Ajiu

Chapter 76 Arty
Empress Zhang was quite surprised, "Prince Nafu, how can it be the turn of the courtiers to agree or disagree? Your Majesty, when you make an oral order, will anyone dare to resist the order? Eat a bear's heart and a leopard will not succeed."

In Empress Zhang's view, although civil servants are pedantic, they are loyal to the emperor. If the emperor orders a girl from one of their families to be the prince's second concubine, they will only be obedient.If you like it, you will happily finish the marriage, if you don't like it, you can only hold your breath and force a smile, and you can only offer the girl with both hands.

Resisting the decree for an unfavorable marriage?For a girl, against the royal?Queen Zhang felt incredible.For a family, what is a girl? If donating a girl can benefit the family, how many people would dream of it.

Moreover, although the prince's second concubine is one level lower than the main concubine, she cannot be regarded as an ordinary concubine.The second concubine is also sent by the central government to accept the ceremony, and the crown and dress imitate the system of second rank in Tang and Song Dynasties, and the guard of honor is slightly reduced as the main concubine.When they get married, even though the prince doesn't greet them personally, they still have to go to the Fengxian Hall to worship their ancestors. Who would dare to underestimate those who went to the Fengxian Hall to worship their ancestors?
Such a status is not satisfactory, it is too high-minded.Queen Zhang was unhappy.

The emperor said gently: "There are many civil servants in the court who dare to resist the order. What is the censor for? What is the science for? Empress, these people have humble positions, but they are all outspoken and dare to advise."

Empress Zhang smiled reservedly, "They dare to persuade His Majesty for the sake of government affairs. If it is for personal grievances, who would dare to talk too much?" For business, they can persuade the emperor to gain a good name, and for private affairs and the emperor Facing it, if you don't say you want to die, your reputation will not be much better.

The emperor rubbed his nose, "They will not treat it as a personal grievance, and they can tell a lot of great truths. Empress, husband and wife are the heads of the five relationships, and the conclusion of marriage is a major event, so it should not be taken lightly."

The emperor imagined for a while, "If I pass down the decree and order Pei Kai's granddaughter to be the concubine for the tenth time, Pei Kai will definitely decline; if he fails to refuse, he will probably order his family to prepare the coffin, and then write a letter, impassionedly accepting my concubine. Scold a dog bloody head."

"Pei Kai, he has always had this kind of temperament that would rather be broken than broken. If you want to force him to give up his precious granddaughter, he will choose to die."

Empress Zhang was stunned, "What about it?" What an honor it is for his granddaughter to marry into the royal family, why would he be so overwhelmed?

"As for." The emperor nodded calmly.He has dealt with civil officials all the year round, and he has a deep understanding of the character of civil officials, who would rather die than surrender.

"This kind of fool, let him die." Queen Zhang said coldly.

Empress Zhang knew long ago that the tenth prince treated the little girl of the Pei family differently, but she didn't take it seriously.Anyway, she has already selected the concubine of the tenth prince. If the tenth prince has a confidante and a girl he likes, and his family life and character are good, he can marry as the second concubine.Empress Zhang had always thought this way, but when the emperor said this, she realized that her own thoughts and those of the ten princes could not be reconciled, and she was troubled and anxious.

The emperor slapped the table angrily, and said sharply: "Pei Qing is my minister! He is very talented. Eight years ago, I wanted to transfer him to Beijing to take up a post. Empress, do you know how well a person can be an official to be so loved by the people? Such an upright official, such a capable official, is actually a person worthy of death in the eyes of the Empress?!"

Just for your own selfishness, can such a rare official even die?Queen, you are really chilling.

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Empress Zhang thought for a while, stood up and walked in front of the emperor, knelt down and bowed down, "I made a mistake, I know my mistake. Your Majesty, this concubine is just annoyed for a while, not really having malicious thoughts."

Queen Zhang prostrated herself on the ground for a long time, and the hall was silent.

