Seeing that the emperor turned his attention to a slightly lighter topic, King Yan also showed a smile on his face: "Brother Huang should still remember that girl's father, Xie Pu, who is currently serving as the political envoy of Beiping, is his daughter-in-law, and she has just passed this year. ”

The emperor thought for a while, remembered who Xie Pu was, and then frowned: "How could it be his daughter?!" The Cao family killed Mingzhu, but you want to marry Cao's niece to Rui'er as a wife? Ridiculous! ”

King Yan explained unhurriedly: "The imperial brother misunderstood, it is not the eldest daughter born to Xie Pu and the daughter of the Cao family, but the second daughter born to the original Wen family, who is a few months younger and is the second among the sisters. Don't hide it from the emperor's brother, this candidate is still Chonglin's own favorite, because he is worried that he is a military general, and he is also from a family of relatives, for fear that Xie Pu will dislike him and refuse to marry, he also took a lot of thought, and Brother Yang came forward to be a matchmaker. Xie Pu gave his younger brother face very much, and when he heard that his younger brother came forward to be the matchmaker, he immediately responded, but he needed to let the man's family propose first. Xiao Mingde didn't know what he was hesitating about, he refused to agree to Chonglin's request, obviously there was no suitable candidate, so he had to insist on choosing one of the daughters of the old department, saying that it was almost the same for the concubine to marry the daughter of a fourth- or fifth-grade military attaché, and the daughter of a third-grade high-ranking official was too tall to be worthy of Chonglin. ”

"Ridiculous!" The emperor immediately laughed angrily, "If this is said by his wife, that's it, he clearly knows whose flesh and blood Rui'er is, but he belittles the child like this, what kind of heart is An?!" ”

The emperor's dissatisfaction with Xiao Mingde has increased a little more, and he doesn't plan to continue scolding in front of his younger brother King Yan, anyway, he can call Xiao Mingde into the palace to scold him in front of him later.

He was more concerned about Xiao Rui's family affairs: "How could Rui'er take a fancy to Xie Pu's daughter?" If it is the daughter of Xie Pu and Yuan, it doesn't matter if she is born. It's just that his Yuan match, I remember that she is a weak woman, who obviously occupies the position of Yuan Yuan's wife, but she was squeezed by the Cao family as if she was a concubine, and the daughter raised by such a woman doesn't know what kind of temperament she is, can she really be worthy of Rui'er? ! It is better to choose a dignified lady from a famous family, so that she can afford to take on the responsibilities of the princess of King Yan in the future. ”

King Yan smiled and said: "Yaozhi can't interfere in Chonglin's marriage, and Xiao Mingde probably doesn't care, but my younger brother and the princess have been paying attention to it for many years, and I also thought about picking a dignified, generous, virtuous and capable lady for him, and I have secretly seen a few of them." didn't wait for the princess to pick the right person, Chonglin proposed a candidate by himself. He is so earnest, and the candidate is not bad, how can the younger brother and the princess reject it? The young man has a warm heart, and if it makes him sad, it will not be good.

However, the younger brother also managed to get the princess and Qiong Ye to ask him, how did he recognize other girls? He said that when Xie Pu was in prison, he went to Dali Temple to work as a jailer for a few days in order to take care of his friend Dong Huiwu, the son of Qishan Boshi, and happened to be in charge of Xie Pu's cell. When the Xie family went to visit the prison, he led the way. God knows what he thinks? At a young age, he fell in love with someone's daughter at a glance, and carefully inquired about the origin of the family, and waited patiently until he was full-fledged, so he crossed Xiao Mingde and begged me directly! He was so patient for this marriage, it can be seen that he was bent on marrying that girl. Since there was nothing wrong with the girl, the younger brother had no reason to refuse, so he had to answer him. ”

The emperor smiled slightly: "This kid ...... can calm down, and when he identifies people, he easily does not change his original intention, and it is really my flesh and blood! When I saw Mingzhu back then, I was only eleven or twelve years old, and I also decided that I wouldn't let go, and when the time was right......" He suddenly paused, realizing that he had lost his words in front of his younger brother who had been married to Xiao Mingzhu, and subconsciously glanced at King Yan.

King Yan smiled, as if he didn't think there was anything wrong with his words: "Yes, many times, my younger brother looks at his temper, and he is a little like when the imperial brother and Mingzhu were young." ”

The emperor laughed dryly: "Really? So much better. He paused and decided to avoid this somewhat embarrassing topic, "Xie Pu's family background is a little thinner, and his current official position is only from the third grade, which is also a little low. His daughter is married to Rui'er, if Rui'er is just a child of an ordinary eunuch's family, it's fine, but Rui'er is about to be canonized as the prince of Yanwangfu, I feel ...... Some of them don't match well. Even if I don't say anything, the Queen Mother will have to complain. ”

King Yan smiled: "This problem is easy to handle. Don't hide it from the emperor's brother, the political envoy of Beiping is old and sick, and he has already had the intention of telling the old, but he is not worried about his children and grandchildren, so he reluctantly supports it. In the just-ended autumn season, his grandson passed the examination, and he can be regarded as the successor of the family. Before his younger brother set off for Beijing, he revealed his tone and wanted to be a scholar. The younger brother was prepared. Xie Pu has been serving as the political envoy to Beiping for many years, and he has always done a good job, and he is the right-hand man of the political envoy. On the days when the political envoy reported illness, he handled most of the official duties. Since the political envoy intends to tell the old man and transfer people from other places, it is inconvenient to get started for a while, and it is easy to delay things. However, Xie Pu is a familiar hand, and he also has qualifications, and there have been many examples of participating in politics and promoting political envoys, so he simply let him take over. For this reason, Xie Pu's three-year term of office expired, and he was already promoted back to Beijing, so he asked his younger brother to stay and prepare to take over the post of political envoy. My brother has already submitted a transcript of this matter before, do you still remember it? ”

The Emperor did remember such an event, but the previous recital did not say it in such detail: "I remember. That being the case, from the second grade of the political envoy to the daughter...... The identity is reasonable. But the Xie family has a shallow foundation......"

King Yan interrupted him: "Brother Huang! The future princess Yan's maiden family, what are you afraid of with a shallow foundation? ! If it's a big family, it's worrying, right?! ”

The emperor's face suddenly turned pale, and when he remembered the situation in his harem, he couldn't help but let out a long breath: "You're right...... When you asked to marry the Yue family, you also mentioned to me in private that you were not afraid that the Yue family would lose money, and the strength was weak, as long as the Yue family had outstanding education and conduct, and could afford the duties of Princess Yan, the family background was the least important. If your family background is too good, you have to worry about it...... Her family will meddle in the affairs of the Yan Palace......" He turned his head to look at his brother.

King Yan nodded solemnly: "The ancestral mother and the grandmother are both daughters of the big family, so even if they lose the support of their husbands, they can still be protected by their mothers, so that now they are meddling in the military affairs of the north, and they are not going to lose their tails." The younger brother has to hinder filial piety and reputation, and he doesn't dare to be ruthless easily, and he has a headache over the years. Fortunately, the Yue family has always kept to themselves, only closed the door to study, and the children of the clan have not made any mistakes. The foundation of the Xie family is shallow and not tight, and there is no in-law relationship with the daughter of the Cao family, but it is a rare innocent and serious family. Xie Pu has always been loyal to the imperial brother, and for the sake of the imperial brother's plan, even the millions of family fortunes are said to be given up. In addition to such daughters taught by loyal and straight families, where can my younger brother find a daughter-in-law who is more suitable for Chonglin? ”