Xiao Zhang, the eighth son of Emperor Chu, was born in the fourth year of Tongguang in Great Chu, and his mother was Xu Guifei.

In the eighth year of Tongguang, he was crowned the king of Xuancheng County and did not leave the palace.

In the fourteenth year, he was renamed the king of Xiangdong and went to the fiefdom of Xiangzhou.

In the seventeenth year, Xiangzhou assassin Shi Wenjun made a rebellion, escaped from the Xiangdong Palace, and fled back to Jiankang.

It is still in the capital to this day.

Zheng Jun listed this item on the paper, suddenly threw away the pen, turned to Master Fu and said, "Uncle Fu, I want a detailed information about the king of Xiangdong." ”

"When does Xiaolang need it?"

"The sooner the better. ”

Master Fu Bo answered.

Then, Zheng Jun glanced at Wen Weng and said, "Ah Weng, prepare a prayer post, the day after tomorrow is the day of rest, I will go to Xie Mansion to visit Xie Shangshu." He had to understand how this marriage decree came about.

It's just that Wen Weng heard this, but remembered something, "But in five days it will be the Shangsi Festival, and the day after tomorrow, I will rush to Huiji Shanyin, I'm afraid it's too late to ......."

"If you can, you can catch up, and if you can't catch up, forget it. ”

As soon as Zheng Jun's voice fell, Wen Weng and Fu Zhubo both invariably called Shilang, their expressions showed a little anxious, and they disagreed, but before Wen Weng and Fu Zhubo spoke, they heard Zheng Jun say: "When the time comes, ride over, day and night, one day is enough." The tone paused slightly, "I'll go to Uncle Eighteen later, and let Uncle take Xuanlang over to report on my behalf first." ”

Looking at Zheng Jun's resolute face, Wen Weng and Fu Zhubo understood that it was useless to persuade them, and the fact that Jiuniang gave marriage to Xiao Zhang, the king of Xiangdong, really caught them off guard. Originally, when I received the post of the Lanting Repair Festival meeting, I had already arranged to set off, but I was interrupted.

When the news of the marriage reached the inner court. Zheng Sui was playing chess with Jiuniang Zheng Qian in Jiuniang's house, and Eleven Niang Aluo, who was originally playing with Chenfeng in the outhouse, suddenly ran in and grabbed Jiuniang's shoulder, "Sister, there seems to be someone from the house who passed the decree, and I heard that Sister A was given to the king of Xiangdong." ”

Jiu Niang and Zheng Sui raised their heads at the same time and looked at Eleven Niang. His face was full of surprise.

"Ah Luo, who did you listen to?" asked Zheng Sui.

Eleven Niang hurriedly said: "It's rumored in the house, Liu Yuan has gone to the front hall to inquire." ”

Zheng Sui looked at Jiuniang Zheng Qian. I saw Zheng Qian sigh softly, and looked at the black and white chessboard again, holding a sunspot in her hand, and couldn't help but call out to Sister. "Let's sneak into the front yard and have a look. ”

"I'm afraid that the two uncles and Uncle Wen Weng Fu are there. We were also inconvenient in the past. ”

"Sister is not in a hurry?" Zheng Sui said with a bit of fun.

Zheng Qian dropped a son and looked up at Zheng Sui, "What's the hurry, there are brothers and uncles in the horizontal and vertical directions." The three marriages she had set in the past were all handled by her sister-in-law, the first time she was still a little curious, the second and third time, every time she was scared. I don't know if this time will ...... Thinking of this, Zheng Qian's expression was a little dazed.

But in a flash. Returning to normal, Zheng Sui was very disappointed, and after dropping a white seed, he glanced at Eleven Niang Luo.

Arrow smiled, and ran out like a gust of wind.

Zheng Sui bowed his head again and played chess.

At the end of the game, Zheng Qian put away the white seeds, looked at Zheng Sui on the opposite side and said, "Xixi, you lost." ”

"In the end, Sister A's skills are superior. While speaking, Zheng Sui's eyes looked at the door curtain, and said in his heart: Ah Luo, this girl, why has she been gone for so long and hasn't come back.

Zheng Qian looked at Zheng Sui and smiled, thinking that Zheng Sui must have no intention of playing chess again, so she instructed her maid Yunliu to put away the chess set and bring a bowl of buttermilk to Zheng Sui, and she still asked for tea.

