Mrs. Pin, one of the Red House

Baochai took the tea, and the two sat opposite each other as host and guest.

"How is my aunt these days? After your future sister-in-law moved here, is it still a habit? My mother even asked me to ask you how convenient it is to live in Yangzhou now?" Ning Yun smiled and asked Bao Chai greeted.

Mrs. Wang once invited Aunt Xue to come and stay for a while, but was declined.

Firstly, Aunt Xue couldn’t save face, and secondly, if Xue Pan provoked her so much, if the Xue family was still so close to the Shi family, it would be like slapping the Lin family in the face. Aunt Xue felt that if that was the case, When Shi first came to Jiangnan, he was not a good person, so he declined Wang Shi's invitation after thinking about it.

Mrs. Wang has a good relationship with Mrs. Wang, and has a loose relationship with Aunt Xue, so she didn't force her.

Baochai smiled, and subconsciously straightened the necklace on her neck, "Mother is fine, and my sister-in-law is still a habit after coming to Yangzhou. Thank you for your concern."

Speaking of Xia Jingui, Baochai really felt tired and didn't love her, and her brows were still furrowed.

Aunt Xue wanted to see Xia Jingui under the pretext of inviting Xia's family to Yangzhou.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but after looking at it, Aunt Xue felt that this marriage was somewhat inappropriate.

Although he is just a guest now, and he is always pretending to carry it outside, but if he is not paying attention, he still reveals his upbringing temperament to some extent.

Isn't Xia Jingui just like a Xifeng?

Aunt Xue thought of Wang Xifeng's behavior in the past, and she didn't feel a little anxious. Firstly, she couldn't suppress this daughter-in-law, and secondly, now that Baochai is guarding the stove, Xia Jingui has such a competitive temper, even the family business belongs to her. , and my sister-in-law will definitely not deal with it, not to mention that the Xue family is still in this form now, and the friction between the two of them in the future will make the family restless.But Aunt Xue couldn't help but Xue Pan, Xue Pan recognized this daughter-in-law, and she would marry her if she wanted to die.

Xue Pan refused, Aunt Xue had only such a son, even if she couldn't see Xia Jingui in her heart, she had to take a step back, saying that everyone would discuss it after the national funeral. Of course, this was just a way to delay the battle.

Baochai didn't like Xia Jingui, and she cleaned up Xue Pan's mess for almost two years. She really hated Xue Pan, but she basically figured out a principle.

Whatever Xue Pan wants to do, basically the result will be bad.

For example, Xue Pan wanted to start a salt merchant business, but now she was cleaning up the mess behind Xue Pan, and when the magistrate Pei stepped down, it was only because of his face and affection with Daiyu that he narrowly escaped the catastrophe.

For example, he fell in love with Xue Ling and insisted on forcing him to marry him, but he was not only a son of a good family, but once he became the princess' companion, he offended the princess all the way.

Now he has his eyes on Xia Jingui again...

Xia Jingui is pretty enough, but her temper is really unacceptable, and she still has it like this now. When she gets married, Aunt Xue will not be able to hold her back. Her sister-in-law has no position to say, the family is not The foundation of the mess?

Baochai has always had a bad feeling about any decision made by Xue Pan.

Seeing Baochai like this, Ning Yun smiled and changed the subject.

The two talked for a long time before Ning Yun got to the point, "Now I have something to ask you."

Baochai smiled, "Princess, please tell me." At the same time, an alarm bell rang in his heart.

Based on her understanding of Ning Yun, this sister Ning Yun is not only in terms of methods but also meticulous in mind, and she is definitely not at the same level as Xiang Yun and others.

"If I remember correctly, your family's business should have something to do with Fusang, right?" Ning Yun, the person who asked the question, spoke in a very casual tone.

Baochai replied cautiously: "When my father was here, the business was mainly done in the south and Fusang. I don't know the details. Let me go back and check carefully." After speaking, he smiled, "If I didn't remember If it is wrong, it seems to be some kind of silk, porcelain or these little things."

Baochai was originally a beauty, with a silver basin face, almond-shaped eyes, dignified demeanor, and looked at her with a smile, but there was something romantic about her.

