A Thousand Hills

Chapter 96

Eunuch Yu really doesn't want to live anymore. He has learned a lot about big things and small things in his life, but this is the first time he has encountered a decree that hasn't been passed on.Unexpectedly, it was he himself who was reminded of the bad luck of not passing on the imperial edict. Eunuch Yu was helpless, so he had to take the imperial edict back by himself.

Eunuch Yu is by no means a fool if he has lived to the present position.The imperial court has already decided to let Xie Moru marry Ximan, so Xie Moru might not be bothered at this moment, but he must be an errand runner who can't escape his anger.How unlucky, he has preached the decree for many years, and when he came out to deliver the decree, good things and bad things, he was less filial.

In fact, Xie's family was even more terrified than Eunuch Yu. Originally, Xie Moru's marriage to Ximan was hard enough, but in the end, Xie Moru refuted the imperial decree.Do you know who has the right to refute the imperial decree?In the past, only the three provinces and six ministries had this right. Later, this right was transferred to the six department officials. Now, only the cabinet has the power to refute the imperial edict.However, Xie Moru, a girl, absolutely does not have this right, not to mention that this is a major national event that has been discussed by the cabinet.

Mrs. Xie's face turned pale, and she was afraid that someone would raid the house in the next moment.

Xie Moyou was also trembling, and Xie Moyou realized at this time that she and Xie Moru were blood relatives who had both prosperity and prosperity.

All the masters are like this, not to mention the servants and maidservants below.

Only Xie Moru remained calm.

Eunuch Yu went back to the palace with a mournful face, not daring to see His Majesty directly, Zheng Jia, the chief eunuch next to Emperor Mu Yuan, saw his expression, and asked privately first, "What's wrong with you?"

Eunuch Yu burst into tears, took out the imperial decree from his sleeve, and held it in his palm.

The silence speaks.

Zheng Jia was shocked, and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you go to Xie's family to pass the decree?"

"Ms. Xie said that she has a father and a mother. She can marry Ximan, but she will never pass on." Eunuch Yu said with a bitter face, "I tried to persuade, but Miss Xie refused to accept the order, saying that she should change it. Accept the order again."

"Is there still a change in the imperial decree?" Zheng Jia didn't know what to do, so she said helplessly, "Come in with me."

Eunuch Yu held the imperial decree to the top of his head, stooped to go in, and Zheng Jia stepped forward to talk to Emperor Mu Yuan in a low voice.Emperor Mu Yuan had always had a city mansion, so he just frowned slightly and asked Yu Gonggong, "What did she say, let me learn it exactly."

Eunuch Yu followed suit and did not dare to add fuel to the story.He has served the emperor for many years, and he is well aware of his majesty's temper, incompetence or inevitable punishment, but if he dares to pretend to be clever to deceive his majesty, the only way to die is.

Emperor Mu Yuan ordered Zheng Jia, "Xuan Su Xiang and Li Xiang enter the palace."

Su Xiang didn't express too many opinions on this matter. The main reason for this matter was Li Xiang's efforts, so Su Xiang naturally wouldn't say too much.Now that Xie Moru did not agree to the adoption, Li Xiang was also a little dumbfounded, dumbfounded for a long time, and muttered, "I have no father, really no father!" There are still such people who ignore the court in the world!This Miss Xie is also funny, I really think that some of the blood of Princess Fusheng, she is the rebirth of Princess Fusheng?

Su Xiang was silent.

Li Xiang muttered a few words, but no one said anything, Li Xiangdao, "Your Majesty, please give me a severe reprimand, otherwise, this kind of daughter who has no king and no father has no intention of taming. !"

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Then Lao Li Xiang will go there in person and explain the truth to her."

Li Xiangdao, "I heard that Xie Shangshu's family has a strict family education. If such a small matter is done by a minister, it will make Xie Shangshu lose face."

