The prince does not fight for the heir

This grand palace banquet was arranged in front of the Changyinge Theater Building in the east courtyard of Renshou Palace, the residence of the Empress Dowager.

The lower part of the theater building was already full of banquet tables, with the tables and chairs in the center of the front, Emperor Yuan'an was in the middle, and important royal family members, princes, ministers, and several victorious princes and princes surrounded them.

On both sides of the back, there are the seats for the Empress Dowager, Empress, Imperial Concubine, Deyi and Wenjing Fourth Concubine, Wang Concubine, Princess and the invited court wives.

Fu Xuechen discovered that the seats were arranged quite cleverly. The empress and concubine De were arranged on the left hand side of the empress dowager, and the imperial concubine and concubine Yi were arranged on the right hand side of the empress dowager. Princess Zhiling beside her can whisper to Fu Xuechen when she turns around.

I don't know if the arrangement of this seat was specially requested by Princess Zhiling. Fu Xuechen also found that the left side of his seat was the wife of the Duke of Zhen, and the one on the right was the former wife of the Marquis of Zhenxi. Jue has become Dingguo Duke, and the newly promoted Dingguo Duke's second daughter is Chen Wei, Fu Xuechen's boudoir friend.

The farther away from the empress dowager's position, the lower the noble rank of the adults in the female guests' families. However, after only two or three banquets, Fu Xuechen saw the wife of the household minister's family and their daughter Cui Xiaoyue.

Needless to say, when acquaintances met each other and greeted each other in private, this was the first time that Fu Xuechen had the opportunity to meet one of the four famous ladies in Beijing, Chen Zijin, the youngest daughter of Lord Zhen Guo, and immediately took the opportunity to look over.

Because it was a palace banquet, Chen Zijin didn't commit the fault of covering his face with a veil, and showed his true face.

how to say!Pretty is indeed very pretty, the overall facial features seem to have a sense of immortality, but it just looks a little reserved and arrogant, with a slightly sharp eyes, not easy to get close to.

I heard that Uncle Guo did propose to this famous lady for the sake of the fourth prince, but I don't know why, Duke Zhen didn't say yes, nor was he in a hurry to marry Chen Zijin. He stayed for more than two years, and Chen Zijin It's almost nineteen, and no one knows what their family's plan is.

On the contrary, the candidate for the concubine of the fourth prince was roughly decided at the end of last year. She is the granddaughter of Prime Minister Qi Ge's hometown. Although Qi Ge has already retired, Emperor Yuan'an even canceled the position of prime minister after some manipulations, and set up a military cabinet , but there is a seat in the military cabinet, known as the Grand Master of Wenhuadian, who is the son of the elder Qi Ge.

It can be seen that the queen's influence on the side of civil servants is really huge. The former prime minister agreed to marry the little granddaughter to the fourth prince as his concubine, which is precisely to show his attitude towards Li Chu. He supports the fourth prince.

Regardless of the fact that he has retired, his son is also in the military cabinet and is about to be ignored by Emperor Yuan'an as a marginal person, but in the entire official circle, the potential influence of Qi Ge is still huge and cannot be ignored.

Confucianism is the most important thing in the country's crown prince to establish a prince and establish a son. If it weren't for the fact that the second prince's basic position is mostly in the army, he would not be able to deal with civil servants. up.

That old granddaughter of Qi Ge is a bit young, she is only 15 years old this year, four years younger than the fourth prince, and the wedding can only be held after next year when the woman officially comes of age and the fourth prince crowns her.

Many people secretly speculated that the Duke of Zhenguo probably felt that a side concubine was a bit wronged, so he was not willing to make an appointment for marriage, but Chen Zijin was getting older and older, and he must not wait until he was 20 years old. This result, but apart from Chen Zijin, the other side concubine of the fourth prince, I don't know who the queen will fall in love with.

After having a pleasant private chat with Princess Zhiling and Chen Wei, the banquet was quietly spent while watching the wonderful performances on the big stage and drinking wine.

Fu Xuechen was secretly amused, thinking too much, thinking that he is in the world of returning the princess?There is a fragrant princess dancing?Suddenly, the surroundings became quiet, and many people looked at the emperor.

I saw a returning Qiang man standing in front of Emperor Yuan'an at some point, bowing towards Emperor Yuan'an and saying: "...To show my sincerity, I am going back to the Qiang County Lord, and I am willing to offer my family's saints to the Holy One and all the nobles here. Dance, I wish the Holy Spirit a long life and a prosperous Darong Empire!"

Emperor Yuan'an laughed loudly: "Okay! Then I will see and see, and go back to Qiang's holy dance!"

There is really a dance!But it's not a princess, it's a princess, that's right!Hui Qiang has surrendered, and the leader of the people under his rule is a prince. His daughter is not worthy of being called a princess.

