"Yeah." Cheng Wanmiao immediately held back her tears and turned her sadness into joy: "Then sister, please wear this pink one. I see that your sister's complexion is fair, and pink matches your skin very well."
Hua Qingxue really didn't like colors that were too flamboyant, so she reached out and picked out the one with water sleeves. It was paired with a jacket, which felt more refreshing.
"Let's keep this one."
Hua Qingxue said, reaching out to take off her clothes and getting ready to put them on. Unexpectedly, Cheng Wanmiao immediately stepped forward: "Let me help sister put it on."
Hua Qingxue subconsciously took a step back: "No! I'd better do it myself. I don't like others to help me with this kind of thing."
"But, sister should be taken care of." Cheng Wanmiao pretended to be stupid and kept her face innocent.
The corners of Hua Qingxue's mouth twitched: "You'd better go out first. I'm not used to being stared at when I'm getting dressed."
"Sister still dislikes me." Cheng Wanmiao lowered her head.
Hua Qingxue was helpless: "Don't keep saying that I dislike you. I'm just not used to it. You can go out first."
Hua Qingxue's tone was a bit harsh, and even Fu Tingye who was standing outside the house heard it.
The next moment, Cheng Wanmiao ran out with her face covered and her head lowered. The moment she saw Fu Tingye, her tears fell as if she was offline.
"Cousin." She called out periodically.
Fu Tingye was a little indifferent and just glanced at her lightly as a response.
Cheng Wanmiao thought of the two failures she encountered at Fu Tingye's place yesterday. She didn't dare to behave like a monster anymore, so she could only turn around and leave even more aggrieved.
Just that Fu Tingye is indifferent does not mean that others are indifferent.
Hai Shixuan was being helped up by two of his subordinates to report the matter to Fu Tingye, when he passed by Cheng Wanmiao unexpectedly. Cheng Wanmiao looked so charming, making his heart ache.
"Hey, why are you crying again?" Hai Shixuan completely forgot who he got the thirty-year ban for, and couldn't help but call Cheng Wanmiao.
Cheng Wanmiao just stopped, turned around and kicked him hard, then left like the wind.
Such eyes, such hatred... Hai Shixuan didn't understand why he was always the target of his anger.
"Leading sea cucumber, you should stay out of the general's personal affairs! Your butt is not healed yet!" The guard on the side poked Hai Shixuan's scar mercilessly.
"You want to rebel?" Hai Shixuan glared angrily, but because he used too much force, the wound was involved. The next moment, he grimaced in pain.
"Sea cucumber leader, we are also doing this for your own good." The guards said one more thing and then stopped talking.
Everyone can see that the general's cousin is a busybody, so why does the sea cucumber leader want to get in her way.
Hua Qingxue put on her clothes and walked out. Fu Tingye instantly felt his eyes light up. Hua Qingxue had never worn such bright clothes before. She was always dressed in plain and elegant clothes. But he didn't know that when she became brighter, she also had another kind of charm.
Hua Qingxue looked at Fu Tingye's eyes and blushed slightly: "Why are you looking at me like this."
Fu Tingye raised the corners of his mouth and smiled lightly: "My woman is beautiful."
"..." Hua Qingxue laughed, turned away from him, and looked towards the river. The mountains on both sides began to steepen, and from time to time, the cries of apes could be heard.
She suddenly remembered that the bandit Xiao Han had robbed before was the bandit she met in this section.
"I'm a little surprised. It's not a time of war. Why are there still bandits on the river so blatantly robbing?" Hua Qingxue looked at Fu Tingye.
Fu Tingye stopped smiling and looked a little serious: "The Gyeonggi area is the Queen Mother's sphere of influence, but the Queen Mother is a woman after all, and military deployment and patrols are all handled by her natal family."
Hua Qingxue nodded.
Fu Tingye continued: "You also know that the generals who are in power today are born with golden keys in their hands. Naturally, they have no intention of caring about people's livelihood and only focus on their own fight for power and profit."
Hua Qingxue nodded again. Sure enough, every era and every court had its own shortcomings.
She wanted to say that even if there were no relatives, the royal family itself would not necessarily be immune to decay. Although the politics of the first three generations of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were clean and bright, they began to decline during the Qianlong period.
In the great wheel of history, everyone is as small as dust. The person involved may not think so.
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Zheng Shuwen, who was enjoying herself far away in the Shengjing Palace, didn't know who was talking about her, so she couldn't help sneezing several times in a row.
"Is the Queen Mother feeling a little uncomfortable?" Zi Wan asked thoughtfully and then asked the maids behind her: "Go and close half of the windows in Cining Palace."
Zheng Shuwen took the silk handkerchief handed over by Zi Wan and wiped her nose, then threw it to the palace maid aside: "It doesn't matter, maybe someone is talking about me."
"Auntie!" A strong and tall figure walked in as fast as the wind: "How did Auntie know that it was the child who was thinking about you?"
Zheng Shuwen took a closer look and saw that the person who came was none other than her nephew Zheng Sheng, who had been raised under her knees a few years ago. Although Zheng Sheng was a child with the surname Zheng, because he had been raised in the palace, he did not need to pass the call when entering and leaving Cining Palace. .
She smiled happily: "Sheng'er is here, come quickly, come to Aijia's side."
