After leaving the Wucheng Army and Horses Division, Luo Junyao was in a happy mood and was about to get on the carriage, when he suddenly stopped and turned to look behind the carriage.
"Princess." Seeing that she was still not getting into the carriage, Qin Yaoer poked his head out of the carriage and asked.
Luo Junyao leaned against the carriage, pointed to the rear and said, "Is the Qi Clan's Proton Mansion next to this?"
"What? Qi people?!" Qin Yao'er hated Musa and was quite hostile to the Qi people. "Princess, get in the car quickly! Be careful of those Qi people causing trouble!"
Luo Jun smiled and shook his head, but turned around and got into the carriage.
After Luo Junyao sat down, Qin Yao'er asked curiously: "Who did the princess see just now? Is it those pesky Bai Jingrong again?"
Luo Jun said: "That's not true. I saw the ninth prince of the Qi tribe and the... second young master of the Ruan family." Although he was not familiar with Ruan Yuelou at all, it was still a bit uncomfortable to suddenly change his name from the eldest young master to the second young master.
.
I don’t know if the Ruan family is used to it.
Qin Yao'er tilted her head and said with some confusion: "The Ruan family? Is it the Prime Minister's family? Why does their second son want to date the ninth prince of the Qi tribe?"
Luo Jun shrugged and said with a smile, "Who knows?"
Although he said this, Luo Junyao knew in his heart that the Ruan family was probably talking about marriage with the Qi people. But he didn't know what kind of benefits Bai Jingrong had given the Ruan family to allow the Ruan family to accept a son-in-law with a sensitive identity?
For Ruan Xiang, it is probably more troublesome for his daughter to marry a Qi tribe than to directly ask his daughter to go to the Qi tribe for marriage.
With this doubt, Luo Junyao couldn't help but ask Xie Yan when he returned to the house. Xie Yan didn't hide anything, he pulled her into his arms and sat down, and said calmly: "It's nothing, we are talking about Liuyu with Bai Jingrong.
Bai Jingrong is willing to compromise, but...she hopes to give her son an extra guarantee of safety in Shangyong."
"Looking for someone to get married to?" Luo Junyao asked.
Xie Yan nodded, and Luo Junyao said with some suspicion: "Bai Jingrong will believe that as long as he marries the eldest daughter of the Ruan family, Dasheng will not do anything to Ji Rong?"
Xie Yan said: "She said she believed it." As for whether it was a true letter or a false letter, only Bai Jingrong knew.
Luo Junyao leaned on Xie Yan's shoulder and said, "What good does this do to the Ruan family?" Having a prince of the Qi tribe as a son-in-law is not a good thing for Ruan Ting. It can't be that Ruan Xiang understands his righteousness and is willing to sacrifice a daughter for Da Sheng, right?
You know, even if nothing unexpected happens in the future, at least Ruan Yueli, the eldest daughter of the Ruan family, can still create a strong in-law for the Ruan family.
Xie Yan played with her hair and said: "Of course there are benefits. Bai Jingrong hopes that this marriage will be carried out in the form of a marriage between the two countries. Therefore, Princess Taihua will accept the eldest daughter of the Ruan family as her granddaughter and give her the title of princess.
.The Qi tribe will hand over the Gravel City near Liuyu to Dasheng as a betrothal gift, and the imperial court will naturally have to compensate the Ruan family in addition."
"Huh?" Luo Junyao raised his head curiously and said to Xie Yan, "The second young master of the Ruan family will be sent to the army after spring next year."
"Exceptional promotion?"
Xie Yan nodded, "At least from the fifth level."
Luo Junyao said he understood. Dasheng’s current imperial examination system is that the top three first-class scholars are generally from the sixth rank, and the second-best candidates are all from the seventh rank, and most of them stay in the Hanlin Academy first. As for the other Jinshi in the second class,
It will only get lower.
If this marriage really takes place, not only will the Ruan family have a princess, but Ruan Yuelou will have a much higher starting point than ordinary people from the beginning. From seventh to fifth rank, in Shang Yong's eyes, they are all petty officials.
, but it is a height that many people cannot overcome in their lifetime.
On the other hand, the Qi people used Gravel City as a betrothal gift, and the eldest daughter of the Ruan family would be sacrificing her life for the country by marrying Ji Rong. Even if Dasheng and the Qi people conflict again in the future, as long as Ruan Yueli and Ji Rong don't do anything, the court will
It's not easy to operate on the Ruan family.
