swear not to be concubine

Chapter 130

Jian Yan was happily waiting for Xu Zhongxuan to come to propose marriage with Zheng Guogong, but the news she got at the end was that Xu Zhongxuan came to propose marriage with a heavy gift, but was rejected by Zheng Guogong on the spot.

It turned out that before Xu Zhongxuan came to propose marriage, Li Yi was talking with Li Nianyi in the study.

Recently, Zhou Yuan was down, and the gang under him were dead. Exiled, exiled, dismissed, King Ning's side has almost become an empty shelf.Li Nianyi was anxious - King Ning had promised her that if he came to the throne, he would make her a noble concubine.Because of the position of the noble concubine, Li Nianyi, who was at a loss, didn't know what to do, so she came back to discuss this matter with her father.

After discussing and discussing, the two finally agreed that Xu Zhongxuan played a very important role in Zhou Yuanzheng's downfall, and since Xu Zhongxuan became the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, people in the court of Zhongning King have been dismissed or promoted one after another. Punishment such as surrender, so Xu Zhongxuan should actually be a member of King Liang and work for King Liang.

The two of them were very angry with Xu Zhongxuan, when a young man came in outside to report that it was Xu Zhongxuan, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, who asked to see him.

Li Yi and Li Nianyi were naturally surprised by this.

Xu Shilang is now one of the most sought-after cabinet scholars, and he is also a member of Liang Wang's party. What is he going to come to Zheng Guogong's mansion now?
At that time Li Nianyi hid behind the screen, and Li Yi asked the servant to invite Xu Zhongxuan in.

After Xu Zhongxuan came in, he paid homage to Li Yi, and after exchanging a few words of politeness, he revealed the purpose of his trip.

He came to ask to marry Lord Le'an.

Li Yi was immediately dumbfounded.Li Nianyi, however, had a very active mind, so he hurriedly asked the servant to invite Li Yi to speak outside.

Li Nianyi objected to the marriage between Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan for three reasons: first, this Xu Zhongxuan belonged to King Liang and was the deadly enemy of King Ning.Second, the second sister liked Xu Zhongxuan, but now Xu Zhongxuan came to propose marriage to the third sister. If his father agreed to Xu Zhongxuan's marriage proposal, what would the second sister think?Are you really able to ignore your second sister?And the third thing is, father, you are thinking about marrying the third sister to Xu Zhongxuan, making Xu Zhongxuan and King Ning brother-in-law, and Xu Zhongxuan will support King Ning in the future, but father, have you forgotten one thing?The Marquis of Wuding's Mansion is on the side of King Liang. After all, half of the blood of Marquis Wuding's mansion is flowing on Sanmei's body. Can you be sure that Xu Zhongxuan will definitely stand on King Ning's side after getting married with his third sister?If he is not on King Ning's side, then why are you marrying Third Sister to him?
After hearing this, Li Yi thought about it, and it was indeed so good.So he went back and rejected Xu Zhongxuan's marriage proposal very simply.

It is said that Xu Zhongxuan disregarded his own identity at that time, directly lifted the hem of his robe and knelt down, begging Li Yi to agree.But Li Yi still refused with a very strong attitude, and even yelled that if Xu Zhongxuan didn't leave, he would let the boy chase him away.

After Jian Yan heard these words, she froze.The lake brush in his hand was trembling all the time, black ink slipped from the nib, dripped onto the snow-white rice paper, and a large puddle of ink swam out.

Nie Qingniang was originally surprised when she heard the maid talking about someone coming to propose marriage.Later, when she heard that the person who proposed marriage was Xu Zhongxuan, and seeing the distraught look on Jian Yan's face after Li Yi refused, what else did she not understand?
Jian Yan lived in Xu's house for a year, so she had a relationship with Xu Zhongxuan back then, right?
Although I have never met Xu Zhongxuan, Nie Qingniang has also heard of it. This Xu Zhongxuan has an excellent handsome appearance, and he is the first three-yuan winner since the founding of the dynasty, and he did it at such a young age. The left servant of the Ministry of Officials, who joined the cabinet, must be a dragon and a phoenix among individuals.

Such a person is worthy of his own daughter.And most importantly...

"Yan'er, do you like this servant Xu in your heart?" Nie Qingniang asked Jian Yan with a smile.

Jian Yan blushed.

But she also knew in her heart that now that Li Yi rejected this marriage, if she still wanted to facilitate this marriage, she would have to ask Nie Qingniang to mediate.

Therefore, even though she felt her face was hot, she still nodded and said softly: "Yes. Mother, my daughter likes him."

In fact, more than just like it?She loves him.Even if Li Yi and Nie Qingniang disagreed with this marriage, that would not stop her love for Xu Zhongxuan at all.

She thought, even after Hong Fu ran away at night, she would still be with Xu Zhongxuan.Nothing can stop her determination to be with Xu Zhongxuan.

But fortunately, Nie Qingniang smiled and nodded after hearing her words, and then said: "Mother believes in your vision. Since you like this servant Xu, don't worry about this marriage. Discuss well with your father, after all, I want my Yan'er to marry someone I like."

