Chapter 386: Harmony
"Who?Cui Yingjia?" King Jin was about to exclaim in surprise, but he hurriedly raised his hand to cover his mouth. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Bai Chenghuan nodded: "Yes, it's her." β
King Jin felt that Sister Cheng Huan must be confused.
"Sister Cheng Huan, I have only seen her twice...... I don't want to get married so early......"
Even though he also knew that as the vassal king of Daqi, he was afraid that his family affairs would not be able to help him, but if he wanted to marry a person who had only met twice, King Jin still couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart.
Bai Chenghuan looked up at the sparsely populated official road and couldn't help but feel melancholy.
The last time the king of Jin left Beijing, the scene was so huge, the carriages and horses on the official road were one after another, and the long and short pavilions were all people who practiced for him, just because the emperor personally went out of the city to see him off, and the future queen was reluctant, and the holy family of the king of Jin was thick.
But this time, apart from her and Cui Yingjia, who else will send it?
Those who respected him and treated him well because he was the emperor's favorite brother, but now he has become a powerless and powerless vassal king, and those who seek advantage and avoid harm will dare to trample on him and take advantage of him for their own benefitβif she could have a powerful wife, standing behind the king of Jin with her mother, she would be much more at ease.
It's a pity that Xiao Shi is really a simple-minded person, he always thinks about things from his heart, not for fame and profit.
Such a little ten made her put away all the words she originally wanted to say, and said with a slight smile: "I just think she can come to see you off, she seems to care about you very much, she treats people sincerely and generously, and she looks good, don't you think it's good for such a woman?"
King Jin followed Bai Chenghuan's gaze and glanced back, his white face secretly turned red, and he quickly recovered his heartless appearance, and he didn't seem to care:
"I helped her the day before yesterday, she may just be a little grateful to me, and besides, there are others who have quietly said goodbye to me, and I don't come today, just for fear of causing trouble to the family. β
"But among the people who really treat you, she is the only woman!"
King Jin has had a noble identity since he was a child, handsome appearance, and the capital doesn't know how many noble girls want to come to him, and some women who are eager for quick success and quick profit are even full of means.
Therefore, although the King of Jin did not resist and dislike women like Xiao Shaoyun, he did not get too close to any woman.
Otherwise, how could it be her turn to worry about this matter for him.
Bai Chenghuan also had some regrets in his heart.
If she hadn't died and sat firmly on the throne of the queen, she would naturally have time to slowly select and choose a woman with good character, family, and reputation for King Jin as his wife.
And now, it is not easy to have Cui Yingjia as a candidate.
What's more, in her intuition, Cui Yingjia's temperament is also very commensurate with King Jin.
King Jin looked at Bai Chenghuan as if he was very serious, stopped talking, lowered his head and thought about it seriously before he raised his head and said:
"No matter how good Cui Yingjia is, how can I marry the daughter of the Cui family now? β
Bai Chenghuan noticed the sudden depression of King Jin, his mind turned around, and he felt overjoyed:
"This is a major event in your life, when you arrive in Hedong, just think about it seriously, whether you want to marry her, if you want to marry, tell me, I will find a way to ask her what she means, if she is also interested, we will plan slowly. β
King Jin suddenly felt that he was not worried, and happily responded: "Then I will tell Sister Cheng Huan when I think about it later." β
When he arrived in Hedong, he could think slowly, and then talk to Sister Cheng Huan after thinking about it.
Who to marry or not to marry was not a very important thing for him in the past, and it is not a particularly important thing now.
"But don't be too slow, you're already this age, if he thinks about it one day and stuffs you with a family affair, you won't have time to cry!"
This is what Bai Chenghuan is really worried about.
King Jin felt a pang in his heart - Sister Cheng Huan's words were not a joke, with the current temperament of the royal brother, it was really done!
"I know, I'll make a decision sooner rather than later. β
Outside the woods, Yan Mingshan had been waiting for half a day, and he was a little impatient, and frequently asked Zhang Delu what was going on.
It was inconvenient for the two to say more, Shao Hui served the wine of practice on the side, King Jin drank it all, and looked at Bai Chenghuan deeply, stopped talking, and finally turned around and strode out of the woods.
Who sent the assassin in the first place, Sister Cheng Huan probably didn't know.
Why did he mention her sad story again? In the future, he will investigate carefully, and one day, the truth will be revealed.
