The little lady in the palace

Chapter 183 Marriage
In Qingyuan, Yuyin was delighted that the eldest son of the emperor "carried" Xiyao away from Hualing Nunnery, but at the same time worried about the possible anger in the family.She had to send many people to inquire about the opinions of the family, so as to deal with all kinds of troubles in time.

And all kinds of things in Hualing Nunnery spread quickly in Beijing, and everyone from the clan nobles to ordinary people were curiously waiting for the next development of the matter.

They vaguely heard that... The Xie family seemed unwilling to marry this Miss Xie to the eldest son of the emperor. Although the two people who were in love with each other finally stopped avoiding this relationship, it is really unclear what the final outcome of the matter will be. Not good.

For a while, many casinos started betting on this matter. The more conservative ones only bet on whether Miss Xie and the eldest son of the emperor can get married; the more exciting games were betting on whether this matter would affect the entire Xie family.

Xi Yao didn't know about these market affairs, what she heard was what her aunt inquired from home.Meng Shiying would go to Qingyuan to look for her every other day, and she would tell him the news, and then the two of them would discuss what to do together.

But three or five days later, he proposed to discuss with Yu Yin.

Xi Yao went with him to the main room of Mingxin Pavilion.In the room, Yu Yinben was teaching Ming Jing how to play chess, and told her with a stern face that she should not regret the game, but Ming Jing still smiled and said coquettishly: "I only regret one step! Just one step!"

When the two entered the room, they happened to hear this sentence, and Meng Shi laughed out loud. The mother and daughter looked over together, and stood up together: "Your Highness."

"Auntie." Meng Shijin bowed, Ming Jing looked at him and then at her mother, and took the initiative to say with great interest, "I'll take my leave first!"

"No need." Meng Shiying blocked her with a smile, glanced at the chessboard and said, "Brother plays chess with you, I promise you to regret the chess as you like."

"Wow!!!" Ming Jing's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

Yu Yin: "..."

She said in her heart that one word from you made all my words just now in vain! ! !
Then Meng Shijin sat where Yuyin had been sitting, and Yuyin and Xiyao sat on the Arhat's bed.While they were talking, the black and white pieces on the chessboard kept falling.Ming Jing really regretted the chess very happily, not only regretting herself, but sometimes she felt that the previous move was not satisfactory, so she first threw her own move back into the chess box, and then threw the big brother's last move into the chess box, and then Regret my last step...

Yu Yin's eyebrows twitched several times when she saw it, and she thought that her brothers and sisters were definitely used to this stinky and shameless repenting aura!
Meng Shiying didn't care, she moved the chess pieces back and forth with her small hands, and only glanced at the chessboard when it was her turn to drop the pieces. Sometimes she was so focused on speaking that she didn't notice, and Ming Jing had to shake her hand in front of his eyes to remind him.

It went on like this for nearly two minutes, until they chatted and understood that "the most likely thing for Xie Jiqing to do is to resign the marriage after the imperial decree comes down", and "he can still go to see Xie Jiqing at this time, no matter how angry Xie Jiqing is. Maybe hit him with your hands, the Xie family won't be so out of proportion." After the two incidents, Meng Shiying finally glanced at the chessboard, and a chess piece fell.

"Ah!" Ming Jing exclaimed.

Yu Yin glanced at her daughter: "Win?"

"I lost..." Ming Jing lay down on the table aggrievedly, sniffling, looking at Meng Shiying wanting to cry without tears, "Your Highness is too powerful!"

Meng Shiying regained his senses, and also lay down on the table, keeping his eyes on the same level as her: "You regretted 63 moves, young master."

There are so many? !Ming Jing felt even worse!

"So if you want to win the chess game but rely on regretting the game, it will never work. It is the right way to improve your chess skills, you know?" Meng Shijin said.

"Oh..." Ming Jing shivered.Glancing at him, pouted, turned to look at Xi Yao: "Cousin!"

"Huh?" Xi Yao sipped her tea and looked at her with a smile.

