Although Jiang Wen will not be officially crowned as the queen until the beginning of spring next year. But the emperor marries the stepfamily, and it is not the rich man in the countryside who marries the house, just a sedan chair, three or two blowing is over, and it is natural to prepare for a good life. Even if the queen mother and the emperor have the intention to keep the ceremony simple, but the specifications that should be there must still be there, otherwise it will be a loss for the royal face, so the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs soon received the order to start preparing for the new queen's dress and honor guard, as well as the emperor's wedding, the post-book ceremony and other matters.

As soon as these two yamen made a move, the officials in the court also knew that the queen mother and the emperor were afraid that they had already decided on the candidates for the new queen, but they didn't know which daughter it was?

It's not hard to find out. The Queen Mother wants to choose a daughter-in-law for her son, how can she summon a few more times, just look at which daughter the Queen Mother has seen in recent months, and which daughter she praises, you can guess a rough idea. Since the death of the empress, the queen mother has been worried about the emperor's eye injury, and she has not summoned the edict from outside, and there have been few officials and relatives who have entered the palace in the past six months, and they have seen more of them, all of whom are the daughters or relatives of the Jiang family. Among them, the incident of Jiang Si girl suddenly returning to Beijing from Tianjin is more surprising. Thinking of Miss Jiang Si, who was almost assigned to marry Xie Xiangfei back then, but because the queen was jealous, she felt that she had the heart to enter the palace as a concubine, and everyone in the upper and lower circles couldn't help but think more: Could it be that the Queen Mother took a fancy to this niece?

If you talk about the background, appearance, and character of Miss Jiang Si, it is enough to be a step-queen. Master Jiang Si is just a prefect, his ability is okay, and his official reputation is also good, and he will not cause trouble if he becomes a relative in the future. And although Miss Jiang Si once discussed kissing. But in the end, it was never decided. Moreover, she is the niece of the Queen Mother, the cousin of the emperor, and the royal mother and son are interested in kissing each other. What else can the minister say?

It's just that those who intend to fight for their daughters or granddaughters to succeed them are a little unwilling. They feel that their official position is more outstanding than that of Jiang Si, and their own daughter is also more beautiful and virtuous than Jiang Si Girl, so why can't they be chosen? It's just that they can't openly speak ill of the Jiang family, and they can't attack the Jiang family's tutor, so they can only persuade the emperor to make another election. It is also fair to choose a suitable queen candidate from the daughters of officials above the fifth rank in the capital.

But neither the Queen Mother nor the Emperor intends to be fair. The emperor continues the strings, what fairness should he pay attention to? Open selection is time-consuming, laborious and costly. The emperor had no intention of tossing, his eye injury was not healed yet.

Dr. Ye has already entered Beijing and seen it for him, but his right eye is irretrievable. I did my best to save my left eye. According to Dr. Ye. If the Tai Hospital had dealt with it at the beginning, he might not have been blind in his right eye, and he should still be able to save a little vision, but now it makes no sense to say such a thing, fortunately, Dr. Jiang Tai healed the law and did not affect his left eye, otherwise the emperor would really try the taste of his brother - the emperor heard about it. While rewarding Dr. Ye and Jiang Cheng, he ordered people to step up the search for the whereabouts of the missing imperial doctor. At the same time, he sent his henchmen to toss the imprisoned King of Jinyang fiercely. He still believes that his eye injury was aggravated by King Jinyang's tricks.

With this breath, the emperor became even more concerned about his eye injury. As long as it wasn't a hundred thousand urgent government affairs, he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and only wholeheartedly accepted Dr. Ye's diagnosis and treatment. The political affairs were handed over to the emperor's eldest son and the cabinet, and the latter assisted the former. At such a time, how could he have the leisure to do the activities of his choice? Jiang Wen is a very suitable candidate, and he has no intention of changing it. Even if it was a formality, he was not happy. God knows if when the selection is made, will those daughters of the official family be dizzy for a while and calculate Jiang Wen? is also a cousin, marrying him, a widower in his thirties, is already a grievance, in case there is a good guy, how can he see his mother?

Since being stabbed by the queen, the emperor now dares not underestimate the woman.

