Gu Tingye left Sheng Mansion, got on the carriage, and said, "Go to the palace."
Shitou, the personal servant, asked, "Sir, are you going to the palace now to ask the prince to grant a marriage decree?"
Gu Tingye glanced at the stone and asked, "What, do you have a better way?"
Shitou reminded in a low voice, "Sir, we haven't even told the Master of the Sheng family or Mrs. Sheng about this. If they don't agree..."
If the imperial edict is requested, but the Sheng family is unwilling to report the matter directly to the emperor, then not only will the young master be embarrassed, but the prince's face will also be lost.
Gu Tingye laughed and said, "Since Changbai told me that the two of them did not perform the six rites, it has shown the attitude of him and the Shanda people. As for Mrs. Sheng's opinion, the Sheng family ultimately has the final say with the Shanda people."
"Oh!" Shitou thought for a moment, suddenly came up with a good idea, and said excitedly, "Sir, actually we can handle this matter without bothering the prince."
Gu Tingye said, "Tell me about it."
Shitou said, "Isn't the young master now investigating the case of 'King Yan rebelling against the party' and directly arresting Qi Xuan in prison? Old Mrs. Sheng definitely doesn't want the sixth girl to marry a traitor. When the young master's marriage is decided, she will arrive
At that time, I just said that I made a mistake and just released Qi Xuan."
Gu Tingye had thought about this plan for a long time, but he didn't dare! He reached out and gave Shi Shi a sudden thought, "You have a bad idea! How many times have I told you, before doing anything, you should first understand the opponent's situation." Qi Xuan's mother
She is the cousin of the current queen and the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Jiyang. If I really want to do this, believe it or not, His Highness will immediately tie me up and throw me into prison for two months."
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After a stick of incense, in the Zichen Palace, Prince Zhao Zongquan looked at Gu Tingye standing in front of him, somewhat dumbfounded. The dignified son of the Marquis Mansion, his confidant, and the deputy commander of the Infantry Guard Division, in order to marry the concubine of a fifth-rank official,
I can only ask him to grant me a marriage. This is too miserable... "You and Sheng Minglan have known each other for a long time and are in love with each other?"
Gu Tingye nodded without blushing and said, "Minglan and I have known each other for ten years. I originally planned to wait until she was old enough to propose marriage, but Qi Xuan interfered. Now I can only ask His Highness the Crown Prince for help."
After knowing Qi Xuan's identity, the prince had a headache...
Gu Tingye hurriedly whispered, "Your Highness, the jade seal is now in the hands of the Queen. If the Queen does not agree, I will think of another way. But if the Queen uses the seal, there will definitely be a rift between the Queen and Qi Mansion."
The prince's eyes lit up, "Don't the queen know about Qi Xuan and the sixth girl of the Sheng family?"
Gu Tingye nodded and said, "80% I don't know about this."
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In the afternoon of the next day, Sheng Hong had just finished lunch and was about to take a nap when the housekeeper reported the arrival of an angel and asked the entire Sheng family to receive the order.
Shocked!
Sheng Hong quickly asked the housekeeper to inform the whole family, put on his court clothes and rushed to the front hall. The internal official showed an unfamiliar face and handed over ten taels of silver notes. The internal official who delivered the order said with a smile, "Man Shanda, it's a good thing."
Sheng Hong's worried heart was relieved, and he immediately called the servants to serve tea and snacks. After the Sheng family members were all ready, the angel began to read the imperial edict loudly, "Edict. Guan Ju is happy to get ladies to match gentlemen. As for the territory of Jianghan,
Without thinking of breaking the rules... Gu Tingye, the deputy commander of the Infantry Division of the Guards, is a talented general and has great righteousness. He conquered the Four Kingdoms... Sheng Minglan, the sixth daughter of the Sheng family, is the queen of the Haoying family.
, conduct yourself in an elegant manner, teach in etiquette, and have beautiful bells and graces... I hereby give you a decree to marry... The prosperity of the country is related to the prosperity of the family. I hope that you two will work together and respect the country to the best of your ability. Don't let me down.
meaning."
Neither Sheng Hong nor Sheng Changbai expected that Gu Tingye would act so resolutely. Wang and Ru Lan were dumbfounded. They had never heard of this matter, and Mrs. Sheng's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Sheng Minglan, please accept the edict." After the edict was read out by the angel, he saw that the Sheng family members were stunned and reminded him aloud.
