After marriage and marriage, I became the favorite of the group

Not going to court today, Emperor Liang summoned several confidant ministers in the Chuigong Hall, and wanted to discuss with them the matter of making peace.

Among them are Wei Xu's father, General Fuyuan, and Yan Ning's grandfather, Yan Lao Yushi.

After agreeing on the gift list for exchange, Emperor Liang slapped his knees and sighed.

Old Yushi Yan stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, do you have something to worry about?"

Emperor Liang pondered for a long time: "There is one more thing that I have never told you."

All the ministers stood up together, with solemn expressions: "The ministers are willing to share the worries for His Majesty."

"I am here to ask for a queen for the young master who is only 13 years old."

Old Yushi Yan asked: "Are you going to make a marriage?"

"Yes." Emperor Liang nodded, "However, this relative is different from previous years. Young Master Jiwu, his fate was approved by the celestial master in their country, and he is not allowed to approach women, so..."

"This..." All the ministers looked at each other.

"Ai Qing, don't panic. Although this matter is different from previous years, the rules are still the same as in previous years. Choose from other ministers' houses. This matter has been in my mind for a long time, and I have also taken a fancy to a suitable candidate."

Before Emperor Liang could say the man's name, the accompanying eunuch hurried forward and bowed to plead guilty: "Your Majesty, the Ruan family... Ruan Qingpu from the Ruan family went straight out of the palace gate with Young Master Ruan on their backs. At this time, he had already left in a carriage, and the servants did not stop him."

Emperor Liang was furious immediately, and swept the censer on the case with his sleeves: "It's a big treason! It's a big treason!"

On the other side, the Ruan family's carriage went directly through the side gate of the Ruan mansion, and stopped in front of the Chuihua gate.

Master Ruan carried Ruan Jiu out of the carriage and sent him back to his room. He asked a doctor to diagnose his pulse and asked him to make medicine for him.

Putting Ruan Jiu in order and letting Ruan He take care of him, he went to the study with his wife to talk about things.

"When Xiao Jiu is better, you can take the two of them to live in the hot spring village in the south for a while, and take care of them." Master Ruan thought about it, and said, "Prepare the Geng Tie for the two of them. "

Mrs. Ruan asked in surprise, "You want to discuss marriage with your two sons?"

"Prepare first, and make an appearance that you want to discuss marriage."

"I said you are so eager to bring Xiao Jiu out, don't you..." Mrs. Ruan unconsciously tightened her handkerchief, "Is there a princess who has taken a fancy to our Xiao Jiu? Want to accept him as a face-to-face?"

Master Ruan sighed, afraid of scaring his wife, he didn't dare to say that this matter is much more powerful than the princess's face-raising, he just said: "It's okay, I'll take it, you go and prepare."

"Okay." Madam Ruan was worried, and went out in a daze.

Master Ruan made up his mind and went out to call for someone, "Come here."

Master Ruan knew in his heart that if he snatched Ruan Jiu out of the palace directly, it was tantamount to deceiving the emperor.

But only in this way can he successfully bring Ruan Jiu home.The longer it drags on, the harder it gets.

After Ruan Jiu is brought out, he will go to plead guilty.

Master Ruan washed and washed neatly, and asked the boy to break a few thorns and put them on his back, and then Ruan He came over.

"Father is going out?"

As if nothing had happened, Master Ruan put on his coat and blocked the thorns, his face remained unchanged: "Well, let's go to the shop to see, what's the matter?"

"Father and Xiao Jiu, is there something you are hiding from me?"

Ruan He is intelligent, how can he not see that there is something strange in it?He didn't ask in the palace because he was afraid of delaying things, but now he really couldn't think of what could cause Ruan Jiu to be like this.

"It's not an important matter. You still need to recover from your illness. Don't worry about it." Master Ruan walked past him after saying this, without stopping any longer, and told him, "Go back to accompany your brother."

Ruan He turned back: "Father?"

He remembered the scene when his father carried Ruan Jiu out of the palace. He stood behind his father and looked at his father's back.