Calculated in this way, the Ruan family has lost nothing except a future in-law.
Moreover, Ruan Xiang is already the head of the civil service, his in-law is Prince Ning, and Ruan Yuelou is not married yet, so the Ruan family is not really short of this one in-law.
Probably the only uncomfortable thing is that Ruan Yueli is gone.
The status of the princess is indeed noble, but the status of Mrs. Proton and the princess of the Qi tribe has destined her to have no other hope in Shangyong Imperial City.
If she had a choice, she might rather choose to marry into a first-class powerful family in Shangyong earlier.
"I saw Ruan Yuelou going to Zhizi Mansion today. Has it been decided yet?" Luo Junyao asked.
Xie Yan said: "Princess Taihua has agreed to accept the eldest daughter of the Ruan family as her granddaughter. If there are no accidents, the Qi people will formally raise this matter in the court tomorrow morning."
"Where's Ruan Yueli?"
Xie Yan sighed lightly, raised his hand to support her vest and said: "Xiang Ruan asked her to agree. You should have seen this before. Bai Jingrong discussed it with Ruan Ting first." No one cared about Ruan Yueli.
Opinion.
Bai Jingrong and Ruan Ting agreed in private, and then brought it up in the negotiations between the two parties. If they could get Liuyu back without any bloodshed, and also bring a gravel city with them, Da Sheng naturally had no reason to refuse.
Luo Junyao also understood the reason and could only lie in Xie Yan's arms and sigh softly.
She just sympathized with the proud Ruan Yueli.
Xie Yan hugged her and calmly changed the subject, "It seems that things are good over there at Jinyan?" Otherwise, Yaoyao would not have left his eldest brother aside and asked about the Ruan family as soon as he came back.
Luo Junyao also cheered up, nodded and smiled: "I guess the eldest brother will be able to go home tonight."
Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "What's going on?"
Luo Junyao briefly described the conflict between Luo Jinyan and Xiao Hong, "Do you think...is it possible for Sister Su to become my sister-in-law?"
Xie Yan thought for a while and said: "The Su family girl is a good match for Jinyan, if General Luo doesn't care about the Xiao family's affairs."
"I think dad won't care about this, but it's hard to say whether Sister Su will like my eldest brother. Now he is secretly in love with someone else. Maybe Sister Su doesn't like him at all."
Xie Yan laughed, "So Yaoyao has so little confidence in Jinyan?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Luo Jun said: "Not really, it's just that maybe the eldest brother doesn't happen to be the one that Sister Su likes? Sister Su is also very good."
Xie Yan said: "Don't worry about this. Jin Yan knows what he is doing."
Luo Junyao whispered: "Of course he knows what he is doing. He has not even written a word about his birth date, so he sent someone to check on the third young master of the Xiao family. It just so happens that Xiao Hong is not a toy. What if the young master of the Xiao family really is
A good match..." Her eldest brother doesn't want to be a mistress, does he?
No, no! Luo Junyao shook his head repeatedly. The eldest brother clearly had no objection to his mother choosing his fiancée before, which shows that there was no original plan to break Sister Su's engagement.
Alas, now it seems that there is no need to ask Minmin if she wants to see her eldest brother. Later, she will have to find an opportunity to tell her mother to stop working.
As soon as he got up the next day, Luo Junyao received news from someone sent by the Luo family: Luo Jinyan had gone home last night.
What's more tragic is that Luo Jinyan couldn't explain why he beat Xiao Hong, so he was still beaten by Luo Yun after he returned.
Luo Junyao thought of his eldest brother's tragic crush and the beating he had just received, and decided to forgive him for forgetting his sister.
"Brother, does it hurt?" In Luo Jinyan's study, Luo Junyao lay facelessly at the desk, smiling at Luo Jinyan who was sitting and reading.
Luo Jinyan put down the book helplessly and looked at her, "Are you, the regent princess, so idle?"
Luo Junyao said: "Where are you free? Didn't I hear that you were beaten? Come here to see you, and then I will go into the palace to see A Cheng and the Empress Dowager."
"Then go quickly." Luo Jinyan said.
Luo Junyao stood up and sighed: "Actually, why do you need to do this? Tell daddy, at least you don't have to suffer this physical pain."
"Do you think it's okay to say that?"