Sheng Minglan hurriedly looked at the old lady, and the old lady Sheng said in a deep voice, "Girl Ming, you can pick her up if you want or not, then don't pick her up. Even the emperor has no reason to force someone to get married."
Sheng Hong hurriedly advised, "Mother, this is an imperial edict, and it has golden words. If you don't follow it, you will resist the edict and disobey it, and the Sheng family will suffer disaster..."
Old Mrs. Sheng glared at Sheng Hong fiercely, "There are not many things I have done against imperial edicts and disrespectful. I only know about twenty or thirty times. Do you want me to tell you a few of them..."
The system of the Song Dynasty was that the emperor and civil servants jointly governed the world, so the civil servants were not very afraid of the emperor. For example, during Wang Anshi's reform period, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi often resisted and disobeyed edicts and refused to make complete statistics. The record of revolts during the Song Dynasty has been More than a hundred times, which shows that resisting the order is not a big deal.
Sheng Minglan fainted!
Although the old lady didn't say it clearly, her meaning was very clear, that is, she didn't want to pick up the phone. What dad meant was to pick up the phone quickly!
Sheng Minglan looked at Sheng Changbai again...
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"Peng!"
The door was pushed open, and Qixuan's maid rushed into the room anxiously with Qin in her arms. When she saw Wang Lidong sitting at the desk, she hurriedly shouted, "Second Young Master, go and persuade my Young Master..."
Wang Lidong put down the account book in his hand and said, "What happened?"
Baoqin said, "The palace granted marriage to Gu Tingye and Sheng Minglan, and Sheng Minglan accepted the imperial edict. The lord, the eldest lady, and the young master are very angry. The eldest lady has now gone into the palace to find the queen.
After the young master returned to the house, he didn't say a word and just sat there blankly. The slave girl was worried that something might happen to the young master..."
grass!
Wang Lidong was furious!
What is this Sheng family doing?
Sheng Minglan’s brain was caught in the door!
He actually did such a stupid thing!
He is really greedy, forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, and is obsessed with profit!
In the TV series, He Hongwen and Sheng Minglan had already made up their minds and were about to go to the six rites, but they were intercepted halfway by Gu Tingye. Sheng Minglan immediately chose Gu Tingye, not caring about the He family's reaction. The He family was dumb and could only eat Coptis chinensis. , I dare not let go even half a p! Who dares to jump out of the He family, a small family? Jjyy, Gu Tingye, the emperor's celebrity, can kill the He family to death with just a twisted word!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Now if you dare to bully his family, you really think that Gu Tingye can do whatever he wants with the prince as his backer!
"Walk!"
On the way to the uncle's house, Baoqin never stopped talking, devaluing Sheng Minglan as worthless, "...it's a good thing that the young master is so kind to her. When good things happen, he thinks of her. What's the good thing?" , they will try their best to send a gift to the past. Now that I see Gu Tingye becoming successful, I want to climb high. Shameless woman! There is no good guy in the Sheng family..." It suddenly occurred to me that the second young master's future wife is the fifth girl of the Sheng family. , hurriedly shut his mouth.
Baoqin glanced at the second young master secretly, and Wang Lidong said coldly, "You are absolutely right. Except for Xiao Liu, the eldest lady of the Sheng family, and Old Mrs. Sheng, they are all bastards!"
After entering his cousin's room, his cousin Qi Xuan was sitting at the desk, loading bullets into a magazine. Wang Lidong walked over and said, "Brother."
When Qi Xuan saw that it was his cousin, he said coldly, "You already know."
Wang Lidong nodded and said, "Are you going to make love to Gu Tingye and Sheng Minglan, a couple?"
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Qi Xuan's hands froze and he said, "What kind of bastard couple?! This matter has nothing to do with Minglan."
Wang Lidong sneered and said, "Brother, don't pretend to be ignorant. If Sheng Minglan doesn't want to, who can force her to accept the imperial edict? Sheng Minglan dislikes you..."
Qi Xuan patted the desk impatiently, "I know what kind of person Minglan is."
Wang Lidong shook his head and did not continue. The matter between men and women made no sense. He pointed at the spear and said, "What are you going to do?"
A trace of killing intent flashed in Qi Xuan's eyes, "Gu Tingye is now the deputy commander of the Infantry Division of the Guards. He goes out of the city to the military camp every day. I am going to kill this bastard on the way."
"Gu Tingye is dead now, and everyone who understands will know that you did it. The prince will definitely not let you go..."
