Light Red Northern Song

At this time, there were only five days left before Mangzhong, and An Ning didn't know where the King Yong's fiefdom was, but he could guess the approximate location from the title.But according to common sense, from the time King Yong received the order to the time when the chariot and horse team returned to Beijing, no matter where his fief was, it was impossible to return in just a few days.After all, it would take at least a few days for Qi Youhui's edict to go there, and it would take time for King Yong to make simple arrangements, and it would take a lot of time to go on the road with a large number of people than a single horse.It seems that Qi Youhui has already secretly agreed with that Yong Wang about going to Beijing.

Since the day yesterday, when Ruyi entered the door this morning, she drooped her head and dared not look up.An Ning couldn't bear to see her pitiful little appearance from the bronze mirror.

"Your Highness, today's carriage and horse entourage was ordered by the empress yesterday. Mrs. Mu just said back and forth, and the personnel and carriages are all ready." Linglong saw Ruyi's listless look when she came back yesterday, and asked. Knowing what Qi Mingyi told her.Linglong wanted to reprimand her a few words, but she thought that she was also a slave, living in the cracks, and she knew the bitterness of it very well.Although he has only been in the palace for a few years, he has suffered a lot of grievances, and he has seen and heard even more injustices.She is still very glad that she and Ruyi can meet a master like An Ning, at least this master is still very considerate of his servants.

"I know." An Ning glanced at Ruyi again in the bronze mirror, and ordered, "Ruyi, don't you always like almond candy? Go and get some, you can eat it on the road."

"Ah? Oh!" Ruyi raised her head to look at the bronze mirror, and met her master's eyes.Then he laughed happily and got Ling to trot away.

"Linglong, did Second Sister Huang also tell you something?" Seeing Ruyi leave, An Ning asked again.

"Your Highness, Your Highness the Second Princess didn't say anything to the servant girl, and I thought it was just a coincidence that I chatted with Ruyi." Linglong paused for a moment, and then said: "Your Highness, the Second Princess also has good intentions." She didn't say any more, worried that the master would misunderstand .No matter how sympathetic An Ning is, the servant is also the master, and he is very smart, so he just needs to point out some things, and there is no need to say them explicitly.

"Things here are very complicated, you can talk to Ben Gong later." An Ning thought for a while, since someone kindly reminded her, it's better to just talk about it, since she really lives here now, there is no harm in knowing something.

"Your Highness wants to know, and the servants will tell you. Maybe there are some details, but there is absolutely no dishonesty." Linglong's words were sweet and pleasant.

An Ning turned around and tilted her head to look at her, then suddenly asked: "Linglong is quite good at talking, but has she ever read a book?"

"Returning to Your Highness, I read it when I was young, when Jia Yan was still alive." Linglong lowered her head as she spoke.

"Oh..." An Ning saw that she was in a low mood, so she didn't ask any more questions, and only waited for Ruyi to come back before making arrangements for her departure.

After leaving the gate of the imperial city, An Ning got into the carriage, thought for a while and called Ruyi Linglong to get into the carriage.There were six cavalry guards at the front and back of the team. The carriage was located slightly in front of the team, and there were three cavalry guards on the left and right sides of the car. In other positions in the team, there were more than [-] foot palace guards called by Chu Shanyi.Mu Ji rode a tall brown BMW, looked around the team first, and then told everyone to go back to the carriage and clasped his fists to report that he was ready to start at any time.

"I planned to do it lightly, but I didn't expect to make such a big battle, but it was just to go to the Princess's Mansion, so close." An Ning said with a slight sigh as the team marched.

"Returning to Your Highness, although the distance is short, it is still out of the imperial city. It is normal for the empress to order another thirty or so guards." Linglong also replied while sitting in the carriage.

"Hmm..." An Ning really didn't like to see the usually lively Ruyi bowing her head and saying nothing today.So he looked for something to say to her: "Ruyi, is there anything new? Talking about it is good to pass the time."

Ruyi was thinking about something, when she heard this, she secretly raised her head and glanced at An Ning, her face was slightly red, showing a look of fear of being ugly.After being dazed for a long time, he said: "How can the servant have anything new?"

"Huh? It's strange for Ruyi to talk today." An Ning saw the other party answering, and continued to tease her along the lines.

"Servant, servant..." Ruyi didn't know how to answer when she heard her master teasing her.

"You can talk about it as you like." An Ning stretched out his hand to lift the car curtain, and said looking out of the car.

It's not too hot in the north at this time, but the sun is a little stronger.She squinted her eyes, and when no one answered, she said: "The main road in this inner city is full of high-ranking families," then pointed to one of them and asked, "Who's residence is that one?"

What An Ning was pointing to was also a noble mansion, but there was no gatekeeper in front of the gate, and a dark red plaque hung high above the gate saying "Lin Mansion".The maidservants in the second palace all glanced at that place, and Linglong replied, "Report to Your Highness, that place is the Lin University's scholar's mansion."

"Scholar Lin? I haven't heard the name of this great scholar before." An Ning glanced there again and asked, "All the people living in this inner city are relatives of the royal family, high-ranking officials, and there are several people in front of other people's houses. Gatekeeper, why is there no one in front of his house?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, Lin University's scholar is clear and bright. He is very reserved as an official, and he doesn't make friends with people in the court. He only has one son and one daughter. They are all studying abroad and rarely return to Beijing." After Linglong finished speaking, Ruyi went back to Beijing. Then he said: "The Dashi's Mansion and the Huguohou's Mansion have some connections. Lin Weiwen, the eldest son of the Lin Mansion, had a marriage contract with Mr. Qiao earlier."

