Mrs. Pin, one of the Red House

Daiyu and Ningyun talked secretly for a while, and decided on a strategy, and then called Qianhu and others to give detailed instructions one by one, and they went back to their homes while it was still early.

As soon as Ning Yun entered the mansion, he got out of the carriage, and saw Rose waiting beside Wang, pointing his toes and looking at Ning Yun unconsciously, as if impatient.

"What's wrong?" Ning Yun asked quickly.

Then Rose answered hastily, "Master, please go over there."

Ning Yun nodded and said: "I see, you go down first." Rose bowed and left, and Ning Yun took Binlan to Shi Ding's study.

Shi Ding's study is located in the northeast corner of the Governor's Mansion. There are countless arrow bamboos planted in front of the porch. In autumn, it is as emerald green as a flock of chickens, and it is slightly dazzling. There are canals on both sides of the bamboos to divert water. The lake runs across the entire front yard, and the water is still crystal clear. , I can see the koi hiding on the edge of the stone in a daze, motionless.

The leaves fell into the water, causing ripples and rippling away.

Ning Yun motioned Binlan not to follow, pushed the door open and said, "Father, are you looking for me?"

Shi Ding was sitting behind the desk, he hadn't even changed his official uniform, he was still holding official documents in his hand, and there was a wolf pen hanging on the ebony case, but the pens he usually used were casually thrown aside, when no one was paying attention, The ink stains soaked the fine rice paper, and the official documents were also a random pile without any order.

Ning Yun had to admit that her father was indeed not a civil servant.

When Shi Ding saw Ning Yun coming in, he was taken aback for a moment, recalled the memories, and then remembered that he called Ning Yun over, smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "Yes, here you go, sit down, I have something to tell you .”

"What's the matter, dad, you have to tell your daughter face to face?" Ning Yun thought it was a bit funny. Now that Shi Ding saw her, sometimes his words were inconsistent, and he didn't know why.

Shi Ding scratched his head, rubbed his hands together, and finally said after a long time: "Actually, your mother should tell you this..." He stood up irritably, sat down again, put his hands on his head, and finally said as if he was willing to fight after a long time : "What do you think of the marriage that the Hou family of Dingguo mentioned?"

"I heard from your mother, are you not happy?" Shi Ding said cautiously.

He is really not suitable for work. Whether in the army or in the government, he is used to going straight. Besides, this marriage between a man and a woman is a matter of the inner house, so shouldn't Mrs. Wang handle it alone?

But Wang slapped him, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask: "For my father's sake, this marriage is a good marriage, no matter how you look at it, it's good."

"I'm not happy." To Shi Ding's surprise, Ning Yun took a sip of tea and answered very simply.

"You... Father, aren't you asking why you are not happy?" Shi Ding first slapped the table a little angrily, and then remembered Ning Yun's identity, and his voice softened a little.

Ning Yun raised his eyes and glanced at Shi Ding, "I just don't like it. Besides, this marriage seems to be a good one, but it looks like a icing on the cake. It seems to be the icing on the cake for a hundred years, but in fact it will be feared by others. Dad, you are now Serving as an official in the south of the Yangtze River, why can't you even see how powerful this is?"

"Absurd, are there any rules? How can a daughter teach her father a lesson?" Shi Ding finally couldn't bear it anymore, and got angry. Huo Di stood up all at once. no.

"Sit down." Ning Yun pointed to the chair behind Shi Ding, "Sit down."

Shi Ding's face turned red with anger, and it took him a long time to recover, and he sat back slowly according to Ning Yun's words.

"Father, this is not the way you talk." Ning Yun smiled, and gently hung the latest batch of teacups sent by Chengyao, "Nowadays, even a cabinet scholar will talk to me in a nice voice. It's not Liyun, it's not your mother, and it's not the one you raised outside, Dad, should you change your tone of voice?"

She was also angry.

Ning Yun's words were like carrying a glass of ice water in his mouth. Shi Ding first looked at her in surprise, and then became annoyed, "What do you mean I raised it outside?"

"Did you raise Tan Yun outside? Or didn't you raise Brother Shen outside?" Ning Yun was not polite, "Father, you are also a smart person, knowing that it is useless to get angry with me, for the sake of the overall situation of the historian , you will not go outside and say that I am unfilial, why bother to get angry?"

According to what she knew about Shi Ding, Shi Ding was a genuine man who folded his arms and hid them in his sleeves.

Today she contradicts Shi Ding, which will naturally be regarded as a family scandal by Shi Ding. Even if Shi Ding is angry again, I am afraid that they are still good father and daughter who are kind and filial outside this room.