Every move, it looks like the behavior and demeanor that only the empress in the palace would use.

In fact, Baochai knew the extent of the business relationship between the Xue family and Fusang. What they bought and sold was not silk, porcelain and tea, but arms.

But in her current position as a merchant guarding the stove, the princess sitting opposite is the princess. If she says something wrong, basically she has no room to change her words.

She neither denied the business dealings, nor admitted what was being bought and sold, but Baochai was not afraid of Ning Yun's attack, because Baochai's father asked for a secret decree to prepare for this day. Whatever you say, you won't blame the Xue family.

Ning Yun expected Baochai's answer.

It seems that Aunt Xue has put a lot of effort into this daughter, but unfortunately, no matter how good her calculations were, it still fell on Xue Pan, that incompetent guy.

Ning Yun actually admires Baochai, because there is no hope of entering the palace, which basically negates Baochai's pursuit in the first half of his life, but Baochai did not blame others, but instead took care of the family, he is indeed a heroine among women.

Ning Yun did not delve into the deep meaning of Baochai's words, but turned to it: "I have only been in Yangzhou for a few months, and the spring hasn't even bloomed, and then I will return to Beijing. Although I was born in the north , I still like the climate of Yangzhou somewhat.”

Baochai laughed quickly and said, "Actually, the Princess came and went in good time, because spring came out in Yangzhou, and summer was particularly sad. When the heat came, the whole water vapor floated in the air, which was hard to do."

"I forgot that you often come to Yangzhou too." Ning Yun laughed.

Many of the Xue family's business is in Yangzhou, especially the current contacts with Fusang, which are basically collected through Yangzhou and Yanzheng's money.

"Speaking of which, Sister Daiyu also mentioned you." Ning Yun smiled and said to Baochai, "It's a pity that you are not in the palace now, and she has no one to accompany her when she wants to write a poem."

"The princess is talented, isn't it too self-effacing?" Baochai flattered.

Ning Yun doesn't know how to compose poems at all. Although Xiangyun and Lanyun have been teaching together for a long time, Ning Yun still finds that she is not the material for composing poems at all. Don't look at her learning Manchu, Mongolian or even Fusang and Taixi. Getting started, but this talent may not be inherited.

Wang Shi was also a talented woman back then.

"Me? Don't praise me like that, I'll recite it too." Ning Yun smiled, "Or go and fool the distinguished guests from Taixi Scotland."

At the mention of Scotland, Baochai raised her chin slightly, and thoughts flashed through her mind a thousand times.

Ning Yun means that the Queen of Scotland is coming to court?

If the Queen of Scotland came to court, it would be equivalent to an instant change in the political situation in Thailand and the West.

The Xue family and Taixi still had business dealings in the Malay colony.

Baochai had to use the clues between the lines to determine her next move.

If Tessie really wants to go bankrupt, she has some business that needs to be sold quickly, at least including the business dealings with Fusang.

Baochai also knows that the Jin Dynasty is now playing checks and balances in Fusang.

Ning Yun said as if he didn't care at all, "Do you still remember the shipwreck incident we had last time? The quarrel came to the head of the Tokugawa family. It was only later that we found out that they followed the order of Empress Taixi. The one who came to assassinate the Queen of Scotland made a mistake and ended up on us. If I hadn’t followed the princess south this time, I wouldn’t have dared to take the water again.”

As she spoke, she patted her chest, and the white jade bracelet made a jingle when it touched Yingluo.

Ning Yun's words contained even more information.

In fact, Ning Yun felt that talking to Baochai would save effort. Compared with Daiyu who likes to go straight, Baochai is also the kind of person who beat around the bush. When talking to this kind of person, you don’t have to put everything you want to say on the surface. Given the hint, Baochai would naturally know what to do.

After thinking about it, Baochai understood Ning Yun's meaning, stared at her with a smile and said, "There are such things, but Taixi's intervention is expected, because they don't have the guts to measure Fusang people, the princess don't have to worry, at least with this Once, the princess will go by water again, even if it is through Tokyo Bay, nothing will happen."

As a disguised statement, I will cut off Fusang's arms exchanges.

