Concubine Zhao's brother, Zhao Guoji, began to tremble after the Jia family became the imperial family.
Zhao Guoji took advantage of Mrs. Zhao's relationship to receive a lot of benefits from outside and bought thousands of acres of fertile land.
Although Zhao Guoji did not hold any official position, he was still a talkative person in the court.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Guoji gradually began to swell and turned his attention to Jia Huan.
What's the reason?
This was only ten days ago. The servants who became the emperor's Jia family are now considered to be very prosperous. Although no one is divided into nobility, but with the relationship with the big and small masters of Jia family, they are hanging around in the capital.
Still pretty good.
This time, several famous servants in Jia's family gathered together to have wine and chat, and discuss the future sphere of influence.
It turns out that these servants are now so bold that many foreign officials who come to the capital find no way to find a way out and will find the place where Jia's family originally lived and find connections with these family members.
As time went by, these servants began to compete with each other after tasting the sweetness, which inevitably hurt the harmony, so today's party was held.
Among them were Concubine Zhou's brother and Qiaolian's father. Zhou Wang was the richest, and behind him was the son of Grandma Wang who served the old lady. Zhao Guoji, as Concubine Zhao's brother, was naturally among them.
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, these people could no longer control themselves and began to brag about their abilities.
Among them, only Zhou Wang is really relevant. The reason is very simple, because he is the biological brother of Empress Dowager Zhou and the father of Qiaolian.
Qiaolian gave birth to a son, Jia Mao, King of Wu, for Jia Ke.
Zhou Wang felt that as long as King Wu was around, his family's wealth could last for hundreds of years. Therefore, he was extremely arrogant when he went to the banquet.
At this time, Zhao Guoji, who was already conceited, couldn't stand it anymore.
"Brother Zhou, so what if you are the brother of Empress Dowager Zhou? You are not just as jobless and powerless as us."
Zhou Wang glanced at Zhao Guoji with disdain and said, "I still know a little bit about myself. If I were asked to become an official, I'm afraid the people below would be fooled by me. It's better to just be at home and enjoy the glory and wealth."
good."
Zhou Wang paused for a moment when he said this, and then showed off: "Although I am not an official, I am no worse than many adults in the court. If I want to enter the palace, as long as I say a word, my sister will naturally be prepared.
The sedan carried me in."
"This is still the case now. In the future, when my grandson opens a government office outside and has the rights, it will be even more glorious."
After Zhou Wang finished saying this, he looked Zhao Guoji up and down and said, "You are different. Mrs. Zhao is now the emperor's favorite. What should I do with you when she gets old and loses her beauty?"
After hearing this, Zhao Guoji felt angry inside, but he had to admit that what Zhou Wang said was the truth.
Therefore, the last banquet ended unhappy.
After Zhao Guoji returned to his house, he thought about today's conversation with Zhou Wang. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Zhou Wang was right.
Now the Emperor's favorite, Mrs. Zhao, is just because she still has some beauty, but seeing that Mrs. Zhao is about to lose her beauty in old age, who in the capital will be able to look down on his brother, who has fallen out of favor with the concubine.
The more Zhao Guoji thought about it, the more uneasy he became. The current life of prosperity and wealth had spoiled him, and Zhao Guoji did not want to go back to live that lowly life.
In this case, Zhao Guoji had to find a way to continue his glory and wealth.
Zhao Guoji thought about it all night, tossed and turned in bed, and finally came up with a solution. Although Mrs. Zhao was about to lose her beauty due to old age, his son Jia Huan had just grown up and had been named Kang Wang.
If he marries his daughter to King Kang, he will still be able to continue to be prosperous and wealthy thanks to King Kang.
After Zhao Guoji figured it out, he called his wife together the next day and told him his thoughts in detail.
After listening to her husband's words, Zhao Guoji's wife, Wang, also had her own Xiao Jiujiu in her heart.
Now that Zhao Guoji was considered rich, the concubines of the family were brought in one after another. She, the first wife, could no longer get close to Zhao Guoji.
And the Wang family did not give birth to a son to Zhao Guoji, only a daughter. If she married her daughter to King Kang in the future, the sons born to her concubines would not dare to do anything to her because of King Kang's power. She would still be able to take charge of the Zhao family.
inside and outside.
So Wang strongly agreed with Zhao Guoji's idea.
When Zhao Guoji saw that his wife agreed, he quickly ordered her to go into the palace and mention the matter to Concubine Zhao.
It would be best for Mrs. Zhao to blow the pillow in front of the Emperor.
This is why Mrs. Zhao is currently worried about something in the palace.
If it was about other matters, Zhao Taifei would agree to her sister-in-law's request, but this matter was related to her family's Jia Huan's life.
Besides, Jia Huan is still a King of Kang after all, so how can he marry a commoner's daughter as his concubine? This will make others laugh out loud.
But in front of her sister-in-law, she couldn't refuse, so she could only be vague.
