Xie Zhiyuan knew Xiao Yiheng's intention to summon him, although he looked calm and steady, he seemed to be a little cramped and nervous in his heart.

After being led into the imperial study, he saw that the emperor with an unpredictable expression behind the imperial case was looking at him, Xie Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, lifted his robe and knelt down to salute, his tone was respectful but not humble: "Minister Xie Zhiyuan, see Your Majesty!"

Xiao Yiheng didn't wake him up for a long time.

Xie Zhiyuan also maintained a saluting posture and remained motionless.

Although he couldn't see it, he could feel that Xiao Yiheng's gaze was always on him, and that look was full of exploration and deterrence, and Xiao Yiheng saw any movement in his eyes.

The silence in the hall could only hear the sound of breathing, and it was only the sound of his own breathing, if he didn't know that Xiao Yiheng was sitting there, and he felt that Xiao Yiheng's gaze had been fixed on him, Xie Zhiyuan thought that there was only him here.

Xie Zhiyuan has long known that today's majesty is an inscrutable person, joy and anger are invisible, today's majesty is doing a perfect job, and now although he is sure of Xiao Yunke's marriage, but only because he knows that Xiao Yunke will eventually agree, but he can't guess the attitude of other people, especially this majesty.

When he asked for marriage that day, Xiao Yiheng was obviously displeased.

I don't know how long it took, and a faint and emotionally indistinguishable voice sounded: "Calm down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xie Zhiyuan got up calmly, his face was still the same, he didn't see the slightest abnormality, and his movements were fluent and calm, as if he had just maintained a kneeling posture for so long, and it had no effect on him.

Xiao Yiheng's gaze stayed on him, and he couldn't see the slightest emotion, so he just said in a salty and nonchalant manner: "You should know the purpose of my summoning you today!"

"Back to Your Majesty's words, I know roughly!"

Xiao Yiheng bowed slightly, then got up, bypassed the imperial case, and slowly walked to Xie Zhiyuan with his hands in his hand, and said lightly: "In this case, I don't say much else, yesterday Lanling has agreed to marry, and I have planned to give you a marriage, but before that, there are a few words, I need to make it clear to you!"

At the time of the last sentence, he was already standing in front of Xie Zhiyuan, looking at what Xie Zhiyuan said very seriously.

And Xie Zhiyuan also lowered his eyes and bowed his head slightly: "Your Majesty, please speak!"

Xiao Yiheng said in a heavy and serious tone: " You said that you are devoted to her, sincerely want to marry, I believe you, I hope you will not live up to my trust, Lanling is my sister, although not biological, but no different from my own life, I am never willing to let her suffer a trace of grievances, naturally, I can't allow others to let her be wronged, you marry her, how sincere and useful I don't care, I only care about how you treat her in the future, I am today as Emperor Dayan, but also as a brother to say this to you, you must firmly remember in this life, you have to marry her, for the rest of your life, you have to treat her well, if you hurt her and make her sad, I don't care whether you have meritorious social ability, no matter how big your Xie family is, I will kill you and punish your nine clans!"

"Yesterday she said that if she feels that she is not suitable for you and divorces after marriage, but I will never allow such a situation to happen, my sister, only widowed, no reconciliation, you know what to do!"

Xie Zhiyuan was silent for a long time before he spoke, his voice was not loud, but his tone was extremely sonorous and firm: "Your Majesty can rest assured, these words, the princess also said similar things to the minister that day, but since the minister has made up her mind to give her an answer, she will do everything to treat her well, and will not make her sad!"

When Xiao Yiheng heard this, he thought for a moment before he said, "This is the best!"

Xie Zhiyuan only lowered his head and did not speak.

Xiao Yiheng thought about it, and suddenly said to Xie Zhiyuan very seriously: "She is not a cold-hearted person, nor is she a ruthless person, if you treat her with your heart, you may not be able to enter her heart!"

Hearing this, Xie Zhiyuan suddenly raised his head and looked at Xiao Yiheng in surprise.