Shi Ding shook his sleeves and got up, pushed open the door and stood facing the cold wind for a long time before suppressing the fire pressure, closed the door and sat back on his chair.

After Shi Ding hit the nail on the head, his anger had already dissipated, and Ning Yun said, "Our family must never marry the Lin family."

Only then did Shi Ding listen to the words, "Why?"

"Did you hear that the Marquis of Dingguo's family raised private soldiers?" Ning Yun walked up to Shi Ding, rolled up his sleeves, rubbed his ink, and wrote Tianjiang, Tianyun, and Dingguolin on rice paper. "Dad, do you still remember the situation of Dingguohou's family on the day of the palace change? It is true that Dingguohou led the army to help, but in fact, Qingzhouwei and Xiangjunwei did not arrive in Chengde until the dust settled. The army was able to enter the city."

"After checking it privately, I didn't know about it."

Shi Ding was dumbstruck, lost his ability to speak, and said after a long time: "Then what is the army led by Duke Ding?"

"I don't know." Ning Yun put down his pen and whispered, "But even Tianjiang Wei couldn't find out why."

Shi Ding's heart sank.

"Father, you are really brave, and you dare to marry Ding Guohou," Ning Yun shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Father, listen to me, you will be the governor in Jiangnan, don't think about anything else, what I want to do, Don't even ask, it's not like you don't know how complicated the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is, our family is still wise and safe."

Ning Yun looked directly at Shi Ding, without averting his gaze, nor lowering his head, just watching until Shi Ding lowered his head and silently looked at the official document.

Ning Yundang Shi Ding acquiesced.

She gave the Shi family today, and from the moment she met the Queen Mother, Shi Ding and Shi Nai brothers could not decide on all affairs of the Shi family.

"By the way, how is the second sister? I haven't seen any letters recently." Ning Yun asked.

Shi Ding spread his hands, "You should ask your mother about this."

He never cared about such trifles.

"Forget it, if Dad has nothing else to do, I'll go back first." When Ning Yun left, he picked up all the official documents on the case, except for the one in Shi Ding's hand, and took them away.

Shi Ding opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

Forget it, let her go, that's all Shi Ding could think about, his sons and grandchildren have their own blessings, he is now a senior official in a province in the south of the Yangtze River, if he wants to go to the yamen, he doesn't have to go if he doesn't want to, and he is more than happy to enjoy leisure time.

As soon as Ning Yun turned around from the study yard, she heard someone calling her loudly from behind.

"Third sister?"

When Ning Yun turned his head, he saw a group of maidservants hugging Li Yun, coming out of the courtyard where Li Yun lived, probably going to pay her respects to Mrs. Wang. Seeing Ning Yun, Li Yun yelled happily.

"How's it going?" Ning Yun stood there waiting for her, and the two of them happened to drop by, so they walked towards Wang's yard together.

Li Yun replied timidly, "It's okay." As she spoke, her eyes turned red, "It's nothing, I just miss my aunt."

"Aunt Lu taught you to tell it?" Ning Yun didn't bother to talk nonsense with Li Yun, she poked at the center, she said a little embarrassed, "It's father's idea that she went to the Buddhist hall, and I can't help it."

Li Yun looked expectant, "I heard from some sisters and mothers that you are the princess, third sister, and dad will definitely listen to what you say." Her black eyes looked at Ning Yun pitifully, "Third sister, count me in." I beg you."

"Which elder sister told the nanny?" Ning Yun looked at Li Yun.

Li Yun knew that she had made a slip of the tongue, and looked at the ground and shook her head, "No one told me, I thought about it myself." She said to Ning Yun with a face full of hope: "Third sister, will it work?"

"The son of today practices Confucianism and Taoism, and governs the world with filial piety." Ning Yun straightened the hairpin on Liyun's hair. "As long as the word filial piety is suppressed, it doesn't matter who speaks." She was more or less sympathetic In her heart, Aunt Lu was an abandoned child who had to be thrown out by her, but after so many years, Li Yun and Aunt Lu's mother and daughter are still lovely, and they respect Wang enough, "I will go and talk to Dad, but if Dad If you don't agree, I can't help it."

Li Yun's small face suddenly lit up.

"However," Ning Yun changed the subject, "I can't guarantee anything." She pulled the strap on the cloak for Li Yun, "But the most I can do is, when you get married, I will definitely let Aunt Lu Come to marry you."

Li Yun bit her lips when she heard the first half of the sentence, tears streaming down her face, but she immediately jumped for joy when she heard the second half of Ning Yun's assurance, "Third Sister means what she says."