Baochai understood what Ning Yun meant. If it was just that she and Daiyu were okay, it didn't matter if it was deep or shallow, but once Princess Zhaohui Meng Jiachen was involved, Queen Wei would not take such a risk.

Especially in Taixi and the Tokugawa family have contacts, and the Tokugawa family betrayed the Jin Dynasty.

Now that the Queen of Guards has expressed support for the Queen of Scotland in a disguised form, the whole of England can't sit still, even if it is an assassination, they have to try and fight. If you can't assassinate the one in Scotland, killing the princess of Jin still has a certain deterrent effect , with one, there will naturally be two.

No matter how you look at it, the Xue family didn't pay any compensation, because the Xue family's arms were sent directly to the emperor, or it filled the gap in the salt administration. If the Xue family hadn't been established, it would have lost everything.

Thinking of this, Baochai didn't worry too much, and her words were not so vague.

Ning Yun nodded with a smile, and said: "Miss Xue really knows the meaning of the strings."

"The princess is ridiculously praised." Baochai also smiled, and this matter is considered a deal.

##

On April [-]th, it was raining heavily.

When I left this day, it was the spring breeze and the tender willows were swaying.

Among them, Mrs. Wang was all kinds of reluctant, and told Ning Yun in detail about the cost of food and clothing. When she finally left, she rolled her eyes, hugged Ning Yun and refused to let go.

After all, she is her only daughter...

No, first daughter.

At the beginning of spring, Wang was pregnant again.

Since giving birth to a son, Wang's heart has also been relieved, so she hopes that this child will be a daughter.

Ning Yun's heart warmed up, and he almost wanted to say: Mother, you can go with me too.But she was afraid that there would be an accident on the road at that time. Now that the relationship between the Jin Dynasty and Taixi was tense, depending on what the queen meant, she might beat Fusang first, and then talk about other things. She didn't dare to take this risk.

She also rolled her eyes, but Wang's next sentence stunned her.

"The child is fine. If your father really dares to harm you, mother, I will go all out." Wang said to Ning Yun in a low voice, "It's a big deal, so don't worry, I'm here, anyway, you are not the same as I was then." Similarly, you don't need to rely on others, and you have a younger brother, so my daughter-in-law can be regarded as worthy of the historian."

He hugged Ning Yun again, "When you go out, be careful. Don't worry if you don't like the marriage of Marquis Dingguo. Mother will pay attention to you. You are still young, so don't worry."

Ning Yun was dumbfounded.

Does Wang's last sentence imply that if Shi Ding is unfavorable to Ning Yun, she will kill Shi Ding without anyone noticing?

This method and idea of ​​seeing who doesn't like it and killing it directly is quite familiar...

Good guy, isn't this the one that came out of her hand?

Ning Yun raised her forehead, she knew what it means to be close to vermilion to be red, and to be close to ink to be black. She really set a bad example for Wang.

The mother and daughter talked for a long time, until Daiyu really felt that it was inappropriate to delay, and came out to remind Ning Yun to bid farewell to Wang.

Because something happened on the waterway when they came here, Daiyu and Ningyun hit it off and walked by land, but the result was beyond their expectations, and something went wrong.

Ning Yun felt that she might not be born with Zhenjiang and Yangzhou.

When I came to Yangzhou, I ran into a shipwreck, and when I returned to Beijing... I ran into Qin Keqing.

It would be nice if you met Qin Keqing alone, and you can travel all the way if you drop by, but the problem is that the person traveling with Qin Keqing is a man, and the point of the problem is that this person is not Jia Rong but Jia Rong, or They are not from the Jia family at all.

Both Daiyu and Ning Yun are very familiar with this person.

Lu Yun, the commander of Tianjiangwei.

At this time, Ning Yun and Daiyu happened to come to Zhenjiang. Daiyu wanted to buy some things for Jia Min and sent someone to send them back, so she stopped in Zhenjiang. Shu felt that the sky was a bit cloudy and it might rain, so he planned to take a step first and wait for Daiyu at the entrance of the boundary.

After walking a few steps, the frame suddenly stopped.

Ning Yun hurriedly closed the curtain and told Bin Lan to ask the coachman what happened.

Bin Lan came back after a while and said, "There is a road ahead, and it collided with someone else's carriage."

