Linque

The imperial capital, the study of Marquis Wenxin's Shenfu.

Today Shun Xing worshiped the gods, Lin and Shen Dai left in high spirits and returned disappointed.

The rough wooden sign with two names written on it was held in the palm of Shen Dai's hand, and she was lying quietly on the desk at the moment, sinking the hearts of all the Shen family members present, Wen Xinhou and Shen Wende's brows were frowned. Words, Mrs. Lin and several elders of the Jing family discussed in a low voice.Shen Dai lowered her eyes and sat silently on the lower chair without saying a word.

It wasn't until the sound of guards saluting came from outside the door that Shen Dai's eyes regained a little light, she tightened her brocade handkerchief and hurriedly stood up, looking at the eldest son Shen Yingbai who walked in through the door.

The latter glanced at the wooden sign on the table, frowned and nodded slowly towards her.

The only hope left in Shen Dai's eyes disappeared in an instant, her expression changed a few times, she was sad, wronged, ashamed and annoyed, she blushed and turned her back.

——She is going to marry Jiuzhongque in the future.

Ever since the first emperor passed away and the family received the will, she understood this and began to prepare for it.

Although the family had some twists and turns and hesitation about this, to this day, the eldest daughter of the Yanhe Shen family came to Beijing with a high profile, just to go to "the order of her parents".Although the Shen family did not participate in the bloody and tearful past where the emperor and the queen mother fought for power, they can escort the thorny future for the emperor to stabilize his position.

No one in Dayin Jiuzhou would question the strength of the Yanhe Shen family. The answer is self-evident how much a family with a great reputation in the three states of Jingqing and Yue can help the emperor control the court.How could the emperor not understand the truth that all the kids in the year of Waifu understood?

At first in Changning Princess' Mansion, they were caught off guard when they encountered a polite refusal for the first time, but after thinking about it carefully, Gein was also there that day.

When I was in Yanhe before, I heard that the emperor loved his eldest son Qingyan very much. In order for him to be in the East Palace, he not only overturned Jiazhao Xu's participation in King Qi's rebellion, but also let him and his mother He was close to the Gu family in the northern border of his family, and asked the Zhen Guogong Mansion to be his backing.It is precisely because of this that Gu Rouze, who also bears the last emperor's will, must never step into the palace.The Queen of Success, the Queen of Defeat, if the "quasi-queen" enters the Jiuchong Palace, how will the prince who is not a concubine and has no mother deal with himself? ——That is a sign that the emperor intends to abolish the reserve.

But she is different, she is also a noble concubine when she loses, and she is also a noble concubine when she succeeds. When she received the last emperor's decree, she was not unwilling to be wronged.But the fortunes reversed, and today, the emperor will deny the "Queen Empress" for the sake of the prince, but he will not reject the "Quasi-Emperor Concubine" because of this.The emperor sits on thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, and the prosperity of the country can only be achieved with a thriving heir. It is absolutely impossible to have only one son, Qing Yan, and there must be other powerful princes to sharpen their swords with the prince. This is a check and balance of power. ①

Shen Dai was born in a wealthy family, and has been fascinated by these things since she was a child. After the emperor's decree established her status, her grandfather, father and elder brother even broke down the truth and explained it to her.

Isn't it because the prince is young that the emperor does not open the harem and refuses marriage?She doesn't care about letting Qingyan stay for a few more years. If she is favored, she will fall out of favor. A child whose wealth depends on his father's thoughts and who has no mother's love, once the holy family is gone, he will fall into the clouds and be smashed to pieces in an instant.

Before today, she always thought so, until she accidentally picked up this wooden sign under the big banyan tree in Yuelao Temple.

Wen Xinhou's wife, Mrs. Lin, also looked at the eldest son who came in, and said anxiously, "What did you find out?"

Shen Yingbai looked around, nodded his head and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty and Imperial Attendant Mo are indeed extraordinary monarchs and ministers." You don't even need to check too much, Shen Yingbai knew it at a glance, he had doubts about this early in the morning, and he had been lingering in his mind for several days. Now it has finally been implemented, but it is a pity that it is not beneficial.

