No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

In a dwelling not far from the Qiuci tribe, Luo Junyao and Xie Yan were sitting in a bamboo house drinking tea.

The room looks very simple and simple, but a table and a few stools.There are several medicine baskets filled with herbs hanging on the bamboo wall, and there is a faint fragrance of medicine in the room.

This is the house of an ordinary southern Xinjiang herb picker.

Tea is being boiled in the tea stove on the table, water mist is coming out of the teapot mouth, and the tea in the teapot is quietly boiling.

Luo Jun rested his chin on his elbows and propped himself on the table, looked out of the window, and there was a dense forest outside the window.

"The patriarch of the Hongshan tribe has become a puppet, the Furuhe tribe is now in charge of Khenpo, and the people of the Qiuci tribe want to abolish the original patriarch." Luo Jun said: "These people, don't they really want to start a war with the court?"

Although southern Xinjiang is difficult to deal with, but if you really want to start a war with the imperial court, you still lack some strength.

However, the current situation in southern Xinjiang is hard to say that it is really just a conflict within the tribe or between tribes.

Xie Yan took a sip of tea and said, "It should be."

"The people behind the scenes..." Luo Jun shook his brows and said, "The people who can persuade the three major tribes in the southern border to rebel together cannot be done by words alone. It must be possible to show the strength to convince them."

After learning of her husband's death, Mrs. Ruan finally accepted the reality, and instead wanted to arrange a marriage for her children.

The most important thing is that the arrogance of Ruan Yueli that always made people feel daunting was gone, and it was replaced by calmness and firmness.

Xie Yan said, "Perhaps the Qi clan's power struggle is about to come to an end."

Luo Junyao blinked his eyes and looked at Qu Tiange, Qu Tiange said: "This is the fourth elder of the Qiu Ci Department, he is the brother of the late Qiu Ci's old patriarch, he can't speak the Central Plains dialect."

She has a good reputation for being fair in business transactions and keeping her promises.

In the past two years, Ruan Yueli has traveled almost half of southern Xinjiang, and has a good understanding of the local customs and the relationship between the various tribes.

The face is still the same as before, but it smiles more than before, and the body posture is not the elegance specially cultivated by the ladies since childhood, but has a sassy and free and easy taste.

Ruan Yueli smiled, with a slightly relieved look on his face, "Tough work is hard work. After all, the Ruan family is a sinful body. It is already our luck that the prince can give us a chance to redeem our sins. Now The members of the Ruan family all live in Ningzhou, and everyone is very good. By the way, I am now the patriarch of the Ruan family."

If she met those old friends in Shangyong, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to recognize her.

Ruan Yueli immediately got up and said respectfully, "My lord."

Luo Junyao hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Miss Yueli, why are you in Southern Border?"

Xie Yan said: "That's almost what it means."

This world is inherently difficult, yet Bai Jingrong stirs up the flames everywhere.

The skin tone is darker than before, and no makeup is applied on the face, giving people a beautiful and healthy feeling.

The two were chatting and laughing, Xie Yan and Qu Tiange had already walked out of the bamboo house not far away.

Xie Yan nodded slightly, "Thank you."

"I haven't met A Rui yet." Luo Jun said, "I don't know what she has become."

"My lord."

Luo Jun shook his head and couldn't help looking at Ruan Yueli who was standing aside, "Miss Ruan..."

Qu Tiange nodded, stretched out his hand to grab the Fourth Elder and walked outside. After a while, there was a scream outside.

"How to say?" Luo Junyao asked curiously.

Seeing that Ruan Yueli was standing on the side and had no intention of leaving, Luo Junyao gave up half of the stone he was sitting on, and said, "Miss Yueli, sit down and talk."

Ruan Yueli walked up to Luo Junyao, and said in a low voice, "My lord, what promise did Ke Xu make to you to agree to stand on his side?" After speaking, Ruan Yueli added, "Ke Xu is old The patriarch's younger brother, the second elder of the Qiu Cibu."

Ruan Yueli said: "The concubine is not powerful, so there are no powerful women in this world. Speaking of which, I was the one who had no eyes at the beginning, so I should want the concubine to apologize."

Luo Junyao looked at Xie Yan in surprise.

Ruan Yueli!
Ruan Yueli was not surprised when she saw Luo Junyao, and even smiled at her, which seemed much more sincere than when she was in Shangyong.

Who would have thought that neither of the two of them would become a high-ranking lady who would be envied by the ladies of Shangyong.

Ruan Yueli thanked her, and she sat down next to Luo Junyao.

Xie Yan said: "Promises are just promises, not all of them need to be fulfilled, Bai Jingrong's consistent style."

