Concubine Dong's personal maid Yuanyang shouted happily: "King Qin, you are here at the right time! We don't know what to do!"

Concubine Dong turned her head and shouted, "Don't be rude!"

Yuanyang reacted immediately and quickly bowed to Ai Langyingying: "I pay homage to the King of Qin!"

Ailang smiled and waved his hand, "Don't be so polite!"

Then he looked at their carriage and saw that the axles were broken and it was not repaired properly! He said to the two women: "This carriage cannot be repaired well, so I will ask someone to clean up later.

I'll send you back to the palace."

Concubine Dong turned slightly red and said, "Why wouldn't you bother the King of Qin?"

Ailang smiled and said, "Nothing is bothering, I'm going back to the city anyway!"

Then he asked his subordinates to free up a few horses to hand them over to ride.

The palace women of this era were not as delicate as those of the court women after the Song Dynasty. They took the reins of the horse and turned over them, and they were heroic.

Ailang laughed, waved his whip and shouted, "Let's go!"

Then, after walking forward first, Concubine Dong and his friends quickly followed.

At this time, they were still near Luoshui, more than ten miles away from the city. They saw the heavy lights reflected by heavy snow from afar. The noisy atmosphere came from afar, as if it was a sound from another world.

Ailang looked at Concubine Dong who was following him on a horse and asked with a smile: "Why is the empress still outside the city at this time?"

Concubine Dong said: "Actually, it's nothing. Just do some trivial matters."

Yuanyang on the side hurriedly said, "You don't know, King Qin, our Empress is amazing! She set up a villa outside the city and adopted hundreds of orphans who lost their relatives because of the war! Today, the Empress went to see them!"

Ailang was amazed and couldn't help but look admiring at Concubine Dong.

Concubine Dong was embarrassed by Ailang's sight and did not dare to look at Ailang. Two red clouds rose on her delicate face.

Ailang couldn't help but say, "Empress is so amazing! If everyone has the heart of Empress, I would have saved a lot of trouble!"

Concubine Dong was very happy and couldn't help but say, "The King of Qin has been too rewarded! What I can do is just a drop in the ocean compared to what the King of Qin did!"

Ailang shook his head and frowned and said, "Although we have made great efforts to solve the problem of orphans in war, there are still many orphans in war that cannot be taken care of, so they are wandering around the world and begging for a living.

If everyone is like the Empress, I think this phenomenon should disappear and all the orphans will be well taken care of!"

Concubine Dong nodded deeply in agreement, and then sighed quietly.

Ailang suddenly felt aroused his heart and said with a smile: "It's almost the Spring Festival, I think I should express my feelings to those children!"

Concubine Dong said happily: "That's great! The children all admire the King of Qin very much. If they could see the King of Qin and get the King of Qin, they would definitely be very happy!"

He paused, "I wonder if the King of Qin has time tomorrow?"

Concubine Dong looked at Ailang with hope.

Ailang smiled and thought, "No problem.

Just tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning, I will wait for you at the city gate here. If you arrive first, you will also wait for me at the city gate."

Concubine Dong said happily: "I thank the King of Qin for those orphans!"

Ailang smiled and waved his hand and said, "No need to thank you, no need to thank you! Do we still need to thank you?"

As the saying goes, the speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Ai Lang just said this casually, but Concubine Dong didn't know what she thought of, and she looked like she was filled with shame and joy.

They chatted while walking, passed through the bustling Zhendian near the city gate, entered the city gate, and unknowingly came to the intersection.

Ailang found that he had arrived here, and held his horse down, smiled and clasped his fists at Concubine Dong and said, "Empress, I'm leaving!"

Concubine Dong hurriedly said, "You can leave with King Qin!"

Ailang smiled and led his men to the Qin Palace ahead.

Concubine Dong stood there, looking at Ailang's back as he was leaving, and couldn't help but sigh.

The mandarin duck on the side said without a chance: "Empress, after visiting the orphan tomorrow, should we hold a banquet to thank the King of Qin?"

Concubine Dong's eyes lit up and she said happily: "You are right! That's what it should be!"

He hurriedly said to Yuanyang: "Dishes, wine, you must prepare them in advance!"

A trace of inexplicable brilliance flashed in Yuanyang's eyes, and he bowed to his promise.

