Ding Sifang let go of Ji Lingxue and softened his tone, "That's soft stone, not eggs. You can't hatch chicks. It's very dangerous here. Where do you live? I'll take you back."
He had always felt that there was always a pair of eyes staring at him from behind, and now he finally caught them, but the ending surprised him.
Ji Lingxue blinked her big eyes and said, "Okay, I want to go to the Empress Dowager's Palace. Do you know the way to get there?" As she spoke, she pulled the corner of Latin Sifang's clothes in a natural and familiar manner.
Although Ding Sifang's name sounds very rustic, he is a tough man with standard facial features. Although he does not have the domineering nature of Xiao Yichen, he has the majesty of a general.
"So, you are not the emperor's concubine?" Ding Sifang was surprised. He thought he had run into a concubine who had fallen out of favor and gone crazy. It turned out that he was thinking too much.
Ji Lingxue covered her mouth and laughed, pointed behind Ding Sifang and asked, "Is this where the emperor's concubines live?"
Ding Sifang nodded and said, "Yes, my sister lives in there." He lowered his eyes and his look was a little dim. Being the emperor's concubine and being locked up in this deep palace was really not the way out he wanted for his sister. It was just that it was difficult to disobey the emperor's order. The emperor always liked to marry his subjects to stabilize his position.
"Oh, I thought you also lived in the palace?" Ji Lingxue grinned.
Ding Sifang turned around, calmly pulled his sleeve out of Ji Lingxue's hand, and strode forward, keeping a distance between them.
Ji Lingxue shrugged. Ding Sifang and Xiao Yichen had never gotten along. The only thing was that he had been arranged to be engaged to the Ji family as a child, but Ding Sifang's family encountered misfortune, and Ji Baichuan, who despised the poor and loved the rich, canceled the marriage and married his daughter to the Prince Chen's Mansion.
The heartbroken Ding Sifang went to the border to join the army and fight for military merit. He climbed up by stepping on the corpses of the enemies and finally became a young general. No one knew the hardships. Since he became a general, he has been against Xiao Yichen in everything.
Thinking of some past events, Ji Lingxue slowed down her pace, turned her head to look at Qingluoyuan behind her and sighed.
The two walked forward in silence. Halfway through the walk, Ji Lingxue's heart skipped a beat and she sneezed.
Ding Sifang turned around, glanced at Ji Lingxue and asked, "Are you okay?"
Ji Lingxue shook her head and smiled innocently. She caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in front of her and her eyelids jumped. How did Xiao Yichen come to the palace? !
Hearing the footsteps behind him, Ding Sifang turned around and met Xiao Yichen's thoughtful eyes.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Ding Sifang saluted.
"Why is General Ding also in the palace?" Xiao Yichen frowned, with an expression that looked like he was meeting an enemy on a narrow road and was annoying. He glanced at the back of Ding Sifang and asked, "Who was General Ding talking to just now?"
Ding Sifang turned around and was stunned to find Ji Lingxue no longer behind him.
In the Queen Mother's Palace, Xiao Yimo turned the jade card in his hand, with a meaningful smile on his face, "Mother, my brother is still very nervous about this princess who is being married. You don't have to worry about your concerns."
The Queen Mother sighed, "It would be good if you took away some of his military power in the northwest, so that he can stay in the capital and concentrate on his studies, and give me a grandson."
Xiao Yimo nodded, "It is indeed worrying that my brother has been married for so long but there is no good news about the change of ownership. It is better for you, mother, to pay more attention to it. Maybe you will have a grandson this year."
The Queen Mother nodded and signaled to Nanny Zhao beside her. Nanny Zhao could guess her master's intention without the Queen Mother's explicit instructions, so she turned around and went to do her work.
In just a quarter of an hour, Nanny Zhao brought a cup of tea and placed it next to the Empress Dowager.
Just then Ji Lingxue walked into the room, "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, is the food I cooked delicious?"
The Queen Mother smiled kindly, "Xue'er's cooking skills are getting better and better. She is used to eating greasy delicacies from land and sea, but what she ate today was truly a folk delicacy. I'll send the recipe over tomorrow so that the chefs in the imperial kitchen can learn from it."
Xiao Yimo nodded in agreement, "I'm afraid that no matter how much the chefs in the imperial kitchen study, they won't be as skilled as Princess Chen."
(End of this chapter)