Linglong

Chapter 124

After dinner, King Zhou and Princess Yongning accompanied the emperor and empress to gossip.

"Father, mother, how about changing the title of Princess Zeya?" King Zhou asked.

Princess Zeya has been saying that she is not sick these days.

King Qin reported the case to the emperor after finding out the case. The emperor was furious, and Princess Xuanze went to the palace to reprimand her face to face.Princess Zeya was ashamed and frightened, "fell ill" after leaving the palace, and never left her princess mansion again.

It is estimated that she would not dare to show up in public until the emperor's anger subsides.

It was said that she fell ill, and it was true that the imperial physician was called into the princess mansion every day, but it was hard to say whether she was really sick, or if she was ashamed and ashamed to see others as a cover for her illness.

How to govern Princess Zeya, in fact, is a bit troublesome for the emperor.She is the late emperor's daughter, and the emperor's half-brother and sister. She must be very different from Song Changqing and Guan's family. Song Changqing and Guan's family will die for this, but Princess Zeya will definitely not. Her identity is her talisman.

Downgrading is also impossible.The title of the emperor's sister is the eldest princess. This title is based on status and has nothing to do with character.

In the previous dynasty, there were examples of princesses who were deposed as ordinary people, but those princesses were involved in serious treason cases, and they ended up miserable.What Princess Zeya committed was far from conspiracy.

Demotion, abolishment, imprisonment, and execution are all impossible for Princess Zeya—the emperor has always been praised as a wise and benevolent monarch, and it is impossible to treat brothers and sisters lightly.

But just reprimanding her and making her sick, how could the emperor feel relieved?Princess Zeya not only wanted to kill his daughter-in-law, but also plotted against his Saburo—assassinated the Yu family. Wasn't she just trying to make Luo Qionghua become the princess of Zhou?How could the emperor not be annoyed that his precious son was being targeted like a prey, and he would not give up until he got his hands on it.

King Zhou's proposal aroused the emperor's interest, "Let's hear it."

Since ancient times, the titles of princesses have been about country names, county names, county names, beautiful names, etc. Most of the titles in this dynasty are county names and beautiful names, such as Zeguo , Zeya, is the name of the county.

Changing Princess Zeya's title to what?

"Originally, I wanted to change her to be ugly, such as thinking about her mistakes and facing the wall." Zhou Wang said: "But the family ugliness should not be publicized. She is the emperor and princess, so let her save some face and call her Sijin. "

"Think carefully, think sincerely." The emperor repeated twice, "Let her remind herself to be cautious in her words and deeds, and not to do anything wrong again. Good, very good!" Very much agree.

The queen couldn't help being amused, "Once this title is changed, I think she will be able to excuse her illness at future banquets in the palace."

The titles of the other eldest princesses are all county names, but she has become a nondescript "Sijin eldest princess". Do you still have the nerve to sit with other princesses and princesses?

Not to mention the banquet in the palace, she probably wouldn't have the face to go out to meet people.

Changing such a title is much worse than reprimanding him.

The punishment measure proposed by the king of Zhou was in line with the emperor's wishes, and he readily agreed.

The next day the emperor ordered his cabinet ministers to draw up an order to change the title of Princess Zeya.This is indeed an insult to Princess Zeya, the daughter of the former emperor, but which of the cabinet ministers doesn't know what happened to her?No one dared to defend her.

When the emperor wanted to do something, his efficiency would be extremely high. On the same day, the servants and officials from the Ministry of Rites went to Princess Zeya's mansion to read out the emperor's edict.

Princess Zeya said that she was sick in bed, but she was actually ashamed and afraid. When she heard that the servants and officials had arrived, she had to come out and kneel to listen to the order tremblingly.

"Sijin, my title has been changed to Sijin." After hearing the emperor's imperial decree, Princess Zeya was terrified, "All the titles of the sisters are county names, but I am not, and the title also contains a warning meaning ..."

"Princess Sijin, take the order and thank you." The servant's voice was sharp and piercing.

Princess Zeya, no, she should be called Princess Sijin now. She thanked the emperor for her kindness, and raised her hands tremblingly to receive the imperial decree, wanting to die of shame.

Before that, she just claimed to be sick, but after receiving the imperial decree, she was really sick. She lay on the bed with a sallow complexion, and poured doses of decoctions, but it didn't work at all.

The son-in-law Luo Youcheng complained to her very much, "I said it earlier, but the princess just won't listen to me."

She became more and more angry, her face turned pale and then yellow, with a ferocious expression.

Two days later, the King of Qin presented the confession of Shuntian Fuyin to the emperor, "He kept changing his confession. He first said that he was ordered by Princess Zeya, and then he insisted that it was not. Now he is finally willing to admit it. Your Majesty, Forget about other things, as the eldest princess, she made friends with officials privately, and used the hands of Shuntian Fu Yin to do dirty things, this trend cannot last, please punish severely by Your Majesty."

In order to exonerate himself, Yin Shuntian insisted in his confession that it was Princess Zeya who bullied others, threatened and lured others, and he had no choice but to agree to her.After seeing this, the emperor was furious. First, he sent an envoy to the eldest princess's mansion to severely reprimand him, and then ordered a three-year fine, as a warning to everyone else.

A series of blows hit, and Princess Sijin was frightened, angry, and ashamed, and her illness became more and more serious.

The king of Zhou ordered someone to send her an invitation card, "Concubine concubine on the third day of next month, Chenyu Palace, please come."

"Prince Zhou..." Princess Sijin stretched out her thin fingers to tear up the invitation, "...Damnable, extremely hateful!"

