Qingchuan History

Chapter 807
In the spring and March, Empress Qi went to Ning'an, and the upper and lower officials greeted him outside the city. Xue Zhan led a small team of Qingqi hundreds of miles outside the city to meet him. The momentum was so strong that the whole Qixi was watching.

Ruan Xueyin cared about the students, and when she was close to the boundary marker, she raised the curtain to look at it, and there were all official hats, and there was not a single girl in sight.

In her absence, Ci'an Small Courtyard will not receive as much attention as when it was first opened; two years later, the situation of caring for the wounded after the war has passed, and its decline is inevitable, she has learned all this in her letter.

But with the graciousness of the officials queuing up to greet her at this moment, even if it's a scene, she should bring the children she has taken care of for several months, right?
Even an old-fashioned old man like Hua Bin didn't expect, and everyone under his rule didn't expect that Cong Ruogu should take action after being entrusted by her?And once he mentioned it, out of respect for the queen's presence, these people would not object too much.

There is only one explanation:
The decline of Ci'an Small Courtyard is even worse than what is stated in the memorial.

But Gu Xinglang has always covered the world with big hands, if the actual situation is worse, how could he not tell himself?
"Your Highness."

Chao Chao was sleeping peacefully in Yunxi's arms, and Ah Yan was in good spirits, so he leaned over and pulled the corner of her clothes.

She is only less than two years old, and has a milky voice, soft and waxy, which makes Ruan Xueyin's heart melt into honey every time she calls her.

She actually didn't want her to call her His Highness, but everyone knew that she was the daughter of Shangguanyan. Even if she was registered as a princess, it was equivalent to being adopted as a righteous daughter by the emperor, so she couldn't really call Gu Xinglang and herself "righteous" father and mother", "godfather and mother".

—There is no such rule in the royal family.

"Are you tired from sitting?" She hugged her and looked down.

A Yan raised his face and nodded, "Is it almost there?"

Not a word is right, babbling, really cute.Ruan Xueyin hugged her even tighter, "Here we are. This city is called Ning'an. There are more water than roads, more boats than cars, white walls, black tiles, and metasequoia everywhere. The capital city has two styles."

In fact, even Jidu was also on this trip, and when he met him from the window of the car, the little guy's knowledge of this world was only limited to Qi Gong.

"Ning'an." A Yan looked at her and repeated.

The word "Ning" is bitten like "mud".Ruan Xueyin corrected her with a smile and paused every word: "Ning, Ning'an."

Ah Yan learns again, but he is still "Ni'an".The two hugged together and giggled, and half-opened their eyes on the other side.

The convoy entered the city and stopped in front of the Huai Mansion. Everyone looked at the past and saw this picture of dragging the family with their mouths - the queen is leading the princess Fang Ai, the maid is holding Princess Jiayi, and the two ladies who are looking at the dignitary are walking around with the crowd. Back door, unloading and loading.

The year before last, he stayed in Ning'an to live casually, but this time he went back as Daqizhong Palace, and he had his own special house to treat him.Before departure, Gu Xinglang said that everything had been arranged. She was too busy packing up and didn't ask any more questions. Now that she wanted to come, of course it was the Huai Mansion:

The monarchs of the Three Kingdoms once lived in it. It can be seen that the standard of this house is high, and there is no house in the whole Ning'an;

The new district has been established for two years, and has been doing things cheaply. This year, the official titles and personnel of the cities and counties will be clarified according to the Daqi official system, and the integration will be truly completed.

"I should come by then." Gu Xinglang said at the time of parting.

New Qixi really became Qixi, a major event related to the country, of course he had to come.So Ruan Xueyin is also in the lead, let's help him see the progress first.

It's just that this room - under the West Corridor, where Jing Tingge lived that year, if she remembers correctly, is smaller than the room between her and Gu Xinglang in the North Corridor.

With two children, why not arrange the largest room?
"That room is also ready, just waiting for the holy driver." Seeing the queen looking around, someone came forward to report.

Gu Xinglang meant it.It reminded her of the absurdity in that room that night.

Feeling ashamed for a while, suddenly felt that it would be better not to let the children live, and told Yunxi to settle down, and Xue Ruji and Chai Ying also came in after a while.

This trip to Ning'an, another plan is to expand the original medical lecture hall into a female class - the whole country can do it, and it is logical for the new district to follow suit, not to mention that there is a small courtyard in Ci'an.

There must be someone among the crowd.Xue Zhan is the commander of the army and horses in the new district, and Xue Ruji quickly asks for orders; Chai Ying is young and lively, she likes to travel and is willing to follow.

"After dinner, take a rest, then go to the small courtyard to have a look." Ruan Xueyin ordered.

It has entered Shenshi, and the spring sun shines on the river surface.

The solitary house by the river was quiet, and when Ruan Xueyin walked in, a roomful of girls were reading silently.

At first glance, they are unfamiliar, but after careful identification, they are all named by her, and they have grown up a bit, Pinellia, Forsythia, and Jiangxiang, these three just look at the silhouettes and look like completely grown-up girls .

