The prince didn't know that his father had a long list of little wives that he planned to give him, and he recently had his father's permission, so he couldn't wait to go to Su's house every day to play with Su Yan, and have a meal with Su Yan at noon, life was not too good.

Because the days were too happy, he completely forgot that there was another person who was thrown by him in the prison of the Criminal Department to be punished, until the Shangshu of the Criminal Department stopped the court one day in a worried mood, and cheered the prince who ran to the Su family.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." Shangshu of the Criminal Department couldn't help but tremble, the glance that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at him just now was really unfriendly.

The prince glanced at the visitor and stopped, "Li Shangshu, what's the matter with finding Lonely?" ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department asked cautiously: "Your Highness, do you see that ...... in the prison" should be released, he has been locked up for more than a month, and his grandfather comes to the Criminal Department every day to quarrel, which is not a problem.

"The people in the prison of the Criminal Department, naturally Li Shangshu has the final say." The prince didn't want to release Guo Shuyuan at all, but his father vaguely mentioned it the day before yesterday, and the prince could only give up, but this hatred was in his heart, and sooner or later, he would settle it with the Guo family.

The prince threw down this sentence and left, and the criminal department Shangshu who was left behind was entangled for a long time: What does Your Highness mean by this, is it in favor of releasing people or not? He pondered for a long time, but still hesitated, and when he was thinking hard, he saw his immediate boss coming.

The new Shangshu right servant has only been in office for more than ten days, and he is in the stage of familiarizing himself with the work. He is different from Su Zhoucheng in that he is especially willing to help his subordinates solve problems. Usually I have to ask a few words if I have nothing to do, but now seeing that Shangshu of the Criminal Department was embarrassed, he came over with a kind smile, and asked in a slow voice: "Li Shangshu, what makes you so embarrassed?" ”

"Lord Du." The criminal department Shangshu is polite and owes the body, and it is the new Shangshu's right servant who shoots out the Du clan, the mother of the former queen.

Since Su Zhoucheng was promoted, the position of the left servant in Shangshu Province has become the target of everyone's competition. Each faction was adding chips to its own candidates and causing chaos for its competitors, and the Yushitai was extremely busy during that time.

After the emperor watched coldly for half a month, he finally made an order, the original right servant shot to take over the left servant, and the right servant shot in Shangshu Province, I don't know what kind of mentality he had, and chose the younger brother of Queen Du, the father of the seventh mother of the Du family.

After Su Zhoucheng learned who was the successor of the right servant, he muttered to his wife in private, "The saint will start guarding against me now." ”

Lu Shi glanced at her husband, "If Ah Shu doesn't marry into the East Palace, the saint will naturally not have this thought." ”

Su Zhoucheng didn't say anything, he wrote in the study all night, and when he got up the next morning, something had changed.

Du Fu was born with a gentle and elegant scholarly anger, and spoke softly, very properly, "If Li Shangshu has something difficult, you might as well talk to Du, maybe Du can help you." ”

The new boss has such a gentle painting style, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is still a little bad for a while. After all, the left and right servants of Shangshu Province shot before, one was strict and the other was cold, and they rarely received gentle care from their bosses.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department was also annoyed by the Hou Ye of the Guo family, and after a little hesitation, he briefly told Du Fu about the matter, and then looked at his boss with anticipation, "My lord, what do you mean by this, Your Highness?" ”

Du Fushu did not live up to the trust of his subordinates at all, and reached out and patted Shangshu of the Criminal Department on the shoulder, "Li Shangshu, go back and call Guo Hou to pick up someone." ”

"What do you mean ......"

"Let go." Du Fushu also spit out two words neatly, and when he saw the hesitant gaze of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, he added, "In case His Royal Highness blames, Du will bear it." ”

Okay, as long as someone takes the blame. Shangshu of the Criminal Department gratefully arched his hand to Du Fu, "Your subordinates respect your orders." With that, he easily turned around and walked towards the criminal department.

The staff under Du Fu's subordinates had been standing not far away before, and only after the criminal department Shangshu had left, did he come over, and said with some disapproval: "Lang Jun, why do you bother to do too much, in case you annoy Your Highness, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to you." ”

Du Fu shook his head with a smile, but he didn't make a sound, but he still smiled gently, and walked in the direction of his Shangshu Province.

