Return of the Swallow

Qin Yining was in the palace. Although he was in the center of the storm circle, he did not feel any major abnormalities. At least for now, as long as she behaves, she'll be fine. Faced with Princess Tana's frequent unreasonable troubles, she only needed a few thousand pounds of support to get over it.

"It's February now. Although the weather in the capital is not as warm as in the old capital, we can still put away all the woolen clothes." Ji Yun smiled and took out a thick spring coat in the color of Yang Fei and put it on the bed where he was dressing up. Qin Yining's hand, "Thankfully we were fully prepared when we came, otherwise we wouldn't have any spring clothes yet."

Bingtang took a hairpin and compared it to the back of Qin Yining's peony bun. She looked at Qin Yining in the mirror and smiled: "Yes, who would have thought that he could live in this palace for so long. I don't know how many women outside would be envious."

Qin Yining laughed and spread the colorless lipstick on his lips with his little finger. She has always kept a low profile in the palace, even dressing up as plainly as possible, so as not to take away the brilliance of the nobles and attract resentment.

"Okay, let's just live in peace. Whenever we can go back, the Holy Spirit will naturally tell us to go out. Jieyun."

Qin Yining stopped Ji Yun and said with a smile: "If you don't wear this, it's too delicate. Find something plain. There is also a hairpin, so choose something plain. Don't want this one."

Su-shou took off the green flower hairpin on her head and asked Bingtang to put it on her hair again.

Ji Yun looked at the clothes in his arms, sighed helplessly, and then went out to find a lake blue dress and an ivory white jacket.

"Princess is so wronged. You can't even be free to wear anything here. It's their own business if they are not as good-looking as you, but you still have to take care of their mood and don't dare to dress up. It's really wronged." Bingtang Helpless and angry, he found another simple and elegant jade hairpin.

After Qin Yining finished dressing up, he comforted the two of them with a smile: "If you want to dress up, why don't we dress up freely when we go back to the house? If you dress up too much now, you will only attract people's jealousy. You haven't seen me being silent on weekdays. , that one looks like a chicken with black eyes."

When Bingtang heard her describe it like this, she smiled wildly, "Isn't it a black-eyed chicken? At first, the slave thought that she wanted revenge for Anari Khan. Although she was hateful at the time, at least she acted for The hatred of the country and the family still has merit.

"Who would have known that when she saw you later, her face would be full of jealousy. She was obviously jealous of your appearance. Apparently she had forgotten about revenge for Anari Khan. You are not the concubine of the Holy Emperor. Can she be jealous of you? .”

"Who knows what she is thinking." Qin Yining smiled and said nonchalantly: "Since she doesn't like me, naturally everything I do is wrong.

Just let her be and just hold on for a while. "

Having said that, who can know when it will end?

Jiyun and Bingtang stopped talking and brought Qin Yining breakfast from the kitchen. Bingtang was checked first and was confirmed to be non-toxic before being given to Qin Yining.

While eating, there was a sudden movement outside.

Qin Yining put down the spoon and looked at the door.

Ji Yun hurried over, bent down and put his ear to the closed diamond lattice door, listening to the voices outside.

"It seems like someone is coming from Kunning Palace."

Qin Yining blinked in confusion, lowered his eyes and picked up the hot tea to rinse his mouth.

At this time, the voices were getting closer. Then a little palace maid knocked on the palace door.

"Back to Princess Zhongshun, there is an edict from Kunning Palace."

Qin Yining stood up and walked to the palace door, signaling Jiyun to open the door.

Ji Yun nodded, and after opening the door, the morning light illuminated the area in front of the door. Qin Yining squinted to adapt to the light, and saw a person wearing a dark green palace attire, with his hair in a bun, standing under the red ridge. It turns out that she is indeed Grandma Sun, a close confidant of Queen Kunning Palace.

"It turns out to be Grandma Sun." Qin Yining walked down from Danchi with a smile, walked closer and curtsied.

"I don't dare to be a slave." Grandma Sun quickly avoided her and returned the greeting: "My slave, please pay my respects to the princess."

"Mother Sun is exempt from the ceremony. But what are the Queen's orders?"

Grandma Sun smiled and said: "Yes, the Queen Mother has invited Princess Kunning to go to Kunning Palace. The Queen Mother has saved the Queen from being unconscious for the past two days. The Queen has nothing to do and wants to make two pairs of shoes for the Queen Mother. She knows that Princess With a good family background and good taste, the queen wanted to invite the princess to come with her to choose patterns for shoe uppers."

There are many maids in the palace who are excellent at sewing needlework, and there are even excellent embroiderers in embroidery workshops waiting for the queen to choose. How can she, a lady who has become a monk halfway, get her turn?

Qin Yining smiled and said, "It's your Majesty's favor. I'll go over right now."

Grandma Sun smiled and nodded, turning sideways to make a gesture of invitation.

Qin Yining also saluted and called Bingtang and Jiyun to follow.

But after taking two steps, a sarcastic laugh came from the main hall.

Princess Tana stood in front of the palace door with her arms folded, playing with the curly hair hanging by her ears with one hand, and said with a sneer: "The Queen is very kind-hearted. She goes to care for her married woman when she has nothing to do. Could it be that the crown prince of this palace Will Xiugong still treat the Qin family badly?"