"Master Qiao? Qiao Jinzhi?" An Ning turned around and asked in surprise.

"Yes, Your Highness." Ruyi replied timidly.

"What did you mean earlier? Then what happened later?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, Master Qiao's biological mother was killed by the Huns spies later. Master Qiao had to observe filial piety for her mother for three years. After the three-year filial piety expired, she was already the age of Jiji. But Master Qiao then went to Zhenbei Camp, and later heard that It is said that Marquis Huguo still divorced the Grand Scholar, the reason for this is unknown to slaves." Linglong replied while recalling.

"So, it's been more than six years since Master Qiao's mother was killed?" An Ning asked in a low voice after tilting her head.

"According to the time calculation, yes, these are also what I heard from other palace people when the slaves entered the palace later." Linglong replied again.

"Mrs. Madam Protector, why was she murdered by the Huns spies? Could it be that the spies sneaked into the capital back then?" An Ning was always quick to respond to what she wanted to know.

"This, the maidservant really doesn't know. Anyway, Mrs. Qiao was indeed killed in the suburbs of Beijing."

"I was killed by a Hun spies, how did you come to this conclusion?" An Ning asked.

"I heard that there was a lot of trouble about this incident back then, but it was only after the investigation by the government that it was discovered that it was the Huns' spies. The government settled the case and searched for several days, but they couldn't find the killer." Linglong replied.

"Oh... Then, at the same time, do you know what else happened?" An Ning asked subconsciously.

"What else?" Ruyi Linglong looked at each other in confusion and shook their heads.

"Your Highness," Ruyi said again in a low voice, "I heard that the children of the Grand Master Lin are all outstanding figures, and both Your Majesty and the Empress wanted to recruit them to serve in the court, but they were all declined by the Grand Master. The honor and favor that others can't even compete for, but the senior scholar is unwilling to share it, and repeatedly shirks it."

After An Ning heard this, she couldn't figure out whether it was the academician who was making wait-and-see calculations in his heart, or whether he simply didn't want his children to enter the officialdom.She heard the words and did not express her position, nor did she say anything.

"Then where are they now?" An Ning saw how Ruyi bowed her head after she finally opened her mouth, and casually asked her another question.

"I heard that they were traveling abroad to study. I heard that they all studied Taoism in Chudi earlier, and then the young lady went to Mobei." Ruyi replied.

"Where did you get Taoism in Mobei? Didn't you go there to learn Taoism?"

"The servant girl doesn't know about it." Ruyi replied with her mouth pursed.

An Ning took a sip of hot tea from the earthen pot Linglong handed over.She lowered her eyes and remembered what happened yesterday.Although she is very reluctant to doubt the people around her, she can't convince herself rationally that she believes in Ruyi as before.She even began to doubt Linglong, after all, the latter seemed to be much smarter.

An Ning felt a little tired after thinking about it, but fortunately, she was more at ease with the high-ranking people around her.No matter how you say it, people like Chu Shanyi will not harm themselves under the instigation of others.But what about Linglong Ruyi?They are too likely to be instigated by others, who can guarantee that their appearance in Jinyun Palace is not deliberately arranged?

"Ruyi, when did you enter the palace?" An Ning thought for a while, but decided to get to know her better first.

"Reporting to Your Highness, this servant has entered the palace for more than two years, and sister Linglong entered the palace a year earlier than this servant." Ruyi stuck out her tongue at Linglong as she spoke.

"Heh, where is your hometown?"

"In... Weiyuan County." Ruyi replied rather unnaturally.

"Weiyuan County? That's it," An Ning thought for a moment, then asked, "But it's near Yongdi?"

"Go back to Your Highness, it's not far to the west of Yongdi." Ruyi lowered her head, her newly recovered face turned red again.

The air in the carriage was a bit colder, and the three of them were silent.

"Your Highness, the servant's hometown is Diandi Road in the north, which is not as rich and prosperous as Weiyuan County." Linglong took the initiative to speak, wanting to ease the atmosphere.

"Then why did Linglong enter the palace?" An Ning turned around and asked again.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, when the maidservant was young, his family was not bad, and Jia Yan served as a magistrate for two terms. After his old man passed away, Jia Ci's widow raised three sisters in the village, and she was independent. Later, she suffered from asthma and had no money to treat her. Passed away." Linglong actually didn't want to bring up those past events, because those times were too difficult for her and her family.But she also understands that the master is not chatting at the moment, she can only tell the truth in a concise manner.

"Three sisters?" An Ning was always obedient and focused.

"Yes, Your Highness, Eldest Sister later went out to make a living in order to prevent Second Sister and servants from starving to death. A woman... can be imagined." Linglong lowered her head as she spoke.

"Where are your two older sisters now? Are they okay?" An Ning couldn't help but feel a little moved, and suddenly didn't want to test anything.

"Second sister is working in a family outside the capital, and elder sister is also in the capital, in..." Linglong's voice became even lower.

"After a while, I will let you go on vacation. You can visit them. I will give you more money. If they are not happy with their lives, then, "An Ning is in trouble. If they have a bad life, What else can you do besides give money?

"Your Highness..." Linglong raised her head, with tears in her eyes.

"Okay, okay, after a while, I will go take a look with you." An Ning thought that this elder sister had probably suffered a lot, and she didn't want to study it carefully at this moment.In addition, she was afraid of seeing people cry, so she hurriedly brought this topic up.