The son is responsible

Xue Huaijiu knew some rumors about this princess from the books, but most of them were mentioned in a few words. She only knew that her mother's family was not obvious, but she had a deep relationship with the brother and sister of the former prince Li Jiayu. More than ten years ago, the prince was falsely accused of falling into After prisoner died, he drank a jug of poisoned wine and followed him.

Xue Muji leaned on the carriage, he hadn't recalled his former mother for a long time, he had even forgotten the appearance of that face.

"Princess Qi'an's son-in-law, surnamed Xie Mingxuan, Xie Manxing, is her and Xie's son-in-law. They also have a daughter named Xie Sulian, who is the only princess of Dajing, Princess Sulian. Xie Manxing and I... ...is...a friend."

Xue Muji only lived with Xue Huaijiu these few years, so he simply put his previous self into the previous social circle.

"Just now, it's the grave of Crown Prince Jiayu." Xue Huaijiu heard a few people talking, and already understood.Crown Prince Jiayu passed away with the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and the ashes were taken away by whom and scattered there. There are different opinions among the people, but it turned out that they were buried in such a remote and desolate place.

Xue Muji continued, "Brother, the uncle we met just now is Huajian Hou Xie Zhiyang. The marriage that Empress Dowager Feng made for Princess Qi An was the Huajian Hou who was still the son of the world back then. However, Qi An The princess is very assertive and wants to see the appearance of this future husband. At the time when there was a drought in the Huajian mountain area, the emperor ordered Crown Prince Jiayu to go south to understand the disaster. So she walked with Prince Jiayu and came to Huajian Valley. Princess I got to know Xie Zhiyang, but I didn't like the talented and wealthy son. Instead, I fell in love with Xie Zhiyang's book boy Xie Xuan at first sight. Xie Xuan thought that the princess was the personal maid of Prince Jiayu. Under the pursuit of the princess, I also fell in love with the princess."

It was hard for Xue Muji himself to imagine how much difference Xie Consort had to be in those days, in order to be liked by the noble princess who is flamboyant and intelligent.This story was told to him by his sister. He was so young at that time that he couldn't believe it, and even went to Prince Regent Lu's mansion to verify it.

Xue Muji went on to say, "After the princess returned to the palace, she made it clear to Empress Dowager Feng that of course the Empress Dowager refused, but Princess Qi'an would rather die than regret, insisting on what she loved, and threatened to give up her status as a princess and marry Xie Xuan as a daughter of the people. The Empress Dowager Feng was furious, she put the princess in confinement, and wanted to kill Xie Xuan to end her affair."

Xue Huaijiu knew a little bit about Empress Dowager Feng. The former Empress Dowager, who controlled the imperial power, poisoned and killed her eldest grandson, who was loved by the people, and finally died in the imperial tomb collapse during the ancestor worship ceremony.At that time, civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty, except for Prince Jiayu, including the emperor, did not dare to touch Empress Dowager Feng's fate. Princess Qi'an's actions instead pushed her lover into the fire pit.

Xue Huaijiu asked, "In the end, how did Xie Consort marry the princess?"

Xue Muji smiled wryly, "Because of Huajian Hou Xie Zhiyang. Xie Zhiyang is a gentleman. After knowing the identity of the princess, he also knew that the princess didn't love him. Instead of feeling humiliated and hating his own school boy, he recognized Xie Xuan as his younger brother and wrote a letter to Queen Mother Feng to support him. My brother asked for a marriage. Xie Zhiyang sent the letter of marriage invitation to Yongdu, as well as the title deeds of the ten mines in Huajian Valley. Weapon smelting is very important, and this is the final reason why Empress Dowager Feng wanted Qi An to marry Xie Hou. Since Lord Xie supported him and wanted to fulfill his lover, Empress Dowager Feng was too lazy to take care of it and went with her granddaughter."

"You said...is Princess Qi An stupid..."

Xue Muji's voice became smaller and smaller, he felt drowsy in front of his eyes, and fell asleep leaning on his brother's shoulder while talking.In his sleep, he saw many people who hadn't slept in a long time.

When he was young in his previous life, he was often pointed at and scolded at his father, and even his bad-spoken and honest sister was often bullied by the royal children.Including Lu Yu, who is the best friend with Princess Qi An, also looks down on this slave-in-law chosen by Qi An, and often ridicules and ridicules her.After the death of Princess Qi'an, the situation became more serious.For this reason, Xie Manxing fought with many people.

