Ning Chen Ling Xiao

The two of them spent a few days leisurely in the fief, and soon the days of Xianhuangweiqi came.

In order to show his filial piety, the emperor held the funeral in a very grand manner, and naturally he couldn't miss it at the end of the seventh day. He also allowed several princes from the fiefdom to come to the imperial city, including Chu Yifeng.

Ling Xiao packed his things early, handed over the previous matter to Liang Qiujie, and set off for the imperial city with Chu Yifeng ten days in advance. Ling Xiao didn't bring too many accompanying officials and attendants for fear of attracting attention. , with only a dozen or so personal servants and five hundred soldiers, without informing the officials along the road, without opening the way or putting up the canopy, it took seven days to reach the imperial city in a low-key and low-key manner.

When Chu Yifeng arrived in the imperial city, the emperor sent Zuo Cheng to welcome him. Ling Xiao had arranged for Chu Yifeng early on. He was dressed in plain clothes and did not wear jade pendants or purses. He only wore a white jade hairpin on his head. There is no luxury, especially for Ling Xiao himself. When Chu Yifeng arrived in the imperial city, he looked even more sad and haggard when he thought of the late emperor. Coupled with his filial piety, Zuo Cheng had been immersed in the officialdom for many years and saw it. I couldn't help being touched in my heart, the King of England was indeed wronged.

Anyone with eyes can see whether Chu Yifeng really wants to fight, but his military achievements are also there. If a man is innocent and guilty, it is not unreasonable for the emperor and King Hui to fear him, Zuo Cheng sighed in his heart In a calm tone, after saluting Chu Yifeng, he led Chu Yifeng into the city according to the etiquette.

Ling Xiao followed closely, and the two entered the palace together to pay respects to the emperor. This was the first time for the two of them to meet the new emperor. It had been a long time since the formalities had been completed, and the emperor quickly ordered someone to sit down. The emperor looked at Chu Yifeng and sighed for a long time: "Feng'er, I have suffered for you these past few months. It's not that I don't love you. As the royal family, I have to take on this responsibility. You have contributed a lot to the northern affairs. Although you didn't have time to do your filial piety to the late emperor, But presumably the late Emperor would not blame you, and would be more considerate of your filial piety."

What he said was very beautiful. If he had said this to Chu Yifeng a year ago, he might have believed it, but unfortunately, Chu Yifeng's trust in the emperor has been exhausted in the past few months of loneliness in the north. If there was a real military emergency in the north at that time, Chu Yifeng would not have asked for kindness to return to the court at all, but everyone knew the situation at that time, the Xiongnu had already signed the contract and withdrew their troops, but the emperor still did not allow Chu Yifeng to return to the court.

Chu Yifeng's mind is simple, but it doesn't mean he doesn't understand anything, he understood what the emperor meant at that time, and it was because he understood that his heart hurt deeply.

It is impossible for Chu Yifeng to have no resentment towards the emperor in his heart, so after hearing the emperor's eloquent words, Chu Yifeng refused to say a word.

Ling Xiao sighed in his heart, this idiot is being stupid again, no matter how sad you feel, do you have to show it to the public?

The emperor said for a long time that Chu Yifeng didn't answer and was a little bit embarrassed to get off the stage, Ling Xiao came out and said: "Please forgive me, His Royal Highness, since the death of the first emperor, has been tired of eating and drinking every day, and has come all the way from Hehesha It's even more tiring from running around, and I think it's because of too much grief, the emperor is benevolent and filial, so he naturally understands His Royal Highness's feelings."

The emperor barely got a step up. He looked at Chu Yifeng and he naturally knew his second son's temper. He nodded and didn't say anything else. He asked a few more questions about the fief, and he calmed down and said with concern: "But still What do you want?"

Chu Yifeng looked up at the emperor, and said in a low voice, "I want to kowtow to the emperor."

The emperor sighed: "Forget it, let's go."

