What the prince said is very true. Xue Xingyi said indifferently, "If there is nothing else, the minister will retire first." ”

"There you go. King Rui didn't have the face to borrow wine anymore to drown his sorrows, waved his hand in despair, and let Xue Xingyi go.

Xue Xingyi left from King Rui, did not stay in the Xiao cavalry camp, and rode back to the city.

Previously, because Xue Xingyi understood the Daji Chinese language, Emperor Tiancheng ordered him to assist the fifth prince in dealing with trade with the Daji country, and now the fifth prince also needed frequent clerical exchanges and exchanges with the Daji country to build a horse farm in the Xiao riding camp, so King Rui asked the Tiancheng Emperor to continue to let Xue Xingyi assist. Xue Xingyi basically stays in the Xiaoqi camp during the day, but because he is not affiliated with the Xiaoqi camp, he does not stay in the camp.

After Xue Yuancheng and his wife left Beijing, Xue Xingyi moved out of the Xue family's mansion and rented a small courtyard in the south of the city.

After Xue Xingyi went back, he entered the study.

His study is as messy as ever, but today's chaos is a little different from the previous chaos, today's books are well placed on the shelves, all kinds of files and documents are also stacked on the piano case in the south window and the soft collapse against the east wall, and the bookcase in the center of the room is now placed with bamboo strips, white paper, paste, daggers, paper knives, etc., and a Kong Ming lantern that is half pasted with white paper.

When someone who doesn't know why walks in and sees it, they probably think they've entered some kind of lantern workshop.

Xue Xingyi sat in front of the bookcase, picked up the half-done Kong Ming lantern, and originally wanted to paste the rest, but found that he didn't pay attention when he was under the lamp last night, and the skeleton of the lamp was crooked.

Xue Xingyi indifferently threw the discarded lamp aside, re-selected a few bamboo strips, picked up a knife and slowly sharpened it.

His movements were unhurried and unhurried, and one felt that this kind of handiwork seemed to him to be very simple, if you ignored the scrapped bamboo strips on the table and the small notches in his fingers.

Fortunately, there are still more than a month before the day of putting on the lights, and he has time to do it slowly, and when the time comes, he can always choose a relatively perfect one from a pile of crooked melons and cracked dates.

Suddenly there was a flapping of wings outside the window, and in a short time a gray carrier pigeon flew in through the open window and landed on the bookcase through half of the study. The pigeon clucked a few steps on the bookcase, and when he saw that the master was intently sharpening the bamboo strip in his hand and ignored it, he went to peck at the bowl of paste that was used to paste paper.

A slender hand reached over and caught the troublesome carrier pigeon.

Xue Xingyi lowered his eyes and took out the letter from the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's feet.

There were only a few very small lines on the letter: Li Yu had arrived in the east......

After reading the letter, Xue Xingyi didn't have any extra expression on his face, he only got up and walked to the south window, took out the fire fold and lit the letter, indifferently watched the news about Li Yu gradually be swallowed up by the tongue of fire, and then threw the embers into the bamboo root carving pen wash.

Xue Xingyi stared at the embers in the pen wash and didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing that Xue Xingyi didn't mean to reply, the carrier pigeon flew over unwilling to be lonely, stopped on the pen stand, and looked at Xue Xingyi "cooing" and screaming.

Xue Xingyi glanced at it, gently combed it with his fingers, and the pigeon turned its head and gently rubbed Xue Xingyi's hand with its beak.

"Monong. Xue Xingyi called.

A young man dressed as a servant went to the window, but did not enter the study.

"My lord, what do you command?"

Xue Xingyi picked up the pigeon and handed it out of the window, "Take it to stew." ”

The little guy Mo Nong took it, and when he saw the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's leg, he was stunned, "My lord, isn't this a carrier pigeon......?" No, not really?"

Xue Xingyi said nonchalantly: "What's wrong? ”

Monon was speechless, looking down and staring at the innocent pigeon.

Xue Xingyi ignored the little girl's entanglement, returned to the bookcase and sat down, picked up the knife and continued to cut his bamboo strips.

"Let's go find some bamboo. Xue Xingyi glanced at the few remaining strips and commanded.

"Yes, sir. A deep and respectful voice came through the window.

The little guy couldn't help but complain in his heart: Isn't it good for the adults of his family to be good officials? I like to do things that I have no talent for, it's really willful.

The next few days were peaceful.

Soon it was the third day of the twelfth month, and the yellow calendar said that it was appropriate to marry, sacrifice, and enter the house on this day, and avoid traveling, breaking ground, and repairing graves.

He Lan got married on this day.

The He family has not had a happy event for a long time, He Lan's marriage is still the first time He Chuanwu and the Wei family have married their granddaughter, He Lan's granddaughter was not valued by He Chuanwu originally, but He Chuanwu was in a good mood when he was just promoted, plus He Lan married Qin Hengyuan, the son of Ningjiang Bo, and Qin Hengyuan's father Qin Dingqu is also a powerful figure, He Chuanwu is willing to give this granddaughter a little more decency in front of his grandson-in-law and in-laws, so he specially explained that his daughter-in-law Du Shi married He Lan according to the example of his daughter-in-law.

Du respectfully responded in front of He Chuanwu, and turned around to ask his mother-in-law Wei.

Wei Shi thought about it and explained to the Du family: "You can't mess with your concubine's dignity and humility, but He Lan is the only daughter in your room, and she grew up under your knees, and she is taught by you, and she is not much worse than that concubine. ”

Although Du Shi is quite generous, she is still a little uncomfortable in her heart after all, if she comes according to the example of her daughter-in-law, she will have to add some dowry to He Lan. Listening to his father-in-law's intentions, I am afraid that this part will not go to the public account, and it will be paid by them in this house. The dowry she originally prepared for He Lan was not too thin.

Wei Shi glanced at Du Shi and taught her: "You have always been a good mother-in-law, He Lan also thinks of your good, now she is going to get married, Hou Ye said that she wants to marry thickly, but you don't agree, so you are not afraid that Lan'er will complain about you? I will make up for you the ones you have added. ”

Du Shi hurriedly said: "The daughter-in-law knows, how dare she ask for her mother's private room? The daughter-in-law is not short of this money, and she will make a good face for Lan'er and let her marry in style." ”

Wei nodded, "Go ahead." ”

So He Lan's family and husband's family gave enough face to this wedding, and it was very beautiful, and they were envious of other people's daughters.

Because the father and son of the Qin family were quite favored by the emperor, there were not a few civil and military officials who went to the Qin family to drink wine on this day.

At the wedding banquet, when everyone was drinking, a sudden news made the guests talk a lot.