Chapter 194: Marriage Proposal
Prince Ren heard it, he and the Liu family are very involved, and they can't avoid it, what should I do? He couldn't help but ponder.
Shen Mingzhao sat quietly, sipping the tea in the cup in his hand one by one, as if it was a rare delicacy in the world, and he forgot where he was and what day it was.
Prince Ren's mind turned around, the Liu family was alive, it was a manifestation of the emperor forgiving them for their crimes, and the emperor would not pursue it, who would dare to say anything? Then, he has even more reason to keep his wife, yes, agree with Shen Mingzhao's proposal, this is the best way.
However, why did Shen Mingzhao suddenly think of looking for himself? Is it to please yourself? He is now the leader of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's humerus, there is no need to think about himself, the first noble person, to bow his head?
I don't want to be clear about this question, Prince Ren still can't speak, and Shen Mingzhao still drinks tea one by one, as if the teacup is a cornucopia, and the fragrant tea in it is endless, and it can never be drunk.
Prince Ren's eyes unintentionally fell on Shen Mingzhao's wat board, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he understood-this is what the emperor meant, and Shen Mingzhao is here to build momentum for that person.
Can the emperor really let go of the grievances in his heart and leave the Liu family a way to live? Could it be that after more than a year of reign, his mind can be so open-minded? Prince Ren is confident that he still understands the little emperor, although he will not be able to repay him, but he can by no means be an open-minded person. What made the emperor willing to make concessions?
This time, Prince Ren thought left and right, but he really couldn't find an answer, obviously wanted to agree, but was afraid that the emperor would suddenly turn his face and change his mind, so he could only groan.
Who is Shen Mingzhao? As soon as he entered the official career, some people said that he would become a monkey with a tail - monkey spirit monkey spirit, and now, after decades of experience, he has transformed into not a spirit, but a monster, no matter how reserved Prince Ren is, no matter how safe he is, he still guessed the other party's mind - he wants to agree, but he is afraid of eating and hanging.
As long as Prince Ren did not object, Shen Mingzhao achieved his goal, he didn't ask any more questions, he said a few small questions, and then left.
Prince Ren breathed a sigh of relief, sent off the guests, and went into the inner house, he would not give good news to his wife, but it was also a heart to comfort and accompany her.
Princess Ren looked like she had just cried, and her eyes were a little red and swollen.
"What's going on here?"
"It's okay, there's nothing wrong with the concubine." Princess Ren hurriedly replied, the more she didn't say it, the more anxious Prince Ren became, and she guessed this and that for a long time, and in the end Princess Ren didn't say anything, but Prince Ren guessed - worried about the future.
Prince Ren sighed, this scene, his wife has to perform once or twice a month, and he is a little weak, but seeing those tearful eyes, he still can't help but soften, and patiently persuades: "Although the prince is a little tough, his heart is still very kind, you don't have to worry, I don't expect him to abuse you in the future." What's more, I will definitely accompany you to old age. β
"Yes! The concubine believes what the prince said, the prince is a downright man, he will definitely not interfere in this internal house affairs, the concubine, the concubine is afraid of his wife, knowing that he and I are not in harmony, it will become even worseββ"
"She dares! If Yan Min's wife dares to be unfilial, if I am not there, there is also the family law of the clan, you don't have to worry about this. β
"Lord Wang, Wang Fa is nothing more than human affection, I, I blame my uncle for doing too much, now, the Liu family is the wall is down and everyone pushes it, and the princess must be a high-ranking woman, I, I, what am I."
Prince Ren is embarrassed, for the sake of his wife, he will not marry his son to the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family? Although he is willing, the Queen Mother and the clan will definitely not agree.
Princess Ren didn't speak, and began to shed tears again, Prince Ren felt sorry for her, so he comforted her softly: "Don't be sad, Shizi's wife, we must choose a gentle one." β
"Well, Lord Wang!" The tear bomb offensive finally came to an end, and Prince Ren's heart was relieved, and he almost said that the emperor wanted to leave a glimmer of room for the Liu family, but finally reluctantly held back.
Shen Mingxi finally came back from ***, this time, with him, in addition to Mei Yuhe, there are also Mei Dun and his wife, the two of them are as special envoys, come to make peace, the status of the king of Miao has been established, just wait for Jurong to send ministers to deal with the specific matters of opening border trade and rearranging the border army.
