The Empire and the Kingdom

Xue Zhi was still not very happy, "But the Seventh Prince is the empress's son-in-law, he will definitely be established as the prince, and he will succeed the emperor in the future, and the eldest sister will be the queen by then." She pouted while holding the embroidery thread in her hand. : "My daughter is not as good as her!"

Mrs. Wang shook her head, "Zhi'er, if you compare like this, you will never have peace. Mother is a concubine, and there is no way to give you and Yi'er the status of a descendant, so mother would rather you marry worse, but also be a concubine." Righteous wife status. Now your aunt is willing to help you. After the eldest lady marries the seventh prince, it will not be difficult for you to marry the prince. But you don’t want to fight with the eldest lady. You were not jealous of the third lady’s marriage back then, but now Who would have thought that the third lady would become a widow? The road is walked by oneself, and the life is lived by oneself, understand?"

When Xue Zhi thought that Xue Ai had been left in Mingxin Nunnery so far and dared not go home, she felt a burst of joy and fear at the same time.

The princes were fighting, and everyone saw that the problem was that the crown prince was not established, but the emperor did not mention the succession of the crown prince. Instead, he handed over an army of 1 people in the capital to Feng Jingsu's command.At this moment, everyone was stunned. There was no sign of this matter before, and there was no doubt afterward.

"Where did the [-] troops come from? My father doesn't even know." Guan Xuejing ran to find Feng Jingsu after receiving the news, and finally found Feng Jingsu who was buried in official documents in the garrison mansion, the newly established office of the garrison in the capital. .

"Father must have a hole card in his hand. Maybe it doesn't mean the 1 people." Feng Jingsu took over the garrison, and she had to look at the roster and supplies for a long time. He took it without hesitation. "Help me go out of the city to count these supplies." An account book was thrown on Guan Xuejing's head.

Guan Xuejing said with a playful smile: "Senior sister, can you pretend that I have never been here?"

With a "clang", Feng Jingsu drew out her Zhaochun sword and blew it. "Xuejing, what did you just say?"

"I said I'm going to count the supplies!" Guan Xuejing ran away without a trace holding the account book.

Feng Jingsu put her sword back into its sheath, and continued to bury her head in these books.During lunch, Xiao Zhu came in, "Princess, someone just sent a letter."

Feng Jingsu saw the unique Feiyejin Academy mark on the letter, and knew it was from Qingyunfang.Yu Shu was always in charge of the news channel she asked Qingyunfang to help establish. Because Yushu left, she temporarily asked Qingyunfang to take charge of the information collection and sorting work there.The letter said that Xue Ai had already entered the territory of Yunguo and was rushing back day and night.Feng Jingsu smiled, Xue Ai completed the task very well this time, which she already knew, but can the little fox survive this way of traveling?

Of course Xue Ai's body couldn't bear it, but this time she had a tough attitude and refused to stop.It is said that returning home is like an arrow, she just wants to go back to the capital in one day.

It took her six days to get back from the ten-day journey.Of course, she lost a lot of weight when she returned to Mingxin Nunnery, and she also caught the cold.When Feng Jingsu came over, Xue Ai had just taken the medicine and fell asleep.

"Miss originally refused to sleep and wanted to wait for the princess to come. But she was too weak and fell asleep." Yushu reported to Feng Jingsu in a low voice.

"You didn't try to persuade her? What are you doing in such a hurry?" Feng Jingsu showed displeasure, looking at Xue Ai's thin face that was almost gone, she felt distressed.

Yushu bowed her head, "Miss said that Xiang Xue's birthday is coming soon, and the Xue family will definitely send someone to pick her up."

Feng Jingsu was taken aback for a moment, but she ignored this point.It seems that Xue Ai came back counting the days.

Xue Ai returned to Mingxin Nunnery at noon, and slept until the next morning.Still awakened by the smell of food.She rubbed her eyes and turned over, and suddenly saw Feng Jingsu sitting on the edge of the bed looking at her, her eyes widened in fright, and all the sleepy people ran away.

"Sister Su!" She was about to get up, but found that she was only wearing her underwear. After sleeping for so long, her arms and legs were exposed, which was very indecent. She quickly retracted her body under the quilt, "Why are you here so early?"

Yuyan on the side smiled and said: "Miss, the princess hasn't left since she came yesterday."

Xue Ai was even more restless now, "You didn't go back to the palace?"

Feng Jingsu dug her out of the quilt and helped her dress herself, "I have the right not to go back to the palace now."

Xue Ai couldn't understand, she knew that since she had been away from Beijing for so long, there must have been many changes in the capital, and these were all she was eager to know.

After getting dressed, Meng'an and Yuyan helped Xue Ai wash and make up.Xue Ai's face was a little pale, but he was in good spirits.Feng Jingsu didn't let her go out, and all the meals were eaten in the room.Although there are only vegetarian dishes in the nunnery, Xue Ai can't eat meat, so it suits her appetite.It's just that she was still sick and didn't eat much. Feng Jingsu fed her mouthful and finally made her drink a bowl of porridge.

