When Nian Gengyao and the Fourth Master became friends, Kangxi had died. The Fourth Master asked Nian Gengyao to trap "General Wang Shisi", and Nian Gengyao did so for his future.

The 'Great General Wang' was trapped in the northwest, and the Fourth Master took the opportunity to successfully ascend the throne and become the emperor without any obstacles. In this way, the monarch and his subject became familiar with each other.

Unfortunately, the relationship lasted only a little over a year. The following year was filled with suspicion, suppression, and finally fabricated charges.

Yu Suisui also dug out even funnier things from Nian Minyue's memory. Nian Gengyao had a bad relationship with Longkodo, a minister who was a close follower of the Fourth Master. The Fourth Master wanted to smooth things over, and in order to improve the relationship between them, he adopted Nian Gengyao's most outstanding eldest son, Nian Xi, to Longkodo, which resulted in Nian Xi's death in his twenties.

Yes, Nian Xi, the child of Nian Gengyao and Nalan, was also a very good student. He passed the imperial examination when he was a teenager. He lived well at home, but his "uncle" the Fourth Master sent him to the home of his archenemy.

The excuse was: let Nian Gengyao and Longkodo get closer.

Yu Sui had a bunch of dirty words in his mind that he couldn't utter out loud, and he really felt that the Fourth Master was mentally ill.

Forget it, the Fourth Master has done countless cool things like this.

"How about waiting until later, during the Dragon Boat Festival, and then asking second brother to go?" At that time, she should be participating in the selection in the palace. This year there is the Spring Examination, so the selection has been postponed for a while, after all, the Ministry of Rites is too busy.

Mrs. Nian sighed and had to resort to this method. “I’ll ask the housekeeper to pick a date. We’ll go to Yunju Temple and stay there for two days so you can worship your parents properly. After the selection is over and we’re done with your second brother’s affairs, we’ll go back to Hubei.” Mrs. Nian still liked Hubei a little better. In the capital, the ladies of this family and that family would greet everyone they met. She was used to the leisurely life in Hubei and was not at all used to such a life when she returned.

Yu Suisui did not refuse and treated it as a short trip.

Nian Gengyao knelt in front of the ancestral tablet for an hour, and when he stood up, he walked with a limp.

Yu Suisui found it funny to see him grinning. Nian Gengyao hadn't grown a big beard yet, and he still looked like a handsome young man.

"Third sister, please beg mother for mercy. She is just a prostitute. I won't bring her back. Why would she be angry?" Nian Gengyao didn't understand. He was not going to bring her home or take her as a concubine. He was just playing around outside. How could it bother his mother?

Yu Suisui: Is this a matter of whether to bring her back or not? It's not about worrying about affecting Nian Gengyao's marriage.

"Second brother, Lord Mingzhu has only one wife, no concubines or maids." Yu Suisui said it very bluntly. Your boss wants to marry his granddaughter to you, but you are a playboy, so this will have a great impact.

Nian Gengyao: "That's because his wife is too fierce!" How could a man really be willing to live with a woman? He is just playing around outside, and he must have only one wife at home.

"Second brother, for your health, you'd better change this bad habit as soon as possible." Yu Suisui was speaking the truth. If you walk on the road too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. If you get infected with syphilis or something one day, it will be too late to regret.

"Or, if Second Brother has a daughter in the future, he wants her to marry a lustful and promiscuous dandy?"

Nian Gengyao immediately retorted, "How is that possible!" If he had a daughter, he would definitely choose a man with outstanding talent and character to marry his daughter.

Yu Suisui gave him a meaningful look.

Nian Gengyao was still young, and when he thought of what he had done, his face immediately turned red and he felt embarrassed.

"Forget it, forget it. I can't argue with you. I will listen to my mother from now on." Nalan was pretty, and she was the daughter of a man as talented as Nalan Rongruo. Nian Gengyao was already satisfied with her, but his mother had controlled him strictly in the past and he had never held a woman's hand. But after arriving in the capital, he followed his friends and was dazzled by the world of pleasure.

The marriage negotiations between Nian Gengyao and Nalan went very smoothly. Mrs. Nian felt that her family had made a fortune.

The three books and six ceremonies were things that had to be prepared. In addition, when Nian Xiyao got married, she prepared a pair of mutton-fat jade bracelets for her daughter-in-law. However, since Nalan came from a wealthy and prominent family, she was afraid that such a gift might be a little simple.

