On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, two words were missing in the almanac: "Sleepless".

The weather here in Yonganjing is still fine in the morning, and it is not cold for several days.There was a gust of wind covering the sky at noon, and heavy snow fell suddenly in the afternoon.Those refugees and beggars disappeared all of a sudden, as if they disappeared out of thin air.Apart from those who hurried home, there were only charcoal and firewood sellers left on the street.Those from good families prepared charcoal early, and quickly burned the kang, and the whole family huddled on the kang wrapped in quilts.

Li Zhilian endured these days and finally died in the snow.

When Emperor Kailong heard about it, he just nodded and didn't speak.Just as the little eunuch who sent the message was about to leave, Emperor Kailong whispered: "Tell the Queen Mother. A sister and brother will cry after all."

Song Lian raised his eyebrows and cried, which meant that he was only allowed to cry in private, and nothing else was allowed. "Then... Concubine Li." Song Lian couldn't help asking.

Emperor Kailong turned his head and glanced at Song Lian, no joy or anger could be seen on his face.

Song Lian suddenly woke up, bowed quickly, and stopped talking.

Maybe it was because it was late at night that he was confused.Li Zhilian's case involved too much, even the queen mother and the third prince were involved.The emperor can behead the dereliction of duty officials, and even abolish the third prince, but he can't investigate the empress dowager no matter what.For an emperor, his mother committed a capital crime with his son, and if it spreads, it is a great loss of virtue.The loser is not others, but the emperor.

Therefore, this case cannot be further investigated, and Li Zhilian must die.As early as a month ago, news spread that Li Zhilian committed suicide in prison in fear of crime.

Emperor Kailong met the queen mother and said that Li Zhilian had to "die" to protect the queen mother.When the queen mother heard that Li Zhilian had died, she was relieved.I also heard that Li Zhilian was alive, but

At that time, Li Zhilian was pouring things out of Yuan Yi's hands. Every time he confessed to a crime, the emperor hated him a little, and Yuan Yi would also be ruthless.It's a pity that Li Zhilian beat Xiao Jinyi Yushi, and he didn't get a finger when he was the most mischievous. When he arrived in Zhao Prison, he thought it was like going to hell on the [-]th floor.But in Yuan Yi's hands, he realized that those punishments in Zhao Prison were just to cure an itchy skin.

Li Zhilian was "dead", the case was closed, and what should be executed was terminated, and a new person was filled in the vacated seat.

The end of the year is approaching, and every household is starting to prepare new year's goods. Those with relatives outside Beijing will give those rare things from other places to their colleagues when they are on duty. The officials of the six departments are all smiling and happy.

So much so that now when Song Lian first heard that Li Zhilian had died again, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed, only to realize that he had said something wrong after being glanced at by Emperor Kailong.

The emperor only said to make the empress dowager cry, not the concubine Li, so whether or not the concubine Li should know, and how she should know, is none of his business.

What Song Lian didn't know was that when it was rumored that Li Zhilian had died, Concubine Li had already cried several times behind everyone's back.As for the fact that Li Zhilian was still alive at that time, those who knew it kept it from her.

It was night, and Concubine Li saw her old father again in her dream.

The old father returned to his youthful appearance, and came back from the outside, carrying a mynah. "This bird can speak auspicious words!" My father squatted in front of him before he had time to change into his regular clothes, with a thin layer of sweat on his nose and crooked eyes, "My second Miss Li, your body is Kangtai, everything well!"

Mynah then shouted "Your body is healthy, everything is going well!" over and over again.Extremely noisy.

That mynah is dark and not pretty at all.Princess Zhaoxia in the palace has a parrot, which is good-looking and can talk, that is a good bird.

The black-painted mynah kept calling, "Everything is going well, everything is going well..." Concubine Li waved her hand and was about to hit it, but she woke up with a start.

After waking up, she forgot for a moment that she was already in her forties, and she still thought she was in her boudoir.Smelling the faint sandalwood in the room, suddenly thinking of his current situation, he couldn't help feeling sad and wept bitterly.The maid who brought her from her mother's house quickly stepped forward and covered her mouth, "Your Majesty, please keep your voice down! It's not good to be heard."

Concubine Li was so sad that she couldn't help herself, biting the handkerchief in her mouth, and shaking on the quilt.The palace maid was so frightened that she hurried forward to straighten her clenched hand, and rubbed her palm vigorously.While rubbing, he bit his lips tightly and tears fell like rain.In this deep palace, the two master and servant seemed to have wept all their tears for a lifetime, but they also knew that there would be other hardships waiting for them at dawn.

At this time, Emperor Kailong was still reviewing papers, Song Lian boldly said four times, "It's getting late, the emperor should rest for a while".Song Lian went to fetch soothing tea, looked at the outer window, and saw the faint blue light seeping in through the oiled paper.Song Lian frowned and said: "It's almost dawn, Your Majesty, the dragon's body is important!"

