Chapter 21: The Secret of the Deep Palace (1)
Yu Ze grinned and threw himself to the table and grabbed a hoof with his little fat hand, and said while biting: "I miss the delicious food and the national color of Shangjing, so my son is back!" As he spoke, he threw a small wink at Yu Zijin, causing the two of them to laugh constantly.
After laughing, Yu Zijin nodded his forehead and pretended to be serious: "As far as you are sharp-toothed, your father brought you back?" ”
"No," Yu Ze wiped the oil on his mouth fragrantly, "My father ordered the third brother to go back to Beijing to do business, and I came together, he and the eldest brother were in the mansion to discuss matters, and no one entertained my son, so I went back to the mansion directly." ”
The county lord of Pingting handed a silk handkerchief to Yu Ze with a smile, only to remember that she had not replied to Yu Zijin's words, she frowned lightly and said: "Yesterday their brother did not return overnight, I heard that your eldest brother received a letter from his father a few days ago, it seems that something happened, these days they have been very busy with the second brother, the second sister you and the ninth brother have been staying in the house for a few days, don't move around, in case something happens." ”
"I know, sister-in-law, you can rest assured." Yu Zijin smiled obediently with the dishes in Yuze, what happened?
In the early night, the wind blows the willows, the begonias are fragrant, and the beautiful woman with no makeup reclines on the beauty couch, holding a yellow book in her hand and losing her mind under the lamp.
Forsythia rubbed his sleepy eyes, bowed down for the third time and persuaded: "County Lord, it's late at night, let's rest quickly." ”
Yu Zijin looked at the leaky pot, and when it was almost time, he waved his hand and sent a few maids to retreat to sleep, and Forsythia, who ordered today's vigil, also went to sleep on the outer couch, she has been leaning on the beauty couch and leaning on the lamp, and there is always a feeling of uneasiness in her chest, and she has no sleep.
Yu Ze hugged the pillow and walked gently over the red sandalwood carved jade screen into the back room, and the thief smiled and was about to throw the pillow on the bed to wake people up, but found that the person who should have been sleeping was sitting under the lamp and quietly watching him.
"I have always paid attention to the fact that men and women are not sleeping at the age of five, and you are already six years old." Yu Zijin drank tea slowly.
Yu Ze's round little face fell, and he climbed on the soft couch with short legs and climbed on Yu Zijin's neck and said, "I don't want to sleep alone!" I want to listen to you tell the story, last time General Anxi defeated Jin Lan, only half of the listening in the restaurant followed his parents to Xianyang, you tell me the rest! ”
"I'm not a storyteller!"
"But your mouth is like a river!"
"Yuze, do you describe your sister like that?"
Receiving that threatening gaze, Yu Ze sniffed with some fear, and suddenly he smiled treacherously, with a light in his eyes that did not fit his age, and raised his head with a light cough: "Second sister, what do you think is the best love word in the world-boss, another bowl of beef noodles!" ”
He grinned and raised his little hand to greet him, causing Yu Zijin's face to darken, "Second sister, don't you want to talk about it?" Not to mention, when I return to Xianyang another day, I will go to talk to the starling brother and the tenth brother, so that everyone can see how cute the second sister we have always respected and worshipped is! ”
Before he finished speaking, Yu Ze had already been picked up and thrown on the bed, Yu Zijin gritted his teeth, and his hands were on his little fat and tickled hard, so itchy that Yu Ze couldn't cry and laugh and beg for mercy.
"You want to hear it, huh? Then I'll tell you, I can't finish it, you don't want to sleep tonight! ”
On the second day of the first month of April, the urgent news entered Beijing, and the eldest princess of Chenghun died.
At the beginning, due to the rebellion of the five kings vying for the throne, Emperor Taizong vigorously suppressed his brothers after he ascended the throne, and set up strict rules to regulate the clan, so that the division between the generations of the Yuan family was almost to the point of pathology, and the treatment of clan women was no exception.
