Later, King Zhao Yuansi of Jing and King Zhao Yuandai of Yu went to visit their third uncle, Zongfu Zongzheng Zhao Laiyu.
After the entreaties of Zhao Yuancai and Zhao Yuanji, Zhao Laiyu agreed to sell the empty house to these two nephews. After all, the two nephews bought the old house they controlled to give it to their younger brother Zhao Yuanli. This was very
It is in line with the concept of harmony and unity between brothers in the Zhao Laiyu clan.
And this mansion will be Prince Yi’s Mansion thirty years later.
They bought this old house with the princely salaries saved by the three of them over the years, plus the subsidies from their respective mothers and concubines. Zhao Yuanqi wanted to tell Zhao Yuanli the good news immediately, but unfortunately, they did not have the tokens to enter and leave the palace.
Only on the first and fifteenth day of each month would they have the opportunity to enter the palace and pay their respects to their father Zhao Kang and their respective mothers and concubines.
Of course, they also had another way to enter and exit the palace at this time, which was to take the secret passage. However, Zhao Yuanxi dissuaded Zhao Yuanqi because Zhao Yuanci felt that it would be better to use this secret passage as little as possible. After all, if someone inside or outside the palace were to
I learned that this is not a small crime.
So, after waiting for half a month, brothers Zhao Yuancai and Zhao Yuandi had the opportunity to enter the palace and tell Zhao Yuanli the good news.
A few months passed in a flash. Because of the existence of the secret passage, Zhao Yuanli did not feel depressed at all while living in the palace, because he would sneak out of the palace through the secret passage at five o'clock from across the mountain to find his two brothers Zhao Yuanci and Zhao Yuanke.
"It's a pity that this secret passage only leads from the inside of the palace to the outside of the palace. It would be great if it could lead to the outside of the city..."
One day during a small gathering in Tingfeng Pavilion, Zhao Yuanli said to his two brothers, Zhao Yuansi and Zhao Yuanji, still unsatisfied.
Hearing this, Zhao Yuanxi and Zhao Yuanji couldn't help but laugh.
In their opinion, the distance between Tingfeng Pavilion and the old house in the city is not far. Therefore, the ancestor was able to dig a secret tunnel, but it was difficult to dig a secret tunnel from inside the city to outside the city.
Much more.
"You, don't think about this. You just need to stay up for a while. In one and a half years, won't you be able to leave the palace?" Zhao Yuanqi humorously tried to dissuade Zhao Yuanli from his unrestrained thoughts that day.
However, Zhao Yuanli curled his lips and said: "So what if we move out of the palace? Isn't it just that we can't get out of the beam? It's nothing more than moving from a narrow birdcage to another slightly more spacious birdcage."
Hearing this, Zhao Yuanxi and Zhao Yuanji could not refute. After all, according to the ancestral system, they could only enter and exit Daliang City Gate at will after they had gone through the crowning ceremony and truly reached adulthood. Before that, they could only stay in Daliang City.
"Okay, okay, Yuan Ke and I have a rare visit to the palace, so don't act like this. By the way, this year, the local government paid tribute to some fish with golden scales?"
"Golden scales and tail." Zhao Yuanli said with a smile when he heard this: "It's at the fish pond in the Imperial Garden. I've sneaked in and had a look."
Zhao Yuanxi and Zhao Yuanji looked at each other, smiled bitterly and shook their heads.
As a result, the three brothers walked towards the imperial garden while chatting and joking.
During this period, they met groups of palace maids. When those palace ladies saw King Jing Zhao Yuanxi and King Yu Zhao Yuandai, they stopped to watch in the distance.
After all, these two princes have reached the age of marriage, but have not yet been registered as princesses. This is really a good opportunity for some ladies in the palace.
Don't think that the maids in the palace are from poor people. In fact, most of the maids in the palace are the daughters of noble families. Their father sent them to the palace when they were ten or eight years old.
