Chapter 45: The Great Change of King Yue
In front of the dressing mirror, Zhao Guangyuan stood there quietly, stretching his hands, and Cao Cuo waited for him to dress. His eyes fell on himself in the mirror.
"It's too bright." Zhao Guangyuan was a little unwell.
"It's bright."
Cao Cuo stretched the clothes on his body for him, "This is newly made in the embroidery room, using the cloud brocade given by the palace, His Royal Highness usually likes to wear that dark clothes, and he looks a few years old." ”
Outside, it was rumored that King Yue was not in good health and did not come out of the door. He loves to pretend to be low-key, loves to keep a straight face, and loves to wear those dark clothes, more and more like a depressed and unhappy look, an old-fashioned appearance.
People who are less than thirty years old are stunned by outsiders to become forty.
Cao Cuo didn't like it. This is the first time that the prince has gone to a banquet since he returned to Beijing, and the first time he has appeared in front of the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital, so it can't be underestimated by His Royal Highness.
His Royal Highness should be radiant. This colorful cloud brocade with colorful colors and a colorful glow only shows the luxury of His Royal Highness.
Zhao Guangyuan's brows furrowed slightly, "You don't have to be so eye-catching. ”
was dressed up by Cao Cuo and Jinxiu, and he didn't know himself anymore.
Jinxiu came over with a hair crown, and His Royal Highness the King of Yue, who was dressed, was slightly distracted, and hurriedly lowered his eyes.
I invited him to sit down on the square bench, prepared to put a crown on him, and said with a smile: "The slave and maid look at all the princes in the capital, they are not as good as His Royal Highness. His Highness shouldn't have buried himself like this. ”
If you want to say that life is just a few decades, you should live wantonly, why care what others think. Seeing that His Royal Highness was accepting himself in front of people, he couldn't be himself, and Jinxiu felt distressed when he looked at it.
"Exactly. Jinxiu is right, there is no one in the capital who can compare to His Royal Highness. The old slave remembered that the first emperor also praised His Highness for his good looks, and he liked to take His Highness with him when he was a child. ”
Thinking of the first emperor, Zhao Guangyuan tugged at the corners of his mouth, but he didn't object to the two of them slapping on him.
After getting dressed, he walked out of the room, and was dumbfounded by Fang Er, who was at the door. With his mouth open, he looked sluggish, and he was amused by Cao Cuo and Jinxiu.
"Don't know Your Highness?" Cao Cuo said with a smile.
Zhao Guangyuan looked at him with a blank look, Fang Er hurriedly came back to his senses, followed closely, and stared at him for a while, "Your Highness, you are very different today. ”
"What's the difference?"
"Like, like a different person." Fang Er's eyes were glued to His Highness, and he didn't even recognize His Highness's dress. His eyes were too tight, and his steps were too big, and he almost hit Zhao Guangyuan.
was hurriedly pulled away by Cao Cuo, and also gained an eye knife from Zhao Guangyuan. "Hehe," Fang Er smiled weakly.
"Can it be done? If it doesn't work, change people. You are the Sima of the palace, and you may not personally protect the king. ”
Fang Er immediately straightened his back, "That's not good." I promised my brother that I would follow His Highness and protect His Highness. ”
The master and servant left the mansion as they spoke, got into the carriage at the door, and headed for the Jin Palace.
The little prince of the Jin Dynasty celebrates his first birthday today, and there is an endless stream of people who come to congratulate him, and because of the news that the emperor is going to take Liu Guifei and the queen out of the palace, those who have received the post and have not received the post are eager to squeeze in.
Well-informed, knowing that today is not only to congratulate the little prince on his birthday, but also to choose a concubine for the king of Yue, and the family with this mind can't wait to stuff all the school-age girls. There are many daughters in the family, and they don't bring Yahuan anymore, so they have to bring their daughters dressed as Yahuan.
And some people who feel sorry for their daughter deliberately avoid this matter.