Seeing that the emperor did not intend to forgive her, Queen Zhang regretted it.Knowing that he is extremely shrewd in government affairs, what is he doing to insult the courtiers?Alas, it's all his fault that he was too easy-going and accommodating just now, which made him lose his vigilance.

"I am your original wife, the mother of your two sons and two daughters, even if you really said something wrong, you shouldn't embarrass me like this." Empress Zhang complained in her heart.

The emperor was probably really angry. Empress Zhang had knelt down to plead guilty, but he finally walked away.When he left, he was very angry.

The maids, nurses, and servants of Kunning Palace were all panicked. Empress Zhang was ashamed and apologetic, and ordered the maids to remove the hairpins and jewelry for herself, take off the Yanju uniform, and changed into plain clothes. The hairpin is punished.She is in her early fifties, she is old, her jewelry has been removed, her hair is long and shawl, and her face looks even older.She is usually very graceful and luxurious, but now, her expression is full of shame and anxiety.

Empress is actually a very unsafe position, if the emperor wants to turn his face, she is powerless to resist.

Empress Zhang took off her hairpin to treat the crime, and the prince, concubine, and ten princes soon found out, and all of them lost their souls.The prince hesitated, "I don't know what it is for? How should we intercede?" The princess knew in her heart that it should be related to the queen's banquet, but it involved the prince's beloved brother. She didn't know how to speak, and her expression hesitated.The tenth prince quickly took off the hair crown, took off his big clothes, and kicked his shoes away, "Brother and sister-in-law, you two have discussed it carefully, and I will go to the emergency first." Regardless of whether the prince and princess agree or disagree, he pushed it away arrogantly. A group of servants, barefoot, rushed to the main hall of Qianqing Palace, knelt behind Queen Zhang, "Mother, I will accompany you."

Queen Zhang didn't even look back, and calmly ordered, "It's your mother who said something wrong, and it has nothing to do with you. Xiao Shi, go back and don't mess around." The tenth prince was very stubborn and refused to leave, "No, I have to accompany you. "

The servant hurriedly went in to report, "Your Majesty, His Highness Tenth Highness was not wearing any big clothes, and was barefoot. He probably ran in a hurry. He stepped on something, and his feet were bleeding..." Before the servant could finish speaking, the emperor dropped his hands. After reading the memorial, he shouted sharply: "You haven't invited the imperial physician yet, what are you talking about?" The servant hurriedly agreed, and rushed to announce the imperial physician.

The prince and princess also changed into plain clothes and knelt outside the hall to plead guilty.Empress Zhang ordered them to return to the palace, but the prince and concubine had tears in their eyes, and the tenth prince refused to leave with a stubborn face.

The imperial doctor hurriedly came with a medical box on his back, and the emperor ordered his servants to help the tenth prince in and show him his feet.The tenth prince struggled, refusing to live and die, "With such a little blood, I can neither die nor hurt, don't bother Your Majesty." Seeing his stubbornness, the emperor rushed over angrily, dragged him to spank his ass, and the tenth prince raised his ass to him Hit, "Hit it, I won't leave even if I'm beaten to death, I'll stay with my mother."

At the end of the quarrel, the emperor ordered someone to bring the queen's crown and dress, and serve Queen Zhang to change it.This meant that the eyes of the sky had returned to good after the rain, and the tenth prince obediently stopped making trouble, "Father, my feet hurt." The emperor was so annoyed that he grabbed him and beat him twice, watching the imperial doctor clean his wound , Bandage and apply medicine.

The tenth prince wrapped up his wound, and the emperor saw that he was fine, so he ordered him to go back and rest.The tenth prince agreed, followed behind the prince and concubine, and walked away step by step.

Queen Zhang put on the queen's crown dress again, and couldn't help smiling wryly.The young couple had been together for decades, and he was so ruthless.

Empress Zhang went to the emperor to salute and thank her. The emperor looked at her for a long time and said slowly, "How does Xiao Shi respect and love you? How do you treat him? Empress, ask yourself, are you worthy of Xiao Shi?"

