Liu Mingzhi was sure that Liu Yaoyao, his good daughter, was not in love with Qiao Ke, a married man, and he felt relieved.
"Yun'er."
"Husband?"
"What you just said reminds me that sisters Feifei and Yaoyao are already quite old now, and it's time to find a good family for each of them.
Even if the two sisters don't say that they will leave the government immediately, let's at least finalize their life-long affairs first.
As long as they find a good man of their choice first, it will be easier to get married in the future.
When you have some free time someday, take the time to test out Yaoyao's voice in private and see if she has any thoughts of leaving the court and getting married.
If Yaoyao has this idea now, her husband will start looking for a suitable lover for her.
When the time comes, tell this girl Yaoyao in a subtle way that she is allowed to choose her own lover as her future husband, but the man she chooses must be satisfied with my husband in terms of moral character.
Whether it is an ordinary white lady, a Qilin child from a noble family, or a young talent from a famous family, as long as there is no problem with her moral character, her husband will not interfere with her life-long affairs.
When you get the answer from Yaoyao, just come back and tell your husband."
When Qi Yun heard this, she smiled and nodded her head.
"Hey, I know it. When one day I and Yaoyao are free, I will go to her place for a visit."
"Well, that's it. By the way, you should go and inform Lian'er, so that Lian'er can pay more attention to Feifei's marriage."
"Okay, I understand."
While Liu Mingzhi and his wife were talking, the group of people had arrived at the Qingfeng Pavilion in the Imperial Garden without realizing it.
Little Chengzi was standing outside the pavilion with a fly whisk in hand, waiting eagerly. When she saw the figures of Young Master Liu and his wife, she hurriedly waved to the two young eunuchs behind her and walked quickly towards Young Master Liu.
"Xiao Chengzi, please see your majesty. Long live my emperor.
See the three empresses, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
"My slave, please see Your Majesty. Long live, long live.
See the three empresses, thousands of years old."
Young Master Liu waved his hand casually, walked straight to the main seat in the pavilion and sat down.
"No need for gifts, please forgive me for all of you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Thank you, three empresses."
"Thank you for your hard work, little Chengzi."
"Don't dare, don't dare, these are all the old slave's responsibility."
Qi Yun, the third princess, and Qi Ya walked into the Qingfeng Pavilion elegantly and sat down on the stone bench next to their husband.
Liu Mingzhi picked up the tea that Xiao Chengzi had prepared and tasted it briefly. After putting down the tea cup, he looked up at Xiao Chengzi who came to stop beside him.
"Little Chengzi."
"I'm here, Your Majesty, please give me your orders."
"Not long ago, you should have met Wuyi King Song Qing who entered the palace first, right?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have already met King Wuyi. He has told me everything I need to say, and I have personally gone to the imperial kitchen to give instructions.
The imperial chefs had already started preparing the banquet when the old slave came to the imperial garden to wait. If nothing unexpected happens, the banquet will be ready on time when Ding Anbo and his family arrive in the imperial garden."
Liu Mingzhi nodded with satisfaction, gently shook off the jade fan in his hand and silently fanned the breeze.
"Well done, where is King Song Qing of Wuyi now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, King Wuyi left the palace again after informing the old slave. As for what the prince went to do, I don't know much about the old slave.
If something happens to your Majesty, I will immediately send someone to find the prince and he will come to the imperial garden to meet you."
Liu Mingzhi pondered for a while and shook his head lightly.
"No need, he will naturally come to the Imperial Garden when the time comes.
I have nothing else to do here. Now you take the two of them and rush to the palace gate to wait.
When Uncle Ding'an and his family arrive at the palace, you personally lead them directly to see me at the Qingfeng Pavilion in the Imperial Garden."
"As ordered, I will retire."
"Well, go ahead."
Little Chengzi held the fly whisk in her hand and slowly exited the pavilion, waved to the two young eunuchs who were guarding outside the pavilion, and walked quickly towards the palace gate.
"You two come with us."
