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Chapter 489: Clouds over Qinghai darken the snowy mountains [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 41k more]

Xihua Gate,
Outside the palace gate,
Princess Pingning raised the corner of her mouth slightly, and nodded gracefully with a standard smile on her face.

The person Princess Pingning nodded to was Rong Feiyan, who was following behind Marquis Fuchang and his wife, bowed to her and said goodbye.

Afterwards, she smiled and nodded to other officials' wives and noble ladies she knew in the capital. The smile on Princess Pingning's face gradually disappeared, and the corners of her mouth pursed downwards.

After looking back, Princess Pingning slowly stopped and waited for Duke Qi.

At this time, Duke Qi's laughter was heard: "Haha! Brother Sha, take care, we'll talk again when we have time!"

"Please bring your nephew along when the time comes."

"sure!"

After saying this, Duke Qi walked up to Princess Pingning and said with a smile, "Let's go."

As he walked, he looked sideways at Princess Pingning's expression and said, "What's wrong? Why do you look so unhappy? Is it because I was talking to Marquis Zhongshan?"

Princess Pingning glanced at Duke Qi, raised her eyebrows, and whispered, "The Sha family doesn't have any outstanding descendants in this generation. Why is the Duke reminiscing with his family? And bringing Heng'er with him? Do you want Heng'er to learn from his family and get into trouble all day long?"

"How can you say that! The Sha family's children don't have either."

The Duke of Qi stopped talking halfway: The chaos outside Shenbao Temple that almost caused a disaster was caused by the children of the Sha family.

"Okay, okay, I'll go to the banquet without Heng'er."

"Ok!"

"Just now I saw you chatting happily with the wife of Marquis Fuchang in the back. What did you talk about?"

Princess Pingning shook her head in disdain: "Tsk! Nothing!"

Looking at the Rong family in front of him, Duke Qi smiled and whispered, "I think Miss Feiyan from the Rong family is a good girl! She looks and has a personality similar to Concubine Rong. If she is with our Heng'er..."

"What are you talking about!?"

Princess Pingning stopped, looked around, and glared at Duke Qi:
"Marry into the Rong family? What kind of help can the Rong family give to Heng'er in the future? No one in the family can explain it!"

"You know how Concubine Rong entered the palace!"

The Duke of Qi put away his smile.

Rong Fei's ancestors were bricklayers. It was during grand celebrations like today that Rong Fei was selected into the dancing team and was chosen by the Emperor at first sight among hundreds of dancing girls.

Then the Rong family soared to great heights.
After pondering for a while, Duke Qi said: "In fact, Rong Fei has been favored by the emperor for so many years..."

Looking at Princess Pingning who was walking quickly forward without paying any attention to him, Duke Qi shook his head and chased after her.

After walking a few steps, looking at Princess Pingning who was talking to a certain official's wife with a smile on her face, Duke Qi deliberately slowed down his pace and the purple-robed senior official who was two steps behind the official's wife bowed and said, "Brother Hai, it's been a long time since we last met. I'm in Taiyuan Prefecture."

Where the Rong family's carriages and horses are,
The wife of the Marquis of Fuchang turned around and looked, then asked the servant guarding the carriage, "Where is your young master?"

The servants of the Rong family looked at each other, and one of them said, "Madam, the young master and the young men from the marquis' mansions are watching at the south gate of the imperial city."

Hearing this, the wife of Marquis Fuchang shook her head helplessly: "You are already engaged, but you are still so ignorant!"

After speaking,
As the wife of the Marquis of Fuchang got into the carriage, she smiled and said to Rong Feiyan, "Yan'er, I see that the princess is smiling, and she is probably satisfied with you."

"Mom, forget it! The princess was just smiling politely."

"Besides, the princess has always been arrogant and proud, and her family background is also noble, so how could she allow the young master to have anything to do with our family!"

The two of them got into the carriage.

The wife of the Marquis of Fuchang glared at Rong Feiyan and said, "What are you talking about? Your sister is a favorite concubine, and your brother is about to marry the Duke's daughter. It seems that our Rong family's status is also going to rise."

"Then, what kind of help can our family provide to the Qi family?"

"Why...I..." The wife of Marquis Fuchang was speechless for a moment.

Princess Pingning is the adopted daughter of the Queen, and her status is extremely noble.

The Qi family had long stopped developing into a military family. Qi Heng concentrated on studying for the imperial examination. His future wife must be someone who could help her in officialdom.

Rong family?
When the wife of Marquis Fuchang was about to say something, she looked to the side along the curtain that Rong Feiyan had lifted, and saw Princess Pingning talking to the Hai couple, who had five Hanlin scholars in their family.

"drive!"

"Yohoo~"

On the street some distance away from where the carriages and horses were parked, someone was shouting at the horses and running towards the south.

Knights followed from time to time, and it was quite lively for a while.

Rong Feiyan lifted the car curtain and looked at the people going away, sighing secretly in her heart.

imperial city,

South of Xuande Gate,

"Xu~"

Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye and others looked at the people surrounding the Imperial Street and stopped their horses.

