Chapter 166: Pacification (2)
"Gui'er?" Xu Zhengjie followed the prestige and saw the people standing on the city wall, and was also surprised: "The emperor actually released your sister from Zhengyuan Temple"
Xu Zijin waved his arms excitedly at the people on the city wall, and excitedly said to his father, "Yes, the emperor also released his grandmother and them, now it's okay, let's go home and have a family reunion", when he saw a slightly unfamiliar figure, the smile on his face was even more overflowing: "Son, this is the first time I have seen my sister-in-law."
Xu Zijin is already handsome and extraordinary, and at this time, her heartfelt smile caused the big girls and little daughters-in-law around her to blush, but Xu Zijin still didn't know that her charm was so great, she still smiled and waved to the surrounding crowd, and laughed all the way to the palace gate
Seeing that the emperor led the ministers to greet them at the gate of the palace, Marquis Weiyuan, no, it should be Duke Wei Guo now. Wei Guogong took the lead in turning over and dismounting, and the subsequent people followed one by one and got off the horse, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to the emperor.
Feng Chenqing was still arrogant when he was first arrested, but Xu Zijin had a bad idea, starved him for three or four days, during which he was afraid that he would die like that, and he didn't cut off his water, but he didn't give him food, and the tortured Feng Chenqing had long lost the arrogance of Prince Yingli, but at this time, Feng Chenqing would rather die than kneel to the emperor of Da Zhou.
The emperor was not angry, but laughed, praising Feng Chenqing for having backbone, but as long as there is no problem with emotional intelligence, he can also hear the ridicule in the emperor's mouth
On the way here, Xu Zijin badly told Feng Chenqing about Mo Zhanyuan's arrest, and also told Feng Chenqing about Mo Wenyuan pretending to be Feng Chenqing and trying to use his power to seek the throne for himself. Feng Chenqing is now in an extreme mental breakdown, and when she heard the emperor's ridicule like this, she was even more angry, and she took advantage of the fact that several soldiers were not defensive. broke free from the shackles of several soldiers and attempted to attack the emperor
Fortunately, Gu Cheng happened to be standing beside Feng Chenqing, and as soon as Feng Chenqing broke free from the shackles of several soldiers, he slashed at Feng Chenqing's neck with one palm. Seeing Feng Chenqing faint and fall asleep, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, if something happened to the emperor, then the courtiers and generals who came out would be extremely difficult
"I can't help myself!"
The emperor snorted coldly, and his originally good mood was completely disappeared by Feng Chenqing. instructed the Jinyi guard to send Feng Chenqing to the Yuexi Palace, which had been prepared for him a long time ago, to be taken into custody. He waved his hand to the courtiers and motioned for everyone to go back to their homes, and said to Mo Ziyuan, "You come with me", and walked impatiently in the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace
When everyone saw that the emperor was not interested, they all dispersed. I went home. Mo Ziyuan followed the emperor all the way into the Heart Cultivation Palace
"What does my father command?"
The emperor pointed to the chair below and said to Mo Ziyuan: "Sit down first."
Mo Ziyuan nodded and sat on the chair as instructed, but he didn't dare to sit all of it, but sat at the front of the chair according to the rules. He asked again, "What does my father command?" ”
"You kid, you can't gossip with me and my father and son without telling you?" At this time, the emperor no longer has the impatience when he is outside. smiled at Mo Ziyuan: "Among your brothers, you are the most idle in your house, and you don't even have a person to serve, which is also my negligence, you have been leading troops to fight before." I forgot about it, and it was your mother who mentioned it to me yesterday, and I remembered. Even the fourth child is going to get married next month, but you don't even have a side concubine by your side. It's a bit out of place......"
Saying that, the emperor looked at Mo Ziyuan's eyes and teased: "Your queen mother only told me that you had a candidate for the crown princess, but she didn't tell me which girl I was, I guessed all night yesterday and didn't come up with it, but you told me which girl made you tempted."
As soon as the emperor said this, Mo Ziyuan knew that the time was ripe, Mo Ziyuan wanted to take advantage of this victory from the frontier to finalize his marriage with Xu Zigui, and at this time the emperor happened to ask him about his heart, how could he be unhappy? It's just that Mo Ziyuan has always been in a proper manner, and he knows that he can't express his anxiety - how can the king of a country favor a person, if the emperor knows his heart for Xu Zigui, in order to prevent the harem from being favored in the future and keep the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor will definitely find a way to remove Xu Zigui.
So, Mo Ziyuan's ears were slightly red, and he smiled helplessly: "My father has always known that the queen mother is used to making fun of her sons, why did you listen to the queen mother's ridicule at this time?"
