Chapter 729: Five-year-old crown princess
Xie An tried to prevent Sima Rui from marrying his son but did not succeed, and he was very unhappy. When he returned home, he sighed for a long time, and when his wife saw her husband like this, she said, "Master, what happened to you today?" Xie An's wife, Song, was a very virtuous person, and under normal circumstances, he would not inquire about the affairs of the court. Seeing her husband like this today, I couldn't help but ask. Xie An told his wife about the early court. Song was startled when he heard this, and he said, "If this is the case, wouldn't it be a five-year-old girl?" "Who said it wasn't?" "How can the parents of this child bear it?" Song said worriedly.
Hearing his wife's words, Xie An became even more firm in his opinion. The next morning, he got up early, told the servants to hurry up and prepare the sedan chair, and hurried to the palace, this time he wanted to risk his death to meet him, to completely dispel Sima Rui's thoughts. As soon as he walked halfway, he met the eunuch who announced the decree, this eunuch hurriedly came over Xie An hurriedly bowed down and saluted, Xie An was the loyal minister in the court, and everyone was very respectful when they saw him. When Xie An asked about the situation, he suddenly felt the seriousness of the matter, and faintly felt in his heart that this matter was irreversible, but since he was a loyal minister, what was he afraid of death, thinking of this, he instructed his family, hurry up and call the upright and loyal people in the court, and quickly go to the court gate to see the emperor.
In a short time, more than a dozen officials came to the Chaomen, these people heard about this yesterday, everyone was indignant, among them there were also Wei Gang's relatives, these people came to the Chaomen, and asked people to immediately beat the drum and hit the bell, this drum is not just beaten randomly, only when the border pass is attacked by the enemy. Or there is some major event in the court, today these people are out of the way, Sima Rui heard the bells and drums outside the court, he was frightened, he thought that the northern Qin called, so he hurriedly dressed up, hurried to the gold shop, just sat down, and asked: "Who beat the drum and hit the bell?" Someone reported to him that the prime minister and more than a dozen ministers were outside the court, asking you to withdraw your order. Sima Rui was angry when he heard this. I said in my heart, Xie An, you are not right, although I am the emperor raised by your family, but I am not thin on your family, is there anyone in your family who has not been an official? Even newborn children eat the state's money. Thinking of this, he said: "It is rumored that the prime minister will meet you." There was not much time, and the head of the palace shouted loudly: "The emperor has a decree, and the prime minister will come to see you." Xie An strode to the Golden Palace.
Seeing Xie An coming, Sima Rui ordered Xie An to move a seat, and a eunuch moved a chair to the golden hall. Xie An thanked him. Sima Rui said: "Prime Minister, we have known each other for so many years, have you ever blushed?" Xie An said: "At that time, the emperor was full of advice, and the court was single-minded, but now, the emperor blocked the hearing and hearing, and I, as the prime minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, should think about His Majesty's country. Sima Rui said: "The prime minister's words are serious, won't I just marry a daughter-in-law for my son? Your Majesty, the little prince Sima Huan has been mourned, we are all very sad, not to mention the emperor, but the country has the law, regardless of the monarch and the minister should abide by it, if Your Majesty messes up the law, you will lose the hearts of the people, if the prince Sima Huan is still alive and has reached the age of marriage, this must be a great joy, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military should be congratulated, but the key is that now that the prince is gone, His Majesty wants to marry him, which is undoubtedly a cruelty to the life of the young girl. It would have been painful for his parents. ”
Sima Rui was very unhappy when he heard this, but it was inconvenient for him to attack Xie An. So he sank his face and said, "The prime minister should go back and rest." At this time, Xie An tightened it up, and he said: "If Your Majesty does not withdraw the order, Xie An and his ministers will kneel and die outside this court." After saying that, Xie An turned around and walked out of the Golden Palace. As soon as he appeared, these people outside the gate immediately gathered around, and everyone hurried to inquire what was going on? Xie An shook his head. When everyone saw this, everyone's hearts were clouded.
After Xie An left, Sima Rui was furious, he even slapped the table and stomped his feet, scaring the eunuchs around him so much that he didn't even dare to come out. After a long while, Sima Rui came calmly first, and he asked someone to sneak outside to see if Xie An and the others were leaving. There was not much time, and the eunuch came back and said, "The prime minister and the courtiers are still kneeling outside the court, saying again and again, asking you to take back your life." Sima Rui said loudly: "Don't accept it, don't accept it, just don't accept it." I'm going to see what they can do to me? Aren't they on their knees? Just let them kneel, kneel and pull me down. A eunuch next to him said, "Your Majesty, the matter of recruiting Wei Lijuan into the palace has been completed." Wei Gang was already at the back door and waited outside the gate of the Golden Palace, "Sima Rui said when he heard it: "Announce him to enter the palace." ”
Wei Gang has a prominent position as a general. His ancestor Wei Guan once led the army to break through the Shu Kingdom as a supervisor, and Deng Ai and Zhong Hui and others were killed by him on the orders of Sima Zhao. The first day, he received the emperor's decree to send his daughter to the palace to be Sima Huan's crown princess, but he also heard that Sima Huan had been mourned, doesn't this mean that asking his daughter to be a concubine of the deceased is equivalent to a funeral for him? After crying for a long time, his wife Li said: "I see that Prime Minister Xie An and the emperor are like brothers and sisters, and they play a pivotal role in the court. The emperor will listen to his words seven or eight times out of ten, and look for him from time to time?" Wei Gang was about to go to Xie An's house as soon as he heard it, and at this time an elder brother from his own family walked in, and just when he heard that Wei Gang was going to find the prime minister, he said, don't, go, yesterday Prime Minister Xie An made a suggestion to the emperor about this matter, and was rejected by the emperor. As soon as Wei Gang heard this, he dispelled the idea of going to Xie An, but he didn't give up, so he thought of Xiao Lin, so he went to Xiao Lin's general's mansion overnight. Said Xiaolin thought for a while and promised him to help persuade the emperor to take back his fame, but. What he didn't expect was that as soon as it was dawn in the morning, Sima Rui sent someone to take Wei Lijuan into the palace. When the two saw that the child was really leaving, they never saw their daughter for the rest of their lives. The two of them suddenly felt a heart-rending pain, and their family cried and cried, and this cry spread throughout the Wei Mansion.
When Wei Lijuan first started, she didn't know what was going on, she opened her eyes wide and looked at everything in front of her in confusion, and waited until the eunuch came over and said, "Crown Princess, please come into the palace with us" The child blinked her eyes, she didn't know what they were talking about, she seemed to feel some danger, and she was so frightened that she cried and pounced on her mother. Wei Gang and his wife, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at their children, their hearts are as uncomfortable as knives, they don't know what to do at this time?