"We must retreat from this marriage." Bai Meng grabbed Song Jue's arm, "But this is not a retreat. This is just like a martial arts competition. You must find the opponent's life gate and hit it with one blow!"
"What Xiaomeng said is right, if we break off the engagement, we must be reasonable, otherwise we will be bullying others, right?" The Queen Mother patted Song Jinyu's arm, "But we still have to listen to Jinyu's thoughts, honey. What exactly do you think?"
"I...I..." Song Jinyu looked at the Queen Mother, then at Song Jue and Bai Meng, sighed softly, lowered her head, and remained silent for a long time.
"Your Highness, I have something I don't know whether to say or not, or whether to ask." Bai Meng looked at Song Jinyu, thought for a moment, and asked softly, "Do you really like Mr. Zhao Yinhe? What do you like about him? What about a little?"
"I..." Song Jinyu was a little nervous, "Commander Bai, what does it mean to like him? I only know that I am happy to see him and to be with him. Even if we don't do anything, just being in a daze together is good."
"Oh!" Bai Meng nodded, "What about the other party? Do Zhao Yin and Young Master feel the same way as you? Do you feel that there is something wrong with him in the process of getting along with him?" Seeing Song Jinyu's confused face, He added, "For example, is he in a trance, absent-minded, or does he prevaricate or be perfunctory when you ask or chat with him?"
"Before the engagement...none." Song Jinyu carefully recalled the situation between the two of them, "After the engagement...we met less time, and every time we were in a hurry, and before we even said a few words, he He just said he had something else to do and left in a hurry. I don’t know what he was doing, but anyway... nothing like this has ever happened before. "
"Is the same situation today?"
"No." Song Jinyu shook her head, "He invited me to meet today and wanted to talk about our marriage. Before I went to see him, I was still thinking that the wedding day was coming soon, so what else should I talk about? What about her? I was curious, so I agreed to meet him. As a result... he told me that he wanted to extend the wedding date and that he was going to join the army. "
"Join the army?" Song Jue sneered, "Now all the armies have no plans to recruit new soldiers. Where does he want to join the army?"
"It should be in the north!" Bai Meng took a sip of tea, "Every year when the Duke of Zhen leads Shen Jiajun back to Beijing to report on his duties, there are a group of people who want to follow him back to Jiaping Pass City. Zhao Yinhe should have had the same idea. It’s a pity that Brother Haolin may not return to Beijing this year!”
"Eh? Isn't Xiaolin coming back?" The Queen Mother was a little surprised when she heard Bai Meng's words, and asked, "Then Xiaocha isn't coming back either? Oh, Xiaocha turned eighteen this year, and the Yi family is still thinking about it. , they return to Beijing this year, and it just so happens that she can celebrate her birthday in Beijing. If they don't come back, wouldn't the Ai family's preparations be in vain? "
"Mother, what have you prepared?" Song Jue frowned and looked at the Queen Mother with suspicion, "Aren't you preparing for a blind date banquet?"
"Of course not!" The Empress Dowager denied, "The Ai family has already said that the Ai family will not interfere in the marriages of you children if they can. Unless the situation becomes like Jin Yu's, the Ai family has to step in. , the Ai family will be responsible for cleaning up the mess."
"Then what have you prepared for Xiaocha?"
Song Jinyu also expressed her great curiosity. She was very fond of and envious of the eldest lady of Zhenguo Palace. They are both girls, and they can fight on the battlefield, but she can only stay in Xijing, waiting to get married. After such a comparison, I suddenly feel a little unwilling to accept it.
"You don't want to accept her as your goddaughter, do you?" Seeing the Queen Mother nodding happily and turning around to see Bai Meng's evil smile, Song Jue felt that his head hurt so much that he pinched Bai Meng's arm. , waved his hand towards the Queen Mother, "You'd better stop it!"
"Why? What a great thing?"
"A good thing? For other people, it may be a good thing, but for Xiaocha..." Song Jue raised an eyebrow at the Queen Mother, "It may not be a good thing, and... Haolin will not agree to his sister. It has something to do with the royal family.”
Seeing her son's serious face, the Queen Mother suddenly remembered Shen Cha's life experience and said with some regret, "The Ai family understands. It's because the Ai family didn't think carefully. If they really recognized Xiao Cha, they might not give him She got into a lot of trouble."
