Chapter 267 The Princess Marries (Part 8)
Li Shimin was sitting in Concubine Wei's palace, leaning on a chair with her eyes closed to relax. Concubine Wei was inexplicably flustered. She felt that the pressure on Li Shimin was much heavier than usual today, and she could not help but breathe softly.
Li Shimin opened his eyes and looked at her, sighing, "My beloved, please sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Wei became even more uneasy. After sitting down, she thought about the fact that there was nothing wrong with the wedding she arranged for Zhaoyang. Then she reluctantly calmed down and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is working hard for Zhaoyang." ? She lived in the Princess Mansion after her wedding. Although it is a bit far away, if the emperor misses her, he can always summon her..."
"My beloved concubine." Li Shimin interrupted her calmly. Concubine Wei was stunned for a moment and quickly shut up. Li Shimin said in a deep voice, "Zhaoyang is spoiled by me. It won't happen overnight if I want her to change." , Zhaoyang is arrogant and had many conflicts with my concubine in the past, but after all, she is just a princess. Now that she is married, my concubine should not argue with her anymore. "
Concubine Wei wanted to excuse herself, saying how could she care about a child, but seeing Li Shimin's insightful eyes, she opened her mouth and swallowed her words back. How could she forget that the emperor was the wise king of the world? If the emperor wants to know something, who can hide it? The words "just a princess" have already stated the emperor's position. The princess can only get so much if she is favored, but if she suppresses Zhaoyang again, it may affect the weight of her son in the emperor's heart. The emperor It's knocking her!
Being able to become the number one person in the harem, Concubine Wei is undoubtedly a smart woman. She will not do thankless things. What's more, Zhaoyang has been abandoned by the emperor now, and is not worthy of her attention. Since the emperor already knows that she is targeting Zhaoyang Yang, if she shirks anymore, she might offend the emperor, and the emperor's choice to beat her in private also shows that the emperor has no intention of punishing her. She must seize this opportunity!
Concubine Wei stood up and gave Li Shimin a cup of hot tea, and assured her implicitly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, how can I be such a stingy person? In the past, I always felt that Zhaoyang was still young, so I wanted to send some people to help, but Zhaoyang is now married and an adult, so I should let her grow up. "
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, "I am very pleased that my beloved concubine can think so. The prince-in-law you have chosen for the princesses is very good. Shen'er is not young anymore. You have chosen a suitable wife for him with your heart. Shen'er He is smart, studious, and a good boy, but he is a bit timid. Please give him some advice when you see him. In the future, he will share your worries with the prince and be united as brothers. This will be the blessing of my great Tang Dynasty."
Concubine Wei quickly thought about his words twice and felt that the emperor still had some expectations for her son. She immediately said with a smile: "What the emperor said is true. It's my concubine's fault. She always treats Shen'er as a child, so she will inevitably spoil her." After a while, I will definitely teach him well and let him help the Crown Prince with all his heart. "Although he is assisting the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince's position is very stable, and his position as Crown Prince will not be shaken. If he can wholeheartedly assist the Crown Prince, he will still be a powerful prince in the future. no problem.
Li Shimin said everything he wanted to say, and when he saw that the effect was pretty good, he stood up and said, "It's very late, my dear, please rest. I still have some government affairs to deal with."
Concubine Wei followed him out and said with concern: "Your Majesty, take care of yourself and don't stay up too late. I have stewed soup in the small kitchen and will have it delivered later."
"Yes." Li Shimin waved his hand, indicating that she didn't have to send it off, and strode out of Concubine Wei's palace. In fact, he has nothing to do, but he doesn't want to stay in the harem any longer. Now he spends twenty days alone every month, five days at Concubine Wei's place, two days at Concubine Sun's place, and the remaining three days with random people. She used illusions to confuse others. Concubine Cui mentioned it twice, but she was not the emperor's biological mother, and she couldn't control much about whether the emperor could enter the harem or not.
Returning to his palace, Li Shimin picked up a black memorial, which was the result of the secret guard's investigation of Concubine Wei. Speaking of the feud between Concubine Wei and Zhao Yang, it was actually not a big deal. When Concubine Wei was being favored, the original owner accompanied her. She celebrated the Lantern Festival together, and she personally made a bowl of colorful Yuanxiao for the original owner. Unexpectedly, when the original owner was about to taste it, he learned about the death of Zhaoyang's mother. For a moment, he felt guilty for that woman and made him overturn the Yuanxiao and roll his sleeves. and left, making Concubine Wei the laughingstock of the palace.
When Concubine Wei gave birth to her son, she suffered a lot due to dystocia, and she fully expected the original owner to show mercy. However, just as the original owner left the palace to personally take Zhaoyang back to the palace, the original owner's compensating love for Zhaoyang made it possible for Concubine Wei to give birth to the baby she had worked so hard to give birth to. How could Concubine Wei not hate her son when he had no sense of existence? Every Lantern Festival in the future, the original owner would accompany Zhaoyang to eat Lantern Festival and celebrate the reunion. Zhaoyang gradually became arrogant. He would always say that his biological mother and his father fell in love at first sight, and he was also unconvinced by Concubine Wei. From time to time, he would be in the original place. Eye drops in front of the Lord, the accumulated grievances over time made Wei Guifei and Zhao Yang stand on opposite sides, stumbling between each other and unable to reconcile.
