The King of Qin, Prime Minister Jin, Prime Minister Wei and others discussed the matter of celebrating the victory and came out. They returned to the palace and entered the second gate. Lu Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Years ago, the empress called me over and asked the ninth lady."

King Qin suddenly stopped in his steps, "Why are you asking her? That time at the Xiangguo Temple, did Aniang really want to see Axia?"

"It seems so." Lu Yi lowered her head and didn't look at Prince Qin. "The Queen asked very carefully. When did the Prince first see the Ninth Lady, where was she, and what was the situation at that time. After asking for half an hour, I said

When I came out, I asked Huang Daban why the Queen Mother remembered to ask about Ninth Lady. Huang Daban said, "

Lu Yi raised his head and glanced at King Qin who was listening attentively.

"On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, the Jiu Niangzi sisters, Mrs. Huo and Xu Huan went to Dule Gang to enjoy the moon. Jiang Yanshi rushed over and played the flute for Jiu Niangzi."

King Qin's face turned slightly green.

"After I came back, I asked Mrs. Ruan to find out what the Sixth Lady said. The Sixth Lady didn't even know what happened on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, Madam Ruan said that before the Spring Festival, Mrs. Yan once gossiped with her about the time when Axia was beaten.

Jiang Yanshi personally picked out many things and sent them over, including a jianzhan. Jiang Yanshi attached a piece of paper saying that he got two in total, one to keep for himself and one to give to Ninth Lady to enjoy."

Lu Yi glanced at King Qin's face.

King Qin's face seemed calmer than before. He clasped his hands behind his back, said nothing, and just strode forward.

It wasn't until he entered the study courtyard that King Qin stood at the door of the upper room, bowed his head for a long time, and then looked at Lu Yi, "I know what you mean, and I probably mean the same thing as you. You said once that worldly affairs

It's difficult, but if you can have someone who likes and understands you and can accompany you every day, it won't be too difficult. This is what I have said."

Lu Yi looked at King Qin silently.

"A-Xia was very sensible and smart when she was very young. I regarded her as my sister, but I didn't regard her as my younger sister." King Qin paused for a long time before continuing: "In the past few years, I have often thought about it.

Weigh up what I can give and what I can't give. A-Xia just can't give it. I can't let her get hurt. I can't give it up."

Lu Yi opened his mouth, but swallowed it back.

"What we are doing and what will happen in the future is very difficult. You, me, and Zhu Yuan all know how difficult it is. How successful do you think it is?" King Qin looked at Lu Yi.

Lu Yi avoided King Qin's gaze, "This is a matter of destiny..."

"You and I both know it well. It's a good idea. Let's think about the best. It's one in a hundred. This year is the emperor's 40th birthday. I don't know how many years will be difficult in the future, or..." King Qin didn't say the next words.

Exit, or blood will flow all over the house.

"I can't bear to drag her in. She is so smart. She looks at you as if she has seen through everything. She is smarter than Ruan, much smarter. I can't drag her into this crisis. I hope she will be safe and happy throughout her life.

I have been like this all my life, having fun and wandering around every day, and getting into trouble every now and then. The biggest worry is just what to do if I get into trouble and my elders get angry. There is no need to worry about it, no need to be frightened, and no blood on my hands."

King Qin's voice became lower and lower, reaching the level of the dust.

"What if she marries Jiang Yanshi?" Lu Yi looked at King Qin.

"What do you mean, grandma?" King Qin looked at Lu Yi.

"I can't see it." Lu Yi met King Qin's gaze and said frankly that even if he could see what the Queen Mother meant, it was what the Queen Mother wanted him to see. "However, when Huang Daban asked, he said that the Queen Mother at least wanted you to know.

Jiang Yanshi’s thoughts.”

"I told A-Xia that Jiang Yanshi is not suitable. She can understand what I mean. Xiao Gu is the best. When will the marriage between the Seventh Lady and Tang Jiaxian be settled?"

"It's the end of April or the beginning of May." Lu Yi answered quickly.

"This war will not be fought until the end of autumn at the earliest. I have said that it will be in or out of the year. It will be decided before the end of the year." King Qin lowered his eyes and looked at the light and shadow of the lantern under the steps. He was the one who initiated the Gu family until now.

The best choice is that Xiao Gu loves beauties too much...forget it, nothing is perfect.

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This year's Shangyuan Festival, due to the two great victories, was indescribably lively. The emperor was in a very good mood, and gave instructions several times to be lively and festive. Zheng Zhiyuan, the Minister of Rites, who was in charge of all matters for this year's Shangyuan Festival, naturally wanted to

After trying all his best, early in the morning, the whole city was already bustling with activity.

Ruan Shiqi had said a few days ago that he had something to discuss with Liu Niangzi on the Lantern Festival. Li Wenshan said rudely that he had to accompany Tang Jiarui to look at the lanterns. Xu Huan insisted that he would learn literature on the Lantern Festival.

