The Empire and the Kingdom

Xue Ai nodded, and several people came to the yard, Yuyan sent Xue Ai out of the yard first, and then came back to take Xue Ying out of the house.

"We must ensure her safety." This is Xue Ai's explanation.So after Yuyan sent Xue Ying to the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she did not go far away, but followed Xue Ying from a distance, secretly protecting her.

Xue Ying was very familiar with the vicinity of the Prime Minister's Mansion. She didn't dare to stay alone on the street. She walked three streets and found a small shed and endured it for half the night. When it was dawn, she got up and continued walking. This time she went to the Nancheng stayed in an inn far away from Xiangfu.

The news of Xue Ying's escape was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan, and immediately exploded in the Prime Minister's residence.

Today is Xue Xiang's birthday, he didn't speak for a long time after he got the news, and finally he smiled.This smile was so frightening that Shuyan's legs went limp looking at it. "Master...Master?"

"Send someone to bring the eldest lady back." Xue Xiang said calmly, "By the way, please inform Madam that today's family banquet is also cancelled. I'm not in the mood."

Of course, this kind of thing is not publicized, so we can only send someone to find it in private.On the one hand, Mrs. Pan was worried about her daughter's safety, and on the other hand, she was worried that Xiang Xue would get angry and seize the power of her family.

Xihai Juli, Xue Zhi pulled Wang Shi and said: "Mother, do you think father will take away the power of the eldest lady this time and let you run the house?"

As calm as Wang's, this time I can't help but have more expectations.Regarding the jewelry matter before, she thought that Mrs. Pan would be punished more, but she didn't expect Xue Ying to be locked up.She thought that Xue Ai would make a fuss, but in the end it just died down. She hated Xue Ai for being cowardly in her heart.

The people from the Prime Minister's Mansion secretly searched for three days, and finally found Xue Ying who wanted to sneak into the Seventh Prince's Mansion but failed.

After Xue Ying was brought back, Xiang Xue didn't say anything, let alone get angry. He even lifted Xue Ying's restraint and handed her over to Mrs. Pan again.Not only that, Xue agreed to the marriage with the Seventh Prince, and the rumors outside were also suppressed.

Facing this dreamlike reversal, Xue Ying was naturally happy, and felt that she had made the right bet.Mrs. Pan felt strange about Xue Xiang's abnormal behavior, but she didn't dare to ask Xue Xiang easily.Anyway, Xue Xiang said what he said, and she didn't dare to obey her.

Xue Ai laughed when she heard Xiang Xue's decision.Xue Ying has already been crippled, so there is no need to worry about it.

Regarding Xue Ying's reputation, the queen didn't mind.On the contrary, she thinks that Xue Ying and Xue Ai should be separated. She hates Xue Ai, so she likes Xue Ying who also hates Xue Ai.

The marriage was quickly concluded, and the emperor had no objection to it. Under the imperial decree, Xue Ying, the eldest daughter of Xue's parents, was designated as the concubine of the seventh prince, Feng Yuan, and they were married after a year.

Time is very urgent. With the matter of Xue Ai and the prince before, the queen is not willing to wait any longer this time, for fear that something will change if it is too late.From then on, Xue Ying used the excuse of embroidering dowry in the mansion and never went out again.

In the garrison mansion, Xue Ai lowered her head to help Feng Jingsu sort out a series of complicated and lengthy materials such as military supplies, personnel lists, etc. Feng Jingsu hugged her from behind, "You just solved Xue Ying, don't work so hard."

Xue Ai looked up, "No, I'm really happy to help you."

Feng Jingsu scratched her little nose, "Is your eldest sister still being silly?"

Xue Ai couldn't help laughing, "Yeah, she's been very happy recently."

"It's good, idiots don't have to worry." Feng Jingsu's mouth was not forgiving at all. "Recently, the Lingguo Mission is going to Beijing, and Princess Heqin, my 1 people are responsible for protecting the mission's safety."

This was the first task the emperor entrusted to this army, but it was a small one.After the mission entered Beijing, the government office in the capital was in charge of law and order, and when it left the city, there was the City Patrolling Battalion in charge. It seemed that there was no place to use the garrison, but Feng Jingsu must be responsible for something wrong with the mission.

"Sister Su, you seem a little reluctant." Xue Ai accurately captured the unusual expression and tone of Feng Jingsu.

Feng Jingsu kissed her on the neck, "Why are you so smart?"

Xue Ai was so kissed that she shrank her neck, "Can you tell me?"

"It's related to the academy." Feng Jingsu had been in Feiyejin Academy for ten years, and she didn't care about it at first, but later she found out that there were people from every country in the academy, but there were no Ling people.She asked Master, but Master avoided the question.This made her feel very unusual.She was busy practicing and studying all day long, and she didn't have much private time, but she still found out the reason.

