The House of Residence

Early in the morning, it was the time of the early dynasty, Emperor Xiping was listening to the discussion of politics in the palace, and the eunuch in front of the palace sang loudly: "Prince Yun has arrived in ......" Emperor Xiping and everyone were shocked, and Emperor Xiping said in his heart, "This Yun Tianhong has not been in court for ten thousand years, why did he suddenly come to the court today?" Suddenly, a bad feeling welled up in his heart...... The ministers looked back and saw a man dressed in a blue robe and wearing a gold mask, pushed up to the temple in a wheelchair by a close guard.

The ministers hurriedly saluted, Yun Tianhong was pushed to his seat by Luoqiu, nodded at Yun Tianfeng and said: "The younger brother has seen the emperor, and the younger brother's legs are not good, so he can't salute the emperor, and I ask the emperor to forgive me." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, seventh brother, you have to be the first emperor's will, you don't have to bow down to anyone, how dare I disrespect the first emperor?" Yun Tianfeng said with a smile, "Seventh brother, you haven't been in the court for a long time, and now it's a good thing to go to the court, come out to contact people more, don't always be locked up in the mansion alone." ”

Then Emperor Xiping said to the ministers: "You go back to the political affairs. The ministers came back to their senses and continued to return to political affairs, while Prince Yun entered the old monk and generally closed his eyes and did not speak. After the ministers returned to the court, the great eunuch Sanbao beside Emperor Xiping sang and said: "If you have something to return, you have nothing to retreat from the court~"

All the ministers did not react, Emperor Xiping was just about to announce his retirement from the dynasty, Yun Tianhong rubbed his eyes with his hands as if he had just woken up, and said, "Huh? Is it over? Your Majesty, the younger brother still has something to report to the emperor. ”

…… Emperor Xiping had to suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said with a smile: "I don't know if Prince Yun has anything else to report to me?" ”

Yun Tianhong took out a bright yellow scroll from his sleeve, and while signaling Luoqiu to hand the will to the emperor's great eunuch Sanbao, he said: "Your Majesty, back then, my father left a marriage decree for his ministers, but later it coincided with the death of the first emperor, and at this time, when the unequaled queen died, the ministers have not had time to make the marriage decree public. Now that the 27th day of filial piety has passed, although the people are not allowed to marry in March, and the spring festival will be canceled next year, but the younger brother thinks that the women of my Dayan family are generally married in seventeen, eight, and nineteen, and it is good to make the marriage contract public at this time to give the beautiful woman enough time to prepare for marriage. ”

"I didn't expect Prince Yun to have pity for the fragrance and cherish the jade!" Emperor Xiping said with a smile as he opened the holy decree, looked at it fixedly, and his face instantly sank. Seeing that the emperor's face changed instantly, all the ministers looked at each other, all speculating about the content of the marriage decree, which caused the emperor's face to change greatly.

"Brother Huang, do you think there is anything wrong with this will?" Yun Tianhong said with a smile, "Or what's wrong with this marriage girl?" ”

After a while, Emperor Xiping reluctantly smiled and said, "Prince Yun, this will is not inappropriate, but I just feel that if I really marry like the first emperor, I am afraid that I will be wronged by the seventh brother." ”

"Hehe, Brother Huang," Yun Tianhong smiled self-deprecatingly, "The way the younger brother is now, the person who marries the younger brother is the one who is wronged, how can the younger brother feel wronged?" ”

"That's it, seventh brother, the ministers still have political affairs to deal with, how about we discuss this matter in the imperial study later?" Yun Tianfeng didn't give Yun Tianhong a chance to refute, and waved his hand to let the ministers disperse.

"Sanbao, you go to the South King of Chuanzhen and the Lord of Ren'an to meet me in the imperial study immediately."

The Imperial Study

Yun Tianhong was still sitting in a wheelchair and drinking tea leisurely, as if this marriage decree had nothing to do with him. And Emperor Xiping, who was sitting in front of the dragon case, had a dark face. After a while, the close eunuch Sanbao came in and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager means that the Lord of Ren'an has a terrifying face, and he is not suitable to be a concubine in the palace. Besides, His Majesty has just received half of the military power of the King of Zhennan, if you forcibly ask the Lord of Ren'an to enter the palace, I am afraid that the King of Zhennan will be dissatisfied and will not be conducive to your court situation, it is better to offer flowers to worship the Buddha, and by the way, you can also humiliate the Prince of Yun, and the King of Zhennan will not blame you for being dissatisfied. ”

Although Sanbao's voice was very low, for Yun Tianhong, who had profound internal strength, Sanbao's words were right in his heart. He still lowered his head to drink tea, and the corners of his mouth raised a vague smile.

