In the evening, when Shen Ying went to Changqing Garden to pay her respects to the queen mother, the queen mother really mentioned that she wanted to choose a son-in-law for the eldest princess of Changping. He didn't even meet him once, so he ordered a marriage at random. If Changping and his son-in-law didn't get along well after marriage, wouldn't it be that he made a wrong marriage and did something bad with good intentions.
He also took the opportunity to say, three days later, on the night of the fifteenth full moon, why not hold a family banquet in the palace, and call a few consorts on the list for Changping to have a look at, whoever Changping likes, give it to her And whom to marry.
After hearing what Shen Ying said, the queen mother agreed without any objection. Anyway, as long as the son-in-law is finally selected from the people she likes, no matter who it is, she can accept it.
Coming out of the Evergreen Garden, seeing the moonlight tonight is good, the breeze is blowing, and the fireflies are dancing, Shen Ying is not in a hurry to go back to Chengxinzhai, and is going to go to the garden at night.
Two palace servants carried glazed lanterns and walked in front to illuminate the road. Shen Ying walked slowly in the unique veranda built on the water and across the lake. The water on both sides of the veranda was full of lotus flowers. In a painting of the moonlight in the lotus pond, there is really a poetic and picturesque flavor.
When he was about to reach the end of the veranda, he suddenly heard the sound of women playing on the shore, Wan Zhongquan asked first, "Who is making noise there? The emperor is here, so hurry up and pick him up."
The noise of playfulness stopped immediately, and from time to time, three graceful figures hurried towards Yu Jia with small steps. After getting closer, they turned out to be Princess Changping and her two personal maids.
"Changping invites the emperor to bow to Jinan."
"I'm safe, no courtesy." Shen Ying sized up Princess Changping and asked with a smile, "Changping, it's already dark, why don't you stay in Qichun Garden, why do you still come out to play? It's dark, playing by the water How dangerous, what if you fall into the water?"
Princess Changping said: "Going back to the emperor, Changping wants to pick some lotus flowers and leaves. Tomorrow, I will use them to make cakes for the Empress Dowager to taste. During the day, the sun is too bright and I am too lazy to go out for a walk, so I will come here at night."
"Changping has a heart." Shen Ying nodded approvingly, but seeing that Princess Changping and the two maids behind her were empty-handed, she asked with concern, "Then you guys are ready to pick?"
Princess Changping turned her head to look into the pond, and said embarrassingly: "Not yet, the lotus grows some distance away from the shore, the water in the pond is a bit deep, and the people around me are not familiar with water, so they dare not rush into it." The water has been picked in the past, and I just don’t know what to do.”
"Then you are lucky to have met me." Shen Ying laughed twice, and was about to call a little eunuch who knew water to help Princess Changping go into the water to pick some lotus leaves, but she looked up inadvertently. Not far away, there seemed to be a patrolling imperial army passing by, and the person leading the team seemed to be Lin Che based on his figure.
A few days before departure and coming to the palace, Shen Ying received a letter written by Tatar Khan from outside the customs. Open the mutual market, deepen the exchanges between the two countries, and maintain long-term friendly relations.
In the final analysis, it was the Tatars who were discouraged and did not dare to provoke a war when the army and the people were united.
But the Tatars didn't want to fight, but Shen Ying wouldn't turn the matter over so simply. Mongolian wolves were ambitious and pretended to surrender just to avoid Da Ying's sharp edge. Let them know the strength of Da Ying and really know how to restrain himself.
So Shen Ying ordered the northern general Lin Zhenyue to lead the army to patrol the northern border, and Chen Bing to conduct military exercises at Shanhaiguan, so as not to make the Mongols think that Da Ying's plan to beat them was just bragging.
In the previous Spring Hunting, Lin Che won the leader of the Spring Hunting Contest. Originally, he was supposed to go out with his father this time, but Shen Ying was asked to stay in Beijing.
Shen Ying appointed Lin Che as General Zuoweilang of the Habayashi Army, and traveled with him to the Yulong Mountain Palace, responsible for guarding the safety of the palace, so it is not surprising to see Lin Che here.
As soon as Shen Ying saw Lin Che, she suddenly had a plan.
Changping has indeed reached the age to discuss marriage. Even if there is no Liang Yaozu, he will have to choose a son-in-law sooner or later. Instead of letting the empress dowager and Guo Jiuchen choose a son-in-law for Changping, it is better for him, the emperor's brother, to choose one for her himself. It's a good marriage, at least he won't harm Changping.
Among Shen Ying's acquaintances, there are not many young men who have reached the marriageable age and have good personalities and family backgrounds. Xie Yu is one of them, and Lin Che is also there.
But Shen Ying placed high hopes on Xie Yu, and also hoped that Xie Yu would assist him in the court in the future, but the founding emperor of the Great Ying Dynasty had made a rule that sons-in-law were not allowed to participate in the government, so as to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics.
If Xie Yu became the son-in-law, he would only be an idle official from now on, and would have no possibility of joining the cabinet, so Shen Ying could only be excluded from the candidates for the son-in-law.
The rest is Lin Che. Lin Che is a military general. In the future, he will be a general who commands troops and horses, marches and fights. There is no worry from above. Although the Lin family is a family of military generals, their family education is very strict. Courteous and courteous, it matches Changping, isn't he a hundred times better than Liang Yaozu?