At the time of the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu had set up a great military exploit for Princess Shaolie for the original family's bloody territory, and specially appointed someone to cast the Seven Phoenix Golden Order, so that Princess Shaolie became the princess with the authority second only to the queen who held the Nine Phoenix Golden Order.
Then gradually formed the original ancestral system, after holding the nine phoenix gold order, forbidding the clan daughter and the queen family concubine, the oldest clan daughter gave the seven phoenix gold order, allowed to take charge of the clan sister and clan relatives. Holding the decree without the edict of the holy metaphor, enjoy life and death to seize power.
This rule has been extended to this day, and the position of the female patriarch has been passed down from generation to generation among the daughters of the original clan.
Now, the deceased eldest princess Cheng Hun is the daughter of the original clan of the previous generation.
After the eldest princess of Chenghun entered the soil for peace, Jin Ling returned to the court, and according to the rules, the master of ceremonies should read the genealogy of the original family and select the next daughter who holds the order.
Instinctively solve the matter with blood dignity and old age, but the ghost caused a mess in the gods. There are two original clan daughters born at the same time in the same year, month and day, the elder and the young are inseparable, both of them are noble bloodlines, one is the lord of Pingting, and the other is the eldest princess of Lingping.
One is the daughter-in-law of the Jade King, the other is the emperor's sister, and the celebrant was dumbfounded when he looked at the genealogy of the original family.
On the day of the "Singing Phoenix Ceremony", it was not surprising that there was a dispute at the ceremony over who belonged to this golden order.
On the one hand, represented by King Jiang'an and other descendants, he strongly supported the queen's order to hire the county lord Ting. One side is represented by the king of Ningping and other side branches, and he generously pleads to the emperor and praises the virtue of the eldest princess Lingping. The two sides come and go, and you earn a red face at noon.
Seeing that the auspicious time had come, the celebrant wiped the beads of sweat that kept flowing from his forehead and looked at the emperor and queen on the throne.
"Imperial Sister Ling Ping and my mother, enjoy the dignity of the princess, the dignity is far above the Imperial Sister Ting, if the queen has no objection, give an order to Ling Ping!" Yuan Ye had a look of inevitability.
Yu Haojie coldly lowered her head and helped the filigree entangled golden phoenix between her foreheads, she sat quietly like frost and snow indifferently, wearing a colorful dark flower cloud brocade palace dress, the gold piping was embroidered with peony patterns, and the purple gold eight treasures were covered with silk phoenix crowns towering black buns, noble and beautiful.
Yuan Ye was distracted by this inadvertent appearance, if it weren't for his hatred for the Yu family, he would not be able to resist such a beauty.
"Oh? The emperor has forgotten the ancestral family law, in the original family, there is only the concubine and the humble, and there is no title, the royal sister and sister-in-law are both the daughter of the original family, whether it is the county lord or the princess, the status is the same, the qualifications are the same! ”
The smile on the corner of Yuan Ye's mouth turned cold, "So what?" I have the respect of the Son of Heaven, my own sister should be the head of the female family of the clan, shouldn't the imperial sister hold the order? He turned to the county lord of Pingting, who had always been calm and smiled faintly, and said in a deep voice: "Sister Tinghuang, do you have any objections?" ”
The county lord of Huanting raised his eyes calmly, smiled on his jade lips, ignored the threat in the eyes of the original industry, and bowed slightly: "The ancestral family law, Ping Ting does not dare to put his beak, and now the uncle and brothers are here, and they have no right to say anything, and listen to the decision of the emperor and uncle!" ”
Yutian took this scene into his eyes when he walked into the main hall, he sat down next to the county lord of Bingting after giving a cold salute, and the clean jade palm held his wife's soft pancreas under the table, and raised his eyes to face the original industry, full of edge, "Wuxiao, I will take back what belongs to you for you!" ”
The county lord of Pingting smiled tactfully at her: "It's just a brand, what's the matter?" If he is angry, he wants to say that you have no power, if I want, what kind of gold medal can't you give me? After finishing speaking, her eyes were gloomy, the clan was defeated, what is the meaning of that brand in whose hands? It's just about their own face.
