On May 18, Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites held a small auspicious ceremony for the Empress Dowager Ciyi, who had collapsed for a year.

This means that the harem concubines and princes have lost their filial piety, and it also means that happy events such as royal weddings can be carried out as usual.

After the Xiaoxiang ceremony, the ancestral hall Shilang Zhong Guo Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, in recent years, the royal family has held fierce ceremonies one after another, and he has been busy in the ancestral hall, and now the Empress Dowager Ciyi's Xiaoxiang sacrifice has passed, and he can finally be idle.

Wei Jindu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is not as easy as Guo Qi, in addition to serving, it means that the marriage of the princes will soon be on the agenda, and the Ministry of Rites will be even busier at that time.

Sure enough, it was only ten days after the prince was disobeyed, and at the end of May, Emperor Changtai's will to marry the three princes came down, and Zhao Yuhua, the young daughter of Zhao Yugang, who was the protector of Anxi, was pointed out to the third prince as a concubine.

Emperor Changtai called Zhao Yuhua "gentle and dignified, well-behaved, and specially appointed as the third princess", and also announced the auspicious day of Si Tiantai's marriage, which was set on the second day of the eighth month in the near future.

With the will of the marriage, there are also a series of arrangements of Emperor Changtai, such as the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Shaofu Temple to preside over the marriage of the three princes; Another example is considering that all Zhao Yugang's family members are in Jingzhao, and Emperor Changtai also specially allowed him to return to Jingzhao to marry his daughter, etc.

This marriage will directly blow up the minds of the Jingzhao officials, although they know that the marriage of the three princes is going to be put on the agenda, but it has only been ten days since this receptivity, and there was no news at all before, how could they suddenly marry the three princes?

What a rhythm this is!

The candidates and auspicious days have been decided, and things are progressing too fast? And this person was chosen beyond everyone's expectations, how could it be the daughter of the Anxi Duhu family?

Many officials looked at each other in the court. Even Ye Zhengchun and Shen Huashan glanced at each other, meaning have you heard? After seeing each other shaking their heads, they all frowned slightly and thought about it in their hearts.

Not to mention these courtiers, even the third prince, Shangguan Yongping, didn't react at once, Anxi is protected? Anxi capital protector with 50,000 Anxi generals? It's not a dream, is it? What he wanted most was the power in the army, otherwise he would not have been able to break through such a disaster in the northern Xinjiang in the first place.

He had been worrying about the lack of military power before, why did such a big pie fall on him all of a sudden? At this moment of seizing the heir, he sent himself the power in the army, and his father was not mistaken, right?

These chaotic thoughts kept flashing through his mind. He didn't know how to react at all, until he heard the courtiers' voices of "Congratulations to the emperor for his beautiful son and daughter-in-law" and "Congratulations to the emperor, may the great eternal country be long and prosperous", he hurriedly knelt down and thanked him, overjoyed.

Shangguan Chengyou and Shangguan Changzhi heard this marriage intention, and their faces changed a few times. Immediately, he pressed it down and congratulated Emperor Changtai and Shangguan Yongping with a smile.

Seeing Shangguan Yongping's complacent and joyful look, these two people didn't feel good in their hearts. couldn't help but feel a little resentful of Emperor Changtai, who was sitting on the Jinluan Palace: 50,000 soldiers, this is the power in the army, what kind of capital is this, isn't the father clearly supporting the third child to win the heir?

Father, what are you thinking? The two men were a little confused.

After retiring from the dynasty, Zhou Yangxu, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, smiled at the corner of his mouth, looked at the officials who Yuguan left the Xuanzheng Palace, and then looked at Zhang Xinghua, the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple, with an indescribable pride in his heart.

The selection of the third princess was unexpected, but he was very satisfied with this candidate. Anzai's young daughter, which weighed more weight than any girl he had chosen before. That's great! It seems that he has to let his wife enter the palace to say hello to Concubine Xian.

"Anxi Duhu...... Zhao Yugang...... also allowed him to return to Jingzhao to marry his daughter, it seems that the emperor really loves the three princes. In the study, Shen Huashan said this sentence in a deep voice.

Shen Zejing and Shen Yuhong on the side also nodded, the holy decree of marriage has been sent to the Zhao family, this speed is really compact. Emperor. What are you thinking? Why is this in such a hurry?!

"There hasn't been a bit of news about this before, otherwise the Niangniang and the second prince, the fifth prince and others in the palace will definitely stop it, after all, the third prince's power is not a good thing for these two princes." Shen Zejing said, thinking of the situation in Jingzhao, now that the marriage of the three princes has been decided, the situation is even more difficult to say.

"Yes, even the Zhongshu Province, which drafted the decree for the emperor, did not hear the rumors. The emperor directly announced the edict in the Xuanzheng Palace, and the Zhongshu Province drafted the holy decree and sent it to the Zhao family. The lady in the palace should have heard the news a long time ago. Let Ning'er enter the palace in a few days, so that Rong Gui's concubine can be relieved. Shen Huashan said again.

This will, in addition to being good for the three princes, is not good for the other princes, and he is afraid that Rong Guifei will be anxious and can't help but show traces. In this situation, Concubine Rong can only stay in the dark as usual, and she can't be in a hurry.

If you don't fight, you fight, and he has repeatedly reminded Rong Guifei of this.

"Yes, grandfather, Ming'er, I'll find a chance to talk to Ning'er. Ruliu's manpower and grasshopper will also pay close attention to the movements of several princes. The marriage of the three princes is decided, so the five princes should be in a hurry......"

