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Not long after returning to the palace, someone came to report that Shu Wanyi from Shufang Palace was seriously ill, her body was burning like burning coals.

Concubine He ordered Mo Lan to take the prince back to Jingren Palace to have lunch to familiarize himself with the environment, while she went to Shufang Palace to visit Shu Wanyi.

The imperial doctor made a diagnosis and treated the problem, saying that the head injury was caused by the invasion of Yin evil and excessive internal heat. He prescribed a dose of Ginseng and White Tiger Decoction and ordered the palace maid to serve it.

After half an hour, I was sweating profusely and the heat subsided, and I just left.

I went to Taorui Palace on the way and had lunch with Jiang Yuebai.

The concubine and the concubine briefly talked about Shu Wanyi's condition, and the two of them tacitly agreed not to talk much, knowing that Shu Wanyi would not survive tonight.

Thinking of marrying her sister Li Qiushi, who was eight years younger than her, in the grassland, Hefei looked worried.

Yesterday, my mother went to the palace to attend the concubine ceremony of her younger sister. She stayed in Jingren Palace to have a private conversation with her eldest daughter and the concubine in the evening. She burst into tears and cried so hard that her heart was broken.

In the middle of the night, the emperor sent someone to the palace to announce the imperial edict and arranged for the palace maids to dress up Li Qiushi and put her into a wedding dress in preparation for the canonization ceremony the next day. The decision was so sudden that no one was mentally prepared.

He Concubine's mother was so frightened that she couldn't stop crying. After all, she was going to an enemy country, a distant and desolate place, and a foreign race with a different language and culture. But he could only watch his daughter helplessly, unable to do anything.

Because this is the decree.

The concubine found some reasons to comfort her mother, "Mom, don't worry too much. My sister was named Princess Taiping. Her natal family behind her is the Ming Dynasty, and her back is the emperor. The old Tatar Khan and his eldest son are both in the capital. . The Tatars will not dare to make mistakes. What’s more, we have Princess Leping as our companion, so we can take care of you together."

She actually had no idea. I couldn't help but confide my worries to Jin Lan's sister Jiang Yuebai.

"My sister has been pampered since she was a child and has never traveled far away. Now she is suddenly so far away from home. The Tatar prince is weak in the capital and does not dare to make any mistakes. If he leaves the capital, do you think they will fall out? Will the country go to war again?"

Speaking of this, He Fei couldn't help but express the biggest doubt in her heart, "Since ancient times, getting married has been a major event, and it takes at least several months to prepare. The selection of relatives also requires many discussions. Why is it so sudden this time? There is no preparation at all. "

It seemed sudden, but Jiang Yuebai knew that according to the emperor's character, such an important decision would never be made on the spur of the moment.

There must have been careful consideration beforehand. It may even have been planned before the design of catching Ye Sizha, otherwise several lines would run in parallel at the same time and would not be interlocking and proceed so smoothly.

Jiang Yuebai comforted: "Because this matter is not voluntary for the Tatars, things will change if they are slow. The ancestral precept left by Taizu is not to get married. The emperor wants to make things ironclad, so that the Tatars can surrender and the people can rest and recuperate. Don't give Ye Sizha the chance to repent and the courtiers to object.

But now the deal is done, Ye Sizha surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, was appointed and governed by the imperial court, and his intermarriage with the royal family has been announced to the world. In the future, if you take the initiative to provoke and cause trouble, it will be rebellion. If you treat the princess badly, it will be treachery. The emperor can send troops to attack him in the name of rebellious ministers and traitors, but the nature is completely different.

What's more, Ye Sizha needs to rely on Daming's support to stabilize his position. And the threat of Munchback. Sister, you can rest assured that Ye Siza will not dare to treat the princesses badly. "

Jiang Yuebai's words made the stone in He Fei's heart fall to the ground and she felt much more at ease. She secretly planned to tell her mother these words when she entered the palace again.

The concubine told Jiang Yuebai that the prince, Battelle, was being fostered by her.

Jiang Yuebai secretly sighed at the emperor's thoughtfulness, "Congratulations to sister. Battelle is raised here by her. This shows that sister is extremely important in the emperor's heart."

"Why?" He Fei was confused.

"Does this need to be said? Sister, think about it carefully. Your sister will marry Battelle, and you will raise Battel's eldest son." Jiang Yuebai pursed his lips and smiled, joking, "If you continue to talk, I should be jealous. ”

He Fei held her chin and thought about it for a while, and then she understood the emperor's trust and reliance on her. She looked at Jiang Yuebai with a smile, "It's still my sister Huizhi Lanxin."

"So sister, don't worry about Princess Taiping. She is as smart and strong as sister, and will adapt quickly. Sister, just take good care of Battle. Sister has the support of the emperor."

Jiang Yuebai paused deliberately and blinked, "In the future, the emperor will often go to my sister's place because of Battle. Do you think I can avoid being jealous?"

He Fei pursed her lips and smiled, gently pinched Jiang Yuebai's arm and blushed.

Jiang Yuebai, "Battle is only three years old and yet he is so calm and alert when encountering problems, and he knows how to act according to the situation. Although he was reluctant to say goodbye to his father today, he did not make a fuss. This prince is not simple. My sister turned around and asked the emperor what he meant. .What kind of teaching should I do?”

The concubine's smile disappeared and she nodded thoughtfully, "It's indeed not simple."

She told Jiang Yuebai the details of the interaction between the Emperor and Battle on the tower.

This caused the two of them to sigh in admiration for this child's natural kingly temperament and extraordinary abilities.

