Jiang Ling flipped through those few pages of the roster, but the aunt in charge forbade her to read it any more, saying that it was a great flexibility to let her see the first ones, and if she read the latter ones, she would not be able to be in front of Concubine Hui in the future. explain.Jiang Ling didn't force it, and after writing down the names of Lin Daiyu and others, he wanted to say goodbye and leave.

Before leaving, Jiang Ling seemed to inadvertently ask: "Those girls, are they not well-known?"

The aunt in charge tidied up the booklets and said indifferently: "What about him, anyway, we can't find out what happened in Duke Rong's mansion. I don't know, I've been in the palace all these years, and I've seen everything. , not to mention that the name is a bit inappropriate, even the maids who have been exiled have changed their names and ages, and come back to run again. Don’t you think this is fooling us? But this is an occasional For two, the household department is too lazy to check, so we naturally let them go. It has become a customary rule to go back and forth."

Thinking of her identity, Jiang Ling also sweated silently.

But now is not the time to worry about that.Jiang Ling smiled, and said casually: "If nothing happened, it would be over if the big guys messed around; but if something happened, who should be blamed?"

The aunt in charge stopped her movements and asked, "What do you mean, my lord?"

Jiang Ling laughed again, pointing to the booklet he had read just now (actually it was only a few pages in it) and said: "I mean, if these people are really found out and their names are not right, they really have to blame Who should be blamed? The Ministry of Household Affairs? Although the girl bears the name of the Rongguo Mansion, she was still a serious official three or four years ago, if she really wants to enter the palace and become a maid, I'm afraid it will have a bad influence."

——And this is not a court lady who was released and came back to run for election.

The aunt in charge changed her face, and brought the stack of books over again, flipping through them page by page.Jiang Ling was not in a hurry to leave, but took two steps back to avoid suspicion.The aunt in charge flipped through the books very quickly, but in less than half an hour, she finished flipping through the list of beautiful girls in her hand, and her face became quite ugly.

Jiang Ling knew that the matter had worked, so he said goodbye again.

The aunt in charge's expression eased, and she said: "Thank you for reminding me this time, my lord. If the lord hadn't mentioned this, I haven't discovered that these people are actually officials, and they are different from others. If it is true If you are caught by someone, if you are serious with me, you will be blamed." She thought of her enemies in the palace, and her complexion became even uglier.

Jiang Ling waited for the aunt in charge to finish speaking, and then pretended to be surprised: "Is it so serious?"

The aunt in charge said with a green face, "Of course it is very serious, so I have to ask the young master to keep this matter a secret for me. I have to try to communicate with the Hui master. I heard that the young master and the people in the Rongguo Mansion have always had a relationship." Yuanyuan, these beautiful girls..." The aunt in charge suddenly stopped talking in the middle of her sentence, and just repeated: "Please keep it secret for me, my lord."

Jiang Ling nodded slightly and said, "It should be so."

The aunt in charge then shirked that she had something to do and left in a hurry.Naturally, it was impossible for Jiang Ling to stay inside alone, so he left too.

This matter has been pushed to the bright side by her, and it will collapse completely just waiting for a suitable critical point.

Jiang Ling waited until the next morning for news from Concubine Hui.It is said that Concubine Hui lost her temper last night and called all the aunts who were in charge of next year's election to the palace and reprimanded them one by one. All the show girls who passed the test vaguely, but strictly speaking should not be in the booklet, were all erased.

Moreover, concubine Hui preemptively went to the empress dowager to file a complaint.

The empress dowager was getting old, and she was physically and mentally exhausted by the incidents of the past few days, so she let concubine Hui make trouble.So that afternoon, Concubine Hui went to the imperial concubine's palace to make a fuss again, and it was said that the quarrel with the imperial concubine was quite unpleasant.

On the third day, Mrs. Rong Guo entered the palace, it is said that she wanted to visit the condition of the noble concubine.

On the fourth day, the imperial concubine politely invited Concubine Hui to her palace, but the reason was unknown.

According to the maids who stayed in the Imperial Concubine's Palace at that time, Concubine Hui and Concubine had a quarrel that day, Concubine Hui said directly in front of Concubine: "This matter is always a mistake made by your Rongguo Mansion, be accommodating? Do you want to be accommodating?" How to accommodate? The list of past years can be blurred, but it doesn't mean that it can be blurred next year. Since this matter is in my hands, it must be done according to my rules. My rules are to follow the rules, even the slightest seam You can't have children. Who can enter the palace and who can't enter is clearly written in black and white. Not to mention the Rongguo Mansion, even if the prince comes in person, I still have this sentence: follow the rules and do things in the slightest. There can be no ambiguity." Obviously, it meant not showing mercy to the Rongguo Mansion at all.

