The little eunuch chattered endlessly, saying all the things that cannot be said in the real world.

Jiang Ling sat alone on the Qianqing Palace, listening to the little eunuch muttering below, she probably understood in her heart.Although there was only one young eunuch who had just finished his shift dozing off, this young eunuch was already as good as many ministers.After all, the little eunuch was on duty in the Qianqing Palace, so he saw many people and heard many words every day.Naturally, it will be stronger than one person.

Now in the dream, without any scruples, he became even more unscrupulous.

The little eunuch said that it took about half an hour, and then he was probably tired, and remembered that he was not on duty now, so he slowly went back to his room to catch up on sleep.After the little eunuch walked away, Jiang Ling gently shattered the dream and returned to the real world.

Geng leaked over a scale, and the sunlight outside was just right.

Seventh elder brother nestled in Jiang Ling's arms obediently, poking her sleeve to play.

Jiang Ling lowered his head, rubbed the top of his head, called the nanny in again, and took Seventh Brother back to the house.

Usually in the afternoon, the nuns would come to teach Jiang Ling.However, because they didn't know much about themselves, Jiang Ling didn't dare to let others teach them. After learning intermittently for more than half a year, there was nothing left to teach them.According to the mothers, Jiang Ling's attainment should be similar to that of Kangxi when he was seven years old.

Jiang Ling was a little depressed, but after thinking about it, he was relieved.

I have only been studying for more than half a year, if I can really be like Kangxi, I am afraid that I will be regarded as a monster.

In the final analysis, she is just a little stronger in memory and comprehension than ordinary people, not a genius.

After Seventh Brother left, Jiang Ling went back to the main hall to sort out the things that had just been dealt with this morning.The words I heard in the dream just now played back in front of my eyes like a movie.Two young tsars were assassinated, nobles tried to marry Princess Sophia, and launched a coup. These things sounded like Kangxi's handwriting.In her previous life, there had never been such an assassination, and there had never been such a coup.

But if the situation in Tsarist Russia changes, then Junggar...

Jiang Ling recalled what Kangxi had said in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation on the day when Kangxi made her an imperial concubine; and when she first entered Qianqing Palace, her own surprise and Kangxi's calm attitude.Kangxi made her queen, and taught her a lot of things, maybe... Maybe it was because, if one day, the sky fell, he, the queen, would not be unable to support the situation.

Although this idea is a bit absurd, the more I think about it, the more confused I feel.

Jiang Ling spent the whole afternoon in wild thoughts.

In the evening, when Kangxi came back from the Palace of the Empress Dowager, it was already late at night.It happened that the Empress Dowager was also in the palace today, so Kangxi simply mentioned the matter of the personal conquest with the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.Although the Empress Dowager didn't say anything, the worry in her eyes was real.Although the empress dowager objected at first, Kangxi put the truth aside, and the empress dowager stopped mentioning it.

When he returned to Jiangling Palace, the candle had not been extinguished, but it had burned to the end.

Seventh elder brother has been coaxed to sleep by Jiang Ling, almost the whole palace has fallen asleep, only a few maids who are watching the night stay outside.When Kangxi returned to the room, Jiang Ling was sitting behind the desk, looking at the burning candle in a daze.As soon as he came in, Jiang Ling raised his head, there was no trace of worry in his eyes, and he was a little lonely.

Kangxi strode to the desk, bent down, looked into Jiang Ling's eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you rest?"

Through the dancing candlelight, one can vaguely see the emotion in his eyes, tenderness and a little pity.

Jiang Ling subconsciously said the word "I", but couldn't continue.She knew that when Kangxi came back from the Empress Dowager's palace, he must have convinced her elders.The personal conquest is imperative, no matter what I say, I will not dispel Kangxi's thoughts.

I hope that my memory in the previous life is still useful, and I hope that Kangxi's personal expedition can be completed early, and that the personal expedition can also be ended early.

She lowered her eyes slightly and said softly: "You promised me that you will return safely."

Kangxi was stunned for a while, he didn't expect his queen to support his decision unconditionally.He raised his hand, pressed it on Jiang Ling's shoulder, looked into her eyes, and said word by word: "I promise you, you will return safely."

Jiang Ling closed his eyes and nodded slightly.

A gentle kiss landed on her cheek.

The candle went out with a crackle, and the door was locked at some point.Kangxi bypassed the desk, picked up Jiang Ling, and walked towards the side of the bed.Jiang Ling leaned on his shoulder, her eyelashes trembled slightly, which made his heart tremble slightly.But soon, it was overwhelmed by the storm that swept over.

Jiang Ling lay in Kangxi's arms, closed her eyes, and said softly, "You can't keep your word."