But no pistachio.

The total number of people in the room is also less than the total number of students in a class in her impression.

Are you on leave?
Thinking like this, and then went to look at other children, Zhuru raised her head at this moment, stared at the person by the door for a while, and suddenly shouted:
"teacher!"

Ruan Xueyin couldn't tell the difference, but she saw more than a dozen girls raised their eyes one after another, all of them were stunned. After a long time, Lian Qiao got up and almost trotted to the front, stopped suddenly, and bowed:
"Queen Jin'an."

Ruan Xueyin was stunned, and seeing everyone standing up together, the words "Queen Jin'an" resounded throughout the room.

"You don't need to be too polite." She finally stopped, and she replied quietly, and said to Xue Ruji and Chai Ying beside her, "You go to the courtyard and wait a while."

The wait turned into a long wait.

Chunyang turned red little by little, and fell down, lying at the end of the river, dyeing that piece of roof tiles golden red.

Both Xue Ruji and Chai Ying knew that what they saw earlier was not quite the same as what the queen described, and both felt strange, but they really didn't understand why, they exchanged eyes for several rounds, and could only wait.

Until the sound of footsteps, rustling and shaking, the two turned their heads, and it was Ruan Xueyin who led the dozen or so girls out.

"You guys go back to Huai Mansion first. Tell Yun Xi not to take care of the two young highnesses without having to pay for meals in the palace."

The two girls nodded, they both felt that Ruan Xueyin's complexion was not good, and their Highness the Empress rarely showed sadness or joy in front of others.

The guards brought were divided into two groups, one to accompany the queen and the other to see the two young ladies.

As the sun sinks and the night begins to fall, the originally peaceful old city becomes even more tranquil, and the tombstone on the grass slope shows its shape in this boundless tranquility.

It is a tombstone rather than a grave, which shows that the people who handled this matter have enough respect for the deceased.

The word "A Yue Pistachio" came into the eyes, Ruan Xueyin felt a stinging pain, but she didn't know where the pain was, she stopped in place for a long time before she could move again.

This girl was abandoned by her parents at birth and had a withdrawn personality. At the beginning, she wanted to name herself "Duhuo". It was Ruan Xueyin who said that the girl's name was such a bad name, and she went through the pages of the pharmacopoeia with her before choosing "A Yue Pistachio". 【1】

At the farewell in the spring of the previous year, everyone asked the teacher to come back earlier and remember to bring those delicious pastries, but she quietly came to her side and whispered: "Teacher, safe journey."【2】

The evening light had already dimmed, but Ruan Xueyin couldn't open her eyes, she knelt down and placed all the cakes she brought in front of the monument, and remained silent for a long time.

The dozen or so children behind her were more silent than her, except for telling the whole story of A Yue Pistachio's illness and death in the small courtyard earlier, no one opened their mouths along the way.

Usually from illness to death, these children will not show that kind of air of secretiveness.

The atmosphere in the entire Ci'an courtyard was different from when she left.

They dare not speak.

Because it has been two years since she left and never returned, because there is no one they can really rely on in this vast Ning'an and the new area of ​​the old country.

She came back too late.

Being late was not enough to reassure them.

And they will leave in the end, and they can't rely on her.

At the end of the night, the wheels of the car were flying on the dark city road, and they changed boats to cross the river.Then Ruan Xueyin stepped into the mansion with one foot, and the lights gradually turned on, illuminating the phoenix embroidery on her body brightly.

The people on duty in the yard did not dare to vent their spirits. Xue Zhan had arrived after his order, and the footsteps reappeared in a short while. It was Cong Ruogu who rushed to Yi's order.

"Both of you are on your own." Ruan Xueyin was in a bad mood, and cut straight to the point.
"How did Ah Yue Pistachio die, I must tell the truth."

The moonlight was exceptionally clear, as if mixed with water.

Cong Ruogu, like a reflection in the water, swayed for a long time, then knelt down:

"The queen forgives the crime. Every memorial is about political affairs. A child died in the medical hall, so he is not involved in government affairs."

"When I left, I clearly entrusted Cong Qing to take good care of these girls. I think these words are clear enough."

It means that although it is not a government matter, he should report to her about matters related to the children, especially life and death, even if he writes a separate letter.

"Your negligence. But since the queen knows it, she must also know that the incident happened in January, which is the New Year. Due to emotion, reason and rules, I can't report it at that time. When the imperial edict arrives in February, His Royal Highness will go to Ning'an. thinking about—”

"Since I have arrived, it will not be too late to report in person."

"Yes! But I didn't want His Highness to go to the small courtyard today. I originally planned to--"

"I've heard the whole story of the scene." Ruan Xueyin was in a bad mood, and that kind of confusion and foreboding anger made her less patient. "The girl should be sixteen this year. When I left, she was asymptomatic. They were studying medicine, and most of the people they deal with are experts. Why did they suddenly get sick and die. Now, tell me the whole story."

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　From the plot line to the emotional line, the foreshadowing, foreshadowing, and momentum have all been completed, and the gates have been opened.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)