Because of the turmoil in Beijing, the Fan family has all the young masters and young ladies in the mansion detained, either studying or working as housekeepers, Yan Zhao is also included, no matter how much she stays at home, she can't help but feel a little bored. Fortunately, there is something sent by Princess Yong Yang.

With the experience of the previous two times, Yan Zhao immediately guessed that it was Si Tuzhou's handwriting this time.

The things sent include rare and rare treasures, as well as various miscellaneous travel notes, ancient books, isolated calligraphy and painting copybooks, and many of them were mentioned by Yan Zhao occasionally with Si Tuzhou in his dreams.The 12 beauties on tapestries are nearly lost in modern times.As long as this lamp is lit at night, it will be like watching flowers on a horse, shining brightly and indescribably beautiful.

Fan Shi also specifically told the maids in Liluo Courtyard to place them carefully and not to damage them.

With these things to pass the time, Yan Zhao doesn't feel bored even if he stays indoors.

Everyone in Xiao's house was amazed. Princess Yong Yang didn't forget her cousin after returning to the palace, and she would give her something every once in a while.

Even the eldest uncle Xiao Tingen, who seldom intervened in the affairs of the inner house, mentioned this matter to his wife Fan Shi.

Although Fan didn't know how his niece would be treated differently by the princess, but it was a good thing for the niece and the Xiao family to befriend Princess Yong Yang, who had a strong family.

When the wife of the Crown Prince of England suddenly sent a message to visit, Fan was a little surprised.

The upper circles in Capital City are neither big nor small, and the Xiao family has never had any contact with such veteran dignitaries as the British Duke.

After exchanging polite greetings for a while, Mrs. Shi Zi expressed her intention of coming, saying that Saburo of his family was lucky enough to meet the cousin girl of the Xiao family during the Spring Hunt. There is marriage.

After inquiring about it, knew it, but couldn't speak too clearly, but it actually meant that wanted to marry him.

Mrs. British Crown Prince originally looked down on the daughter of a sixth-rank official family,

This son of hers was raised by her side since she was a child, and she is used to pampering her. There are father and brother supporting the family business, and they don't have high demands on him. It's already the year of the crown, and there is no daughter of a good family in Beijing who is willing to marry him.

Mrs. Shizi was worried, and her son came to tell her that he had fallen in love with a girl and wanted to marry her back. Mrs. Shizi didn't immediately investigate her thoroughly.

In the end, it turned out that her background was not too bad. The granddaughter of the Xiao family was also Mrs. Marquis JinYuan's niece, but her father's official position was too low, and she was only a sixth-rank magistrate of Jiang Nan.

Mrs. Shizi was about to give up this idea, but was persuaded by the people around her. The third son is not young, and many of his peers even have children.

According to Shizi's wife's wishes, she naturally hoped to marry a powerful noble girl for her youngest son, so that she could persuade him to make progress. But with Xu Zhang like this, those noble ladies also look down on him. It's better to marry someone he likes, and when he accepts his heart, he can start a family and start a career.

The family background of this cousin girl from the Xiao family is not obvious, but at least she has a good uncle's family, and she is related to the very popular Marquis JinYuan Residence in central Beijing. This marriage is not without merit.

In addition, Mrs. Shizi heard that Miss Yan was on good terms with Princess Yong Yang, the most beloved of the Holy Majesty, not only took her with her during the spring hunting, but also did not forget her afterwards, and often sent some things over.

With this level of relationship, Mrs. Shizi's dissatisfaction and resentment about her beloved youngest son wanting to marry the daughter of a minor official have also dissipated a lot.

Climbing up to Princess Yong Yang is tantamount to being close to Concubine Shu's faction, and maybe she can find a good future for the young son who is worthless. After hearing what she said, the prince didn't object to this point. The British government's family has a great career and dare not stand in line at will, but it is worth giving up a son to take risks and explore the road.

This is also the reason why the British Crown Prince's wife took the initiative to visit the Xiao family.

