After Duan Chengwen got off duty that day, he waited for the subordinates from his family to come in a carriage to pick him up, so he stood in front of the yamen and chatted with his colleagues.

As a result, after waiting for a while, his own carriage slowly came over, and the person driving it was none other than Duan Shaolan.

"On weekdays, your pennant guard has no less errands than me, and he comes home later than me every day." Waiting for the carriage to stop in front of him, Duan Chengwen said goodbye to his colleagues and went down the steps with a smile. "Why did you have free time to pick me up today?"

"It just so happened that I didn't have anything on hand today, and when I returned home, I happened to meet the carriage coming out." Duan Shaolan handed over the whip and reins in his hand to the subordinates on the side, and jumped out of the carriage. "There is nothing to do in the left and right houses, so I want to come to pick up my father."

"Alright, let's get in the car." Duan Chengwen looked at Duan Shaolan for a long time, suddenly hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said.

returned to the Zhenguo Mansion, Duan Shaolan did not go back to his own courtyard, but followed Duan Chengwen all the way back to the courtyard where he and the Duansu County Lord lived.

"Brother Lan is back." Lord Duansu County heard the maids tell the news that Duan Chengwen's father and son had returned, and took Sister Chu, who happened to be talking in front of her, and the mother and daughter both greeted her.

"Brother, you're back!" Sister Chu was even more happy to jump down the steps in a few steps and threw herself into Duan Shaolan's arms.

"Can't you mother and daughter see me?" Duan Chengwen quipped.

"Father, don't be angry." Sister Chu immediately turned her head and pounced on Duan Chengwen. "My daughter can see you."

The family of four sat down in the main room, and Sister Chu still stuck to her brother.

Lord Duansu and Duan Chengwen spoke in a low voice, Duan Shaolan carefully looked at the expressions of his parents, and he didn't know how to speak a few words, but Sister Chu was also in front of him.

"Brother Lan, is there anything you want to say?" Although she is not Duan Shaolan's biological mother, she was raised in front of Duansu County Lord as soon as Duan Shaolan landed. The county lord of Duansu raised him since he was a child, and when he saw Duan Shaolan's expression was different, he took the initiative to ask him.

"Sister Chu, listen to your brother's words and go back to your yard first, okay?" Duan Shaolan thought that this matter was something to say after all, so he had to decide to support Sister Chu first.

Parents and brothers in the family, Sister Chu likes her brother the most, and she has always listened to him the most.

After listening to Duan Shaolan's instructions, even if he had doubts, he still obediently got up and took his maid back to his courtyard first.

"Father, mother." Duan Shaolan saw that Sister Chu had gone out, so he turned his head to look at Duan Chengwen and Duansu County Lord, and secretly said what he had been organizing in his heart for several days. "I have someone I like, I want to get married, and I want to tell my father and mother."

Duan Shaolan's marriage has long been a heart problem for Duan Chengwen and Duansu County Lord, seeing that the brothers of the same age as him in the imperial capital have already married and given birth to children. The lord of Duansu County asked people to look at a lot of ladies, and even Princess Xian recommended many suitable candidates, but Duan Shaolan rejected them all.

Fortunately, Duan Chengwen and the bishop of Duansu County were open-minded, and they did not force Duan Shaolan to get married.

At present, Duan Shaolan actually took the initiative to mention that he had a favorite person and wanted to get married, although the two of them were a little stunned, they were still very happy in their hearts.

"Really?" Lord Duansu asked in surprise. "Who's the best guy you like? How old is this year? When did you meet? ”

"Alright." Duan Chengwen was more stable than his wife, and when he saw his wife's excited appearance, he hurriedly persuaded his wife. "You asked so many questions at once, let Brother Lan answer which one is better."

"She comes from a good background." Duan Shaolan didn't know how to tell Xiao Xuan's identity.

"Good background?" The county lord of Duansu heard Duan Shaolan's words, and only thought that the girl's family rank was higher than his own. "It's not a big deal, it's a big deal to ask your grandmother to come forward for you. The face of the Xianwang Mansion is still useful when I think about it. ”

"She doesn't need to propose, as long as His Majesty decrees marriage." Facing the eager gaze of his parents, Duan Shaolan spoke out hard. "She's Princess Zhaoyue."

"What?!" Duan Chengwen and Duansu County Lord exclaimed in unison.

Princess Zhaoyue, that's the heart and soul of Emperor Chu.

"Are you in love with each other or are you unrequited?" After listening to Duan Shaolan's words, Lord Duansu felt that he had no confidence in his heart, and his previous joy faded a lot. "Princess Zhaoyue is only fifteen years old, and many royal princesses have married late, and her sister Princess Eldest is almost twenty years old and has not yet married. Princess Zhaoyue is loved by His Majesty, and His Majesty will definitely not be willing to marry her early. ”

As a mother, the lord of Duansu County naturally values his children very much.

It was a princess from the royal family, although she was not a queen, but her mother Concubine Liu was also noble and favored.

His son is not as good as the royal family, and he is more than five years older than Princess Zhaoyue.

Moreover, the queen mother from the Zhenguo Mansion and the concubine of Emperor Liu have not been in harmony in private for many years, Duan Shaolan really wants to be the lord of Shang, and it is inevitable that she will pass the level of Concubine Liu.

"I love Princess Zhaoyue." Duan Shaolan said. "We met yesterday, and the princess has informed Her Majesty of the matter, and Your Majesty has agreed."

