Chapter 358 Uneasy
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The candles went out, the room was dark, and neither of them spoke.
After a while, Han Ruzi asked, "How...it could be you? It's clearly not your name on the gift book."
Recognizing a daughter or a granddaughter is just a matter of words for Da Chanyu, and giving a name is even simpler. Jin Chuiduo's new name translated into Chu language means "the eagle flying freely over the grassland, the most beautiful eagle in Da Chanyu." Granddaughter, the most beloved wife of the emperor of Chu."
No wonder Han Ruzi couldn't remember the long list of transliterated names when the ritual official read it.
Jin Chuiduo didn't say anything.
"If you are forced, I can..."
"Can what?" Jin Chuanduo's voice was still full of anger.
Han Ruzi really has no choice. This is a relationship between two hostile countries, not an ordinary emperor and a concubine. Moreover, the two have held a ceremony to send Jin Chuiduo back, which is tantamount to even greater humiliation.
Han Ruzi walked forward cautiously in the dark, and just took two steps, when the hand stretched out in front suddenly touched something, it turned out that Jin Chuiduo was also walking forward.
She reacted quickly, grabbed the emperor's wrist, and pulled it hard - she didn't pull it, her archery skills were good, but her strength was not enough. To take it back, suddenly stand unsteady.
Han Ruzi's wrist was captured, and she also reacted subconsciously, using her arm force, only to hear a soft cry from the person on the opposite side, as if she was about to fall, hurriedly grabbed the hand and dragged her to his side.
The two stood next to each other and remained silent for a while.
"Da Chanyu..." Han Ruzi still had a lot of doubts in his heart.
"Do you want to enter the bridal chamber with Da Shanyu?"
"Of course not, I just... I remember we got married once, but I didn't expect there would be a second time."
When it was still in the fishing village of the capital, a group of people roared and called Jin Chuiduo the "Queen Empress" and carried the two of them in a parade, but there was no official marriage.
Jin Chuiduo's hand suddenly grabbed the emperor's neck, "You planned this early, didn't you?"
The hand did not exert any force, Han Ruzi was nothing to fear, but felt that the new concubine had a really big temper. If a minister like Liu Jie heard about this, he would definitely shake his head, and he might even send the imperial concubine an edict, "Premeditated. what?"
"During the negotiation, you said...you said you didn't care who you were kissing, but in private, you sent a message to Da Chanyu and asked him to take me... right?"
Han Ruzi was about to deny it, but the words turned into another meaning, "Well, yes, Da Chanyu is very smart and understands what I mean."
The hand on his neck tightened a little, but immediately loosened again, but did not move away.
The two were silent again.
"You are the Emperor of Great Chu." Jin Chuiduo suddenly said, I don't know what it means, there are joys and regrets, as if this is not entirely a good thing.
"You are the 'Queen Empress'." Han Ruzi teased, and regretted it as soon as he said it. Jun Wu jokingly said that Da Chu has officially refused to make the Xiongnu woman the queen, and it is not possible to tie them together, so she can only be named a noble concubine. "Although the four words are a joke, it is very inappropriate to say them from the emperor's mouth.
Jin Chuiduo didn't care, sighed softly, "This is what our Jin family owes Da Chu."
"Just Da Chu?"
Seeing that the emperor's ridicule was getting stronger and stronger, Jin Chuiduo snorted heavily, dodged to dodge, but was hugged tightly.
"This is our wedding night."
No candles, only night.
Jin Chuiduo, the daughter of Marquis Guiyi, turned out to be a noble concubine. The next morning, after the news came out, the whole city was boiling. The people of Jincheng didn't know much about the Jin family. of haze.
Han Ruzi got up a little later than usual, but still held a court meeting. The next thing is to supervise the Huns to withdraw from Chu. Every step must be carefully arranged. a war.
The Huns may not be able to win the war, but they can still easily kill the emperor, which is the biggest defeat for the Great Chu.
The King of the East Sea was still in charge of the negotiations, but when the court meeting ended, he did not leave immediately, but stayed in front of the emperor. When all the ministers were gone, only the eunuch and Cui Teng were left, he stepped forward and said, "The big dan Yuzhen will be the king. The daughter of the family brought it?"
Han Ruzi nodded solemnly, hoping to prevent Donghai King from mentioning this in this way.
The King of the East Sea was not frightened. He shook his head and said, "The Huns really know how to play tricks. They can change their name and their daughter can become a granddaughter. This... Then she is Jin Guifei?"
"What are you trying to say?" Han Ruzi asked.
The King of the East Sea smiled and said, "Your Majesty wants to bring Concubine Jin back to the capital, right?"
"Shouldn't it be?"
"It should, that is... Concubine Jin will not run away again, will she?"
Han Ruzi's face sank, but the East Sea King still had a smile on his face. He knew his brother too well. If the emperor was really angry, he would never show his face so quickly, so he turned to Cui Teng, "Aren't you going to say a few words?"
"What? It's a matter of the palace, everything is up to the emperor, what can a minister say? What should he say?" Cui Teng was not stupid at all at this time.
The King of Donghai resigned with a smile. Cui Teng saw him walk out of the room, and immediately said to the emperor, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Chai family does not dare to cause trouble. If there is an accident, I will deal with it without Your Majesty's intervention."
Jin Chuiduo shot Chai Yun, and everyone in the capital remembers it clearly.
"I'm not worried about the Chai family." Han Ruzi said flatly.
When the old princess died, the Marquis of Hengyang Chai's family were just ordinary nobles, and they didn't dare to fight against the emperor at all. In the battle for the throne, the Chai family chose to support Marquis Juan at the last moment, and their family received a lot of awards. They were very satisfied. He will not challenge Jin Chuiduo, who has become a noble concubine, at will.
