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Chapter 1474 Marriage

The imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital was invited to take the pulse of Princess Yongfu. Naturally, he could not diagnose any problem. He could only talk a few professional terms in a vague way, and then prescribed another dose of decoction to calm the mind and calm the mind and then he was considered a matter of work.

Both Jiajing and Empress Dowager Jiang knew that Yongfu was pretending to be sick, and asking the imperial physician was just a formality, so after asking a few questions, he sent the imperial physician away, and did not say that he would take medicine according to the prescription, which made the imperial physician uneasy for a while after returning, and only thought that he could not see Princess Yongfu's fault, which made the empress dowager and the emperor unhappy.

Let’s talk about the only one left in the room after the imperial physician left Jiajing and Empress Dowager Jiang. As for Empress Wu, Jiajing had already been sent back to the palace first. In fact, even if Jiajing didn’t send her away, she was embarrassed to stay here. After all, she was specially brought people to catch the adulterer, so how could she dare to fight against Princess Yongfu?

Princess Yongfu was still lying on the bed at this time. She woke up, but she still looked weak and disgusted. She was half pretending and half real, because the tea was added with ingredients, like stimulants. Once the medicine was over, people would inevitably become weak.

Princess Yongfu's mood is complicated at the moment, both ashamed and worried, and a little relieved. Even she herself couldn't believe that she would make such a bold and almost crazy move today. Of course, Princess Yongfu did not doubt that there was something wrong with the tea. After all, both of them were very clear during the whole process, so Princess Yongfu only thought that her inner emotions had been suppressed for too long, and after Baoyue's words, she could not control herself.

However, although she felt ashamed, Princess Yongfu did not regret it at all. As the palace maid Bao Yue said, she has come to this point, so why don’t she take another step forward? Life is short and her youth is growing old. How many years can I have to waste my youth? It’s better to give it a try.

Now Princess Yongfu has made her sacrifice. No matter what the result is, she will not regret it. She is tired of waiting for a long time, and she does not want to grow old in the long wait.

Empress Dowager Jiang looked at her daughter's infatuated look, feeling both distressed and helpless, and glared at her son Jiajing who was still showing off. The latter wanted to wait for Yongfu to speak "confess and be lenient" first. After ate my mother's angry eyes, she had to cough lightly and said, "I have given Xu Jin three choices, one is to behead, and the other is to serve you as a eunuch..."

Princess Yongfu's expression changed suddenly. Empress Dowager Jiang raised her hand and wanted to reward her son with a trembling sound, and scolded: "I'm talking nonsense. It's really a matter of wanting to force your sister to death. Yongfu, don't believe it. In fact, the emperor has decided to marry you and Xu Jin."

Princess Yongfu's pretty face, which was not originally bloody, was instantly covered with blush. She lowered her head and said nothing, but she was extremely happy and excited. Bao Yue was right. This matter really took a random mess to accomplish, so Isn't it done?

Seeing Yongfu bowing his head and silent, Empress Dowager Jiang couldn't help but say, "Does Ning'er disagree?"

Princess Yongfu hurriedly raised her pretty face and said, "No... Yongfu is the ruler of the emperor and the empress dowager." After that, she was so embarrassed that she almost buried her face in the quilt.

Jiajing curled his lips, muttering something in a low voice, and immediately attracted my mother to the back of her head and said seriously: "Since Yongfu has no objection, then this matter has been decided. After I go back, I will ask the cabinet to issue an order to marry, and let the Imperial Heaven Supervision choose an auspicious day to do the good things."

Empress Dowager Jiang hesitated and said, "The emperor has issued a direct order, why bother passing through the cabinet again?"

The so-called central edict is the emperor's direct edict, without the intention of deliberation by the cabinet. Generally speaking, if it is a official business, it must be passed through the cabinet, otherwise it will be an "ineffective" imperial edict. If it has nothing to do with official business, or it may be a trivial matter that is harmless, the emperor will directly issue a central edict through the cabinet, and the cabinet will usually turn a blind eye. Of course, if those censors think that the emperor's actions are inappropriate, they will also criticize them for not discussing!

It is obvious that Empress Dowager Jiang was worried that the intention of giving marriage would not be approved by the cabinet. After all, Xu Jin was a married man, and Yongfu was the royal bloodline. It was normal for the cabinet ministers to oppose it. Instead of being refuted by the cabinet at that time, it would be better to issue a direct imperial edict, although it was a bit unruly.

