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The wife of the Marquis of Wuning smiled and explained, "It's fate. The Xu family had just arrived in Shangjing City when Miss Zeng took them to the farm outside our city to look at foreign goods. Miss Xu has a simple and lively personality and is curious about everything. She got along very well with the boy from my family. The boy fell in love with Miss Xu at that time. Since the Xu family was leaving in a few days, the boy came back and urged me to go to the Xu family to propose marriage.

He had been a playboy for so many years, and now that he finally wanted to settle down and get married, the Marquis and his wife were extremely happy. So the day before yesterday, they asked Elder Zeng to accompany them to the Xu family to arrange the marriage.

Everyone present looked at Madam Xu and Xu Yunguo, because everyone present was from the Xu family and came from a farming family, with no foundation in the court, so no one looked up to them, and they sat in the corner of the crime.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Mrs. Xu nervously clenched her handkerchief and lowered her head, not daring to look up. Xu Yunguo was also nervous, her little face flushed, and she didn't dare to look up at all.

When they came in, no one paid attention to what Xu Yunguo looked like, so now everyone is very curious about how beautiful Xu Yunguo is to make the young master of Wuning Marquis fall in love with her at first sight.

The Queen's face was so ugly that she could hardly maintain her dignity. Today she called these officials' families here to choose a concubine for the Emperor. One or two of them were already engaged, as if it was pre-arranged. Was this a real engagement or a deliberate excuse to shirk responsibility?

Seeing the Queen's impatience, Lady Lu sighed inwardly and said to the Xu family with a smile, "Let me see what kind of angelic beauty this young lady is that Young Master Qi Er is so fond of."

Xu Yun had indeed been given a surprise lesson in etiquette by the wife of the Marquis of Wuning, so when she heard the question, she blushed and stood up and saluted to the wife of the Duke of Lu: "My daughter greets the old lady."

The Lady of the Duke of Lu beckoned her, "Come here, child, let me take a look at you."

Xu Yunguo walked up to her and raised her head shyly. Xu Yunguo was already cute, and she dressed up extra today. It was the nanny beside the wife of Marquis Wuning who did her makeup.

Unlike Su Qin who dressed in a low-key manner, the wife of Marquis Wuning dressed Xu Yunguo more beautifully in order to make everyone more convinced of the marriage.

Although she was shy at this moment, her big, lively eyes and innocent look made her look cute and adorable, and she looked different from the dignified ladies in the capital.

The wife of the Duke of Lu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "No wonder that naughty boy in the Marquis's Mansion calmed down after seeing you. You are truly a lovely woman. Look at how beautiful she is. It's rare to see such a beautiful woman in the capital."

Xu Yunguo said shyly, "Thank you, Madam, for the compliment. I'm plain-looking, but Mr. Qi is the truly handsome one."

The wife of the Duke of Lu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, and everyone present followed suit.

Xu Yunguo's words sounded silly, as she certainly didn't compliment a man on his good looks. But it was precisely because of her silly words that she could show her simplicity and uniqueness as a country girl, and it also made it more obvious that she and Qi Lusheng were in love with each other.

The wife of the Duke of Lu smiled and said to the wife of the Marquis of Wuning, "It seems that these two children really like each other. He is also your second son. He is really a rare beauty. It's up to you. When these two children get married and have children, who knows what kind of beautiful people they will be."

The wife of the Marquis of Wuning also smiled and replied, "What the old lady said is true. You have no idea how much I worried about my second son. He looks like me. If he were a girl with my parents, I would be happier. But he is a boy. He looks like me, so he is too feminine. And he likes to dress up. What girl would want to marry a man who looks like a butterfly all day long?

Fortunately, this girl from the Xu family doesn't dislike him. I'm going to settle this marriage as soon as possible while she's still fresh in my heart, for fear that she'll get tired of him and dislike my second son for not looking manly enough. "

Everyone present burst into laughter again, and the atmosphere became lively again. Although the queen was in a bad mood, she forced herself not to show any anger. Everyone present started to talk and laugh to pass the time.

In fact, some of the people who came today didn't know why the queen received them, but after what happened to the Su and Xu families, they more or less figured out that the queen was unhappy about the engagement of their daughters. There is only one reason why other people's daughters are unhappy about their engagement, and that is the queen, or the emperor, wants them to enter the palace.

For a moment, the people present did not show it on their faces, but they all had their own plans in their hearts. Those who did not want their daughters to enter the palace were thinking in their hearts how to refuse when they were really asked about it. Those who wanted their daughters to enter the palace started to liven up the atmosphere, hoping that the queen would notice their daughters.

However, the queen was in a bad mood due to the blow and didn't want to care about the matter anymore. She didn't mention it again later, but talked about some irrelevant things.

As for who will be allowed to enter the palace in the future, let the emperor worry about it. It is the emperor's problem if others look down on him, not him. It is not that she does not allow those women to enter the palace.

The atmosphere was fine for a while. The Queen gave Su Qin a seat, and she sat obediently behind Madam Su, playing dumb the whole time. Zhao Qingning didn't even look up or speak the whole time, and just stood quietly behind Su Qin, so that no one noticed her identity.

The atmosphere on the Queen's side was good, and the atmosphere on the Emperor's side was also good. It was impossible for the Emperor to ask about the marriage of the daughter of an official. He would leave this matter to the Queen and would not interfere in it anymore, so they talked about political affairs.

This was the first time the emperor met Mr. Zeng, so he talked to him more and asked for a lot of his opinions.

Today, Mr. Zeng answered every question and even took out a strategy book, which was full of his insights over the past few decades. Of course, these insights were not about articles, but about national affairs.

Although he was tired of officialdom and only focused on teaching and writing, he also paid attention to major state affairs. He wrote down some advice that was beneficial to the people and the court, which he had summarized after decades of observation and travel.

He didn't write these for anyone to see at the time, he just wanted to express what he was thinking. The reason he brought them out today was to appease the emperor's anger.

If the emperor knew later that Su Qin and the others were all engaged at the same time, he would definitely realize that something was wrong. He would definitely be angry and feel that he had been fooled. These people did not take him seriously at all. With his fragile heart that had been hurt by King Liang, he might even take revenge on them.

He needs the wholehearted assistance of the court officials and the strong support of great scholars like Mr. Zeng. If Mr. Zeng offers these strategies to the emperor, it will be a treasure of the sky for the emperor. It will not matter whether there are women in the palace who can restrain them. When the emperor knows the truth, he will not be so angry.

This was what Su Qin had thought of. Originally, she wanted to write it herself and submit it in the name of Mr. Zeng or Su Jijing. Unexpectedly, after Mr. Zeng saw what she wrote, he took out his own writing and said that they should be presented to the emperor together.

Although I didn't intend to show it to others when I wrote it, I just wrote it down as I felt, but I definitely have a hope in my heart that these ideas can have a chance to be realized.

In the past, he did not trust the court or the emperor, but now the new emperor is young and has the ambition to become a wise ruler. The court officials have also been cleaned up and there are more honest officials. He thought that perhaps his ideas might have a chance to be realized, so he willingly put them forward.