After eating, Xue Ai was stuffed into the quilt again by Feng Jingsu, "Don't move around, take care of yourself."

Xue Ai clings to Feng Jingsu, and tells all about his time in Liguo. "Princess Yimin told you to go, do you really want to go?"

Feng Jingsu was actually planning to find an opportunity to go to Liguo. "Elder Sister asked me to go, I'd better go there."

"Princess Yimin is so beautiful!" After finishing the business, Xue Ai began to gossip.

Feng Jingsu frowned.Chen Xu in her impression is a beauty, but not so beautiful that Xue Ai admires it so much. "How beautiful? More beautiful than you?"

Xue Ai looked down at herself, pouted and said, "I think I'm just a child compared to Princess Yimin. No wonder you don't..." She didn't realize what she was talking about until she said this, so she quickly covered her mouth and kept silent Voice.

Feng Jingsu had already started laughing, she didn't touch her because she was depressed.This little fox is here to seduce people into committing crimes.

"Don't laugh!" Xue Aibuyi shook Feng Jingsu's arm coquettishly. "To be honest, Princess Yimin is really beautiful to the bone."

Feng Jingsu is a little imaginative.The glamorous senior sister, beautiful to the bone?

Seeing that Feng Jingsu didn't speak, Xue Ai continued: "Sister Su, if you go to Liguo, can you take me with you?"

"Take you?" Feng Jingsu's expression showed no joy or anger.

Xue Ai nodded vigorously, "I've been there once, and I can be your guide." Seeing that Feng Jingsu still didn't agree, she frowned and continued thinking, "It won't be boring to have my company on the road, um... Otherwise I will worry about you."

Feng Jingsu finally nodded, "Well, keep talking."

explain?What else?She's out of words.She could only look at Feng Jingsu pitifully, blinking her big eyes to be cute, "Take me, okay?"

Who could bear such a cute little fox?Feng Jingsu finally couldn't help laughing.Xue Ai finally understood this smile, and she yelled: "Bad guy! You're teasing me again!" Then she turned over in a fit of anger, and lay with her back to Feng Jingsu.

Feng Jingsu couldn't be more amused by this cute reaction, she turned over and hugged Xue Ai with a smile, Xue Ai was still angry, but didn't struggle. "Why are you always so cute?"

With her back to Feng Jingsu, Xue Ai smiled too.The embrace behind her made her feel at ease, she felt Feng Jingsu's arms wrapped around her waist, hugging her so tightly, as if she was afraid that she would disappear.

The laughter behind her disappeared, and Feng Jingsu suddenly sighed, "Xiao Ai, I miss you so much."

Xue Ai's eyes were red all of a sudden, she turned around and got into Feng Jingsu's arms, "Sister Su, Xiao Ai misses you too."

The two lay in bed all morning, mainly because Xue Ai needed to rest. Feng Jingsu accompanied Xue Ai and told Xue Ai what happened recently, and she even told the truth about Xue Ai's rumors in the capital.She believed in Xue Ai's inner strength, and it was much better for her to tell such rumors than Xue Ai heard from others.

"Are you afraid?" Feng Jingsu asked.

Xue Ai shook her head, "I knew it would happen, I knew it from the beginning." Because she had expected the consequences, Xue Ai had already been mentally prepared.The so-called ruined reputation is just that it is not easy to talk about marriage. Isn't this what she wants?As for being ridiculed when going out, this kind of thing is really nothing to Xue Ai.

"Sister Su, you have an army, do you need someone to help?" Xue Ai was eager to try, so he almost said "Hurry up and let me help".

Feng Jingsu frowned, "Help..."

Xue Ai clasped her hands together, "Please." She really wanted to help.

"Begging for help is not such a way of asking for the law." Feng Jingsu said maliciously.

Xue Ai will not be fooled again, "You're kidding me again! Hmph!" She turned around, arched her little butt, and ignored people.

Feng Jingsu shook her head, she was so cute every time, who else would you tease? "Ignore me?"

"Huh!" Xue Ai's voice came muffled.

"Then how can you help me?"

Xue Ai turned around in surprise, "You agree?"

Feng Jingsu pointed to her lips, "Can you show some sincerity?"

"Still a bad guy!" After talking, Xue Ai still kissed Feng Jingsu's lips, sucking gently.

Feng Jingsu was surprised to find that Xue Ai's amazing learning ability in kissing made her a little out of control.The two were entangled with each other, unwilling to separate for a long time.

Xue Ai's prediction was correct, and Xue Xiang sent someone to Mingxin Nunnery to pick Xue Ai home the next day.It's just very low-key, not using the Xiangfu's carriage, but using an ordinary green cloth carriage.It was Chen's mother who came to pick him up. She burst into tears when she saw Xue Ai's thin appearance. "My third miss, why are you so thin in less than a month, but you are sick?"

