"Second brother, you went to the Ninth Prince a year ago, right?" After the meal, when everyone was sitting in the hall chatting, Yan Yunpei suddenly asked Yan Jinxuan.

In fact, when Mrs. Lu mentioned this matter to him a few days ago, he wanted to ask Yan Jinxuan, and later because the emperor ordered their father and son to arrest the Seventh Prince, so he temporarily put this matter down, and now the affairs of clearing the remaining party of the Seventh Prince are also urgent and heavy, but after all, there is no need to go to other places, so he feels that the second child should also visit his future father-in-law.

"Yes." Yan Jinxuan answered, but his eyes were only fixed on the ceramic teacup in his hand.

"You've been back from the Northwest for some time, so take some time to visit them." Yan Yunpei said.

He was worried that the prince would be unhappy.

But he also knew that Yan Jinxuan had always been reluctant to go, and when he didn't want to, others couldn't force him.

Yan Jinxuan replied softly: "Hmm." ”

"The county lord will be in time at the end of next year, I discussed it with your father, and I think that if there is a suitable day at the end of next year, you can get married, if not, then the beginning of the year, but it can't be delayed for too long." Mrs. Lu looked at Yan Jinxuan and said, with a reminder in her tone.

"It's too hasty at the end of next year, she's still young." Yan Jinxuan said, there was no expression on his face.

"I talked to the Nine Princes a few days ago, and he also thinks that the two of you will be able to get married by the end of next year." Yan Yunpei said.

Regarding Yan Jinxuan and Zhu Qingmei's family affairs, he had no headaches.

"I'll call the shots." Yan Jinxuan said.

"What are you talking about? Are you a parent? Yan Yunpei's voice raised a little.

Yan Jinxuan said lightly: "I have my own opinions, and I won't embarrass you." ”

They knew that he was not listening to them. Several people looked at each other, a little helpless.

Every time I talk about it, the atmosphere is like this.

Yan Yunpei sighed lightly, slowed down his voice and said, "You're still blaming Daddy, aren't you?" ”

"Nope." Yan Jinxuan replied.

"No, you're still weird, but what I want to tell you is - I don't see anything wrong with this family business, the Nine Princes' family is so good, and the county lord is gradually growing up now, and his appearance and talent are no worse than other ladies, don't be in the blessing and not know the blessing." Yan Yunpei's tone was also a little excited when he talked about the back.

It is impossible to regret the engagement with the royal family, firstly, this is a matter of royal face, and secondly, because of the power of the royal family, so there is no county lord's fiancé who is not trembling, but Yan Jinxuan doesn't seem to take this matter to heart at all, which is the main reason why Yan Yunpei feels a headache.

"I know that the day after tomorrow, I will go to visit them." Yan Jinxuan said.

Everyone's faces softened.

"If nothing else, I'll go back to the study first." Yan Jinxuan said, and walked out of the hall without waiting for everyone to express their opinions.

Yan Jinxuan stood under the porch and quietly looked at the courtyard, remembering the scene when he first went to see Zhu Qingmei.

He was twenty years old that year, and Zhu Qingmei was eight years old, and he visited the prince's mansion for the first time as her fiancé.

The Nine Princes and his wife asked Zhu Qingmei to come out to see him.

Zhu Qingmei was wearing a hibiscus-colored floral skirt, holding a child on her head, she jumped up and ran towards him, and when she walked a foot away from him, she didn't dare to go any further, tilted her head and looked at him for a while and asked, "Are you my future husband?" ”

"Yes, Lord Shire." Yan Jinxuan replied with a smile, looking at her with peaceful eyes.

"I heard that you must respect and love each other as a husband and wife, so will you always love me?"

"Of course."

Zhu Qingmei smiled, and then asked, "Do you like me?" With that, she spun around in front of him.

"The county lord is innocent, lively, beautiful and generous, I have no reason not to like it." Yan Jinxuan said with a smile.

He was tempted to ask, "What about you?" Do you like me? ”

But she had already laughed and ran away.

After that, he traveled from east to west and north all year round because of his work, and often only visited her once a year. But even after meeting four or five times, her impression in his mind was always vague.

At the end of last year, he went to the prince's mansion and met her.

She had grown into a girl, but she looked at him with a cold gaze, and pouted, sitting across from him very unnaturally.

He thought about it for a while, and asked her gently, "What are you busy with today?" Have you ever read a book? ”

"You want to care?" Her tone seemed a little unhappy.

"Ouch, you're still quite angry, are you angry?"

"No life."

"Are you blaming me for not coming to see you often?"

"Not really."

Yan Jinxuan looked at her expression and found that she really didn't seem to blame him, so why did she look very unhappy when she saw him? Doesn't she like him coming to see her?

"Then you should tell me why are you upset? Save me from guessing and feeling guilty when I go back. Yan Jinxuan coaxed her good-naturedly.

"My mother won't let me enter the palace to play, but I want to enter the palace." She flattened her mouth, looking very aggrieved.

He raised an eyebrow.

"Who do you want to play with in the palace?"

