Chapter 124: Concubines
This was originally discussed by them in advance, so Li Yiqian happily agreed to this matter. Today, all kinds of things about Qian Ruyi have come to an end. Whatever harm she had done to them, it was all over now.
"Your Majesty Emperor Hua, this official still has something to discuss with Emperor Hua." It was still the leading envoy who stood up, "Everyone in the world knows about the marriage between Lanhua and the two countries, and now that the lord of Huaiyu is dead, the marriage cannot be canceled." I, Emperor Lan, have already prepared another woman, and asked Emperor Hua to welcome her into the palace on a certain day. ”
Li Yiqian looked at Gongsun Ce with some doubts, but he was also puzzled when he saw him, Li Yiqian had some bad premonitions in his heart, this was probably Gongsun You's idea. He actually prepared two women a long time ago? Or is it ...... This is the person who was originally used to kiss!
Li Yiqian immediately figured out the relationship. Originally, Gongsun You seemed to have the idea of marriage, but at that time, Qian Ruyi's matter had not yet been revealed, so he should have prepared a person who was close to him. It was only later that the arrangement of the Taifu Mansion was exposed, which made him temporarily change his mind and replaced the candidate for harmony with Qian Ruyi.
At the same time as the order to change relatives, there should be another secret order, which should be what to do if there is an accident. And his way of dealing with it is to change the candidate back to the original one. It's just that I don't know where this person is, so that Gongsun You can arrange her again.
"Ready? Could it be that Emperor Lan had already expected that today's events would happen? Although he figured out the reason, Li Yiqian showed that he didn't understand the inside story at all.
Naturally, the envoy had expected him to ask such a question, so he had already prepared a statement in his heart. "This woman originally came here as the wife of the lord of Huaiyu, and she will also be the woman of the emperor in the future. Now that the county lord is dead, then she will make up for it, and this is not a waste of our two countries' work today. ”
"The emperor can't, although the minister doesn't know what the identity of this woman is, but since she is a concubine, her identity is definitely not as good as that of the county lord of Huaiyu. The noble status of the county lord of Huaiyu, coupled with the marriage between the two countries, makes her a concubine. Now this lord said that he wanted this woman to replace the lord of Huaiyu, which was really inappropriate. Without waiting for Li Yiqian to speak, Xu Jing retorted first.
Hearing his words, Li Yiqian looked at Xu Jing with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes. This Xu Jing has been a scholar of the Ministry of Rites for so many years, and his heart is full of rules and etiquette, and there are few people in the Manchu Dynasty who are more rigid and inflexible than him. Even his only daughter, Xu Qian, was influenced by him and behaved very well. But this is also his good, he has always been Li Yiqian's diehard party, because his identity as the heir was determined by the emperor.
"Since the two countries are harmonious, for the sake of Emperor Lan's face, it is not good to give her too low a position, so let's be Jieyu and live in Qinghua Palace." After Xu Jing finished saying that, and didn't wait for that person to refute again, Li Yiqian directly decided on the name of the new and his relatives.
Seeing what that person wanted to say, Gongsun Ce echoed Li Yiqian's decision. "What Emperor Hua said is not unreasonable, and I, Languo, will not do such things that are difficult for a strong man. Since she is Huahuang's person, then everything will be left to Huahuang. Oh yes, that concubine came with Huaiyu's sedan chair today, and is now waiting outside the palace. Things are already like this, it's better for Emperor Hua to welcome her into the palace, and let's do it again and let the world see the joke. ”
Anyway, he was not a big person, and Gongsun Ce didn't bother to accompany that person on another trip, so he simply dealt with the matter at one time. It just so happens that everyone around Huaiyu came over today, otherwise it would have to be troublesome again.
Li Yiqian thought for a moment and readily agreed. Anyway, I want to welcome someone in, but now that I have changed from a concubine to Jieyu, there is not so much exquisiteness. It's just that this person is probably the big killer of Gongsun You, and it seems that the layout in the palace still needs to be strengthened, so as not to have any accidents.
So, because of an accidental assassination, the bride died, and the concubine ceremony could not be carried out. But it was continued by Gongsun You's divine arrangement, and in the end, although the marriage between Lanhua and the two countries was changed, it was not canceled, but some adjustments were made in some details.
"I don't know what this woman's name is. What is your family background? Just as he was about to let them all go out, Xu Jing suddenly asked this question that they had been ignoring. His question stunned everyone, indeed, they hadn't said anything about it. Even Li Yiqian was a little annoyed that he had forgotten such an important matter.
Gongsun Ce naturally didn't know about this, and it was only when the envoy mentioned it earlier that he knew that his good imperial brother actually had this arrangement. So the answer to this question was naturally the leading envoy from earlier. "This girl's name is Lin Liuyin, and she is the granddaughter of the prime minister of my Lan Kingdom."