It was impossible for the emperor to let Yuhe enter the palace with a ceremony as heavy as marrying the queen, but he also gave enough face to let the Ministry of Rites come up with a charter for a concubine, and he himself bathed and fasted for three days to show his grandeur.
Although there is a Liu Xuejiao in the garden, but Emperor Yongchang's feelings for these two women are completely different, although Mei Yuhe looks cute and cute, but the shrewdness and wisdom that occasionally reveals and decisiveness make the emperor respect her in addition to love, and even psychologically, treat her as a ** person, Mei Yuhe is a man and woman who has a love affair with him, he is loved, and relied on.
Although Liu Xuejiao is also very capable, she was attracted by the emperor with her cute and weak appearance from the beginning, and, when getting along, she showed weakness everywhere, in order to arouse the emperor's heroism to gain favor, such a woman, men will take care of it, but they will not give enough respect, let alone calm down to listen to your opinion.
Liu Xuejiao has an influence on the emperor, and the influence is still great, such as her tears, in exchange for the right of the Liu family to live, although Liu Guangzhong's proposal to reclaim is very insightful and can touch the emperor's heart, but it is Liu Xuejiao's credit to accept this suggestion emotionally.
Yuhe is bold and enthusiastic, more than Liu Xuejiao's pretending passivity and delicateness, and the emperor's mind, especially after she appeared in Liu Xuejiao, is this man, who doesn't like the new and hate the old? The latecomer always has an advantage over the first.
Although the emperor has several women in front of him, but those are all for the sake of interests, he has to do it, Liu Xuejiao is the woman he likes, Mei Yuhe is the woman he loves, and the two are happy, this feeling makes the emperor addicted.
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty felt the change in the emperor, and Emperor Yongchang became patient and tolerant, occasionally making mistakes by courtiers, and often giving small punishments, so he let go.
Shen Mingzhao took the opportunity to throw out the matter of the Liu family when he was happy up and down, and sure enough, the matter passed very smoothly, Liu Guangzhong *** The post of chief soldier was handed over to Xiao Yi, he took some veterans to the southeast to advance, and the soldiers were planted, and the emperor revoked the ban on the Liu family, and even the Yiwang was released, and let him guard the tomb of the first emperor.
The haze above the head of the Liu family finally dissipated, but still had to be cautious, not daring to be careless, Liu Caiqin went to visit her mother's house once, remembering the wanton publicity of her sisters-in-law in the past, she felt pity in her heart, and in the name of her daughter Yufeng, she invited her niece to come over the house, and Liu Guangzhong's wife, Mrs. Liu, under the pretext that her daughter was not sensible and caused trouble to Prince Ren, also followed.
There is a saying that nieces are like aunts, Liu Guangzhong's second daughter Liu Yuejiao, and the appearance of the former concubine is very similar, she is a beautiful woman, back then, if it wasn't for the fact that the governor of the five cities was the Governor of the Soldiers and Horses, Liu Guifei was ready to let her niece marry her son, just because of that delay, Liu Yuejiao is now sixteen years old and has not yet decided on a marriage.
Now that the emperor has let go of the Liu family, Mrs. Liu is in a hurry to solve the lifelong affairs of her son and daughter as soon as possible.
She also thought about it carefully, the emperor did not pursue the Liu family's past, it does not mean that they did not commit crimes back then, anytime and anywhere, the emperor may change his mood and settle accounts after the autumn, therefore, she must hurry up and get things done.
Under normal circumstances, the sin is not as good as marrying a girl, Liu Yuejiao is beautiful and fragrant, if she can marry a good family, she will have a good result in this life.
Mrs. Liu calculated and calculated, and fell in love with the gold-lettered signboard of Prince Ren's son.
Can other people not be taboo with her Liu family? But who is Prince Ren's mansion, the emperor's own uncle, and the prince still has the merit of supporting it, in front of the emperor, he is a popular person who can be given a seat, and in their mansion, there is no need to be taboo to marry anyone.
In fact, Prince Ren's father and son are very cautious, but if the women of the Liu Mansion can penetrate this layer, they will not live their lives like this.
The reason why Mrs. Liu is so calculating, there is another very important one - Liu Caiqin is the daughter of the Liu family herself, can she taboo herself? And Prince Ren doted on this little wife very much, and almost never disobeyed her wishes.
The more Mrs. Liu thought about it, the more she felt that there was a door.
Princess Ren was very embarrassed, would her husband still allow a daughter of the Liu family to enter the door? She knew very well how much trouble she had caused to the family, and how much her husband had suffered from it.
