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Zhao Xu followed behind the little yellow gate, strolling around as if the Forbidden Palace was his own backyard.

Before arriving at the Zichen Palace, I saw Eunuch Shouyi guarding the door, smiling all over his face, "Young Master Zhao, Your Majesty and Fourth Highness are waiting for you."

"Oh?" Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Can the newlyweds see their husbands and husbands before the big wedding? I'm afraid it's unreasonable, right? Why don't you find me a hat to wear?"

Eunuch Shouyi wondered: "Young Master Zhao, don't joke around, let's go inside first, the two masters have been waiting for a while."

"Are you so impatient?" With a vague smile, Zhao Xu walked in with his head held high, bowed and kowtowed upright in the hall, "Student Zhao Xu pays homage to His Majesty, Fourth Highness."

"Get up." The emperor's voice was not high, with a hint of exhaustion.

Zhao Xu stood up straight, looking down at her toes.

"Shouyi, step back too."

Following the rustling sound, the eunuchs and maids retreated one after another, leaving only the three of them in this empty and lonely hall.

"Zhao Xu, do you hate me?" the emperor asked knowingly.

Zhao Xu looked up and looked straight into his eyes, "Thunder, rain and dew are all due to the grace of the king, how can students hate, and how dare they hate?"

The fourth prince on the side seemed to sneer, his voice was too shallow, Zhao Xu couldn't make out his voice.

"What's more, His Majesty didn't turn this matter into the Queen Mother's order, and he is so confiding to the students, it's too late for the students to be grateful, so how can they be resentful towards the Lord?"

The emperor was choked, but smiled slowly, "Unexpectedly, I found myself such a sharp-tongued daughter-in-law."

Zhao Xu looked at the emperor's prematurely aged Long Yan, and for some reason, all the panic dissipated, and he also laughed out loud, "It's better to be more aggressive."

The emperor laughed loudly, and said to the fourth prince beside him: "Father asked you to choose among the three, and you chose Zhao Nineteen yourself. No wonder Father."

It was only then that Zhao Xu looked at the fourth prince presumptuously, as if he had just noticed it.

The fourth prince will suppress the anger in his eyes, "Thank you father for the marriage, if you have a good wife like this, why not be afraid of failing in your great career."

He was still a half-grown child, with a hoarse voice that was between a boy and a man. Seeing Zhao Xu staring at him, he simply raised his head to look at him—skin fairer than snow, blue pupils, high nose and deep eyes.

Zhao Xu thought of the predecessor's poem "Hu Ji looks like a flower, like a spring breeze", and looked at the fourth prince with an even more playful look.

The emperor spoke at the right time, "I have decided to make the fourth prince Su Wang, and I will be a feudal prince immediately after the wedding."

Zhao Xu withdrew his gaze, frowned and said, "But the "Ancestors' Instructions" clearly stated that from now on, no princes will be allowed to live in feudal vassals. They will all receive fiefs from a distance, and only enjoy honor and taxes. Let it go, I'm afraid even His Majesty can't do anything..."

The fourth prince said indifferently: "Father obeyed the empress dowager's instructions and appointed the third brother as the crown prince. The empress dowager sympathized with father's grief for mother and concubine, so she made an exception and allowed me to be a feudal vassal. The military affairs of Suzhou are still under the control of Anxi Dufu."

Zhao Xu suddenly realized that the Huihe tribe of the four princes and mothers was next to Anbei Duhu Mansion, far away from Suzhou, and Anxi Duhu seemed to belong to the Deng Party. , Linzi Wangbi, it can be said that there is a world of difference.

A feudal king with no soldiers and no power, even if he has his own fief in name, is it any different from a rich man?

"Zhao Xu," the emperor walked down the jade steps slowly, and stood still five steps in front of him, "I gave you a chance to choose when the decree was announced, and now the wedding is scheduled for ten days later, apart from helping the emperor wholeheartedly, you have nothing to do." There is a way to go."

Zhao Xu raised the hem of his blouse and knelt straight in front of him, "I am sorry for the students' helplessness in raising children and taking care of the inner house. But if it is to rectify the world and help the court, the students will die!"

"From ancient times to the present, the Zhao family has been full of loyal ministers." The emperor sighed.

The fourth prince smiled lowly, "A traitor is like a loyal ear."

"Forget it," the emperor was obviously pampering his son, and turned a deaf ear to his words, "Spring is just right, and you two don't need to guard the men and women, why don't you go for a walk in the imperial garden together."

"Yes." The fourth prince agreed, grabbed his sleeve and walked out, "Nineteenth Lang, come with me."

Zhao Xu let him drag him, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, slow down, I'm delicate and weak, so I can't walk fast."

The fourth prince trembled, "My single name is an obscure word, you can call me by my first name or Shiro."

"Fourth Highness, etiquette cannot be abandoned."

The two walked to Penglai Pavilion, Xuanyuan Hui picked an empty water pavilion, let go of his hands and stood with his hands behind his back, his face was gloomy, "You are a smart person, so I won't make circles with you, just the day before yesterday, Langya The king is in prison, do you know?"

Zhao Xu was taken aback for a moment, but also became serious, "If I remember correctly, it seems that three years ago King Jincheng was sentenced to death for his crimes, and he took over the country and seized the title."

Xuanyuan Hui nodded, "Exactly. In addition, during the court meeting a few days ago, people frequently impeached various clans. This has to make people think about it."

"Your Highness, what do you mean by the Lu family's disaster?" Zhao Xu's heart trembled.

"Father is in a hurry to let me go to the feudal clan. He is not planning any great cause. What he fears most is the severance of the royal blood. I went to Suzhou. After all, the sky is far away from the emperor. As long as Deng does not tear his face, he can save me. Life."

"What's more, it only takes five days to travel from Suzhou to the King's Court at full speed." Zhao Xu thought thoughtfully, "But if His Highness marries me, before he reconciles with me, he is doomed to have no descendants."

Xuanyuan Hui looked up at him, and said with a sneer, "You are a big man, you are not really going to be my princess, but you still care about sons and daughters?"

Regardless of whether it is true or false, what man really doesn't care about the color of the hat on his head?

Zhao Xu shook his fingers, "Although it's just a play on the occasion, I can't have the reputation of being incompetent in controlling my husband and family, can I? What's more, His Highness marrying a male wife is considered the first in the royal family. I guess, How did the Holy Majesty explain to the Empress Dowager and the ministers? Wouldn’t it be too hypocritical if you have a concubine or a concubine too soon?”

Xuanyuan Hui frowned, and spoke slowly after a moment, "I understand, but you are the same."

The two looked at each other and smiled, but each had their own ghosts in their hearts.

"Get ready. We'll get married in ten days. On the second day of the wedding, we'll meet the emperor, the queen mother, and the queen, and we'll set off straight away."

Zhao Xu raised the corner of his mouth, "So impatient, isn't Your Highness afraid of accidents on the road?"

Xuanyuan Hui casually broke a willow stick and fiddled with it, "Strike while the iron is hot. It is at this time that they dare not move rashly. Zhao Xu..."

"Yes."

Xuanyuan Hui took a deep breath, "If you succeed in your great career in the future, I will definitely not let you down. Just bear with me for a few years, and in the future, you will not be short of titles, powers, and beauties."

He seemed calm and breezy, but his fingers tightly clasped the wicker in his hand.

Zhao Xu closed his eyes and bowed down, "I will do my best to assist His Highness until death!"

Xuanyuan Hui loosened his fingers and casually threw the willow branch into the shimmering Taiye Pool.

"It could not be better."