The two of them are in a hurry to go back because Cheng'er will be fifteen in the New Year, this family affair really has to look at each other, there are many banquets at the end of the year, and Yan Yunzhou's body is much better this year, so it is inevitable that he will have to communicate with various prefectures, and he will know more about it.

On the day when the two returned home, it was snowing in the capital, and the carriage stopped in front of the palace, and when Ning Yi got out of the car, he saw a person wearing a blue tunic and cloak striding down the steps, not someone else, it was Yan Xincheng.

"Second uncle, second uncle, you are finally back."

Since Ning Ji came back this time, Yan Xincheng and Yan Yueqi changed their names to Ning Qi's second uncle, although it is also weird, but it is always much better than the second aunt, and Ning Qi also gladly accepted this title.

Yan Yunzhou got out of the car, and was slightly surprised when he saw Yan Xincheng at this moment, they had been walking for more than half a year, this kid was not short, and now he was more than half a head taller than when they left, and his body was almost not much shorter than him.

Yan Yunzhou raised his hand and patted his nephew's shoulder, and shook his arm:

"Well, I haven't seen us for almost a year, and I've been a lot stronger, have you missed your homework?"

Yan Xincheng touched his nose and stood beside his uncle obediently:

"Second uncle, do you care about your schoolwork as soon as you meet?"

Yan Yunzhou knows best what kind of character his nephew is, and he will not fall on horseback:

"Naturally, you thought I didn't know about the North Camp?"

Ning Ji smiled and watched the two uncles and nephews come and go, Yan Xingcheng spoke, but his eyes were still a little worried, looking up and down at Yan Yunzhou:

"Second uncle, how is your body? It's snowing in the capital, and it's even more bitter cold in the north, so why don't you come back earlier? ”

Yan Yunzhou was very sick in winter a few years ago, he was not very old at that time, and Yan Yunzhou was very sick and he didn't see them, so as long as he saw the door of Fenghua Courtyard closed, he knew that the second uncle was very sick.

Yan Yunzhou subconsciously wanted to rub his head, but found that the child was almost as tall as him, and he couldn't reach his head, so he smiled:

"Second Uncle is fine, don't you think it's good? With your second uncle here, don't worry. ”

The three of them entered the palace together, and Cheng Qingqian personally cooked for lunch, and the family sat together for a reunion dinner.

She and Ning Qi were very close, although they hadn't seen each other for almost a year, they still came to Ning Ji's side, and Yan Yunzhou didn't know how the two of them had so much to say.

And Ning Qi also brought back gifts, some folk gadgets in the north, and a small cloak made of white fox fur that he searched for in the north.

is very similar to the one on Luo Yueli's body, there is no trace of variegated hair on the whole body, and he also has a hood, the fur is fluffy, and it is the best color when he looks at it.

How can a girl not like beautiful clothes, Yan Yueqi looked at the white fox's cloak and the bright grape eyes lit up:

"It's so beautiful, second uncle, is this what you hunted?"

Yan Yunzhou raised his hand to pour wine while looking at Ning Yi teasingly:

"Your second uncle wanted to hunt for you, and he went to the mountain twice and didn't see the fox fur, but when he went down the mountain, he fortunately hung his head, which he found a lot of hunters to make up the white fox skin."

Ning Ji glared at him:

"As long as you talk a lot, go and try it and show us."

The little girl immediately put on her cloak and put on her hood, and her delicate little face was lined with a palm-sized face in the hood, and she was a little shy and embarrassed when she looked at everyone:

"Is it pretty?"

Yan Yunzhou touched his niece's head, and there was a smile of appreciation in his eyes:

"Good-looking, there's no better girl than our daughter."

After the meal, Cheng Qingqian took Ji'er back to the room, and even Cheng'er was sent away, while Yan Yunzhou and Ning Qi also sat down to drink tea, and had no intention of saying goodbye and returning to the courtyard.

Yan Yunzhou put down the teacup and spoke:

"Sister-in-law, but you are optimistic about Cheng'er?"

Cheng Qingqian took a few portraits and brochures:

"Not yet, but now Cheng'er's age has also arrived, and there are more people inquiring about the banquet in Beijing in the past half a year, this is a few women in Beijing who are interested in marrying at the banquet, all here, you can help take a look."

