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After a few days in the hot spring village, Ye Zhen had no scruples. If it weren't for Xue Lin and the others who didn't dare to let her go, she would have gone to the city to have a look.
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She asked people to repack the swing and all kinds of things that Ye Yiqing had made before. Now walking in the village, she seemed to have returned to her childhood.
However, she only played for a few days and found Ye Yiqing's collected travel notes in the study. She didn't walk around anymore and spent most of her time reading in the study.
"Is the Empress still in the study?" Xiao Ran came over with lunch and saw Hong Ling standing outside the study. She was a little surprised. When she came to deliver snacks this morning, the Empress was already in the study. Did she spend most of the day reading?
Hong Ling took her tray and smiled helplessly. "The Empress likes to read Master's collected travel notes the most. When I was a child …"
Realizing that she had almost said the wrong thing, Hong Ling hurriedly shut up. The Empress today was not the Qin Wang Fei she used to serve.
"Xue Lin said it's time to take the Empress to the village." Xiao Ran whispered. "There is no delivery room in the village. All the midwives are in the village. It's not good for the Empress to stay here for too long."
"I'll go and talk to the Empress." Hong Ling whispered.
She gently pushed open the door of the study and saw the Empress sitting on the soft couch beside the bed reading. The early autumn sunshine was warm and bright, shining through the window. The light green gauze curtains swayed gently in the breeze. The sunshine made the Empress look a bit dreamy. Her white and lustrous skin seemed to be fragile. This picture was as beautiful as a painting. Hong Ling held her breath. It had been so many years, but she was still amazed by the Empress's beauty.
How many women in this world can be so breathtakingly beautiful that they can take away one's soul at a glance?
"Empress …" Hong Ling came back to her senses after a while and called Ye Zhen in a low voice, as if she was afraid that her voice would startle the fairy in the painting.
Ye Zhen looked up from the book and looked at Hong Ling. "Hmm?"
"It's time to eat." Hong Ling said with a smile and put the meal on the table. "You have been reading for most of the day. It's time to rest. Don't let your eyes get tired."
Ye Rou smiled and said, "Time passed unknowingly."
She never knew that her father had collected Qi Yanling's voyages to the sea, and they were so detailed. Not only were the nautical routes marked, but also the situations encountered at sea, how to guard against them, and what they saw and heard along the way. Ye Zhen's heart was stirred when she read them.
She had always wanted to go out to sea, and when she saw this travelogue, she felt her heart stir.
Compared to the Imperial Palace that was like a cage, she felt that the sea must be very free. The sky was wide and the sea was wide. She could meet different people and experience different stories. This was the wonderful life that her father had talked about.
Ye Rou closed the book. She did not know if she would have the chance to go out to sea in this lifetime, so it was not a bad idea to experience it in the book first.
"Niang niang, when will you return to the manor?" Hong Ling helped Ye Zhen down from the soft couch and waited for her to sit down and eat.
"Let's go back to the mountain today." Ye Zhen touched her belly. She felt a little heavy these days. It was better to go back to the villa first, lest it be too late to give birth.
Hong Ling was relieved. "Then this slave will let people prepare."
Ye Zhen pointed to a box of books next to her. "Take this too. Be careful, don't break it."
These books were well preserved by her father. They must be treasures. Fortunately, they were hidden in the manor at that time, and fortunately, the Lu family did not discover the benefits of this manor. Otherwise, she would not be able to see these books.
"Yes, niang niang." Hong Ling responded with a smile.
Ye Zhen glanced at the box of books and sighed in her heart. It would be great if she could go to sea.
She just couldn't bear to part with Mo Rongzhan!
In fact, she was really worried in her heart. If she continued to be raised like this, she didn't know if she would run to the sea under impulse.
Ye Zhen shook her head hurriedly and pressed the idea to death in her heart. She must not think too much about it, or she would think more and more.
After lunch, Ye Zhen asked people to prepare to return to the manor.
"Xue Lin, has the envoy of Qi come?" Ye Zhen got on the carriage and remembered that Mo Rongzhan said that the envoy of Qi would arrive in the capital in the next two days.
Since the niang niang suddenly left the manor a few days ago, the emperor ordered that there was no need to hide everything from the empress, so Xue Lin did not conceal anything. "Replying to niang niang, the envoy of Qi entered the city today. He should go to the palace to see the emperor tomorrow."
Ye Zhen nodded gently. Since Zhao Yong sent someone to pick up Zhao Ning, he should recognize his daughter. However, this did not seem to matter to Mo Rongzhan. He just wanted to use his relationship with Zhao Ning to establish diplomatic relations between Qi and Jin. "Do you know who the Qi Kingdom sent?"
Xue Lin said, "I heard that the envoy is the son of the Marquis of Zhenguo of the Qi Kingdom, but he also came with Zhao Zhongshen, the fourth princess of the Qi Kingdom."
"Prince?" Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows slightly. "A prince is the envoy, and the marquis is just accompanying him?"
"The emperor seems to want this prince to confirm the identity of Zhao Ning." Xue Lin said.
Ye Zhen smiled faintly. Zhao Yong should also have a suspicious attitude towards his daughter, Zhao Ning. Did he think that this was a princess fabricated by Mo Rongzhan to please the Qi Kingdom?
"Let someone get close to this prince. It would be best if we can get some news of Lu Lingzhi from his mouth." Even if he could not, as a prince, he should know what kind of person Zhao Yong was.
Xue Lin was stunned when he heard Ye Zhen's instructions, then he answered in a low voice, "Yes, niang niang."
It was not difficult to get close to a prince of the Qi Kingdom in the capital. He could go back and send a message to Du Wei, asking him to arrange someone to go to the Foreign Guest Pavilion.
"You said that there is another princess of the Qi Kingdom who came with her?" Ye Zhen asked.
Xue Lin answered in a low voice.
Ye Zhen shook her head and smiled. "It seems that Zhao Ning's life in the Qi Kingdom will not be easy in the future."
Hong Ling asked doubtfully, "Niang niang, why do you say that?"
"Why do you think the fourth princess of the Qi Kingdom came with him? They haven't even seen each other, yet they already have a deep sisterhood? " Ye Zhen said. She had lived in a big mansion since she was a child. Although her father had always doted on and protected her growing up, she still felt some open and secret struggles.
"Zhao Ning is a shrewd person. It is not easy for others to bully her." Hong Ying said.
Ye Zhen lifted the curtain and looked out. Zhao Ning was indeed very smart, but it depended on whether she could be smart in the right place.
"Niang niang is not in the palace. Is it possible that Shu Fei was sent to entertain the princess of the Qi Kingdom?" Hong Ling suddenly asked.
"Since she is temporarily in charge of the harem, it is natural for her to entertain the princess." Ye Zhen smiled faintly, not minding what Hu Yue 'er did in the palace.
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