A Thousand Hills

Chapter 94

The fact that Xie Moru was on the marriage list shocked many people.

At least Li Xuan went to ask his mother, Princess Wenkang frowned, "What are you talking about, I have already said that Miss Xie is not suitable, she is not from the clan, and it is not her turn to marry Ximan. Don't listen to the wind or the rain."

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

Princess Wenkang waved her hand, and the gold bracelets on her wrists collided with each other, making a jingle sound, and the words of Princess Wenkang were sandwiched between them, "It doesn't work for me to talk, and it's useless to say it."

Li Xuan: ...

Li Xuan encouraged his mother, saying, "Mother, you have to stick to your position!"

"Go away!" Princess Wenkang was not upset enough, and sent her son out.

Princess Wenkang has always been a person with a strong position, she will talk about everything she can't see, but this matter is difficult to speak up, she does not support Xie Moru's marriage.Since it's a political marriage, there should be some sincerity with each other, don't think that a woman can get married, just send any woman, and people can insult him for you.

After all, Xie Moru is not from the clan, although she has a good IQ, but in terms of temperament, this woman is too assertive, you call her mother-in-law to the emperor to marry her in Western Man, hmph, this is not what a righteous person should do.Or let her contribute to the family. Princess Wenkang has never heard that Xie Moru has such a good relationship with the family.It's not that Princess Wenkang wanted to gossip about Xie's family, and she's not blind, her son would specially pick a few dark purple and light purple clothes for Xie Moru's birthday gift... Xie Moru didn't seem to care much about the family. Affectionate and righteous, such a person is just weak, but he is very strong, you force her to marry?
Her mother couldn't understand the benefits and disadvantages here, and she was still self-righteous in the Palace of Mercy.

Princess Wenkang was depressed, so she didn't go to the palace to pay her respects, but arranged the eldest son's wedding at home.Li Xuan went out, he went to Su's house, Su Buyu was in the middle of the autumn, and closed the house for his father to continue to prepare for the spring next year, and he was not allowed to go out when he was free, now he really doesn't hear anything out of the window.

Su Buyu saw that Li Xuanzhen was like an oppressed people seeing their relatives, and almost burst into tears. Just as he was about to gossip with Li Xuanxu, Li Xuan took a sip of tea and said to Su Buyu, "You have studied this book. , I really don’t know anything about the outside world.”

"Last month, I went to Lanyuelou to have a drink, and I told my father to beat me up before I got out of bed." Su Buyu asked Li Xuan, "What's the matter, what happened?"

Li Xuan said that Xie Moru might be on the marriage list, and Su Buyu immediately said, "Impossible? Mo Ru's younger sister is not surnamed Mu, she is neither a clan nor a royal family, no matter how hard it is her turn." Where is the Western Barbarian marriage?"

Li Xuandao, "The rumors have spread all over the world. I feel that if it is false, I ask you to tell Prime Minister Su that it is not good. If it is true, it will be the first time for Kai Dynasty to marry another country. Will fulfilling the duty of a princess become a rule in the future? It doesn't matter for others to watch the fun, but Prime Minister Su has nothing to do with it."

Su said without a word, "According to my father's temper, I know there is no reason to ignore it. Don't worry, when my father comes back, I will ask him."

Li Xuan smiled, "Success, then I can rest assured. Knowing Mo Ru's sister once, knowing this matter, I can't sit idly by."

Su Buyu really admired Li Xuan's character, Li Xuan is really kind.Su Buyu said again, "Don't worry, when I have a letter, I'll go over and tell you."

Li Xuan talked to Su Buyu about some outside matters, and at noon, he got up to leave without leaving any food.

Li Xuan came out from Su's house and went to look for his brother again.

It was already noon, Li Qiao was having dinner, and when he saw his younger brother coming, he ordered the book boy to bring another lunch from the small kitchen of the building, and ordered another dish of stewed mutton, and said, "Why are you here so soon? "

Li Xuandao, "Let's talk to my elder brother about something." Li Xuan felt that one person was planning for disadvantages, and two were planning for the superior. The eldest brother and Mo Ru's younger sister also know each other.

As soon as Li Xuan mentioned Xie Moru, Li Qiao put the chopsticks flat on the bowl, wiped his hands, and said, "I've heard about it too. If it's difficult to say, it's not difficult."

