Marriage of the Di Daughter

When Jiang Yuanbai came out of the imperial study, his palms were wet with sweat. What he said just now was what Jiang Li told her that day. He was skeptical at first, but was finally persuaded by Jiang Li.

Instead of letting King Cheng win over another Shen Yurong, it is better to let King Cheng get married to the Li family who was originally his. After the Li family and King Cheng got married, they almost made it clear to the world that the right minister was King Cheng's man.

When the Li family took refuge in King Cheng, they did so secretly. Although it is tacit understanding from the top and bottom of the court, it has not been shown on the surface. If Emperor Hong Xiao agreed, it would be tantamount to letting the Prime Minister be completely tied to King Cheng. This seems to be a good thing for Cheng Wang, and the kiss will increase. But once it is announced to the world, if one day, King Cheng raises an attack and King Cheng loses, the Li family will go to hell with King Cheng without any reason.

Blessings are shared, and difficulties are of course also shared.

For Emperor Hong Xiao, it should also be a trouble-free decision.

Thinking like this, Jiang Yuanbai walked out quickly without stopping. He had already said that, but as for Emperor Hong Xiao's choice, he couldn't control it.

In the imperial study, Emperor Hong Xiao was looking at Zhezi in front of him and thinking deeply.

Eunuch Su was accompanying him, and Emperor Hong Xiao suddenly asked, "How old is Li Xian, the eldest son of the Li family, Prime Minister of the Right?"

Eunuch Su hurriedly said: "Excuse me, Mr. Su is only twenty-three years old."

"Twenty-three..." Emperor Hong Xiao murmured, "Shen Yurong is one year older than him. If so, she is more suitable than Shen Yurong." He said: "I want to draw up an order."

Eunuch Su hurriedly went to polish the ink, only to hear the young emperor say again: "Give me a marriage."

...

Jiang Yuanbai left the palace and the first thing he did when he returned to Jiang's mansion was to find Jiang Li who was reading in Fangfeiyuan, and call her into his study.

"How do you know that when you come to the palace, you plan to take care of Princess Yongning's marriage?" Jiang Yuanbai asked.

When Jiang Li said it before, he didn't take it seriously, but now that Jiang Li's words were proved to be true, Jiang Yuanbai had to pay attention.

"Father, do you still remember," Jiang Li said, "I went to the Duke's Mansion for General Ji's birthday banquet before." Jiang Li pushed everything to the Duke's Mansion without changing his expression. The Duke's government checked, and she said: "At the birthday banquet, I heard this from a few words from them. In fact, what I said to my father that day, that Li Xian was the best candidate, was not what I said. Those people in the palace said it. It’s just that I think these words are very reasonable, and my father walks around the palace all day, so he may be asked about this matter, if he can help, it would be great.”

"What did the people from the Duke's Mansion say?" Jiang Yuanbai didn't believe it. "What are the people from the Duke's Mansion doing?" Jiheng had no enmity with King Cheng, nor was he close to the Jiang family. Except for Emperor Xiao's trust in him, no one else could fall into Ji Heng's eyes. When people from the Duke's Mansion said this, they seemed to be on the opposite side of King Cheng. Although this is very natural - if Ji Heng supports Emperor Hong Xiao, he will naturally be on the same level as King Cheng. But Jiang Yuanbai also thought that the things Ji Heng did on a daily basis seemed too ambiguous and untrustworthy.

"Father, if you ask me this, I really can't answer it." Jiang Li said honestly, "It's just a meal, I really don't know more. If father wants to know more, Duke Guo People in the mansion say so, why not go to the mansion of the mansion and ask for clarification.”

Jiang Yuanbai choked, how could he visit the Duke's mansion? What would others think if it was heard? Others thought that the Jiang family had some private contacts with the Duke's mansion, and the emperor was already suspicious. Wouldn't this add fuel to the flames?

"But father," Jiang Li looked at him inquiringly, "Do you mean that the palace is really preparing for Princess Yongning's marriage?"

Jiang Yuanbai glanced at Jiang Li, and Jiang Li looked at her curiously, thinking that this matter would be known sooner or later, Jiang Yuanbai sighed, nodded and said: "Today the emperor is still asking me who is the right candidate, I will tell you Your Majesty thinks that Young Master Li and Princess Yongning are very suitable. As for how the Emperor will make a decision, I don't know."

Jiang Li said: "The emperor will definitely marry Mr. Li and Princess Yongning."

"How do you know?" Jiang Yuanbai looked at her suspiciously.

"Could it be possible for the court to find a second person who is more suitable than Mr. Li?" Jiang Li said as a matter of course.