King Yue's body is broken, and he can't be pregnant, and the world knows that although he is a princess in charge of the palace, the temptation is indeed great, but he can't let his daughter's knees be empty, and there is no fun of being a mother.
It is possible to have children, but other people's bloodlines are not as good as their own births. And the prince can't have children, in case he can't do that, wouldn't he let his daughter stay alive and widowed?
Didn't that hurt your own daughter?
But the queen's post clearly states that you don't have to take your school-age daughter there. If you pretend to be sick and don't go, I'm afraid you'll have a bad reputation with the queen. In case of making a note on the queen's mother, it will harm the men who were in the palace in the previous dynasty.
So he pretended his daughter to be inconspicuous, how ugly she was, how not to be eye-catching, how to dress up, and she couldn't let the queen choose it.
As a result, the people who are quite talented and famous on weekdays have become ordinary overnight, and the people who usually look ordinary are dazzling today. Let the people of the Jin Wangfu who greeted the guests at the door not be able to see it.
King Yue was personally welcomed into the palace by the King of Jin, and left a group of guests and took his seven emperor brothers to visit the palace.
"Brother's palace is not as big as my brother's palace, after all, the palace of the first Jin Dynasty is the only one in the capital."
But the big return, the first Jin palace passed to the hands of the king of Yue, the king of Yue was a poor prince, and there was no silver to repair, only a small half of the courtyard was cleaned up, which was not as good as the palace of the king of Jin.
Zhao Guangyuan smiled, "You don't know the situation of my brother yet." One sentence made King Jin a little proud.
Walking all the way, I was impressed by the change of scenery in the Jin Palace, and the carved beams and paintings.
is worthy of being the emperor's favorite prince.
"Hey, hey. My brother doesn't have any other preferences, so he likes to live more comfortably. The renovation and decoration of this house did cost a lot of money. King Jin didn't hide it from his Seventh Emperor Brother, and he objected to him to look at his Seventh Emperor Brother the most pleasing to the eye, so that his Imperial Brother would not backstab him.
After walking around, there are guests everywhere. Some of them are older, and Zhao Guangyuan can still recognize each other from memory, but the younger ones have changed a lot in the past ten years, so he can't match the number.
King Jin introduced him all the way.
Zhao Guangyuan also met a lot of people because of this. It is true that there have been great changes in the past ten years, and there have been many nobles in the capital, and he can't recognize the younger generation. There are many more that I haven't seen before.
The guests greeted King Yue warmly while secretly looking at him.
Who said that King Yue was suppressed ruthlessly in the imperial mausoleum, looking old-fashioned? This is extravagant, this heroic, and this long and jade appearance, saying that he is eighteen and has people who believe him.
Who is it that the king of Yue has become unwatchable? Who is it!
King Yue is one of the protagonists today, and everywhere he walks, there are female relatives who secretly look at him. This look was shocking.
This is the king of Yue?
Fake it.
This look, this temperament, this extravagance, looks more like a prince than the prince!
The women who were originally pressed by their families to go on a blind date all looked red. Originally, I was still reluctant in my heart, I was only twenty-eight years old, but King Yue was almost thirty. It's a complete old man.
But now look at people, where is this old man's appearance!
All of them are beating faster, with the same hands and feet, and the road will not be gone. King Yue is the most suitable candidate for a son-in-law in Manjing!
And the woman who originally pretended to be ugly and ordinary regretted it very much. I knew that King Yue was like this, how could they be unwilling! When the prince and concubine, how many people in the world let them salute?
In the prince's mansion, there is no concubine, and the princess is in charge of the middle of the house, no one is angry, and there is no bunch of children to block themselves, and the life is free and easy. Why is the brain given to the donkey, will he be unwilling?
And the housewives who originally let their daughters pretend to be ordinary and avoid being chosen, also regretted it.