Li Yiqian doesn't care much about his family background or something, he just needs to know what this person's name is, nothing else matters, no matter what family background he is, he must be an enemy of himself anyway.
"In that case, please let her go to the temple." Li Yiqian's voice did not fluctuate.
Soon, everyone saw a very bewitching woman walking in, she had a flying bun on her head, peach blossom makeup on her forehead, and even her eye makeup was a seductive pink and purple. Looking at the figure, they also knew that the figure must not be bad, and everyone couldn't help but sigh that Li Yiqian was blessed. You must know that Lord Huaiyu's appearance can only be regarded as average, but the clothes add a lot of luxury to her, which makes people notice her. But this Lin Liuyin is different, she exudes a seductive charm from the inside out, and she knows that she is a bewitching goblin at a glance.
"Yin'er has seen His Majesty Emperor Hua." As soon as her voice came out, everyone was a little disappointed. Because there is a hint of hoarseness in her voice, it is not at all in harmony with her bewitching figure and facial features. Sure enough, no one is perfect, and if you look so beautiful, there will be shortcomings in other places. But in hindsight, those people felt that her hoarse voice was sometimes a temptation.
"No courtesy. I have named you Lin Jieyu, and I will live in Tsinghua Palace with Concubine Xian in the future. Li Yiqian said expressionlessly, as if what was standing in front of him was not a peerless woman, but a piece of wood.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." This time, Lin Liuyin knelt down and performed a standard Chinese etiquette.
"Please also ask the prince and the envoys to go to the Yingxi Palace first, and later, I will take Lin Jieyu to greet the queen mother." With that, Li Yiqian stood up. When the men had gone out, they were the first to walk in the direction of the door. Lin Liuyin also stood up and walked out after him.
In Fushou Palace, there was a heated discussion.
Originally, everyone was waiting for the new concubine to come over, but there was no one left, and even the smile on the queen mother's face was a little unbearable. It wasn't until later that Mu Xiu came over and said that the emperor had to deal with some things in advance, and everyone felt that something was wrong. Today is a big day for Lan Guo and his relatives, what could be more important than this? Could it be that something has changed?
Therefore, after Mu Xiu left, some people who were good friends with each other on weekdays began to talk in whispers. And the Queen Mother didn't stop them, just sat there quietly, saying something to Aunt Ying behind her from time to time. Although the Queen Mother behaved very indifferently, careful people could still see the worry in her expression.
Just when everyone was already waiting impatiently, the palace people at the door finally came in and announced that the emperor was coming. Only then did the concubines stop talking and looked in the direction of the door. I thought I would see Li Yiqian and Gongsun Yi, but I didn't expect that it was Li Yiqian and another bewitching woman who didn't know who came in, which made them feel very puzzled.
"Qian'er, what's going on?" The Queen Mother asked everyone's thoughts, and everyone looked at Li Yiqian, waiting for him to give an explanation.
Li Yiqian simply said what happened just now, and sacrificed himself to protect himself at the gate of Gongsun Yi Palace, and chased the concubine. Lin Liuyin sealed Jieyu and lived in Tsinghua Palace. "No, as soon as this matter was decided, Erchen brought Lin Jieyu to greet the queen mother."
"What? How dare someone assassinate! You're not hurt, are you? Saying that, the Queen Mother hurriedly pulled Li Yiqian and looked at him carefully, for fear that he would hide it from himself if he was injured.
"The queen mother can rest assured, thanks to the protection of Prince Ce and Concubine Yi, I have nothing to do. It's a pity that Concubine Yi was poisoned and died. Li Yiqian sighed.
"It's the greatest luck that you're okay, this Huaiyu County Lord is also a good one, but since you've already gone, the emperor shouldn't worry about her anymore." The Queen Mother would have wished that she would never see Gongsun Yi for the rest of her life, but now she died before she entered the palace, which naturally suited her wishes. A person of a little age like her is already taboo about these gods and ghosts, and Gongsun Yi's things are so weird, so she doesn't have a good impression of her at all.
"That's what the Queen Mother said."
"Okay, let's talk about these things. First of all, the matter of the marriage between the two countries is the most important thing today, and it cannot be delayed any longer. "After making sure that Li Yiqian didn't have anything to do, the Queen Mother was relieved. So he pulled Li Yiqian to sit back, waiting for Lin Jieyu to salute and serve tea according to the rules.
"Presumably, someone has taught Lin Jieyu the rules of our Huaguo before I came, so I won't repeat it. Let's give tea to the Queen Mother first. "It was Aunt Ying who spoke, she was the most trusted person around the Queen Mother, so she was presiding over the affairs of these newcomers meeting the Queen Mother. I heard Li Yiqian say just now that this person was originally a concubine, so I knew it in my heart.
A concubine is a woman who accompanies the marriage, and is generally used to make a concubine for the bride's husband, and such a person is generally set before marriage and will not change at will.