When Jian Yan heard this, her heart warmed up, she hurriedly raised her head, and said sincerely to Nie Qingniang, "Thank you, Mother."

"This silly boy, you are still so polite when talking to your mother." Nie Qingniang leaned over, stretched out her hand to caress her brows and eyes, with a gentle and kind smile on her face, "Yan'er has someone she likes, mother is really happy Don't worry, since this is your wish, Mother will definitely make it come true. Then Mother will prepare a dowry of 120 eight levies for you, so that you can marry Xu Zhongxuan in a glorious manner, okay?"

Jian Yan couldn't help nodding, her eye circles were a little red.

It's not because of the dowry of 120 eight lifts.She doesn't love money that much, and because of the good operation and management of Shijing Pavilion, she actually has a lot of money on hand.The most important thing is Nie Qingniang's love for her.

Nie Qingniang was really kind to her.

So she raised her hand to hold Nie Qingniang's hand caressing her eyebrows, and called out in a low voice: "Mother."

Although the meanings of mother and mother are the same, the degree of intimacy is quite different.

Nie Qingniang naturally understood the difference.At that moment, she was only trembling with excitement, and her tears fell uncontrollably like rolling balls.

Jian Yan's eye circles were also a little red.

Mother Wei smiled and said, "Ma'am and Miss, what are you doing? It's a good thing, you two are crying face to face."

Li Xin was also joking around beside him, and just said: "Mother, sister, will Xu Shilang be my brother-in-law in the future? I heard that he is a three-yuan graduate, so his knowledge must be very good. I want to ask him for advice." Will he care about academic matters?"

"Why would you ignore it?" Mother Wei smiled, "After the girl and Xu Shilang get married, you will be Xu Shilang's brother-in-law. How dare he ignore you? Then you will tell our girl and let us go Tell him."

Jian Yan's face turned red when she couldn't hold her hands, and she yelled at Wei Momo: "Wei Momo."

Mother Wei smiled and said, "Young lady is shy. Okay, okay, I just want to make fun of you."

A few of them laughed and talked about Yan Yan here, but Li Nianyi over there was so angry that Li Nianlan made a lot of noise.

The reason for Li Nianlan's quarrel is naturally, why did Xu Zhongxuan come to propose Jian Yan instead of her?Why should Jian Yan be left behind for any good deed?She is not convinced.

Then she begged Li Nianyi again, only saying that she really liked Xu Zhongxuan and wanted Li Nianyi to fulfill them.

It's just that Li Nianyi is also in trouble.

No matter how much she wants Xu Zhongxuan to be her brother-in-law, but now she is just a concubine of King Ning, so it's fine if she can't say anything. The point is, Xu Zhongxuan might not listen to King Ning's words.

But Li Nianyi thought, since it is Xu Zhongxuan, she can't do much here, but she can make Jian Yan marry someone else.

However, the identities of the daughter of the Duke's House of Jian Yan and the Lord of Le'an Township are still there, and the fathers of ordinary family backgrounds will definitely not agree, but if the family background is particularly good, Jian Yan married and gained power. I'm afraid...

Therefore, the best way is to send Jian Yan away, and it is best not to see her again for the rest of her life.

Li Nianyi frowned, only thinking about how to send Jian Yan away.

Then it really taught her to think of one thing.

A few days ago, she heard from King Ning that King Xingping in the southwest had been restless for a few days, but was temporarily suppressed by the soldiers of the imperial court, but he calmed down a bit.It's just that King Xingping is powerful, and the emperor wants to move him now, but it is bound to damage the country, so the emperor wants to appease and win over King Xingping. Uprooted, never future trouble.

And the method that the emperor came up with to appease and win over was to marry a daughter of the clan to be the concubine of Prince Xingping.

King Xingping himself was not young and had a wife and concubine.But his eldest son heard that he had a leg problem and had a surly temper, so he never had an imperial concubine.

As for the candidate for the clan girl, only the daughter of Princess Tong'an, the head of Wen'an County, was chosen.

This is also impossible.The emperor didn't have many children. There were two princesses, one was married and the other was only a few years old.Most of the other clan girls are also of different ages, but only this Wen'an county head, who just reached the age of Ji a few years ago, is the most suitable age.

Although speaking seriously, the Wen'an County Lord is just an outsider, but because the Princess Tong'an is the only daughter of the Empress Dowager and is favored by the Queen Mother, the Wen'an County Lord has been given the title of County Lord since she was a child.And with the title of county head, she can naturally be said to be a member of the royal family, a daughter of the clan.

In the same way, Jian Yan actually has the title of Le'an Township Lord.The title of Xiangjun has historically only been obtained by clan women.Now, if Jian Yan is serious, she has nothing to do with the Li family of Zheng Guogong's mansion, but a member of the Tian family...

And if I go and tell this matter to Princess Tong'an and the Queen Mother, they will definitely be grateful to me.