On the official road outside the woods, there was the sound of King Jin scolding Yan Mingshan, and the neighing of horses.
When Bai Chenghuan and Shaohui walked out of the woods, only flying dust could be seen on the official road, and they gradually chased the horse's hooves away.
"Let's go back. β
Standing and staring for a while, when the smoke and dust completely dissipated, Bai Chenghuan returned with Shaohui.
I hope that after that, the king of Jin can gain a foothold in Hedong, no matter how turbulent the world is, he can protect himself and be safe and sound.
As the days passed, the summer was getting hotter and hotter, and there was still no sign of rain.
There have been traces of displaced people in the suburbs of Beijing, and as the snow flakes from all over the country flew to Xiao Shaoyun's desk, the evil consequences caused by the drought were finally revealed.
In the Central Plains and even in the northwest, because of this great drought, many crops have dried up and died, and the wheat that should have been harvested at this time owes almost fifty or sixty percent of the harvest compared with previous years, and the crops that need to be harvested in autumn have died seven or eight out of ten at this time, and it is the end of no harvest.
And that's not counting the fields that were barren because of the construction of the Spiritualist Observatory to recruit people.
It is precisely because of the world's social and agriculture-oriented, once the harvest is not good and the harvest is not good, it is very easy to cause famine, famine, and plague, which are most likely to cause civil unrest.
Zhu Siming, the head of the household, was not only anxious at this time, he felt like he was roasted on a fire!
There is no hope for taxes in the autumn, and in the winter, needless to say, according to the current situation, famine is inevitable, and if there is another snow disaster or something, it will be fatal!
In previous years, in the event of such a natural disaster, the money and grain in the treasury of Daqi can be taken out for disaster relief, even if it cannot solve all the problems, it can also alleviate the situation, but now, the northwest is still fighting, the soul conjuring platform has not yet been built, because of the drought, water conservancy needs to be built again in various places, and there are all kinds of things, which is not spent like silver flowing water?
Not to mention the not very abundant treasury that has been tossed in the past six months, even if the treasury is full, it can't support such expenses!
Zhu Siming, the head of the household, no matter how calculating and exhausted he is, he can't resist it.
After stopping Prime Minister Song Wenru from crying a few times, he finally united most of the courtiers and gave advice to the emperor in the morning at the end of July, begging the emperor to stop the construction of the Soul Calling Platform!
Xiao Shaoyun angrily reprimanded and rejected the ministers' letters.
The Conjuring Altar was one step away from being built, and there was no way he could give up at this time!
Even if Zhao Shizhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is very dismissive of Zhu Siming on weekdays, he is really anxious at this time, without silver, what should he do with the military salary in the northwest?
If there is no military salary, what will the soldiers use to guard the border gates?
And the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry naturally stood on the same side as the emperor and opposed it with all their might.
If the construction of the Spiritualist Observatory is stopped, what will happen to the show girls to be selected? The emperor has already said that he will wait for the successful construction of the Spiritualist Observatory before the draft.
Once the construction of the Spiritualist Observatory is stopped, it means that the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry have nothing to do and no money to make money.
The ministers fought back and forth in the Taiji Palace, but in the end they could not make the emperor change his mind.
"Please also ask the emperor, think twice!
Song Wenru, who has always disliked the demolition of the emperor's platform, was also forced to be helpless, kneeling down and repeatedly kowtowing to the emperor.
"I know what all Aiqing said, as for the battle in the northwest, it will be stopped in a few days, and all Aiqing don't need to say much. β
All the ministers looked at Zhao Shizhen, and Zhao Shizhen looked at the emperor - how is this possible?
The cost of this battle was extremely high, how could it be so easy to stop fighting, instead of taking advantage of the turmoil in various parts of Daqi at this time to take advantage of the fire to loot?
The Manchu Dynasty was puzzled, and it was not until the two almost forgotten eldest princesses in the harem were titled that they figured out a little bit of flavor from it.
The two young eldest princesses born by the first emperor, the third princess won the title of the eldest princess of Anguo, and the fourth princess won the title of the eldest princess of Dingguo.
The news spread to the harem along with the emperor's decree, and the people around the two eldest princesses suddenly felt like pies falling from the sky - except for the princess, how could there be a princess with the national character in her title?
Even the eldest princess of Huijun does not have such an honor!