The road of choice was cut off, and the bad words of the Jiang family's daughter could not be spread, as several important ministers in the court put on a posture of approval, the eldest son of the emperor expressed more than once that he was happy to see his cousin as a stepmother, and those courtiers who were careful could only die. They can also hope for a future concubine. Since the emperor started and accepted a concubine, he will definitely accept others in the future, and there will always be a chance for their daughter or granddaughter. If the emperor's side fails, the emperor's eldest son is still young, and only one crown princess is appointed, and the throne of Liangdi and the widow is still empty.

Chaoshang quieted down again, and Jiang Wen's succession became a foregone conclusion. The Jiang family was secretly happy, but on the surface, they were very calm and very deserved. Jiang Wen's parents and brothers are still acting as usual, and they don't look rash at all, but the outside world looks up to them, think about this Jiang family's daughter, at least the tutor can be trusted, I don't think it will be as ridiculous as Queen Xie in front of her, right?

The next thing to worry about is that the two generations of hostesses in the harem are all daughters of the Jiang family, and the future princess is the daughter of the Jiang family's in-laws, and the power of the Jiang family's relatives is inevitably too great. If it weren't for the Jiang family's children as officials, they would have always been very low-key, and they hadn't made any big mistakes, so the courtiers didn't say anything. Correspondingly, if the Jiang family has another queen, and his children will not have a great career in their careers. Now his family doesn't have any particularly outstanding talents, but if he has good seedlings in the future, but he is limited by the status of his relatives and can't enter the cabinet or be a feudal official, I don't know if the Jiang family will regret it?

Whether the Jiang family will regret it, Zhao Xiu doesn't know, but the Jiang family's status in the capital is now rising, but it is a fact. After the tea party that day, Jiang Wen never invited any close friends to come to the door as guests, and she never invited others to any banquet for her. However, the other ladies of the Jiang family became the most popular guests.

At the wedding banquet of Cao Luo's wedding, Zhao Xiu met Jiang Er's wife and Jiang Liu's mother and daughter. However, they were surrounded by a circle of children and dependents, and Zhao Xiu never had a chance to talk to them in detail except for saying hello at the beginning and saying a few words of greeting to Miss Jiang Liu. The ladies of the various families surrounded the mother and daughter of the Jiang family and talked non-stop, flattering the second wife of Jiang while praising the sixth girl Jiang, and by the way, I had to ask if the latter had kissed - the niece of the queen mother and the sister of the future queen. What an attractive condition!

Miss Jiang Liu had already decided on her family affairs at this time, and it was said that not long ago, the Queen Mother had a secret decree. said that two days after choosing Miss Jiang Si as the successor, he exchanged Geng posts with his fiancé's family. In fact, the two families discussed marriage sooner rather than later, but Mrs. Jiang couldn't get Jiang Si's mind, and she didn't know if she would agree to enter the palace, so she had to keep Jiang Liu's girl as a spare tire, so she didn't agree to marry her for a long time. In fact, her parents had already picked someone for her, and they also let her meet each other in private. It turned out to be a good marriage that everyone was very satisfied with. Now at the Cao family's wedding banquet, the ladies congratulated and secretly regretted in their hearts.

The three ancestors and grandsons of the Zhao family all attended Cao Luo's wedding banquet. Because they were relatives and friends of the Cao family, they only had dinner at the Cao family, and only Zhao Wei was invited by Xie Xiangfei to show up at the Cao family. I went to Qushui Bofu to drink happy wine. Zhang also loves Cao Luo very much. is happy that she has to marry her lover, but as for the fact that the Xie family is now defeated, she doesn't care too much. Jiannanhou Mansion has also been defeated, and now that Sun Tzu is angry, hasn't he risen again? Xie Xiangfei heard that he is also a talented person, as long as he has ambition, there will always be a day when he will support the family business. Besides, he also has the nephew of the emperor's eldest son.

Three days later. Cao Luo returned to the door, and this day was a reunion banquet within the Cao family. Two more days passed. Mrs. Cao ordered someone to invite Zhang and Zhao Xiu to discuss the matter.