"King Zhennan, the Lord of Ren'an has arrived!" The two saluted the emperor in unison.

"King Zhennan, I must have summoned you here, and you have guessed what I mean."

"The minister is afraid, and the minister does not dare to speculate on the holy will without authorization." King Zhennan said in a panic that he would kill his head if he tried to figure out the holy will privately.

Emperor Xiping waved his hand to show that it was okay, and said: "King Zhennan, the county lord of Ren'an has half a month to perform the ceremony, and it is time to consider the matter of marriage, I wonder if the county lord of Ren'an has ever had a marriage contract?" ”

"Your Majesty, when the princess Jiang was alive, she made a marriage contract with the Marquis of Yong'an, which was intended to announce the marriage of the minister's daughter Mo'er and Empress Lu to the concubine of the Marquis of Yong'an."

"King Zhennan, I heard that your marriage contract does not say whether you are the eldest daughter or the eldest daughter, so it can't be regarded as a marriage contract! Besides, I have already given your eldest daughter as the county lord of Sanpin, and it is not an insult to him to be married to the concubine of Yong'an Hou. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." King Zhennan said reluctantly.

"I have a marriage decree left by the emperor here, which is to give the marriage of the Lord of Ren'an to Prince Yun, I don't know what you think?"

King Zhennan replied: "Your Majesty, the courtier's face is damaged, if she marries Prince Yun, I am afraid that she will insult Prince Yun." ”

"You don't have to say anything about this matter, it's better to ask the Lord of Ren'an what he means." Yun Tianfeng said, "Ren'an, are you willing to talk about this marriage?" Lord of Ringan? ”

Nanling Mo has been immersed in memories, and was suddenly named by name, and she didn't react for a while, King Zhennan coughed on the side to remind, and she replied: "Your Majesty, the first emperor's marriage is a supreme grace, but Ren'an's appearance is damaged, if Prince Yun doesn't mind Ren'an's appearance is difficult to get into the elegant hall, Ren'an should follow the will of the first emperor." ”

As he spoke, he took off his mask and exposed his face in front of Yun Tianhong, who chuckled and said, "Brother Huang, isn't this fate?" The younger brother was seriously injured and disfigured three years ago, and his legs were not good at walking, and now the princess of the younger brother is almost the same as the younger brother, in the final analysis, the younger brother's legs are not good and he has wronged the princess. ”

"In that case, I will give you two a marriage according to the will of my father. The official decree of marriage will be officially announced at the ceremony with the Lord of Ringan in half a month. As for the date of the wedding, after the eight characters are passed by the Qin Tianjian Supervisor, the Ministry of Rites will handle it in accordance with the etiquette regulations. ”

Everyone said in unison: "Brother/courtier/courtier, thank Your Majesty." ”

Because of this untimely time, Zhennan Wangfu also wanted to open an ancestral hall to announce the ancestors, Nanling Mo didn't care about anything else and rushed all the way back to the house. But it was not easy to travel on a snowy day after all, and when Nanling Mo arrived, everyone was already waiting outside the ancestral hall.

"My sister is really, I don't know if my grandmother said today that she would open an ancestral hall to thank her ancestors? Let everyone wait for you here in the ancestral hall for half a day! Nanling Mei said in a weird way. Nan Ling Mo looked at Nan Ling Mei wearing clothes from the main regulation of Sanpin County, which was extraordinarily luxurious. Nanling Mo rolled her eyes and didn't speak, but blessed Mrs. Jiang and said, "Grandmother, my granddaughter is late to come back." ”

The old princess glared at Nan Lingmei: "Since everyone is here, let's start!" ”

Led by Jiang Lao Taijun, Nanling Mei followed Nanling Mo and Concubine Zhang into the ancestral hall. This was the first time she and the Zhang family had entered the ancestral hall. In the past year, you can only watch the sons and daughters worship their ancestors outside the ancestral hall.

