Chapter 117: Marriage

Lin Jia sat there with deep phoenix eyes, watching Empress Zhu walk in with her head held high surrounded by female officials.

Her eyes were shining, her skin seemed to have a halo, and her figure was round and beautiful, she was the same age as Emperor Yongtai, but she looked several years younger.

Waiting for Empress Zhu's well-groomed eyes to look at her, Lin Jia got up and calmly looked at Empress Zhu and Lin Lun beside Empress Zhu.

When Empress Zhu took Lin Lun to give Emperor Yongtai a salute and got up, Lin Jia bowed her hand and said in a quiet voice: "I've seen the queen."

Empress Zhu sat down on the right hand side of Emperor Yongtai and looked at Lin Jia with a smile: "Ajia, get up!"

Empress Zhu has a beautiful face and is very imposing, but like a gentle elder, she is at home with Emperor Yongtai and Lin Jia Linlun.

She picked up the porcelain bowl and took a sip, gently put down the bowl, looked at Lin Jia with a smile, and looked at Emperor Yongtai with a smile: "Your Majesty, Ah Jia was born very well, very much like his father!"

Lin Jia smiled slightly, her eyes were clear, like a child.

Emperor Yongtai's expression was sluggish: "Really?"

Empress Zhu glanced at Emperor Yongtai, her smile deepened, and said, "It's good that this child was born well, it's just-"

Emperor Yongtai didn't answer her.

Lin Lun smiled elegantly: "What the queen mother means is that Brother Ajia is just too weak and sickly, and it can blow him away with a gust of wind!"

Empress Zhu covered her lips and smiled: "Alun, you kid, why are you so smart, what you say is what this palace is saying!"

Lin Jia just smiled and didn't speak.

It is clear that he is infirm and sickly, and there is no need to argue.

Emperor Yongtai was a little unhappy, he raised his eyes and looked at Lin Jia: "Ah Jia, your body is indeed too weak, you must start refining your body!"

Yu Yu also said this twice, and seeing that Lin Jia didn't respond, she didn't mention it, but urged Lin Jia to get up and take a walk every morning.

At this time, Emperor Yongtai mentioned it again, and Lin Jia had to agree: "My nephew obeys the order!"

When Empress Zhu heard this, her eyes flashed slightly, and she glanced at Lin Jia with a smile: "Your Majesty, the concubine said something that shouldn't be said, Ajia is weak and sickly, I'm afraid it was brought in the womb, can it be useful to temper the body?"

Emperor Yongtai didn't seem to hear Empress Zhu's words, and groaned slightly: "Ajia, I heard that practicing Tai Chi can strengthen your body...... In this way, after the New Year, I will find you a master and take you to practice boxing and fitness every day! ”

Empress Zhu's face turned cold, although she was still smiling, her smile was cold.

Lin Jiaxiu's eyes were unfathomable, and when he looked at Emperor Yongtai, he turned into a clear Mu Ru again: "Uncle Huang, when my nephew was serving in Zhao County, he had a colleague named Helian Shan, who was a member of the Taiji Helian clan!"

Emperor Yongtai groaned slightly, and called Gonggong Ding in: "You write down Helian Shan's name, transfer him to Beijing after the New Year, and arrange it by Ajia's side!"

Gonggong Ding replied respectfully "yes".

Empress Zhu chuckled lightly and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine heard that Taijiquan is a child's skill, and you have to practice it since she was a child, Ajia is eighteen years old this year, don't waste a few years, it will be useless when the time comes!"

Emperor Yongtai was calm: "Queen, the Queen Mother is afraid that she is in a hurry, let's go to Yongshou Palace!"

Empress Zhu replied "yes" and stood up with Emperor Yongtai.

The Yongshou Palace where the Queen Mother lives, Lin Tao was summoned to Beijing to bring him once last time, and Lin Jia is no stranger.

When he and Lin Lun went in with the emperor, there were four concubines in the main hall of Yongshou Palace talking with the queen mother, and Lin Jia recognized that the youngest and most beautiful of them was Princess Li's sister-in-law, Concubine Li Yuying, Emperor Yongtai's favorite concubine.

After seeing the salute and chatting for a while, the palace banquet began.

After the palace banquet, Emperor Yongtai and Empress Zhu surrounded the queen mother and moved to the side hall, and everyone accompanied the queen mother to talk in the side hall.

Emperor Yongtai sat on the brocade couch with the Empress Dowager, and said with a smile: "Empress Dowager, tomorrow's court meeting, the sons are ready to take Ajia over to recognize people!"

The Queen Mother didn't like to worry about it when she was young, and she didn't like to worry about it when she was old, she never cared about it, and said with a smile: "Okay!"

Empress Zhu glanced at Lin Lun, and saw that he was looking at herself as if he was asking for help, and her peach blossom eyes, which were exactly the same as Han Qing, were full of pleading, and her heart couldn't help but soften, and she immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Ajia Alun is young, you have to stop those subordinates from pouring them wine!"

