Chapter 204: Regret
Originally, the Wang family's decision to marry the Zhang family was also a last resort.
Before the Chinese New Year, when the news of the prince's recovery came out, there was already a downward trend. They married their daughters to the children of the clan with a promising future, and then worked hard to put their son-in-law on the throne of the emperor, so that their daughters could earn the title of future queen, which was almost known in the capital, and even officials and families in other provinces had heard of it.
But only the Wang family knows in their hearts that the two sons-in-law of the clan, Zhao Cheng is no longer useful, he is rejected by the royal family, and there will be no day when he will turn over in the future; Zhao Shuo is okay, at that time he was quite blue-eyed, but he and Xiao Wang's relationship was mediocre, and the couple did not have a biological son, and his relationship with the Wang family was still far away after all. Master Wang still hopes that his daughter can be more competitive and give birth to a son-in-law for Zhao Shuo as soon as possible, so that even if the Wang family makes more efforts for Zhao Shuo now, as long as he can push people to that position, the future inheritance can be passed on to his grandson, and it is not a waste of work. It's just that her daughter is not angry, and she hasn't been pregnant for more than a year, and Master Wang is also choked.
Originally, Master Wang also thought about marrying his eldest granddaughter to the clan, even if the generation is wrong, the grandson-in-law cannot become the emperor's heir, but maybe he can find a more weighty clan for his son-in-law?
It's a pity that the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family was once the sweetheart of the second son of King Liao, and she desperately pursued it. Although the second son of the King of Liao is no longer a man, the Liao Wangfu has also greatly reduced his family, and only one son is still decent, and they are still members of the clan. The rules in the clan are different from those outside, since the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family does not look down on the second son of the Liao Wang, then the children of the other royal palaces will never consider marrying her again, because it is openly slapping the face of the Liao Wangfu, an important branch of the clan, and it is very likely that the elders of the clan will blame them, feeling that they have no friendship with the clan. Although the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family was born beautiful and had a good family background, it was not enough for those nobles of the clan who were accustomed to seeing beauties to take all kinds of risks to marry. For Master Wang, this granddaughter is half of the waste, and she can only say goodbye to the circle of foreign ministers.
But in the circle of foreign ministers, not everyone can look at the Wang family. People who are really powerful, weighty and powerful look down on the nouveau riche who are from a poor family like the Wang family but climb up by unscrupulous means, desperately trying to earn a relative status for themselves; those who have no strength, no power, only empty shelves, but want to touch the light of the in-law relationship between the Wang family and Zhao Shuo, Master Wang can't look down on them. The daughter of the Wang family searched around, but she couldn't find a decent home for her eldest granddaughter, so she had to retreat to the second best place and ask for an object that could be affordable and helpful to the family.
Although Zhao Shuo sent his eldest son to Jiangnan for the sake of the Wang family's mood, if Xiao Wang's family could not have a son for a long time, Zhao Shuo would not be able to put his own son outside for the rest of his life, and he would definitely have to bring people back. The heavier his weight in front of the emperor, the less binding the Wang family will be on him, and sooner or later it will become a situation in which the Wang family is attached to him and looks at his face. Since the Wang family can't take advantage of Zhao Shuo in terms of heirs, they can only add some more weight to themselves and make their own weight heavier, so that Zhao Shuo can't snub them, and he doesn't dare to abandon them.
Master Wang married his grandsons to the daughter of a powerful general, and married his eldest granddaughter into the Zhang family, not hesitating to offend the Huang family, just looking forward to the future Wang family with military power in one hand and Ma Zheng in the other, and no one dared to underestimate them. As for the Huang family, in the eyes of Lord Wang, they are just a family attached to the prince, and as soon as the prince dies, they will be useless, and if they offend, they will be offended, so what is it?
Master Wang endured all kinds of criticism from the outside world, operated secretly, and added a lot of weight to his family, just waiting for a comeback and rejuvenating his strength. Where did he think that the prince of the East Palace was cured, and the emperor no longer had to be the heir of the heir, all his calculations were in vain, and the help he had once became the weakness of the Wang family, once the emperor and the East Palace knew that they dared to attack the army, and they didn't know how to be angry. Master Wang hurriedly ordered his family to rein in, and secretly sent a letter to those generals and officials who had been wooed by him, everyone kept a low profile for a few years, and there was no need to mention it for the time being. With the prince here, there is no room for them to operate at all, so let's save their lives and future first.
If it weren't for the fact that the family affairs between the Wang family and the Zhang family had been decided, and there was a lot of uproar, Master Wang would have wanted to withdraw from the marriage for his granddaughter. For the sake of Zhao Shuo, who is just the prince's son, it is really not cost-effective to offend the prince and the Huang family.
However, the Wang family had made such a big disturbance before, and had secretly contacted so many officials and generals, how could they guarantee that the news would never leak out? Naturally, some people saw that the East Palace was unstoppable, so some people surrendered to the past and sold the Wang family. The emperor and the crown prince were very angry, although the Wang family was ambitious in the past, but for the sake of the loyalty of the second master Wang for many years, and the intention of the princess to serve the queen mother in the palace, they did not plan to punish the Wang family heavily, but it was a small punishment and a big commandment, that is. I didn't expect the Wang family to be so bold! This must not be endured!