The emperor waved his hand wearily, and ordered the palace servants to take Queen Zhang back, "Think about it carefully, the son is always yours." Even though Queen Zhang had thousands of grievances, this was not a good time to argue, so she had to leave silently.

When Empress Zhang returned to Kunning Palace, the prince and concubine were there, and they greeted her cautiously, heartbroken.The tenth prince hurt his foot, and the emperor didn't allow him to get out of bed, so he sent someone to send a new bottle of Western rose water, "It's very fragrant, mother, you can try it." The rose water was contained in a crystal clear glass bottle. It looked so beautiful that Empress Zhang almost shed tears.Xiao Shi, son, of course mother loves you, you are mother's old son.

The prince asked carefully about what happened before and after, and said with a frown, "It's because of this. Mom, we didn't make any mistakes when the Qiu family ran amok in the Six Palaces. Now the weather is calm, but the boat capsized in the gutter." Empress Zhang couldn't help but With a wry smile, "At that time, mother was extremely vigilant, but now she is relaxed."

Queen Zhang's original plan cannot be said to be outrageous.Cao Ying's family background, character and appearance are all in line with her wishes, and she is related to Zhang's family by marriage. She likes Cao Ying and is willing to make such a young daughter-in-law, which is also human nature.Originally, according to her wishful thinking, she had a tacit understanding with the Cao family first, and when the tenth prince grew up, it would be a matter of course to issue a decree, collect the collection book, and greet him in person, which was very smooth.Unexpectedly, because of this event that should have been extremely smooth, Queen Zhang fell down and hit the wall.

The prince complained softly, "Mother, why would you say such a thing? Pei Kai is an important minister that father trusts and admires, and you can't just want him to die just because he doesn't want to marry his precious granddaughter as the second concubine?"

Empress Zhang's expression darkened, "Mother was thinking about it. Because your father said that if we force Pei Kai, Pei Kai will prepare the coffin first, and then write a letter to scold your father, begging to die. Mother thought, some time ago In Niannian, your father made a special trip to see your mother in a fit of anger, and scolded Feng Yingze, "This guy dares to threaten me with death! I'm afraid he won't succeed!""

Feng Yingze was a famous censor back then, poor and tough-tempered, and the emperor would not let anyone scold anyone he caught.That year, the emperor got a new beauty, whom he loved very much. A few days later, Feng Ying prepared the coffin and wrote a letter cursing the emperor for being greedy and misleading the country. Thirty court sticks, down three levels in a row.

Swearing at the emperor and preparing the coffin in advance, this kind of bachelor behavior is impossible for the emperor to like.Empress Zhang was convinced of this, so after the emperor predicted Pei Kai's behavior, she would blurt out that sentence, "This kind of stupid person, let him die."

Empress Zhang thought that the emperor was still thinking about it back then, and hated this kind of bachelor behavior deeply, and wished to kill him quickly.

The prince smiled bitterly, "Mom, this is just my father's speculation, and Pei Kai didn't really do it. Besides, my father told you this, maybe he just wanted you to understand that Pei Kai has a temperament and a strong character, and he would not sell his granddaughter to beg for it." Rong."

"Mother, Xiao Shi is only a little old. You can't go against Dad for his choice of princess. If Xiao Shi really likes the little girl of the Pei family, Dad is willing to make it happen. You might as well take a step back and agree. Anyway. Now it’s just lip service.”

Empress Zhang's originally gloomy eyes suddenly brightened.That's right, there are still about ten years before Xiao Shi grows up and marries the princess.Ten years from now, who knows what it will be like?Maybe... maybe at that time, the boss, his eldest son, will be the master of the house.

"It's nothing to say, it's just that you have already spoken to your aunt and the Cao family, and if you go back on your word, you will feel embarrassed." Queen Zhang said in a deep voice.

The crown prince smiled, "Face is more important than profit? Mother, you can't annoy dad because of face." Empress Zhang knew that what her elder son said was right, so she nodded, "That's the reason."

