Chapter 133: Marriage
When there was still half an hour before the divorce ceremony, a carriage slowly drove into Guiyifang under the escort of dozens of guards, and the lantern on the left side of the carriage had three eye-catching black characters written on it, 'Xiangguo Shen', there is no doubt that this is Uncle Shen's carriage, and in the carriage sat Uncle Shen and his son Shen Qiwu, who came to officially attend the wedding of Huangfu Wujin.
Although the invitation card said that the couple was invited to bring one of their children to participate, Uncle Shen still did not bring out his original wife, Uncle Shen's wife's surname was Qin, and her face was affected by a stroke on her face five years ago, so Uncle Shen Guo would not take her out no matter what banquet she attended.
Uncle Shen Guo leaned on the back of the car with his eyes closed, he seemed a little mentally tired, he has not been very smooth in the past two months, especially Guan Lian was finally cut to the people, and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites was taken away by the prince, which had a great impact on him, although the final result was that the prince recommended Su Hanchang as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, which surprised many people, but Uncle Shen Guo knew very well in his heart that this was the genius of the prince.
He also pulled Su Hanchang into his own people, so that not only the Su family fully surrendered to the prince, but also the prince also drew the Liang Wang family together through the Su family, and the prince won a complete victory in this battle.
During this time, Uncle Shen has been investigating the truth about Guan Xianju's cheating, and he has already mastered a lot of clues, Guan Xianju did get the test questions from Huang Hongyuan, but it was never his scholar who leaked the test questions, and the scholar's confession was Chen Zhiqu's trick.
Uncle Shen Guo has been sure that Guan Xianju has fallen into the trap, and the problem is that the housekeeper surnamed Liu in the Huang Mansion is the one who went to contact Huang Hongyuan and is one of the insiders, but he suddenly disappeared the day before the crime, and his wife and two sons also disappeared without a trace.
I don't know if it's the crown prince, or Huangfu Wujin's hand, Uncle Shen Guo knows, it must be one of the two of them, for Huangfu Wujin, Guan Xianju competes with him for the son-in-law of the Su family, and kills Guan Xianju, he is the most direct beneficiary, he has obvious motives, and this trap is very similar to his style, using the other party's own weaknesses to invite Jun into the urn, but there is no one in Huangfu Wujin's hands, this is a problem.
And the crown prince is more suspicious, killing Guan Xianju can not only keep Su Hanzhen's loyalty to him, but also get rid of Guan Lin and Huang Hongyuan at the same time, and then win over the Liang Wang family, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone, but Uncle Shen Guo bought off a eunuch in the East Palace, and the news he got was that the prince was also investigating this matter, which made Uncle Shen a little stunned.
In the end, Uncle Shen Guo found the answer was Huangfu Wuzhi, Huangfu Wuzhi had a serious illness, but his very good friend revealed the real reason, Huangfu Wuzhi was frightened and sick, Huangfu Wujin led forty plum blossom soldiers to shoot horses to threaten Huangfu Wuzhi, it was this news that made Uncle Shen suddenly brightened, Huangfu Wujin is not no one, he has the elite of Meihuawei under him, he can easily transfer manpower.
This made Uncle Shen Guo definitely deduce that the mastermind behind the Guan Lin case was Huangfu Wujin, and even the crown prince did not know.
Thinking of this, Uncle Shen began to reassess Huangfu Wujin's methods, he is by no means an opponent that can be taken lightly, he must be vigilant against this person, especially when he will go to Chuzhou to take up his post, he must be more careful.
But Uncle Shen Guo also saw a clue from this incident, and Huangfu Wujin did not tell the prince about this matter from beginning to end, indicating that the Liang royal family would not get too close to the prince.
