Hearing his grandfather mention "marrying a wife and starting a family", Xiao Qingyan remembered that he also had a fiancée who had not yet passed the door, the second daughter of the Xu family in Yunling, who was said to be a baby kiss set by his grandfather when he was born.

At that time, my grandfather had been crippled and fell from the top of the proud cloud to the bottom of the quagmire, but Empress Yang was still deeply jealous of her grandfather's strategy, worried that the Xiao family would rise again and take revenge on her.

If a family wants to recover quickly, there is one of the simplest and most direct ways, which is to find a high-ranking family to marry.

In order to dispel Empress Yang's concerns, his grandfather chose the mediocre Xu family to marry him.

"When you set the marriage contract of the Xu family, although it was forced by the situation, but the marriage contract was established, you can't break the promise for no reason, the girl of the Xu family is the same year as you, I heard that the Xu family will hold a ceremony for her tomorrow, and your mother also received an invitation, Xihe, what do you think about this family business? If you can start a family earlier, others will no longer treat you as a child, and you, the young master, can do more justifiably. ”

Xiao Qingyan's eyebrows jumped.

Men should get married, women should get married, and in the matter of urging marriage, it is really the same in ancient and modern times.

She said with a straight face: "Grandfather, the eldest husband should have the world in mind, how can he delay the love of his children? People in the world say that they start a family and start a business, but I think that starting a business is the first and starting a family is the last, Qing Yan once secretly vowed that if I can't revive my Yunling Xiao family in this life, I will never start a family! ”

In fact, marrying a wife is more advantageous to her position, which can not only better disguise her identity, but also make her young master more convincing, as her grandfather said.

But the woman she married back can only be used as a vase for the rest of her life, and the rest of her life will be spent in pain.

She herself doesn't know when she will be able to recover her daughter's body, so why delay the lives of others?

Xiao Pei pondered for a moment and said, "Grandfather is very pleased that you can think like this, but I am afraid that the Xu family will not be able to wait." ”

Xiao Qingyan's eyes flashed slightly, and he knelt on the ground: "Qingyan has sworn to promise this body to the world, but he must not be disappointed by the Xu family girl, and I implore my grandfather to agree, dissolve the marriage contract with the Xu family, and let the Xu family girl find another good match." ”

Xiao Pei did not reply immediately, and there was silence in the study for a long time.

Xiao Qingyan knelt on the ground and never looked up.

She has always had a guess that although the marriage with the Xu family was set by her grandfather himself, perhaps her grandfather himself was not satisfied.

Because he is a high-minded perfectionist and a power-granting man, he is used to making the best choice after weighing his interests.

But obviously, marrying the Xu family does not meet his standards.

After a long time, Xiao Qingyan finally heard his grandfather speak.

"If we hastily withdraw from the marriage, it will inevitably hurt the feelings of the countrymen, and the reputation of the Xu family girl will also be hindered, and this matter needs to be carefully considered."

Xiao Qingyan raised his head at this time and responded: "Yes, it's all up to my grandfather." ”

Sure enough, she was right.

Without having to carry another woman's lifelong happiness, Xiao Qingyan suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Just as he was about to get up, he heard his grandfather say again: "I know that I am lustful and Mu Shaoai, you are now an adult, since you don't want to marry a wife too early, then you will accept a few rooms first." ”

"......" Xiao Qingyan almost slipped on the soles of his feet.

Through-room?

How many more?

Xiao Pei was still talking to himself: "If you like the dumb girl next to you, take her in, don't you mean that she is not born speechless?" That shouldn't affect the heirs, if you can't look down on the other girls in the house, you might as well add a few more beautiful and intelligent ones. ”

Xiao Qingyan lowered his head and knelt upright, the green tendons on his forehead jumped suddenly.

Even if she invites the immortals down, she can't do anything!

When she came back to her senses, she suddenly realized that she could not hear her grandfather's voice, and she looked up in confusion, and her heart jumped, and her grandfather was looking at her with a very strange gaze, which seemed to see her through from the inside out.

"Xihe, the desire of men and women is the natural way of heaven, the beginning of the youth, it is the time when the blood is strong, but your grandfather looks at you as if you are pure and have few desires, and you are old, you tell your grandfather the truth, what is your body...... If this is the case, when it is necessary to seek medical treatment as soon as possible, we will only have you. ”

Xiao Qingyan was under a lot of pressure.

If this continues, my grandfather will have to forcibly verify his identity.

She knelt straight as loose, and said solemnly: "Grandfather Lao is concerned, and my grandson is fine, but he is ...... right now."

She wanted to find an excuse to prevaricate, but she was afraid that the topic would be endless, so she said respectfully: "Qingyan will take this matter to heart." ”

Xiao Pei saw that his grandson was very conscious and had a very correct attitude, so he also nodded with satisfaction.

Xiao Qingyan hurriedly found an excuse to retire.

When he turned around and went out, Xiao Pei suddenly said meaningfully: "Don't you ask me, what does Empress Dowager Yang want from the Xiao family?" ”

Xiao Qingyan smiled: "If there is no such thing, our Xiao family is afraid that many years ago, we would have been wiped out like today's Ji family, since it is such an important thing, since it should be a secret forever, Qingyan does not dare to ask more." ”

Xiao Pei chuckled: "Actually, you can ask." ”

Xiao Qingyan just raised his eyes and looked at him indifferently, without the eagerness to find out the secret or the slightest curiosity.

Joy and anger are invisible, likes and dislikes are not expressed; Joys and sorrows are not overflowing, and life and death are not dependent on the sky.

Xiao Pei is very satisfied with this grandson he has cultivated single-handedly, but he occasionally wants to take a look, what kind of heart will he see after breaking this calm appearance?

He stared at Xiao Qingyan, for a moment, and said slowly: "It's an edict, the edict of Emperor Gaozong." ”

After a long time, Xiao Pei was the only one left in the study.

He pinched the handle of the fan, and his eyes seemed to be smiling, but not smiling.

Oh.

The kid just said "oh" so simply.

But a fifteen-year-old child, he can't even see through it.

Xiao Qingyan left her grandfather's Yueweitang and went straight to her mother's Qingping Residence, and on the way, she went through the conversation with her grandfather from beginning to end, and was relieved to make sure that there were no big mistakes.

There are thousands of faces, there are thousands of ways to deal with them, and talking to smart people is sometimes very simple, but it is also really laborious.

"It turned out to be an edict of succession!" She muttered to herself.

Originally......

More than 20 years ago, the heir to the throne in Emperor Gaozong's mind was not the eldest son who was born stupid, and it turned out that Empress Yang should not have become the queen back then.

It turns out that the position of the queen mother is also unjustifiable.

But this edict must not be passed on to the Xiao family, otherwise the Xiao family will definitely die before the Empress Dowager Yang.

When he arrived at Qingpingju, Xiao Qingyan learned that his mother had gone to the ancestral hall, so he changed his route to the ancestral hall of the Xiao family.

The twilight is four, and the remnant sun is gone.

Xiao Qingyan stood outside the door and watched through the pane as his mother lit the copper lotus lamps in front of the tablet one by one.