Chapter Eighty-Nine
83_83499 And said that Ju Yanyang's side, after knowing the plan of the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui, on the surface, he seemed to be forced to agree to this unreasonable request, but behind his back, he sent someone to quietly deliver the news to Mrs. Zhang overnight, so that he was ready to receive the marriage gift tomorrow morning.
Zhang Fuliang had already fallen asleep when he received the news, and when he heard this, he almost jumped out of bed, and hurriedly got up and shouted: "Go and call Pingshun for me, go quickly!" ”
Wang, who was sleeping inside, was woken up by Zhang Fuliang's movement, and hurriedly sat up, rubbed his forehead and asked, "Master, what's wrong with this, what's the emergency?" ”
"Urgent, urgent! Our aunt and grandmother asked the emperor to marry Brother Yu tomorrow morning! Zhang Fuliang said and ran to the bookcase and hurriedly sharpened the ink.
"To whom?" Wang Shi was taken aback and immediately asked.
"Whom do you say it will be given to?" Zhang Fuliang glared at Wang, and the complaint against the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui in his heart had risen to the extreme, he pondered for a night and naturally figured out the reason why the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui wanted to marry Brother Yu to Du Qiyue, and he also knew that he could get a lot of benefits from it, but those benefits were not enough to exchange for the happiness of his baby brother. is just a lowly cook from the countryside, even if he recognizes the emperor's name, he can't change his low status, let alone the name of Princess Haoyu.
He knew in his heart that his niece had a hard temper and a bad temperament, and she was used to being self-respecting by the emperor, and she didn't like men. Now the color is good, and the emperor is in the prime of life, so he can still be favored. In a few years, Hongyan will pass away, and she will not be able to give birth to a child, sooner or later she will be bored, and when the time comes, what good can she do to be her godson. If Brother Yu marries, he will be affected, maybe he will have to suffer from her, so he is unwilling!
"Why are you in such a hurry, why are you in such a hurry!" Wang grabbed the quilt, lost his claim, and asked repeatedly: "Then what can we do?" She originally thought that it would take ten days and half a month to discuss a marriage, who would have thought that Empress Dowager Zhang Hui would be so anxious.
"Don't mess around, this hasn't happened yet." Zhang Fuliang shook off the brush in his hand, folded the freshly written note, and was about to tell Wang his way when he heard some reports from outside saying that Pingshun had come in.
"Get him here." Zhang Fuliang shouted.
Pingshun hurriedly ran over with his clothes tied and knelt down to buckle his head: "Master, what do you want to tell the slave?" ”
"You just go to the Three Princes' Mansion and give him this. Go, go, go. Zhang Fuliang said, reaching out and handing over the letter in his hand.
The third prince Ju Wenwei's mother's family is generally powerful, although his mother Concubine Jing is a noble concubine, she is not very favored, she was calculated to give birth to Ju Wenwei prematurely, not to mention the root of her illness, which also made Ju Wenwei in poor health since he was a child, a minor illness in three days and a major illness in five days, Ju Yanyang felt that he would not live long, so he didn't like him very much. In order to compete for favor, Ju Wenwei tried his best to establish a reputation for filial piety, and won some attention from Ju Yanyang with this reputation.
Four years ago, Ju Wenwei began to discuss marriage, he was interested in the second daughter of Zuo Prime Minister Yin Chong, this woman is dignified, talented and excellent, but unfortunately there is a beautiful and proficient sister in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so it has been suppressed, so it is just with him, the prince who is not very favored.
But people are not as good as heaven, and before Ju Wenwei came to the door to propose, Concubine Jing suddenly fell seriously ill and died. Ju Wenwei has always been famous for his filial piety, and it is naturally impossible for his mother to propose marriage after her mother's death, not only can she not propose marriage, but she also has to keep her filial piety for three whole years.
Now that three years of filial piety have just passed, the second daughter of Prime Minister Zuo's family has already married, and among the rest of the first- and second-class ministers, the marriageable sons and daughters have also been married. Most of the rest are left over by their own vision or picked by others. Pick the rest of Ju Wenwei naturally don't want to, those who have too high vision and most of the characters are bitter and mean, Ju Wenwei picks left and right, and finally picks Brother Yu, although his personality is also pampered and willful, but because he is the nephew of the Queen Mother, he is much better than others.
Ju Wenwei is very attentive to this marriage, and a few days ago, he had already found someone to calculate the auspicious day for the proposal, and collected a lot of good things to make a marriage gift, just waiting for the auspicious day to come to the door to propose. Therefore, when Ju Wenwei received Zhang Fuliang's letter, it could be described as a bolt from the blue, and he kicked over the girl who dressed him with an angry kick.