Mrs. Liu was very good at bewitching this sister-in-law, and she knew what she was worried about, so she went to that place and said: "Princess Niangniang, this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies, but if Yuejiao enters your door, she is both a daughter-in-law and a niece, filial piety, it must be nothing, this is not close, and the aunt and niece are not close?" After all, it's a family. β
The last sentence is the most touching to Prince Ren and Princess Ren, she is afraid that the Liu family will lose power, if the man walks in front of him, leaving her alone to face his daughter-in-law and stepson, then you don't have to think about it to know, it must be tragic, but if the princess is her niece, the two of them are both prosperous and lossy, and they are unhappy, she also goes back to the word, no one says whom, won't they pity each other and live hand in hand?
Mrs. Liu saw that the heat was almost the same, and said bluntly: "The princess only asked the prince to agree, and you don't have to worry about the outside affairs. β
"The prince will definitely not agree." Princess Ren still retains the last shred of sanity.
"Isn't this yours? Princess Niangniang, let's go up and down, who doesn't know Prince Ren's heart for you? If you want to say no, that is, you don't agree, you have to think about it, instead of letting a fox who disobeys you enter the door, it is better to put some effort into letting your niece enter the door. β
"That's what I said, but it's too hard."
This is the promise, Mrs. Liu breathed a sigh of relief.
In order to let Liu Guangzhong's eldest son Liu Yongqi come to Beijing, he remembered the marriage contract that Liu Guangzhong had asked Xiao Yi to fulfill, and announced one of the witnesses mentioned in Liu Guangzhong's memoir, Weiyuan Hou, into the palace and asked him to be a matchmaker to go to the Xiao family to propose marriage.
Wei Yuanhou was just the deputy who followed Liu Linshen to *** surrender, when Liu Linshen and Xiao Yi were joking, they stood aside, and the last time they were taken out to talk about something, it annoyed him, and this time, he still couldn't get rid of this fate that was not good at both ends.
Emperor Yongchang is still worried that Xiao Yi and Liu Guangzhong will collude, this time, he is tempting, if Xiao Yi agrees, it will verify his suspicions, then, this *** trip, Xiao Yi is a puppet, a signboard.
On this day, Xiao Yi was idle at home, the game in the Beijing Defense Camp was over, and his errand came to an end, because he wanted to go to *** line, he tried to spend more time with his children and his newlywed wife.
Listening to the report of Wei Yuanhou's visit, Xiao Yi was very surprised, and greeted him into the house, and the two of them exchanged another set of greetings, which was the main topic. Wei Yuanhou didn't beat around the bush, and directly said what he meant.
Wei Yuanhou actually helped Liu Guangzhong's son propose marriage, Xiao Yi was so angry that he almost vomited the old man's face, but seeing that his face was full of bitterness and his eyes were full of helplessness, Xiao Yi was silent.
Wei Yuanhou is also a human spirit, how could he do such a bad thing? Since he was forced, who could force him? - The Emperor, only the Emperor. But what does the emperor mean by this? It is impossible for him to hope that he will marry Liu Guangzhong, why?
Wei Yuanhou didn't dare to say it explicitly, and prayed vigorously in his heart: "You quickly refuse me, don't agree." β
Xiao Yi didn't understand, and the two wanted to screw it.
Xiao Yi remembered that at that time, he promised Mei Dun that he wanted to marry Xiao Qiyun, did the emperor know about this? The women in the capital who are related to Concubine Qiao Taishu are either degraded to concubines or directly become slaves, their children, some have become concubines, and some have directly become slaves, only these three in their own family, the queen mother has not made an order for a long time, is it just that she waited for the marriage of Qiyun and the Liu family to be finalized, and then made a decree? In that way, he married the daughter of the concubine, or the relative of Concubine Qiao, who assassinated the Queen Mother, to the eldest son of the Liu family, and let Liu Yongqi take a break, and it was not good to stay, so he was reduced to a concubine and slapped himself in the face, what would Liu Yongqi think of him, the old man? Then there is only hate, and in addition to hate, it is still hate.
In this way, the two families are not married, but enmity, isn't this what the emperor hopes for the most?
