Chapter 379: The Marriage Gift

The courtiers in the Jinluan Palace didn't know how to answer, and there was silence for a while, they couldn't figure out the emperor's thoughts, and they didn't know whether the emperor really wanted to promote Prince Mu and Princess Xiaoyang, or whether he was tempting them. After all, the emperor was moody, and he was not satisfied with the few ministers who proposed candidates, and in their eyes, Prince Mu and Princess Xiaoyang were the most unlikely people.

Now the people who can stand on the Jinluan Palace know well about the matter of seizing the heir as the crown prince, Prince Mu was the biggest threat to the throne, these years, the emperor's attitude towards Prince Mu is not clear to the world, but they are clear. The emperor exiled Prince Mu outside the scope of power, allowing him to be depressed and drink to kill his sorrows, which shows the emperor's jealousy of Prince Mu. At this time, when it comes to the marriage of Prince Mu and Princess Xiaoyang, it should be more of a temptation.

"Your Majesty, Prince Mu already has a marriage contract, and it was given by the emperor himself, Princess Xiaoyang has a precious status, golden branches and jade leaves, how can she be a concubine? Even if she is a side concubine and has a royal jade butterfly, she is still a concubine. Tang Dui's Lord Yun was jealous and hateful, if he married Prince Mu and Princess Xiaoyang, it would inevitably make that Lord Yun dissatisfied. Ji Shen explained that he had suffered a secret loss under the hands of Lord Tang Duyun, and with that Lord Yun's words, those imperial histories in the court were not allowed to lie down.

Yunxiao went to the Qiankun Palace to ask for an explanation for Princess Xiaoyang's affairs, he Ji Shen was very unfortunate to hit the muzzle of the gun again and again, and after suffering a few secret losses, he understood that he must not confront Tang Dui's Lord Yun head-on, otherwise, he would only be hanged and beaten.

Leng Yang didn't regard Yunxiao as an obstacle in his heart, to put it bluntly, Yunxiao's master is Princess Xiaoyang, as long as Princess Xiaoyang is convinced, what is Yunxiao afraid of? It's just that a group of people under his hands are all stupid pigs with no brains, and they look ahead and backward at all small things, no wonder the twists and turns of the Qiankun Hall are about to pile up.

Seeing that the people in the court were all ostrich-shaped, Leng Yang knew that this matter could not come to a conclusion from their mouths, and his face was shrouded in a layer of black clouds: "Zhongshu Ling drafted the decree, Prince Mu's status is noble, as a royal noble, Yan Xiang, the daughter of the Marquis of Xinyang, has a damaged reputation, and she is not worthy of the position of Prince Mu and Princess. Princess Xiaoyang of the Tang Dynasty is a noble woman, naΓ―ve and reckless, and she specially married Princess Xiaoyang as the concubine of Prince Mu. ”

Zhongshu Ling was already messy in the wind at this time, there was no wind in the Li Qiankun Palace, he even thought that there was something wrong with his ears, the emperor actually gave Princess Xiaoyang and Prince Mu to marry, after reacting, his heart was excited, this holy decree will definitely become the most incredible holy decree he has handled. Prince Mu and Princess Xiaoyang, it turned out that the emperor was not hinting at them.

"Yes, Wechen obeys the holy order." Suppress the excitement in your heart and immediately take over the emperor's will.

Before the ministers reacted, Leng Yang had already retreated into the apse, leaving countless blank eyes, they wanted to know what the emperor meant, but where was the emperor in the palace, but they didn't dare.

"Lord Zhang, why did you suddenly mention the family affair between Princess Xiaoyang and Prince Mu today, did you receive any rumors, you are not authentic, there is news hidden in private." Unable to find the emperor, a group of people surrounded Shang Shufei of the Ministry of Rites to ask to the end.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu made a look of ignorance: "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know, it's just that last night Mrs. mentioned that someone at their lady's banquet always mentioned Princess Xiaoyang's family affairs, and when I had doubts, I mentioned it in my ear." When Princess Xiaoyang came to Handu, I received her, and after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was indeed a problem, so I raised it in today's court. ”

Colleagues for decades, listening to the tone of the Ministry of Rites, where do I not know the reason behind it, everyone has their own secrets, and they are not the ones who get to the bottom of it, but today's things are too weird, the emperor actually gave Princess Xiaoyang and Prince Mu to marry, as soon as this holy decree came out, there was an uproar in the capital.

When everyone thought of him, he was already sitting in the mansion and thinking hard about how this holy decree should be cultured, connotative, good-looking, and with the charm of the sea and the mountains, the sea and the rocks, and the hard work.

"This is really a problem, I have drafted countless holy decrees, and this time I don't know where to start." Zhongshu Ling was very distressed, he had drafted countless holy decrees and edicts, but he didn't know how to write on this holy decree of marriage.

The news that the emperor gave Princess Xiaoyang and Prince Mu to marry was like putting on wings, and it instantly spread throughout the entire harem, which naturally caused an uproar, as we all know, Prince Mu is a waste person, and he can only rely on that wheelchair for the rest of his life to marry Princess Xiaoyang to Prince Mu, and a group of women came to a conclusion that the emperor did not attach importance to Princess Xiaoyang.