"As Concubine Shun said, how could you treat a married woman ill? Isn't it just a good time to go to the Queen Mother to sleep, and the Queen wants to fulfill her filial piety when she has free time." Grandma Sun smiled and saluted Princess Tana, " As the mother of a country, it is her duty to show concern for the Sixth Palace. Princess Zhongshun is also a foreigner. If the Holy One had not shown mercy to Queen Shun and ordered Princess Zhongshun to accompany her, she would not have been left in the palace. It’s been so long since I’ve lived here. The Queen is caring about the Princess just to share the worries of the Concubine Shun, do you think so or not?”

Princess Tana's face turned red for a moment. The implication of this old nanny was that she was too stupid to learn etiquette and Dazhou dialect, so she allowed Qin Yining to stay in the palace for so long and continue to teach her!

But everyone with discerning eyes in the palace knew that she was just making an excuse in front of the Holy Sage. The Holy Sage agreed to her because he loved her. Now she stays here to vent her anger and relieve her boredom. Even the Queen Mother doesn't care. But he always interferes, which is really annoying.

Princess Tana's Da Zhou is not very good at speaking. She has to organize her words if she wants to curse. I wanted to curse people in Tatar, but these people couldn't understand me, so the curse would be in vain.

While she was struggling, Grandma Sun had already bowed to her politely and led Qin Yining and his party out.

Princess Tana could only jump in place angrily.

After leaving Chuxiu Palace, Qin Yining breathed a sigh of relief and chatted with Grandma Sun all the way to Kunning Palace.

The queen had been waiting for Qin Yining for a long time. When she saw her coming, she smiled and said: "Here you are, come and help me take a look at these tricks. No matter how I look at them, I can't tell which one I should choose."

"Yes." Qin Yining bowed in agreement, turned around and told Ji Yun and Bingtang not to follow, and followed the queen to the side hall alone.

It was cold in spring, but the heated kang near the window in the side hall was still warm. The queen sat down, raised her finger with an agate ring and pointed it at the opposite side of the kang table, "You should also sit down, the ground is very cold."

"Thank you, Queen." Qin Yining thanked her generously and sat down opposite the Queen.

The queen casually took the sewing dustpan and placed it on the kang table, then turned away from the officials and palace people around her.

At this time, Qin Yining became more and more certain that the queen wanted to tell her something. Her nerves could not help but become tense, and she paid attention to the movements outside the palace with some worry.

The queen whispered: "I should not have come to you in the first place. But after thinking about it, I feel that this matter is not a trivial matter. You are in the palace and there is no news from the outside. I should let you know."

"You saved Brother Hao from Concubine Yun that day, and you sincerely protected me. If I know this and don't tell you, I will always feel guilty about it."

Qin Yining's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. She looked at the queen with a pair of clear almond eyes. Her eyes were clean and harmless, which made the queen feel more and more pity, and she couldn't help but sigh:

"Well, in the final analysis, this is all a matter between men, and it has nothing to do with us women. Let me tell you, it's okay if you just know in your heart. I heard that the Holy Father issued a decree a few days ago and sent Mr. Qin to Heaven. Yuguan went to reward the army."

Reward the army?

Although her father was the Minister of Rites and had been valued by Li Qitian earlier, the situation now was very complicated. Qin Yining did not believe that Li Qitian would trust Qin Huaiyuan enough to arrange for him to reward the army.

Besides, Ji Zeyu contributed a lot to the defeat of the Tatars in the north. Even if he wanted to reward the army, it was Ji Zeyu who should go there. How could it be the turn of an irrelevant person?

"Queen, is my father the only one going this time, or is Duke Ding also going with us?"

"As far as I know, your father is the only one, and Duke Dingguo is still in the capital."

"What specific day did it happen? I didn't get any news at all."

The queen shook her head and couldn't say anything else. She just said: "It seems that they set off the day before yesterday."

Qin Yining nodded thoughtfully, holding the embroidery sample in his hand, looking a little dazed.

The queen sighed and said: "You know it, that's all. I see that you are detained in the palace and have to suffer from the Tatar woman every day. You don't know about this big thing, so I want to tell you."

"These men's affairs are all about fighting and killing, but what does it have to do with us women? I can't see anyone getting involved in you like this, but there is nothing I can do about it. The Holy One didn't let you know about this matter. In fact, I don't either. I don’t know if I should tell you, but..."

The queen's voice trailed off at the end, and there was also hesitation in her voice.

She knew that there was a disagreement between Pang Xiao and Li Qitian. Sometimes I feel that it is not easy for her to interfere in matters between men. However, Qin Yining sincerely defended her and even saved her son. There was something fishy about this matter. She knew clearly that something was wrong, but she would always feel guilty if she didn't remind Qin Yining.

Moreover, she only revealed a piece of news and did not do anything directly. Qin Yining was in the palace and knew that her father had gone to the border to reward the army. She only knew the news and it did not hinder important matters. This should not hinder the Holy Emperor. It would be ungrateful of her not to even reveal the information.

Qin Yining vaguely knew what the queen was thinking, so he suppressed his shock and thoughts after hearing the news for the time being. He smiled and said to the queen, "Thank you, queen. I am deeply grateful."

The queen smiled and shook her head, and said in confusion: "It's not worth anything, it's just..."

"Prince Zhongshun, what do you have to thank the Queen for?"