Chapter 111: Loss of Honor in Front of the Emperor
On the way to the Imperial Palace, there was a waiter to guide him, and he took his sisters with him in a hurry, and he was even more relieved to see the young ladies and ladies of Beppu coming one after another.
When they arrived at the palace, everyone lined up in order, listening to the emperor announce the rules of horse racing, Fu Yi raised his head slightly, and saw Yunzhi and the county lord among the girls standing under the horse.
The emperor's voice was like a bell, and Xu was talking to a group of girls, and there was no lack of gentleness in the majesty.
When Emperor Jiasheng was the crown prince, he was approachable, often walked with the crown princess by the Tiantou River, attached importance to agriculture and cared about the world, and was a future virtuous monarch known to the world.
However, in the eyes of some protΓ©gΓ©s of Fuyi and Academy, after the prince became the emperor, his former style of acting became a weakness in his court and politics.
In the past ten years, the peace talks signed between Daqi and its neighbors have become more and more year by year, and the towering rivers and mountains laid down by Taizu Taizong three hundred years ago have reached today's hands, and I am afraid that they will be "returned" to others inch by inch.
But this is not because the emperor is merciful, but because he will not fight.
After the disappearance of Prince Katsu's father and son five years ago, there was no one in the court to replace them, and the rest of Prince Katsu's troops all withdrew to Kishu, vowing to protect the princess's mother and daughter to the death, and stick to Kishu.
Although there are still military generals in the DPRK, they are not as frightened as the Jizhou army in the past, and now Daqi is just relying on the foundation left by the ancestors to barely maintain the peace of the Quartet.
A trumpet sounded, breaking Fuyi's thoughts, but listening to the roar of the horses' hooves, she raised her head to see, and the daughters of the various prefectures rode away, raising up clouds of dust.
She heard a lady from another family say, "The girl's family rides on a horse, and after all, it is not a proper system, how can this be compared." β
Another person said: "Everyone says that they are not in a proper manner, but behind their backs they still teach the girls to learn everything, isn't it just that they are afraid that there will be such a day, so they can do it, and if the system is not decent, the emperor is happy to be decent." β
Fu Yi glanced at the few people who were there, they were concerned about their sister who was far away, and they didn't care what the people on the side said, and those ladies didn't dare to talk too much, and they retracted after a few words.
The ladies who rode away on horseback, whether they were unorthodox or not, I don't know, but the ladies standing here, each of them were well-behaved, and they should have come to cheer for their own girls, but they stood in a row like candles, awkward and embarrassing, and it was really boring.
"Nian'er ......" suddenly heard a loud female voice, from the top, everyone raised their heads when they heard the sound, and saw Princess Min standing on the edge of the viewing platform, raising the handkerchief in her hand, calling her daughter.
Princess Min is over forty years old, but she was born with soft eyebrows and eyes, and her face is magnificent.
Suddenly, a strong wind passed, and the sand and dust were raised, and Fu Yi protected Huizhi with one hand and covered his eyes with the other, but there was an exclamation from the stage.
She squinted, only to see that the princess had tripped for some reason, and her slender body saw that she had fallen down from the stage, and at the last moment, the emperor in yellow robe rushed up, grabbed her younger siblings by the waist, and brought them back to a safe place.
On the stage, Princess Min was shocked, raised her eyes and saw that it was the emperor, and took a few steps back in fear: "Your Majesty, thank you for saving the emperor." β
Emperor Jiasheng smiled and asked gently, "Are you hurt?" β
Princess Min shook her head: "Everything is fine with the concubine, I am really worried about the new year, and I just squinted in the wind and sand, so I provoked the gaffe in front of the emperor, and I hope that the emperor will forgive her sins." β
A palace maid came up to greet her, hugged Princess Min to the side and sat down, and the emperor also went back to the throne, and Fu Yi heard the whispers around him, and Huizhi asked her softly: "What are they talking about?" β
Fuyi signaled her sister not to ask, and looked at Yingzhi and Minzhi all right, but the women on the left and right kept talking, what words "seducing", "foxy", and "widow romance" all drifted into Fuyi's ears, she really wanted to leave quickly, don't let the little sisters listen to bad words in their hearts.
But just one scene, the princess Niangniang obviously did it deliberately, and Fu Yi had already heard the county lord say that their mother and daughter would do whatever it took to investigate the truth five years ago, and from the moment they left Kishu, they risked their lives.
Thinking of this, Fu Yi couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, the county lord said that their best result was also the burning of jade, which was such a tragic prospect, how could Niang Niang care about a few gossips, and how could she value her own reputation.
Soon, the daughters of the various provinces rode their horses back, after all, it was between girls, and the male dependents had already dispersed to all corners of the paddock, they just went to grab the flag three miles away, and they saw the colorful flags fluttering from afar, and everyone stretched their necks to see whose daughter came out on top.