Emperor Mu Yuan sent Xie Shangshu, and Xie Shangshu sincerely invited Li Xiangdao after hearing this, "My granddaughter has always been a bit stubborn, and I can't persuade her. Li Xiang doesn't have to worry about my face. You and I are ministers in the same palace. It is for His Majesty's loyalty, if Li Xiang's face can't be wiped away, I will go to my house with Li Xiang, and Li Xiang can just persuade her, I thank Li Xiang first." Anyway, his daughter is a noble concubine in the palace, His Majesty can't punish his nine clans no matter what, Xie Shangshu simply doesn't want this face anymore.

Xie Shangshu was shameless at first, but Li Xiangshi was hard to resist, so he had to go with Xie Shangshu.

To be honest, Li Xiang's ability to persuade people is not as good as that of his father-in-law.

At the beginning of the chapter, the cabinet secretary told Xie Moru about Wang Zhaojun and Princess Wencheng. Xie Moru listened to him talking for half an hour, but still ate tea leisurely, until Li Xiang stopped and asked her , "I see that the girl is intelligent and compassionate, so she must understand the profound meaning. How many women have left their names in history and are admirable. It is a great fortune for the girl to go here."

Xie Moru felt that the name of the cabinet minister was not true, and his mind was not clear, so Xie Moru repeated, "Li Xiang, I never said that I would not marry the king of Ximan, what I said is that I will not adopt Your Majesty is a righteous daughter."

Li Xiang was dumbfounded, "However, she will continue to be His Majesty's adoptive daughter, what name will the girl marry in?"

Xie Moru looked him up and down, "If you want me to worry about everything, what's the use of courtiers?"

Li Xiang was so choked up, he was also a man of light, he found another way, and persuaded, "The girl is a princess, and if you marry the king of the Western Man, you have to treat the girl differently. If you are a minister's daughter, I am really afraid that the girl will go Western barbarians will be slighted."

Xie Moru said indifferently, "Doesn't Li Xiang understand what I mean? I don't want to inherit the royal family, and if I marry, I will definitely be a queen! Both of these must suit my heart! I will only marry!"

Li Xiang wanted to persuade him again, but Xie Moru raised his hand, "Send off the guest!" and sent Li Xiang out.

Ever since Li Xiang entered the cabinet, even if the court was intrigued by swords and swords, everyone was always in harmony. He had never encountered such a situation of being kicked out face to face, let alone being kicked out by a girl. Li Xiang's face turned blue. Whispering his sleeves, he said, "Miss, please think about something for the family, right?"

"Stop!" Xie Moru sternly yelled, Eunuch Yu and other eunuchs who don't have much knowledge are just talking casually, the dignified cabinet secretary dared to say this, Xie Moru asked coldly, "What does Li Xiang mean! For the sake of the family! If I marry Ximan, what good will it do to my family? If I don’t marry Ximan, what harm will it do to my family? Please, Li Xiang, explain it to me!"

Xie Shangshu was listening outside, and immediately came in after hearing the words, and asked Xie Moru coldly, "Could it be that grandfather has some private deal with the court!"

Xie Shangshu was also in a hurry, Xie Moru was an old man who worried a lot about this matter, how could he take the blame for this for no reason, and dragged Li Xiangdao, "Li Xiang, what do you mean?"

Xie Shangshu pulled Li Xiang into the palace again, and judged in front of Emperor Mu Yuan.Xie Shangshu burst into tears, "I have been in the court for many years, but I only have the word loyalty and righteousness. I feel that I have never done anything wrong to your majesty. When Li Xiang went to the minister's house, he threatened the honor and disgrace of his family at every turn. I don't know what Li Xiang means."

Li Xianggang was swept away by Xie Moru, and he wondered if the old fox surnamed Xie was plotting against him. After listening to this, he couldn't just sit and wait for death, so he said, "Since Xie Shangshu knows loyalty, why did he teach such a man without a gentleman?" Granddaughter, if you want to come to Xie's tutor, it's nothing more than that!"