"What's the trick, big brother?"

Li Qiao is not a secret, "I heard that when Princess Ningping passed away, the princess mansion left many treasures. If the princess has no descendants, the princess's things should be brought back to the royal family. If the princess has descendants, it should be passed on to the royal family." Descendants. This wealth, of course, should belong to Mrs. Wei Guo. For some reason, the empress dowager withheld it privately. Seeing Miss Xie, it was time to say goodbye. I heard that the queen mother was worried that Mrs. Wei's mother and daughter would marry To get back this wealth, so I thought of a way to ask Miss Xie to marry Ximan far away. After all, Mrs. Wei Guo is in Dongmu, so the Empress Dowager has a reason to continue to keep this huge property."

Li Qiao gave a solution, "If you want me to say, please ask Madam Wei Guo to write a letter to voluntarily give up the things left by the eldest princess and thank you for the marriage. Naturally, it is easy to talk about."

Li Xuan couldn't believe it, "Impossible? Can the Empress Dowager covet the belongings of the Eldest Princess?"

However, Li Qiao felt that there was no reason for it, and said, "Think about it, Princess Ningping is not Princess Ningrong. I heard that the late emperor loved and trusted Princess Ningping very much when he was alive. She has a lot of things. At that time, the eldest princess married the powerful British government. Later, she was in power for more than ten years. The pomp and dowry when marrying Xie's family is not inferior to that when the eldest princess married Yong'an Houfu, it's only on the surface, I don't know how much there is in private."

Li Xuan still didn't believe it, "If this is a family and a family, it is possible to be jealous of this property and leave it to the royal family. Your Majesty is not an old landlord who has never seen the world. Can you be jealous of this? I don't believe it."

Li Qiao sighed, "I didn't say anything about Your Majesty, but said that the Empress Dowager was jealous and didn't want to let go."

Queen Mother...

It's really not unusual for the Queen Mother to do anything unusual.However, Li Xuan still defended his grandmother, saying, "The Empress Dowager enjoys honor in the Palace of Mercy, so she won't care about it."

"I heard that the Empress Dowager wanted to deduct the subsidy from her natal family. Didn't the Hu family disagree with Ms. Xie? At first Cheng Engong was convicted, but Princess Ningping didn't show mercy. The feud between the two families would have been forged long ago. If Given this opportunity, the Hu family proposed an idea to the Empress Dowager, in this way, one can avenge the blood revenge of the past, and the other just happens to get a lot of money."

Li Xuan rubbed the center of his brows, and asked with a headache, "Brother, where did you hear about this?"

"It doesn't matter where I heard about it, it's spread all over the world."

The book boy brought three dishes and one soup, but Li Xuan didn't feel like eating it, mainly because his relatives did all these bad people's bad things!Li Qiao persuaded him in a gentle voice, "Let's eat, don't worry too much, I'm also inquiring about news here, I don't think this matter can be settled in a short time."

Li Qiao has always been simple, and Li Xuan saw that most of the dishes were vegetarian, so he only added mutton when he came. Li Xuan said, "Brother, don't be too hard on yourself."

Li Qiao laughed, "What's the matter? Miss Jiang sent me this sheep, and I can't eat it at home. So I asked someone to bring it to Zhushulou to add food to everyone."

Li Xuan smiled, "Brother and Miss Jiang have a good relationship."

"She also sent someone to ask me about Miss Xie." Li Qiao said, "If you don't come to me, I want to go to you too. I guess the palace doesn't know about these gossips now. If they know, I'm afraid they will think about it again." Let's talk about the marriage."

Li Xuandao, "That's also good."

Li Xuan didn't need to go into the palace on purpose. When he went home and told his mother, she got a headache and scolded, "Nonsense! Where did you hear it? Come to me and get mad at me!"

"I won't tell my mother, you're deceiving me, so I won't be angry with you?"

"roll roll roll!"

Therefore, Li Xuan was kicked out by his mother twice a day.

Princess Wenkang knew it, so she wanted to go to the palace no matter what.Fortunately, when she entered the palace on the second day and talked about it with Emperor Mu Yuan in private, Emperor Mu Yuan said, "I know, I have given back to Madam Wei what the princess left behind."

