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After a few days, Xie Qing deliberately picked a busy day for Zhao Yanzhi, and went to the Jiaofang Palace.Because according to Cheng Ming, the prince has been running to Xie Hou whenever he is free recently, and basically does not stay in the North Palace.Xie Qing knew it in his heart, he thought, it would be good to visit his sister by the way.

As soon as Xie Qing went there, he saw that the door of the side hall where Empress Xie usually received guests was closed, and she couldn't help but feel a little strange.He waited outside for a while, and found that none of the palace servants and servants who came and went in and out of the Jiaofang Palace on weekdays had disappeared at this time.

Xie Qing hesitated for a moment, and decided to go to the main hall to try his luck, to see if he could meet the Empress Changyu or the Crown Prince Fu's mother, so as to ask the Crown Prince where he was.Xie Qing thought about this, then turned around and walked towards the main hall. When passing by a garden, he heard two people arguing faintly.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, it is freezing cold.The grass is withered and yellow, except for a few plum trees in full bloom, the garden is bare and nothing can cover it.

Although they were a little far away, Xie Qing recognized them at a glance, they were his younger brother and younger sister.

Xie Qing hesitated for a while whether to make peace with her, so she delayed for a while.During this delay, a few unclear arguments drifted into his ears.

"...Brother, you are so courageous!" Empress Xie seemed shocked and angry.

"Ah Xiang, I'm doing this for the good of Xie's family!" Xie Yuan argued unconvinced.

Xie Hou said a few words in a good voice, Xie Qing didn't hear it clearly, and could vaguely tell that she seemed to be persuading Xie Yuan; he only heard that her voice gradually rose again: "Brother, just listen to me." In a word, you can't do that for the sake of thanking the family!"

Xie Yuan sneered, and said "how about my father", "I have made up my mind" and so on, and gradually approached Empress Xie threateningly.Empress Xie was so angry that he trembled all over, pointing at Xie Yuan and being speechless.

Although Xie Qing didn't know why his brother and sister were arguing to such an extent, but looking at his sister's appearance, he still felt very distressed.Xie Qing made up his mind and was about to go out to persuade him, but Xie Hou nodded with a gray face, as if he had compromised.

Xie Yuan said a few more words to Empress Xie in satisfaction, and left first; it was obviously inappropriate for Xie Qing to go out at this time, as if he was eavesdropping.He saw his sister's dejected look, so he decided to go to Xie Hou after watching Ah Sui, and make her happy.

When Xie Qing arrived at the main hall, Zhao Sui was tugging on Huai Qing's sleeve to act coquettishly, and would glance behind Huai Qing from time to time.Huaiqing reprimanded him helplessly from time to time, but her tone was not harsh.Ah Sui, who was already very tall, rubbed against his elder sister and acted like a baby, and Huai Qing, who was sitting upright, was pulled by him from time to time to straighten his clothes. This scene overlapped with the scene of Zhao Yanzhi trying to squeeze into his stiff embrace, Xie Qing suddenly felt sad.

Huaiqing's eyes were sharp, and when Xie Qing was in a daze, she saw him.Huaiqing pushed Ah Sui, and exclaimed in surprise: "Uncle!"

Ah Sui followed her elder sister's gaze, and when she saw Xie Qing, it was as if she saw a life-saving straw.He let go of Huaiqing and ran towards Xie Qing, yelling aggrievedly: "Uncle!"

Ah Sui's attack was neither serious nor serious, Xie Qing was almost thrown to the ground by him.Finally stopped in embarrassment, Xie Qing took advantage of the situation and hugged Ah Sui, jokingly said: "As Sui is getting older, Uncle can't hold him anymore."

Prince Zhao Sui's way of rubbing back and forth in Xie Qing's arms was very much like Zhao Yanzhi back then, Xie Qing secretly hugged those secret wounds, but his heart was still softened by Ah Sui's rubbing.

Ah Sui looked at Xie Qing eagerly with his big eyes flashing, and begged: "Uncle, I don't want a big marriage, can you help me beg my father?"

Xie Qing said helplessly: "Nonsense, how can a person not get married? Your Highness is still young, and when he grows up, he will naturally understand the benefits of a wife."

Ah Sui pouted, and said disdainfully, "I've never met Xie Zhengqing, who knows if she's good or not."

Xie Qing couldn't help laughing, and said persuasively: "The Xie family's daughter is naturally good. Think about it, Your Highness, is the Zhonggong good? Is your son good?"

Ah Sui thought about it, mother and Hu'er are both fine, but----

"No matter how nice she is, I don't want to marry her!"

Xie Qing heard what Ah Sui meant, probably because she has a sweetheart.Xie Qing sighed, and said: "Your Highness wants to marry Zheng Qing, the matter has been announced to the world, and there is no possibility of changing it; if Your Highness loves someone else, she can still be accepted as a good concubine or a child, so I have no choice but to do so reluctantly. "

Ah Sui murmured: "But I don't want to wrong her."

Xie Qing patted Ah Sui's head, and said softly: "Your Highness will understand when he grows up that there are not so many happy things in this world. If His Highness feels that she has been wronged, just treat her better."

Ah Sui looked at Xie Qing full of hope, and after a while he asked cautiously: "Uncle, then, can I want you too?"

Xie Qing's expression darkened immediately, and he blurted out: "Your son won't marry the Zhao family!"

Probably because he felt that his tone was too harsh, Xie Qing held Ah Sui's shoulders and walked towards the case, saying as he walked, "A Sui, when you grow up, you will understand that when you are young, you can't do anything with your heart. Many times obsession is just because you can't ask for it. Anyway... well, anyway, you will understand when you are older."

