female concubine

The altar was far away from Beijing, so the emperor ordered the crown prince and concubine to recuperate in the East Palace, and more than ten doctors took turns to guard it.

——Kaibao Temple——

"Buddhas are immeasurable, and the filial piety of the donor must be perceived by the Buddha."

The crown princess bowed slightly to the abbot, "Please trouble the elder, because I have to come out in person."

"The benefactor is kind, and he is also a person of good fortune. The children born in the future will definitely have the same kindness as the benefactor, and benefit all beings."

The Crown Princess bowed slightly again, lowered her hand to touch her slightly protruding belly and said with a smile: "I just hope that he can live a safe and smooth life with his father and elder sister in the future."

After the farewell, the servants and the palace staff helped the Crown Princess into the carriage. On the way back to the East Palace, the carriage almost knocked down a child who ran away from the alley.

"Little thief, steal my bun!" A big man chased out from the alley.

"Nenny Zhang, did you hear the voice outside the car?"

The palace man nodded, and the Crown Princess sat up, "It sounds like a child."

The palace man helped the Crown Princess up, "Your Highness, let the villain do this little thing."

The Crown Princess patted her hand, "It's okay, I'm just pregnant and not a patient."

"The villain is guilty."

After the princess got out of the car, the guards following the car moved closer to watch out for the surroundings. A ragged child was lying on the ground, holding two stained buns tightly in his hands, "How can there be such a miserable life in Tokyo City?" child?"

"The child's mother just died of illness, and she didn't want to send it to a nursing home, so she left a sum of money for his uncle to adopt. Who knew that he ran out to steal after a few days. It's okay when he grows up. The lady looked at it." It should be either rich or expensive, so don't worry about such trivial matters." The big man spread his hands and prepared to take the child back.

"Presumptuous, do you know who you are talking to!"

The Crown Princess raised her hand, and the guards of the Eastern Palace in casual clothes stepped back. The Crown Princess stepped forward and helped the child up from the ground.

"Your Highness..."

The Crown Princess shook her head to signal, and immediately brushed off the dust on the children, "Parents' beloved children have far-reaching plans. Although living in a nursing home helps the people's suffering, it is neither relative nor old, so there must be a lack of care. If it is not helpless, why think about it?" To entrust others."

The big man in the turban looked at the situation and asked tentatively, "You...you are?"

"You waited to see Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess and concubine, still not polite?"

The people who came closer to watch the excitement began to discuss, and the big man knelt down immediately, "Your Majesty...His Royal Highness the Crown Princess?" It was the time of the winter solstice to worship the heavens, and the clan and clan wives followed the emperor to the southern suburbs, but raised their heads I looked around and saw that the formation didn't look fake, "The villain didn't know that it was His Highness's frame, and it collided with His Royal Highness, and please forgive Her Highness."

"She stole more buns from you?"

"No...the villain gave it to him, he didn't steal it." The big man changed his words again and again.

The princess turned her head, "Mrs. Zhang."

"Yes." The palace man Zhang crossed his hands at him, and immediately stepped forward to help the big man up and stuffed another ingot of gold.

The Crown Princess said again: "He would take your steamed stuffed bun because he was very hungry. If he sneaked out at such an age, his family must have not treated him kindly. Send him to a nursing home. Also, please send some steamed stuffed buns every day." Go to the nursing home to see those children, I will send someone to send some more money in a while, if you don't have enough money in the future, you can come to the East Palace to get it, no one will make things difficult for you, and you don't have to be afraid."

The big man knelt tremblingly holding the heavy gold ingot, and immediately offered the gold ingot with both hands, "His Royal Highness is benevolent, the villain is extremely ashamed, and dare not accept this great kindness."

"You should also have a family. There are also wives and children to support at home. In this world, everyone has difficulties. For you, it is life money to support the family, but for me it is actually nothing, so you Don't worry and don't feel guilty."

"Your Highness is kind, the villain will definitely deliver the buns to those children every day, rain or shine."

"You don't have to tell them who meant it, those kids will grow up to appreciate you."

"Your Highness is merciful."

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On the winter solstice of the 28th year of Qianyuan, the emperor ordered the amnesty in front of the Xuande Building after the suburban sacrifice.

