After the palace banquet, the Queen Mother took the initiative to ask Mu Churan to ask, "This Chishui King gives marriage candidates, it is better to leave it to the mourning family to choose, in the past few years, in order to worry about the emperor's concubine, the imperial capital's school-age daughter's family, the mourning family can recite a list." There was inevitably a bit of self-deprecation in his tone.

Mu Churan pretended not to understand the meaning of the words, so he agreed, "Then it will bother the queen mother." Although the King of Chishui handed over the decision to me, at least he would give him a few more candidates, and let him choose his favorite. It's just that when the queen mother decides on the candidate, she must be careful. ”

Leng Qingchen naturally understood what Mu Churan meant, and smiled indifferently, "Your Majesty, don't worry." ”

Since it is not his own daughter who marries the king of Chishui, and the family of the prince and minister is replaced, one cannot affect the situation in the DPRK and China, and the mother's family cannot have the right to tilt the important ministers of the government and the opposition, nor can there be military generals who control military power, and the other cannot be from a poor family, otherwise the people of the world will laugh at the royal family of Da Yin for being too stingy - forget it if you refuse to marry the princess, and use a poor woman to humiliate others.

As soon as the news of the Queen Mother's choice of a concubine for King Chishui was released, the families began to move.

Although the name is a concubine, but in the grassland, Chishui is now the most prosperous tribe, the emperor is far away, and the concubine of the king of Chishui is equivalent to the queen. This level of relationship is no less than sending his daughter into Mu Churan's harem.

Coupled with Daduo's outstanding appearance, these days, he often haunts the imperial city market, although it is unintentional, but under such an appearance, his reputation has also spread among the noble ladies of the imperial capital who are waiting to be married in the boudoir. After many women saw his true appearance, they began to dream of being a concubine.

Suddenly, the list in the Queen Mother's hand was even longer than when she chose the harem beauties for Mu Churan, which surprised her.

Daduo stated in advance that he needed the other party to be genuinely willing to marry him, which the Queen Mother naturally explained when she was elected, but in order to climb this relationship, there are few people who can ask their daughters in detail.

Naturally, there are some reluctances in this list.

For example, the two sisters of the Liu family, Liu Shenming is the prime minister in the court, and the official position is not small but is not valued by Mu Churan, who has always maintained the golden mean over the years, and gradually declined, seeing the rising star overshadow his limelight.

He was also terrified in his heart, when his eldest daughter Liu Yingluo was favored by the Queen Mother, she wanted to accept Mu Churan as the emperor. This unfilial girl privately set up a martial arts competition ring to marry herself in advance, and she didn't think the matter was big enough, so she stabbed Mu Churan on the royal case.

This daughter Su Ri has always been docile and sensible, and he does feel more distressed, originally thought that Liumen would come out of the queen, but he was disturbed by this disobedient woman. He can be regarded as knowing Liu Yingluo's temperament, he would rather be a broken jade than a complete tile, seemingly docile and respectful, but in fact he is stubborn, and he refuses to listen to what he thinks is a father.

This time to choose a concubine for King Chishui, Liu Shenming didn't say a word, reported his two daughters, and specially asked Mrs. Liu not to leak out. He has his own considerations for this matter, even if Liu Yingluo misses, there is also Liu Yingge. Whoever of these two daughters can marry the King of Chishui can ensure that they stand tall in the court. Even after they entered the palace, there was an extra layer of wonder.

The father-in-law of the king of Saibei, this title is quite good when you think about it.

In the past few days, as soon as Xiao He was free, he wandered around the market. From this shop, I walked to that shop, looked at things, asked the price, but I didn't buy anything, and I copied my hands, which was unfathomable.

Xiao Shi followed behind her, naturally knowing her plans.

Now that she has become the second owner, it is necessary to be careful, otherwise how can she be worthy of Duan Heng's white silver. It's just that in the imperial capital, there are too many aspects to consider to do a business and keep only making money and not losing money.

She walked and walked, and when she arrived at the door of the century-old jewelry store Babao Zhai, she didn't stop, and went in directly.

Most of them are aristocratic women choosing jewelry, and there are few men. As soon as Xiao He entered the door, he seemed to feel that a gaze fell on him, but it was only for a moment. After the other party looked at her clothes, he knew that she could afford to pay the bill, so he didn't ask much, and went shopping with her.

To be honest, she doesn't know anything about jewelry, not to mention that she is used to being a man now. Even if her parents were alive back then, she didn't like red clothes, and her mother also practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she rarely wore jewelry. In her life, there has never been a female friend to advise her on what jewelry her daughter should wear at home. For the dazzling beads and jade, she didn't even understand how to use it.

"It seems that this jeweler is not for me either." She sighed softly to herself.

"Let's go, then." Xiao Shi, like her shadow, quietly answered beside her.

