"Husband, the concubine's mother entered the palace just to chat with the concubine and her sister. The concubine's mother is naturally most concerned about whether the concubine and her sister are doing well in the palace, whether Yuan'er, Min'er, and Qi'er are sick and how their bodies are. The concubine naturally told them that the concubine and her sister were doing well in the palace, and they were also in good health. ”

"The eldest brother of the concubine is now a sailor, but before that, Daming fought a big war in the northwest inland. The concubine's mother said that the concubine's eldest brother should have been a general in Lu Shi, and maybe now he could also fight for a hereditary title for the Xue family. ”

"This year is another year of the township examination, and the concubine's younger brother didn't pass the exam last time, and the concubine's mother really wants him to pass the exam this time. However, several gentlemen have said that according to the level of his current article, the one on the strategy will definitely be successful, but the one on the scriptures and righteousness is only two or three percent likely to be selected. The concubine's younger brother may be too young in the exam this year. However, the concubine comforted her mother, Xuan Yang is only twenty years old this year, and he is still very young, even if he doesn't pass the exam this year, it's nothing. ......," Xiyao said.

"Didn't ask about the reform after the year?" Yoon-hee asked.

Xi Yao shook her head.

Yun Xi's heart was a little calmer. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he will definitely carry out reforms in the future, and it may involve military aspects. Especially since he announced the creation of a civilian military attaché just in time for this year, the generals must have feared that he would further limit their power.

Therefore, someone will definitely persuade Xue Ning to probe Yun Xi's tone. Even if Xue Ning doesn't care about this and doesn't want to participate, he may not be able to withstand the pressure of many people, and he may let his wife enter the palace to ask Xiyao if he has revealed anything in this regard on weekdays. Now that he knew that Xue Ning hadn't done this, he was naturally relieved.

However, although Xiyao will definitely do things for my good and Wenyuan's good, it may not be impossible to hide something from me. He thought again.

'Do you want Wang Xi to secretly inquire in Kunning Palace?' Well, I still don't do that. He thought about it for a while, and finally gave up this plan and chose to believe in Xi Yao.

After thinking about it, he had already arrived at the dining hall, sat down with Xiyao and the others, and chatted while waiting for the food to be delivered.

After chatting for a few words, the voice of the little eunuch came from the door: "The slave has seen the eldest princess of Changshan and the eldest princess of Huainan." Yun Xi heard the voice and looked at the door, and saw Yun Zhi walking in with Yun Yun.

"Brother Huang!" Yun Zhi shouted. Yun Yun also bent down slightly and said.

"Why are you here again today?" Yun Xi smiled.

"My sister knows that there are still some corn kernels and peanuts left over last night, so I came to eat again today." Yun Zhi unceremoniously sat down on Xi Yao's left side, and pulled Yun Yun to sit on her left side.

"Why are you so lazy?" Yoon-hee joked.

"Sister, how can this be called lazy? It's just that I want to taste something fresh. When there is a bumper harvest of these things next year, my sister will be able to eat them every day, so naturally she will not want to eat them all the time like now. Yun Zhi didn't care either, and grinned.

"Why did you only come here with your third sister today, what about your second sister?" Yun Hee's words have some reproachful meaning. If Yun Zhi didn't even call her sister to eat more, it was a matter of character.

"The second sister is preparing to get married in her palace! How can you come! Yun Zhi said with a smile: "Today is the first day of the first lunar month, the seventh year of Jianye has arrived, and after the first month, we will prepare for the wedding of the second sister from the third day of February, and we will marry out of the palace in March." ”

Although only a few days have passed since the previous six years, Concubine Qin (Yunlan's biological mother) suddenly felt that the second sister was about to get married, and began to prepare for the wedding. The second sister was also unwilling to disobey Concubine Qin's wishes, and she couldn't get out. What's more, the second sister also wants to marry her future brother-in-law, and she is willing to be manipulated like this by Concubine Qin. ”

"It's too early to get married." Yun Xi said.

However, when he heard the news that Yun Lan was starting to prepare for marriage, he unconsciously glanced at Yun Yun again. Yunyun is also eighteen years old this year, and according to the algorithm of later generations, she is also the age at which she can get married in many countries, and she is even more of an older young woman in this era. Since she herself has no one she likes, she also agrees that her brother and sister-in-law will choose a colt for her, and she must choose a colt as soon as possible.

'A man of great knowledge who reads ten thousand books. Yun Xi pondered her mate selection conditions: "There should be no military generals in the family, in order to avoid omissions, go back and ask Qin Song and Guo Hongtao to report a list of the unmarried children of all military generals in the capital, and I will take a detailed look." ’

'There are few noble families, and I know something about them on weekdays, but now I shouldn't have any. ’

It seems that most of them can only be selected from among the readers. But he can't be a weak scholar. Why don't you wait until next year's exam to see if there are any suitable candidates? But it was a little late. ’

In fact, Zhou Yuan's conditions are very suitable. He is a clever and flexible person, and he is also a knowledgeable person who can further develop his plans. It's a pity that he is old, and he has already married a wife. ’

It doesn't have to be a reader, or it doesn't have to be a reader in the traditional sense. Other people, such as artisans and merchants, may not be illiterate, nor may they necessarily be lonely and unheard of and not compatible with Yunyun, and marrying Yunyun to such a family will also help to improve the status of craftsmen and merchants. However, it will definitely attract the ministers to admonish, and there will be many people in the royal family who oppose it, which is not easy to do. ’

Yun Xi was thinking about it, and the imperial dining room brought the food over, and Yun Xi also put aside his thoughts for the time being and began to eat.