After Shangshu of the Criminal Department went back, he invited Guo's family, released Guo Shuyuan from prison, and let them carry him back. As soon as Guo Shuyuan came out of the criminal department, someone over there immediately went to report that the prince knew.

When the prince received the news, he was accompanying Su Yan to enjoy peonies in Huguo Temple. There are several bushes of peonies cultivated in Huguo Temple for decades, one bush is bean green, one bush is white flowers, one bush is red flowers, each bush of flowers blooms thousands, and the fragrance strikes people.

Su Yansheng is □□ and beautiful, and likes all kinds of beautiful things, whether it is flowers, beauties or beautiful scenes, she can always be obsessed with it for a while every time she sees it. As far as peonies are concerned, she doesn't know how many famous products she has appreciated, that is, in the courtyard of the jade hall where she lives, and the treasures specially sent by the prince when the peonies are in full bloom this year.

Rao is so, in the face of thousands of peonies competing to open, she is still fascinated, has circled around the peony bushes several times, and the look of amazement and joy on her face is so famous. As for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who accompanied her, he had already been thrown aside by the little girl.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince accompanied Su Yan very patiently, but after a long time, he looked at the peony bushes very unpleasantly. Shi Niang has been looking at this peony for half an hour, but she doesn't have a look at me, and she doesn't even bother to talk to me, she is not happy!

Li An quietly approached the crown prince and lowered his voice: "Your Highness." ”

The resentful prince is staring at the back of his sweetheart faintly, especially hoping that she can look back at herself, really just take a look, and then you look at the peony flower, I will be satisfied. But why can't you make such a simple request?

Li An suddenly had an illusion that His Royal Highness was a little similar to the resentful woman of the deep palace who never saw a saint in the palace! Stop, stop, this kind of thought can't be had. Boom, but it's really like. He raised slightly, "Your Highness." ”

Su Yan looked back and smiled, "If Your Highness has something to do, let's go first." ”

The prince originally raised a bright smile the moment Su Yan turned around, but he didn't expect Shi Niang to not want him to accompany him!

He glared at Li An, and there was a piercing chill in his low voice: "What's the matter?" ”

Li An instinctively shuddered, "Your Highness, Your Highness, someone came to report that Guo San was released." ”

When it came to Guo Shuyuan, the chill on the prince's body was even stronger, but his voice was still calm as usual: "Let it go, let it go, and people will look at him." ”

"Yes." Li An took the order and quietly retreated.

The prince looked up at the sky, estimated the time, and then walked to Su Yan's side, and said softly: "Senior sister, it's almost noon, let's go eat first." ”

Su Yan was still a little reluctant to leave, lingering in front of the flowers, the prince saw this and reached out to take her hand, and took the person away with a little toughness, but coaxed people in his mouth, "Senior sister, the flowers won't run away, let's come back later." At that time, I was planning to let people dig up this peony and plant it in the East Palace when I had time.

Su Yan moved his little hand uncomfortably, and a few traces of red glow were quietly dyed on his jade face.

The prince tightened his hand, he easily got a chance to hold hands, how could he let it go. He looked down at the petite girl who was only up to his shoulder, his eyes were as soft as spring water, "The vegetarian food of Huguo Temple is famous in the capital, and my sister hasn't tasted it yet." The prince easily took people away from the peony bush and quickly changed the topic.

"I ate it once, and it was Wanwan who brought me here." Su Yan was a little shy, and his voice was low.

The prince secretly complained that Song Wan was troublesome, and he must isolate Song Wan and Shi Niang in the future. Hmph, no one wants to compete with him for favor.

"Alas, I am in the Middle Palace every day, and I rarely come out, so it is better for Shi Niang to understand the capital." The prince sighed a little melancholy.

Su Yan glanced up at the prince when he heard this, and saw the noble and arrogant young man, his eyes drooping, his thick eyelashes trembling slightly, and his handsome face was a little lonely. Su Yan was a little entangled: Is he coquettish with himself?

