MTL - Little Cardamom-Chapter 48

Yunyi's heart is empty. She and Lue failed to take good care of the princess yesterday. She and Lue should be punished. However, Miss Lue has been with the princess for many years and she was cut off directly. Then she...

Thinking of this, she put down the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and quietly left the main room.

"Aunt Yun."

In the corridor, someone suddenly called her.

Yun Yi turned her head: "Miss Suxin."

Su Xin smiled gently, and went forward to hand over the snack in her hand: "My aunt needs to use some, the crispy cheese that Fang brought back from the dining room is still hot."

"No, thank you."

I'm going to die, I have no appetite.

Su Xin only saw that she liked to eat this when she came to Qi'an Hall on weekdays, so she didn't force it: "Then auntie, go slowly, I'll send it to Lue."

"Wait, Lue?"

"Well, what's the matter? Her stick hit her harder than the empress. Yesterday, the empress asked the imperial doctor to show her too. She said that she was going to rest for a few days and was still resting in the room."

Not hacked?

Yun Yi paused, then suddenly asked: "Miss Suxin, what is the origin of Miss Lu'e's name?"

Although Su Xin didn't know why she would ask this question, she still patiently answered: "I can't tell you the origin. Your Majesty liked plum blossoms when she was young, so when Lu'e and I were assigned to Your Majesty's side, they were named after plum blossoms. Your Majesty In the past, the courtyard in the Hou's Mansion was called 'Zhaoshuiyuan', which is also the name of the plum blossom."

Yun Yi seemed to understand something, nodded and walked forward. But after walking a few steps, she suddenly came back, took a small stack of crispy cheese, and said solemnly: "Miss Lu'e can't finish it all by herself, I will share some for her."

"...?"

Su Xin looked at Yun Yi's back in confusion.

Jiang Xu was going to enter the palace today, and after breakfast, Ming Tan sent him all the way to the second gate, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Although her husband is highly trusted by the Holy One and has done things that are not in compliance with the rules more than once or twice, but killing a Marquis in full view is not a trivial matter after all.

It's just that she doesn't understand the state affairs, and her husband doesn't seem to care much, so she asked a few questions, but it's not good to ask more.

Emperor Chengkang had been waiting for Jiang Xu in the imperial study room since he left the early court. It wasn't until the middle of the corner that the person he was waiting for arrived.

Emperor Chengkang laughed angrily: "You are in a good mood, you didn't come yesterday, why, you got a good night's sleep in the mansion, and you practiced martial arts early this morning, and you thought about going out after having breakfast?"

"How does His Majesty know?"

Cheng Kangdi: "..."

If he died suddenly, he probably was angered by Jiang Xu.

He didn't want to say a word, he just clicked on the two stacks of papers on the table: "Take a good look yourself."

Killing Jiang Yanghou on the spot in the Pingguo mansion, no matter what the reason was, the officials were bound to impeach him. In the early morning today, all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were discussing what happened in Pingguo's mansion yesterday. After the court, the excerpts also flew onto Cheng Kangdi's desk like snowflakes.

Of course, Jiang Xu was not the only one who was involved, and many books were involved in the Pingguo Duke's Mansion, and even Empress Zhang was involved.

In fact, what worried Emperor Cheng Kang was not the death of Jiang Yanghou, but how to deal with Feng Zhao.

Feng Zhao's actions this time meant that he would die and die together, and he did it blatantly, and he didn't expect to get out of his body at all. As for the catastrophe brought to Prince Yi's mansion, in her opinion, it was just the end that father, queen, mother and concubine favored the eldest brother.

After being imprisoned in Dazong Zhengsi, Feng Zhao confessed and even took the initiative to explain her plan clearly. Here, some private affairs of the Pingguo government were also involved.

The reason why she was able to run amok in the Pingguo Palace is also due to the help of the internal staff in the Pingguo Palace.

Gongqing's family is intertwined, and the relationship between in-laws is also complicated. The third-bedroom master of Pingguo Gongfu has a flat wife, who is the concubine sister of Princess Yi, who is also Fengzhao's aunt.

Feng Zhao had known some important things about this aunt before, and this aunt had always been at odds with the third wife, she was always fond of embarrassing the third wife, coupled with the temptation of profit, Feng Zhao was able to act cheaply in the elegant market.

