Chapter 761 Not allowed to marry into the royal family
Those few people looked at the big bowl that Zhao Shilang was poured into and were stunned. However, thinking that the emperor had already drunk a big bowl, and they 'sacrificed' two or three people, they could almost drink the emperor into confusion, right?
The most clumsy of them all stepped forward and said, "I sincerely wish my emperor good health, long life, and good fortune for our Yunmeng Empire!"
Ah Ling almost rolled her eyes. Your emperor is not yet senile, so there is no need to be so old-fashioned in your words...
"Yeah." Ah Ling nodded slightly and motioned for Eunuch Ke to pour the wine.
There were seven people in the drinking team, and Ah Ling managed to drink down six of them. There was also one who had a really good drink capacity. Not only did he not fall down, he climbed up on the table on the chair and reached for the palace lantern hanging on the beam, saying that he wanted to drink.
Holding the moon for nine days...
An Xianhou was secretly surprised. This brat had always had a good drinking capacity, but it wasn't to such an alarming level - even if he had a good drinking capacity, his stomach couldn't hold so much wine, wouldn't he be panicking?
Ah Ling raised her chin proudly: Just like how much you eat and how much you can't feel full, how much wine I drink will not make me drunk. You can call me 'Bottomless Ling'!
Ah Ling glanced at the one who was 'picking the moon', and suddenly remembered what the owner often said when he disliked them: "Why don't you stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun?"
The imperial guard quickly pulled the man off the table and put him down, which made the emperor look upset.
"Okay, let's all disperse." Ah Ling stood up and walked away.
Everyone looked at the back of the 'Emperor' and breathed a sigh of relief and became cautious - the Emperor is a ruthless man who will never get drunk even if he drinks a thousand cups. He only drinks wine toasted from a sea bowl. From now on, you must not toast to the Emperor casually.
After respectfully seeing off the 'Emperor', everyone left the palace and returned to their residence under the guidance of the palace officials.
Several cautious ministers got into their carriage and asked the lady why their daughter did not perform at the palace banquet. They all laughed at it until they heard about the "fox demon in the harem".
"Do you believe such bizarre rumors? It must be a few aristocratic families who are causing trouble, making people fearful and afraid to perform in front of the emperor..."
Women love and value their children more than men. I would rather believe it: "Although this saying came from aristocratic families, they did not perform any arts..."
"Children from aristocratic families are very cunning. They are best at 'taking the long term and catching big fish'. 'Performing' is just a sideshow. They are plotting in the draft."
"I originally thought so, but later, Mrs. Xie also said that she had seen it, so I believed it. The Xie family has a clean family tradition, and except for the fifth young lady who is only three years old, several other young ladies are engaged.
Mrs. Xie has no reason to lie..."
"So... it's somewhat believable..." The Xie family is definitely a clean stream among the family, completely different from the other families who do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, and their reputation is excellent.
After this palace banquet, the rumor that "there is a fox demon in the harem that eats people" spread widely among the aristocratic circles of Yun'an City. Some people did not believe it, saying that the empress also lived in the harem and looked very healthy.
Immediately, someone jumped out to refute: The Queen is the junior sister of the Imperial Master, and the fox demon is afraid that she will not be able to come in time, so how dare he attack her.
Mingruo didn't care how others arranged it, as long as no one bothered her and Si Haochen with the 'draft' thing.
His Majesty, Emperor Yun, does not have the Buddhist spirit of his daughter-in-law. Under the guise of "disrespect before driving", the drunken people at the palace banquet were fined with salary and demoted.
Because Zhao Jiaoshu was disrespectful to the emperor and the empress, Zhao Shi, the Minister of Household Affairs, was not only demoted three levels in a row, but was directly demoted from the Minister to the seventh rank. This also affected the entire Zhao family, and women were not allowed to marry into the royal family for three generations.
Although Zhao Shi became the head of the Zhao family, the patriarch was his second uncle. The two families had been fighting openly and secretly for many years, but they could only keep up appearances.
Now, Patriarch Zhao slammed the table: "Our big family is going to be dragged down by the big house! I don't know what Zhao Jiaoshu did to make the emperor so angry and cut off the good marriages of other girls...
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The housekeeper hurriedly came forward with his head lowered: "In reply to the Second Master, I spent a lot of money to find out——
The eldest lady slandered the queen for having a private meeting with someone, and her words and deeds were unreasonable before the emperor's visit. Also, the eldest gentleman offended the Marquis of Xizhao in the court..."
"Hey..." The head of the Zhao family pretended to sigh softly, "You went to invite the clan elders in person and said that you wanted to discuss the matter of dividing the big house. You can't let their family delay the marriage of the entire Zhao family girl.
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"Yes!" The butler took the order and quickly gathered the people together.
Zhao Shi had just lost his official position as Minister of Household Affairs and was filled with resentment. Hearing that the family wanted to divide their big house, he sneered: "Didn't you say that dividing the family would destroy the foundation of the Zhao family? Now you are not afraid of being blamed by your ancestors?"
"There's nothing we can do about it. There are girls in each house who have reached the age of proposing marriage. You don't want to see the marriage of the younger generation in the clan not going smoothly." Patriarch Zhao looked like he was thinking about the younger generation.
"Oh, if your second uncle wants to separate the family and seize power, just say so. Why do you need to make these excuses?" Zhao Shi's eyes were sinister, "It sounds like after the family is separated, other houses can send their daughters to the draft..."
"It's impossible to draft a draft, but at least someone can propose marriage." Patriarch Zhao also felt that this move was too cruel, and issuing such a decree showed that the emperor hated the Zhao family. Those people who follow the wind will definitely avoid the Zhao family.
Snakes and scorpions.
Zhao Shi knew that dividing the family would not be good for him, but all the elders of the clan agreed to divide the big house. Zhao Shi made some calculations and decided to build a waterway from the south of the Yangtze River to the north of the Great Wall. Two-thirds of the way to transport military supplies from the northwest was
On this waterway... I have already broken up with the Marquis of Xizhao. From now on, I will have the prosperous Zhenbei Marquis to create a scene for me, which can be regarded as a backer.
Chief Zhao thought for a while and then agreed: the waterway going north is not only frozen for three months out of the year. Moreover, in recent years, the northwest army has been engaged in military reclamation in the garrison, and the food transported from the south of the Yangtze River to the northwest has also been reduced year by year. This route is far away.
It is not as valuable as the waterway that connects the east and west.
The separation of the Zhao family was handled in a low-key manner, but it still did not escape Bai Shen's eyes and ears. As soon as he got the news, he quickly went to the palace to report it.
When His Majesty Yun Huang heard the news, he was not as excited as Bai Shen. He only lowered his head and turned the ring on his thumb.
"The Cao Gang has taken advantage of us over the years. Now that the Zhao family is having internal strife, it's a good opportunity for us to deal with them!" Qin Mo was gearing up and couldn't wait for a big fight.
"We are not water bandits, so we don't want to be unknown and talk about it." Although Bai Shen also dislikes the Zhao family, the relationship between the various families in the south of the Yangtze River is complicated. Now that the world has been settled, it is not a good time to rectify the family.
"Are we just going to do nothing?" Qin Mo felt that if he missed this opportunity, he would be in a lot of trouble if he wanted to touch the Zhao family in the future.
"Since the 'teacher has no name', let's find someone with a 'name'." Si Haochen gently clasped the desk and said, "The Queen's 'White Tiger Gang' will lend you a hand..."