The prince persuaded Queen Zhang to be good, took leave with the princess, and returned to Ciqing Palace.The concubine was always present during the day, and told him the details in a low voice, "Look at what I mean, I like the little girl from the Pei family very much. I don't know what's wrong, so I must fight with my father." The prince was a little helpless, " Mother and father are a married couple, if there is a dispute, mother may not always be willing to give in."

But if you don't give in, the ending will be even worse... The prince sighed softly.

The crown prince ordered the palace people to prepare soup, the crown princess bit her lip, and said softly: "Your Highness, will you order Li Ji to sleep tonight?" The crown prince looked at her displeased, "You don't want to keep me?" Hong, "I can't wait to keep Your Highness every day, but I have two daughters in a row...Your Highness, mother is anxious to embrace a grandson, Li Ji seems to be a good child, and looks like a man..." The prince stared at her. , she opened her mouth and couldn't continue.

"I still want a son-in-law." The prince said softly.

The princess' chest felt hot, and she really wanted to keep her husband, but remembering Queen Zhang's explanation, she swallowed the words again.

"Li Ji, you are so fertile, Yi Nan..." the crown princess murmured.

The prince stood for a while, then lifted his foot and left.

The Crown Princess caught up two steps, and looked at her husband's handsome back, tears streaming down her face.

Ah Jiu returned to the West Garden, and after a short rest, she hugged two Shoushan stones and went to show off in front of her grandfather and grandmother, "Look, how beautiful the psychic is! "My grandfather and grandmother all smiled, "Our little Ajiu went to the palace, but brought back two good things!" Ajiu was triumphant, "Grandfather and grandmother, it's so wonderful to have such good things without spending money! "

While talking, Lin Yan came.Ajiu hurried over, "Look, Uncle." As if offering a treasure, he asked Uncle to look at these two extremely high-quality Shoushan stones.Lin Yan looked at it carefully, and pondered: "This kind of stone, if it is used to seal seals, it will be the best."

Lin Shangshu smiled at Mimi, "Little Ajiu, your uncle likes to carve seals with his own hands. He is very particular about fonts, knife skills, and style. If you want a free seal, you can ask your uncle to do it."

Ajiu's eyes sparkled, and she said happily: "Xianzhang, it sounds very elegant. I want it, I want it, grandpa, uncle, I like arty the most!"

Both Lin Shangshu and Lin Yan laughed, "Arty is a derogatory term, how could little Ajiu look cute when he said it?" Ajiu bragged without any shyness, "Because I'm not cute enough, it's all over the place. .”

While bragging, she was afraid that her grandfather and uncle would not understand what she meant, so she picked up the teapot and poured tea into the teacup. When it was full, she continued to pour, "Hey, that's it, it's all overflowing."

Her grandfather, grandmother and uncle were all amused by her.

The grandfather embraced little Ajiu and sighed, "Unfortunately, your grandfather is coming to the capital soon. Grandfather thought of his coming, so worried that he couldn't sleep." Ajiu giggled, "Grandfather, are you afraid of losing chess? Don't fight." Both grandfathers love to play chess, but the grandfather often can't beat the grandfather.

Grandfather shook his head, "It's not that I'm afraid of losing chess. What's the point of losing chess? It's not worth mentioning. Little Ajiu, grandfather doesn't want to part with you."

When Taishou Pei arrived in the capital, of course Xiao Ajiu's family would live with his grandfather.

"I come to see you often!" Ah Jiu vowed.

"It's a deal!" Lin Shangshu stretched out his finger, and the grandfather and grandson solemnly pulled the hook.

Although Lin Shangshu thought of his old friend Pei Kai who was about to arrive in the capital, his face was filled with gloom, but when the prefect Pei arrived in Tongzhou, he drove to greet him personally, "Little Ajiu, let's pick up your grandfather!" carriage.

Little Ajiu leaned on her grandfather, feeling happy.Grandfather, grandmother, third uncle, third aunt, fifth brother, seventh brother and starling, here I come!
(End of this chapter)