Zheng Sui turned his head to look at Zheng Qian, "Sister, shall we go to the middle hall to take a look?" There is a dark room in the middle hall, and no one will find out if it passes.

"What are you anxious about, Ah Luo and Liu Yuan have been gone for so long, they must be coming back soon, no matter how bad it is, it has been so long, I think Brother Ah will also send someone to sue us. Zheng Qian glanced at Zheng Sui with a faint expression, and took the tea bowl from the handmaiden.

"Sister, do you think Shiro will agree?"

"How do you say this, since it is a marriage, how can it be the turn of the elder brother to agree or not. Zheng Qian remembered Qi Niang Zheng Pu, and directly asked Deng Shilang to pick him up from Xingyang at that time, and Ba Niang Zheng Jia, although the marriage date was repeatedly postponed, she also married into the Yihun family a year ago.

When Zheng Sui heard this, he echoed, "That's what I said." After that, I fell into thought.

Xiao Zhang, the king of Xiangdong, his reputation is not good, caused by the Xiangzhou rebellion, like a lost dog fled back to Jiankang, how old it was at that time, but fourteen, when he passed Jingzhou, he heard people talking about how ridiculous he was in Xiangzhou, building a large number of buildings, enclosing fields to build lakes, arson slaves and so on.

The most important thing is not that he has a bad reputation, but that the princes and grandsons of several dynasties in the south have a good death.

In the evening, when Wen Weng came over, he naturally talked to Zheng Sui about it.

After hearing Wen Weng talk about the situation in the middle hall, Zheng Sui couldn't help asking: "Ah Weng, so Shiro hasn't decided yet?"

Just looked at Wen Weng and nodded, with a wry smile on his face, "It's not that there is no decision, but I don't want to, and I can't refuse, the Zheng family is in the south, and the foundation is too shallow, in fact, this marriage is still beneficial to the Zheng family." Speaking of this, Wen Weng paused and said, "Although this is true, neither I nor the old man have ever mentioned it to Shiro. ”

"Since I haven't mentioned it, Ah Weng won't mention it again. Zheng Sui groaned.

Wen Weng looked up at Zheng Sui, "What does the little lady say about this?" Zheng Sui has always expressed his opinion on these outside matters.

"Maybe Ah Weng and Uncle Fu, and even Shiro have reasons that you have to consider, but I just want to ask Ah Weng, the descendants of Emperor Wen, Emperor Wu, and Emperor Ming in the previous dynasty, and later, are there any who are alive?"

Wen Weng was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "No?"

I only heard Zheng Sui continue to ask: "If you don't go to the previous dynasty, let's say that Da Chu, the descendants of Gaozu, Shizong, and Gaozong, how many people are there?"

"The nine sons of Gaozu, in addition to Sejong, only the king of Shixing remains, and the eighteen sons of Sejong, in addition to Gaozong, there are the kings of Langya, Jiangdu, Nan'an, and Jinkang......" Wen Weng was shocked when he counted this. The expression on his face was even more frozen, the royal family of Nandi was extremely fierce in their struggle for power.

Former Dynasty. Emperor Wen's more than 20 sons, all of them were cut off by Emperor Wu and Emperor Ming, and later, Emperor Wu's ten sons, the same, only Emperor Ming and a crazy King of Hengshan remained, and Emperor Wu died early. Emperor Ming himself killed Taisun and seized the throne, so that when the Great Chu Gaozu took the world. None of the princes and kings came out against it.

In view of the experience of the previous dynasty, after the establishment of the Great Chu, the descendants of the Xiao family were sealed, and the palace was allowed to have an army. Defend the royal family. When Sejong succeeded to the throne, he also adhered to the national policy, however, in the third year of Gojong's reign, rebellions broke out one after another, and this rebellion was seven years, and Gojong reigned for a total of ten years. He fought for seven years, and he was the son of Gaozu Shizong. Left.

In the same way, the seven sons of Gaozong, except for the current majesty who took the throne and came to power, the remaining six kings, one of whom died early, all of them were succeeded to the Gaozu branch, but they were all monitored by the imperial court by the imperial court, and they could not leave the fief.

There are very few people who die well, and once they are in trouble, they often close the door and suffer disasters, which will affect their in-laws.

Wen Weng stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, calming down his heartbeat that was beating too hard, but his face showed a touch of bitterness, "Old Master and I, we are more concerned about the immediate interests, but I didn't expect this stubble, but now it's useless to think about it, the holy decree has been issued, there is no full certainty, or a reasonable excuse, who dares to risk the world's big ......."