The holy cavalry returned to the palace, and the iron cavalry entered the city first, followed by the training of elephants and the book of legal cavalry. The imperial street was tens of miles long, and on both sides of the road were curtains set up by rich and noble families. The windows of the building are almost fully open, and there are children with horns tied up on the windows and looking down, and there are also scholars standing in Linxuan who stop and watch.

Princess Yiguo's carriage followed the crown prince, through the gauze curtain blown by the winter wind, Princess Yiguo leaned against her body and stuck her head out, calling: "Yanchuan."

The servant took a step closer, "Princess."

"I saw a seller of candied haws." Princess Yiguo sat on a high place and pointed to the Xiaozhifang Street on the right inside the Suzaku Gate.

The servant looked to the right, "Yes."

To the east of Xiaozhifang Street is the Zhuangyuan Building. The old man is wearing the bottom layer of coarse linen and parks the stall on the side of the street, "Candied haws, candied haws."

The carriage that drove out from Xiu Lane stopped in front of the vendor. After the driver stopped, he jumped out of the carriage and moved out a small wooden pier from the rear of the carriage. The maid helped a young woman to get off the carriage.

"Yuan Weng Weng." The woman who got out of the car was very polite and well behaved.

"Hi, it's Miss Cao, long time no see." The old man selling candied haws said in a pure voice.

"I use Weng Weng to boil sugar for Fangzi, but I can't make it taste like Weng Weng."

The old man said with a silly smile: "Practice makes perfect. It's the same for everything. You have to try first and then persevere. If you don't try, it's impossible. If you don't persevere, you can't make further progress. It's impossible to do it overnight."

"Shu Yao has been taught."

"Yuan family Weng Weng." The crowd of servants squeezed forward.

"Does your husband still want the same as before?"

"Yes." The servant took out a purse from his narrow sleeve and took a string of copper coins, "Here."

Cao Shuyao turned her head and found that it was a young servant with a clean face, so she slightly bowed to him, "Your Excellency is a nobleman in the palace?"

The servant turned his head and saluted him back, "I used to be in the palace, but I didn't serve officials and saints, so I can't be called noble. I still have something to do, so I leave."

Cao Shuyao was slightly blessed again.

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The imperial guards turned away from the East-West Street in front of Xuande Tower, and the imperial driver entered Xuande Tower. The emperor climbed up the tower and appeared in front of everyone. The middlemost side of the flag is almost as high as the Xuande Building. The Taiyue Bureau has set up a music stand to play music, and the music is ringing the clappers used for night patrol.

Yousi sent officials to erect a wooden pole more than ten feet high in front of the building. On the wooden plate at the top of the pole stood a golden rooster with a red flag in its mouth. On the flag was written the four characters "Long live the emperor" in white. , there are four colorful ropes hanging from the bottom of the wooden plate, and four teenagers with red scarves scrambling to climb along the ropes after giving an order.

There was a burst of encouragement from the people watching below, and some officials raised their hands to cover their foreheads to hide the sun, "Why does that young man in a green short robe look so much like the commander-in-chief's yamen?"

"It's not like, it's Xiao Yanei."

The military general in charge of the imperial guards in front of the palace stroking his beard and staring at the young man climbing on the wooden pillar gradually sunken his brows.

Among the four people climbing on the wooden pillar, Lupao was the most agile, fully half faster than No.2. After climbing to the top, he took down the golden rooster and shouted loudly: "The Son of Heaven is ten thousand years!"

The emperor stared at the boy on the wooden pillar, "Why does he look like Yan Gui?"

Qi Liu stepped forward, "Going back to the official's house, it's Xiao Yanei."

After the boy went down the rope, the death row inmates sentenced by Dali Temple and imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment were taken out by warders wearing hairpins, and knelt in front of Xuande Building facing north.

A female official in a scarlet robe ascends the Cailou, and a red cloth hangs down from the Xuande Tower, which is connected to the Cailou. On the upper floor stands a golden phoenix holding the emperor's pardon, and the imperial edict slowly descends with the rope in the golden phoenix's mouth. , the official knelt and raised his hands to receive the imperial edict, got up and went to the front of the Cailou to read out: "Under the door, the winter solstice in November of the 28th year of Qianyuan, sacrifice to the heavens, pray for the eternal prosperity of the country, and bless me with good weather in the Song Dynasty. , today the tone of virtue, special," the official looked up, "amnesty to the world."

