Chapter 92
Xie Jingshan: "Ah, I know what you mean, but when I think about marrying my daughter there, maybe the food and clothing will not be as good as at home, I feel..."
Zhiyi said helplessly: "That also requires Sister Yuan's consent."
Qu Watanabe: "Sister Yuan, do you want to observe Mr. Tong Er? As long as you nod, I will do it for you."
Yuan Jie'er glanced at her parents, then bit her lip and nodded.
"Of course I do."
Qu Dubian immediately found Xia Fuyang, a social expert, to seduce the second son of the Tong family.
Xia Fuyang took it very seriously.
His mentality at this moment was very different from when he was investigating the young master of the Xiang family some time ago. At that time, he just wanted to go out and have fun, but now...
Yuan Jie'er is Concubine Xuan's niece, and Qu Dubian is Concubine Xuan's adopted son, so they are cousins if you round them off.
It is possible that Xia Fuyang will follow the Seventh Prince in the future. If we round it off and make an equivalent exchange, Yuan Jie'er is Xia Fuyang's cousin.
Find a husband with good character and potential for your cousin. Who knows, he might be Xiaoqi's helper or colleague in the future.
Two days before the New Year, Xia Fuyang took the second son of the Tong family to visit the temple. At the same time, Zhiyi set out from Xie's house with Feng, the guards and Yuan Jie'er.
With special permission from Emperor Chongzhao, Zhiyi was allowed to stay outside the palace.
Qu Dubian originally wanted to go, but he was ordered by Emperor Chongzhao to stay in the palace, and he said that it was inappropriate for a prince to transform himself into a matchmaker.
He lost the chance to be the first to see the show and did not go with them. Instead, he had to work hard to clean the Fengxian Hall with Lao Deng, the empress, and his brothers.
Qu Dubian slipped outside with a broom in hand, blatantly paddling and slacking off, but no one said anything to him.
He sat on the steps outside Fengxian Hall, chin in his hand, lost in thought.
While thinking about the meeting between Young Master Tong and Sister Yuan in the temple, I felt that time passed so quickly.
When he first came to work here, he was chasing ostriches in a puppy cart.
The Sixth Prince also sneaked over and complained with a sigh: "It's too painful. Can't you just symbolically clean it up a few times? In the middle of winter, I'm wiping the dust with a rag. My hands are going to be frozen like pig's trotters."
"Xiao Qi, I envy you so much. Your father never lets you touch cold water."
Qu Dubian glanced at him and said, "But I have to jump up and wipe the dust off the beams."
In the past, the only one who could jump up to wipe the dust was Empress Xuan. Now, with him joining them, their Shunning Palace is now a professional group of people who can wipe the dust and jump high.
He patted the Sixth Prince on the shoulder and said, "You need to practice more. Fifth Brother has already started to focus on training. Don't let yourself be the weakest one in the end."
The Sixth Prince: "Practicing martial arts is so tiring, and I am healthy, so why would I follow you... ah!"
He was suddenly hit hard on the top of his head. Turning around, he saw the Fourth Prince holding a feather duster and looking down at him.
The Sixth Prince: "What are you doing?"
The fourth prince turned his head and lazily shouted, "Father, my sixth brother is being lazy."
Emperor Chongzhao looked over here, wiped the sweat from his head, and said angrily: "Xiaoliu! All of you come over here and work!"
The Sixth Prince glared at the Fourth Prince and left angrily.
The fourth prince leaned close to Qu Du's ear and whispered, "Don't listen to Xiaoliu's nonsense. I think your martial arts training is useful. You looked very handsome when you flew onto the beam. Keep going. It will definitely be good for your health."
The Sixth Brother's EQ is sometimes horribly low. When he said those things in front of the Seventh Brother, it really hurt his heart. He doesn't act like a big brother at all.
Qu Dubian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's okay, Fourth Brother, I know Sixth Brother is a little stupid."
He and the Fourth Prince took a break together before slowly entering the palace.
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The second day.
Annual banquet for all officials.
