The queen is a bit cowardly

Sure enough, when we returned to the Princess Mansion, the sun had already set, and the pedestrians on the side of the road were all walking home, and the smoke was rising from the backyard of the mansion. inspection.

Jiang Qingluan jumped off the carriage of the Eastern Palace, thanked the envoy who sent her off on a special trip, and entered the mansion through the main entrance. All the servants who passed by knew Jiang Qingluan, and knew that this was the princess' guest. After being treated with courtesy, he entered the Second Upper Court, and there were more servants and guards. The servants are more expensive than the master. These servants are dressed cleanly and decently, and they can have a meal in the evening.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Jiang Qingluan heard the voice of a rabbit, looked back, and sure enough, the boy was greeting him seriously.

"There are no rules," an old slave next to Youtu scolded, "You don't talk when you eat, you don't talk when you sleep, what are you talking about with a bowl!"

"It's okay," Jiang Qingluan said, and she asked Youtu, "You can get used to it."

"Get used to it." The young man was very bright, pointing to the rice and said: "The food is good, there is meat, and there is a lot of oil."

Jiang Qingluan admired Youtu's contentment, but at this time another person came.

"I also think they eat well." It was Balak who spoke. It stands to reason that Balak is neither a slave nor a servant, so he doesn't need to appear here.

"Your Majesty, would you like to have a taste?" Ba Le's chopsticks were shaking a piece of fat meat, with two grains of rice sticking to it.

"No...don't do it." Jiang Qingluan refused, she really didn't dare to compliment that meat.

Baler approached Jiang Qingluan, sniffed it fiercely, and his face was amused: "My lord, have you been drinking?"

"I didn't drink much." Jiang Qingluan stepped aside and replied.During the luncheon today, I went back and forth, drinking a few glasses, looking at Ba Le who was mingling with the slaves, Jiang Qingluan asked, "What are you doing here?"

Balak threw the meat into his mouth and replied: "I was waiting for you to eat together, but the princess said that it was getting late, so I guess you will return after dinner. Do you want me to eat with her? I will Come and find a rabbit."

What Ba Le said was that he had dinner with Chang Lan, which was a bit strange.

"You mean, the princess is waiting for me."

"I'm probably done with dinner by this point." Ba Le joked, "I really think this is Fu Kingdom, and everything has to wait for you."

After being exiled in Daxin, Baler always liked to tease Jiang Qingluan, but he was the one who never left him.

"I also have something important to see the princess." Jiang Qingluan originally wanted Ba Le to go with him, but considering that Ba Le is always on call, there is no need to make things too formal.

"Go, go, don't be scolded." Ba Le said with a smile: "Being a guest in someone else's house, and asking the master to wait, is also yours."

"Uncle Bale, let alone Your Highness." Youtu has never seen a subordinate so presumptuous: "Hurry up and have dinner with me."

"Yes, Youtu, help me take good care of him." Jiang Qingluan said, she was not angry at Ba Le's rudeness, it was just to make You Tu associate with Ba Le more.

"Then take your time, Your Highness." You Tudao bowed with his rice bowl in his arms, "I'll tidy up the flowers and plants in the yard for you in a while."

There were two red-armored guards guarding outside Chang Lan's courtyard. It didn't seem like those servants. These soldiers were more rigorous. The red-armored guard on the left took a look at Jiang Qingluan, and he naturally knew who it was.

"It's getting late, why is Your Highness here?"

"I have something important to see the princess, please pass it on." Jiang Qingluan said politely.

"The princess has asked the servants to bring hot water just now, I'm afraid she has already washed up."

The red armor didn't give Jiang Qingluan a good look.This made Jiang Qingjiang a little puzzled, thinking about it, maybe Chang Lan is angry with herself?

"Thank you."

Jiang Qingluan ate the closed door, so naturally she didn't go through the main entrance. After all, there was a small road where she and Chang Lan lived. Could it be that Chang Lan sent a red armor to guard there?Jiang Qingluan turned around and went back to her yard, and then walked down the path. Sure enough, there was no red armor, but there was indeed one.

"Your Highness." Ah Li bowed and saluted, and asked when he got up: "Are you willing to come back?"

Ah Li is a slave, how could he speak to Jiang Qingluan in such a tone, presumably he was speaking for his master, but this brought Chang Lan's tone intact.

Qingluan replied straightly: "It took me some time to find out for the princess."

Only then did Ah Li get out of the way and said, "Then please follow me, Your Highness."

Followed A Li to Chang Lan's courtyard, as the Chi Jia said, Chang Lan should have simply washed up, and the house had already been lighted with aromatherapy, but Chang Lan did not rest, she was reading a book under the lamp, and there was still a lamp in front of her desk. On the map of Kyushu, the sun has not yet fully set at the bottom of the mountain. The warm sunlight and the lights in the house are reflected on Chang Lan's face. There is a thin layer of light on the bridge of the nose, which adds a bit of tenderness to the princess. , without the fierceness and sharpness of the past.

"Princess, Your Highness is back." A Li said.

"Please." Chang Lan's eyes were still on the book.

Ah Li took off Jiang Qingluan's shoes, Qingluan walked into the room, she walked straight to Chang Lan's side, this time it was rare that there were no red tapes, just sat down like this, Qingluan even poured a glass of water for herself.

"Princess, I'm back."

"I know I'll come back." Chang Lan put down the book, "I'm afraid I've forgotten my orders because of the smell of alcohol."