Shen Ying had a plan in mind, so she raised her hand and pointed at the team of imperial guards who were patrolling, and ordered: "Go to someone, and invite General Xiao Lin over here."
The little eunuch got the order, and brought Lin Che back in a short while. Lin Che was wearing a silver-white armor, tall and burly, and looked very energetic.
Shen Ying keenly noticed that when Lin Che saluted him, the eldest princess Changping who was standing beside her quietly looked at Lin Che from the side. The young general was handsome and heroic. What girl wouldn't be moved by this sight? ?
After Lin Che finished his ceremony, he asked loudly, "Your Majesty, I don't know why you summoned your ministers here?"
Shen Ying pointed to the direction of the pond, and said with a smile: "That's right, Princess Changping wants to pick some lotus leaves, but the lotus leaves don't grow on the shore either. I wonder if General Xiaolin can think of a way for the princess?"
Lin Che said boldly: "What's the difficulty? Please wait a moment, Your Majesty and Princess Changping. I will come as soon as I go."
After finishing speaking, Lin Che strode towards the pond in stride. He first pulled out the saber on his waist, took two steps back, and charged forward at a faster speed. When he was approaching the shore, he suddenly flew into the air, like a A vigorous white harrier swooped down towards the surface of the water, stretched out the knife in his hand at the same time, slashed into the water several times, then scooped it with his right hand, and then tapped his foot on the lotus leaf. On the ground, with the help of the buoyancy of the lotus leaf, he turned around and jumped into the air, but in the blink of an eye, he returned to the shore safely and soundly.
I have already learned from Ling Qingheng that there really is lightness kung fu, so Shen Ying is not surprised. Compared to the dumbfounded others, Shen Ying is much calmer.
Lin Che put the knife back into the scabbard, hugged the lotus leaf and lotus flower that he had just picked, and returned to the front of the imperial court, "Your Majesty, I have already picked the lotus leaf and lotus leaf."
"General Xiao Lin, you've done a great job." Shen Ying nodded in praise, then glanced at Chang Ping beside him, and said narrowly, "Chang Ping, don't take it yet, thank you, General Xiao Lin, for your kindness."
Princess Changping bowed her head and walked towards Lin Che, took the lotus leaf from Lin Che's hand, and whispered shyly, "Thank you, General Lin."
Lin Che returned the gift, and replied generously: "Princess, you are being polite, it's just a matter of raising your hands. If the princess wants to pick lotus next time, just tell me."
Princess Changping couldn't help raising her head when she heard the words, looked at Lin Che shyly and timidly, said "yes", then turned around and walked back with a blushing face.
Shen Ying has been observing Princess Changping's reaction, and seeing her behave like this in front of Lin Che, she probably has an idea in her heart.
Although he is the emperor, he can't do such immoral things that mess with mandarin ducks. This marriage can only be achieved if the man has a lover and concubine.
If the marriage between Princess Changping and Lin Che can be successful, then the relationship between the Dingbei General's Mansion and the royal family will be even closer, and it will become his support in the army. Marriage, probably the nose will be crooked.
However, it is not so easy to think about this matter. The queen mother will definitely not let go easily, and she has to find a good way to give the marriage in a legitimate way.
On the other side, the lychee that Shen Ying sent to the capital for Gu Min was also sent to Linyang Marquis Mansion at this time.
The emperor was not in the palace, and Gu Min didn't bother to return to Yuezhai. Anyway, he also had his own mansion outside the palace, so he simply moved back to live in the Hou's mansion.
In the huge Hou Mansion, there is only Gu Min as the master, and there are not many servants. Except for the brightly lit courtyard where Gu Min lives, the rest of the place is pitch black, except for the cicadas on the tree and the crickets in the corner. Outside, it was quiet and there was no sound everywhere.
Gu Min had just finished taking a bath and was taking a walk in the yard to enjoy the cool air, when the old housekeeper suddenly came into the yard looking for him with a food box, "Master Hou, just now an official came from outside the door and gave this box to the old slave, saying that the emperor told me to hurry up." It was sent to you from the palace."
Gu Min pointed to the stone table in the yard, "Let's put it there."
The old housekeeper put down the food box for Gu Min, knowing that the master likes to be alone and doesn't like being disturbed, so he retreated wisely.
Not long after the old housekeeper left, the falcon in black night clothes came out from a dark corner behind Gu Min.
Cang Falcon sat next to the stone table, put the sword in his hand on the table with a snap, stared at the food box on the table with interest, rubbed his palms, "Hey, the little emperor returned the gift to you so soon? Quickly open it and see what good things are inside, and let me, a countryman like me, gain a lot of insight."
Gu Min stood still, "If you can't find anyone for me, how dare you come to my place to eat and drink?"
Cang Falcon said unconvinced: "It can't be all my fault, the person you asked me to follow is also a practitioner, his lightness kungfu is better than mine, and he acts very cautiously, I almost caught up with him several times, and They were all thrown away by him. But it’s not nothing, at least he knows that he is still in the capital. As long as he is still in the capital, he will be found one day, right?”