Xie Yan said: "This person can become the chief elder of the Qiu Ci Department entirely because his father and grandfather both died fighting for the Qiu Ci Department. His grandfather was the last chief elder of the Qiu Ci Department. For this reason, Qiu Ci The ministry gave him the status of an elder. But his ability is limited, and he doesn't participate in the affairs of the clan very much."

There were three other people who came in with him, one woman and two men, all wearing Nanjiang costumes.

After arriving in Ningzhou, she has to settle down with her tribe, learn many things that she has never learned in the past ten years, and plan for her future life.

She even met Su Rui.

The smile on Ruan Yueli's face widened a bit, and said: "I used to be in Shangyong, I never thought that there would be such a day. Although the status of the head of the Ruan family is not as noble as that of the regent princess, it makes people feel very at ease. , very happy. It makes me happier than...more than anything else."

The two talked about some other things. Ruan Yueli is now doing business in southern Xinjiang, but the news is very well-informed.

Luo Jun waved his hands and said: "Forget it, left and right are just those things."

It wasn't until she gradually got used to it that she realized that the hardships that she thought were difficult were nothing more than that.

After a while, Qu Tiange walked in with a person.

Xie Yan said indifferently: "It's not an accident, there are Qi people intervening."

Xie Yan said: "Arresting him is just to determine who is messing up the situation in the Qiu Ci Department. He has never interfered in the affairs of the clan, but this time he danced happily with him, which shows that the benefits are not small."

Ruan Yueli looked at Luo Junyao, and said softly after a while: "Thank you, Princess."

Ruan Yueli looked at Luo Jun with a smile and said: "Princess, don't worry about me. Although I was very nervous when I first arrived in Ningzhou, now I am very grateful for the opportunity that the prince gave me back then. I am very glad that I did such a thing back then. choose."

She traveled around southern Xinjiang as a herbal medicine merchant, not only doing business with the big tribes.Some of the more remote, small tribes that no one cares about, she will also work tirelessly to buy local medicinal materials, and trade with the locals with things shipped from the Central Plains.

"The concubine calls me by my name. I am no longer Miss Ruan." Ruan Yueli said with a smile.

Now Ruan Yueli is already a well-known herbal medicine merchant in the southeast of southern Xinjiang.

The fourth elder's face changed, but he didn't answer Xie Yan's question, "Are you from the Central Plains? Are you with Ke Zhe?!"

Speaking of Su Rui, Ruan Yueli's expression was a bit complicated.

Compared with when she was in Shangyong, Ruan Yueli seemed more casual and cheerful, and less reserved and proud of being born in a famous family.

There were footsteps outside the door, and the two turned their heads to look outside the door at the same time.

Xie Yan gave a low laugh, glanced at Qu Tiange who was standing beside him, and gave him a slight nod.

Xie Yan didn't look at her, but walked up to Luo Junyao and stretched out his hand towards her.

Hearing this, Luo Junyao looked at Ruan Yueli carefully, but the woman in front of her was far from the young lady who went to Yongruan's family back then.

Ruan Yueli nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Qu's place seems to have a result. Won't the princess go and have a look?"

It was only after they walked in that Luo Junyao realized that although the three of them were all wearing Southern Xinjiang costumes, they looked like authentic Central Plains people.

Later, she went to meet Su Rui once through her business relationship, and the two of them couldn't help but smile at each other when they saw each other who was no longer in Shangyong's splendid clothes, surrounded by pearls and emerald greens.

"Princess." Outside the bamboo house, Luo Junyao, who came out to breathe, sat on a stone to rest, and Ruan Yueli walked over from behind.Luo Jun shook his head and looked back in a warm voice, "Miss Yueli, have you finished talking to A Yan?"

She is intelligent by nature and also quite courageous. Once she breaks free from the shackles of her original thinking, she can adapt to the environment better than ordinary men.

These words were sincere. Back then, she accepted the Prince Regent's arrangement. Although it was true that part of the reason was her reluctance and anger, she really had no other choice at that time.

Ruan Yueli did not obey her mother's arrangement anymore, she rejected her mother with a strong attitude, and brought a few young and strong members of the Ruan family to enter Southern Xinjiang and started business with the people of Southern Xinjiang.

Luo Junyao put his hand in Xie Yan's palm, allowing him to pull himself up, and asked, "Did the fourth elder recruit?"

Xie Yan said indifferently: "What is my identity is not something that the Fourth Elder should care about now. You and Ke Xu joined forces to persecute Ke Zhe, but you never considered the benefits he promised you. Maybe you won't get it at all?"

One was exiled to Ningzhou and became a herbal medicine merchant in southern Xinjiang.

Two years ago, the rest of the Ruan family had settled down in Ningzhou and gradually got used to the new life.

