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Chapter 681 An unexpected marriage

Peng Yuqi's marriage to Zeng Zhongguang, the son of Yingchuan Marquis, surprised many people.

Zhou Wenjun wrote three letters from Ganzhou specifically for this purpose, each of which fully expressed her shock.

After Peng Yuqi followed her father to Shanxi to take up a post, there was less news about her. Haitang would only write to her twice a year at most, and the content of the letters did not involve any private topics, usually just introducing the latest situation. Most of the time, she would rather keep in touch with Zhou Wenjun. They were close friends who grew up together. In comparison, Haitang was just a little sister she met later. Haitang heard a lot of news about Peng Yuqi from Zhou Yijun, because Zhou Yijun and Zhou Wenjun, cousins, kept in regular correspondence, and she knew more about Peng Yuqi.

Haitang originally thought that there would be no possibility for Peng Yuqi and the Prince of Yingchuan to have any intersection.

The eldest son of Marquis of Yingchuan went to Shanxi for training four years ago. On the surface, it was because the Zeng family of the Marquis of Yingchuan Mansion has always had this tradition. It was also because Zhao Zhuo, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, had a long-standing relationship with the Marquis of Yingchuan Mansion and would take good care of the grandson of his old boss. But in fact, this was also his healing journey.

Zeng Zhongguang, the son of Yingchuan Marquis, was originally engaged to the second granddaughter of Sun Ge Lao. They had a good relationship with each other and were about to get married. However, after Sun Ge Lao's eldest granddaughter married the son of Ji Wang, she finally got pregnant, but she had a difficult delivery in less than ten months. In the end, one person died and the child was not saved. This child should have been the bond of the alliance between the son of Ji Wang and the Sun family. Once lost, the alliance between the two became unreliable. The son of Ji Wang needed to maintain his marriage relationship with the Sun family to ensure that the Sun family would continue to support him in restoring the clan and establishing a crown prince; the Sun family needed the heir of the son of Ji Wang to have the blood of the Sun family, otherwise how could they risk participating in the fight for the throne for an unrelated heir? So, both sides turned their attention to the second granddaughter of Sun Ge Lao.

In order to avoid damaging the relationship with the Yingchuan Marquis's Mansion, the Sun family attempted to use Zhou Shuyi to assassinate Zeng Zhongguang, but unfortunately failed on the side of the third branch of the Zhou family. Not only did Zhou Shuyi end up badly, but the sinister intentions of the Sun family were also known to the Yingchuan Marquis's Mansion. Yingchuan Marquis immediately reported to the emperor and asked the emperor to make the decision. Although the emperor did not want his most important civil and military officials to have a quarrel, and did not want the Sun family to marry another daughter to the prince of Ji, things still did not go according to his wishes.

Prince Ji schemed against the second granddaughter of the Sun family, forcing her to marry him. However, the couple did not get along after the marriage, and their plan to have another legitimate son fell through. And because of the appearance of the seventh prince, the Sun family could no longer insist on recommending Prince Ji to take the throne. Prince Ji and the Sun family both became losers, but Miss Sun, who had already married into the Ji Palace, was destined to have no result with Zeng Zhongguang, the prince of Yingchuan Marquis.

Shortly after the wedding of Prince Ji's second wife, Marquis Yingchuan sent his son to Shanxi to prevent him from being saddened by the sight of the scene in the capital. Zeng Zhongguang, the prince of Yingchuan, stayed in Shanxi for two years and never returned to the capital. With Zhao Zhuo as his guide, he did not make any mistakes. He just acted in a conventional way and did not seem to have any particularly brilliant talents. However, he had no problem inheriting his father's career and being an ordinary military commander in the court.

During his stay in Shanxi, many families with daughters regarded him as a rich son-in-law and tried every means to get their daughters to show up in front of him to attract his attention. Almost everyone failed. The Yingchuan Marquis Prince seemed to have no interest in women. I wonder if it was because he was heartbroken by his ex-fiancee breaking the engagement and marrying someone else.

