Yuan Lang leaned over to Long Xu's ear and said, "Uncle, you are not worthy of the Princess of the Shi Family at all."
"The little brat is quite understanding."
Long Xu couldn't help but smile, knowing that his mother was joking, and continued with the work in his hands.
Seeing that the little wooden sword had taken shape, Yuan Lang clapped his hands happily: "My cousin is really amazing!"
Long Xu raised his eyebrows. Yan Bojian went to the battle with the powerful crossbow that he had participated in designing and making. That was really impressive.
On the other side, Shi Yangyang glanced at Long Xu, who was busy carving wood, and shook her head repeatedly: "Aunt, don't joke. Long Xu and I are not suitable."
Yan Yu smiled and said, "Listen, this girl has set her sights on Bo Jian."
Shi Yangyang stared at Hong Qingyi and said, "Aunt, if you think I have a bad temper, I can change it as long as you agree that I can be with Yan Bojian."
Hong Qingyi smiled and said, "It won't be too late to discuss this matter after Bo Jian returns to Beijing."
After hearing these words, Shi Yangyang felt that her relationship with Yan Bojian was about to begin.
Madam Hong said, "Bo Jian is the third child after all, so Xing He's marriage should come first."
Yan Xinghe was just about to order someone to fetch chess pieces, intending to play a few games with Fu Ciyi, when the topic suddenly shifted to him. He quickly replied, "Grandma, I'm not in a hurry."
"How can I not be anxious?" Old Madam Hong shook her head repeatedly. "You and His Highness are about the same age, and His Highness and Fu Ning are as close as honey. Don't you want to marry someone you like?"
"I'm really not in a hurry." Yan Xinghe explained, "I have my own plans."
While you are young, work hard for your career.
How can marrying a wife be as good as being the prime minister?
But under the pressure of getting married, she gave up the idea of playing chess in the flower hall and raised her hand towards Fu Ciyi.
Fu Ciyi smiled faintly and stood up.
The two of them left the bustling flower hall and walked into the quiet woods.
"There have been quite a few memorials impeaching you recently," Yan Xinghe said.
"I know." Fu Ciyi said calmly.
Ever since he placed Long Lihui under house arrest, almost everyone from different camps has impeached him.
The masters behind these people are nothing more than his "good brothers".
In fact, the reason is simple. They are afraid that his fire will burn them. At the same time, if they can find a reason to impeach him, those people will naturally not let it go.
Yan Xinghe said directly, "After all, by getting rid of you, they have eliminated their most powerful opponent. How can they fight from now on? Without you, they imagine that their chances of winning will be greater. However, too many people impeaching is never a good thing. Do you need me to unite some people to impeach them in return?"
"That's not necessary." Fu Ciyi declined politely, "For now, it's better for others not to know who our group is."
Yan Xinghe thought of something and suddenly smiled: "It may be that I am too anxious."
"What?"
"Some ministers said that if the emperor is protective of his son, he's protecting His Royal Highness Prince Rui. If they say he's not protective of his son, he's not protecting His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince at all. I also heard that after the old prime minister went to the emperor to impeach him but to no avail, he was so anxious that he turned around and went to the empress."
Fu Ciyi gave his own explanation: "My father ordered me to handle the affairs of Beiqi, so he naturally turned a blind eye."
"That's fine."
Yan Xinghe nodded. As long as Beiqi handled the matter well, those ministers who impeached his brother-in-law should shut up.
From another perspective, after the Beiqi issue is resolved, my brother-in-law will be one step closer to the position of crown prince.
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Time flies so fast, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, the palace sent someone to Prince Rui's mansion, and Eunuch Song brought him to Yan Funing.
"Princess, Eunuch Mo is here."
Eunuch Song said this, and Eunuch Mo took a step forward.
Yan Funing was directing someone to prune the orange trees. This was a light pruning, primarily thinning out overcrowded branches to ensure more leaves received sunlight. At this moment, she heard a voice and turned around. Seeing the person coming, she smiled and asked, "Eunuch Mo, are you here for something?"
Eunuch Mo bowed with a smile and said, "The Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Yun miss you so much and hope you'll come into the palace to chat with them."
"Okay, I'll go today." Yan Funing agreed.
"The old slave has returned to the palace."
Eunuch Mo immediately stepped back, said something to Eunuch Song, and left.
After he walked away, Eunuch Song approached Yan Funing and said, "The Queen Mother and the others miss the Princess. The Princess must come to the palace immediately, right?"
"No hurry, I need to prepare some snacks."
"Snacks?" Eunuch Song was surprised.
Yan Funing pursed her lips and smiled: "The grandmothers are keeping each other company now, so they don't have much time to think about me."
I mainly miss the various kinds of food on East Third Street.
After a slight pause, he added, "Besides, I can't go to the palace to see them empty-handed."
"Your Highness is right." Eunuch Song smiled. "Your Highness is indeed attentive."
Yan Funing called Caiyu over and said, "Take your men to East Third Street and prepare a soft-cooked medicinal dish each. Also, buy all the favorite snacks of the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Yun, and Concubine Ling. Put it on my account."
Caiyu said yes and was about to leave.
"Wait." Yan Funing ordered again, "Chengwenlou has some good dishes. My mother likes them. Take some food away too."
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Caiyu called Caishi, and several second-class maids left.
As they walked away, they passed Leng Feng and his group.
The men walked quickly across the courtyard, hurriedly saluted Yan Funing, and headed towards the study.
Yan Funing was startled and looked at Eunuch Song: "Is there something serious going on?"
Eunuch Song nodded and said, "Looks like he's in a hurry."
Yan Funing pointed out several branches that needed to be pruned to the steward, and then took Eunuch Song to the study.
When they arrived, Leng Feng and others were presenting the secret letter to Fu Ciyi.
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