183: The Prince's Strategy to Win the Heart

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The emperor was sitting behind the imperial desk, looking through the list of beauties from Yangde Palace this time. After each name, everything done in Yangde Palace was marked. The book was not thick, but the emperor read it. a long time.

The queen stood in the palace with her shoulders straight. Although she had a decent and generous smile on her face, if you look closely, you can see the nervousness deep in her eyes.

I don’t know how long it took, but the queen finally heard the emperor say, "In the opinion of the queen, which lady do you like?"

When the queen heard this, she was obviously prepared and didn't think much about it. She said directly: "Your Majesty, it is a big deal for the prince to marry the princess. It is best for De Rong to be outstanding in all aspects of his speech. After careful observation, I feel that the granddaughter of Duke Zheng is... Jiang Shangshu's daughters are all very good. Miss Zhu is generous and cheerful, and Miss Jiang is elegant and meticulous, and she is also among the best among the ladies in music, chess, calligraphy and painting."

After hearing this, the emperor slightly raised his head and glanced at the queen, looked at her intently, and then said: "The queen likes the children of these two families? I thought you would recommend the children of the Shu family."

The smile on the Queen's face did not change at all after hearing this, her voice slowed down a bit, and she said helplessly: "Your Majesty, Siyang is running for election this time just because her age and status are just right, but her temperament is too out-of-the-box. If you are not qualified for the position of Crown Princess, how can I say good things to Siyang just because she is my niece?"

The emperor smiled, "What about the girl from the Pei family?"

Hearing the emperor mention Pei Nianwei, the queen's hand holding the veil tightened slightly, and then she said: "Miss Pei is naturally very good, but the prince himself has an extremely reserved temperament and usually doesn't like to talk. Miss Pei and Compared with his cousin, he doesn't show off too much. Your Majesty, how can these two people live their lives?"

The emperor nodded casually, and then the book in his hand seemed to turn to a page, and his eyes fell on one of the names.

Su Xinyi, the needlework girl only got an average score, playing chess was average, painting was average, copying books... was average, polo got a good one, in short, it was unremarkable.

"What do you think of Yong'an County Master?"

Listening to the emperor's light words, the queen didn't know whether the emperor asked casually or wanted to inquire. She paused this time before saying: "Your Majesty, the concubine of Yong'an County has only seen her a few times, but she has heard a lot of rumors about her. . The prince is the crown prince of a country. As a prince, he must behave well, be good in appearance, obey the public externally, and manage the household internally. It is not that the concubine has any prejudice against the Yongan County Lord. It is because the child grew up in the countryside. , I am afraid that I don’t know anything about internal affairs, not only the harem, but also the daily affairs of the East Palace. I am afraid that the county master will not be able to handle the daily affairs of the East Palace. By then, the internal affairs of the East Palace and the general affairs will be unclear, and the prince will inevitably be distracted. "

The emperor chuckled lightly when he heard this and slowly closed the book in his hand, "I understand. If there is nothing else, the queen will go back."

The Queen asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, who is the Crown Princess..."

The emperor looked up at the queen.

The queen immediately shut up, bowed and turned to leave.

After the queen left, the emperor looked at Hu Siyi expressionlessly and said, "Pass on the prince."

"Yes." Hu Siyi walked out immediately.

Nowadays, the prince often travels with him. He soon saw his highness in the side hall. His highness was dealing with the aftermath of the flood in the south of the Yangtze River. He entered the door and saluted, "I see you, your highness. Your highness, your majesty has summoned you."

When Yan Junchu heard this, he put down the book in his hand, stood up and said, "Thank you, Manager Hu. I'll go right now."

Hu Siyi smiled and bent down, "Your Highness, please."

Yan Junchu nodded slightly, walked out of the side hall, and walked down the steps along the eaves. The spring sunshine fell a little more scorchingly on his body.

Hu Siyi followed His Highness the Crown Prince. Seeing His Highness walking in a leisurely pace, he couldn't help but wonder, isn't His Highness not worried at all about the selection of the Crown Princess?

