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"Mandarin language instruction, from the call to the announcement, my emperor's benevolence and filial piety, I specially ordered Su Xiaoqian, the lord of Qingning County, to enter the palace to accompany the Queen Mother, and to enter Beijing on a certain day, hereby." The yellow imperial decree was handed over to Su Xiaoqian, with a bright smile on his face.Su Xiaoqian took a deep breath to accept the imperial edict, and slowly stood up with the kneeling figures in the hall.

Leaving a servant in the front hall to wait on the group from Lindu, Su Xiaoqian took the little father-in-law into the backyard alone.Qu Liushang, who was sitting at the table with a chess piece on his face, seemed to be very interested in this little father-in-law with red lips and white teeth. His pair of deep eyes kept wandering around him, and Su Xiaoqian was able to lead him directly to the backyard. It seems that this little father-in-law is not simple, it is really interesting.

"Okay, don't think that I won't recognize you if you dress up like this, why don't you take off this outfit quickly, it's an eyesore." Su Xiao squinted at the well-behaved little father-in-law standing on the side, and said in his tone But he couldn't hide his joy.

"Puchi—I can't hide it from Miss Biao if I dress like this. It seems that Jingchu will work harder next time." He smiled embarrassedly at Su Xiaoqian. Rou Piao scattered in the air, she turned out to be a delicate and beautiful woman.

Except for Qu Liushang's expression that I knew, the others were quite surprised.Su Xiao smiled and explained to everyone, "This girl is the personal maid of the imperial cousin. Her name is Jingchu. She grew up with the imperial cousin since she was a child. She is very gentle and soft-tempered on weekdays. She never leaves the imperial lady for even a single step. I don't know why Miss Huang is willing to send you out this time."

The woman named Jingchu saluted everyone with a smile before slowly expressing her intentions, "Princess Princess also wanted to send Jinxi this trip, but Jinxi seems to have other important tasks to do, so she sent me to follow her." Once." After a short pause, Jing Chu continued, "Actually, the eldest princess sent me this time not only because the emperor announced that you will enter the palace to accompany the queen mother, but the princess also ordered me to bring a message."

message?Su Xiaoqian couldn't help squinting her eyes, even if there was anything in the palace, it would usually be sent by a pigeon, or it was an urgent letter, why did she personally use the confidant around the emperor this time, it seems that this matter It is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

"To be honest, what the princess told me to tell Miss Biao this time is precisely the matter of entering the palace. The emperor has turned sixteen this year, so the ministers in the court sent a letter to ask his majesty to consider establishing an empress, but after much consideration, his majesty decided The Empress Dowager ordered you to enter the palace, so the eldest princess thinks that entering the palace this time may be—"

"Maybe it's the emperor's cousin who wants to make me his queen, right?"As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was shocked and suspicious, stand up!

Although the emperor has been in charge of the government in recent years, the queen mother still needs to give advice in handling state affairs. This time, a minister proposed to establish a queen. If it weren't for the acquiescence of his aunt, how could the emperor suddenly think of ordering himself to enter the palace, thinking about this, The corner of Su Xiaoqian's mouth twitched into a sneer, entering the palace and standing as queen, it was really ridiculous.

Gu Qingli, who had been silently following Su Xiaoqian and Jingchu into the Zhuyuan, stood outside the door and heard the news. He felt as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt, and his trembling teeth bit the tip of his tongue.

Hearing Su Xiaoqian uttered this conjecture himself, Jing Chu just frowned and stopped talking. "How can such an important matter as the Empress Dowager be so hasty? The Empress Dowager may really miss you, but the purpose of entering the palace is not to make you a empress." Seeing the solemn atmosphere, Zhuo Qinglian couldn't help feeling a little worried, and wanted to comfort her but I don't know where to start.

"Sloppy? In the eyes of the empress dowager, how can the word sloppy be allowed? This time, a minister proposed to establish a queen. Now looking around, all the concubines in the emperor's harem are gentle and graceful, graceful and graceful, but they are serious taboos. There are a few people who haven't played some tricks, wanting to be the mother of the world, hmph~ I'm afraid they haven't been able to catch the eyes of the Queen Mother so far. And no matter what I say, I am the Queen Mother's niece, and I am a hundred times more reliable than those outsiders. Fan didn't let me enter the palace as the empress, I'm afraid I will be made a concubine to assist the Holy One in the future."