"Just you can talk!" was complimented by his wife at the end, Yutian smiled, and his palm moved to secretly hug her willow waist, which aroused the scorn of the county lord Ting.
Knowing that Yutian is here to protect his wife, and Yuan Ye is not afraid at all, since Yuce has chosen to assist him, he must admit his supreme bloodline, at this time, if Yutian speaks for his wife, he is not only losing his face, but also slapping his father's face. If the Yu family wants to keep the name of Conglong Chongchen, they can only compromise with him in this matter!
Seeing the idea of the original industry, Yutian smiled disdainfully and did not speak, this father will not take to heart, is the face given by the original industry very valuable? Although the inheritance of the edict is a major event of the original clan, these noble girls are different from the princess Shaolie who made meritorious contributions to the country, they do not have power, and they do not take care of politics.
To put it bluntly, it's like he got a rare pearl of the night, and it just so happens that his two siblings like it, so he should consider the question of whether to give it to Yu Haojie or Yu Zijin. I'm afraid that the two of them will not be happy, so I simply don't give it, and throw it to the ninth brother to abuse it at will, so that the sisters will complain that he is strong!
These rotten rules of the original clan are to maintain the stability of the clan in a short period of time, but in the long run, it makes the brothers centrifuge and the concubines to make enemies, and a broken brand can lead to the same clan to fight, and the sisters are suspicious, no wonder before the foreign soldiers arrived, their own people have already fought for the separation of the clan, and the family and country are not guaranteed.
As for why he didn't just open his mouth to fight for his wife...... Yu Tian drank a glass and smiled, no one saw him and raised his eyebrows at his subordinate position, how can he be a big man's plaything in a woman's house, and he is like a few rotten old things in King Ningping...... It's too ungraceful.
You don't have the grace to do it, do I look very chic when I do it? - Yu Zijin sneered, and angrily handed the peeled mangosteen to Yu Ze, who opened his mouth next to him, and fed it to his nostrils.
Hiring the county lord Ting, but according to the order, Yutian was noncommittal, Yuan Ye couldn't help but smile proudly at Yu Haojie, who had a cold face, and turned to Yuan Yifeng, who had been drinking quietly, and smiled: "In this case, if the imperial brother of Qinghe has no opinion, the queen will give the order!" ”
King Qinghe returned to the fiefdom a few years ago, and now he is not in Shangjing, as long as Yuan Yifeng has no opinion, he should do whatever he wants.
Yuan Yifeng was dressed in a snow-colored cloud brocade bottom embroidered on the bottom of the prince and sat at the bottom of the steps, the silver thread piping outlined the elegant bamboo pattern like the wind on the corners of his cuffs and robe, the quiet face under the snow jade crown has been smiling lightly, listening to the original industry's words, he drank the wine in the cup unhurriedly, got up and bowed humbly, "The younger brother has no objection, only ask the royal brother to follow the ancestral family law!" ”
"Good!" Yuan Ye smiled and brushed his sleeves and got up, and said happily: "I should follow it, then let's give the gift of the order!" Ling Ping stepped forward to listen to the order! ”
"Yes!" The eldest princess of Lingping, who had been hesitantly waiting, was overjoyed, and after giving the horse a cheerful look, she put on a dignified posture and got up, she looked at the Seven Phoenix Golden Order placed next to Yu Haojie with bright eyes, soon, she will be the most noble eldest princess of the original dynasty!
"Slow!"
A female voice interrupted the upcoming ceremony, someone stood up calmly in an autumn-scented fairy Ruyi long dress, black hair pulled into a Feihong bun, hairpin sheng dazzling, tassels swaying, a pair of bright eyes as bright as a jade wheel, and even more dazzling the posture of the city, stepping out under the gaze of everyone.