Every time there was a fight, Xie Manxing would roll all over his body covered in dirt, hide and cry secretly, Xie Xuan could always find him, picked him up from a tree hole or behind a rockery, hummed a tune, hugged him without asking anything. He went home as if the person who had just been scolded was not him at all.

Later, Xie Manxing's ears felt callused, and he didn't even bother to reply, because the mad dog was barking at that time.

The relationship between him and Shen Chu seems to have started from a fight.

The carriage stopped slowly, Xue Muji fell into a deep sleep, Fufeng lifted the curtain, and saw Shizi leaning on Young Master Jiu's leg, snoring softly.Xue Huaijiu made a booing gesture, Fu Feng understood, and pulled Fu Yun side by side, there was a gap, Xue Huaijiu hugged Xue Muji and jumped out of the carriage lightly, and went upstairs to the inn room.

Xue Huaijiu carried Xue Muji to the bed, took off his shoes, socks and outer shirt, and covered him with a quilt. He found that Xue Muji's clothes were stained with a lot of wasteland dust, so he rolled them up and carried them away to wash them. The white paper fell out of Xue's clothes.

The white paper was densely filled with words, Shizi's handwriting was undoubtedly, without deliberately pretending to be ugly, but the content was only one sentence, repeated constantly, "May Miss Lu Qian and Shen Chu bastard have a happy marriage for a hundred years."

Xue Huaijiu stuffed the paper back to its original place and exited the room.When he went downstairs, he heard a newcomer moving in downstairs, it seemed to be the Marquis from the Xie family just now.Following behind Master Hou was also a familiar figure.His fingers were wrapped in cloth strips, but he still carried an umbrella.I saw that young man who insisted on learning how to make an umbrella at the market before.

Xue Huaijiu missed his body, he didn't intend to speak, the young master took the initiative to say hello, but chose to turn a blind eye.

"Do you recognize them?" Lord Xie saw this scene, his own son was just like him, with a withdrawn personality, unwilling to talk to others, and rarely greeted others proactively.

That young master is Xie Mu, the son whom Marquis Xie is waiting for.If you look closely, the bridge of the nose and the chin of the two are somewhat similar.

Xie Mu nodded, "Father, I met them at the market on the outskirts of the city, and there was also a slightly shorter son, they are brothers."

"It's fate." Xie Zhiyang said, "They are the children of the Xue family. The slightly shorter one is Xue Muji, the eldest son of the Xue family. He went to Yongdu to send congratulatory gifts on behalf of his father, and went to Yongdu with us."

"Really!" The four sons of the Marquis, Xie Mu, have all heard of the name, but they have only met the Feng family, and they have met at the uncle's house.Thinking of this, his heart darkened. He heard that the eldest son of the Feng family also came to Yongdu with Lord Feng this time.

He followed his father back to the house in a daze, and untied the wooden umbrella he was carrying on his back. In the end, he didn't learn it, and he didn't even have a shape to make it. He had to buy a ready-made umbrella with trees full of hawthorn flowers carved on it. , red like fire.

I don't know if Princess Sulian will like it.

……

The road to Yongdu is not too long. On the way, Xie Mu wanted to talk to the eldest son of the Xue family several times, and wanted to ask if his injuries were fully healed. The elder son of the Feng family was beaten by Xue Muji. Everyone in the aristocratic circle knew more or less about it.An enemy's enemy is a friend, so he drew a circle and included Xue Muji.

But he didn't know how to open his mouth. Although the two families walked together, the Xue family was behind them.When he was resting halfway, he wandered again at the dividing line between the two families, and was dragged into his carriage by Xue Muji who was also wandering.

Xue Muji actually wanted to see the umbrella that Xie Mu had been carrying on his back.It's too strange that he is a son of the Marquis Mansion, walking around in the team with an umbrella on his back all day.

Xie Mu generously let Xue Muji look at it. Xue Muji finished the painting, then looked down at the poem, and finally put away the umbrella and asked, "Don't you want to do it yourself?"

Xie Mu was very embarrassed, and shrank his injured fingers into his sleeves.

"Do you like Princess Sulian?" Xue Muji returned the umbrella to Xie Mu, and asked very seriously, "You made the umbrella yourself, and you want to give it to her?"

Xie Mu's face turned red instantly, and he had clearly answered Xue Muji's question.Xue Muji dragged his face, fell into deep thought, and asked after a while, "How do you know each other?"