"Ahh It's so spicy! Yun Zhi took a bite of Sichuan cuisine with chili peppers in it, and immediately exclaimed: "Why is this dish so spicy!" ”

"Because my brother ordered that chili peppers be put in it instead of peppercorns." Yun Xi smiled.

"Ahh Yun Zhi stretched out her tongue with her mouth open, and said indistinctly: "This is too spicy, I can't eat it." I will never eat a dish with chili peppers in it again. ”

"I think it's pretty delicious." Yun Yun also tasted it and said.

"Third sister, you are so amazing, you can still feel delicious with such a spicy thing. All I could feel was the spicy taste of the pepper when my tongue touched it, and I couldn't feel anything else. Yun Zhi looked at Yun Yun with a slightly admiring expression. Not only her, but Min'er and Wenyuan, who were about to cry after tasting chili peppers, also looked at her with reverence.

Xiyao also tasted it, although it was not like Yunzhi and Min'er, but she also felt that it was too spicy, so she hurriedly drank two sips of soup. When she was drinking the soup, she suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile to Yunxi: "Husband, because of this chili, the concubine remembered an interesting story that Shicai's mother talked about with the concubine. ”

Because the governor brought back a lot of chili peppers and corn kernels, the concubine gave some to her mother, and the husband also knew. Before the Chinese New Year, a friend of Xuan Yang's friends came to visit him, and Xuan Yang entertained him with chili peppers. The man's whole face turned red after tasting the chili pepper, like, well, like that part of a monkey. It took a long time to change back. The man also said that his hometown is in Haiyan County, Zhejiang, and he has also been to Shanghai City, and he thought that he had tasted everything in the world, but he didn't expect there to be such a spicy thing. Then he asked for some chili peppers, saying that he wanted his brothers to taste them when he returned, and that he would make their faces look like that. The man also said that he would arrange the artist in advance to draw this scene. 'Let their faces be recorded forever like monkeys'. ”

Everyone burst out laughing. Especially Yunyun, Yunzhi and Min'er, who rarely have contact with outsiders and don't dare to tell jokes to them even if they can reach the guards, laugh very low, and laugh back and forth. Yun Xi didn't think it was particularly funny, but when he saw Yun Yun and Yun Zhi laughing so happily, he was also infected and laughed.

"That man is so hateful that he has to play tricks on his brother when he is tricked. If Yun-hee dares to play tricks on me like this, I will definitely let him know why the flowers are so red! Yun Zhi waved her little fist and said menacingly. Although she is a girl, practicing martial arts is much more diligent than Yunxi, who was only forced by Yunxi to pull twice, and Yunxi can't beat her one-on-one.

"The second uncle's friend's hometown is in Haiyan County, Zhejiang, this county should be close to the sea, right, and he is not afraid that his brother will throw him into the sea?" Min'er also said with a smile.

Yun Xi was laughing, but when he heard this, he suddenly remembered something, and asked Xi Yao, "Do you know what the surname of that friend is in Xi Yang?" ”

Xi Yao was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "It should be surnamed Xiao, and the concubine remembers that her mother said that her surname was Xiao when she mentioned it." ”

"How's his family going?" Yun Xi asked.

"The family background should not be bad." Xi Yao thought carefully: "When my mother and concubine talked about him, they mentioned that he was wearing silk clothes, and it was a high-grade silk made in Suzhou, although it was not as good as the use, but it was not much worse; The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone used are also good things. The man seemed to be a merchant in his family, and although he had never been in charge of businessmen, he was very familiar with them. ”

"That's about the one that came from." Yun Xi muttered softly to himself. Xiao Ke is not a common surname, from Haiyan County, Zhejiang Province, and a wealthy businessman's family, it can only be Xiao Zhuo's family. Moreover, the Xiao family, with its first-mover advantage in the Nanyang slave trade, now monopolized the Nanyang slave trade in Jiangsu and Zhejiang together with Zheng Pai, the only Siamese merchant who was allowed to do business in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and the capital was the place with the highest demand for slaves and the highest profits, and it was normal for the Xiao family to have people stationed in the capital.

Yun Xi suddenly thought of something, and carefully asked about the situation of Xiyao, a person surnamed Xiao. Where would Xi Yao know so much, she could only answer that she didn't know.

"Yao'er, you let Xiyang enter the palace, and ask him if your husband has something to say." Yun Xi said.

Xi Yao was very surprised. It's just the protagonist of a joke that he heard, how can he deserve such attention from the emperor? She thought of Yun Xi's previous inquiry about the person's family background and surname, and secretly thought: 'What is the husband going to use this family for?' ’

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Thank you for the reward of Yijian 68.

This chapter makes up for yesterday's arrears.