The matter was completely exposed, and the few extra people on the next year's list of show girls were all crossed out.

These things all happened in the imperial concubine's palace, Jiang Ling only heard a few words occasionally, and saw some fragments of words in Concubine Hui's dream, but the specific situation is not quite clear.But after waiting for a few days, she went to look through those rosters again, and saw that the names of Lin Daiyu and others had all been crossed out, and she was really relieved.

Going around like this, it was more than a month, and it was the New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

This is Jiang Ling's third New Year's stay here, and compared to the previous two times, her mood has become much more stable this year.Maybe it's because he really got used to this world, now no matter what happens outside, Jiang Ling can deal with it in an orderly manner as normal.On the Lantern Festival of the second year, Jia Yuanchun once mentioned to the empress dowager that he hoped to go back to visit his relatives again, but he was rejected.

Now the noble concubine is confined in the palace, the Rongguo Mansion is like ants on a hot pot, and the Ningguo Mansion is empty, and the days are passing slowly like this.

On the day of Shangyuan Festival, Jiang Ling couldn't leave the palace, so he secretly sent someone out and sent a letter to Lin Daiyu.After the mother who delivered the letter returned to the palace, Jiang Ling found out that on the day of Shangyuan Festival, Lin Daiyu did not go to the Buddhist temple either. She was brought to the garden by King Beijing to meet the concubine.

It is said that the concubine met Lin Daiyu a few months ago, and the King of Beijing also mentioned it vaguely once, but he did not express his opinion at that time.

So this time, King Beijing wanted to try again and let the concubine see Lin Daiyu again.

What happened later, Lin Daiyu wrote in the letter, if that time fails, the king of Beijing can only ask the emperor to order a marriage.After all, she is currently living in Rongguo Mansion, even if she wants to hire three mediators and six recruits, it will be very difficult for Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang may not agree.

Jiang Ling received the letter silently.

Then she replied: But Prince Jing is a prince after all...

Half a month later, Lin Daiyu replied to Jiang Ling with a letter: Just because King Beijing is a prince and it is difficult to get more benefits, my aunt may not let go.Because if she really married, she would completely cut off the relationship with the Rongguo Mansion, unlike in the palace, where there is a noble concubine watching over her.

At the back of the letter, there was an explanation: These words were carefully broken up and told to her by King Beijing Jing, but Lin Daiyu herself was still a mess, ignorant.Mrs. Wang did not express her position either, but the King of Beijing had already sent someone to Suzhou to try to find Lin Daiyu's family, and after she found it, he bypassed the Rongguo Mansion and directly hired her and took her away.

Jiang Ling rubbed his forehead, and silently sighed in his heart: It seems that the King of Beijing Jing is really good.

In this way, after three or four letters, Lin Daiyu's affairs were finalized one after another, waiting for the concubine to let go.

Jiang Ling waited until the beginning of spring, and found an excuse to go out of the palace again, and met the gloomy Lin Daiyu.As soon as Lin Daiyu saw Jiang Ling, she hugged her for a long time and didn't let her go. King Bei Jing watched from behind and wanted to help her, but just as she stretched out her hand, she stopped again.

Jiang Ling patted Lin Daiyu's back lightly, and asked in a low voice, "Why, things are not going well?"

Although it was Lin Daiyu who asked the question, she looked at King Beijing Jing.Lin Daiyu was shy and probably wouldn't tell her.

Sure enough, Lin Daiyu didn't speak for a long time, but the king of Beijing Jing couldn't see it, coughed twice, and said: "It's not that it's not going well, it's just that Er Niang is a bit difficult. Previously, Princess Nan'an wanted to be a matchmaker for me, but I dismissed her; what Er Niang meant was to settle the person down first, and then welcome her through the door after Concubine Nan'an calmed down. Now that she lives in that garden, she doesn't feel good left and right, so she wants me to leave her behind. She picked it up and lived outside for a while." But the two of them are unmarried men and women, and if they really did this, Lin Daiyu might find it difficult to do so.

Lin Daiyu raised her head slightly, hugged Jiang Ling and said, "A Ling, what can you do?"