What does the Wang family want to do with military power and Ma Zheng? Doesn't the emperor choose their family's son-in-law as the heir, and they still expect to be able to force the palace with these things?!
Considering that the Wang family has also been in the limelight for a long time, the second master and the princess are still there, the emperor and the prince are just secretly staring at the Wang family, ordering people to collect evidence, and once the Wang family has any changes, they will give a thunderous blow. The Wang family didn't know about it for the time being, and thought they were very low-key. Knowing that Zhao Shuo could no longer be the imperial heir, their hearts were also lighter, and they began to think about whether they could make up their minds in the East Palace. The crown prince has a wife and a concubine, and only one daughter under his knees, is it possible for the Wang family to send a daughter to the palace in order to give birth to an imperial heir? It's just that the prince doesn't have a good impression of the Wang family, and this matter needs to be considered in the long run......
The Zhang family first sensed that something was wrong.
Zhang Gongzi married the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family, and the newlywed Yan Erben also fell in love for a while. But his father served as Shaoqing in Taifu Temple, Zhengqing was old and sick, just struggling for time, and his family hoped that he could die in office, so that he could fight for a posthumous mourning, so he did not resign on his behalf. Master Zhang held great power, thinking that when his boss died, he would just be promoted, and he would also be Xiao Jiuqing, and no one could compete with him. But Taifu Temple belongs to the Ministry of War, and Master Zhang also has a lot of contacts in the Ministry of War, so someone told him that his official position is estimated to be unable to be promoted, and the candidate for the position of Zhengqing has been decided, and even his position as a young secretary is likely to be unstable, and there are rumors that he will be transferred to an idle position.
Because he became in-laws with the Wang family, and the Wang family intended to get involved in military power and horse politics and plotted against him. If his in-laws were only transferred to an idle post, he would be considered lucky, and if the Wang family caused an even greater disaster, the Zhang family would probably be implicated! At that time, it would not be as simple as losing his official position and going to his post.
Master Zhang only felt that it was a bolt from the blue. Although Master Wang took the initiative to marry him as a family member of his family, which always made him feel unreal, he really did not know the true intentions of Master Wang! The Wang family never mentioned anything wrong. Their Zhang family just wanted to use the light of the Wang family to establish a relationship with the future imperial heir Zhao Shuo, so that their family could regain the glory of the family. They would never dare to do anything that violated the laws of the imperial court, let alone ...... Rebellion!
When Mr. Zhang went home and told his wife and children, everyone was so scared. Zhang Gongzi regretted it very much, he knew that this was the case, he would not have quit with Huang Qingfang, and now he is the cousin-in-law of His Royal Highness the Prince, decently, how can he have anything to do with a rebellious sinner? !
It was a matter of life and death, and the Zhang family immediately made a decision to let Zhang Gongzi go to Jiangnan to find Huang Qingfang in the name of a study tour, and he must prevent her from marrying again, and coax her to change her mind and be willing to renew the marriage contract. Anyway, the Huang family loves her, as long as she doesn't marry Zhang Gongzi, no matter how unhappy the Huang family is, they will not disobey her wishes. It's just that the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family has to hide it, and she can't leak the news for the time being. had to wait until Zhang Gongzi coaxed Huang Qingfang back, and the marriage was a foregone conclusion, and they could immediately find an excuse to divorce the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family, and then quickly welcome Huang Qingfang into the door. The Wang family was caught off guard and had no way to react, but the Zhang family was able to quickly break off the in-law relationship with the Wang family.
Zhang Gongzi didn't want to pestered Huang Qingfang shamelessly in Jiangnan, and even knew that what he did was likely to annoy Huang Jincheng and his wife, so he couldn't care about it. Because for him, this matter is not only related to his own future, but also related to the life of the whole family. If he acted according to etiquette, he would never have hope, so he could only lose face and get close to Huang Qingfang by any means.
Of course, even if he is shameless and unscrupulous, Huang Qingfang will not listen to his coaxing.
Huang Jincheng asked these inside stories from the mouth of the Zhang family's secretary, and he was really angry that one Buddha was born and the second Buddha ascended to heaven. The Zhang family was treacherous first, and now they want to redeem it, but they are still for their own net worth, and they don't have any true feelings for his sister at all.
Huang Jincheng immediately sent his own soldiers to deliver the news to his wife and sister, and wrote another letter to Qin Bai to explain the whole thing. He doesn't care what kind of fate the Zhang family has, he is only afraid that Zhang Gongzi will do more despicable things when he is cornered, so he needs Qin Bai to pay more attention and protect his sister.
Qin Bai read the letter and knew what was going on with Zhang Gongzi. He has nothing to sympathize with for this kind of person. People always have to pay the price for their choices. At the beginning, the Zhang family could choose to abandon the Huang family and join the Wang family, but today don't want to get rid of the Wang family and touch the light of the Huang family. There is no regret medicine in the world.
It's just that now the Zhang family is still stable in the capital, and the Wang family is not guilty, I am afraid that the emperor and the prince are casting a long line to catch big fish. Since this was the case, Qin Bai had no intention of startling the snake, so he ordered to go down and let the subordinates pay attention to the surrounding movements, and be sure to find his trace as soon as Zhang Gongzi approached them.