But this Wang family had an honest mind. Seeing that Mrs. Zhao was vague, she thought that Mrs. Zhao had acquiesced, so she happily left the palace and went home to announce the good news.
After her sister-in-law left, the more Mrs. Zhao thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. She had to quickly find a suitable match for her son Jia Huan. Let these people put away all their petty thoughts.
It happened that the next day, Jia Zheng came to rest at his place. While Jia Zheng was having dinner, Mrs. Zhao wanted to mention this matter to Jia Zheng.
Concubine Zhao was still very discerning. He did not bring up the matter immediately, but waited on Jia Zheng to eat.
When Jia Zheng was about to finish his meal comfortably, Concubine Zhao spoke up and said: "Your Majesty, look at our brothers, only Jia Huan is not married yet. Seeing how young he is.
Now that he's older, I wonder if we can book a home for him first?"
After Jia Zheng heard this, he also felt that it made sense. Needless to say, his four sons Jia Ke, Jia Zhu and Jia Baoyu had been married for a long time.
"You are right, but do you have any suitable family?"
When Princess Zhao heard what Jia Zheng said, she knew that he agreed, but it was not that easy to ask her to recommend someone.
Before Mrs. Zhao entered the palace, she was just a child of a family. How could she recognize those dignitaries?
Although she had a distinguished status after entering the palace, she had always stayed in Kangning Palace to serve Jia Zheng. It was impossible for the wives of the princes and nobles to come to see her specially. Now it was really difficult for her to recommend someone.
When Jia Zheng saw that Concubine Zhao was silent, he immediately understood her difficulty.
So Jia Zheng smiled, took Concubine Zhao's hand and said, "Since you don't have any candidates, and you are worried about Prince Kang's marriage, why don't I send a letter to the emperor tomorrow to choose a good marriage for you."
After hearing this, Princess Zhao nodded hurriedly. Although Mrs. Zhao and the Queen Mother Zhou were a bit dirty when they were in Rongguo Mansion, it was just a trivial matter. Compared with Mrs. Wang's suppression, the things they did were nothing.
At the same time, Mrs. Zhao was thinking in her mind that she would go to the Empress Dowager Zhou tomorrow and say a few nice words. The Empress Dowager Zhou was a kind-hearted person, so as long as she had the humility to compliment her, and the Empress Dowager Zhou was there to help her, her
Jia Huan will definitely find a good marriage.
Sure enough, the next day Jia Zheng ordered Jia Ke to come to Kangning Palace for an audience.
After Jia Ke got the news, he was also a little puzzled. He hadn't heard anything happened in the palace during this period. Why did the Supreme Emperor invite him to come over?
Even so, Jia Ke quickly put on his carriage and came to Kangning Palace.
When the father and son met, Jia Ke saluted Jia Zheng according to the rules, and Jia Zheng asked Jia Ke to sit next to him.
After Jia Ke sat firmly, Jia Zheng said: "There is no big deal in calling you here today. It's just a family matter that I want to discuss with you."
"If your father has something to do, just give him your orders, and your son will do his best."
"Nothing to say. It's just that your brother Jia Huan is already very old and wants you to arrange a marriage. You also know that I am in the deep palace and don't know any powerful people in the court."
After hearing this, Jia Ke remembered that Jia Huan was also old enough to get married.
For Jia Huan, Jia Ke thinks he is quite good. Before Jia Ke became emperor, Jia Huan understood his status clearly and did not expect to get anything in the Rongguo Mansion. Instead, he studied hard and wanted to rely on his fame.
A meteoric rise.
In this regard, Jia Huan is much better than Jia Baoyu.
Jia Ke, who is also a concubine, appreciates Jia Huan's progress. Now that he is getting married, it doesn't matter if Jia Ke helps him.
But Jia Ke didn't know very well which dignitaries in the court had daughters to marry. After all, as an emperor, he didn't have to care about the weddings and funerals of the children of those under him.
So Jia Ke looked at his secretary Li Deshan next to him.
As Jia Ke's spy, and also as Jia Ke's personal eunuch, Li Deshan already knew Jia Ke's every move very well. Now that he saw Jia Ke looking at him, he immediately understood.
"Slave Li Deshan has met the Supreme Emperor, Your Majesty."
"There's no need to be polite. You are the chief manager. I think you are familiar with the affairs of the ministers' families. Do you have any recommendations?"
When Li Deshan heard Jia Ke's question, he immediately smiled and said to the two supreme ministers: "In the court, there are many girls waiting to be married in the families of the ministers, but the most outstanding one is the daughter of Zhao Shu, the Minister of Civil Affairs——
Zhao Ruixia."
"This woman is a well-known talented woman in the capital. I heard that she is particularly good at painting. Now Zhao Shangshu's threshold has been crossed by the nobles in the capital."
After hearing this, Jia Ke felt that it was pretty good. Although Zhao Shu was originally a member of Prince Yi Zhong, he later followed him wholeheartedly and took up the important position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He did not show any favoritism and could be said to be a very upright person.