Luo Junyao smiled and said, "Are you afraid that daddy will have objections to Sister Su? But...if daddy goes to check, he may not be able to find out."
Luo Jinyan said: "I have already told my father that he will not investigate, as long as you don't talk nonsense in front of my father."
If it were Luo Jinxing, Luo Yun might really investigate, but he had always been at ease with Luo Jinyan, his eldest son. It was not a big deal for a young man to make mistakes occasionally, and Luo Yun would not ask his son not to make any mistakes.
Luo Junyao nodded and said, "Okay, I won't tell dad. But, how do you plan to solve the problem with the Xiao family?"
Luo Jinyan said: "Someone will come to solve this matter soon."
Luo Junyao immediately understood, "Have you sent someone to deliver a message to the Xiao family? Brother, are you beating Xiao Hong to waste time? He is so injured that he must be embarrassed to see Sister Su. But... the Xiao family
You probably don’t want to break off the engagement with the Su family, right? They will most likely make it a trivial matter and get rid of the woman and the child."
Luo Jinyan glanced at her secretly, Luo Jun rolled his eyes and smiled: "I understand, then I wish you success."
Luo Jinyan angrily hit her on the head with a book and said, "Go to your business and don't ask for these gossips all day long."
Luo Junyao rolled his eyes silently in his heart.
Offending a woman will not end well! Offending your sister and sweetheart's best friend will not end well! Just wait and see!
The air pressure in the palace has been very low these days, making the palace, which was already a bit empty and lonely due to the small number of people, almost gloomy and dripping with water.
But these have nothing to do with Xie Cheng. Since moving out of the harem, Xie Cheng feels that he is extremely happy every day.
Yesterday, the emperor's uncle sent back several companion readers, and Xie Cheng was even happier to have someone to accompany him.
Except, I go to pay my respects to my mother every morning.
Coming out of the Queen Mother's Palace, Xie Cheng felt a little haggard.
The chambermaids who followed him were also very nervous. A few days ago, the king changed all the chamberlains around his majesty, and they had only served him for a few days. In the past few days, his majesty went to pay greetings to the queen mother every day. The atmosphere was so
Although it was not very popular, it was enough to make them feel uneasy.
Today, the Queen Mother did not even give His Majesty a look during the whole process, and she spoke in a strange and sinister manner, completely unlike her only son. This was just because the natal brother of Mrs. Chengenhou was dismissed from his official position by the Prince Regent.
Not only that, the regent also banned the two young masters from the Chengenhou Mansion from entering the palace.
The Queen Mother had made a fuss about this matter yesterday, and I heard that the Regent ignored it, so she took it out on His Majesty this morning.
Xie Cheng walked all the way to the entrance of the Empress Dowager's Palace, but his mood did not improve.
It's not that he doesn't want to be filial to his mother. The Taifu has taught him that filial piety comes first since he was a child, but... his mother always forces him to do things he doesn't want to do, and she always says it's for his own good.
However, he really didn't feel good about it at all. As long as he refuted, the queen mother would say that he was still young and ignorant, and he just needed to be obedient.
But even when he was still young, he knew that some of the things his mother said were wrong.
Why does it have to be like this? Little Xie Cheng was very distressed.
"A Cheng, what's going on?" Luo Junyao walked to the door of the Empress Dowager's Palace and saw Xie Cheng, who was about to walk into the Empress Dowager's Palace with his head lowered.
It's just that the child is wilted and looks so pitiful.
When Xie Cheng saw Luo Junyao, his little face couldn't help but light up, "Little aunt, you haven't come to see Acheng for a long time!" The child ran to Luo Junyao and shook her clothes.
Luo Junyao smiled and said, "How long has it been? I just came to the palace a few days ago."
"It's been several days," Xie Cheng said, "My little aunt also said she wanted to take A Cheng out to play."
Luo Junyao laughed, touched his little head and said, "That's my fault. I will definitely come to the palace to see Ah Cheng more often in the future. Is Ah Cheng here to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager?"
Xie Cheng nodded, "A Cheng just went to pay his respects to his mother." Xie Cheng did not want his aunt to misunderstand him as an unfilial child who came to pay his respects to his elders so late.
Luo Jun said: "Then let's go in together. I heard from Mr. Huang that the Empress Dowager is usually awake at this time. It's a good time for Ah Cheng to come."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The two held hands and went in, and the Queen Mother was indeed awake.