Princess Wenkang sighed, "If you want me to say, it's better to choose someone else, and grandma is the same. She came up with such a bad idea in my mother's ear."

"There is no rush for this matter. It seems that Yongfu and Changtai will get married soon, so it is not too late to let it go." Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Axuan has a good relationship with Mo Ru."

"Yes." Elder Princess Wenkang said helplessly, "If he wants to be indifferent to this, I have to feel that this child is indifferent. He walks around like this, and I feel too sincere."

Emperor Mu Yuan smiled, "You are too demanding, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds."

Princess Wenkang laughed, "Parents naturally hope that their children will be outstanding."

Li Xuan also got the news from Su Buyu. Su Buyu personally went to the Yong'an Hou Mansion to talk to him, and said, "I have checked my father's mouth, and there is no conclusion on this matter. Your Majesty's meaning, now Look, the two princesses are getting married, and things are busy next year, so it's not too late to let go of the marriage."

Li Xuan heaved a sigh of relief. Once he had a princess daughter-in-law, he could still walk a little way from the princess daughter-in-law.Su said without a word, "There is another bad news. The princess sent by Ximan has been brought into the inner palace by His Majesty."

This also indicates that the marriage between the two countries is imperative.

Li Xuandao, "It's good to be able to take a breather."

At the same time, Xie's family received a large amount of property from Princess Ningping, it is said that it was worth dozens of cars, and it took Xie's family three days to sort out the treasure.After that, put them all into the Rhododendron courtyard.

In the palace, Mrs. Shou'an entered the palace again and said to the Queen Mother, "It was originally a royal thing. Why did you send it to Mrs. Wei Guo?" With the grievances of the eldest son, Mrs. Shou'an can't sit idly by, let alone the first Xie Moru even made things difficult for her birthday party.

Empress Dowager Hu also had a painful expression on her face, "I also said that those are not from Ningping, they were envoys given to her by the late emperor. When she dies, they should be taken back. Alas, the emperor is so sincere."

Old Madam Shou'an was even more distressed, "I heard that His Majesty even gave the Wanmei Palace on Qixia Mountain to Mrs. Wei Guo. If you want to go to Wanmei Palace in the future, your majesty, it will not be cheap."

Empress Dowager Hu was in a panic.

The mother and daughter were talking privately when Emperor Mu Yuan came. The old lady Shou'an quickly stopped talking and got up to salute the emperor's grandson. Emperor Mu Yuan waved his hand and smiled, "What are the queen mother and the old lady talking about privately?"

Empress Dowager Hu ordered the palace people to hold fragrant tea, and said with a smile, "The Ai family is telling your grandmother, oh, Mrs. Wei has gotten rich this time."

Even if it was his own mother, Emperor Mu Yuan felt that the words were not level, and Emperor Mu Yuan said indifferently, "It was originally Aunt Ning Ping's stuff, so why not give it to Mrs. Wei?"

Mrs. Shou'an didn't dare to say anything immediately, and Empress Dowager Hu still muttered, "Ningping had a lot of things in the mansion back then."

"Aunt Ningping's meritorious service to the country is naturally different." Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Seeing that Yongfu Changtai is about to get married, the second, third, and fourth princes are all grown up, and the third and fourth princes can still be released for a while." In the second year, the second prince has reached the age of marriage, if the mother and queen are free, let's take a look at some ladies."

Empress Dowager Hu said, "The Ai family also said the same thing. I was thinking that Yongfu Changtai in the palace would inevitably be deserted when he got married. Let your grandmother bring her little granddaughter in for a few years to talk to the Ai family."

Emperor Mu Yuan smiled, "The Hu family is my uncle's family, not outside."

Mrs. Shou'an's expression softened slightly, and Empress Dowager Hu also smiled reassuringly, "The Ai family also said the same."

Emperor Mu Yuan said a few words, and sent someone to deliver some dishes at noon. Empress Dowager Hu said to her mother, "Mother just bring a few more girls into the palace, and Ai's family will also have a look."

Mrs. Shou'an responded with a smile.

