Chapter Thirty-Six: The Asking Price
The people of the Zongjin Mansion are under the jurisdiction of the King of Angun. Now that King Anjun is away on business, Princess Anjun is still able to speak.
He Ningxin discussed with her father and mother, and asked someone to send a letter to Song Liangyu, the seventh girl of Song Qi, to the Huiguo Mansion overnight.
Song Liangyu didn't dare to delay, and went to the Anjun Palace, overnight, and informed the princess of Anjun about the matter.
Princess Anjun listened to the brief guidelines for horses, laughed breathlessly, and said to Song Liangyu: "Your close friend can really point to the east and the west, and surround Wei to save Zhao." β
After thinking about it, Princess Anjun said to Song Liangyu again: "This matter is too involved, and it probably won't be so easy." β
Song Liangyu also smiled and said: "It was originally a business that asked for a price all over the sky and repaid the money on the ground." Ning Xin probably didn't think that it would be done overnight. β
It's getting late, and if you go out at night, you'll be looking at it.
Princess Anjun instructed her confidants, and as soon as the sky was white on the second day, she rushed to the Zongren Mansion, found the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, and roughly gave instructions.
Now is also the season when the eldest prince is mainly choosing a son-in-law, and the Zongren Mansion has been busy with this matter, so this matter of the horse standard is their business. Although it is strict, there is a reason for it, and it is the personal advice of Princess Anjun, so it is natural to do it.
In the early dynasty, Emperor Hongxuan discussed several major matters with his subordinates, and planned to withdraw from the dynasty.
As a result, Inspector Zuo Yu Shi He Siping took a few steps out of the queue and said to Emperor Hongxuan: "Your Majesty, the ministers have a performance." β
Emperor Hongxuan suddenly remembered the grievances suffered by the Duchess of Zhenguo yesterday, that is, the daughter of He Yushi, in the eldest princess, and felt slightly uneasy. Thinking that he had already appeased the Duchess of Zhenguo with the sedan chair carried by the Yellow Gate Supervisor, what else should he do? No matter how outrageous the eldest princess is, she is also a member of the royal family, so she can't hold on to it and ignore the royal decency, right?
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongxuan hesitated, looked at He Siping for a long time, and said slowly: "The early dynasty was established for the monarchs and ministers of my Great Qi Dynasty to discuss the major affairs of the country, what important events does Aiqing have to play?" "Warn He Siping, don't take those little things that women are jealous of to the court and make noise.
He Siping paused, remembering that yesterday he had wanted to write a concerto, and directly dΓ n'hΓ© the eldest princess insulted her daughter, intending to take away her husband, which seemed really inappropriate. - How could her own daughter know the mind of the saint so well?
"Aiqing really has a book to play?" Emperor Hongxuan asked again neither high nor low, and was already planning to get up and retreat from the court.
He Siping hurriedly bowed his head and sent the fold, and said: "What the minister played is for the 10,000-year foundation of my Great Qi Dynasty. β
Emperor Hongxuan was a little curious, and he didn't know what He Siping was capable of, and he could raise the trivial matter of jealousy between women to the level of the foundation of the country.
"Bring it in." Emperor Hongxuan tilted his head to the Bingbi waiter next to him.
The attendant hurriedly trotted down, took the fold from He Siping's hand, and trotted to send it to Emperor Hongxuan's desk.
Emperor Hongxuan unfolded the recital, looked at it with a smile for a while, and slowly, the smile on his face calmed down.
After closing the fold, Emperor Hongxuan thought about it, handed it to the Bingbi attendant on the side, and said, "Read." β
The chamberlain bowed his head and held the fold in both hands, carefully opened it, and read it out loud.
This sprinkling of the three-page rules immediately made the courtiers under the stairs move.
It's okay if you don't take concubines. There were very few concubines of the lord, but after the death of the princess, the concubines were not allowed to marry again, and they had to observe the festival for a lifetime, but it was unheard of.
Of course, the most powerful is still the first one. Since then, the lieutenant has become a vacant position, and the horse is no longer allowed to hold any position in the court. Those who used to have a position will resign from their position and leave the court after the lord.
For a long time, the nobles and nobles of the Great Qi Dynasty have been enthusiastic about the lord, because the lord's concubines have many opportunities, and most of them are fat people with real power in the court. When the prince grows up and begins to win the heir, the Horse Mansion is the object of competition among the princes. Due to the princess's transcendent status, even if the side supported by the Horse Mansion fails to win the heir, there will be no actual damage to the Concubine. If the succession is successful, it will be a great credit for the glory and grace of several generations.
Therefore, Lord Shang, in the Great Qi Dynasty is really a profitable business.
