The queen handed over the matter to her mother and younger brother, and no longer asked about the details, but waited for news in the Kunning Palace with peace of mind.

Although her mother's relatives are no longer of the same heart with her, they will only choose to hug the emperor's thighs and will not care about her life or death. But the position of the eldest son of the emperor is itself related to their interests. The queen is very confident that as long as the Fan daughter enters the palace will threaten her position as queen and the throne of the emperor's eldest son, she is not afraid that the Xie family will not help her.

The only ones who had a headache were Mrs. Qu Shuibo and Xie Xiangfei.

Mrs. Qu Shuibo went home, discussed with her husband for a long time, and after thinking hard, she came up with a bad idea: "I heard that the youngest daughter of the Fan family was married before, and because her fiancé died of illness, she kept her filial piety for three years before going to Beijing to find another marriage." Why don't you spread the word about it, so that people know that she has already made a promise before? This is the truth, and nothing has been arranged, but decent people in Beijing will not easily hire her as a daughter-in-law. ”

Xie Xiangfei said disappreciatively: "But now we don't want to stop a decent family in Beijing from hiring her as a daughter-in-law, on the contrary, if someone proposes to her first, it will be a good thing." What we want to stop is the emperor accepting her into the palace as a concubine! It's just a dead fiancé, and he hasn't passed through the door, if the emperor wants to accept it, what are these slight flaws? If the emperor really takes a fancy to her, it is not because she has never been married, but for the sake of her brother who has a heavy army in his hands! Besides, if no one knows about this kind of thing, it will be fine, so that the Fan family will know that it is our Qushui Bofu who is secretly releasing news and ruining his daughter's reputation. Can his family not hold grudges? Could it be that our family wants to add an enemy with heavy troops to the queen mother and the emperor's eldest son? ”

Mrs. Qu Shuibo was suddenly gloomy.

Qu Shuibo's heart moved: "Then simply say a kiss for the daughter of the Fan family!" Our Qushui Bofu also has some face in Beijing, and it is the queen's maiden family, and we are looking for a good family affair for the daughter of the Fan family. It's not hard. When the family affairs are decided, the emperor will not be able to take away the wife. ”

Xie Xiangfei smiled bitterly: "Father's idea can't be said to be bad, but now the right time has passed." The Fan family knew in their hearts that their youngest daughter was favored by the royal family, whether it was assigned to King Guangping as a side concubine, or included in the harem by the emperor, it was impossible for the Fan family to marry their daughter to another family. Again...... If the emperor knows, it is our family who is helping the Fan family's daughter to be a matchmaker. What will the emperor think of the queen? ”

The emperor could only feel that the empress wanted to hinder his good deeds again, and it was jealousy. is not virtuous, and the final result is still that the queen and the emperor's eldest son suffer.

There is already a concubine in the emperor's harem, whose background, appearance, conduct, and reputation are very good, and I heard that she is also quite favored by the emperor (because there is no one in the harem at the moment. The queen was "sick" again. So it can be called the only favorite), sooner or later she will conceive the emperor's heir. At that time, the eldest son of the emperor will not be the only candidate who can be appointed as the prince. Under the premise of pushing the ceremony again and again, the top and bottom of Qushui Bofu cannot risk angering the emperor!

Qu Shuibo and his wife's methods were unsuccessful, and they couldn't help but worry together.

After a while, Mrs. Qu Shui whispered, "It's better to ...... Let the King of Quang Binh know the news. He naturally didn't want to sit back and watch his side concubine become the emperor's harem, and it was much more useful for him to go to the queen mother to talk than for our family to exert strength outside the palace. ”

Qu Shuibo frowned: "Can he still know?" Even if you know. It's impossible to say anything. King Quang Binh was not that kind of person. ”

Xie Xiangfei's heart moved: "This may not be...... Even if the emperor is not willing to point out the daughter of the Fan family to King Guangping as a side concubine, he may not reveal that he intends to accept her as a concubine, right? The emperor still wants to have a face. Even if it were meant to be. will also wait until the concubine of the king of Guangping is selected. At that time, he will not be a brother and concubine, but just an ordinary concubine. Let's talk to King Guangping and let him be alert. Whatever he has planned, he can prepare early. If he finally decides to sit idly by, there is nothing we can do but think of another way. ”

Qu Shuibo thought for a while: "Then you can do it, remember to hide it from some people, don't let outsiders know that we told you." We must not slow down in this matter, and if we wait until the decree comes, it will be too late for us to act! ”

Xie Xiangfei answered. He grew up under the watchful eye of the emperor and his wife, and he often went in and out of the homes of members of the royal family since he was a child, and he was also quite familiar with the Guangping Palace. He didn't go directly to the door, but ordered his henchmen to find acquaintances in the palace of Guangping, and then asked the other party to help bring a secret letter to Gao Zhen, the prince of Guangping.

