Finally, Ren Yaoqi moved. Blushing, she stood up from Xiao Jingxi's arms. This time, Xiao Jingxi let her go.
"Do you have anything else to talk to me about?" Ren Yaoqi glanced at Xiao Jingxi and asked softly.
Xiao Jingxi was in a good mood at the moment. He pulled Ren Yaoqi to sit in the middle of the room and poured her a cup of tea. "I heard that you have agreed to Zhu Ruomei's marriage?"
"Zhu Ruomei is yours. Why does he need my permission for his marriage? He asked to marry my maid, and I agreed." Ren Yaoqi said with his head down.
Xiao Jingxi chuckled when he heard this, looked at Ren Yaoqi and said, "Who said he doesn't need your approval for his marriage? He is mine."
The meaning of Xiao Jingxi's words was very straightforward, how could Ren Yaoqi not understand? But it was difficult to respond or refute this.
Xiao Jingxi didn't want to embarrass Ren Yaoqi, even though he loved her blushing and shy look. "I want to discuss with you whether his wedding date can be moved up."
Ren Yaoqi then looked up at him, somewhat surprised: "The wedding date is being moved forward? How far forward?" Zhu Ruomei's wedding date was set by the Zhu family themselves. Now that they suddenly wanted to change the date, and Xiao Jingxi had to come and tell her, Ren Yaoqi was of course surprised.
Xiao Jingxi pondered and said, "The sooner the better. How about after the Dragon Boat Festival?"
Ren Yaoqi was even more surprised when he heard this. Today was the second day of the Chinese New Year, and the fifth day was the Dragon Boat Festival. That meant Zhu Ruomei's marriage would be arranged in a few days.
"Why are we in such a hurry? What happened?" If Zhu Ruomei wasn't already quite old, Ren Yaoqi would have thought that getting married at the end of June was too early, and he was afraid that they wouldn't be able to prepare in just two or three months.
"I want Zhu Ruomei to go on a long trip. If his wedding date is not advanced, it will probably be postponed. I asked him what he thought, and he said he wanted to get married earlier." Xiao Jingxi said.
Ren Yaoqi glanced at Xiao Jingxi. Xiao Jingxi must have asked Zhu Ruomei to go on a long trip because he had something important to tell him to do. Ren Yaoqi originally wanted to ask for clarification. After all, Xueli was hers, and it would be wrong for her not to ask. However, Ren Yaoqi was afraid that these were things she shouldn't ask, and that asking would embarrass Xiao Jingxi.
Xiao Jingxi looked at Ren Yaoqi's expression and naturally understood what she was thinking. He smiled and said, "You know that the Queen Mother has selected ten young ladies to come to Yanbei with three court officials, right? They are ostensibly here for the Thousand Gold Banquet and the book 'Yanshanhetuzhi', but in reality, they are not here for that."
Upon hearing this, Ren Yaoqi immediately thought of what he had asked Yuan Dayong to find out last time. Among those officials, perhaps only Pei Zhiyan came for the "Yanshan Hetuzhi", and the other two officials came to reopen border trade with the Liao people.
Ren Yaoqi nodded: "I asked someone to inquire about it last time." Now it has always been clear that Yuan Dayong could know all this, which must have been due to Xiao Jingxi's instructions.
Xiao Jingxi didn't hold the view that women in the inner court shouldn't interfere with matters outside the court. Xiao Jinglin was also a woman, but that didn't stop him from appreciating her in certain ways. And Ren Yaoqi, who was about to become his wife, was also a woman he admired, so Xiao Jingxi didn't mind Ren Yaoqi knowing about these matters.
"The new King of Liao was only fifteen years old when he succeeded to the throne, so it's inevitable that he is full of youthful vigor. He has led troops to invade the south every year since he took the throne, but he could not enter Jiajing Pass no matter what. His prestige in the Liao Kingdom has greatly decreased. The old King of Liao's last wife, Queen Shunzhen, is the niece of the governor of the Northern Courtyard. Queen Shunzhen joined forces with the Northern Courtyard to support her young son to replace him. In order to win over the Southern Courtyard, the new King of Liao married the daughter of the King of the Southern Courtyard. Don't look at this Southern Courtyard King who is usually quiet. When he plays tricks, few people in the Liao Kingdom can match him. This time, the King of Liao sent people to quietly go to Beijing to ask for peace with the Zhou court, which was the intention of the Southern Courtyard King." Xiao Jingxi analyzed the situation in the Liao Kingdom to Ren Yaoqi.
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