Chapter 746: It's a Foregone Conclusion
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?" When Zhao Ji and Empress Zheng discussed the relationship between Lotte and Emperor Maode, Lotte on the side said very humbly, but in fact, Lotte's tone can make people hear the taste of resistance.
Lotte seems to be humble when he speaks, but in fact he is resisting, when Lotte married Princess Lando, he was held hostage by the Western Xia court and Bai Shi and others, and now his family affair with Emperor Mao De is also passive, coupled with the experience of Emperor Mao De when Jingkang changed in the later generations, this family matter is listened to in my heart, and I always feel uneasy.
"Shut up!" As soon as Lotte's words fell, Empress Zheng changed her normal routine and glared at Lotte fiercely, and said, "You prodigal son! ”
When Emperor Maude heard this, her face was also shocked, and her eyes instantly filled with tears.
"Zitong!" Listening to Empress Zheng's reprimand, Zhao Ji hurriedly persuaded.
Lotte was also stunned by the scolding.
"Your Majesty, forgive the concubine for being rude!" Empress Zheng pleaded guilty to Zhao Ji, then looked at Lotte, her eyes swept over the eunuchs of the left and right palaces again, and ordered: "You wait and withdraw." ”
After a group of small eunuchs and palace maids retreated, Empress Zheng said: "This palace has read Le Qing's poems, and there are dozens of Le Qing's poems. ”
This is also the reason, Lotte can't help but be speechless. And the Maude Emperor next to him was already sobbing.
Glancing at Emperor Maode and then at Lotte, Empress Zheng said coldly: "Today, Maode has violated the night palace ban, come to meet you, and spread it out to put my royal prestige of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”
Touch porcelain! These two words suddenly popped up in Lotte's heart. In the previous life, there was an old man and an old lady who played porcelain professionally, but I didn't expect that as the master of the harem, Empress Zheng would also be proficient in this way.
It seems that if you don't agree tonight, Lotte can't help but smile bitterly: "The emperor has welcomed back, can there be many restrictions?" ”
When Emperor Maude heard this, she immediately burst into tears and laughed, and suddenly felt that she was out of shape, secretly glanced at Lotte, covered her face and ran out.
Fang Cai obviously Lotte asked like this, there is a suspicion of bargaining, but it is still because Lotte does not understand the situation after the princess of the Song Dynasty got married, the princess of the Tang Dynasty is too powerful, so that she can do whatever she wants, although the princess of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations has little power, but marrying a concubine always has to be subject to a group of eunuchs and palace maids.
What Lotte wants to talk about is this, it's okay to ask him to marry Emperor Maode, and he doesn't have any opinions, the problem is that he can't be restricted by people if he wants to marry.
"I don't need many restrictions for Princess Machan!" Zhao Ji shook his head.
Lotte continued: "Your Majesty, the minister's mansion ......"
Hearing Lotte say this, Zhao Ji thought for a while and said, "I see that Yang Jian's house is good, I can sell it to you!" ”
Selling? Why not transform it into Princess Maude's Mansion?
Lotte was stunned and puzzled.
When he said this, Zhao Ji also blushed a little, so he had to explain: "This dynasty has not been repairing the princess's mansion since the time of Emperor Shenzong, and my aunt, the eldest princess of Shu, so I can't break this case!" ”
The princess's marriage is a matter of consuming the treasury, and the construction of the princess's mansion as a dowry must be allocated from the treasury, and the great Song Dynasty is almost beyond its means, forced by huge financial pressure, Emperor Shenzong canceled the habit of building the princess's mansion, obviously Huizong Zhao Ji does not want to allocate money from the treasury to repair the princess's mansion, he now has more than 20 daughters, if he opens this head, it will be a big financial burden.
Before Lotte returned triumphantly from the Western Xia, Zhao Ji had to give Lotte a house but was rejected by Lotte, the reason for refusal, Lotte also has its own reason, there is no extra land in the inner city of Biandu, Zhao Jici's house can only be in the outer city, and the area is not too big, and even he is not much bigger in the Panlou house, and it is not so convenient.
After speaking, Zhao Ji also felt that he seemed to be a little unkind, and added: "I will act cheaply!" ”
Obviously, Zhao Ji also felt that he owed a little bit to Lotte in the matter of giving the house.
What does it mean to be a horse, it means that he has severed his relationship with the court since then, and has no political career, and since then he has started a career of being a caged bird and a pig raiser.
Thinking of this, Lotte sighed: "Your Majesty, the minister once said the minister's wish, 'It is not my wish to be a marquis, but I wish the world peace.'" Now it seems that the minister has no reason to do this! ”
Hearing Lotte say this, Zhao Ji felt even more indebted to Lotte, and said kindly: "You and I are Weng's son-in-law, that is, a family, about the affairs of the court, I can announce that you enter the palace at any time to inquire about you, and how can I live up to your great wish for peace in the world!" ”
Lotte tried to ask again: "Your Majesty, among the attendants who accompanied Emperor Mao De to marry, can you not send eunuchs?"
Zhao Ji and Empress Zheng were very surprised when they heard Lotte's question.
Lotte said: "Every time the minister sees a yin and yang person like the palace attendant, he always feels uncomfortable, and he always has the urge to vomit......"
"I'm ready!" Hearing that Lotte made such a strange request, Zhao Ji almost laughed, and then ordered: "It's not early, Le Qing should rest early!" ”
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I've drunk too much!" Empress Zheng said, and said: "It's late at night, not to mention that the Great Inner Palace is locked down, even if the door is opened, it will inevitably have courtiers tomorrow, which will cause a lot of trouble for Your Majesty, so it is better to find a room in the palace and stay in Leqing for one night." ”
Zhao Ji thought about it, there was no other way but this.