But as soon as this horse criterion comes out, if it really enters the Great Qi Law and obediently Longdedong, the position of the horse will become a hot potato in the future. From then on, no one would say that the emperor's daughter would not worry about getting married.
Thinking of this, some well-informed people knew that the eldest princess coveted He Siping and his son-in-law, so they all smiled at each other, and their hearts were clear, knowing that this was the He family who began to fight back.
However, they did not go to the heavenly bell to cry out, nor did they go to the saint to cry for justice. People just do the opposite. Aren't you high-minded, no one can look down on you, and you have to steal people's jobs? Then elevate your status even higher, to the point where no one else can reach it.
Want to marry Zhen Guogong? ββLet's see if the saint is reluctant to let the fierce general of the town and country be idle from now on.
Everyone thought that the Yi people in the northwest were about to move, and the sporadic counterattacks of the Qiang people in the southwest, needless to say, the eldest princess must have miscalculated this time. Not only miscalculated, but miscalculated.
If this law can be achieved, from now on, for the princess, whether she marries or not, she can only look at the face of the saint. In fact, when such a criterion comes out, no one is willing to marry a princess willingly, unless the saint gives a strong marriage, the princesses can marry.
"What do you think of this pony code?" Emperor Hongxuan glanced at the faces of the ministers below and asked with a smile.
Before Zong Zheng of the Zongren Mansion could speak, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department had already come out to bow and say, "Your Majesty Mingjian." This criterion is really a blessing for me, and the minister seconded it. β
The official secretary also came out and said: "The horse can't interfere in politics, which is indeed a blessing for the Great Qi." "The official department hates nepotism the most. When he was still a servant of the Ministry of Officials, although his qualifications and abilities were also reached, he was pushed down by a squire who was supported by the Horse Mansion when he was about to be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Officials.
Fortunately, the squire only worked as a scholar for a year, and then died of illness, so it was the turn of the current official to be the secretary.
At this time, the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion came out and said: "This matter is of great benefit to the clan. He also listed the past events of several concubines who were unfaithful to the princess and made the princess depressed, and strongly agreed to be included in the Great Qi Law, and asked for the supervision and implementation of the Zongren Mansion.
Of course, the people in the court were so angry that they came out to express their opposition.
He Siping waited for these people to come out to oppose it, and when he saw this, he snorted coldly and said bluntly: "Your opposition is just this criterion, which damages your interests." Have you ever thought that you can become a big official by relying on the lord, so that many poor students in the world who study hard are embarrassed! - Besides, you've all reaped the benefits for so many years, and it's too late to stop now! β
The current adult princess of the Great Qi Dynasty only has the only daughter of Emperor Longqing, the current eldest princess. In addition, there are only two little princesses from the queen and the imperial concubine. Therefore, the current Horse Mansion, the princess of the era of Emperor Longqing, is still the sister of Emperor Longqing, and now they are all gone. Although the Horse Mansion is still there, the power in the court is not as good as before, and it is rubbing its fists, and it wants to return to the lord to boost the prestige of the family.
As soon as this horse criterion came out, it completely cut off the path of the lord's green clouds.
Pei Shuren, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, also seconded the proposal, and expounded the great advantages of this move with great violation, and said what He Siping wanted to say but had time to say in the future.
He Siping was very surprised when he heard it, because Pei Shuren said exactly the same reason as He Ningxin told him. - The difference is only in the wording. He Ningxin is a woman in the end, and she is more tactful and soft. Pei Shuren said it more bluntly.
At the top of the court, there were two factions, those who agreed and those who were against.
The reasons given by the courtiers who agree are very upright, but the reasons that oppose them are difficult to hide even their selfishness. Let's say that it is unfair to the princesses, and those who agree with it say, the lord's concubine cannot take concubines, and the law stipulates that the princess should be single-minded, what else can be done to be fair to the princesses? Is it fair to let the concubines take concubines?
said that it was unfair to the horses, and it was immediately pointed out that someone wanted to use the lord to climb the road of Qingyun, which completely went against the original intention of the lord, and it was necessary to crack down hard.
Soon the court saw that the vast majority of those who agreed with it were clear.
Emperor Hongxuan smiled and listened to the debate of the courtiers, and concluded: "It all makes sense. Send the excerpt to the Zongren Mansion first, whether it should be included in the law, and then discuss it later. - Retreat from the dynasty. "There was neither approval nor opposition. But the excerpt was not left in the middle and not sent, but transferred to the Zongren Mansion, which is to ask the Zongren Mansion to take out a charter?
Seeing Emperor Hongxuan's back disappear into the depths of the main hall, the courtiers in the court left in twos and threes.
