As time passed, the prosperous city of Taining welcomed the first snow of another year in memory.
As early as early autumn, Xiao Ling had safely given birth to Chu Yin, her and Chu Yan's first child.
It was also when Chu Yin was one month old that An Guo received a letter from the Western Xia Kingdom.
Originally, Tianwei had known about the letter from Western Xia in advance, but when the letter was actually delivered to the palace, Xiao Ling was still surprised.
You must know that with the attitude of the Western Xia Kingdom, it has never had any dealings with the current An Kingdom or even other countries.
The fact that a letter of credence is being sent now is obviously surprising.
With full of doubts in her heart, she carefully opened the letter from Western Xia and read the contents.
Soon, after understanding the contents of the letter, Xiao Ling, who was originally sitting on the dragon throne, stood up suddenly, apparently remembering something.
Then, she looked at Xiaotuan who was sleeping next to Yinyin, her eyes filled with doubt.
"Xiaotuan? A fairy beast?"
"Why do I feel so strange?"
Xiao Ling was a little confused.
The letter from Western Xia was written by Emperor Qingyuan of Western Xia himself. Its general content was to infer that the fairy beast that was born with the little princess was now in Anguo, and hoped that Xiao Ling, as the empress of Anguo, could help find the fairy beast.
The so-called fairy beast refers to Xiaotuan. Xiao Ling already knew about this when it was auctioned at Tianxia Trading Company.
But she really didn't understand. According to what the Xixia emperor said, the little princess of Xixia was critically ill. Could this cat really make the little princess recover?
Why does it sound so... magical?
According to the meaning in the letter, in the near future, the Xixia envoy will personally set out from the Xixia Kingdom to Anguo to meet with the Emperor of Anguo and discuss this matter in detail.
If a small group could be found, Emperor Qingyuan was willing to accept any acceptable conditions, even including the Xixia Kingdom's help in sending troops to attack the Qi Kingdom.
Although Xiao Ling didn't care about what happened later, the letter from the Emperor of Western Xia gave her an idea.
It's about my mother.
She had long known that her mother was from Western Xia, but Tianwei had not made any progress in finding her mother.
All of this was due to the fact that the Western Xia Kingdom was too closed and did not allow any foreigners to enter its territory, which made Xiao Ling very distressed.
"Yuzhu, go to Tianwei and find Mu Ci, and ask her to come to the palace to see me... In addition, ask Chu Yi to come here as soon as possible."
Finally there was a new breakthrough. Xiao Ling became excited and immediately ordered Yuzhu to do the job.
Yuzhu soon left with instructions.
Chu Yi is still in the cabinet and rushed over as soon as he received the news.
After carefully reading the letter from Western Xia, he fell silent.
"That's strange. If Xiaotuan really affected the little princess's health, why did her condition suddenly worsen during this period? How did Xixia know that Xiaotuan was with His Majesty?"
"Perhaps Xixia doesn't know that Xiaotuan is with us yet, or maybe they already know but just haven't said it out loud," Xiao Ling explained.
Chu Yi nodded, his eyes repeatedly falling on the letter from the credential.
"However...Emperor Qingyuan has sent an envoy to Anguo, which means he must still have some concerns. The little princess's condition is probably not particularly critical."
After listening to this carefully, Xiao Ling didn't say anything. However, when she saw that Chu Yi had nothing else to say, she spoke:
"Chu Yi...I..."
Before she could finish, Chu Yi spoke first: "Your Majesty wants to take this opportunity to go to Xixia to inquire about the whereabouts of the Queen Mother, right?"
"……Um."
"That's not a problem. If you can't wait, you can actually have Mu Ci take someone to reply to the letter right now, and take the opportunity to go to Xixia. I'm sure Emperor Qingyuan won't object."
Chu Yi had no objection to the matter of finding his mother-in-law. Because of Xiao Ling, he had asked Xu Zizhuo to handle this matter for the past year.
However, due to the national conditions of Western Xia, Xu Zizhuo's men returned empty-handed just like the Tianwei, and could only stare blankly at the territory of Western Xia.
Xiao Ling's idea was similar to Chu Yi's. Seeing that Chu Yi had no other opinions, she nodded.
But precisely because it happened suddenly, she felt a little worried.
Xiao Ling couldn't help but take a step forward and hide in Chu Yi's arms.
"I don't know why, even though this is a very happy event, I feel a little uneasy..."
"It's fine,"
Chu Yi put his arms around the back of the empress in front of him and said kindly, "I have a feeling in my heart that the empress dowager's status must be quite special, and the emperor of Western Xia must know something, otherwise he wouldn't have come to me so suddenly."
"I hope so..." Xiao Ling replied softly, "I just hope to see my mother as soon as possible, that's all..."
Mu Ci is in Tianwei, and he enters the palace to meet the emperor much later than Chu Yi.
When she arrived at the Purple Palace, Xiao Ling asked her to read the letter sent by Western Xia first.
After reading the letter, Mu Ci obviously thought of the most important thing first, and then said seriously:
"Your Majesty, if this is truly the case, I hope to personally go to Xia Country first and find the Queen Mother for Your Majesty to resolve the knot that has been hanging over your heart for many years."
This proactive request was exactly what Xiao Ling wanted, and he immediately made up his mind:
"That's exactly what I was thinking. Thank you for your help. I'll write a letter right away and you can take it to the monarch of Xia."
After finishing his business in Beijing, Mu Ci took the imperial edict and left the city that afternoon on his way to the Western Xia Kingdom.
Soon, envoys from Western Xia also arrived in Anguo Taining.
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