Chapter 6: A Sudden Marriage (Part II)
Rong Jiang suddenly felt that something was not quite right, as everyone knelt down steadily, her brain was a little buzzing, and she didn't listen carefully to this will, only heard a few words "Rong Yuan refers to marrying the prince, and the Ministry of Rites chooses an auspicious day to complete the marriage", she was completely stunned.
When she woke up, the old lady had already sent Zuo Shilang out with Rong Huai, and Mrs. Huai said happily first, but saw that the old lady's face was not good, so she stopped talking. The old lady led the ladies back to the inner house, so as not to let them disturb the old lady's deliberations.
This Rong Huai sent people out, and when he returned to the main hall, there was only the old lady in the house with Rong Ji, Rong Jiang and Rong Jing, he picked up Rong Ji's position and sat down, and replied with a sentence of "everyone is finished" and stopped talking.
The old lady twisted his eyebrows to look at Rong Ji, then at Rong Jiang, and asked Rong Jiang first: "What do you think of this marriage?" ”
Rong Jiang saw that he didn't ask the two uncles but asked himself first, looked up at the old lady, shook his head, and replied very honestly: "I'm not sure what this means for a while, it stands to reason ......" She paused slightly, and when she saw the old lady staring at her, she sighed lightly, "According to a family like ours, Your Majesty will never call Sister Yuan to be the crown princess." Once the crown prince is in the future, Sister Yuan will be the queen, and the Rong family will be stable for the two dynasties. ”
She has already said this very bluntly, and today she will not take the Rong family lightly to continue to develop like this. Today's Rong family, he still has a situation that is not easy to control, if there is another crown princess, the position of the court and China will naturally be more stable.
Rong Ji looked at her deeply, as if he was very pleased, and then said to the old lady in a deep voice: "In my opinion, the most feared thing in the Rong Mansion is the military power. He pointed at Rong Jiang again, "Sister Jiang has gradually gained a firm foothold over the years, and she is no longer a descendant of Wuwei who relies on the reputation of her eldest sister, and few officials in the imperial history of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China dare to impeach her, this is what pokes His Majesty's heart." ”
As soon as he said a word, he listened to Rong Huai on the other side: "It is this that my second brother and I are counted in with Brother Jing'er, but the left is not a civil servant, even if the prince is a prince in the future, once a son of heaven and a courtier, we civil servants are just a prestige." But the one who leads the troops is different...... "How is the difference in the back, he didn't say any more, only changed the conversation, "Didn't you already have the idea of unloading Sister Jiang's military power in the front?" Rong Jiang nodded very agreeably, and he continued, "If you rashly take her military power, there will be opposition in the Korean and Chinese armies, and then Your Majesty will not end well." This time, Sister Yuan'er was assigned to marry, half of it was to appease us, and the other was to facilitate Sister Jiang's military power in the future, and there would be less opposition. ”
"What do you say?" Since it was just for the sake of the military power in Rong Jiang's hands, the old lady naturally brought the conversation back to Rong Jiang.
It's just that Rong Jiang hasn't spoken yet, and Rong Jing on the side spoke first. This second master Jing is not the same year and month as Rong Min, but he has entered the Hanlin Academy at a young age, and he will have a bright future when he enters the cabinet in the future. He said in a very warm tone, which made people can't help but be happy when they heard it: "Your Majesty pointed out the marriage with your father before summoning you, and made it clear that you will no longer give the Rong family a way out, this time you can only let Sister Yuan prepare for marriage, and there is no room for maneuver," he glanced at Rong Jiang on the right side, "It is better to take the initiative to hand over the military power of the eldest sister." ”
Rong Ji's eyebrows moved slightly, for fear that his very capable son would be reprimanded, so he was about to say a few words to him, and then he heard the old lady say "um".
This voice is not loud or small, but it is also moody and angry, Rao is in his mind, and he can't guess what the old man thinks in his heart. In fact, he has always been ambivalent about Rong Jiang. The old man's love for Rong Jiang is incomprehensible to him, although he also feels sorry for this niece, but after all, he is the son of the Rong family, and his son should be the eldest grandson of the Rong family. It was Rong Jing who said that he asked Rong Jiang to go to the military power, but he was afraid that the old man would not be happy in his heart, and if he drove Rong Jing out, it would be too shameless.
Rong Jiang is not a fool, Rong Jing's words she naturally understands very well, this is the only way at the moment. To put it bluntly, the emperor gave Rong Yuan a marriage, but he gave her an exchange condition, and it was an exchange condition that could not be shirked, and at this point, instead of waiting for the emperor to find an excuse to give her military power, it was better for her to take the initiative to hand it over, maybe she could still fall into a rich and idle post to listen to the government.
"I think what Brother Jing said makes sense," she said a little pain between her eyebrows, and her voice was a little lower, "Since Your Majesty doesn't want me to lead the troops, sooner or later there will be such a day, rather than waiting for Your Majesty to charge me or the imperial history to pour dirty water on me, it is better for me to hand it over myself, but it will fall clean."
She is seventeen years old, and no matter how slick she is, she can't be unfazed. It's not that she is greedy for the military power in her hands, it's just that she has led the army for four years, and all the military exploits on her body have been exchanged for her life again and again, and the emperor designed her like this, which is inevitably chilling.
Rong Jiang thought of his mother for a while, and he was even more unworthy for himself and his mother. She and her mother should have been the ladies of the sky, and the wealth and glory of a lifetime are inexhaustible, if it weren't for the Zhao family, why would they carry guns into battle? But in the end, it just aroused the suspicion of the Son of Heaven.
The old man seemed to have acquiesced to Rong Jiang's decision to go to the military, and as if he didn't know what to say to comfort this granddaughter, he only said "You can do it yourself" and got up and left, not saying a word about Rong Yuan's marriage from beginning to end.
But he said that Mrs. Jida led everyone back to the inner house here, and Mrs. Huaida did not go back to the three-room courtyard, and blindly smiled at her. She was also from a family, although she didn't dare to ask about the affairs of the court, but she didn't know anything, this time Rong Yuan was pointed out to the prince, whether it was joy or sorrow, how did she know?
But Mrs. Huai didn't seem to be able to see that her face was ugly, so she only pulled Rong Yuan and blindly praised: "I used to say that our sister Yuan is so neat, and she will definitely get ahead in the future, and this time she will not answer my words." ”
Rong Yuan is still a girl's family, so she is embarrassed to say it, and it is not good to resign her temperament, so she only puts her head down, and she is ashamed to speak.
Mrs. Jida coughed: "You go to the old lady to serve first, I have something to say to your third aunt." Rong Yuan just resigned, and Mrs. Jida saw that Mrs. Huaida was about to speak, so she interrupted her first, "You are too happy, spread it out and tell people that our family doesn't know what to do." Besides, if you get ahead like this, don't say it in the future, what will happen to Sister Yuan'er in the future, your brother and I can't be the master anymore, don't give her a talking handle in vain. ”
Mrs. Huaida has always been a careless person, and she doesn't feel that there is something wrong with her words, but when she saw that her sister-in-law was not very happy, she responded with a sneer, and replied: "My second sister wrote from the day before yesterday that she had left Qi County, and she would arrive in a few days." Although she was a relative of her own, she didn't dare to go over, so she only brought the eldest girl in her family," she said again, "It's the one I told you last time, and it was given to the youngest son of Uncle Pingding." ”
Mrs. Jida signaled that she knew, and gave some words of good hospitality, so she sent her back, and she was really worried about the marriage that the emperor suddenly pointed out, so she quietly wiped away her tears, and then did not mention it.