Chapter 152: Sensation in Chang'an
While the ceremonial officer sang the ceremony, the team outside rushed into the princess's mansion, and the huge yard in front suddenly seemed crowded.
Some boxes of betrothal gifts were stacked directly in the yard, occupying a small amount of space, and silk and cloth were piled on the ground like no money, as well as some treasures, antiques, jade ornaments, placed in wooden trays and placed on the ground.
Compared to asking for millions of dollars for other people's daughters, Xuan Shijing directly gave out millions of dollars. At this point alone, he was a thousand times more luxurious than those aristocratic families.
Xuan Shijing was already giving money to his father-in-law in disguise and betrothal gifts. In the end, he entered the Interior Office. The dowry in Jinyang was either placed in the Princess's Mansion or directly entered the Xuan family's treasury.
Anyway, the husband and wife are one, so Xuan Shijing doesn't care about these. Even if he took out all the copper coins he had stored in the warehouse for more than ten years, he would have to make money back after a long time. If he lies in the warehouse without spending it, it would be just a pile of scrap copper.
The number of betrothal gifts that Xuan Shijing sent to Princess Jinyang's mansion ultimately alarmed the big guys in the court.
The officials of the Censorate ran back, one faster than the other. After returning, they immediately picked up their pens and dipped in ink to write a memorial, impeaching Xuan Shijing.
This Chang'an City has been calm for some time, and the entire Chang'an City has been completely blown up by Xuan Shijing's betrothal gift.
The memorial was delivered to His Majesty Li Er's side very quickly. He finished writing it in the afternoon. In the evening, His Majesty Li Er saw the memorial of the officials from the Censorate impeaching Xuan Shijing on his own desk.
"Your Majesty, the betrothal gift from the Marquis of Dongshan, the officials of the Ministry of Rites copied a list." As he said that, Deyi found the memorial of the Ministry of Rites placed on the desk and placed it in front of His Majesty Li Er.
His Majesty Li Er opened the clerk and looked at it. Apart from some messy and huge things, the most eye-catching one was the one: a million stakes of copper coins.
Million...sin?
His Majesty Li Er looked at the betrothal list and felt like he got rich overnight after marrying a daughter. No wonder the gentry and the aristocratic families in Shandong sold marriages. Today, His Majesty Li Er was forced to experience the feeling of "selling marriages".
Let’s take a look at the memorial of the Censorate.
"Deyi, today the Censorate sends another memorial and throw it out to me directly!" His Majesty Li Er said in a deep voice.
"No." Deyi responded.
The Marquis of Dongshan married Princess Jinyang, and the betrothal gifts he gave were not stolen or robbed. What was the point of impeachment?
This time, the Censorate not only impeached Xuan Shijing, but also offended a large number of bigwigs in the court. Most of the ministers in the court came from aristocratic families, including officials from the two major factions, Shandong gentry and Guanlong family.
And the extravagant trend of wealth and marriage was the prosperity of these two major factions. The censor took the edict issued by His Majesty Li Er in the 16th year of Zhenguan to talk about the matter. Didn’t this tell all these aristocratic families?
His Majesty Li Er would not pay attention to such a memorial, and if the Censorate refused to give up and argued in the court, most ministers would stand on Xuan Shijing's side.
Joke, if the people from the Censorate make a name for themselves this time, wouldn’t this be digging a hole for themselves to jump, and would cut off their own wealth in the future when their weddings and funerals are in progress.
Xuan Shijing's betrothal gifts sensation throughout Chang'an. It was not until dark that the princess's mansion in Daozhengfang packed the betrothal gifts sent from the village into the warehouse. The originally empty warehouse was already full of stuff. When the palace will send people to the palace tomorrow to collect these betrothal gifts into the Interior Affairs Office.
Before dark, Li Chengqian took Jinyang back to the palace, and a carriage left Daozhengfang, drove towards the imperial city, and disappeared in front of people.
Li Chengqian was sitting on the shaft of the car, next to him was the eunuch driving. Seeing the betrothal gifts given by Xuan Shijing today, Li Chengqian felt a little desperate. On August 14th, he was bragging to others, but was slapped hard by reality.
The diamond ring customized by Xuan Shijing was not given here. He planned to bring that thing to Jinyang with his own hands on the day of getting married.
When Li Tai learned that Xuan Shijing gave the betrothal gift in Chang'an City, although he did not come to the scene, he still packed the dowry he had prepared for Jinyang in his mansion.
Now the betrothal gift has been given, and the marriage letters of both parties have been exchanged. We are waiting for the day when the two get married in mid-November.
At noon the next day, Chang'an City sent a message saying that His Majesty Li Er was going to summon Xuan Shijing. Xuan Shijing didn't even dare to eat lunch. He hurried to Chang'an City, entered the palace, and ran directly to Ganlu Hall.
Walking in the palace, Xuan Shijing kept thinking in his heart, would His Majesty Li Er see him this time because of the betrothal gift?
After waiting outside the Ganlu Hall for a while, the eunuch came out and invited Xuan Shijing into the Ganlu Hall.
Deyi was not in Ganlu Hall. After the little eunuch retreated, only His Majesty Li Er and Xuan Shijing were left in Ganlu.
"I will see Your Majesty." Xuan Shijing bowed and bowed.
"Forgive." His Majesty Li Er said simply: "The betrothal gift yesterday was a big deal in Chang'an City. The memorial of the Censorate was sent to my desk."
"Uh..." Xuan Shijing really didn't know what he should say about this.
There is really no black-and-white rule in the Tang Dynasty that the betrothal gifts cannot be given more than a few. Moreover, the Censorate has set his sights on him in so many wealthy families in the Tang Dynasty.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't have summoned you to the palace for such a small matter. Today I'm looking for you to tell you about the King of Jin." His Majesty Li Er said.
"King of Jin?" Xuan Shijing was stunned. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, he heard Li Chengqian say that His Majesty Li Er intended to transfer Li Zhi from Minzhou. Half a month passed but there was no movement at all. Today, he summoned himself to the palace for Li Zhi's affairs?
"The actions of Zhinu in Minzhou are getting bigger and bigger. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, you said that your caravan in your mansion was detained by the government office in Minzhou. I had a clue in my mind that my Hundred Cavalry Office had just returned from Minzhou yesterday." His Majesty Li Er said.
Since the Hundred Cavalry Office has returned, this shows that the matter in Minzhou has fallen under the control of His Majesty Li Er. Poor Li Zhi still doesn't know it.
"Your Majesty...what is going to do..."
The matter in Minzhou was previously watched by the Shenhou Mansion, but later it was replaced by the Baiqisi. The weight of the Baiqisi is much heavier than the Shenhou Mansion, and Li Zhi was doing a major task of rebellion. Since Your Majesty knew about this, the Shenhou Mansion could not interfere more.
After all, the Shenhou Mansion is only a yamen with only nearly a hundred people, while Minzhou has tens of thousands of soldiers, which the Shenhou Mansion cannot handle.
Chapter completed!