Chapter 151: Bet on marriage

As soon as the queen shot, the entire capital followed.
This method is unmatched by others.
Emperor Kai Yao listened to Xu Xianzhi, Wei Zuowei, reported the situation in the capital.
"Your Majesty, all major families in the capital are busy talking about their children, so that the supply of official media exceeds demand."
Kai Yaodi vented his nose with a hum.
"anything else?"
"Weichen's preliminary statistics show that in just a few hours, ten families have made arrangements for their children."
"List!"
Xu Xianzhi didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly took out the list from his arms and offered it with both hands.
Chen Dachang, the servant supervisor who was waiting for Emperor Kai Yao, took the list from Xu Xian's hand and placed it in front of Emperor Kai Yao.
"Your Majesty, please have a look."
Emperor Kai Yao slightly narrowed his eyes and scanned the list, all of which were familiar names.
Emperor Kai Yao coldly snorted, "The emperor's grandson chooses his wife, are these people so eager to separate the relationship? It's ridiculous that the grandson is so disgusted by others."
Inside the hall, needles dropped can be heard.
The palace men lowered their heads and tried their best to reduce their sense of existence.
Xu Xianzhi was sweating on his forehead and felt anxious in his heart, for fear of his majesty's anger on his head.
"Your Majesty has instructions?"
Others are afraid of Kai Yaodi's Longwei and dare not speak, but Chen Dachang has no such worries.
He has been serving Emperor Kai Yao since he was a child, and the master and servant have been with him for forty years.
He was the servant of Emperor Kai Yao, the dead man and counselor of Emperor Kai Yao.
Emperor Kai Yao sneered coldly, "I have sent a message to the emperors and grandchildren to hand in the list before sunset tomorrow. Such a ridiculous thing should end as soon as possible."
In Kai Yaodi's words, it was obvious that there was a lot of dissatisfaction with the idea of ​​the Queen Empress.
The emperor and grandchildren get together to choose wives, get together to get married, not to mention, the wedding expenses alone are a huge number.
At that time, both the National Treasury and the Shaofu will be under pressure from this expenditure.
Even if the young man has money, he can't afford it.
Shaofu is Kai Yaodi’s private treasury, and if he asks him to spend so much money at once to marry his emperor and grandchildren, even if he is the emperor and wealthy, he will feel pain.
Chen Dachang bowed to take his orders, and quickly walked out of the main hall, called a few servants, and went to the East Palace, the palaces, and the palaces of the princes.
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Ning Palace.
After leaving the housekeeper, Princess Ning Pei was worried and sent someone to call Liu Zhao to speak.
"There was someone in the palace just now, and his Majesty told me that the list must be handed in before sunset tomorrow. This time, do you have a suitable candidate for your wife?"
Liu Zhao bowed slightly, and said blankly: "Mother and concubine don't worry, my son has an idea about this matter."
Princess Ning Pei said "Oh", somewhat surprised.
"Have you already thought about it? Whose girl, come and listen."
Liu Zhao said indifferently, "Wait tomorrow, the concubine will know."
Princess Ning Pei's mouth was dumbfounded, very angry.
She sternly said, "Whose girl is so gold and expensive, she will keep her secret when she arrives. Isn't this princess even qualified to know her name?"
Liu Zhao remained unmoved, and said solemnly: "It's a matter of outlandishness, so I don't want to know about it for the time being."
Princess Ning Pei was so angry that she was almost speechless, "You are older, and your wings are hard. Do you think that you will drag you back if you reject this princess? This princess has worked so hard to raise you, and it is you who got you Dislike it."
Liu Zhao raised his eyebrows, with no extra expression on his face. "The mother and concubine have misunderstood, and the son has no intention of this. Anyway, after sunset tomorrow, the queen will know who the son’s wife is, and it will take only one day. Can't wait?"
Princess Ning Pei snorted coldly, "You also know that it's only one day, and you have to let this princess wait a day. Do you have me as a mother in your heart?"
