Chapter 664: The Cuckold King
Listening to the words of the ladies who were all about their own young lady who could be regarded as a side concubine, Lin Jingxian felt a little bored for no reason, she never thought that she was attracted to Ye Qiu, it must be a matter of identity.
The side concubine is not better than the concubine, she is going to be on the royal jade butterfly, and she can't sell it at will, and Ye Qiu is so foolish, it doesn't mean that the side concubine is so foolish, what if she finds out that something is wrong?
Lin Jingxian listened to everyone's words, and said virtuously that everything was subject to Ye Qiu's meaning, in fact, she was very confident, as long as she opened her mouth, as long as she showed softness, Ye Qiu would definitely not agree to accept the concubine.
However, there are still few people staring at the position of Ye Qiu's side concubine today, and more people are looking at the position of the eldest prince Ye Ke's concubine.
The eldest prince is twenty-eight this year, he must have married a concubine before his age, but the concubine's life was not very good, followed him to the border, and died in less than two years, leaving only a young daughter.
So although it is a stepfamily, as long as he gives birth to a son-in-law, he is not afraid of being threatened by his status, and the eldest prince is also a son-in-law, and the current queen is still his own mother.
The ministers analyzed the pros and cons in their hearts, thinking about how to marry the eldest prince, but this marriage is not something they say, and in the end it depends on His Majesty's intentions.
Emperor Xingwu was obviously also worried about the marriage of this eldest son, so he asked directly: "Ke'er, now that you have returned to the capital, it is time to marry the concubine, do you have a favorite woman in your heart?" ”
As soon as Emperor Xingwu's words came out, those ministers who had ideas in their hearts regretted it, why didn't they think about letting their daughter have a chance encounter with the eldest prince or something?
Ye Ke got up and saluted, with no expression on his face: "Erchen doesn't have a favorite woman in his heart, everything is up to his father and mother." ”
Emperor Xingwu nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and then turned sideways and asked Empress Liu beside him, "What about you?" Which girl do you have a crush on? ”
When Empress Liu heard this, her eyes swept down, and the ladies lowered their heads shyly, but there were also those who boldly showed their beauty, she retracted her gaze unhurriedly, and said with a smile: "They are all good children with good looks and good character, and the concubines are about to pick and choose, why don't Your Majesty help take a look?" There is also the old ten, who is also fifteen this year, and there is no one in charge of the mansion after opening the mansion and building a mansion, so Your Majesty can't favor one over the other. ”
"What the queen said is exactly what she said, it's better to pick a day and let the ladies come to the palace to play and see which of the children has a fate with the emperor." Emperor Xingwu bowed his head.
Empress Liu smiled dignified and gentle: "In the end, Your Majesty has to palm your eyes." ”
Emperor Xingwu did not refute this, and Empress Liu did not show any other expression, as if the emperor and queen had always been so harmonious.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is impossible for Emperor Xingwu to hand over the power to choose a concubine for the eldest prince to Empress Liu, and now the greatest threat to the crown prince is the eldest prince, what if Empress Liu chooses a very powerful Yue family for the eldest prince? Did it shake his heart even more?
In fact, it can be seen from the time when the eldest prince came back and was deprived of military rights that Emperor Xingwu would never allow the status of the crown prince to be threatened.
But this still can't stop everyone from marrying the prince, since the past dynasties, the number of people who ascended the throne as the prince is no more than a slap, and now the prince's position is stable, but the body of the saint is also exceptionally healthy, not to mention that there are thousands of years of ginseng offered by the five princes today, and the future is not yet known!
In this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Ye Qiu's thousand-year-old ginseng first caused an amazement, and then the marriage of the eldest prince and the tenth prince stirred up a layer of waves, and their personal thoughts were only clear to them.
Emperor Xingwu and Empress Liu moved quickly, only five days after the banquet, they announced that the young ladies of each family should enter the palace, and finally decided that the eldest daughter of Dali Siqing was the eldest princess, and the second daughter of Yin of the capital was the tenth princess.
As soon as this holy decree came out, all the high-ranking officials and ministers had a plan in their hearts, it seems that His Majesty really intends to suppress the eldest prince, and even the ten princes have been implicated and given marriage together, and his family-in-law cannot be higher than the eldest prince who is the son-in-law.
Although Dali Siqing is the official position of Zheng Sanpin, but he is in charge of the prison, and he can't help the prince in other political affairs, in comparison, the concubine of His Royal Highness the Prince is the daughter of the prime minister, and even the side concubine is the niece of the Taiwei, which is too big.
And here Ye Qiu is also taking Lin Jingxian to the Lin Mansion to eat and drink, today is the day when Lin Jingxian's eldest brother Lin Zhao marries the daughter of the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion.
Although the Zhengyuan Hou Mansion is a first-class Hou Mansion, but because the heirs are not interested, they have not been reused for a long time, otherwise they would not marry their daughters to Lin Zhao, although the Hou Mansion is gradually declining, but the family property is still a lot, so the dowry is very rich, compared to the bride price of the Lin family is a little inconspicuous.
And the mansion is old, just cleaned clean, there is no trace of wealth, the guests who came all sighed in their hearts, it seems that the daughter of the Marquis of Zhengyuan has suffered from marrying.
At this time, they couldn't help but think of a month ago, no wonder Lin Xueyuan's wife wanted to go to her daughter and son-in-law to ask for money, it seems that she really has no money, no, without the insistence of the fifth prince, this wedding would not be very good.
Looking at the strange sight around them, Mrs. Lin and Lin Jingxian were sitting on pins and needles, but the Academy of Forestry was not afraid of the shadow, and patiently sat on the chair and waited for her son to welcome the bride into the door.
And Ye Qiu greeted the guests very familiarly, and said with a look of praise: "My father-in-law is really an upright and good person, rich is rich, no money is no money, this king just sent money to my father-in-law, no, today's gift is specially selected by me, and I don't dare to send gold and silver, thinking that my father-in-law and eldest brother love to read, I have collected a lot of books from the bookstore, and I don't know if they like it or not." ”
As soon as Ye Qiu said this, everyone only praised him, and they all sighed at his intentions.
But Lin Jingxian on the other side vomited blood to death, obviously a righteous and bright way to subsidize her mother's family, but because of her father's words a month ago, she couldn't even give her silver.
And if the books that Ye Qiu gave him were ancient books or famous books, it was just that, but he didn't know how to buy them from the bookstore, even if the books in those bookstores were bought, how many of them were valuable?
After today, there may be how many people will laugh at their Lin family!
Fortunately, after a while, the prince sent a valuable gift money in the name of Lin's father, who is the head of the Hanlin Academy and a scholar in the world, which made Lin Jingxian feel relieved.
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