Although Guo Sheng said he was idle, he was an outsider after all, and it was not appropriate to accompany sisters Li Xia and Li Wennan alone.

On this Lantern Festival, Li Xia and Li Wennan were very obedient and didn't even ask to go out and stroll around the streets. Mrs. Yan was extremely satisfied. These two children were sensible when they should be.

When Li Wenlan heard that her uncle was going to learn poetry, she came up to him and said that he had to take him with him to learn how to write, when Guo Sheng grabbed him and asked him to take him to Daxiangguo Temple to see poetry lanterns, and it would be best to write some more poems.

Uncle Yongning's residence did not have the habit of setting up lamp sheds. Of course, there was no place for them to set up lamp sheds on Yu Street. Every year, Mrs. Yan went to Yan's lamp shed to chat with her sister-in-law and spend the night relaxing.

This year Mrs. Yan went to the Yan family lamp shed as usual. Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Huo were invited to the Lu family lamp shed by Mrs. Ruan. Naturally, Li Xia and Li Wennan wanted to follow Mrs. Huo. As for the eighth lady Li Wenmei, the second wife said she was sick.

The eighth sister has to serve soup and medicine, and filial piety is not as important as the big things.

Mrs. Xu accompanied Mrs. Huo and took Li Xia and Li Wennan to the Lu family lamp shed. After a short while, Mrs. Ruan glanced at Li Xia and Li Wennan, who were lying head to head on the railing of the lamp shed, watching the excitement happily.

, and I would look at the hourglass from time to time, becoming more and more absent-minded.

Mrs. Xu watched the vaudevilles passing by in front of the lamphouse. She was so dazzled by the lanterns and colorful knots that she couldn't care about anything else. Old Mrs. Huo glanced at the restless Mrs. Ruan and was hesitating whether to ask. Mrs. Ruan joined in first.

Came over.

"Old lady, um..." Mrs. Ruan's words were stuck in her mouth, and it was difficult to say the words. "The general said... I have a few important words to talk to Axia, um..."

"I understand." Mrs. Huo patted Mrs. Ruan's hand and signaled that she didn't need to say anything. She understood, "Go there now? Or come here?"

"It's in the past. It can be done now or later. It's over there." Mrs. Ruan breathed a long sigh of relief and pursed her lips towards the front of the Royal Street. The lamp shed of Prince Qin's Mansion was set up closest.

Xuandemen place.

"I understand." Old Mrs. Huo stretched her head and glanced in the direction indicated by Mrs. Ruan. She was too far away, and she only saw a bright light.

Mrs. Huo sat down and drank half a cup of tea, then waved to Li Wennan, "Sister Nan, come here."

Li Wennan tiptoed and jumped over in two steps, "Grandma."

"My great-grandma is sitting here, it's really boring. How about you accompany your great-grandma to the Tang family's lamp shed to have a look. If your great-grandmother is here, your great-grandma will talk to her. If she's not here, let's come back.

Can’t do it?”

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Li Wennan nodded quickly and waved to call Li Xia. Halfway up, Mrs. Huo pushed her hand back, "Let Axia stay here with your Ruan sister... Oh, I can't call you sister anymore.

Let them talk, we are all leaving, Sister Yu is going to be bored."

Li Wennan was a little hesitant, but Mrs. Xu smiled, waved to Li Wennan and said with a smile: "Just take your great-grandmother with you, and let Axia talk to Sister Yu. If you are happy, just stay a little longer, talk, and go out

It’s okay to go shopping, but you just need to bring a few more people.”

Grandma is going to take Sister Nan to talk to brother Tang. This is a thoughtful idea of ​​Grandma. She wants to talk more before they get engaged, just in case they can't talk together, or they start to quarrel when they meet.

It's still too late... It would be a pity if that were the case...

For a while, Mrs. Xu thought a lot...

Li Xia glanced at Mrs. Ruan and waved to Li Wennan, indicating that she could just go.

Li Wennan looked from Mrs. Xu's obviously uncomfortable smile to Li Xia's waving hands, pouted and snorted, supported Mrs. Huo, and muttered as she walked out: "

Don’t think I don’t know... Grandma, you really do... Grandma loves me the most."

Mrs. Huo smiled as she went downstairs, "This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, but not for Sister Nan."

"I know, I know." Li Wennan kept laughing.

Watching Li Wennan and Mrs. Huo go downstairs, Mrs. Ruan sipped half a cup of tea, moved closer to Li Xia who was sitting next to her and watching the excitement on the street, and whispered: "The general said, I have something to tell you.

, it’s quite important, can you go downstairs and take a look?”

Li Xia laughed, stood up, and nuzzled at Mrs. Xu, "If you come back late, just tell my mother that I have already gone back."

Mrs. Ruan responded with a smile, Li Xia waved to Duan Yan, and they went downstairs together.

Downstairs, Cheng Ying saw Li Xia, hurriedly took a few steps to greet him, leaned over and said with a smile: "Hello, girl, there are too many people, even the car and sedan can't move, so we have to walk over."
Chapter completed!