Zheng Sheng was wearing a suit of armor and seemed to have just come off the training ground. Even his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
Such an appearance made Zheng Shuwen very satisfied: "It's rare to see you focusing on your achievements these days. How is your training? How is the strength of our imperial guards now?"
Zheng Sheng had suffered losses at the hands of Fu Tingye before. Later, when the Queen Mother led troops to invite the Emperor back, he deeply felt that the military strength of his family could not help his aunt, so he worked very hard these days, hoping to train him to be mature as soon as possible. The military strength competed with Fu Tingye.
"My child has suffered a lot and feels that what he is doing today is not what he was doing yesterday. He has realized this deeply. I believe that in the near future, I will be able to train a group of reliable troops for my aunt."
Zheng Sheng is not very old, at most 17 years old, and he still looks immature in appearance, but he is full of momentum when he says these words.
Zheng Shuwen nodded: "Okay, good boy, my aunt will count on you from now on."
If only Li Jingnan had been so considerate.
Zheng Shuwen sighed silently in her heart and reached out to caress Zheng Sheng's face.
Just when the aunt and nephew were enjoying their family life, in a corner of the palace, the building under construction for the royal ancestral hall suddenly suffered water damage, and the roof collapsed, injuring many guards and workers.
Suddenly, there was chaos in that place.
When Zi Wan came out to marry the Queen Mother, she inadvertently glanced at the unusually thick smoke in the sky. She noticed something unusual and quickly ordered: "Go and find out what happened. Come back and report."
"Yes." The guard on the side left in a hurry and came back shortly to report: "The building over the ancestral hall was flooded. At present, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has gone to the rescue."
"Let the Lord of the House of Internal Affairs keep the spiritual position of the ancestors of the royal family!" Zi Wan had already picked out the key points of her instructions in a flash of thought.
"Yes, I will take care of it immediately." The guard responded and hurriedly left again.
Zheng Shuwen had long heard the strange movement at the door. She stopped the relaxed look on her face and waited for Zi Wan to come back and report.
"Queen Mother, there is a leak in the ancestral hall, and the housekeeper has gone to deal with it." Zi Wan explained the whole matter clearly in one sentence.
Zheng Shuwen was shocked when she heard the news. She was quite shocked: "How could such a good person slip into the trap!"
"Some moth must be causing trouble, aunt, let me go with you to have a look." Zheng Sheng snorted coldly, stood up and supported Zheng Shuwen.
Zheng Shuwen nodded in agreement with his suggestion: "The palace has always been in good order. Even if the ancestral hall is being repaired, there will never be any leaks for no reason. This matter must be thoroughly investigated!"
"Yes." Zi Wan agreed.
By the time the Queen Mother's daughter arrived at the Royal Ancestral Hall, the Lord of the Household Affairs Office had already cleared a relatively clean area for her to stay.
But even so, the scene that the Queen Mother saw was chaotic, with broken walls, charred beams, and broken royal tombs... she was heartbroken.
"Have all the tablets been found?" The Queen Mother glanced sharply at the Head of the House of Internal Affairs.
The Lord's fat body suddenly trembled: "To report back to the Queen Mother, we are still looking for the rank of the late Emperor, and the rest have been found."
"First Emperor?" The Queen Mother frowned, how could the First Emperor's ranking fall down? Is this because of God's will
While she was meditating, a group of guards carried out a blackened man from the ancestral hall and shouted, "Sir! I found it. The late emperor's rank is here."
Huh
Everyone looked over curiously. Zheng Shuwen and Zheng Sheng also stepped forward and came to the man. They saw that the man was unconscious, his body was charred and black, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead. However, he was holding a piece of ranking tightly in his hand, and the writing on it was blurry. It can be distinguished that it is undoubtedly the ranking of the former emperor.
"Come here!" Upon seeing this, Zheng Shuwen immediately shouted: "Mr. Xuan! I want this person to survive!"
"..." Everyone was surprised for a moment, but they immediately followed the Queen Mother's order.
"Queen Mother, what about this ranking?" The Lord of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seemed a little hesitant. Why was there a strange atmosphere at the scene? This person... seems to be different in the future.
It's better to handle it carefully yourself.
The Queen Mother's eyes were deep and she couldn't distinguish her emotions, but she ordered in a deep voice: "Let him hold her first."
This... the Queen Mother actually let a servant hold the rank of the late Emperor!
This was so different that even Zheng Sheng, the nephew of the Queen Mother, could not help but feel a little envious in his heart.
This kid is really smoking from his ancestral grave, and he was appreciated by the Queen Mother in one fell swoop.
"Sheng'er, let's go." Seeing that all the ancestors were in good order, the Queen Mother immediately prepared to return to the palace.
Zheng Sheng hurriedly waited on him.
Jade comes and goes in a hurry.
But this burnt person is really blessed.
At the same time, in the waters below Hancheng, Fu Tingye was conducting scientific research with Hua Qingxue on the current sphere of influence of foreign relatives. Hua Qingxue was also hearing what was serious. Suddenly, a familiar passenger ship came into her sight. among.
Hua Qingxue couldn't help but frown and think carefully, confirming that she was not mistaken, and exclaimed: "Wait a minute, Fu Tingye, look at that ship."