Chapter 85: Giving a dowry, Shu Han asks for peace
The emperor has a very complicated mood for the prince, and he wants to train this successor well, but he is also afraid that the prince's strength will swell too much, which will affect his safety. Therefore, he beat and pulled the prince, beat a stick to give a sweet date, often called to the Qianqing Palace today to reprimand, and awarded him some rewards tomorrow.
It's just that the emperor thinks that his majesty has a way, and in the eyes of a group of old oilmen who have been in the court for many years, there are blunt means and the intention is too obvious. The prince's response is also clumsy, he never dared to participate too much in court politics, and he didn't dare to make friends with the ministers too deeply, the prince has been in office for so many years, but the princelings are not a big deal, and the emperor is relieved, but his influence in the court has been minimal.
On the other hand, Emperor Xiao's concubine, who has been carefully managed for so many years, has subdued the queen's power internally, and withstood the pressure of the cabinet outside, and has turned the palace into a reserved place for the Chengqian Palace. Even the emperor was placed around Wang Ying. The emperor is not without jealousy of the Xiao family, but Emperor Xiao's concubine can do this.
It's clear which is higher and which is lower, at a glance!
Of course, the daughters of the Yang family didn't know about these things in the previous dynasty. The old lady won't go home and talk to them. The prince suffered such a big grievance, and he could have begged the queen mother to come forward, but the queen mother is now terminally ill, groggy every day, and Tai is delirious for half a time. The cabinet refused to come forward, and just like that, the prince was at a loss.
The time is short, and there can be no mistakes, the eldest lady is busy losing weight in order to prepare for the marriage of the eighth girl, but her expression is extremely excited. On the day of March 17, according to the system, the crown princess should send the dowry to Yuqing Palace.
Early in the morning, the Yang Mansion was busy, the servants in the main courtyard were running, the chickens were flying and the dogs were jumping, and the eldest lady took care of Yuxin's 128 dowry yesterday. Neatly stacked in the courtyard of Yiningju. One hundred and twenty-eight dowries is already the number of days, when the emperor got married, the queen's dowry was only one hundred and twenty-eight, of course the crown princess could not cross the queen, but less than this amount, wouldn't it be underestimated by the world? The prince's marriage involves the royal face.
Two hundred and fifty-six handsome servant boys stood in two rows neatly, and just looking for these dowry servants took the eldest lady countless efforts. The auspicious time has arrived, the firecrackers are ringing out, the five masters take the lead, and the three brothers of Chengzu, Chengye and Chengzong follow, and the dowry team is mighty and goes straight to Yuqing Palace.
The first dowry was given by the emperor, and the eight-tailed phoenix hairpin was made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, representing the supreme glory of the crown princess; The second lift of the queen mother gave jade Ruyi, Jin Bu Shao, symbolizing that the prince and the princess are all right, the next few lifts are the queen and the harem of the lord of the reward, the one hundred and twenty-eight dowries are full, the eldest lady can't wait to hollow out the entire Yang family, all to Yuxin.
The eldest lady alone gave the eight girls 50,000 taels of silver for the dowry, and the rest of the fields and Zhuangzi were innumerable. Later, even the old lady personally asked, and then only gave one high instruction: low-key. Otherwise, the eldest lady will add the dowry to the beauty.
The eldest girl, the second girl, and the fourth girl's married daughters all came back one by one, and the stars and moons surrounded Yuxin, full of joy. After tomorrow, Yuxin will be the crown princess, then she will be the king, and the sisters will be the ministers, so it is not too much to stammer.
The second girl has not been married for a long time, but now she is also two months pregnant, and the fetal position was not stable in the first three months, so she should stay at home and raise the fetus well, but she still went back to her parents' house. The second wife was very happy to learn that her daughter was pregnant, and sent a big girl to stare at the second girl with good eyes, for fear that something would happen to her.
In the small flower hall of the main house, there is also Princess Yinyue on top today. She also arrived at her grandmother's house early in the morning. Everyone is a young lady, and it is not good to go to the courtyard to watch Yuxin's dowry like a village servant. Then he opened the window and looked out, and at this position he happened to see a dowry passing by the window, and the house was covered with charcoal basins and earth dragons, and the March wind was still blowing in a tight gust, but the sisters forgot the cold, and chattered and talked about it. Tomorrow is Yuxin's day, even Yuxia doesn't dare to choose such a time to go against Yuxin, and the sisters seem to be happy for a while.