"My Xie's family education is nothing more than that. My Xie's daughter married for the country. Li Xiang is full of loyalty. I don't know what kind of loyalty Li's daughter has done? It's unheard of! However, Li Xiangai's daughter married into the Wang family and has no children. The four concubines of the Wang family died, and I can only pity those concubines when they were reincarnated, but they didn’t think that their mother-in-law came from a big family and a well-educated Li family!” Li’s surname urged his granddaughter to marry him, and Xie Shangshu did not fail to investigate the Li family.

Li was so angry that he fell down, and Xie Shangshu turned to Emperor Mu Yuan, "At the beginning, I tried to remonstrate with Your Majesty, but I was stubborn and strong, and my temper was different from ordinary people. Li Xiangyi praised Xie's family education, but now Li Xiang is questioning Xie's family education. Thinking about it, Li Xiang didn't understand Mo Ru, so he deliberately promoted Mo Ru's marriage, I don't know what Li Xiang's intentions are from!"

Li Xiang was ashamed of making trouble, so Emperor Mu Yuan simply didn't bother him, and discussed with Su Xiang.Su Xiangdao, "There is nothing like this quality of gratitude. The old minister has to say that he is really not a good candidate for marriage."

Emperor Mu Yuan asked, "Then according to Su, what should we do?"

How?
It can't make the imperial court lose face.

Su Xiangdao, "Since Miss Xie is unwilling to adopt the imperial family, it's all right. If you don't want to be a princess, you can discuss the merits of being a princess. If the princess is not as honorable as the princess, you can make up for it in the title. Yichen See, the word Yihe doesn't match Miss Xie's temperament, judging from her temperament, the word Ruo Jinglie is more suitable." No matter how you say it, it is to ask people to marry all the way to Ximan, whether they are satisfied or not, like Li Xiang That way, the Xie family is not vegetarian either.

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "Yes."

Su Xiang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please be kind to Mrs. Wei."

After a long time, Su Xiangfang heard Emperor Mu Yuan say, "According to Su Xiang's intention, Mrs. Wei will add double salary."

Prime Minister Su thought about delivering the decree this time, and took a trip with Eunuch Yu, so he couldn't ask someone to reject the decree, otherwise the court would really lose face.Eunuch Yu was overwhelmed with gratitude for Su Xiang's move, and whispered to Su Xiang, "Oh, please take it easy, Mr. Xie. Miss Xie is not an ordinary girl, and my servant's liver trembles when I look at her. I don't know what is not to her liking. She's going to do something."

Su Xiang said "no".

Although he often heard Su Buyu whispering Xie Moru in his ear, Su Xiang had never met Xie Moru, and this was the first time he had ever met him.

After all, Prime Minister Su was the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he never tripped Xie's family, unlike Li Xiang, therefore, Shang Shu Xie was quite polite and brought his eldest son and grandson to welcome him.After exchanging a few pleasantries, when Xie Moru came out, Su Xiang was taken aback for a moment, then concealed it without any trace, and tilted his head to signal to the father-in-law to issue the decree. This time the decree was more in line with Xie Moru's wishes. With a sigh of relief, I finally passed this level.

Xie Shangshu asked Su Xianghua Hall to have tea, Su Xiang said, "There is no rush to drink tea, this marriage is related to diplomatic relations, if the princess has any plans, please tell me. If I can arrange it, I will do my best to arrange it for the princess. "For the country and the people, Prime Minister Su wisely didn't mention it.The marriage has been decided, Xie Moru should plan for himself, he came here to remind Xie Moru, don't be stubborn to the end.From now on in Ximan, we still have to rely on Xie Moru himself.

Xie Moru said, "I hope to see the dowry list given to me by the imperial court soon, first tell Prime Minister Su that I still have something at home, and I will take it with me."

Su Xiang heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Princess, don't worry." He couldn't help worrying, is such a rational and tough person really the best candidate for marriage?Su Xiangning was a gentle lady chosen by the court.

Xie Moru didn't have any other instructions, so Su Xiangfang went to have tea with Xie Shangshu and his son.Mrs. Xie called Xie Moru to talk, and as soon as she entered the room, Mrs. Xie burst into tears, she was relieved, it was the first time in her life that someone could take the imperial decree back and rewrite it.Of course, Xie Moru's marriage to Ximan is a certainty, and Mrs. Xie is also sad.