The academy never recruited Ling people, and the reason was her master Jiang Fengmin.Jiang is the surname of the Ling Kingdom, and Jiang Fengmin is a member of the Ling Kingdom's royal family. When Jiang Fengmin was young, the Emperor of the Ling Kingdom killed Jiang Fengmin's family, and Jiang Fengmin also killed the Emperor of the Ling Kingdom for revenge. The royal family of the country has no contact with each other.Originally, this was just a grievance between Jiang Fengmin and the royal family of the Ling country, and did not involve the people of the Ling country, but the court ruled that no one from the Ling country would be accepted.This is the favor that the head of the hospital has for Jiang Fengmin, domineering and unreasonable.

From then on, Feng Jingsu didn't have a good opinion of Ling people, especially Ling's royal family.This time Ling Guo was going to make a marriage, of course she would not destroy the marriage because of this, but she was really not very willing to let her protect the Ling Guo Mission.

"Your master is so pitiful." Xue Ai felt distressed when he thought of Jiang Fengmin whose whole family had been killed.

"Yeah, so I have to honor her well, she is already very old."

Feiyejin Academy.

"Ah!" Jiang Fengmin suddenly sneezed loudly, and Gu Li who was beside him had already run far away.

"Why are you running so far?" Jiang Fengmin asked angrily.

Gu Li didn't speak, Jiang Fengmin sneezed a few more times, tears came out.

"Which guy spoke ill of me?"

"The only one who can say so many bad things about you is the head of the courtyard." Gu Li walked back slowly.

"Nonsense! The headmaster said bad things about me and I never sneeze." Jiang Fengmin rubbed his nose.

"That's Senior Sister, does she miss you?" Gu Li guessed.

This conjecture made Jiang Fengmin very happy, "Oh, Jingsu has been down the mountain for more than a year, should I go and see her?"

Gu Li covered his mouth and smiled, "Master, do you dare to leave? The head of the courtyard has been so irritable recently."

As soon as this incident was mentioned, Jiang Fengmin immediately froze, "Shh! Don't mention this incident, the director knows that he is going to beat someone!"

After finishing the work in hand, Feng Jingsu accompanied Xue Ai for lunch, and the two of them stayed until before dinner before she sent Xue Ai home, and she also returned to the palace.

After dinner, she went to Fenghua Hall to worship Li Jieyu.Today is Li Jieyu's death day, so she rushed back to the palace.

After the worship, she saw Chen Chongyi also came. "Today is your mother's death day, I'll come here to pay respects." This is not a lie, Feng Jingsu asked the eunuchs in Fenghua Palace, Chen Chongyi would come to pay respects every year, not just Li Jieyu's death day, every new year, Never fall.Regarding this point, Feng Jingsu was very touched, even if it is acting, it is rare to be able to do it for so many years.

After the worship, the two walked out of Fenghua Hall.Along the way, Chen Chongyi talked a lot about getting along with Li Jieyu, "Yun Yi, now that you have got an errand from His Majesty, you can go out of the palace to do great things, but Wen Chun in this palace doesn't have the ability like you." She sighed Angrily, "I heard that the queen is going to arrange a marriage for her. Ling Guo sent the princess to make a marriage, and I am really afraid that Wen Chun will also go to make a marriage."

Princess Wen Chun is ranked fourth. According to the ranking, the first one to discuss marriage should be Princess Hejia from the empress. Why is it Princess Wen Chun's turn?Feng Jingsu didn't know what she missed when she didn't go back to the palace often.

"Third sister hasn't discussed marriage yet, so why is it fourth sister's turn?"

Chen Chongyi smiled wryly, "He Jia is the empress's daughter, so naturally she has to choose from thousands of choices. Wen Chun is not too young, so the empress said to arrange marriage for Wen Chun first. Who made Wen Chun not the daughter of the empress, and there is no Yun Yi?" What about your good skills? It’s better to be with Princess Jia. Even if the prince is gone, there is still a seventh prince who will be the prince sooner or later, so he can marry well. If Wen Chun also has such a brother, I don’t worry gone."

Having said that, Feng Jingsu understood what Chen Chongyi meant.Chen Chongyi has a son and a daughter. In addition to Princess Wen Chun, she also has a son, the sixth prince Feng Yang.

Chen Chongyi hopes to win over Feng Jingsu to help the six princes fight for the crown prince.Feng Jingsu now holds the military power in her hands, and is no longer a dispensable princess.Feng Jingsu completely pretended to be stupid about this, and was not fooled at all.