"Are you the crown prince, you were young before, and it was dangerous to leave the palace, and the saint was also worried about you." Su Yan made a small face and reassured him seriously, "That's good, I haven't been to many places in Shangdu, so let's go and play together in the future." ”

The prince's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Then I will come to find my junior sister tomorrow, let's go to Tangchangguan, I heard that there are jade flowers planted there, and the flowers bloom like Qionglin jade trees." ”

The young man's eyes were full of anticipation, Su Yan was a little weak-hearted, and just now he said that he wanted to play together, but when he was invited, she wanted to refuse. The little girl looked away and looked around, and her delicate little face was obviously uneasy, "Well, I have something to do tomorrow." ”

The prince was not angry, but because of Su Yan's appearance, there was a sweet feeling in his heart, he couldn't help but raise his hand and touch the little girl's hair, and asked gently, "What's the matter?" ”

Su Yan Yingying smiled lightly, "The cousin of the Liu family is going to get married, we have made an appointment tomorrow, and we are going to add makeup to her." "Yes, Liu Wenxuan is getting married, no matter how unhappy she is, she can't stop the wedding from approaching day by day.

"Oh." The prince didn't have much interest in the Liu family's girl getting married or anything, he was more concerned about Su Yan's safety, Guo Shuyuan came out, and his good sister, he couldn't help but be on guard, "I'll send my junior sister to the Yongning Marquis Mansion tomorrow." ”

Su Yan hurriedly shook his head, "No need." ”

was rejected again, it was inconvenient to act without a name, and the prince nodded sullenly. made up his mind, went back to find his father, issued a decree quickly, and gave him a name.

In the evening, when the prince went to Taiji Palace to accompany his father to dinner, he began to urge, "Daddy, when will you give the decree to marry." ”

"Stinky boy, what's the hurry." The emperor glanced at his son.

I'm in a hurry to get a name! The crown prince held the tea and stared at the emperor angrily, "My son doesn't want people to interfere in my marriage anymore." ”

The emperor's hand moved, and he looked sideways at his son, "What do you know?" ”

The prince hung his head unhappily, and spit out two words in a sullen voice: "Eldest sister." ”

Really...... The emperor sighed secretly, got up and walked to the prince's side, patted his son on the shoulder, "I will give an order tomorrow." After all, he let his son know, he hesitated, "Don't blame your sister, she's just a little uneasy." ”

The prince pursed his thin lips and rushed out: "The eldest sister just wants her son to listen to her in everything." ”

"Shichiro......" The emperor stiffened and looked at his son in disbelief.

The prince simply said all his thoughts, "When the queen mother was still there, she wanted her son to obey her in everything. When the queen mother dies, she will become the eldest sister. Didn't Daddy just find out, so he refused to let his son get too close to his mother and sisters. ”

Emperor: "......" He was really speechless, the son of the queen was the crown prince of Great Xia, the next emperor. He did find out that the queen had a tendency to control her son, so he took the prince to his side to teach. Unexpectedly, my son already knew.

After the prince finished speaking, he kept hanging his head and refused to speak. He began to remember things at a very young age, and he remembered everything that his mother had said to him. I even remember that the queen mother often invited the little girl of the Du family into the palace to play with him, and would coax him to tell his father that he would take his cousin as his wife when he grew up.

He also remembered that after the death of the queen mother, when he was guarding the spirit in the Liangyi Palace, he clearly remembered that the eldest sister hugged him and said: The queen mother is gone, and she is the closest person to him, closer than his father. sue him again, there are many people in the harem who want to harm him, let him listen to her more in the future, and if there is something, he must sue her first.

Although he was only six years old at the time, he understood many things. When the queen mother was there, he lived with his father, could it be that after the queen mother died, he would leave his father? By Daddy's side, who in the palace would dare to disadvantage him.

However, at that time, his mother had just gone, and he was very attached to his sisters, so he agreed to the eldest sister without much thought. Since then, his sister will often inadvertently ask him about his father, and even coax him to say good things about others in front of his father. When he grew up and lived alone in the East Palace, he interfered a lot with the attendants in the East Palace. Even after getting married, he intensified his efforts to install people in the East Palace. At that time, he finally figured out that his younger brother, for his sisters, was the guarantee of more rights.