Kangxi embraced her waist, stroked her long hair with one hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "No joke."

In an instant, another gust of wind and showers swept in, stronger than ever.Jiang Ling opened his eyes slightly, looking at him with a vague misty gaze.He couldn't help but leaned down, put his chin on her shoulder, and said word by word in her ear: "Don't be afraid."

Jiang Ling immediately understood what he meant, turned her head again, and hummed softly.Of course she wasn't afraid, but she was a little worried because things were ahead of schedule.According to Kangxi's ability, the probability of being able to return safely is far greater than that of not being able to.

That night Kangxi tossed her a little hard.On the second day, Jiang Ling was limp and had no strength.

After a while, Kangxi took a group of people, and the royal family went to conscript.

The days of waiting are a bit boring.It just so happened that these few days were the days when the palace ladies were released, so Jiang Ling simply took care of everything, personally handled the affairs of the palace ladies' release, and also finished this year's election by the way.When another batch of maids were changed in the palace, the emperor was still fighting outside and hadn't come over yet, so Jiang Ling simply asked the Empress Dowager to find a few masters for Seventh Brother to teach Manchu, Tibetan and Mongolian.

The reason, of course, is "my own level is too bad, I am afraid that I will teach the seventh brother wrongly".

The Empress Dowager tried Jiang Ling's Mongolian level, and she was really half-baked, so she agreed to Jiang Ling's request.

Not long after, two new female officials came to Yikun Palace, both of whom were proficient in the four languages ​​of Manchu, Han, Mongolian and Tibetan.Seventh elder brother is still young and has not yet reached the age of school, so the female officer is temporarily responsible for teaching.As soon as the female officials came, the nuns couldn't teach Jiang Ling at all. Jiang Ling would spend half a day every day with the seventh elder brother to master those characters and languages.

Although he is still not good at writing, he has improved a little bit compared to before Kangxi left.

Jiang Ling would occasionally try to bring Kangxi into his dreams.But now her ability can't cover a range thousands of miles away, and she tried several times to no avail, so she didn't try again.

However, every once in a while, guards would travel between the Khalkha Grassland and the capital, packing the ministers' memorials and bringing them to Kangxi, and bringing back Kangxi's approval and current news.Jiang Ling could occasionally hear a few words, such as where Kangxi had gone, what kind of danger Kangxi encountered, and how things were handled in Tsarist Russia.

Around May, good news and bad news came from Khalkha.

The bad news is that the war has reached a stalemate and cannot be ended in a short time.

The good news is that an aristocrat in Tsarist Russia usurped the throne and raised the two young tsars in the palace as permanent aristocrats.One of the former tsars was assassinated and fell into a coma, and he could only occasionally take two steps in the courtyard every day; the other former tsar, because he was weaker than ordinary people, could not even take care of himself, let alone regain his throne up.

It is said that the former Tsar was named Peter, and the latter Tsar was named Ivan.

When Jiang Ling heard the news, she was [-]% sure that it must be Kangxi's handwriting.

Except for Kangxi, no one would do such a thing.

The war in Khalkha remained deadlocked until June before there were any signs of breaking the deadlock.

But unfortunately, when the Kalkha war broke the stalemate, the Senate of Tsarist Russia turned against the Tsar and fell into endless infighting; three border cities were built in the Far East, and the original prisoners were deported. Far away; although the Khalkha and Shilka Rivers are far apart, it is a coincidence that they are both borders of the two countries, and Kangxi's current location just happens to be on the border of the two countries.

Tsarist Russia is fighting internally, the Junggar troops are retreating, and the western front is advancing all the way.

It was already the end of June when Jiang Ling heard the news.Seventh elder brother will be two years old and is learning to speak and write under the guidance of female officials.Jiang Ling himself, a half-bad guy, didn't dare to teach him too much except to teach him how to trace red.Most of the usual time is spent on teaching and handling palace affairs.

Occasionally, the Empress Dowager would let Jiang Ling come to the palace to talk with her.

But most of the time, Jiang Ling was alone in the palace, living day after day.

Lin Daiyu occasionally went to the palace to see Jiang Ling, but most of the time, Jiang Ling stayed alone.

Time slowly arrived in July, and the preparations for Brother Qi's two-year-old birthday ceremony began, and Jiang Ling became a little busy again.It was also at this time that news came from the west that the stalemate in the war had been broken, and the Junggar tribe was retreating steadily, and they were about to retreat to Tsarist Russia.

But it is impossible for the Junggar tribe to retreat to the borders of Tsarist Russia. After all, Tsarist Russia is not a vegetarian.