Xie Moru said, "Grandma, I'll go back first."

Mrs. Xie came back to her senses, yes, I have to tell Mrs. Fang anyway, Mrs. Xie said, "Oh, go, come over at night, let's have dinner together."

Xie Mo Ruyi's mood faded, "Let's talk about it in a few days."

Xie Moru is not in the mood, marrying into Ximan is nothing to her, the only difficulty she has is, how to tell her mother?Once she left, how deserted the Rhododendron Courtyard would be.

It was almost noon when Xie Moru returned to the Rhododendron Courtyard, Fang sat on a thin wisteria couch under the Rhododendron tree and looked towards the door, her posture seemed to be waiting for a long time, so that she could see the person who entered the door first .Xie Moru walked over, Fang's still dressed in homely clothes, her black hair was casually tied up in a bun, a jade-white rhododendron hairpin was slanted on her hairpin, her eyes were calm and serene.Xie Moru sat by the couch and said softly, "You wait for me, one day, I will come back."

Fang held her daughter's hand and patted it lightly.

Xie Moru is not a person who hurts spring and autumn, and Fang's family doesn't feel sad either. The mother and daughter had lunch and dinner as usual, but Nanny Zhang said, "Let me follow you wherever you go, girl." .”

Before going to sleep, Xie Moru said, "Nurse, bring me the brochure of famous things in our yard tomorrow, I will be useful."

Nanny Zhang put down the brocade tent and said, "I remember, girl, go to sleep."

On the second day, Xie Moru got up as usual, Zhang Nanny said, "The sky is a bit cloudy, girl, let's sleep more."

"I'm used to getting up at this hour, and I can't fall asleep."

The maid drew up the tent, and it was indeed darker outside than usual.

Nanny Zhang took Wisteria and others to wash Xie Moru, Nanny Zhang said, "Today is the day when the dragon raises its head, I asked the chef to make spring pancakes, what kind of porridge do you think it goes with?"

Xie Moru said, "Red jujube porridge."

Zhang Momo agreed, and Xie Moru went for a walk in the garden. She has always had this habit, but the weather today is really not good. After walking a few times, the sky began to float fine shards of ice, and there was a trace of cold wind. It was not a walk. When the weather was the best, Xie Moru went back to the wisteria courtyard.

Nanny Zhang held the hand stove to Xie Moru and said, "It looks like it's going to snow."

"It's spring, and it's snowing."

"There used to be snow in March, and God can't tell."

The master and the servant were talking for a while, Su Lan came over to bring some side dishes with spring pancakes, and said that Mrs. Xie asked to bring them over.Xie Moru said, "Thank Madam for me."

Wisteria invites Su Lan out for tea, Su Lan thinks that Xie Moru has no expression on her face, she is still the same as usual, secretly sighing that the big girl is different, if someone else wants to marry that far away barbarian, she will be scared to death, don't want to The eldest girl is still so calm and composed, and she can't help but feel a little more respect in her heart.

After breakfast, Xie Moru started to tidy up the things he had saved over the years. Madam Zhang came in and asked about lunch, Xie Moru said, "It's cold today, let the cook add a hot pot."

Nanny Zhang smiled, "I've ordered someone to join me."

Xie Moru said, "Then go and ask, mother's side is alright." Fang got up late, never had breakfast, and always shared lunch and dinner with Xie Moru.

Nanny Zhang took the order and left.

There was no sign of Fang's death, she just lay on the bed peacefully and peacefully, covered with an apricot red quilt, as if sleeping peacefully.Xie Moru suddenly felt a great grief. This is the quilt she used to use. Her mother died because of her. She didn't want to drag her down, and she didn't want to be a proton for the court to contain her. Therefore, she chose the eternal quilt. leave her.

However, if you leave like this, what is the purpose of my all these years of hard work and step by step?

my mother.

Xie Moru staggered back a few steps, a rush of fishy sweetness rolled in his throat, his eyes went dark, and he lost consciousness.

(End of this chapter)