No matter what his position is, if Miss Xu tries to persuade him to stay, how should he respond?
Frankly speaking, as a friend, he doesn't want to reject the other person.
But he has always been a principled person. When it comes to business, once he has made a decision, he should not be disturbed by external factors——
"You haven't had lunch yet, right?"
The queen smiled and said to her nephew who was in trouble for no apparent reason: "Why don't you go back after lunch."
Wu Chao thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
It was rare for him to see his aunt. Now that he was about to leave Beijing, having a meal with his aunt was what a younger generation should do.
The Queen then told Nanny Jiang standing beside her: "Nanny, please go to the imperial dining room yourself."
Aunt Jiang is an old servant of the Wu family. Before Wu Chao came to Beijing this time, she made a special effort to find out the eating habits of her grandson. It was most appropriate for her to go to the imperial dining room in person and give orders.
"There are no other people around, so I won't be too rigid today."
The queen took Wu Chao and Xu Mingyi to the Dongnuan Pavilion. There were no separate low tables for guests, but only a large sandalwood carved Eight Immortals table.
The queen was sitting on the throne, while Wu Chao and Xu Mingyi sat on the left and right beside her.
The maids serving the meal filed in with trays in hand, and Aunt Jiang was standing by, indicating which dish should be placed in which position.
Wu Chao glanced at it and said casually: "If you can, please change the dishes."
Aunt Jiang was slightly startled.
The dishes placed in front of Shisun were all based on Shisun's preferences. How could Shisun specifically ask for a change?
Could it be that after coming to the capital, his taste suddenly changed?
Thinking like this, Grandma Jiang subconsciously looked at her mother-in-law.
The queen smiled and nodded, but her eyes flashed slightly.
There's something wrong with her A-Yuan...
The children of orthodox aristocratic families all have the habit of not picking up food from elsewhere even if the food in front of them is not to their liking, let alone asking for it to be changed.
What's not to mention is that A Yuan is the grandson of the Wu family. These rules have been engraved in his bones since he was a child. Normally, such words would never come out of his mouth...
The palace maid quickly changed the dishes.
Looking at the food in front of him, Xu Mingyi also felt a little strange.
These were indeed the dishes she remembered Wu Chao liked to eat. That was what she ordered at Qingfeng Tower that day. She still remembered that he clearly enjoyed eating them too, right?
"My nephew respects his aunt."
After the palace maid arranged the bowls and chopsticks, the boy raised his wine glass.
The queen smiled and picked up the fruit wine in front of her.
Xu Mingyi also drank a cup of fruit wine.
"Use your chopsticks." The queen picked up the chopsticks and looked at the two children beside her with gentle eyes.
Xu Mingyi tasted the two dishes in front of him and found them quite delicious.
At the same time, a guess suddenly appeared in his heart - Wu Chao thought that what she ordered at Qingfeng Tower that day was all her favorite food, right?
She has never had any doubts about Wu Shisun's upbringing and demeanor, and she has also seen the kindness shown by him these days, which even makes people feel that he is very easy to deceive...
But these are all based on business matters. How can he be so considerate and considerate about private matters?
In her previous life, she had always thought that this was a person who acted simply and was extremely afraid of trouble, so he spoke much less than ordinary people——
No matter what he thought, something felt wrong. Xu Mingyi couldn't help but quietly raised his eyes to look at the young man sitting opposite him.
The young man is good-looking, and his eating appearance is also very good-looking. His movements are clear and not slow, and there is not much sense of slowness, but it is also pleasing to the eye.
Upon noticing this sight, Wu Chao's chewing movements paused slightly.
Xu Mingyi was also a keen person. Seeing that he seemed to be aware of it, he immediately withdrew his gaze and started eating his meal honestly.
Seeing her like this out of the corner of his eye, Wu Chao moved the corners of his mouth as if nothing had happened.
If you want to see him act openly and honestly, he is not a stingy person.
At this moment, the boy completely forgot about the uncontrollable urge to blow up his hair when he was stared at.
After a meal, the palace maid removed the food and replaced it with tea.
The queen seemed to be in a particularly good mood today. She drank a lot of fruit wine during the dinner, with a smile on her face. After chatting with her nephew for a while, she turned her attention back to the girl beside her.
"Miss Xu will be sixteen this year, right?" the queen asked with a smile.
Xu Mingyi nodded: "Hui Niang, that's right."
On this point alone, even the Queen is much better than her second uncle who can't remember how old she is.
"Ordinarily, it's time to worry about the marriage." The queen said with a gentle and friendly smile on her face: "If there is no one to discuss at home, may I ask you to keep an eye on it for you?"
Wu Chao frowned slightly when he heard this.
Is your aunt drunk?
Why did you worry about asking about the marriage of another girl?
"There is no one who is discussing it." Xu Mingyi said with a smile, without the slightest hint of shame on his face.
She also realized that when the Empress mentioned this matter at this time, she truly treated her as a junior she liked, rather than having other thoughts and wanting to interfere in her marriage affairs.
"Speaking of which, we will be recruiting Jinshi next spring..." The queen said, "If there are talented people with both talent and appearance, you can pay more attention to them."
Before Xu Mingyi had time to respond, he only listened to the young man on the side saying: "Miss Xu is from a general family. She is an ordinary scholar. I'm afraid she won't get along with her easily."
According to her "we'll talk about it after you win" temperament, how could a weak scholar be her opponent?
Moreover, it is risky to catch a son-in-law under the ranking. Those Jinshi come from all over the world, so it is difficult to find out their true background and character.
In his opinion, it was totally unreliable.
It was rare to see her nephew talk so much. The queen suppressed the strangeness in her heart, and smiled and said to Xu Mingyi: "What A Yuan said makes sense. If the scholar doesn't like it, among the military generals' disciples who are familiar with the Duke of Zhen, you can carefully read
Take your pick.”
As soon as she finished her sentence, her nephew frowned slightly again.
The queen's smile narrowed slightly - her Ayuan was dissatisfied after hearing this?
Sure enough, the young man took over the words and said seriously: "It has only been a few decades since the founding of Daqing. Most of the generals are from rough backgrounds, and the education of their children still has some shortcomings. Of course, heroes do not matter their origins, but if they want to choose a husband, they may not be
Excellent match."
How can they live in harmony if they find someone who is also a general and start fighting whenever they disagree?
He still felt unreliable.
The queen looked at her nephew with complicated eyes.
He thinks the literary ones are too literary, and the martial arts ones are too martial...
——What’s the reason for this feeling that the father-in-law looks like his son-in-law, and he can’t even look into his eyes?
If he has a daughter in the future, he will probably make life difficult for his son-in-law, right?
Xu Mingyi also looked at the young man with a serious look on his face.
He considers everything even more than her father. Is Wu Shisun so worried about her marriage?