This King Yue is a good candidate for a son-in-law at a glance, and King Yue does not look seriously ill at all, and it is not a problem to live for decades. The career of the man in the family, are you still afraid that no one will cover it?
In the future, the Yue Wangfu will be passed down, and at least several generations of their own family will benefit. Sacrificing individual daughters in exchange for this great benefit, anyone with a discerning eye knows how to choose.
I regret it in my heart.
The shrewd woman has quietly pulled the girl ring to change her clothes and dress up again, and she is looking forward to the interactive session for a while, which can be favored by King Yue.
And the housewives who originally had ideas in their hearts became more and more crowded in front of Princess Jin and other women who could speak, hoping that they would help their daughters say a few more good words.
This banquet has not yet begun, the emperor, the queen, and the concubine have not yet arrived, but the people who received the post have already arrived.
Today, all the nobles in the capital are here, there are royal elders like Princess Qi, the eldest princesses of the first emperor, and the princesses of the Zhizheng Emperor, and there are a lot of people from the royal family. The housewives leaned in front of these people one after another, and their attitudes were extremely affectionate.
Emperor Zhizheng has nine princesses, except for the eighth princess and the ninth princess who are still young and have not left the palace, the rest of the princesses are here today.
Among the seven princesses, there is only one seventh princess who has not been married, and Concubine Duan also hopes that she will find someone she likes at today's banquet.
The unmarried five princesses and six princesses have already chosen candidates for the horses, and today I also took this opportunity to meet more people and learn about social exchanges.
"It's the Seven Emperor Brothers!" Guangji, who had a milky voice, pointed at Zhao Guangyuan, who was talking to someone in front of him.
This is the second time Guangji has seen the Seventh Emperor Brother, the last time he saw him in the palace, Guangji still doesn't know him. But now Guangji knows it. Last time, the Seven Emperor Brothers patted him on the head and talked to him, the Seven Emperor Brothers were close to Guangji, and Guangji also wanted to be close to the Seven Emperor Brothers.
"I see, I see, don't be so loud." The fifth princess pulled him and whispered a warning. For fear that Guangji would behave rudely and let them be laughed at.
The fourth princess and the fifth princess were born by Concubine Hui, because Concubine Hui had no children, after Guangji's mother had a difficult birth, the emperor asked Concubine Hui to raise Guangji.
The seventh princess on the side also followed the fifth princess out of the palace today, she is only sixteen years old this year, twelve years younger than Zhao Guangyuan, she didn't remember when Zhao Guangyuan went to the imperial tomb, and like Guangji, she didn't know her seventh emperor brother.
"That's the Seven Emperor Brothers." The Seven Emperor Brothers are really good-looking.
"That's right, Brother Seven Emperors is the best! I've seen the Seven Emperor Brothers once more than the Imperial Sister! "And the Seven Emperor Brothers still like Guangji! Guangji shook his head a little proudly.
The Seventh Princess gave him a blank look, "The second time you saw the Seventh Emperor Brother, I saw it many times when I was a child." ”
"But the Seventh Emperor Sister doesn't recognize the Seventh Emperor Brother." Guangji knows!
Hiss...... This little kid is not cute at all.
Xu is Guangji and the seventh princess were arguing too loudly, Zhao Guangyuan was deaf and clear-sighted, and looked over here.
"Brother Seven Emperors are watching me! Seven Emperor Brothers! Guangji jumped up and waved desperately at his Seventh Emperor Brother. Brother Seven Emperors, Guangji is here!
Seeing that the Seventh Emperor Brother was really walking towards him, Guang Jike was happy, broke free of his Fifth Emperor Sister's hand, and rushed over. "Brother Seven Emperors!"
Zhao Guangyuan caught him, forked him up from under his armpit, hugged him into his arms, and asked him with a smile: "Father let you out of the palace?" ”
Wow, Brother Seven Emperors hugged him! Guangji wanted to cry.