The acquaintance he found was none other than Gao Zhen's personal essay mountain. In the past, Gao Zhen was close to his uncle's family, not only often playing with the emperor's eldest son, but Xie Xiangfei was also seen from time to time. Whether the friendship between the masters is good or not, the little servants under their hands have been dealing with each other for many years, and they are also very familiar with each other. Bishan was not an important person, although he needed to be by Gao Zhen's side all the time, but after returning to the capital, he had more free time. Xie Xiangfei's servant went directly to his house and completed the task smoothly.

Bishan forwarded the letter to Gao Zhen, and after Gao Zhen read it, he was a little angry, but also felt funny, and he struggled for a while, and finally took the letter directly to his father, King Guangping.

King Guangping squinted his eyes and put the letter under his eyes and read it, and put it down very calmly: "The Fan family has already handed me the letter first. However, your imperial grandmother just said that she wanted to be a matchmaker for the little sister of the Fan family, saying that she was a good family, and did not disclose anything else. The Fan family just guessed by themselves, maybe they asked the little sister of the Fan family to be my side concubine, but no one ever heard about entering the palace. ”

Gao Zhen is not averse to this arrangement, he also saw Fan Benzhang's little sister when he was a child, and he has the impression that she is a very gentle and quiet girl. If she becomes her father's side concubine, at least she is trustworthy in character and will be very loyal to her father. The Fan family is even more worry-free, and there is no need to worry about having an in-law who loves to cause trouble. It was precisely because Gao Zhen had accepted this arrangement in his heart that he was extremely angry with the emperor's intentions.

He said to King Guangping: "Xie Xiangfei probably got the news from the queen. Although I don't know if the queen is cranky and jealous, it is still true. Both fathers and kings need to prepare early. In his son's opinion, Uncle Fan would never be willing to let his little sister enter the palace to be a concubine. ”

King Guangping pondered for a moment and said, "It is indeed not a good thing for Fan Xiaomei to enter the palace. This chapter is a good general in Liaodong. Once he becomes a foreign relative, there will be countless troubles, and those ministers in the court will look at him more and more unpleasantly, and will not give up his military power, and will never stop. But if Fan Xiaomei marries me, this chapter will be closer to our Guangping Palace, and the emperor will be suspicious of him at that time. Nor is it allowed to be quiet. The best arrangement is for Fan Xiaomei to find another good marriage, don't marry into our Gao family. ”

Gao Zhen was very surprised: "Father." Are you planning to reject the Fan family's family affairs? But the imperial grandmother ......"

"The emperor will think of asking your grandmother to change her mind." King Guangping smiled, "It's just that your imperial grandmother will probably be very angry at that time, so let's think of a way to get the best of both worlds." ”

Gao Zhen couldn't think of any way to have the best of both worlds, he felt that it was best for Fan Xiaomei to marry into the palace to be a side concubine. The emperor's suspicion left him with suspicion. Now he is also suspicious of the Guangping Palace. Can Liaodong leave the model chapter? Fan Benzhang has always been the most cautious person. Never did anything taboo. In this way, the emperor has no reason to rectify people, and he will not do anything to harm the model chapter. And with the military power in the hands of Fan Benzhang, the emperor is afraid that he will be a little more polite to the Guangping Palace, in addition to doing enough work for a long time, he can also make fewer small actions.

But Gao Zhen never expected that King Guangping didn't even want the little sister of the Fan family. Could it be that the Xiao family given by the emperor is really cheaper?