He thought, last year in Guiwu, others said that he died on the battlefield, and his father insisted on digging him out of the sea of ​​corpses and carrying him home.

Is it exactly the same as today?

Master Ruan entered the palace again.

It was still the eunuch who pleaded guilty to inform Emperor Liang: "Your Majesty, Ruan Qingpu is begging to see you outside the palace gate, as if he is here to plead guilty."

At this time several ministers were still there, Emperor Liang couldn't act too petty, so he had to say: "Let him in."

The eunuch led Master Ruan into the Chui Gong Palace, Master Ruan took off his cloak, landed on his knees, and bowed down to Emperor Liang.

He bent down and kowtowed, only then did Emperor Liang and all his officials see that his back was wrapped with thorns, the sharp thorns pierced into his flesh, and his clothes were already stained with blood.

"The dog has no shape and caused a catastrophe in the palace. Cao Min pleaded guilty to His Majesty on his behalf. This morning, Cao Min lost his head for a while and was rude in the palace. He also pleaded guilty to His Majesty."

With such sincerity, Emperor Liang didn't care too much because his confidant ministers were there: "Forgive your innocence, just get up."

But Emperor Liang changed the subject: "I and several ministers are talking about negotiating peace with Jiwu. Jiwu asked me to marry him, saying that he has a crush on your family Ruan Jiu..."

Master Ruan put his hands on the ground and kowtowed heavily: "The grassroots have no heirs, and there are only these two debt collectors under their knees. They are reluctant to part with either one. I hope Your Majesty will show mercy."

Seeing that Emperor Liang's expression had changed, Old Yushi Yan hurriedly stepped forward to hold Master Ruan, winked and said, "What are you talking about? Getting married is a matter of honoring the family, and it's not a bad thing. We all know that you love your son, Last year your family, Ruan He, fought for the country in the northwest, didn't you bring him back? If you have something to say, don't get angry like this."

When he said this, Emperor Liang thought of Ruan He, and felt indebted to the Ruan family.

Fighting every year, using other people's money every year, and almost killing their son.

Master Ruan said sternly: "That kid in my family has turned Yong'an upside down every year. If your majesty is planning for state affairs, I'm afraid he will ruin the big event even more. Please think again, majesty."

Emperor Liang sighed: "Okay, I will have someone invite the envoy of Jiwu, and you can tell him yourself, is that okay?" He glanced at the courtiers below: "If you want to help him, you can go directly to him. The envoy said, can you do it?"

The two envoys sent by Jiwu, He Lianzhu was young, Emperor Liang felt that he was just here to play and didn't care about business, so the one who sent to invite was Ashina.

But I don’t want Ashina to be extremely stubborn: "No matter what, Jiwu must have a queen surnamed Ruan. Master Ruan, you have two sons, you just need to choose one and send it to Jiwu. This is not difficult to do. things."

"This is much easier than Master Ruan sending his son to the battlefield."

Hearing his last words, Master Ruan suddenly realized.

This person must have fought against Ruan He on the battlefield last year, so he held a grudge, he...

He insisted that the Ruan family was doomed, starting from knowing that Ruan Jiu's surname was Ruan.

Master Ruan didn't leave the palace until evening and returned home in a carriage.

Master Ruan met several shopkeepers in the study, and counted the assets under his name overnight.

Early the next morning, he boarded the carriage again, went to the posthouse, and asked to see the envoy Ashina.

Helpless, Ashina doesn't want to enter, and only wants people to say anything.

Master Ruan had no choice but to leave a list of his own property for him to choose from.If you change your mind, you can come to Ruan Mansion at any time.

It was also because Master Ruan came to look for Ashina that He Lianzhu knew that the marriage was about to be finalized.

He dropped something in the room: "Call me Ashina!"

Ashina opened the door and came in: "Envoy."

He Lianzhu said decisively: "I don't want Ruan Jiu to be the queen."

Ashina didn't respond, he repeated: "I said, I don't want Ruan Jiu to be my queen, he doesn't like it, so I don't want to force him."