Ailang and his group returned to the mansion, Dian Wei and others went down. Ailang was preparing to go to see his wives and children in the backyard, but a female guard rushed up and reported: "Lord, General Ma Chao and his younger siblings are all here, and are in the hall, preparing to pay homage to the lord!"

Now it is almost the Spring Festival, so civil and military officials stationed in various places have come to Luoyang one after another. In addition to those civil and military officials who must stay in the local area and cannot leave, other important figures will come to Luoyang to attend this annual event.

When Ailang heard the female guard's words, he turned around and went to the hall.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw the dusty Ma brothers and sisters. A feeling of affection couldn't help but surged into my heart. I smiled and walked up and said, "You are here! I'm still worried that you won't come this year!"

When Ma Chao saw Ai Lang, he was delighted and immediately led his younger brothers and sisters to come forward and said, "Greetings to Brother!"

Ailang laughed and said, "No need to be polite, no need to be polite! Come on, sit down and talk!"

Ailang walked up to sit down, while the Ma brother and sister sat down one by one on the left side of the hall.

The rules of the Qin army are respected by martial arts, so military generals usually sit on the left.

The female guard brought the tea and then retreated.

Ailang asked: "What's the situation in Hanzhong?"

Ma Chao smiled and said, "I'm about to report to my elder brother! In just a few months, the development speed of Hanzhong is unbelievable! Now it can be said that merchants gather, the street market is prosperous, and outside the city there are endless fertile fields, and there are thriving scenes everywhere!"

Ailang said happily: "That's good!"

Time said jokingly: "This is all because you and your father-in-law cooperate well!"

Ma Chao's younger siblings all laughed, while Ma Chao's face turned red with a rare look.

The father-in-law Ailang mentioned is actually Zhang Lu, the former Hanzhong advocate, Zhang Lu. Zhang Qiying, the daughter of Zhang Lu, has already married Ma Chao, so Zhang Lu is naturally Ma Chao's father-in-law.

Zhang Lu was appointed as the prefect of Hanzhong and returned to Hanzhong more than half a year ago.

That's why Ailang had what he said just now.

Ma Chao couldn't help but clasp his fists at Ailang and said, "Brother has a great kindness to me, I can only use my life to repay my elder brother for my own efforts!"

Ailang smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Brothers, don't say this! I'm happy that you are doing well!"

Ma Chao looked very grateful.

When Ai Lang thought of Liu Bei, he couldn't help asking, "What's going on in Xichuan now?"

Ma Chao laughed and said, "Liu Bei was defeated one after another, not only did he lose his troops, but his money and food could be said to be almost exhausted! Now, in order to provide military pay, Liu Bei has forcibly entrusted merchants from all over the country, which has caused complaints from merchants in Sichuan. Many merchants have taken the risk of escaping to Hanzhong!"

Ailang laughed and said, "Liu Bei did a good job! It's better to keep going!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

Ailang looked at the Ma brothers and sisters, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on Ma Yunlu. This handsome and beautiful female general in armor was looking at him with anger! Ailang's heart was swaying, and he felt inexplicably confused.

He looked at Ma Chao and said, "Meng Qi, thank you for your hard work all the way to Luoyang! Let's have a good rest today! From tomorrow on, I'm afraid you will be overwhelmed!"

Ma Chao couldn't help but smile and stood up.

Seeing this, his younger brothers and sisters stood up as well.

Ma Chao clasped his fists and said, "Then I'll take your leave!"

Ailang nodded with a smile.

Ma Chao bowed slightly to Ailang and turned around.

The others followed and bowed to Ailang and left, but Ma Yunlu stood there without moving, as if there was something else.

Seeing this, Ma Chao smiled knowingly, and said nothing, leading everyone out of the hall.

Several people left the hall and followed the gate.

At this time, Ma Dai finally couldn't help asking: "Hey, what do you think Sister Yunlu wants to say to her lord?"

Ma Tie smirked and said a little obscenely: "What else can you say?

It must be a confession of love!”

Ma Chao glared and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense!"

The excited guys closed their mouths.

Ma Chao said: "Let's wait for Yunlu to come out here."

When Ailang saw Ma Yunlu standing there glaring at him, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Where did I offend this aunt?

It seems not?

At this time, Ma Yunlu spoke, "It's all you, which makes me not know what to do now!"

Ailang was confused and asked, "What?

What happened?"

Ma Yunlu couldn't control his emotions and said angrily: "Today I met Bao Sanniang and her father!"
To be continued...