Emperor Kailong got annoyed and threw the cold bird's nest on the ground.But after smashing it, I regretted it.Just now Liubaili urgently said that the four prefectures and counties near Liangzhou were hit by snowstorms and needed money for disaster relief.

At the end of the year, reward courtiers and nobles, reward wives and noble daughters, reward border officers and soldiers, worship heaven and ancestors, and ask for money everywhere.Seeing Song Lian and the others cleaning up the bird's nests on the ground, Emperor Kailong felt very heartbroken.The things in the palace are especially expensive, which is really a crime.

"Song Lian." Emperor Kai Long closed his eyes and rubbed the space between his brows.

Song Lian hurried forward to beat his back and pinch his neck while he was putting down his pen.

"This bird's nest, don't use it these days. Tell the queen to mention frugality and save some money for disaster relief in Liangzhou."

Song Lian wanted to persuade a few more words, but saw Emperor Kailong wave his hand.So he bowed down to accept the decree.

After finally waiting for Emperor Kailong to sleep, it was almost dawn.There is no court meeting today, and Hu Zhengqing is coming at Chenshi.Song Lian looked at it and found out that the emperor could only sleep for less than two hours.

He ordered the judge of the Imperial Hospital to ask for Ping An's pulse at noon, and urged them to make refreshing soup, and Song Lian was also going to slack off for a while.A young eunuch came in at the door, Song Lian went to see it, it turned out to be Yuan Yi.

Song Lian led Yuan Yi to the outside, Yuan said in a low voice, "The third prince and the princess are going to the northern border this time, I'm afraid it will not be peaceful."

"The emperor hasn't slept all night." Song Lian looked embarrassed.

"Oh, it's not urgent at this moment. I'll come over after lunch."

"The emperor will take a short break after lunch, so you can come here at the next hour."

Sending Yuan Yi away, Song Lian returned to the inner room, Emperor Kailong asked, "Who is it?"

"It's Yuan Yi. It's about the third prince and princess going to northern Xinjiang."

Emperor Kailong hummed and stopped talking.

Song Lian was also very tired and soon fell asleep.Half asleep and half awake, it seemed that Emperor Kailong asked: "Song Lian, you said——I asked Cheng An to go to the northern border, did I do something wrong?"

Song Lian got up excitedly, but saw that Emperor Kailong still had his eyes closed.Song Lian laughed at himself as he was getting old, he not only slept less but also slept well.

That night, the second prince's mansion was full of chaos, Jing He came to stay at home for a while, and was originally scheduled to go back in the afternoon.But when the weather changed in the afternoon, Gu Feng proposed to let them play for another day.

When it was snowing, Jinghe and Doumiao were laughing and refusing to sleep.Yin Qing and Gu Feng were tortured so badly that they simply drove them to the front yard and told them to keep an eye on them so they don't bump into each other, and let them do the rest.

There was a charcoal basin in the room, and Gu Feng opened the window for fear of being stuffy, but the bean sprouts caught cold and hiccupped non-stop.Xu was uncomfortable and cried in anger.The servants in the palace made a big fuss and called the imperial physician. After seeing it, the imperial physician said that he needed to give an injection, and asked Gu Fengke to politely invite him out. He just caught a cold, so he took off his clothes and gave the injection. After crying and sweating, If you don't have any illness, you will have to toss about any illness.

So he walked back and forth with the bean sprouts in his arms, followed by two nannies waiting to pick up the child with half-open arms.It was easy to lull him to sleep.

At the beginning of Zishi, the second prince received a letter from Gu Cheng. After the two of them read it, they asked Li Chun to report it to Uncle Yuan immediately.

After Lichun left for more than an hour, Uncle Yuan came to the second prince's residence in person.

Gu Feng ordered to go down, make some refreshing soup and send it to the study.The three chatted in the study until dawn.

The ostentation put on by Pingcheng to welcome the princess has not yet been dismantled, and the silk and satin rattle in the cold wind.The princess stood outside the main room of the general's mansion, the moonlight was hazy, and she could vaguely see the meaning that the sky was like a dome.Unlike Yonganjing, which is always square and square, everything seems to have rules.

Even days are.

When we arrived in northern Xinjiang, everything became wild again.So charming.

"Princess." Qingyue held the princess seal in her hand. "Nurse Ma asked you to use Baoyin to invite Old Master Gu back to his residence."

Princess Cheng'an didn't speak, but just looked at Qingyue fixedly, until Qingyue lowered her head.She said quietly: "Why bother, if the mountain doesn't come, it's me, I can go to the mountain. And I want to go to Shantang early in the morning to have a look."

"Princess!" Qingyue let Mama Mama chatter all afternoon, and now her mind was full of children. "Don't worry about those children who have no parents, it's a serious matter to find Mr. An first!"