Liu Zhao frowned, he didn't like this kind of debate that was destined to have no results.
So he simply said: "If the mother and concubine have nothing else, the son will leave first."
After that, Liu Zhao got up and walked outside.
"You stop for this princess. This princess asks you to stop, have you heard?"
Liu Zhao was unmoved, as if he hadn't heard anything, he walked to the door and stopped.
He turned his head and looked at Princess Ning Pei, "What else can the mother give me advice?"
Snapped!
Princess Ning Pei patted the table, very annoyed, "I can't control you now?"
Liu Zhao suddenly smiled, "Mother concubine thinks, this time choosing a wife is a pure choice of wife?"
Princess Ning's Pei frowned.
Liu Zhao simply walked back to the hall and said to Princess Ning Pei: "The mother and concubine should have heard that this time the choice of a wife was deliberately targeted by the queen and the empress. The mother and concubine would like to think about what kind of son would he choose under these circumstances. To satisfy the empress?"
"Why do you want her to be satisfied? She hasn't lived for a few days." Princess Ning's Pei's expression was dissatisfied.
Liu Zhao nodded, "The mother and concubine are right, the queen and the empress are indeed alive within a few days. But this time the choice of a wife, as long as the son is negligent, believe it or not, the empress still has a way to die before death. Let our Ning Palace never have peace, and the father will always lose the trust of the emperor's grandfather? You may even be taken over!"
"How is it possible! If she is really capable, why wait until she is dying, so that our palace will never have peace."
Princess Ning Pei didn't believe Liu Zhao's words, thought Liu Zhao was alarmist and nonsense.
Liu Zhao shook his head slightly, "The concubine mother underestimated the empress, she really has this ability.
She didn't do this before, because our Ning Palace was very low-key from beginning to end, and never took the initiative to provoke things.
And the empress empress's energy is in the court, as well as in the east palace, she sees us keeping ourselves safe, naturally she will not deliberately target our Ning Palace.
But this time was different. This time the son took the lead in provoking a dispute and exposed himself. Before she died, the empress would stare at me firmly, making sure that I couldn't hurt the Donggong, so she would look at me.
If I don't cooperate with her, she will definitely think our Ning Palace is more dangerous than Zhao's Palace, and she will do her best to solve our Ning Palace first.
Therefore, choosing a wife this time is not a simple one. This is a game, a war without gunpowder. "
Princess Ning's face changed, "Do you have to sacrifice your marriage in order to dispel the suspicion of the empress?
Are you planning to choose any girl as your wife? What do you want me to say about you?
On a good day, seeing the queen coming to an end, why did you provoke the queen at this juncture, and still actively expose yourself. Don’t you pretend to be smart, why do you do such a stupid thing?
Now that even your marriage is involved, what do you say? I tell you, if you really choose any girl as your wife, I would never agree. "
Liu Zhao smiled, with a light smile, "My marriage, I already have an idea. When the wedding comes, the mother and concubine can just wait to drink tea with the daughter-in-law. That's all for the words, and the son leaves."
"You come back to me!"
Princess Ning Pei roared.
Liu Zhao didn't make a stay this time, and left straight away.
Princess Ning Pei angrily smashed a set of blue and white porcelain tea sets.
Liu Zhao left Chunhetang and went to the outer courtyard to meet King Ning.
When the father and son met, Liu Zhao opened the door and said straightforwardly: "Please take care of your mother and concubine!"
"What about her?" Wang Ning was cheerful, not caring at all. He seemed quite happy to see Liu Zhao deflated.
Liu Zhao frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "The mother and concubine want to interfere in the marriage of the son, you have to control her."
"You can solve it yourself, why don't you have to come forward." King Ning didn't want Liu Zhao at all, and didn't have the consciousness of being a father.
Liu Zhao was stern, dissatisfied.
King Ning pretended not to see it, and instead asked: "The list will be handed in at sunset tomorrow. Do you want to marry a girl? Tell this king, this king will refer to it for you."
