Chapter 226: Serving the Country with Loyalty
Fu Yi is grateful for the princess's love, but she has already decided in her heart that she can tolerate trivial things with the eldest lady, and she will never compromise on major rights and wrongs.
Although she is loyal to the palace, she is the daughter-in-law who married into the Zhu family after all, so she naturally looks forward to the prosperity and harmony of her husband's family, the old lady and sisters can live a peaceful and comfortable life, and she hopes that Brother Rong can be at ease and ambivalent.
In the future, if it is not a last resort, Fuyi will bravely face all difficulties and hardships, solve the affairs of the family behind closed doors, and never easily ask outsiders for help.
Princess Min said: "Because the emperor gave the marriage, the queen gave the phoenix crown and the veil, which happened to be sent yesterday." ”
She ordered someone to take the wedding dress of support, and said with a smile: "For so many years, although Nian'er and I have not accepted mourning, but there is no glory in the family, I haven't seen such a celebration for a long time, and I am happy in my heart, it is thanks to you." ”
I didn't dare to do it, and then with the help of the maid of the palace, I changed into a wedding dress.
It is said that the queen asked the Zhu family to ask for her body size, and ordered the embroidery girl in the palace to sew, they really worked hard, this phoenix crown Xia Wei was worn, no more than a penny and no less than an inch, as if tailor-made, no need to make any changes.
"It's really beautiful like a fairy, my Jizhou water and soil are really nurturing, but it's a pity that Master Yan and his wife can't see it with their own eyes." The princess smiled, "They are too stubborn, are students more important than daughters?" ”
Fu Yi was dressed in a wedding dress, becoming more dignified and steady, and said with a smile: "My father has always been like this, and my mother follows my father in everything, since they have no regrets, I can let go." ”
She knows that instead of letting her father and mother take a look at the gorgeous and noble under her phoenix crown, it is better to live a good life in the future, love and harmony with her brother, and get along well with her family, which is what can make her father and mother feel at ease and happy for a long time.
At this time, the maids sent a jewelry box, and the princess took out a pair of gold bracelets: "This is the dowry I added to you, although gold and silver are not rare, as far as the palace is concerned, a pair of bracelets is really shabby, but I can't cross your father and mother, just a little heart, you wear it for fun." ”
Fu Yixing thanked him for the big gift, and only then did he dare to accept the gold bracelet, and when he was about to go back to the room to change his wedding dress, someone came to tell him, saying that the Prime Minister's Mansion sent a wedding cake and candy and a banquet.
Princess Min was very disdainful: "You guys are divided." ”
After listening to the explanation of the people in the house, Fuyi realized that tomorrow was the day of the marriage between the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Marquis of Pingnan, and the old prime minister married his granddaughter to the only son of General Jin.
At first, Fuyi thought it was Min Chulin who was married, and the subordinates smiled: "That's not worthy, but it's just an orphan on the side, and his parents died and lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion, although he is also the granddaughter of the old minister, but his status is far behind." ”
It's even more embarrassing to be so supportive, the women in this world, even the ladies of the noble mansions, are just chips that are slightly more glamorous than ordinary people.
Sadly, twenty years later, when they have children, very few people will reflect on their lives and fight for what they have for their children, but instead repeat the tragedy of the past, turning themselves from a bargaining chip to a person with a bargaining chip.
Fuyi carefully folded her wedding dress, gently stroked the delicate peony embroidery, and waited for the day when she was formally dressed, from then on, there was no one else to control her life, and she had to make her own decisions about everything.
In the evening of this day, Zhu Rong was summoned to the palace again, and Emperor Jiasheng said that his wedding date was imminent, and he should put his family first, and ordered him to put down all official duties, and then return to the court after he became married on July 17.
Zhu Rong didn't dare to refuse, kowtowed and thanked him, thinking that he could retreat, but the emperor suddenly asked him: "Rong'er, the Zanxi people have invaded my border again, do you know?" ”
"The minister already knows." Zhu Rong said, "Three hundred years ago, when Taizu opened up his territory and expanded his territory, he opened up his net and did not destroy Zanxi, and became friends with him, and now they have broken their covenants, which is really hateful. ”
The emperor let out a long sigh: "The war between the DPRK and China is peaceful, and each side puts pressure on me, making me indecisive. ”
Zhu Rong said: "Daqi has elite soldiers and millions of heroes, so why not be afraid of the small country of Zanxi." ”
The emperor shook his head and said: "I have a long country, and there are countless small countries along the border, although it is a great cause of the empire, but there are also many hidden dangers. If Zansi's attack is just a trap to lead our dynasty to draw a large number of troops into one place, and then they wait for an opportunity to move and attack from the realm of weak troops, then they will be attacked by the enemy on their backs, and the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
Zhu Rong frowned, and could feel that the emperor was sincere in talking to him, so he also said bluntly: "Our military strength is enough to be comprehensive, is the emperor too cautious?" ”
The emperor looked at him with a stunned expression and asked, "If you take all your troops to the border, who will protect me in Gyeonggi?" ”
Zhu Rong sighed in his heart, and he had nothing to say.