The king of Donghai is worried about the queen and the Cui family.
There have always been many rumors about the emperor and the daughter of the Jin family. Even if the queen didn't care, the Cui family would feel that there was a powerful enemy in the palace. Cui Teng was limited in his intelligence. He thought of the Chai family, but not his own.
Han Ruzi understood what the East Sea King meant, and couldn't help staring at Cui Teng for a while.
"What's wrong?" Cui Teng didn't know why, so he lowered his head to check, there didn't seem to be anything dirty on his body, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Hu You... No no, Concubine Jin and I have never met, I am in the capital. I just heard about her name, but it was Chai Yun who was really interested in her."
"Stop talking nonsense and go out and do things."
Cui Teng was still rebuilding the Yiwei Camp, and he was ordered to retire. Han Ruzi went back to the study to continue to handle government affairs, leaving only two eunuchs and Zhao Ruosu, a member of Zhongshushe.
Han Ruzi was a little uneasy. After reading some official documents, he asked Zhao Ruosu, "What does Master Zhao think about the marriage?"
Zhao Ruosu is a serious person, he thought about it for a while and said, "Can your majesty be more detailed, what aspects of the relationship?"
"Princess Pingjin is not a descendant of the clan, and the one sent by Da Danyu is not a granddaughter. Will the two be related?"
"Maybe it has something to do with it, but Wei Chen believes that this is not the main purpose of Da Chanyu."
"Well." Han Ruzi waited to hear Zhao Ruosu's analysis.
Zhao Ruosu was a slow person, and thought for a while, "The purpose of Da Chanyu, Wei Chen can't guess, and since the relationship has been established, the Huns will soon retreat outside the customs, and Da Chanyu's idea is no longer important."
"The important thing is the Cui family." Han Ruzi thought to himself, "What else can I do? Cui Hong is already a grandmaster and a general, and there is no higher-ranking official position in the court, so we can't let him be prime minister, right?"
"The prime minister is the head of all the officials, and it has become a rule to progress step by step. Mrs. Cui has been in the military for a long time, and obviously he has no interest in the position of prime minister. There are only two ways for your majesty to make Mr. Cui feel at ease."
"Say."
"Master Cui still has a son and a grandson. His own rank is too high to be mentioned again. He can seal the descendants as usual."
"Well, this is feasible." Han Ruzi had long intended to reward Cui Teng, and he felt that it was not difficult to do.
"Secondly..." Zhao Ruosu stopped talking.
The two monarchs and ministers had not yet reached mutual trust, so Zhao Ruosu had to be careful with what he said, so Han Ruzi had to pardon him first: "Master Zhao, but it's okay to say it, I will never blame it."
"If His Majesty gave birth to a son-in-law early, the Cui family would naturally be at ease."
Han Ruzi smiled wryly, the emperor obviously had the most guarded palace in the world, but as a result, not only could he not get the security he deserved, but he could not even hide his personal life.
Speaking of the first son, Han Ruzi thought of his mother, and when he thought of his mother, he suddenly thought of more things, "Which minister is in charge of marriage matters?"
"The Book of Yuan Shang of the Ministry of Rites."
"He came from the capital a few days ago." Han Ruzi remembered very clearly that Yuan Jiuding, the minister of rituals, was one of the dozen or so envoys from the capital, with the highest official position, so he stayed to preside over the court meeting. Now that he wants to come, he must be the one about the marriage. Responsible.
"Hey, the Ministry of Rites is really good at pleasing people in the palace." Han Ruzi sneered, Yuan Jiuding was one of the first ministers to join Shangguan's empress dowager, but now he has gone the old way and started to please Wang Meiren.
Zhao Ruosu stepped back and knelt down without saying a word.
Zhao Ruo has both Yang Feng's wisdom and Liu Jie's uprightness and prudence. Han Ruzi didn't particularly like the latter, but he still smiled and said, "I shouldn't have guessed without a reason, Lord Zhao, please invite me, I won't reveal the words here, and more No one will be held accountable."
Of course, Han Ruzi would not pursue it. If it turns out that his mother had secretly intervened in the marriage, it would be even more difficult for him to deal with it.
At least so far, the Na Fei incident has not hurt anyone, and Han Ruzi would rather remain confused.
But for the rest of the time, he was still restless. Zhao Ruosu was in his thirties, and after all, he was quite old, and said, "Wei Chen has read it, there is no urgent dispatch for today's official documents, if Your Majesty feels tired, you can rest early to make sure you don't mind. The body is the most important."
How can the newlyweds not see each other all day?
Han Ruzi shook his head with a smile, continued to read the official document, and then got up and left until he could no longer read it, but left an order. If there is any new news from the East Sea King, immediately tell him without delay.
There are still many festive colors in the small courtyard where the emperor lives, but there are not many people. The loach, who returned to Jincheng with Zhao Ruosu, is chatting happily with Jin Chuiduo's maid in the courtyard, introducing his new name "Chao Whale".
If he had seen this maid earlier, Han Ruzi would have guessed the truth at the time, but he didn't participate much in the marriage ceremony yesterday, so he didn't notice the maid at all.
"I knew it." The maid stayed with the Huns for a while, not to mention etiquette, watching the emperor keep smiling.
"Your name is Dragonfly?" Han Ruzi asked.
"Hehe, Your Majesty still remembers me."
"Of course I remember." Han Ruzi smiled and said, "Why are you still wearing the clothes of the Huns? No one gave you new clothes?"
"It's going to be gone in a few days, it's too troublesome to change."
"Go?" Han Ruzi was surprised, because the so-called "go" by Dragonfly was obviously not returning to Beijing.
Dragonfly covered her mouth, knowing that she had said something wrong, and shook her head straight at the emperor.
"I am a Huns after all." Jin Chuiduo came to the door at some point.