"If you don't want to, then don't go. With Fengminglou protecting you, you won't be able to give up yourself like this," Qu Liushang said coldly, thinking about the royal family and Fengminglou's ten generations. It's not easy for her Qu Liushang to protect herself, unless they, Royal Qi, want to tear themselves apart with Fengminglou.

Su Xiaoqian smoothed her voice and laughed a little calmly, "Aunt Qu, you said, Xiaoqian is satisfied, I naturally believe that Fengminglou's strength can protect me, but Aunt Qu, you can protect me How many times can this time stop the future, since they have such a mind that they may have endless troubles, Xiao Qian has a sense of proportion in this matter, and tomorrow I will set off to return to Lindu with Jingchu."

Seeing that Su Xiaoqian had made up his mind, and everyone was speechless for a while, Fu Shuhua stepped forward and took Su Xiaoqian's hand hanging by his side, and said softly to her, "No matter what decision you make, Xiao and I Lou and the entire Duan family will stand by your side, so don't worry, don't hesitate." It would be a lie to say that you are not moved by their words, Su Xiaoqian felt a warm expression in his heart, The words turned into a faint smile.

After hearing Su Xiaoqian's decision to go to Beijing, Gu Qingli's face was ashen, his whole body seemed to lose his center of gravity in an instant and slipped, his fingertips were deeply buried in the new grass on the ground, why did this happen.

"Hua Chaoyue's night is full of love, who can't bear not to see each other. Since today is Hua Chao, it's getting late, and the guests in the front hall are probably gone. After dinner, we can go out and look around. Anyway, today is also my birthday, so I have the right to accompany me to see the last bustling city of Suzhou, and remember the excitement of this day." Su Xiaoqian smiled purely, hoping that everyone would not be confused by this matter anymore. Things bother you.

The Huachao Festival in Suzhou City was indeed very lively. The group of people who left the mansion were like shuttling through the flow of people. The bustling crowd would disperse a few people from time to time. Looking at Zhuo Qinglian who was disturbed because those rough people took the opportunity to approach, In a fit of anger, Qu Liushang simply went away alone with his arms around Zhuo Qinglian, and the few people who stayed behind looked at each other in blank dismay.

Since it was really inconvenient to move around in one place, Su Xiaoqian directly proposed to split up activities, Fu Shuhua and Duan Xiaolou were in one place, she and Jingchu were together, the six of them were divided into three places for sightseeing, and when they were tired, they would go back home.Fu Shuhua originally wanted to accompany Su Xiaoqian for another walk, but Duan Xiaolou whispered something softly in her ear, and she gave up the idea of ​​accompanying her. It was taken.

"I didn't expect that I grew up so big in Suzhou. It was the first time I came out to watch the city's various scenes and the Flower Festival on my birthday. It's really wonderful." Su Xiaoqian slowed down and looked at the noisy scene On the street, everyone who comes and goes has a festive look on their faces.

"Jingchu has always stayed in the red-walled palace, and seldom visits the folks. It must be the first time I have seen this Suzhou Flower Dynasty today. If you just accompany me to walk around this street, it will be a pity to leave the palace this time. Opportunity, you might as well look around, there are some new things to tell Huang Jie when you go back to the palace, so you don’t need to waste this good time with me.” Hearing what she said, Jing Chu quietly stopped and stood there looking at Su Xiaoqian's background gradually drifted away, Qianqian sighed and walked away in the direction opposite to Su Xiaoqian.

As the night fell, the Lantern Festival was in full swing. Su Xiaoqian stood quietly at a corner of the Lantern Festival, watching those men and women guessing riddles, writing poems, and giving tokens to each other under the lights. For some reason, her vision became blurred and her eyes blurred.

The Luoshui River was much colder and more lonely than the Lantern Festival. Su Xiaoqian sat by the river, watching some lanterns floating by in twos and threes in the water. Leaning lightly on the folded knees, Su Xiaoqian closed her eyes and said coldly, "Gu Qingli, how long do you plan to follow me."