After Xue Lingnan listened to Xue Rui's words, he looked at him suspiciously and said:

"Even so, why didn't you tell the old man earlier?"

The Jiang family is a king with a different surname, rooted in the Northeast for generations, and is really a strong party, that Jiang Huaiying is young, and he is tired of great military exploits, no children and no daughters, but there is a sister from a compatriot, very favored.

If Xue Rui really took a fancy to this county lord, Xue Lingnan thought it was worth scrutinizing.

Xue Rui said: "As soon as I returned to Beijing, I went to Dali Temple to take office, and I was an official in the court, only to find that the sacred heart was unpredictable, and the saint was obviously jealous of the power of the king of Dongjing, if my Xue family and the Jiang family married, I was even more suspicious, so I did not confess to you that my grandson missed once, regretted it for life, and would never go his own way for the sake of his children's personal feelings." ”

Xue Lingnan heard his last sentence, glanced at him meaningfully, and said:

"You know that if you take care of the overall situation, I will be relieved."

After a pause, he said: "The old man should think about this matter carefully, and then make plans, you can go out first." ”

Xue Rui hesitated: "What about the marriage with the Earl's Court?" ”

Xue Lingnan said: "Since you don't like it, I won't force you." ”

Xue Rui breathed a sigh of relief and left with a relaxed expression.

After he left, Xu Li came in, stood beside Xue Lingnan, bowed his head and said:

"The words of the eldest prince, do you believe it?"

"Believe, why don't you believe it," Xue Lingnan clasped his hands, put them on his chest, closed his eyes and said lazily:

"If Chengbi can pull the Jiang family on the boat, it will be even bigger in the future, but it's still too early, and it needs to be put on hold."

Xu Li said: "Then over there in the Earl's Palace?" ”

"I heard that the young lady of the Rui family made a fool of herself at the hibiscus banquet. How can a woman who is good at speaking and has no grooves in her heart be worthy of the child I have bothered to train. ”

Xu Li hesitated: "What if the eldest prince doesn't mention the county lord of the Jiang family today?" ”

"I will find another good family for him as soon as possible, not the Earl's Mansion, as well as the Shangshu Mansion and the Taishi Mansion, otherwise, I will choose from the twelve mansions."

"So the master suspects that the eldest prince fell in love with the female operator from Yiyang, so he deliberately tested him?"

Xue Lingnan narrowed his eyes: "Ali, you talk a lot today." ”

Xu Li was stunned. smiled bitterly in his heart: The eldest son was raised by the master. Isn't it the child he looks up to?

Xue Lingnan didn't pursue him, his fingers tapped on his lap, and he said slowly:

"This female operator seems to have been born out of thin air. has no background, but can survive smoothly to this day. Something quirky. ”

Xu Li said: "The iron bucket around the eldest prince's forgotten machine building. can't find it at all, if the master is not at ease, his subordinates will send someone to keep an eye on her. ”

"No need." Xue Lingnan raised her hand and waved lightly, "With her own strength, even if there is a difference, she can't set off much storm." ”

"Yes."

Xue Rui walked out of the upper room and walked through the corridor, his face became solemn. He had just confirmed two things from Xue Lingnan:

First, the emperor has the heart of King Lining.

Second, Xue Lingnan was suspicious of his relationship with Yu Shu.

Now in the fourteenth year of the reign, the East Palace is in vain, with the coming of age of many princes, the situation in the court is surging, how many people are delusional about the dragon's work, and they have stood in the queue early.

King Ning framed the tenth princess, the emperor knew that he had made a big mistake, but he still wholeheartedly protected him, which shows the weight of King Ning in his heart, if he was not regarded as the successor, how could he tolerate him framing his concubine and wronging the ministers of the humerus.

Xue Rui had a hunch that this time, after the assassination case of Qincha was found out, King Ning would probably be able to escape again.

However, what worried him was not the Holy Will, but Xue Lingnan's concern for Yu Shu.

"I don't know if my grandfather knows about this big safety disaster and life-breaking people." Xue Rui secretly guessed.

He thought that Xue Lingnan couldn't know everything, but he wouldn't know too much about the Dao, at least Yu Shu's identity was still a secret.

Even so, Xue Rui didn't dare to take the risk and exposed the relationship between him and Yu Shu to Xue Lingnan Zhidao.

Xue Rui knew very well that Xue Lingnan was able to press the pain of losing his son and raise him as an adult, not for the sake of family affection, but because the Xue family needed him as an eldest son and grandson.

The Xue family is thin, and in his generation, the two rooms add up, only he and Xue Kuangxu, two men, and the rest of the sisters, most of whom are concubines, are not of great use.

And it is precisely because of high-ranking officials like them that they attach more importance to marriage, not Xue Rui's self-indulgence, his greatest use in Xue Lingnan's eyes is probably to attract a well-established in-law for the Xue family as an alliance, and jointly support Liu Tan to take the throne in the future and replace Liu Hao.

"Huh." Xue Rui laughed at himself.

