The news that Tang Jiayu had been chosen to enter the palace was announced to everyone in the director's flower hall early in the morning by Mrs. Yan with a high tone and a look of great joy.

Li Wennan was stunned. Li Wenmei opened her eyes wide and looked at Li Xia subconsciously. Li Xia had a calm expression and was looking at the fifth sister-in-law Tang Jiarui with reddish eyes. Li Wenmei moved her eyes to Tang Jiarui and raised her eyebrows, showing a happy expression.

Madam Yan lowered her head.

The eldest grandma Zhao lowered her head and sorted the pile of cards in front of her, as if she hadn't heard anything. The second grandma Huang was lost in thought. Li Xia glanced at Zhao and Huang, and stopped Li Wennan who was about to speak.

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Mrs. Yan then ordered the housekeeper to prepare a high-quality congratulatory gift, and she would go to the Tang family in person to congratulate him.

"Let's go see Ayu, she is now..." Li Wennan pulled Li Xia, with unspeakable sadness in his low voice.

"You and the eighth sister can go, I don't want to go." Before Li Xia finished speaking, Mrs. Yan turned to look at Li Wennan and said, "You and the eighth sister can go, Axia, come and follow me to choose a few.

Something like that. There's nothing big going on today. You and your second wife will discuss the arrangements."

As Mrs. Yan spoke, she stood up, waved to Li Xia, and went to the warehouse at the back.

Li Wennan and Li Wenmei ordered their cars to be prepared, went back to change clothes, and went out to visit Tang Jiayu at Tang's house.

The eldest grandmother, Mrs. Zhao, and the second grandma, Mrs. Huang, each had their own thoughts and absent-mindedly arranged the routine housework.

Madam Yan and Li Xia walked out of the flower hall and walked a long way. Madam Yan sighed, "I really didn't expect that Ayu is only fifteen, and the Tang family is like that. It is said that the emperor did not treat Tang Shangshu as sir."

A name can never be...sigh."

Li Xia lowered his head and did not answer.

The emperor's respect for anyone is only superficial. He is the master of all things and everyone in the world. That superficial respect is enough. When he calls Tang Chengyi sir, it is enough for the Tang family to repay the favor with his entire clan.

What's more, he accepted Tang Jiayu. In his mind, this was his love and kindness to Tang Chengyi and the Tang family.

"It's pointless to talk about this anymore. Ayu is only fifteen and has a delicate temper. Now that she has entered the palace... ugh." Mrs. Yan sighed again and glanced at Li Xia, who had his head lowered with deep thoughts. He hesitated and lowered his voice.

He said in a low voice: "Axia, please tell me, Ayu's entry into the palace cannot be considered a good thing, but after all, she is a girl from the Tang family, the direct granddaughter of Tang Shangshu, so it shouldn't be... too bad, right?"

"Just because she is a girl from the Tang family." Li Xia replied in a low voice.

Mrs. Yan's face changed slightly. Li Xia looked at her, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak, and lowered his head again.

Mrs. Yan stopped talking. The two of them stood in silence at the door of the warehouse, watching Man Qing and Lao Liu's mother pick out two or three things. Mrs. Yan ordered to get some more, looked at Li Xia and asked, "I have to go there."

Trip, are you going?"

Li Xia shook his head, "I went out for a walk and felt depressed."

Mrs. Yan was stunned, her face turned slightly pale. After a moment, she nodded, turned around, tears welled up in her eyes, and she hurriedly pressed them back with a handkerchief.

Li Xia asked for a car and came out. He quickly arrived at Xu's house, knocked on the car door and said, "Go to Prince Qin's Mansion."

Fugui immediately urged his horse to turn around and go straight to the Prince of Qin's Mansion.

The King of Qin was not in the palace, and neither was Lu Yi. Guo Sheng came out to greet him. Before he could approach, Li Xia waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be here. I'll just walk around by myself."

Guo Sheng stood far away, watching Li Xia, who was obviously in a depressed mood, enter the moon cave door. He was lost in thought for a while, sighed softly, and turned around to go back.

Li Xia took the Duan Inkstone and walked around the study yard, walking along the flower path and walking in.

Pass through the rattan flower trellis and walk along the verandah to the back garden lake. Under the shade of several hundred-year-old trees beside the lake, a thatched pavilion stands next to the trees, overlooking the back lake.

Li Xia turned a corner and entered the thatched pavilion.

The little chamberlain who was standing far behind hurriedly fetched the brocade mat, asked the maid to boil water and make tea not far away, and brought in some snacks.

Li Xia sat in the pavilion, looking at the green lotus leaves and pink lotus flowers in the clear lake, and was lost in thought.

Duan Yan made tea and stood beside her with her hands down, looking around carefully. This was the first time she had entered this garden. In a few years, she would be serving the girl in this garden, which was bigger than Yongning's residence.

How many gardens do you know how to live in?

"Duan Yan, the eleventh girl of the Tang family is about to enter the palace." Li Xia turned to look at Duan Yan and said.

Duan Yan was stunned, her girls rarely talked to them like this.

"Then congratulations to Miss Eleven." Duan Yan replied subconsciously.

"Why congratulations?" Li Xia turned around, facing Duan Inkstone, and picked up the tea.

"Isn't it a good thing to become a queen in the palace?" Duan Yan was unsure about the situation and hesitantly asked.

"Why is it a good thing to become a queen in the palace?" Li Xia sipped her tea and asked again.

"That's the empress." Duan Yan didn't know what to say for a moment, "The fortune teller, who will say who has the best fortune? The one with the best fortune is to enter the palace and become the empress? However," Duan Yan has followed Li Xia for the past two years,

After all, it is no longer the same as before. "Your Majesty, I heard that you are already over forty, and there is Empress Jiang in the palace. However, didn't Madam say that she has made a decree? Then you can only think of good things, what does the girl say?"

"We can only think about the good things. In addition to thinking about the good things, we should make good preparations." Li Xia pointed to the gooseneck chair next to him and motioned to sit down with an inkstone. "In the future, we may have times like this. Things have been settled.

There is no room for change. Apart from thinking for the best, the best thing to do is to prepare well."

Duan Yan kept nodding.

"It's not a good thing to be a queen in the palace, even if you have three matchmakers and six betrothals, it's not a good thing to be brought in from Xuandemen." Li Xia bit the edge of the cup and sipped the tea bit by bit, her voice a little unclear.

"Does the Crown Princess enter the palace and become the empress? She is hired by three matchmakers and six people?" Duan Yan frowned in thought and asked.

"Forget it." Li Xia nodded, "In terms of honor, besides Empress Jiang, she should be considered the Crown Princess. Forget it."

"What about the girl?"

"Empress Jiang, the Crown Princess, is a king. Your girl is a minister now, and she will be a minister when she gets married. You know the difference between a king and a minister, right?"

"I know." Duan Yan nodded immediately, and after a moment, he nodded again, "Girl, I understand, Empress Jiang is the queen, husband and wife are enemies, the emperor is the king, empress Jiang is naturally the king, the prince is the heir apparent, and the future king, then the prince

Of course, the concubine is also the future king."

"You know very well, that's the case. When it comes to it, Concubine Su, Concubine Yao Xian, and Ayu after entering the palace are all kings." Li Xia and Duan Yan were talking, and they felt as if they were a little more relaxed.

"I remember the girl said that it's not easy for you. The eleventh lady is still young. No wonder the girl is worried about her." Duan Yan understood from another aspect.

"I'm not worried about her." Li Xia defended subconsciously, and then sighed, "It's not that I'm worried. What you just said was right. This is a good thing to congratulate. Let's go and see my great-grandma.

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Chapter completed!