248 Waves again
After leaving the Zhenguo Mansion, Li Shuhua trained the merchant Jinxiu all the way, and until she returned to the business, she refused to give up. Later, Shang Shigong returned home, and she specially mentioned this matter to Shang Shigong, and when she talked about it, her eyes turned red.
She is not angry with Shang Jinxiu, but she feels that Shang Jinxiu is too willful and cares too much about her future. She dared to say that it wouldn't be long before the entire capital would spread the word that Shang Jinxiu was 'dull' and 'sparse and shallow', with such a reputation, how would Shang Jinxiu choose a good family in the future?
Shang Shigong didn't expect Shang Jinxiu to do this, but things have already happened, Li Shuhua has also trained Shang Jinxiu, what else can he say? Could it be that you called your baby daughter over and scolded her? He couldn't bear it!
So, Shang Shigong had to hug Li Shuhua to comfort her, and coaxed her to say: "Our baby daughter is so good, what are you afraid of?" It's not that you don't know, she has been very assertive since she was a child, I think, she will definitely be able to find a wishful husband, so don't worry. ”
Although Li Shuhua knew that Shang Shigong was deliberately coaxing her, after hearing such words, she still subconsciously believed it in her heart, and felt that Shang Shigong was right.
However, Li Shuhua is not ready to forgive Shang Jinxiu like this, now that Shang Jinxiu is still young, it is better to say, when Shang Jinxiu is older in the future, what if he continues to mess around like this?
So, Shang Jinxiu kept looking at Li Shuhua's cold face for three days, until Li Shuhua couldn't bear to hold on anymore, so he let Shang Jinxiu go. Her face returned to normal, and Shang Jinxiu breathed a sigh of relief.
Shang Jinxiu also regretted it later, but it wasn't because she was criticized, but she couldn't bear to hurt Li Shuhua's heart as a mother.
Things were just as Li Shuhua expected. Not long after the chrysanthemum viewing party, the news of the merchant's daughter's 'dullness' gradually spread in the capital. The day the news first spread. When Shang Shigong went to the court, many ministers gave him a small look. The look in the eyes is called a sympathy!
Some of their own daughters are 'dull', so they look at Shang Shigong with a kind of 'sympathy'.
Shang Shigong was under all kinds of eyes, and he was so stressed that he couldn't help but scold Shang Jinxiu in his heart. However, he was more angry at some people. The chrysanthemum viewing party was held in the Zhenguo Mansion, unless some people deliberated, how could such news spread?
Speaking of which, he is still too useless, if he is a supreme minister, who would dare to criticize his daughter like this?
Because of Shang Jinxiu's business. Many people were watching the good show of the merchants, but soon, another thing attracted the attention of all parties.
The abolished prince An Donghua is sixteen years old this year, and he is still a bare-bones prince, and his younger brother, who is only one year younger than him, has already begun to do an errand. At the same time, some ministers proposed to give the deposed prince Antonhua a fief and send him out.
The emperor directly sent a fire. As an emperor in the prime of life, he has no idea of establishing a prince now, but he feels guilty about the abolished prince An Donghua. And pity. At the beginning, he abolished Antonhua not because of the Xin family's affairs and disliked Antonhua, the Xin family was wronged, he knew very well. Naturally, it is impossible to dislike Anton Hua for this.
But the Xin family has been destroyed, and the crown prince Anton Hua is a live target. The identity of the prince is Anton Hua's talisman, even if the emperor can protect him. But he can't completely fall out with those ambitious families for the sake of Antonhua.
Abolishing Anton Hua's position as crown prince is not only an attitude for the family, but also to save Anton Hua's life. However, after being deposed, Anton Hua moved out of the East Palace in the name of a deposed prince, and his position became very embarrassing.
Several times, the emperor wanted to arrange some errands for Andonghua, but he had to give up because of the obstruction of the ministers. Because of the fall of the Xin family, the families became more and more arrogant, mistakenly believing that the emperor was just a pawn in their hands.
Now that the time has not come, the emperor does not want to arouse the vigilance of these people for Anton Hua, so he has to compromise step by step in Anton Hua's affairs.
But he never expected that his compromise would make the arrogance of the family so arrogant, and even wanted to force him to drive Anton Hua out of the capital!
The emperor was furious, and then, he thought of an idea. Anton Hua is about the same age, and since he wants to be separated, he will take care of Anton Hua's family affairs by the way. As for the candidate, he already has it in his heart, it is Liu Ningxin of the Liu family.
The Liu family is a behemoth, once Anton Hua marries Liu Ningxin, it is equivalent to having a life amulet, even if other princes succeed to the throne in the future, Anton Hua's life will be worry-free.
As for the crown prince, he would never have made it at this time.
However, just when he was about to give the decree to the marriage, it suddenly came to the news that Liu Ningxin actually fell into the water! Then, although Liu Ningxin's life was saved, she remained unconscious. After the Liu family got the news, they hurriedly sent someone to pick her up.
