"I hate it! Brother Huang is so annoying! Mu Qingwan covered her face and ran out of the garden.

"Qingwan!" Leng Qingzhen opened his mouth to call her, but found that she had already run away. "Alas, this kid ......"

"Queen Mother," Mu Churan tried to speak, "Do you think, is Qingwan already at the age when it is time to marry?" ”

Leng Qingzhen nodded lightly: "That's right, Qingwan is also 17 years old, up and down the government and the opposition, is there any son or minister of any family who is suitable for Qingwan, if Qingwan can see it, he will be a concubine." Leng Qingchen doesn't care who her daughter can marry, the main thing is that she likes it.

The queen mother felt that the newly appointed secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xiao He Xiao, mentioned by Erchen just now, was of the same age as Qingjuan, and his appearance was also a talent. Moreover, Erchen felt that Qingwan also liked Lord Xiao. Mu Churan tentatively approached Leng Qingji.

"Since Qingwan likes it, then the queen mother will not have any objections, summon this Xiao He into the palace, and the mourning family will see it in person, it's okay, give Qingwan a check." Leng Qingzhen's face was not shocked, and his tone was flat and he couldn't see his emotions.

"That's good, Erchen will bring Xiao He into the palace in a few days for the queen mother to see."

"Ahh Xiao He, who was sipping tea, suddenly sneezed and rubbed his nose with his hand, "It's still cold at first, it's still cold, His Royal Highness King An, it's better for us to go into the house and drink tea." ”

"That's a pity, I originally wanted to see this spring scene outside the house with Lord Xiao, in that case, forget it, Lord Xiao is not in good health, you need to pay more attention, the current Lord Xiao is a pillar of the country!" Duan Heng didn't forget to tease Xiao He when he spoke.

"My lord," the butler knocked at the door, "a father-in-law has come to the palace, saying that there is an emperor's message to pass on." ”

"Ask him to wait in the main hall for a moment, and I'll be there right away."

"It seems that this king is also leaving, let's come and drink tea with Lord Xiao another day." After dating for so long, I suddenly found a lot of details worth scrutinizing today, although I have had a lot of friendship with him, but people who don't know the details are still not at ease when they get along.

in the hall

"The old slave greets Lord Xiao and His Royal Highness King An."

"Father-in-law is exempt, why did you come here today?" Xiao He returned the courtesy in a proper manner, after all, he is an elderly father-in-law, and he still has to be polite.

"Since His Royal Highness King An is also here, the old slave will not have to go to King An's Mansion to spread the word again, His Royal Highness King Xuan'an and Lord Xiao will enter the palace for dinner in the evening three days later, the emperor said, it is just an ordinary family banquet, I hope the two of you will go to the banquet on time."

"This king knows, thank you father-in-law, this king and ...... Lord Xiao, I will definitely go on time. ”

…… Why did you want me to go to the family dinner?

Duan Hengmu sent the housekeeper to send the old eunuch out, and attached it to Xiao He's ear, "Family banquet?" Could it be that Qingwan has already expressed her wish to marry you to the imperial brother? It seems that you may soon become the king's brother-in-law, right? ”

"Then borrow the auspicious words of His Royal Highness King An!" Xiao He gritted his teeth fiercely and spit out a few words tightly from between his teeth.

For two whole nights, Xiao He didn't fall asleep for a quarter of an hour, and finally stayed up until the day of the banquet, she got up early, looked at herself listlessly in the mirror, went out to pick up a basin of cold water, and buried her head in the basin.

"It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided." Xiao He patted his face helplessly, why? This emperor really won't let her go. Whether you can escape this catastrophe or not is up to fate.

Xiao He opened the dark compartment of the wardrobe, revealing one set of exquisite women's clothes after another, she gently rubbed these clothes, five years, in five years, she had never worn these clothes once, but she believed that one day, she would be able to take revenge, and then wear these clothes openly.

She was secretly ruthless, closed the secret compartment of the wardrobe, and took out the white men's clothes she usually wore from the outside.

Vengeance is mine, and I will take retribution.

The person in the mirror, without the slightest woman's charm, has not slept for a few days, although he has no spirit, he is still very heroic.

A row of people stood at the gate of the palace early to greet him, and the cold wind of early spring made Xiao He can't help but wrap the cloak on his body. After entering the palace gate, you can't take a car or a sedan chair, Xiao He is not like King An, the royal family is illustrious, she is just an ordinary official, and it is impossible for someone to carry the sedan chair around her at any time, so she can only walk in step by step.

When she walked to the side hall where the emperor said that the family banquet was held, she walked for half an hour.

"Minister, see the emperor, see the queen mother." A familiar voice came from the hall, His Royal Highness King An? Are you late?

"Lord Xiao, you've all arrived at the palace gate, why don't you go in?" As soon as Mu Qingwan walked to the door of the hall, he found Xiao He standing alone at the door, looking at his back, he actually felt a sense of depression, so lonely.

"Minister, see the princess." Xiao He turned around, after all, he was in the palace, and there was still a number of etiquette that should be there.