Jiang Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news.

No matter how early things are, what should happen will happen eventually.

Seventh Elder Brother's two-year-old birthday passed quickly, and there was still what to do in the palace, and the capital was still peaceful.Except that someone would ask from time to time how the battle in the west was going, there was nothing else.Like a lake, calm and without waves.

Jiang Ling waited until August for the news of Kangxi's return to court.

At that time, Kangxi's personal conquest had been going on for five full months, from spring to autumn.

Jiang Ling thought that the news of the return trip had already come, and that day would be soon.

But unexpectedly, from Khalkha to the capital, there were many bumps and bumps along the way.For example, the dispute between the new Tsar of Tsarist Russia and the Senate has spread here several times, but because the Kangxi people are in Khalkha, they all calmed down.What's more, the Far East has poured out large sums of money to temporarily stabilize the situation, and the treasury is a bit stretched.

But Jiang Ling knew that he shouldn't intervene at this time, so he still waited quietly for him to come back.

It was not until October, when there was light snow in the sky, that Kangxi set off to return to the capital.Jiang Ling greeted her outside the city with Seventh Elder Brother, her expression was still calm, but only she knew how many disturbances had been caused.

The ceremonial officer sang the lyrics in front, and the ministers were all accompanying Kangxi back to the city.

From a distance, Jiang Ling seemed to see him looking over, his eyes still gentle.

Seventh elder brother nestled in Jiang Ling's arm, wrapped his two small arms around Jiang Ling's neck, pressed against her ear and called, "Er Niang."

Jiang Ling hummed lightly, and waited for her on the spot holding Seventh Brother.

Brother Seven rubbed against her neck and whispered: "Emiang, I don't remember what Ama looks like."

When Kangxi left, the child was only one and a half years old, and after leaving for such a long time, naturally he couldn't remember what he looked like.

Jiang Ling rubbed his head, said good, and glanced at Kangxi.Indistinctly, he could feel his eyes looking over the officials and looking towards her, with a gentle and faint smile.But after a while, the courtiers began to welcome and enter the city again.

Jiang Ling smiled, held Seventh Brother in his arms, and returned to the city as well.

After returning to the city, it was naturally another court banquet.

As a queen, Jiang Ling naturally wanted to stand with Kangxi.She handed Seventh Elder Brother to the nanny to lead, and like many times in the past, was led by Chief Liang, walked into the hall, and only then saw Kangxi again.

It was far away just now, Jiang Ling didn't see clearly.

Now look carefully, only to find that Kangxi's spirit is very good, and he is not tired at all.

When it is related to this victory, and then to the changes in Tsarist Russia, it is not difficult to imagine why Kangxi is so radiant.

After the court banquet, Kangxi went to visit the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and Jiang Ling accompanied him all the way.

It was not until the next day that Jiang Ling found out why Kangxi had delayed for another two months.Back then in Khalkha, he had indeed defeated the Junggar tribe and was preparing to return.But on the way back, the new tsar and the Senate were at odds. I don't know which side sent troops over, trying to find out what was going on here.It happened that the Kangxi people were in Khalkha at that time, so they took advantage of the situation and beat them back.

By the way, he also used the nails he left in Tsarist Russia to mess up the Tsarist Russian royal family.

After all, the new tsar was not Peter the Great, and although his cavalry was powerful, it still seemed insufficient.

The front line suffered a dark loss, and his back was messed up again. The new tsar, who was thinking of taking advantage of the situation, completely languished, and obediently exchanged credentials with Emperor Kangxi.Although neither party stated it clearly, both parties knew that the two former tsars should permanently let them stay in the palace to recuperate.As for the rest, let's continue.

In view of the fact that the national treasury was already stretched and needed to increase revenue, Kangxi left two confidants there to continue grinding.

What happened next was what Jiang Ling heard from them one after another.After fighting for more than half a year, the treasury is stretched this year, which is indeed predictable.However, the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs have made some difficulties with the word "open source".

Just at this time, the merchants sent by Kangxi to the south of the Yangtze River to find out the bottom came back.

When Kangxi sent them to the south, it was to test the bottom line of Western and Nanyang merchants. Even the imperial merchants didn't use them. They picked up a few side branches who were idle at home, and let them go to Jiangnan.Now that more than a year has passed, those people have slowly established their roots in Jiangnan, and they are already familiar with things in the Jiangnan area.

According to them, merchants from the West and Southeast Asia are indeed making huge profits.

Sometimes they take away a shipment of silk and sell it to Southeast Asia and the West, earning more than a thousand times the profit.This is called a monopoly.

As soon as the officials of the household department thought about it, they came up with a way to open up sources of income, open trade, and open trade with other countries.