Ling Xiao followed Chu Yifeng out of the main hall and rushed to the Taimiao. Speaking of which, the late emperor was good to Ling Xiao, and Ling Xiao felt a little uncomfortable for not being able to come back when the accident happened. He kowtowed with Chu Yifeng. When he touched his hand, his face was already full of tears. Ling Xiao felt pain in his heart, and said softly: "Feng'er, get up, I haven't been able to eat or sleep well in the past few days, what should I do if I hurt my body from crying?"

After a while, the queen sent someone to persuade him, Ling Xiao coaxed and persuaded Chu Yifeng to get up, and the female officer sent by the queen blessed him: "The queen's mother said: Xiao'er has been away from home for many months, and the relatives in the house must have a lot of concerns. Let's go back to the mansion first, and see you at the family dinner in the evening."

Ling Xiao bowed: "Thank you, empress, for your kindness." As he spoke, he straightened Chu Yifeng's clothes, and said in a low voice, "Do you remember what I said before you came? Don't say what you shouldn't say, it can't be like just now It's rude, you know?"

With tears still in his eyes, Chu Yifeng nodded. Ling Xiao knew that he felt wronged and couldn't say anything because of the crowd, so he just said, "I'll tell you again when I get back."

Chu Yifeng followed the queen's female officer to Linzhi Palace. Seeing the queen was not as polite as meeting the emperor. Wei Hua burst into tears when he saw Chu Yifeng. ..."

The queen never asked about the previous matters. Since the emperor's funeral, especially after the assassination of Xuandemen, the emperor's temper has become worse and worse. His expression seemed to have been dug out in his heart, teardrops flowed down, and he hugged Chu Yifeng and cried for a long time, the female officials persuaded him for a long time before he could barely stop, the mother and daughter sat down together, the queen took Chu Yifeng's hand and choked up Said: "How is life in the fief? I sent someone to pack up a dozen carts of things and send them away. Can they be used together?"

Chu Yifeng nodded and forced a smile: "The things my mother gave me are all good, and I put them in the warehouse, so I don't want to use them."

After hearing this, the queen couldn't hold back her tears, and sighed: "Silly boy, from now on, you just tell me what you lack. Although I can't take charge of major matters, I can't blame you for these trivial things. Now Is it still very cold in the fief? I asked someone to prepare a lot of silk floss for you. Take it back with you. The quilt must be made thick. I would rather be warm than cold, but remember gone?"

"En." Chu Yifeng nodded, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, Ling Xiao has taken care of everything in my house very well, and there is nothing wrong with it."

The queen felt something was wrong when she heard this, but she couldn't say anything wrong, so she thought for a while and said: "The queen mother has prepared some good girls for you, and you can take them to the fief to serve you when you come back. They are selected by the empress, and they are good at serving people and cooking, so I feel relieved to have them serve you."

"No need." Chu Yifeng wiped away tears for the queen with a handkerchief, and said, "I'm usually in the army, so I can take care of whatever I can, and Ling Xiao will take care of everything I can't. , don’t give me any more people.”

The queen laughed at Chu Yifeng's lack of transparency. Nowadays, many things are not easy to say in the face. The fact that Chu Yifeng doesn't have a useful woman around her has always made the queen worry. On the first level of filial piety, although you can't marry wives and concubines, it is always good to have a few girls who know the cold and the hot around you, so that the queen can feel at ease. In her heart, Chu Yifeng has always been a child, picking girls for him Sometimes I can't wait to pick a few more old nuns to rest assured.

The queen didn't say much to him, just pretending that he didn't understand, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, do you think there are not many girls who are useful around Xiao'er? Listen to the mother's right, the ones I singled out are parents who have already Therefore, close relatives are almost gone, so I can wholeheartedly accompany you to the North to serve you..."

When it comes to the eyes of the Queen of the Northland, another layer of mist floated up: "After the end of the seventh day, you still have to return to the fief, and you can't go back to the court without an edict... I don't know when we will meet again in the future. You don't even know this. Don't you want to deal with it?"

