From the ashes: Return of the General

Chapter 303 The Seventh Princess Cheng Qingran
"Well, you go, I'm tired and want to sleep for a while." Supporting the bed with her hands, Mei Linlang slowly lay down, and Mei Linlang motioned for her to light the tranquilizing incense.Although she didn't recognize the bed after changing the place, she couldn't sleep well because of that dream recently. To see Mei Xin in the afternoon, she had to get enough energy first.

She has never talked to her properly, and has never looked at her properly. She wants to take this opportunity to sit up and take a closer look at her.In the dream, although she survived death because she was married to King Ping, she knew that her life was not good, and her life was not happy.

She wants to change her life, she wants to let her live a happy life, and she wants to let the people around her and all relatives live a happy and safe life.

Jianchun Huiyi immediately lighted the tranquilizing incense, then walked back to the bed and put down the bed curtain, saying, "Go to bed, my lady, and I will let Nanny Han stay outside."

Nanny Han is the Emperor's servant, so she is relatively at ease.Therefore, even if she was kept outside, no one would disturb her, let alone break in.

Nodding to indicate that she understood, Mei Linlang closed her eyes.After Jianchun closed the bed curtain tightly, she left, and soon, she took the gift she had chosen and went straight to the gate of the palace.

At the same time, Zongzheng Mingzhen came to the Kunning Palace, and before entering the main hall, he heard a burst of laughter like silver bells.Probably there were other concubines around, he stopped and said, "I'll go to the side hall and wait, and I'll report after the people leave later."

Although he is the younger brother of the empress and the imperial bodyguard in front of the emperor, this is the harem after all.To the concubines and princesses in the harem, he is a foreigner, not to mention that he is 24 years old, not a seven or eight-year-old boy, so it is inconvenient to meet each other.

In order to avoid suspicion and fear of causing any trouble, he would deliberately avoid it every time he entered the harem.Sometimes you can't avoid it, and if you bump into him head-on, he won't hide, but will just step forward to salute and say hello.Without further ado, he saluted and left quickly.Therefore, there have been no gossips for many years.

The palace maid who led him in was called Xianglan, she smiled and saluted, "It's Empress Defei and the Seventh Princess who came to pay their respects to Empress Empress. I guess I'm leaving soon, Master Hou should go to the side hall to have a cup of tea first."

In response, Zongzheng Mingzhen turned and went to the side hall, while Xianglan entered the main hall.Before she had time to report to the Empress that Zongzheng Mingzhen had arrived, the Seventh Princess Cheng Qingran opened her mouth, and only heard her say: "Mother, my daughter is watching the green calyx plum blossoms in the yard, and wants to go and see, I wonder if it is possible? "

Hearing the sound, she turned her head and looked out the window just in time to see the silhouette of her younger brother entering the side hall. The empress smiled slightly and said, "It's icy and snowy in the yard and it's slippery. I just want to see green plums and ask them to fold a few branches and bring them in. Why bother?" Run outside to catch the cold. If you fall again, it will be terrible."

He paused for a moment, looked away, and then ordered: "Lu Shui, go and pick some green calyx plums for our Seventh Princess, and let her take them back and put them in vases later, so I can look at them for a few more days."

Lu Shui blessed her body to salute and was about to respond. Thinking of Concubine De opening her mouth at this time, she said with a terrified look: "This can't be done, can't be done. Let's not say that this green calyx plum is hard to feed, just let it go." It is said that it was specially planted by the Marquis Zongzheng from the south of the Yangtze River for the empress. Clearly, if you really like to see it, you must not do it. In the palace, there are two green plants planted by the empress. Mei, if it’s broken, you won’t be able to see it later.”

Knowing that her daughter was not going to see Lumei, Concubine De offered to help.

Qingran was overjoyed and hurriedly got up and said: "What the concubine mother said is very true, the green plum is my uncle's wish, but it must not be discounted. The queen mother, the daughter went to see the green plum, and will be back in a while."

Fushen saluted, turned around and left, his cheerful footsteps did not give the queen a chance to stop her.

The queen was depressed but didn't want to say much, especially since she had already ran out the door in three steps at a time, and couldn't scream anymore even if she wanted to.Knowing what she was thinking, she thought about it, and quickly ordered: "The snow hasn't stopped, quickly get Xiao Qi an umbrella to support her. There are also wooden clogs, don't get your shoes wet again. This child is lively and willful. Emerald, You go and see her in person, don't let her mess around."

A pun was like a slap in the face, Concubine De was startled when she heard it, the words that she was about to stop wrapped around her tongue and swallowed back.

The seventh princess, Cheng Qingran, had reached the age of Ji two months ago, recently Concubine De was inquiring about the princes in the ministers' mansion and the young talents in the court in private.Fei Cui knew that the seventh princess admired Zongzheng Mingzhen wholeheartedly, and every time she saw her, she wanted to post it, so she saluted and chased after her.

"This child has been spoiled by my concubine, thank you Empress for not blaming me!" After finishing speaking, she got up, Concubine De immediately bowed to Empress Empress.

The queen wanted to blame her, but she thanked her for not blaming her, so how could she blame her.Smiling lightly to signal her to sit down, Zongzheng Wanyin said: "Is my child weird? I heard from Concubine Shu that you are helping Xiao Qixiang to look after others recently. Who do you have your eyes on?"

The sixth princess is already married, and the only marriageable princesses in the palace are the seventh and eighth princesses.The seventh princess was born by the concubine De, and the eighth princess was born by the concubine Xiangui.The two of them were born in the same year, and they are both 15 years old this year.

As a mother, Concubine De actually didn't agree that the Seventh Princess liked Zongzheng Mingzhen, and felt that although he was good-looking, the difference in age was too great.Moreover, Mrs. Zongzheng Hou is a widow at a young age. As the old saying goes, the son of a widow is not easy to marry.Therefore, in private, she was indeed looking at each other without telling her daughter.

Not intending to deceive the queen, she took an apple and peeled it in her hand, and replied as she peeled it: "The concubine lives deep in the palace, and I don't know whose son is good. I just listen to what other people say. I heard that there are some apples in the capital The four sons are both talented and good-looking, and excellent in character and learning. The first one is naturally the younger brother of the empress Mingzhen, the second one is Jiang Zhehan, the grandson of Jiang Ge, the grandson of the Jiang family, the third one is Qiu Yutang from the Qiu Mansion, and the last One is Mei Zhongkai, the legitimate son of the second room of the Mei family in Prince Liang's residence."

Zongzheng Mingzhen was deliberately ranked first, and Concubine De stared at the queen's face after finishing speaking.

The queen has been in the palace for many years, does anyone know what she means? She has always maintained a decent smile on her face, and said: "Speaking of my incompetent younger brother, I have a headache. I'm in my twenties and I don't have a family. My mother's anxious hair is all over the place." To put it bluntly. Fortunately, the emperor is sympathetic to Ben Gong and his mother, and said that he will have a look at the selection of concubines for the fourth and fifth elders after the new year, and then decree to marry them."

At the end of the point, the conversation changed, the empress handed the peeled tangerine to Concubine De and said: "I heard that the master of the Jiang family is good at martial arts, and he is very competitive, but he is taciturn and not very talkative. Qiu Yutang looks like Pan Ancai Gao Badou, very tactful in dealing with people, and sweet-mouthed, I think it would be more suitable for Xiaoqi."

(End of this chapter)