From the corner of his eyes, Gu Min saw that the falcon had lifted the lid of the food box to a slit, and desperately wanted to peek at the contents, so he said abruptly, "Get your claws off the box for me."
Being caught doing bad things, Cang Falcon retracted his hand angrily, and said: "You are so stingy, you are now the Marquis of Linyang, and you still need me to eat? You see that you live alone like this?" Dahou Mansion, won't you be afraid when you wake up at night? How about I come to sleep with you?"
Gu Min said coldly: "Get lost."
"If you don't roll, don't roll, I don't know what's in this box." Cang Falcon smiled, and sniffed the outside of the food box with his nose, "Should it contain food? The emperor Those who are rewarded must be good things, and those who see it will have a share, so don't be stingy."
Gu Min thought he was noisy, and knew that Cang Falcon could not walk when he saw something delicious, so he came over and planned to take out the food box to satisfy Cang Falcon's curiosity, and then hurriedly dismissed the gluttonous ghost leave.
"Leave after eating."
Cang Falcon licked his lips, stared at the food box longingly, and nodded repeatedly, "Okay! Open it!"
Gu Min opened the food box, took out the lychees and put them on the table.
"Isn't this a lychee?" Cang Falcon was disappointed when he saw it, "I thought it was something good, but this is it?"
They originally came from southern Xinjiang. Lychees are produced in Lingnan. This thing may be a rare item in the capital, but in Lingnan, it is similar to cabbage at this time of year, and the falcons have long been tired of eating it.
Gu Min took a lychee, squeezed it between his fingertips, and said disapprovingly, "Leave if you don't want to eat it."
Cang Falcon shook his head and hummed, "Don't you know that you came from southern Xinjiang, little emperor? Isn't it sincere to give these two lychees? You gave him what I paid 1000 taels of silver from The drunk king's arms that were snatched from others!"
"Shut up if you don't understand." Gu Min said indifferently, "The emperor sent me a lychee to comfort me from my homesickness."
Cang Falcon rolled his eyes in disbelief, and sneered, "The pain of homesickness, is it really like what you said?" After finishing speaking, he glanced casually across the food box, and suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something in the food box, "Hey, there seems to be a handkerchief inside!"
Hearing this, Gu Min mercilessly slapped Cang Falcon's hand that was going into the food box to get the handkerchief, "Don't touch it!"
Cang Falcon held his painful hand and said aggrievedly: "Cut, it's just a handkerchief, why make you so nervous?"
"What do you know?" Gu Min carefully took out the handkerchief, spread it out in the palm of his hand, stared at the handkerchief, and suddenly smiled knowingly. He understood that the lychees given by the emperor were fake, and this square handkerchief was given to him. He is real.
If you don't write love words or poems, Fang Supa sends lovesickness.
Please take it upside down and look at it, whether it is horizontal or vertical.
The emperor gave him this handkerchief to tell him that he missed him very much.
"I think you are getting weirder and weirder, but it's just a handkerchief, it's still used by people, and it can be treated as a treasure." Cang Falcon saw that Gu Min was staring at the handkerchief in his hand, and from time to time He pursed his lips and smiled, seeing that his heart was trembling, he rubbed his arms unbearably, picked up the sword on the table and left, "Let's go, I don't know if your madness will be contagious."
When Cang Falcon flew out of the courtyard with light work, Gu Min sat down with the handkerchief in his hand, stared at it for a while, and after experiencing what he thought was Shen Ying's good intentions in giving him the handkerchief, he suddenly thought of this handkerchief. Maybe there is still the smell of the emperor on the top of the bed.
Anyway, there was no one in private, no one would see, so Gu Min confidently moved the veil under his nose, closed his eyes and sniffed it lightly, but when he smelled the veil, his brows frowned a little. stand up.
This smell...is not from the emperor.
But it was a bit indescribably familiar. What was certain was that it was a smell that he hated very much.
Gu Min moved the veil to his eyes, looked carefully at the firelight, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, he knew where the person he had been looking for was!
One side Supa sends lovesickness?
If the emperor really wanted to send Ling Qingheng's handkerchief here on purpose, did he think he could hide it from the world and secretly mock and humiliate him?
If the emperor doesn't have this intention, then everything is just his wishful thinking!
The brilliance in Gu Minhan's eyes suddenly became darker and darker. He stood up holding the square handkerchief tightly, and suddenly swung his sleeves, sweeping the plate of lychees and the food box on the stone table to the ground.
The plate shattered and made a harsh sound, and the lychees rolled to the ground one after another. In the dark night, I don't know where they rolled...
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Three days later.
June fifteenth.
After receiving the emperor's order, the sons of the noble families who the queen mother intended to choose as son-in-law for the eldest princess of Changping all came to the palace one after another, preparing to attend the dinner tonight at the Qing Terrace.
Princess Changping also learned yesterday that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were going to choose a son-in-law for her, and she couldn't help thinking of that night when a general in white robes flew over the lotus pond to pick lotuses for her, and she felt a little unhappy in her heart.
But what matters in marriage is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. How can it be her turn to speak for herself as a daughter in the boudoir, besides, the queen mother and the emperor ordered the marriage.So no matter how reluctant he was, he could only force himself to smile and agree to go to the banquet at night.