Thank you, Lotte was taken to rest by a small eunuch and did not mention it, Empress Zheng and Zhao Ji said: "Your Majesty, there are princes and horses in this dynasty who are not allowed to interfere in the ancestral training of the court, but Lotte is a martial artist, if he is subject to this system, it is really a loss for my dynasty!" ”
Zhao Ji nodded and said: "Although Maode is not born to Zitong, he has grown up beside Zitong since he was a child, and he is regarded by Zitong as his own, and even the daughters of the five Zitongs, Jiade, Ande, Shoushu, Rongshu, and Chengde, are not as favored as Maode. ”
Empress Zheng continued: "Your Majesty, most of the princesses of this dynasty are not satisfactory after the horses, often snub by the horses, and even the abuse of the husband's family, the concubines investigate the reason, in addition to the differences in their personalities, the horses have no hope for a career, and the inner depression is also one of the reasons, that Lotte is not only the pillar of the country, but also the three official residences at a young age, if he is not suitable for Maode, he will be able to be the ruler of the day, if he is suitable for Maode, if he is suitable for Maode, he will be able to ...... because of Maode."
Hearing what Empress Zheng said, Zhao Ji also sighed: "In view of the disaster of the former Tang princess, my court paid special attention to restraining the princess, so that I was tolerant and tolerant of the princess, that is, I was abused by my husband's family, and most of them did not go back to the palace to cry, that is, like my aunt and the eldest princess of Shu, who was injured and caused the concubine to be demoted, and I would also ask for exemption from the punishment of the concubine in a timely manner, so I am also worried that Lotte will follow in the footsteps of Wang Yu." ”
When he was the king of Duan, Zhao Ji had a very good personal relationship with Wang Yu, and even Gao Yu was recommended by Wang Yu, although the personal relationship was good, but Zhao Ji still paid attention to this matter.
After a pause, Zhao Ji continued: "I have been on the throne for 20 years, and I can say that I have read countless people, although Le Qing is talented and martial, I can see that Le Qing is not a person who can be controlled by memorials......"
Empress Zheng was slightly shocked: "Your Majesty is saying that Lotte is suspected of being too big to fall?" ”
Zhao Ji nodded: "You can do this at a young age, if you wait for him to be older, how can my children be easy to control!" ”
Although she does not interfere in the affairs of the court, Empress Zheng is by no means an unassertive person, and she also said: "If you will be happy and virtuous, Your Majesty can consult him about everything, which is also the best of both worlds!" ”
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Ji said slowly: "I can't lose Maode, and I can't let Lotte do nothing, I will be measured!" ”
Throughout the 5,000 years of Chinese history, since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, there have been more than 400 emperors recognized by historians, and these emperors can be divided into four categories according to their quality and political achievements.
Zhao Ji is not only proficient in calligraphy and painting, but also has a unique vision of knowing and employing people in the early days of his accession to the throne, and once again collecting Hehuang, it undoubtedly shows the accuracy of his strategic vision, although the failure of the Xuanhe Northern Expedition, but also shows that its strategy is correct, but because the old and new parties of the Northern Song Dynasty have lost too much, so that the villain has gained power so that there are too many traitors, and the decline has been irreversible, but Zhao Ji is still accurate to see Lotte, of course, this is also because of the emperor's mental tricks.
Empress Zheng is anxious to marry Emperor Maode, who has passed the princess and bamboo shoot ceremony last year.
The princess and bamboo shoots mean that the princess has reached the age of adulthood, to the age of being able to marry as a wife, at this time the royal family will hold a bamboo shoot ceremony for the princess, which is also equivalent to the adult ceremony of later generations, of course, the scale of the adult ceremony of later generations is much more grand, according to the "History of the Song Dynasty", the age of the princess and bamboo shoots is fifteen years old, and the process is also complicated.
On the day of the bamboo shoot ceremony, an incense case should be set up in the palace court to comfort the ancestors, and a crown table should be set up outside the east room, and a banquet should be set up on the west step, and a banquet should be set up in the west direction.
The princess and the adult princess after the bamboo shoots all kinds of clothes, accessories such as large-sleeved long skirts, Yu Zhai, crown bamboo shoots, crown flowers, nine halos and four phoenix crowns were respectively displayed in the court, put them on a plate and covered with a veil, and the three deacons were in charge of the deacon's palace funeral clothes next to it, and at this time the ceremonial music was played to invite the emperor. After that, the princess was guided into the east room by the ceremonial officer, changed into adult clothes, accessories and received blessings. Then the princess and the bamboo shoot banquet began, and the princess had to meet the emperor and empress, the concubine and other elders according to the ceremony, and accept the emperor's teachings.
And the bamboo shoot ceremony is over, and the princess is officially an adult. Subsequently, the princess's title and Dai Lu will be adjusted according to the etiquette system, and the royal family after the bamboo shoot ceremony will prepare for the princess's wedding.
At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, princesses were married at the age of 20, and there were even princesses who married at the age of 23.
However, since the Zhezong Dynasty, the age of marriage of princesses has rapidly become younger, except for the last princess of the Southern Song Dynasty, all the other princesses were married before the sixteenth year.
At present, Mao De, who is sixteen years old, is undoubtedly an old girl in the eyes of Queen Zheng, and because of Cai Ying's matter, Mao De's remarriage has been affected, and Mao De likes to be Lotte, and even many ministers are interested in letting Mao De still be in Lotte, Queen Zheng has also heard of it, today Yu Xiao Eunuch heard that Zhao Ji was in a bad mood, and came to persuade Zhao Ji to drink less, but when he met Mao De, he simply said it.
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