The two of them walked into the hall together, saluted the queen, and sat down under her. The queen is from the past, and when she saw that Wei Yangyang's cheeks and earlobes were flushed, she glanced at her son meaningfully, and Shen Mingyuan began to fidget. Fortunately, the queen didn't ask much, only said, "Let's eat." ”

Wei Yangyang likes to be most lively on weekdays, even if he eats alone, he will talk to himself non-stop. But today she always felt that something was wrong, but she didn't see anything wrong, and she didn't dare to speak out, just eating silently. She thought to herself: "It would be good if Wen Ru was here, she would definitely be able to see the clues." She was just very hungry, and soon she ate all the rice in the bowl, and wanted to add a little more, and then she thought about it, she was so good that she could not make people laugh.

The queen was surprised to see that there was not a single grain of rice left in her bowl: "Are you hungry?" Didn't you eat in the morning? Wei Yangyang was a little embarrassed by the question, and was about to shake his head when he saw Shen Mingyuan staring at her. Thinking of what he had just confessed, and wanting to tell the truth to the lady, he hastened to say, "I'm not too hungry, I just eat a lot." ”

The queen saw that she was in good health and a martial arts practitioner, so she said to her kindly: "It is a good thing to be able to eat." "Tell the palace maid to serve her another bowl of rice. Wei Yangyang was afraid of people's jokes, so he hurriedly explained: "When we were fighting, we sometimes encountered enemy troops and couldn't eat for two days. You have to kill the enemy while you are hungry, and you can only eat when you are done. So I've made it a habit to eat here every time I eat," she said, pointing to her throat: "You can't stop until you eat here, because you don't know when you can eat next time." ”

She is the daughter of the general soldier who guards Haixi, and she has to endure so much hardship. The queen is a mother, and she feels a little sorry for her: "It is really hard to protect the country and the people." But don't worry, in the future," she glanced at her son, and then said, "I won't be hungry in Huadu in the future." It's okay, let's eat. ”

Wei Yangyang ate the second bowl of rice cleanly, and the queen asked, "Is it enough?" Wei Yangyang hurriedly put down the chopsticks and replied to her seriously: "Enough, thank you, madam, I'm already full." It's just that my father ruled that there should be no leftovers, so everyone in our family had to eat all the food in their bowls. Whoever can't eat it will not be allowed to eat it at the next meal. The rules she said were peculiar, and the queen smiled and asked, "Oh, the guards are so strict?" ”

Wei Yangyang was accustomed to this rule, and he didn't find it funny: "Yes, my father said that Haixi's own grain is not enough, and the imperial court must find a way to raise it from the Central Plains and then transport it to the north, and the freight per load of rice is five times higher than that of other places." It is equivalent to the tax revenue of the three counties, which supports our Haixi Prefecture. Sometimes the grain convoy will encounter enemy troops, and each cart of grain will be counted and it will take two lives to deliver. Whoever wastes food is a waste of the court, the court,"

Seeing that she was stuck, Shen Mingyuan reminded in a low voice: "Public money." Wei Yangyang then replied: "Yes, yes, it is a waste of the public funds of the imperial court." Shen Mingyuan saw that the queen was listening to her with a smile in her eyes, and hurriedly explained for her: "She is usually like this in the palace, as long as she touches the dishes, she will try to eat them as much as possible." ”

She is an official woman, and eating the rice in the bowl in front of the guests is very rude, no different from the reincarnation of a starving ghost. But recently, the Yellow River has overflowed, and the hungry people are everywhere, and the imperial court has sent money and grain to Kaifeng and several nearby prefectures, and the treasury has suddenly become tight. Emperor Jiahou himself set an example and began to save money, and the queen was the master of the harem, so she naturally took the lead in reducing the number of cases in her palace to relieve the victims. Wei Yangyang's habit has become an admirable virtue in this time of crisis.

Therefore, the queen nodded approvingly: "General Wei is very good at educating children. So there are so many people in your family, are they still harmonious? Do the brothers compete for favor? Did the concubines have any quarrels? This question is very simple, Wei Yangyang blurted out: "Harmony, who in our Wei family can be the chief soldier, it is based on military merit, not on the basis of the elder and youngest, so no one is dissatisfied." If you don't accept it, you will fight more battles and kill more enemies, and you will surpass your brothers. My aunt is better at home, if there is a dispute between her son and daughter-in-law, she will scold her son first, and then her daughter-in-law; If my father knows, it will be a kick, my son will be beaten, my daughter-in-law will be scolded, and my brother and sister-in-law will not dare to argue on weekdays. ”

When the queen heard her say this, she felt funny: "The temper of the general guard does not look very good." Wei Yangyang did not deny this: "Yes, the hostile four countries gave my father a nickname, called "Three Watches of Yama". In the Hercynian area, everyone called him King Weiyan. Shen Mingyuan saw that the queen was puzzled, and added: "The nickname of General Wei Bing is the meaning that whoever the king of Hades lets the third watch die, and whoever will not live to the fifth watch." That is, the people of Shikoku think that he is very powerful and will kill people. ”