Concubine Hui never hugged herself, neither did her father and the emperor, nor did the royal sisters and brothers hug her. "Seventh Emperor Brother......" Guangji Nuonuo screamed, and lay on Zhao Guangyuan's shoulder.
Zhao Guangyuan was slightly stunned, and then he understood a little. His sixteenth brother lost his mother when he was born, and although he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking in the palace, there was no other possibility of anything else.
Holding his small body, he tightened, patted him on the back, and comforted him.
"Brother Seven Emperors." The fifth and seventh princesses also came over. After saluting, he secretly looked at this Seven Emperor Brothers.
"Who are you?" No wonder Zhao Guangyuan doesn't know him, the eighteenth year of the female university has changed, and he is afraid that his royal sisters and royal sisters will not be right.
"Brother Seventh Emperor, I am Zhaojia, Xingwu, and my mother is Concubine Hui."
"Brother Seventh Emperor, I am Zhaoning, Xingqi, and my mother is Concubine Duan."
"Hello two sisters." This Zhaojia and Zhaoning didn't have a title when he left, so they were still young, or they didn't claim to be together, they really didn't know each other.
After talking to the two of them, seeing that the King of Jin called him, Zhao Guangyuan put Guangji down and turned around.
Guangji was a little exhausted, he wanted the Seventh Emperor Brother to hug him.
"Brother Seven Emperor looks very kind." also hugged Guangji. It's not like it's out there. The seventh princess looked at Zhao Guangyuan's back in a daze.
"Brother Seven Emperors is good!" After seeing each other twice, Guangji was subdued by his Seventh Emperor Brother, and his heart was full of his Seventh Emperor Brother.
The fifth princess rarely echoed Guangji's words, "Yes." The Seven Emperor Brothers looked quite approachable. I still remember when I was a child, I went to the palace of the first queen with my mother, and the seventh emperor brother often played with me and the fourth sister very patiently. They also took us to the kitchen of Fengzao Palace and asked the imperial chefs to cook something for us to eat. ”
Guangji swallowed his saliva and shook the hand of the fifth princess, "Fifth sister, can we go to the palace of the seventh emperor brother to play with him?" ”
"No, you can't. When you leave the palace today, your father is very gracious, and when you grow up, you can go out of the palace and go to play with the Seven Emperor Brothers. ”
"But it will be a long time before Guangji grows up. Can't you go and play with the Seven Emperor Brothers now? Can't Guangji go to beg his father? ”
"Nope." The fifth princess coldly refused.
When I went out of the palace today, my father saw that Guangji had no mother since he was a child, and he was very gracious, and the eighth sister and the ninth sister wanted to go out of the palace and the emperor still refused, not to mention that Guangji wanted to go out of the palace often to play in the future.
Seeing that he was about to cry with a pouted mouth, the seventh princess hurriedly coaxed him, "Let's go, the seventh sister will take you to see the little nephew." ”
Over there, King Jin saw the Seventh Emperor Brother talking to several royal sisters and younger brothers, and was afraid that the Seventh Emperor Brother would not know him, so he introduced him again.
The seventh princess is still choosing a son-in-law, and when she leaves the palace today, her father specially instructed her to choose one she likes. The fifth princess has already made a family decision, "The fifth princess sister was hired to give Fang Zhe, the second son of Beihou, and Dongyue is about to get married." ”
Zhao Guangyuan nodded. Before he returned to Beijing, Jiang Xiang had already prepared a booklet to introduce them to him.
Although Concubine Hui only has two daughters, her son-in-law is well chosen, and the Marquis of Dingbei is in charge of the nine camps of Gyeonggi and garrisons the capital, and she is the object that the prince and the king of Qin are trying to win over.
But the person who garrisoned the capital and was in charge of the nine camps of Gyeonggi has always been the emperor's confidant and will not stand easily.
Led by King Jin, Zhao Guangyuan met many people again, and most of them were on the right track. Soon, someone came to inform the King of Jin that the emperor had arrived at the gate of the mansion with the queen and the concubine.