"Your Majesty......"

Xiao Yiheng's complexion had returned to normal, as if Fang Cai's advice was Xie Zhiyuan's auditory hallucination, and he said lightly: "I still have something to deal with, and the palace banquet is almost starting, you can go!"

After speaking, he turned around and walked back to the back of his imperial case and sat down, just picking up the fold on the side and looking at it.

Xie Zhiyuan had no choice but to bow and leave.

There was still some time before the palace banquet, so Xie Zhiyuan did not go directly to the Jiuhua Palace, but asked the little eunuch who led the way to take him to the Qinglan Hall where Xiao Yunke lived.

Because Xiao Yunke likes to be quiet, the place where he lives is relatively remote, there is a long distance from the Chongzheng Hall to the Qinglan Palace, almost across half of the palace, so Xie Zhiyuan was led to the Qinglan Palace, and almost saw the palace scenery.

The Ziling Palace has just been built for less than a year, not like the palace of the four countries full of heavy traces that have been baptized by the years, but solemn and magnificent, with a strong vitality, everything is so new and eye-catching, even if the palace roof on the palace road is paved with a layer of white to dazzling snow, it can't hide the fresh breath of this new palace.

The palace is very large, twice as big as the original palace of the four countries, but there are not many people, and there are not many masters who originally lived in the palace, except for the emperor and queen, it is the queen mother and a few concubines, the prince and princess, and a few children, so there are not many people who serve, in addition to the people who serve in the palace, there are only some palace people and eunuchs who clean all parts of the palace and take care of flowers and trees, plus it is cold today, and most of the palace people and eunuchs are preparing palace banquets on the side of the Jiuhua Palace, there are no people on the palace road, and it seems a little deserted.

Xie Zhiyuan also had no intention of enjoying the scenery and architecture of this palace, and followed the eunuch to the Qinglan Palace, a beautiful palace behind the imperial garden.

Xiao Yunke was on the Queen Mother's side all day today, chatting with the ladies and elders, and also received a lot of gifts from the ladies of various houses, and now the palace banquet is about to begin, she went back to the Qinglan Hall to prepare for a little dressing and dressing up to go to the banquet.

Xiao Yunke was a little surprised, but she still saw him.

Xiao Yunke, who I had seen many times before, was dressed quite casually, but now that he suddenly saw Xiao Yunke who was so glamorous after being dressed up so carefully, Xie Zhiyuan was very amazed, and he was stunned for a while, if it weren't for Su Xin behind Xiao Yunke and coughing lightly and reminding him twice, he probably wouldn't have been able to come back to his senses.

After Xie Zhiyuan came back to his senses, he was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly waved his hands to salute: "Minister Xie Zhiyuan to see the eldest princess!"

Xiao Yunke raised his hand to signal him to flatten, and then looked at him lightly and asked, "Why did you come here?"

Xie Zhiyuan pursed his lips and smiled lightly, lowered his eyes slightly, and said: "Today is the princess's birthday, the minister specially came to congratulate and wish the princess a long time!"

Xiao Yunke was quite puzzled: "It's a palace banquet in a while, you want to congratulate me on my birthday, and the palace banquet is congratulated, why do you want to come here in one more move?"

Xie Zhiyuan said: "That's different!"

Xiao Yunke raised his eyebrows: "What's the difference? It's just a word of congratulations!"

Xie Zhiyuan didn't know how to answer, and the whole person was a little uncomfortable.

Naturally, it is different, at the palace banquet, he congratulated her with the ministers, and congratulated her in private, the meaning is completely different, the former is his congratulations to her as a courtier, the eldest princess, and the second is his congratulations as a man to the person he likes.

But he didn't know what to say.

Xiao Yunke looked at his struggling, hesitant and slightly nervous look, lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and asked, "Lord Xie Hou came here at this time, not just to give this congratulatory word to the palace, right?"