"So what? At worst, I won't stay in the Song Dynasty anymore. I will go to Goryeo or Japan..."
"Oh! That's a good plan. So Sheng Minglan is willing to go with you? Are you going to take uncle and aunt with you as well? Where are the Qi family members and the family's property?"
"Brother Heng, do you want me to suffer this loss?"
Wang Lidong waved his hand and said, "My wife has been robbed. If we don't dare to fight back, we should take a knife and pull our necks as soon as possible and die!"
But either you don’t do this, or if you do it, there won’t be any consequences…”
Qi Xuan turned his head twice and waved the servants out of the room. When the two brothers were left in the room, he whispered, "Brother Heng, do you mean to kill the prince as well?"
Wang Lidong nodded and said, "Other than this method, I can't think of a way to solve it once and for all."
Hiss~~!
Qi Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't this too big?! Is this necessary?"
In order to win a smile from his admirers, King You of Zhou wanted beauties instead of the country, and played with the princes by the flames of war. Now, for Sheng Minglan, he wants to kill the crown prince of the Song Dynasty and win the crown in anger for a beauty.
Wang Lidong said, "If you don't want someone to settle old scores, you have no choice but to do this! Besides, it's not like we haven't done it before!"
What you said makes sense!
However, Goryeo and Japan were both small countries and both had foreign races. The Song Dynasty had its own territory, and its population was almost over 10 million. "Our total musketeer army is only over 90,000. Isn't the number a little small?"
Wang Lidong said, "This time we will try another method..."
Qi Xuan looked at his cousin and said, "Brother Heng, if it hadn't been for me, would you have planned to do the same thing?"
Wang Lidong nodded and admitted, "We make so much money, which emperor would not be jealous. Today's officials are powerless. When the prince ascends the throne and the prince is firmly seated, he will definitely attack us. Are you willing to give up the cotton business by then?"
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"Why should I give my own money to the imperial court?"
"Yes, but the emperor must be greedy, so in the end either we will kill the emperor, or the emperor will kill us."
"No wonder you kept delaying Annan's side, asking you when to fight, but you always said you weren't ready yet. It turned out that you were planning to capture Bianjing first. Tell me, what are you going to do this time?"
Wang Lidong said, "First of all, give the prince and his gang some snacks to disgust them, and by the way, I can help you vent your bad breath..."
Qi Xuan became energetic and took Wang Lidong with him. The two brothers discussed with great interest the important matter of plotting to usurp the throne... As for Gu Tingye, he was just a minion...
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Five days passed by in a flash. Brother Taiyang got up, stretched out, reluctantly put on his work clothes and went to work on time.
Another day of hustle and bustle has begun in the city of Tokyo. Breakfast stalls, small noodle stalls, vegetable sellers, and various cotton cloth sellers are all shouting. Occasionally, you can see a green-robed official passing by in a sedan chair.
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"Daily Daily, Tokyo Daily, the prince's confidants, they are robbing common people's daughters!"
"Daily Daily, Tokyo Daily, the prince's confidants, they are robbing common people's daughters!"
The news is so exciting.
The people took out 2 cents one after another.
"Little agent, here is a daily newspaper."
"Little agent, here is a daily newspaper."
"Little agent, here is a daily newspaper."
In less than half a stick of incense, the two hundred daily newspapers that the newsboy received were sold out. In less than an hour, he made a hundred cents, which made the newsboy smile crookedly. After looking at the sun, he hurried to the newspaper office and ran to the newspaper office late.
It must have been robbed.
"Making it up again, what kind of robbery?! The Tokyo Daily is calling deer a horse all day long for the sake of sales..."
"The sixth daughter of the Sheng family has made an agreement with the Qi family. Why is it not a robbery by Gu Tingye?..."
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"Xiao Lang, the newspapers have made it clear that Gu Tingye and Erlang of the Sheng family are good friends. Of course, you and I have to be willing to get married, otherwise it will be enmity... The Sheng family wants to climb high, and they don't like it.
The whole family is together, so do you think this Gu Tingye can be considered a robbery?"
"Hey! If you didn't tell me, I really wouldn't have noticed. The Sheng family is from a scholarly family, and yet they did such a treacherous thing as marrying one daughter to another..."
"For every dog that is slaughtered for justice, there are many scholars who are unfaithful..."