"Qing taught you a good lesson." A cold voice sounded from the hall door: "A Sui, do you remember what the prime minister said? The intentions of young people are immeasurable."

The familiar voice came from far to near, Xie Qing suddenly turned his head, and Zhao Yanzhi stared at him not far behind him with a half-smile.

"Your Majesty is always happy." Xie Qing lowered his head and bowed slowly.He secretly groaned in his heart, the emperor who obviously inquired about it was very busy today, why did he still bump into him?

But he didn't know that Zhao Yan only heard that he had entered the palace, and found several reasons to convince himself, so he dropped the matter in hand and came here...to see his son.Unexpectedly, before entering the door, he heard such words, Zhao Yanzhi was so depressed that he almost died of anger.

Zhao Yan didn't even look at Xie Qing, snatched his son over, and said angrily: "Ah Sui, whose daughter do you like, tell Ah Weng. Is it possible that you are a royal minister at the shore of the land, and you want to accept her as Liangdi?" You can be a child or a child, anyone's daughter is not considered insulting!"

Asui's eyes lit up when he heard this.But when he saw his uncle with a livid face, he couldn't make up his mind again.While he was hesitating, Cheng Ming walked in from outside the hall.

Xie Qing was angry, Zhao Yan only provoked, and Ah Sui couldn't get off the tiger.Chengming looked at the three people in the hall in a strange situation in surprise, exchanged glances with Huaiqing, and Huaiqing waved his hand helplessly.Chengming pretended not to see him, first saluted Zhao Yanzhi politely, and then met his father.

Ah Sui fled to Chengming's side from the tense battlefield between his father and uncle as if he had been pardoned.Huaiqing walked over and took his father's arm, Zhao Yanzhi smiled a little.

A few people with different thoughts got together to eat the afternoon meal. Zhao Sui felt that this was the weirdest meal he had ever eaten in his life.

Not to mention that Cheng Ming snatched his favorite dish from his desk, which made his whole meal tasteless; it is also needless to say that the eldest sister has changed her usual demeanor of not squinting and describing the dignified, and has been watching secretly. He looked at his father and then at his uncle; he only said that his father hadn't eaten a good bite of the whole meal, and was so busy picking on uncle's thorns that uncle left in a hurry after eating only half a bowl of rice.

After Xie Qing left, Zhao Yanzhi stopped eating.He looked at the juniors with a gloomy expression, which made the atmosphere of the banquet extremely cold.Huaiqing and Chengming hurriedly lowered their heads to eat, only Ah Sui raised his head, and asked his father desperately: "Ah Weng, can I really marry anyone's daughter? Then can I marry Yu'er?"

Zhao Yanyi finally found an outlet to vent his anger from being choked by Xie Qing just now.He slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the table, and snapped: "Nonsense! We raised you up like a jewel like a treasure, is it to be your concubine!"

In a certain aspect, Zhao Sui was really too similar to Zhao Yanzhi. Not only was he not frightened by his father's anger, but he faced up to the difficulties: "Then I will marry her as the princess, okay?"

Cheng Ming couldn't lower his head. Huai Qing had already finished eating, so she asked the maid to refill her bowl of soup.

Zhao Yanzhi sneered: "Didn't you hear the Prime Minister say just now that you won't marry the Zhao family?"

On the eighth day of the first month of the sixth year of Chengguang, it is appropriate to accept the levy.

At this point, the prince's marriage is completely settled, Xie Zhengqing is about to become the legitimate prince concubine, and the two of them just need to choose a date to get married.

After the ceremony of accepting the levy was completed, Zhao Yanzhi held a large banquet in the front hall of Chengde Hall to celebrate the completion of the prince's engagement ceremony.Empresses and princesses, civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, princes and princes gathered in the hall for a while, and it was very lively.

Xie Qing naturally had to attend such an occasion.Xie Qing sat in the front seat, but he didn't exchange many greetings with him; he was also happy and quiet, eating and drinking contentedly.Xie Qing looked at Zhao Yanzhi chatting and drinking with Xie Yuan with a smile on his face, in contrast, Empress Xie and Ah Sui were a little unhappy.

Xie Qing suddenly remembered that he was in such a hurry that day that he forgot to visit his sister; looking at her current state, she was probably still upset about the dispute with Xie Yuan that day.

Xie Qing planned to go to see his sister after the banquet, and find a way to untie her.My brothers and sisters, why do we have to compete for the victory?Besides, now that they are kissing each other again, they should get along well.

He was thinking about what to say so that he could not only explain Xie Hou, but also prevent her from knowing that he accidentally overheard her conversation with A Yuan, when he suddenly heard his name.

Following the voice, Xie Qing raised his head, and saw Empress Xie holding the wine cup in his hand, saying to Xie Yuan: "...I have one more thing to tell Da Sima. Back then, your elder brother and mine were kicked out of the house by our father, and the reason for that matter was It has long been proven to be a misunderstanding; how about taking advantage of today's auspicious day for the prince to bring brother home."

After hearing this, Xie Yuan's good mood plummeted, and even his face sank.Xie Yuan couldn't hide the displeasure in his tone: "Don't bother the palace."

Xie Qing originally had some expectations about returning home, but after hearing the words of the Patriarch of the Xie family, it seems that the possibility of returning to the Xie family in his lifetime is not great.But so many years have passed, it doesn't matter whether he returns to Xie's house or not.Anyway, there is nothing wrong with being alone; anyway, the people who care about him are gone.

It's just that he didn't notice that after listening to Xie Yuan's words, Empress Xie's eyes immediately filled with deep despair.

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Calvin, it’s so uncomfortable, it’s like squeezing toothpaste T_T