Xie Zhiyuan was heartbroken, and he didn't hesitate, pursed his lips and nodded, took out a beautiful brocade box from his cuffs, and handed it to Xiao Yunke: "Today is the princess's birthday, and the minister has prepared a gift, which is specially given to the princess, please accept it!"

Xiao Yunke was a little surprised, looking at the box he handed over, but he didn't take it, he didn't speak, his face was a little complicated, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Xie Zhiyuan maintained the gesture of holding the box and handing it to Xiao Yunke for a while, seeing that Xiao Yunke was slow to accept it, and he was still a little distracted and didn't know what he was thinking, his expression moved slightly, and he couldn't help but speak: "Her Royal Highness the princess ......"

Xiao Yunke came back to her senses slightly, raised her hand to take the box Xie Zhiyuan handed her, opened it, and saw a delicate dagger inside.

Xiao Yunke was puzzled: "Dagger, why do you want to send the dagger to the palace?"

Xie Zhiyuan said: "The minister came to Beijing this time only to meet His Majesty, and did not slack off too many valuables, nor did he expect that it would coincide with the princess's birthday, so he did not prepare a gift in advance, but the minister was devoted to the princess, and the princess's birthday could not help but express, this is the minister's most cherished dagger, called the red kite, for many years, the minister has been carrying it with him and never leaving him, and now he is sent to the princess, I hope the princess likes it!"

Xiao Yunke was noncommittal, took out the dagger, handed the box to Su Xin on the side, and then took out the dagger and looked at it.

After that, I couldn't help but hook the corners of my mouth and exclaimed: "Red kite...... It's a good name, the dagger is delicate, and it's pretty sharp!"

Xie Zhiyuan's eyes were dotted with stars, and he asked with a little hope: "That...... Do you like it, princess?"

Xiao Yunke thought about the film and said, "I don't know if I like it or not, but I think it's very novel!"

"Novelty?" what does that mean......

Xiao Yunke smiled faintly and said: "It's a novelty, this palace has lived for thirty years, and in addition to relatives, it is the first time to receive a gift from a man, and it is still a dagger!"

"Uh......"

Xiao Yunke asked suspiciously: "However, this palace wants to know, why did Marquis Xie give this palace dagger? Ordinary men give women gifts, shouldn't they all be bead hairpin jewelry, or rouge gouache, anyway, it is something that women can use, you want to give this palace birthday gift, with your identity, although the time is urgent, it is not impossible to prepare something else, why do you want to give this dagger to this palace?"

Xie Zhiyuan said: "Those are just mundane things, the princess may not like it, this dagger has been passed down for thousands of years is a rare treasure, delicate and small and easy to carry, the minister knows that the princess is also a heroine among women, and this dagger is a good match for the princess!"

Xiao Yunke played with the dagger in his hand and asked meaningfully: "Is it? Isn't the Hou Ye afraid that one day in the future, this palace will kill you with this knife?"

Xie Zhiyuan was silent, and then looked at her fixedly and asked, "Will the eldest princess?"

Xiao Yunke's face stiffened for a moment, then smiled faintly and muttered, "Who knows?"

Xie Zhiyuan frowned and stared at her, silent for a long time.

Xiao Yunke lowered his eyes and looked at the dagger without speaking, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little embarrassing......

Seeing this, Su Xin on the side stepped forward in time to remind: "Princess, the hour is coming, it's time to go to Changqing Palace!"

For today's palace banquet, Xiao Yunke is going to Jiuhua Hall with the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Empress.

Xiao Yunke glanced sideways slightly.

Xie Zhiyuan retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes and waved his hands and said, "The time is coming, and the minister will also retire to the Jiuhua Hall for a banquet!"

"Hmm!"

Xie Zhiyuan turned to leave.

Seeing him leave, Su Xinwan whispered: "Princess, this Xie Hou Ye is actually quite good!"

Xiao Yunke was playing with the dagger in his hand, and when he heard this, he turned his head to look at Su Xin and raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Oh, where is it good?"

