Volume 1 Chapter 44 Family Affairs
Wei Yu put away the jade plate and went to the main hall to talk to Concubine Xian.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a woman wearing Tianshui Bigong costume sitting in the hall, with leisurely eyebrows, slender figure, slender eyebrows, and a bit of coldness, and her temperament was very outstanding.
Concubine Xian's current improvement is already very good, which is completely different from the appearance of dying every time she saw her in her previous life.
After King Huai entered Beijing in the previous life, the concubines in the harem of Emperor Cheng died, and the few remaining ones either took refuge in King Huai at home and continued to raise themselves in the palace, or they invited themselves out of the palace to repair in order to save their lives.
After the death of Emperor Cheng in the previous life, Concubine Xian invited herself to the capital Yuqing Guanzhong Qing Xiu, her maiden father is the governor of Qingzhou, the family and Du Xiangfu several generations of marriage, the relationship is inseparable, in Qingzhou and other places are quite authoritative, several brothers are also powerful.
Concubine Xian has been fostered in Du Xiang's Mansion since she was a child, and she is counted as half of Du Xiang's Mansion.
In his previous life, although Du Xiang resigned with his family, he was still in Beijing, and several sons and nephews were prosperous in the court, and many scholars admired his nobility of one minister and two masters, and his reputation did not fall but rose.
Although Concubine Xian invited herself to Yuqingguan Qingxiu, her life was actually very good.
However, although she was free, she was still depressed all day long, and every time she saw her, she always frowned and looked preoccupied. In the end, he died of illness within a few years.
I don't know why, she is the oldest concubine in the palace, she has watched the changes in the world, and there are always many secrets hidden in her heart.
"Niangniang has been feeling better lately? Are you still taking the medicine? ”
Concubine Xian smiled: "Thanks to your merits, it is already much better, and the imperial doctor said that the medicine can be stopped after taking two more doses." ”
Wei Yu put his mind at ease, "That's fine, Niangniang remember not to be tired, you are weak, you still have to take care of more." ”
She is not very enthusiastic by nature, but she is always gentle and considerate to the people she loves.
Concubine Xian was already very useful, patted her hand, and smiled softly: "Got it." In the past, you rarely interacted with the harem, and it was inconvenient for the palace to come and meet you, and I didn't want you to look so good and so considerate. ”
Wei Yu smiled: "It's my fault, I should have more contacts in the harem, so that I can get familiar with my mother earlier." ”
When Concubine Xian heard this, she shook her head and said, "That may not be ......."
She was a little distracted for a moment, stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "In the past, the Jiang family regarded you as a thorn in the side, even if you wanted to contact the harem, the emperor and the queen mother would not agree. ”
Wei Yu felt that her expression was a little strange, thinking that she was thinking of Concubine Shu's struggle again, and comforted: "The Jiang family has now entered the cold palace, and I am afraid that this life is over, the past is over, Niangniang should be relieved." ”
The corners of Concubine Xian's mouth hooked up a smile, and her tone was a little reluctant, "What you said is that you still want it to do things in the past." ”
She quickly changed the subject, "It's about to open, and all the things in the house have been packed?" ”
Wei Yu nodded and said, "It's all right, but it's all trivial, just a little complicated." ”
Concubine Xian smiled: "Although it is a trivial matter, it is not sloppy, don't omit the things that you are used to, you must bring enough hands, and people still need to be around themselves to feel at ease." ”
This dynasty has been much more enlightened to women than before, especially in the years when the Queen Mother was in power, she completed many great things.
In addition to opening a women's school, breaking the bad habit of chastity and allowing widows to remarry, building a Salesian home to help orphans and widows, etc., more importantly, the court re-continued the former court system, allowing the princess to leave the palace to open the palace after reaching the age of 15, and the princess's palace also set up a council hall to serve as a princess's court minister when necessary.
Although this place is just a fictitious place, whether or not you can participate in the government depends on the seniority and the emperor's intentions, only when the princess has merit in the country or the power of the horse family is at its peak, the council hall of the princess's mansion should be used.
Now Wei Yu is still young, not to mention that he has not yet married, and his reputation and qualifications abroad are also insufficient, and he is not even qualified to listen to politics in the previous dynasty, and opening the mansion has become a trivial matter like a housewarming.
Concubine Xian thought about the pampering of the emperor and the queen mother to the princess over the years, but she was afraid that she did not want the princess to take on the role of unification.
In her opinion, this is not necessarily a bad thing, life and death are often involved in the court, and it is not uncommon for a careless flesh and blood to kill each other and brothers to fight each other, as long as the emperor and the queen mother can plan carefully for her, and ensure the glory and wealth of her life, what is wrong with being a happy and wanton idle princess.
Concubine Xian has been getting a lot closer to Wei Yu recently, and she speaks unconsciously with a tone of advice, she is telling the truth, and Wei Yu naturally will not be ignorant.
"Thank you for your care, I'll take care of it."
Concubine Xian remembered the real purpose of her coming here today, hesitated for a moment, but patted Wei Yu's hand and said, "Although this should not be said by me, I still want to mention one more thing, your family affairs...... Are you interested? ”
Wei Yu couldn't help but she suddenly mentioned this, she was very surprised, "What did Niangniang suddenly mention this?" ”
Although the virtuous concubine in this life is much closer to her and is her concubine, it stands to reason that she should not worry about her family affairs.
Although the words have already been spoken, Concubine Xian still has some doubts in her heart, although she is Wei Yu's mother-in-law, she is not as clear as the Jiang family, so she naturally knows that Wei Yu's family affairs are not her turn to interfere.
