In the middle of September of the first year of Zhenwu, Emperor Yan drafted an edict, Anling City was officially renamed Tianjing, and the palace was expanded to the north, named the Forbidden City.

After experiencing a turmoil, the common people in the capital were quickly pacified by the new policies promulgated by the imperial court, and in just three months, the streets and alleys were restored to life, the peddlers and pawns reappeared in the streets, and the teahouses and restaurants were populated again.

On the one hand, the imperial court reduced the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes implemented by the previous dynasty, but on the other hand, it moved a knife to the Yi Xue family that had been exempted from taxation before, first enshrined the business tax system for each Yi Pavilion into the law, and then banned the large and small gambling houses, especially the Yi Shi was not allowed to participate in the gambling business, and those who violated the law should be severely punished with the name of merit. Finally, the triennial Dayan Examination will be changed to once every five years, and the number of admission places will be reduced, and the palace examination will be added. Many regulations have fundamentally curbed the development of Yixue, and the rich and noble Yixue family has since turned from prosperity to decline.

The Twelve Mansion families bear the brunt, even if they are unwilling but powerless to resist, it is Yu Shu who is in charge of Si Tianjian, and she will not stand up for them. Today's emperor does not believe in Taoism, nor does he advocate easy learning, to be honest, after the fall of the An Dynasty, Si Tianjian can be retained, which is already a blessing in misfortune. These family heads were speculating about what means Yu Shu had used, and they actually let Emperor Yan let the respected great teacher Liu Yan not use it, but let her pick it up.

Seeing that Yu Shu gained power again, it made many people red, and privately they were counting on the great division to make a fuss, and the two tigers would be injured when they competed, who thought that the two of them would be safe and sound, and the well water would not interfere with the river water, and the first to "make a fuss" was not Yu Shu, nor Liu Yan, but King Ping.

One day in October, located in the most prosperous area in the north of the city, the Wangji Lou Dayi Pavilion, as usual opened the door to welcome guests, the front of the door was cleaned clean, the plaque on the door was splashed with water before dawn, the guys who entertained the guests were neat and tidy and energetic, and they showed a mouthful of white teeth and a greeting when they met people. Regular customers don't need their introduction, one group goes to "Youqiutang", one goes to "Bing Hall", and the remaining group goes to the bottom of the Tianji list to watch the excitement.

"I'm a good man, this woman's son-in-law actually gave away 50,000 taels of gold, even if she marries a princess, it's just that, tsk." When the newcomer saw the red list of the bounty posted at the top of the Tianji list, he didn't smack his tongue.

When a regular customer standing aside to check the barometer heard this, he turned his head and whispered to the man: "When this little brother heard it, he wasn't from our capital, he came from the north, right?" If you want to talk about the one who recruits a son-in-law, she is not an ordinary woman, who has the ability to marry her, and the whole family will follow the chicken dog to heaven. It's a pity that this aunt's eyes are above the top, and ordinary people don't enter the eyes of the law at all, otherwise this son-in-law notice would not have been hanging for five years, and no one has dared to unveil the list so far. ”

"I've opened my eyes today, eh, brother, tell me more carefully." The little brother from other places grabbed the familiar customers around him to talk, and then wanted to hear some strange things, at this time, a string of golden drums and gongs came from far outside the door of the Dayi Pavilion, it was a noble person traveling, and the road was cleared along the way.

After a while, I saw a purple covered soft sedan chair appear at the gate of the Wangji Building, on both sides of the road are some brocade clothes and high hats with knife guards, after the sedan chair fell, a man stepped out, wearing a collar of white magnolia placket robe, covered with gold and silver thread embroidered cicada clothes, wearing a string of jade around the waist, obliquely inserting a folding fan, and then look at the appearance of the person, the end is a high nose and square chin, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, all the top is good.

There was no need for the guards to give orders, and the guests in the hall consciously moved out of the way to allow the noble man to pass. I saw that he walked to the front of the Tianji list in the center of the lobby without squinting, his eyes fell on the top, his lips hooked and seemed to smile, and then he actually stretched out his hand and unveiled the much-anticipated notice of recruiting a son-in-law!

"Reveal, reveal, unveil!" There was a low cry all around, and the hall suddenly became commotion, and a few people present didn't know that the son-in-law notice had been hanging high at the top of the Tianji list since the day the building opened, and it had not moved for five years. What kind of immortal is this master, good, so bold!

Lin Fu, who was greeting guests in the Treasure Pavilion on the second floor, heard the report of the guy, dropped the guests and ran downstairs, at this time the hall downstairs was crowded, and he couldn't see the situation in front of him, he finally got out of the crowd, his head covered his hat, and finally saw the man standing at the bottom of the Tianji list, his legs were weak, and he almost knelt down and kowtowed.

