Chen Xi's heart was as disgusting as eating a fly, and Chen Ting's intention could not be more obvious. Du Mingxin married him as the princess of the main family, but her eldest sister went to be a concubine for Chen Ting!

He lowered his eyes and said, "If the eldest brother is out of pity, I don't think it's necessary." If a woman in the world can be a wife, who would be willing to bow her head and be small? I'm afraid that I'm just afraid of the kindness of the eldest brother, but people may not admit it. ”

Chen Yuantai nodded and said, "That's exactly what you said. We have been in Beijing for less than half a year, and we can't make such a fuss about forcing a good person to become a concubine among the civil officials. ”

Chen Ting hurriedly said: "Miss Du, she is also willing!" ”

Chen Yuantai raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? How do you say that? ”

Chen Ting said cheekily: "I sent her home with Chen Xi that day, and when I got off the carriage, she said to me that I should not forget her ......"

Chen Yuantai glanced at Chen Xi, saw that his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and knew that most of what he said was true, so he smiled and said: "Such a woman from Meng Lang, first thought about eloping with Lin Lang, and when I saw you say this again, do you really want to marry her into the family?" ”

Chen Ting bowed his head and said, "It's really a nephew who is willing to ......."

"You go out first," Chen Yuantai waved his hand, "Let me think about it again." ”

After Chen Ting went out, Chen Yuantai said to Chen Xi: "In this way, the Du family's family style is not very good!" Do you still insist on marrying Du Er? ”

Seeing that Chen Xi was silent, Chen Yuantai smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about my face, although the emperor's words are golden rules, you can't change them without permission." But as the saying goes, a generation of good daughters-in-law, ten generations of good children and grandchildren. Your princess, you can't be careless. ”

Chen Xi knelt down in his robe and said earnestly: "How is the Du family, why the Du family and daughter are acting like this, the sons and daughters really don't know. However, Erchen didn't care, in those years in Songshan, Erchen and Miss Du studied together, what kind of person she was, Erchen had his own sense of proportion. I still hope that my father will be perfected, and don't be prejudiced against her. ”

Chen Yuantai laughed loudly: "Before people enter the door, you are so tightly protected!" If I'm prejudiced against her, do you want to argue with me? ”

The words were a little heavy, but Chen Xi could hear that Chen Yuantai was in a good mood, and he also smiled: "I don't dare to argue with you, my son invites you to go to the Jin Palace, you have seen a lot, and the prejudice will naturally disappear." ”

Chen Yuantai sighed in his heart. In all fairness, he is quite satisfied with Du Mingxin, but this Du family is really not very similar. In his opinion, Chen Xi's Yue family should not be like this, not only is the family too low, but the family style is not good. However, seeing Chen Xi so tightly about Du Ming's heart and the feelings of a young man, how could he bear to break it up......

In the evening, someone from Cining Palace invited Chen Yuantai to go over and have dinner with the Queen Mother. After dinner, the mother and son sat and drank tea and chatted.

"A few days ago, I promised Ting'er to give him a concubine." The Queen Mother said idly, "Why did I hear today that he was going to admit someone into the door, but you blocked him back?" ”

Chen Yuantai was putting the tea bowl to his mouth, and when he heard the Queen Mother say this, his subordinates were stunned and said lightly: "Your ears are fast." ”

"Ting'er, this kid is not a fool, and he is not a left room and a right room to pull home. Since he opened his mouth, he didn't want to seal the side concubine as soon as he entered the door, why did you have to disagree? ”

Chen Yuantai put down the teacup and said, "The woman he wants to accept is Chen Xi's aunt." ”

The Queen Mother's eyes moved slightly, and she immediately said, "Then what's the matter?" The two daughters of the Du family married into the palace, and it should be his family to set off firecrackers to celebrate! Could it be that Chen Xi is not happy? ”

"It's that I don't agree." Chen Yuantai's tone became a little tougher, "Ting'er obviously wants to fight with Chen Xi and take the opportunity to humiliate him, how can I agree?" ”

The Queen Mother put the teacup on the kang table with a "clang", and said angrily: "You put the 'trumped-up' charge on your nephew!" Last time, I wanted to give Du Mingxin a family matter, and you sent someone to chase my will back, and the trouble was known to everyone in the palace, but now I am afraid that it will be spread all over the capital! ”

Now Ting'er just wants to take a concubine, he has seen that woman again, and he likes it. That woman now has a bad reputation, she missed Ting'er, and she has been delayed for life, do you, an emperor, still have to stretch out your hands to take care of such idle things? But life and death are up to people! For the sake of Chen Xi's face, you hurt me, Ting'er's heart, and delayed the Du family girl for a lifetime, is it worth it? ”

"Or do you always hate your eldest brother in your heart? After all these years, the grass on his grave is afraid that it is a foot high, and you still don't want to put it down! Not only do I hate a dead man in my heart, but I also hate you and Ting'er! ”

"Don't talk about it!" Chen Yuantai's face changed suddenly, and he shouted loudly.

"I'm going to say it! If I don't like it, you will send me back to Shaanxi! Or throw me to the Imperial Tomb and go to your father's spirit!" You look at Ting'er every day and listen to him call you uncle affectionately, aren't you ashamed? For Chen Xi, you have to block Ting'er's marriage, are you sorry? If you treat him badly like this, will you have the face to see his father and his mother in the future? ”

Chen Yuantai felt a severe pain in his heart, and he couldn't even take care of the number of courtesies, so he hurriedly returned to the Qianqing Palace, and plunged into the small Buddha hall newly separated from the side hall.

It was late at night, Chen Yuantai still didn't come out, and the eunuchs and palace maids waiting outside were all in a hurry.

"Master, do you want to go in and see the emperor?" The little apprentice of the prince asked quietly.

"Ask your grandmother's legs!" The prince raised his leg and kicked him, "It's been too long, and your skin is itchy again?" The emperor strictly ordered that no one should enter the Buddha hall, why don't you go in and try it? ”

The little apprentice muttered: "I'm also surprised, a Buddhist hall, what's mysterious...... Even the emperor came to clean it himself, and he didn't know what it was in? ”

The prince popped a chestnut bomb on his head, and scolded in a low voice: "In the palace, talk less, look less and use your brains less, so you can live a long life!" ”

The little apprentice rubbed his red head, and didn't dare to say anything more.

Two days later, the Du family added another happy event.

First of all, Shangshu Mansion sent one hundred and twenty dowry gifts, a wedding letter sprinkled with gold, and Du Fu set to marry Du Mingjing ten days later.

Then the matchmaker invited by King Ning's Mansion came to the door and passed on Princess Ning's words, and asked to marry Du Mingyan, the eldest daughter of Du Mansion, as King Ning's concubine.

Several sisters of the Du family took refuge in the west room of Mrs. Du's main room, and Du Mingzhu looked at the people shuttling back and forth outside the window, with indistinguishable expressions on their faces.

Du Mingjing passed the painful struggle when she first learned about the marriage, and quickly accepted the reality. She even looked at Du Mingzhu with interest, and said with a smile on the melon seeds in her mouth: "The marriage that the third sister has worked so hard to ask for, I didn't expect it to be cheaper for me, think about it, it's really impermanent." ”