"Naturally." Ning Yun smiled, "When will you go out, and when will I quietly arrange for her to come back to see you."

"Thank you, Third Sister." Li Yun blessed herself.

Li Yun got Ning Yun's guarantee, and she was so happy that she didn't even walk the road. After all, she had already remembered at that time. She was a concubine's daughter in front of the Wang family. If she is successful, naturally she won't teach her how to watch words and colors, so as soon as she hears the news, she doesn't think too much about it, and starts happily thinking about when she will be able to get married.

Bin Lan frowned, and while the maid was chasing after Li Yun, she followed her and asked Ning Yun in a low voice: "Girl, Aunt Lu is in the capital."

"I know." Ning Yun looked at Li Yun's back, "I have my own opinion about her. If I behave properly, I will spend less time with my mother in the future, and my brother is still young. Although she may not be effective, but if she can help , it’s okay to fulfill her wish, if not, I will naturally have a way to deal with her.”

Bin Lan was puzzled, "It's not what?"

She didn't understand, so she laughed and said, "Now that the dust has settled, what else can we say?"

Ning Yun looked at Bin Lan and said, "After all, there is a concubine eldest son in the family. You don't know that if the girl in the back house is pushed hard, she will really dare to do anything."

She has a lot of experience in this matter.

Binlan shuddered a little when she thought of the methods of Ningyun Wang and the others.

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Fengyi Palace, Zhaoyang Palace.

The rare autumn tiger was caught up in the capital, and the concubines gathered in the Zhaoyang Palace according to the rules, waiting for the Queen of the Guard to come back from the Zichen Palace to pay her respects. They all held fans and whispered softly, very lively.

The emperor was seriously injured and couldn't get out of bed until now. The imperial doctor said that he could only rest in rest, so the concubines in the palace were all in harmony.

It was not until it was time to light the lamps that Queen Wei and Queen Mother Zhen came in a hurry.

"To the empress dowager, the empress dowager." Shi Lanyun took the lead in paying his respects, and Jia Yingchun and others followed suit.

"Get up." The queen mother smiled, "It's hard for you to have a heart, it's about this time, you should go back quickly, otherwise the palace gate will be locked."

Shi Lanyun and the others were also used to going out like this every day, and they performed the ceremony according to the rules. She was the first of the four concubines in the palace, and she left after serving Wei Ruozhu a cup of tea.

After all these Yingyingyanyans were gone, Wei Ruozhu heaved a sigh of relief and asked the female history beside him, "Where is he?"

Xu Nvshi replied in a low voice: "I have been led to wait in the side hall for a long time."

Empress Dowager Zhen saw that Wei Ruozhu was anxious, took a sip of tea, and teased her daughter-in-law, "Why are you in a hurry? Jinghua hasn't arrived yet, so you just went. You don't understand Thai, so you're just in a hurry?"

"My son is impatient." Wei Ruozhu was a little embarrassed, "I'm really busy these days. If it wasn't for the help of the queen mother, I'm afraid he would have messed up."

"You also have ideas. I can't help you, but it's limited." The Empress Dowager Zhen looked at Wei Ruozhu, "Do you know what I am most worried about now? The saint's situation is unstable, and sometimes he can't even go to court. , now there are two princesses in the palace, and no prince, you have to be anxious, you should be anxious about this."

Wei Ruozhu smiled awkwardly, "This... is also a helpless thing."

"Don't worry now, but you still have to be prepared." The Empress Dowager Zhen looked at Wei Ruozhu. Under the lights, she looked like the gentle and elegant woman she was back then. You have another idea."

Wei Ruozhu let out a long sigh, got off the phoenix chair and knelt in front of the Empress Dowager Zhen, the lights were dimmed, "Mother, I know there are only two ways now, the first is to conceive the prince as soon as possible, and the second is to start selecting children from the clan." Cultivated since childhood, but mother, is there another way?"

"Go on." The Empress Dowager Zhen twisted the emerald rosary beads, narrowing her eyes slightly.

"The Jin Dynasty can also produce a female emperor. Taking a step back can allow them to get married as soon as possible. At worst, they can adopt their children." Wei Ruozhu said through gritted teeth.

Empress Dowager Zhen paused, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

"I know what I'm talking about. Mother, do you remember what happened to Jiajing Yingzong in the previous dynasty?" Wei Ruozhu was also confident, "Now the mother is vigorously supporting Zhaode to be good, isn't it just throwing stones to ask for directions?"

