There is a lake in front of the Xiyuan Dust Palace, which is called Shenyue.

Its water stains are clear, and when the moon is full, it can completely fill the full moon in the sky into the bottom of the water, and the name of the sinking moon is therefore given by the emperor.

In front of Shenyue Lake, a platform with a height of three feet was built.

At this time, Taishi Ye Qiong was sitting on a stool intently, accompanying the Emperor Taishang to fish.

Although it was dusk, he had no intention of leaving.

After catching a crucian carp, the Emperor laughed. The surrounding eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward to help catch the small fish that had fallen on the wooden board and put them into the jade basin.

It just so happened that the fishing rod in front of Ye Qiong was also pulled at this time, and when he looked around, sure enough, the float in the water had already entered the water, so Ye Qiong grabbed the fishing rod and pulled it hard.

It seemed that because he was too old and a little weak, he leaned forward, and the stool moved, rubbing against the wooden board to make a "crunching" sound.

"Be careful."

The Emperor Taishang reminded him, and the eunuch next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and by the way, he helped to bring up the fish.

The same is a crucian carp.

After Ye Qiong sat down again, Fang smiled and said: "Let Taishang see and laugh, Lao Chen's body is becoming more and more useless, unlike Taishang, after so many years, the dragon body is still so strong." ”

"Huh." The Emperor smiled and said, "You should also take good care of your body, if I remember well, you will be many years younger than me." ”

"Taishang remembers well, the old minister is smaller than Taishang, but his body is far worse than Taishang."

When the Emperor waited for the servants to put the bait back on, he threw the hook into the lake, and then said with a smile: "You are an old minister, but you are younger than me, aren't you reminding me that I am older?" ”

"The old minister was negligent...... Uh......"

Ye Qiong was slightly embarrassed.

When the Emperor Taishang saw this, he smiled: "That's it, it is said that people are rare for more than seventy years, we are all rare old antiques from ancient times, and who dares to say that they are not old?"

Besides, the group of people who went into battle with me to kill the enemy and guide the country are now not a few left, and most of them have returned to their hometowns to enjoy Qingfu, so you are the only one who is still worried about your children's affairs.

By the way, last year, I heard that you are interested in recruiting a son-in-law for your precious children and grandchildren, but you have a favorite candidate? ”

Ye Qiong saw that the emperor was in a good mood, and actually began to care about this, so he regretted it: "I fell in love with one, but unfortunately, people didn't fall in love with my family." ”

The Emperor Taishang was really hooked and aroused: "Oh, there is such a thing? Zhen Zhen's little girl I have also seen, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to find someone better than her in Jingzhong, plus it's your granddaughter, how can anyone not take a fancy to her?

What kind of son is it, so without vision? ”

Ye Qiong shook his head and sighed: "Speaking of which, the one Taishang has seen is the kid who presented a birthday poem to Taishang in Xiyuan last year." ”

"Oh, it's him?"

The Emperor Taishang was surprised, and then showed a clear look, and said: "It is indeed a rare young talent, but although the Jia family is the founding minister, if you want to say that his family looks down on your family, I don't believe it." ”

Ye Qiong smiled: "It's not that I don't look down on it, it's just that that kid seems to have a heart at a young age, and he ignores all kinds of instructions from his ministers."

Although it is said that the marriage is the order of his parents, he is a student of the minister, and the minister is embarrassed to propose to his father when he sees him like that. ”

"Hahahaha..."

The Emperor Taishang laughed heartily, as if he saw the embarrassment of the old ministers, which made him very happy.

"I really didn't expect that you would be picky all your life, and you would end up under the hands of your own disciples. Haha, since you like him so much, why don't you make a decree and let the two of them get married. ”

The Emperor said jokingly.

He knew that Ye Qiong's only wish in old age was for a pair of grandchildren to have a good home, and he didn't mind helping him in this matter.

Ye Qiong originally only said this to provoke the interest of the Emperor, in fact, he thought that Jia Baoyu adhered to his body because of the second prince. He also didn't want Jia Baoyu to have a dislike with the second prince because of this, so he repeatedly postponed mentioning the marriage to Jia Zheng.

Now when he heard the words of the Emperor Taishang, his heart suddenly moved.

If so, great!

Since ancient times, only those who have a very close relationship with the royal family, or who have won the emperor's favor, can be granted marriage by the emperor.

If the granddaughter and Ziheng can get the marriage of the emperor, it will also be extremely beneficial to Ziheng's future future. With the supreme grace of the Emperor Taishang, His Majesty in the palace will also give a little more grace.

Thinking of the emperor in the palace, Ye Qiong suddenly frowned.

Anyway, he also worked as the first assistant under Emperor Jingtai for several years, but he never saw Emperor Jingtai's inner thoughts clearly. In the past, whenever I was discussing in the south study, I always felt that Emperor Jingtai was very thoughtful, and his actions always gave people a gloomy feeling, which was very different from the usual mentality of an emperor.

As far as the matter of the establishment of the prince is concerned, Emperor Jingtai is also close to the year of the mandate of heaven, and it stands to reason that he should indeed be the prince. However, for the courtiers' recitals, they did not send it.

Could it be that he is afraid of the second prince?

Could it be that he really intends to make the eldest prince the prince? With the absurdity and incompetence of the great prince, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would not agree.

As the saying goes, the heavenly family has no selfish affairs, and even the emperor cannot act arbitrarily. When it comes to such a major event as Lichu, conforming to the will of the people of Tianxin is the wisest choice for the emperor.

And the hearts of the princes of the imperial court are the hearts of the people, which is the will of the people.

"Why, you don't want to?"

After the Emperor Taishang smiled and finished saying the words of marriage, he saw Ye Qiong falling into deep thought, obviously thinking about gains and losses, which made him slightly unhappy.

Ye Qiong immediately bowed down and said: "Thank you for the grace of heaven, the old minister kowtows and kneels to thank you!" ”

The emperor's jokes, in the vast majority of cases, are golden rules that do not allow anyone to bargain.

"Hehehe, get up."

The Emperor Taishang smiled, picked up Ye Qiong with one hand, and suddenly said, "When you come here today, you don't have anything else to talk to me about except to catch up with me?" ”

Ye Qiong was the first to say: "Taishang Mingjian, the old minister really came to ask for peace because he missed Taishang, and he didn't dare to disturb the peace of Taishang with worldly things." ”

The Emperor Taishang glanced at him and said angrily: "You old slippery head!" ”

But then the Emperor Taishang said: "However, even if you don't say it, I also know some things that have happened in the court recently." Hmph, how can the ancestors and our ancestors fight bloodily to fight the country, how can he act recklessly?

Feng Xiang, you will personally go to the Second Prince's Mansion tomorrow to spread my will, and reward the Second Prince, Jing Hao, for his meritorious service in disaster relief in Shandong, and be an example for the royal family. ”

Ye Qiong was overjoyed, but he didn't bow down and thank him, because he was not qualified to thank the second prince. It is true that the second prince is his grandson, but he is also the grandson of the emperor, and in front of the emperor, he is an outsider.

This is the reason why he did not take the initiative to mention the affairs of the court, in the final analysis, the courtiers should not interfere in the affairs of the heavenly family, and they are not qualified to talk about the emperor's fault, which is a big taboo.

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