Ning Yun was a little puzzled, because what she typed was the hall name of the Jinling Shifu and the banner of the Princess Shanhua. When entering the town, there are people who shout, and most people will naturally avoid it, "Who is the person on the opposite side? asked?"

"The banner on the opposite side is Mrs. Qin of Jiaguo." Bin Lan answered quickly.

Ning Yun was taken aback, why did Qin Keqing reach the border of Zhenjiang?Although a little inexplicable, he ordered the coachman to make way for Qin Keqing.

Ning Yun gave way, and according to the rules, Qin Keqing would naturally come out to thank her.

Bin Lan helped Ning Yun get out of the carriage, just as Lu Yun jumped out of the carriage first, with one hand behind his back and the other holding Qin Keqing, Qin Keqing followed the trend and walked down. The two seemed unusually close.

Ning Yun was stunned.

No wonder Lu Yun arrived in Yangzhou so quickly last time, and the co-author is in Zhenjiang.

Her first association was that Princess Jing'an's child controls Tianjiangwei?

"Princess Shanhua, long time no see." Qin Keqing's voice was soft and pleasant, but still majestic, "The last time I saw you was when Grandma Sigu of Rongguo Mansion and Shizhong Lin came to stay at home for a while."

Ning Yun smiled and said, "Long time no see. Last time I was in Beijing, I couldn't come to congratulate you personally. I'm here to accompany you."

She has a special status now, she is said to be from the clan, not Meng, and not the clan, but she is following the imperial order of the clan princess, so she should not get too close to the princess princess and the like.

Naturally, it is not easy to congratulate Qin Keqing.

Qin Keqing knew it too, so she said, "Aren't you just being polite?" He asked again, "Have you come to Zhenjiang? Don't tell me, Zhenjiang is no better than Yangzhou, but there are many elegant gardens, if you have time, please stay longer For good."

Ning Yun said with a smile: "I went back to Yangzhou to celebrate my grandmother's birthday, but I didn't stay for a few days. Look, I'm going back to Beijing again."

"There will be more opportunities in the future." Qin Keqing smiled.

After the two people had said the same thing, Lu Yun stepped forward, cupped hands with Ning Yun and said, "I've seen the princess."

"The commander is too polite." Ning Yun returned the half-way courtesy, and said half-jokingly: "Is this your brother?"

The appointment of Tianjiangwei is different from that of ordinary courtiers. Generally, it will not explain whose family this is so-and-so, but only what it is called.

Ning Yun remembered that Jiang Anhou, whom Jing and Princess married, was also surnamed Lu, so it was reasonable for the two to be close.

As a result, Qin Keqing was amused by Ning Yun, Qin Keqing shook her head, and said with a smile: "I have already told my mother that I want to reconcile with Ning Guogong's son, but because of the current limelight, as you know, this matter has been delayed. So I can only wait for the limelight to pass before I speak.”

Lu Yun acquiesced.

Ning Yun was a little overwhelmed.

Although Guochao is a Manchu, but at the time of Ningyun, he had already learned a certain degree of Han style, at least he has far surpassed some Han people in pedantry, and he is also very particular about the three obediences and four virtues, even if he is a princess. Dare to cheat publicly, at least Ning Yun has never seen such a battle.

Lu Yunnan is unmarried, and Qin Keqing is three years younger than Qin Keqing. In terms of appearance, he is just right, and in terms of family background, he is barely passable. It is pleasing to the eye, but the problem is that Qin Keqing's daughter...has not reconciled yet.

If they reconcile and leave, naturally there is nothing to say.

Ning Yun suddenly understood why Lin Yuzhen's family managed to carry out threats all the way to today.

Ning Yun was startled by Qin Keqing's answer, and was staring at Qin Keqing dumbfounded. At this time, Daiyu finished shopping for Jia Min and took care of the servants at home. people.

Daiyu raised her eyebrows, a little puzzled, but she still got out of the car and greeted Qin Keqing.

The four talked for a while, feeling that the sky was getting cloudy, and they left when it was going to rain. Daiyu didn't go back to her car, but followed Ning Yun to Ning Yun's frame. After getting on the car, she asked : "What's going on here?"