Besides, after Liang Yaozu entered the palace, he was first brought to Guo Jiuchen.
Liang Yaozu was born tall and burly, with a handsome appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his appearance can be regarded as Zhou Zheng. As the son of a prince, he also behaves very well-mannered. , forced to death the original domestic violence man.
"Guo Daban." Liang Yaozu arrived at Guo Jiuchen's office, and greeted Guo Jiuchen graciously, "Greetings to you."
Guo Jiuchen let out an "um" from his nose, and waved his hands to signal Liang Yaozu to sit down, "Liang Shizi, you are the queen mother's favorite candidate for the son-in-law, you have to perform well in front of Changping Princess tonight .”
Liang Yaozu smiled obsequiously: "Thank you Queen Mother, thank you Guo Daban for looking down on me, I will definitely try my best to win the favor of Princess Changping."
Guo Jiuchen opened his eyelids: "But..."
Liang Yaozu asked curiously: "But what?"
Guo Jiuchen gave him a sideways look, and said leisurely: "The queen mother said, judging from the emperor's intentions, it seems that he doesn't really like you as son-in-law, son-in-law of Liang. I'm afraid he may not be willing to order a marriage between you and Princess Changping."
Liang Yaozu was a little at a loss and said: "Then... If the emperor disagrees, what should we do? Please Guo Daban express it?"
Guo Jiuchen smiled contemptuously, "Your Majesty Liang, you don't have to worry too much. Since our family has accepted your filial piety from Liang Guogong's mansion, we will naturally help you fulfill your wish and marry the eldest princess Changping."
It turned out that the descendants of the Duke of Liang's mansion were not worthy, and they had the title of Duke of Liang, but they were neither good at being an official nor good at management. The inner space had already been emptied. In the future, he will marry the generous dowry of Liang's family, and he wants to use the dowry of Princess Changping to cover the cost of maintaining Liang Guogong's mansion, so he will bribe Guo Jiuchen with a lot of money to become Liang Yaozu's son-in-law.
Liang Yaozu tentatively asked Guo Jiuchen: "I don't know what good strategy Guo Daban has?"
Guo Jiuchen looked at Liang Yaozu, lowered his voice, and said, "Tonight, our family will order someone to put medicine in the wine of Changping Princess. After Princess Changping leaves the banquet, we will have people place Princess Changping in the house. It’s a place where there’s no one, if you follow it then, what to do next, don’t we need to teach you?”
Hearing this, Liang Yaozu couldn't hide the joy on his face, and hurriedly got up and bowed to Guo Jiuchen, "In this way, this matter will surely be accomplished, and I will thank Guo Daban first!" After speaking, he suddenly thought of something, and he hesitated, " It's just that if the emperor finds out about this, what if the emperor's Long Yan is furious?"
Guo Jiuchen sneered and said: "So what if I know? The raw rice is already ripe, and it is related to the reputation of the eldest princess. At that time, the big and small things will definitely be reduced, not to mention that there is still the Queen Mother. Don't worry, the Queen Mother and our family will definitely meet again." Keep you safe."
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When it was almost Xu time, Shen Ying finished handling the government affairs in the Qinzheng Hall, returned to Chengxinzhai, prepared to change clothes, and went to the Qing Terrace for a banquet.
Halfway through the change of clothes, a young eunuch suddenly came in from the outside and reported through the screen that Gu Shaojun had arrived and asked for a visit.
Shen Ying didn't expect that Gu Min would come to the palace suddenly, but she didn't think too much, she waved her hand and said, "Let Gu Shaojun come in."
Soon, the little eunuch brought Gu Min inside, Shen Ying saw Gu Min's figure outside from the screen, and asked casually: "Why did you come so quietly, and didn't let anyone tell me in advance. But it’s also just in time, there is a family banquet in the palace tonight, you will go there with me later.”
Gu Min walked around the screen and entered inside, with no expression on his face, staring at Shen Ying's back, and suddenly said to the two little eunuchs who were helping Shen Ying get dressed: "You all go down, I'll change the emperor's clothes. "
The outer robes were all put on, and only the belt remained untied. Shen Ying thought that since Gu Min loved to show off so much, let him go, so she nodded and told the little eunuchs to leave.
"The belt is hanging on the screen, just take it off and help me fasten it." Shen Ying still turned her back to Gu Min, and said to herself without noticing Gu Min's strangeness.
Gu Min turned his head and glanced at the belt hanging on the screen, walked over to pull it off, and then stood behind Shen Ying silently.
Shen Ying opened her arms and waited for Gu Min to help him tie the belt, but after waiting for a while, her arms became a little sore, but she still didn't wait for Gu Min to make a move, she couldn't help urging: "Hurry up, the dinner party is about to start. "
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he felt something wrapped around his wrist. Shen Ying lowered her head and saw that it was his belt, which was buckled loosely by Gu Min at some point. Now it becomes a ring around his wrist.
Shen Ying frowned, turned her head and stared at the man behind her, and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing? I don't have time to play with you now, so let me untie it."
Gu Min pursed his lips and sneered, pulled the belt unhurriedly, pulled Shen Ying's hand behind his back, and then stretched out his hand from Shen Ying's chest.She hugged his shoulders before, trapped him in her arms, lowered her head, her lips touched Shen Ying's earlobe as if in nothing, and the voice from the thin lips was cold, with a hint of evil.