Before he finished speaking, Wen Weng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he muttered two words of excuse, got up quickly, and arched his hand towards Zheng Sui, "Shi Niang, the old man has something to find Shiro, so he will retire first." As he spoke, he was in a hurry.

Although Zheng Sui couldn't guess what Wen Weng was thinking, he didn't stop him, and he didn't ask in a hurry here, but hurriedly waved his hand at Wen Weng, "Ah Weng go by yourself." ”

Wen Weng sighed and hurriedly walked out.

Let's say that Chenfeng came back from Eleven Niang and met Wen Weng at the door, so as soon as he came in, he asked: "What happened, why did Wen Weng go out from here, I watched from the side, walking like flying, as if he had taken a miracle medicine, and even the little servant who followed him couldn't catch up with his pace." ”

Xin Yi glared at Chenfeng, "As long as you like to make fun, be careful that Wen Weng can't spare you when he hears this." ”

"Wen Weng is doing big things, so he won't pay attention to the affairs of the inner courtyard here, and besides, the maid only talks about it in front of the little lady. ”

Zheng Sui drank the medicine, handed the medicine bowl in his hand to Cai Fu, rinsed his mouth and washed his hands, leaned back slightly on the hidden sac beside him, and recalled the two words that Wen Weng muttered when he thought about it a little, perhaps, Wen Weng thought of a very reasonable excuse to be so excited.

However, Zheng Sui's guess was indeed not bad at all, and Wen Weng did think of an extremely reasonable and suitable excuse.

When Wen Weng rushed to Jinhuaxuan to see Zheng Jun, Zheng Jun had not stopped, and the lights were still on in the bedroom.

After about a quarter of an hour or so, Zheng Jun came out, his clothes had changed, even his hair had been recombed, his face was flushed, his eyes were cloudy, and his eyes were full of water.

Zheng Jun looked at Wen Weng's insightful gaze, suddenly felt embarrassed, pretended to cough slightly, and knelt down in the top position, "Ah Weng came here so late, but what's the matter?"

"Regarding the marriage, the old man thought of an excuse. Wen Weng looked up at Zheng Jun, "Jiu Niang lost three fiancés in a row, maybe Kefu's name can be borrowed ......"

"No," Zheng Jun barely thought about it, and blurted out a veto, "Ah Xi's marriage is full of twists and turns, if you use such a reputation to refuse the marriage again, you will have this reputation confirmed, how can you get out of the cabinet in the future, and who else dares to marry?"

The more Zheng Jun thought about it, the more resolutely he disagreed.

"Xiao Lang," Wen Weng called out, but he heard Zheng Junyan say, "What's more, the three people in front of you are just a coincidence." ”

"But this excuse is very appropriate......"

Zheng Jun interrupted Wen Weng's words, "Ah Weng, don't say it, I won't let Jiu Niang have such a reputation." ”

Wen Weng's expression froze, so he told Zheng Jun what he had just said in Zheng Sui's house, but he didn't mention Zheng Sui, and then said: "Xiaolang, in today's world, the Shu family is a poor family, and they are proud to marry a high-ranking girl. ”

Zheng Jun listened and was silent.

Seeing this, Wen Weng said: "This is a method that the old man thought of, Xiaolang can think about it, as for whether to use it or not." A qiē is ultimately decided by Xiao Lang. As he spoke, he got up, "Xiao Lang also rested earlier." ”

Zheng Jun also got up. personally sent Wen Weng to the door, "Ah Weng let me think about it more, after all, this reputation is related to Ah Xi's life." ”

Wen Weng nodded before leaving.

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The next day, after finishing breakfast, Zheng Jun left Jiuniang behind.

Since the last time the god of flowers meets. Zheng Qian's hair was all pulled up, and the sea remained in front of her forehead. I combed them up, and when I looked up, I saw black hair like a cloud, and the color was bright and bright. Look closely, the skin is as smooth as white jade. The eyes are like autumn water, the lips are plain teeth, the shoulders are thin, the waist is thin, demure and comfortable, like a delicate flower shining on the water, and like a weak willow supporting the wind, the only muscle is a face, and the state is extremely beautiful.

Even Zheng Jun saw it himself. I couldn't help but move in my heart, and I couldn't help but applaud. Such a gorgeous character, who was born as his sister.