"Let's go, let's go in together." Mu Qingwan took Xiao He's arm with his hand, Xiao He was not easy to refuse, so he walked into the side hall half-pushed.

"Minister Xiao He, see the emperor, see the queen mother." "The sons and daughters meet the royal brother and the queen mother."

"Qingwan! Don't be rude, sit down in your seat. Mu Churan opened his mouth and said, "Then Xiao Aiqing will be at the same table with Qingwan, today's banquet is for the two of you, sit down quickly." ”

Xiao He sat down, and then raised his head slightly to look around, King An did not bring a female dependent, he had a table alone, next to him, Mu Qingwan was at his own table, very close, needless to say, he also knew the emperor's plans today, Sima Zhao's heart was known to passers-by.

Xiao He saw the Queen Mother when he was young, but he was too young to remember what the state was at the time, and when he saw it today, the Queen Mother in front of him was not at all like Mu Churan and Mu Wanqing's mother, the Queen Mother can be regarded as a person of her grandmother's generation according to her generation, and the years have hardly left the slightest trace on her face, it can be seen that when she was young, she must have been a great beauty who captivated the country and the city, otherwise how could there be such an excellent child as the two of them.

"I heard that Lord Xiao and Heng'er were injured when they went to disaster relief before, I don't know how they recovered?" The Queen Mother spoke first and led the topic to Xiao He.

"Back to the Empress Dowager," Xiao He got up and saluted, "The minister's injury has healed, thank you for the Empress Dowager's concern." ”

"Eh, it's all said that today is just a family banquet, so there's no need to be polite." Mu Churan waved his hand at Xiao He, "Lord Xiao doesn't have to get up and reply, right, Queen Mother." ”

"That's natural." The Queen Mother smiled kindly.

Xiao He retreated to his place and sat down, everyone in the family had a smile on their faces, but except for Mu Qingwan, she felt that everyone's laughter was fake.

This queen mother is not as easy to deal with as she imagined, tonight, can you get past it?

"Lord Xiao, alas, ......" Leng Qingzhen sighed softly, "Seeing that you are not very old, let's just call you Xiao He, how old are you this year?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, take advantage of the fact that she is just eighteen years old this year."

"That'...... Is there a marriage contract? ”

"Hui Niangniang, Weichen, there has never been a marriage contract, but ......" Xiao He's face showed a very contradictory expression, "When Weichen was young, there was a master who traveled all over the world to calculate for Weichen, and he couldn't get married before the age of twenty, otherwise, he would suffer from natural disasters and die." Therefore, Wechen has not considered marriage yet. ”

Seamless.

From the moment he entered the side hall, Mu Churan began to mention various topics casually, wanting to draw up the matter of marrying him and Qingwan, but there was never a good opportunity to talk about this topic, but Xiao He took the lead in finding a reason to refuse his marriage.

The corners of Duan Heng's mouth twitched, he knew early on that Xiao He only had an ordinary friendship with Mu Qingwan, and he didn't have special feelings for her, but he never expected him to come up with such an idea. According to the superstitious idea of the royal family, he will not let his daughter be widowed, and even if he decides on a family matter, he will not let her marry immediately, which provides Xiao He with a lot of time to get rid of Mu Qingjuan.

"Then you can also give a marriage, the wedding can be held in a few years," Leng Qingzhen lowered her eyes, with a little anger in her eyes, but after all, she was the queen mother, since Xiao He said this, it was not easy for her to say anything, "Finalize Qingwan's marriage in advance, and it will also be a matter of our hearts!" ”

"By the way, Xiao Aiqing, I have read your file in the past few days and found that the record before you became the champion is almost blank, and I haven't even mentioned Xiao Aiqing's hometown and parents."

Since Xiao He mentioned the previous incident, he simply went to the bottom of the question to see what kind of story he could come up with.

"Chen, is a person from the capital, grew up in the capital since childhood, but later the family fell into the middle of the road, was victimized by a traitor, and both parents died, because I didn't want to mention the previous story again, so I didn't mention these in the file." Xiao He's eyes changed in an instant, for these, he didn't lie at all!

Mu Qingwan tugged on Xiao He's sleeve, "I didn't expect that Brother Xiao He would have such a past." Mu Qingxuan's title has changed from Lord Xiao to Brother Xiao He in an instant, and he has completely failed to hide the fact that he likes Xiao He.

"So I have always remembered the advice of my father and mother, and I dare not get married before the age of twenty."

Even if Mu Qingwan is rude and willful, she is a girl after all, and when she hears such a thing, her heart will be more or less touched.

"Brother Huang, Queen Mother, Qingwan likes Brother Xiao He, you can wait for him to be twenty years old."

Mu Churan turned his head to look at the Queen Mother who was sitting on the side, and he couldn't see any emotional changes on his cold face, thinking that he would also investigate Xiao He in private, it was better to use the name of the horse to contain Xiao He first, in case there were any variables in the future.

"Then since the royal sister is willing, let's settle your family affairs first."