That night, the emperor and the crown prince sat silently for a long time. After the prince lived alone in the East Palace at the age of twelve, he stayed in the Taiji Palace for the first time.

After the prince fell asleep, the emperor sat on the side of his son's bed, looked at him quietly for a long time, and then got up and folded the quilt for him, blew out the lamp and candle, and turned away.

On the second day, the emperor personally went to the temple to burn incense and worship, and after returning, he wrote down the holy decree of marriage.

After sealing the holy decree of marriage, the emperor calmly ordered: "Please come over Cui Xiang." ”

Cui Mao and Cui Yuanzhi are the current Zhongshu Ling, the head of the three prime ministers of Great Xia. The old man is almost seventy years old this year, his beard is white, his face is ruddy, and he is dressed in a purple official robe, and he enters calmly.

"Sage." Cui Xiang saluted and sat down on the chair beside him.

The emperor smiled straight to the point and said, "I'm tired of Cui Xiang being an iceman." ”

Cui Xiangye understood, "It's the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The emperor stroked his beard and smiled, "Exactly." ”

Cui Xiangye didn't need to ask the crown princess who she was, so he patted his chest and said, "Please rest assured, the old minister will definitely succeed in this matter." ”

Old man Cui came out of the palace, and on the way home, he sat in the official sedan chair with half-squinted eyes, and his heart was still totaling, and he had picked up the favor he had given Su Zhoucheng before. Looking at the attitude of the saint and His Royal Highness, he was very satisfied with the future crown princess, so he would send a matchmaker to the palace to say yes, instead of directly ordering the marriage like several princesses.

Hmm, it seems that one of his grandsons is a classmate of Su Zhoucheng's son, so he has to go home and tell him to have a good relationship with the young man of the Su family.

The emperor explained the matter, and when he turned around, he asked his son for credit, "I asked Cui Xiang to be the matchmaker and went to the Su family to propose marriage." ”

The prince didn't see Su Yan today, he was upset, and when he heard his father's words, his eyes widened, "Go to propose marriage today?" Daddy, you're too casual, you didn't choose a good day. ”

, it's you who are in a hurry, this will say that it's still you who is casual, don't be so capricious. The emperor's reaction was to pick up a teacup casually, throw it at the prince's feet, and roar with full anger: "Bastard boy, go back to your East Palace, don't let me see you for three days!" ”

The prince was kicked out of the Taiji Palace by the emperor, his mouth was still grinning, and his heart was full of joy: Hehe, Lone is about to become famous!

In the early morning of the second day, the prince got up early, and sat on the bed without combing his head or washing his face.

Li Ping quietly stabbed Li An and asked uneasily, "Your Highness, what's wrong?" "What happened to make His Highness's mouth not close since last night, and he still laughed when he got up this morning.

Li An smiled at him, but didn't answer, turned his head and motioned for the maids to go and wait for the prince to change clothes and wash.

Li Ping stabbed him again, and Li An lowered his voice and scolded: "Stupid, Your Highness is about to be famous, can you not be happy!" ”

"Title!" Li Ping looked at Li An with a strange expression, "Are you wrong?" "Their Royal Highness can only give names to others, who has the ability to give the crown prince's name.

"Wrong, wrong!" Li An shook his two mouths casually in annoyance, and muttered in a low voice, "This is all His Highness talking like this every day, and I will come out of my mouth." ”

Subsequently, Li Ping and Li An witnessed the prince's restless day. Li Ping asked puzzledly: "Didn't you say that Your Highness is going to be famous, why didn't you see anyone go to the Su family to announce the decree?" ”

Li An glanced at him, "That's the crown princess, the future mother of the country, which princess should you be, just issue a decree." ”

Li Ping was dumbfounded, "Won't the crown princess issue an edict?" ”

"Get out!" Li An couldn't bear to kick him, "The saint asked Cui Xiang to be the matchmaker, and went to the Guogong Mansion today to say goodbye." ”

Li Ping: The "......" relationship has just begun to say that it is close, and it is still far from truly determining the name.