Seeing that Mo Ziyuan, who had always been expressionless and very steady, blushed his ears and showed a slightly embarrassed expression, the emperor was inexplicably happy, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be embarrassed, you just have to tell me which girl you like, and I will give you a marriage."
Mo Ziyuan also smiled: "Now even my father and the emperor are making fun of their sons, the women who have not left the cabinet in the Great Zhou Dynasty are all raised in the boudoir, where can the sons and daughters see them, let alone the girls of which family they fall in love with."
"Look at what you said, is it possible that you still have to learn from those disciples to enter the house," the emperor pretended to be angry and looked at Mo Ziyuan, but his eyes kept smiling: "Tell me which girl you see is good, I will give you a marriage, if you don't say it again, I will give you some mandarin duck music in the future, don't cry to your mother's"
The last sentence is a rehash of the old thing, a joke about Mo Ziyuan's childhood. Mo Ziyuan has been a very stable person since he was a child, and he has never done anything childish like other children that makes people cry and laugh.
It was still in Mo Ziyuan's grade when he was about two or three years old, Mo Wenyuan had just been born at that time, and at that time, Mo Wenyuan was Mo Wenyuan in addition to him, and children younger than him were always curious, and Mo Ziyuan always loved to get to the newborn Mo Wenyuan. That time, Mo Ziyuan seemed to have a toy in his hand that the queen had just ordered to make for him, Mo Ziyuan played with it in his hand, and the newborn Mo Wenyuan looked at the novelty and wanted to, but he couldn't speak, so he had to point to the toy in Mo Ziyuan's hand and "babble", which happened to be seen by the emperor who had just entered the door. After all, Mo Wenyuan was still young at that time, so the emperor thought about a toy, so he snatched the toy from Mo Ziyuan and gave it to Mo Wenyuan.
Mo Wenyuan was happy, but Mo Ziyuan, who was robbed of the toy, was unhappy. However, the emperor has always had a strict expression, Mo Ziyuan was afraid of the emperor since he was a child, and he didn't dare to say anything at that time, but as soon as he was hugged back to Fengqi Palace, he hugged the queen and began to cry and complain.
The only time I did something that made people laugh and cry. was always mentioned by the emperor as a joke, Mo Ziyuan said that he was very helpless, but because of the emperor's words, he remembered that when he was young, he also treated Mo Wenyuan as a real friend, but later everyone got bigger and bigger, for those unwarranted utilitarian status. Gradually, it just went farther and farther
Mo Ziyuan sighed silently. Mo Wenyuan is the emperor's second child, and he was also pampered by the emperor in his arms, and now Mo Wenyuan has done such a thing. How can the emperor not be sad? Mo Ziyuan felt slightly sad in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, for fear of provoking the emperor to be sad again, so he gradually lost his expression. Continuing with the topic just now, he smiled
"It's not a girl you fell in love with. It's just that...... cough, the eldest daughter of the Weiguo family is a son-in-law, and she looks at it very well."
"Who?" The emperor didn't react for a while, and only after a while did he remember that he had just raised the rank to the Marquis of Weiyuan, "You mean...... Brocade? ”
The emperor really couldn't believe it, thinking that he had heard it wrong. After confirming the side again, seeing Mo Ziyuan's slightly embarrassed nod, he said with difficulty: "You...... There is really a big difference between you and Yunjin. And she's even younger than Anyang, you ......"
Truly. Xu Zigui spoke out at the end of summer, and he was really twelve years old in a few months, Mo Ziyuan was born at the beginning of winter, that is to say, although he is eleven years older than Xu Zigui, but according to his month, he is only ten years old, but he is also ten years old! According to his current grade, it is estimated that he should have children in Da Zhou, but he still doesn't even have a concubine, so how can the emperor not be shocked when he sees Xu Zigui, who is ten years younger than himself and has not yet reached his age?
So, the emperor refused very decisively: "No, even if the daughter of the Xu family gets married, it will take another three years, you can't wait"
Mo Ziyuan had already guessed that with the age difference between the two, it was impossible for the emperor to agree from the beginning, so "The eldest daughter of the Xu family is smart and strategic, even the queen mother has praised the eldest daughter of the Xu family for being known as the Zhuge among women, and it is precisely because of the need for such virtuous help that the eldest daughter of the Xu family will think that the eldest daughter of the Xu family is good."
Mo Ziyuan is the future lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the position of the crown princess should indeed be carefully selected. The emperor knows the truth very well, and he also knows that Xu Zigui is different from ordinary women, and he has also made great achievements in politics and strategy, and he has also heard rumors about Xu Zigui from the outside world, and he also thinks that Xu Zigui is the best candidate for the future crown princess, but she is indeed younger, which is really a pity
The emperor sighed slightly: "Forget it, I and your mother will think about this matter again, you go down first."