However, Jiajing obviously did not think so. Now he is no longer the young emperor who has just ascended the throne. He always depends on the expression of the civil servant group. Now he has been in power for ten years and has been in control of the civil servant group. He has long been controlled by him. Especially after those old ministers who are "heart-to-heart" have returned home to retire, Zhang Dangyi almost obeyed his emperor's advice, and even the matter of posthumously enthroned his biological father Zhu Youze as Ruizong, so it is no problem to give Yongfu marriage.

So Jiajing said confidently: "Although Yongfu has no princess title now, he is my elder sister at least. It is already aggrieved to marry Prince Beijing as a wife. How could he be wronged in etiquette? Therefore, I not only have to let the cabinet draw an order in legitimately, but also let the Ministry of Rites organize the marriage."

Princess Yongfu heard this and hurriedly held back her shyly and said, "Your Majesty, let's keep everything simple, don't... be wasted."

Empress Dowager Jiang also quickly advised Jiajing to keep everything simple, not because he was afraid of extravagance and wasting, but because he was worried about being too arrogant. After all, it was not a glorious thing for the princess to marry a married man. Isn’t it just to avoid the limelight and make things cold? If she had a big wedding now, wouldn’t it be wasted all her efforts?

Yes, Jiajing did have this mentality in the past few years, but it was once and again. Now the Ming Dynasty is at its peak, with strong soldiers and horses, and its territory is even greater than that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Jiajing is already a famous king for all ages, with a sense of confidence and pride, and he is confident, so he naturally doesn't care so much about doing things. He no longer cares about those gossips. His own sister is about to get married, so naturally he can do it. If anyone wants to gossip, let him chew it.

"My mother, don't say anything more. I am only a real sister. How can she be silent when she gets married? And just marry into the Xu family like this. How can she stand up straight in front of the Xu family in the future?" Jiajing waved his hand.

When Empress Dowager Jiang heard this, she didn't say anything. Although Princess Yongfu was happy, she couldn't help but say lightly: "With the emperor here, how could Yongfu be able to stand up straight? What's more, Xiaowan and the others are not snobbish and vulgar people."

Jiajing smiled and said, "The emperor is right, but I am also shameless, right? Okay, don't say anything else. I have decided, why do you want to do it grandly? This year's Lantern Festival Lantern Festival also cost 500,000 taels of silver. My own sister is getting married, can she still be stingy?"

Princess Yongfu had to shake her head helplessly when she heard this, and there was still a hint of worry. A few years ago, the Ming Dynasty was in financial difficulties and ate the food of the capital. Now that she has just been rich for a few years, the emperor has become overwhelmed and uncontrollable. What if this continues? It seems that she will have to persuade him from time to time in the future.

The marriage between Xu Jin and Princess Yongfu was settled like this. After Jiajing returned to the palace, he immediately asked the cabinet to entrust the marriage, which immediately caused a thousand waves, which caused widespread controversy. However, the final result was as Jiajing expected, entrust the marriage without a doubt.

Nowadays, most of the courts are upstarts who welcome the will of the best, and most of the Jiajing decrees can be implemented, so this time is an exception.

There was a lot of discussion in the court about Princess Yongfu marrying Prince Beijing, and there were some noises in the circle of scholars, but it could not stop the consequences of the matter. As for Princess Yongfu's marriage election, it caused a lot of trouble in the people. In the past few years, Princess Yongfu's marriage selection caused a lot of controversy, but after she removed her title and became a monk and practiced, it had completely faded out of the public's sight within a few years. Most people even forgot that there was such a princess in the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial edict for Jiajing did not write about Princess Yongfu, but only used Zhu Xiuning's name, so most ordinary people didn't even know who the Zhu family woman was, and just said which royal relative was. With the identity of Prince Beijing of Xu Jin, marrying a Zhu family woman as a common wife is not a great thing.

Empress Wu, Bi Chun and others were naturally shocked and upset about Jiajing's order to give marriage to Xu Jin and Princess Yongfu. It turned out that they had planned it carefully and finally made wedding clothes for others. Xu Jin became the "son-in-law" since then, and his identity became even more noble.

In addition, Empress Wu's move also offended Princess Yongfu, which caused dissatisfaction between Jiajing and Empress Jiang. Therefore, Empress Wu and Bi Chun were really unable to steal chickens, which caused the rice to be damaged. She was both angry and shocked. Empress Wu even had a minor illness for this, and Bi Chun was rarely honest for a while.
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