Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 208

"Mr. Xiao, raise your head and let me take a look." The empress said in a gentle and kind tone.

Xiao Wenqing raised her head slowly, and also saw the Empress Empress, who is the mother of the world.The empress is well maintained like a noble lady, her face is like a full moon, her body is plump, her figure is graceful and luxurious, she is nearly 45 years old and she looks only [-] or [-] years old.Her skin is fair and moist, her makeup is slightly thicker, her fox eyes are still full of charm, but the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes are a bit dark, her red lips are full, and her mouth corners are upturned and smile lines are obvious.

"Beautiful and gentle, dignified and elegant, it's no wonder that Ling Tongzhi is in love with him, and he married many ladies from famous families in the capital." The queen looked down at Xiao Wenqing and said with a smile, "You can get back on your feet. I heard that you were slightly ill a few days ago. All right?"

Xiao Wenqing kowtowed, "Thank you for your concern, my concubine is ready." After speaking, she got up slowly.

"Mr. Xiao, I heard that you have three younger brothers, and that you were selected as a scholar in the same boy's examination. Is it true?" the Empress asked kindly.

"Yes, ma'am." Xiao Wenqing bowed her head slightly, standing respectfully and modestly.

"I heard that your youngest brother is only 11 years old this year. He is the head of Xiling Changhe's boy trial this year. He sent his sister to Beijing for marriage in September. Has he gone back now?" the queen asked.

Xiao Wenqing felt that if the Empress wanted to know about her younger brother, she would have known about it a long time ago, and now she was just asking for something casually, and said, "Madam, my concubine's younger brother is on good terms with the two young masters of Liu Hanlin's family, and currently lives in Hanlin. In the mansion." The son of the head of the Hanlin Mansion is an assistant teacher of the Imperial College, and Liu Hanlin himself is well-read in poetry and books, so her younger brother Wen Cong lived in the Hanlin Mansion without missing homework, which is much better than living in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Oh, Mrs. Liu, the young master of the Xiao family lives in your residence now?" the Empress said, turning her eyes to the fourth-rank wives.

Mrs. Liu, who was named, immediately went out to the center of the main hall, and was deeply blessed by the empress. After the empress raised her hand to signal her body, she got up and replied, "Mrs. In the concubine's house." The aristocratic families are married to each other, like Prime Minister Ling's family, there are several families whose wife, two daughter-in-laws, and two daughters are all appointed wives.

"Oh, is he as smart and talented as the rumors say?" The empress asked with a smile.The princes and grandchildren have been taught by the best teachers since they were young, and none of them have such a talent for reading.

"Returning to my lord, the third young master Xiao is indeed very smart, and he has a photographic memory. Half of the books in the concubine's mansion have been memorized by him. He is hardworking and conscientious. He discusses knowledge with the concubine's husband-in-law and eldest son on weekdays, but After all, he is only 11 years old, so he lacks experience and experience." Mrs. Liu commented very pertinently, "Give Mr. Xiao San five years, he will become a learned man, and let him travel for ten years, he will definitely become a generation of outstanding scholars. "If Xiao Wencong becomes an official and enters politics too early, his studies will inevitably be neglected.

"Sure enough, there are still geniuses in the world." The empress exclaimed in amazement, and then asked other people if they had seen that little scholar.

"Mr. Xiao San has delicate features, red lips, and white teeth. He looks very similar to Mrs. Ling Sishao. He is still a child. If he hadn't tied his hair in a scholarly scarf and wore a scholar's robe, others would easily mistake him for a girl."

"Mr. Xiao San was quick to respond. On the day Mrs. Ling Si Shao got married, he was harassed by boys and girls who pressed sedan chairs, so he wrote two poems about Xia in a row. The father-in-law and husband-in-law of the concubine heard the two poems and said that Mr. Xiao Some talent."

"Mother, Lord Liu Hanlin and Lord Ling Tongzhi are very protective of Young Master Xiao San, and don't allow others to test him too much."

The wives who saw Xiao Wencong at Xiao Wenqing's wedding and Cai Jiayu's marriage all said that they praised the young boy for everything.

"Mrs. Xiao, who is far away in Xiling, is really blessed. She gave birth to a son and a daughter who were both dragons and phoenixes, and raised two sons who are also outstanding people. Mrs. Xiao has trained three young talents for me in Daqing. In the future, I will order my wife to be Indispensable." The empress nodded and said.Because some people paid attention to Ling Yuxuan and Ling Yuxuan's three wives and younger brothers, she also followed, so she learned that the eldest of the three brothers of the Xiao family had passed the examination in Xiling and would participate in Chunwei next year.Most of the scholars were still children all their lives. The three brothers of the Xiao family easily passed the examination of scholar, and one of them went all the way to pass the examination of juren.If the boss of the Xiao family passes the exam again in Chunwei next year, the Xiao family will be treated differently by others.

Xiao Wenqing was a little embarrassed, today was the first time she entered the palace to meet the empress, and everyone started discussing her younger brother.Sure enough, the strength of a woman's mother's family is highly valued by others.

After talking for a while with the wives, the queen empress mentioned that the imperial garden had a nice view in early winter, so it's better for everyone to go for a walk to see the scenery.The women's visit to the queen system is an auxiliary of the male regime. In addition to the formal ceremony, the ordinary court visit is to make family routines, exchange feelings, and use the femininity of women to slightly ease the sharp struggle between their husbands and sons in the court.

In the imperial garden, the pavilions, terraces, pavilions, trees, trees, mountains and rivers complement each other, and a group of wives are in twos and threes, and the wives who are familiar with themselves follow the queen and a group of high-ranking wives to tour the scenery.

There were also concubines playing in the imperial garden. When they saw the empress leading the wives to visit the garden, some of them took the initiative to avoid it, and some sent eunuchs to ask the empress to allow them to come because their relatives were also among the wives.Originally, if the wife was ordered to enter the palace, she could visit her family members who had entered the palace after paying homage and before leaving the palace. The queen did not refuse the concubine's request.After a while, Concubine Cui Gui came, and all the wives saluted her again, and then many wives surnamed Cui surrounded her and talked.The two concubines came to meet their respective mothers, sisters-in-law and siblings.Even Mrs. He stepped forward to greet a 45-year-old concubine, and then got together to talk.

It's not easy being an emperor.

(End of this chapter)