Jiang Yuanbai was speechless for a moment, and then said: "Concubine Liu hopes that Zhongshu Shelang will be Princess Yongning's son-in-law."

Jiang Li sneered in her heart, but her face was as usual, and said: "Master Shen's family background is too thin. Besides, the emperor is so optimistic about Mr. Shen, how could he be willing to hand over Mr. Shen to others? Thinking about the moment when his father proposed Mr. Li, the emperor So I decided to marry someone else."

Jiang Yuanbai sighed, "I think so too."

"Why is father depressed?"

"On the other side of King Cheng, sooner or later they will know that I have contributed to this matter. If they were optimistic about Shen Yurong from the beginning, if I mess up this matter, I am afraid they will resent me."

Jiang Li said lightly: "Even if there is no such thing, King Cheng and our Jiang family are not friends. In this case, no matter what you do, why not take a good look at who is the master and concentrate on following one person," she thought It refers to, "Scratch on the wall, in the end it will only be unfavorable to both sides."

Jiang Yuanbai was always tactful, Jiang Li's words were warning him not to take chances, since he decided to support Emperor Hong Xiao, he should not think about being able to live in peace with King Cheng. Jiang Yuanbai naturally understood Jiang Li's implication, and he was a little annoyed at being taught a lesson by his daughter. But looking at Jiang Li's gentle expression, it seemed that he really wanted to think about his father and the fate of the entire Jiang family, so he swallowed the scolding again.

Forget it, now he only has such a daughter by his side.

Walking out of Jiang Yuanbai's study, Jiang Li's expression faded.

Princess Yongning moved faster than Jiang Li imagined. It seems that she is looking forward to this unborn "life". That's why he couldn't wait to facilitate the marriage with Shen Yurong.

It's just that her calculation is doomed to fail.

As Jiang Li walked forward, she remembered the matter of Xue Huaiyuan in the Ye Mansion again. Ye Mingyu sent news that Xue Huaiyuan hadn't woken up yet, but Situ Jiuyue said that it was not a bad thing. Jiang Li hoped that at least before Xue Huaiyuan woke up, her plan would go well.

When Xue Huaiyuan really wakes up, he will be able to face the culprit of the Xue family. After a year of getting away with it, he finally started to pay the real price.

...

In spring, everything grows, the vegetation is fresh, and many new things happen in Yanjing City.

It's just that this morning's news happened so suddenly that many people were unprepared.

When Hong Xiaodi was in the early court, and when he was about to retire, he suddenly issued an edict to marry the eldest son of the right minister's mansion and Princess Yongning, the younger sister of King Cheng, to marry next month.

This gift of marriage came so suddenly, at the Golden Luan Hall, Mr. Li's expression changed in an instant. It was later that Prime Minister Right reminded her to go to receive the order, and when Mr. Li received the order, he almost stumbled.

Cheng Wang's face was also very ugly, and it seemed that no one had informed him of this matter. Thinking about it, the lifelong event of his own sister was suddenly decided. Before that, King Cheng didn't know anything. It's just that King Cheng couldn't say anything in front of all civil and military officials. What's more, Emperor Hong Xiao didn't give her a chance to say anything at all, after giving her the gift of marriage, seeing that Young Master Li accepted the order, he retreated with a smile on his face.

It was rare for the young emperor to be in such a good mood.

The faces of the people related to Tuliu were gloomy. At the same time, standing in the crowd, Shen Yurong, who was loved by Emperor Hong Xiao, was also looking gloomy at the moment. He has always been gentle and gentle, and always has a faint smile on his face, but today, it seems that this smile is very difficult to maintain. He also didn't exchange greetings with the colleagues he had made friends with after he retired from the imperial court. After a pause, he strode away, as if he couldn't stay here for a moment longer.

After Concubine Liu heard the news, she immediately went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to ask the Queen Mother to discuss it.

"Sister," she said, looking at the queen mother who was twisting the Buddhist beads, "it's clear that what I told you was about the marriage between Yongning and Mr. Shen. How could it be that the emperor gave the marriage to Mr. Li in the end? How can I explain this to Yongning?" ? Sister, didn't you do it on purpose?"

The queen mother looked at her calmly, her voice was like a pool of stagnant water, and she said: "The Ai family didn't lie to you, what the Ai family told the emperor was Master Shen. But the emperor is not a child, he has his own decisions, Ai family I don't know what the emperor means. Since you don't believe it, go to the emperor to argue, maybe the emperor will change his mind."

Concubine Liu was anxious and angry, how could she go to Hong Xiaodi, Hong Xiaodi had long hated their mother and son to the core, it would be no wonder he would listen to her.

