"Your Majesty, didn't the Empress say that she had chosen Lord Yan's eldest son as the Fourth Princess's consort? The consort and Your Majesty are family, so this servant said that half of Lord Yan's children were raised for Your Majesty."
Li Guangde thought about the banknotes in his arms and thought that this was the best a miscellaneous person could do.
Emperor Jingxi just remembered this matter and after pondering for a moment, he wrote an imperial edict.
"You old man, go to the Yan family and deliver the order! I want to know how Lord Yan will react when he finds out that half of the children he raised are for me."
*
Fengyi Palace.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Li has left the palace with the imperial edict." The head palace maid reported.
The Queen finally relaxed her tense heart, but the Fourth Princess felt embarrassed.
"Mother, why are you so anxious? Wouldn't it be better to wait until he passes the imperial examination and then ask the Emperor for an imperial decree granting him a marriage?"
The Queen tapped her forehead lightly and said angrily, "What do you know? Mother is afraid that after Yan Zhuo wins the sixth place in the imperial examination, the number of girls who want to marry him will increase several times, and you won't be able to compete with others."
"I'm a princess. What other girl in the world can snatch me away?"
"You may be a princess, but you are not the most important person in your father's heart. If someone who is more favored by your father than you asks your father to grant Yan Zhuo a marriage, do you think your father will still remember you?"
“…Who is more important than me in my father’s heart?”
The fourth princess said this stubbornly, with her lips pouted high.
In fact, she knew that her position in Emperor Jingxi's heart was only slightly better than her other sisters.
If she changed the track, there would be many people queuing above her.
The Queen saw it more clearly than the Fourth Princess. In Emperor Jingxi's heart, the mother and daughter ranked just so-so, and in order to achieve certain results, some means had to be used.
——If you were to ask who in the harem is the most beloved by the Emperor...
The queen thought back to many years ago when she had just married into the Great Xia Empire. Seeing how docile and obedient she was, Emperor Jingxi told her bluntly that she was not allowed to tamper with the Zhaoyang Palace, and he would not care about anything else as long as he didn't find out.
At that time, the queen felt sorry for the women in the harem.
All the people in the palace combined are no match for one person.
The queen also felt sorry for the person who seemed to have won the love of Emperor Jingxi.
The emperor's love is just like that. Even if you receive the most favor, you still have to share a husband with other women.
To be honest, she envied her daughter when it came to getting married.
She chose a good husband for her daughter, but no one cared about her opinion back then.
The Queen gently held the Fourth Princess's hand and said, "The Yan family has a good tradition. After you marry Yan Zhuo, you must not act capriciously. Treat him and his family well."
She knew that if she just said that, the Fourth Princess might not take it seriously.
So she mentioned someone else.
"Otherwise, your eighth brother will be worried. He cares deeply about the Yan family that raised him. If you get into trouble with the Yan family, who will your eighth brother help?"
The Queen really understood the Fourth Princess and knew that she cared very much about the people she liked.
The fourth princess was indeed in control and nodded heavily.
"I understand. I will get along well with them and won't make things difficult for my eighth brother."
*
Shortly after Yan Cheng left the Qianqing Palace, he met a familiar eunuch - the eunuch with a split head that Chun Shou met.
The eunuch holding the broom was very excited to see him, his eyes full of gratitude, as if he regarded him as the seventh prince.
Yan Cheng certainly couldn't let him misunderstand her any further, so he stopped and spoke to him for a few words.
Then I learned that the eunuch's name was Li Zhicai and he was seventeen years old.
Li Zhicai was a little disappointed when he found out that he was not the seventh prince, but he loved him and was very respectful to him.
Li Zhicai has not yet recognized Li Guangde as his relative. He does odd jobs in the palace and is very busy on a daily basis.
Yan Cheng didn't say much to him. He had nothing to say to him. Seeing other eunuchs coming over, he walked away.
Because he was not in a hurry, he did not walk fast. In addition, he was delayed for a while by Li Zhicai, and he was soon caught up by Li Guangde who was about to leave the palace.
When Li Guangde saw him, he bowed and greeted him with a smile.
"Is Eunuch Li going to announce the imperial decree?"
Yan Cheng asked when he saw the gold in Li Guangde's hand.
Li Guangde did not hide it: "This is the imperial decree granting the marriage between the Fourth Princess and Lord Yan's eldest son, written by the Emperor himself."
The implication is how much the emperor cares about the fourth princess and the Yan family.
"This is a great joy." Yan Cheng took out a purse and stuffed it into Li Guangde's hand. "Eunuch Li, please enjoy the joy."
"Your Highness, you are too polite."
Having said this, Li Guangde swiftly collected the light purse, feeling satisfied, and spoke a few more words to Yan Cheng.
"Your Highness the Eighth Prince is going to the Yan Residence tomorrow? Would you like me to inform the Yan Family in advance?"
Yan Cheng frowned and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Eunuch Li."
"It's no trouble. It's my honor to deliver a message for His Highness the Eighth Prince. By the way, Your Highness, I have a question. You said the palm and the back of the hand are both made of flesh. Which is more important?"
"If I were to say, the palm of your hand has more flesh, so it must be more important."
Li Guangde suddenly slapped himself lightly, looking anxious.
"Oh, Eighth Prince, look, I've been talking to you for so long. If you don't leave now, it will be too late. I'll leave first."
Yan Cheng raised his two hands and looked at them repeatedly. There was a faint crease between his eyebrows.
Which is more important, the palm or the back of the hand?
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