Xiao Huixin, the eldest princess of Dingguo, was naturally overjoyed, but Xiao Huiya, the eldest princess of Anguo, had already realized the problem:
"Although the emperor said that he gave us a title as a princess, there was no clear fief, and besides, the name was ...... Huang Sister Anding is already a deceased person, and inheriting her title is not a good omen. β
Xiao Huixin was stunned, feeling that what her sister said was very reasonable, but she couldn't think of anything wrong:
"Sister, could it be that you are thinking too much?"
"I wish I was thinking too much, but I always felt uneasy......
If it is because of the reminder of Brother Jin Wang, the emperor feels that he has treated them coldly for so many years and compensated them, so he gave them such a title, but what about the fief?
For their current situation, the title is not very important, the important thing is to have a fief, they have to rely on, as the eldest princess of the royal family without father and mother, they have the foundation to live in this life!
All of this today simply doesn't make sense!
The Ministry of Rites was also reprimanded by Song Wenru at the same time:
"Lord Fang, even if you want to curry favor with the emperor, you can't disregard the law like this and choose such a title for the two eldest princesses! What's more, you don't look at what time it is now, the court is eventful, but it is still ......."
Fang Handong was simply aggrieved: "The Prime Minister is aware that the emperor did not discuss the title of the two eldest princesses with his subordinates before, and I also heard the emperor talk about it for the first time this morning!"
Just when the civil and military officials were puzzled, there were many discussions, and all kinds of speculations, Xiao Shaoyun once again did not discuss with anyone, and issued a holy decree.
In general, this holy decree has only one meaning: the Ministry of Rites selects envoys, goes to Ningzhou to negotiate peace, and sends the two eldest princesses of Anguo and Dingguo to Ningzhou to make peace with the Hu people Jieli Khan!
This decree immediately caused an uproar in the court!
The King of Qin has been fighting with the Hu people in Ningzhou for so long, seeing that victory is in sight, as long as he supports it for a while, he can completely drive the Hu people out of the northwest, but at this time, he wants Daqi to take the initiative to sue for peace, and send the princess to make peace, which is simply a shame for Daqi!
This time, not only the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty opposed it, but even Xi Zeyan couldn't sit still, and forced himself into the palace to find the emperor.
"The Great Qi has been inherited for a hundred years, and there has never been a precedent for sending a princess and relatives, is it possible that I am a dignified Qi, and I still want to wronged the princess of the royal family and sacrifice my life in exchange for peace on the border?
Xiao Shaoyun was determined to send the two eldest princesses to the northwest, and was bluntly admonished by Xi Zeyan like this, and he didn't plan to change his mind at all:
"The two royal sisters of Anguo and Dingguo, born in the royal family, live and be wealthy, enjoy the worship of all the people, when the people are in trouble, they should share the worries for the monarch and solve problems for the people! This is their duty as a royal princess!"
Xi Zeyan was so angry that his heart ached, and he was dignified, and he wanted to make peace with the Hu people - Daqi had reached this point, with such an emperor, what else could he do?
Xiao Shaoyun's words reached the harem, and Xiao Huixin, the eldest princess of Dingguo, suddenly collapsed on the ground, unbelievable:
"Why do you want us to go and get married? Why do you want us to go and get married? Ningzhou, isn't there Uncle Qin Wang? Uncle Qin is the god of war of the Great Qi, why do you want us two weak women to go and get married?!"
As a princess, no matter how ignorant she is, she knows what it means to be close.
Far away from his homeland, he traveled thousands of miles, and since then he has been in the hands of the enemy, and he has completely become a hostage in the hands of the enemy, and life and death are no longer up to him!
What's more, I heard that the Jieli Khan is more than fifty years old, how can he be their concubine?
Xiao Huiya was not as broken as her sister, but she also felt like a thousand arrows piercing her heart.
"What the hell are we doing wrong...... It's just that he was born in a royal ...... How much does the imperial brother hate us and force us to die......
In the cry of her sister, Xiao Huiya walked out of the narrow palace room and looked at the blue sky above her head.
Father, if you have a spirit in heaven and tell us what to do? Who else in this world can save us?!
In Pear Blossom Lane, as soon as Xiao Shaotang received the news, he immediately went to find Mr. Yuan.
"What do you think, sir?"
Mr. Yuan frowned, thought for a moment, and was indignant:
"What a plan to kill two birds with one stone!"