As for the purpose, it is self-evident - if you are lucky enough to be favored by the emperor, then of course it is best. Even if you are not favored by the emperor, you can settle for the next best thing and have the opportunity to participate in the competition for the spot of the prince and concubine.
Of course, those who are willing to send their daughters to the palace to join the royal family are almost all small and medium-sized nobles in Wei State. The real nobles will not send their daughters to the palace to endure hardship.
When getting married, just hand the emperor or queen a picture album of your daughter.
However, because of Zhao Yuanli's relationship, the palace maids did not dare to approach and just watched from a distance. After all, there were regulations in the palace. The palace maids were not allowed to contact the prince who had not left the palace. If there was any interference, the palace maid would be killed with a stick - this
It is a death rule that cannot be exceeded.
Therefore, Zhao Yuanqi laughed and teased Zhao Yuanli for ruining his affair with Zhao Yuansi.
Of course, he was just joking. After all, the three brothers knew that the only person they could marry in the future would be the daughter of some of the great nobles in the country.
These princes have almost no autonomy when it comes to marriage.
At this time, Zhao Yuanxi was looking intently at the fish pond. On the other side of the pond, he saw a strange young woman wearing a gauze skirt, sitting sideways on a stone next to the pond, looking at her calmly and peacefully.
Looking at the fish swimming in the pond, a refreshing smile appeared on his face.
"What a beautiful person..."
Zhao Yuanli stared at the beauty on the other side of the pond with his eyes wide open, his heart pounding.
"Huh?" Zhao Yuanci touched his chin and said in surprise: "This girl looks so unfamiliar... Lao Wu, do you recognize her?"
Zhao Yuanji curled his lips when he heard this and said without paying much attention: "Isn't it the old man's newly recruited concubine?"
"Don't talk nonsense, how is it possible?" Zhao Yuanci rolled his eyes when he heard this. Seeing a few young eunuchs passing by not far away, he called them in front of him, pointed at the woman opposite the Guanyu Pond, and asked: "Who is this woman?
, he doesn’t look like someone from the palace.”
The young eunuchs all recognized Zhao Yuansi, His Royal Highness Prince Jing, so they replied respectfully: "Reporting to Your Highness, this woman is the Xiao family, the daughter of Xiao Boyuan, Marquis of Nanyan. As for why she entered the palace, I really don't know."
"Oh." Zhao Yuanxi nodded suddenly, waved his hand to dismiss the young eunuchs, and said to Zhao Yuanji: "She is Xiao Boyuan's daughter... Yuanji, what do you think?"
"I'm afraid there will be a marriage." Zhao Yuanji frowned and whispered: "My father was so angry with General Xiao Yan a few years ago that the relationship between the Xiao family of Nanyan and the royal family was not what it used to be. Thinking about it, my father was probably
If you want to get married, you can delay it.
And the relationship between the two." At this point, he glanced at Zhao Yuansi and said with a smile: "The third child (Zhao Yuanzuo) just got married last year. If nothing else, the marriage partner should be you, the Fourth Prince... Congratulations.
.”
"Hey." Zhao Yuansi laughed twice, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhao Yuanli from the corner of his eye. Seeing him looking at the daughter of the Xiao family with a red face, he deliberately asked: "Lao Liu, why don't you speak? Lao Liu?"
"Huh?" Zhao Yuanli woke up from a dream and said with a blushing face: "I...I don't know."
Zhao Yuanci glanced at Zhao Yuanli with a narrow look, then hugged the latter's neck and said with a smile: "Yuanli, don't say that my brother didn't give you a chance. This girl looks really good. She comes from the same family in Yemen. If you have the courage
Go over and talk to her and ask her her maiden name, and Yuan Qi and I will help you make this beautiful thing happen. Otherwise, this girl may be your fourth sister-in-law in the future."
These words made Zhao Yuanli blush. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "How dare I have any wrong thoughts about my fourth sister-in-law?"