After sighing, he restrained his thoughts and lowered his head slightly.

"About the marriage, I think Ah Xi also knows. ”

Zheng Qian hummed lightly and replied: "Yesterday in the inner courtyard, I have heard Liu Yuan talk about it in detail. ”

"Ah Xi Ke is willing?" As soon as he finished asking, Zheng Jun was a little at a loss, he shouldn't have asked Jiu Niang, about marriage, how could a girl say whether she was willing or not.

Sure enough, I only heard Zheng Qian say: "How can there be a person who is willing or unwilling to say anything about this matter, but it is up to Brother Ah to decide." ”

Zheng Jun hurriedly remedied: "Brother just wants to ask, does Ah Xike have any ideas?"

Zheng Qian thought for a moment and shook her head, "No." ”

"Ah Xi, Brother asked you to find out what you think of this matter, after all, this is your lifelong event, and it is related to your life. ”

Looking at Zheng Jun's face was much stricter, Zheng Qian's hand in front of her shook it gently, and she suddenly remembered the first three marriages in her heart, every time her sister-in-law asked her like this, she was so restrained that she didn't know what to say, and the three times, she still hid behind the screen and peeked at the three Langjun, but in the end, they all ended up without a problem.

So, what about this time......

Zheng Qian's face changed slightly, and she shook her head busily.

"Ahh Zheng Jun looked at Zheng Qian's expression, and was in a slight trance, and couldn't help but call out hurriedly.

Unexpectedly, I heard Zheng Qian murmuring: "Brother, you say, will it be this time, will it ...... That man died inexplicably?" The tone became more and more urgent, and finally, in a panic, he reached out and pushed the tea bowl in front of the desk to the floor, making a crisp sound.

Zheng Jun was shocked, and called a fine sound, but the crisp sound of broken porcelain just now had made Zheng Qian come back from her panic, looking at the tea bowl that had been overturned in front of her, but she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, and said me a few times, but her head hung lower and lower, and her eyebrows frowned, with sadness and resentment.

"It's okay, just let someone come in and clean up. Zheng Jun hurriedly persuaded.

As he spoke, he shouted Eminem, only to see Yu Niang leading someone to clean up the floor.

After the people went out, Zheng Jun looked at Zheng Qian's expression and came over, but at first, Zheng Qian's expression was in a trance, and in the trance, he revealed a little fear, but it still deeply remained in Zheng Jun's mind, he didn't expect that the impact of the previous three marriages on Zheng Qian would be so deep, so that when he mentioned marriage now, his heart was full of fear.

Zheng Qian is sixteen years old, and when she stays in the boudoir, she should be the best years of her daughter's family, and she has expectations for the future.

Not only did it not arouse Zheng Qian's expectations, but only fear.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jun had to open his mouth to persuade: "Ah Xi, Brother Ah told you before, the deaths of those three people have nothing to do with you, you don't take it on yourself, Han Xiaolang was born with a weak disease, Feng Xiaolang was himself caused an unclean illness outside, as for Duan Xiaolang, it was just Duan Dalang's recklessness and rudeness, besides, before that, Duan Dalang killed several people." ”

The Han family is a marriage of the old clan, the Feng family is a marriage of the family in Xingyang, the Duan family is also, the Duan family is Xiaolang, the talent can, he has also intersected, but it is a pity.

However, for Zheng Jun's words, he seemed to be deaf, just looking at Zheng Jun and shaking his head, "If Brother asks me what I think, I don't ask for anything else, I just hope that he can be well, don't ...... Don't just be gone all of a sudden. When Zheng Qian said this, she suddenly raised her head, her eyes were wide open, the autumn water cut her pupils, her eyebrows were like pandan dew crying, the autumn rain was sad, and the endless wind/flow was tactful, which made people feel distressed.

Zheng Jun looked away lightly and imperceptibly, "No." After saying that, he emphasized as if assuring, "There will be no next time." ”

It's just that Zheng Qian couldn't believe it, and her eyes were still wide open. After a while, he said: "After the Duan family Xiaolang passed away, it was a long time. I always thought that maybe I would stay at home for the rest of my life, just like my aunt and grandmother, and at least not cause anyone else to suffer. ”

"Nonsense," Zheng Jun's heart was shocked, and his tone had to be a little strict. "Dispel such thoughts, the situation of my aunt and grandmother is different, and my aunt and grandmother are married. Because after the death of her husband, she went home to live. ”

"But I ......"