"Whether it's the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, Haolin, or Xiaocha, they are enough to attract attention now. There are many pairs of eyes in the capital staring at them, hoping that they will cause some trouble so that they can replace them. Even if they cannot replace them, we can take the opportunity. It's good to get some benefits. So, for their own good, we can't cause them any trouble, right?" Song Jue patted Bai Meng and motioned for him to let go of his arm, "The border situation is tense this year, unless Liao and Jin The situation in the country is clear, otherwise, they will definitely not leave easily." Song Jue stuffed a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake into his mouth, "Hey, let's not talk about them for now, let's talk about Jin Yu, you just talk about the marriage. Postponed this matter? If it was just this matter, you wouldn't choke, and you wouldn't be so angry that you would come back and cry like this!" He looked at Bai Meng, "What do you think?"
"Yes!" Bai Meng nodded, "There must be something else. Your Royal Highness, did Zhao Yinhe... show his dissatisfaction with you and this marriage?" Seeing Song Jinyu shrinking unconsciously, Bai Meng sighed and exchanged a look with Song Jue, "It really made us guess. The postponement of the wedding is just an excuse. What he really wants to do is to cancel the wedding."
"What he is still thinking about is to separate the sect from Prince Yihe's Mansion, then set up his own business, do something, and want to show off his power in front of his elder brother. Even..." Song Jue touched his chin, "He wants to be old The prince regrets, regrets despising him, regrets only cultivating his eldest brother." He looked at Song Jinyu, sighed softly, stood up and walked to sit next to his sister, "Silly girl, you have inadvertently become a stumbling block for others. "
"Brother Imperial!" Song Jinyu leaned on Song Jue's shoulder, "I am indeed a stumbling block, not only in his official career, but also in his emotions."
"Emotionally?" Song Jue and Bai Meng frowned at the same time, "He has a family?"
"Before the Chinese New Year, we met once and separated after saying a few words. At that time, I was in a bad mood, so I wanted to go shopping on the street and buy some delicious food to make my mood a little better. Shopping Not long after, I saw him accompanying a woman into a bank. The woman looked very gentle and virtuous. Moreover, at first glance, she looked very much like the Crown Princess, so I didn't care. Shopping. Just when I was about to return to the palace, I met them again. The two of them were very affectionate, talking and laughing as they walked in the opposite direction to Prince Yihe's Mansion."
"You followed?"
"Yes!" Song Jinyu nodded, "That woman is not the Crown Princess. She lives in a small courtyard near the Great Buddha Temple. Moreover, she does not live alone. She also has a son who looks to be more than three or almost four years old. .”
"This bastard!" Even Bai Meng couldn't bear it this time. He slapped the table hard, stood up and walked out. "I'm going to catch this kid, as well as the woman and her son!"
"Come quickly, stop the Commander-in-Chief!" The Queen Mother asked the little chamberlain to stop Bai Meng, "You just said that the Emperor can't keep his temper, why are you so reckless? We have to find out where that woman came from, and how can she be so reckless? What is the relationship between Zhao Yin and that boy, right?"
"That's what the queen said!"
Song Jue nodded, ran over, grabbed Bai Meng's arm, and dragged him back. He snapped his fingers, and the shadow that followed rushed in from the outside, knelt on one knee and saluted Song Jue and the Queen Mother.
"Go check on the woman living here and find out what happened between her and the second young master of Prince Yihe's Mansion!"
"Yes!" Shadow took the note from Song Jue with both hands.
"I'll give you one day to find out, otherwise... I will send you back to Jiapingguan City and let you rebuild!" Song Jue narrowed his eyes and looked at the two shadows kneeling in front of him, "Your boss You know what the means are, and if I am afraid that you will retreat, you also know how she will deal with you, right?"
"Back to Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to the Emperor's favor and satisfy Your Majesty."
"Go!"
Just as Shadow was about to retreat, he saw the little chamberlain from the Queen Mother's palace running in.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, someone is coming from Jiaping Pass." After saying that, the young chamberlain handed over a token with both hands.
Song Jue was overjoyed when he saw a "Thirteen" stamp on the lower right corner of the token.
"Hurry up!"