Xue Rui pinched the reward notice, rolled it into a tube and put it into his arms, turned his head to see Lin Fu with an excited face, and opened his mouth to say, "Are you the manager here?" ”

His other identity is inconvenient to disclose, so he has been in Beijing for a few months, and the first time he came to Wangji Building, Lin Fu's group of house slaves has only met so far, how can he not be excited.

"Yes, yes," Lin Fu immediately responded, came back to his senses, and felt that he shouldn't be like this, so he took a breath and said in a pretentious manner: "This master, you have revealed the reward on our Tianji list, have you seen the requirements on the list clearly?" ”

Xue Rui's eyes flashed, he took off the Mujiang fan on his waist, shook it away, and said very chicly: "What this son-in-law wants is a gentleman, with good facial features and good character, no hidden diseases, both civil and military, and the eight characters are harmonious and have the same interests." Right? It just so happens that I'm perfect for each one. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and hooked his index finger behind his head, and two guards walked in with a heavy box and put it on the ground, once the box was opened, it blinded people's eyes, and their eyes were full of gold, and the guests in the hall rubbed their eyes one by one to see, and saw that the box was full of gold ingots!

"I heard that they forgot to collect one-tenth of the bounty as a reward, here is five thousand taels of gold, you accept it, I have revealed this list, send someone to report it quickly."

Lin Fu, who knew the truth, was sweating on his forehead, the two masters loved to play tricks, he couldn't disturb their interest, just cooperate obediently.

"Dare to ask this lord's surname, where is the house, and the villain can reply."

Xue Rui glanced at him with a smile, shook his fan and turned around, seeing him bend down and get into the sedan chair, disappearing from everyone's sight, and one of the guards who stayed behind answered on his behalf: "The master of my family is His Royal Highness the King of Da Yanping, and the Dingbo Pavilion is waiting for good news." ”

Zun drove away, and the pot exploded in the Wangji Building, so many pairs of eyes looked at the ears and listened, such a big gossip, it must not take long to spread all over the capital - King Ping unveiled the letter of recruitment of son-in-law in the Wangji Building, you must know that the woman who recruited the son-in-law is Si Tianjian to mention something!

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Xue Rui ran to Wangjilou to unveil the list, and somehow it reached the ears of Emperor Yan, and he ridiculed the two of them in the early court, claiming to be their matchmaker, and gave him a marriage in public. Only then did everyone in the court suddenly realize, no wonder the great teacher and the big man couldn't make trouble, how could there be a father-in-law and daughter-in-law who were vindictive!

The sound of the wind reached the ears of Empress Dowager Wei, making her sulk again.

A few days ago, because of the palace maids she gifted, Xue Rui found the emperor to plead his case, and without caring about her queen mother's prestige, he pulled out the former palace concubine who was mixed in it. As a result, Emperor Yan took the person back and returned it to her Cining Palace, although she didn't complain, but she knew in her heart that she had upset her son.

Empress Dowager Wei is also helpless, she has long been dissatisfied with the emperor's trust in Xue Rui too much, and she can't persuade clearly, so she has to make this decision, knowing that Concubine Narui has a reason with Xue Rui, and she will send people to him, as long as he remembers a little old love and leaves people behind, she has a way to arouse the emperor's suspicion of him, so as not to let him be too saintly and give birth to thoughts that should not be there, and one day he will raise a tiger for trouble.

But Xue Rui was good, no one stayed, and sued her in turn, and in the face of Emperor Yan's questioning, she had to pretend to be confused and put the fault on the woman who "escaped from the palace without permission".

"I saw that it was a bit of a posture, and I was not good enough, so I actually asked someone to send it back." Empress Dowager Wei imprisoned Rui Zizhu in the cold palace again, and sent someone to Emperor Yan to deliver a message - "The mourning family is old, and there is no power to control the emperor's harem, if you are filial, choose a queen as soon as possible to share your worries, and the mourning family can enjoy the blessings." ”

This brings the matter to light. Empress Dowager Wei failed to get her wish, and in the end she was not happy, and she heard that the marriage between Xue Rui and Yu Shu was finalized, and she was worried about Jiang Huan at first. After waiting for all these years, how can you not be sad or sad.

"What about the princess, haven't you returned to the palace yet? quickly went to find her back, and said that the mourning family was not comfortable. Empress Dowager Wei held her forehead and gave the order.

Jiang Huan is used to being free, a palace wall can't restrain her at all, every once in a while she will take a team of female soldiers out of the city to go on a horseback safari, and if she doesn't return to the palace when she sees Tian'er, even Emperor Yan can't do anything about her.

Empress Dowager Wei waited until the evening to see people, Jiang Huan thought she was really sick, and hurried back, and ran to Cining Palace without having time to change her clothes. Empress Dowager Wei was fine, but she pretended to be sick, tied her forehead and crooked on the bed, so that she had to make her soft-hearted to speak.

"You were fine two days ago, but you were sick when you said you were sick, where are you not feeling well, have you seen it?" Jiang Huan sat on the edge of the bed, and a pair of sharp eyes shot at the palace maid and the chamberlain in the dormitory, "If you don't serve the queen mother well, what do you want?" ”

"Slaves deserve to die." Immediately fell to his knees in front of him.