Ruan Yueli said with a smile: "I think I won't disappoint the princess."

Luo Jun shook his head, "Shouldn't she be fighting for power with the nobles of the Qi clan and his son?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." The fourth elder still said firmly.

Ruan Yueli smiled and said: "I'm afraid I didn't expect it at the time, just like I didn't expect to see you so soon. The reputation of the princess has spread all over the country, and even in southern Xinjiang, many people admire it Woolen cloth."

Ruan Yueli was much more comfortable walking in southern Xinjiang than in Central Plains.

Qu Tiange threw the person in his hand to the ground, and greeted Xie Yan together with Ruan Yueli and the other three.

"Qi people?" Luo Junyao's eyes widened, "It's so far away, meddling in the affairs of southern Xinjiang?"

Obviously, even after several years, his disgust and resentment towards Bai Jingrong still did not dissipate.

Either be an ordinary sinner who was exiled, or marry Ji Rong and his relatives, no matter which one is not a good choice in Ruan Yueli's eyes.

Luo Junyao was too lazy to be a little embarrassed, "Is it exaggerating? How can I be so good?"

Either grow tea here, grow mulberry there, or teach children to read in remote villages and towns.

So simple and rude?After all, he is the elder of the Qiu Ci Department, right?

Ruan Yueli glanced at Xie Yan who was sitting next to her, Xie Yan nodded towards her, Ruan Yueli then said: "A few young people in my family and I have been here for almost two years as ordered by the prince to go deep into Southern Xinjiang. Counting now, I can be regarded as half of Southern Xinjiang."

Ruan Yueli felt very satisfied. The folk customs in southern Xinjiang are tough, because the environment is difficult and women also need to participate in labor to make ends meet, so the restrictions on women are not strict.

Counting it, she and Su Rui were the most outstanding among the noble girls in Shangyong back then.

The person who was thrown to the ground by Qu Tiange struggled to get up, glared at Xie Yan angrily, and uttered a long series of chattering words.

"It's all in the past, so don't worry about it." Luo Junyao said indifferently: "You have worked hard these past few years, right?"

Although she doesn't know Southern Xinjiang dialect, Xie Yan obviously knows it.

"Congratulations." Luo Junyao said sincerely.

The people in Nanjiang are not fools either. Even if they have no strength, no one will go to the muddy water with nothing to do.

Luo Jun said: "You have brought the Ruan family from a precarious situation to what it is today, you deserve all of this. With your ability, even if you leave the Ruan family, it will be the Ruan family's loss, not yours. "

Moreover, the woman was someone they knew.

Xie Yan looked down at the man sitting on the ground, and said a few words indifferently.

Ruan Yueli reported to Xie Yan his achievements in the past two years.

Hearing the words Bai Jingrong, Qu Tiange's face became a bit more mocking.

Luo Junyao looked at her curiously, "If it was in Shangyong back then, I would never have imagined that you would be like me, sitting on a rock casually like this."

Luo Junyao sighed, she also couldn't speak Southern Xinjiang dialect.

Luo Junyao was a little disgusted, "This person is really annoying."

Luo Jun shook his head: "So, maybe he doesn't know much? Then why arrest him?"

One was married to a first-class young talent, but his life had nothing to do with Shang Yong's rich life.

Qu Tiange nodded and said: "Recruited." Not all of Nanjiang are hard bones who are not afraid of death or pain, at least the fourth elder is not.

Whether it's status, appearance, or talent, there are many people who compare them.

At the beginning, she thought that Luo Junyao was not worthy of the regent, but she was too self-righteous.

Originally, the two of them were friends in Shangyong, but now they are a little more sincere.

Luo Junyao sat on the side, listening to her earnestly report the news of the past two years to Xie Yan, he was also very moved.

Luo Junyao thought for a moment, and said: "Bai Jingrong is worried that we will take advantage of the internal turmoil in the Qi tribe to do something that is not good for her, so we act first to disrupt southern Xinjiang?"

Ruan Yueli was surprised when she heard about Su Rui for the first time.

If there is a war in southern Xinjiang, although the imperial court is not afraid of chaos in southern Xinjiang, winning is not a problem.

But after a war breaks out, how many people will die, and how many families will be ruined?
Anyway, no matter how many people died, Bai Jingrong would not have to bear the consequences.

"Then what should we do now?" Luo Junyao asked.

Xie Yan squeezed her palm reassuringly, and said in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, if there is a rebellion in southern Xinjiang, there must be a leader who agrees. Presumably, this person will show up in a short time."

Luo Junyao nodded, only to hear Xie Yan continue: "There will be no major events in southern Xinjiang. Since we know that important events are going to happen to the Qi people, what we need to pay attention to now is outside the Great Wall."