That night, the lights inside stayed on all night, the sky was bright, and the Ruan family came out one after another.
Jiu'er took over the sleeping Ruan Mianmian from Ruan Qi's hand. Hongyu covered the little breast dumpling with the cloak she had prepared long ago, and the two of them protected her and left.
In just over ten days, shocking news broke out one after another in the Ding'an Marquis Mansion.
First, the old master Ruan Geng became seriously ill, and then it was reported that Ruan Zhu, the second master of the Ruan family, died suddenly.
Rumor has it that the third wife of the Ruan family, Zhou Yunning, moved out of the Hou Mansion and moved into the Zhou Mansion. Just when everyone was suspicious, the third master Ruan Qi went to the Zhou Mansion every day. It is really hard to understand what is going on with this couple.
While everyone was eating melon, on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Gong hurriedly took Li Mingzhi and Li Minghui back to southern Xinjiang. It is said that before leaving, the emperor favored Li Mingzhi and rewarded Li Mingzhi with a woman named Gu Ling'an.
In the inner garden of the palace, the emperor stood on the steps in front of the palace and looked into the distance. Only Eunuch Kang was waiting on him.
"Am I not cruel enough?"
"The Emperor is kind and considers brotherhood."
"Your Majesty has good intentions. You are not doing it for the King of Southern Xinjiang, but for the Queen Mother."
"This time, she should finally see clearly whether it is me who is wary of Li Gong or whether he is up to no good."
"The Queen Mother must have seen the true face of the King of Southern Xinjiang. She didn't even see him when he entered the palace to say goodbye."
"I hope so. You said that if the little doll knows that she has sent the evidence to me and I return to the mountain, she will definitely be angry."
"The emperor must have deliberately given Gu Ling'an to Li Mingzhi to be his wife in order to appease Princess Linglong."
"Haha, let's go with the flow and help her solve a small problem. By the way, Li Gong is disgusting."
"Gu Ling'anju's bad intentions have caused trouble for the three families of the Ruan family. As a gift from the emperor, the King of Southern Xinjiang is now a man with his tail between his legs and does not dare to kill her. Li Mingzhi has hurt his roots. It seems that the palace will be very lively in the future.
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"Do you think this is my idea?" The emperor smiled, "This is the path Ruan Mianmian arranged for her."
"Princess Linglong!" Eunuch Kang couldn't help but sigh, "What a good plan."
"Ruan Mianmian is a little fox carefully taught by an old fox."
"The old Marquis had great foresight, Ruan Zhu died suddenly, and the King of Southern Xinjiang has a dedicated staff around him. I don't know how he persuaded him?"
"Though he was put to death and reborn, he committed a crime and made meritorious deeds. He acted rashly. He was the only one who dared to play this move, but it was indeed a skillful move." The emperor was pleased and admired at the same time. "Taking the initiative to report the inside story shows the loyalty of the old marquis.
"Your Majesty is wise and your ministers are loyal. Your Majesty is wise, so you have loyal ministers like the old Marquis to assist you. I dare to say this, if we talk about loyalty, there is no one in the civil and military circles who can compare with Ding'an Marquis."
"You make a trip in person and send more supplements to the old Marquis to replenish your health. In addition, you pass on the decree and make Ruan Mianmian Princess Linglong. You go to my inner treasury and pick out more things that the little girl likes and give them to the little baby.
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"Yes, I obey your order."
After the Lantern Festival, Tiandao Academy started school as usual. We turned to the mountain road at the foot of the mountain. This was the only way to enter the academy. Many students were on their way, and the originally quiet mountain road was very busy.
There are many sons of officials and merchants in Tiandao Academy, and of course half of them are students from poor families. There are travelers and many horse-drawn carriages on the mountain road.
Suddenly, there was a sound of hoofbeats, and more than a dozen horses turned into the mountain road, attracting everyone's attention for a while.
I saw a group of graceful young men and women on the horse, and the two horses, black and white, were protected in the middle.
The little boy on the black horse is only about ten years old, and the girl on the white horse is only six or seven years old. These two pink and jade-carved figures are as delicate as a fairy child descended from heaven.
Even among outstanding people, the two of them are the most dazzling ones.
"Disciple, slow down, be sure not to hurt anyone." Ruan Mianmian tightened the reins and shouted loudly.
Li Wang, who was at the forefront, shouted: "Master Mianmian is really troublesome."
Ji Ji, who was following Ruan Mianmian, smiled and said, "Don't be nagging, just listen to her."
Lin Bingying turned around and waved behind her: "Why are you so lagging behind today?"
The four Ruan brothers rode their horses slowly, Ruan Zhao looked uninterested: "It's just reading, are you so excited?"
"Of course, I'm looking forward to it." Ruan Mianmian smiled brightly, "Brother, are you looking forward to it?"
Li Yu nodded heavily and took a deep breath: "I'm looking forward to it, it feels like freedom."
"You may have forgotten that the old man of the Ji family is now the dean of Tiandao Academy." Ruan Xiao thought of Taifu Ji's rigor and frowned, "Brother, I don't know if other gentlemen in the academy are like him."
Ruan Chen smiled and replied: "It's worse than that."
"The third brother is right, the teachers in the college are very strict." Ruan Jin deliberately agreed.
Ruan Mianmian laughed like a silver bell: "A strict master gives birth to a great disciple, who is afraid of whom? Everyone, let's go!"
"Drive——!" Ruan Mianmian waved his riding whip and took the lead.
"Mianmian, wait for me." Li Yu quickly followed up with a whip.
"Haha——!" Everyone laughed and raised their whips.
The group of people rode horses galloping, laughing and chatting vigorously, living up to their time and running towards the future!