Fu Xuechen's interest was all picked up at once. I wonder if this princess is beautiful?Is it fragrant?

On the big stage decorated with lights and festoons, many Kongming lanterns suddenly rose slowly, and then, the unique sound of the piano and the distant humming of Hu Jia floated over with the wind, and instantly a whirlwind of sky high and clouds unique to Huiqiang hovered over on stage.

Eight Huiqiang women with white upper bodies and water-green dresses appear in the center of the stage, dancing like green lotuses in the water, and clustered and dancing like strong grass in the field.

As the music became louder and louder, the girls danced more and more quickly, and the dance stopped suddenly. The eight people stretched their waists like a blooming epiphyllum, and bent back, revealing a white dress in the middle, even The hat is also a beautiful girl with white velvet. The girl looks pious, with her arms folded and raised high, as if she is praying to the sky. With the music that has slowed down and become solemn again, the whole scene is also full of a sense of sacred ceremony. , dignified and immortal.

Fu Xuechen desperately opened his eyes wide to recognize the face of the girl on the stage.

Fortunately, in this era, she no longer has myopia, and her five-point-zero vision can see extremely far away. In addition, the stage is not too far from the banquet, so she can see the face of the Qiang girl clearly.

It is indeed beautiful!There is a bright and charming characteristic of Huihe girls, especially big eyes, and they are not very old. They look about sixteen or seventeen years old, unexpectedly young.

The sense of holiness was only for a moment. After the girl performed a series of actions that seemed to be praying for blessings along with the music, she also danced a smart and beautiful dance. It spins and spins in the center...until the music stops suddenly.

Enthusiastic applause rang out, mixed with a few loud shouts from someone who didn't know: "Good! Good!"

Emperor Yuan'an was not the same as Qianlong in the film and television drama, he smiled, but nodded repeatedly, not fascinated, after the dance ended, he looked away at the young man who returned to Qiang just now, and praised: "Hui Qiang has a heart! "

The Qiang youth bowed back and replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the opportunity to return to the Qiang and surrender. When I came here, my father made a confession, and I would like to marry the royal family with my sister. I will return to the Qiang and the Han people in the Central Plains, and we will be brothers forever Good! Hand in hand!"

Make love!When Fu Xuechen heard this word, he felt more and more like he was in a film and television drama, but in fact there were still many differences. The biggest difference was that Emperor Yuan'an was too calm and rational, not like the bewitched Emperor Qianlong in the drama. , there is no Qinger Ziwei little swallow here.

Everyone just watched the development of the situation with probing and curious eyes.

Emperor Yuan'an didn't express his opinion immediately, and soon, the Princess Huiqiang who was dancing on the big stage came over, crossed his arms in front of Emperor Yuan'an and saluted respectfully: "Princess Yegrika of Huiqiang kowtowed to the Darong Empire. His Majesty the Emperor!"

Her voice sounds like a cuckoo, and what is rare is that she can speak Chinese well, with a slight accent, but not serious.

Fu Xuechen secretly took a few breaths, and indeed smelled a faint fragrance, but this fragrance is not unique, it is the fragrance of spices with the characteristics of the Northwest ethnic group, which makes people a little disappointed, after all, it is not the famous Xiangfei, but Just an ordinary Qiang girl.

"Exemption!" Emperor Yuan'an kindly dismissed the little girl's gift, and suddenly turned around and called out loudly: "Yongying, Yunzhi, Yunzhen, Yunqi, stand here!"

When the four princes heard the roll call, they glanced at each other, stood up from their seats, stepped forward a few steps in response, and stood around Emperor Yuan'an, looking at Princess Huiqiang who was right in front of them with different eyes.

Emperor Yuan'an smiled and introduced to Yegrika: "Okay! These four are my sons, whoever you like, I will allow one of you to be a side concubine, how about it?"

As soon as these words came out, Fu Xuechen keenly saw a bit of stiffness on the face of the Huiqiang youth.

Speaking of the fact that Emperor Yuan'an was a bit of a bully, even though she was a Fan clan who was beaten into submission, the little girl could be regarded as a princess, and she took the initiative to make a marriage, but she could only change to the position of the prince and side concubine. It can be seen that Emperor Yuan'an didn't care much It's right to take Hui Qiang seriously!The founding monarch, the immediate emperor, is not comparable to Qianlong after all.

The expressions of the three princes Yunying, Yunzhi, and Yunqi all changed slightly, one was surprised, one frowned, and the other was curious. Only Yunzhen was as cold as ever, with distant eyes.

Yegrika looked at the faces of the four princes one by one, and her gaze stayed on Yunzhen for a moment, but she turned to Emperor Yuan'an and said, "Your Majesty, you still have a prince who is not here!"

Emperor Yuan'an glanced back at the seventeenth prince Yunyou, who was only fourteen years old, and immediately understood: "You mean Yunzuo?"

