Chapter 443: Saving the Dowry
"Ping'an'er has a child?" When Jian Xubai and his wife heard this, they were also overjoyed, but when they remembered that the little maid said that the pregnant concubine had a fetal gas, they raised their hearts again and said nervously, "How is the situation with the aunt?" Does it matter? ”
They can't help but worry that since the county lord of Qingjiang accepted the proposal of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, he no longer wanted to find a wife for Zhuo Ping'an who was both talented and good-looking, but recruited concubines for him, pinning their hopes on his grandchildren, and it had been two or three years since the calculation of the time, but there has been no news.
As a younger brother and daughter-in-law, I don't dare to ask recently, for fear of touching the sadness of the county lord of Qingjiang - now I finally have good news, in case Zhuo Ping'an is killed by himself, how can this be accepted by the county lord of Qingjiang?
The little guy simply said: "The people from the county lord's mansion said that the imperial doctor has been invited to see it and prescribed a fetal pill, and the little boy is fine." It's just that the county lord is not at ease, thinking that the imperial doctor is a man in the end, and it is inconvenient to diagnose it, so he wants to ask Aunt Yun to stay for a few days, and when the fetus is completely stable, he will send Aunt Yun back to be safe! ”
The situation of the county lord of Qingjiang, it is not strange to treasure this grandchild now.
Without saying a word, the couple arranged a carriage for Aunt Yun to go, and then packed up a lot of nourishing and Yizi ornaments, and ordered Ji Su to send them over.
The reason why they didn't go by themselves was because they were worried that they were still wearing filial piety, and they were afraid of bumping into pregnant women - in the end, the grandchildren of the county lord of Qingjiang were not easy to come by, so they had to pay attention to it.
When it was dark, Ji Su came back and said: "I got good news in several places, and I sent people to the county lord's mansion to congratulate me." The county lord was very happy, but Xu was afraid of the third prince and the eldest princess of the country, and he didn't show any smile, and when he saw the slave and maid, he specially asked about the lady and the eldest lady, and only then did he show a moment of joy. ”
"This kid came at the right time." The couple nodded when they heard this, and Song Yi smiled and said to her husband, "But I hope that after hearing the news, the elders can be happy." ”
The fact is just as she expected: the county lord of Qingjiang, as the first child of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, the eldest granddaughter of the empress dowager, is also a young widow and catches up with the hard life of a mentally handicapped son, and has always won the love of these two.
Hearing that she finally had another descendant, even if the Empress Dowager was still angry with the emperor, she hurriedly ordered a large number of rewards and asked Yuguo to go to the Qingjiang County Lord's Mansion to inquire about the situation.
The eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, who was still lying on the couch, also sent a good appointment.
The Qingjiang County Lord's Mansion was busy and lively for a while.
The limelight has suppressed the fact that the coffins of the eldest princess and his wife are about to arrive in the imperial capital!
When the emperor saw this situation, she naturally wanted to do something, so Empress Wei suggested to the emperor: "It's better for Xu Qingjiang's cousin to be rewarded for his grandchildren, and the Zhuo family is thin, and it all depends on my cousin to support it alone." My cousin's grandchild, even if it is a man, will not get in the way if he is knighted; If it's a girl, it's even less important. Wouldn't it be good if it could be exchanged for the imperial grandmother and the imperial aunt of the Jin Kingdom to turn their anger into joy? ”
Emperor Duanhua bowed his head and said, "Just do what you say-" He sighed, "But I hope that the emperor's grandmother is willing to go down this step!" ”
"Although it is said that Ah Xu'er returned in the Qingxi Palace in vain, and he kowtowed so much in vain, but Cousin Ji and his wife are coming back soon." Empress Wei comforted, "When the time comes, the imperial grandmother will have to summon them, they are young and sensible, how can they not speak for us in front of the imperial grandmother?" At that time, the sons and daughters-in-law of the emperor's aunt have spoken, how can the imperial grandmother say that ours is not it? ”
Although he knew that things were not so simple, Emperor Duanhua still nodded: he really couldn't do anything about this imperial grandmother, and now he can only think about the good of everything!
But thinking of the marriage of the eldest princess of Changxing, he couldn't help frowning, and said to the queen: "In September, we are going to be filial, and the surname He regrets his marriage on the joints of his eyes!" Changxing has fallen once, and she is not young now, you have to take her horse to heart, and you must not let people make a fuss about this matter again, saying that we are a brother and sister-in-law who treat the widow and sister! ”
What he said was "you must not let people make a fuss about this matter again", not "you must not be wronged Changxing", obviously this horse candidate, whether Changxing likes it or not, whether he can grow old with Changxing, is not the most important; The most important thing is to be able to show the emperor's care and love for Princess Changxing.
Empress Wei understood and said: "There are many unmarried children under the knees of the important ministers of the court, and I will order someone to check it when I go back and see if there is one suitable for the lord in it." ”
After these two things were said, Empress Wei asked for instructions on the arrangements for the Mid-Autumn Festival: "Is it the same as in previous years, or is it a little more lively, so that the imperial grandmother can be happy?" ”
"The imperial aunt only went, how could the imperial grandmother be happy?" Emperor Duanhua thought for a while, and finally sighed, "Don't say in front of people inside and outside at that time, that we are turning a corner to celebrate the death of the emperor's aunt, how can that end?" Or follow the example of the previous two years, just perfunctory! We are still in filial piety this month, and it is also appropriate to be simpler. ”
Empress Wei comforted: "The imperial grandmother has been pursuing it for a long time, even if her old man is still angry, how we do it, up and down are also in the eyes!" After a while, everyone knows about the grievances suffered by His Majesty, and it is not easy to say anything to the imperial grandmother! ”
- Although the Empress Dowager has a high status and can govern Emperor Duanhua with filial piety, the real master of Darui is Emperor Duanhua after all, not the Empress Dowager.