He Siping's heart finally let go of half of it, and he also turned around to leave the main hall.
"He Yushi! - He Yushi, wait a minute! Pei Shuren called He Siping from behind.
He Siping turned around, arched his hand with a smile on his face, and said, "Scholar Pei is polite!" β
Pei Shuren hurriedly returned the salute and said: "He Yushi has a good excerpt today, Pei admires and admires!" The wording of this excerpt made Pei Shuren feel very familiar, which was different from He Siping's previous style.
"He Yushi's excerpt is very different from the past." Pei Shuren meant something.
He Siping immediately raised his vigilance, snorted, and said: "As courtiers of the Great Qi Dynasty, we are loyal to the king, and it is the duty of the courtiers to think about what the heavenly family has not thought of, and to be anxious about what the heavenly family has not been anxious about. With that, he turned around and left.
Pei Shuren didn't catch up again, silently thought about it for a while, and then went back.
And in the palace inside, Emperor Hongxuan asked people to copy the fold in three copies, one to the eldest princess's Yonghe Palace, one to the queen's Fengxiang Palace, and one to the imperial concubine's Fengxu Palace.
In Yonghe Palace, the eldest princess was so angry that she almost fainted when she saw this recital, and first smashed the utensils on the small table next to the bed. This is still that she is sick and can't get out of bed, if she can get up, Yonghe Palace can be half demolished by her.
The eldest princess's eldest palace maid couldn't help but persuade the eldest princess and said, "Eldest princess, forget it." Hurry up and repair with the Duchess of Zhenguo, maybe there is still room for maneuver. β
The eldest princess raised her eyebrows, very unsafe, spat the big palace maid, and screamed: "Let the palace apologize to her?" - She dreams! It's just a pariah, and he wants to shake the tree! Hongu is tired of seeing her! I knew that I should have smashed her to death with a hammer yesterday, could it be that the imperial brother could still let an eldest princess in the palace make amends to her little Mrs. Yipin! The look on his face was very hideous.
When the palace maid heard the words of the eldest princess, she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and kept trembling, begging: "The eldest princess is cautious! Be careful! - Beware of the ears on the wall! Even "the wall has ears" was said, and it was really frightening.
The eldest princess calmed down a little at this time, and felt extremely irritable in her heart, as if there was a fierce beast about to rush out in her heart, and it took a lot of effort to calm down, and said to her big palace maid: "You get up." Go and bring me a bowl of fragrant soup. Why is it so hot lately, Hongu has been irritable in his heart. β
The palace maid trembled and went to pass the soup to the eldest princess, and she kept wondering in her heart. What's going on with the eldest princess lately? Although he used to have a bad temper, he never showed it in front of people. After all, in the cold palace for more than ten years, forbearance has also been practiced. But since the Holy Lord doubled down on the eldest princess, the eldest princess seems to have gotten carried away. And it's been getting worse recently, which is really incredible.
The eldest princess also found that she had become a lot more restless recently, but she knew that she was indulging herself because she couldn't have children and had no hope, and she didn't want to hide her joys, sorrows, and sorrows.
She grew up in the deep palace and knew how important an heir was to a woman. There were so many childless queens in the previous dynasty, and in the end they ended up miserable. She has always known that only being able to have children, especially sons, is the only way out for women. Even if you can't have a son, you can have a daughter. If you can't live at all, it's better to die, there is no second way to go. - What Jian Feiyang did, the eldest princess couldn't wait to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, so that he would cut off his children and grandchildren, but it was just cheap for him!
However, for the eldest princess, even if she wants to die, she has to pull two backs on her back. - Besides, it was not easy for her to come out of the cold palace and get her current status, why was she willing to give up without tossing?!
When the imperial concubine saw this fold in Fengxu Palace, her heart sank again. She saw very clearly that this excerpt was completely aimed at the eldest princess, and the other princesses were just suffering from the pond fish. But the hidden benefits in this, I am afraid that no matter how much the saint loves his daughter and brother and sister, he can't refuse it.
If this is the case, could it be that in this life, he saved his son, but he wanted to compensate his daughter?
The imperial concubine had mixed feelings in her heart. I thought that if I had the opportunity to do it all over again, I would definitely be able to take advantage and avoid disadvantages. Who knows what is a step change, step by step. What will it be like in the future, even the imperial concubine can't say why.
The queen read the folds, thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to go to the imperial concubine to discuss. After all, the imperial concubine also has a daughter, and in this matter, they are sympathetic.
Coming to the Imperial Concubine's Fengxu Palace, the queen said straight to the point: "Sister, in this matter, you must have an idea to convince the Holy Lord, you can't let the people of the He family succeed!" β
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