After all, this marriage was very important to His Highness, but he couldn't see any clues from His Highness, so he couldn't help but make some speculations in his mind.

Yan Junchu strode up the steps. The young eunuch had already gently pushed open the door of Zichen Palace, and he walked in.

Entering the palace, a slight chill hit him, which made him less anxious about walking under the sun. He respectfully stepped forward and saluted, "My son, I pay my respects to my father."

"Get up." The emperor didn't even raise his head. "Prince, do you have any ideas about the candidate for the crown princess?"

"My son, I have no idea. I obey my father's will in everything." Yan Junchu said.

The emperor raised his head and looked at his son, and saw that he had clear eyes and an upright posture. Standing there, he could really be called a jade tree facing the wind.

It's just that he looked a lot like Queen Pei. The emperor withdrew his gaze and fell on the roster again, "Hu Siyi, show it to the prince."

Hu Siyi immediately stepped forward, held the roster in both hands, and walked quickly to the prince, "Your Highness."

Yan Junchu smiled at Hu Siyi, reached for the book, opened it gently, looked at it lightly, and turned the page after reading it.

Hu Siyi was counting from the side. His Highness spent the same amount of time reading each page. Could it be that among all the ladies, His Highness didn't particularly like one?

The Lord of Yong'an County has many interactions with His Highness the Crown Prince. Could it be that His Highness doesn't like them either?

No one knew about Hu Siyi's secret grievances. He still bent over and waited there respectfully. After His Highness the Crown Prince finished reading, he reached out to take it, raised his feet and sent it back to the imperial case, and then stepped aside.

From beginning to end, Hu Siyi didn't make a sound.

The palace seemed to be quieter.

"Which family do you think is better among the many beauties on the list?"

Yan Junchu listened to his father's words, and his hands in his sleeves tightened slightly, but his face showed a rare helplessness, "Father, to be honest, I don't have any impression of them, it's really hard to tell, please forgive me."

The emperor laughed, "Others are fine, but you have dealt with Princess Yong'an many times, what do you think?"

The prince's expression immediately changed, and he looked up at his father, with a bit of surprise between his eyebrows, "Father, Princess Yong'an is indeed very outstanding, but... with her temperament, I'm afraid she can't be competent for the duties of the Crown Princess. Moreover, she has a tough temperament and strong skills, and I really... please think twice."

This is the first time that the emperor has seen his son, who is always steady, show such an expression. He thought the prince would protect Su Xinyi a lot, but he didn't expect that he would avoid mentioning the Crown Princess.

The emperor stared at the prince, "Really? I think Princess Yong'an is bold and decisive, which is very suitable for your dull personality."

"Father, please think twice. Princess Yong'an is indeed very outstanding, but she is really not suitable for the position of Crown Princess." The prince had a bit of resistance on his face, "Father, she is so bold that she dares to deal with my seventh brother. She is also very skilled in martial arts. I am really worried that I can't control her."

Emperor:...

"Look at your little bit of ability!" The emperor was unhappy, "You are the crown prince of a country, can't you control a mere woman?"

"Father, but she is not someone else. She is the daughter of Su Chun. Even though she grew up in the countryside, she is gifted and has excellent martial arts. I have tried my best in martial arts." The prince's voice rose slightly, and there was a rare grievance and helplessness in his eyes, as if the emperor really wanted to marry Su Xinyi to him.

"Ultimate thing!" The emperor slapped the table.

The prince knelt down with a "thump", "Father, calm down."

The emperor strode down the steps and stood in front of the prince, looking down at him, "If the Princess of Yong'an doesn't work, how about the granddaughter of Duke Zheng?"

The prince bowed his head and said nothing.

The emperor sneered, "What about the daughter of Minister Jiang?"

The prince raised his head and looked at the emperor, revealing a thoughtful look.

"I think the concubine's niece is not bad." The emperor stared at his son and said.

The prince was tangled when he heard this, "Father, I don't care, but Miss Li may not be satisfied with me, after all, I just sent the other uncle's mansion to the army last year."

The implication is that if the couple has a big grudge, what can the couple do?