"You are completely different from your aunt and grandmother, how can you be compared," Zheng Jun hurriedly interrupted Zheng Qian's words.

Zheng Qian's face was stunned. opened his mouth. He didn't speak again, but lowered his head again, and after a while, he answered.

Looking at Zheng Qian's appearance, Zheng Jun sighed in his heart, his aunt is not such a character, he is not such a character, and even there are more than ten brothers and sisters in the family. No one is so cowardly, but this is the case.

Of course. At best, it can be said to be demure and docile.

Zheng Jun pursed his lips and said after a while: "Ah Xi's thoughts, Ah Brother knows, Ah Xi will go back to the house first." ”

Zheng Qian replied again, then quietly straightened up, saluted and retired.

Seeing the back of Zheng Qian's departure, Zheng Jun remembered the unbearable thoughts that surged in his heart just now, and he was somewhat disgusted with himself, maybe he should have married earlier, such a thing should have been said to her by the eldest daughter of the family, not his brother.

Just thinking of marrying, Zheng Jun searched around his head, but he couldn't find the girl he thought was suitable.

This didn't bother him for long, and he shook his head, but his mind immediately turned to business.

If Wen Weng's words were originally just a little shaken, then this time, after talking to Zheng Qian, Zheng Jun has been completely shaken.

Think about it again, today's court.

Today's Emperor Chu, who is very old, died early in the early death of Prince Huaicheng, leaving three sons under his knees, the eldest son is nineteen years old, Emperor Chu has been hesitating whether to establish the emperor's grandson, or to establish the emperor's second son, King Guangling, as the crown prince.

The second son of the emperor, King Guangling, the eldest son of Xu Guifei, and the half-brother of King Xiangdong.

The court is divided into two factions for whether to establish the emperor's grandson Jiujiang King, or to establish the Guangling King as the crown prince, with the recent years, the Chu Emperor's health has deteriorated, and the battle for the throne in the court is becoming more and more intense, and it is precisely because of this that when he did not enter Beijing, in the face of the edict of the Chu Emperor, he will retreat three times and resign, which is the main factor considered by the staff, and after the court is clear, it is not too late to enter the court as an official.

It's just that Xu Guifei has to favor the inner palace, and the king of Xiangdong, as the same brother of the king of Guangling, has no choice in the future, and it will inevitably be involved in this dispute.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jun had a headache.

Let's say that the next day, Zheng Jun came back from Xie Shangshu's mansion, and then saw that Wen Zhubo submitted the detailed information about the king of Xiangdong, and when he made up his mind, he had already made up his mind, and instructed Fu Zhubo: "Uncle Fu, prepare an excerpt, which will explain the truth of Jiuniang Kefu, I will ask Xie Shangshu to send it to the palace, you and Wen Weng will sum it up, how to write this excerpt." ”

"Xiaolang. Master Fu hurriedly shouted, understanding that this was to refuse marriage, "Do you want to talk to the eighteenth Langjun and the twenty-first Langjun about this." ”

"No, we didn't explicitly say that we wanted to refuse, we just told the truth. Zheng Jun shook his head, Eighteen Langjun is a no-brainer, besides, he is not there now.

Moreover, he learned from Xie Shangshu that this marriage decree was sent directly from the palace without going through Shangshutai and the secretary province, so in advance, the foreign minister did not get any news.

After that, some news came out from the palace one after another, it was the king of Xiangdong who begged Xu Guifei softly, and later the king of Guangling said that Xu Guifei doted on her young son, so there was this marriage, but no matter what, Zheng Jun believed that the king of Xiangdong must have seen Jiuniang Zheng Qian, otherwise, he would not have made this move suddenly.

He can believe that Cheng Dù, who still loves her young son, will definitely think of letting this marriage be stopped.

Master Fu Bo answered, then went back to the East Courtyard with Wen Weng, quickly drafted a draft, and discussed with Wen Weng, revised some words, and then returned to Jinhuaxuan, handed it to Zheng Jun to see that it was appropriate, Zheng Jun copied another copy, and then went to Xie Mansion in person, and handed over this fold to Xie Shangshu.

After waiting for the matter to be completed, Zheng Junfang set off for Huiji Shanyin to participate in the Shangsi Festival of the Lanting. (To be continued......)