Since the new law was revised in Qianyuan, all condemned prisoners in the world must be reported to the imperial court and handed over to Dali for interrogation.

The jailer stepped forward to open the wooden shackles one by one, and the prisoners in cloth shirts knelt down in front of the building to thank them. They all covered their faces and wept, most of them were penitents.

On the other side of the colorful building, the boy was holding a golden rooster and was being reprimanded by his father, "You let me tell you what's good about you, what kind of scene is this, in front of the emperor, you are going to fight with them?"

"Oh, dad, I'm just asking for a lottery. You see, they are all first-class imperial guards, not half as good as my son..."

"Shut up for me."

Several servants came out of Xuande Building with wooden trays covered with red brocade.

"Hall Commander, Xiao Yanei."

Xiao Yunze turned around and found that he was an officer of the Dongmen Division in the Inner Servant Province, "Everyone knows."

"The official just saw Xiao Yanei's bravery and was very surprised, so he ordered the villain." The servant waved his hand behind him, "I picked some things from Neidongmensi."

"The officials still have something to bring to the yamen." The servant bowed his hands to Xiao Yangui, "the officials know that the yameni will be crowned next year, and hope that the yamen will become as handsome as his grandfather and great-grandfather if he works harder in the future. "

Xiao Yangui clasped her fists and bowed and said, "Please tell my uncle, Yangui, please tell me."

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After the holy car returned to the palace, Si Tianjian chose an auspicious day, and the emperor led the crowd to the Jingling East Palace and Jingling West Palace in front of Xuande Tower to perform the ceremony of thanks after the sacrifice.

——Eastern Palace——

After the gift of thanks, the Crown Prince returned to the East Palace in a chariot. When he was changing clothes in the bedroom, the Crown Princess looked very distressed and said, "Your Highness has lost a lot of weight after only going out for a few days."

The crown prince picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake with his chopsticks, "The taste of this glutinous rice cake will catch up with that made by your empress."

"The concubine asked my wife to go to Fanlou to buy it. Your Highness has never had a good meal with the officials and saints during this period of time. The palace in the suburbs is not like the capital and can cook for you."

The crown prince put down the chopsticks in his hand and sat next to his wife, gently holding her hand, "Every time I go home, I can wash away my tiredness. For you, Chen'er, and him, Ben Gong..." Suddenly, I felt a tightness in my chest , the Crown Prince sat up and bowed his head and coughed heavily for a while.

"It's cold in winter, and the altar in the southern suburbs is very high, it must have been caught in the wind and cold." The princess got up anxiously, "Ms. Zhang."

Upon hearing the call, the palace servants turned around and entered the room, bowed as a servant and said, "Your Highness."

"Go to the Hanlin Academy and invite an in-house doctor to come to the East Palace."

"Yes."

The crown prince stood up, "I'm fine. It's enough to have the imperial physician from the Eastern Palace Pharmacy Bureau take care of me. How can I alarm the Neisu medical officer."

"The official's health is not good now, and His Royal Highness's health is also not good. The official's is used to self-willedness, but at least there is still the empress. What about Your Highness? Your Highness can't feel that you are still young and just perfunctory."

The crown prince stepped forward and put his arms around his wife, "Fortunate to be a wife's husband."

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A carriage that was driving suddenly turned around and stopped at the door of a shop. The waiter who got out of the carriage walked into the shop smelling the smell of meat, "Shopkeeper, what kind of meat are you selling here?"

The store owner is a woman in her 40s and [-]s wearing a single bun. The hand holding the knife was still shiny with oil, and she immediately raised her head and replied kindly: "It's winter, and it's the best time for wild game. Let's The store specializes in quail and rabbits, and our wild rabbit meat is well-known in these streets, no, there is only the last whole one left today, you can taste these." The store cut up some and used bamboo sticks It is served on a skewer with rabbit meat specially for people to try.

The waiter picked up a bamboo stick and tried a piece, "If you are really good at crafting, then bring me one, and a quail too."

"Do you need to cut it for Mr. Lang?"

"Cut, remember to shave the bones clean."

"Okay." The woman's knife skills are extremely good, and the two plates of meat are cut in a short time, and they are wrapped in clean oiled paper, "Here."

"Thank you." The servant deliberately paid a few extra copper coins when paying.

After getting into the car, the waiter brought two separate packages of quail and rabbit meat, "Princess, it's quail and rabbit meat."