The reason why the people of Bianjing gathered around the Imperial Street was that

This was because the three or four hundred beautiful girls who had performed dances in the palace before were now riding horses on the Imperial Street.

On weekdays, only the emperor could walk on the Imperial Street when he was traveling.

But today is the emperor's birthday, and the girls who came to congratulate the emperor also have the opportunity to ride their horses on the wide Imperial Street.

The horses' hooves are hasty and the dancing costumes are gorgeous and light.

The galloping showed off the grace of these girls.

From time to time, there were young playboys from Bian Jing watching on the side, whistling at the girls, or holding up fruits and jewelry in their hands, hoping to attract the girls' attention.

Xu Zaijing, who was riding on the back of a small black horse nearby, showed surprise on his face because he saw that there were actually girls dressed as men among them!
You know what, he looks really handsome.

Gu Tingye looked at the four most outstanding girls intently, stroking his chin, and asked curiously: "By the way, why haven't I seen those four girls at Mother Ruan's banquet?"

Liang Han, who had already taken off his purse from his waist, said, "They are the girls kept by the brothel. They are not the same as Mama Ruan."

"Oh!"

Gu Tingye nodded and looked at a very beautiful girl who was riding a horse. He touched the jade pendant on his waist and was about to throw it to her as a reward.

But after pulling off the glass pendant of ordinary quality, Gu Tingye took a look at it. He was stunned at first, not knowing what he thought of. After rubbing it for a few times, Gu Tingye lowered his head and put the glass pendant back on.

When Gu Tingye raised his head, he saw something flying from the girl riding a horse on Imperial Street straight towards Xu Zaijing beside him.

Gu Tingye looked closely and saw that it was the flower crown on the head of the girl whom he wanted to throw the jade pendant to.

At this time, the extremely beautiful girl on Imperial Street, although without the flower crown on her head, her face looked clearer and more beautiful.

"Oh~"

The people who were watching on the side cheered instantly when they saw this scene.

As a result, before everyone could react,

The flower crown in Xu Zaijing's hand spun and flew back towards the girl on horseback.

"Crack~"

The girl on horseback looked at the flower crown in her arms somewhat unprepared.

"Hey! Jing, it's not! Don't give it to me!"

"Yes!"

"Why are you like this!"

"What's the point of throwing it back?"

Gu Tingye, Rong Xian and Liang Han beside him said with regret.

Xu Zaijing looked sideways and asked in confusion, "Is there any explanation for this?"

"They've all left, so there's nothing to say!"

Liang Han looked at the girl who was leaving on horseback and said with regret. Rong Xian patted Xu Zaijing on the shoulder and said with the same regretful tone:
"Brother Jing, in previous years, there were such grand events. When a girl threw a flower crown or something else to you, it meant that she liked you!"

"What a pretty girl! You can be my concubine!"

Xu Zaijing spread his hands.

As if they had learned from the experience of the girl who threw the flower crown just now, no more girls came near Xu Zaijing and others.

A few people watched on the roadside for a while and then dispersed.

Liang Han and Rong Xian seemed to know the origin of a certain beautiful girl. They were laughing as they left and it didn't seem like they were going home together.

On the way home from the palace,

In the spacious carriage of the Hai family,

The master and his wife of the Hai family sat in the middle.

Lifting the carriage curtain and looking back, the Hai family's eldest lady said to the side: "Let Sister Yun's carriage follow closer!"

"Yes, madam!"

The maidservant beside her should have walked towards the back.

After a while, the sound of the coachman whipping the horse to speed up came from behind.

Retracting her gaze from outside the car, looking at the master of the Hai family who was stroking his beard, the eldest lady of the Hai family said, "Sir, what are you thinking about?"

The master of the Hai family put down his hand that was stroking his beard, patted his legs twice, and said uncertainly: "I always feel that there is some other meaning in what Duke Qi and the Princess said just now."

The eldest lady of the Hai family pursed her lips and said, "Of course there is another meaning! How old is our sister Yun?"

"Hmm? Could it be that the Qi family wants to marry us?"

The eldest lady of the Hai family nodded and said affirmatively: "That's right! The princess meant this implicitly."

"hiss!"

The master of the Hai family thought about it, and nodded as he thought: "I heard that this young master Qi Heng studies hard. Today I see that he is not bad! Now that the emperor has given him a name, he will definitely be honored and favored in the future."

The eldest lady of the Hai family: "Humph!"

The master of the Hai family stopped nodding and turned his head to look at his wife and asked, "What's wrong? It seems that the wife is not very satisfied with this matter?"

The eldest lady of the Hai family pursed her lips slightly:
"Satisfied? What would satisfy me about marrying into the Duke's Mansion?"

"Princess Pingning has a proud and arrogant temper, and Qi Heng is her only son whom she treasures to the extreme!"

"The princess has really become a mother-in-law. She points east and Qi Heng dares to go west? How can a daughter-in-law who marries him have a good life? Humph!"

The master of the Hai family, who was standing by, thought about how Duke Qi had just been quiet, and nodded repeatedly: "My lady is right, the princess has a strong personality."