At this time, Shen Qiwu, who had been silent, said: "Father, I don't understand, why does the Queen Mother like Huangfu Wujin so much, just like Huangfu Wujin is her own grandson, I heard that this time Huangfu Wujin got married, the Queen Mother not only had to be a witness, but also paid all the wedding expenses, and even the financial gifts to the Su family were also taken out by her, it is said that there are no less than 100,000 silver, why is this?" ”
"Maybe it's fate! I heard that when the Queen Mother was a layman in Ciyun Temple, Huangfu Wujin didn't know her identity, and took the initiative to sweep the floor for her, which moved the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother had no descendants, so she naturally regarded him as her grandson, and even the emperor said, as long as the Queen Mother is happy, Huangfu Wujin can be the grandson of the Queen Mother, you don't want to pay attention to this kind of internal affairs of the imperial family, I think you should think more about your career. ”
Uncle Shen's tone was a little unhappy, he didn't want his son to pay attention to this kind of internal affairs of the royal family, this kind of thing had nothing to do with him.
Although Shen Qiwu failed to get Tanhua in this imperial examination, he was appointed as the county magistrate of Jiangning County as he wished, and he was the same as the county magistrate of Weiyang County, the champion Emperor Fu Weiming, and he was the same as the sixth-grade official, and even Ma Yingchu only got a seventh-grade mid-county magistrate.
Shen Qiwu did not give up his idea because of his father's displeasure, he still wanted to convince his father and let him understand him.
"Father, Huangfu Wujin will be the commander of the plum blossom guard in Chuzhou, and at the same time he is the governor of the Chuzhou navy, it is impossible for me not to pay attention, if the queen mother becomes his backstage, then he can unscrupulously suppress my father's forces in Chuzhou, he is already my opponent."
After a pause, Shen Qiwu saw that his father didn't speak, so he thought that his father was moved by his words, and said in a low voice: "The child heard a rumor that Huangfu Wujin looks very similar to Emperor Jin'an, and the Queen Mother likes him so much, will it be the ..... back then?"
"Shut up!"
Uncle Shen suddenly became furious, he raised his hand and slapped his son hard, and scolded him: "What do you think you are, is this kind of thing you can talk about?" You don't want to live, I still want to live, if you dare to mention this matter again, I will immediately let you go to Lingnan as an official! ”
Shen Qiwu covered his face that was beaten hot, and he was so frightened that he was silent, he had grown so big, and he had never seen his father be so angry with him.
At this moment, the carriage stopped, and the coachman said respectfully: "Master, it has arrived." ”
Uncle Shen Guo glared at his son fiercely, "You stay in the carriage for another quarter of an hour, calm down and go in again, do you hear?" ”
The reason why Uncle Shen Guo was annoyed was because he knew very well in his heart that although forty years have passed since the Jin'an Change, it seems that it has no impact, but the emperor's bottom line is still there, that is, it is not allowed to link the current royal family with the Jin'an Change, let alone discuss it in public, once anyone dares to violate this bottom line, they will be secretly arrested or even executed.
Uncle Shen reprimanded in a low voice: "It's normal for Huangfu Wujin to look like Emperor Jin'an, he was originally a relative of the royal family, but this kind of rumor is not normal, it is obviously deliberately spread by someone with a heart, you are too ignorant, once you break the emperor's bottom line, then you will be dismissed even if you don't lose your head, don't you understand such a simple truth?" How can you let me rest assured that you will go to Jiangning as an official! ”
Only then did Shen Qiwu understand his father's deep thoughts, he lowered his head in shame and said, "The child knows his mistakes!" ”
"It's good that you know your mistakes, remember, don't talk about the changes in Jin'an casually, the most important thing to be an official is to know how to cherish words."
Uncle Shen pushed the car door down, and immediately heard his laughter, "Make Sun newly married, congratulations to the prince." ”
The gate of the palace was full of eunuchs and family members who received guests, but only the two princes of Lanling County and his wife really greeted the guests, the son and son-in-law were not in the capital, and the other grandson was said to be not good at learning, and the prince of Lanling had no descendants to rely on, so he could only greet the guests in person.
Fortunately, there are not many guests, all of them are noble, and most of the guests can understand the old age of the prince, so they didn't entangle him and said more, so they followed the eunuch in after saying hello.
