Shang Tuojiang's departure was the same as when he came, hiding himself in the dark jade-like night in late autumn, silently.

Xiaoxiao and the old lady didn't fall asleep for most of the night. Xiaoxiao explained the importance of this lobbyist to the old lady. She had never had any contact with Bai Lianhua, and she was really not sure whether she was able to accept this task, and she could not even feel 100% sure of her loyalty to this person.

The old lady said, "It is also useful to be able to blow the wind beside the pillow. I was thinking that I would like to ask Concubine Bai to summon people to the palace on the grounds of missing her relatives. Only by saying this in person can you explain it clearly. If you really have the opportunity to meet the emperor, this trip will be even more worthwhile."

It turned out that grandmother planned to let Bai Lianhua be the recommender, and pushed the lobbyist to the front of the saint, and smiled and said with a skeptical look: "Who is grandmother planning to let him be a lobbyist? Bai Lianhua, no, Bai Guipin's relatives, that can only be our family! Is grandmother thinking about herself..."

"I am an old lady. Even if I really say a little wrong, the emperor would not be too serious. If he disagrees, just think that it is me, the old woman, who is talking nonsense." The old lady was already ready to enter the palace in person. "Of course, the chance of meeting the saint is very small, and it is worth it to be able to teach Concubine Bai with all her heart."

"No, grandma is too risky to enter the palace!" Xiaoxiao firmly disagreed, "And, some words cannot be taught by teaching."

The old lady's tone was very firm: "This may be the last chance of the Tang family. Now your grandfather is seriously ill and will only be alive if he stays in prison. It is very difficult for King Ning to help change the imprisonment to abortion. At present, a suitable place for imprisonment is missing. Someone has to decide this place and can protect the safety of their men. It cannot arouse the suspicion of the emperor."

Xiaoxiao thought about the people around him who might be close to the emperor: "How about we discuss with my uncle?"

The old lady shook her head: "Mr. Gu has offended the emperor because of our family's affairs. If you mention this matter again, it will only arouse the emperor's disgust. Let's talk about Mr. Shang, Master Gu still doesn't know why."

"But……"

"Although Mr. Shang said it easily, he also took great risks," the old lady saw everything thoroughly. "Although the emperor could not imagine that he would associate with pirates from other countries, he might think that he was sitting on the spot - after all, my Tang family has been going overseas for many years and it is impossible for him to not recognize Shang Tuojiang. If this matter is deeply thought about by the emperor, it will inevitably implicate Mr. Shang, and whoever becomes a lobbyist will be unlucky."

Xiaoxiao sat on the kang, looking at the dark room, silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Bai Lianhua really has the ability to let our family enter the palace? And as her relative?"

"The Master has already figured out her identity, and our family is also her relative," the old lady coughed twice. "Father Li sent a letter saying that Bai Lianhua was deeply favored by the Master and was promoted to noble concubine in just three months. Recently, she has a dragon vein. The Master is even more happy. He should be satisfied when he makes some requests at this time."

"Free Bing Li? Is our family?" Xiaoxiao was surprised. He didn't know how his grandmother had conveyed these messages to Free Bing Li over the days. Moreover, Bai Lianhua actually got pregnant with a dragon seed? This woman is really lucky.

Grandma said: "Our family has been an imperial merchant for so many years. We have to put some eyeliner on it. Even if we can't help much, we can at least convey some information. The news about Li's old man came from the eunuch in the palace, which is absolutely true."

Xiaoxiao calmed down, which means that Bai Lianhua should be very confident in summoning people into the palace. It would be better if he could meet the saint. If he couldn't, he would have to find a way to teach Bai Lianhua to speak... Of course, it would be better not to use the second method, as the words would be passed on, and the spread would change its flavor.

"Grandmother, is that Bai Lianhua really reliable? For her Tang family, there is no use value. Will she help us?"

"If this person is kind enough, he should know how to repay his kindness - her biological mother has sold her biological sisters into Yanjie Liuxiang. At this point, she is very grateful to your grandfather; even if she is not grateful, she will try every means to let the emperor know that she is not a person who forgets her roots. After all, Bai Lianhua can be favored, ultimately because of Shunhua." Grandmother analyzed it very thoroughly.