Wei Yangyang continued his words and said: "Yes, when the people of the Four Kingdoms coax the children, if it is said that King Wei Yan is coming, it is said that the children dare not cry anymore, and even the dogs in the yard dare not make a sound. "The queen has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and she has never heard such a funny and terrible thing. She even disregarded her image and laughed out loud: "I have seen General Wei a few times, he is tall, magnificent, and doesn't talk much, but it's not like you said, how can he be so scary in Haixi?" ”

When it came to his father, Wei Yangyang was so frightened that he even shrunk his neck: "My father is handsome and unsmiling, and he has a big beard. When he straightened his face and didn't speak, he was very scary, and everyone in the family was afraid of him. "The queen had seen her kung fu and knew that she was very brave. It can be seen that when she mentioned the garrison, she was scared like a little rabbit, so she couldn't help but smile and asked her: "Then have you been beaten?" Wei Yangyang shook his head: "I am a girl, I am only scolded and punished, not beaten." If my brothers make a mistake, they will be beaten. ”

The queen suddenly remembered that Wei Shuping and his wife were rumored to be very affectionate, so she asked her: "Then did he beat your mother?" Wei Yangyang hurriedly denied: "He didn't dare to beat my mother, the only one in our family who was not afraid of him was my mother." The queen was a little strange: "Oh? I've seen your mother once or twice from afar, and she's not a dominatrix. ”

mentioned his mother, Wei Yangyang said more: "My aunt has a good temper, but my father just doesn't dare to provoke her, even if she takes a concubine, she has to agree." The silver and rent collection in our family are all managed by my mother, and everyone's monthly silver distribution, new clothes, and new jewelry are all arranged by my mother. Unless my brothers marry a daughter-in-law and divide a new house, everyone's money will have to be handed over to my aunt to dispose of. Including my father's handsome. ”

She said that Wei Shuping did not dare to provoke Mrs. Wei, obviously because Wei Shuping respected his wife very much. But she didn't understand the reason why husband and wife raised their eyebrows, she only felt that her father was leading the three armies outside, but she was afraid of her mother when she went home. The queen praised Mrs. Wei very much: "Your mother is also right to be very strict in governing the family, you have many brothers, and boys are always naughty, if you don't discipline them strictly, you will inevitably cause trouble." ”

She knew that Wei Bingge and Wei Bingji's family were wives and concubines in harmony, and now she heard Wei Yangyang say this, and she wanted to come to this Wei family, and they got along very well. The queen asked Wei Yangyang a few more questions, and when she saw that the time was almost up, she looked at her lovingly: "Leave you to eat, delay your recovery, and go back early to rest in a while." Wei Yangyang was granted amnesty: "Yes." ”

The queen took off a jade bracelet from her left wrist and handed it to her: "I have come to worship the temple today, and I have not brought anything good. This bracelet, just thank you for your righteous action just now, okay? Wei Yangyang didn't know how to distinguish the jade bracelet from A, B, C, etc., but she saw that the bracelet was emerald green, thinking that it should be very expensive, so she shook her hand: "That's just a gesture, Mrs. has already invited me to dinner, so you don't need to send me something." ”

Shen Mingyuan hurriedly walked up to her and prompted: "Madam gives it to you, you can keep it." When she met the queen for the first time, she didn't dare to accept her gifts, but still shook her head: "I can't accept it." Shen Mingyuan saw that she didn't listen to persuasion, so he was so anxious to pull her sleeve. The queen asked her, "Why can't you take it?" Wei Yangyang said the rules of the family again: "My father does not allow us to accept other people's things casually, such as gold and silver jewelry, antique paintings." ”

The queen let out an "oh", looked at Shen Mingyuan, looked at her again, and deliberately asked, "Are you willing to accept the things that King Qinghe gave you?" Wei Yangyang accepted Shen Mingyuan's gift, which Wei Bingge knew and allowed, so she replied: "What King Qinghe gave me is some fun and delicious food." Shen Mingyuan hurriedly explained: "What I gave me was just some small toys, which were not worth a few silver. ”

The queen looked suddenly enlightened: "Oh, no wonder King Qinghe has been working so hard recently, desperately studying "Heavenly Creations", it turns out that he is pleasing the beauties." The queen said this in front of Shen Mingyuan, and he was very embarrassed: "No, no, I study because I can use it when building bridges and paving roads, erecting waterwheels, and building embankments." ”

Seeing that Wei Yangyang insisted on not accepting it, the queen took back the bracelet: "That's fine, wait for the next time we meet, I'll give you a big gift." Wei Yangyang still refused: "I really don't need to." Shen Mingyuan pinched her right arm and motioned for her to stop talking. The queen knew that the two of them wanted to stay longer, so she said with a very good eye: "Then I will go back first." The two of them hurriedly saluted the queen. But the queen walked to the door of the dining hall, and turned to Shen Mingyuan and ordered: "Your Highness, please come to my house tomorrow." Shen Mingyuan hurriedly agreed: "Yes, yes." ”

Seeing off the queen, the two of them also walked down the mountain, Wei Yangyang saw that Shen Mingyuan's face was completely different from that in the morning, and it was even more strange: "Your Highness, why are you so happy?" and before eating, it is like two people. Shen Mingyuan was very happy: "Didn't you hear Mrs. Tang say just now that she wants to give you a big gift?" He thought to himself, the queen mother came today, it must have been the eight characters of the two of them, just to see the future daughter-in-law. Thinking that the problem of the eight characters was solved, the queen was also very satisfied just now, he was relieved and naturally happy.

