The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

The banquet for meeting Mongolian officials was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Changning sighed. After just being lazy for a few days, he had to come out and take charge of the situation again.

Hutuli was particularly attentive in helping her mother, and followed her to listen to the reports of the various palace ladies. Nowadays, the internal affairs of the harem are jointly managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Palace Lady Bureau, each of which has some powers.

This time, all the people came together, and Mengguqing was the first to arrive. Now they are all accommodated in the post house.

Hongmin and Hongchen still go to Xu's house every day, and Hongyan picks them up and drops them off.

Changning also understood that Yinzhen wanted to take this opportunity to teach Hongchen a lesson, and also wanted to give Hongyan a chance to contact the outside world.

Hongyan is still young, and has not left the palace to set up a government office. He has been in the Forbidden City, and it is very inconvenient for him to leave the palace. But with an excuse, he can openly leave the palace to understand the people's sentiments.

So Changning also heard from his sons that there were many Mongolian merchant caravans coming to the outside of the palace. They all came to Beijing with the Mongolian nobles and brought with them many Mongolian horses and some food and utensils from there.

Hongyan also took his two younger brothers for a stroll and bought a lot of things. He also sent Changning a bunch of twelve wooden ornaments, saying they were for praying for blessings in Mongolia.

Hong Zhao was very excited when he saw this, and took the initiative to take charge of the task of picking up and dropping off his two younger brothers to and from Xu's house.

"Brother, Ama is very busy right now, and has given you a lot of tasks. You have to go and help Ama. Leave Hongmin and Hongchen to me!"

Looking at his brother who was patting his chest to make a promise, Hong Yan twitched his lips, but still nodded.

"Okay. But, Hong Zhao, the most important thing is to ensure their safety. There are imperial guards going back and forth, so don't run around by yourself."

Hong Zhao nodded quickly: "Yes! Don't worry, brother!"

Hutuli said with a teasing look on his face: "Why, are you going to the post station to secretly look for Naritai?"

Hong Zhao scratched his head and said shyly, "I want to go see if she's here."

Chang Ning couldn't help laughing: "You can find it, but be careful not to be too conspicuous."

Xu Mansion...

After sending his two younger brothers to the place, Hong Zhao was about to leave, but he happened to see Xu Qingxue running over happily, holding Hong Chen's hand, and telling him that she had caught several crickets last night, and there were very few crickets now, and if he was not careful, there would be none left.

This surprised Hong Zhao. He didn't expect there was a little girl here, so he pulled Hong Min and asked him quietly: "Who is this little girl?"

Hongmin was thinking about how to respond to Xu An'da's question. When he heard him ask this, he answered casually: "Oh, that's Xu An'da's granddaughter, Xu Qingxue."

"She is actually Xu Anda's granddaughter? Her personality is really nothing like him!" Hong Zhao was very surprised. He thought that Xu Anda's granddaughter must also be very old-fashioned!

I didn’t expect that I could catch crickets!

However, he can now take Naritai to catch crickets. She has definitely never played this before!

So he grinned and went out happily.

Hongmin looked at Hongchen who was smiling happily with Xu Qingxue in front of him, and looked at Hongzhao who was trying hard to find Naritae in the back, and sighed to the sky.

The Mongols were all concentrated in those post stations, and Hongzhao found Naritai without much effort.

She came with her brother, and now she was pulling Ashida to go out for a walk with him.

"Brother! Just take me with you! This capital city is so prosperous, there are so many fun things! I also want to see the magic show I saw yesterday! That person could actually breathe fire, I want to watch it so I can learn from Hong Zhao, he has definitely never seen it before!"

Asida was somewhat helpless. His sister now kept calling him Hongzhao Hongzhao every day. He said helplessly, "Sister, we are in the capital now. Please stop calling the Fourth Prince by his name. If others hear it, will your reputation as a daughter be ruined?"

Naritai curled her lips and said, "What reputation? People on the grassland never care about this!"

Ashida sighed: "But we are in the capital now. You are a Mongolian princess and he is a prince of the royal family. This involves the issue of marriage. You are still young, so of course you should be more careful. Otherwise, why didn't Abu want you to come to the capital?"

"I've heard that the rules in the capital are strict, but I didn't expect them to be so strict that even calling out a name is not allowed?"

Naritai was a little unhappy and stared with her big eyes that were clearly black and white.

Ashida sighed and wanted to persuade him again, but he heard a familiar voice.

"Narita! Narita! I'm here to see you! Come on, I'll take you to catch crickets! There are fewer and fewer crickets now. If we don't catch them now, they will all be gone!"

Naritai and Ashida turned their heads at the same time and saw Hong Zhao, who was dressed in noble clothes and grinning.

Naritai immediately threw Abu and her brother's words behind her, ran over happily, and said with a crisp laugh: "Hong Zhao! I knew you would come to see me!"

Hong Zhao nodded vigorously: "Of course! As soon as I heard that Mongolia had entered the capital, I hurried to find you, but I came here under the pretext of picking up my two younger brothers to the Xu Mansion. I still have to go find them in the evening. Time is short, let's go!"

"it is good!"

As soon as the words fell, the two of them held hands and prepared to go out.

Ashida suddenly felt a tightness in his chest.

Fortunately, Naritai still had him as her brother in her heart, so she turned around and waved at him: "Brother! Let's go first!"

Then he walked out without looking back.

Asida is now in the yard, the autumn wind is bleak, and he feels abandoned by his sister...

"Hey? Naritai, I remember you said before that your Abu didn't plan to let you come to the capital?"

Naritai laughed out loud, with a hint of pride in her voice: "He really didn't agree, but I secretly got on the transport carriage, mixed in with the firewood, and escaped together. I walked all the way, and they didn't notice me."

"Ah?" Hong Zhao opened his mouth wide, as if he had never expected that Na Ritai would be so fierce?

"Later, when Abu Eji found out that I was not there, he guessed that I must have run away with them, so he sent someone to ask my brother, and finally found out that I was the one who stole the food. I tell you, I was starving to death during those days."

Hong Zhao immediately imagined a small, thin figure curled up in a pile of straw, hungry and cold, crying secretly at night...

"Let's go! I'll take you out for some delicious food today!"

"Okay!" Naritai narrowed her eyes and smiled.

Not long after, Hong Zhao brought her to a restaurant, went to a private room, and waved his hand: "Waiter! Bring me a portion of all your famous dishes and wine!"

Just as they finished discussing something, Prince Yi Thirteen, who came out from next door, heard the familiar voice, twitched his lips, and turned around to look.

"Hey! Fourth Prince, why are you here?"