Princess Yiguo, who had been greedy for a long time, frowned when she heard that it was rabbit meat and said, "Daddy once took me to Genyue, the rabbit there is so cute, how can I eat it?"

"..." The servant was helpless, so he opened the oiled paper and presented it to the princess, "The princess mainly doesn't like me, so I gave it to Xiaoyun and the others."

The smell of barbecue wafted through her nostrils, and Princess Yiguo couldn't help but stare at the golden meat baked in the oil paper, "Then... I'll eat small pieces."

Nearly two quarters of an hour after the carriage left, another car stopped, and a young woman dressed as a maid got out of the car.

The shopkeeper saw the acquaintance and was busy answering, "Did Miss Cao go to school again today?"

"No," the maid shook her head, looking at the meat on the grill, "Miss Qin, do you have any more rabbit meat? The lady is delayed due to something today, so I hope you are not late."

"Hey, today is really a coincidence. If you arrive a quarter of an hour earlier, the hare meat is all sold out today, and there are still some quail left, do you think?"

The maid raised her brows, "Then just buy a quail, the meat should be finely chopped."

"okay."

The maid took the wrapped meat to the cart, "The lady said that the rabbit meat is sold out and only quail is left."

Cao Shuyao raised her hand to pick up a bamboo stick, took a bite, then took out a handkerchief and raised her hand to cover it up and spit it out.

"Does the girl find it unpalatable?"

Cao Shuyao shook her head and said, "Maybe I don't like the smell."

The carriage passed Madao Street to Siqiao in Tianshui Lane. The oil paper bag wrapped in rabbit meat in the waiter's left hand was already empty, while the bag of quail meat in his right hand was still full.

"The princess also said that she only ate a small piece, but the whole one was gone in the blink of an eye."

"Isn't that because... I'm hungry?" Princess Yiguo looked at the bottom of the rabbit meat and picked up a piece of quail meat skewered on a bamboo stick. Yes, this is not tasty."

After spitting it back into the empty oil paper, the waiter said: "This is the last hare, the princess wants to eat it until tomorrow."

"I'm full, next time I'll buy some and bring them to the palace for my parents and grandma to taste, as well as Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess."

Not long after the Southern Suburb offered sacrifices to heaven, the emperor fell ill. Whenever he was ill, he was never allowed to be seen by the medical officer in the house. For decades, the only person who could get close to the emperor was Sun Hongda, the imperial medical officer. Entering the inner court, the degree of favor is the first among the envoys of the Medical Officers' Academy and the House of Representatives.

After falling ill, the emperor moved from the Kunning Hall to the Funing Hall, and all the meetings with ministers in the inner court were held in the Funing Hall.

——The eighth day of December——

The young woman who is about to reach the age of Ji is sitting in front of the bronze mirror, holding a fine brush with rouge in her hand.

The maid came into the room carrying a wooden tray with a porcelain bowl, "Miss, the Laba porridge is ready."

"Did you send it to your mother?"

"The first bowl that was boiled was sent to the eldest lady."

"Thanks a lot."

Seeing the master dressing up, the maid put the porridge aside, "Miss is so beautifully dressed, are you going to watch the lights at Baolu Palace outside Jinglongmen tonight?"

"It's there every year, what's so interesting about it."

"It's not yet the Chinese New Year, only the Jinglongmen area will meet, and I heard that there will be many young men."

"Oh, so it's Ah Ci who wants Mr. Lang?" Cao Shuyao continued to look at the bronze mirror.

The maid then knelt down beside the master and shook her head, "Ah Ci doesn't want to. Ah Ci is willing to follow the girl all the time. Wherever the girl goes, Aci will go."

Cao Shuyao put down her pen and looked sideways at the female envoy, with neither joy nor sorrow on her face, "If you go to Da Nei, will you follow?"

The maid was stunned for a while, then Cao Shuyao said again: "Do you know that place is like a prison cage, once you go in, you can't get out again."

The female envoy raised her slender eyebrows, "Miss, are you going to Ouchi?"

"It's just an example."

——Boom! ——

The family boy walked to the door and knocked on it easily, "Girl, there are monks and nuns outside the door who come to beg for alms. They come every year. The master asked if they should be sent away."

"Send them away for what?" The woman stood up and walked to the door, "The person didn't come to make trouble, neither stole nor robbed, and the kitchen just made some porridge, and brought some steamed buns and buns. "

"Yes."