Ming Jing pointed at the eldest son of the emperor: "My cousin-in-law bullied me!"

"Pfft..." Xi Yao took a sip of tea, covered her cough with a handkerchief for a long time before recovering, her face was red, "Don't yell!"

"..." Meng Shijin looked at Xi Yao and frowned, then touched Ming Jing's forehead with a smile, "Call again?"

"Stop barking..." Ming Jing lowered her head with a guilty expression.

Meng Shiying narrowed his eyes: "Then change the name of cousin to sister-in-law from now on."

"...?" Ming Jing was a little dazed, and didn't quite understand whether he was joking or serious.

She looked at Concubine Mu hesitantly, and saw Concubine Mu was rubbing her temples with her head down.

Yuyin just thinks, let them get married quickly, and let them get bored in their own room and talk sweet words!
So two days later, the entire capital heard that the eldest son of the emperor planned to go to Xie's house to meet the elders of Xie's family in person.

In Xie's mansion, the central hall of Guang En Bo Xie Ci Yuan was completely quiet.

Xie Jiqing's face was always so cold that he could freeze to death. Xie Ci looked at his son several times, but he only sighed for a while.In the end, it was Mrs. Guang Enbo Qiu who spoke first, and said: "This is the end of the matter, let her be."

Xie Jiqing gritted his teeth: "I'll let her do things like this, my mother is too spoiled with her!"

"What Yuyin said is also reasonable." Qiu shook her head, "If you stop it, Xiyao will definitely hate you in the future. Besides, how can you explain the matter of fate? Yuyin was married to Prince Yi back then. At that time, we were all wronged for her, but after all these years, so what?"

"Can Prince Yi compare with the eldest son of the emperor?" Xie Jiqing frowned and looked at his mother, "Being a stepmother and being a widow are not the same thing!"

Yuyin's real grievances were just that when she entered the mansion at the beginning of the year, she had to face the existing concubines and concubines. The imperial concubine had to concubine in front of the former concubine's grave - but this is actually impossible in the clan, each concubine is a famous lady, let them carry the title of concubine to concubine the former concubine, Even if they themselves are happy, their mother's family is not happy?Even if the folks spread the flowers, they would just laugh it off if they fell into the ears of the aristocrats.

Is this the same thing as Xi Yao may be widowed in three to five years? !
Xie Ji was quiet for a while, and said firmly: "It's useless for the eldest son of the emperor to come in person, but if the emperor orders, I will definitely hand in the resignation form to the palace. I'd rather Xi Yao not recognize me as a father than let him She got into this fire pit!"

There was no progress in the conversation between mother and child, Xie Ci also persuaded Xie Jiqing, but Xie Jiqing also did not let go.

Therefore, in two days' time, when Meng Shiying came to visit, what he faced was Xie Jiqing's closed door.

He thought for a while, and directly ordered his servants to lead him to find Xie Jiqing. Xie Jiqing was not surprised that he would find it by himself, and stood in front of the study window without turning back: "Your Highness, you don't need to say anything. I respect your highness's talents, but your highness Everyone has known that she has been ill for many years, and I don't want Xi Yao to be a widow."

Meng Shiying took a breath, raised his hand to signal the servants to leave, and waited until the door was closed before he said, "Master Xie, if I want to marry Xi Yao by force, you can't stop me."

The difference between monarch and minister?

Xie Jiqing looked at the green bamboo outside the window and smiled, reached out and took off the Xiuchun knife and put it on the low cabinet beside him: "Yes, if Your Highness wants your life, you can take it at any time."

The room was silent for a while, and the voice behind him sounded again: "But if I just want to marry her by force, I won't come to see you today."

Meng Shiying made up his mind, lifted his clothes, and knelt down on one knee: "I swear to God, I will treat Xi Yao well as long as I am alive, and please sir..."

"I have never questioned Your Highness's character. I just don't want Xiyao to be a widow. Your Highness, you should know that she is only 16 years old this year. If she is a widow, she may stay there for decades! How will she live like that!" Xie Jiqing snapped back furiously. Turning around, seeing him kneeling suddenly, he choked in shock, "Your Highness, you..."