Emperor Chongzhao hosted a banquet for his ministers. Of course, this year there was also an additional guest, Prince Yuruo from Nanning.
The clothes to be worn for the banquet were delivered by palace servants after the Fengxian Hall was cleaned yesterday.
Zhiyi stayed at Xie's house with Yuan Jie'er for one night, and talked about many girls' private matters. She only came back this afternoon.
Qu Watanabe also learned about the follow-up affairs between Yuan Jie'er and the young master of the Tong family from Zhiyi - these two people fell in love with each other.
Qu Duanbian couldn't help but wonder: "How long have you only met? You've already fallen in love with each other."
Zhiyi smiled and said, "The second young master of the Tong family is not bad looking, but he is too shy and blushes easily."
"There is a poetry competition in the temple, so Sister Yuan wrote two lines of poetry and hung them up. Then she went to the pavilion on the side and waited for Xia Fuyang to pull the second son of the Tong family under the tree. We also arranged a plot where two gangsters bullied the little beggar to see how the son of the Tong family would react."
Qu Dubian thought that this plot was a bit clichéd, "And then, the young master of the Tong family beat the people away?"
"It was Xia Fuyang who pretended to make a move and scared them. The second son of the Tong family also stood up, but he stepped on his own shoes and hit them directly in front of the little beggar's broken bowl, scaring the child so much that he almost took money out of his pocket to give him New Year's money," Zhiyi couldn't help laughing.
That's so stupid.
Qu Dubian listened with great interest: "Then how come they fell in love with each other?"
Zhiyi: "He is a little bit stupid, but he has good talent. He searched around the tree where the poems were hung and matched the poem that Sister Yuan left. I saw that it matched very well."
"I took Sister Yuan out of the pavilion, pretending to meet by chance, and walked together for a while. Sister Yuan and the second son of the Tong family were stumbling over each other's words, and it was obvious that they were talking about poetry. I could see clearly that their ears were red."
She affirmed, "It's definitely possible."
Qu Watanabe: "That's good. The most important thing is that Sister Yuan likes it."
Zhiyi: "My aunt is also very satisfied, but she still needs to convince my uncle." She held her face and said, "Brother, do you think I will meet someone I like in the future?"
Qu Watanabe: "Sister, you are less than thirteen years old, there is no need to rush. Even if we meet, if you can't get past me, then that won't work."
Zhiyi just asked and quickly put the question behind her: "Okay, let's change our clothes quickly, we will go to the banquet later."
Qu Dubian picked up the dress and said, "Right away, right away."
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On the way to Wo Lin Palace, Qu Dubian and Zhiyi separated.
She was going to follow the Queen and the Second Princess Sihe and go in early, while Qu Dubian was going to walk in front of the main hall with his brothers.
The steps of the Wo Lin Hall are also very high.
When Qu Dubian arrived here, the eldest prince and the third prince had already arrived.
Standing next to the eldest prince was his consort Shu Wenxin.
Qu Dubian greeted: "Big brother, big sister-in-law, third brother."
Shu Wenxin smiled and said, "Seventh Prince, I am usually in the mansion taking care of things, so I haven't seen you. If you have time, come and play with your eldest brother, and I will cook for you myself."
The eldest prince said: "Yes, your sister-in-law is a good cook, but she hates the heavy smoke, so every time she cooks, I have to ask her three times before she is willing to go. Come to my house more often, and I will take advantage of you."
Qu Duanbian smiled and said, "Okay."
The third prince glanced at the eldest prince and put his arm around Qu Dubian's shoulders, "Xiao Qi, you can't favor one over the other. Big brother has a beautiful woman to accompany him, but third brother is all alone. When you go to big brother's place, don't forget third brother."
Qu Watanabe: "Don't worry."
There were ministers passing by on both sides. Some of them paid their respects and left, while others stopped to greet them - mainly with the eldest prince and the third prince.
Shu Wenxin checked the time and whispered to the eldest prince, "I'll go in first. Mother and the Queen should be in the back hall right now."
The eldest prince: "Okay."
Shu Wenxin bowed and left.
Not long after, the fourth, fifth and sixth princes also arrived.