The wedding was not held in Zhou Wangfu, but in Chenyu Palace, how can there be any reason to treat guests?But the king of Zhou sent the invitation over, obviously to anger her, to tell her, I don't want to marry your daughter, but I want to marry the girl I love, the girl you have hurt!
Princess Sijin spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wow -" and there were bright red blood stains everywhere on her chest and skirt, which was shocking.

When the news reached the Yu family, Second Master Yu resented, "You deserve it!"

He has always been gentle in temperament, but his elder brother is still lying on the bed until now, how can he not be angry at the person who harmed his elder brother.

Second Master Yu ordered someone to call Jing Jia and Jing Xi, and told them, "You are the eldest princess, your Majesty's younger sister, even if you make a mistake, you will be punished, let alone you? Xiao Jia, Xiao Xi, whether it is in her mother's house , or after you leave the cabinet in the future, you can't have evil thoughts to harm others, you know?"

Jing Jia respectfully agreed, "Yes, I dare not forget my father's teaching."

Jingxi felt sad, covered her face with a handkerchief, her shoulders twitched, and she began to cry.

She thought of Guan Shi.

It was precisely because of her collusion with the eldest princess that Guan was dismissed. She would rather not leave the Yu family, so she hanged herself in the dead of night.

In the final analysis, the deal with the eldest princess hurt her.

Jingxi is not without regrets now.Since Linglong was registered as the Princess of Zhou, there are quite a few people who have inquired about the girl from the Yu family openly and secretly. The sisters are all engaged, and they all sigh.

"If I had waited a little longer, if I hadn't been so impatient, I could have married into a wealthy family, but my mother wouldn't have to die..." Jing Xi's intestines were green with regret.

After Guan's death, she was distraught and wished to go to Huangquan together. After Song Changlin made the promise of "marrying as scheduled", she was in a more cheerful mood. Today, Erye Yu repeated the old saying, talking about the princess, The grief buried in Jingxi's heart was fully awakened, and the grief was uncontrollable.

Erye Yu still loves Jingxi, his biological daughter, and said in a warm voice: "Xiaoxi, if you did something wrong in the Yu family, father can forgive you, uncle can forgive you, but if you do something wrong after you leave the cabinet Husband and in-laws will not blindly tolerate you, you...you can do it yourself."

Jingxi was even more sad, crying like a tearful person.

She had fulfilled her wish and was going to marry into the Marquis of Heqing's mansion, but after her mother died, her uncle's family was offended, and in the future, she simply would not have the protection of her mother's family.

Although Yu Chang and Yu Yan are not her biological brothers, they have always treated her kindly. If she is a peaceful marriage with the wife, her natal family still has two cousins ​​who can rely on her for life.But she made the marriage in this way, the Guan family colluded with the eldest princess, and the eldest princess acted as a matchmaker for her—Yu Chang and Yu Yan saw their father who was sick in bed, how could they treat her cousin in the slightest? pity?

Let alone Linglong, I won't care about her in the future.

Both Yu Erye and Jing Jia comforted her, but she cried more and more sadly when she thought of the difficult years ahead.

One veil was wet, and another was wet, and the silent tears seemed to be endless.

Linglong's wedding day is approaching, so she gets busy.

Although she doesn't need to worry about the dowry, and the wedding process doesn't need her to think about it at all, but she needs to be familiar with the situation of Wang Xiaosan's family, learn the etiquette in the palace, and even take time to write a love letter to Wang Xiaosan or even meet secretly. Still a lot.

Thinking that Linglong will get married soon, it will be difficult to meet each other in the future. From the old lady to Mrs. Yu, Mrs. Qiao, Yu Chang, and Yu Yan, everyone in the Yu family wants to meet and talk more with Linglong. Linglong is so considerate Ah, of course I do my best to accompany my elders and my two elder brothers, but I don't have time more and more.

Recently, her love letters have become shorter and shorter, causing King Zhou to complain, "Little Lingdang, don't you like me anymore? Are you perfunctory?"

Linglong sighed.Wang Xiaosan, I can’t get under the bed with a flashlight and write to you with a ballpoint pen. I want to use a writing brush and light candles!I am surrounded by my family from morning till night, it is not easy to take the precious time out of my busy schedule to write a few words for you, you have to be content.

Even though she thought so in her heart, Linglong was also worried that Wang Xiaosan, a cheapskate, would keep haggling endlessly, so she found Erye Yu as a cover, and wrote a long letter in detail in Erye Yu's study, explaining her helplessness, and at the end , very lingeringly drew a red heart with the words "missing you" written inside.

King Zhou's reply letter also drew a red heart, and inside it were also two words, "drunk".

"Wang Xiaosan, I'm drunk too." Linglong felt sweet in her heart and blushed.

Her complexion was so strange that when Qiao came in from the outside and saw her, she was taken aback, "Daughter, why is your face so red?" Thinking she was sick, she almost asked for a doctor.

"I'm really fine, really. Mother, do you think my skin is good?" Linglong stretched out her hand to pat her cheek, smiled flatteringly, and changed the subject.

Qiao looked her up and down, "It's pretty good, my Long'er is really a little beauty. But, daughter, there is no end to beauty, and you can keep improving."

Qiao's concerned about Linglong's beauty.

Linglong's skin is already very good, and her little face is white, smooth and tender like an egg that has been peeled off its shell. Qiao Shi still thinks it's not enough, so she soaks her in flower baths and milk baths every day, and treats her with good things as if they don't want money .

"Is that enough?" Linglong smiled mischievously, "Don't raise me like a fairy, it will shock people when the time comes, what should I do?"

Linglong was joking, but Qiao Shi told her seriously, "King Zhou will not dislike you for being too beautiful. Daughter, although you are born beautiful, you should not be careless about maintaining your health and beauty, remember?"

"Yes, I remember." Linglong nodded obediently.

Health preservation and beauty are all serious business.

(End of this chapter)