"The emperor asked the minister what to do? The minister is here to kill the grass."
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He also took the opportunity to say, three days later, on the night of the fifteenth full moon, why not hold a family banquet in the palace, and call a few consorts on the list for Changping to have a look at, whoever Changping likes, give it to her And whom to marry.
After hearing what Shen Ying said, the queen mother agreed without any objection. Anyway, as long as the son-in-law is finally selected from the people she likes, no matter who it is, she can accept it.
Coming out of the Evergreen Garden, seeing the moonlight tonight is good, the breeze is blowing, and the fireflies are dancing, Shen Ying is not in a hurry to go back to Chengxinzhai, and is going to go to the garden at night.
Two palace servants carried glazed lanterns and walked in front to illuminate the road. Shen Ying walked slowly in the unique veranda built on the water and across the lake. The water on both sides of the veranda was full of lotus flowers. In a painting of the moonlight in the lotus pond, there is really a poetic and picturesque flavor.
When he was about to reach the end of the veranda, he suddenly heard the sound of women playing on the shore, Wan Zhongquan asked first, "Who is making noise there? The emperor is here, so hurry up and pick him up."
The noise of playfulness stopped immediately, and from time to time, three graceful figures hurried towards Yu Jia with small steps. After getting closer, they turned out to be Princess Changping and her two personal maids.
"Changping invites the emperor to bow to Jinan."
"I'm safe, no courtesy." Shen Ying sized up Princess Changping and asked with a smile, "Changping, it's already dark, why don't you stay in Qichun Garden, why do you still come out to play? It's dark, playing by the water How dangerous, what if you fall into the water?"
Princess Changping said: "Going back to the emperor, Changping wants to pick some lotus flowers and leaves. Tomorrow, I will use them to make cakes for the Empress Dowager to taste. During the day, the sun is too bright and I am too lazy to go out for a walk, so I will come here at night."
"Changping has a heart." Shen Ying nodded approvingly, but seeing that Princess Changping and the two maids behind her were empty-handed, she asked with concern, "Then you guys are ready to pick?"
Princess Changping turned her head to look into the pond, and said embarrassingly: "Not yet, the lotus grows some distance away from the shore, the water in the pond is a bit deep, and the people around me are not familiar with water, so they dare not rush into it." The water has been picked in the past, and I just don’t know what to do.”
"Then you are lucky to have met me." Shen Ying laughed twice, and was about to call a little eunuch who knew water to help Princess Changping go into the water to pick some lotus leaves, but she looked up inadvertently. Not far away, there seemed to be a patrolling imperial army passing by, and the person leading the team seemed to be Lin Che based on his figure.
A few days before departure and coming to the palace, Shen Ying received a letter written by Tatar Khan from outside the customs. Open the mutual market, deepen the exchanges between the two countries, and maintain long-term friendly relations.
In the final analysis, it was the Tatars who were discouraged and did not dare to provoke a war when the army and the people were united.
But the Tatars didn't want to fight, but Shen Ying wouldn't turn the matter over so simply. Mongolian wolves were ambitious and pretended to surrender just to avoid Da Ying's sharp edge. Let them know the strength of Da Ying and really know how to restrain himself.
So Shen Ying ordered the northern general Lin Zhenyue to lead the army to patrol the northern border, and Chen Bing to conduct military exercises at Shanhaiguan, so as not to make the Mongols think that Da Ying's plan to beat them was just bragging.
In the previous Spring Hunting, Lin Che won the leader of the Spring Hunting Contest. Originally, he was supposed to go out with his father this time, but Shen Ying was asked to stay in Beijing.
Shen Ying appointed Lin Che as General Zuoweilang of the Habayashi Army, and traveled with him to the Yulong Mountain Palace, responsible for guarding the safety of the palace, so it is not surprising to see Lin Che here.
As soon as Shen Ying saw Lin Che, she suddenly had a plan.
Changping has indeed reached the age to discuss marriage. Even if there is no Liang Yaozu, he will have to choose a son-in-law sooner or later. Instead of letting the empress dowager and Guo Jiuchen choose a son-in-law for Changping, it is better for him, the emperor's brother, to choose one for her himself. It's a good marriage, at least he won't harm Changping.
Among Shen Ying's acquaintances, there are not many young men who have reached the marriageable age and have good personalities and family backgrounds. Xie Yu is one of them, and Lin Che is also there.
But Shen Ying placed high hopes on Xie Yu, and also hoped that Xie Yu would assist him in the court in the future, but the founding emperor of the Great Ying Dynasty had made a rule that sons-in-law were not allowed to participate in the government, so as to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics.
If Xie Yu became the son-in-law, he would only be an idle official from now on, and would have no possibility of joining the cabinet, so Shen Ying could only be excluded from the candidates for the son-in-law.
The rest is Lin Che. Lin Che is a military general. In the future, he will be a general who commands troops and horses, marches and fights. There is no worry from above. Although the Lin family is a family of military generals, their family education is very strict. Courteous and courteous, it matches Changping, isn't he a hundred times better than Liang Yaozu?