The fifth and sixth princes were traveling together. The sixth prince put his elbow on the fifth prince's shoulder and leaned close to whisper something. The fifth prince responded from time to time, which made the fourth prince, who came alone next to him, seem isolated.
When Qu Dubian saw the Fourth Prince, he felt relieved and waved his hand: "Fourth brother, come quickly!"
The eldest brother and the third brother were fighting each other, and he was the piece of cloth that was pulled back and forth in the middle. He really could not maintain the smiling expression on his face.
The fourth prince took a few quick steps and said, "You are here very early."
Qu Watanabe: "Of course you are slow in the prince's place. I am closer." He whispered in her ear, "Did you have a fight with Sixth Brother?"
The fourth prince did not hide it at all: "I don't like it, I don't indulge it, and I don't bother to care."
The Sixth Prince had sharp ears and turned his head instantly: "Who are you looking for?"
The fifth prince began to mediate.
Qu Watanabe: “…”
He thought the scene was damn familiar.
Wasn't that what happened to the second and third brothers at that time? Two of them were fighting and pulling each other's hair, while the other one was trying to stop the fight.
So they successfully paired up as threes, and he was the only one single?
Qu Watanabe: "You are all here, why don't you see my second brother?"
The Third Prince: "When I entered the palace, I saw his carriage going towards the back street of the Prince's Palace. I don't know who he was traveling with."
"oh……"
Then the only one missing is my second brother.
Qu Dubian followed them, waiting in boredom. He stood between the fourth and sixth brothers to prevent them from fighting again.
About three to five minutes later, the second prince's gentle, apologetic voice came from behind: "Royal brother, brothers, I'm a little late."
Qu Duan turned around and sighed: "Second brother, you finally--"
He paused.
His eyes unconsciously fell on the young man beside the second prince.
This man was about sixteen or seventeen years old and had a pair of very special light gray eyes.
【Name: Yu Ruo
Favorability: 3]
It turned out to be Prince Yu Ruo of Nanning?
The Second Prince: "Prince Yuruo has just arrived in the capital, so he must not know the rules of the palace. I just took a detour and walked with him, so I was a little late."
The eldest prince twitched his lips and said unceremoniously: "Nanning is just a loser, why bother with this."
Yu Ruo said calmly: "Where can we find an ever-victorious general here?"
"Alright, alright," the Second Prince tried to smooth things over and introduced them to Yu Ruo one by one. When he came to Qu Duan, the Second Prince's smile deepened, "This is my youngest brother, the seventh."
Yu Ruo's gaze stopped on Qu Dubian.
So it was him.
The prince who foiled his plan.
The collected information said that the Seventh Prince had been sick for many years, but from his perspective, the Seventh Prince had a ruddy and lustrous complexion and bright eyes. He was not a pale and sickly person who would fall down at the slightest gust of wind.
He smiled at Qu Duanbian and said, "Hello, Seventh Prince."
Qu Watanabe: "It's OK, generally good."
I was tricked by him, but this person's favorability is still positive? Is the simulator a bit outrageous? He and Yu Ruo have a naturally antagonistic relationship, how can he improve his favorability?
The fourth prince yawned and said, "Okay, now that everyone is here, shall we go?"
"Let's go, let's go."
Qu Dubian and the fourth prince stood on the far left, followed by the fifth and sixth princes on the right, then the eldest prince and the third prince, the second prince and Yu Ruo on the far right.
There are seven princes of the Great Zhou and one hostage in Nanning.
Almost all the powerful people who could compete for the throne of the king in this generation gathered here. They walked towards the main hall of Wo Lin Palace together and stepped into the center of the power vortex of the Great Zhou.
The hall was already brightly lit.
The palace maids lowered their heads and entered the hall quietly, serving dishes and wine.
The eunuch screamed, "Your Majesty is here——!"
The dark hem of the emperor's robe slowly passed by.
Qu Dubian also stood up with his brothers and all the civil and military officials, bowing to welcome Emperor Chongzhao.
He heard his own voice merge into the deep and mighty shouts:
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
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