There are two bhikkhunis and three bhikkhus in front of the gate of Cao's house. The head is an older bhikkhuni, followed by Bibi holding a pot in his hand. Inside the pot is a bottle soaked in perfume. The golden statue of Buddha, the elder bhikkhuni took willow branches dipped in the perfume in the basin and sprinkled it on the Buddha statue. While waiting, he kept chanting Buddhist scriptures, "...I know that Prajna Paramita is a great mantra, It is the great Ming mantra, the supreme mantra, the incomparable mantra, which can eliminate all suffering, true and true..."

Cao Shuyao led a few female envoys out from the second gate to the main gate, folded his palms and bowed slightly, "I've kept you elders waiting for a long time."

"The benefactor has a compassionate heart," the bhikkhuni looked up at Cao Shuyao carefully, "he must have a long life, and there will be a girl in your house, and it will be even more glorious in the future."

Cao Shuyao joined hands again and bowed, "Shu Yao doesn't plan to become an official."

Afterwards, the bhikkhuni did not continue to speak, and after several thanks, he took his disciples to beg for alms and left.

——Jinglongmen Baolu Palace——

It was night, when thousands of lanterns were lit in Baolu Palace, the gardens and well pavilions were covered with lanterns of all kinds, the whole street was lit with lanterns outside the shops facing the street, and there were shouting vendors and jugglers on the wide road. Among the people who came and went were caravans from foreign countries and envoys from the state of Zhou. Apart from different costumes, their facial features were also different.

"What does the princess think of the lights in this garden?"

Princess Yiguo changed her clothes and rode on the horse. Looking at the person leading the horse, she shook her head, "It's not as good as it was at the Lantern Festival in Shangyuan, when there were fireworks."

There are quite a few boys and girls in the garden. Since the women's department was established, some female officials have advocated that they don't need to wear a hat when going out, but most of them keep a certain distance to talk.

"Isn't this Xiao Yanei? Why did someone lead the horse?"

"Who is that young man sitting on the horse? He is so handsome."

Xiao Yangui grew up in the capital. She was intelligent when she was young, but like her father, she was very playful at least sometimes and refused to enter the Imperial College.

Princess Yiguo covered her mouth with a smile and said, "They all said you, the majestic and handsome Ya Nei is leading a horse."

"They don't care about Yan Gui's happiness."

"Sir said that the son-in-law was first to lead the horse for the emperor, and then he became the prince of the princess."

"My eldest princess, you should go around Yangui."

"Hmph, I was just joking. Both the crown prince and the prince can accept concubines, so I don't want to hire a son-in-law."

"Could it be that the princess still wants to marry a concubine?"

"No, if I do this, the group of ministers will definitely do this," Princess Yiguo imitated the group of civil servants while sitting upright, "how can it be decent for a dignified princess to do such a thing that violates human ethics? , It's really insulting to the gentleman, and the world is going down." Then she covered her mouth and couldn't hold back her laughter, and Xiao Yangui and the servants and guards who followed behind her were also amused by her.

"No wonder my uncle likes the princess so much. I'm sure I'll be happy every day with the princess."

Listening to this, the smile on Princess Yiguo's face slowly dissipated, "It used to be, but it has changed since Daddy's birthday last year. I have never seen Daddy smile again. Daddy even treats Mother differently. .”

Princess Yiguo's brows became deeper and deeper, "They say that people will be confused when they are old, and the emperor is the same. I saw my father's serious illness and aged a lot overnight. I don't know why, that place is so unpleasant. , Daddy had a minor illness a while ago and moved out of Kunning Hall. In the past, Imperial Physician Sun only asked for pulse every half a month, but these years, Imperial Physician Sun would come to the inner court almost every three or two days..."

Xiao Yangui led the horse to a halt, turned around and looked up at Princess Yiguo, "Princess, the heavens will not take away the Holy Lord easily, and the official family will get better."

Princess Yiguo held the reins, looked up at the bright moon above her head, and was gradually covered by dark clouds blown by the wind, "What should I do if I lose my father?"

"No, even if..." Xiao Yan stopped talking, "The princess still has the empress, there is the crown prince, there is the eldest princess, there is uncle, and I."

Princess Yiguo got off her horse, "I won't accompany you around the lantern festival tonight."