After Xiao Chengzi and the two young eunuchs left quickly, Qi Yun picked up the tea on the stone table and brought it to Yingchun.
Taking a sip of tea to moisten her red lips, Qi Yun looked curiously at her husband sitting in the first place.
"Husband, the Ding'an Bo you and Xiao Chengzi just mentioned is the eldest son of General Duan Buhan, Duan Rui?"
Liu Mingzhi picked up a bunch of juicy grapes from the tray on the stone table, gently picked three handfuls of grapes and handed them to the three beauties one after another.
"You ladies, eat grapes. The grapes your husband picks for you will definitely be sweeter than the ones you pick yourself."
The three beauties gave Mr. Liu a tender look with their phoenix eyes, and took the grapes from their husband's hands with smiling eyes.
"Thank you, husband."
Liu Mingzhi threw a grape into his mouth with a graceful movement, and after swallowing the sweet and delicious pulp, he nodded lightly to Qi Yun.
"Yun'er, you guessed it right. The distinguished guests that my husband is going to meet today are none other than the current Ding'an Bo Duan Rui and his family.
After I couldn't bear to die on the battlefield, my husband felt guilty all the time. However, people can't be resurrected, so it didn't help my husband to feel guilty.
Therefore, when the meritorious officials were later awarded, the husband could only take special care of his son Duan Rui in the title.
After Duan Rui inherited the title, Xu Ling, the sister-in-law, was worried that Duan Rui would follow in his father's footsteps one day, so she wrote a letter to her husband in private, in which she begged him not to give in anymore.
Duan Rui entered the court as an official.
The husband recalled how he had seen his wife, Xu Ling, who was so sad because she could not bear to die in battle, so he agreed to her request.
So my husband specially ordered Duan Rui, the Ding'an Bo, not to come to Beijing to accompany him, but to live in his fiefdom and live in peace and prosperity for the rest of his life as a court noble.
After many years, except for some special court gatherings, my husband has only seen Duan Run a handful of times."
Qi Yun nodded clearly: "It turns out it's really Duan Rui, I thought I heard wrong!
No wonder you didn’t let me inform Sister Wanyan, Sister Yao’er and they both went into the palace to accompany me, it turns out you were worried about this!”
Liu Mingzhi sighed with a sigh: "Although the world is unified now, I can't bear to say that he died on the battlefield because of the Three Kingdoms War.
After so many years, Duan Rui may have already let go of the matter, but as a husband, I have to take care of this kid's emotions."
"Husband, you are overthinking this. The national war in the past was for the unification of the world and had nothing to do with personal grudges.
After the unification of the world, the civil and military officials in the DPRK who participated in the war now have nothing against Sister Wanyan and Sister Yaoer!"
"I know what you said. These are just some of the small reasons. Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore."
The third princess lowered her head slightly and spit out the grape skin from her cherry lips into the palm of her hand and threw it into the spittoon. Her phoenix eyes looked at Young Master Liu curiously.
"Husband, since you specially ordered Ding Anbo Duan Rui to be with you all the time without having to serve as an official in the court, and the number of times you have seen him over the years has been very few, then why did you suddenly entertain him in the imperial garden today?"
"Yes, my concubine also reacted to what Sister Yan'er said, husband, why do you suddenly want to entertain Duan Rui in the Imperial Garden?
Is there something wrong? Is it nothing serious?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Qi Yun's charming face that suddenly became a little dignified, and waved his hands with a faint smile.
"Don't think too much, nothing bad happened. In fact, the real guest that my husband wants to entertain today is another person.
Just because Duan Rui has an extraordinary relationship with him, he will also be present at this banquet."
"I see, then husband, who is the person you really want to entertain?"
"Yes! Yes! Husband, who is the person you really want to entertain?
The guests are almost here, but my sisters don’t know the true identity of the guests yet. Who’s to blame if I lose my bearing due to surprise?”
"Husband, please tell me who you want to invite to the banquet, so that my sisters can be mentally prepared."