After everyone sat down, it took a long time to see Ulanara come out.
After not seeing each other for a while, Ulanara seemed to have gained some weight, making his face plump and rosy, and he looked younger.
As soon as she sat down, Maobin smiled and asked the third elder brother a few words, and said that the third elder brother was now very filial and came to pay his respects to the empress, the empress, every three days.
Sure enough, a smile appeared on the queen's face.
She briefly chatted a few words and then told everyone about the eastward tour.
Ji Ling looked around at the crowd and saw that many people had surprised expressions, which showed that they had no prior knowledge.
Yinzhen probably only told her and the queen.
"The date has been chosen by the Qin Tian Jian, and the emperor has also confirmed it. It is set on September 27th, so there is no need to worry."
As Ulanara said, he asked the palace maid to pass the list to everyone. Ji Ling took a look and found that there were not many people this time. The rankings were from top to bottom, and there were no people below the nobles.
Like promises, always present, no one is on the list anymore.
Concubine Yu smiled and turned to Ji Ling and said, "The emperor loves you so much, my sister. I thought that my sister was the only one on this list."
Ji Ling glanced at her and said with a calm smile: "Sister Yufei is really good at joking. If you only bring one person with you, you should also bring the Queen. Sister Yufei better stop saying that, be careful of being overheard by others.
I thought you didn’t take the Queen seriously!"
The smile on Concubine Yu's face suddenly froze, and she unconsciously glanced at the Queen, only to see Ulanara holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, sipping it leisurely and contentedly, with a calm expression on her face.
Just pretend you didn't hear it.
She withdrew her eyes and gave Ji Ling a cold look.
Ji Ling had lowered her head and took a piece of pastry from the plate beside the table and put it into her mouth to eat. She thought to herself that this was the same for Concubine Yu. She had always been quite calm before, but now she jumped out...
She was thinking here and heard the queen say again: "This time is different from the past. We are not going to the Old Summer Palace, but to Shengjing. The journey is long and the journey time is long. Although there is support from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Shengjing, everyone is still doing well.
Be prepared to avoid being caught off guard if there is any inconvenience on the road."
All the concubines said "Yes!"
Ulanala glanced at Ji Ling again, then smiled and said: "Concubine Chen, the journey is long this time. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for you to take two children alone. I will tell the emperor to let the third princess and Liu'a
Brother, stay in the palace and take good care of me. All you have to do is care about me."
When Qixi heard this, she immediately raised her head, her eyes showing anxiety, and her hand holding Ji Ling tightened.
Everyone in the hall cast their eyes on Ji Ling.
Ji Ling held Qixi's hand firmly, stood up and said with a smile as usual: "Thank you very much for the Queen's care and reminder. Since it is the Queen's will, I will obey the order."
As she said this, Yingyingfu got down.
Seeing how happily she agreed, Ulanara was startled. Then he heard her keep saying, "It's the Queen's wish." He felt vaguely uneasy in his heart, so he coughed, covered his mouth with a handkerchief and wiped it.
, just now he changed his voice softly and said with a smile: "That's what I said. What to do specifically depends on the emperor's wishes. Concubine Chen, please get up."
Ji Ling reached out to Qixi and was helped to stand up and walk back to her seat.
Zhang Guiren was looking over here, with a faint look of worry in his eyes.
Ji Ling gave her a comforting look.
Zhang Guiren understood her look, his frown relaxed a little, and he calmly withdrew his gaze.
After sitting for half an hour, everyone left.
As soon as she returned to Chengqian Palace, Qixi breathed a sigh of relief. When she got to the warm pavilion in the back hall, while serving her master, she took off her flowerpot-soled shoes and said worriedly: "Master, the Queen said
If you want to keep the sixth elder brother and the third princess in the palace, my servant sounds like something is wrong, so you must not agree."
Ji Ling put on comfortable flat shoes, took a breath, tilted her head slightly, pinched her shoulders and said, "It doesn't matter whether I agree or not, the emperor won't agree anyway."
Qixi was still a little worried: "Master, what if the Emperor is persuaded by the Empress? After all, the journey is far away, the two young masters are still young, and the road is indeed tortuous enough. Why don't you take advantage of the Empress before she says anything?
Why don't you go and have a fight with the emperor?"
Ji Ling shook her head and said: "If the queen could influence the emperor, she would not say anything to test me in Kunning Palace today."
She concentrated for a moment, looked in the direction of the third princess and sixth elder brother's front hall, and suddenly whispered to herself: "Children, please grow up quickly - even though E Niang is very reluctant to let go."
In the following period, as expected, Yinzhen did not mention the intention of leaving the third princess and the sixth elder brother in the palace at all - presumably the Ulanara clan did not dare to mention it after all.
During this period of time, Ji Ling, except when necessary to pay greetings to the queen, spent the rest of the time behind closed doors, staying at home and packing her bags carefully.
After all, she is now the mother of two children.
Zhang Guiren visited her several times.
As early as last year in the Old Summer Palace, the third princess no longer recognized Zhang Guiren as her biological child. At this time, she hugged her neck, sat on her lap, held cakes and ate the crumbs all over Zhang Guiren.
Ji Ling stretched out her hand and said: "Xi'er, come here!"
Zhang Guiren hugged her and said with a smile: "Sister, it's okay."
The third princess couldn't sit still, so after a while she slipped off Zhang Guiren's lap and showed Zhang Guiren the puppy born by Qilin. Zhang Guiren's eyes lit up when he saw it.
Ji Ling saw that she was happy and said, "If you like it, take one back and raise it!"
Zhang Guiren didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and immediately shook his head and said: "Sister, no matter how much I like you, how can I compete with the third princess for a puppy?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the third princess came forward and happily handed the puppy to Zhang Guiren.
Ji Ling chuckled: "Shengjian, it seems that Xi'er really likes you. That day I asked her to give half to her brother, but she still hesitated for a long time with a grimace on her face!"
After hearing this, Zhang Guiren lowered his head and looked at the third princess lovingly, stretched out his hand to touch her furry little head, and said nothing for a long time.
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On August 27, the sixth year of Yongzheng's reign, Emperor Yongzheng made his first eastward tour to Shengjing. In addition to his concubines, he also brought the emperor's third son Hongshi, the fourth son Hongli, the fifth son Hongzhou, the sixth son Hongxin, and Heshuo.
Princess Hehui, Princess Heshuo Shushen, Princess Heshuo Duanrou, etc.
The guard of honor left the Forbidden City in a grand manner. Ji Ling slightly raised the corner of the car curtain and looked outside. He saw that no one was allowed on both sides of the street. Only the guards of the capital were kneeling on both sides of the road.
Brother Six was held on the wet nurse's lap. At this time, he also turned his head curiously and looked out the window.