She had to let Emperor Yongtai also take Lin Lun to meet the important ministers of the court.

Emperor Yongtai raised his eyes to look at Empress Zhu, who did not give an inch, and looked at him intently.

Thinking of the Zhu clan in Ganzhou and the power of the Zhu clan all over the imperial court behind Empress Zhu, who occupied the northwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Yongtai restrained the chill in his eyes and said with a smile: "That's nature, they are all my sons and nephews!"

Lin Jia has been sitting there with his back straight, observing the confrontation between Emperor Yongtai and Empress Zhu with a smile, and he has discovered a terrible fact - Emperor Yongtai seems to be helpless against Empress Zhu!

After reaching this conclusion, Lin Jia's hand hidden in his sleeve clenched into a fist.

During the Great Dynasty Meeting, Emperor Yongtai officially introduced Lin Jia and Lin Lun to his ministers.

As a close confidant of Emperor Yongtai, Prime Minister Yu Yizhou and Hubu Shangshu Han Chaozong have been quietly observing Lin Jia, and found that Lin Jia was born very similar to Emperor Yongtai, both with long phoenix eyes and tall figures, but Lin Jia is too sickly and weak, his face is as pale as jade, his lips are sickly red, his face seems to be only the size of a palm, and his body is also thin, as if he is too thin to withstand clothes......

Yu Yizhou and Han Chaozong were both extremely disappointed, raised their eyes to look at Emperor Yongtai, and sighed secretly.

Their daughters naturally grew up with thousands of pets, even if they are greedy for power, but who is willing to let their daughter be a widow?

After the end of the court, Emperor Yongtai instructed Gonggong Ding: "Ding Jue, you send Ajia and Alun out of the palace!"

Gonggong Ding calmly replied "yes" and led Lin Jia and Lin Lun out.

As soon as Emperor Yongtai returned to the Yutang Palace, the little eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yu and Lord Hubu Han ask to see you!"

Because he had just taken Lin Jia to meet the ministers of the court, Emperor Yongtai was in a happy mood, and immediately said: "Xuan!"

Yu Yizhou and Han Chaozong stood up, sat down on the brocade stool on the left hand side of Emperor Yongtai, and began to talk about the affairs of the court.

After chatting about business, Emperor Yongtai looked at Yu Yizhou and Han Chaozong, and said with a hint of show-off: "I've seen Lin Jia, what do you think?" This royal nephew of mine has been born enough, right? I tell you that he was not only born well, but also very sensible! ”

Yu Yizhou and Han Chaozong listened intently to Emperor Yongtai's boasting, and after looking at each other, Yu Yizhou smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the minister looks at Jia Gongzi's body seems to be a little weak!"

Emperor Yongtai was speechless for a while, but he has always been protective of his shortcomings, and immediately said: "Ajia was just a picky eater when he was a child, and now he is not a picky eater, he will definitely grow stronger!"

Yu Yizhou and Han Chaozong both said in their hearts: Is this a picky eater? Lin Jia's small body, a gust of wind will blow him away! It's obviously congenitally deficient or poisoned!

Seeing that Yu Yizhou and Han Chaozong didn't seem to care, Emperor Yongtai was also a little weak-hearted, so he said: "I have already instructed Ajia to practice Taijiquan, and he will definitely become stronger and stronger in the future!"

Han Chaozong smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, it's better to wait for Jia Gongzi's health to improve, and it's not too late to discuss marriage!"

Emperor Yongtai didn't speak, and quietly looked at Han Chaozong and Yu Yizhou, his eyes were a little unkind.

After a while, Yu Yizhou said, "Your Majesty, is it possible to have a one-year term?"

Emperor Yongtai thought about it, so he had to agree, and said in his heart: Anyway, Ah Jia is only eighteen years old, and he will only be nineteen years old in a year, so he can afford to wait!

Lin Jia and Lin Lun and his entourage walked out of Zheng'an Gate, and at a glance they saw Han Qing, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, waiting outside.

Gonggong Ding smiled and exchanged a few words with Han Qing, and after handing Lin Lun over to Han Qing, he served Lin Jia in the sedan chair and escorted Lin Jia back to the Lin Mansion in Yanqing Fang on horseback.

Lin Jia chatted with Father-in-law Ding in the study for a while, and then sent Father-in-law Ding out.

When they arrived outside Tingsong Courtyard, Lin Jia asked Li Rui and Ah Lan to go back to the courtyard of the outer study to rest, entered Tingsong Courtyard by themselves, and walked to the bright room by themselves.

Hanhua was sitting in the warm pavilion in front of the bright room, and when she heard the footsteps, she hurriedly walked out of the warm pavilion and greeted her shyly and timidly: "The slave has seen the son!"

Lin Jia kept walking up the steps, and asked, "Where is Yuyu?" Went outside to burn incense? ”

According to the customs of the capital, female dependents must go to the temple or nunnery to burn incense on the first day of the Lunar New Year to pray for a year's good life for the family.