All Hail Cousin Brother

Yu Youyao took a deep breath: "It's a pair of jade and jade."

Ruyi jade is auspicious and wishful.

Who wants it?

Ordinarily, when people are looking for a marriage, if they like someone, in order to avoid being abrupt, they usually won't come directly to the door. First, they will give some valuable and dignified gifts, and then add hints to test them. Everyone has children, and the elders We all have experienced this, so we can probably guess the appropriate reaction by looking at the etiquette.

If it works, everyone will be happy.

If it fails, it won't hurt each other's dignity and friendship.

The gifts of temptation are all gold and jade.

It represents a good marriage that can never be exchanged for a thousand pieces of gold.

The carvings on it are also exquisite, such as cloud patterns, wishful thinking patterns, etc.

It further expressed that the elders were satisfied with the woman.

The rarer and more valuable something is, the more sincerity it represents.

The empress directly gave the jade as a gift, and it was still jade Ruyi, and it was a rare pair of jadeite jade Ruyi, which means that everything is as satisfying as one's heart is.

The thoughts are clear.

Mrs. Xie added: "This is also the Queen's test for the Yu clan and you."

Yu Youyao frowned and said to herself: Eunuch Li sent the reward with great fanfare. I thought that in a few days, the news about the great reward given to her by the Queen would spread throughout the world.

This is not a temptation, it is clearly Sima Zhao's intention, and everyone on the road knows it.

However, as the person involved, Yu Youyao didn't even have room to refuse. Regardless of whether the matter was successful or not, he would always be criticized.

Mr. Xie took the words and explained the pros and cons to her: "Earlier, due to the flower party at the Changxing Marquis Mansion and the Rongjun Prince's Mansion, the Yu Mansion and Concubine Lan and Concubine Xu inevitably had discord, and this discord , they are not involved in interests, they are all related to reputation. The Yu clan is a well-established scholarly family, and what they value is reputation. It is because the Yu family took advantage of the truth and did not suffer any loss, so they settled the matter, but the contradiction is irreconcilable."

Concubine Lan's natal family was formerly the Marquis of Weining, and was later demoted to Ning Yuanbo for the second time. Because she was implicated in cheating on scientific examinations, she is still in the imperial edict and is still deciding.

The Changxing Hou Mansion, which was in the same league as Ning Yuan Bo Mansion, was implicated in the case of King Zhou Li, and everyone in the family was executed.

At the flower party at the Changxing Marquis Mansion, Mrs. Weining Hou, who was Concubine Lan's mother, openly supported Mrs. Changxing Marquis in an attempt to ruin Xiao Yao'er's reputation.

Concubine Xu took advantage of the flower party at Rongjun Prince's Mansion to plot against Xiao Yao'er's reputation, and she went even further.

There is still room for change in the struggle over interests.

There are no eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests.

However, both parties' calculations were carried out in public, involving the family's reputation and even the elders. Anyone who wanted to show their face could not pretend that it had not happened.

Yu Youyao didn't recover for a while.

Mrs. Xie also knew that she did not have a mother to advise her, and did not have a thorough understanding of the pros and cons involved in marriage: "In other words, the Queen is using her status as the fourth prince's official concubine to seduce the Yu clan and you."

Yu Youyao understood instantly: "The emperor only has three princes. No matter who becomes the emperor, the second prince or the third prince, it will be detrimental to the Yu family. The Yu family has just emerged and its foundation in the court is not as good as some old nobles. If they want to go further, I must have the merit of following the dragon. On the surface, the Empress is rewarding me generously, but in fact, she is beating around the bush, using the status of the Fourth Prince’s royal concubine to test and lure me. In the future, if the Fourth Prince... I..."

There must always be a conclusion when fighting for reserves.

The Yu family has reached a dead end. Regardless of whether it is to take a further step in the court or for the sake of such a large family, whether it can continue to gain a foothold in the court and continue the inheritance, there is no choice.

Yu Youyao felt frightened.

Mr. Xie sighed softly: "The Yu clan is currently at its peak in the court. The Zhenguo Hou Mansion and the Qi Mansion, which it has good relations with, have also gained power in the court and cannot be underestimated. And you are currently in Liaodong. , has a close relationship with King Wu Mu, if I win you over, the relationship between the Queen and King Wu Mu will definitely get closer, and the interests involved behind you are really too great."

What he didn't say was that Mrs. Yu personally wrote him a letter shortly after the flower party at the Rongjun Prince's Mansion. In the letter, she mentioned that Master Huineng and Zen Master Huiji of Liuhui Temple in Baoning Temple were the little ones. The comment written by Yao'er even mentioned that Mr. Xianyun also said something similar.

Born with a phoenix life——

If this matter spreads, Xiao Yao'er may become the target of public criticism.

If you want to get something, you will go to great lengths to calculate it.

If you can't get it, you will go to great lengths to destroy it.

On a hot day, Yu Youyao broke into a cold sweat for no reason, and her whole body was cold: "Then, the Queen Empress adopts the fourth prince as her heir. It is not just a rumor, it is very likely to succeed."

So from the beginning, the Queen had already planned to drag her into the water.

She couldn't help but continue to analyze what was going on here.

With a legitimate heir in the court and the protection of the royalists, it is certain that the fourth prince will ascend the throne. As the prince's concubine, Yu Youyao has a royalist faction headed by the Yu family behind her. There is almost no suspense about the title of Queen of the Mansion, or even King Wu Mu.

An emperor and empress were born in the family, and the Yu family's fame and fortune were yet to come.

With such overwhelming dignity and supreme authority, I am afraid that few people in the world can withstand the temptation.

Even Yu Youyao himself couldn't help but be dazed for a moment when he suddenly thought of all this.

She thought of the scene when she entered the palace with her grandmother earlier. At that time, she was crouching at the feet of the Queen Mother, trembling with fear and not even daring to breathe. Above her head, the nobleman looked at her coldly and looked at her eyes unscrupulously. People are frightened, fearing that there will be mistakes in etiquette, and heaven and hell can only exist in the minds of the nobles.

Such supreme honor is his turn -

Yu Youyao's heart was beating wildly, and even her cheeks had an abnormal flush.

Mr. Xie frowned when he saw this: "Xiao Yao'er, what are you thinking?"

This is the reason why he refused to tell the truth before.

As an elder, he couldn't bring up the topic of marriage in front of his sister. He was also worried that the interests behind it were too great, in case Xiaoyao'er got blindfolded...

Yu Youyao woke up from a dream. She bit her lip lightly and lowered her head subconsciously. She was a little embarrassed to say it: "King Wu Mu and I..."

Old Mrs. Yu's expression did not relax, and he said in a deep voice: "Although you have an alliance with King Wu Mu, you have no orders from your parents, and there is no word of matchmaking. The marriage has not been formally decided, and the two parties have not exchanged tokens of engagement. Still not It’s fair and proper, so as not to damage your reputation, it’s naturally not easy to announce it to the public.”

This is the obvious reason.

Of course there is a deeper level: "The current situation in the court is very delicate. There is an engagement between you and King Wu Mu. It is not easy to make it public. It is even necessary to treat it as if it does not exist."