Chapter 521: It's hard to find a lantern
The edict was placed on the desk, Gu Mingzhu looked at it in a daze, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
In this way, I easily got my wish.
She couldn't believe it, if the edict was right in front of her, she had just read it word by word, she couldn't believe that the Queen Mother really agreed to his proposal and gave her a marriage.
The contents of the box have not been given out yet, originally it was the "ransom" she prepared for herself, hoping that the Queen Mother could accept them for the sake of her dedication for so long, and promised to let her choose her marriage freely.
But despite this, she was still not sure that the Queen Mother would be able to agree, especially if she was to marry the Cui family.
Not anymore!
She remembered that day Cui Lin came out of the Taiji Palace, and said the word "reassuring" to her with a steady smile, and her handsome face was full of summer sunshine, which made people dizzy.
On that day, he must have reached some tacit understanding with the Queen Mother, and paid a lot of price to make the Queen Mother hesitate and finally decide to agree to this marriage.
What is the cost? Gu Mingzhu was a little uneasy in her heart.
But the news of the marriage has spread throughout the Sixth Palace and Chang'an, and everyone is surprised.
Just sat down in Shujing Palace, the uneasy concubine holding the tea cup heard the news, and was so frightened that the tea pot almost fell to the ground, and it took a long time to tell the palace maid with a white face: "If the princess of Hanyang County asks to see me again, she will say that I am sick and she is not allowed to come again." ”
She is not stupid, and it is clear to her at this time, the Queen Mother is afraid that she has already had an idea, but instead of giving marriage to the Hanyang County Palace, she is hesitating to marry the county lord to the family, but she is stupid to be someone else's raft.
Although the Queen Mother was not angry today, she was also a slap in the face if she refused so clearly, she was already in a difficult situation, and she didn't dare to make trouble for herself anymore.
When the news reached the general's mansion, Mao excitedly folded his hands and chanted the Buddha: "It's really a bodhisattva blessing, the queen mother chose such a good marriage for the county lord, it is the Cui family Wulangjun, other families can't think of it......"
The most beautiful thing is that this marriage was begged by Cui Jialangjun in person to the Queen Mother, which is even more different.
I don't know if there are rules and regulations for the marriage of the family, I don't know how many dowries to prepare, is it compared to Gu Mingli's, or is it another preparation?
She became anxious again for a while, and hurriedly instructed the housekeeper and maid to turn out Gu Mingyu's dowry list, and asked people to inquire about the family's marriage regulations, which made the house busy again.
Gu Yuan could only persuade with a shy face: "...... This is just the marriage, the wedding date has not been set yet, and it is not too late to discuss it when the Cui family comes to the door to send Xiaoding, now that you have a body, where can you worry about these ......"
The chatter is full of words for Mao's to rest and take care of his body, and there is no longer a little indifference, but more like a mother-in-law with a broken mouth.
Mao glanced at him, snorted, and then stopped.
Gu Qing didn't speak for a long time when he heard the news, sent all his entourage out, and sat alone in the study for more than an hour, no one knew what was wrong with him.
He sat on the couch, his eyes fell on the green jade mountain on the desk, that was the marriage of the eldest princess of Xuanyang, and it was also her beloved, he had been in the study to accompany him all these years, and he looked at it at this moment with all kinds of tastes.
Cui Lin is indeed an outstanding character, all kinds of praise from the outside world are not false, he is resourceful and calm-minded, he is really a person who can't be found with a lantern, Gu Qing was very shocked after talking secretly with Cui Lin in the study that day.
According to his vision in the power field for decades, Cui Lin's city government and strategy are only afraid that they are not inferior to these old ministers, so that he can't help but feel terrible in the future.
So he has also thought of a lot of ways these days, so that even if the Queen Mother does not agree to the Cui family's proposal, she can arrange Gu Mingzhu's marriage without being confused.
But such a good marriage really came to pass, this is a happy thing, but he doesn't know why he feels sour and heavy in his heart, looking at the mountain, his eyes are slightly moist.
"This is a good thing, Mingzhu will be able to ...... well in the future," he muttered to himself, as if to the owner of the mountain, and as if to himself.
The other mansions that heard the news were also in their own moods, but most of them were full of jealousy and envy for this marriage, after all, it was the first case in the past few decades that such a royal marriage was married, not to mention that Cui Wulang, who was still the dragon and phoenix among the people, personally begged for it, and he didn't dare to think about it.
After the marriage edict was issued, Cui Cheng, the head of the Cui family, took Cui Lin into the palace to thank him, and his words were all satisfied and grateful for this marriage, which surprised the Queen Mother, she glanced at Cui Lin, and her smile was a little meaningful.
On that day, Cui Lin entered the palace alone to ask for marriage, and she thought that it must be the Cui family who did not agree to this marriage, after all, the family does not marry foreign clans with strict rules, and it can be regarded as a good reputation, even if Gu Mingzhu marries, the family will not have too much friendship with the Gu family, not to mention that the Gu family has more than one daughter, and Gu Mingyu, Gu Qing will not think about it, so it will save a lot of worries.
And the reason why she relented and agreed to this marriage was also because of Cui Lin, the conditions he offered made the Queen Mother unable to agree, after all, she had no reason not to agree to it with a marriage that could be exchanged for so much.
It's just that today, Cui Cheng seems to be very satisfied with this marriage, which is strange.
It also made her think more deeply.
These days seem to be calm in the court, but in fact there is an undercurrent, the queen mother's plan to let the Huainan officials Fujia open a private warehouse to help the victims was rejected by King Xian and the ministers, King Xian still proposed to ask the household department to provide relief food, and then misappropriated part of the military food to Huainan where it was not enough, which made the queen mother very angry.
And there are more secret reports to the hands of the Queen Mother, the Zheng family and the Lu family's side branch of a few people have already joined the Xian Palace, so the situation in the court has changed somewhat, originally the Queen Mother personally supported the Xian Wang, but now he supports those Confucian Taoism, and refuses to obey the Queen Mother's wishes, and has the support of the two major families, like a tiger with wings.
The queen mother became more and more annoyed, and she also knew that at this time, the support of the remaining Cui family and the Yuan family was extremely important, if several major families supported King Xian, then even if the saint died in the future and King Xian ascended the throne, she, the queen mother, could only be driven back to the inner palace, handed over all the power in her hands, and let others slaughter.
She couldn't let that happen!
Looking at Cui Cheng, who was modest and respectful, and Cui Lin, who was sitting calmly, the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, maybe this marriage is also a good opportunity.