King Guangping said: "There are many people who can be my side concubine." As long as it is not the daughter of the Fan family, the emperor does not need to worry. The so-called matter of entering the palace does not have to be too persistent. That's the best outcome. Taking advantage of the fact that the news has not yet spread, and the emperor's will has not yet been issued, he hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to Fan Benzhang Kuaima, asking him to think of a way to refuse the marriage in the palace. He is a good border guard, why bother to get involved in royal affairs? ”

Gao Zhen saw that his father had made up his mind, and it was difficult to persuade him again, so he could only write a letter according to what he said, explain the matter clearly and clearly, and then sent Bishan and another credible palace guard, and quickly whipped to Liaodong.

Ten days later, the two of them brought Fan Benzhang to write a letter back, saying that when he was in the frontier, he had already taken a fancy to a marriage for his sister, and the other party was the eldest son of the second person in Liaodong, young and heroic, in his early twenties, he had a wife in front of him, he died early in frailty, and he did not leave an heir, and he was very compatible with his sister in terms of appearance, but he had not discussed it with his family, so he had not decided. After receiving the letter from King Guangping, he agreed with the No. 2 person about the family affair, and exchanged tokens and Geng posts, and the family affair was already confirmed, and the date of the marriage was set two months ago when the first meeting was held. His family letter will return to Beijing one day slower than Bishan, explain the situation to the old mother at home, and ask the old mother to call his younger brothers and nephews, and send his sister to Liaodong to complete the marriage as soon as possible.

Obviously, although Fan Benzhang is also emotionally inclined to King Guangping, he is not opposed to marrying his sister to the old master as a side room, but since King Guangping has clearly given instructions, he will obey. As a military general with brains, he also clearly knew that getting involved in the internal struggle of the royal family was never something he should do. He was also a little worried about King Guangping, and vaguely asked about King Guangping's current situation, and seemed to be surprised by the emperor's attitude.

The king of Guangping burned the letter, and ordered Bishan and the others to seal their mouths, and they didn't do anything anymore. It took two days to hear that Mrs. Fan had entered the palace to ask the Queen Mother for her guilt. It turned out that Fan Benzhang had already married his sister out in Liaodong, he didn't know that the Queen Mother had taken a fancy to his sister, although the family had heard of the marriage, but they didn't know that he had already made a decision.

But once the marriage contract has been made, keep the promise. Fan Benzhang said that he kowtowed in the direction of the capital in Liaodong to apologize, but asked the Queen Mother to allow him to be a trustworthy person. It is said that the No. 2 person in the Liaodong garrison pushed all the matchmakers made by the old boss in order to cope with this marriage, and that girl is a famous beauty in Liaodong. People are so sincere, how can the model chapter live up to it?

Gao Zhen had already entered the palace in advance, and he had been vaccinated on the Queen Mother's side, indicating that King Guangping was actually not very happy to accept this marriage, because Fan Xiaomei was a child he watched grow up, and he felt awkward. When the Queen Mother heard this, when she saw that Mrs. Fan came to ask for guilt, although she was angry, she was also limited, so she only said lightly: "That's it, I thought that the child was good, and I planned to find one of the young clan disciples to match her." After thinking about it, there is no suitable person for an unmarried match. It can be seen that she has no fate with our Gao family, which is also providential. "After appreciating two ordinary objects, I let Mrs. Fan out of the palace.

The matter of the little sister of the Fan family was solved, and King Guangping, Gao Zhen and the Fan family were all relieved. Qu Shui Bofu heard the Queen Mother's words, and he was also secretly happy. Since the Queen Mother said that the little sister of the Fan family has no fate with the Gao family, she will never let her enter the palace in the future. The queen can finally rest assured.

Only the emperor had mixed feelings. He was not only glad that King Guangping could not marry the little sister of the Fan family as a side concubine, but also regretted that the little sister of the Fan family was married to someone else and could not enter the palace to accompany him. But in any case, Fan Benzhang's refusal to marry means that he is still loyal to the emperor and has never thrown himself into the king of Guangping. The Emperor can still use him with confidence.

After the emperor was relieved, he ran to appease the queen mother. It's that Fan Benzhang is not interesting, but it's not that he, the emperor, is ineffective. But when he arrived at Cining Palace, the Queen Mother gave him a face and refused to see him: "The emperor is now satisfied?" Fan Benzhang actually refused to marry, what did the emperor say to the Fan family? Your brother is doing a good job of family affairs, where is it in the way of the emperor's eyes?! ”

Emperor: "......" (to be continued......