Chapter 482: Empress E's Daughter
The spring is bright and bright, and the willows are green; The grass came out with the aroma of the earth, clumps, clumps; All kinds of wildflowers are also rushing to indulge in bloom, red, yellow, blue, white, purple...... Flowers are colorful and colorful.
Such a season always gives a sense of hope and vigor and spirit.
The two marquis mansions are even more proud, and the mood is refreshing, which makes people envious and jealous. The second master Shuwen unsurprisingly won the champion of the civil and military double imperial examinations, and he was also the first champion in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty to close a grand slam (from the head of the case, Xie Yuan, members, and then to the champion, all the way to the first place).
Xia Shuwen is only less than sixteen years old, and the heads of the big families sighed, why wouldn't they have such a descendant?
The three brothers and sisters of the Xia family, both brothers are both civil and military champions, and the only girl is the lord of Fuxing Guijun and the future Prince and Princess Yong of the emperor, there is really no ordinary, how much smoke does the ancestral tomb of the Xia family have?
It's a pity that two of the three siblings are already famous flowers, and the only thing that can make everyone stare at it is the books that have long claimed to be over eighteen years old or talked about family affairs after the imperial examination. As soon as the gold list was announced, the official media, private media, and noble ladies entrusted to visit the door came to the door one after another.
It's a pity that before they broke their heads and competed, news soon came out in the palace that the emperor and his old man wanted to find Shuwen as his son-in-law and marry the fourth princess Qi Sihan.
Everyone immediately wilted, who dared to rob the emperor of his son-in-law? However, some people are skeptical, is Xia Shuwen, who is both civil and military, willing to be a princess? Won't Jin Xida and Shujie, who have always been the most protective of their shortcomings, be grieved by the book? You must know that the career of the horse master is generally subject to various restrictions, and it cannot be too brilliant.
Those who want to take advantage of the princess's power (such as Princess Shang Zhangzhu's Pei Yuma) will of course be overjoyed by such an opportunity. But Xia Shuwen doesn't need it, right? His own literary talent and military strategy, and the power of the Lianghou Mansion are enough to support his development.
At this time. The book that caused a lot of controversy is "bargaining" with the emperor in the imperial study.
The emperor allowed the book to not be included. He also made an exception to directly let him be a hand-picked imperial merchant, and the items he operated, as long as the palace needed it, would become a special supplier of the palace in that field, without having to compete with other merchants at the level of competition, and without being subject to the selection and review of the Ministry of Household and the relevant departments.
However, the emperor also put forward two conditions. First, he wants to marry the fourth princess and Shuwen (the emperor should inherit Jin Xida in his early years. The relatives of the three Shujie should be of their own willingness); Second, the imperial court was ready to invest in business, and it was a large-scale business with large investment, wide coverage, and even monopoly. The emperor was going to hand over this system to the Shuwen and the household department to negotiate and draw up a plan. After that, the management was also entrusted to Shuwen.
Of course, it is impossible for the emperor to call Shuwen in vain, and he has not forgotten that Shuwen's greatest interest is to count silver and play. Since he is asked to share the energy of running his own industry to earn money for the imperial court, it is natural that it must be beneficial, right? The officials still have a lot of money.
All the business owned by the imperial court will be divided into forty percent shares, two percent will go to the book, and the remaining two parts will be given to those families, nobles, meritorious heroes or something (this is the result of the "bargaining" of the book, and it is also for the convenience of doing things in the future.) Avoid those families who have lost their wealth due to the monopoly of the imperial court). It's just that there are more monks and less meat. Each person can only get a maximum of one-tenth of the twenty percent. Those who want shares can apply, but it is up to the emperor to decide who can get them in the end.
Rather than the pleasure of owning silver, Shuwen enjoys the process of earning large sums of silver. Watching those numbers keep increasing by digits and doubling, his blood would boil with excitement. Therefore, for the emperor to give him such an opportunity to command a big project to "earn money", Shuwen not only did not feel reluctant, but also welcomed it, and there was a feeling that he was about to become a general and command thousands of troops and horses to fight.
As for marrying the fourth princess to be a quasi-concubine, Shuwen was only stunned for a moment, and he was not disgusted. Thinking of the two of them, who both had a pair of cute little pear vortices, and the little girl who laughed and was as refreshing as the blue sky and white clouds, he ...... It felt good and relaxed.
Uh, it's no wonder that Shuwen thought of the four princesses and two figures popping up in his mind, but the four princesses and the lord of Yuegui have always been in and out together, and even most of them are dressed and dressed, like twin sisters, no, they are closer than twin sisters, like two people who are glued together. One less, not to mention whether they themselves are used to being comfortable, others will find it strange.
For example, at this time, the emperor was discussing the book warmly, and the little father-in-law at the door knocked on the door. Dafuzi hurriedly went over and asked in a whisper, before he ran back and replied: "Your Majesty, the fourth princess and the lord of Yuegui are here." ”
Jin Xida, who was listening to Shuwen and the emperor talking about business for a long time, couldn't interject, and was about to fall asleep, immediately "woke up": "Your Majesty, shouldn't the minister and Wen'er retire?" ”
The two little nobles are also about to be fourteen years old, even if the emperor is preparing to give Shuwen and the fourth princess a marriage, but isn't that not yet given? What's more, there is also the lord of Yuegui. The royal golden branches and jade leaves, or avoid some proper, many people are not to blame, how much criticism of the rules is not?