The weather is nice today. There is a deck chair covered with thick quilts on the steps outside the main hall. The Queen Mother is leaning on the deck chair to bask in the sun.
The Queen Mother saw the two people coming in from the outside at a glance. She smiled and waved to them, "Why are you here together?"
The two hurriedly walked over. Xie Cheng squatted beside the Queen Mother and said obediently: "A Cheng met my little aunt at the door. Grandma Huang, are you feeling better today?"
The Empress Dowager raised her skinny hand and touched his little head and said, "Grandma Huang is very good. Is A Cheng used to being outside?"
Xie Cheng nodded and said: "A Cheng is also very good."
"That's good, that's good. Ah Cheng should study hard and listen to the teachings of Taifu and your uncle, you know?"
"A Cheng knows." Xie Cheng responded.
The Empress Dowager had chairs brought over for the two of them to sit beside, and she took Luo Junyao to chat.
Xie Cheng sat aside and listened to the two talking. He was not bored even as a child. On the contrary, the Empress Dowager was afraid that her grandson would not be able to sit still, so she asked someone to take him to play in the garden.
Looking at Xie Cheng's leaving figure, the Empress Dowager sighed and said: "From now on...A Cheng will have to work hard for you and Zhifei."
Luo Junyao felt sour in his heart and said quickly: "What are you talking about? Ayan is Acheng's uncle, and it is his duty to assist and take care of him."
The Empress Dowager shook her head, "If I'm still here, it won't be a big deal. When I'm gone, there will probably be more things to do."
Luo Junyao said: "So, Auntie, you must be here for a long time."
The Empress Dowager smiled, "How can longevity come from this world? At this age, she can't even see through this, she just doesn't feel at ease."
Luo Junyao didn't want to talk about such a heavy topic with the Empress Dowager, so he picked up some trivial things to talk to the Empress Dowager. As they chatted, they talked about the things she had done recently. The Empress Dowager was not very energetic, and Luo Junyao mostly talked about her.
Listen, I only say something once in a while.
After hearing what Luo Junyao said, the Empress Dowager said: "Your idea is very good."
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "Ayan also said that it is difficult to do. If it is done, it will affect other people."
The Empress Dowager shook her head and said: "I don't know if it will work. I mean... you have this idea and are willing to contribute to the situation of other women. This idea is very good."
Luo Junyao was a little embarrassed, "I am also a woman, so I will naturally do something if I can."
The Empress Dowager sighed softly and said, "I'm afraid Madam Zhu won't agree."
"I haven't told her yet. There's no need to tell the Queen Mother about this kind of thing right now, right?"
The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "If you don't tell her, she will feel even worse."
Luo Jun shrugged, "I can't get along with her."
The Empress Dowager said: "She is like this... I can't blame her entirely. The Zhu family... has never liked women to appear in public. Even if they went to the academy in Dongling Dynasty, there were only a few of them. At the time... Gaozu and I were not
I never hesitated, but I couldn't find a more suitable girl than their family at that time. Old Zhu Hou was still there at that time, and the Zhu family looked at it from top to bottom, and there was no problem. Who would have thought that Zhu Hou died young, and Gao Zu and Huang Er would also die in a few years.
Gone... The Zhu family is watching the sunset, and she is orphaned and widowed..."
The Queen Mother shook her head.
Things in the world are impermanent. Even if you are in the royal family, you are still like an ant. How can you influence the will of God?
Although she tried her best to teach her daughter-in-law these days, she was old and weak. Secondly, Empress Dowager Zhu was raised by the Zhu family since she was a child. Under her gentle and virtuous appearance, there was a bit of stubbornness that was difficult for outsiders to detect. Some things were not
An outsider can explain it in a few words.
Luo Junyao held her hand and said softly: "Don't worry, things will always get better."
The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Who will care about my past affairs after my death? If I really pass away, I won't be able to care about these things even if I want to. Fortunately, now that I have you, I can feel more at ease. I can do whatever I want.
Go ahead and do it while I'm still breathing, and if you need anything, just tell me."
Luo Junyao felt that his eyes were slightly hot, and he nodded quickly: "Yes, I remember it, don't worry."
The Empress Dowager patted her hand and said nothing for a while.
Luo Junyao slowly looked up along the skinny hand. He saw that the Empress Dowager had fallen asleep with her eyes slightly closed.
