreed aggrievedly, rubbing her face.

"come over."

Guan Xuejing covered her face and said in horror, "What are you doing again?"

Feng Qianzi squinted her beautiful phoenix eyes, and Guan Xuejing immediately froze. "Didn't I come here?" Poor me with my martial arts skills, to be bullied like this by a weak woman who doesn't know a little bit of martial arts. If her two masters knew about it, they would be so pissed off.

She was thinking wildly, when suddenly her lips became hot, and an electric current rushed from her heel to Tianling Gai. She looked at Feng Qianzi's magnified beautiful face, and was speechless.

"You, you have a wicked heart but no guts. Look at how the princess and Xiaoai get along, and look at you again. Do you think a mouse and a cat will become a couple?"

Facing Feng Qianzi's complaint, Guan Xuejing's brain couldn't react a bit, but she still heard the last question. "No." She responded quickly.

Feng Qianzi pointed at her, "Mice." Then she pointed at herself, "Cat."

Guan Xuejing didn't like this metaphor at all, she stretched out her arms to hug Feng Qianzi, "But you always scold me." She was coaxed by the scolding.

Feng Qianzi raised her brows slightly, Guan Xuejing groaned, "Look, look, that's it, I'm afraid when you show such an expression."

"What are you afraid of? I can't beat you." Feng Qianzi was so funny, how could she be scary?

Guan Xuejing felt wronged, "It's not because I'm afraid you'll be angry and ignore me. Qianzi, I hope to see you happy, and I'll be happy when you're happy."

Feng Qianzi stretched out her hand to touch her face, it was still flushed, it might really swell up soon. "Fool, you can tell me anything you have. Of course I want to tell you the truth. But you care too much about my feelings, which makes me afraid to talk to you. Xuejing, I'm not so It's normal to be weak, happy or not, don't be afraid, if you have something to say, just let it go, if you have something to face, just face it."

Feng Qianzi's sudden gentleness made Guan Xuejing's eye circles red. "Qianzi, you are so gentle, I don't even know what to say."

Feng Qianzi raised her eyebrows again, "You mean I'm usually not gentle?"

"No." Guan Xuejing shook her head quickly.

But Feng Qianzi's expression didn't change at all, "Tell the truth."

"Then... just... a little bit." Guan Xuejing said with fear.

Feng Qianzi kissed her again, "That's right, speak your mind. If I were a cat, what I want is another cat, not a mouse."

"That..." Guan Xuejing didn't know what to say, so she stammered.

Feng Qianzi frowned.

"I...I want to kiss you, can I?" Guan Xuejing blushed, and she didn't know if she was pinched by Feng Qianzi, or she was shy.

Feng Qianzi couldn't help laughing, "You were really taught by Feiyejin Academy? Why are you so different from the princess?"

"Because my master is more face-saving." Guan Xuejing smiled and kissed Feng Qianzi's lips.She was still quite timid, and wanted to withdraw after kissing her, but Feng Qianzi hugged her neck, not allowing her to taste it, the two of them breathed entangledly, and could not be separated for a long time.

In the back garden of Duke Qi's mansion, there was no banquet, and there were not many people. They were all first-rank nobles in the court, and even the Shangshu's family was not qualified to come here.Feng Qianzi and Guan Xuejing were present, and as soon as Feng Qianzi saw that these people did not belong to the Duke of Xiangguo, she roughly understood the purpose of today's invitation.

Speaking of which, Duke Qi's mansion and Duke An's mansion are going to marry soon, so as soon as Guan Xuejing appeared, Mrs. Mei, Mrs. Qi's wife, she quickly took her hand and talked, looking close.

Feng Qianzi sat at the side, not caring about Guan Xuejing's embarrassment, and quietly listening to the wives and ladies present.The topic of the wives is always the gossip in the back house, and the topic of the ladies is nothing new, such as clothes, jewelry, reading, playing the piano, etc.

Feng Qianzi lost interest after listening for a while, but she didn't show any impatience. No matter when, Feng Qianzi would never be rude in front of outsiders.

After an unknown amount of time, Guan Xuejing, who managed to escape, sat down and said, "You don't save me either."

