Xie Zhiwei laughed: "Driving the canal is a good thing to benefit the people. You are just a benefit."

"Whatever you say, I will just think it was His Majesty who did it for me anyway." Xie Changyan stood up happily and continued to twist his hair.

Xie Zhiwei looked at her look of ignorance and sighed: "The good news is over, it's time to tell bad news."

"There is still bad news?"

"After seeing your grades at the Clan School, my father was very anxious. He decided to teach you separately from tomorrow. It is necessary to make all seven classes within one year." Xie Zhiwei said, smiling, "Congratulations, you can go to my father's study in the future."

"Oh?!" Xie Changyan screamed in shock.

Xie Changyan rushed home and saw more than a dozen large boxes in the room. He opened the boxes, and there were dense textbooks inside, and finally gave up.

This... is actually true!

Xie Zhiwei followed her, and saw her depressed expression with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Nineteenth sister, tomorrow, I remember to come to my father's study on time. Say goodbye."

Xie Changyan watched him leave pitifully, and then looked back at the pile of boxes, and suddenly felt completely disappointed.

At this time, Zheng came.

Xie Changyan said aggrievedly: "Mom, is the fifth uncle really so dissatisfied with me?"

Zheng sighed with great worries.

"Mom, I'm not a lazy person, but I'm really not good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." Xie Changyan stretched out his hands, and there were thin cocoons between his white fingertips. "Look, for three years, I have been practicing piano every day, and my fingers have been worn out without any slack."

She walked to the north wall again. Unlike the other walls on both sides, there was black paint here. There was a desk in front of the wall, and a brush and clean water were placed on the desk.

"There are also calligraphy and painting. In order to practice wrist strength and save money, I always use a brush to dip it in water on the wall. The walls are so painted out by me."

Zheng slowly sat down beside the couch and waved to her. Xie Changyan walked over and squatted at her feet, tilting his face. Zheng held his daughter's little face and stared at her for a long time.

"My son is diligent, how could he not know about my mother? It's just that you are like your father, good at martial arts and not literary." When talking about his deceased husband, Zheng's eyes were slightly red.

Xie Changyan's heart was thrilled, and he hurriedly held her hand and rubbed it: "Don't be sad, since Uncle Fifth said that, I'll do it well."

"I heard from Your Majesty that he chose you as his queen yesterday, and I was just happy. I woke up this morning, but the more I thought about it, the more I felt sad." Zheng stroked the thin fluff on Xie Changyan's forehead, his eyes were extremely warm, but also extremely sad.

"Why? Isn't this a great thing?"

"I have three things to worry about. One is to accompany the king as if he is a tiger. I feel very guilty for my mother, because your father died early, pity you for your lonely and doting too much for you, and taught you that you are ignorant and innocent and ignorant."

Xie Changyan blinked in dissatisfaction.

"Second, the father's clan should be your help. But with Fanyi in front, everyone will think of her when they see you, compare you with her, and will blame you."

"I am indeed not as good as my third sister. Since what they said is the truth, I will not be sad about it." Xie Changyan lowered his eyelashes.

"You don't know now, but every day, water drops pass through the stones, people's hearts have gaps, and the haze cannot dissipate. I worry about you being unable to bear it."

Xie Changyan was stunned for a moment, looked at Zheng family steadily, and then said softly after a while: "I think differently from my mother."

Now it was Zheng's turn to be stunned.

"My mother loved her daughter and regarded Sister Fanyi as a haze. But for her daughter, the third sister was someone who was even more close than her own sister. I stole into her boudoir, and she not only did not scold me, but also gave me rouge. I accidentally splashed ink on her skirt, and everyone blamed me, but she picked up a pen and drew a molan on her skirt to help me. The kitchen was also neglecting us and did not decoct me medicine in time. When she knew about it, she immediately reported that the patriarch severely punished the evil maids and stood up for me... Such a beautiful person died unfortunately, and I felt sad. It was everyone's fault for everyone to compare her with me, not the third sister. Even if I resent, I would only treat everyone, not the third sister." Xie Changyan's voice was very light, his speech was very slow, and his childish face had a firmness beyond his age.

Zheng was shocked by her words and lost his voice for a moment.

Xie Changyan blinked at her: "What's more, if I become the queen, how dare everyone criticize me? The only one who can blame me is Your Majesty."

"This is exactly the third point I worry about the most."

"Please make it clear to me, my mother."

Zheng was silent for a while before speaking: "There are tens of millions of women in Yan State, do you know why Your Majesty chose you alone?"

Xie Changyan said "Huh", but now he really can't answer.

"The King of Yan chose Xie Changyan for three reasons." The young man in white clothes walked in the bamboo forest, and the big man behind him followed step by step.

"First, the King of Yan was extremely dissatisfied with the autocracy of the aristocratic family and intended to weaken the two parties of Pang Yue. Therefore, he would never marry a noble daughter or support his relatives. Although the Xie family was famous, they passed on their families through poetry and prose, and did not serve as high-ranking officials or possess real power. This was the only choice for marriage."

The big man nodded: "So the King of Yan chose Xie Fanyi at the beginning."

The young man in white sighed: "But the beauty is poor, Xie Fanyi has no chance to do so, so the King of Yan took the opportunity to postpone the marriage. After he ascended the throne, he suppressed the two parties with thunder, and finally cut Pang Yue's sons' title off and exiled the title off."