"What about Prime Minister Wang's daughter?"

The prince did not refute.

The emperor sneered and said to the prince, "Go down. I will make a decision for you."

Yan Junchu bowed and left. Before leaving, he looked back at His Majesty. The look of wanting to say something but not being able to make it made the emperor frown.

After the prince left, the emperor's expression returned to normal. Then he chuckled and looked at Hu Siyi and asked, "Which girl do you think the prince likes?"

Hu Siyi didn't dare to speak nonsense, but he didn't dare to reply to His Majesty's words. He thought about it and said, "I am stupid. From the looks of Your Highness, I still prefer the girls from civil officials. Your Highness likes quietness and loves to read. If the princess is too lively, she may not be liked by Your Highness."

"What kind of life can two pieces of wood live together? Let's see whose silence is better?" The emperor sneered.

Hu Siyi didn't dare to say anything. His Majesty's mouth was too poisonous. In his heart, he thought that His Majesty had been brooding over the death of the Fourth Master Su. If he had to let the Crown Prince go to Princess Yong'an, then... the Eastern Palace would never have peace.

After all, Princess Yong'an dared to beat even His Royal Highness Prince Rong.

Hu Siyi felt bad thinking about the scene of the Crown Prince being beaten. Others didn't have the courage, but Princess Yong'an was really hard to say.

This man's record was really fierce. He single-handedly challenged the Qin Guogong Mansion, set up an ambush on a rainy night and bravely fought against the salt merchant guards. Not to mention that he dared to follow the enemy's tracks on the grassland with a few men, and dared to set up an ambush at the pass. These things, not to mention women, even ordinary men don't have the courage and ability.

His Royal Highness is noble and elegant, gentle and elegant, virtuous and upright, self-disciplined and polite. If such a character meets Princess Yong'an, wouldn't his life be in turmoil?

Husband and wife falling out is something that can happen at any time.

Hu Siyi has been loyal to His Majesty all his life. He has kept his distance from any prince, even the crown prince. But at this moment, he sincerely feels sorry for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The emperor picked up the list again and looked at it carefully. He was annoyed by reading it over and over again. He threw it on the table and glanced at it casually. It was also a coincidence that the page opened on the list was the one with Su Xinyi's name.

The emperor stared at those words and recalled the crown prince's previous actions. Could he have thought wrongly?

But the crown prince did protect Su Xinyi a lot before, whether it was the caravan or Li Ji's affairs...

The emperor's eyes flickered up and down, and Hu Siyi on the side lowered his head and dared not breathe.

On the other side, Yan Junchu left the Purple Palace, and the helpless look on his face was put away in an instant. He still put on his usual calm and composed demeanor and walked back slowly.

Did the father deliberately mention Su Xinyi to test him or have other plans?

No matter which one it was, he knew that he must not show any thoughts about Su Xinyi. His father was always suspicious, and if he let any trace slip, he was afraid...

Daughter of Duke Zheng?

The prince sneered in his heart. His father would never marry the daughter of Zhu to him. Duke Zheng was in a high position and had a high reputation in the army. Such an in-law was not what his father wanted.

As for the daughters of the Jiang family and the Wang family, the prime minister was the head of the civil officials, and the minister was below the prime minister. Even if the daughters of these two were particularly outstanding, they would never be the crown princess.

Every name his father said was a trap.

Yan Junchu slowed down his pace as he walked, looking up at the sun hanging in the sky. The scorching sun made his eyes slightly narrowed. This uncomfortable sunlight slowly dispelled the chill in his heart.

He retreated to advance, deliberately making a move that was afraid of Su Xinyi's high martial arts. With his father's suspicious temperament, he would probably think that he was marrying a wife he didn't like, and he might be a little overwhelmed. The couple would probably restrain each other like tug-of-war. This result was what his father wanted.

The father needs a crown prince, but he doesn't need a crown prince who is too perfect.

So in order to contain him, Prince Rong was favored.

The father favored Prince Rong, but was cold to the queen. The father treated Prince Xiang as a son, but was extremely fond of Prince Xiang's mother, Concubine Li.

