Tongtong continued peeling rice dumplings for the old lady and ignored her at all.
This is - it's simply impossible.
There is a big problem here, that is, the prince didn't even go through the canonization ceremony, right! At this juncture, what kind of signal is he trying to send to his own son by choosing a family with such a powerful family?
First, the Fourth Master was the prince whom Emperor Wen Zhao willingly ennobled. I don’t know what will happen to him in the future, but considering Emperor Wen Zhao’s character, he never thought of setting up obstacles for the Fourth Master.
Secondly, it will make people's hearts wander. The success of this marriage does not depend on whether the Han family will help the second prince, but on whether the courtiers will think that Emperor Wen Zhao is playing balance.
Third, there is a very important thing here, that is, Emperor Wen Zhao did not want to cause discord between the royal family and the Han and Lin families. The Lin family supports this and the Han family supports that. What is the difference between this and tearing apart flesh and blood?
No matter who planned this matter, it can only show that the method is very immature. Even the second prince did not realize at the moment that there were so many considerations. He was only thinking about Han Zhenzhu and felt that he could not pick this one out.
There is nothing wrong with a girl.
The hall was quiet. Fourth Master and Tongtong could not speak, and the Lin family had no position to speak. Han Zongdao slowly put down his chopsticks and was about to speak when Liu Lang laughed and said, "Concubine Xiao, you just drank two glasses of realgar wine."
, why are you so drunk? Why are you talking about marriage? Sister Han just got up and helped bring a cup of honey. We brothers and sisters help each other. Why are you always pulling things at our house?
Ah! There is only brotherhood between us, and there is no thought of men and women. Fortunately, we are eating as a family, otherwise it would be a joke."
Just when Concubine Xiao was about to speak, the fifth prince suddenly interrupted, "Concubine, eat less rice dumplings. The glutinous rice will be hard to melt and you won't be able to digest it, so you will feel uncomfortable again." After saying that, she looked at the girl from the Han family, "Sister, don't be offended! Mother!"
Concubine always likes to make jokes like this. I used to make jokes about my cousin from the Zhao family."
Zhao Defeng smiled and nodded, "Yes! Everyone knows that close relatives cannot get married, and the queen always likes to joke like this. Fortunately, there are no outsiders! That is, Chu Heng and Shiro, they have known each other since they were children, and have been childhood sweethearts for more than ten years...
"You just met the second prince a few times, and you said you fell in love with Erlang. Who would believe your lies?"
Liu Lang immediately laughed, "Second Brother, you were praising someone's girl before... right, Second Brother!"
The second prince was stunned for a moment, then blushed and grabbed his chopsticks, "Shut up, don't talk here."
Concubine Gao was stunned, as if she had done something wrong again! She immediately said: "Erlang has a sweetheart! Why didn't you tell him earlier?"
The second prince could only say vaguely: "I am from a small family, I'm afraid you won't be happy with it."
Of course I wasn't happy about it! But when she saw Rokuro's eyes, she quickly shut up.
The Queen raised her hand and called Pearl, whose face turned red, "Child, come here and let me take a look."
Han Zhenzhu had no choice but to walk over, her hands shaking.
The queen then smiled and said, "Our family has only a few girls! In the palace, there are six sons and three daughters. In the eldest princess's mansion, there are also one daughter and two sons. The Lin family is also a family of boys, and only one girl, Tongtong.
The Han family is also a young lady. In our family, young ladies are rare. You are the eldest daughter of the younger generation of the palace, and you should be the princess." He looked at Emperor Wen Zhao and said, "Our family has one more pearl.
Princess, how are you?"
Emperor Wen Zhao then raised his eyelids and smiled, "The royal family has a pearl, of course it is Princess Mingzhu."
The old Princess Annan stopped and said with a smile on her face, "This child is still not grateful."
"Pearl...thank you."
When this happened, when Tongtong and the old lady left the palace, the old lady felt a little sad. She said to Tongtong, "Look, that's it! People's hearts are fickle, but that's the way it is! Wanting to be as close as a family all the time is just that.
It’s just a wishful thinking.”
The eldest prince was very angry and went to find his mother and concubine.
But Concubine Xiao reported that she was ill that day. She said she had a stomachache after eating a few rice dumplings.
When the fifth prince arrived, the nanny was replying to the eldest prince's words, "...I've taken the medicine, and the queen said she won't see anyone anymore."
The fifth prince pushed the nanny away and went straight in, "The mother-in-law is sick, how can a son not visit her?"
Concubine Xiao was sitting behind the screen when the fifth prince barged in directly.
The mother and son looked at each other, and Concubine Xiao turned her face to the side, "What do you want when you look at me like that?"
The fifth prince snorted coldly, "My father gave up his son for the sake of the country! How can you be so sure that your father will tolerate you if you make such a fuss? There are two, but not three! If you even gave up your son, then
You think that you are a hero for giving birth to a son, but it is no longer true. Mother, if you interfere in important matters for the third time, my father will ask Concubine Xiao to die of illness in the palace, and then there will be many more people on Mingcui Mountain.
A real person named Xiao, do you want to go?"
"You are so presumptuous! You bastard..."
The eldest prince stood behind the fifth prince, "These words are not impudent at all! Mother, concubine, don't forget that the sworn sister killed the Song family for righteousness, didn't they dare to talk about it in person? This righteousness of annihilating relatives was done by the sworn sister
If you come out, I can do it! If you continue to interfere in court affairs and cause trouble again and again, I will personally go to my father to ask for permission for Concubine Xiao to die of illness."
The fourth princess stood outside and did not go in. She took a deep breath and slowly exited.
What happened this time was too evil. What my father hates most is hurting the relationship between the royal family and Han and Lin. If this is the case, my father will definitely not be merciful.