"If Duke Qi talks to me about this again, I will refuse it in secret!"

The eldest lady of the Hai family nodded: "Come to think of it, I think the youngest son of the Xu family is pretty good!"

The master of the Hai family looked over in surprise: "My lady, that's not what you said before!"

The eldest lady of the Hai family waved her handkerchief and said, "How can this idea remain unchanged? I have come to the point today! Now I am thinking about how the ladies and wives will become mothers-in-law. They still have to be able to blaze new trails!"

Seeing her husband's puzzled expression, the eldest lady of the Hai family continued, "You have to look at the one with the brother. You will know how the sister-in-law is doing and how the mother-in-law is doing at this time!"

"Madam, what about the former Earl of Zhongqin Yuan's family? Madam Yuan treated her eldest son's wife very well."

"Well, they are cousins, that's different!"

The master of the Hai family smiled and nodded.

"Sir, you see, the Xie family, the Sheng family and Madam Sun are not closely related, right? Well, well, let's not talk about the Sheng family, let's talk about the girl from the Xie family who married into the Xu family!"

"I've attended several elegant gatherings of incense clothes, and Mrs. Xie looked very relaxed and graceful, and she didn't look like she was being harshly treated or scolded."

"The second eldest lady, Sheng, has a smile on her face all day long, and her eyes are brighter than those of the young girl. It's obvious that she lives a comfortable life."

"So the lady has taken a fancy to the youngest son of the Xu family?" the master of the Hai family said softly.

The eldest lady of the Hai family shook her head and raised her chin and said, "If this boy from the Xu family hadn't become a juren, he might not be in my eyes!"

"What a pity!"

The eldest lady of the Hai family sighed.

Seeing her husband's puzzled look, the eldest lady of the Hai family continued, "Unfortunately, there are many families who want to marry into the Xu family! Our Yun'er..."

The master of the Hai family stroked his beard and said, "The boy risked his life to save Sister Yun. Why are you still being picky?"

The lady of the Hai family looked a little embarrassed: "I..."

The master of the Hai family smiled and said:

"Lord Xu has made outstanding contributions, and the Xu family has a promising future! The two children have met more than once, so you can ask Sister Yun when you have the chance!"

"If the two children really love each other, I will swallow my pride and go to the Xu family!"

The eldest lady of the Hai family slapped her husband hard and said, "My sister Yun has been raised in seclusion, how can we be in love with each other?"

The master of the Hai family bowed repeatedly: "Yes, yes, what you said is right, madam!"

In the carriage behind,

Hai Chaoyun leaned against the side of the carriage, reading the poetry collection in his hand in the light from the window.

Zhu Jian, a maid beside her, was carefully removing the pearls that were sticking to Hai Chaoyun's cheeks, which made her feel uncomfortable.
After putting the last pearl into the small wooden box held by Baoxiu,

Zhu Jian glanced at the contents of the poetry collection in Hai Chaoyun's hand, and while wetting the handkerchief in his hand with a kettle, he said, "Miss, why are you reading the frontier poems of several great poets such as Wang Jiangning (Wang Changling), the master of seven-character quatrains, today?"

Hai Chaoyun closed the poetry collection, looked at the bustling streets of Bianjing, and said softly: "I wonder what this 'Qinghai long clouds darken the snowy mountains' is like!"

Hearing their girl's words, Baoxiu and Zhujian looked at each other in confusion.

"Nothing, I just heard a piece of music in the palace today, and I wanted to read some poems about this borderland."

A few days later,
The joyous atmosphere of the emperor's birthday slowly dissipated.

The entire Bianjing was operating as usual.

Xu Zaijing still gets up early to practice martial arts, read books, and massage horses.

On this day,

In the Imperial City,

"Puff puff~"

A carrier pigeon landed near the pigeon coop.

He was then caught by the Imperial City Officers and the paper roll was pulled out of his leg.

In the hall,
"Master, secret report from the south."

Hearing the voice of the official, Zhao Meifeng, who was leaning back in a chair behind the table with his eyes slightly closed, stretched out his hand.

Some time ago, during the Emperor's birthday celebration in the palace, the officials and clerks of the Imperial City Administration did not dare to relax for a moment, but they were exhausted.

Zhao Meifeng rubbed his face, then carefully unfolded the paper. After seeing the words clearly on it, his eyes suddenly widened!
quickly,

This scroll appeared in the emperor's hands.
"White high-speed rail art appears in Jingdi?"

"Are the blacksmiths from Baigao only in the Ministry of Industry and the Chai family? How did they appear in Jingdi?"

Listening to the emperor's inquiry, Zhao Zilong and Zhao Meifeng looked at each other, and Zhao Zilong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, all those who arrived in the capital are from these two places!"

"Meifeng, what you mean is that the craftsmen who appeared were not the ones who arrived in the capital?"

"Your Majesty, yes!"

The emperor hesitated for a moment and said, "Go, ask Xu Zaijing and He Guan to come see me!"

(End of this chapter)