"Are you telling the truth?" Xu Huizu asked. The news brought by Xu Mengyu was so shocking that even Xu Huizu didn't dare to believe it immediately, so he asked again.
Xu Mengyu nodded and said: "Brother, this is true. My husband told me and asked me to tell him. I also asked my husband many times before I was sure that His Majesty really wanted to accept Xu Miaojin as his concubine."
At this time, Xu Huizu had already understood Yunxi's intentions: not only was he worried that Yunxi would doubt the Xu family, but Yunxi was also worried that the Xu family would tend to the King of Yan. As the first family of military generals in the Ming Dynasty, the Xu family had hidden power in the military.
Too big, if you help King Yan, it will not be a good thing for Yunxi.
And Yunxi can't deal with the Xu family now: even in the peaceful years when nothing happened, dealing with the Ming Dynasty's first military general family requires repeated research and careful arrangements. It is impossible to take down the Xu family easily, let alone now.
If there is rebellion, we should not act rashly.
So Yunxi married Xu Miaojin to win over or stabilize the Xu family.
However, Xu Huizu's analysis was a little off. If the Xu family was determined to assist Zhu Di, how could it be changed by marrying a daughter of the Xu family? Anyway, Yunxi would never think so.
The most important reason is that later generations of Yunxi read this period of history books and knew that Xu Huizu himself was actually loyal to the court. If he could be loyal to Yunwen, he couldn't be disloyal to Yunxi who was better than Yunwen to the military, right?
Therefore, Yunxi made his decision based on Xu Huizu's loyalty to him.
Marrying Xu Miaojin was enough to make Xu Huizu, who was already relatively loyal, less likely to rebel. It would also show everyone in the Xu family faction that he still trusted the Xu family, thereby eliminating the doubts of some generals.
But no matter what, Xu Huizu's understanding of Yunxi's intentions was correct, and a relaxed look appeared on his face. He could finally breathe a sigh of relief, although he seemed a little sorry for his little sister.
Xu Mengyu looked at Xu Huizu's face, because she knew that her eldest brother was actually not satisfied with marrying Xu Miaojin to Yunxi and could only be a concubine, so she guessed that something must have happened, or even something big enough to affect the Xu family.
It would make my eldest brother look like this.
So Xu Mengyu asked softly: "Brother, what happened? That you are actually satisfied with marrying Xu Miaojin to His Majesty as your concubine?"
Xu Huizu said in embarrassment: "Third sister, this is a major matter for the imperial court. Your Majesty specifically asked not to tell anyone else, so I can't tell you now. You will know later."
Seeing the expression on his eldest brother's face, Xu Mengyu understood that it must be a big deal, and said: "In that case, I won't ask. But eldest brother, the fourth sister will definitely ask after knowing it, and if you don't tell the fourth sister the truth,
I guess the fourth sister will not agree."
"Fourth sister has been stubborn since she was a child. If you don't tell her the truth clearly, fourth sister can cause big trouble! So I don't know if it's possible. You must make things clear to fourth sister."
After hearing Xu Mengyu's words, Xu Huizu suddenly thought of Xu Miaojin's temper and had a headache.
Xu Mengyu then said: "In that case, brother, I will go back first. It is difficult for me to tell you something that is inconvenient for me to know when you are talking to the fourth sister."
"If the fourth sister is still unwilling, then tomorrow the eldest brother will send someone to call the younger sister from Prince An's Mansion."
After saying this, Xu Mengyu said goodbye and went back. Xu Huizu was just thinking about how to persuade Xu Miaojin, so he sent Xu Mengyu away.
Xu Huizu, who sent Xu Mengyu away, sat in the hall for a while before getting up and heading to Xu Miaojin's yard.
When Xu Huizu walked to Xu Miaojin's yard, he saw Xu Miaojin reading a book. Speaking of which, ever since Xu Miaojin knew that the clan she met was Yunxi, she seemed to have suddenly become much quieter. She used to dislike reading.
I can continue to read the history books. A few days ago, I even told a 'story' that even Xu Huizu didn't know.
When Xu Miaojin saw Xu Huizu walking in, he put down the book in his hand, stood up and said, "Brother, why are you looking for me at this time?"
Xu Huizu said: "There are some things."
However, he suddenly felt embarrassed to say what he wanted to say to Xu Miaojin, so he changed the subject and said, "What book are you reading?"
Xu Miaojin did not ask further questions and replied: "While reading "Warring States Policy", Hulong said about the Queen Mother Zhao. I saw 'I sent her to the Queen of Yan. I held her heel and cried for it. I felt sad that it was far away, and I was also sad.
It has been done, and it is not something to think about. The sacrifice must be made with blessings, and the blessings are: 'Don't make it reverse.'" This paragraph."
Xu Huizu was a little puzzled: He just glanced at the cover of the book. Although he didn't see clearly what the words were, they were definitely not three words. How could it be "Warring States Policy"?
Then Xu Huizu noticed that Xu Miaojin had said all the original text, and then he read the original text carefully, and then said to Xu Miaojin with a guilty look on his face: "You know everything?"
Chulong said that the overall intention of Queen Mother Zhao's paragraph was to love children with far-reaching plans, but when Xu Miaojin took these few sentences alone, the intention was different from the whole.