It is also strange to say that since he met the queen on the day of the fight, Wei Yangyang's injuries recovered quickly and he could move back to Guiyuan to live. Shen Mingyuan knew that she had been bored for a long time, so he asked her out to fly a kite, which was the scene that Shen Minghuang saw on the Mingyue Tower.

The big beauty kite made by Shen Mingyuan, when flying in the sky, the skirt of the beauty will swing with the wind, as if it is dancing. Although Wei Yangyang had an old injury and couldn't stand up and play by herself, she was still very happy. I haven't been out for a long time, and it's good to watch others fly kites.

Shen Mingyuan handed the kite string to a small eunuch, told him to keep running, then walked to Wei Yangyang and sat down, and asked her, "I promised to do it for you, okay?" Wei Yangyang smiled and clapped his hands: "Very good." She suddenly remembered something, so she asked, "Your Highness, my aunt sent a message to say that the Ministry of Rites sent someone to my house to take my birthday away." Is it that the emperor is in charge of my marriage? ”

Shen Mingyuan was very happy to hear this, and even when he drank tea, he had an indelible smile on his face: "Naturally." ”

Wei Yangyang was a little apprehensive: "I don't know if I will be pointed out to His Highness, I went to Wen Ru and asked her to help ask Song Shangshu, but she also said she didn't know." Shen Mingyuan knew that the queen must have gone to the emperor to bring up this matter, and he must have been sure that he was nine out of ten, so he teased her: "Whoever your father points you to, you will marry whomever the emperor points you to, what is there to ask, is it possible that you still dare to resist the decree?" ”

Wei Yangyang was a little shy and a little scared: "Then, then I have to know who it is, right?" Shen Mingyuan pointed at himself, very proud: "Who else can it be?" Of course, it's the king of Qinghe. Wei Yangyang was speechless for a while when he said the central matter, but he was not convinced, so he asked him rhetorically: "How can Your Highness be so sure, what if the eight characters do not match?" What if the emperor points someone else to His Highness? ”

Shen Mingyuan laughed: "How is it possible? Do you think that the marriage of the princes will be decided by the father and the emperor just by eight characters? ”

Wei Yangyang's face was full of doubts: "Isn't it? Isn't it to be combined? ”

Shen Mingyuan leaned closer to her and whispered: "It's just a matter of marrying the princess, as long as the horses have a good family background, good knowledge, and good character." To marry the prince, it is necessary to choose the sisters or daughters of the officials of the fourth rank or above, and the father's family and the mother's family must be checked for at least three generations, and the three generations must have a harmonious family and a prosperous family. The father and brother must be excellent or good in the assessment of the ministry for at least three years, and the mother and sister-in-law must be knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous, which is qualified. Then, at least three candidates who are in good health and compatible with the eight characters are selected, and then the father and the emperor determine which of these three will be matched to the prince. You think it's that easy? ”

Wei Yangyang thought that his father was a third-rank military attaché, and he was only just enough to be selected, so he said hesitantly: "Then, isn't there two other people, who are with me, yes," Shen Mingyuan nodded: "Yes, there are three people in total, and they are candidates who want to marry me." Well, the list is in the Ministry of Rites, and it's kept secret, and I don't know who the other two are. ”

Wei Yangyang was a little helpless and a little lost: "Then I may also lose the election." ”

Shen Mingyuan had long known that the queen had sent someone to check the Wei family up and down. The Wei family has always had only sons and no daughters, if she hadn't moved to Huadu this time, no one would have noticed that in addition to the seven wolves and eight tigers, there was actually a daughter in the Wei family, so she had never entered the emperor's marriage list before. Shen Mingyuan deliberately teased her: "If you lose the election, what will you do?" ”

Wei Yangyang bit her lower lip and thought about it carefully, if the emperor didn't like her, what could she do? She couldn't change the result, so she said helplessly: "Then I'll go back to Haixi Blue Camp and continue to kill the enemy to earn money." Or, or marry someone else. "Hey"! Shen Mingyuan's face changed abruptly, and he grabbed her hand tightly. She had never seen Shen Mingyuan look so serious, and she was a little scared: "There are people here, Your Highness, don't pull me." ”

Shen Mingyuan looked at her, word by word, very seriously: "I have seen your hair, you are destined to marry King Qinghe, don't think about being able to marry someone else." Don't mention it again in the future, remember? Wei Yangyang was so frightened that he hurriedly nodded: "Remember, remember." ”