On the contrary, Peng Yuqi, who had no interest in him, performed well while accompanying his friends out of the city for hunting. His riding and shooting skills were not inferior to those of the young generals of the same age, which made the Yingchuan Marquis's son, who was present by chance, look at him differently. The two of them later met several times, but they never got along or talked alone. It was unknown what the Yingchuan Marquis's son thought. After discussing with his superior and elder Zhao Zhuo, he wrote a letter to his family in Beijing, detailing Peng Yuqi's family background. A month later, Zhao Zhuo was entrusted by the Yingchuan Marquis and his wife to go to the Peng family in person and propose marriage to Peng Tongzhi for Zeng Zhongguang. Peng Tongzhi was shocked at first, but although Zeng Zhongguang had a prominent family background, he himself had no bad habits. He was an honest and gentle boy. As a military general, he was not particularly outstanding, but he was also well-behaved and had a promising future. He asked his daughter what she meant. Peng Yuqi probably had some feelings in advance. After thinking about it for a day with a red face, she nodded to her father. The marriage was thus settled.

After the two families had agreed on the marriage and Tongzhi Peng had prepared a dowry for his daughter and was preparing to go to Beijing to marry her, the circle of civil and military officials in Shanxi learned the news. Everyone was shocked and could not believe that the one who finally won the rich son-in-law was Peng Yuqi, who had never been interested in the son of Yingchuan Marquis.

However, no matter how shocked everyone was, it also affected the progress of this marriage. Peng Yuqi married into the Yingchuan Marquis's mansion in the capital last spring. After the marriage, Zeng Zhongguang, the son of Yingchuan Marquis, found a job in the imperial army and no longer came to Shanxi. In the summer, Peng Tongzhi was transferred to the Tongzhou Guard of the 26th Guards of the Shangzhi Personal Guards as the commander because of his outstanding performance during his tenure. Although his rank was reduced instead of increased, it was closer to the capital, so it was much easier for the father and daughter to meet.

Tongzhi Peng had no objection to this. Instead, he felt that his future was brighter.

The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion also thought this was good news, but the Tang family felt a little jealous. After General Tang married his eldest daughter, he took his second daughter Tang Ruo to Taiyuan. He was originally going there for the rich son-in-law, the son of the Marquis of Yingchuan. Unexpectedly, Tang Ruo, who was both talented and beautiful, was not noticed by the son of the Marquis of Yingchuan. Instead, Peng Yuqi, who accompanied her as a foil, was favored by him.

But the Tang family did not suffer a loss. At the request of Xie Wenzai, General Tang kindly helped Geng Zehuai and saved his daughter and grandson. Geng Zehuai and Zhuang Shitong, two cousins, were grateful for his kindness, so they introduced General Tang to several old friends in Beijing. Those people were all from Wumen, who had been exiled in the northwest and continued to serve as officials after returning to the court. After being suppressed by the Sun faction for many years, they gradually improved and became more and more powerful. One of them, who was an official of the Ministry of Rites, asked for Tang Ruo to marry for his eldest grandson. Although this marriage was not what the Tang family originally wanted, it also realized Tang Ruo's dream of marrying into a high-ranking family in Beijing.

It is said that she is now in the capital, and still keeps in touch with Peng Yuqi, who married into the Yingchuan Marquis's Mansion, and the two are still "best friends"!

However, Haitang, who occasionally gets inside information from her cousins ​​and friends, couldn't help but twitch her lips when she heard her grandmother Ma mention that Peng Yuqi was close to the second aunt of the Tang family. "Uh... I have a good relationship with Sister Peng, but I'm not so familiar with the second young lady of the Tang family. Forget about that... I can write a letter, and ask Yijun to write one too, and ask my brother to send it to Sister Peng."

Ma rolled her eyes at her, "What are you talking about? Your Grandpa He lived in our house for almost five or six years. When you were a child, you read "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names" with textbooks written by your Grandpa He himself! He is not an outsider to our family. The second Miss Tang can become his granddaughter-in-law because of your uncle's help in speaking well of her. Your brother wants to visit the He family, why does he need you to write a letter? It is right for me to write to your Grandpa He's wife!"

(End of this chapter)