Chapter 229: Spring is late, and people's hearts are anxious
Yijing is not worried about marriage, even if he doesn't care about the things he knew in his previous life, just in front of him, his father Wei Guogong is already trusted by the heavenly family, and because of the reform of the holy system, he needs Wei Guogong to come forward and accept the honors and nobles.
It is precisely because of this that the Holy Lord will not let the Guogong Mansion and the prince marry again, threatening the position of the prince, and Concubine Li's plan is destined to fail.
As the concubine of Wei Guogong, she is afraid that even her parents in the family will not be able to make complete decisions about her marriage, and who she marries depends on whether the heavenly family allows it.
It must be a person who is extremely trusted by the Holy Being, and does not interfere with the powerful people of all parties.
In addition to his own family, there is only the Chu Palace.
Perhaps the fate with Yu Feng in his previous life was based on this reason, although he was sick and weak at that time, the king of Chu was a holy minister, and both the queen mother and his grandmother had a lot of pity for him. What's more, no matter in this life, many things have changed, and he is no longer a sick and weak person, and now he is one of the leaders in eradicating metallography, and he is more trusted by the Son of Heaven than in his previous life.
For marriage, Yi Jing never thought about anything else, the person who had been disappointed, the fate of destroying with her own hands, she would cherish it at that time.
After going through so many things, she is no longer like the ignorant girl at the beginning, she only has "affection" in her heart, and even resents her elders for going against her wishes, naively thinking that she has become a victim of the family to protect Ronghua, and is blinded by depression and unwillingness, but believes in the "rhetoric" and "vows" of people with ill intentions.
At this time, the beautiful scenery missed one person, and the third prince, who had a "deep brotherly relationship" with the prince, was the most beloved son of the saint in his selfish heart, and even the queen still trusted him a little at this time.
The world has already changed its original trajectory by mistake, leading to the unknown.
And to get to the point, Yijing got the permission of the eldest princess, and immediately set out to buy "Artemisia annua", although the shopkeeper Zhu was very doubtful, but because of the loyal servant, there would be no objection, so he ran around in Kyoto and the surroundings, calculated that the acquisition of the market stock needed thousands of taels of silver, Yijing was still insufficient, and sent the shopkeeper Zhu to Zhongzhou, Shuozhou, and then purchased a large number of Artemisia.
When the shopkeeper Zhu returned to his life, he reported an unexpected thing: "The old slave heard from the local pharmacists in Zhongzhou that someone bought a large number of Artemisia annua years ago, and there was not much stock in the original, and these new drugs were still purchased from Huguang and other places. ”
"It seems that there are not a few drugs on the market." What is even more puzzling is that although there is a spring drought in the south, there is still enough rain in many places in the north this spring, and the yellow artemisia will not all die. It seems that what the little aunt said at that time was not unreasonable, and it should be that the officials of the DPRK and China colluded with the medicine merchants to deceive the Holy Hearing.
These traitors, in order to make money, have caused tens of thousands of people to lose their lives, but Yijing also realizes that it is difficult to stabilize the price of medicine by relying on his own efforts.
I am afraid that I can't buy all the artemisia on the market, maybe such a strange move will cause the vigilance of pharmaceutical dealers, and they will hoard and raise prices at this time.
In order to solve this matter fundamentally, it is necessary to uncover the plans of those traitors, but at this time, everything has not happened, and it is really difficult to come up with any countermeasures, so we have to prepare and make decisions according to the situation at that time. Of course, the purchase of large quantities of Artemisia annua is not entirely useless, at least at the beginning of the outbreak of the plague, this batch of medicinal herbs can be delivered to the epidemic area in time, saving the lives of patients.
It is in this busy, exhausted thinking, the warm spring of the five years of Yuanqing, finally staggered, after the Qingming in April, the valley rain came according to the time, the gloomy and hazy weather after a few fine rains, finally ushered in the spring sunshine, the duckweed in the water ripples lightly, the wicker pulled out the green, under the roadside trees, the tender grass struggled out of the mud one after another, and the peach and plum of the late bloom gradually became delicate in the branches at this time.
As the women untied their heavy cloaks and changed into colorful spring clothes, the bluestone road in the market was gradually crowded with fresh clothes and horses, fragrant carts and sandalwood.
The spring banquets that the nobles had been preparing for a long time opened one after another, and the painting boats in the Streamer River gradually increased.
The first flower-viewing banquet that Yijing attended this spring was to go to the Fu Wangfu.
But the spring banquet in the palace was not the idea of Yichen, the princess, nor was it the whim of King Fu, but the proposal of the concubine in the palace.
He also said that since the eldest princess learned of Li Concubine's difficulties with Yichen, she first told Yijing to be careful everywhere, and then discussed it with her eldest son Su Yi, everything was still being planned in an orderly manner, but Li Concubine took the lead in summoning Yichen into the palace - "The princess's wedding has been nearly a year, but she has not yet organized a banquet, which is inevitably unworldly, this time take advantage of the bright spring, let's hold a spring banquet." ”
This request is reasonable, and it can't be said that Concubine Li is difficult, so Yichen has no choice but to accept the order.
King Fu was very puzzled, worried that Concubine Li would do something inappropriate, and told Yichen to be careful.
Yichen didn't plan to make a big deal and invite the nobles, but because it was a spring banquet in the palace, his relatives and friends, the prince's relatives, the queen's mother's family, the families of the concubines of the East Palace, and his sister-in-law Concubine Qin and her family members must be invited.