Since Jiang Ling erased her name from the roster of beautiful girls, in Lin Daiyu's heart, there was nothing that Jiang Ling could not solve.

Jiang Ling looked at King Jing of Beijing, then at Lin Daiyu, and asked, "How about in my name..."

King Bei Jing shook his head and said, "It's not right. This will damage my little master's reputation."

Lin Daiyu looked at this and then at that, as if a little anxious.Jiang Ling patted Lin Daiyu reassuringly, signaling her to be calm and not to be impatient. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Ayu, what your father left behind...is there a shop or property in Beijing?"

Lin Daiyu was startled, and said in a low voice, "Yes, but it's just a small shop."

Jiang Ling thought for a while, then said: "It doesn't matter the size of the shop, as long as there is a shop in the capital. You try to change that shop into a big house, just say that father bought it in Beijing before, and pick a few maids, Only when your father is still alive... Ayu, Ayu, don't cry."

Probably it was the words "only when your father was still alive" that aroused Lin Daiyu's thoughts, and her eye circles became red again.

Lin Daiyu thought for a while, and muttered: "A Ling, don't be joking, it's just a small shop, and my father took it over by accident. There is no benefit, how can it be replaced by a big house. Beijing The houses here are not cheap."

Jiang Ling coughed lightly, pointed to King Beijing and said, "We'll have to count on the prince."

King Bei Jing was stunned for a moment, then he understood, cupped his fists at Jiang Ling and said, "Thank you, my lord, for your suggestion."

Lin Daiyu blinked, looked at Jiang Ling, then at him, and muttered, "What are you talking about..."

Jiang Ling smiled and said: "Half truth, half truth, half truth, the things are left by Master Lin, even the second wife can't fault it."

Lin Daiyu became more and more confused.However, he was still ignorantly taken into the car by King Beijing Jing, ready to be sent back to the Grand View Garden.Now the two of them have a lot of things to do, so the time to meet Jiang Ling has been compressed for half a day.

Before leaving, King Bei Jing called Jiang Ling again and asked about the affairs of the Rongguo Mansion.Jiang Ling answered truthfully, but seeing that King Beijing's brows were getting tighter and tighter, forming a deep Sichuan character, but he didn't know why.

After another two months, the draft event passed away without any surprises.

During the period, Mrs. Wang went to the palace to see the noble concubine once, but because the noble concubine was grounded and was ill, she could only keep some medicinal materials in the palace, and told her to rest well, and there was no more movement.As for the Ningguo Mansion, there was even less movement.

But this situation, no matter how you look at it, is like the calm before the storm.

After the election was over, a group of maids were released from the palace, and a new batch of maids were recruited in. Many palaces were replaced, and even Jiang Ling had two more maids in front of him.Jiang Ling went to ask Aunt Su Ma again, should it be out of specification this time?But La Aunt Su Ma just laughed, but didn't show any attitude.

The next day, an imperial decree suddenly came down from the Qianqing Palace: Kangxi was preparing to tour the south, and the designated places were Jinling and Suzhou.

Going on the southern tour at this juncture, no matter how you look at it, it seems that a storm is about to come.The imperial concubine in the palace once disregarded that she was being grounded, and wanted to break into the Qianqing Palace to intercede, but was taken back by Manager Liang, and the result was: another six months of grounding.

On the third day, Mrs. Wang wanted to enter the palace, but was blocked outside the palace gate. The routine that had always worked was no longer effective.

On the fourth day, Concubine Yi and Concubine Hui went to see the imperial concubine again in the name of visiting the sick.It is said that there was a quarrel in the palace that day, and the words "Fengzao Palace" could be faintly heard. It seemed that in Fengzao Palace that day, Concubine Jia embarrassed Concubine Yi, and Concubine Yi remembered it until now.

On the fifth day, it was Concubine Rong who went, but no news came out.

On the sixth day, Emperor Kangxi's southern tour's will finally spread throughout the Forbidden City, and the House of Internal Affairs and all places along the route were ready.

Obviously, Emperor Kangxi had already decided on this southern tour, otherwise everything would not have been prepared in just five days, including the accommodation along the way, which is unreasonable .

And something even more out of the ordinary:

——The concubine accompanying him this time is still only Jiang Ling.

As for the reason given by Emperor Kangxi on the surface, it was "I pointed at one, and whoever pointed to it will be whoever it is."

Jiang Ling was silent.

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