The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 220 Proclamation (2)
After hearing this, Fu Manduo nodded, and took out the imperial decree from the long tray held by the little eunuch behind him, opened his hands, cleared his throat and said: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Today Xu Si'an, the Marquis of Wu'an, made great contributions in eradicating the rebels in the south of the Yangtze River, and I am very grateful to him. As a kind cousin, he specially married Princess Xiaoshan Zhao Jing to Aiqing, and we will marry at a certain date. I would like to thank you for your kindness."

Zhao Jing's heart skipped a beat when she heard about Princess Xiaoshan, thinking that the emperor had pointed out Xu Si'an's marriage, but she was relieved when she heard her name, but after she was relieved, she felt that the things in this world , It turned out to be so mysterious that I couldn't even think of it.Zhou Xu, who has always been willful and somewhat childish, would actually propose marriage for himself.

Seeing Zhao Jing kneeling on the ground, Fu Manduo saw her fair cheeks flushed a little more than when she was in the palace, and thought that Zhao Jing probably really liked Marquis Wu'an.But it's no wonder that Marquis Wu'an is a good-looking talent, if he himself were a woman, he might also fall in love with such a brave young talent who is good at fighting.

"Aunt Jing, old lady, which one of you will accept the order?" Fu Manduo stood at the desk, looked at the crowd kneeling in front of him, and asked.

Zhang's mother shook the old lady quietly, and whispered: "Old lady, hurry up and receive the order."

Zhao Jing remembered what the old lady said that she hadn't seen the imperial edict in detail, so she stood up and helped the old lady walk to Fu Manduo, and said with a smile: "Old lady, this is the imperial edict, take a look."

Mrs. Xu reached out and took the bright yellow satin into her hand, and opened it to take a look in disbelief, but the words on the imperial decree were somewhat complicated. She squinted her eyes, but she didn't understand it. , but let Zhao Jing see the handwriting on it clearly.

"Little Fuzi, is this imperial decree written by the emperor himself?" Zhao Jing couldn't help asking with red eyes.

"No, the emperor has been tormenting in the imperial study for a long time, and finally wrote the imperial decree. Auntie, you still have to praise the servant. If the servant didn't try his best to drum up the emperor's words, the emperor would not agree with the prince's lukewarm offer of marriage." It's easy to make an order, aunt will have to invite the slaves to have a wedding wine!"

Fu Manduo was proud of herself, but Zhao Jing was stunned for a moment when she heard this. It turned out that the regent Zhou Yi also contributed to this.But so what, even without this marriage gift, she would definitely marry Xu Si'an.

"Don't worry, you are indispensable for the wedding, I'm afraid you won't be free, and Master Hou doesn't know when he will come back." Zhao Jing said, raised her head and continued to Fu Manduo: "I'll take you to sit in the living room for a while, Have a cup of tea before leaving!"

The old lady held the imperial decree and only cared about being happy, then turned her head and said to Zhang's mother: "Go! Let's go to the Buddhist hall to read the scriptures again!"

Zhang's mother only smiled and nodded in agreement, resigned from the old lady, and went to Songhe Hall.

Zhao Jing led Fu Manduo to sit down in the main hall, Fu Manduo sat on the armchair, and felt a little uncomfortable, his buttocks just kept twisting and turning, Zhao Jing smiled and said: "You can sit down , you’re not too young, why don’t you have rules, I see the current situation, the emperor is not far away from being in charge, from now on you will be the closest person to him, you have to learn to be dignified in front of others.”

"I'm just a slave, how can I be honorable..." Fu Manduo replied with a silly smile.

"If you can't learn it, then you can only be a little eunuch for the rest of your life." The maid made tea, and Zhao Jing handed the tea to Fu Manduo, raised her head and said, "Actually, you are already a good-natured person." , I’m just not at ease, the emperor is getting older, you have to point him in front of him, if he makes any mistakes in the future, the empress dowager will be the first to be punished, it’s you people in front of the imperial court.”

Xiao Fuzi shrank his neck when he heard this, nodded resentfully, and said, "Auntie, the queen mother is really going to choose a concubine for the emperor, and she has already started posting, let the officials of the fourth rank and above in the imperial court be thirteen to 15 years old." My girl is going to enter the palace on the Dragon Boat Festival!"

Zhao Jing lowered her eyebrows and thought for a while, but Sun Yu'e and Xu Xian are both 13 years old this year. It is said that Sun Yu'e is the adopted daughter of Lord Hou. If the Empress Dowager really chooses a girl of this age, wouldn't she also be in the palace? within?

Sure enough, before Zhao Jing could figure it out, the little Fuzi over there just said: "The emperor heard that there are also two girls of the right age in the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion, and he has already ordered his servants to check the quota, and just let aunt take them when the time comes." Let's go to the palace together!"

After Zhao Jing heard this, her heart was a little bit drummed. With Sun Yu'e's current state, I am afraid that she will only be able to make fun of others when she enters the palace.As for Xu Xian...if her identity was leaked out, she would probably be alone without a companion.These two girls from the Marquis of Wu'an are really not suitable for such a grand event!But the emperor wanted to see her, and he couldn't call Zhao Jing into the palace just because he had nothing to do. This was probably the only way.

"This... don't go back to the emperor, I have to think about it, these two girls in the Hou's mansion are probably a little different from ordinary ladies." Zhao Jing thought for a while, but still didn't dare to answer, in case When the time came, Zhao Jing would not be able to deal with it if something happened.

Fu Manduo was a little indifferent when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Auntie, what are you afraid of? I don't know how many girls there will be in the palace that day. Who will have time to talk to them? It's just to let the empress dowager take a look. I was afraid that the painters in the Ruyi Pavilion would take the money from each family, and when the emperor took it into the palace, he would suffer if he found that the goods were not the right ones, so I took a look first. In fact, she knew which girl the Queen Mother fell in love with early in the morning. .”

(End of this chapter)