Liu Zhao didn't give face, "Don't worry about your father."
King Ning stepped forward, patted Liu Zhao on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "As the eldest son of the king, you should marry a girl who matches your status. If you go your own way, you must marry a girl from a poor family. As a wife, your brothers will soon surpass you. Have you ever thought about this consequence?"
Liu Zhao smiled, "Did the father never believe in his son?"
King Ning laughed, "Of course this king believes in you, provided that you have to bring something out."
Liu Zhao was silent.
King Ning said: "In the royal family, interests are important. You don’t need to be reminded by this king. You should also understand. You are not the eldest son, nor do you have a title. It will definitely fall on your head, do you know?"
Liu Zhao lowered his head and smiled contemptuously, "Thank you father for reminding me, my son is clear."
King Ning patted Liu Zhao on the shoulder again, "Your Majesty always grants knighthood to the royal clan. If you want to be knighted in advance, you must have a powerful wife. Otherwise, you can do it alone. Nothing."
Liu Zhao looked at King Ning, "Is it like King Father?"
"Haha..."
King Ning laughed loudly, "Anyway, you can do it yourself."
Liu Zhao said blankly, "Father is busy, so my son won't bother and leave!"
Liu Zhao left without looking back.
Ning Wang gave a hey, a little annoyed, and quickly passed away with a smile.
The servant came into the room to wait, and asked in a low voice: "The eldest son chooses his wife, doesn't the prince care at all?"
King Ning looked out the window, "If this king can't get that position, it doesn't matter who he marries. After this king is a hundred years later, the king's palace is prosperous or declining, and this king doesn't need to care.
If this king gets to that position one day, then he will eat for himself. The reason that should be said has already been explained, he doesn't care if he listens. "
"The prince is all about thinking for the eldest son, but it's a pity that the prince doesn't appreciate him."
"He has been stubborn and unpleasant since he was a child. Huh, this king wants to see what he wants to do so many things."
King Ning's face was instantly distorted, but in a blink of an eye, he laughed again, happily, looking extremely kind.
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Gu Mansion.
Gu Ling shot the matchmaker out in front of Master Gu. Yelled, saying that his wife had to choose by herself.
After Gu's popularity was so popular, Gu Ling was beaten on the spot.
Had it not been for the great master Gu Zhiming, Gu Ling's leg would have been interrupted.
Gu Ling was beaten, but didn't learn the least lesson.
He still happily rubbed his hips, and said to Gu Jiu, "It doesn't hurt."
Gu Jiu gritted his teeth with anger, only hating Master Gu for not hitting harder. Before the leg injury was healed, he dared to make noise, and as expected, he couldn't be idle for a day.
Gu Da was out of breath, sat on a chair, pointed at Gu Ling, and cursed, "Get out! Get out of me. You bastard."
After speaking, he picked up the teacup and threw it over Gu Ling's head.
Gu Ling was a flexible wounded, and when he turned his head, he avoided the flying teacup.
Master Gu was so angry that he gave birth to such a debt collector son.
The old man waved his hand and motioned to Gu Ling to leave quickly.
Gu Jiu also pulled him, "Brother, hurry up. Be careful, father wants to beat you again."
Gu Yu obeyed, holding Gu Jiu's wrist back in his hand, and ran away.
Gu Ling ran away, but Master Gu was still angry.
"This brat runs fast. If he doesn't run, I will have to break his leg."
The elder Gu Zhiming laughed, "Second brother, you should calm down. I like Saburo's temperament. It is better for you to follow his wishes and let him join me in the army."
Master Gu sighed, "Big brother misunderstood, it's not that I didn't let this kid join the army. Do you know what he said? He said that he wanted to join the army, so he went to the northwest to be the frontier army. I raised him to this age, but he Going to the northwest to die. Do you think he is a debt collector?"
When the elder heard this, he frowned, "Why did Saburo think of going to the northwest to be a frontier army? That's a hard work. Isn't it good to join the army in the capital?"
