Planning to marry the third master

For dinner, Concubine De invited the Emperor to dinner. She seldom took the initiative on weekdays, but today she was worried about something, so she had to invite the Emperor to come.

The emperor was worried at the moment, and his brows were not relaxed. When he came, Concubine De knew the emperor's mood at a glance. She didn't rush to speak, but made soup for the emperor and said, "I think the emperor is busy with government affairs. Come to my place, put aside government affairs first, and have a good rest."

The emperor nodded, coughed twice, and then picked up the soup bowl.

Concubine De asked Yu Huai, "Why is the emperor still coughing?"

Yu Huai bowed and said, "It's getting better these days. Your Highness Prince Yan has been helping the Emperor deal with state affairs, so the Emperor has been able to rest."

Hearing this, Concubine De said, "Then we have to ask the imperial physician to look after her from time to time."

Yu Huai responded: "Yes."

The emperor raised his hand and said, "I have been drinking medicine all day long and asking the imperial physician to watch me. I have become a medicine bottle."

Defei looked worried, and the emperor put down his bowl and wiped his mouth to indicate that he had finished eating.

This made Concubine De even more worried. When people reach a certain age, they can’t eat anymore. If they eat more, they will feel uncomfortable all over. The emperor has already reached this age, and Concubine De did not persuade him to eat more. "Does the emperor want to rest?"

The emperor nodded, stood up and went to the chaise longue where Concubine De usually lay and said, "I will rest here with you for a while."

Defei stood up and went to accompany him, and the palace maid came to remove the untouched food.

After the emperor lay down, Yu Huai withdrew, and Concubine De moved a chair over to help the emperor massage the acupoints.

The emperor rested for a while, his head relaxed, and said, "Yan'er didn't go to court this morning, what is he doing here?"

Defei wanted to say something but stopped herself, mainly because she felt sorry for the emperor. He was really too busy and she couldn't bear it.

The emperor coughed twice again and said, "I have to say that you two, mother and son, treat me as an outsider."

Concubine De rolled her eyes, stopped what she was doing, and said, "I don't want the emperor to worry about Yan'er anymore, so I don't want to say anything more."

"Say it, I'll listen."

"Then I will tell you." Before she started, Concubine De sighed and said, "Speaking of which, I used to envy Prince Hui for having a capable uncle. No matter what Prince Hui did, Yang Ji was always behind him. Do you remember when Prince Hui was eight years old, he was tripped by the eldest prince's men?"

The emperor said "hmm" to indicate that he was listening.

Concubine De said, "After Yang Ji found out, he didn't give anyone face and killed the man in front of the emperor. He also took Prince Hui away from Bianjing. Although the emperor was angry, he could do nothing about it. After all, Yang Ji was protecting your prince. At that time, I envied him, wishing Yan'er also had a capable uncle."

The emperor couldn't help but say: "General Qilin is not capable enough."

"No, he is good enough, and Yan'er likes him too. None of his uncles have ever called him that, but he is the only one who makes Prince Yan happy."

"Isn't that good?"

"Okay, but something very embarrassing happened recently. The emperor probably doesn't know that General Qilin had a brain injury, and he mistook the wrong person. Now that I think about it, his name is not Baili Jimo, his surname is Xie, and he is from Jinling."

"Hmm? When did it happen?"

"It's said that he remembered it before the wedding. The one he married was originally his fiancée. Now his two elders have also moved into the general's mansion. This makes Yan'er very embarrassed."

The emperor thought about it and frowned. This kind of thing is rare. He said, "No wonder Prince Yan is absent-minded today."

"Yan'er meant to call General Qilin a double surname. After all, he is listed in the family tree for ancestral worship, so it won't be embarrassing for him to have double surnames."

The emperor nodded and said, "I think this shouldn't be difficult."

Concubine De sighed and said, "The difficulty lies in the fact that he is not an ordinary person in the Xie family."

As he said this, he went to get the memorial that Feng Zhuohua had brought today and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor was also surprised that Concubine De had a memorial.

Concubine De said, "Your Majesty, please take a look. Both surnames have conditions. I don't know if it will embarrass Your Majesty. If it does, just pretend I didn't say anything."

The emperor sat up, opened it and took a look first.

The emperor was politically astute. Seeing this, he sat up straight and read it carefully. His face became serious. At the end, he asked, "Who is he from the Xie family?"

"He is the most capable and famous person in the Qinghe Xie family. He was the one who started doing business at the age of ten."

"what is it call?"

"Xie Yunxiao, everyone outside calls him Third Master Xie."

The emperor felt that he had heard it before and asked, "I have heard it before."

Concubine De had also forgotten about the Sixth Princess' incident a few years ago, and said, "It's normal that Your Majesty has heard of it. I have heard of it myself."

The emperor couldn't remember where he had heard it before and said, "He is willing to give the bank to the court."

Concubine De said, "Change the title and give it to his son. That child has been to my palace once, and he was only five or six years old. I think the emperor will be embarrassed, so it is difficult to bring it up."

The emperor said: "He has made great contributions to the country, so he deserves a title. I will summon him tomorrow."

De Fei widened her eyes and asked, "Isn't it difficult?"

"It's not easy to get a title. We need to see progress. Ten banks are too few. It would be better if every county had its own bank."

The emperor is worthy of being the emperor, which means he won’t fulfill his promise so quickly, and he is not so easy to talk to.

The emperor asked in confusion, "Why did you give the memorial to you? Why not give it directly to me?"

"It's because Yan'er wants to have two surnames. He's not that easy to talk to. If he gives it to me, it will be a problem for us mother and son."

"He is quite capable."

"Who said it wasn't? Yan'er likes people like this."

The emperor nodded and said, "Yan'er is indeed different from other princes."

De Fei couldn't help but say, "The emperor knows his previous temper. Now that I am in front of the emperor, I think that even if this uncle has no relationship, he must have a relationship. I think too much and I also want to force it." Her eyes turned red as she spoke. The succession of princes in every dynasty was full of blood and rain. She was worried, one hundred, one thousand times. If possible, she would rather Prince Yan be an idle prince.

The emperor was also a man who had been through a lot, so he was aware of some things. He only said, "Among the many princes, Yan'er is the most like me. To be honest, I have had my eye on Yan'er since he was young, but he never had that interest since he was sensible, so I never forced him. Now it is only because of the circumstances that I have to have him by my side." As he spoke, he began to cough.

Defei was so shocked that she didn't know what to say, and hurried to fetch some water.

The emperor drank the warm water, held Concubine De's hand and said, "Don't worry, I will arrange everything. I wanted him to live a carefree life outside for a few years, but I didn't expect my health to deteriorate so quickly."

"Your Majesty, you must not say discouraging words."

The emperor patted Concubine De, stood up, and said, "You should go to bed early. I will be back first."

Concubine De asked, "Why don't you stay overnight?"

The emperor patted Concubine De and said, "You can't sleep well when I'm here."

With that said, he left.

Concubine De watched the emperor leave, and then pondered over what the emperor said. She did not expect that the emperor loved Prince Yan so much.