Xie Mu told Xue Muji the ins and outs of knowing Princess Sulian from the beginning to the end.It's actually very simple. When Xie Zhiyang brought his son to Yongdu for the first time, he stopped by Princess Qi'an's mansion.Xue Muji lamented that the aesthetics of people in the world are really different. Xie Mu fell in love at first sight with his sister's ordinary to outrageous appearance and temperament.

It was also at that time that the eldest son of the Feng family entered the imperial ancestral temple to worship his grandmother, and followed his father to Yongdu.The son of the Feng family circled around Princess Sulian all day long.The elders of the two families did not tell the truth, and they competed secretly, but because the elder son of the Feng family was eloquent, and he was more dull and docile, Princess Sulian, including everyone around the princess, seemed to like him very much.After Xie Mu returned home, he didn't think about food and drink, stared at the lake in a daze all day, and was finally forced by his father to ask why.

Xie Zhiyang thought about it, the current Xie family is no worse than the Feng family, not to mention Xie Xuan's side, he can also talk.Instead of letting your son hold back and unrequited love becomes a disease, it is better to ask Princess Sulian clearly. Even if Princess Sulian likes the eldest son of the Feng family and refuses, it can completely calm the child's mind.

Xue Muji yawned, and said, "How can you be sure that Princess Sulian likes Feng Jun? Even if she likes Feng Jun, so what, they are not married, not even engaged, even if they are engaged, won't you snatch her?" ?”

Xie Mu never expected that Xue Muji would say such a thing, he was familiar with ritual books since he was a child, so he couldn't do such a thing.

"Your Majesty Xie, I can help you and help you compete with Feng Jun. I can't guarantee that Princess Sulian's thoughts will be on you, but I can guarantee that you can become Dajing's son-in-law. After marriage, the days will last long, and the relationship can be cultivated slowly. But, you need to do one thing first." Xue Muji pointed to the umbrella, and said, "You must make an umbrella with your own hands. There are many forests along the way, I can Ask your subordinates to find some wooden strips for you to use as materials. You have learned the method, if you can make it, it doesn’t matter whether it looks good or not, as long as it can flexibly expand and contract, it will be fine to function as an umbrella.”

Xie Mu lowered his head and looked at his ten fingers, which were already covered with scars.Xue Muji waited for his answer.He clenched his fists, smiled slightly, and said firmly, "I'll give it a try."

In the next few days, Xue Muji didn't see Xie Mu, he stayed in the carriage during the day and in the inn at night.Lord Xie Hou didn't care about this son and let him go.

Until, the city gate of Yongdu is right in front of you.Xue Muji was drowsy on the carriage, he leaned on the fourth brother's shoulder as he was used to.

Vaguely, see an umbrella.

When Xue Muji fell asleep, Xie Mu brought the umbrella.When they reached the city gate, the two sides had to separate and go to their respective families' properties in Yongdu.Xie Mu followed Xie Zhiyang, and was picked up by Xie Consort's carriage at the gate of the city.The Marquis of Pingjiang had no relatives in Yongdu, let alone high officials, so they had to drive their own carriages into the city gate.

The sun shines through the gaps in the curtains, causing Xue Muji's eyes to blur, Xue Huaijiu opened the umbrella to block the path of the direct rays.

"Brother... En? Did Xie Mu do it?" Xue Muji asked vaguely.

"Young Master Xie just sent it." Xue Huaijiu handed the handle of the umbrella to Xue Muji who was half lying down, Xue Muji said with a smile, "It's pretty good."

Xue Huaijiu asked, "Earlier you told Shizi Xie that you guaranteed that he would become a son-in-law. How can you guarantee that?"

Xue Muji got up, "I want to test whether he is sincere. I really can't help much. Everything depends on Mr. Xie himself, and the most I can do is give him a few ideas for chasing women. He himself I don't know where my advantage lies. If he says clearly that he likes Princess Sulian, not only Consort Xie, but also Lu Yu will definitely be on his side. A smart person like Feng Jun can see through it at a glance, It's someone like my sister...cough cough...Princess Sulian who will foolishly chase him around."

Just as he was talking, Fufeng opened the curtain and asked, "My lord, there is a scribe at the gate of the city with a young master who said he had some friendship with Pingjiang. He heard that we came to Yongdu, so he came here to welcome us."

Xue Muji thought for a long time but couldn't think of who it was, and his father didn't tell him before he left.He opened the curtain and jumped out of the car, followed Fufeng's finger to look, and almost fell over.