The emperor waved his hand: "No, what can those two girls do?" It's just a matter of two or three sentences. I still have a lot to discuss. I said, Golden Boy, don't just listen, use our talk as a lullaby, okay? Comments. ”
Jin Xida just wanted to appeal about the "grievances", but the emperor had already instructed Dafuzi: "Let them come in." "The emperor is still very partial to the four princesses and the lord of Yuegui, and other princesses, concubines and other concubines are generally not allowed to enter the imperial study.
As soon as the fourth princess entered the door, she muttered coquettishly: "Father, don't rush to give a marriage decree first, the son has not agreed yet." ”
Shuwen, who was sitting on the side, was stunned again, but he was not too shocked or sad (he was not very open to love affairs, and he was not concerned about marriage), but some small losses swept through his heart, after all, he was rejected by others.
Kim Xida is very unhappy, what about the princess? His Wen'er is a popular son-in-law candidate for a school-age lady in Beijing to break her head, why is she not happy? Their two marquis mansions are not uncommon, princesses, right? On the contrary, he really didn't want to be so closely connected with the royal family, Belle had already been pointed out to the little prince of Baoyu, and now Wen'er had set the four princesses, and the two princes were really tightly bound to the four princes. and their cousin and grandmother Yun Ting of the Two Marquis Mansion are also the side concubines of the four princes.
Although these marriages were all designated by the emperor himself, and Jin Xida was roughly sure that the emperor would soon appoint the fourth prince as the crown prince, but he always felt that such an inextricable connection was so tiring. Although he has never hated the four princesses who are cute and likable, and there is no domineering grandeur.
Thinking of this, Jin Xida was also polite: "Your Majesty, Wen'er's temperament is indeed not suitable for Princess Shang, since the fourth princess doesn't like this marriage, she can't look down on Shang'er, so please ask the emperor to think about it again." "They didn't want to invite a big Buddha back, so they were reluctant.
Only then did the fourth princess notice that Jin Xida and Shuwen were in (in the past, if there were people in the imperial study, the emperor would let them out before letting them in), and blushed in surprise and embarrassment, and blurted out: "No...... No, I didn't look down on my brother, and I didn't dislike this family affair. But...... However, I want to marry Yue'er together, and the two of us will marry Brother Wen together," I was a little nervous at first, but when it came to the back, the fourth princess, who had always been innocent and refreshing, became brave, and her words slipped smoothly, "Father, I and Yue'er want to follow the example of Empress E, and your holy decree is to give the two of us together to Brother Wen." ”
Shuwen was stunned, Jin Xida was stunned, and even the emperor's eyes widened: "Empress E? What is the girl's family talking nonsense? He knew that these two girls had been so good since they were children, they went in and out together like people, and they had to share all good things, but he didn't expect that they would even share their husbands now?
It's not impossible if it's an ordinary noblewoman, but both of them are the most favored royal nobles, a princess, a noble county lord of Prince Yong's mansion, it's all about getting married, right? Do you want to have a concubine? Flat wife? A flat wife is also a concubine.
The fourth princess knew what the emperor was thinking (just now her mother had already reprimanded her and said a lot of truths), and she couldn't care about being shy at the moment, and said: "Father, Yue'er and I have never been separated from each other, and we both like it...... If you like Brother Wen, you can marry us together, regardless of size, wife or concubine. Didn't Brother Jie say that their brothers could only marry one wife? Yue'er and I are one person, we are the 'one wife', and no one is a concubine. ”
The emperor was said to be dizzy, obviously two people, how can they have a "one wife" law? He took a fancy to the son of the Marquis of Beijing some time ago, and he is also a rare good man, so he is ready to point it to Yue'er.
Mrs. Beijing Hou and Prince Yong's first princess and Yue'er's mother are handkerchiefs since childhood, and they have a very good relationship, I believe that she and Beijing Houfu will love Yue'er very much. Prince Yong is also very optimistic about the prince of Beijing, it is said that when the first princess was pregnant with Yue'er, she once said with Mrs. Beijing Hou that if she gave birth to a daughter, the two families would get married, but the princess has not been in good health since giving birth, and it has not been officially agreed.
The emperor also sent people to do a lot of secret investigations, and made this decision only after confirming that the Beijing Marquis Mansion was trustworthy and the prince was worthy of entrusting Yue'er for the rest of his life.
Looking at the two delicate daughters and nieces with pink cheeks and clear eyes, the emperor really couldn't bear to be too harsh, it was precisely because these two children were delicate and innocent and didn't have too many complicated thoughts that he personally worried about the family affairs of the two of them, hoping to ensure that they were carefree and cared for all their lives.
Who would have thought that this game could come out? Empress E? Did these two stupid kids think too simply, or did they not think about it at all?
The emperor couldn't help but glance at Shujie, seeing that he looked dazed and shocked, he was sure that he and the two girls should not be some kind of private agreement, private teaching and receiving or the like. (To be continued......)
PS: I wanted to have more than 1000 words today, but it was too late. I don't have to go to acupuncture tomorrow, I will watch two more tomorrow. The article will be concluded around the 10th, so I will try to do more these days.