Whether in the former dynasty or in the harem, the father was a master of balancing.

Yan Junchu knew that he was walking on a single-plank bridge. He was introverted and cautious. He had never done anything out of the ordinary since he was a child. He squeezed himself into the image of the crown prince step by step.

So when he saw someone like Su Xinyi who was so passionate and pure, he couldn't help being attracted.

Her joys and sorrows, her straightforwardness, and even her mysterious praise for herself, made the cage in his heart shake constantly.

It turned out that there were really people who could live like this.

Laugh when you want to laugh, cry when you want to cry, fight when you want to fight, and do whatever you want.

He... envied her.

This envy changed without him realizing it as he spent more time with Su Xinyi.

Yan Junchu closed the door and sat in front of the window, staring at the documents, but his mind was working fast.

Since entering Yangde Palace as a girl, he has been setting up ambushes step by step, using the matter of Ms. Zhang to force the queen to have too little time to intervene in the affairs of Yangde Palace to create trouble for Su Xinyi, using Concubine Li to contain the queen, and even deliberately spreading rumors to the queen, forcing her to discredit Su Xinyi in front of her father...

Step by step, he walked very steadily, but he himself did not dare to imagine what the final result would be.

He could only wait.

However, waiting... was the most anxious.

Especially when Yang Jin said that the Duke of Qi's Mansion had already found someone else for Su Xinyi, but he could not come forward to disrupt it. If he did, his father would find out, which would cause all his plans to fail.

He could only sit in this deep palace and do what he should do, as usual.

Yan Junchu suppressed his irritability, picked up the documents again, did his best, and left it to fate.

He took a deep breath, suppressed all his impetuous emotions and looked down at the documents. If he had returned to normal before, he would have returned to normal, but now he found that it was just a waste of time.

He could not read a single word.

He could not move, could not do anything, could only wait.

It turned out that this was how it felt to spend a day like a year.

******

At this time, a group of people who were outing were having a great time.

Su Xinyi remembered his duties very well. He carefully observed Yin Ru and found that his appearance was indeed not worthy of Su Xixian. Soldiers often trained, and even a thousand households could not be lazy. Most of the time, they had to lead the team in person, so his skin color was darker than those famous young men.

Su Xixian was soft and slender, while Yin Ru was tall and mighty. The two of them did not look very compatible when standing together.

However, Su Xinyi found that Yin Ru should be sincere about this marriage. When outing by the river, he always paid attention to Su Xixian's whereabouts. When the two walked together, Yin Ru always walked on the side facing the water.

When talking to them, he was polite and not rude.

Su Xinyi felt that Yin Ru's recklessness could probably calm down the troublemaker Aunt Weng.

Su Xixian had deep feelings for her biological mother and was very tolerant. This emotion often made her retreat when facing Aunt Weng, such as marrying into the Weng family and this marriage. Aunt Weng would make Su Xixian feel uncomfortable.

But if Su Xixian's husband was a man who could handle things clearly and could be suppressed, it would be a good thing for Su Xixian.

In addition, Su Xinyi felt a little strange that there were too many young masters from various families today.

First, there was Xiang Yanming, the eldest son of the Xiang family, and then Jiang Zhongqing. In addition to the two of them, there were Zhu Chanyi's brother and Guo Yunrong's brother. It was indeed a bit too spectacular for them to go outing together.

"Sixth Miss."

Su Xinyi finally managed to get some free time, but she didn't expect Jiang Zhongqing to come to her. She stood up and greeted him with a smile, "Mr. Jiang, why don't you go fishing?"

These people were so bored that they organized a group fishing. Su Xinyi was really not interested in this, so she found an excuse to sneak out and take a breath.

I don't know if it was her illusion, but I always felt that the way these people looked at her was a little strange.

"Sixth Miss didn't go either?" Jiang Zhongqing said with a smile. The spring breeze by the river blew his clothes up and down. His eyes, as clear as the clear sky, were smiling a little, but a closer look showed a bit of nervousness.