After Xiaoxiao figured this out, he calmed down and sorted out his own ideas, broke the matter one by one in his heart, and kept establishing arguments like a debate, and constantly defending, trying his best to make all reasons stand up, and doing this as much as possible to benefit any party. At that time, even if the emperor wants to make an emotional rebuttal, he will be unable to resist in the face of huge national interests.

Xiaoxiao pondered as if he had entered a state of concentration until the sky was bright.

The old lady was confused and opened her eyes. Seeing that her granddaughter was still sitting on the kang and hugging the quilt, she sighed in her heart: "It's dawn, Xiaoxiao, hurry up and take a nap."

But Xiaoxiao looked at him with a serious look on his face: "Grandma, I have figured out the most suitable candidate for this lobbyist."

“Which one is it?”

"It's me!" Xiaoxiao's tone was extremely certain, "I believe I have reason to tell the Emperor."

The old lady was surprised: "Xiaoxiao is still a child..."

"I've passed the hairpin, so I'm not considered a child! Besides, as my grandmother said before, the emperor would not be as knowledgeable as a female, nor would he get angry with a child!" Xiaoxiao sat upright and said word by word: "I think about it, the best lobbyist for this matter can only be our Tang family. Even if he said something wrong, it is for the purpose of protecting his family - some words may taste different if they were outsiders."

"This matter must not be done." The old lady sat up and regretted being involved in this matter.

Xiaoxiao said seriously: "The only ones in our family who know this are my grandmother and I. My grandmother is old and now her knees are hurting. She may not be able to support her when she walks into the palace through the gate of the palace. If you are lucky enough to see the emperor, you will have to kneel for a long time, and your body will not be able to bear it! I think about it repeatedly, I am the most suitable candidate!"

"Xiaoxiao..."

"Okay, grandma, that's it! Give my granddaughter a chance to grow!"

...

Xiaoxiao didn't dare to think that one day he would go to the palace to meet the saint. He thought that he would go to the Prince Consort's Mansion to attend the championship ceremony, but the whole family treated it as a major event. He was extremely nervous at the time - now, he actually had the opportunity to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

Xiaoxiao had already received a reply from King Ning from Brother Deng. It was a foregone conclusion that Concubine Bai summoned his relatives to the palace. King Ning would also help him and strive to make Xiaoxiao meet the Saint smoothly.

The day is set after the Cold Clothes Festival, October 12th.

After the tenth day of the lunar month, the Tang family was ready. The old lady asked Zhen to kill two fat chickens and stew them in a pot with mushrooms. She added a dish of green garlic and fried bacon. The long-lost meat aroma spread throughout the yard.

At this moment, only the children were happy. Brother Sheng rod as a bamboo horse and ran all over the yard: "Eat meat! Eat meat!"

Everyone just heard the old lady announce the news yesterday, but it was still undiluted. Smiling asked his sister: "Fifth sister wants to enter the palace to meet the saint? Is that a plead for our family or a confession for our family? When I enter the palace to see the emperor? I think my legs are weak."

Zhan Yan didn't say anything for a long time, and finally put on an apron and went to cook in person.

Yanran was stunned and stunned when she heard the news, and finally said: "After thinking about it, this matter can be done by the fifth sister."

Xiaoxiao comforted his mother in the room: "I'm going to reason this time, not crying or making trouble. Although the emperor did this matter inappropriately, he was a wise ruler after all, so he wouldn't be too confused."

But Shan Niang couldn't not worry: "What's the reason to tell in front of imperial power?"

"Then you have to try it. You can't let your grandfather and father be imprisoned in prison for the rest of your life." Xiaoxiao held his mother's hand, "Let's take a step back, it's not that easy to see the emperor. Even if King Ning is in contact with him, he may not be able to meet the saint smoothly - I am a little girl, and I am also a daughter of a sinner merchant, so it's not easy to enter the palace."

Shan Niang calmed down and thought carefully: "If you can really see the emperor, don't just excuse yourself. It's better not to mention this disaster..."

