A guest of honor with outstanding military talents, but with a simple and low-key personality, is the son-in-law candidate that Yan Wangfu needs now.

Before King Yan recognized his biological son Xiao Rui, his plan was to let the four princes succeed him to the palace as heirs. The four princes are smart, can be stable in case of trouble, and have a better view of the overall situation, although they have no military talent, but they are in charge of the Yanwang Mansion and are in charge of the civil affairs and army logistics of the domain, which should be no problem.

The army can be handed over to the command of Yuan Xie, the future lord of Yanwangfu County, he will fight, his family background has a lot of weight in the army, and the ancestral Yanwangfu bloodline will also help to suppress the forces of the side branches of Yanwangfu in the past dynasties, so that they dare not make trouble. But he is a low-key person who does not like to compete for power and profit, even if he has a large army, he will not have any undue ambitions, and he can become a good pair with the four princes, cooperate with each other, and stabilize the overall situation of the northern border.

Of course, now that the four princes will not succeed, King Yan wants his son Xiao Rui to become the prince, and the original plan does not need to be changed much. Xiao Rui and Yuan Xie have been colleagues for several years, and they have always gotten along well, and they will become Uncle Lang in the future, and they will only be more harmonious. Moreover, Xiao Rui also served in the army, and he also knew the strategy of soldiers, so he could do more than the four princes who didn't know soldiers.

But if it is the third prince who succeeds, it is a different matter.

The third prince was narrow-minded, and it was impossible for anyone to allow anyone to share power with him. No matter what Yuan Xie's background is or how talented he is, he must kill people before he is willing. But King Yan and his wife have already decided to marry their daughter to Yuan Xie, if he dies, won't his daughter be widowed? This life is ruined! Moreover, Yuan Xie had an accident, and the power of the army fell into the hands of the three princes, and he did not have enough talent to command. This is not the kind of peaceful realm in the capital, and the enemy country may move south at any time. Let a person who has no ability lead the army to resist the enemy, let alone win the battle, I am afraid that even the country will be buried!

King Yan knew too well what kind of development things would have, so even if the third prince was not born to Xiao Guifei, whom he hated, he would never accept an heir who was too talented to tolerate people. It's just that this reason may not be able to convince the emperor, and the emperor may not feel that his own son is so bad that he will bring disaster to the country and the people, so King Yan took what Xiao Guifei did in the past as an excuse.

Xie Mulin heard all these inside stories from Xiao Rui, and some of them were taboo and difficult to mention to the eldest sister Xie Yinghui, but the general rights and wrongs were twists and turns, and she said everything she could.

Xie Yinghui sighed when she heard it: "It is said that the Yan Wangfu is noble, but it is not easy. The county lord looks at such a flamboyant and casual person on weekdays, whether it is the people of the Zhou family or Mrs. Xu, he has never backed down, and he can say whatever he wants, but when it comes to marriage, she still has to consider the interests of the Yan Wangfu. If this Yuan Xiao General didn't have enough military talent, would she have no choice but to give up on him? Fortunately, General Yuan Xiao did not disappoint, otherwise ......" she sighed again.

Xie Mulin smiled: "What else do you want to say now? General Yuan Xiao must have extraordinary talent, and General Yuan asked him to go to Beiping City to report the funeral before he died, and then received the special cultivation of King Yan, so that he had today's achievements. General Yuan Xiao can become famous and marry the county lord, naturally it is not all about luck. Without more than ten years of hard work, without years of hard work and courage in the border pass, even if the opportunity came to him, he would not have the ability to seize it! ”

Xie Yinghui nodded in agreement: "The second sister is reasonable!" ”

The two sisters are actually not very familiar with Zhu Pei, the county lord of Yanwang, that is, they have only met once or twice, but they got along well at that time, and there is a relationship between Xie Mulin and Xiao Ruiding, and the three of them are already relatives of each other. If Zhu Pei wants to get married, the Xie sisters will definitely go to congratulate her. Now the day when the daughter of the Yuan family enters the city is uncertain, and the county lord doesn't know how long he will have to wait, but Xie Yinghui has already begun to pull Xie Mulin to discuss what kind of gift should be prepared for the county lord to congratulate.

As the days approached the wax moon, more news spread in the city of Beiping. Everyone was talking in private, saying that the enemy general Wang who had been secretly imprisoned had recovered from his injuries, but he didn't know if he was too depressed and fell ill in the place where he was imprisoned. King Yan had to send a doctor to treat him, and all kinds of good medicines had to be used, otherwise, the emperor in Beijing received a report, if he had the idea of asking them to send prisoners into Beijing, but they could only send a dead man, wouldn't it be extremely unlucky?

After the general Wang took the medicine, his condition was stable for the time being, and there was no major problem for the time being. But all kinds of rumors about entering Beijing to sacrifice prisoners spread again. Many generals in the army are a little impatient, even if they are civilian officials, they are not unmoved in their hearts.

Everyone knows that escorting prisoners of war in their own country and accompanying them with a large army is not very dangerous, but after entering Beijing, once Longyan is happy, the officials in charge of escorting have a great chance to be rewarded by the emperor. Even if the great credit is attributed to General Yuan Xiao and his comrades, and everyone only gets the glory of the face saint, it is also excellent! They have all endured so many years at the border, fighting and killing, how many of them have been sainted?! If you can get the emperor's favor at that time, wouldn't it be just around the corner?!

Anyway, the enemy country is no longer good, and the border pass will definitely be peaceful for many years to come. Everyone has no chance to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, so they naturally have to think about how to go up and how to go to a more peaceful and prosperous realm to enjoy happiness.

Regarding the selection of members of the team escorting prisoners of war into Beijing, the military generals in the Beiping area were all arguing, and they went to the palace of King Yan every day to ask King Yan for his life, and even in the border towns farther away, there were military generals who wrote letters to inquire about the news. When General Yuan Xie's address was made public, countless people came to the door to talk to him, wanting to ask this popular fried chicken to take him and fly with him. It's just that most of the people can't see him, and they always hear about the scandal between him and the county lord of Yanwangfu after they pounce on him, and they are busy and concerned about it. Some of them originally had the intention of marrying him, but they immediately dispelled the idea, and they didn't even dare to have the idea of marrying their daughter to be a child.

That is the county lord of the Yan Palace!

In this intensive process of personnel contact and information exchange, Xiao Rui's identity is no longer a secret. The news that was originally only circulated in the Beiping clan and civilian circles also spread into the military system. Some people who were familiar with Xiao Rui in the past were surprised by this, but when the date of his birth was put on the pair, those who experienced the war of that year knew it in their hearts. That year, King Yan secretly ran back to Beijing, although he concealed many people, but for those who were also at the border, it was not difficult to find out one or two. It's just that the situation was not critical at that time, and King Yan rushed back in time, so the generals in the army just turned a blind eye to what he had done.

Looking back now, who doesn't say that the world is unpredictable? If King Yan hadn't sneaked away that time and didn't let his fiancée get pregnant and have a difficult birth, I'm afraid that now I don't have to worry about the heir for many years, right? Anyway, knowing that King Yan had it, everyone was still relieved for him.

If the power of the Yan Wangfu can be passed smoothly and steadily into the hands of the heir of the Yan prince, who is willing to usher in a royal heir who does not know the roots, and then experience a change of power?