Who is willing to marry their daughter to Prince Xingping?It sounds like a concubine, but it is also a chime hammer made of yellow cypress wood - it looks decent on the outside but bitter on the inside.Not to mention marrying far away, there is no way to know how they lived there, but the emperor will definitely not tolerate King Xingping. How to deal with it?Can King Xingping tolerate her?Can the emperor accommodate her?
In short, it will not end well, will it?And this is why the Queen Mother and Princess Tong'an are very reluctant to marry Wen'an County Lord.I heard that the Empress Dowager had quarreled with the Emperor several times because of this matter, which caused the Emperor to fall ill again, and went to a hot spring pool in the suburbs to recuperate two days ago.

Li Nianyi thought for a moment that what he was thinking was that it was a good idea to let Jianyan marry the prince of Xingping instead of Wen'an county head.

In this way, Jian Yan can be dealt with - she has long disliked Jian Yan.And according to what my aunt said hesitantly that day, she actually made the guards leave Jian Yan and the nanny on purpose at that time, and wanted Jian Yan to die.But who knew that after 14 years, Jian Yan could come back unscathed.If such things are taught to my father in the future, my father will definitely not be able to get around my aunt.And my aunt also said that Jian Yan has a great influence on Nie Qingniang now, if Jian Yan is always around, her right to head the house will definitely be taken away by Nie Qingniang sooner or later.So Mo Ruo sent Jian Yan far away, so that Nie Qingniang would suffer from this blow, and her health would definitely get worse, so Auntie could continue to run the house.In the future, if I think of a way to get rid of Li Xin, then the seat of Zheng Guogong's son can only be Li Jing's.This will be of great help to her in the future.And these two, if she did this, wouldn't she be able to please the Queen Mother and Princess Tong'an?At that time, when they feel grateful in their hearts, they will naturally take care of King Ning a little more.

Li Nianyi thought this method was very good, so she told Aunt Wan and Li Nianlan about the plan in her heart, and told them not to mention this matter to outsiders for the time being.

Aunt Wan and Li Nianlan agreed.Li Nianyi hurried out of the house and went to Tong'an Princess Chang's mansion.

Princess Tong'an's mansion is next door, and the servant notified her to go in. Princess Tong'an Chang didn't want to see Li Nianyi.After all, King Ning committed suicide when he was cornered by Li Yi.Therefore, although Princess Anchang and Li Yi live next door, they have never interacted with each other.But Li Nianyi said that she had a way to prevent Wen'an County Lord from marrying Prince Xingping's son far away, so Princess Tong'an asked Li Nianyi to come in.

Princess Tong'an is in her forties, but her birth is also ordinary.But on weekdays, it is better to take good care of it, and the complexion is fair and delicate, which can be regarded as a middle-aged appearance.

But now, although she is wrapped in a brocade dress and her hair is covered with emeralds, her complexion is extremely haggard and yellow.When I looked at it suddenly, I thought it was a piece of dry wood wrapped in a pile of brocade.

Li Nianyi took two steps forward, bowed his knees, saluted Tong'an Chang Princess, and said hello.

Princess Tong'an was impatient with Li Nianyi, she just sat up straight in the armchair, and asked eagerly in her voice: "What can you do to prevent Wen'an from marrying Prince Xingping?"

If it wasn't because of this, why did she want to see Li Nianyi?
Li Nianyi was originally the daughter of the enemy who forced her younger brother to commit suicide, and she was just a concubine of King Ning, so it was really not her turn to meet the noble eldest princess.

Hearing the question from Princess Anchang, Li Nianyi raised his head, and spoke out his thoughts in a soft voice.

When Princess Tong'an heard the words, she was startled at first, but then she was overjoyed.

Although she knew about Jian Yan being canonized as a township lord, she didn't think about it, and after all, she was just a small township lord, so she didn't take it seriously.But now hearing what Li Nianyi said, she suddenly understood in her heart.

That's right, Jian Yan also has the title that only women of the clan can have, so speaking of it, she has the same status as Wen An.And although the title of Township Monarch is humble, what are you afraid of? You can ask your mother to give her the title of County Monarch, County Lord, Princess, or Princess.Left and right are just titles.

So Princess Tong'an immediately asked the servant to take a car, saying that she was going to bring Li Nianyi into the palace to meet the Queen Mother.

Li Nianyi was naturally happy in his heart.Although she is King Ning's concubine, she has not seen the Queen Mother in these years.Naturally, it was also the queen mother who disdained to see a concubine like her.

But when Princess Tong'an and Li Nianyi entered the palace and met the queen mother, after telling about this matter, the queen mother was overjoyed immediately.

King Ning is dead, and Princess Tong'an and County Lord Wen'an are her only family members left. Naturally, she is reluctant to let County Lord Wen'an marry as a political victim to some prince of Xingping.

So the queen mother immediately said that she felt very good about this matter.When the emperor returns from the hot spring pool in two days, she will tell him about it immediately.When she used filial piety to persecute her, the emperor would definitely obey her.

It's just a girl from the Duke's Mansion. Could it be that the emperor would disobey her because of such an irrelevant person?
The Empress Dowager's eyes were full of an expression of certainty.

(End of this chapter)