Mo Ziyuan knew that this was the emperor's biggest compromise, and he didn't force it, so he pretended not to care much and got up to leave, and was about to leave, when the emperor spoke again: "His Royal Highness Yingli Jiu will come to make peace with Da Zhou on behalf of Yingli in a few days, and then you will order someone to meet them."
"The Sons Obey the Order"
Only then did the emperor nod and waved his hand to let Mo Ziyuan go down.
After Mo Ziyuan came out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, he pulled his collar a little irritably, and said to the little eunuch who was following him: "You go down first, go alone."
"Whoa"
The little eunuch bent down in response and retreated respectfully. Mo Ziyuan frowned irritably, and in a few days, Feng Jiuqing would bring the envoy to Beijing from Zhou. are also men, Feng Jiuqing has what idea of Xu Zigui, although Xu Zigui is confused, but he is clear in his heart. If they hadn't asked the emperor to marry the two of them earlier, when Feng Jiuqing came, it would be another toss......
Mo Ziyuan is really irritable and wants to pound the wall now, how can he want to marry Xu Zigui and hide it home, such a simple wish is so difficult to realize!
At this moment, Xu Zigui, whose family is reunited, doesn't know that someone is worrying about her. Compared with someone's irritability, a heartless person like Xu Zigui naturally doesn't expect to have an electrocardiogram with someone and is irritable for a while. At this moment, Xu Zigui is holding fruit wine and happily enjoying the beauty of family reunion
This time the Xu family was in trouble, it was the time when the adversity saw the truth, and those in the clan who shared the hardships with them were all invited by Mrs. Xu to the Weiguo Mansion for a reunion. When she was in prison, Zheng thought that Xu Ziyu had really committed a crime, and her unscrupulous words provoked Mrs. Xu to dislike her, but Xu Zhengheng always crawled out of her belly, how could she blame her son for her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xu thought that Xu Zilin was young and did not know how to measure, and she did not care about Xu Zilin, so this time only the Zheng family in the second room was not invited, and was sent home by Mrs. Xu, which really gave the second room a big blow
Without Zheng's blockage on the side, Xu Zigui was even more smiling
"This time, the emperor Tete Kaien secretly released his daughter from Zhengyuan Temple to reunite with her family, but it's a pity that Ming'er will be sent back early in the morning......"
Xu Zigui said pitifully, but Xu Ziruo didn't see the reluctance on her face, and joked with a smile: "Big sister, don't play wild in Zhengyuan Temple, don't want to go home."
"I think so," Qin smiled and pinched his daughter's face, and said: "But I haven't been in Zhengyuan Temple for long, I heard your father say that His Royal Highness Yingli Jiu brought envoys to visit Da Zhou to sue for peace, it seems that Princess Anyang's marriage has been settled."
At the end, the Qin family sighed slightly, she knew why Xu Zigui and Mo Leyuan entered Zhengyuan Temple, but she felt that it was a pity that she had been tossing for so long, and the result was still the same
Hearing what the Qin family said, Xu Zigui lowered his eyes slightly, remembering the joke he had with Mo Leyuan last time, so why not be a reminder for Mo Leyuan to be mentally prepared
"My mother also thinks that this time I will choose Anyang with my relatives? What about grandmothers? What about the third aunt? Do you all think so? ”
Mrs. Xu and the others all nodded, and Mrs. Xu put down the dishes and chopsticks and said: "Princess Anyang is the oldest princess in the palace, and she is not old enough to get married, not to mention other princesses, if the emperor chooses a younger princess and lets Yingli ascend for five or six years, wouldn't it seem that our Da Zhou is not sincere?" ”
Xu Zigui frowned slightly, trying to speak for Mo Leyuan, biting his lower lip and saying: "After all, Anyang is not old enough, although there are still two or three years, but if you let Prince Yingli wait for two or three years, it is no different from letting Yingli wait for five or six years, it seems that our Da Zhou is not sincere."
"No, no," Xu Ziruo shook his head, took Xu Zigui's hand and sighed, "If you really care, it's messy, the big sister has always been smart, how can she not understand it, Princess Anyang is the oldest princess in Da Zhou, but she will let Prince Yingli wait for a few years when she is not old, this is because she is powerless and guided, presumably Emperor Yingli will also understand the emperor's approach, but if the princess who is younger than Princess Anyang is pointed out to the Nine Emperors of Yingli as a choice with relatives, it seems that this seems to be the emperor's deliberate do" (to be continued)