"Brother Huang, I'm wrong. Please forgive me." Qi Jingsheng immediately begged for mercy.
"It's late." Qi Jinglan looks at Qi Jingsheng with a bad smile. Qi Jingsheng is also helpless. How can he stand such a brother? Ah
"Well, well, the food is hot. Don't bicker between you two. Eat quickly." Just two people are hungry, so they eat regardless of the image.
After dinner, Qi Jinglan and Qi Jingsheng go to Weiyang palace to discuss things, leaving Xia Xiaoran alone to grow mushrooms in Guanju palace.
"Niang Niang, I've heard that our superior officials have handed over the management right of salt and iron to the imperial court." Kissing painting thinks that she should tell her mother the news, so she quietly tells Xia Xiaoran after Qi Jinglan and Qi Jingsheng leave.
"Such a big thing... Why didn't there be any movement? This kind of thing should have been done for a long time, and the emperor should have known about it. How come we haven't received any news? Or are we really excluded from Shangguan's family? " Xia Xiaoran feels strange that such a right does not mean that it can be handed over. It takes a long time just for the handover of personnel. Qi Jinglan has known for a long time. Why don't he say it to himself?
"It's the first time that I've heard about such a big thing. In the past few months, the Shangguan family has not asked her how much money she's married. What's the matter?" Kissing painting also feels strange. Speaking of Shangguan hibiscus, she is still very popular in Shangguan's family. It's impossible to break contact as soon as she enters the palace.
"Is it the family who want to avoid suspicion? Or do you want the emperor to know that the superior officials are loyal and won't do anything beyond that? " Xia Xiaoran guessed.
"That's what I think. After all, the power of our upper officials is so powerful that everyone will think that the upper officials will oppose us. It's also a wise choice for us to hand over some power. The maidservant also thought of a possibility, that is, when his royal highness pretended to be a fool, he must keep in touch with the elders of the official family. Maybe he reminded the elders of the upper official family, so he began to temporarily alienate the relationship between the upper official family and the empress, so that the empress could live in the palace well and not be doubted by the emperor. " Kiss the picture.
"You mean that the elders of the Shangguan family thought that the king of Qi was actually going to test them in the name of rebellion, so the Shangguan family began to transfer power to the outside world. After all, no one can afford to be accused of treason. " Xia Xiaoran goes on with the analysis of kiss painting, but there is some truth.
"Yes, I think so. I don't know if it's right." Kiss the picture.
"That's the only situation, I think." Xia Xiaoran said.
As expected, the envoy appeared a month later. Xia Xiaoran also found out why the officials didn't contact him, which was similar to what he had guessed before. However, what worries Xia Xiaoran is that the Shangguan family seems to have the intention to send another daughter to the palace again, saying that they want to help the queen consolidate her position. However, Xia Xiaoran can only rely on guesswork if he really thinks about it.
"Shangguan Aiqing, I'm satisfied to have a queen. I'd better not." Qi Jinglan refused.
"Emperor, I'm afraid that the queen will be alone in the palace. I'd better let one of her sisters go into the palace to accompany her." Shangguan said sincerely in front of Qi Jinglan.
"I'm afraid of being lonely. Let the empress play well as a child and come to Guanju palace to be maids. But to tell you the truth, there are many maids in the palace. There is no shortage of these maids you sent in by Aiqing."
"Maid in waiting? Emperor, emperor, are you kidding Shangguan asked in amazement.
"Shangguan Aiqing, I have just developed a relationship with the queen. I don't want to affect our relationship because of some unnecessary troubles. I love the queen. She is still a child. She is too simple to be suitable for the disputes in the harem. I don't want to block the Queen's heart, do you understand? All this is for the sake of the queen. When the queen is in a good mood, I will be in a good mood. Does Aiqing understand? " Qi Jinglan said one Datong, one is that he really thinks about Xia Xiaoran in his heart, and the other is that too many women in the harem will upset him. From small to large, how many women have been forced to be around him, and more women will really drive him crazy.
"Wei Chen understands that everything depends on the emperor." Shangguan thought it was useless to continue arguing, but it would have some adverse effects, so he had to give up.
The purpose of sending new people to the palace is not to accompany Xia Xiaoran. There must be other purposes, such as convenient contact with the former dynasty, blowing the wind around the emperor and so on. In a word, the upper officials like to spread the net where they need it, even in the back palace. The failure of this casting does not mean that there is no next casting.
Qi Jinglan looked at the direction of Guanju palace, pondered for a while, looked at the people around him, and got busy again. Thought, today's things should soon spread to the Queen's ears, in this case, I will save a lot of trouble to explain it. Qi Jinglan suddenly stopped writing. When did he start to care so much about his wife, when did he start to believe in his wife, and when did he start to care so much about this person's feelings.
I've never felt this way before, and I've never asked the refusal minister to send a woman to me for the sake of a woman. Even if I refused, I didn't refuse as firmly as this time.
"Emperor, the envoys are here. His Highness the king of Qi has gone to receive them." The little eunuch came to Qi Jinglan and pulled Qi Jinglan's thoughts back“ Well, I see. Let the imperial dining room prepare some moon cakes. When the king of Qi is busy, bring them to him. " Qi Jinglan knew that it was very busy and boring to receive envoys, so he wanted to reward his brother. However, the previous problem has not been solved. What's the matter? Have you been attracted to shangguanjin? Have you let go of your vigilance against the upper officials and begun to relax your vigilance against this big family? He is an emperor. It's reasonable to say that seven emotions and six desires should not be so obvious. It's easy for people to grasp the weakness and lower their fighting spirit. Qi Jinglan wants to calm down. He is not controlled by his feelings. When he came back, he found that he was standing at the gate of Guanju palace. He thought, since he's here, let's go in and have a look. Xia Xiaoran is gnawing a corn, some dregs stick on his face, there is no authority of the empress of the palace“ Why are you still eating? " Qi Jinglan looked at such a scene, can not help but smile, some happy“ For the sake of children, we should eat more. " Xia Xiaoran very seriously said, a serious face with not very serious face, really interesting. Qi Jinglan couldn't help laughing“ What are you laughing at? It's very serious! " Xia Xiaoran looked at Qi Jinglan laughing at his appearance, a little angry, do not want to continue to say“ Don't be angry, ah Jin. I don't want to laugh at you, but your face is really funny. " Qi Jinglan said that he was afraid that he could not help laughing again for a while“ Face? " Xia Xiaoran casually wiped his face and found that there were indeed some dross sticking to his face. He immediately blushed.