After Chen Chongyi returned to the palace, she felt that it was impossible for Feng Jingsu not to understand what she meant, and if she didn't answer, she just didn't want to help.

"This child is too indifferent. It's in vain that I have such a good relationship with her biological mother, alas!"

Feng Jingsu turned a corner and went to the Antai Palace, and she didn't see her for a few days, Concubine De held her in her arms and looked at her carefully for a while, "Well, it's okay, not thin."

Feng Jing smiled, Concubine De is raising pigs, she is afraid that she will lose her body.She saw De Concubine's eyes were red, today is Li Jieyu's death day, obviously De Concubine cried. "Shuang Niang, I just saw Chen Chongyi in Fenghua Hall." In order to divert De Concubine's attention, she said everything about the conversation with Chen Chongyi.

Concubine De nodded, "Your Majesty has not appointed a crown prince for a long time, and even Chen Chongyi, who has been quiet all this time, jumped out to help. I think these princes, except for the fourth prince, are restless and have something to contend with. "Fourth prince Feng Ji's biological mother is Lu Chongrong who made a mistake and was thrown into limbo. The fourth prince has lived like an invisible person these years.

"Shuangniang, the empress really intends to let the fourth sister go to marry?" No matter what, Feng Jingsu felt that Princess Wenchun was also a pitiful person.

"Otherwise who else could it be?" Concubine De counted her fingers, "Zhenshu is already married, and Yongning has been with Concubine Xian for so many years, not to mention not thinking of marrying now, but if she really wants to marry someone, she will serve her mother like this." A filial and good girl, His Majesty is also reluctant to let her go out to get married. He Jia is the queen's daughter, so of course he can't. You are capable, His Majesty can't let you get married. The rest of Mingxin and De'an are still young, so There is only one Wen Chun left. I can understand Chen Chongyi's mood. She doesn't want her daughter to marry far away, so she has the right to speak. Just don't say that no one will help her, even if the sixth prince is really the prince, I'm afraid Princess Wen Chun has to go and get married, this is the helplessness of the princesses of the royal family."

It's not just Chen Chongyi who is also ready to move, whoever has a son doesn't want to help his son to the top?Those without sons also started to use their brains.Wang Zhaoyuan only has one daughter, but she also saw the opportunity here, and if she wanted to use it to make a fuss, it would be good to share some benefits.

She took a fancy to the fifth prince. The fifth prince was involved in the assassination in the paddock before. Although he had been released, he just followed the second prince and didn't do much.The fifth prince's status is inherently embarrassing. He has no biological mother, but he has a noble concubine as his adoptive mother, so it's hard to say whether his background is good or not.However, he has no hope of becoming the crown prince. If he can help the second prince to ascend to the throne, his benefits will definitely be lost.

The fifth prince is not young anymore, even the seventh prince is engaged, but the fifth prince has not discussed marriage yet.Now is the critical juncture of the fight for the crown prince, Wang Guifei is afraid that she will not be able to take care of him.Wang Zhaoyuan felt that if she talked about it at this time, maybe Xue Zhi's affairs could be accomplished.

She went to check on Concubine Wang's tone, but she didn't expect that Concubine Wang already had a candidate, Feng Qianzi, the first daughter of the Feng family.Xue's parents and daughters have been accused of marrying the Seventh Prince, so it doesn't make much sense for the Fifth Prince to marry a concubine, and Concubine Wang Gui still wants to bind her to the Feng family.Originally, I wanted to talk about this with the Feng family, but the incident between Feng Baiwen and Shen Zhiqiu made too much noise, so I held off for so long.When Wang Zhaoyuan mentioned it, Concubine Wang also remembered that it was time to arrange a marriage for the fifth prince.

The Wang family went to Feng's house to speak up, but they were immediately rejected by Di's stern words, there is no such thing as a total sum.Wang Guifei was also angry when she heard about this, "The Feng family really don't know how to flatter them!"

This matter was heard by Guan Xuejing, and she immediately ran to Feng's house to check the situation, "What's going on? Why did the imperial concubine follow you?"

Feng Qianzi didn't panic, "She's looking at the Feng family. She wanted Shen Zhiqiu to marry my second brother but failed, so now she wants the fifth prince to marry me?" She looked at Guan Xuejing in the room Walking around, "Why are you panicking? This has nothing to do with you."

"Hey, cousin, we must be human without a conscience! Aren't I worried about you?" Guan Xuejing was wronged, her sincerity was hurt by "it has nothing to do with you".

"There is nothing to worry about? My family will not agree." The Feng family is loyal to the emperor, but it will never be entangled with the interests of the royal family.

"You also said that my cousin was plotted against before, so there is no guarantee that the imperial concubine will not plot against you this time." Guan Xuejing became more and more flustered as she thought about it, "No, I have to live here to protect you."

