Chen Yuantai was blocked by the Deng father and son, and then he had a bad taste: "The queen mother has thought carefully and relieved the worries of the house, and in two days, the Duchess of Anguo should also take Miss Deng into the palace to thank her." The will to give the marriage will be arranged after thanksgiving, if before that, Miss Deng should be embarrassed to enter the palace, wouldn't she live up to the queen mother's kindness. ”

An Guogong blocked his chest in one breath, thank you, thank you, what kind of grace is you? If it was really because the Queen Mother decided to personally raise Chen Ting's two sons to thank her, wouldn't it make Wen Jiao show the world a mean and intolerable stepmother's face?

Also, the marriage decree was issued after thanksgiving, if Wen Jiao didn't come to the palace for a trip, would this matter be over?

An Guogong looked at Chen Yuantai's face with a chuckle on the corner of his mouth, and relied on ten percent of his endurance to hold back and not turn his face. He had a wry smile on his face, and was about to beg euphemistically, but Chen Yuantai smiled again: "The queen complained two days ago, saying that it was very boring to raise a fetus in Kunning Palace. Then it is better to leave this matter to her, so as to divide her heart. ”

Before the Deng father and son could understand what it meant to hand over this matter to the queen, Chen Yuantai ordered them to go back first.

An Guogong walked out of the Qianqing Palace, striding towards the palace gate with a sinking face, and the prince of An Guo rubbed his sore and numb knees, limping and trying to keep up with his father.

"Dad, the queen mother has been banned by the emperor in Kunning Palace for a month or two, is this a ......?"

An Guogong turned his head and glared at his son fiercely, but the pace under his feet did not stop at all. He whispered angrily: "I have something to say when I go home!" ”

The prince of An Guo followed his father with low eyebrows, and the two got into the sedan chair at the gate of the palace, and returned home without saying a word.

"Everyone in the world knows that King Ning has married a wife and had children when he was in Shaanxi," An Guogong returned home, sat down in the study, and drove out all the people who were waiting, and then said to his son with a blue face, "Princess Ning suddenly fell seriously ill, and when the time comes, she will have to die, and if she doesn't die, she will have to die!" Then Wen Jiao became Princess Ning, what do you think people in this world will think about this? ”

"But the war in the south can't wait...... "Prince An Guo said with a sad face, "It's been fighting for so long, and now Chen Xi has returned to Jinling with his troops." Although the emperor said that it would take half a year, Jinling is already a lonely city, and if someone in it does the opposite, it will almost be a matter of ten days and half a month to break the city...... King Ning must go to Jinling before this, otherwise his military exploits will not be counted on his head! ”

"So in this world, Wen Jiao has to bear the criticism." An Guogong sighed, "It's just that the emperor is too unsympathetic!" The will of marriage in the palace, the queen mother can do it, and the emperor can do it, why do you want the queen to come down? The queen is Wen Jiao's aunt, how do you look like she is covering up Wen Jiao's aftermath! ”

The father and son sighed at each other for a while, but Chen Yuantai was not the little emperor of Youchong Jianzuo, and there was no room for change in what he ordered.

"And the silver?" Prince An Guo asked helplessly.

Hong'er came back and told him that the 500,000 taels were transferred from the money houses in Beijing and Tianjin. Don't be too fast, send 100,000 yuan to the household department in the next two days. The rest waited for the emperor to urge the next time, and then sent two or three hundred thousand. The last ones will be discussed after the first month. ”

"Will this make the emperor unhappy?" Prince An Guo was a little worried, "After all, the war in the south is what the emperor is most worried about at the moment." ”

"He's in a hurry, so let him find another way!" An Guogong said indignantly, "There's no reason why our family is not pleasing to pay money!" If I can add to his blockage and make him anxious, my heart will be more comfortable! ”

If you change to a more shrewd son, you should persuade An Guogong to be good at this moment. The old man has been rolling in the business sea all his life, and he used to be the number one person in the northwest. Now that his grandson is sitting firmly in the East Palace, his temper is becoming more and more stubborn.

However, what An Guogong did not think through is that since entering Beijing, he and Chen Yuantai are no longer in a cooperative relationship, but a relationship between superiors and subordinates, monarchs and ministers. In the eyes of the emperors of previous dynasties, whether it was officials or merchants, the money in their hands was just a means for the emperors to hide their wealth from the people. When you say you want to use it, you will give an order, no matter whether you are rich and rich or half a life's work, you have to serve it obediently.

An Guogong thought that he was Chen Yuantai's father-in-law, the prince's maternal ancestor, and the hero of the Great Yan Dynasty, and he should always have some power to put his beak in the court. But in front of the emperor, there are only monarchs and ministers, only obedience, otherwise they are weeds to be removed.

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In Kunning Palace, the queen was taken aback when she heard the news from the little palace maid: "Why did you suddenly say that you want to marry King Ning?" What about Princess Ning? Isn't this going to make a chord for someone? But he forgot that he was also a continuation.

"The slave doesn't know...... I only heard that an Guogong and the prince went to the Qianqing Palace today to talk for a while, and when they came out, the matter spread. The little palace maid replied with some fear.

The queen thought about it, but she still didn't have a clue, and wanted to invite her mother into the palace to ask, but Chen Yuantai now didn't need her to summon outsiders at will. was hesitating, and a grandmother standing aside said solemnly: "Niangniang, thinking too much during pregnancy is not good for the fetus, so go and take a rest." ”

The queen glared at the grandmother, but got up anyway and went to the inner sanctum. "I'm going to rest for a while, there are too many people to sleep well. You all go out and wait, and Guiyue will be there to serve alone. ”

When the queen saw the two grandmothers bowing and retreating, she took off her shoes and sat cross-legged on the bed, pulled Gui Yue to her, and asked in a low voice, "What are the things that asked you to inquire these days?" ”

Gui Yue also replied in a low voice: "The Empress Yuan's maiden name is called Yueqing, and Concubine De is called Xingfang when she is at home, and she was renamed Xingchun when she arrived at the Queen Mother's side, and there is no one named 'Yulan' among the rest of the people who have served the emperor before and after." ”

"Didn't I hear it wrong?" The queen muttered. But I was wearing a dress embroidered with magnolia flowers that night, and I can't be mistaken. That night, Chen Yuantai kept thinking about Magnolia, but who is this Magnolia?

"Could it be that the emperor met someone outside and didn't bring it home?" The queen looked at Gui Yue inquiringly.

"The slave didn't hear about it." Gui Yue said cautiously, "The slave maid heard that the emperor left Shaanxi to travel everywhere since he was fifteen years old, and he was not at home for about three or four years. It seems that even King Ning's father married, but the emperor did not go back. ”

The queen pursed her lips and said, "Doesn't it mean that the emperor has a gap with his brother, and he was forced to leave home at a young age?" I don't know what Wen Jiao fell in love with King Ning, even if Princess Ning died, a widower with two oil bottles, he still had to rush to get married! Is the daughter of our Deng family worthless like this?"