Shen Ying had a plan in mind, so she raised her hand and pointed at the team of imperial guards who were patrolling, and ordered: "Go to someone, and invite General Xiao Lin over here."
The little eunuch got the order, and brought Lin Che back in a short while. Lin Che was wearing a silver-white armor, tall and burly, and looked very energetic.
Shen Ying keenly noticed that when Lin Che saluted him, the eldest princess Changping who was standing beside her quietly looked at Lin Che from the side. The young general was handsome and heroic. What girl wouldn't be moved by this sight? ?
After Lin Che finished his ceremony, he asked loudly, "Your Majesty, I don't know why you summoned your ministers here?"
Shen Ying pointed to the direction of the pond, and said with a smile: "That's right, Princess Changping wants to pick some lotus leaves, but the lotus leaves don't grow on the shore either. I wonder if General Xiaolin can think of a way for the princess?"
Lin Che said boldly: "What's the difficulty? Please wait a moment, Your Majesty and Princess Changping. I will come as soon as I go."
After finishing speaking, Lin Che strode towards the pond in stride. He first pulled out the saber on his waist, took two steps back, and charged forward at a faster speed. When he was approaching the shore, he suddenly flew into the air, like a A vigorous white harrier swooped down towards the surface of the water, stretched out the knife in his hand at the same time, slashed into the water several times, then scooped it with his right hand, and then tapped his foot on the lotus leaf. On the ground, with the help of the buoyancy of the lotus leaf, he turned around and jumped into the air, but in the blink of an eye, he returned to the shore safely and soundly.
I have already learned from Ling Qingheng that there really is lightness kung fu, so Shen Ying is not surprised. Compared to the dumbfounded others, Shen Ying is much calmer.
Lin Che put the knife back into the scabbard, hugged the lotus leaf and lotus flower that he had just picked, and returned to the front of the imperial court, "Your Majesty, I have already picked the lotus leaf and lotus leaf."
"General Xiao Lin, you've done a great job." Shen Ying nodded in praise, then glanced at Chang Ping beside him, and said narrowly, "Chang Ping, don't take it yet, thank you, General Xiao Lin, for your kindness."
Princess Changping bowed her head and walked towards Lin Che, took the lotus leaf from Lin Che's hand, and whispered shyly, "Thank you, General Lin."
Lin Che returned the gift, and replied generously: "Princess, you are being polite, it's just a matter of raising your hands. If the princess wants to pick lotus next time, just tell me."
Princess Changping couldn't help raising her head when she heard the words, looked at Lin Che shyly and timidly, said "yes", then turned around and walked back with a blushing face.
Shen Ying has been observing Princess Changping's reaction, and seeing her behave like this in front of Lin Che, she probably has an idea in her heart.
Although he is the emperor, he can't do such immoral things that mess with mandarin ducks. This marriage can only be achieved if the man has a lover and concubine.
If the marriage between Princess Changping and Lin Che can be successful, then the relationship between the Dingbei General's Mansion and the royal family will be even closer, and it will become his support in the army. Marriage, probably the nose will be crooked.
However, it is not so easy to think about this matter. The queen mother will definitely not let go easily, and she has to find a good way to give the marriage in a legitimate way.
On the other side, the lychee that Shen Ying sent to the capital for Gu Min was also sent to Linyang Marquis Mansion at this time.
The emperor was not in the palace, and Gu Min didn't bother to return to Yuezhai. Anyway, he also had his own mansion outside the palace, so he simply moved back to live in the Hou's mansion.
In the huge Hou Mansion, there is only Gu Min as the master, and there are not many servants. Except for the brightly lit courtyard where Gu Min lives, the rest of the place is pitch black, except for the cicadas on the tree and the crickets in the corner. Outside, it was quiet and there was no sound everywhere.
Gu Min had just finished taking a bath and was taking a walk in the yard to enjoy the cool air, when the old housekeeper suddenly came into the yard looking for him with a food box, "Master Hou, just now an official came from outside the door and gave this box to the old slave, saying that the emperor told me to hurry up." It was sent to you from the palace."
Gu Min pointed to the stone table in the yard, "Let's put it there."
The old housekeeper put down the food box for Gu Min, knowing that the master likes to be alone and doesn't like being disturbed, so he retreated wisely.
Not long after the old housekeeper left, the falcon in black night clothes came out from a dark corner behind Gu Min.
Cang Falcon sat next to the stone table, put the sword in his hand on the table with a snap, stared at the food box on the table with interest, rubbed his palms, "Hey, the little emperor returned the gift to you so soon? Quickly open it and see what good things are inside, and let me, a countryman like me, gain a lot of insight."
Gu Min stood still, "If you can't find anyone for me, how dare you come to my place to eat and drink?"
Cang Falcon said unconvinced: "It can't be all my fault, the person you asked me to follow is also a practitioner, his lightness kungfu is better than mine, and he acts very cautiously, I almost caught up with him several times, and They were all thrown away by him. But it’s not nothing, at least he knows that he is still in the capital. As long as he is still in the capital, he will be found one day, right?”
From the corner of his eyes, Gu Min saw that the falcon had lifted the lid of the food box to a slit, and desperately wanted to peek at the contents, so he said abruptly, "Get your claws off the box for me."