She pleaded guilty thoroughly, and the Empress Dowager Su also made a rare speech on Zhai Nianci's behalf. Everyone was waiting for an explanation. It would be impossible not to deal with Feng Zhao seriously this time.

But after dealing with Feng Zhao, what should Nan Lu do with his marriage?

Nanlu is a small country of Nanyi, next to Yuncheng, the terrain is high, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Due to the discord between Daxian and Beidi, the horse trade has been cut off for many years. Fortunately, Nanlu Kingdom is also rich in fine horses, and the two countries have always maintained a friendly relationship of tea and horse trading.

This time, the new king of Nanlu wants to maintain a friendly relationship with Daxian, so he intends to send envoys to Daxian to marry a princess.

This news was sent back by spies when the government was changed a month ago.

Emperor Cheng Kang had no reason not to agree to such a trivial matter as raising a clan daughter and getting married.

He had a brief discussion with Jiang Xu earlier, and he felt in his heart that Princess Fengzhao of Prince Yi's Mansion was the best candidate for marriage.

One is that Feng Zhao is at the right age for marriage, the other is that Prince Yi's mansion does not touch both ends, and he has no scruples, and the third is that King Yi's family has returned to Beijing from Yuncheng, and they are not unfamiliar with Nanlu. Other royal families are suitable.

But he didn't care too much about Yiwang's mansion, and he never said hello to anyone about this matter. Yiwang and his wife didn't know it, and they secretly planned to marry Fengzhao to Jiangyanghou, so that Fengzhao was desperate and dissatisfied, causing all kinds of troubles. somethin'.

Now, even if the courtiers and other families can act as if nothing happened and agree to let Fengzhao get married, then Nan Lv is not a fool. It is not obvious to look down on them for giving them such a woman with a bad reputation. Are they Nanlu, are they married or enemies?

Seeing that the envoy was going to Beijing in a few days, he couldn't find a more suitable candidate.

There are not many clan women of the right age, and Nanlu is a small country on the border, and it has already established a queen. Compared with becoming a concubine with relatives, clans with some backgrounds are naturally more willing to choose a son-in-law in Daxian.

"Now you say, what should we do?" Cheng Kangdi asked.

"Feng Zhao's character is not suitable for getting married, so choose another."

"You said it lightly, would you choose one for me to try?"

Jiang Xu said lightly, "Master Yongle County."

"Yongle can't do it, what about Yongle..." Emperor Cheng Kang subconsciously wanted to dismiss it, but he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly paused again.

Yongle was disheveled in the same room as Jiang Yanghou under the eyes of everyone, and she had already lost her innocence, but she was framed, and her conduct was not at fault.

Moreover, the chastity of women that Daxian cares about is not worth mentioning in Nanlu. The folk customs in Nanlu are open, and the queens are all married for the second time, so they will definitely not mind this matter.

In addition, Yongle is the granddaughter who is loved by the empress dowager, so marrying her will show the sincerity of the family. As for the Empress Dowager, she would definitely not agree in the past, but now that Yongle is in Daxian, it is difficult to find a good husband again, she is used to weighing the pros and cons, so she will not have any objections.

In this way... Yongle is really the best choice!

Chengkang Emperor Longyan Dayue shouted three "yes" in a row, and immediately drove to Shoukang Palace.

Cheng Kangdi originally thought that because of the empress dowager's temper, even if he agreed, he would deliberately delay thinking about it for two days, but he didn't want her to ponder for a moment, so he agreed directly. This seems to be the first time in many years that the two have come to an agreement so quickly.

That night, when Zhai Nianci heard the news in his residence, he was struck by lightning!

Nothing happened between her and the Marquis of Jiang Yang, she is innocent, her future husband will naturally know that if she can't go to Beijing, if she goes back to the north, why can't she find a good marriage?

But up to the queen mother, down to her parents, they all think that the concubines of Nanlu and other small barbarian countries are her best home now, and no one cares what she thinks!

She wanted to enter the palace to see the queen mother, but the queen mother said that she was ill and would not see any guests for the time being. She was making a fuss in the mansion, at first her mother cared about her emotions and tried to persuade her gently, but then she was locked in the house directly and asked her to reflect and calm down.