The eldest girl and the second girl all joked when they saw Yuxin's dowry, "The eighth sister is really a blessing!" "When I got married, my mother was not willing to buy me so many good things!" "The eighth sister is the crown princess, how can you compare this dowry with me?" The four girls and the fifth girls stared at the dowry that was carried away, and their eyes flashed with envy.
Yu Xin just smiled faintly, and there was not much smug joy on her face. It wasn't until she saw the look on the fifth girl's face that her complexion looked a little better.
Looking at it, Yulan opened the curtain and said, "I'm late!" "It turned out that early this morning, the little prince Ye Minzhao sent a personal little eunuch to ask Yulan for peace. Since Ye Minzhao was assassinated at the last temple fair, the emperor and Concubine Hui have taken him under his guard. The little prince wants to leave the palace again, it is a thought. He was worried about Yulan outside, so he sent one of the personal little eunuchs to ask Yulan for peace every five days, and he also wanted to see how Yulan Yang's Mansion was doing, and it had been rain or shine for so many days.
It was the little eunuch Han Shi today, Yulan asked the little prince in detail about the situation, and then sent Han Shi away, and hurried to the main courtyard to meet the sisters. Yinyue walked over and took her hand and smiled: "What good things are there to hide from us?" ”
For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on her. Yulan greeted the sisters generously, and said with a smile: "Where is there anything good about me?" Today's eighth sister is the protagonist, I don't want to be the noisy and shallow! ”
Yinyue smiled: "How did I hear that your marriage with the Xie family is almost decided, and when we have eaten the eighth sister's wedding banquet, it will be your turn next!" ”
Yulan hurriedly lowered her head and pretended to be shy: "Cousin, you make fun of me!" The crowd, whether true or not, burst into laughter. Yinyue pulled Yulan to sit beside her, and Yuqing also came up to talk to her: "Seventh sister, you didn't see the eighth sister's dowry, it's so enviable!" ”
Yulan smiled and touched her head: "Of course I saw it, and my eyes were red with envy!" The second aunt is a kind person, when the ninth sister gets married, the second aunt will naturally prepare a rich dowry for you! ”
The ninth girl is also a teenager, and she was shy when she heard this: "Seventh sister, how do you laugh at people!" ”
Everyone joked for a while, and the one hundred and twenty-eight dowry finally came out of the Yang Mansion, thinking that there must be infinite scenery along the way, but unfortunately none of the sisters could see it.
The second girl was the first to stand up and confess: "Eighth sister, I am also a little tired, and the dowry has been read, so I will go to my mother to take a look!" ”
Yu Xin nodded and said, "Second sister, go ahead!" are all their own sisters, which one will pick on you. You are a two-body person, you should have a good rest, don't move the tire! Listening to Yu Xin's words so decent, Yu Jia couldn't help but be a little stunned, this eighth sister hasn't seen her for a few days, but she has grown.
After Yujia said hello to the sisters, she went to the second room, and the second wife naturally had a lot to tell her. As soon as she left, Yu Mu also said: "I'll go and see my mother to see if I can help anything!" "She is a fellow mother with eight girls, and her biological sister naturally doesn't have to be so polite, her sister is married well, and she is also honored.
As soon as the eldest sister and second sister left, Yinyue proposed: "It's also boring to stay here, why don't we go for a walk in the garden!" The eldest lady is sure to keep the meal, but it is still early, and it is really boring to sit and Yuxin doesn't care: "It's okay!" The plum blossoms in the back garden are blooming just right, so we might as well go and take a look. So the girls were busy serving the young ladies and put on their jackets, and a group of people came out of the small flower hall, laughing and walking into the garden.
Yuxin led the way, and Yinyue pulled Yulan behind. Yinyue bit her ear and asked her, "Have you seen the son of the Xie family?" ”
Yulan nodded: "We met two years ago. ”
"Pretty looking?"