Li Shimin closed the memorial and handed it to Gao Fu who was standing aside. Gao Fu lowered his head and silently put the memorial into the brazier and burned it. Zhaoyang is already married. With her proud temperament, she will not return to the palace easily without being summoned. Concubine Wei has also stated that she will not trouble Zhaoyang again. The two people will not cause any assassination or frame-up anymore. If he wants to hand over the imperial power smoothly to Li Chengqian's hands, he does not need to have turmoil in either the former dynasty or the harem. Concubine Wei has the means and years of accumulated prestige, and is very suitable for managing the harem, so let her stay in that position.
After three days of marriage, the grand wedding finally went through all the procedures, but the Jin family was caught in a dark cloud. Princess Zhaoyang acted like a princess and didn't take them seriously. She ordered them around and made them say things with a sharp tongue. They had all endured it for the agreed deal, but the Supervisor of the Imperial Household suddenly changed his mind and signed a contract with another gold company in Beijing!
The eldest brother, Jin Duofu, stared at Ding Laixi in disbelief and shouted, "Second Mother! Didn't you say that Concubine Sun promised it? What's going on now? Second brother sacrificed himself to become that useless son-in-law, but the Supervisor of the Imperial Household chose another gold company to undertake the goldware for the palace. What are we? Were we being plotted against?"
Ding Laixi frowned and was speechless. How could she know what happened! Concubine Sun said it was fine, and she even promised to pay Concubine Sun 10% of the profit as a filial piety, but now... they really lost both the wife and the army!
Jin Duoshou couldn't bear to see his mother sad, so he stepped forward and grabbed Jin Duofu's sleeve, "Brother, mother didn't know it would be like this. Who knew that Concubine Sun and the princess would go back on their word? The most urgent thing is not to pursue these things. We should quickly find a way to see if we can remedy it!"
"Remedy! Remedy? Since you know so much, why don't you tell me how to remedy it!" Jin Duofu shook off his brother's hand. Jianjinhao was his, and Jin Duolu was his biological brother. Now Jianjinhao was in crisis and his biological brother sacrificed his marriage. He really didn't like this second mother and her biological third brother.
Ruan Xiaoyu took Jin Duofu's arm and said to Jin Duoshou: "Third brother, don't blame your eldest brother. He is more anxious than anyone else when something like this happens! Jianjinhao will be inherited by him in the future. How can he not worry now that it can't be run? And the second brother, for this matter, he wronged himself to become a prince consort, but the princess didn't fulfill the agreement. Alas... our family is really unlucky!" She comforted him, but she couldn't help but feel happy in her heart. She was very angry when Jianjinhao had problems, but with Ding Laixi's support, she still believed that she could survive the crisis. After this incident, she didn't believe that Ding Laixi had the nerve to occupy the account book and key! Jianjinhao originally belonged to her husband. Why did an inexplicable second mother always hold power? No one would believe that she didn't have any tricks! Although Jin Duolu was also very depressed, he saw that his eldest brother and third brother were about to quarrel, so he couldn't say anything. It was just that he was angry with the princess every day, but he got such a result. He was very upset and didn't speak for Ding Laixi. Mrs. Jin was extremely dissatisfied with what Ding Laixi had done this time. She had never liked Ding Laixi's greed for power, but no matter how many times she spoke to him, Ding Laixi always found fault with Jin Duofu. She could not force Ding Laixi to give up power regardless of the business of Jianjinhao. But this time was different. In her eyes, all the industries of the Jin family belonged to her eldest grandson Jin Duofu, but Ding Laixi was almost bankrupting the Jin family! She couldn't keep calm at all, "Daughter-in-law! I'm not saying anything bad about you. I clearly gave you the luminous cup and asked you to ask the emperor. What kind of deal did you make with that Concubine Sun? Did you do it on purpose?"
"Mother-in-law!" Ding Laixi clutched her sleeves and looked at Mrs. Jin sadly, "How could I do it on purpose? Our Jin family is just a businessman. How can we see the emperor in the palace? If I hadn't happened to meet Concubine Sun, I would have lost even this glimmer of hope."
"Who knows what you are thinking! Humph! I told you to hand over Jianjinhao to Duofu a long time ago, but you refused! Our Jianjinhao has been standing in the capital for so many years, but you are so bold that you want to undertake the palace goldware! Isn't it good to be safe and stable? Ah? Now the Jin family is about to fall! Are you satisfied?" Mrs. Jin stared with her eyes, her voice getting louder and louder. She was nearly eighty years old, and naturally she didn't have to give anyone face in the Jin family. When she was unhappy, she would lose her temper and curse, and no one dared to refute her.
The brothers Jin Duolu and Jin Duofu hurried forward to support Mrs. Jin, "Grandma, don't be angry, don't get sick, sit down and drink some water."
Jin Duoshou retracted his outstretched hand, walked to Ding Laixi sadly and patted her arm, "Mom, I believe in you."
Ding Laixi looked at him with relief, pursed her lips and took out a bunch of keys, and said firmly: "This bunch of keys was passed to me by my elder sister, asking me to take good care of her son. I have been doing my best and have been waiting for Duofu to be able to take charge of himself. I will pass the keys to him, and the rest Don't mention it. Now that Jianjinhao is in such a big crisis in my hands, I will definitely find a way to reverse the situation. Now is not the worst, I will definitely have a way! "
Ding Laixi pulled Jin Duoshou back to the room, and Mrs. Jin pointed at her back with a trembling finger, "Look at it! What kind of attitude is this! Which daughter-in-law would treat her mother-in-law like this? It's a big deal to say a few words? I'll see what she can come up with! Humph! Dear grandson, don't worry, grandma will definitely make the decision for you!"
The author has something to say: Thank you Su Xi for throwing mines and rocket launchers! Muah!
I have something to do at home these days, sorry, I will update as soon as I have time, and I will definitely not cheat.