"This is the kindness expressed by your third sister-in-law's family in the future. You should keep it well and go back and tell your mother that you will treat her daughter well in the future." Feng Qianzi's words seemed particularly utilitarian.

"What did you hear?" Guan Xuejing memorized what Feng Qianzi said, and she would do it when she went back.

"Isn't the Fourth Prince doing too much recently?" Feng Qianzi heard the Fourth Prince being mentioned several times during the conversations of these ladies and ladies.

Guan Xuejing thought about it, she still knew the news from the garrison. "No. But I heard that Concubine Shu intends to support the Fourth Prince." Having said that, she also understood that the purpose of inviting people over this time is to create momentum.Talk more about the fourth prince, let the person who has been away from everyone's sight reappear, at least let everyone know that the emperor still has such a son.

"It seems that the Tang family has no better choice." Feng Qianzi is not at all optimistic about the Tang family's support of the fourth prince, not to mention that the fourth prince has no sense of presence in front of the emperor, but the fourth prince himself, an adult Could it be that the people in the family couldn't see the Tang family's intentions, how could they be sincerely obedient, even if they accepted the Tang family's kindness, it was just to take advantage of each other.But as she said, the Tang family has no better choice.

"You have to pay attention to the Tang family, don't let them tie your family together, there is no future." At this time, the two of them were away from the crowd, wandering in the back garden.

Guan Xuejing looked around and said, "Qianzi, to be honest, who do you like most to take that seat?"

Feng Qianzi paused slightly, "It doesn't matter who I like, the important thing is that the person you like should succeed, otherwise you will be in trouble."

Guan Xuejing just wanted Feng Qianzi to help Feng Jingsu, but she suddenly remembered Feng Jingsu's words, so she gave up.Don't touch the Feng family, and don't win over the Feng family. A neutral Feng family is far more useful than a Feng family that is on your side.

Seeing that she hesitated to speak, Feng Qianzi said clearly: "You are right not to speak out, I will not help you in this matter, but I will protect you, even Xiaoai, do you understand? "

Guan Xuejing nodded vigorously, "Qianzi, you are the best."

Feng Qianzi smiled, in fact, she also wanted to see if Feng Jingsu could succeed, and what would Yunguo look like after success.Are women emperors?She is looking forward to it.

After Feng Jingsu found someone to confirm the matter between Xue Zhi and the fifth prince, Xue Ai went home and told Xue Xiang about it.Even though Xue Xiang was always calm and prudent, this time he was so angry that he paced back and forth on the ground. "It's so unselfish, it's a waste of me to find a good marriage for her!"

"Father, this is the end of the matter. Don't be too angry. You should think about how to deal with this matter." Xue Ai stood aside. She didn't want to make a small report behind her back. The Xue family's face will be greatly lost.

Xue Xiang sat on the chair and sighed for a while, "Ai'er, you have been with the princess during this time. I haven't asked you anything, but I don't want you to be difficult. But there is one thing I have to ask clearly, the second prince. Does his death have anything to do with the Fifth Prince?"

Xue Ai was not surprised that Xue Xianghui was so suspicious, she nodded, "It should be the fifth prince's hand, but we have no evidence."

"There is no evidence, there are always some clues." Xue Xiang did not continue to wait for Xue Ai's confirmation, his eyes were as dark as ink, "Zhi'er can't be tied with the fifth prince, otherwise he will die sooner or later."

"Father is after all for the good of the second sister, I hope the second sister can understand my father's painstaking efforts." Xue Ai poured a cup of hot tea and brought it to Xiang Xue.

Xue Xiang looked at the teacup with the fragrance of tea rising in front of him. It has been a long time, and no daughter has poured tea for him.

"It doesn't matter whether she will be considerate or not. I am a father after all. Even if she is not promising, she will always be my daughter. I will not ignore her until the end." Xue Xiang shook his head, "I will deal with Zhier's matter, But you, Ai'er, are old enough, you should think about yourself."

As soon as Xue Ai heard that the words were wrong, how could it come to him?