Meng Shijin's expression was solemn and calm: "I don't want Xiyao to be a widow for me, even if I want to live and die with her... Ever since I nodded and agreed to marry her, I have thought that if my life is not long, before I die I will reconcile with her and let her remarry; if she wants, I can also directly find her next husband's family; if she insists on being a widow... I will choose a pair of children from the clan to adopt to her and accompany her Live the rest of your life."

He thought it through.

Xie Jiqing held his breath and looked away: "Your Highness, please get up first, the Xie family cannot afford such a crime of disrespect."

But Meng Shijin didn't seem to hear: "If Ruuo Xiyao doesn't have to suffer from being a widow, why don't you make her happier? Even if it's only for three or five years."

Xie Jiqing frowned: "Your Highness..."

"Actually, even if she marries someone else, she might not be a widow. No one can tell clearly about life and death." Meng Shiying smiled bitterly, "Please give me a chance."

Xie Jiqing didn't know what else to say to refute him.

He really didn't expect the eldest son of the emperor to say that he was willing to reconcile with Xi Yao first and let Xi Yao remarry.After all, in the royal family of this dynasty, if the husband's family dies and the wife remains a widow, it is a long-standing practice. The whole world is watching, and no one has ever overturned it.

He was silent for a long time, before subconsciously softening his tone: "What Your Highness Chen Xin just said is true and sincere, but if His Highness passes away suddenly... how can we ensure that these things can be done?"

"I will have a suicide note to leave behind, and I will first seek the royal decree from my father." Meng Shiyu said.

Xie Jiqing nodded, but still did not reply.

Meng Shiying was a little apprehensive: "My lord...?"

"The minister will discuss with his wife." Xie Jiqing's eyes were filled with gloom from defeat, he sighed, and went to help Meng Shijin, "Your Highness, please get up."

Meng Shijin got up and the two of them looked at each other, Xie Jiqing suddenly felt that he was just an ordinary young man.

——The eager joy in his eyes was nothing special, Xie Jiqing had seen the same look in Xie Sheng's eyes, and also in You Zexu's eyes.

He couldn't help feeling complicated, looked at Meng Shijin for a long time, and breathed out: "Your Highness, please come back first, minister... I will give His Highness an answer as soon as possible."

"Thank you, my lord!" Meng Shijin cupped his hands and bowed, heaved a sigh of relief, and left.

So a few days later, Jingzhong heard that the eldest son of the emperor was going to marry a wife.

And then, the official canonization decree exploded into Beijing like a thunderbolt.

Immediately afterwards, the Ministry of Rituals selected auspicious days for the zodiac and arranged various ritual matters. The female officials who came out of the palace went back and forth between Qingyuan and Xie's Mansion every day to discuss various rituals with both sides.For a moment, almost the entire capital was envious that the Xie family was going to have a prosperous wife; of course, some people said that the Xie family, who had been dormant for many years, still couldn't let go of their power.

In the Qingyuan, Xi Yao happily crouched in Yu Yin's arms for a long time, needless to say the happiness on her face.

Yu Yin hugged her with a smile, remained silent for a long time, and still said with emotion: "The days go by so fast, two of them got married in a blink of an eye."

"I will come back to see you often..." Xi Yao pursed her lips and gave her some advice, "Actually, why don't you and uncle go out for a walk? He Jing and cousin will go to many places in the coming year, look Funny!"

Yu Yin sighed when she heard her mentioning this.

They also want to go out to have fun, I mentioned it a few years ago, but in the situation in Beijing, Meng Junhuai is in charge of Jin Yiwei, how can he get away?
It would be good for Jingli to calm down quickly.

Yuyin can't help but hope that the emperor will quickly decide on the candidate for the crown prince, as long as it is not Meng Junhuai, anyone will do!

Of course, it would be great if the eldest son of the emperor can recover.

(End of this chapter)