People are sympathetic to the weak, not to mention that there are really few people in the government and the opposition who have a good impression of the eldest princess of the country, if the empress dowager keeps making trouble like this, sooner or later she will lose the hearts of the people.
At that time, it will be easy for Emperor Duanhua to deal with this grandmother!
It's just that although Gu Shao's idea for Emperor Duanhua is upright, it is not easy to implement.
After all, Emperor Duanhua is not the Emperor Xianjia who is accustomed to ups and downs, he intellectually understands that Gu Shao's suggestion is right, but emotionally he always thinks that he is the one who has been wronged.
I can't help but feel very tormented.
Fortunately, Empress Wei comforted her from time to time, and Emperor Duanhua survived in the end, sighing: "But let's hope so!" ”
After this incident, he was completely chilled by the Empress Dowager, although he did not say that he had murderous intent towards the Empress Dowager now, but he did not have any filial piety, and only pondered how to perfunctory this imperial grandmother?
When the emperor and queen in the palace were discussing things, Song Yixiao also told her husband about her plan for Lu Zhuo'er: "Since the prince of Hengshan said that the things he sent, Zhuo'er will let me save them for her if she can't use them up, and make a dowry in the future, then the Hengshan Palace's mansion will send things over in the future, and I won't shirk it, and write it down for Zhuo'er to prepare." It's just a large piece of furniture and a grange and other things, but I don't know what the prince of Hengshan is planning, in the end I haven't called the prince of Hengshan 'dad', and the child is still young, so it's not good to ask. ”
"What's so hard about that?" Jian Xubai acquiesced to Yuan Xuepei's attack on Wei Mengying back then, and felt that he couldn't stand the young brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and said without thinking, "You can prepare it with Qingyue, and the prince of Hengshan will have other arrangements in the future, let's add makeup to my sister!" If the prince of Hengshan is not prepared, his sister will not be in a hurry when she leaves the cabinet. ”
"How can my sister's dowry be purchased with the Jane family's silver?" Song Yixiao heard what her husband meant, and said with a smile, "Let's take my silver, my father gave me a sum of silver and Grange before his death, you know." ”
The things of the two couples are all children's in the end.
Whose subsidy sister-in-law takes, isn't it all the same?
Jian Xubai thought so, and didn't insist, but said: "Let's not favor one over the other, although Yun'er is not raised in our mansion, but the Hengshan Wangfu is now the son of the world, and he is the youngest son, even if the Hengshan prince favors him in the future, I am afraid that he will not be able to share much." When you save a dowry for Zhuo'er, you should also save something for Yun'er! Even if Yun'er will be named on the gold list in the future, but after joining the office, the expenses will be greater, and there is no family fund in his hand, which is really not good! ”
"I know!" Song Yixiao understood what he meant, mainly because Wei Mengying's background was not high, so naturally she didn't have much dowry, even if Song Yixiao didn't share her biological mother's things with her younger brothers and sisters in the future, Lu Guanyun could only count on the property of Hengshan Palace.
He is neither the son nor the eldest son, how much can King Hengshan give him if he pulls the shelf?
But the younger siblings are still young at the moment, so you might as well take your time with these things.
Song Yixiao didn't continue the topic, but said, "Speaking of which, when I went to the palace to meet the queen mother last time, the queen mother kept calling Qingyue's title 'Chaoping'!" I think about it, this county lord's title is the grace of the Queen Mother to our children, although the name of Qingyue is also taken by the Queen Mother. But since the queen shouted so, should we also change our words in the future? ”
Jian said in a humble way: "It doesn't matter if you shout anything, it's our daughter on the left and right - then let's shout Chaoping in the future!" ”
Speaking of this, he remembered something, "Liu Zizheng told me something two days ago, and said that our brother-in-law, who is He Lou, seems to have something on his mind recently. And listening to the casual confiding of the people around my brother-in-law, my brother-in-law has been living in the study these days and has never returned to the backyard. I don't know if he quarreled with his sister-in-law, you have to go and see the sister-in-law in the air, and set a set of styles! ”
"It's only been less than a year since they got married, right?" Song Yixiao was taken aback when she heard this, "Why did you fall out?" At the beginning, my brother-in-law wanted to marry my sister-in-law, but I couldn't wait to agree to any conditions, but now I don't even go back to the backyard, what does this mean? ! ”
Although she has a good impression of He Lou Duhan, she has a better relationship with Pei Yourui in the end, not to mention that she is also a woman, so she naturally favors Pei Yourui, and immediately suspects that He Lou Duhan has a second heart, "Have you had any dealings with your brother-in-law recently?" Do you know where he has been and who he has met? ”
"Liu Zizheng said that his brother-in-law has been doing business as usual recently, but he seems to have something on his mind." Jian Xubai groaned, "And the people around my brother-in-law said that I didn't go back to the backyard, and my brother-in-law still went back to the house immediately after he dispersed, and he didn't mean to stay outside - so Liu Zizheng also wondered if the husband and wife were talking?" He worked with his brother-in-law in the Hanlin Academy, and naturally knew his brother-in-law's whereabouts. ”
Song Yixiao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that since He Lou Duhan returned home on time, it seems that it is unlikely to be empathetic and not in love, but whether it is Pei Yourui or He Lou Duhan, they are not difficult people to get along with, counting the days, it has only been nine months since they got married, so it can be said that they are still newly married, why did they fall out?
She said: "I'll go to visit Sister Yi tomorrow!" ”