The majestic palace, at a glance, only has a high and invisible staircase.

The courtiers of the early dynasty have retired.

In the Imperial Garden, the emperor who was forty years old was sitting upright, and the early dynasty dispersed, leaving only Xie Changfang and Xie Yi, the two left and right Lord Shangshu, Yun Yu, the first director of Tianji Pavilion, and Empress Yuan, who had just been summoned, Min Guifei.

"Princess Dongyue, I want to hear your opinions today."

Zuo Shangshu is in the middle of the royal family's year, and when he heard this, his heart condensed slightly, and he spoke, "The princess of Dongyue Kingdom is seventeen years old, and she is as beautiful as a fairy, but looking at all the princes, the prince already has a concubine. And the crown princess is pregnant with Liujia, the husband and wife are in love, and the three princes have already ......" He paused slightly, the matter of the third prince wanting to marry the Xie family has not yet been put on the surface, and it is a little inappropriate to say it at this moment, he continued, "The fifth prince is still young, and it is not appropriate for Princess Dongyue to marry the princes." ”

The emperor nodded, and even felt that what he said was quite reasonable, "What he said in the middle of the year is reasonable, but the princess of Dongyue Kingdom has a noble status, and this time she came with the intention of seeking peace, if you can't arrange it properly, I'm afraid that the two countries will go to war again, and the people in the war will be harmed." ”

It seems that you want to choose one other than the prince?

Xie Changfang recently dealt with border affairs and did not sleep all night, he already had a headache, listening to the emperor and other people discuss, his heart gradually became solemn, the emperor left a thank you alone, and the intention was already obvious.

"Changfang, what do you think?" The emperor was already asking him, "Princess Dongyue is indeed unparalleled, and the court is afraid that there is no young man who can make her submit, I have been thinking about it for many days, and I am afraid that I am the best candidate as a last resort." ”

As soon as the thought came true, Xie Changfang thought for a long time, didn't know how to speak, and a thousand thoughts flashed in his mind, "The minister is afraid, His Majesty Xie favors, but Xie is young and ignorant, I have also promised not to interfere in marriage matters, and I have to ask him what he means about this matter, although the minister is his father, he really can't be the master." ”

Lao Tzu is not the master of his son.

The emperor's eyes were uncertain, and he laughed, "Changfang, what your father did is interesting. ”

Xie Changfang could only laugh with him, so ashamed, "Shame, shame......"

The emperor still smiled, and pointed to the man sitting at the end, "Thank you, you heard me too, give me a reply." ”

Thank you, who has never spoken, raised her head, "The emperor's good intentions, the minister should be grateful, but my Xie family is hereditary, and I only marry one person in my life, the minister is terrified, and he has promised his fiancée since he was a teenager, thank you should die, and you will be grateful." ”

Everyone present was shocked, even Xie Changfang, although his face was free, he was already wondering, when did his son have a fiancée?

But no matter what the reason is right now, this Dongyue princess can't be married!

The Emperor laughed, "Oh? I don't know, when did you have a fiancée? ”

"The past of the youth, but there is a marriage certificate as evidence, at that time I sealed the seal, December and winter of the calendar year as the day, thank you for the love and righteousness, live up to this person, do not violate this oath!" He paused, and then stood up and saluted, "If you take this person, if you violate this oath, my Xie clan will not die well!" ”

The words are so heavy!

The emperor's eyes changed slightly, and for a while, the pavilion was cold and silent, and everyone had all kinds of thoughts.

Empress Yuan took the lead in chuckling and played a round, "I never thought that the prince was an affectionate person, it seems that the princess has to think about it in the long run." ”

Unable to find a way, the Chamber of Commerce broke up unhappily, and everyone had their own thoughts and went home.

In less than an hour, Xie Shizi's words had spread all over Yancheng.

Xie Shizi is twenty-two this year, comparable to the princes, the prince was seventeenth married, and gave birth to a little emperor grandson that year, and now he is six years old, the youngest is two years old, and the princes of each family have not been grateful for this situation, twenty-two has not yet married, nor has there been any intercourse, but the military in the south is busy, he is on the battlefield all day long, and he is not close to women on weekdays, and his lifelong event is indeed a major event in the heart of the Xie family.

The night was dark, but the snow in Yancheng was falling like goose feathers.

Xie's mother walked into the brightly lit study with food, under the candlelight, Xie Yi was dressed in a fur coat, only wearing a robe and writing, when she heard the sound of her mother entering the door, she had already put down her pen and said, "Mother, it's late at night, be careful of catching a cold." ”

Mother Xie put the food and said angrily, "I'm just your son, I don't care who you care about, you are out of luck, you said a word to your fiancée, and shook the whole Yancheng three times, your father and I are looking forward to you giving a word, whose girl, when is it, you are good, there is no one for a day!" ”

Xie Yi had already laughed, and took the food and ate to himself.

Mother Xie saw that he was planning to be perfunctory again, where was she willing to follow, "You say, whose girl?" What's the name? When to get married? ”

"Mother." Xie Yi just took a bite, and couldn't stand her asking like this, so he had to put the dishes and chopsticks, "I promised her that if she doesn't look for me in this life, I can't reveal her news, and I can't find her." ”

"Nonsense! If she doesn't look for you in this life, won't you marry for the rest of your life! ”

"What I said in the palace yesterday is my true words." Although the words are gentle, Xie's mother knows that her son, as soon as the words come out, he will definitely make a promise.