Xiaoxiao nodded: "I have thought about it all. I want the emperor to feel that the path behind our Tang family is always sharing the worries of the country every step."

Shan Niang then slightly stretched her eyebrows, but she still couldn't let go: "If you don't understand, you must know how to advance and retreat."

"Don't worry, mom."

The family gathered together for a sumptuous lunch. The old lady personally picked up a chicken thigh for Xiaoxiao. Xiaoxiao originally wanted to push it away, but when she saw everyone's expectant gaze, she could only live up to the expectations and chew the fragrant chicken thigh.

Just after lunch, someone came to me. It turned out that the palace dress was given to me. Xiaoxiao looked at the water-green palace outfit, but she was not very used to these silks and satin.

Yanran Smiling did not move forward, but looked at Xiaoxiao, which was an indescribable sympathy or compassion, and there was a faint expectation deep in it.

Xiaoxiao didn't want the atmosphere at home to be like this, so she opened the decoration box attached to her dress: "Don't you want to see the decorations for entering the palace?"

Then a few sisters walked up and looked at the silver water-patterned flower head hairpins and pomegranate-sized earrings like water palace lanterns. Keju thought for a while and said, "This is what the palace is preparing to welcome the Water Official Festival."

Xiaoxiao then realized that it was about to be the 15th day of the Water Official Festival on October 19th. It was estimated that this dress should be a unified standard for the palace maids.

The old lady also said: "The Water Official Festival is coming soon. Let's make beans and buns tomorrow morning. When the day comes, I will find a way to pick up the sky pole and offer it to the sky lanterns, and pray to the Water Official to relieve the trouble."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. For a moment, everyone was here, not sure what to say, or Zhen broke the silence: "I'll go and soak some red beans quickly, and let the bean filling beans beans bean filling!"

Xiaoxiao did not forget to remind him: "Remember to add some alkaline noodles, it will be softer!"

After hearing Xiaoxiao's words, Zhen sighed in her heart. This girl's heart is so big! Then she heard the girl follow her up and say, "Put some sugar and osmanthus!"

...

Xiaoxiao did not suffer from insomnia that night. She woke up naturally after sleeping until dawn. She had to get up before dawn and had to enter the palace before Chen hour.

After washing up and leaving the yard, I found that everyone in the family was wearing big dark circles...

Zhen was coming out of the kitchen with a large basket of bean bags: "Xiaoxiao, try it while it's hot!"

Xiaoxiao pinched a fat white bean bun, and turned his hands back and forth. Finally, he broke it apart, and the fragrant bean paste stuffing was filled with. So he quickly called the children to come over and share the bean buns for them.

Everyone ate white rice porridge for breakfast, and they only cooked a large bowl of chicken noodle soup for Xiaoxiao. The old lady said that eating noodles in the morning would be smooth all day.

At the dinner table, the old lady kept telling Xiaoxiao to eat more. When she entered the palace, she couldn't help herself. She really didn't know when she could have a meal, and she might have to be hungry for a day.

Xiaoxiao obediently finished a large bowl of noodles, ate two bean bags, and was forced to ate a tea egg: "You can't eat it anymore, you shouldn't be able to wear a palace skirt later!"

After the meal, Ruan helped Xiaoxiao to dress up. The style was combed into two maids according to the requirements of the palace, with only powder on the face and no rouge. After all, the Queen Mother's death has not yet been over for half a year, so it is not suitable for the palace to dress up too festively.

The aqua-green palace skirt is worn on the body, and the hem is covered with wavy water patterns. When you walk, the skirt is rippling like a slight step.

Even after seeing it, Old Bing Li said, "It's really a person who relies on clothes!"

According to the rules, criminal merchants like Xiaoxiao cannot ride in horse-drawn carriages, so they can only go out in an old ox cart.

Shan Niang was afraid that her daughter would be cold, so she put on Xiaoxiao a thick cotton cloak with a hat and a horse carriage. It was not as hidden as a carriage, and it was not covered by the carriage, and it was blown by the cold wind all the way.

The family could only send it to the fence gate, and looked at the ox cart slowly moving forward without blinking. It gradually became a point before they reluctantly returned to the yard.
Chapter completed!