"In fact, it might not be a good thing to change to Mr. Li." The queen mother said slowly, "The Li family, the right minister, has a much richer family background than the Shen family. The point you care about the most is nothing to the Li family. "

Concubine Liu's heart skipped a beat, it was true. Although she was very angry that the emperor gave her a random marriage, Concubine Liu didn't like Shen Yurong at first, because she was a commoner in the past, and because Yongning's marriage was a continuation, she was not happy. But Li Xian was different, no matter how bad the right minister was, he was still the prime minister, and Li Xian was also talented and beautiful, no worse than Shen Yurong.

"But Yongning doesn't know about it," Concubine Liu thought about Princess Yongning's temper, and still felt inappropriate, "How should I explain to her?"

The Empress Dowager still had that calm look, "Marriage is a matter of marriage, and the words of the matchmaker have been the truth since ancient times. Even if Yongning is a princess, it doesn't mean that she can choose her son-in-law at will. Compared with those princesses who marry far away, She is already very lucky. Besides, this matter is not your fault, and it is not your fault, it is the emperor's will. If Yongning does not marry, it is disrespectful."

Concubine Liu was also upset. If King Cheng really succeeds in one fell swoop, who cares about Emperor Hong Xiao's will? Unfortunately, Yongning is very anxious and proposes a marriage at this juncture. Now everyone should listen to what Emperor Hong Xiao said .

"Young Master Li looks very good, and Yongning is just stubborn for a few days now. When you really get married, you will naturally understand that you are doing it for her own good. You don't need to worry too much about it," the Empress Dowager said: "It will be futile. Sorrow This is all family talk, if you are still dissatisfied, take Yongning and go to His Majesty to cry." After saying this, the Empress Dowager closed her eyes, as if she no longer wanted to talk to Concubine Liu.

Concubine Liu felt resentful in her heart, but she also knew that what the Queen Mother said was not a lie. Standing in front of the queen mother, she thought about it and thought it was right. Compared to Shen Yurong, she favored Li Xian even more. Yongning was just childish for a while, after a few days of trouble, he will naturally understand. She didn't say much, turned around and walked out, intending to go back to her own side hall first, if Princess Yongning wanted to find her, she should be in her own hall right now.

...

Concubine Liu was in the side hall. At this moment, all the servants were kneeling on the ground, the maids were trembling, and the ground was full of mess.

Princess Yongning broke in here suddenly to see Concubine Liu, and when she learned that Concubine Liu was not there, she began to smash things on the table. She looked obviously furious, but the maid who knew the temper of Her Royal Highness did not dare to say a word, and only hoped that Concubine Liu would come back quickly. Although Concubine Liu is usually arrogant and domineering, at this time, only Concubine Liu can stop Princess Yongning.

Princess Yongning panicked.

No one knew how she felt the moment she learned of the marriage rope. Originally, she thought it was a sure thing, but she even heard that the queen mother went to see the emperor, and if she wanted to come to the queen mother, the emperor would not refute it just for the sake of face. Who knew that Emperor Hong Xiao was lucky, he did not refute, but she was replaced by someone else!

How can this work!

She still has Shen Yurong's child in her stomach, how can she marry someone else? Princess Yongning wanted to find out what was going on, she originally wanted to explain to Shen Yurong. But after going down to court, there was no trace of Shen Yurong in the palace. Princess Yongning couldn't find him, wondering if he was angry, and panicked even more. But what is more urgent is that she must quickly correct this mistake.

The most direct way is to ask Concubine Liu to come forward.

When I was waiting impatiently, the maid outside came to report: "The concubine is back."

Princess Yongning stood up "squeakingly", went up to meet her and said, "Mother Concubine!"

"What are you doing?" Concubine Liu frowned, looked at the mess on the ground, and said displeasedly: "Yongning, it's fine for you to mess around on weekdays, but this is not your princess mansion!"

Princess Yongning was unmoved, her eyes were red and she said: "Mother Concubine, you still feel sorry for these, I will be sold, why do you still feel sorry for these external things?"

"Someone sold it." Concubine Liu said as she stepped over a broken vase, so the maids cleaned up the place, sat down on their seats, and said, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Imperial decree of marriage!" Princess Yongning said loudly: "I'm clearly talking to you about Shen Yurong, how could he become Li Xian? Mother concubine! I will not marry Li Xian. In this life, I will only marry Shen Yurong!"

Concubine Liu hurriedly let all the maids go down, and glared at her, "Don't dare to say anything, there are eyeliners everywhere in the palace, you are not afraid of being listened to, but I am."