"The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the second generation of Zhennan Princess Jiang of the Zhennan Wangfu is now leading the children and grandchildren to tell the ancestors and the ancestors." Old Taijun Jiang kowtowed with a solemn expression and said, "Today, there is a concubine of the long house, Nanling Mofeng, who is a saint, and hereby divides Ren'an County and its seven subordinate counties as fiefs; The side concubine Zhang was specially enshrined in the saint and was canonized as Mrs. Cong'er Pinru, and the eldest daughter Nanling Mei was canonized as the county lord of Linlang from Sanpin. I also hope that the ancestors will bless the prosperity and peace of our Zhennan Wangfu for generations. After speaking, everyone kowtowed.

"Zhang, now that you have been named Mrs. Cong Erpinru, it is time to write your name into the family tree." Mrs. Jiang's words made Zhang's family excited. Although the side concubines are all on the jade plate, it is limited to the royal family. In the end, the side concubine of this king with a different surname is just a more noble concubine, similar to the folk concubine, and it is not included in the family tree. Now that he is willing to record the genealogy for the Zhang family, it is equivalent to correcting her in disguise, but he is just missing a will. She was so excited that she finally felt like she was going to raise her eyebrows. But she forgot that the dignity and inferiority of the descendants of Dayan Kingdom are so clear, and the law stipulates that concubines are concubines, and noble concubines are also concubines, which cannot be corrected, otherwise the emperor would not only canonize her as Mrs. Congerpinru, but canonize her as the successor princess. What's more, everyone in the world has never done anything to "straighten up", and the concubine room is to be despised by people. Although it is not like being impeached/impeached by the imperial history like spoiling his wife and destroying his concubine, it is also a matter of great shame. There is a saying among the people that the concubine should be straightened, and it is also necessary to ask the consent of the concubine, and the head of the family will go to the government to withdraw the concubine's documents and re-issue the letter of appointment as a wife.

At dinner time, the family of Zhennan Wangfu sat together for dinner, although the house eats together on the fifteenth day of the new year every month, but because today is a happy event, except that the king of Zhennan can not see the joy and sorrow, everyone in the house is still quite happy. For the sake of family harmony, Concubine Zhang and Concubine Jiang Shu, who usually stand aside to serve the meal, also took a seat.

After the meal, the maids served tea, and the king of Zhennan cleared his throat and said: "Now Mei'er is also older, and she has also canonized the lord of Linlang County, the first two years in the state funeral and the princess's mourning, the marriage has been suspended for a year, and now that the filial piety period has expired, this marriage should also be decided." Although Queen Wushuang died and the people did not get married in March, it was still possible to confirm the marriage. This king and the mother concubine have discussed, and the Jiang family has set a marriage contract for the eldest daughter of our house and the eldest son of the Marquis of Yong'an, and the person who is counted as the marriage contract according to his age is Mei'er. Zhang's family, the king of Ming Japan will discuss with Yong'an Hou, you can prepare Mei'er's eight characters. In a few days, the saint will personally decree the marriage of Mei'er and the eldest son of Yong'an Hou. ”

Zhang's was so happy today, and felt that all the things she was looking forward to had been fulfilled today, so he hurriedly pulled Nan Lingmei beside her to get up and thank her. Nan Ling Mo found that Nan Ling Mei's face didn't seem so happy.

"There is another matter, the first emperor has a marriage decree for Mo'er, which will be announced at Mo'er's ceremony." King Zhennan paused, his gaze swept over the crowd, and finally fixed on Zhang's body, and continued: "Yuechan, half of Qingrou's previous dowry was in Xiao'er's, and the other half was taken care of by you because Mo'er was still young. In the past two days, you hurry up and take inventory, hand over the account books and dowry to the concubine, and the Jiang family, you can help take care of it together, otherwise the concubine alone will not be busy. Jiang immediately got up and agreed.

The old princess glanced at Nan Lingmo, sighed, and said leisurely: "This is natural. Zhang's family, within five days, you will sort out the remaining half of the Jiang family's dowry account books one by one and send them to the old body! ”

Jiang's face changed a few times, and he responded in a low voice.