When the maternal grandparents who went to Pingxi to worship the third master returned, the sky began to snow, and Chiba and Lingyou had already begun to learn to climb.

When two little babies who look exactly the same, sitting on the bed and looking at you with black grape-like eyes, they can really make people's hearts melt into their hearts. When they smile at you and open their little hands for you to hug, no one refuses.

Emperor Xining and Empress Yao each picked up one and kept boasting. Especially Emperor Xining, for these two little babies who look exactly the same and dress exactly the same, he likes it to the heart. Although he already has two sons and a daughter, he has never thought children are so cute!

He sighed to his third brother, "If my brother and sister give you another pair of twin sons, it will be perfect." ”

The third master smiled, "She's still young, so she's not in a hurry." ”

said as if she would definitely be able to give birth to two sons at once, Xiao Nuan, who was sitting next to Queen Yao, raised her hand and helped her daughter dip the saliva on the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief.

Empress Yao chatted with Xiao Nuan, "Your concubine has been running all the way, is her health okay?" ”

Xiao Nuan nodded, "Okay." The mother concubine said that she would tidy up for two days, and the day after tomorrow she would enter the palace to help the second sister-in-law prepare for the sacrifice. ”

The winter solstice is a sub-year year and is an important festival of the Great Zhou. Every Asian year, the emperor has to go to the southern suburbs of Shejitai every three years to worship the heavens, the ceremony is solemn and grand, and the process is complicated.

This year is the first year of Emperor Xining's ascension to the throne, and it is the first time he has presided over the sacrifice to the sky, and Ning Zhiyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has been preparing since more than a month ago, and Empress Yao wants to go with Emperor Xining, and there are a lot of things that need to be prepared.

Xiao Qianye, who had been hugged by Emperor Xining for a while, twisted his body and let his father hug him, and the third master took his daughter over with satisfaction, turned around and handed it to Xiao Nuan, and followed the second brother to the Hall of Light.

He has been out of Beijing for more than four months, and Emperor Xining has saved up a lot of important things to discuss and advance with him.

The third master stayed in the Guangming Hall from the morning to the second half of the morning, and the two of them finished their business and rested after eating tea.

Today's weather is clear, and the evening glow shines through the bright tile panes made of mica in the Hall of Light, illuminating the temple warm and bright.

In the palace of the palace, the peach heart paper is mostly used for pasting the windows in winter, and the palace of the concubine can be made of bright tiles made of mussel shells with better warmth, and only the palaces of the queen mother, emperor and queen can use mica with the best transparency.

Mica comes in black, white and greenish, and the craftsmen use different shades of three-color mica to spell out a landscape painting with a far-reaching artistic conception on the pane, when the light shining on the mica is different, this landscape is different, if the four seasons change, it is exquisite.

Emperor Xining and the third master leaned on the chair, admiring the landscape on the pane gradually turning from bright to dark, and then satisfied to let Dexi hold the lamp.

"Second brother, this is really wonderful!" The third master praised sincerely.

Emperor Xining also liked it very much, "This is made by the craftsmen who will be the supervisors of Zhou Zhenqi, and let him buy a set for you." ”

Zhou Zhenqi is the elder brother of Zhou Qionghua and the elder brother of Zhaorong Zhou Qiongxuan, the concubine of Emperor Xining, who was promoted to be a general and a young eunuch by Emperor Xining more than two months ago. In this way, his promotion has a lot to do with the mica landscape on the pane of the Hall of Light.

It is said that the third master should resign. But he also liked this mica tile very much, and wanted to sit in the room with Xiao Nuan to appreciate such exquisiteness, so he responded, "Okay, thank you second brother." ”

Emperor Xining smirked, "I knew you would like it too." ”

The third master nodded truthfully, "The second brother's vision is getting better and better." ”

"It's not all about vision. It used to be a shorty general, but now it's the best of the best, so it looks better. "Although it took a little hard to be the emperor, he chose all the treasures in the world, which still made Emperor Xining quite satisfied.