Mrs. Cao told their ancestors and grandchildren a surprising news: on the day Xie Xiangfei accompanied his new wife Cao Luo back to the door, he actually asked his father-in-law Cao Taihe to intercede and found him a military position in Liaodong. If there is no accident, he will rush to the Liaodong border next month to garrison. Nowadays, there are not many wars in Liaodong, but there are always several battles every year, and there are opportunities for military merit, but there is also the risk of dying. However, since ancient times, wealth has been a risky pursuit. If the Xie family only relies on the emperor's eldest son, they don't know when they will be able to make a comeback, and even if they do, they will be regarded as useless relatives. Xie Xiangfei is an ambitious person, he doesn't want to eat at home and wait for death, and is willing to fight for military exploits with real swords. As long as he has real credit, he can speak louder when he returns to the capital. He has enjoyed wealth and glory since he was a child, but now he wants to really contribute to his family and nephew.

Mrs. Cao sighed to Zhang: "Sister Luo, her mother almost fainted from anger. finally married his daughter to the Xie family, because it was a royal marriage, even if the Xie family fell, it was not easy to regret it, thinking that their little couple would live a quiet life in Beijing, that is. Being the prince's aunt also sounds decent. Where did you think that the Xie family kid would have such courage? I don't think it's bad, as long as he has real skills and can support the family business in the future, Sister Luo can really get through. It's a pity that Sister Luo'er and her mother are the daughters of a scholar's family, and she can't understand this reason, because Sister Luo'er and her father agreed to seek a vacancy for her son-in-law, and she was angry with him for several days. ”

Zhang couldn't help but recite a few words of Buddha and sighed: "She is a mother, so she naturally can't stand it in her heart." If her son-in-law really went to Liaodong, Sister Luo followed? Or stay in the capital? If you follow, Liaodong is bitterly cold, and Sister Luo's delicate and tender villain will definitely suffer hardship; If they don't follow, they will only get married as a young couple, and they will be separated, and I don't know how many years it will take to be reunited, which is not a good thing. ”

"Who's to say it isn't? It's just that those of us who are married to military men, who doesn't live such a life? Mrs. Cao said disapprerovingly, "Let Sister Luo and her mother know that the high-grade fate on our body is not blown by the wind." ”

Zhao Xiu was dumbfounded when he listened, and hurriedly asked, "What did Sister Cao say?" Is she in favor of it too? ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Cao was proud: "Naturally, she agrees, but it is difficult for her to be young, and she asked her mother to teach her to be a quail, but she also understands the righteousness and knows not to drag her husband's hind legs." She also took the initiative to say that she would accompany her to Liaodong, and I also thought it was good. It's good to stay in Jinzhou, which is far from the border, it is relatively stable, and it is easy for the couple to meet and reunite when they have leisure. It's just that Sister Luo and her mother are still angry and refuse to let go. ”

After all, the Zhang family is also married to a military general, and nodded again and again: "This is as it should be, no matter how hard it is, for the sake of the country and the people, you must grit your teeth and hold on." ”

Zhao Xiu asked Mrs. Cao: "What do you want to discuss when your old man invites his grandmother to come over with me?" When it comes to the border of Liaodong, our family doesn't know any acquaintances, but General Fan has some dealings with the Guangping Palace. In addition, it is my Aunt Akiba's husband, Lu Yunpeng. He was originally General Fan's old department, and he was summoned to Liaodong by General Fan last year, and even Aunt Qiuye and her son were taken over in the early summer of this year. ”

Mrs. Cao smiled, "I was about to discuss this matter with you. Our sister Luo has been pampered since she was a child, and I don't know if I can adapt to it when I go to Liaodong. You have acquaintances over there, and you have to ask them to take care of our sister Luo. ”

Zhang hurriedly said: "This is natural. You also know Akiba, she's the safest person. I'll write to her. When Sister Luo and her husband passed, they asked Qiu Ye and Lu Yunpeng to take care of them. Sister Luo is a family of two, but if there is any difficulty, just tell Autumn Leaves, and she is not an outsider. ”

Mrs. Cao hurriedly thanked her, and her heart was a little more settled.

At the beginning of July, Xie Xiangfei left the capital with his wife Cao Luo and set off for the Liaodong border. Although he only has a small six-rank martial arts position, this is the starting point of his career. He will cherish this opportunity and do his best to do his best.

He rode a horse in front of his wife's car, passed by the gate of Jiannanhou's Mansion, turned his head to look at the gate, looked at it for a long time, and waited until the door could no longer be seen, then turned back, and softly commanded the coachman: "Drive steadily, don't bump your grandmother." The coachman responded, and Cao Luo in the carriage showed a shy smile.

The group drove straight in the direction of the city gate. (To be continued......)