"Young Master Ning, look up to see the blue sky." Ning Yun wanted to laugh when he said that.

Daiyu realized after reacting, she couldn't help being taken aback, "Has she divorced already? Does Princess Jing'an agree?"

"No reconciliation." Ning Yun spread his hands and asked again, "You don't seem very strange."

"This is the third one." Daiyu paused, "I met."

She is one of the maids, and sometimes arranges some banquets for the clan. Although Qin Keqing is an illegitimate daughter, she concealed it at the time because the royal family wanted to use the husband of Princess Jing and the eldest princess. The status of the imperial family is about to be put on the agenda. Although the name has not been rectified, the treatment is on par with the imperial family from the princess.

Since the palace change, the people Qin Keqing brings to each banquet are different.

Ning Yun didn't know what to say, so he kept silent.

##

"Is the empress still used to living these few days?" Wei Ruozhu asked with a smile.

At this time, she was walking in the imperial garden with Mary who came from Scotland. The weather in the capital has become very good in spring. She is used to walking in the imperial garden every afternoon when she has no business. Dressed in a foreign dress, changed into a deep red velvet dress, holding a useless parasol, and wearing four-inch high sheepskin high-heeled shoes, with ruby ​​buttons on the ankles, shining brightly every step of the way, She also wore a pearl necklace around her neck.

Of course, it is even more difficult to be heard when talking about things in the imperial garden, because people can notice if there is a disturbance.

However, in the Jin Dynasty, there were some who could speak Thai and Spanish, but basically none who could speak French.

Queen Mary's four maids followed behind, taking a step behind deliberately.

"At this point, it's good to be alive." Mary smiled, feeling a little older, "At least it's good if she wasn't imprisoned in the Tower of London."

"You are still like this." Wei Ruozhu once had a relationship with Mary Stuart, but at that time Mary was still the French princess, she was the daughter of the envoy of the Jin Dynasty who was sent to Taixi, and the future prince concubine was invited in Versailles. Living in the palace for a few days, Mary who met at that time said, "Speaking of which, you are still the same as before."

"Really?" Mary smiled, and the corners of her eyes were slightly wrinkled. "Actually, I feel that you are still very young, and I am already too old."

"I'm old and out of shape." Wei Ruozhu said with a smile, "I'm already a mother of one child."

"If my child hadn't been miscarried at that time, it would be as big as your daughter, and my second son is the same size as your daughter." Mary recalled, "God bless him to rest in peace." She said and drew a sign of the cross on her chest.

Wei Ruozhu was silent for a while before he said: "Since you came, I haven't had a chance to talk to you alone, what do you think? Do you still want to swear your right to inherit the English throne?"

"It's come to this point, even if I don't announce it, Elizabeth will not let me go." Mary smiled bitterly, "In fact, you should know that it will develop to the present in the end, and you shouldn't have done this at that time."

"You had no other choice at that time." Wei Ruozhu knew Mary's situation at that time, "The position of Queen of France is not so easy to do, although it is much better than mine now." He laughed at himself.

Wei Ruozhu felt that she was now acting as the emperor in the name of the queen, and no matter what happened, she had to face it by herself, and there was no room for evasion.

"I'm not much better." Mary smiled bitterly: "In the end, I envy you a little. Although your husband has a mistress and an illegitimate child, the queen mother here is not so strong in her words. Apart from your children, there are also No other brother can inherit the throne."

Wei Ruozhu shook his head, "But you are the empress, and your beliefs do not allow you to divorce. We have a saying about abolishing queens here."

There is at least one possibility, although the senior officials in the court have been her confidantes in recent years, and the emperor can't get better at all, and the imperial physicians say that she can only do her best and obey the destiny, but she is still a little worried.

She was worried about Queen Mother Zhen.

The two of them can be considered to have reached a consensus. The queen of every country has a difficult scripture to recite.

The two of them talked about what they had seen and heard in France at that time, and suddenly a female official came in front of Wei Ruozhu and said, "Princess Shanhua and Shizhong Lin have already entered Beijing."

Wei Ruozhu smiled slightly, "It's time to come back." He also ordered the female officer to arrange to go down to pick up the wind and wash the dust without mentioning all kinds of matters.

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