Chapter 403: The King of the River
Regardless of whether Xiao Qiao's family is willing to leave the Lei family or not, under Ren Yaohua's order, the people below are still very quick to do things. Before noon, Liu Gui's family went to the main courtyard to report that Xiao Qiao's things had been packed. Xiao Qiao's didn't have anything when she ran over, so there was nothing to pack up except to pack up all the things in her house and take them away.
Ren Yaohua just nodded and replied lightly: "Let's leave after packing up, I won't go out." ”
Ren Yaohua was practicing calligraphy with Lei Pan'er in the study at the time, and when Liu Gui's family and Ren Yaohua reported to Lei Pan'er, Lei Pan'er had been behind the bookcase not far away and probed his brain with a sneaky probe here, but until Ren Yaohua replied to Liu Gui'er's, Lei Pan'er didn't interject to speak.
Ren Yaohua waited for Liu Gui's family to leave, then turned back to the bookcase, looked down and looked carefully at the words written by Lei Pan'er: "Well, there is progress, take a break and write a snack before writing." ”
When Lei Pan'er got the praise, she immediately raised a smile at her, put down the pen, and obediently asked the little maid waiting on the side to clean her hands with water.
Ren Yaohua led her to sit at the table, picked a piece of honey cake from a few plates of snacks on the table and put it on the plate in front of her.
"Thank you, thank you, mother." Lei Paner picked up a small spoon and dug pastries to eat.
Although Lei Pan'er behaved very well-behaved, Ren Yaohua found that she was quieter than usual today. Usually, even when she is using snacks, she likes to talk non-stop. Ren Yaohua didn't break it, but just watched her use dim sum from the sidelines.
After eating a few bites, Lei Pan'er put down the small spoon in his hand and sat there with his head bowed and finished his fingers.
"Don't eat it? Want to go to the garden to play? Ren Yaohua wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, looked at her and asked.
Lei Pan'er shook her head and looked at Ren Yaohua who wanted to speak and stopped.
Ren Yaohua looked at her, not asking or urging.
Lei Pan'er finally couldn't help but ask, "Mother, is my aunt leaving?" ”
"No, it's to live in Zhuangzi, and Pan'er is reluctant to leave the house?"
Lei Pan'er thought for a while and asked with a serious face: "Is it good to eat in Zhuangzi?" Is there anyone waiting? Is there anyone to take care of if you are sick? ”
Ren Yaohua nodded: "Hmm." Several maids and mothers-in-law who served my aunt before would follow me to serve. The food and clothing are the same as when I was in the house, and if I am sick, I will ask for a doctor. If Pan'er is not at ease......" Ren Yaohua pondered for a moment, "Why don't you send your own personal maid to send your aunt on a trip, let the maid follow her over to have a look, and then report to you when she comes back?" "Two of Lei Paner's personal maids have been serving her for several years, and Ren Yaohua has not changed people since she came.
After listening to this, Lei Pan'er thought about it again, and then nodded: "Okay, by the way, let's also take a look at the nurse." ”
Lei Paner has a good memory, and remembers that her nurse was also sent to Zhuangzi.
"Is Pan'er going to see her aunt?" Ren Yaohua pondered.
Lei Pan'er shook her head: "I heard that my aunt had a bad time before she came to our house. As long as she knows that she can live well in the future. ”
Lei Paner is precocious, and many truths don't need to be mentioned by others, and she also understands that it is rare that she is still reasonable and will not be unreasonable.
Ren Yaohua touched her head, called her maid over and gave a few words, and then let her go.
Next, Lei Pan'er seemed to put down Xiao Qiao's affairs, did not mention her again, and played as usual when it was time to play. Eat it when it's time to eat it.
When Xiao Qiao's family saw Lei Paner's personal maid Hua Die'er, when he learned that Lei Paner didn't plan to say goodbye to her, his face immediately turned pale, and he didn't even remember to break away when he was helped into the carriage.
Xiao Qiao's departure seemed to be just a trivial matter for the Lei family. However, the day after Xiao Qiao's departure, a major event happened.
After leaving Yanbei, he disappeared and finally appeared in front of the world again, and the king finally appeared in Hezhong Mansion. And on the day of his appearance, he stayed in the residence of the king of the river.
On the second day, King Xian announced a copy of the emperor's edict to the world.
This edict was written after the original decree of the abolition of the king. The first emperor stated in his edict that he would pardon the sins of the Xianwang family and crown the Xianwang as the king of the river. Hazhong Province was used as a fief for the king. And after King Xian officially accepted the title of King of the River, within five years, the descendants of King Xian and his descendants were not allowed to leave the River.
As soon as this edict was published, it was published. The entire Great Zhou Dynasty was shocked.
Of course, some people will doubt the authenticity of this edict in the hands of the king, if the edict is true, why didn't the king take it out early?
After the edict was announced, King Xian printed a copy and pasted it on the notice board next to the city gate in the river. It didn't take long for many people to get the rubbings of this edict. After countless people have identified that the handwriting of this edict came from the hand of the late university scholar Pei Xun, and the "Treasure of Fengtian" seal on the edict is undoubtedly the emperor's treasure seal.
