On that day, just after the early dynasty, when Xiao Daocheng returned to the Shiqian Palace, his nephew, Hou Xiaoluan of Xichang County, came here to meet him, and there was a vermilion fold hidden in his sleeve.

He went to the hall to salute, and then took out the vermilion fold from his sleeve, Xiao Daocheng was sitting on his head, and when he saw the familiar vermilion fold, he asked with a smile: "Xuandu is already optimistic about the candidate?" ”

Xiao Luan's table word Jingqi, nickname Xuandu.

"My nephew has never cared about marriage, and now he just chooses one in a vague way, I'm afraid I'm going to make my uncle laugh."

Xiao Luan lost his father since he was a child, and was raised by Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Daocheng treated him very kindly, even better than his own son, although the two are only uncles and nephews, they are better than father and son.

"Then which girl did you choose?" Xiao Daocheng always smiled when he spoke, and he looked like he was picking a daughter-in-law for himself.

Xiao Luan didn't answer, just presented the vermilion fold, and said with a slight smile: "Please take a look at it, uncle." ”

Qu Ping walked down and took the vermilion fold, and before he could return to Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Daocheng couldn't wait to stretch out his hand to pick it up, and when he took the fold, he hurriedly opened it, and saw that in the middle of the roster, there was a piece of Zhengdan paper, and there were three juanxiu big characters "Yu Zizhao" written on the paper.

"Yu Zizhao?" Xiao Daocheng didn't recognize Yu Zizhao, so he looked at Qu Ping sideways, Qu Ping understood, and reminded in a low voice: "It's the little granddaughter of Yu Taifu, and she is also the cousin of the late Princess Yuzhang." ”

"Oh," Xiao Daocheng responded, then lowered his eyes and looked at the three big characters on the Zhengdan paper, thought about it in his heart, and said to himself: "Yu Zizhao ......"

Xiao Luan was still standing at the bottom and watching, he saw Xiao Daocheng hesitating, he couldn't help beating the drum in his heart, and hurriedly asked tentatively: "Uncle, but what's wrong with the nephew's choice?" ”

"Oh, it's nothing," Xiao Daocheng casually closed the roster and smiled at Xiao Luan: "Xuandu, since you have chosen her, then it is decided." ”

"Yes, then...... The nephew retired. ”

Xiao Luan turned around and retreated, and when he walked outside the hall, a sly smile appeared on his lips, and it had been five or six days since the roster was sent to him by the Ministry of Rites.

There are a total of thirteen candidate scholars, but Xiao Luan has never seen any of them, let alone how they look, even whether they are beautiful or ugly, fat or thin, he doesn't know, and how dare he choose blindly, so he took advantage of the gap in the past few days to climb the wall one by one to peep.

What about those little ladies, either too thin or too round, either too tall or too short, or their complexions are sallow and look sluggish, and there are few who close their eyes, if you want to say that they look dignified and have excellent figures, there is only this Yuzi Zhao and the lady of the Lu family.

The lady of the Lu family, her appearance can be regarded as a relationship with the word "immortal", but unfortunately she is a concubine, but her father is only Si Nongqing, and her background is not too good, and Yu Zizhao is the granddaughter of Taifu Yu Yuangui, and her ancestors are all famous heroes, so she is finally a match for him.

When Xiao Luan retreated, Xiao Daocheng immediately ordered someone to summon Yu Yuangui.

The position of Taifu, although he is in a high position, is always just a false title, Yu Yuangui was summoned this time, it is really incomprehensible, he went to the hall and saluted, and he didn't ask anything, just stood quietly.

Xiao Daocheng opened his mouth first, he was not in a hurry to get down to business, but gradually like boiling a frog in warm water, "Taifu has been okay lately?" ”

It's hard to talk about marriage.

Speaking of which, this Yu Yuangui can also be regarded as Xiao Daocheng's wife.

The Lanling Xiao family and the Yingchuan Yu family already had a relationship, and now they are married again, which should be a joy and a joy, but Yu Huaji has passed away, so it is not good to mention this matter again.

Yu Yuangui still didn't know what Xiao Daocheng was suddenly summoned for, how he was so sympathetic to Xiao Daocheng, and he was a little flattered for a while, he smiled and replied: "Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, everything is fine with the old minister." ”

Xiao Daocheng nodded, and then asked, "Is the family still happy?" ”

Yu Yuangui didn't think much about it, and replied: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, the old minister's family is also fine." ”

"Oh," Xiao Daocheng stretched out his hand and stroked his sparse beard, and nodded again, he didn't have to ask at this time, so he got down to business, and asked with a smile: "Taifu, I heard that you also have a granddaughter, called Zizhao?" ”

Yu Yuangui was still immersed in sugar water, and when he heard Xiao Daocheng ask his granddaughter Yu Zizhao, he suddenly reacted that something was wrong, and replied in a slurred manner: "Uh...... It's ......"