Seeing this, the servant turned around and brought the carriage that had been following all along, Xiao Yangui led the horse and turned around and asked, "Where is the princess going?"

"I'll go to Da Nei to see Daddy."

After Princess Yiguo left, the family boy stepped forward, "Your Majesty, shall we go back too?"

Xiao Yangui stepped on the horse and leaned over to touch the horse's neck, "Daddy will allow me to participate in the martial arts after I get the crown, and then I will ride you to fight for the officials..."

Unexpectedly, the usually docile horse suddenly went crazy after being replaced, and Xiao Yangui ran away unprepared, "Get out of the way!" A carriage slowly drove out from the alley, and when it was about to hit it, the driver hurriedly pulled it away. The reins made the horse turn to the right, and the cart knocked over a small stall selling hot drinks.

Xiao Yangui jumped off the horse and controlled the horse with all her strength, "You bastard, if you don't obey me, I'll break your leg!" The exhausted horse collapsed on the street and foamed at the mouth.

The car body shook violently and the two women sitting inside were thrown out of their seats. The maid hurriedly helped the master up, "Is everything alright, girl?"

Cao Shuyao didn't show panic in her eyes, but felt strange and unlucky, "Why do I always encounter such things when I go out?"

The female envoy helped Cao Shuyao out of the carriage and saw a horse collapsed on the ground. She thought it was someone who had fallen while riding a horse, so she got out of the carriage and asked the man whose back was facing him, "Is everything all right, my lord?"

Xiao Yangui turned around and was amazed by the person in front of her. Seeing this, the female envoy stepped forward and blocked the master behind, "Why are you staring at a little lady like this?"

"Ah Ci, don't be rude."

"My Xiao family's name is Yangui, just now the mount was frightened and ran into the little lady, please forgive me."

"Let me tell you, you ladies and gentlemen," the vendor owner stepped forward, "I have a stall here, and all the good business has been ruined by you."

"Old man, I will compensate you for your stall."

"The girl is obviously her..."

"take money."

"Oh." The maid reluctantly took out her purse.

Several house boys ran forward panting all the way, "Lang...Lang Jun, are you hurt?"

Xiao Yangui gently pushed them away, "I'm fine."

"Swallows and swallows are flying, but they are not as good as their feathers; the son is returning home, and he is sent away to the wild. With a good name, the parents of the son should love the son very much."

"This is the name given by the government..."

"I made you talk?" Xiao Yangui scolded.

"Xiao..." Cao Shuyao raised his eyes, and immediately said with a blessing, "So he is the eldest son of the Duke of Huaiyang." Today's Xiao family is not only a powerful official with a heavy army, but also the most distinguished relative in Tokyo City.

"Hey, what is the eldest son, I don't want to rely on my family background to be judged by others. In the future, I will definitely rely on myself to be appointed as a marquis."

"Then I wish Ya Nei can get what he wants in the future." Cao Shuyao turned around to get into the car.

Xiao Yangui said with some reluctance: "Miss, you haven't told me your name yet?"

"It's a small family, it's not enough to talk about it."

Seeing that she seemed unwilling, Xiao Yangui didn't force her, and said to the rear of the car that was about to leave: "The girl's conversation must not be small, I believe we will meet again."

The female envoy looked at the master with some puzzlement, "Why does the girl say that she is a small family, and the family background of the master and the eldest lady can be regarded as one of the best in Tokyo City."

"I told him what to do. I just saw the look in his eyes. If he went back and told his parents to send someone to propose a marriage, how would the Cao family respond?"

"The girl doesn't like to come back."

Cao Shuyao closed her eyes and shook her head, "Their family is not ordinary dignitaries, rich and powerful, but power and nobility are different."

The female envoy still twisted her eyebrows, "I don't understand."

"This capital city is like a thousand-year-old tree, supported by a trunk like an imperial city. Under the big tree, there are intertwined roots. Only when the rhizomes prosper, will the fruit on the tree be sweet, but it is not a good thing if there are too many fruits. It’s a good thing, so smart fruit growers will get rid of some bad ones, but ah, the tree is a whole, and they can’t do without each other.”

The female envoy raised her hand and touched her cheek, "Young lady's words are getting more and more profound..."

Cao Shuyao raised the curtain of the car, and the passing gardens were filled with lanterns, "One light will spread all the lights, and eventually all lights will be bright."