People can be selfish, but there are some things they cannot touch.
If Xiao Wu wants to marry another grandson of the Han family, his father will agree and will be very happy to do so.
But the princes and concubines they marry have different meanings and cannot be generalized.
After all, Concubine Mu and Concubine Gao don’t understand at all! In other words, they have children with their father, but they have no idea where his father’s bottom line is.
Emperor Wen Zhao looked at Xiao Wu kneeling below, his face filled with frost, "Is this what you learned in the study?"
Xiao Wu knelt down and said, "I think my father is unfair, so why should I appoint Si Lang as the crown prince?"
"Then why did your uncle give the throne to my father instead of Shiro?"
"It was Taizu's intention to give it to my father!"
"It's my wish to give it to Shiro!" Emperor Wen Zhao looked at her, "The Taizu's wish must be obeyed. But my wish does not need to be obeyed? In this case, Xiao Wu, please remember that you are standing here.
He is the imperial father, not the emperor."
Xiao Wu's face turned pale for a moment: Emperor father, you are the emperor first, and then your father.
Emperor Wen Zhao ordered, "The two concubines of the palace have given up their status as concubines and been demoted to the status of concubines. The fifth princess has disobeyed the emperor's father and resigned from the status of princess... Let's draw up an edict!"
Lu Cheng was stunned, and then silently retreated.
Emperor Wen Zhao turned around and waved his hand, "Send the fifth princess out!"
"Female gentleman, please."
Xiao Wu got up and felt a little dazed. She exited step by step. As soon as she went out, she burst into tears.
Under this decree, the palace was suddenly as quiet as a chill.
Concubine Gao accepted the decree with trembling hands. She didn't care whether she was a noble concubine or not. She just sent someone, "Go and see Xiao Wu quickly!" Then she seemed to regret something, "I shouldn't have listened to Mrs. Xiao.
As soon as I heard that she was definitely doing something bad! Xiao Wu was blamed by me, and I couldn’t bear to blame Xiao Wu.” After saying that, he quickly said: “I’m going to apologize right now… I’m going to apologize right now.”
Before leaving the palace, another decree came, saying that the Holy Emperor had decreed that Xiao's concubine should be taken away from her and reduced to a concubine!
Concubine Gao was frightened, "Why...why?"
"Mr. Xiao refused to accept the order and cried and committed suicide. The queen said that this was extremely disrespectful and could not be tolerated. The emperor then issued an order to take away the concubine's position and demote her to a concubine."
Mrs. Gao was about to speak when she saw Erlang and Liulang coming. She grabbed the hands of her two sons and said, "What should I do? What should I do? It has been twenty years since I followed your father. Although your father is cold, he is very kind.
Tolerant. Although the queen... monopolizes favor, she has never been so cold! She has never turned her back in the past twenty years!"
The Sixth Prince sighed, firstly, I really need to teach you guys a lesson for causing chaos; secondly, it was also done to the old princess! Because of this, the palace concubine was punished and even had her title of princess taken away. Dear
I don’t even care about my daughter. I dare to ask the old princess, are you closer to me than your own daughter?
Han Zongdao also looked at his mother and said coldly: "Mom, the imperial edict only canonized my father as the king, the eldest brother as the prince, and the nephew as the grandson. But the queen did not issue an edict to canonize you as the princess.
There has never been an edict to confer the title of Crown Princess on my sister-in-law. This is just what everyone calls you. But you have to know that the queen has not officially conferred the title on her."
What's the meaning?
"It means that maybe my mother is more willing to become a monk, but there is a lack of a mistress in the family! If my father is willing, he can continue the marriage. Maybe if he is the princess, he will ask someone else to do it."
"You rebellious son, you are disobedient!"
"I have been rebellious since I was a child, and you have always disliked me. I am not rebellious just now." Han Zongdao said, "You have also heard the news in the palace! What do you think? Be an elder to your Majesty and think about it.
What is the Queen Mother's addiction? Don't forget, that is not the elder of the Jin family that you disliked back then, that is the master of the world. When I am willing to respect you, you are the elder. When I am not willing to respect you, who are you?
Wouldn't it be nice to eat, drink, and have fun at home? You don't go out much in the southwest, so why do you think the capital is better to live in than the small cities in the southwest?!"
After saying that, he stood up and said, "Please calm down, you are still the mistress of the palace. If you don't calm down, my father said that he is guarding the tomb of Tai|zu and wants to practice Taoism! Look back, and he will also practice Taoism on the mountain over there.
Guan, how about you go inside and practice Taoism?"
"You...you..."
Han Zongdao stood up and left, swinging the curtain with a crackling sound.
When he came out, his niece was standing outside. Han Zongdao took one look at the child and said, "Child, the books are the same. Why do some people who read the same books become modest gentlemen, while others become shameless villains?
Nothing else! The first is the mind; the second is the character. What a person looks like is not important at all! What kind of heart a person has is the most important thing. Child, you have to ask about your heart!"
Han Zhenzhu lowered his head and did not dare to speak. He just watched his second uncle leave like this. What should Tongtong and Fourth Master do now that they know about this?
The two of them were silent, they just wanted to see and see again before talking.
But this treatment made the two of them feel particularly uncomfortable.
Fourth Master put down his pen and called Shi Jian: "Ready the horse."
Where to go?
"Outside the city, at the imperial mausoleum, go see King Annan."
Tongtong put down the book in his hand and called Qingya: "Get the car ready."
Where to go?
"Enter the palace, look at Xiaowu, and look at the two mother-in-laws."
As soon as the person left, the old nanny whispered to the old lady, "...entered the palace."
The old lady looked pleased and said, "Fish and blood cannot be broken! If the prince lacks tolerance and friendship... things will not be easy to handle." After saying that, she stood up and said, "Let's go! Go see my old sister."