Although Pei Xun has passed away, he has left a lot of ink treasures, and it is not difficult to identify the handwriting. The Pei family is the head of today's Shilin, the children of the Pei family are officials in the court, the Great Zhou Dynasty is the head of the six departments surnamed Pei, and there are several cabinet auxiliary ministers, the Pei family can be described as the "tumbler" in the bureaucratic family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and no one will reply to Pei Xun will collude with Wan Guifei and Xianwang to falsify.
So when this edict was published, the people who suspected that it was a fake were silent.
As for the most talked-about edict, it is the one that is so secretive that people can't help but think about it: "Within five years, the descendants of the king and his descendants are not allowed to leave the river." ".
The vassal kings of the past dynasties have always been forbidden to leave the fiefdom without permission, let alone enter the capital without edicts, but as long as the emperor gives an order to summon them, the princes will go to Kyoto to show the emperor no matter how far away they are. The emperor's edict is good, and the emperor's descendants are not allowed to leave the river within five years, that is, even if the emperor makes an order to declare the king or the prince's son into Beijing, they can ignore it, and just be the emperor is a fart. No matter how big the emperor is, he can't be the emperor's own father, of course, this father must be dead, and the living may not have this face.
Empress Dowager Yan and the Yan family didn't know what kind of anger and grievances they were after learning about it, and the Li family on Yanbei's side cried again after knowing it, and Ren Yaoqi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Five years is not a long time, but it is the most suitable time for the development of the palace. With the foundation left by the royal palace, as long as they pass the past five years smoothly, it will not be so easy for the imperial court to dedicate the palace in the future. I have to say that Wan Guifei's methods are really not comparable to ordinary people.
However, Ren Yaochi was still very surprised that the edict was related to the Pei family. When he was by Mr. Pei's side, although Mr. Pei had mentioned Concubine Wan, it was only a few words, but it was out of a man's appreciation and regret for the peerless beauty.
Ren Yaoqi had never heard of any involvement between the Pei family and Concubine Wan's family of Xianwang, and Pei Zhiyan had never mentioned Xianwang in front of Ren Yaoqi. Of course, if the two sides are involved, the credibility of this edict will be much lower.
It's just that Ren Yaoqi can't help but worry about Pei Zhiyan's current situation. Although with the foundation of the Pei family, it is still a little difficult for the imperial court to move the Pei family in the short term, and it is also necessary to take into account the mouths of the people, but it is still easy to give the Pei family some small shoes to wear. Now in the Pei family, which is an official in the imperial court, the highest official position is Pei Zhiyan's uncle Pei Ji, the official to the second grade of the Ministry of Rites, the cabinet auxiliary minister, and the third in the cabinet. Pei Zhiyan is now a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and his official position is only the fifth grade, but he is the emperor's teacher, and he will succeed Pei Ji in the future. Compared with moving Pei Ji, the imperial court is afraid that it is more willing to move Pei Zhiyan.
In the affairs of the imperial court, even if Ren Yaochi was worried, it was to no avail.
Although there are more people who believe in the edict of the former emperor than those who doubt it, the vast majority of those who have a wait-and-see attitude are in the background. After all, no one knows what the real strength of the Xian Wangfu is. No one is a fool who would be willing to upset the court for a freshly baked vassal king with an unstable foundation and an uncertain future.
In this case, the Yanbei Wangfu was the first to extend an olive branch to the king of the river, although it only sent some gifts to the river, but it represented that Yanbei was willing to recognize the king of the river.
The Yanbei Wangfu moved, and due to various interests and considerations, the other forces also moved. With the rise of Xian Wangfu, the political pattern of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty will change, and many people have smelled the unusual political wind between Xian Wangfu and Yanbei Wangfu.
In this atmosphere, Xiao Jingxi, the second son of Yanbei Wangfu, proposed to Ren Yao, the fifth lady of the Ren family.
As soon as this news came out, people outside Yanzhou may still be a little unable to react, who is the fifth lady of the Ren family. However, soon the world will know that Ren Yaoqi, the fifth lady of the Ren family, is the granddaughter of the original king of Xian Wang, the king of Hezhong, and the second daughter of the princess of Jiayi.
At the beginning, the king was demoted to the common people and assigned to Yanbei, and all the titles from the king to the prince were taken away, and the lord of Jiayi was forced to marry a merchant woman due to the situation. Now the emperor's edict has pardoned the king, the titles of the prince's mansion have been returned, and the title of the lord of Jiayi has returned.
Some people may think that the identity of the daughter of a merchant is not worthy of the second son of Yanbei Wangfu, after all, although Xiao Jingxi's health is not good, after Xiao Jingkang's death, he is most likely to succeed to the throne of Yanbei Shizi, and the king of Hezhong is almost the same as marrying his granddaughter, and there is still a layer of separation if he marries his granddaughter.
But the king of the river has only one son and one daughter, the king of the river has been married for less than a year, has no children and no daughters, and the only one suitable for marriage under the king of the river is the youngest daughter of the concubine. Fortunately, the title of the lord of Jiayi is back, and no matter how the Li family is, it is still a golden branch and jade leaf with red roots, and the blood of the royal family.
(To be continued......)