Cui Xiangye, who was entrusted with the important task by the emperor and the crown prince, got up in the morning and dressed up newly, and went to his own garden to choose a peony cut by himself, put it in his hat, and took a good look in the mirror to make sure that there was nothing wrong, and then took the official sedan chair to the Yasukuni Mansion.

The Yasukuni Mansion received a message from Cui Xiangye yesterday, saying that it was a visit today. Therefore, the father and son of Yasukuni did not go out today, waiting for the guests to come to the door.

After Cui Xiang arrived, he was personally welcomed into the door by the Duke of Jingguo, and after the two sides sat down, Cui Xiang looked around and coughed lightly, "Grandpa Guo, the Duchess and the young lady are there?" ”

Yasukuni was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, his eyes showing ecstasy. He took a deep breath and tried his best to stabilize himself before he spoke, "Go and ask the lady and the young lady to come over." Although he tried his best to be steady, his slightly high-pitched voice still exposed the excitement of the Yasukuni Gong.

Compared with the pure joy of the Yasukuni Gong, the feelings of the two brothers Su Zhoude and Su Zhoucheng are much more complicated. Su Zhoude was a little gloomy, he originally thought that his daughter would become the princess of Wu, maybe his niece would not be the crown princess, but he didn't expect it......

Su Zhoucheng is full of sadness, his pampered daughter from childhood to adulthood will soon marry a wife, and she is no longer a little girl who is protected by him. The crown princess has a heavy responsibility, if it is up to him to choose, he wants his daughter to live a safe and stable life, but ......

Wang is gossiping with several granddaughters, and is chatting about Liu Wenxuan, who is about to get married. Su Rong was very puzzled that his uncle chose such a son-in-law for his cousin, and when he mentioned this, there was some complaint in his tone: "That Fan Erlangjun's talent is good, but he is too romantic, how did the third uncle choose such a son-in-law." ”

Wang Shiqi said: "Where to start with this, I think Fan Jiaerlang is a very handsome young man, and the two families have the same family background, and they are very compatible with Xuanniang." ”

Su Rong was aggrieved for his cousin: "But Fan Erlang is ...... unclear about that Liu Yinyue"

Wang said disapprerovingly: "It's not even a thing, and it's worth mentioning her." In Wang's opinion, this kind of kabuki can't even compare to his own domestic tricks, so he doesn't need to mind at all.

Su Rong stopped talking, even if he lived in this world for two lifetimes, his grandmother and mother couldn't agree with some of their views.

Wang took the opportunity to educate several granddaughters, "The men in this world are all eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, you are all wives and wives in the past, how to live, discipline your husband, and let him be single-minded to you, you have to think and do it yourself." Sometimes you can be confused, but if it's really not like it, you don't need to say more, just sell it. ”

"Even if it's a good family, if she can't sell it, you can send her home. I tell you, don't listen to the nonsense of those female officials, and find a woman for your husband wisely, and when the time comes, you will regret it. "The old lady is purely motivated, a few days ago, the concubine in the palace sent someone to send four female officials to Su Rong, saying that she wanted to teach her some palace rules. The old lady occasionally heard a few words, and felt that what the female officials said was, for fear that her granddaughter would learn it and suffer in the future.

Su Rong and the others said with a smile: "My granddaughter wrote it down." ”

Du Suyan raised his hand and combed his sideburns, and said playfully: "It's like a grandmother managing a grandfather, right?" ”

Wang was very proud, "Of course. "It's not that she's complacent, the ladies of the families in Beijing, she is comfortable. There are not many concubines in Yasukuni, only two or three, and the one who gave birth to a concubine doesn't need her to say it, and the Duke of Yasukuni will deal with it himself.

The ancestors and grandchildren were talking lively, and Steward Lin came in with a spring breeze on his face, and knelt on the ground to congratulate the Wang family when he saw him, "Congratulations to the lady, congratulations to the lady." ”

Wang was confused by his congratulations, "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Steward Lin smiled and said, "The sage asked Cui Xiangye to come to the house to propose marriage, and Ah Lang asked the villain to invite the lady out." ”