Su Xin thought about it and said bluntly: "If you are really to the princess, it is good!"

Xiao Yunke chuckled, slowly inserted the dagger, gently rubbed the red gem inlaid on the dagger, and said with a little coldness between his eyebrows and eyes...... And who knows?"

When Su Xin heard this, she was a little surprised, and she twisted her eyebrows and asked, "The princess doesn't believe in Lord Xie......?"

Xiao Yunke smiled in a trance, with a little bitterness: "It's not that I don't believe him, I don't want anyone to believe it, love is such a thing, and I have never had a chance, maybe he really treats me sincerely, but I am no longer the ignorant girl I was back then, I agree to marry, but I just want them to rest assured, anyway, it's all this remnant, what's the difference?"

Su Xin felt a little sorry for Xiao Yunke, struggled for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "Princess, ...... Can't let go of Yang ...... He?"

Xiao Yunke shook his head, smiled with relief and said softly: " He is just a treasonous sinner to me, he dies when he dies, there is nothing he can't let go, he hasn't married for many years, it's not because of him, I'm just used to the days when my heart is like a stagnant water, and I don't want to deal with others, after all, no matter who I marry, what I want to accept is never just one person, but now, everyone desperately hopes that I have a home, and Xie Zhiyuan, it's quite suitable, since it's suitable, then choose him, the right person at the right time, it's good......"

Su Xin couldn't bear it: "But the princess is so wronged by herself, Su Xin is really distressed." ”

Xiao Yunke asked with a teasing smile: "I feel sorry for me, so I have always refused to marry?"

Su Xin is two years older than Xiao Yunke, she grew up with Xiao Yunke since she was a child, so far for more than 20 years, Xiao Yunke has long wanted to find a good marriage for her, but Su Xin refused, before she wanted to give Su Xin a tough marriage, and she was still a three-grade general with military merits, and she was born in everyone, but Su Xin was forced to die, and she refused to marry and leave her, saying that she would serve her for the rest of her life, and she had to give up.

Su Xin smiled lightly, and said a little slyly: "What's the good thing about marrying? The slave maid is to be by the princess's side for a lifetime, not to marry, and not to accompany the princess anywhere!"

Xiao Yunke sighed: "I'm too lazy to talk about you now, anyway, it's been so many years, and you're all this age, it's useless to say more!"

Su Xin smiled and didn't talk.

The hour was coming, Xiao Yunke didn't say much, he just shook his head helplessly, and ordered him to go to Changqing Palace, and then go to Jiuhua Hall with the Emperor and Queen Mother!

Today's palace banquet is very lively, there is Xiao Yiheng's order, the queen asks at any time, the provincial bureau does not dare to slack off, and does its best to organize the palace banquet, since it is grand, after the banquet, Jiuhua Hall is staggered singing and dancing, which can be a picture of prosperity.

It is a birthday banquet held for Xiao Yunke, Xiao Yunke, as the protagonist of tonight, is sitting under the emperor and empress, opposite her is the queen mother and Concubine Wengui, and the position below her is the prince, a noble and eye-catching position, since she celebrates her birthday, it is natural for everyone to toast her birthday, and it is Xiao Yiheng who took the lead in toasting her three glasses of wine, the emperor is like this, and others are naturally not exempt.

After toasting and celebrating his birthday, half of the banquet had already passed the three rounds, and Xiao Yiheng suddenly smiled at Xiao Yunke and asked, "I heard from the queen that Ke'er received a lot of birthday gifts today?"

Xiao Yunke raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Yiheng, and said with a smile: "If you go back to the emperor's brother, you have indeed received a lot, and it is all the love of the elders and ladies for Lanling!"

Xiao Yiheng suddenly smiled, nodded matter-of-factly, and said, "In this way, I, as a brother, naturally can't help but express it!"

Xiao Yunke was a little interested: "Oh, I don't know what treasure Your Majesty wants to give to your courtier?"