If Xue Lingnan found out that he and Yu Shu were in good love, some of them would force him to comply.

But Yu Shu has the emperor's eyeliner buried beside him, and if Xue Lingnan inserts a bar, he will also notice it.

As long as the saying of Da'an Misfortune exists, the relationship between him and Yu Shu will not see the light of day.

Therefore, he could only use tricks to confuse Xue Lingnan to delay the marriage.

"Wait until I find out my parents, and then decide whether to leave or stay."

He did stay in the Northeast for two years, and he did get acquainted with the brothers and sisters of King Beijing, as for Jiang Huan-

A figure jumped in Xue Rui's mind, and he felt very bad in an instant.

"If she knows that I use her as a cover, she may whip me again."

Where did Xue Lingnan know that the baby sister of Jiang Huaiying, the king of Dongjing, the lively and lovely little county lord he was talking about, was actually a dominatrix.

***

Xue Rui's birthday banquet was held in the evening, and the first to arrive was Feng Zhaomiao, this guy sneaked out of the camp, and climbed over the wall into Xue's mansion in the middle of the afternoon, not daring to go through the gate, for fear of being seen, and reaching the ears of his general Lao Tzu, arresting him back.

After dark, Ruilin, Qi Mingxiu, and Liu Tan also arrived one after another, and then several colleagues from Dali Temple, two people at the same level as Xue Rui, and several of his subordinates came to congratulate.

Soon the four tables were full, and the banquet was set up under the Langfang by the Moon Pond, and a round table could accommodate eight people, because Liu Tan and Xue Rui were at the same table, and others did not dare to make a mistake, and only the Ruilin brothers and sisters, Qi Mingxiu and Feng Zhaomiao were at the same table.

"There are still two seats left vacant, who hasn't arrived?" Qi Mingxiu pointed to the empty seat on Xue Rui's left.

"The lotus room hasn't come yet," Feng Zhaomiao stood up, stretching her neck and looking around.

Xue Rui also wondered why Yu Shu hadn't arrived for a long time, "She said that she was going to come with Xiaoliu of the Xin family, maybe it was delayed on the way." ”

Sitting next to Ruilin, Rui Zizhu and Xue Rui were separated by their brother and two empty seats, just facing each other, and looked at each other secretly.

"Then let's wait for the banquet to start again," Liu Tan smiled slightly: "It's not good to leave the female adult and enjoy yourself first." ”

Hearing this, everyone was surprised, Feng Zhaomiao was stunned and asked, "What kind of female adult did the prince say?" Are you talking about the lotus room? ”

"Don't you know?" Liu Tan looked around at everyone's puzzled eyes, turned his head to look at Xue Rui and said:

"My cousin's sister-in-law, Yu Operator, is now the Si Tian Supervisor and the Founder Five-Rank Female Emperor."

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of surprise in the audience, and they immediately asked Xue Rui.

Xue Rui glanced at it and replied to everyone unhurriedly.

And at this time, Yu Shu and Xin Liu also arrived outside the gate of Xue's house.

"It's really unlucky, I met Lu on the way." Xin Liu got out of the carriage, and did not forget to knock on his shoulder and pat his head, and said to Yu Shu suspiciously:

"Cousin Xue's birthday, will it be unlucky for us to bump into a dead person and come to see him again?"

Yu Shu smiled and said, "What are you afraid of, there is me." ”

As she spoke, she shook the slender gift box in her hand, and she showed Xin Liu the contents on the way.

Xin Liu immediately clapped his hands and smiled: "Yes, you brought this baby." ”

Asking the coachman to wait on the opposite street, Yu Shu and Xin Liu took two steps towards the door, and a figure passed behind them, walking in front of them in a few steps and ascending the steps of the gate.

Xin Liu pulled Yu Shu, "Look." ”

Yu Shu raised his eyes to look, but saw that the man was wearing a half-length cloak, and he was wearing a dusty hat in the summer, hiding his head and face, so strange.

The man was stopped by the gatekeeper, stopped, raised his hand and threw something over.

"I want to see Xue Rui, go and report it quickly, I have delayed my aunt's and grandmother's affairs, and you will suffer."

Listening to this voice, it was a woman.

"Tsk, such a fierce woman." Xin Liu whispered to Yu Shu.

But the man with the hat seemed to hear it, turned his head sharply, looked at the two people under the steps, put one hand on his waist, and said:

"What do you say? Do you have the guts to say it again? ”

Where is Xin Liu a person who is afraid of things, and was about to answer, but was dragged by Yu Shu, raised a smiling face, and said to the woman with a hat:

"My sister is young, and she offends her mouth, so don't blame the girl."

Hearing this, the other party stared at Yu Shu, snorted coldly, turned around, and no longer paid attention to the two of them.

Xin Liu looked at Yu Shu unconvinced, and his little eyes were asking: What are you afraid of her doing!

Yu Shu rolled his eyes: You are stupid, I didn't see a long whip wrapped around her waist, and I can't stop it when it hits you later.

Heroes don't suffer immediate losses, understand? (To be continued......)