"Really?" Duan Chengwen frowned and said.

"Why can't you take it seriously?" When the county lord heard this, he hurriedly pushed Duan Chengwen. "Our Brother Lan is nothing more than a lower background and an older person, if you say that the lord is still here.... The words of the lord are still qualified. Didn't you listen to Brother Lan, it was the princess who told His Majesty about the matter. If you agree to this, you can still have a fake. ”

Sui Hong was ordered by Emperor Liu's concubine to go to the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongshou.

It happened that today, Princess Mu really went out to visit friends and was not in the house. Suihong stepped forward and whispered in the ear of the eldest princess of Yongshou for a while, and the eldest princess of Yongshou looked up at her suspiciously, and Suihong bowed slightly.

"Okay, I'm fine in the house anyway." The eldest princess of Yongshou got up and stroked her skirt and said in a deep voice. "I'll just go for it."

The carriage of the eldest princess of Yongshou arrived, and Xiao Xuan personally greeted her in front of the gate of Yihua Palace.

"Grandmother." Xiao Xuan knew the reason why Emperor Liu invited the eldest princess of Yongshou to enter the mansion, so she was more attentive when she came to see her. "Xuan'er helps you."

"Okay." Just now, Sui Hong attached to the eldest princess of Yongshou and said something about Xiao Xuan's troubles in the past two days, and the eldest princess of Yongshou was so angry that she wanted to scold Xiao Xuan, but when she saw Xiao Xuan coming over with a smile on her face, her anger gradually subsided. "Hold me up."

The eldest princess of Yongshou stretched out her hand, and Xiao Xuan immediately stepped forward to help her get out of the carriage.

After entering the inner hall, Sui Hong waved at the palace maids waiting in the inner hall, and the palace maids immediately put down their work one by one and retreated with Sui Hong like a tide.

"Mother, sit down." Emperor Liu stood up to greet her.

After Xiao Xuan helped the eldest princess of Yongshou to sit down, he obediently walked to the side of Emperor Liu's concubine.

"All the things you sent Spike Red to tell me are true?" After the eldest princess of Yongshou sat down, she asked. "You don't want Xuan'er to marry Brother Yu?"

"Mother, Brother Yu is my nephew, if the eldest sister really wants him to stay in the imperial capital, I will find a suitable noble daughter for him to be a wife." Concubine Liu looked at Xiao Xuan, who was winking at her beside her, and could only speak helplessly. "It's just that Xuan'er is pampered, and Brother Yu'er is my sister's youngest son, so it's not suitable between them."

"Is that just for that?" The eldest princess of eternal life raised her eyes and asked. "Then why did Xuan'er sneak out of the palace the day before yesterday?"

"Grandmother." Xiao Xuan walked quickly to the eldest princess of Yongshou, squatted down and put his hands on her laps, looking up at her. "I already have someone I like, I just want to marry him, I don't want to marry Cousin Yu."

"Xuan'er, the matter of marriage is related to the happiness of your life." Facing Xiao Xuan, the eldest princess of Yongshou couldn't say anything harsh. "It's not good who you like, I like the son of the Zhenguo family, and he is so old than you."

"It's better to be older, aren't my grandfather and father older than my grandmother and concubine?" Xiao Xuan saw that the eldest princess of Yongshou didn't say anything serious to her, so she immediately stepped forward on the pole. "Older people are better for me, aren't they?"

"Xuan'er, you go down first." Concubine Liu suddenly spoke. "I'll talk to your grandmother, and when I send someone to call you, you can come back."

"Yes." Today's Xiao Xuan was much more obedient, and immediately got up and went out.

Seeing Xiao Xuan's figure disappear outside the door, Emperor Liu's concubine looked at the eldest princess of Yongshou with a smile.

"Mother, what is the eldest sister's plan to ask for a chance for Brother Yu'er, do you really not know about me?" Emperor Liu's concubine simply took a turn and completely picked out the matter to explain. "As the mother of King Mu's mansion, the eldest sister gave birth to three sons and one daughter for King Mu, and it is understandable to ask for a future guarantee for the children and grandchildren of King Mu's mansion. But if this guarantee is my daughter, I can only refuse the eldest sister's request regardless of sisterhood. ”

"Hey." The palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, and the eldest princess of Yongshou feels sorry for her eldest daughter who is married far away, and she is reluctant to give up her baby granddaughter who has grown up in front of her since she was a child. "You really don't want Xuan'er to marry Brother Yu'er, how can you let Xuan'er take a fancy to the children of the Zhenguo family?"

"Mother, Xuan'er is fifteen years old, and she is young and ignorant. If she moves, will I be able to control it? Concubine Liu said with a smile. However, I thought about it carefully the night before, and Zhen Guogong's attitude has always been neutral, and he is not even very enthusiastic about the second prince. But Duan Shaolan's relationship with Yu'er and Jun'er is much closer, and his father Duan Chengwen had a bad relationship with the queen and the prince when he was young. Duan Shaolan really wants to be Xuan'er's concubine, and in the future, the help of the Zhenguo Mansion may not be attributed to our mother and son. ”

"There's some truth to what you're saying." The eldest princess of eternal life listened and muttered for a moment. "The prince of Zhenguo seems to have fallen out of favor in front of the prince of Zhenguo, if Duan Chengwen's father and son really get the help of your mother and son, it will be easy to take the position of the prince."