Empress Dowager Hu has to discuss everything with her daughter. Since it is not appropriate to marry a princess to her natal family, Empress Dowager Hu wants her natal family to produce a prince and concubine.The ready-made second prince is very good. Empress Dowager Hu called Hu's daughter into the palace, and also asked her daughter to come into the palace to talk.

Because they were all little girls, Empress Dowager Hu called the princesses over to be lively and lively. Princess Wenkang was outside the palace and came late. Empress Dowager Hu smiled, "Why are you here now?"

Princess Wenkang greeted Empress Dowager Hu. All the princesses, Mrs. Shou'an, Mrs. Cheng Engong's son, Hu Wu'er, and the second daughter of Mrs. Shizi called Erniang all stood up to salute Princess Wenkang. The seat next to the Empress Dowager, Princess Changtai was wrong again, and everyone sat down when Princess Wenkang sat down.Princess Wenkang smiled, "I didn't expect it to be so complete today, and the third princess is safe?" This niece was probably frightened by the marriage, and fell ill as soon as the news of the marriage came out.

The third princess always spoke in a soft voice, and said, "Thank you for your concern, Auntie, it's all over."

Princess Ningrong laughed, "Just now, you haven't held the plum feast this year, have you?"

Princess Wenkang smiled, "There was a good snow at first, and the snow came earlier, and the plum blossoms hadn't bloomed yet. When it snows again, it's time. The third princess is safe, and I will be with your sisters at that time." Let's go to my house for a walk."

The third princess smiled, "I've wanted to go for a long time. When I was young, the imperial grandmother was always worried about us leaving the palace."

Empress Dowager Hu was kind to her granddaughters, and said with a smile, "You are born thin, so you have to pay more attention in winter. It's okay to be older, and you have to dress warmly when you go out."

Princess Wenkang is also kind to her nieces, she smiled, "Be extra careful in winter."

Princess Yongfu smiled, "Aunt Yi'an is missing today." This princess stayed in Jingxin Nunnery for two years, and after returning to the palace, she has made great progress, at least her words are much more reliable.

Eldest Princess Ningrong smiled, "As a daughter-in-law, Yi'an has a lot of things to do." These words made Princess Yongfu and Princess Changtai slightly shy.In particular, Princess Changtai is the daughter-in-law of Princess Wenkang, so she is always a little embarrassed in front of her mother-in-law and aunt.

Princess Wenkang smiled, "She and her son-in-law went to Xining Prefecture for two years. I heard that the place is very poor. Now that I am back in the imperial capital, I should take a rest."

Empress Dowager Hu said, "Isn't that right? Last time Yi'an entered the palace and told me that even the leaves of green vegetables are rare in winter. This child is suffering."

While everyone was talking, Princess Yi'an came, and Empress Dowager Hu smiled, "Maybe it's because of the wind, I heard Ai's family talk about her." Everyone laughed.

Princess Yi'an entered the palace and talked about things in Xining Prefecture, but Princess Yi'an didn't feel bitter and said with a smile, "It's not as prosperous as the imperial capital, and it's a good place with its own customs."

Mrs. Shou'an said, "It's hard for the princess not to feel the cold."

Princess Yi'an smiled, "Just get used to it."

Mrs. Shou'an still couldn't get past the hurdle in her heart. Now that there are many people, especially Princess Yi'an, she brought up the old matter and said, "Your Majesty returned the things of Princess Ningping to Mrs. Wei Guo. See Mrs. Wei Guo thank you."

Princess Yi'an said, "I heard from the son-in-law that it is better to have written a letter of gratitude on behalf of Madam Wei, and asked the minister to present it to His Majesty."

Mrs. Shou'an sighed again and again, "If Miss Xie gets married, her dowry may be difficult for Princess Yongfu and Princess Changtai."

Mrs. Cheng Engong Shizi smiled, "It's all the grace of His Majesty and Your Majesty."