Xu Miaojin said calmly: "The third sister suddenly came back just now. She talked to you for a while and then left again. Then you came to my place with a troubled face. If I still can't guess what happened, it's not too great."
Sluggish?"
Xu Huizu said with some guilt: "There is nothing I can do."
Xu Miaojin asked: "Tell me, who is from which family?"
Xu Huizu was silent for a while and then said: "I am going to be your majesty's concubine."
Xu Miaojin immediately opened her eyes and said, "Why? What happened? Didn't I say I won't be a concubine? What happened?"
Then she thought of what happened last night and said, "When you entered the palace last night, what did His Majesty say to you?"
Xu Huizu gritted his teeth and said: "It is possible that King Yan will rebel."
Xu Miaojin turned her head and thought about the cause and effect, but she immediately said: "If you have already had the intention to help King Yan, Your Majesty will not think that marrying me will give up your intention to help."
Then Xu Miaojin continued: "Your Majesty must actually know that you are loyal to him, but he is afraid that the three of you will become a tiger and destroy each other, so he decided to marry me into the palace to silence others."
After hearing Xu Miaojin's explanation, Xu Huizu felt enlightened: No wonder I always felt that there was something wrong with my previous analysis. It turned out to be like this.
But he came back to his senses immediately and said: "Sister, you." He actually wanted to say why she could still calmly analyze the reason now, but he couldn't go on.
Xu Miaojin himself said: "How can I? Our family is not from a small family. We know His Majesty's character and know that the palace is not a dragon's den or a tiger's den. I heard that the whole family was very worried before the queen entered the palace. How could our family be like this?"
"Besides, as long as Your Majesty doesn't want to get rid of the Xu family, then I'll be fine no matter what; if Your Majesty wants to get rid of the Xu family, I won't be able to survive even if there is harmony in the palace."
"Besides, I have a good impression of Your Majesty, and you always talk and analyze Your Majesty, so I know a lot about Your Majesty. It's not a blind marriage, but it's better than marrying someone who is completely blind at the age of eighteen.
People you don’t know are better.”
Xu Miaojin made her words so clear that Xu Huizu didn't know what to say. After muttering for a long time, he said: "Then, then. Your Majesty will probably marry you into the palace in the next few days, our family."
Xu Miaojin interrupted him and said: "I am not entering the palace as a queen, but as a concubine. Our family does not need to prepare anything other than marrying a few maids into the palace."
Although Xu Huizu was blocked by her again, he felt even more embarrassed and felt that he was even more sorry for Xu Miaojin. Then he just said: "Fourth sister, I have suffered so much for you, and I can't help you." Then he ran away as if he was running away.
Ran.
Xu Miaojin slowly sat on the bed, threw the book aside, and sat quietly without making any other movements. It can be seen from this that she is not as calm as she appeared in front of Xu Huizu just now.
When Lian Zining and others came out of the palace, Yan Zhen asked Chen Xingshan: "Why does Your Majesty suddenly want to go on a personal expedition? Does Mr. Chen know why?"
Li Ren was also a little curious and asked: "Yes, Mr. Chen, do you know why?" They all felt that Chen Xingshan was the most trusted among these people, so they all asked Chen Xingshan.
Chen Xingshan shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Yan Zhenzhi and Li Ren looked at the expressions of Lian Zining, Jing Qing and others, and they didn't seem to know, so Yan Zhenzhi said again: "I heard that your Majesty urgently summoned several noble generals to the palace last night.
Isn’t it related to this?”
Jing Qing said: "Could it be that something bigger happened in Shandong?"
Lian Zining said: "Something happened in Shandong? It's very possible. Could it be that Kaifeng Mansion was attacked by Cheng Ni?"
Jing Qing said: "How is it possible? It has only been a few days, and even if the news is broken, it is absolutely impossible to reach the capital. Besides, Kaifeng City is very strong, how could it be broken so quickly!"
Li Ren said: "This is impossible to say. What if Cao Xing suddenly rebels! This is impossible. No one could have guessed that Xie Cheng of Shandong would rebel before he rebelled."
Yan Zhenzhi said: "It's unlikely. Xie Cheng has no children, his parents are dead, and he has nothing to worry about. But Cao Xing's children are all in the capital, so he won't rebel."
Chen Xingshan also said: "Cao Xing loves his youngest son very much and is unlikely to rebel."
Lian Zining said: "Regardless of whether Cao Xing will rebel or not, Xie Cheng's rebellion will attract the attention of the court. If military generals don't read poetry and books, how can they have the concept of loyalty! Therefore, the court should use literature to control military affairs like Zhao and Song Dynasties."
, Lian Zining understood very well that the butt determines the head, so as a civil servant, he took the opportunity to sell his views.
The others were all civil servants. Except for Chen Xingshan who did not agree with Lian Zining's words, everyone else agreed with him. Especially Jing Qing, who was in charge of the Ministry of War, said: "Zhao Song's method cannot be adopted at all. Let civil servants who don't know the military take charge.
It’s not possible to stay in a guard station, but you can train civil servants who know how to fight with soldiers!”