Yan Yunzhou picked up the booklet, which was not the girl's name, but the door and the house.

"The highest in this family is the granddaughter of the prince Taibao Li's family, and the rest are the second daughter of the imperial history of Zuodu, the eldest daughter of the commander of Tongzhi, and the third daughter of the general Fengguo..."

The prince Taibao is from the first grade, and Master Li is even more than twice as the phase, this family is not high, although the rank of Zuodu Yushi is not as high as that of the prince Taibao, but it is in charge of the Inspectorate, and it is a position of real power, Cheng Qingqian does not dare to set it without authorization, and he still has to wait for Yan Yunzhou to get an idea.

"Have you seen all these girls and sisters-in-law?"

Cheng Qingqian nodded:

"I've seen it, just two months ago, at the chrysanthemum banquet, the girls of all families of school age also came out and walked around, looking at themselves are smart and cute, and the daughters of several families who have been married are also quite filial piety."

Ning Zhi only spoke up at this moment:

"I don't think the door is that important, Cheng'er has seen it herself? Do you have a favorite? ”

Cheng Qingqian smiled, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with Ning's words, after all, she and Shizi had known each other since childhood:

"When the child is older, he won't tell me about such things, but Jin Chu can ask."

Coming out of Cheng Qingqian's courtyard, Yan Yunzhou went back like Ning Qi walking, and Ning Qi spoke:

"Hey, what kind of family do you want Cheng'er to find? I just listened to my sister-in-law's meaning, and it seemed that I didn't want to find a door that was too high. ”

Perhaps it was because the situation of the palace had been caught in the cracks a few years ago, Yan Yunzhou and Li Qi were tense, which made Cheng Qingqian too careful, Yan Yunzhou's eyes had a trace of helplessness, but he just reached out and held Ning Qi's hand, and gently tilted his head:

"I'll talk to you later."

"What's there to sell about this?"

After entering the house, Ning Yi washed his hands and wiped his face with a towel before he spoke:

"Hurry up, what about hanging my appetite?"

Yan Yunzhou sat at the table, his eyes were slightly helpless:

"Sister-in-law is careful, but it may not be all because of the situation of the palace, she is also thinking about Cheng'er's future, afraid that one day he will fall into an embarrassing situation."

Ning Yi frowned slightly, but didn't understand too much:

"What do you mean? What does it mean to be afraid that he will one day fall into an embarrassing situation? ”

Yan Yunzhou's eyes seemed to be smiling, and he suddenly pulled the person to his side, and let Ning Ji sit on his lap, even if he changed his knees, Ning Ji didn't dare to sit down, and he was about to get up subconsciously, but he was pulled down, and he sat on his lap weakly, and then Yan Yunzhou's palm was attached to his lower abdomen.

"Because you can't give birth, there is no precedent for this prince to marry a male princess, but if you want to count the previous dynasty, the male princess can't give birth, so the prince married a flat wife, and the child born is also a son-in-law.

After all, my sister-in-law is afraid that I will come to Japan or want to have a queen, and then find someone else, wouldn't Cheng'er be embarrassed at that time? The parents' beloved son has far-reaching plans, and she doesn't want Cheng'er to be too aggressive. ”

Ning Yi opened his mouth and got up from his lap at once, with an unkind expression:

"Okay, this prince is privileged, why didn't I see you say that you can still marry a flat wife in the past?"

Yan Yunzhou was stunned for a moment, should the focus of this matter be here?

"I told you before that I would only have you, isn't it the same whether you are a wife or a concubine? I won't have any. ”

Ning Qi sat to the side and looked at him obliquely, Yan Yunzhou smiled:

"Vinegar?"

"Vinegar hair, if you really want to have a queen, hurry up and find someone else as soon as possible, and I will also move back to my Hou Mansion."

Joke, when he was still the one who would rather have nowhere to go? Yan Yunzhou smiled and took his hand:

"Didn't I mean my sister-in-law's worries? Is there still a conscience? If I really want a child, I don't want it for the three years you died? Do you want to wait until now to find someone else at the risk of you bombarding the palace? Quick, pluck your conscience from the ground. ”

Ning Yi was amused by his statement, he actually said that, how could he not believe Yan Yunzhou when they came to this point?