Shen Yuhong didn't finish the next words, knowing that his grandfather and father would understand what he meant, if the fifth prince refused to let go, and the day of his sister and Lu was not far away, it was really necessary to prepare early.

"I'll talk about that later. It is more than two months before the wedding of the third prince, and the fifth prince will not move so fast. Let Ning'er enter the palace as soon as possible. Tell Ruliu to keep an eye on the family and the second prince's mansion, Zhang Xinghua will not sit still. Shen Huashan said, and the topic still went back to the marriage of the three princes.

The marriage of the three princes is the most important thing at present. He has a hunch that the marriage of the three princes will definitely affect the entire situation of seizing the heir, but he doesn't know who will be the beneficiary.

A few days later, the county lord of Rongping held a banquet in the palace, and invited many girls from Jingzhao officials to come to the palace to play, in addition to the frequent guests Shen Ning and Zheng Shaoyi, they also invited Jiang Hanxue, the girl of Jiang Chenghai's family, and Yuan Huiyi, Yuan Huiyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Industry, Yuan Kezhen's family.

It is also strange to say that the princesses and county lords of the Dayong royal family are not people who like to be lively, except for the eldest princess Shuhe, it is this Rongping county lord who likes banquets. Therefore, Emperor Changtai is also very supportive of her liking, and no one thinks it is strange that the lord of Rongping County holds banquets every other day, and of course it also facilitates the communication between the Shen family and Rong Guifei.

"Grandfather, please don't be impatient, don't be flustered and anxious. The ones who are really anxious should be the second prince and the fifth prince. Taking advantage of the opportunity to enter the palace for the banquet, Shen Ning conveyed Shen Huashan's meaning to Concubine Rong, and also conveyed the Shen family's suggestion: stand by and watch. Wait patiently, and see what happens to the second prince and the fifth prince.

After finishing speaking, Shen Ning stood silently, bowing his head and frowning and waiting for Concubine Rong's reaction.

"Hongu knows. Recently, I heard the palace ladies say that Yanxi Palace and Chunxi Palace are very lively, and I don't know what the emperor thinks, how can he give the third prince such a marriage at this moment! Listened to Shen Ning's words. Rong Gui's beautiful face was a little dull.

Since she learned about the marriage of the third prince, her mood has not been brighter, and she can't understand what Emperor Changtai means. Originally, she thought that Emperor Changtai was not obvious on the surface. But I love my emperor very much, and now it seems that he was too optimistic before, and for the emperor, those are also his flesh and blood, and they are all treated equally.

After Shen Ning listened to Rong Guifei's words, he looked up at her complexion, continued to bow his head and frowned without speaking, but sneered in his heart.

The emperor's heart is unpredictable, and it is true! It is estimated that not many officials can guess the will of Emperor Changtai's marriage, and marry the Anxi family. It means that with the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Anxi Protectorate, all the officials didn't expect that Emperor Changtai would be so obviously biased towards the three princes, right? Maybe the Zhao family didn't know that there would be a third princess, right?

This marriage grant disrupted many people's plans! According to the news from the stream and the grasshopper. Many officials who had already planned to stand in line slowed down again: This situation is really hard to say.

Thinking of the early discussion with his second brother Shen Yuhong, Shen Ning once again showed Emperor Changtai's mind in his heart, this so-called emperor's mental technique.

Regarding Emperor Changtai's evil taste of controlling the courtiers and revealing his status all the time, Shen Ning had already understood it thoroughly when Emperor Changtai was thirty-five. This is not at all a desire or an increase in capital, but Emperor Changtai is telling everyone, including the important ministers of Zhongshu Province: the emperor is the final decision-maker; What the emperor wants, what he wants, is the final result! No matter how much you guess or deduce, it's useless! - This is the purpose of Emperor Changtai's marriage will!

However, Shen Ning didn't plan to tell Rong Guifei about this, she had to make her feel a sense of crisis.

At the same time, Emperor Changtai, who was in the Zichen Palace, was in a very good mood, and listened to the question of Zhang Sheng, the head of the inner servants, with great interest: "Your Majesty, the servants heard that many people in the palace said that the courtiers did not understand the meaning of the emperor's marriage, and many of the inner servants quietly came to inquire with the servants." In fact, the minions don't understand, so they don't dare to accept the money. ”

Zhang Sheng said with a smile, but his tone was very respectful, and the horse was slapped silently. For the skill of waiting for Emperor Changtai, Zhang Sheng has already practiced perfectly!

Sure enough, I heard Emperor Changtai laugh twice, obviously very affected by his question, but did not answer Zhang Sheng's question.

The biggest reason why Emperor Changtai made the will to marry so quickly was to prolong the country.

After Prince Gong died, Emperor Changtai thought of the royal family Ding withered badly, although he accepted so many concubines, but for so many years, the premature death, the sick disease, there were not a few princes who survived, and when it came to the generation of grandchildren, there was no one who survived!

Emperor Changtai began to feel that there was a deep crisis, and there was no successor, which was a great disaster for Dayong.

As for the selection of Zhao Yugang, it is also to balance the needs of the princes, the second prince has the former military department Shangshu as his in-laws, and the in-laws of the three princes, of course, can be protected by Anxi.

What's suspicious? Why is it suspicious? Emperor Changtai laughed when he thought of the Jingzhao official's impatience.

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Two more! Ready to start taking the princes!