Last year, Kangxi issued a decree to "communicate with the countries of the West and the Netherlands", which has already received results.At the very least, several large merchant ships and navigation routes, as well as the sailors over there who had to come to find some livelihood because of poverty, were all in place.

In November of that year, at the beginning of trade, the mighty merchant ships began to head west.

It was also at this time that Jiang Ling found out that she was pregnant again.

The coming of the second child was even more ferocious than the first child.

Jiang Ling was just lethargic at first, but later on, he even started to feel a little sick.During Kangxi's personal conquest, Jiang Ling occasionally went back to the end of the world to look for libraries or library rooms, found several special plants, and added a few abilities to himself.But now, Jiang Ling could only lie listlessly on the bed, even his own body couldn't stand it anymore.

Seventh elder brother often lay beside Jiang Ling, stretched out a little finger, and touched her swollen belly, very curious.

Jiang Ling lightly flicked two fingers, adding a little heat to the room.This is one of the abilities she just got, and it's pretty easy to use.At least in this cold winter, it is a little warmer than Dilong.

Kangxi went to court, and before leaving, he warned the nuns not to make Jiang Ling overworked.

Therefore, Jiang Ling could only lie on the couch and listen to the reports from the aunts in charge before making a decision.Listening is far less efficient than watching, so Jiang Ling could only borrow two literate female officials from the Empress Dowager's Palace to make some decisions for her.

What can usually be done in two hours took three hours today.

After finishing the work, it was another afternoon when the Red Mansion was as calm as ever.The seventh elder brother was taken to practice calligraphy by the female officials, and Jiang Ling was supported by the nuns, and walked outside the yard, flexing his muscles and bones.The imperial physicians all said that the queen's child was well maintained and would be born safely.

Jiang Ling has always followed the doctor's orders, and this child is no exception.

After walking around outside for a while, the imperial physicians checked the pulse, and Jiang Ling went back to the room to rest as usual.

Kangxi didn't allow her to be too tired, so the nuns searched all the books in the house, not even leaving one for her.Jiang Ling rested for a while, a little bored, so he simply stood in front of the window, staring at the falling snow outside in a daze.It is already winter now, the cold wind is howling, and the maids have just cleaned up, and a thin layer of snow has accumulated in a short while.As for the sunshine, I didn't see it once in three or five days.

Jiang Ling stood in front of the window for a while, then heard soft footsteps behind him.

After a while, a pair of arms embraced him from behind, and Kangxi's voice came from behind: "How are you today?"

Jiang Ling hummed lightly, put his hands on his lower abdomen, and said softly: "The child is very good."

Kangxi also put his hand on the back of her hand, and whispered in her ear, "If you don't behave well, I will punish you after you are born."

One after another snowflakes fell in front of the window, the sky became dim, and the afterglow of the setting sun could be seen faintly, but it was blocked by thick clouds, and only a few ray of light could leak occasionally.Jiang Ling turned her head slightly and looked at Kangxi. The light blue pearl earrings had a faint color in the dim light of the sky.

Kangxi laughed twice, and pinched a slightly trembling pearl with two fingers.

"When did you find out?" He asked in a low voice, and hugged Jiang Ling tighter in his arms.

Jiang Ling thought about it for a while, and it should be before Seventh Brother's first birthday ceremony that he took off the earrings and let Seventh Brother poke and play with them, only to discover the pattern on it by accident.But it took several months to really recognize the meaning of these lines.

She thought about it, and said with some uncertainty: "It should be last year, during the seventh elder brother's birthday."

Kangxi was a little surprised, and then remembered that during Seventh Brother's birthday ceremony, he put his private seal in the pile of objects, and Seventh Brother reached out and grabbed it, and then stumbled to Jiang Ling. , and hand over the private seal to her.

this kid...

Kangxi pondered for a while, and suddenly laughed softly.

"Very good." He said solemnly, "That kid is very lucky."

Jiang Ling raised his head slightly to look at Kangxi, but couldn't figure out what it meant for a while.

Kangxi held her hand, wrapped her in his arms, and kissed and pecked her all the way down.Jiang Ling was startled, and also leaned in Kangxi's arms, bearing it passively.After a long time, he approached her ear and said in a low voice: "It's literally. That kid is very lucky, even I admire him a little bit." Then he kissed him lightly.

Jiang Ling closed his eyes, leaned against Kangxi's arms, and said softly, "Yes."

There were snowflakes floating outside the window one by one, and the sky gradually dimmed.

The two stood quietly in front of the window, looking at the falling snow outside the window, calm and peaceful.

That's good.

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