Master Gu gritted his teeth and said, "That's right! I told him the same way. What he said, he said that a good man can't covet wealth and pleasure, and he wants to go to the northwest to earn his own military merit and make his wife cute. It's ridiculous. He thought he was fighting. Is it just like a child's play?"
The old man laughed, "I didn't expect Saburo to be ambitious. But joining the army is not as simple as he thought. Don't worry about this matter, I will solve it.
Jiaminger, when I have cleared the vacation, I will take Saburo with me and let him see what the real military camp looks like.
After he knew that the war was not a joke, he wouldn't yell to go to the northwest to join the army. "
Master Gu was overjoyed, stood up and personally thanked him, "Thank you, brother. Saburo will ask you."
Grandpa Gu waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm a family, don't talk about two families. Saburo has a lot of promise, and I'm also a big uncle and You Rongyan."
Gu Yu didn't want to get married, but Gu Yu was a little moved.
In the evening, he looked for an opportunity to meet Master Gu in the study.
"Father, my son is no longer young, and I want to make an early decision on the marriage."
Master Gu was a little surprised, "Did you think about it?"
Gu Yu nodded, "The eldest daughter of the minister of rites, the son thinks it's good."
Master Gu frowned slightly.
The Minister of Etiquette is a high-ranking fourth-rank, and Master Gu is a third-rank advanced. And Master Gu leaned back on the Hou Mansion. Speaking of which, if the daughter of the Minister of Rites married Gu Teng, it would be considered a high climb.
Master Gu said, "It's better to look at your marriage."
Gu Yu opened his mouth and said, "Father, in three years, the son will have to leave the exam. Marrying the eldest daughter of the minister of ritual ministry, the son thinks it is appropriate."
Master Gu hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your marriage has been considered for your father. My father wants to hire a noble daughter as his wife for you.
Saburo didn't pay attention, he wanted to join the army, and he probably won't be in the residence for a long time. In this way, this home can only be handed over to you.
Your wife, who will be the young lady in charge of the house in the future, will take on the responsibility of managing the whole family.
The ladies of the civil servants are still too weak, and the ladies of honor are more aggressive and bolder, and they are more suitable for you. "
Gu Teng bowed slightly and said firmly: "The son Xijing does not like girls with bold temperaments. If the son wants to marry the daughter of a civil servant, he also asks his father to do it."
Master Gu frowned, "Why are you so stubborn."
"Also ask my father to fulfill it."
Master Gu was very annoyed, "I can fulfill you, but there are so many daughters of civil servants, so I don't have to marry the daughter of the minister of the Ministry of Rites."
"The father thinks, who should the son marry?"
Master Gu coldly snorted, "Just marry the granddaughter of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. There are several granddaughters in his family who have not yet been married."
"Father thought that marrying the granddaughter of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is better than marrying the eldest daughter of the servant of the Ministry of Rites?"
"Of course."
Gu Yu shook his head slightly, "But my son doesn't think so. According to the book of the Ministry of Rites, according to his son's understanding, this year is seventy one. No one can say whether this adult can survive until three years later. Moreover, how can the granddaughter compare to the protagonist The girl is close, it is always separated by a floor.
On the contrary, the son of the minister of courtesy has paid special attention to the other party's resume. This lord and his majesty, Shen Changshi, are from the same hometown, and they should also have contacts in private.
Shen Changshi is currently one of the youngest and most useful people around His Majesty. Not surprisingly, he will soon be promoted to the position of the inner guardian and junior supervisor.
With him, once the ritual minister has three long and two shortcomings, the minister of rites will surely replace him and become the youngest ritual book. "
Master Gu stared at Gu Yu with a little surprise, "Who told you these?"
Gu Teng bowed slightly and said, "These are things that my son learned slowly after returning to Beijing."
Master Gu took a sigh of relief, with mixed flavors in his heart.
"This matter, you let the father think again."