Just this simple sentence made Lin's eyes red with anger, and immediately patted the table and stood up and said angrily: "Is this such a thing? Dai'er has a little bit of etiquette, and our family has raised them even more carefully these years. I'm afraid What is not worthy of it. Now let's take a look at it, discussing family history, appearance, and manners. How many noble daughters of this family in Dayin Kyushu can compete with Dai'er, and are worthy of competing with Dai'er? If your majesty It’s really just for the prince to postpone the marriage discussion for a few years, but it’s for one, one..." Lin seemed ashamed to bring up this matter, pointing to the wooden token of love on the table, he said bitterly: " To make such a thing for the sake of an unworthy concubine male favorite, it seems to be serious!"

Her words just touched the anger and grievance in Shen Dai's heart, her eyes were red and she shed tears.She has always been well-mannered and calm when things happen. Now there are several trustworthy elders of the clan in the study, but she can't bear to lose her composure in public. It can be seen that she is very annoyed.

Seeing her daughter turning her back and shrugging her shoulders, Mrs. Lin felt distressed immediately, and hurried over to hug her, half comforting and half suspicious, and continued: "I don't care whether this wooden sign is really His Majesty's imperial brush, or whether the imperial servant Mo is bold In this way, I wished to take advantage of the emperor's heart with my sinful and sycophantic stature, and secretly wrote this thing, anyway, there is an order from the late emperor, so there is no reason for Dai'er to suffer such grievances."

Several clan elders present had watched Shen Dai grow up and had high hopes for her. After hearing what Lin said, they all agreed.

Shen Yingbai sat across from him, his eyebrows furrowed since he entered the door, he didn't let go, looking at Shen Dai with tears in his eyelashes, he couldn't bear it, but he still sighed truthfully and said: "I've had someone check it out, and there are clues to this matter. Chu Heng was unselected and broke into the imperial court to become a servant, I'm afraid he already had other intentions. That day, when the Eldest Princess was celebrating her birthday, His Majesty was here, and Chu Heng also went."

After being touched by him, Lin suddenly remembered, and said in disbelief: "Could it be that Princess Ning also knew about it?"

"It's strange that her aunt was most anxious about His Majesty's marriage in the past, but at the birthday banquet, when Dai'er came, she was uncharacteristically unwilling to act as the matchmaker. Let Dai'er make a marriage proposal on her own..." Lin's eyes widened, and she murmured, "Could it be possible that the Eldest Princess has seen Chu Heng, and... also agreed to His Majesty's nonsense? If you want to say that, this wood Nine times out of ten, the brand is really a promise?"

As soon as she finished speaking, several people present looked at each other in blank dismay, Shen Yingbai also frowned.

In the silent silence, Wen Xinhou and Shen Wende, who had been sitting silently on the main seat, spoke——

"Determining love? What kind of love? Parents' order, matchmaker's words, this is the best love." He stretched his eyebrows and said lightly: "Your Majesty is young, and sometimes he takes a detour when he is interested. Since ancient times, marriage, Pay attention to the right family, the intention is to marry the two surnames, to prosper the prosperity of the two clans, and the family of the emperor will be bigger, but this reason cannot be escaped."

He glanced at the word "Ling Ye" on the wooden sign, and continued: "Even if you are really distracted, when your Majesty hits the south wall in the court hall and learns the truth, he will naturally recover. coming."

The deep meaning in his words made Shen Yingbo's eyebrows twitch.

"The sage said, the Qi family governs the country and the world, and the emperor Qi family is to select noble daughters and prosper children, so that we can better control the court and balance the situation. The front and rear palaces are one, otherwise, how can you call yourself selfless?" ?Looking through the history books, how many emperors paid attention to their personal relationships? How many can really be said? Not everyone has the ability to be with the emperor for life."

"That Chu Heng——" Shen Wende looked at his daughter, and said, "It's not worth your worry. A man, but with a bit of flair, just pleases His Majesty for a while. The Zhongli Chu family will not bet on him."

Shen Dai had already wiped away her tears, arranged her demeanor, and said "Yes."

"As for his master, Lishan." Shen Wende and his eldest son Shen Yingbai looked at each other, frowned slightly, and said, "The reason is the same. Lishan himself has not been involved in the situation deeply, so how could he rashly get involved in the affairs of the family. But Dong Junji Wuyue, not long ago, the Shadow Guard of the Son of Heaven was the one who took the initiative to encircle Qiannuolou, and even our family didn't have time to react..."