The concubine raised her chin worriedly and asked, "Sister, I heard that Ye Siza kills without blinking an eye and is cruel. They say that dragons and dragons give birth to phoenixes. This Battle is Ye Siza's son, will he be like his father? ."

She was originally a person with low self-esteem and a sensitive temperament. Now she has become much more transparent and free-spirited than before, but she also looks at problems more pessimistically and realistically than before.

While peeling the pine nuts, Jiang Yuebai smiled and comforted the concubine, "Ye Sizha is cruel by nature. He attacks the Han people in order to show that he shares the same hatred with the people and win the support of his father and the people. This Battelle is indeed like His father is a thief who understands the survival of the fittest."

The concubine sighed and said, "Then if he is so smart at the age of three, will he have a white-eyed wolf by then?"

"Someone else can do it," Jiang Yuebai grabbed a handful of peeled pine nuts and stuffed them into He Fei's hands.

"Others are good at raising children, but my sister is not. It makes sense for the emperor to choose you. Maybe your sister is getting married because the emperor thinks that she is suitable to take care of Battelle." The concubine became more energetic after hearing this, and looked at Jiang Yuebai with sparkling eyes. .

"Tell me now, why I can't raise you."

"Because you are the gentlest person in the world."

The concubine likes to hear Jiang Yuebai praise her the most, but she can't hear the praise. When she does, she blushes with embarrassment and says coquettishly, "How could my sister say so well?"

Jiang Yuebai continued to make the leader happy, "Of course. Sister is not only gentle but also very upright, not only upright but also kind, she can also take care of others, and"

"What else?" Concubine He felt delighted, looking at Jiang Yuebai with stars in her eyes.

Jiang Yuebai ate a handful of pine nuts and felt very satisfied. He looked at He Fei slyly and said, "Peel the pine nuts for me and I will tell you."

"If you don't say it, don't say it." Although Concubine He said this, she sincerely began to peel pine nuts for Jiang Yuebai.

Her scallion-white fingers had never peeled pine nuts before. After peeling for a long time, she couldn't peel off any pine nuts, and they even rolled to the ground.

Jiang Yuebai burst out laughing.

The two empresses did not speak, and the surrounding maids did not dare to come forward to help.

The concubine angrily took another one and continued peeling it off.

It's easy to see Jiang Yue lose her temper, but why can't she do it herself? There must be fraud here.

Jiang Yuebai blinked, took the pine nuts from He Fei's hand with a smile, and peeled them open with a light motion.

“How can my sister’s delicate hands, which play the piano and paint, be used to peel pine nuts?”

She put the peeled pine nuts into the palm of the concubine and said, "Sister is the emperor's cousin. She shares the joys and sorrows with the emperor. If the emperor doesn't believe you, who can you believe? Besides, I know poetry and etiquette, so I will definitely be a good person." Mother, teach good children who are loyal to the country, loyal to the king, and filial to their parents."

"My sister's words make people feel like they are ironing their hair." Concubine He looked at the pine nuts in her hands and smiled from ear to ear as she listened to Jiang Yuebai's words that were deep in her heart.

Jiang Yuebai washed her hands in the basin brought by Li Chun, "Sister, it's different. Her whole body is ironed."

This made Concubine Kazuo feel silly again, and she was so happy that she forgot all her worries. Her face was sore from laughing again and she needed to rub it with her hands.

Just as the two were sitting side by side in the pavilion, eating fruit and chatting comfortably, a eunuch hurriedly came to report that the emperor had ordered that they would have dinner at Jingren Palace today. It was also said that Qin Tianjian set the date for Concubine Chun's funeral and Concubine Jianing's move to the palace.

The funeral is scheduled for the sixth day of May, which is the day after tomorrow.

The day of moving to the palace is set on the eighth day of May.

The two of them knew very well that since these two dates had been set, the days for the three people to enter the palace must have also been set. The emperor went to Jingren Palace for dinner tonight, presumably to welcome the new couple into the palace.

After he and his concubine left, Luo Shan sent a letter to Jiang Yuebai, saying that it was sent by the eunuch beside the emperor.

Jiang Yuebai still used the knife to cut carefully along the edge. This feels a lot like receiving and sending express delivery.

When I took out the letter and looked at it, I couldn't help but smile.

The emperor also wrote on two pieces of paper this time.

A letter titled "Concubine Jianing" reads, "Jin Shi can be sealed as a promise to stay with you, or to be sent out of the palace in three days." 】

A letter titled "玚玚" reads "Thank you for sending me spring, summer, autumn and winter." 】

Jiang Yuebai's communication rules were followed tacitly. Public affairs must be public affairs, and private affairs must be private affairs.

After Jiang Yuebai read it, he put the letter back in the envelope and had no intention of replying immediately.

Luoshan quickly said that the father-in-law who had sent the letter was still waiting.

Jiang Yuebai thought for a while, took out a piece of paper without writing anything, put it in a new envelope and sent it back.

Li Beichen took the blank reply with only the seal, thinking that Jiang Yuebai had used something special to encrypt it. After a lot of fussing, I found that it was just a piece of white paper.

The eunuch who was called to deliver the letter asked and confirmed that Jiang Yuebai had not written anything but just stamped it. But I worked a lot of hard work, which made me dumbfounded.

Drinking tea and thinking about it again, I found it very interesting.

Jiang Yuebai was telling herself to listen to his arrangements. But I hope Jiang Jinshi can return to the way she was when the paper was blank and give her a clean life experience.