But they can't add too much. If the parents are partial, it will easily lead to discord among the brothers. Mrs. Nian knows her second son's temper and personality very well.

Yu Suisui watched as Mrs. Nian was so worried about this matter that she couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

"Or we can find someone to meet and talk things out." Yu Suisui felt that if the matter was discussed face to face, it would be less likely for trouble to arise in the future.

Madam Nian clapped her hands and immediately adopted this suggestion. She took Yu Suisui and went to the Buddhist temple in the suburbs of Beijing as agreed with the Nalan family.

The temple is full of peach blossoms, like smoke and mist. Mingzhu's wife is a princess from the royal family, with a straightforward personality and temper.

After hearing what Mrs. Nian said, she said directly: "You are an open-minded person, unlike those Han people who like to beat around the bush. I will tell you the truth. The girl in my family has a gentle temper. Just one thing, don't let your son bully her." She had found out everything about Nian Gengyao's prostitution and was unwilling to do so at first.

But not long after, Nian Gengyao changed his ways. It was said that it was his mother who controlled him.

It's OK to have someone to take care of it. Nian Gengyao is a man of outstanding talents, and the situation of their family is just like this. Picking a mediocre person may not be good. People like Nian Gengyao are lucky to have a quiet family without so many twists and turns.

Nian Xialing has had only one wife and one concubine for all these years, which is relatively clean.

Nian Xiyao also has only one wife, no concubines or maids. It is said that she did not have any children in the past few years, and he did not urge her to take a concubine to have children.

The child in her family is Rong Ruo, and he also has a miserable life. If her father were alive, he would definitely choose a higher position, but unfortunately her father passed away early, so... it's better not to talk about it.

Madam Nian assured: "That won't happen, Princess. I swear in front of the Bodhisattva that I will never let my son bully her." The purpose of marrying a daughter-in-law is to strengthen the family, not to find someone to bully.

Seeing how sincere she was, Jueluo returned the favor. She looked at Yu Suisui and immediately asked, "What are your plans for your daughter?" Is she going to send her to the palace, or go home to choose a man?

Madam Nian did not hide it and said frankly, "My family is a small one with not many people. If I send my daughter to the palace, there will be no one to support her. It is not good." Her family was not a big family, and with a small population, their daughters had to be sent to study with hired teachers, so they never thought of letting their daughters enter the palace.

Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. From now on, I'm afraid the mother and daughter will never see each other again.

No way, no way!

After hearing this, Jueluo was very pleased and pulled Madam Nian close to her, "If you don't want to, I'll say hello to someone and come back home after the last selection." It would not be good to be eliminated before the final selection, but it would be fine as long as she was eliminated before the emperor personally reviewed the selection.

When the time comes, you can come home and find a husband of your dreams, which is better than staying in the palace to serve the emperor.

Moreover, these people didn’t know what the situation was in the palace. The place where the concubines lived was small and narrow, and there were many people. They didn’t dare to say much and felt very depressed.

"Thank you so much, Princess." Madam Nian stood up and bowed. This solved her big problem.

Yu Suisui sat beside Nalan, not saying much. She had no choice but to say whatever she wanted to say. If she said she wanted to enter the palace, Madam Nian might immediately postpone her to the selection three years later.

Nalan was a gentle and elegant person, and she spoke in a soft and polite manner, which was different from Nian Gengyao's loud and resounding voice when he spoke to her.

"You two young people, go and have fun!" Jueluo felt that she and Madam Nian hit it off from the first sight and wanted to chat more, so she sent the two young girls out.

Nalan stood up and bowed gently before taking Yu Suisui out.

"Sister, have you been here before?" The two had just met, so the conversation was awkward.

Yu Suisui nodded and said, "I came here when I was a child, and this is the first time I've come here since I grew up." Nian Minyue had lived in Beijing for a few years before, and after Nian Xialing was promoted, she moved to Hubei with him.

Nalan smiled and said, "I haven't been to other places. What's the difference between Hubei and the capital?" She had lived in the capital since she was a child, and the farthest place she had been to was Rehe. Sometimes, Mafa would be taken there by the emperor, and at that time, Mama would take the opportunity to take them there.

But such opportunities are rare now. Mama said that in the past, when Mafa was favored by the emperor, she would go almost every year.

Nowadays, I only think about it once every three to five years.

Just as Yu Suisui was about to say it, Nalan pulled Yu Suisui aside and whispered, "That's the Fourth Lady. Let's not join in the fun."

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