Being caught doing bad things, Cang Falcon retracted his hand angrily, and said: "You are so stingy, you are now the Marquis of Linyang, and you still need me to eat? You see that you live alone like this?" Dahou Mansion, won't you be afraid when you wake up at night? How about I come to sleep with you?"
Gu Min said coldly: "Get lost."
"If you don't roll, don't roll, I don't know what's in this box." Cang Falcon smiled, and sniffed the outside of the food box with his nose, "Should it contain food? The emperor Those who are rewarded must be good things, and those who see it will have a share, so don't be stingy."
Gu Min thought he was noisy, and knew that Cang Falcon could not walk when he saw something delicious, so he came over and planned to take out the food box to satisfy Cang Falcon's curiosity, and then hurriedly dismissed the gluttonous ghost leave.
"Leave after eating."
Cang Falcon licked his lips, stared at the food box longingly, and nodded repeatedly, "Okay! Open it!"
Gu Min opened the food box, took out the lychees and put them on the table.
"Isn't this a lychee?" Cang Falcon was disappointed when he saw it, "I thought it was something good, but this is it?"
They originally came from southern Xinjiang. Lychees are produced in Lingnan. This thing may be a rare item in the capital, but in Lingnan, it is similar to cabbage at this time of year, and the falcons have long been tired of eating it.
Gu Min took a lychee, squeezed it between his fingertips, and said disapprovingly, "Leave if you don't want to eat it."
Cang Falcon shook his head and hummed, "Don't you know that you came from southern Xinjiang, little emperor? Isn't it sincere to give these two lychees? You gave him what I paid 1000 taels of silver from The drunk king's arms that were snatched from others!"
"Shut up if you don't understand." Gu Min said indifferently, "The emperor sent me a lychee to comfort me from my homesickness."
Cang Falcon rolled his eyes in disbelief, and sneered, "The pain of homesickness, is it really like what you said?" After finishing speaking, he glanced casually across the food box, and suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something in the food box, "Hey, there seems to be a handkerchief inside!"
Hearing this, Gu Min mercilessly slapped Cang Falcon's hand that was going into the food box to get the handkerchief, "Don't touch it!"
Cang Falcon held his painful hand and said aggrievedly: "Cut, it's just a handkerchief, why make you so nervous?"
"What do you know?" Gu Min carefully took out the handkerchief, spread it out in the palm of his hand, stared at the handkerchief, and suddenly smiled knowingly. He understood that the lychees given by the emperor were fake, and this square handkerchief was given to him. He is real.
If you don't write love words or poems, Fang Supa sends lovesickness.
Please take it upside down and look at it, whether it is horizontal or vertical.
The emperor gave him this handkerchief to tell him that he missed him very much.
"I think you are getting weirder and weirder, but it's just a handkerchief, it's still used by people, and it can be treated as a treasure." Cang Falcon saw that Gu Min was staring at the handkerchief in his hand, and from time to time He pursed his lips and smiled, seeing that his heart was trembling, he rubbed his arms unbearably, picked up the sword on the table and left, "Let's go, I don't know if your madness will be contagious."
When Cang Falcon flew out of the courtyard with light work, Gu Min sat down with the handkerchief in his hand, stared at it for a while, and after experiencing what he thought was Shen Ying's good intentions in giving him the handkerchief, he suddenly thought of this handkerchief. Maybe there is still the smell of the emperor on the top of the bed.
Anyway, there was no one in private, no one would see, so Gu Min confidently moved the veil under his nose, closed his eyes and sniffed it lightly, but when he smelled the veil, his brows frowned a little. stand up.
This smell...is not from the emperor.
But it was a bit indescribably familiar. What was certain was that it was a smell that he hated very much.
Gu Min moved the veil to his eyes, looked carefully at the firelight, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, he knew where the person he had been looking for was!
One side Supa sends lovesickness?
If the emperor really wanted to send Ling Qingheng's handkerchief here on purpose, did he think he could hide it from the world and secretly mock and humiliate him?
If the emperor doesn't have this intention, then everything is just his wishful thinking!
The brilliance in Gu Minhan's eyes suddenly became darker and darker. He stood up holding the square handkerchief tightly, and suddenly swung his sleeves, sweeping the plate of lychees and the food box on the stone table to the ground.
The plate shattered and made a harsh sound, and the lychees rolled to the ground one after another. In the dark night, I don't know where they rolled...
—
Three days later.
June fifteenth.
After receiving the emperor's order, the sons of the noble families who the queen mother intended to choose as son-in-law for the eldest princess of Changping all came to the palace one after another, preparing to attend the dinner tonight at the Qing Terrace.
Princess Changping also learned yesterday that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were going to choose a son-in-law for her, and she couldn't help thinking of that night when a general in white robes flew over the lotus pond to pick lotuses for her, and she felt a little unhappy in her heart.
But what matters in marriage is the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. How can it be her turn to speak for herself as a daughter in the boudoir, besides, the queen mother and the emperor ordered the marriage.So no matter how reluctant he was, he could only force himself to smile and agree to go to the banquet at night.
Besides, after Liang Yaozu entered the palace, he was first brought to Guo Jiuchen.
Liang Yaozu was born tall and burly, with a handsome appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his appearance can be regarded as Zhou Zheng. As the son of a prince, he also behaves very well-mannered. , forced to death the original domestic violence man.