When the queen and Concubine Ning Jing heard the news in the palace, their expressions were surprisingly consistent, and a gloating smile appeared on their dignified and elegant faces, the queen hated Princess Xiaoyang for harming the Guo family, and Concubine Ning Jingfei hated Princess Xiaoyang for making her lose face. Now that Princess Xiaoyang has been married to Prince Mu, such a retribution is really God's eyes.

"Really? Did the emperor really marry Seventeen and Xiao Yang? The Empress Dowager frowned, her clear eyes were full of doubts, she never trusted Leng Yang to do things that were not beneficial to him, just like this marriage.

The incident that won the heir is still fresh in my memory, for the sake of the throne, Leng Yang can be described as iron-blooded, ruthless, and calculated, the death of the first emperor, the legs of Leng Dusk, which thing does not have his figure. This time to marry Seventeen and Xiao Yang, the Empress Dowager thought of a conspiracy theory.

"The Empress Dowager, it's true, there is an uproar in the court today, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu mentioned Princess Xiaoyang's family affairs, and all the people proposed by the ministers were vetoed by the emperor one by one, and the emperor was still angry in the Qiankun Palace, and finally directly asked the Zhongshu Order to give marriage." Lan Zhi inquired about the matter clearly and said in a low voice.

Prince Mu was raised by her, and she naturally hoped that Prince Mu could have a warm family and be able to take care of his good wife. Unlike the Empress Dowager's emphasis on Princess Xiaoyang, Lan Zhi doesn't think that Princess Xiaoyang is suitable for the prince, but it is just a holy decree, Chrysostom Yuyan is difficult to chase, where there will be room for refuge.

It is rumored that Princess Xiaoyang is arrogant and willful, and she can step on Concubine Ning Jing's face on the ground as she wants from the day of the Spring Banquet, which is enough to prove that she is indeed willful, even if she is in the palace, she is still not tactful, if she is really married to the prince, I am afraid that she will cause trouble for the prince.

"The Empress Dowager, the old slave said a word of arrogance, the old slave thinks that Princess Xiaoyang and the prince are not compatible, Princess Xiaoyang is still young, her temperament is undecided, and she does whatever she wants. The old slave is afraid that the emperor is deliberately burying the root of the trouble, if Princess Xiaoyang becomes the mistress of the palace, she and the prince will be both prosperous and loss, and Princess Xiaoyang's temperament is very easy to cause trouble. Lan Zhi racked her brains to come up with the drawbacks of this marriage, and said it unreservedly in front of the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager stared at Lan Zhi like a torch, in her heart, Lan Zhi has never been a person who talks much, when it comes to the marriage between Xiao Yang and Seventeen, she is unexpectedly extraordinarily talkative, and she has to re-examine the people who have served her for decades.

Lan Zhi, who was at a loss by the Empress Dowager's gaze, asked at a loss: "Empress Dowager, is the old slave's words wrong?" ”

"You're right, it's just the eyes of the world that's wrong. Lan Zhi, you have been with me for most of your life, you accompanied me to marry Jin Guo, left your hometown, and you can't return to your hometown until you die, you also blocked countless guns and arrows for me, maybe you are old, and even your eyes are drifting with the flow and are unwilling to ponder with your heart. Xiao Yang is the one raised by my mother, and he is not as unbearable as you say. The Empress Dowager's tone was not good, and her face with fine lines was full of disappointment.

The most respected person of the Empress Dowager is her mother, the country is difficult to return, and the queen mother has returned to bliss, for Xiao Yang, who was raised by the side of the queen mother, she has a little more love and attention, but the people around her believe the rumors that stupid people will believe, which she can never tolerate.

"The Empress Dowager forgives her sins, the old slave was blinded by rumors, and she didn't really understand Princess Xiaoyang, so she jumped to conclusions and asked the Empress Dowager to punish her." Lan Zhi knelt on the ground in fear and pleaded guilty, she knew that her words were inappropriate when she saw the Queen Mother's eyes, but she couldn't regret it as soon as she said it.

Seeing that Lan Zhi really had remorse, after all, she was the one who had been with her for most of her life, she couldn't bear to punish her, and Lan Zhi saw with her own eyes that Xiao Yang didn't put the Queen Mother and Concubine Ning Jing in her eyes, and it was inevitable that she had thoughts in her heart.

"Get up, and the punishment will be spared, but in the future, remember not to be arbitrary. I know everything you do is for Seventeen, and you watch Seventeen grow up and hope he does well. Speaking of cold twilight, the Empress Dowager's expression softened, and she said understandingly: "It's just that in my eyes, maybe Xiao Yang is more suitable for the position of Prince Mu than the nobles of Handu, and I believe that the person cultivated by the Empress Dowager must not be bad." ”

Judging from Tang Dui's news, Xiao Yang is very favored in Tang Dui, even more than all the princes and princesses, since the queen mother will value Xiao Yang, then Xiao Yang must have her superiority, her temperament may be coquettish, but not arrogant, everyone has a mask, Xiao Yang's mask is just no one in the eyes, flying and domineering.

"Lan Zhi, the Xiao Yang we see may not be the real Xiao Yang, she is the princess of Tang Dui, and being able to become the first person in the harem surrounded by wolves is enough to show that she is a person with means. Do you still remember the thing I was most worried about in my heart, it was the thing that the queen mother entrusted to me when I left Tang Dusk, do you think Xiao Yang would not know about that thing? The Empress Dowager said softly.