Feng Qianzi rolled her eyes, "Is this your purpose?"

"What? I was worried about you, okay?" Guan Xuejing vomited blood.

After talking for a long time, Feng Qianzi did not agree to let Guan Xuejing live in her yard, which broke Guan Xuejing's heart.Seeing Guan Xuejing leave disappointed, even Bai Fang said, "Miss, Third Miss really cares about you."

"You think I broke her heart?"

Bai Fang didn't speak, obviously acquiescing.

"It's good if you get hurt. A fool has a big heart. Once you get hurt, you know it hurts."

In Fengde Palace, the queen looked at the gifts prepared one after another, and these were all for Ling Guo's concubine. "This palace is also a mother. No one will feel good if a daughter who has been raised for so many years marries to another country. Give more gifts, and don't treat other princesses slowly."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu is ill." The maid Caihe just received the news.

The queen snorted, "She's really smart. The princess' marriage, with so many etiquettes, she pretended to be sick if she didn't get it right. Anyway, she is not greedy for power. I will remember her kindness."

Since Concubine Shu has been in charge of the harem, Xiao Gui and Cao Sui have tried their best to achieve nothing, but they have also carried it down.It's just that Princess Ling's marriage will inevitably involve many things in the harem. After thinking about it, Concubine Shu thinks it's time to get rid of this trouble.

When the emperor heard that Concubine Shu was ill, he went to visit and returned the right to manage the harem to the queen according to Concubine Shu's wishes.

The queen is also sensible, and sent someone to send a lot of supplements to Concubine Shu to let her recover from her illness.

The queen who had regained her power began to think of Feng Jingsu while preparing to marry the princess.After the queen was seized power, she kept thinking about what was wrong with her?After thinking about it, her biggest mistake was ignoring that there was another Feng Jingsu in the palace who knew martial arts.If Feng Jingsu hadn't told Zhuang Ruoshui about Zhuang Ruoshui, the funeral would not have caused such a big fuss.By then Zhuang Ruoshui and Xue Ai will be dead, will the Zhuang family and the Xue family be in trouble because of a dead daughter and her, the mother of a country?It seems that Princess Yunyi can no longer stay in the palace.

The queen has no intention of killing Feng Jingsu at the moment, she knows that doing so is very difficult and unnecessary, she has a better and more grandiose reason, the princess is getting married.

In the evening, the emperor came to Fengde Palace to discuss with the queen about Princess Ling's marriage.

"The princess is already on the way, which prince does the queen think is suitable for marrying the princess?" the emperor asked.

The empress didn't mind the emperor's business-like attitude, she said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Princess Ling came here as a married couple. It is a good relationship between the two countries. We always want her to be a concubine. The prince who doesn't have a concubine now is The third prince, fourth prince, fifth prince and sixth prince, the seventh prince who is a concubine, you just pointed out Xue Ying, the daughter of Xue's patriarch, as the main concubine, I'm afraid it won't ruin the marriage."

The emperor waved his hand, "There are still four princes here, why ruin the marriage?"

"Yes." The queen picked out her own son first, and then analyzed the other princes more objectively and calmly. "According to age, Princess Ling is exactly the same age as the fourth prince."

The emperor frowned, "Don't give it to the fourth son." The birth mother of the fourth prince is still in limbo. If he is allowed to marry the concubine princess, Ling Guo will definitely feel slighted. At that time, it will not be the good of the two countries, but the evil of the two countries.

"Yes, the concubine also thinks that the fourth prince is not suitable. From this point of view, the fifth prince is not suitable either." The fifth prince was raised under the name of Wang Guifei, and the queen certainly did not want him to marry Princess Ling.

The emperor thought for a while, "The fifth child is really not suitable, and the sixth child is a bit young."

The queen understood what the emperor meant, "In this case, only the third prince is the most suitable."

In fact, both husband and wife have the same thoughts, and they don't want the powerful one to marry the princess, so as not to cause trouble in the future.It's not easy to choose someone who doesn't match the age, and it's not easy to arrange a prince who is too low-born for the concubine. In this way, only Fang Zhaoyi's third prince, Feng Bo, is the most suitable.

After finishing talking about choosing a marriage partner, the queen saw that the emperor was in a good mood, and continued: "Your Majesty, all the other princesses have come to marry, but I reminded my concubines, shouldn't our princess also choose someone to marry?"

Princesses and relatives are like this in all countries, it's just the number of people.

The emperor sighed. He was naturally reluctant to part with the daughters he had watched grow up.But as an emperor, for the stability of the country, such a thing must be done. "Is there anyone to choose the queen?"