The little girl who was kicked to the ground had a headache and tears came out, but she didn't dare to make a sound, and she shrank in the corner with her stomach in her arms and trembled in fright. The servants in the other rooms were also too frightened to make a sound, and they all shrank into the corners, hoping that Ju Wenwei would not notice them.
Ju Wenwei didn't pay attention to the frightened people in the room who looked like shrunken quails, and he was angry and calculating. Ju Wenwei has already missed a good family business, this door must not be missed again, this is not three years ago, three years ago he was only an adult, it is nothing to get married later, now that he is older, there are fewer people to choose, if you miss Brother Yu, it will be even more difficult to marry a good one in the future.
"What time is it?"
"Hui Ye, it's almost time." The big girl replied tremblingly.
Ju Wenwei hurriedly got up from the bed, replied with a letter and sent it to Zhang's Mansion with his Geng post to Pingshun, and then asked people to go out immediately and invite a matchmaker to come to the mansion.
Zhang Fuliang was relieved to read Ju Wenwei's reply, and his brows furrowed after that.
Ju Wenwei put forward an idea in the letter, asking Zhang Fuliang to exchange Brother Yu's Geng post with him immediately, and then he asked a matchmaker to give false testimony, creating a false impression that the two families had already made up their minds. Then he only didn't know that the queen mother intended to marry, and went to the palace to ask the queen mother and the emperor to marry before going to the court.
"Master, how can this be done! When other people's children are married, not to mention that most people in the city know, at least it is also lively and lively, is it difficult to let my brother Yu make a marriage so quietly, do you want to say the face of our family!? After reading the letter, Wang immediately shook his head in disapproval, such an idea was too sneaky.
"It's not a real marriage, it's just a show, waiting for the emperor to give marriage, and then we will have a beautiful marriage! Now there is no good idea, if the third prince goes to the palace to ask for marriage in vain, the queen mother will not agree at all, if our two families are married, even if the queen mother does not agree, it is impossible to deliberately break up the marriage of her own grandson. Zhang Fuliang said, he also felt that this method was not very good, but now he really couldn't think of anything else besides this method, and he couldn't fight with the Queen Mother.
"Then, let's not talk about the shameless, how can Brother Yu say it, it's just a matter of not letting him marry the cook, and now he suddenly wants him to marry the third prince, what if he doesn't want to lose his temper?" Wang said sadly.
"The parents ordered the matchmaker to say that he was unwilling to marry for this reason. He doesn't understand my mind now, but he will know that I'm a father for his good. Zhang Fuliang sighed and said, and instructed the Wang family to go and get Brother Yu'er's Geng post.
Wang was a little reluctant, but Zhang Fuliang's decision she didn't dare to refute it, so she only went to get Geng Ti over slowly. Zhang Fuliang took the Geng post and put it in a brocade box, and then handed it to Pingshun, ordering him to go to the Three Princes' Mansion again as soon as possible.
After Pingshun ran out of the yard with the brocade box, Zhang Fuliang sighed and lay back on the bed.
These relatives were chosen by Ju Wenwei, and Zhang Fuliang didn't choose them with great effort. Today's emperor is in the prime of life, with excellent physical fitness and ability, and he can still reign for decades without accident. But the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui in the palace is not very old, and the princes under her are all older, and it is estimated that the court will not be peaceful in another ten years.
Although Zhang Fuliang stood behind the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui and supported her in seizing power, he saw clearly in his heart that the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui could not really take power unless she killed her sons and grandchildren. If the two sides don't make a big fuss in the end, it doesn't matter, if it gets big, when the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui is defeated, their Zhang family will also be defeated, he doesn't care if he is an old man, but he doesn't want his children to be affected, so he put a lot of effort into their marriage.
His eldest son is married to the second daughter of Zhang Fuzheng, the current queen, and even if something happens to their Zhang family in the future, as long as the queen remains unchanged, his eldest son will not have an accident. He wants to marry Zhao Yiyun for his second son, Zhao Yiyun and Zhao Zijin, father and son, have made great achievements, but because Zhao Yiyun is now a brother, he can't be sealed, the emperor sees this matter, as long as Zhao Yiyun is still loyal to the emperor, his second son will not have an accident in the future.
He wanted to marry Brother Yu to the third prince Ju Wenwei, which is the same reason. Ju Wenwei's mother's family is too small, and it is basically useless to compete for the throne in the future, and it can be seen that he has no such thoughts. But Ju Wenwei's own ability is very strong, and the city government is deep, so it will definitely be no problem to keep peace in the battle for the throne when the time comes, and the title of a prince is indispensable. Moreover, Ju Wenwei has been pure-hearted and has few desires, and has kept filial piety for three years, and now there is no one else in the house except for three concubines, and Brother Yu follows Ju Wenwei, and he will definitely not suffer