Xiao Yi's brain is also a ditch back a lot, and he complicates the problem, he thinks he has figured out the problem, so he nodded to Wei Yuanhou: "Since the Liu family wants me to fulfill the promise of the year, Xiao Yi is also a person who speaks, but the eldest daughter has been living in the people for more than ten years and has suffered a lot, Xiao Yi can't marry her to *** anymore no matter what, besides, when she was in the Qian family, there was also the Queen Mother who wanted to give marriage, I don't know if my identity has changed now, and the Queen Mother is still willing to give this face." In short, Xiao Yi only has his second daughter Qiyun who is still the same age. β
Wei Yuanhou was stupid: "You agreed?" β
Xiao Yi smiled bitterly: "Can I do it if I don't agree?" β
"What's not to do?" Wei Yuanhou reminded: You can not agree at all.
Xiao Yixin said, don't get cheap and behave, the emperor forced it: "It's better to agree, you help me tell the Liu family and ask him to treat Qiyun well, although her mother is not good, the child is still kind." β
Wei Yuanhou grinded for more than half an hour, and Xiao Yi never changed his words, and the more he prompted, the more determined Xiao Yi became, and the old man finally had no choice, so he said goodbye, went directly to the palace, and returned to the emperor.
"Agreed?" Emperor Yongchang was shocked, he still believed in Xiao Yi too much, sure enough.
"Yes, it's just that Xiao Guogong said that the eldest daughter is not good, he is only willing to give the second daughter to the Liu family, and he himself said that the eldest daughter has not yet decided to marry, this ......"
"Old fox, I don't believe you don't know about Xiao Yi's eldest daughter." Emperor Yongchang was like a mirror in his heart, Xiao Yi left his eldest daughter to Qian Jun, "Think beautiful!" And want to marry my royal family, when what am I? Furnishings? β
Emperor Yongchang waved his hand angrily, as if he wanted to drive away something, Weiyuan Hou couldn't help but want to leave, but heard Emperor Yongchang say again: "Since the woman has agreed, you, who is a matchmaker, have to go on a trip, go to *** with Xiao Yi, and inform Liu Zongbing to send his son to Beijing to complete the marriage." β
"Yes!"
Wei Yuanhou withdrew with a sad face, and lamented vigorously in his heart: "Why are you so unlucky, I actually received such an errand that is not pleasing to all three parties." β
On the second day, Shen Jun, who was covered in wind and dust, returned to the capital, and hurried all the way, making him dark and thin, but the whole person looked like a cold and sharp taste, less handsome than before, and more vicissitudes and maturity.
"The emperor's heroes are the world's heroes, the first battle in the western Xinjiang, the Tartars really collapsed, now the frontier is stable, the army and the people are united, please rest assured."
"Hahahaha, Prince Ren has worked hard!"
"Wechen is not bitter, in order to perpetuate the dynasty, Wechen is willing to go to the soup and fire, even if he is broken."
Emperor Yongchang was slightly moved, and his heart was very useful: "Aiqing is flat, give a seat!" β
"Emperor Xie!"
"Prince Ren, what is the difference between you and the last time you saw it in the Western Frontier?"
"There is a big difference, the emperor adopted a policy of rest and recuperation on the western front, and sent a few honest officials, and the people's livelihood there has greatly improved, and it is no longer full of desolation, and there are large areas of green crops along the way, and the prospects are gratifying."
Emperor Yongchang was even more happy: "In this way, the governor of Longxi Province is indeed a veritable capable minister, and he lives up to the expectations of the first emperor back then, and I want to reward him." β
"Long live or send officials to inspect and then commend you, after all, I glanced at it in a hurry, did not go deeper, and what I said has no real evidence and is not enough to rely on."
"Well, well, it should be rewarded after the inspection according to the practice of the imperial court, and the prince of Ren is more and more thoughtful."
"Long live the award, Weichen deserves it."
"Okay, you're tired, go home and rest and wait for the good news." Emperor Yongchang is now hugging left and right, and he is very happy, seeing that the mood of his little cousin is completely different from that time, he just loves Wen Jin's appearance, and now that he has Yuhe, there is no need for him to ask for a replica.
Although Yuhe is a replica, it is now an original in his eyes.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qian Jun bowed solemnly and withdrew, but he was overjoyed in his heart - did he finally stay up until the clouds cleared, and the fog cleared, and the sun shone? Emperor Yongchang heard Qian Jun's footsteps walking outside, and he didn't float for a moment, and sighed in his heart: How old is the stinky boy, he actually boiled it out, more calm than your Lao Tzu, hum, it's not that I don't give you marriage, but right now, I can't give Xiao Yi such a big face, who knows if he has teamed up with Liu Guangzhong?
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