"I can't complain about them, it's the mourning family who is asking for their own guilt," Empress Dowager Wei raised her hand weakly, and let everyone retreat, leaving their mother and daughter alone to speak. "Two days ago, the Shang Palace Bureau sent a group of well-trained palace people, the mourning family is not needed here, thinking of being a favor, so he rewarded a few meritorious heroes, you might as well mix in a bad thing here, it was actually a former court concubine who stole out of the cold palace, but it was sent to King Ping, and he recognized it, and it turned out to be your imperial brother, which made the mourning family faceless."

Jiang Huan exploded as soon as she heard that it was about Xue Rui, and said angrily: "Liu Shining, who was stabbed a thousand times, he actually dared to be disrespectful to you, I really shouldn't have let him go last time, and slaughtered that pair of dogs and men with one knife." ”

As soon as she accidentally said something, Empress Dowager Wei immediately heard that something was wrong, held her wrist and asked, "What last time, you made it clear to the mourning family, are you hiding something?" ”

Jiang Huan died to save face, where would she say that she was caught and almost died under Xue Rui's sword, so she had to say vaguely: "Three months ago, I set a fire in the military camp outside the city and almost burned down the Yu Lianfang, Liu Shining rushed over, and I was almost cut down in a fit of anger." ”

Empress Dowager Wei snorted cold, and couldn't help but raise her slap and slap her hard, trembling with anger: "You, you evil obstacle, it's good to make me angry to death sooner or later!" "Don't say that arson in the military camp is a felony, it really makes her get her hands on it, and it's not a pity to die a Yu Shu, but Xue Rui was still in charge of the military at that time, in case he was angry with the crown, there would be a catastrophe.

Jiang Huan never thought about it, she still felt aggrieved, and bared her teeth in pain: "What kind of anger are you so angry?" ”

Empress Dowager Wei poked her in the head, hating that iron is not steel, "If Yu Shu is killed, the mourning family will have killed her for you, so that you can marry Ruyi Langjun as you wish, but why don't you want to think about it, after she dies, can Liu Shining give up?" Do you really think that you are the princess of Dayan, and you can be lawless? Confused, simply confused to the end. Hey, why did the mourning family raise such an unsuccessful thing as you. ”

Jiang Huan is dumb and can't say if she suffers from eating Coptis chinensis, where is she who is really lawless, it is clearly the pair of dog men and women, one keeps saying that he wants to kill her to prevent future troubles, and the other actually lets a dog slave hold her hostage! By the way, there is also that hateful dog minion, who did something to her, and didn't take her as a princess in his eyes at all, and he was the most damned.

"Don't scold, I know it's wrong." She was wrong, she was blind and didn't see that the two people were actually a couple. Otherwise, as early as when she was in Ningdong City, she overlord would take Xue Rui down with a bow, disturbing the good things of the two of them, and making them cry.

"Do you really know what's wrong?" Empress Dowager Wei looked at her suspiciously, and said tentatively: "Do you know that your imperial brother has decreed to marry the two of them?" ”

Jiang Huan twisted her neck and snorted coldly.

Empress Dowager Wei hurriedly grabbed her wrist, "You can't be confused anymore, you should put it down, Liu Shining has to marry Yu Shu, that is because he has no eyes, the mourning family heard that the woman married a few years ago, but on the day of the big day, the groom ran away, and the city was full of storms, Liu Shining married her in a daze, and sooner or later he will regret it, and then you will see if the two of them can get better." ”

Jiang Huan said impatiently: "It's none of my business whether they are good or not, don't look at the two of them in front of me from now on." ”

Empress Dowager Wei was stunned when she heard this, she didn't expect her to say such things that had nothing to do with herself, she seemed to have suddenly figured it out, she should have been happy, but she felt unsure, so she asked tentatively: "Then, while your imperial brother is choosing a concubine, the mourning family will look for a few candidates for you to be a concubine, and when your imperial brother canonizes the queen, he will then handle the marriage for you, okay?" ”

Jiang Huan opened her mouth and wanted to refuse, but seeing Empress Dowager Wei's expectant expression, she couldn't say a word "no", in the past, she could still use Xue Rui as a shield, but now, what do you want to use as an excuse?

"You can do it." She replied in a muffled voice, stood up and walked out, "You can rest well, don't worry about my business anymore." ”

Empress Dowager Wei urged marriage for five whole years, and it was difficult to wait until Jiang Huan nodded and agreed, she really wanted to cry with joy, and said a few words of thanks in her heart, watching Jiang Huan slip away and didn't stop her, as soon as the people left, they couldn't wait to plan to find a husband for their baby daughter.

She didn't believe it, there are thousands of men in this world, even if there is no second Xue Rui, how difficult is it to find one that Jiang Huan likes? R1152