"Father..." She was about to express that she had no intention of getting married, but Xiang Xue interrupted her with a wave of his hand.

"I know you have no intention of getting married. You have suffered so much in the past because of your father's negligence. Now that you have grown up, you can also have some opinions on government affairs. I am very relieved. I don't want to use secular constraints. The woman's set of rules restricts you, as long as you feel happy and happy, Ai Er." Xue Xiang stretched out his hand.

Xue Ai hurried over to hold his father's hand. Xue Xiang's hand was warm and strong, which was the impression he had when he was a child.

"Take good care of yourself. If you are wronged outside, remember to go home and tell Dad that Dad will always protect you." Xue Xiang said lovingly.

There were tears in Xue Ai's eyes, she raised her head, "Daddy is too much! It made Ai'er cry!"

She pursed her lips and acted like a baby, finally making Xiang Xue smile.Fortunately, there is such a caring and well-behaved girl, otherwise I would be really mad at my daughters.

Xue Xiang asked Xue Ai to take out a small box from the bookcase next to him, and he took out a small key from his pocket and handed it to Xue Ai, "This is a gift for you, although it is late, but Dad remembers it .”

Xue Ai's eyes widened, took the key and happily opened the lock on the small box. Inside the box were the land deed and house deed of a farm on the outskirts of the city.Xue Ai was stunned when he saw it.

"Father, is this for me?"

Xue Xiang nodded, "I have already found someone to complete all the procedures, and now this Zhuangzi belongs to you."

Xue Ai shook his head quickly, "Father, my daughter lives and boards with the princess, and she doesn't need any money at all. Besides, my daughter doesn't know how to manage the farm. This gift is too big, and my daughter dare not accept it." They put it all in the box, locked it again, and put the key on the table.

Xue Xiang laughed, "It's just a Zhuangzi. What dare you not accept it from my father? The princess treats you well, but it's not like the Xue family can't afford a daughter. How can you let you live and live in the defense mansion for nothing? You In a daughter’s family, your mother doesn’t have you in her heart, so you don’t need to count on the dowry, you can keep it if your father gives it to you, and you should save your dowry for yourself.”

Xue Ai still shook her head and muttered softly, "My daughter is not married."

"If you don't get married, don't you want to live? There are management in the village, so you don't need to worry about it. Just look at the account at the end of each year. You will always do this." Xue Xiang pushed the key and the box in front of Xue Ai, "Father gave it to me. Don’t say no to things.”

"Daddy!" Xue Ai's voice was crisp, and Xiang Xue was happy when he heard it.

"Hurry up and accept it, Dad still has to deal with your second sister's affairs, so I don't have time to waste time with you." It took so much effort to deliver the things, which would make Xiang Xue feel that he owed Xue Ai even more.

Xue Ai is not a hypocritical person either, so he took the things away immediately, "Father, what are you going to do with the second sister?"

Xue Xiang asked instead, "What if it were you? How would you deal with it?"

In front of her own father, Xue Ai was not as relaxed as in front of Feng Jingsu, saying whatever came to her mind.She thought for a while and said uncertainly, "Send the second sister away?"

"Where are you going?" Xue Xiang raised his eyebrows with interest.

"Well... In short, send it to a farther place. If the second sister is willing to marry someone, she can find a good family to marry, and stay away from the right and wrong in the capital." This is the best way to preserve the reputation of Xue Zhi and Xiangfu.Xue Zhi couldn't take her back to the prime minister's mansion, Feng Jingsu's side couldn't make it through, even if Feng Jingsu didn't pursue it, it was always true that Xue Zhi became a monk, it would be shameful to take her back.Furthermore, the Fifth Prince wanted to tie up Prime Minister Xue through Xue Zhi, and he would not give up easily.

Xue Xiang was noncommittal, the way Xue Ai said was the best way for Xue Zhi's current situation. "I'll have to think about it again."

Xue Ai left the prime minister's mansion, sighed, he was such a good family, how could it be so troublesome?

The carriage was walking on the streets of the capital, Xue Ai raised the curtains to look out, the streets were not as lively as before, but because of the Queen's funeral, many places were closed, and although the people would not be sad for the Queen's death, they did not dare to speak loudly Laughing.