"Don't listen to Yuan Qi's nonsense. The title of fourth sister-in-law has not yet been decided. There are several brothers among us, and everyone has a chance... How about it?" Zhao Yuanci said with a smile.
Under Zhao Yuancai's encouragement, Zhao Yuanli finally plucked up the courage to walk to the opposite side of Guanyu Pond after hesitating for a long time.
Glancing at Zhao Yuanli's back, Zhao Yuanji said softly: "That's... Xiao's daughter."
As if he had guessed Zhao Yuanqi's thoughts, Zhao Yuanqi said nonchalantly: "You and Yuanqi are both my humerus brothers. There is no difference between you two getting this girl and me getting this girl..."
Zhao Yuanji took a deep look at Zhao Yuansi, nodded, and then said worriedly: "I'm afraid I'm just being sentimental..."
"Huh?" Zhao Yuanci was stunned when he heard this. He was about to ask, but he saw that Zhao Yuanli had already walked near the woman. He quickly smiled and said, "Wait a minute, there will be a good show."
Seeing the censorious look on Zhao Yuancai's face, Zhao Yuancai smiled bitterly and shook his head.
At the same time, Zhao Yuanli had walked behind the daughter of the Xiao family. He wanted to speak several times, but he couldn't bear to break the quiet and peaceful atmosphere, so he just stood there stupidly.
However, Mrs. Xiao had already noticed Zhao Yuanli. When she turned around and saw him blushing, she asked with a slight smile: "What's the matter?"
Looking at that extremely beautiful face, Zhao Yuanli's mind went blank, and he turned around and left in shame. Not to mention Mrs. Xiao was dumbfounded, Zhao Yuanxi and Zhao Yuandai on the other side of the pond were also overjoyed.
After Zhao Yuanli returned to his two brothers with a blushing face, Zhao Yuanci supported the rockery next to him with one hand and covered his stomach with the other, smiling and saying: "Yuanli, Yuanli, what are you doing..."
At this point, his voice stopped suddenly because he saw that the daughter of the Xiao family came here with Zhao Yuanli.
Under the stunned gazes of Zhao Yuanji and Zhao Yuanli, the daughter of the Xiao family walked up to Zhao Yuancai, grabbed the latter's clothes, and said angrily: "Who are you, and why are you teasing me?"
"I……"
King Jing Zhao Yuansi, the king of Wei thirty years later, was speechless as he looked at the beautiful face so close at hand.
Faced with the beauty's sullen questioning, Zhao Yuansi, who was far less powerful than he would be in the future, told the whole story of the cause and effect, and sincerely apologized to Mrs. Xiao, which calmed down Mrs. Xiao's sullenness.
"You...are you His Royal Highness Prince Jing?" Madam Xiao looked at Zhao Yuancai with great interest, as if he were looking at his future husband-in-law: "Can you ride a horse?"
"He is skilled in bow and horse." Zhao Yuanci said happily.
"Do you understand the art of war?"
"certainly."
"So you are both civil and military?" asked Madam Xiao with a smile.
Before Zhao Yuanxi could speak, Zhao Yuanqi smiled and said: "Not only is he good at both civil and military skills, but he is also unmarried. He is really the best husband."
"Oh?" Mrs. Xiao pursed her lips and smiled, not ashamed, thinking that the daughter of a general's family would be located in a more generous place than the daughter of an ordinary aristocratic family.
At the same time, on the path of the Imperial Garden on the side of Guanyu Pond, King Jing Zhao Yuanzuo happened to pass by and saw an unfamiliar woman chatting and joking with brothers Zhao Yuancai, Zhao Yuanji and Zhao Yuanli, and was slightly startled.
"Who is this girl?" Zhao Yuanzuo asked after recruiting several young eunuchs nearby.
The young eunuchs replied respectfully: "This is the daughter of the Xiao family of Nanyan."
"Xiao Boyuan's daughter?"
Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, frowned when he heard this. He looked at Xiao, who was chatting and laughing with the three Zhao Yuancai brothers, with a little worry on his face.