Su Xinyi smiled embarrassedly, "I just don't think it's interesting."

"Me too. What do Miss Six usually do for fun?"

Su Xinyi thought for a moment, "Probably practicing martial arts."

Jiang Zhongqing was silent for a moment, and then said: "Sixth girl is very capable, and she really doesn't relax on weekdays."

Su Xinyi glanced at Jiang Zhongqing strangely and coughed lightly, "Mr. Jiang, what do you want from me? It's okay. Just say what you have to say."

I always feel that Jiang Zhongqing's demeanor is weird. Is there something he can't say?

Jiang Zhongqing was stunned. How could he ask this girl directly if she liked him?

This...he didn't dare to ask. He was too reckless and rude. What if he was regarded as a frivolous person?

Looking at Jiang Zhongqing's appearance, Su Xinyi felt even more strange, "If Mr. Jiang has nothing else to do, I will take the first step."

Jiang Zhongqing...

I had to send the person away in tears.

Su Xinyi left with a suspicious look on his face, but after walking a few steps, he looked up and met Xiang Yanming again.

Xiang Yanming and Jiang Zhongqing are both well-known talents. Jiang Zhongqing is gentle, but Xiang Yanming comes across as a gentleman and strict in everything he says and does.

Mrs. Xiang is kind and considerate to others. Her son really is nothing like his mother. It seems that he can only be like his father.

"Master of Yong'an County." Xiang Yanming cupped his hands in front of Su Xinyi.

Su Xinyi smiled. "Master Xiang."

Xiang Yanming stood in front of Su Xinyi. He had black hair and dark eyebrows. He was wearing a dark blue robe. He was as tall as jade. He was a gentleman. Even though he had always been upright, he was inevitably a little nervous at this time. "I wonder what the county master usually does for fun." ?”

Su Xinyi:?

Could it be that Xiang Yanming had an agreement with Jiang Zhongqing?

Probably because Su Xinyi's expression was too weird, Xiang Yanming asked a little uneasily: "Are my questions too presumptuous?"

"No." Su Xinyi said with some difficulty, pointing to Jiang Zhongqing's back, "Young Master Jiang just asked this question, didn't you two agree on it?"

Xiang Yanming:......

His face suddenly turned red, and he became a little embarrassed, and immediately said: "No, Miss Six, please don't misunderstand me. Mr. Jiang and I really have not discussed this matter."

Seeing Xiang Yanming's nervous look, Su Xinyi couldn't help but laugh out loud, "I don't mean anything else, I just think it's too coincidental. Please forgive me for any offense."

Xiang Yanming felt that his face was about to burst into flames. He apologized and ran away in a slightly embarrassed manner as if the soles of his feet were on fire.

Su Xinyi:?

What's going on with all of this?

On the other side, Zhu Chanyi stretched out her hand to push her eldest brother, "You are really stupid, hurry up and look at Mr. Jiang and Mr. Xiang, and learn from them!"

Brother Zhu took a deep breath and looked at his sister, "Don't bother, with my looks, I guess there will be no chance."

Those white-faced scholars all have outstanding facial features, refined temperaments, and postures like bamboos. They are not as tall and strong as him. As long as they are not blind, they will not choose him.

Why bring shame on yourself.

Zhu Chanyi clicked her tongue, "Brother, I really didn't realize that you still have low self-esteem."

"Nonsense, what do I call self-awareness? What kind of inferiority complex is that?" Brother Zhu's face became even darker with anger. He couldn't get along with this girl, and every word was like a knife.

Guo Yunrong happened to come over and heard this sentence, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, what are you talking about?"

Zhu Chanyi saw her friend and pulled her over, "Yun Rong, you judge. You said I asked my brother to talk to Xin Yi. Isn't this a good thing? But he is not happy."

Guo Yunrong was stunned, then turned to look at Zhu Yi, "Brother Zhu, is it true?"

Before Zhu Yi could reply, he heard a burst of shouts not far away. He turned around and saw that the camp was full of people. He immediately said: "Come on, let's go back quickly. Something happened." ”

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