As soon as the empress cried, Chu Yifeng quickly agreed: "Aren't they just a few girls, I'll just take them home, don't cry, empress..."

"Well, that's good." The queen sighed, "And your servants in the imperial city, come and see for yourself this time, take what you like, or take all of them, your mansion It's okay to have a mother to take care of it for you."

Chu Yifeng nodded: "I listen to my mother."

The queen sighed, seeing Chu Yifeng's more delicate and handsome eyebrows and eyes felt happy and sad, and the two women held hands and talked for a long time.

The conversation was divided into two parts. Ling Xiao in Shoukanghou's mansion went to see Lord Ling in the study. Lord Ling and Ling Xuan had been waiting for a long time. Today is not Xiumu. Lord Ling is now calling himself sick and retiring. Ling Xiao already knew that. But Ling Xuan also asked for leave and came back to see him, which surprised Ling Xiao. Even Ling Ruxue hadn't come back yet.

Ling Xiao sighed in his heart. At the beginning, he and Ling Xuan had confronted each other, but they were both young at that time. Later, Ling Xuan didn't really do anything to apologize to him and Ling Zhi, and Ling Xiao didn't treat him badly either. What hate.

"Second brother, how is everything?" Ling Xuan sighed, "Why bother to drag our family into the dispute between their families."

Lord Ling Hou said in a low voice: "Ling Xuan, think carefully before you speak, you can just talk about it in your own home, now the emperor is arresting those who rebelled, are you afraid that there are not enough arrests in Shuntian Mansion? "

Ling Xuan quickly bowed and said, "Grandson knows."

Ling Xiao smiled: "It's nothing, it's always at our house, and the house has always been okay?"

"It's all good." Master Ling smiled and let people watch tea. Master Ling could understand Ling Xiao's thoughts at least half of what he was thinking. He didn't say anything else, only that Ling Xiao didn't work for the emperor and King Hui. , Now it’s not bad to let it go out to the fief to be a literary minister for the King of England, at least it has escaped the emperor’s big change of blood this time, it’s not a good match today, Lord Ling remembered that the emperor dismissed him this month The executed official also sighed in his heart, picked up the teacup and blew on it, and said in a low voice: "It's always been good in the north? I heard that the King of England doesn't care about the affairs ahead, and you have the final say on political affairs, Xiao'er... you Presumptuous."

What he said was neither serious nor serious, Ling Xuan couldn't help straightening up, Ling Xiao's expression remained the same, he nodded and said: "These are the meaning of the prince, the prince doesn't know much about political affairs, and the local officials just look at the dishes Die'er is a good hand, the prince has just taken over these things, so it is necessary to ask someone to help him."

"Don't talk about the lord, just talk about you, tell the truth." Lord Ling looked straight at Ling Xiao, "Do you have greed for power? It's a good feeling to be the top leader of such a big fief, right?"

Ling Xiao's heart moved, and if he wanted to tell the truth, he really enjoyed the feeling of holding everything in his hands. As a man, he couldn't help but like the pleasure brought by the kind of control that he wanted. This is the desire to conquer and control engraved in his bones. Wanting to cause trouble, Ling Xiao admitted that he was indeed greedy, and nodded with a smile: "It's impossible to say that I'm not greedy at all, but my grandson understands in his heart that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility."

Master Ling smiled and nodded: "It seems that I haven't lost my head yet. Shi Pei told me about your policies. Yes, many things are much easier to handle in the fief. There are few places and the customs and traditions of the people are very simple. , it’s much easier to implement the New Deal, just remember one thing, don’t rush for quick success, understand?”

"Grandson saves it." Ling Xiao secretly scolded Shi Pei in his heart, or Master Ling knew everything, and it was this killer who was so stupid.

Master Ling nodded: "Go see your aunt and grandma, Ji'er has been waiting for you for a long time when he heard that you are back."