In this way, how could the emperor give Liu Ningxin to An Donghua in marriage again? It's a pity that apart from Liu Ningxin, the Liu family has no suitable daughter. The emperor had to choose from other big families, and he was always dissatisfied with the picking.
Just because of this incident, the emperor even turned his hair gray. He thought about it and called Antonhua to his side.
Since the death of Empress Xin, father and son have rarely seen each other. At this time, the emperor looked at the once most beloved child, and only felt extremely strange.
Antonhua was a little taller than the last time he saw him, but his eyes were like stagnant water, and there was not even a little wave, even if he saw his father, he was calm. The emperor suddenly felt heartache, the former Antonhua was so dazzling, but before he could grow up, he had already been ruined.
Anton Hua respectfully saluted him under the emperor's complicated gaze, and could not find fault in the slightest, but he was like a lifeless puppet, and after the salute, he knelt quietly on the ground with an indifferent expression.
The emperor sighed, helped him up with his own hands, and then asked, "Recently, someone played a concert to ask for a seal for you, do you know?" ”
An Donghua shook his head: "Erchen doesn't know. ”
In fact, he had known about this for a long time, and he had planned it himself. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at him in the capital, not to mention that he can't get in touch with government affairs, even if he does, I'm afraid he won't be able to do anything. On the contrary, in his fiefdom, he was able to do a lot of things.
Of course, he knew very well that even if the emperor really gave him a fief, he would definitely not give him a good place. But he didn't care, as long as he could get out of this place, it was enough.
The emperor briefly said about the request for a fief, and then said: "Those things have happened, and you are afraid that you will not feel comfortable staying in the capital, and I have decided to give you a fief." In addition, I will give you a marriage, and when you are married, I will take your concubine to the fiefdom. ”
An Donghua hurriedly knelt down and thanked him: "My son thanks my father for his grace." His face was still indifferent, except for his heart, which was beating violently.
Marriage? Who will the Father give him?
Thinking of this, he laughed self-deprecatingly in his heart again, with his current status, what else could he hope for?
But I heard the emperor say: "I originally wanted to give you the seventh daughter of the Liu family, but unfortunately she fell into the water, and she was still unconscious when she left the capital, so it is not appropriate to give it to you." ”
An Donghua's heart skipped a beat, the seventh daughter of the Liu family, Liu Ningxin? He was very surprised, he really didn't expect the emperor to treat him so kindly! The Liu family is a behemoth, if he marries the seventh daughter of the Liu family, then he can ......
Thinking of this, his heart suddenly sank, how could his father let him get the power of the Liu family? Yes, although the seventh daughter of the Liu family is good, his father will have such a plan, I am afraid he just wants to give him a life talisman.
In addition, Liu Ningxin fell into the water too coincidentally, she fell into the water once and became sick like this, if you want to say that there is no problem inside, you don't believe it if you kill him!
When the emperor saw him bowing his head, he thought that he was lost because of the matter of the seven daughters of the Liu family, and his mood became complicated again. I have to say that the longer he has been the emperor, the more suspicious he becomes. After abolishing Antonhua, although he felt guilty, pity and unbearable for Antonhua, he also had doubts!
What he is most worried about is that An Donghua resents himself because of the matter of abolishing the prince! Since then, every time Antonhua meets him, his expression is very indifferent, obviously resentful. But looking at Antonhua like this, he was relieved. If after the abolition of the crown prince, Anton Hua is still the same as before, then he will have to worry that Anton Hua's city is too deep!
This time, he wanted to give Liu Ningxin to Antonhua, although it was out of consideration for Antonhua's life talisman, but he also had a trace of worry, worried that Antonhua and the Liu family would come together, and that the Liu family would completely lean towards Antonhua.
Later, Liu Ningxin fell into a coma, and at that time, he was both disappointed in his heart, but he also felt relieved. In short, it's complicated.
At this moment, he looked at An Donghua, who refused to speak, and finally had the upper hand in his pity. He asked, "I called you here today to ask, do you have a suitable candidate in mind?" ”
When Antonhua heard this, he was shocked again. He didn't expect that his father, who had always been wary of him, would ask him what he meant, or on the matter of marriage.
However, since the emperor asked, he naturally had to answer well. He thought about it carefully, and a person suddenly appeared in his mind. Once his master told him that Shang Jinxiu was his daughter-in-law, but he didn't believe it at all. Later, when his master died suddenly, he didn't believe what he had said.
But at this moment, he remembered Shang Jinxiu. Speaking of which, Shang Jinxiu is not a good choice, the merchant is just from the grassroots, even if Shang Shigong is now the left servant of the household department, he can't help him at all.
But except for Shang Jinxiu, he couldn't think of anyone. Empress Xin's death hit him hard, and since then, he has decided to marry only one woman in his life and never let her down.
At this moment, he hoped that this woman was Shang Jinxiu. (To be continued......)