"That'...... Does your son Zhao have a marriage match? ”

Seeing Xiao Daocheng's face twisted together with a smile, and there were more folds than on his face, Yu Yuangui's heart became more and more uneasy.

"Not yet," Yu Yuangui replied not simply, he wanted to tell a lie to deceive Xiao Daocheng, but since Xiao Daocheng had already asked, he naturally had already inquired, how could he be deceived if he wanted to......

Xiao Daocheng said bluntly: "Then, what do you think of my nephew Xichang County Marquis?" ”

Yu Yuangui knelt on the ground with a "poof" and said earnestly: "The posture of Hou Tianren in Xichang County, I don't know how many noble women of the scholar clan dream of marrying in this Jiankang, among them, there are many outstanding women, and the grandson of the old minister, Zhao, has a mediocre posture and does not know the general situation, how dare she climb high......"

Xiao Daocheng stretched out his finger and pointed at him, and said with a smile: "Taifu, when your eldest granddaughter married my son, you didn't say Gao Pan, but now I give marriage to your little granddaughter and promise it to my nephew, but you say Gao Pan, don't you ...... In your eyes, Xuan Yan is not as good as Jingqi? ”

Yu Yuangui heard that Fang Jue's words were inappropriate, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the old minister did not mean this. ”

"And what do you mean?" Xiao Daocheng naturally knew the meaning of Yu Yuan's rules, not to satirize Xiao Wei, and now it was just a joke.

Yu Yuangui thought about it for a while, and said: "Hua Ji has poetry and books in her belly, and she is outstanding, so she can barely match His Royal Highness King Yuzhang, but Zizhao is stubborn, petite, domineering, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he doesn't know anything, so he is naturally not worthy of the Marquis of Xichang County." ”

When Hua Ji married Xiao Wei back then, Xiao Daocheng was still the king of Qi canonized by the Jin Jue of the Liu Song Dynasty, and Xiao Wei was only the prince of the Qi Palace.

Now Yu Yuangui is not happy with Yu Zizhao's family with Xiao Luan, not that Xiao Luan is not good, after all, he is also the Marquis of Xichang County, and it is strange that Xiao Luan is not the king of the county.

He is not the son of Xiao Daocheng, so naturally there is no hope for the position of prince, if he can't become the future emperor, Yu Zizhao can't become the queen.

There was once a fortune teller who gave Yu Zi Zhao a hexagram, saying that she was a phoenix body, and her mother was the world, which was the queen's life.

Therefore, his granddaughter Yu Zizhao will never be able to marry Xiao Luan!

"Eh," Xiao Daocheng said with a smile: "The daughter of the Yingchuan Yu family, which one is not out of its kind and excels?" Mrs. Yu, you are humble! ”

Xiao Daocheng is the emperor after all, and the marriage can be "discussed" with Yu Yuangui, which has already given him enough face, and now such words can be regarded as an ultimatum for Yu Yuangui.

Unexpectedly, Yu Yuangui still didn't allow it, he still wanted to fight for two sentences, so he called Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Daocheng interrupted him, and said with a straight face: "Okay, Taifu doesn't need to say more, this matter is settled." ”

Xiao Daocheng's endurance is always limited, and he summoned Yu Yuangui to come today, saying that he was discussing, but in fact, he was informed, and Yu Yuangui repeatedly refused, so he naturally wouldn't give a good face.

Yu Yuangui finally gave in and responded: "Yes, the old minister obeys the order, thank Your Majesty Longen." ”

Seeing that Yu Yuangui had softened, Xiao Daocheng became kind again, and said happily: "Then you go back and prepare, and ask your good granddaughter to wait for the Ministry of Rites at home." ”

"Yes, the old minister retired."

Yu Yuangui had already retreated, Xiao Daocheng sat in front of the bookcase, and opened the vermilion fold casually, he looked at the words on the roster, and suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, he asked: "Qu Ping, do you know, why I don't allow Xie Zheng to appear on the roster?" ”

Qu Ping shook his head and said softly, "The slave is stupid." ”

"Because she is too smart and ambitious, it will be a scourge for her to marry any prince and general!"

Xiao Daocheng said this, closed the fold again, then looked at Qu Ping, and then said: "Therefore, she can only marry the future prince." ”

Qu Ping listened, didn't speak, just smiled inexplicably, and lowered his head.

Yu Yuangui returned home, with a sad face, sitting alone in the living room, not saying a word, just sighing from time to time, and only after a long time did he instruct his subordinates: "Go and call Zizhao to come over." ”

The next person went to summon Yu Zizhao to come over, he was sad, Yu Zizhao had not entered the guest hall, he saw that he was uneasy, so he came over and pinched his shoulders and beat his back, and asked with a smile: "Daddy, what's wrong, I look unhappy, but what's wrong?" ”

Hearing this, Yu Yuangui sighed again and said, "His Majesty Shicai summoned his father into the palace, do you know what he said to his father?" ”

"What did you say?" Yu Zizhao didn't care about himself at this time, and asked softly, as if he didn't care, and the clinker Yu Yuangui then said: "He wants to marry you!" ”

"Marriage?" Yu Zizhao was stunned, she saw Yu Yuangui's face like this, and she expected that this family business must not be too good, so she was also very worried in her heart, and hurriedly asked: "Who did he promise me to?" ”

"Xichang County Hou."