The team gradually got closer, Fuyi saw Yunzhi in the crowd at a glance, she fell behind, followed unhurriedly, and the three in front of him who won the colorful flags were the county lord of Anguo, Min Chulin, and a young lady who Fuyi didn't recognize.
Huizhi also saw it clearly, and said hurriedly: "How can the second sister lose, the second sister can ride a horse." β
Fuyi reminded her to be quiet, and soon everyone returned to the palace, and the county lord of Anguo won the first place without any suspense, Fuyi could see that Min Chulin on the side was very unconvinced.
It's the rhyme of their family, quietly following behind people, the sisters all thought that their sister would fight for breath, so they didn't expect her to be willing to stand out from the crowd and not be noticed.
Maybe at this moment, only Fuyi understands Yunzhi's intentions, she is determined not to marry into the royal family, and I can't wait for the royal people to never remember her as a person.
The family always said that the second lady was spoiled, arrogant and domineering, naughty and playful, and there were a few people who really understood what she was thinking in her heart.
Fu Yi inadvertently thought of the second son and the soft sound girl, such a big living person went in and out of the house for two years, and no one in the house knew what he was doing.
It's no wonder that Zhu Rong told her that the longer she lives, the more she can see the true face of this family......
"Why don't you see the girls of the Zhu family, madam, the children didn't come today?" Suddenly, hearing the voice of the concubine, Fu Yi withdrew his thoughts, and hurriedly glanced at the sisters left and right, who were the girls from the Duke's Palace, who were not in a hurry, and were ready to deal with the people above at any time.
On the viewing platform, the eldest lady sat down with the queen, got up and replied: "The concubine's niece Yunzhi is here, the rest of the children are still young and can't ride horses, and the old lady in the family is not worried about the granddaughters." β
The concubine looked down and smiled coldly: "Come to think of it, it's not your second girl who followed Yao Nian just now." β
Yang responded: "Exactly, the county lord often comes and goes to the house, and the girls are fortunate to be the companion of the county lord." β
The concubine raised her eyebrows and looked at Princess Min, then turned her gaze back to the eldest lady, and asked, "You two parents are here, why don't you see the princess, the child's illness is still not healed?" β
Yang was annoyed in his heart, tried to suppress his anger, and replied respectfully: "Thank you Niangniang for your concern, although the illness of the princess is not improving, it is also stable." The imperial doctor has seen countless things, and they all said that it is best to recover with a clear heart, so he did not dare to take the princess to a crowded place, let alone lose his manners. β
The concubine smiled: "This is out of sight, your eldest lady is also the emperor's nephew and daughter-in-law, and her own children say that the emperor is out of order." β
She looked at the emperor with a smile and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you say?" β
Emperor Jiasheng smiled faintly: "Since you are physically weak, you can assign a few more doctors to take care of you." β
The concubine said: "This is natural, presumably the queen mother has been bothering for a long time." β
The queen was gentle and atmospheric: "You still have a heart." β
The concubine said: "The concubine has one thing in her heart, she has been hiding it for many days, it is rare for the monarchs and ministers to gather today, Niangniang, the concubine wants to keep a matchmaker, do you think it?" β
The queen asked, "Whose child does my sister fall in love with?" β
The concubine said with a smile: "Yao Nian's child is not only the emperor's niece, but also the niece of the concubine, the emperor has every opportunity, and he can't take care of the children's affairs, so the concubine should be more worried about the aunt." Now Yao is seventeen years old, it is the age of marriage, the palace and the Zhu family are originally in-laws, and the children of the Zhu family are all civil and military, serving the emperor in the court, it is better to be close to the family, choose a son Shang County Lord, what do you think? β
The queen was calm and asked the emperor, "What does the emperor think?" β
But he saw Emperor Jiasheng said lightly: "Yao Nian is still young, and several concubines are reluctant, they want to keep their children for a few more years, and it is not too late to discuss the matter of marriage." β
The eldest lady's eyes lit up, thanked the emperor, thanked the concubine, and Shi Shiran sat down.
Standing under the stage, Fu Yi could see that the concubine's face was blue and white for a while, and she was embarrassed.
I only heard someone around me say: "It's really interesting, the capital is full of only the Zhu family has sons and daughters?" Whatever is good, it is their turn. β
Someone was busy reminding: "Be quiet, the girls of his family are behind you." β
The woman looked back, saw Fuyi, was really surprised, turned back and whispered: "Look at the one behind me, the face is not bad, is it the daughter of the Zhu family?" β
In this way, several people turned their heads to look at Fuyi, she responded gently and generously, and at this time, an internal attendant came over, looked for someone in the crowd, and said, "Where are the young ladies of the Zhu family?" The queen announced the audience. β