The first emperor was heroic and martial all his life, quite the style of Taizu, and his youngest son, Prince Sheng, was also brave and good at fighting, inheriting the legacy of Taizu.
Why is the emperor of the dynasty, who is also a son and a fellow mother of Prince Sheng, so put the cart before the horse, shouldn't it be how he defends the country, shouldn't it be how he protects the people, and how he becomes......
"Rong'er." The emperor looked straight and said, "You have been with me for so many years, you are closer than the crown prince and prince, you know the major affairs of the family and the country, and even the trivial matters of the harem, in your heart, what kind of emperor I am?" ”
Zhu Rong said: "The emperor is benevolent and loves the people, and everything is important to the people and the world." ”
The emperor said quietly: "I want to hear the truth. ”
"It's true." Zhu Rong said without hesitation, "The people live and work in peace and contentment, and they all praise the emperor's benevolence, naturally, no one is perfect, and the emperor is the same." The emperor wants to listen to the truth, and the ministers also risk death to admonish, you are indeed too merciful to the outside world. The emperor hopes that all countries value peace and do not want to start a war, but they believe that you are weak and easy to bully. ”
The Emperor clenched his fists and slammed them on the table.
Zhu Rong knelt down and said, "The minister is guilty of death!" ”
Emperor Jiasheng said: "If I kill you, I will really become a faint king, get up and speak." ”
Zhu Rong bowed deeply, got up and stood with his hands down.
Emperor Jiasheng's voice was low and his expression was solemn: "After marriage, your first task is to find out their father and son, and kill them." ”
"Yes." I wish you all the best.
"When necessary, the princess and her daughter can be taken hostage, and between the country and the beauty, I can still distinguish which is more important." Emperor Jiasheng said, "Go ahead, come and see me again after marriage." ”
Zhu Rong bowed and retired, but his heart was full of anger, and in the end, the emperor still did not make a decision about the chaos on the border, and all he thought about was still to kill his brother.
Not far away, the inner attendant chased out and presented a brocade box, which contained a pair of golden unicorns, which was given by the emperor to congratulate Zhurong on his new marriage.
Zhu Rong bowed three times to the main hall, and took the golden unicorn to leave the palace and return home.
At this moment, the Zhongguo Mansion is lively, the old lady holds a banquet for her daughter, and the three brothers Zhu Chengqian also returned early to attend, after all, the younger sister is the princess, and they can only call themselves subordinates in front of King Jing.
Let's say that although Princess Jing is married far away, she often communicates with her mother, and this time Yun Zhi went to pick up, the aunt and nephew said a lot of thoughtful words, and she has already weighed the disturbances in the family.
The eldest lady was worried that she would be troubled by her sister-in-law, not to mention her noble status, if she oppressed people with power, she, as a sister-in-law, could only bow her head.
I didn't expect to see each other for many years, the sister-in-law was kind and enthusiastic, but she was just talking about some homely things and Jingzhou customs, and she didn't say a word about family matters, which made the eldest lady very comfortable.
With the permission of the queen, Princess Jing will stay in her mother's house, and the daughter-in-law will be taken care of by the eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, and another place to live, and she will lie in her mother's room like an unmarried daughter.
As the night deepened, the old lady combed her hair by her daughter, and announced outside the door that the third son was back, and the old lady asked her grandson to rest, and sighed to her daughter: "This child has been busy all day, and he has just come back, you see, he can't eat a bite of food." ”
The daughter smiled: "It's good to be a family, and if you have someone in the family who is worried about you, you will know that you will go home." ”
The old lady asked her daughter, "What do you think of the child?" ”
The daughter said: "If you can call it your favorite, it can be bad, I will look at the appearance, he is a blessed child." ”
The old lady was satisfied, took her daughter's hand and sat down on the couch, and asked, "Is the family good, and the little grandson is good?" ”
"Everything is fine, but ......" Princess Jing stopped talking.
"What, the prince treats you badly?" The old lady was worried.
"No, nothing hurts me more than him." The princess replied, "It's a big event, it's a state affair, my mother ......."
The old lady's expression became more and more solemn, but she heard her daughter say: "You are from Jiangmen, and I am not afraid of scaring you, in the future, if your son-in-law has a person who can't live at home, please don't blame him." Our husband and wife don't want to be happy as a family, the Shen family has been loyal to Daqi for generations, if the country will not be a country, your sons-in-law and grandsons will defend it to the death, and there will be no more to worry about. ”
"I know......," the old lady was worried, "this world will be chaotic sooner or later, and I will not blame you." ”
At the same time, Zhu Rong came to Xinghua Hall to greet his father, put down the pair of golden unicorns, and told the dialogue between the monarchs and ministers in the main hall.
Zhu Chengqian was shocked when he heard this: "You are crazy, stupid son, how did I teach you, you have forgotten?" If you die in the main hall tonight, how do you want your father to live, you have three long and two short, how can the old lady live? Don't you help me, she's still waiting for you to marry her. ”