Dexi, who was standing waiting for the two of them, also nodded silently. Compared with the previous majestic and solemn Yishou Palace, Dexi also prefers the current Guangming Palace, and he feels bright when he stands here.

The two ate a few cups of tea, and Emperor Xining sent all the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace away, and asked about private matters, "What do you think of the matter between Qin Anren and my uncle, what does the third brother think?" What do you have to say? ”

The matter of Li Xiran, the prince of Jingguo, admiring Qin Anren, the mother-in-law of King Sheng, has spread all over the Great Zhou and has become a topic of conversation among the people of the capital after tea and dinner.

A few months ago, after Jing Guogong followed the Qin'an people back to Nanshan Pass, he expressed his intention and stood in front of the Qin'an people's residence for three days. Who knew that Qin Anren closed the door tightly and only asked his daughter to send him back.

Until Jingguo Gong returned to Beijing, the people of Qin An did not see him. Look at the meaning, Qin Anren actually rejected Jing Guogong's courtship!

This was a surprise to everyone.

After his uncle returned to Beijing, Emperor Xining went to ask about it, only to learn that his uncle was not acting, but really wanted to marry Qin'an and enjoy his old age in peace.

Seeing that his uncle was like this, Emperor Xining had the idea of giving marriage by decree, but was politely rejected by his uncle, "My uncle has worked hard for decades for the court, and now he is retired from the dynasty at home, but he is cold and unaccompanied, and I can't bear it in my heart." If the people of Qin An also have the intention, they can put aside the worldly and superficial views and form a good alliance with my uncle for Qin and Jin, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

The third master replied, "Regarding the remarriage of my mother-in-law, Xiao Nuan and Xiao Cao have no opinion, and my brother is also in favor." It's just that her mother-in-law seems to have a lot of concerns, and she didn't say it explicitly in her correspondence with Xiao Nuan. ”

After Li Xiran returned to Beijing, the Qin family and Xiaocao have not come back from Nanshan Pass, and this matter actually means to be cool. Emperor Xining was very anxious for his uncle, "You are back, why don't you invite the people of Qin'an back to Beijing for the New Year?" ”

The third master smiled, "Xiao Nuan sent a letter to her mother-in-law before she came back, presumably she and Xiaocao were already on their way back to Beijing." ”

That's great! I had to send someone to tell my uncle about this. Emperor Xining said with emotion, "Third brother, do you still remember my aunt?" ”

The third master nodded.

"The people of Qin An are very different from my aunt."

Li Xiran's wife, Zhou, is bright and compelling, intelligent and capable, and kept the inner courtyard of the Li Mansion in good order when she was alive. The Qin family has an ordinary appearance, a gentle temperament, and the affairs of the family are decided by the daughters, and he is not assertive. And she is still a divorced woman, how can my uncle fall in love with such a person.

The third master somewhat understood why Li Xiran was like this. When he married the Zhou family when he was young, it must have been the words of his parents, and Li Xiran was also thinking about which girl would be the most beneficial to the Li family to marry, as for the Zhou family, it was second.

If it is decided today, Li Xiran also handed over the Li family to his eldest son. When a person chooses a wife in middle age, he has no worries, only about his heart.

Ten days after the winter solstice, Qin, Xiaocao, and Rhubarb also returned from Nanshan Pass.

Li Si, who had already sent someone to inquire about the news, ran into the study to report to his master, "Master, Qin Anren and Second Miss Chen have finally returned from Nanshan Pass!" ”

Li Xiran, who was reading a book, flipped a page of the book and didn't react.

Li Si couldn't help but think in his heart, "Look, here we are again, obviously I don't care about it, but I am still pretending to be garlic here." ”

Hearing his words, Li Xiran put down the book and narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Who do you say is pretending to be garlic?" ”

Li Si covered his mouth in horror, "How does the master know what his subordinates are thinking?" ”

Li Xiran frowned, why did he have to endure this idiot!