Erniang had already made a marriage with Zhou Jialangjun, so she wanted to stay at home to get married, and she was very jealous when she watched the sisters busy for the banquet; Siniang heard about Li Concubine's "coveting" beautiful scenery, so she reminded her that although she was going to Fuwang's Mansion, this spring banquet was proposed by Li Concubine, but she was afraid that there would be a conspiracy, and the fifth sister had to be careful. Yijing was grateful, but there was a sigh in her heart: looking at Concubine Li's actions, she didn't look like a smart person, but she didn't know what tricks she could come up with, and she would see the tricks; Liuniang was as indifferent as usual, and even the dresses and dresses for the banquet were also arranged by the maids; Qi Niang was impatient, thinking that the host of the Spring Banquet was her own sister, so she had to reluctantly make it difficult; There is also Sanniang, who was originally invited, but I heard that Banniang could not go to the banquet because of the cold, and she was secretly worried that her mother would not let her as a concubine attend, but fortunately, the Huang family was "generous", saying that the original princess was also the eldest sister of Sanniang, and there was nothing wrong with attending, Sanniang was relieved and looked forward to it - I heard that the aristocratic spring banquet is not only for female guests, but also for the spring banquet of the Fuwang Mansion, presumably the three princes will also attend?
Although Huang had already replied that I had done my best, your father did not agree.
Sanniang was discouraged, but she still held a glimmer of hope, of course, in the three princes.
The spring banquet of the Fuwang Mansion is set at noon, and the guests will generally choose to arrive before and after the ceremony, but the ladies and princesses of the Guogong Mansion are sisters, and they have to arrive early, so at the time of Chenzheng, a train will drive out of Zhengzhengfang, but two moments, it will arrive at the Fuwang Mansion located on Ping'an Street.
To Yijing's surprise, they weren't the first to arrive.
The woman and the girl who followed Princess Fu to greet her were very angry, and they peeked at the Huang family, and found that their mother was also a little dazed, until Yichen introduced them, and they knew that the two were the family members of the Taifu Temple.
Concubine Xu's family, the family is not prominent, not a noble family, but a poor family, Xu's father was only a staff member of the East Palace, and the eldest son Xu Quan is now a Liupin Temple Cheng, and the person recommended by Yichen is the wife of Xu Sicheng Qi, and his daughter Xu Sanniang. The Qi family also had the opportunity to participate in the palace banquet, but due to the restrictions of her identity, she did not have many opportunities to get close to the powerful, so the Huang family had no impression of her.
At this time, when she looked at Qi's family, she saw that although she did not show arrogance and domineering, she was flattering and flattering, but Xu Sanniang, who looked extremely well-behaved, sat silently in the chair with her eyes down, and only looked at their sisters with her eyes from time to time.
Within a few words, Qi began to praise the six princes, and often stared at the beautiful scenery with flattering eyes.
Yijing sat with his eyes down, smiling slightly, with the gentle demeanor of everyone's ladies, but he was very impatient in his heart.
Yichen got up at the right time, smiled and took Yijing's hand, and said, "Sisters, follow me to the flower garden to have a look, I finally look forward to the bright spring." ”
It can be regarded as a relief for the beautiful scenery.
But said that today, because it was the spring banquet of the Fu Wangfu, the three ladies of the Guogong Mansion were all invited, and the Xu family was gossiping with the Huang family and the Qi family, but the Li family was deeply worried that the royal relatives who came later, all of them were noble, and she was really a little uncomfortable. Without saying anything, he walked out of the main hall, for fear that someone would stop him.
Seeing that her second aunt was also relieved, Yijing felt interesting for a while, and the unhappiness in her heart faded a little, and she just walked a few steps, but Xu Sanniang grabbed her arm: "Ah Jing'er's cherry blossom jade tang skirt is really good-looking, but did it in Tiangongfang?" ”
"Ayu is too famous, it is the craftsmanship of the needlework room at home." Seeing that Yichen was a little worried, he looked back at her, and hurriedly replied with a chuckle, and praised the palace flower on Xu Sanniang's sideburns: "It's exquisite, and Ayu's complexion is like a magnolia that has just opened." ”
Just so polite, when they arrived at a flower pavilion, everyone sat down.
Qi Niang originally couldn't sit still, only drank half a cup of tea, impatiently listened to Xu Sanniang's flattering words, and said that she would take advantage of this opportunity to visit the big sister's flower garden, and pulled Liuniang with one hand, and walked out. I was very unwilling, and I was impatient to see the beautiful scenery here, so I followed Ritchie to the garden.
Siniang knew what the Xu family was planning, so she stayed with Yijing with righteousness, and asked Xu Sanniang with ulterior motives: "Ayu didn't go shopping with her, so she lived up to this belated spring." ”
Xu Sanniang refused to leave, saying that it was still early, and she would wait for the guests to fill the door later, and she would also help the princess entertain the guests, so it was good to take a good rest at this time.
Yi Jing originally planned to chat with Yi Chen about private conversations, but this time it fell short.
Yichen had no choice but to talk about Xu Sanniang, and he had to talk about those scenes, and he didn't sit for long, but he saw a little maid coming from afar, who was in charge of sweeping in the study.
Yichen's eyebrows frowned slightly.
The maid was only seven or eight years old, and she was still ignorant, and her words were naturally not well proportioned. ”
Yichen's eyebrows frowned even tighter.
Yijing secretly sneered, and the intention of the heart was quite obvious, but he didn't show half a point on his face, but asked Yichen with a smile: "Who is Miss Qiongyi?" I don't know when there was such a 'girl' in this blessed palace? ”