For Empress Dowager Zhen, her granddaughter is naturally better than the children of other princes, especially when several concubines with sons are buried, if she chooses the prince from the clan, she will be the first to be investigated in the future. The first one, out of self-preservation, even if it is shocking, she has to think about it.

As for Wei Ruozhu, she didn't think about anything else at all.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also coincided with each other.

Empress Dowager Zhen pulled Wei Ruozhu up and patted her hand, "Good boy, take care of me."

At this time, the palace people reported: "Princess Jinghua has arrived."

"Please." Wei Ruozhu hurriedly ordered.

Lin Yuzhen was wearing a goose-yellow palace dress, which seemed to have come from home in a hurry, without makeup, but a peony bun with a few steps inserted, without any other decorations.

"See the empress dowager, the empress dowager, I wish the empress dowager be as happy as the East China Sea, and the empress dowager has good luck and peace." Lin Yuzhen bowed her knees and saluted.

Empress Dowager Zhen nodded and said, "You're here too, let's meet that Taixi woman."

Wei Ruozhu nodded, "Let's go."

Lin Yuzhen followed quickly.

The side hall of Fengyi Palace had been tidied up a long time ago, and the screens were set up. The palace guards outside were all women, but they had three-foot silver lightsabers hanging from their waists. They didn't bow out until Mrs. Wei Ruozhu came. Go out, close the door, and stand by the door and the window.

"Sit down too." Wei Ruozhu told Lin Yuzhen.

Only then did Lin Yuzhen see clearly the woman sitting on the side. The woman was wearing a black cloak to cover her entire face, her black curly hair was exposed, and she was wearing a ruby ​​necklace around her neck. The style was not common to Lin Yuzhen, and the skirt was Versailles style. , sixteen yards of twig black-veined velvet, embroidered with blue and white crosses, symbolizing Western England, and green morocco shoes, four inches high, with sapphire buckles.

Lin Yuzhen noticed that Wei Ruozhu was staring at her, so she quickly looked away, sat on one side with her hands on her knees, and looked at the ground respectfully.

"Then let's get started." Wei Ruozhu held a memorial in her hand. She and Queen Mother Zhen exchanged a glance and said, "Queen of Versailles and Queen of Scots, I am very pleased that you have come from a long way and arrived safely."

Lin Yuzhen's heart sank, but she still bit the bullet and translated.

The woman was silent for a while, and replied after a long time: "My maids and I thank you for your contribution and sacrifice for us to reach your country safely." She nodded slightly as she spoke.

"I can't talk about sacrifice, but I really want to know why you, as the Queen of Scotland, exchanged fire with Taixi's envoys on our country?" Wei Ruozhu laughed.

Lin Yuzhen said: "You're welcome, this is what we should do. The tradition of the Jin Dynasty is hospitality. We offer good wine to those who set foot on our country with good intentions. We only show our swords to the enemy. If you don't feel offended , the queen of our country would like to know what happened to you, and besides, we would be very grateful if you could tell us what happened in England."

The woman was silent for a moment, muttered a few words with the four maids around her, and then spoke slowly.

"What did she say?" Seeing that Lin Yuzhen was silent, Wei Ruozhu asked quickly.

Lin Yuzhen pursed her lips, raised her chin, and said to Wei Ruozhu, "The coup was attempted. She said that according to Christian orthodoxy, she should be the Queen of England, but in the end it was ruled by the Pope and the House of Commons that Mary Tudor's sister After inheriting the throne, Elizabeth came to the throne in London, and she declared her right to inherit the throne in Paris, but she lost to the current queen and had to flee."

Wei Ruozhu took a look at Lin Yuzhen, smiled inscrutably after a while, and said in pure French: "The Jin Dynasty welcomes you, this will be your refuge, because the enemy's enemy is my friend. "

Lin Yuzhen was startled, she clenched her hands subconsciously, and looked at Wei Ruozhu in amazement, the latter smiled sweetly, and the nine-tailed golden phoenix on the phoenix robe shone brightly, reflecting the whole room.

Empress Dowager Zhen raised her eyebrows slightly, "It's not easy to get involved." Before she finished speaking, she suddenly realized, "You already knew?"

Wei Ruozhu said in a low voice: "My minister arranged for her to come here. I can remember Elizabeth for the rest of my life just by instigating Tianzhu, Indonesia, to kill our general and occupy Ryukyu by force."

"If you offend me, you will be punished even if you are far away." Wei Ruozhu said with a smile, and then gestured, "Tell her this way, we oppose heresy becoming the queen, and we are willing to be her biggest help."

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