So what's the difference between her and Feng Zhao?

Back then in Daxiangguo Temple, she still mocked Fengzhao about her marriage, but now those mocking words turned back on her as if she had committed a crime. The so-called pampering given to her by the Empress Dowager is so insignificant!

Zhai Nianci felt his teeth were cold for a while.

Two days later, the matter of the Pingguo government was finally decided.

Emperor Chengkang decreed that Princess Fengzhao murdered Princess Dingbei and County Master Yongle. His behavior was extremely bad and his crime was unforgivable.

King Yi has no way to teach his daughter, and his virtue is lacking. He took the title of prince, demoted to king of Yijun, and moved back to Yuncheng.

Although the Marquis of Jiangyang was dead, he humiliated the county lord, corrupted his morals, and died with more than culpability.

At the end of the hundreds of essays, Emperor Chengkang said lightly that King Dingbei acted recklessly, Duke Pingguo was not strict in governing the family, and ordered the two to pay half a year as a punishment.

Ming Tan felt that the other decrees were quite reasonable, but the last sentence of blaming her husband was just...?

However, the civil and military officials of the whole court were not surprised, and even thought that this time the emperor ordered the words "behave recklessly" and fined him half a year's salary, which is extremely difficult.

With this decree, the matter of the Pingguo Duke's Mansion has been successfully concluded. Generally speaking, Ming Tan is still very satisfied.

It's just that Zhai Nianci was obviously one of the links that framed her, but now he has become a complete victim. Although she couldn't find a good relative in Shangjing, she was protected by the Queen Mother, and she was still at ease when she returned to the north. angry.

But she soon lost her temper.

Three days later, the envoys of the Nanlu Kingdom came to Beijing, intending to marry Princess Daxian. The Holy Majesty readily agreed, and even ordered Princess Yongle to descend to Nanlu to tie the knot between the two countries.

And this Princess Yongle is the former head of Yongle County, Zhai Nianci.

For the princess herself, the surrender of a princess from a great country has never been a good thing. Leaving home and being a concubine, few concubines and concubines have been able to die well. And only changed the royal surname Jiang, and didn't even bother to change the title, it was extremely perfunctory.

Although Ming Tan wasn't angry, he didn't gloat over others' misfortune either. A woman's fate is like duckweed, most of which she can't help herself. It can only be said that this may be the bitter fruit of her own injustice.

When Nan Lv came to Beijing this time, besides asking to marry the princess, he also paid tribute to Da Xian with many rare treasures and good horses.

When a good horse entered the palace, Emperor Chengkang specially invited Jiang Xu to go to the racecourse to select it. Jiang Xu already had many famous horses, and he was not interested. But when he saw a snow-white pony, his eyes paused and his steps froze. After a pause: "Zhaoye Jade Lion."

The horse master of the horse training department hurriedly replied: "My lord has good eyesight, the Zhaoye jade lion was born in the Western Regions, but this time Nanlu also donated a horse, it is just a young horse, it will take some time to grow up .”

Jiang Xu looked at it for a while, then suddenly said: "The pony is not bad."

Cheng Kangdi glanced at him inexplicably: "What do you want the pony to do?"

Jiang Xu didn't answer, he only wanted this horse.

Just at this time, a servant who was serving by Emperor Chengkang came back and said that the rare treasures that Nanlu paid tribute had also been cataloged and stored.

"Well, the ones that are suitable will be handed over to the empress, and the harem will be rewarded. By the way," he remembered something, "I remember that among the tribute items this time, there is a pair of carved orchid ruyis, which were sent directly to the Concubine Lan's palace."

"yes."

He casually asked Jiang Xu again: "Would you pick some to go back too?"

Cheng Kangdi really just asked in a polite manner, the Dingbei Prince's family has a great business, and there is no shortage of these things, and Jiang Qizhi is always simple, two sets of clothes can be worn for three months, if he hadn't directly rewarded him , If there is anything on weekdays, it is mostly dismissed with a "no need".

But I don’t know if the Dingbei Palace was robbed today or what. It’s rare that he took the initiative to ask for the horse back, but he nodded his head as he said, and specified the objects: "Silks and satins, jewels, hairpins and hairpins. Just one box."