Princess Wenkang was very happy at first, when she heard this, she became very angry, she put down the teacup in her hand and said, "It can't be helped, Aunt Ning Ping's descendants, only Madam Wei is alive now, Aunt Ning Ping Who would you not give her? Mrs. Wei is only Xie Moru, a direct daughter. Her things are naturally to be given to Xie Moru. Outsiders are just jealous. We dignified royal nobles, it is hard to be jealous. Things, nothing is a joke! At the beginning, the Mu family was not a rich family, and the father and emperor ruled the world. It was not because of the wealth of the family that those civil servants and military generals followed? Even now, Prime Minister Su, I heard that his family only enters the house three times. But everyone admires him. Brother Huang said that he is a generation of virtuous officials. I have always heard that he is conquered by virtue, but never by wealth and honor? How did the father lose his heart not long after the founding of the country? "

When Princess Wenkang turned his face, the face of Mrs. Shou'an was not very good, not to mention Mrs. Cheng Engong's son, her face was flushed.Empress Dowager Hu said angrily, "Wenkang!" Oh, what happened to her daughter, she turned her face again!

Princess Wenkang said coldly, "I've heard that someone was trying to embezzle Aunt Ning Ping's things, so I wanted to enter the palace with my mother and said, I'll forget if I don't mention it today! Don't you know first?" It's an old thing, so let me tell you about it. It was just Mrs. Wei who didn't care about ordinary things. After all, the Xie family is a family of courtiers. It's not easy to take over Aunt Ningping's things, so the emperor will take care of them. Now we don't give them back to Wei. Mrs. Guo, after I die, will the imperial court also take my things back into the inner palace? Aunt Ningrong, Yi'an, Yongfu, Changtai, and the third princess, you are all princesses, if someone dares to say Don’t just sit back and watch such nonsense, otherwise there will be no way for the princesses to survive in the future!” Her son is going to marry the princess soon, so this is related to future generations, okay?She just wants to take this opportunity to make this matter a regular order!
Empress Dowager Hu hurriedly said, "I just said it casually, you are serious, who dares to accept your things."

Princess Wenkang was sad for the death of the rabbit, "When Aunt Ningping was in power, I'm afraid I would never have expected that someone would dare to persuade her to take her things today."

The eldest princess Wenkang always said that when she had an attack, she would have an attack. Mrs. Cheng En, the eldest son, made a fuss, stood up and stood up for her mother-in-law and said, "They are all ministers, right? Saying these words annoys the eldest princess."

Princess Wenkang snorted, "I am the most annoying gloat, with a small nose and small eyes, full of pettiness!"

Mrs. Cheng Engong Shizi is not waiting for idlers, she said, "I just heard that the rules of the previous court were not like this..." The princess of the previous dynasty married, naturally there was a lot of dowry, but after the princess passed away, This dowry has to be returned to the inner court intact.However, as soon as these words came out, Mrs. Cheng Engong Shizi wished she could bite off her tongue and offend the princesses all of a sudden.

Sure enough, Princess Wenkang sneered, "Or the former court will perish."

Princess Changtai said, "That's true. I heard that during the Dafeng Dynasty, the princess and the prince were the same. The princess had her own dowry when she opened the mansion. From now on, the things in the princess mansion will be passed on to the princess's heirs. If the princess has no heirs, Fang took it back to the inner mansion. Later, the previous dynasty changed the rules. The things that the princess opened the mansion, after the princess passed away, no matter whether the princess had any children, they had to be taken back to the inner mansion. When the princes become kings, things can be passed on to future generations in a legitimate way. The princess is different. Could it be that the things in the princess mansion are not for the princess, but lent to the princess? Therefore, the emperor hated it when the country was founded. The previous dynasty was short-sighted, and the emperor's grandfather once said, 'Being an emperor should be like Emperor Fengwu', so it is absolutely impossible to follow the previous dynasty's method of destroying the country."

Princess Yongfu also said, "Yes, since it is something for the princess, if the princess does not have the right to dispose of it, then it is not called giving it away. For example, if we want to honor the emperor's grandmother, it is not good to move our own things casually, otherwise in the future If it is not accounted for in the internal treasury, you can still think what happened."

The third princess sighed.

Princess Yi'an said, "Why don't you talk about the emperor's brother Shengming."

Princess Changtai said, "Yes, if you don't give back what Princess Ningping gave back, it will make people in the world suspicious."

The princesses were chattering about the inheritance rights of the princess mansion, and even Mrs. Shou'an thought, ouch, it's a bad idea.However, at the beginning, she just felt that it was a pity to return the things to Mrs. Wei Guo, okay, she never questioned the inheritance right of the princess mansion! ! !

(End of this chapter)