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On the third day after the imperial edict of marriage was issued, Gu Tingye invited the prince's eldest son, Zhao Ceying, Duke of Ying State, as a matchmaker, and came to propose the marriage with gongs and drums, which was very lively.
Zhao Ceying envied all the relatives, friends, colleagues and subordinates who came to visit her. Zhao Ceying even chatted with him for a few words. When she found out that Gu Tingye would be granted the title of Marquis in a while, she felt so beautiful... She had three sons-in-law, one a duke, and the other.
Marquis, there is another one who is the legitimate son of the Duke...
People feel refreshed when happy events occur, and the moon is particularly bright during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Sheng Hong walked into the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry with his head held high and his hands behind his back. He happened to meet his future father-in-law, Li Shilang, and greeted him with a smile. Unexpectedly, Li Shilang lost his usual enthusiasm and treated Sheng Hong with a cold face.
Sheng Hong raised his hands, a little confused. Did Li Shilang have a falling out with his yellow-faced woman again last night?
After entering the Yamen, when all the colleagues saw him along the way, they all seemed to have seen the god of plague and avoided him.
Sheng Hong is so exciting!
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He quickly walked into the official room and grabbed a confidant. The confidant hurriedly handed over a copy of the 'Bianjing Morning News'. Sheng Hong took it and saw the headlines on the front page. He was still a little confused. After reading a few lines, his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
I thought that not many people knew about Minglan and Qi Xuan's engagement, and there was no Internet now. After a while, the matter would pass quietly. Unexpectedly, it was published in the tabloids, and the ins and outs were described in extremely detail. Although the article mainly criticizes Gu Tingye's shamelessness, if you read it carefully, you can see that the Sheng family broke their engagement with the Qi family in order to cling to Gu Tingye, the popular prince...
This is to bring disgrace to the Sheng family.
Although there are many hypocrites in the officialdom, who do one thing on the surface and another secretly, but if they are exposed, they will really be rejected by the mainstream...
He quickly asked for leave and came to the Hanlin Academy to find Chang Bai. The two hurried home to discuss countermeasures.
As soon as he entered the house, he was invited into the Shou'an Hall by the maid sent by Mrs. Sheng.
Seeing Sheng Hong and Sheng Changbai, Mrs. Sheng dropped the tea cup in her hand to the ground, "The Sheng family has become famous in the capital. Now you two are satisfied."
Sheng Hong's face was full of shame. He knelt down in front of the old lady and kowtowed, "It's my son who has not thought well and has brought shame to the Sheng family and his ancestors."
The old lady pointed at Sheng Hong angrily and said, "When Gu Tingye came to ask about Minglan, I told him to push it away! It would be better for you two to kill him first and then tell him the story.
I thought that if I climbed into the prince's celebrity, I would be able to become famous in the future... I had a big dream!
You are obsessed with profit and blinded by blindness, but your good relatives have been turned into enemies by you!
Qixuan family, Qi Guogong family, Cao family, which family can you, a fifth-grade official, handle?!
Nowadays, no one is taking action in court. Just a few tabloids have ruined the reputation of your father and son, and you have been cast aside by your colleagues.
Next, if I ask the imperial censor to give you two a copy, I will be pushed down by everyone and hammered down by thousands of people. Don’t forget that the prince is still the prince now, and the jade seal is still in the hands of the queen..."
Sheng Hong was frightened and sweat broke out on his forehead. He hugged the old lady's thigh tightly and shouted for help!
What have you been doing?
Old Mrs. Sheng really wanted to kick this bastard to death.
A good hand was turned into a mess.
Originally, we had followed the rules step by step, and the rise of the Sheng family was just around the corner. We had to risk our troops, but now we didn't get any benefits, and our hometown was ruined! "The most important thing at the moment is to ask for forgiveness from the Qixuan family. Hong'er led Hold Changbai, bring some valuable gifts, and immediately go to Qi Xuan's house, and use all means to ask for Qi Xuan's forgiveness, even if it means chopping off hands and feet..."
Cut off hands and feet?
Sheng Hong's face turned a little whiter.
When Sheng Hong and his son left the house, Mrs. Sheng turned to look at Ru Lan and lamented that every time something happened to the Sheng family, it was the women who stepped in to make things right. She was really blind when she married into the Sheng family, "Ru'er... ..You should not have come forward in this matter. Brother Heng did not come to cancel the engagement, which is really a blessing from the Three Pure Ones. But now the one who can persuade Qi Xuan is Brother Heng..."