She already had an idea, so she had to retreat, "Then you tell me, what is the girl's name, so that my mother can have a thought, other families are as old as you, and the dolls have gone to private school......"

Xie Yi saw her posture of reciting the scriptures, and hurriedly interrupted her, "The night is cold, mother should rest early, I will also rest, I will have an appointment with someone tomorrow." ”

Whenever he mentions marriage matters, he is always like this, and he has a virtue with his father! The two have only a son and a daughter under their knees, thanks to both civil and military skills, and followed his father to the battlefield at the age of thirteen, from the original young pioneer to the current coach of the south, which is difficult to torture, very people can imagine, but he has been alone for nine years, and he has not even cared about the pillow person when he is injured. She, the distressed son of a mother, has made two marriages, but her own elm son, is not open, although the girl introduced last time is not good, but she is lively and clever, there are many ghost ideas, the guards blocked the door and did not let in, she simply climbed over the wall to enter, but in the end was thrown out of the yard by the guards, and also strengthened the guards in the courtyard, even if the flies could not fly into one, gradually she also faded into her mind.

Xie Mu shook her head, she didn't know what to say about him for a while, so she had to tell him a few words and go back to the house to rest.

Early the next morning, the sound of firecrackers in the middle of winter sounded one after another.

Chinese New Year's Eve has arrived.

After a busy morning, the Gu family had lunch and was visiting from house to house. Gu Ping has been in this Yancheng pawnshop for more than ten years, and he has more or less some true friends.

Gu Rong is reading calligraphy and painting with the little girl of the Lin family, Lin Zhiyu is sixteen this year, and she has already promised her mother-in-law, and she will get married after the New Year.

"Sister Gu, when I get married, you must come, I have a deep friendship, you have to send me."

Gu Rong was already laughing at her, "This is natural, you and I have a deep affection, I naturally have to come, and the gifts are all prepared for you." ”

"And gifts? I knew that in this world, my sister Gu was good to me. ”

"I used the best Yunjin to embroider a dress for you according to your size, don't dislike it."

Lin Zhiyu was very pleased, she naturally knew that Gu Rong's craftsmanship was rare, "Sister Gu, you said, who will be so blessed in the future, can marry you as a daughter-in-law, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has a good temperament, no wonder Li Tengdong used unsightly means to beg you before, and did his own evil!" ”

"You, which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned, how long has it been, and you still mention it!" Gu Rong took her phoenix crown and looked at it carefully, a little surprised, "Which craft are you?" It's so delicate! The pearls in this crown are really big. ”

The phoenix crown used by Lin Zhiyu to marry abandoned the old hijab style, and directly strung a tassel with thin pearls in front to cover the face, and two large beads were inlaid on both sides of the head, which was extremely eye-catching at a glance.

When Lin Zhiyu heard her say this, she said with some pride, "Sister Gu thinks it's good-looking?" This is my own making, hand-raw, not very good-looking. ”

Isn't it pretty? Gu Rong nodded her eyebrows, "I know, I know, I look so good!" ”

Lin Zhiyu saw that she was still watching, and couldn't help but get closer, "Sister Gu, is it really good-looking......

The two laughed and chatted, and it was getting dusk.

The Chinese New Year's Eve Lantern Festival is the most lively festival in Yancheng years ago, where families, men, women and children, go out to visit the lantern riddles.

The incident occurred early on the morning of the third day after Chinese New Year's Eve.

On the third day of the first month, Yuanzhuang personally brought the holy decree, and hurriedly escorted people out in less than a moment, and within a moment, there was a lot of rumors in Yancheng.

Gu Rong, who went outside the city until noon in the morning, heard too many rumors on the way back, and when the carriage stopped at the door of the house, she frowned, "Thank you for resisting the order?" Why?"

"Miss, you don't know, Xie Shizi said before that he already has a fiancée, and he will only marry this one person in his life."

Gu Rong had never heard of it, so she couldn't help asking, "Whose girl?"

"No one knows, I only know that it is a marriage that has been engaged for twelve years over the years, and it has been six years now, Miss, you say it's not strange, six years......"

On the second night of the first lunar month, the princess of Dongyue Kingdom stayed in the palace of King Xie in the middle of the night, there was chaos in the middle of the night, everyone did not know what happened, only the people in the inner courtyard of King Xie's mansion saw what happened, the prince returned to the courtyard late at night, and after a while, his face was blue and even the princess of Dongyue Kingdom was thrown out of the hospital.

Early in the morning, Xie Xiang was given marriage, resisted the decree on the spot, and was put in prison, and the emperor was tried again at night that night, and then he resisted the decree, the emperor was furious, and the next morning when he mentioned this matter to the court, he vomited blood in one breath, causing an uproar in the court, and Xie Yi was sentenced to disobey the decree and despised the emperor's grace, and his crime should be punished.

Xie Changfang knelt outside the imperial study and did not get up for a day and did not see the emperor, and when he returned home, he was ill.

Yancheng was stormy for a while.

The emperor has a heart, and he wants to get rid of his gratitude.