The Fan family didn't know what Shi Zi's wife was planning, but when she heard that she was asking for the marriage of the niece for the third young master Xu Zhang of the Duke's Mansion, she was both surprised and troubled.

Surprised by the high family status of the Duke's Mansion, this marriage is inevitably a bit mismatched.

The embarrassment is that the person who is asking for marriage is Xu Jiasanlang, a prodigal son who is famous outside the capital. He used to be an actor in the building when he was fourteen or fifteen years old. Shi has a daughter of her own, and she is unwilling to marry that Xu Zhang.

But Yan Zhao is not her own daughter, but her niece.

Although the Sanlang of the Xu family has a reputation for rambunctiousness, the Duke's family has a great business, even if they split up in the future, they can get a lot of property, and with the protection of the Duke's mansion, it is easy to get into an official position and seek an official position , Marrying into the Duke's Mansion, after all, the glory and wealth are indispensable.

If she refuses, in case sister-in-law and the others are unhappy and miss this wealth, it's not to blame her.

Mrs. Fan politely sent Mrs. Shizi away first, and then immediately went to Dongyuan to meet the old lady and told her about it.

She didn't add embellishments or hypocrisy, "It's a lifelong matter for my niece, and it's not easy for me as an aunt to make a decision. It's better for the old lady to discuss it with the four Great Aunts."

Although the old lady stayed at home these years and seldom went out to socialize, she also heard that the third son of the Duke's Mansion is a romantic, not a good man, and there are a lot of concubines and concubines. The concubine and the children came out. There are about a hundred rooms in the Duke's mansion, and there is no place to get along with them.

Xiao Mingjin was also unwilling, "I don't want Ah Zhao to be rich and powerful in the future, I just want her married husband to treat her sincerely and live a peaceful and happy life."

Afterwards, Mrs. Fan invited Shizi's wife to come to the house as a guest, and declined the matter in a tactful tone during the conversation.

The Duke and Duchess of England were stunned at the moment, and her face was still a little ugly, so she held back her anger and left without staying any longer.

Shaking her head, Fan shook her head, sighed to the left and right, "I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to find a marriage for my cousin in Beijing now."

The wife of the prince of the United Kingdom has always been arrogant and self-reliant. Even if her son is unbearable, he will still offend her severely if he refuses this marriage. Let's look at some poor families who are going to Beijing to rush for the exam.

Fan's expectations were true, Shi Zi's wife was very annoyed, she thought this matter was very simple, San Lang's marriage was difficult, at most it was because those famous families didn't like his reputation, if it was lowered, it would not be too much People who want to climb the family status of the Duke's mansion.

She was born to this little daughter of a sixth-rank county magistrate's family, and she still looks down on her precious son.

After all, the Xiao family is also a well-known family in Beijing, and has Marquis JinYuan, a powerful in-law. Even if it is the British government, it cannot manipulate the other party at will, let alone for the marriage of such young children.

But if he can't deal with the Xiao family, he can't deal with a little girl.

Mrs. Shizi only needs to say a few words casually. There are not many high-ranking families in Beijing who dare to marry this girl. She wants to see what kind of good husband a daughter of a petty official can marry. Mrs. Shizi sneered for a while .

This matter quickly spread among the noble circles, especially the families that had contacts with the British government. Mrs. Shizi didn't want to hide it at all, she went to Xiao's house twice, anyone could guess what happened.

Now there are private jokes about the reputation of the third son of the Duke's Mansion, but more noble ladies don't like the beautiful and 'heart-higher-than-sky' cousin girl of the Xiao family. How high-minded is he who doesn't even look down on the prince of the Duke's mansion?

Lu Yan also heard about this, but for some reason, she remembered the scene of seeing Miss Yan Biao walking with the sixth prince at the hunting ground that day, she shook her head and said nothing.

This incident also reached the ears of Princess Yong Yang, and someone mentioned it, seeing that the princess is particularly fond of a girl from a non-local Capital City family background, some people always dislike it.I want to spread some bad words to make the princess hate that girl Yan.