"Yes!" Yegrika looked forward to it: "Can I choose him?"

Emperor Yuan'an looked surprised, and couldn't help but glanced at the brother of the other party, the young man who returned to Qiang, who looked a little embarrassed, glared at his sister, and said helplessly to Emperor Yuan'an: "Your Majesty's sixth prince is a born warrior. His subordinates lost many soldiers, so Sister She admires him a lot."

Princess Zhiling came to her senses at this moment, she turned her head and said to Fu Xuechen in shock: "She has taken a fancy to my sixth brother?" Her tone was full of resistance, her sixth brother has not even settled on his concubine yet!Where can it be the turn to decide on the side concubine first?
"It seems so." Fu Xuechen replied in a low voice, but couldn't help but gritted her teeth secretly. I really don't know what happened on the front line. Not a single word was mentioned.

Emperor Yuan'an raised the corners of his lips and smiled, "You guys have good eyesight, and Yun Zuo is my most outstanding son!"

Before he could say whether he agreed or not, the second prince over there suddenly said, "Father! If this princess wants to choose my sixth brother, I'm afraid it's not appropriate!"

Emperor Yuan'an raised his eyebrows: "Why do you say that?"

Yun Ying looked at the Princess Huiqiang in front of him, with a somewhat condescending sarcasm on his expression: "In the two days when the peace talks came to an end, the princess' father, the King Huiqiang, had already proposed that he would The princess promised to be with my sixth brother, but my sixth brother rejected it outright, so I had no choice but to send the princess to the capital."

oh!Everyone here understands, it turns out that there was such a story before, that the Central Plains pays attention to the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, and returning to Qiang probably means that the sixth prince can't get through, so that's why I want to come to the imperial court to ask for a marriage order, right?
Although rationally told Fu Xuechen that the second prince's obstruction was either because he wanted to win over Yunzuo, or because he was afraid that Yunzuo would get the support of Huiqiang Seven Guards through marriage, but he couldn't help feeling a little fond of him.

Emperor Yuan'an smiled slightly, and said to Yegrika with sympathy: "Did you hear that? My sixth son has already rejected your father's proposal. Now he is guarding my border from afar. I can't stab him in the back."

Yegrika lost the light of hope in her eyes, lowered her eyes, bowed her head and stopped talking.

Her elder brother, the Qiang youth who was relieved, bowed to Emperor Yuan'an and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, you don't need to obey the unrealistic ideas of a little girl. His most beloved youngest daughter is presented to His Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to accept my father's kindness!"

The crowd behind Emperor Yuan'an immediately caused a small uproar. No one expected that the goal of returning to the Qiang King was not to let the Princess Huiqiang and the prince who was close to the Darong Empire, but to send her directly to Emperor Yuan'an harem.

It was Emperor Yuan'an who called the princes out first, and was going to let his son take over the Qiang princess, so Yegrika took the opportunity to ask if he could marry the sixth prince Yoon Zuo she knew.

"It's really you! You can't marry my sixth brother, but you want to marry my father directly?" Princess Zhiling burst out, and Fu Xuechen felt that if it wasn't for the palace banquet, under the eyes of everyone, Princess Zhiling would have grown up a long time ago. Cursed out loud.

"So that's how it is!" Emperor Yuan'an raised his eyebrows, looked at Yegrika with a smile that was not a smile, and asked in a harmonious voice: "But I don't know what you think about the princess? Don't force it, I want to listen to the truth!"

Yegrika raised his head, his expression became serious and admiring: "Your Majesty! You conquered the world, expelled Oirats, recovered the Central Plains, and even the seven guards of Huiqiang prostrated at your feet. You are the greatest hero in the world! You can serve You are Yegrika's honor, you ask me what I want, then Yegrika tells you, I am willing!"

Regardless of whether these words were against her will or not, and whether or not Yegrika was acting up, these words were so beautiful and decent that all the guests were speechless.

Emperor Yuan'an laughed loudly, nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay! Since you said that, I feel relieved, and return to my seat! Tomorrow I will have someone send the golden book imperial decree to Lifan Yuan, and officially enroll you as a concubine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Hui Qiang and his siblings saluted together.

That time the Qiang youth was about to lead Yegrika back to the banquet to sit down, but Yegrika suddenly bowed to Emperor Yuan'an and asked expectantly: "Your Majesty, can you satisfy Yegrika's little one?" A wish? I am willing to repay Your Majesty with a special gift!"

Emperor Yuan'an kept smiling and asked, "Oh? What wish?"

Yegrika raised her head and said, "I heard that in the capital of the Darong Empire, there is a girls' school that you specially created for the princess to learn knowledge. Can I, can I also go in and broaden my horizons and learn about the Han nationality in the Central Plains there? "

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