"If you want to play with Princess Green Pothos and Princess Fuling, can you help me?" She suddenly reached out and grabbed his hand, shaking it desperately.

Princess Green Pothos and Princess Fuling are also girls who are only thirteen or fourteen years old.

Yan Jinxuan smiled and said, "Then I'll ask your mother to see if she agrees to let you go to the palace to play." ”

"Uh-huh."

Then she was gone.

Yan Jinxuan went to tell the princess the truth, and the princess sighed and said: "She just thinks about playing with them all day long, and she doesn't have to do her homework, and her temper is getting bigger and bigger, and I can't do anything about her, so please bear with me in the future." ”

"Nature." Yan Jinxuan said with a smile.

Then he took his leave.

When he was about to leave the house, he saw her playing in the courtyard with a group of maids, laughing and trembling. He wanted to say goodbye to her, so he walked in the direction they were.

Seeing him coming, she asked, "Did you help me ask my mother?" ”

"Asked, your mother said that if you can take the initiative to do your homework every day, I will take you into the palace."

"Hmph, I knew it was going to happen." She snorted at him, then ignored him.

He stood there and looked at her for a moment, didn't say anything more, and walked out softly.

On the way back, he repeatedly asked himself - is this the other half I want?

He felt a little disappointed.

Although he didn't expect much from her a long time ago, she would be his future wife after all, and he would inevitably want some heart-to-heart communication between her and him.

The joy of the two hearts can have nothing to do with age, but it definitely has to do with the heart-to-heart fit of the two people, and he is still sad when he knows that he can't get this in her.

It was a mistake from the start, wasn't it?

He remembered again when he was sixteen years old when he learned that he was going to be betrothed to her.

At that time, he was still studying in the academy, and he was single-mindedly trying to gain fame so that he could achieve his ambitions in the future, so he lived in the academy most of the time.

One day he went home to visit his parents, and as soon as he entered the door, he was called to the study by Yan Yunpei, and said to him solemnly: "I and the Nine Princes fought together in the north and south back then, and formed a deep friendship, so we had an agreement on the battlefield - if we can both go back alive, we will form a family, and then we won the battle, so this agreement came into effect." A few days ago he asked me if any of your three brothers were still married, and I said that all three of them were still free, so he said that he only had one of his youngest daughters who had not yet decided on a family, and I immediately understood what he meant, so I asked him to choose one of the three of you, and finally he chose you. ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Since this is the original agreement between the two parties, and he is a powerful prince, I naturally have no room for opposition, I went to see his youngest daughter yesterday, named Zhu Qingmei, only four years old, very smart and lively......"

What Yan Yunpei said next, Yan Jinxuan didn't pay much attention to it, he only felt his head banging.

"It's settled." Yan Yunpei added.

Of course, Yan Jinxuan knew that once this kind of thing was decided, he would not have to regret it, but he felt very unwilling in his heart, he said: "Daddy, have you considered your son's feelings when you took the happiness of your son's life to redeem a promise?" ”

Yan Yunpei frowned slightly, this was the first time his son dared to talk to him like this, it can be seen that his son was really angry, but the matter had been decided, and naturally there was no way to change it, so he said softly: "Jin Xuan, I know that this matter is a little difficult for you, but don't judge too early, give each other some time, I believe that the daughter educated by the Nine Princes will not be bad." ”

"But it's not necessarily the type I like." Yan Jinxuan said with a wry smile.

After all, it was not your own choice, and no matter how good it is, it will definitely not be satisfactory.

Yan Jinxuan shook his hand away angrily.

Since the age of ten, he had dreamed of finding a man he liked as a wife in the future, but this desire was ruthlessly stifled at the age of sixteen.

He had despaired, believing that his father's family affair had decreed the misfortune of the rest of his life.

So in the next two years, his relationship with Yan Yunpei was very stiff, and then he slowly forgave his father when he became more sensible, but he always had an indescribable sense of depression in his heart, and he wanted to find some way to resist, so he lived a very indulgent life for a while, that was when he was in his early twenties and had just been admitted to the double science jinshi, but he woke up soon after, and since then he has been like a monk with a pure heart and few desires, and he only runs towards the future wholeheartedly.

When he was proud of his future, he thought back and felt that he still couldn't avoid marrying a wife, so he went to see Zhu Qingmei with the mentality of trying it out, to see if he could establish a harmonious relationship with her.

But he soon noticed that she seemed to have little interest in anything other than eating and playing.

She couldn't talk to him about life and feelings, and he knew that he couldn't be too her, she was only thirteen or fourteen years old after all.

Her mind was still just a child.

So he decided to wait, anyway, there were still a few years before he got married.

So with great patience he sent someone to secretly inquire about her, to see if she had the kind of comprehension of affection that he wanted, which was innate, and did not need to be based on age, but he was disappointed again.

Maybe it's because he's asking too much, he said to himself.

As early as the age of sixteen, he should have understood that he could not expect too much from her.

If there is another way to improve it, he is willing to try it.

But it is impossible to transform a person, unless the other party is willing, otherwise they are asking for their own hardships.

So then he had to smile wryly - well, then admit it. (To be continued.) )