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Chapter 194 The Second Brother’s Engagement
Li Xiao asked his eldest brother in private. After learning his eldest brother's thoughts, he was somewhat moved.

The eldest brother actually thinks about his parents and younger siblings all the time even when he is getting married. She wants to protect such a good brother well.

The Li family was all worried about Li Qingsong's marriage, but there was no movement at Xiang Xiang's Mansion for the time being, which made the Li family feel relieved for the time being.

Min Shulan mentioned Miss Fan Qi to Li Xiao in private. She was a pampered master.

This Fan Qi is the daughter of Fan Xiang's second son, and she is also Fan Xiang's youngest and only granddaughter currently waiting for a maid.

Fan Qi, whose name is Fan Ruoqi, usually relies on the fact that his grandfather is Fan Xiang. He is arrogant in front of many young ladies from aristocratic families, and always has an inexplicable sense of superiority.

Leaving aside the Prime Minister Fan's Mansion itself, her biological aunt is still the Concubine De, one of the current four concubines, and her cousin is the current fourth prince.

Fan Ruoqi and Ji Qian often went to the palace to accompany Concubine De. It was said that they were very popular with Concubine De. Everyone once thought that Fan Qi would be the fourth prince's concubine.It wasn't until the fourth prince's wedding the year before last that everyone gave up this idea.

Li Xiao was still quite curious. Since Concubine De liked her niece so much, why didn't she bring her to her son's backyard? Wasn't it popular in ancient times for "cousin and cousin to get together"?Why did she let her come out to provoke her brother?
Min Shulan poked Li Xiao's forehead in a funny way and whispered: "Fan Xiang's Mansion is the mother clan of the fourth prince. Regardless of whether they are married or not, they are the strongest backing of the fourth prince. On the contrary, the fourth prince's concubine is retained. The position can be used to attract more help to the Fourth Prince."

Li Xiao heard this and understood instantly.

In other words, maybe the Concubine De is being nice to her niece and she hopes that Miss Fan Qi can help her son win over her in the in-law relationship!
I have to say that Li Xiao has found out the truth again.

Fan Xiang asked the emperor to grant a marriage but failed. On the second day after Li Xiao entered the palace, Mrs. Fan also entered the palace.

The atmosphere in Concubine De's Yonghe Palace was a little depressing.

"Mother, what do father think?" Concubine De's tone was unkind, and she did not suppress her worry because the person in front of her was her mother.

"Don't be upset, Madam. In addition to feeling sorry for Qi'er, I also like Editor Li's potential." Mrs. Fan said softly, with a lot of respect in her tone.

Although the person in front of her crawled out of her belly, she was now the emperor's concubine after all. She was already giving her face by not letting her kneel down to salute.

After Mrs. Fan finished speaking, Concubine De snorted and sneered: "Potential? Even if a child from a poor family has potential, it will take at least decades to climb up! Bin'er can't wait for him for decades!"

"Besides, when it comes to potential, there are many people with potential in the aristocratic family, so how could we choose such a small editor to cultivate!"

"This, it's not that Qier just happened to like that person, and your father just wanted to push the boat along..."

"Following the trend? I mentioned to my father back then that I wanted Qi'er to marry Bin'er. What did my father say? Now I'm just going with the flow. I'm afraid it's because Qi'er is the treasure of my fourth brother's palm!"

Few people know that Fan Xiang's legitimate second son is not actually his legitimate son, but the son of a concubine who was fostered under the name of his mistress. It is said to the public that he is a twin born to Mrs. Fan.

And the "phoenix" in Long Fei's womb is today's virtuous concubine.

As everyone knows, Fan Xiang had four sons in total, two direct descendants and two concubines.But no one knew that this second son was a fake.

But in the eyes of Concubine De, Fourth Master Fan, who was loved by Fan Xiang in the eyes of the world, was nothing more than a bastard born of a cheap concubine.

It was only because the concubine was loved by Fan Xiang and was so beautiful that she was fostered under the name of her legitimate mother and became her legitimate son.

"Aunt Shui has been dead for decades, and he is now considered your biological brother. It's just that your father pitied his biological mother for passing away early, so..." Mrs. Fan, even though she has been the wife of the Prime Minister for many years, when talking about Mr. Fan, she still Still lack of confidence. "Only you, mother, believe what you say!" Concubine De hated the irony, "As long as his biological mother is still here, mother, you should worry about the position of your mistress!"

This was a serious statement. When Mrs. Fan heard this, her face turned pale.

Concubine De did not want to say more, but asked Mrs. Fan to bring a message to Fan Xiang, and then ordered him to be sent away.

Not many people knew about Fan Xiang's request for a marriage, but the news that Miss Fan Qi fell in love with Xinke Tanhualang gradually spread.

As a result, those who were optimistic about Li Qingsong had to stop thinking.

On the fifth day of June, Li Qingbai finally came back from the military camp. As soon as he got home, he asked about it.

Li Dashan and his wife were helpless about this and could only act anxiously.

On the sixth day of June, the first round of the martial arts competition officially kicked off.

After a one-day military assessment and four fist and kick competitions over two days, Li Qingbai finally succeeded in getting a place in the second round on the eighth day of August.

Starting in early June, inexplicably, more matchmakers came to visit, but the ones who came to ask about them were Li Qingbai and Li Xiao.

Because Li Qingbai's official rank was too low and he was still a military attache, the families he asked about were all from lower families, but compared to the Li family, they were still much better off.

As for Li Xiao, most of them are the legitimate sons of some aristocratic families, or the legitimate sons of common concubines. Occasionally, there are one or two legitimate sons with higher family lintels, but they are step-brothers...

Throughout June and July, Li Dashan almost turned gray with worry.

Because he was no longer tired of the matchmakers who came to his door, Li Dashan waved his hand and put Li Qingbai's marriage on the agenda.

So at the end of July, the Li family first asked Master Qi for help and talked to Yongchang Bo Hu Rongwei.

They were rejected at first, and the couple felt uncomfortable for two days. But just two days after sighing, they received another message from Mr. Qi, saying that Uncle Hu had already nodded and asked them to invite an official media to come to propose marriage as soon as possible... …

Well, things have turned around and the couple are happily busy again.

Before Li Qingbai participated in the second round of the martial arts examination, he returned home a few days early and went to the Yongchang uncle's house with his parents to propose marriage.

Then he happily went to the competition venue with Hu Die's blessing.

On the day when the results of the second round of Li Qingbai's martial arts examination came out, his marriage to Hu Die was basically finalized, but the date was finally set on the sixth day of March next year, which was an excellent day.

The fifth day of November this year was also a good day to get married. Hu Die was privately willing to come, but Uncle Hu said nothing and insisted on choosing the sixth day of March next year.

Hu Die was sulking with Uncle Hu because of this matter. In the end, it was Li Xiao who talked it over, and then he coyly took the initiative to talk to Uncle Hu, which was considered to have "resolved the old feud".

(End of this chapter)