Seeing that Princess Yongning was about to cry, Concubine Liu explained again: "I did tell the Queen Mother that I hoped to marry Shen Yurong to you, and the Queen Mother agreed. For so many years, although I have looked down on her , but I also know that she will not do things that are obedient and obedient, and she doesn't care about these things in the palace. It is Emperor Hong Xiao who changed people privately." At this point, Concubine Liu's eyes flashed a trace of cruelty, "This Little wolf cub, if he gets the chance, he will trip us up. As I said a long time ago, keeping him is a disaster!"

"Why did the emperor do this?" Princess Yongning said: "I just want a son-in-law, what's in the way of him!"

"Who knows, maybe she just wants to create trouble with us." Concubine Liu said indifferently, "Yongning, I see, Li Xian is actually not bad, his father is the right minister, and the right minister is very flattering. Make good friends with your elder brother too. If you marry the Li family, they won't treat you badly."

"I've said it before," Princess Yongning said firmly, "I won't marry Li Xian, the only person I want to marry is Shen Yurong!"

"Then what are you going to do? It's an imperial decree. If you don't obey it, you will disobey the decree. Besides, you are a princess, and you are not afraid of anything. What about Shen Yurong? If you want me to die, I have to die. Shen Yurong's life or death is not determined by the emperor's thoughts. It is because the emperor is afraid of other things and dare not touch you, Shen Yurong, but he is very capable."

When Yongning heard this, he panicked and said, "He can't attack Shen Yurong!"

Concubine Liu looked at her, and the panic in Princess Yongning's eyes became more and more intense. Indeed, perhaps Emperor Hong Xiao could not do anything to her with the power of King Cheng, but Shen Yurong could be dealt with easily.

Princess Yongning was about to cry, she murmured: "Then what should I do?"

She has always been arrogant and arrogant, so why has she ever been so vulnerable and helpless? Concubine Liu looked at her, unable to bear it, and asked her: "Do you really want to marry Shen Yurong?"

Princess Yongning nodded.

"I have a way."

Princess Yongning seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and she couldn't wait to ask: "What method?"

"When I talked to the queen mother before, I didn't mention when to get married. I think that when the queen mother told the emperor, she didn't mention it. Since the imperial decree says to choose a date to get married, I can tell the emperor to wait a little longer. For example, this winter. By then..." She lowered her voice, "The world has already changed, who will take this imperial decree to heart!"

Princess Yongning was taken aback for a moment, but she understood what Concubine Liu meant.

King Cheng is going to make trouble soon, at least until this winter. As long as the event is successful, this imperial edict is bullshit, the emperor has changed, let alone an imperial edict.

This is also the only way Taifei Liu can come up with, let Yongning delay this marriage, and when this imperial decree is useless, the marriage contract will naturally cease to count.

But...Princess Yongning shook her head and said, "No."

"Why?" Concubine Liu was surprised.

Princess Yongning was about to speak when she suddenly felt nausea in her throat. She bent down and retched, covering her mouth. Concubine Liu was startled, and quickly asked someone to help her, and asked the imperial doctor to come and see if she was not feeling well.

Princess Yongning grabbed Taifei Liu's hand: "Don't look for the imperial doctor!"

Concubine Liu looked at her, her gaze gradually changed, she said: "Yongning, you won't..."

"Concubine Mother," Princess Yongning looked at her and said in a panic, "I have Shen Yurong's child."

...

Shen Yurong was on the way back home.

Go to the Yuci's house, and there are some official houses in the surrounding houses. When he walked here on weekdays, people knew him and always looked at him enviously. But when I walked home today, I felt mocking eyes all around me.

This is of course impossible, and Shen Yurong only knows it. It is impossible for these people to know about his relationship with Princess Yongning. Therefore, he didn't know how much turmoil was caused in his heart by the imperial decree of giving marriage this morning.

The feeling of thorns on his back was an illusion, but it reminded him of another time. When Xue Fangfei was caught having an affair with someone, people in Yanjing City looked at him with sympathetic and funny eyes.

Today, past and present meet again. So much so that he could hardly tell if it was a dream or reality, or if what happened in the past year or so was just a ridiculous dream he had. When he opened the door, his beautiful and intelligent Mrs. Shen was still there. Will smile and greet you gently.

Like a joke, Shen Yurong thought.

He doesn't love Princess Yongning, and every moment he spends with Princess Yongning is a forced perfunctory for him. When Princess Yongning was obsessed with him, he wanted to push her away. Now that Emperor Hong Xiao's imperial edict of bestowing marriage came, Princess Yongning would not be able to walk in front of him without him pushing it away, and he suddenly panicked in his heart.