"Then now?"

"Now the royal power is all his hand, and no one refuses to follow him when he calls him. But, after all, he is old, how can he have no wife and children as a monarch? Therefore, in order to give an explanation to the court officials and the people of the world, he still wants to get married. So he still chose the Xie family. But the reason for choosing Xie Changyan..." The young man in white smiled, "I'm afraid he hasn't had enough fun yet."

"Wei Niang thinks that the reason why Your Majesty chose you is because you are young and it will take three years to get married, but it is not too young and can block the courtiers' mouths..."

Xie Changyan suddenly thought of something and felt spirited: "By the way, mom, I heard that Your Majesty is a manly person..."

Before he finished speaking, Zheng immediately covered his mouth: "Be careful! This is very disrespectful!"

"I only dare to ask my mother."

Zheng stared at her. Xie Changyan had to swallow the words behind him and stopped talking.

"This is a catching wind and shadow, and there is no need to believe it. Besides, even if it is true, it has nothing to do with you."

Xie Changyan said coquettishly: "How can it have nothing to do with me? I will marry him in the future, but he doesn't like me. What should I do?"

Sorrow surged in Zheng's eyes and he touched his daughter's head: "That's all we can do."

Xie Changyan felt a chill in his heart.

"Wanwan, remember that the queen's responsibilities are only two: one, give birth to children for Your Majesty; the other, manage the harem for Your Majesty. Don't think about anything else or ask for it."

Xie Changyan opened his eyes wide, his black eyes as bright as stars were full of shock and confusion.

"It's hard to be a wife, but it's even harder to be an emperor's wife, night and night."

When the drum sounded at the hour of Mao, Xie Changyan had already arrived in front of Xie Huaiyong's study.

Xie Huaiyong's study is located among green bamboos, with the word "hanging pavilion" written on the plaque. He often said: "The paste is fried with bright red, and the orchid is withered from the fragrance. People live for a lifetime and their lives are hanging on a thread. You need to be worried about danger and stay safe." Therefore, Xie Zhiwei privately joked that he is a contemporary novice.

Xie Changyan looked at the word "未" that seemed to fall off at any time, and sighed that it was really a good word.

Xie Huaiyong is the head of the third house of the Xie family. He is nicknamed "Mr. Sancai". He is good at divination, alchemy and calligraphy. Especially the cursive script in calligraphy, he is the best in the world and there is no one who can surpass him.

The Xie family passed on the family through poetry and prose, and also attaches great importance to this. No matter whether men and women start from enlightenment, they must receive education and focus on rectifying themselves and self-study. As for the pride of governing the country and pacifying the world, they inherited the Xuan School's natural inaction theory and were exhausted.

——Except Xie Changyan’s father Xie Weishan.

Xie Weishan loved to play with swords and guns since he was a child, but Yu Wenmo was ordinary. After joining the army in the ninth year of Yongxin, he accumulated merits and became the governor of Binzhou, but unfortunately he never received any more.

It was not until King Cheng raised his troops and repeatedly invaded the sea border. Although his target was Yiguo, Binzhou was located at the junction of Yiyan and was implicated, and the fishermen were unable to go out to sea, which was miserable. Xie Weishan led the navy to attack and escorted the fishermen along the way. He met Cheng's enemy and killed three hundred enemies, and died for his country with great difficulty.

When the bad news came, Zheng was in sorrow that he had a premature birth. Everyone thought she was going to follow her husband, Zheng gritted her teeth and finally gave birth to Changyan.

Xie Huaiyong pity her helplessness and allowed her to remarry. Zheng looked at her baby daughter, but finally shook her head. She decided to stay in the Xie family and stay widowed to raise the orphan.

One guard will last for twelve years.

Xie Changyan grew up under the care of his family. He occasionally had bumps and bumps, but thanks to the strict family rules, he lived a prosperous and comfortable life.

The Xie family is in its heyday. There are 56 men and 30 daughters in this generation. Among a group of cousins ​​of the same age, Xie Changyan is not outstanding. Because Zheng rarely restrains her, he lives very casually. Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, he is a carefree and ordinary child.

No one expected that once he chose, his fate would be earth-shaking.

There are all those who envy, jealous, blessed, and cold-eyed people.

For Xie Changyan himself, from the beginning to the loss, to fear, and when he stood in front of the study door and watched Xie Huaiyong write more than a hundred times before he picked out the hanging word "hang", his heart seemed to be hanging high, and it was difficult to rest.

She took several deep breaths before knocking on the door.

"Come in." The voice is not Xie Huaiyong's.

Xie Changyan pushed the door and looked surprised: "Brother Jiu, why is it you?"

At this moment, the handsome young man standing in front of the bookshelf flipping through the books was Xie Zhiwei.

"My father went out for an emergency and his return date was not yet determined. He asked me to teach on his behalf. I would like to sit down."

Xie Changyan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great! When I think about getting along with Uncle Fifth, I'm so tired."

Xie Zhiwei tapped her legs that were falling beside the couch with the book in her hand. Xie Changyan quickly put away his legs and sat upright.

Xie Zhiwei handed her a piece of paper.
Chapter completed!