Meng An said from the side: "Mother Chen, Miss has caught a cold, and it's been half a month and she still hasn't recovered."

Mother Chen sighed.In the back house, she watched the birth and growth of these ladies.Xue Ai is the most well-behaved, has always been quiet and does not fight or grab, but he is the one who is most ignored.

She remembered that one winter it was extremely cold in the capital, and every drop of water turned into ice.The charcoal distributed in each courtyard was not enough, so each courtyard asked Pan for charcoal, and Pan bought a lot of charcoal, but the distribution was a bit messy, and Pingle Pavilion was forgotten when it was divided, and Pingle Pavilion got it. When the news went to ask for charcoal, the charcoal had already been distributed.When Pan asked people to go out to buy it again, it was already hard to buy charcoal.

Xue Ai's body is inherently deficient, and he is most afraid of the cold. Meng An carried Xue Ai through the winter of that year.She really couldn't see it and told Xue Xiang about this matter, Xue Xiang found out, and quickly asked someone to share part of the charcoal in her room with Pingle Pavilion.When Pan learned about it, she was afraid that Xiang Xue would be frozen, so she distributed the charcoal from Wanning Garden to the front yard.Only then did Mother Chen know that there was charcoal in Wanning Garden, but Mrs. Pan didn't want to distribute it to Pingle Pavilion, she was going to keep it for Weiying Pavilion.

During the warm spring season, Xue Ai was seriously ill and almost lost his life.At that time, even Dr. Li said that he could only do his best and obey the destiny, but Xue Ai just survived.That illness didn't recover until the beginning of summer, and Mrs. Pan only went to see her two or three times.She was often sent by Xue Xiang to Pingle Pavilion to check on Xue Ai's condition, and found that the third lady was almost skinny, but she didn't cry or make trouble, and was very kind to her.She asked Xue Ai what he wanted to eat, and Xue Ai only said that he couldn't eat greasy food, so he would just eat some green vegetables.

Mother Chen really didn't understand Pan's family. Could it be that she didn't even want her daughter because of her son's death?Shouldn't you think it's a gift from God that your daughter can survive such a difficult situation?Shouldn't we cherish and love well?

"Third Miss, get in the car, it's windy outside." Mother Chen let Xue Ai into the car, and got into the car herself. "It'll be fine when you go back to the house. Let Dr. Li show it to Miss San. After taking a few doses of medicine, you will be cured."

Xue Ai lowered her head and coughed a few times, "Yes, in such a cold day, my mother has to run such a long distance when she is old, I am tired."

"Miss San, don't say such things, these are what slaves should do."

Xue Ai returned to Xiang's mansion, but no one greeted him.As soon as she returned to Pingle Pavilion to settle down, Mengan found that something was wrong in her dowry.

"Miss, a lot of things are missing from your dowry, what are the extra things?"

When she shouted, both Xue Ai and Yuyan came over to watch.The jewelry that was rewarded in the palace, given by Feng Jingsu, and given by the eldest princess are all gone, and the extra ones are all outdated pearls and flowers from previous years, which are neither good-looking nor valuable.

"Don't shout, the elder sister must have taken it. Others don't have such courage." Other Xue Ai didn't care, but the pair of purple square warm jade bracelets and the pair of white jade rings with Feng Jingsu were her favorite. Dear baby, and the treasure-embedded butterfly hairpin given by Feng Qianzi, she didn't dare to take it with her when she went to Liguo this time, for fear of losing or breaking it in some accident, and also for fear of revealing her identity, so she stayed at home. All gone.

Meng An angrily went to the yard to ask the little maid who looked after the yard, the little maid said that the maid of the eldest lady came to get it, and sent it back later.

Seeing that Meng An was about to cry with anger, Yu Yan quickly bumped into her and pointed her mouth at Xue Ainu.Meng An was so angry that Xue Ai's heart was probably bleeding.

Xue Ai was really angry. Xue Ying still dared to bully her like this. It seems that the lessons she received before were not enough.As a younger sister, she doesn't have too many extravagances, she just hopes that the sisters can get along peacefully. She doesn't care about all kinds of things in the past, why can't she?

"Meng'an, go and check. What is missing? I can't remember the account books of the warehouse. You go and check." Xue Ai said calmly.

Meng An said: "You don't need an account book, miss, what do you have, the servants will remember it clearly."

With Yuyan's help, Meng'an quickly wrote down all the missing items, a total of [-] pieces of jewelry, each piece of fine-quality goods, all came from the palace, and there are account books to check.

Xue Ai asked Mengan to clean up all the extra jewelry in the dowry, and put everything that did not belong to him into a small wooden box.After finishing everything, Xue Ai took a deep breath, "Come on, let's file a complaint."