Yulan poked her finger and said, "Cousin, why do you always make fun of me?" Why don't you provoke the eighth sister? ”
Yinyue smiled indifferently, "I don't seem to be very happy when I look at her. She will be the crown princess in the future, and I dare not offend her now! Yulan knew that she was laughing, but she was also taken aback, it was definitely not an accident that Yinyue could stand out in the treacherous harem, and this eyesight alone was impressive! Yulan couldn't tell her the truth, so she had to find some other topics to divert the conversation!
Laughing and laughing has entered the small garden, and a burst of fragrance is pouring from afar, refreshing people's hearts. The plum blossoms in the garden are in full bloom, red, yellow, and white, because the color is monotonous and boring in early spring, and the plum blossoms are more and more bright and beautiful. Yinyue smiled, "What a great place! Why didn't my sisters bring me over earlier! ”
Everyone has seen it many times, and Yuxia said: "Cousin, don't coax us!" There are no good things in the inner garden of the palace, how can these plum blossoms be missing? ”
Yinyue said: "Although Ouchi is good, but the craftsmanship is too strong, how can it be compared to this piece of plum forest full of wild fun!" ”
For a while, everyone went to enjoy the plum blossoms, and Yulan heard that her words just now seemed to be mixed with other meanings, so she pulled Yinyue's arm, and saw that the other sisters were far away, so she quietly asked, "I see that my cousin seems to have something on her mind?" ”
Yinyue sighed and said; "My sister is clever!"
Yulan was taken aback: "My cousin is the emperor's princess, what else can't my cousin solve?" ”
Yinyue smiled bitterly: "Even the emperor is not going well, let alone me!" Although I am a princess, I can't help myself in many things! After a pause, Yinyue suddenly said: "You are in the house, you don't know about the previous dynasty." A few days ago, Shu Han sent an envoy, in addition to bringing the New Year's coin, but also brought the lord of Shu Han and the letter of pro-country, saying that the prince Liu Zhang is over 20 years old, and has not yet accepted a concubine, and wants to ask for the prince to marry the princess of my dynasty as a concubine! On the other day, the crown prince ascended the throne as the lord of the country, and the princess was the queen of the world. The emperor originally intended Princess Yong'an, but Emperor Xiao's concubine was reluctant to have her daughter, so she pushed me out, and the emperor had already moved his mind! ”
"What?" Yulan was taken aback. Shu Han is the country of the Great Chu State, the land of Bashu 100,000 mountains are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Great Chu has been fighting with the northern nomads for many years, and has not freed up his hands to deal with Shu Han, so this separatist regime has been at large until now, becoming a country within a country. It has also become a problem for Da Chu's henchmen.
It's just that a little bit of insight will know that Dachu occupies the hinterland of the Central Plains, with a vast territory and well-trained soldiers, which can be said to occupy the right time, place and people. Shu Han has been very lucky so far, sooner or later one day the army will go straight down the river, and the day when the Shu Han country will be broken will not be too far away.
In this case, marrying Yinyue is nominally the crown princess, but doesn't this push her into the fire pit?
"How can this work? Since there is no suitable candidate, the emperor simply refused this matter for nothing! This is clearly treating Yinyue as a political victim.
Yinyue said abruptly: "The climate is too cold this winter, the snow in the north continues, and the sudden people, cattle and sheep on the grassland have frozen to death, seeing that spring is coming, the sudden people are going to famine again...... "Needless to say, Yulan also understood, the sudden people did not eat, so they could only mobilize a large army to Dachu to grab guns and food, and it would not be long before it was another big battle.
Yinyue is really unlucky, and the abrupt people don't have to commit large-scale offenses every year! But she caught up with her this year. Maybe Shu Han got the news, so he sent someone to ask for the princess very surely!
Yinyue laughed at herself and said, "How can you and I have the final say in these things." The mother concubine had already entered the palace yesterday to beg the queen and asked the queen to intercede for me in front of the emperor. It's a pity that the Queen Mother is seriously ill and her old man is ......" and said: "I heard that Liu Zhang, the prince of Shu Han, is the most beautiful man in Bashu, Shu Han has been established for a hundred years, and the time is longer than that of Great Chu, and it is not necessarily said that it was destroyed and destroyed, maybe I earned it this time?" ”
The author has something to say: work hard in the middle of the day, beg to scatter flowers! Yes