"Guo Daban." Liang Yaozu arrived at Guo Jiuchen's office, and greeted Guo Jiuchen graciously, "Greetings to you."
Guo Jiuchen let out an "um" from his nose, and waved his hands to signal Liang Yaozu to sit down, "Liang Shizi, you are the queen mother's favorite candidate for the son-in-law, you have to perform well in front of Changping Princess tonight .”
Liang Yaozu smiled obsequiously: "Thank you Queen Mother, thank you Guo Daban for looking down on me, I will definitely try my best to win the favor of Princess Changping."
Guo Jiuchen opened his eyelids: "But..."
Liang Yaozu asked curiously: "But what?"
Guo Jiuchen gave him a sideways look, and said leisurely: "The queen mother said, judging from the emperor's intentions, it seems that he doesn't really like you as son-in-law, son-in-law of Liang. I'm afraid he may not be willing to order a marriage between you and Princess Changping."
Liang Yaozu was a little at a loss and said: "Then... If the emperor disagrees, what should we do? Please Guo Daban express it?"
Guo Jiuchen smiled contemptuously, "Your Majesty Liang, you don't have to worry too much. Since our family has accepted your filial piety from Liang Guogong's mansion, we will naturally help you fulfill your wish and marry the eldest princess Changping."
It turned out that the descendants of the Duke of Liang's mansion were not worthy, and they had the title of Duke of Liang, but they were neither good at being an official nor good at management. The inner space had already been emptied. In the future, he will marry the generous dowry of Liang's family, and he wants to use the dowry of Princess Changping to cover the cost of maintaining Liang Guogong's mansion, so he will bribe Guo Jiuchen with a lot of money to become Liang Yaozu's son-in-law.
Liang Yaozu tentatively asked Guo Jiuchen: "I don't know what good strategy Guo Daban has?"
Guo Jiuchen looked at Liang Yaozu, lowered his voice, and said, "Tonight, our family will order someone to put medicine in the wine of Changping Princess. After Princess Changping leaves the banquet, we will have people place Princess Changping in the house. It’s a place where there’s no one, if you follow it then, what to do next, don’t we need to teach you?”
Hearing this, Liang Yaozu couldn't hide the joy on his face, and hurriedly got up and bowed to Guo Jiuchen, "In this way, this matter will surely be accomplished, and I will thank Guo Daban first!" After speaking, he suddenly thought of something, and he hesitated, " It's just that if the emperor finds out about this, what if the emperor's Long Yan is furious?"
Guo Jiuchen sneered and said: "So what if I know? The raw rice is already ripe, and it is related to the reputation of the eldest princess. At that time, the big and small things will definitely be reduced, not to mention that there is still the Queen Mother. Don't worry, the Queen Mother and our family will definitely meet again." Keep you safe."
—
When it was almost Xu time, Shen Ying finished handling the government affairs in the Qinzheng Hall, returned to Chengxinzhai, prepared to change clothes, and went to the Qing Terrace for a banquet.
Halfway through the change of clothes, a young eunuch suddenly came in from the outside and reported through the screen that Gu Shaojun had arrived and asked for a visit.
Shen Ying didn't expect that Gu Min would come to the palace suddenly, but she didn't think too much, she waved her hand and said, "Let Gu Shaojun come in."
Soon, the little eunuch brought Gu Min inside, Shen Ying saw Gu Min's figure outside from the screen, and asked casually: "Why did you come so quietly, and didn't let anyone tell me in advance. But it’s also just in time, there is a family banquet in the palace tonight, you will go there with me later.”
Gu Min walked around the screen and entered inside, with no expression on his face, staring at Shen Ying's back, and suddenly said to the two little eunuchs who were helping Shen Ying get dressed: "You all go down, I'll change the emperor's clothes. "
The outer robes were all put on, and only the belt remained untied. Shen Ying thought that since Gu Min loved to show off so much, let him go, so she nodded and told the little eunuchs to leave.
"The belt is hanging on the screen, just take it off and help me fasten it." Shen Ying still turned her back to Gu Min, and said to herself without noticing Gu Min's strangeness.
Gu Min turned his head and glanced at the belt hanging on the screen, walked over to pull it off, and then stood behind Shen Ying silently.
Shen Ying opened her arms and waited for Gu Min to help him tie the belt, but after waiting for a while, her arms became a little sore, but she still didn't wait for Gu Min to make a move, she couldn't help urging: "Hurry up, the dinner party is about to start. "
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he felt something wrapped around his wrist. Shen Ying lowered her head and saw that it was his belt, which was buckled loosely by Gu Min at some point. Now it becomes a ring around his wrist.
Shen Ying frowned, turned her head and stared at the man behind her, and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing? I don't have time to play with you now, so let me untie it."
Gu Min pursed his lips and sneered, pulled the belt unhurriedly, pulled Shen Ying's hand behind his back, and then stretched out his hand from Shen Ying's chest.She hugged his shoulders before, trapped him in her arms, lowered her head, her lips touched Shen Ying's earlobe as if in nothing, and the voice from the thin lips was cold, with a hint of evil.
"The emperor asked the minister what to do? The minister is here to kill the grass."
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