Mentioning this matter, Shen Wende couldn't help feeling a little worried, Shen Yingbo said: "It is said that Chu Heng's biological mother has the same clan and surname as Dongjun."

"There is such a thing." Shen Wende breathed a sigh of relief, looked at his wife, Mrs. Lin, and comforted his daughter: "It's okay, there are a lot of flower viewing parties in the imperial capital recently, let your mother go and find out what Mu Xiyun said , to test and test whether she knows about Chu Heng's affairs and what her attitude is."

Mrs. Lin nodded, and then sneered: "This Mrs. Mu is also considered to be the best of the female middle school, but she has taught a sycophantic male apprentice. It is shameful to say it, and she doesn't know it when she thinks about it."

Shen Wende pursed his lips slightly, seeing his daughter still staring at the wooden sign on the table from time to time, he couldn't help but said: "Don't worry, you are the person appointed by the late emperor himself, even if it is His Majesty, you can't do anything wrong. That Chu Heng, let your brother meet you sometime in the future. If you have self-knowledge, know the pros and cons, and know the rules to advance and retreat, the clansmen will turn a blind eye to it, and it’s okay to leave him to relieve your majesty. But if it’s true With such disrespectful delusions—”

Shen Wende snorted coldly, flipped over the wooden sign on the table with two people's names written side by side, looked at Shen Dai, and said disdainfully: "It's just a spoiled pet who can't stand on the stage, you think it's 'Xiao Mingtang' 'No?"

Shen Yingbo sat opposite, silent, thinking about something.

Mrs. Lin stroked her daughter's back, "Dai'er, don't forget that today you will get a lucky lottery at Yuelao Temple's fortune-telling."

Shen Dai gradually regained her confidence and peace.

That's right, the signature said: "The ancestral temple enjoys it, and the descendants protect it."

Because of her noble family background, she was designated as the new emperor's "quasi-noble concubine" by the former emperor, and she formed a good relationship.Later, he changed from No to Thai, without Gu Rouze, a formidable opponent.Now that she has seen this wooden sign, is it because the heavens are reminding her that Chu Heng is a disaster that must be solved?

Note: (The following content is not included in the jade pendant)

① This is also the model of Emperor Cheng's cultivation of heirs, referred to as the method of raising Gu. This is how 00 Zi came here, and he is still fighting with his (Gu) brother (friend) King King.Emperor Cheng thought this was very good, and was going to raise the 00 son to be his next one. The quasi-empress and quasi-noble concubine who were evenly matched in family background were selected, not only to help the new emperor stabilize the regime, but also to facilitate the next generation to continue to raise Gu farms.Another: About how Qingyan can exercise his ingenuity without a whetstone, and what will happen to the 00 if he grows up, I will write in the Prince's episode in the future.

②To clarify, Emperor Cheng's last will was oral, and there was no decree, let alone announced to the world. The main reason was that the political situation would change in the future, and the marriage was inappropriate and could not be changed. After 00zi regained the power of the emperor, he appointed Qingyan as the prince and let the Gu family take him with him. It has already shown in disguise that he denied the last emperor's will, so Gu Rou negotiated marriage on his own, and Shen Dai was of course the same, but the Shen family There was a (reasonable from their point of view) deviation in the direction of consideration, for the reasons stated in this chapter.In addition, in the setting of the world view, under the influence of Taizu Empress Xiao Mingtang, the girls in Dayin Kyushu are relatively late to discuss marriage and get married. Generally, there will be some after twenty, so there is no problem of delaying the marriage age due to the death of the first emperor. .The main reason is that before Taizu and Queen got married, one was unwilling to marry and the other was unwilling to marry. They were wild-minded and arrogant, and looked down on each other, and later rebelled.

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Story transition chapter.Shen Dai's marriage has a strong political meaning and family interests, and it has little to do with her personally. It is the epitome of the conflict between the family represented by the Shen family and the emperor, and it is also the entry point for many of the following plots.

The content of the annotation is added later, and it does not take up the jade pendant. Because I can't put it down, I have to add it after the main text.The number of text in this chapter is 3000