Duke Ping was surprised. This girl usually didn't want to hear about this matter. What happened today? Did she change her mind after returning from a trip to the border?
Some ministers nearby began to make plans in their minds. There were one or two unmarried young men in their families. Although they were young, it didn't matter.
After all, what girl doesn't like a handsome young man?
We must take advantage of the moment when Princess Jinyang agrees to let her family prepare the portrait and send it over!
Some people even prepared portraits of young men of marriageable age in their family in advance, just waiting for this day.
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After the court session that day, the two girls, who had not seen each other for a long time, came together.
Liu Miaoqing: "You've been at the border for months and haven't even sent me a letter. I was worried that something might have gone wrong along the way."
Su Juan smiled and said, "I just stayed a little longer, nothing went wrong."
Liu Miaoqing remembered that Su Juan returned to Beijing yesterday, listening to Beijing? "
What do you care about the relationship between men and women? Anyway, as long as she's acceptable, life can be lived well, and she can help you take care of the things outside the house, that's enough.
Hearing this, Su Juan glanced at the portrait in Shen Ruhui's hand and said, "It looks wrong."
The palace maid brought the portrait and put it aside, and the voice came in.
Shen Ruhui put the portrait aside, not caring about the damaged one, and immediately picked up another one to look at it carefully.
Cai Yi on the side said, "It is time for Your Highness to marry a close friend to share your daily worries."
[You are a bad boy who has been delayed for a long time. What's wrong with you learning? 】
[Shy young man, boring. 】
When the portrait was delivered, Shen Ruhui and Cai Yi were both there. They had just finished chatting about business and were drinking tea.
Shen Ruhui, who was standing by, was curious, "These portraits for him to choose a husband?"
Su Juan hesitated for a while, and finally told her what happened at the border. "Only Shi Yuan and Xie Xun know about this. Now it's fine for you and me to know about it, but no one else should know about it."
Hearing this, Shen Ruhui glanced at Su Juan and smiled as if to expose the truth. He put the portrait aside and said that it was okay for Meng Lang to be a reckless person, but he still disliked people who were shy.
Liu Miaoqing didn't expect that Shen Ruhui would go to the South at this time. The war has not stopped yet. I am alone and I know what I will face.
When the matter was brought up, Cai Yi still looked as serious as usual, as if it was a trivial matter that could not be delayed.
Su Juan smiled, [Back then, the court officials urged the old emperor to choose a crown prince from the royal family, and urged me to appoint a crown prince. I didn't respond to any of their words. Is there a reason for everything? ]
Su Juan laughed loudly.
Su Juan touched her ear. Seeing that he was avoiding the topic, even Cai Yi brought it up, she could only smile and change the subject. "Master Cai Duo, if I remember correctly, he is still getting married. He should think about his own life first. If necessary, you can't help him with his advice."
Shen Ruhui: "Can I learn that kind of thing?"
Shen Ruhui nodded and talked about some recent events before asking about today's events. "He really wants to marry a husband. Just now you heard us, Mr. Shen, say that we want to send the portraits outside the palace back to the Empress for review."
Su Juan: "Nothing is bad, and you are not a follower."
Cai Yi at the side also took a look and saw that most of them were familiar faces, so he said, "You know the second son of the He family. He has a very bad character and poor talent. He writes bad articles. It's just that the eldest son of the family suppressed him and he was destined to have a career in the government."
Shen Ruhui said something, but he was thinking in his heart: His Majesty has already had a crown prince, could he also have one?
There are very few portraits, no more than seventy people, and putting them all here seems a bit sloppy.
"Mr. Shen Xiaoyi."
You lowered your eyes and continued to look at your own portrait. At first you actually spotted an ugly-looking person. You also asked Cai Yi about it, and then you put the portrait away, preparing to ask someone to inquire about it. If the person is suitable, you will prepare a generous gift and invite the person to propose marriage.
Shen Ruhui was slightly stunned, "That's too bad."
"The bad thing is that there is no one to help here. If anything goes wrong, we can get away with it safely."
"Your Highness, the Empress has ordered the male servant to deliver the portrait."
Su Juan stared at Shen Ruhui and raised her eyebrows, "That's wrong, but it suits your taste."
Cai Yi frowned slightly, "Your Highness."
After the emperor has reviewed it, it will be sent to Su Juan. By then, will she really be able to make a choice?
They had discussed it earlier and decided to tell others that Shen Ruhui had gone traveling, so that if others noticed that there was someone missing from his side, they would not become suspicious.
Seeing Su Juan's eyes widen and full of evil curiosity, Cai Yi said helplessly, "Your Highness, this is the eldest son of Minister Mu of the Ministry of War. He hates going out. I heard that he hates to play with flowers and plants outside. He has been to poetry gatherings a few times. Maybe he hates it. He comes here to see people. He is quite quiet."
Su Juan nodded, took two sips of tea, and saw that Shen Ruhui's eyes were glued to the portrait. She knew that you had been looking for a son-in-law recently, but there was no suitable one. She smiled and said, "Look if you want."
Shen Ruhui shook his head. His Majesty had not just chosen a minister to assist Ajuan, but had clearly hired a teacher.
She remembered that Shen Ruhui went to the border with Su Juan. Could something have happened?
Hearing this, Niu Yuanlan looked confused: "?"
The Queen was really cunning in selecting some and ordered people to send the portraits to Su Juan.
When the emperor learned about that, he told his concubine to choose a bad person for Su, and that those with bad character must not be accepted.
The court officials moved very slowly. After just one day, a small pile of portraits was sent outside the imperial palace. The emperor was not surprised to see the scene.
Su Juan only glanced at the portrait, and when she wanted to look at it again, Shen Ruhui had not yet collected the portraits, so it was obvious that he had chosen one.
Su Juan raised her eyebrows. Look, he was urging others to do so many things and now it involves himself. It was really troublesome.
Who is Ajuan learning from?
Su Juan smiled and nodded, following Cai Yi's lead, "Qida is gone."
Su Juan was silent, Cai Yi looked pleased, you coughed heavily, "Aren't you going with us to have a look, listen to some music or something, why not come with us?"
Cai Yi took another look and said, "Although the eldest son of the Du family has bad looks and talents, he is not reckless in his conduct and often hangs out in brothels."
Su Juan also took a look and said, "Well, you don't remember that. You ran into me when you and Xie Xun were visiting the brothel later."
Niu Yuanlan remained silent, but put the damaged portrait under her body, as if avoiding Su Juan.
Cai Yi declined, "How can I trouble Your Majesty with such trivial matters?"
Cai Yi had a stern face, like an old scholar, and said to Su Juan in a serious voice, "Your Highness can go to these places further ahead."
Among those portraits that were sent, there are relatively few families with children. Perhaps you can really find a suitable one.
The main issue is that there is no response to any sentence, and everything has a previous context.
Su Juan waved her hand, "You just said something perfunctorily, and you want it now?"