"Sister-in-law's worries are not unreasonable, what are you going to do?"

"In the past few days, I am ready to write a book, request, officially canonize Cheng'er as the prince of the palace, Cheng'er should also go out to experience the experience at this age, this palace will rely on him in the future, with this name, what to do is also justified."

Although Yan Yunzhou has always pinned the future of the palace on Yan Xincheng, after all, Yan Xincheng is not a canonized prince now, and he is one level worse after all.

"It's okay, I don't think you can marry blindly and dumbly, you see, your Yan family doesn't have a tradition of taking concubines, Cheng'er has been taught by her sister-in-law since she was a child, and most of them will only have this one wife in the future, so you have to choose a favorite one, otherwise how will these two live in the future?"

Ning is not a native of this era, and has an instinctive resistance to the words of the matchmaker of his parents, which is like a scratch ticket, and he doesn't know if there are any surprises until the day of marriage, if he likes it, it's okay, if he really marries someone he doesn't like, it's not interesting to live this life.

After Yan Yunzhou wrote the book, the holy decree came down quickly, and the next day Zhang Fu personally went to the palace to announce the decree, and the smiling inner official stood in the courtyard, and after the decree was announced, he personally handed the holy decree to the hands of Yan Xincheng, who knelt on the ground with wide eyes:

"Shizi, take the order quickly."

Yan Xin hurriedly took the holy decree with both hands, and his eyes looked at Yan Yunzhou:

"Second uncle."

Yan Yunzhou was standing at the moment, but he could touch his head:

"Stupid, this prince is the only one in the palace, you should be more diligent in the future, do you know?"

A few days later, Yan Yunzhou and Ning Qi led Yan Xincheng to the outskirts of Beijing to hunt, but the snow had already fallen, and it was best to hunt hares at this time.

Ning Yao's riding and shooting, riding is okay, this shooting is really very ordinary, and he has not practiced it in the north for more than half a year, Yan Yunzhou is not in a hurry at all and rides a horse to follow him:

"One more arrow, shoot that."

Ning Ji kept shooting arrows with a bow, but the result was that there was no harvest, and he was more Buddhist at the beginning, but then he watched Yan Xincheng hunt three, and he was a little overhead.

But the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't shoot, and Yan Yunzhou, who had been looking at him, was a little angry:

"Don't follow me all the time, the rabbits are scared away by you."

Yan Yunzhou, who was disgusted without vain, couldn't cry or laugh, he simply got off the horse, and then directly flew and sat behind Ning Qi, put his hand around the person in front of him, and Ning Qi turned around:

"What are you doing?"

"Help you shoot rabbits, our Hou Ye has no harvest this night."

Rather...

In the second half, Yan Yunzhou held Ning Qi's arm to shoot arrows, and finally captured two gray hares, which were roasted in the courtyard at night, and the three uncles and nephews surrounded the fire, Ning Qi and Yan Yunzhou glanced at each other and handed Yan Qicheng a wine bag:

"Come, it's at home today, it's okay to drink more."

According to Yan Xincheng's age, he can already participate in the gatherings between the children of some officials in Beijing, but Cheng Qingqing is strict, and it is okay to drink outside, but he must not drink too much, let alone get drunk, so Yan Xincheng has always been very measured, but he doesn't want to be planted in the hands of his uncle today.

Yan Yunzhou and Ning Ji drank this little rookie chicken, it was really a piece of cake, Ning Qi looked at Yan Xincheng, whose eyes were a little straight, and made a "up" gesture to Yan Yunzhou, Yan Yunzhou patted his nephew's shoulder:

"Cheng'er, tell your uncle, do you have a favorite girl from anyone's family?"

Yan Xincheng had already lowered his head from drinking, and when he heard this, his eyes looked at Yan Yunzhou a little blankly, and his movements were a little sluggish, do you like it? What does it mean to like?

"Yes."

Ning Yao's eyes widened:

"Who is it?"