The old lady was so humble that she could only agree to visit the Duke of Qi's mansion even though she was extremely reluctant.
At this time, a young man sent word that two failed candidates who lived at home wanted to visit the old lady. Old lady Sheng said, "Invite them in."
He Zhi and Wen Yanjing entered the room, bowed and said hello, and then hesitantly stated the purpose of their visit. They received a letter from home and needed to go back to their hometown. Sheng Hong was not found, so they had to find the old man. My wife is here to say goodbye.
Old Mrs. Sheng had a clear conscience and was gnashing her teeth at Sheng Hong's death-seeking behavior. This reputation was so bad that she would have to exert at least ten times the effort to restore it. After a few good words, she was offered a small sum of money. Only then did they send the two of them away.
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Duke's Mansion of Qi
Looking at Ru Lan, whose eyes were swollen like peaches from crying, Wang Lidong held his forehead and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, so stop crying."
Ru Lan, however, continued to drop the golden beans. When she came to the door just now, Wang Lidong had a bad face and spoke very irritably. She had never seen Wang Lidong lose his temper before, and she was extremely flustered.
Wang Lidong was speechless, and after a few words of comfort, Ru Lan finally put away her ultimate move and muttered, "Are you not angry anymore?"
Wang Lidong snorted coldly, "How can you be happy if something like this happens to you?"
Rulan sniffed and shook her head.
Seeing that Rulan's eyes were darkened and her energy was sluggish, Wang Lidong sighed and said, "Okay, I'm not the first to learn about your Sheng family's style. And it's not you who makes the decision in the Sheng family." He said to Chunlan on the side, "Bring Xiao Wu a hot towel to wipe it with."
Seeing that Wang Lidong's complexion had improved a lot, Ru Lan breathed a sigh of relief, but still worried, "Are you really not angry anymore?"
Wang Lidong rubbed Ru Lan's little head, "This matter has nothing to do with you, just relax and sleep when you need to eat and drink."
Ru Lan spoke cautiously for a while, and found that Wang Lidong was really not angry anymore. She immediately resumed her usual behavior, picked up a songhua cake from the dessert plate, and took a big bite. "Thankfully, I saw Xiaoliu recently and took a big bite." A sister-in-law, I didn’t expect Xiaoliu to be such a person... Humph! I will never ignore her again."
Wang Lidong smiled, Sheng Minglan was very smart and knew how to size up the situation. Compared with the popular prince Gu Tingye, the uncle's house and his house were a bit like sunset, so of course I would choose the better one.
Seeing Xiao Wu eating too hastily and choking a little, he hurriedly said, "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."
The big magpie standing nearby said, "Girl, I haven't eaten much these days."
Wang Lidong looked at Ru Lan carefully. He seemed to have lost a lot of weight. He immediately ordered Fugui to cook a few dishes of Ru Lan's favorite side dishes in the small kitchen. "What would you like to drink?"
"Orange water, grape juice. I want to eat roasted mutton..."
After a while, the table was filled with all kinds of dishes, including roasted mutton, cooked quails with flowers, fried mandarin duck tripe, lamb tongue sticks, crab stuffed with orange, milk house jade core soup, five delicacies...
Snack food Rulan is online....
(￣▽￣)～■Cheers□～(￣▽￣)
When Princess Pingning returned home, she saw her son and future daughter-in-law eating and drinking together. She looked at the sun. It was only after ten o'clock...a black line!
"snort!"
When Ru Lan saw her future mother-in-law, she shivered with fright, and the cumin mutton skewers in her hand dropped to the table with a clang.
Wang Lidong stood up hurriedly, "Mother, are you back so early? Why didn't you have lunch with the queen?"
Ru Lan quickly put on a smile and said, "I've met your empress."
Seeing the streaks of grease on her future daughter-in-law's face, like a little cat, Princess Pingning thought to herself that this tutor of the Sheng family must teach her the rules when she marries into the Qi family.
After half a cup of tea, when she saw her future mother-in-law disappearing, Ru Lan took a deep breath and then complained to Wang Lidong. He said that Princess Pingning would not come back until she had a good meal at noon, so she agreed to spend the morning together.
Of tea.
Wang Lidong shrugged and said, "My mother has been in the palace for the past two days and has always come back after having lunch. Who knew she would be home so early today."
Ru Lan lost her appetite, so she hastily ate Shichao's roasted mutton and a bowl of shepherd's purse and fragrant mutton wontons before heading back to Sheng Mansion.