"I am Mrs. An Guo's wife." The princess's voice was slow and firm. "An Guogong is the lord of Pingcheng and Chuicheng, and I am the mistress of these two cities." Princess Cheng'an looked at the moon, and the moon was shining and soft. "Those children who lost their mothers, from now on, I will be their support."

Qingyue wanted to say something, but was stopped by the princess raising her hand.

Gu Shi, who was far away in northern Xinjiang, drank a lot of wine, half-lyed on an unloaded cart, and sang a northern barbarian song that others could not understand.

Lu Chen walked to his side, took the wine bag from his hand, opened it and took a few sips hard. "Don't think about it, since it's so difficult, why don't you just have a child with the princess."

"Hmph..." Gu Shi glared at him: "Don't think I don't know, if I really have something to do with the princess, you will disappear in a blink of an eye!"

"You've already lived with the princess, what am I doing here?"

"What is it? What do you mean? My two sons came out of your stomach. What do you think you are? Besides, haven't I seen her?"

"Isn't it useful to be absent for a day and a half? Today is a ready-made reason. What about tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? You can hide from the monk but not from the temple! You can hide past the first day of the junior high school but not the fifteenth day!"

"Then what do you say?"

Lu Chen slammed the wine bag to the ground, turned and left.what can he doWhat should he do?What does he want to do?He didn't know anything, he only knew that his youngest son had brought the princess with him, and brought the imperial decree to let the princess have a child with old man Gu.

It's like a blunt knife piercing my heart, it hurts, and the air leaks.

The third prince stood three dead soldiers at the door of the bedroom of Gu's Fucheng.

Li Zan told the third prince that a total of seven soldiers were trained with all the efforts of the Li family. In the past, three died one after another, and one was lost on the ship from Yonganjing to Suizhou. Now there are only three left, all of which are given to His Highness.

The third prince was rubbing the Buddhist beads in his hand, looking at the three dead men, his eyes were calm, and he didn't have much trust in his heart.This is the dead man of the Li family, not the Yin family.Their master is Li Zan, and then Li Zhilian.Li Zhilian violated the law and did too many things in his own name, even Li Zanbao was not complete.At this moment Li Zan led these people over, what is the purpose of Li Zan still needs to be considered slowly.

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But now that the situation is critical, Yin Duo feels that he has become blind here, and he really needs these pairs of eyes.

Yin Duo thought for a while, and gave the three dead men an order to keep an eye on Gu Shi and see who Gu Shi was in contact with, but when they met in a sneaky way, they still had to avoid people?

One stared at the dark guard.No matter which hidden guard it is, you must know what the emperor's hidden guard is doing in northern Xinjiang.

The third dead man, Yin Duo described Lu Chen's figure and appearance to him in detail, and said that there was probably such a person beside Gu Shi, so he must find it and keep an eye on it.

In the end, Yin Duo said to the three dead men that for the present plan, they must first find out the details of each other, so they can only follow in secret, and don't let them find out.It would be better to lose the follower than to startle the snake.

"You guys go down. Come tomorrow morning." Li Zan waved the dead man back.

When Yin Duo heard this, his eyes were sharp for a moment, then they were slowly closed, and he let out a breath.

After the dead soldiers had left, Li Zan took out a small bottle and said, "Your Highness, this is the medicine used to train the dead soldiers. You must keep it safe. It's important. It's important. Give each of them one pill every month. I have only one pill by my side. There are so many, I will bring you all the things at home when I return to Beijing."

Yin Duo took the medicine, said a few more words to Li Zan perfunctorily, and sent him away.

Hua Xun put away all the used tea sets on the table, and tried to admonish the third prince a few times, Li Zan is not trustworthy.After thinking about it, he finally said nothing.His Highness obviously believed in Li Zanyou Shengxin himself, and such words were even more unspeakable.

But he didn't notice Yin Duo's eyes looking at him behind him.

On the morning of the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, the princess led a group of people to the Shantang.All the uneaten animals rewarded by the palace were given to Shantang.

The steward of Shantang is a half acquaintance, Li Sihai's younger brother, Li Wuyue.

Li Sihai is a counselor, but he was born with five big three rough holes and strong arms.Li Wuyue, on the other hand, is thin and thin, with a goatee and a shrewd look in his eyes.

When Li Wuyue saw the princess coming, he quickly forced a smile on his face, and ordered to go down and prepare for the slaughter of cattle and sheep.

The princess had already planned it out, and before she was seated, a female officer had already stepped forward to explain that she would not have lunch at the Shantang, so there was no need to waste money.The rewarded animals are domesticated and grazed by the children of Shantang, and they cannot eat until they are old.Given time, it will naturally thrive, enough to support the children of Shantang.It can be regarded as not wasting the emperor and the empress dowager's love for these children.