After hearing this, Ling Xuan couldn't help but quickly explained: "Ling Yifu's house has strict rules, and there are some people who can't leave for a while."

Ling Xuan himself knew that this statement was untenable. Could it be that the rules in Yu's mansion were so big that the rules in Shi's mansion were too small?It's a joke, besides, Ling Zhi is still pregnant now, so Ling Yi didn't come after all this, who doesn't know about Ling Xiao's expedition to the north with the army?If you don't come at this time, who will be ashamed of who?Now Ling Xiao has climbed to the position of Minister Wen and returned with honor. If Ling Yi does not come, I am afraid that his husband's family will not be satisfied, and she has blocked a good way.

Ling Xiao smiled: "It's nothing, I'll go to the back first."

Mrs. Shi and Ling Zhi had been waiting in the back for a long time. Mrs. Shi was so anxious that she almost went to the front to find someone. When she saw Ling Xiao coming, she quickly asked someone to come over. Before Mrs. Shi could speak, Ling Zhi couldn't help but shed tears Come, Ling Xiao hurriedly helped Ling Zhi to sit down and said with a smile: "Pheet is heavy now, so I can't cry so easily, and the child in my stomach can't bear it either."

"Hmm..." Ling Zhi managed to hold back his tears. Ling Xiao looked closely at Ling Zhi's expression. Ling Zhi didn't wear any makeup today. He was wearing a concubine bun with a few oriental pearls casually adorning it. The water-blue and silver-sprinkled robe is a little richer than it was a few months ago, and it doesn't show your figure because of the wide robe, but it looks good. Ling Xiao felt relieved, and turned to Mrs. Shi and said, "Auntie, grandma! Is it okay for a few months? Is the house okay?"

"It's all good." Mrs. Shi wiped away her tears and nodded, "There have been a lot of things in the past few months. As soon as I have news about you, let us know. I often know something so that my heart is not so suspenseful. Later, I found out that it has been sealed. Wen Xiang, I am both happy and sad, it is a good thing His Royal Highness thinks highly of you, but the Northland is so far away..."

Ling Xiao sighed, and he couldn't say that he couldn't stay in Beidi for a few years to comfort Mrs. Shi and Ling Zhi. If the emperor knew what he said, he would probably be arrested for treason immediately, so he had to persuade him: "Every year there are still some If you can come back in a few days, what's the matter?"

"What's the matter? Is it because you have been stubbornly refusing to get married and made me anxious?" Mrs. Shi couldn't help but get angry when she thought of this, "How can I persuade you to keep procrastinating, and now you can't get married at the national funeral, and there is a wife who follows you I'm more relieved, it's all right now, and I don't know in which life it will be settled."

Ling Xiao thought that this is good, Xiaoxiao calmed down and comforted Mrs. Shi.

"Is my brother comfortable living there?" Ling Zhi stroked his temples, "The climate there is not good for people, can my brother bear it?"

Ling Xiao smiled: "How can you be so delicate? It's just a little colder over there than here, and it's not bad. How have you always been?"

Ling Zhi put his hands on his lower abdomen unconsciously, nodded and smiled: "Now the fetus is stable, it's nothing but sleepy and tired every day."

Ling Xiao nodded: "Be careful in everything, brother-in-law...does he treat you okay? He didn't want to take care of you while you were pregnant, did he?"

Ling Zhi blushed when she heard the words, and said, "No... Husband treats me very well, and my in-laws never mentioned this matter."

"Don't worry about that." Mrs. Shi smiled, "Your brother-in-law is so spoiled, who in the imperial city doesn't know that their husband and wife are harmonious, and her parents-in-law are easy-going people, and they will never cause trouble " Ling Xiao was relieved, and speaking of this, Mrs. Shi lowered her eyes and said coldly: "Now I know that you have written to the two aunts a few days ago, and the pheasant girl rushed over early, the eldest lady is so honorable , I haven't shown up yet, I can't complain..."

Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows, he was too busy to take care of him recently, so what happened to Ling Yi?