The carriage passed by a rouge powder shop, Xue Ai stopped the carriage suddenly.

"Miss, what are you going to do?" Meng An chased Xue Ai out of the car.

Yuyan followed outside the carriage, and came over to ask at this time: "Miss, do you want to buy rouge and gouache?"

"Go in and have a look." Xue Ai blinked her beautiful eyes, "I want to buy some fragrant flower water."

Meng An was puzzled, Xue Ai didn't like this kind of thing before, why did he suddenly want to buy flower water?

The three masters and servants entered the rouge shop. The boss saw Xue Ai and came over with a smile, "Miss Xue San, you are here, see what you need, and I will introduce you."

"Boss, is there any flower water that smells good?" Xue Ai saw a lot of beautiful glass bottles in the store, and curiously touched one and then the other.

Upon hearing this, the boss hurriedly said: "Miss San is really coming, the shop just came from Yiguo... Uh, no, it's Liguo now, and just imported a batch of flower water from Liguo, there are all kinds of flavors, you See if you like it."

The boss led Xue Ai to the shelf of flower water. They were all small porcelain bottles, and the liquid inside could not be seen, but the boss picked up a bottle and just opened the lid, and the rich fragrance wafted out.

"It's rose water." Xue Ai's nose is still working well.

"Miss Xue San is very knowledgeable."

Xue Ai picked up the bottles and opened them one by one to smell them, but she couldn't find anything she was satisfied with.

The boss asked: "Miss Xue San, what kind of flavor are you looking for?"

Xue Ai didn't say, "The fragrance of these flower water is too strong."

The boss smiled and said: "Miss, if you think the fragrance is strong, you can mix it with water." He asked the boy to bring a handkerchief, dipped a bamboo stick into the nearest bottle of flower water, sprayed some water, and shook it. Then send it to Xue Ai.

Xue Ai took it and smelled it, and it turned out that the smell was much weaker, only a faint fragrance, but because it was weak, it dissipated quickly, and she was still not satisfied.

At this time, there were people in the shop again, Xue Ai asked the boss to greet others when she saw it, and she still had to pick and choose.

The boss left, and Xue Ai took the handkerchief and tried it a little bit, but she smelled so much that her nose could no longer distinguish too many smells, and felt that they were all similar.

"The flower water of Yiguo, the best is iris, but if you want a quiet and elegant fragrance, I advise you to choose the woody fragrance of Yiguo. The aromas mingled."

Xue Ai turned her head, and saw an ordinary but extremely beautiful woman beside her, smelling the scent of flower water.Xue Ai looked at the woman carefully. The woman was about the same age as her, but she felt completely different from her.Different from her delicacy, the woman has a bookish air all over her body. Xue Ai immediately thought of Songtao Bamboo Forest, and felt that if this is a man, he must be the kind of champion.

The woman is only dressed as a commoner, but her gestures are full of royal nobility.The beautiful facial features will not lose half a point because of the silver hairpin in the cloth.

"Girl, you are so understanding!" Xue Ai praised.

The woman turned her head and looked at Xue Ai, "Miss Xue San, you are so beautiful!" She held a box of incense in her hand, opened the lid, and fanned it with her hands. Scattered, it really was the feeling I wanted.

"Girl, do you recognize me?" Xue Ai was sure that he didn't know the woman in front of him.

The woman pouted towards the boss, "That's what the boss called you just now." She put the incense in Xue Ai's hand, smiled, turned and left.

Xue Ai watched her go, then looked down at the box in his hand, "I want it."

After buying incense and going out, Meng An said: "Miss, I see that the girl just now has an extraordinary status."

"Yeah, I think so too." Xue Ai went back to the defense mansion and immediately went to the study to find Feng Jingsu.

Feng Jingsu was dealing with official documents. Seeing her come back, she put down the pen in her hand, "What are you holding in your hand?"

Xue Ai put the small box in front of Feng Jingsu as if offering a treasure, "The incense I bought smells good."

The author has something to say: I copied it twice when I edited the article, woo woo woo, I'm so stupid to cry!