The court was busy with the affairs of the Spring Festival, and the queen also found a day to invite the old lady and Mrs. of the Du family into the palace.

In the name of the crown princess, she said that the princess missed her family, so she invited the old lady and her wife to come into the palace to sit.

In this year's Spring Festival, Du Yiheng and Lin Zixuan are also going to end, and the queen's choice to mention the four princesses to Du Jia before the Spring Festival is also after some consideration.

One is that she promised Concubine Hui to help with this, so it is cheap to say it sooner rather than later.

Second, in the premise of the Spring Festival, if the Du family is really unwilling, she can also have an excuse to refuse, with her understanding of the two ladies of the Du family, if she is really unwilling to do this family business, she will also take care of the reputation of the fourth princess, and will only use Du Yiheng to end up without being distracted as an excuse to shirk it, and will not make a noise.

In this way, even if the fourth princess is rejected, she will not be unable to let go.

The queen mentioned this matter to the princess in advance, but the princess didn't say anything, only said that the fourth princess had a gentle temperament and was a good match, but when marriage was a major event, she was not good at making decisions for her brother as a younger sister, so she told the queen that she should invite her grandmother and mother into the palace to ask before she could decide.

The queen also felt that the princess's words were reasonable, and she didn't want the princess to make a decision, the reason why she talked to the princess first was because she felt that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got along well, and she didn't want the princess to be shocked or unhappy when she suddenly heard this, so she let her know in advance.

There is another reason, that is, because the queen also wants to use the mouth of the crown princess to reveal this matter to the old lady and lady of the Du family first, so that the Du family can have a discussion in advance, so that they will not know how to answer in a hurry.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, the old lady and his wife of the Du family handed a sign into the palace to greet the queen.

In order to show her attention, the queen sent Wen Yuan, a female official beside her, to greet her in person.

The old lady of the Du family, Sun, and her daughter-in-law, Xu, followed Wen Yuan to Fengyi Palace to meet the queen mother and the crown princess.

The queen called out and ordered someone to sit down, and the Sun and Xu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law thanked them before they sat down.

A few people gossiped for a while, and then the queen asked casually: "Yiheng, that kid, how are you preparing for the entrance examination?" ”

The Sun family and the Xu family had been the crown princess before, and knew that the queen did not mention Du Yiheng at will, but had other deep meanings, so they naturally knew how to answer.

So, Sun replied: "Back to Niangniang, Yiheng's preparation is not bad, thanks to Niangniang's concern, Yiheng's child is blessed." ”

When the queen heard this, she laughed, and then said: "This child can be regarded as a child who grew up in the palace, the Du family style is rigorous, and Yiheng himself is a competitive person, the palace often hears the prince say, Yiheng and Zixuan are often tied for the first place in the Guozijian examination, which shows that they are both excellent children." ”

Who can be unhappy when their children are praised, especially the praise from the queen's mother, Sun and Xu are naturally even happier.

But Sun still said modestly: "Niangniang praised it." ”

The queen seemed a little disapproving of Sun's words, waved her hand, and said: "Hey, the old lady is arrogant, isn't it, Yiheng is really good, he can afford to praise him in this palace, and this palace also wants Yiheng to achieve good results in this spring, and it is also excellent to be able to follow the old path of Xiangye in the future." ”

Sun Shi listened to the queen's words, and was busy panicking, "Oh, Niangniang's words can make the old body panic, Yiheng is still far away, he can get a good score in the exam, the old body is satisfied, and I don't dare to think about the superfluous." ”

The queen smiled again and quipped: "The old lady can think about it now, although we don't care about the previous dynasty, but think about it, it's okay to think about it, it is normal for people to want their sons to become dragons and daughters to become phoenixes, who dares to say that the old lady is not a word, the palace will not agree first!" ”

The queen's words meant to support the Du family, and the Sun family was naturally happy when she heard it, so she stopped being hypocritical, got up and thanked her: "Then the old body will thank Niangniang for his auspicious words." ”

"Sit down and talk," the queen saw that Sun got up and thanked her, and hurriedly asked her to sit down, and said angrily, "The old lady is too polite, we are also in-laws, and the family is talking, where do you want to see the outside like this." ”

When Sun heard this, he only smiled and said: "The old body knows that the mother is kind, but this gift cannot be abolished, the old body must abide by the rules, and he can't ask others to pick the fault of the mother." ”

As the wife of the right minister, Sun is also very good at talking and knows how to speak.

When these words came out, the queen mother was also ironed in her heart.

There is little gossip, and the business is important, so the queen took advantage of this happiness to mention the matter entrusted by Concubine Hui to the Sun family and the Xu family.

The queen did not mention how the fourth princess admired Du Yiheng.

Even though this is a fact, she, the Sun family, and the Xu family all understand it in their hearts, but when it comes to the reputation of their daughter's family, they are all kind-hearted people, so they naturally won't talk nonsense.

According to Concubine Hui's instructions, the queen mentioned to the Sun family and the Xu family that Concubine Hui took a fancy to Du Yiheng and intended to get married.

Du Yiheng is a young talent, with outstanding looks and a good family background, and there are many noble families staring at him in Beijing, but the right minister has not been in a hurry to marry him.

Men's ideas are often very different from women's, in the sense of the right phase, they want Du Yiheng to start a business first and then start a family, and when he enters the officialdom, he will go through a few years steadily, and it is not too late to consider family affairs.

The eldest grandson of the right prime minister, the prince's brother-in-law, and Du Yiheng himself is also very good, and the family affairs will inevitably be bad in the future, so there is really nothing to worry about.

But the thoughts of Sun and Xu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are different from those of the right.

They think that Du Yiheng is also old, and it is time to put family affairs on the agenda, and it is really a little late to think about marriage when he is in his twenties.

Although with the Du family's door, Du Yiheng's family affairs do not have to worry, but after Du Yiheng is in his twenties, there may not be any good girls of the right age in Kyoto.

Therefore, the Sun family and the Xu family have always believed that in the past two years, Du Yiheng's relatives should be determined in advance.

If you decide to marry first, you don't have to worry, and you won't delay Du Yiheng's career as a scholar and career, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?

However, they didn't expect that at this juncture, Concubine Hui would ask the queen to propose marriage to them.

It's not appropriate to say that it's a proposition, but I just asked their family in private, and I didn't want to oppress people with imperial power.

Seriously, as far as Concubine Hui is concerned, they still have a good impression of Concubine Hui's mother and daughter.

In particular, the fourth princess once sacrificed her life to save Du Yiheng.

Afterwards, their family wanted to repay them, but Concubine Hui and the fourth princess did not agree, and they pretended not to have it from beginning to end, and never asked for anything.

If the fourth princess is not a princess, but the daughter of some noble family, the Du family will be very satisfied with this family business.