"Xichang County Hou?" Yu Zizhao was in a hurry, stomped his feet, stomped in front of him from behind Yu Yuangui, and then stomped on his butt in front of the table and sat down, and said hesitantly: "I...... I don't want to...... I don't like this family! ”

"Daddy doesn't want your marriage to be so sloppy, but now that His Majesty has given an order to Daddy, this ...... There's no way around it! Yu Yuangui turned his palms upward, and patted the palm of his left hand with the back of his right hand, looking extremely helpless.

"Then I don't care! I just don't like this kiss! What's more, the Marquis of Xichang County, he is just His Majesty's nephew, not a ......" Yu Zizhao became more and more angry the more she spoke, she no longer ridiculed Xiao Luan's identity, but sarcastically said Xiao Daocheng, and said: "It has always been a major event in marriage, the life of parents, the words of the matchmaker, what is the matter with others!" As an emperor, he doesn't manage the government well, but takes care of other people's family affairs! ”

Yu Zizhao didn't choose to say anything for a while, and said something that should not be said, Yu Yuangui hurriedly stopped speaking and shouted: "Zizhao! ”

But Yu Zizhao is not taboo at all, and now he has intensified: "Originally, his son killed my cousin, and now he called his nephew to harm me!" Dare to love them, the Lanling Xiao clan will be on the same bar as our Yingchuan Yu clan, one scourge after another! ”

"Zizhao!" Yu Yuangui was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted again, and after Yu Zizhao shut up, he lowered his voice and said: "These words come out, your head is going to move!" ”

Yu Zizhao was deeply annoyed, but he couldn't vent, so he stomped his feet and said, "Then I really can't do this family business?" ”

When she said this, she hurriedly ran behind Yu Yuangui again, slapped his back, and said coquettishly: "Daddy, when I was a child, several fortune tellers said that I was the queen's destiny, and I would be the queen in the future. ”

Yu Yuangui didn't hurry to answer her, as if he was thinking about something, he suddenly retreated left and right, and said mysteriously to Yu Zizhao: "Zizhao, since the fortune teller said that you are the queen's life, then you will be the queen in the future, you are the queen, then the man you marry, he is the future emperor!" ”

What a "man you marry is the future emperor"! Yu Yuangui is so anti-guest-oriented, but Yu Zizhao boasted of being a prosperous husband!

"Daddy means...... "The world's big plan, Yu Zizhao, as a boudoir woman, can't even think of it."

Yu Yuangui glanced left and right, and then said: "It's the same Lanling Xiao family, my uncle can be the emperor, why can't my nephew?" ”

"But ......" Yu Zizhao said hesitantly: "But I don't want to be so unjustifiable......

There are so many sons in the saint today, not to mention those young children, that is, they have become adults, and now there are five, except for the weak health of King Yuzhang and the king of Changsha far away in Jiude County, the rest of the prince, the king of Linchuan, the king of Wuling, in the future of the great Qi country, in addition to the three of them, will not fall into the hands of others, if Xiao Luan wants to be the emperor, the only way to usurp the throne!

Unexpectedly, Yu Yuangui said wildly: "How can there be any justification? The world of the Lanling Xiao clan was originally taken away, even if you marry those princes, it is not right. ”

Yu Zizhao thought about it carefully, and said: "The Marquis of Xichang County is not the king of the county after all, if his father easily woos him, he will inevitably be suspicious of His Majesty, and then he will be accused of being a chaotic minister and thief, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses." ”

"Huh!" Yu Yuangui sneered: "What kind of world is it now, become a king and lose a villain!" Today, His Majesty was also a rebellious minister and thief of the previous dynasty, and now that he is firmly on the throne, who dares to say that he is a traitor? ”

Yu Zizhao looked at Yu Yuangui and asked quite unwillingly: "Daddy has assisted King Linchuan for many years, do you want to give up halfway?" ”

"King Linchuan?" At the mention of Xiao Ying, Yu Yuangui looked disdainful, and said contemptuously: "He is a dou who can't be helped, how much effort has Daddy spent on him over the years!" But what about him? Not only did it not become a climate, but also followed Xie Gui and Concubine En to take revenge! He has offended the scholars, the position of the prince, hum, don't even think about it! ”

Yu Zizhao listened, his heart was heavy, and he didn't speak, Yu Yuangui saw the situation, and then said: "Good granddaughter, listen to your father, don't worry, the future position of the middle palace belongs to you." ”

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