When she was about to turn around and go out, she accidentally bumped into a young lady who was also about to go out. The other party snorted and almost fell. She hurriedly reached out to help the young lady, and when she saw her true face, she was stunned and murmured: "Yingluo! ”

The maid next to her misunderstood Xiao He and reprimanded loudly: "He Fangden disciple, don't let go yet!" Dare to be light of my young lady, I want you to look good! ”

Liu Yingluo carefully recognized Xiao He's face, a little incredulous, and hesitated, "Xiao ...... Lord Xiao? ”

Xiao He forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and bowed to Liu Yingluo, "Recklessly, Miss will apologize to Miss in the next." ”

Liu Yingluo vaguely saw more traces of the past from her movements and eyes, her heart fluctuated, and her voice trembled, "Childe doesn't have to be polite." ”

This Miss Childe's game, Xiao He and Liu Yingluo often played in the private school back then, but they still remember this pair of whites.

It is not easy for Liu Yingluo to go out now, so she made an appointment with Xiao He for a long time, and in the upstairs box, the two recognized each other. Liu Yingluo looked at Xiao He, who was dressed in men's clothes, and choked back tears: "Look at you now, you really look like a noble son." Xiao He also wet his eyes, "What kind of noble son, he was almost accused of being a disciple." ”

The two of them burst into laughter and were happy.

"How are you all these years?" Liu Yingluo remembered that the last time they met, she was still the daughter of the palace, but now she is ......

Xiao He summed it up, "I'm still alive." Although she smiled lightly, Liu Yingluo, as a bystander, could appreciate the bitterness contained in these three words.

Liu Yingluo reached out and covered the back of her hand, "I'm sorry for you." ”

In a trance, they returned to the private school of the year, and the two took advantage of the absence of the female gentleman to sneak into the yard to play, but were discovered by the gentleman who came back from outside, and punished them both to stand at the door of the classroom for two hours.

Xiao He came back to his senses, and the smoke and clouds of the past dissipated.

She recalled the previous incident and said with a little shame: "The last time I was competing to recruit relatives, I knew that you didn't want to marry into the royal family, and you wanted to help, but it was self-defeating. ”

Liu Yingluo waved her hand, "Thanks to you, the emperor is afraid that he will not dare to marry me again." ”

"Actually, he's not so bad, why don't you want to be the queen?" Xiao He took the opportunity to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and his tone was a little more relaxed.

"I don't want to marry into a princely family in my life, I just hope that I will be a couple for the rest of my life, and he can treat me sincerely, rich and poor." Liu Yingluo smiled and whispered her wishes.

Xiao He smiled indifferently, followed his words, and continued, "I wish you what you want." She sincerely wishes that her childhood friends can find a heart and find the true meaning of Hongchen, although she also knows what Yingluo wants, it seems simple, but it is actually difficult. Looking at Da Yin Mo said that it was a palace family, even if it was an ordinary rich family, who was not a family with three wives and four concubines.

But is the daughter's family born only as a foil, as a tool for in-laws, to marry a husband she has never met, and to work with other women?

Xiao He felt that she had no extra energy to think about this problem, maybe she would never think about the hearts of these daughters in this life. I can only hope that my childhood friends will go well.

They talked a lot in the box, and Liu Yingluo had been out for a long time and couldn't delay for too long. So, Xiao He sent her out.

After walking out of the gate for a long time, Liu Yingluo took the maid and was about to get into the carriage. A teenage boy on the side took advantage of the crowd, squeezed to the front, snatched Liu Yingluo's waist pendant, and ran away, like a gray squirrel, cunning into the crowd.

The maid exclaimed, "Miss, he stole your jade pendant!" Hurriedly rushing in the direction of the thief's escape, he shouted: "Come and catch the thief!" Catch that thief! "The family members of Liufu have been dispatched.

Xiao He glanced at Xiao Shi, "Your light skills are better than mine." ”

Although the corners of Xiao Shi's mouth pulled up a trace of disdain, he still chased him out. He did not want to show his skills in the crowd, so he glanced at the direction of the thief and went into the alley to intercept him.

Within a moment, I saw Xiao Shi coming back with a child with a black head and gray face, like a cat catching a mouse.

They walked to the side of the carriage, and the young man looked unwilling, but he did not dare to show it. Xiao Shi pushed him and asked him to hand over the jade pendant, and saw him stretch out his black palm, and in the palm of his palm was the jade pendant with a white body.

Liu Yingluo's maid looked disgusted, picked up the jade pendant from his hand with a handkerchief and wrapped it, and said to Liu Yingluo: "This little thief is also bold, as a slave, send him to Jingzhao Mansion, and let Lord Yin cut off one of his hands, lest he grow up and not know what evil he will do." ”

Liu Yingluo's eyebrows moved slightly, seeing that the young man's appearance was still upright, and there was no evil spirit on his face, he was chased and panting. Although his face was dirty, there was no trace of humility between his eyebrows, and when he heard the maid say that he was going to cut off his hands, he was not afraid, but just wrinkled his brows and glared at them.

"You're afraid that you'll encounter something difficult to make this decision. Cui'er, give me the ingots and broken silver. Liu Yingluo commanded.

The maid Cui'er's eyes widened, not only did the young lady not blame the thief, but she actually gave him silver, she was angry for a while, and hesitated not to take out the money bag immediately.