"Where." Jiang Qingluan replied: "Naturally, I pretended that it was all about the princess, so I drank a few more glasses with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"You don't need to tell me what Chang Dai said." Chang Lan replied, she naturally has her eyeliner in the Prince's Mansion.

"After today's lunch, the crown prince talked with me in the secret room." Jiang Qingluan said with a smile, looking confident.

"What did you say?" Chang Lan was a little curious. Jiang Qingluan had done Chang Dai a great favor, but it was a bit surprising to talk about such things in private.

Jiang Qingluan moved again, and sat next to Chang Lan. She filled Chang Lan's water glass with water, and said in a straightforward manner, "The prince wants me to be the guest of the East Palace."

"Why?"

"His Royal Highness is not an incompetent person, and he seems to have seen the importance of Baili County. It is connected to Shangjing in the north and Fuguo in the west." Jiang Qingluan emphasized the word Fuguo.

"Then what's your Highness thinking?" Chang Lan asked back, since Jiang Qingluan came back and told herself all this, naturally she wouldn't just leave.

"Fu Guo is my home country, I am a descendant of the Jiang family, and the clan is at odds with me, but how can I give advice on dealing with Fu Guo, let alone..." Jiang Qingluan looked up at Chang Lan, and said: "I Already a princess."

Those eyes are as green as green, with bright eyebrows, and anyone who looks at them will be happy. Chang Lan naturally believes in the owner of these eyes. When Jiang Qingluan and Jiang Qingluan looked at each other for a while, Chang Lan realized that she had lost her composure, sat upright again and replied: "Your Highness I understand your thoughts."

"However, I want to know how His Highness rejected my elder brother, but also agreed to cooperate with him." Chang Lan said, since the matter of rejecting Ke Qing, naturally there are other things to discuss.

"It's the same as what my ancestors did for the Son of Heaven." Jiang Qingluan said, "Same to the horse."

Chang Lan couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing suddenly: "My elder brother is really overqualified, but what's so special about his East Palace?"

"It's not the East Palace. Ji Shuda, the son of General Zuo, is his staff member. He will join the Xiaocai Army next month. Since he is in charge of the cavalry, he naturally needs someone who can look after horses." Jiang Qingluan also shook his head: "I don't understand, how can I let you I go to see horses? My horses are all given to me by others."

"My elder brother is weak because he is pedantic." Chang Lan said, "But it's a good thing to be able to go. Do you have a job?"

Chang Lan is very concerned with this word of duty. Daxin does not have a routine for women to become officials. If Jiang Qingluan hadn't been the monarch and relieved Chang Dai's immediate needs, it would not be so easy for her to participate in political affairs.

"Lieutenant, start in June." Jiang Qingluan was a little embarrassed to say that he was the king of a country, but now he went to another country and took a low-level military post.

"However, can the princess be satisfied?" Jiang Qingluan asked, she knew that this was what Chang Lan wanted, first to become an official, and then to make meritorious deeds, paving a way for Chang Lan to pioneer.

"Dissatisfied." Chang Lan looked at Jiang Qingluan seriously: "With His Highness's ability, I should worship as Shangqing."

Chang Lan's trust was Jiang Qingluan's initial warmth after she arrived in Fu Kingdom. Although she didn't know how much Chang Lan had inquired about her, she expected that the eight words "desolation|excessive prostitution, not protecting the community" had already been taken by the clan. It's fixed on the iron plate.

"That's why the princess loves me so much." Jiang Qingluan clasped her hands on her lap and asked, "Has the princess ever thought about misjudging someone?"

"Never."

"Desolation|excessive prostitution, not protecting the country..." Jiang Qingluan said.

"It doesn't matter what others say." Chang Lan interrupted Jiang Qingluan's words: "It doesn't matter if His Highness is such a person or not, now that he has entered my princess mansion, he is someone I can trust wholeheartedly."

Regardless of whether Chang Lan said this sincerely or just to win him over, Jiang Qingluan knew that he would not let her down.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid it's not so easy to be in the army." Chang Lan was happy that Jiang Qingluan entered the official position, but also cared about Jiang Qingluan's safety in the future.

"Da Xin has always been orderly and orderly. There are differences between men and women. If His Highness has served the people with military duties, it may not be easy." Chang Lan said.

"It's okay." Jiang Qingluan smiled as always: "Princess don't worry at this time."

"Then we have to make another set of military uniforms for His Highness." Chang Lan didn't know why, but she always wanted to make Jiang Qingluan look good.

"It's all up to the princess to arrange."

Chang Lan said: "Your Highness smells of alcohol all over, and he still didn't listen to me."

Instead, Jiang Qingluan untied his coat and threw it far away from the door. This is the advantage of the rough clothes. The clothes are not connected to the trousers, and the coat is still self-contained inside.

"The princess doesn't like it, just throw it away."

"Change into clean clothes tomorrow, and I'll take you to the Xiaoqi Army barracks to have a look." Chang Lan hoped that Jiang Qingluan would get started sooner, so she was naturally very caring. When a gust of evening wind blew, Chang Lan couldn't help but look out the window. The sun was already gone. Falling in the west mountain, the room became cooler.

"It's getting late, Your Highness should go back to rest earlier."

"Don't bother."

The author has something to say: In the history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, I have not found any precedents for the monarch to serve as a courtier in another country.Then about raising horses, one is that Qin Feizi raised horses for Zhou Tianzi, and the other is that when Li Longji was a young prince, he was also a horse breeder.