Ashina took out a scroll of silk script from his bosom: "Envoy, this is the letter from the Empress Dowager. I will be solely responsible for the marriage."

He Lianzhu stepped forward to pick up the silk book, threw it aside, and asked, "Who is the king of Jiwu?"

"Of course it's the king." Ashina just said so.

Only then did He Lianzhu fully understand that he was still too young and too weak.

Everyone in the world knows that there is a queen mother who listens to politics behind the curtain, and there is a king Suer who is in charge of state affairs.

They didn't know that the king of Ji Wu was him, He Lianzhu.

He was so weak that even Ruan Jiu couldn't protect him.

Ashina picked up the silk book on the ground, took the teacup from the attendant, and offered it to He Lianzhu with both hands: "Envoy, in fact, isn't it a good thing to let Ruan Jiu be the princess? Since the envoy likes to be with him If you want to play, then take him back and let him stay with the envoy forever. With such a great opportunity, is the envoy willing?"

Helian Zhu raised his hand and overturned the teacup, the tea dripped all over the floor, tick-tock.

Ashina smiled, on the contrary, he was angry, which made it more obvious that he was tempted by this suggestion.

A few days later, at the urging of Ashina, Emperor Liang issued an imperial edict to the Ruan family.

Ruan Jiu was still recuperating in bed at that time, and the eunuch said that he could wait for his illness to recover before entering the palace to meet Sheng Xie'en.

Only then did Ruan He realize how big a thing he had been concealed by Ruan Jiu.

He was so angry that he didn't speak to Ruan Jiu for a full quarter of an hour, and then slapped him back on the bed: "Lie down and recuperate."

Ruan Jiu is recuperating at home these few days, Mrs. Ruan is with him, and Master Ruan and Ruan He are running outside for him.

But who should I ask for such a thing?

Even if Master Ruan decided to ruin his family, no one dared to accept it.

This morning, someone came from the palace, please Ruan Jiu go over immediately.

At that time, only Mrs. Ruan was with him at home, and he said, "Mother, I'll go and have a look. Anyway, King Jiwu is not here now, so you can't let me pay homage to him right now."

Mrs. Ruan had no choice but to send someone to call Mr. Ruan back, while dressing him up, she agreed with him that she would wait for him at the gate of the palace, and if he didn't come out after a while, she would go in and look for him.

Ruan Jiu nodded: "I understand, don't worry, mother."

He has been sick for the past few days, has lost a lot of weight, his face is pale, and he looks sick and lacking energy.

The carriage stopped in front of the palace gate, Ruan Jiu followed the eunuch who led the way, and entered a palace whose name he didn't see.

There was no one else in the hall, Emperor Liang was sitting in the middle, Xiao Mingyuan was kneeling below, turned his head and saw Ruan Jiu coming, he quickly grabbed his hand.

Emperor Liang raised his hand to let the eunuch go down, and after the palace door was closed, Xiao Mingyuan said: "Father, Ruan Jiu can't go to make a kiss! He...he is actually my minister's favorite!"

Ruan Jiu doubted life for a moment, what was Xiao Mingyuan talking about?

Emperor Liang frowned, apparently in disbelief.

Xiao Mingyuan thought for a while, and then said: "Father, he...he is pregnant with the flesh and blood of my son!"

Ruan Jiu's eyes widened, what kind of mess is he talking about?

He wanted to take back his hand, but Xiao Mingyuan hugged him tightly: "Ruan Jiu, talk."

Ruan Jiu really didn't know what to say.

Emperor Liang coughed twice, and then several eunuchs entered the palace and removed the screens on both sides of the palace.

Emperor Liang said: "Ruan Jiu, your peach blossoms are not bad. They all say that you are the one they like, so they come to beg me not to let you make a marriage. Several of these people say that you...are pregnant with their children, so Who is your favorite? What's in your belly..."

Ruan Jiu turned his head to look, and behind the screen, five or six teenagers knelt on the ground one by one. They were all Ruan Jiu's friends, and Wei Xu and Yan Ning were among them.

——Looked at each other.