After Yong Yang heard about it, his first reaction was to run to Changyang Hall, and said with a smile, "Sixth brother, if you don't rush, I think Miss Yan will marry someone else."

With a shake of Situ Zhou's hand, a large drop of ink fell on the snow-white rice paper, and the ink blob quickly smudged away, making it particularly abrupt on the rice paper. He put down the pen in his hand, looked at Yong Yang and said, "What did you say?"

After listening to the details, Si Tuzhou finally calmed down. It turned out that someone proposed to marry Yan Zhao, but the Xiao family rejected it.

But Si Tuzhou still became nervous. He originally thought that Yan Zhao was still young in this life, so he could take his time. Now that he thinks about it, it's better to settle down earlier.

In front of Yong Yang, Si Tuzhou remained calm and composed, looking for an opportunity to leave the palace.

Si Tuzhou hadn't asked anyone about marrying her yet, the first thing Yan Zhao asked when he saw him was the hunting ground that day, was he injured.

Even if someone told Si Tuzhou that nothing happened to her, Yan Zhao always wanted to hear from him.Si Tuzhou felt warm in his heart, "Don't worry about me, I was standing far away, and I happened to have a bow and arrow by my side."

Not as brave as the fifth prince, who kept rushing towards the wild bear.

Si Tuzhou also told her in detail what happened in the hunting ground that day, as well as various inside stories, such as the wild bear being let in without permission, and drugs that could easily drive it mad, etc. After hearing this, Yan Zhao was a little terrified.

Then he pretended to be inadvertent and brought up the matter of the third son of the British government asking to marry him.

Yan Zhao thought for a while, "It seems that there is such a thing."

Si Tuzhou looked at her, "Then what do you think? About your marriage."

Yan Zhao didn't care and said, "You also know that this era restricts women. I used to consider recruiting a relative, or becoming a monk, but recruiting a relative may not necessarily find a suitable person, and I can't bear it because life is too poor. My mother and the others are looking after my marriage, if there is a good-looking, good-natured one, then that's okay, my parents are here, and my uncle's family is the backer, life will not be too bad."

She doesn't have the fighting spirit to realize lofty ideals like other traversers, or start a new era. She doesn't have high expectations for the life of marrying in this ancient feudal society, and her mentality is even more indifferent. Just eat and drink.

Hearing that she has made plans for her future life, but without him, Si Tuzhou couldn't help but hit a straight ball in the end, "In this case, you might as well consider me."

Yan Zhao's eyes widened in an instant, and he looked perverted, "I'm only sixteen this year."

——A high school student who is still underage in modern times, and didn’t expect you to be this kind of person after I’ve known you for so long.

Almost all her inner thoughts were written all over her face, it was not easy to understand.

The veins on Si Tuzhou's forehead twitched, but he still held back and said, "Don't worry, I'm not a pervert. What I mean is that I'm unmarried and you are unmarried, why don't we live together."

As for cultivating relationships, you can take it slow, this is the Plan S in Si Tuzhou's heart.

One sentence may be a joke, but it should not be so when it comes to this matter. Now Yan Zhao finally thought about it seriously, and then shook his head, "History can be used as a lesson, the royal family is notoriously high-risk, and there are too many troubles .” She may not be able to play, and why should she embarrass herself.

Si Tuzhou breathed a sigh of relief, and if he was willing to think about it, it at least showed that there was still a chance.

If you refuse directly and flatly, then there is really no hope.

He smiled, "Don't worry about this, you don't like these things, and I don't like them either. The royal family and Capital City are too scheming and intriguing. After you and I get married, I will ask my father to marry me. At that time, we will stay away."These right and wrong troubles, live the life you want to live."

Then Si Tuzhou looked into her eyes again and said seriously, "I dare not say that everything will go your way, do whatever you want, and don't be bound by any etiquette. But you are with me, and I will never let anyone have a chance to embarrass youYou, and I will definitely do my best so that you don't worry about trifles, Yan Zhao, will you marry me?"