It seemed that it took a long time to feed a beast. He disliked that the beast was clinging to people, and it took him too much time. He had to wait for the beast to grow up slowly, fat and tender before slaughtering it. But before it was time to harvest, the beast suddenly ran away. Bamboo basket fetches water, so everything is in vain.

Including his beautiful wife, sacrifices have also become worthless.

The imperial decree of Emperor Hong Xiao's bestowal of the marriage has been issued, Shen Yurong sees it more clearly than others, he knows that there is no room for change in this matter. Princess Yongning must marry Li Xian. Even if King Cheng succeeds in his actions in the future, King Cheng will not treat the help of the Li family badly, and he will become a stumbling block for Hengge between Yongning and Li Xian. King Cheng will definitely choose one between the Li family and himself.

It seems that he has no chance of winning, because the Li family has a rich family background, but the Shen family has nothing in the past. But even if he won Cheng Wang's favor by virtue of his ability, Cheng Wang thought that the Li family was not as valuable as him. But that was Hu, Princess Yongning wanted to marry him again, so she had to resign her marriage with Li Xian.

This time, Shen Yurong really wore a cuckold.

Twice "green hat", the first time he took the initiative, he did not hesitate to make himself a pitiful laughing stock for everyone, just to climb up. The second time, he still wanted to climb up, but the more he climbed up, the less he wanted to let others laugh at him.

The higher you go, the less you want to lose.

Shen Yurong walked to the door of the house, but he refused to go in. He knew very well that as long as he approached Shen's house, his mother would come to greet him, and Shen Ruyun would rush back after getting the news, and they would ask him what happened. They regarded Princess Yongning as a big tree, and they themselves were the ones holding the big tree. Now the big tree was about to fall, so they hurriedly asked themselves why.

why?

The absurdity is like a joke, and all the coincidences are like God deliberately punishing him for the things he did in the past.

He couldn't help it, he couldn't do anything.

...

Princess Yongning returned to the Princess Mansion in a daze.

Concubine Liu said all the good and bad things, and she finally let Princess Yongning understand a fact. This marriage is inevitable, as long as she still wants the child in her womb to be born in a legitimate way.

The first thing Concubine Liu did when she found out that Princess Yongning was pregnant was that she wanted someone to decoct the medicine. She poured a bowl of medicine and pretended nothing happened.

It was Princess Yongning who knelt on the ground, hugged Concubine Liu's leg, and cried bitterly, which made Concubine Liu change her mind. She had never begged anyone so humbly in her life, but these few days, for this child, she seemed to have done everything impossible.

Princess Yongning caressed her lower abdomen, thinking of being in Concubine Liu's palace, she asked in despair: "Concubine Mother, is there really no other way? Brother, can you think of another way?"

Concubine Liu replied: "I can't tell your elder brother about this. Your elder brother is very busy recently, so you can't be distracted by these things... Besides, Prime Minister Right has a close relationship with him. If your elder brother finds out about this, there is no guarantee that Prime Minister Right will not know. No matter how good the relationship is, who can accept you to marry into the mansion with someone else's child so magnanimously? If Li Xian doesn't know, I'll find someone to find a way to fool you on the wedding night, and I'll think about it later The only way is to give birth to a child. If you tell your elder brother, be careful not to cause trouble."

In desperation, Princess Yongning had no choice but to accept this method. Moreover, in order not to show her pregnancy and be suspected by others, Concubine Liu had to take the initiative to tell the emperor that she hoped to get married next month.

In other words, next month, Princess Yongning will marry into the Li family and become Li's grandma, giving birth to this life in the Li family. When the child was born, his father was Li Xian, not Shen Yurong.

Princess Yongning felt that all her strength seemed to be exhausted, and she almost couldn't sit still. Her face was pale, and she suddenly felt that everything was powerless.

She has always wanted to marry into the Shen family, even long ago, she started planning. From the first moment she saw Shen Yurong, she knew that this man belonged to her. She killed Xue Fangfei and cleared away all obstacles early, but now, it seems that everything is going well, so how could she fail?

Before her eyes, Xue Fangfei suddenly appeared before she died, and went to see her by herself. Xue Fangfei was lying on the bed, looking at herself, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, which also looked like a mockery now.

Is she mocking herself? She tried her best, but in the end it was all for nothing. She married someone else, and she didn't become Mrs. Shen.

Shen Yurong still didn't know that she was pregnant with his child, and she hadn't even visited her after learning about the imperial decree of marriage. Princess Yongning didn't know what Shen Yurong was thinking, was she angry, or didn't care at all? Or is he, like himself, thinking all this is absurd?

What puzzled her the most was, how did things turn out like this?