It has always been taboo to talk about it in a shallow way, but after thinking about it, she still opened her mouth to persuade: "Since you have already reached the border, you should also pay attention to the affairs of your family, although Liu San's matter has not yet succeeded, you can also see that many people in the court are staring at you." ”
"Now hurry up and settle down, you can still pick one you like, if it's a little later, even if the Queen Mother protects you, I'm afraid of accidents."
As the only daughter of Emperor Cheng today, Wei Yu's family affairs are naturally in the spotlight, and her own character is secondary, just the identity of Princess Zhaoyang's concubine is enough to be eye-catching.
Everyone knows that Princess Zhaoyang is favored, marrying her is equivalent to ascending to the sky in one step, and the saint is at her fingertips, how can people not be tempted?
However, although the queen mother in the previous life was urgent, she still put her mind first, and never forced her to marry someone she didn't like, even if she had to make a family decision because she was old, and she nodded her head in the future.
In this life, she has never worried about this matter, and even if she wants to pull Xiang Siyuan to ask for it once and for all, she just has this thought, and she is not really nervous about it.
However, now Concubine Xian's tone is beating in her heart, could it be that something has happened in this life?
Wei Yu frowned and asked, "What news did Niangniang hear?" ”
Concubine Xian said in a low voice: "You and Liu San have made a lot of trouble at the ceremony, I heard that the emperor is a little anxious now, and he has been privately inquiring about the character of the young ministers in the court. ”
"At present, the DPRK and China are preparing for war, people's hearts are fluctuating, many things are entangled, and the stakes are not clear in a few words.
Liu San's matter can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye is not simple, the current situation in the DPRK and China is complicated, although Jiang Song will be reinstated in a few days, but after all, this incident has greatly reduced the Jiang family's spirit, and other nobles in the court who have been silent under Jiang Song's hands for a long time have also reactivated.
Concubine Xian raised her eyes to look at Wei Yu's solemn face, and her heart also hung up, and she muttered: "I know that you are very close to the fourth prince of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and even the Queen Mother summoned him once, what do you think in your heart?" ”
"In my opinion, he is also good, these days in the Five Cities Terracotta Division is also prosperous, even Du Xiang, who has never been very praised, has also praised a few sentences, if you really fall in love with him, why don't you find the Queen Mother as soon as possible to discuss family affairs?"
A while ago, the relationship between Wei Yu and Xiang Siyuan was really too open, and even Concubine Xian had heard of it, if the relationship between the two was really just groundless, then the Queen Mother would not have summoned her if she wanted to.
It's all come to the step of seeing the Queen Mother, and I don't know why there was no news later.
However, Wei Yu shook his head and said, "He can't." ”
Xiang Siyuan only swore that day that day to reject the Queen Mother's hint, in this matter, they were already ironclad, and it was no longer possible.
Concubine Xian was a little anxious for a while, pulled Wei Yu's sleeve and whispered, "I heard that Your Majesty seems to be interested in General Gu in the Zhenbei General's Mansion. ”
As soon as these words came out, Wei Yudeng's face changed, "What? Gu Jiaqing?! ”
"Yes." Concubine Xian said firmly.
Wei Yu's face turned pale, and he said in shock: "No! You can marry anyone, but he can't!! ”
In the Qianyuan Palace, the white smoke of the copper dragon incense burner curls, and the domineering and heavy aroma of ambergris spreads in the house.
Emperor Cheng buried his head in front of the imperial case, and was distracted for a long time in front of a blank bucket party, and in the gap between the heavy court affairs, it was rare to take a moment to think about some family affairs.
The person who instructed Liu San has been found out that it is Jiang Meiren who has just been sent to the palace.
Jiang Song took this opportunity to confuse the public, he didn't know what small actions he was going to make behind him, at this time the war was ready to start, if he made trouble at this time, it would be a big deal for Da Yin.
What's more, he once again put his hand on his daughter's head, his eyes sank, flashing a little ruthless, but he quickly regained his composure.
It's not time yet.
He thought of Wei Yu again, and had to sigh with emotion about the Queen Mother's foresight, he still felt that it was too early to worry about Wei Yu's marriage at this time, but now it seems that the Queen Mother is afraid that she has expected today's scene.
Today is just a Xuanping Marquis Mansion, tomorrow it may be other forces, and no one can guarantee that the return will be as good as this time.
He thought of the young man he had just spoken to in this hall.
I have to say that Gu Zheng is really good at raising his son, don't look at his age, but when he speaks, he is more accurate and vicious than the old ministers in the court for decades, and even Emperor Cheng can't help but feel that if this person can't be used by him, it will become a big disaster.
And there is no marriage yet, and the appearance is excellent.
Gu Zhengyan's eldest son returned to Beijing from the northwest, and he just happened to be in the suburbs of Beijing and played a heroic play with Wei Yu to save the beauty, so it was naturally difficult for Emperor Cheng not to associate the two together.
The Zhenbei General's Mansion is the 400,000 Yongjun army in the palm of the border, which is the first combat power of Dayin, which has been stationed in the northwest for many years, and has become a mansion by itself, how not to call Emperor Cheng jealous.
If his son Princess Shang will inevitably stay in the capital for a long time, so that he will have an extra kite line in his hand to hold Gu Zheng, and secondly, it can also make the relationship between the Zhenbei General's Mansion and the royal family closer.
I really couldn't be more suitable.
The only problem now is Wei Yu's side.
If she doesn't agree to this family affair, I'm afraid it will be annoying.