Li Wuyue saw that the princess didn't pay much attention to ostentation and only had a good name, so he had a high opinion of the princess in his heart.It's just that the better the princess is, the more panicked he feels.No wonder my elder brother closed the door to welcome the Second Young Master and his party not long ago and got angry for a while. It turned out that this was the crux of the problem.

Princess Cheng'an didn't know the tortuous thoughts in Li Wuyue's heart. After carefully looking at the shantangs, she combined the shantangs and temples she had seen in Yonganjing, and Miss Liu Jiaqi told herself about it. The "Sponsorship Agency" of the "Sponsorship Agency", after careful consideration, spoke out his own ideas.

These children grow up safely with enough food and clothing, and they are not finished.What Shantang should really do is to teach these children the ability to live and work in peace.When they grow up, let them leave the shantang to find a job, start a family and start a business by themselves.As the princess said, seeing Li Wuyue nodding repeatedly, she took out the article written by Miss Liu Qi and handed it to Li Wuyue.

Li Wuyue stood on the spot, thought for a while and said, "Caomin... pick up..."

Qingyue burst out laughing.Princess Cheng An glared at her and mouthed her "naughty".Qingyue was not afraid, she smiled and stepped forward to tease Li Wuyue.

Li Wuyue was not annoyed either, his face blushed seeing Qingyue.Holding the tea, the princess looked at the two in front of her and smiled slightly.

What I have in my hand is not those flowery but boring articles from the court in normal days, nor is it the nonsense that the daughter of the boudoir sits in the well and watches the sky for granted, but the opinions that are really expressed after thinking about them for the children.

The shantang cannot be a place where light is stretched out. It must have its own property to support the children, and the grown-up children should also support the shantang.

Shantang can open its own pastry shop, showroom, and escort agency.Use the older children of Shantang to support the younger children.All the items sold in Shantang's shops have the logo of Shantang, so that the rich ladies know that they are doing good deeds by buying these things.

Shantang not only wants to give the children a bite to eat and a roof to shelter them from the cold, but also teaches them crafts.

Boys can learn hunting, leather making, cooking, and kung fu, and in the future they will form a bodyguard team or stay in the shop of the shantang to work.

Girls can also learn how to make pastries, deliver babies, perform basic female medical skills, and embroider.When I grow up, I can still take care of the children in Shantang.

If I have spare money in the future, I will teach the children how to read and write.

The children who go out of the Shantang will spend a certain amount of time every year when they grow up, and come back to the Shantang to teach the younger children, so that the Shantang can also save a lot of expenses for the husband.

Merchants in Pingcheng accept the children of Shantang as apprentices, and they can exempt part of the tax as appropriate.

Li Wuyue's mind was agitated, and the princess's royal demeanor was really extraordinary, with a broad mind, she should be the mother of Pingcheng!He felt that others were worrying unfoundedly.It is the general's fortune to have such a headed mistress, and it is also the fortune of the people of Pingcheng.

As far as his mind was concerned, Li Wuyue didn't hide it. He got up and saluted the princess on behalf of the orphans of the Shantang, and then talked about what he had seen, heard and felt since he was in charge of the Shantang.Naturally, we talked freely and had a good time talking.

The princess thought about what she had seen along the way, and said: "No matter what the reason is, children who are not wanted can be sent to the charity hall."

But Li Wuyue said: "If someone has too many children or the parents are lazy and don't want to support them, should they also be thrown to the Shantang? If this is the case in every family, the children born will be raised by the Shantang, and they will be raised by the Shantang when they get married and start a business. Take it home to take care of your parents, how should the shantang deal with it?"

The princess froze there. She never thought that this would happen, but what she saw and heard along the way let her know that these things would happen.For a while, I couldn't think of a good way.Fortunately, Li Wuyue quickly brought up the topic that the most philanthropic halls here in northern Xinjiang are those "bastard" children.Most of these children could not be born, and almost all of them were killed by the villagers.Few survived to reach the shantang.

The princess had already heard such words when she rescued Miao Xing. Li Wuyue brought up the old story again, and the princess was not at all impatient.Li Wuyue was different from the Zhenbei Army in the barracks. Among the children in the shantang, he always spoke with a cadence that he hadn't noticed.The same thing he said was very fascinating.Seeing that the princess was fascinated by listening, Li Wuyue became even more excited when he spoke.In one breath, he talked about more than a dozen things that he saw with his own eyes but suffered from various reasons and finally resolved them unsatisfactorily.

Unknowingly it was the end of the hour, Qingyue reminded her, and the princess got up to leave.

Princess Cheng'an returned to the General's Mansion, ate a few mouthfuls of food, then said goodbye to Gu Zhen, and embarked on the road to Chucheng.She wanted to meet Mr. An before the year before, so as to discuss many things about the New Year.

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