The prince of Lanling was a little tired, he just drank a sip of water, Uncle Shen got out of the carriage, he hurriedly returned the salute and smiled: "I know that Uncle Guo is very busy, and the court is busy, and it is to give me face if I can take time out of my busy schedule, please hurry!" ”
At this time, there was the laughter of the crown prince Fu Heng from behind, "I said that the carriage is a little familiar, sure enough, it is Shen Xiangguo, seeing me behind, why don't you stop and wait?" ”
As soon as Uncle Shen Guo turned around, he saw more than a dozen palace maids surrounding the crown prince and the crown princess, and the crown prince Fu Heng was standing behind him and looking at him with a smile, Uncle Shen suddenly had a strange thought, if the prince wanted to kill himself, he could stab himself from behind with a sword at this time.
The thought was just a flash, and he hurriedly gave a salute and smiled bitterly: "I've been closing my eyes and taking a nap, and I really haven't seen His Royal Highness the Prince, please forgive Your Highness!" ”
He bowed deeply to the crown princess again, "Shen Qin see the crown princess!" ”
The crown princess's surname is Pei, she is the daughter of Yin Pei Jing of Taiyuan Mansion, she has been married to the prince for ten years, and has two sons and a daughter. ”
Huang Fu Heng hurriedly saluted and congratulated the king of Lanling County, the king of Lanling County is the emperor's uncle, that is, the ancestor of the prince, in front of the king of Lanling County, Huang Fu Heng did not dare to put the prince's shelf, although he did not need to kneel, but he wanted to do the gift of the younger generation.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for coming to the wedding in person, Your Highness, please come in!"
The king of Lanling County gave the princess a look, and the princess immediately stepped forward to talk to the princess and took the princess into the palace, but Huangfu Heng and Uncle Shen Guo walked behind, talking as they walked.
Huangfu Heng sighed and said: "I am also very sad about Guan Lone, in fact, I also know that it was Guan Lone's son Guan Xianju who did it in private, and Guan Lin did not know, under the anger of his father, he was also affected by his son." ”
Uncle Shen smiled faintly, "It doesn't matter if it has anything to do with him or not, but his son has broken the law, as a father, he has the fault of not being strict with his godson, he should be held responsible, I think the emperor just demoted him to a commoner, he has already forgiven him, and the prince doesn't have to be sad about him." ”
"Even so, the imperial court has also lost a talent, however, the imperial court has produced a large number of young and handsome people, this time the new science and technology scholars all have the talent to govern the country, Ling Lang was the first official, and he was appointed as the commander of Jiangning County, which is impressive, and this is also the glory of Xiangguo!"
Uncle Shen Guo heard that Huang Fu Heng's tone was sarcastic, so he said coldly: "Xinke Jinshi is the official of his hometown, which has always been the practice of the imperial court, this time it is the emperor's permission to allow the officials to grant the position of the top four county commanders, then Ma Yingchu is also the first time to be an official, so he was appointed as the county commander of Zaoyang County, Cui Xuan is also the first time to be an official, and he is also the county commander of Qinghe County, others don't say, His Royal Highness the Prince's Royal Highness has always been an official, isn't it also the first time to be an official, can he be the county commander of Weiyang County, the first county of Daning's finance and taxation?" My son is from Jiangning County, what is wrong with him going to Jiangning County as an official? If His Royal Highness thinks that it is inappropriate for him to serve as the county commander, then I will start the emperor tomorrow and demote him as the main book, does Your Highness think that this is appropriate? ”
Huangfu Heng laughed, "Xiangguo is too careful, I didn't say anything wrong, I only have congratulations to Xiangguo, everyone will pay attention to this batch of new science and technology scholars, I am no exception, I will also pay attention to Ling Lang's way of being an official in Jiangning County, and see how he can be a good parent official?" ”
After speaking, Huangfu Heng raised his head and smiled, walked into the hall quickly, and heard the eunuch shout, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" ”
Uncle Shen Guo looked at Huang Fuheng's back, his eyes were full of worry, he already felt that Huang Fuheng's next step was to attack Chuzhou, including his son.
(To be continued)