Chapter 143: Powerful Minister 【12】
Early in the morning, the emperor suddenly announced that he would make several of his cousins princesses.
This news made Baiguan very strange. Although the emperor's sister and the emperor's daughter are both princesses, this is a cousin, the daughter of the prince, and can only be sealed as the county master. What about the princess?
But after all, this is the emperor's own family affairs, there is no objection from the clan, and there are only a few courtiers and censors. Princess and against the emperor.
Even Yuan Jia didn't speak out against it, after all, it had nothing to do with him, and the emperor's internal affairs were just what the emperor tossed about.
However, after two months, Yuan Jia officially came out of the period of filial piety, and he regretted that he had not been able to stand up in the early court and resolutely opposed the emperor's conferring of the princess.
Because the emperor was caught off guard and gave him an imperial decree for marriage, asking him to be the concubine!
There is no saying in this dynasty that the consort cannot control the real power and cannot hold a high position. Even if the emperor asks Yuan Jia to marry the princess, it will not affect his power.
The only explanation then is that the emperor wanted to appease him with a princess.
Yuan Jia listened expressionlessly to the **** reading the imperial edict. This time, the emperor's edict was issued too quickly. Before his eyeliner in the palace could spread the news, the **** who passed the edict came to Zhenbei Gongfu. .
"...Get married on a good day and auspicious day...I appreciate this!" Eunuch Li, who had finished reading the imperial decree, looked at Yuan Jia, and said with a smile, "Duke Zhenbei, please accept the decree."
Yuan Jia stood still, and said indifferently: "Wei Chen has a marriage contract, so he can't be the master, please take it back!"
Eunuch Li's expression changed, and he asked, "Eunuch Zhenbei is trying to resist the decree?"
Yuan Jia said in a low voice, "Your Majesty can't force Wei Chen to break off the marriage, right?"
Eunuch Li's face was gloomy. If Yuan Jia did have a marriage contract, the emperor forcibly ordered the marriage and let him break the marriage and be the master, which would be easily criticized. But... "The old slave has never heard of any engagement with the Duke of Zhenbei."
Yuan Jia glanced at Eunuch Li and said, "It didn't exist before, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist now, it's just because I didn't make a public announcement during the period of filial piety."
Yuan Jia didn't read Ming Huang's imperial decree, turned around and left: "Come here, send Eunuch Li back to the palace!"
Eunuch Li, who passed the decree, came with great fanfare, and finally returned to the palace in despair.
Eunuch Li was narrow-minded and held grudges. He was angry at the Zhenbei Gongfu, and after returning to the palace, he went back to the palace to describe how Yuan Jia was arrogant and how he did not take the imperial decree seriously.
The emperor firmly believed in Eunuch Li's words. After all, it was a fact that Yuanjia did not respect the decree. And in his heart, Yuan Jia was countless times more mad than Eunuch Li described.
However, it was of no use. The emperor couldn't do anything to him except for incompetently scolding Yuan Jia.
The emperor even apologized to Yuan Jia, admitting that it was his fault for ordering the marriage without finding out whether he had a marriage contract. Meng Aiqing, please don't rebel in a fit of anger.
The emperor withdrew his intention to grant marriage, no doubt slapped his face, so that more people could see the emperor's external strength and hard work.
But the marriage decree was withdrawn, in addition to Zhenbei Gongfu, there were also two families who were greatly relieved.
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The other party in the marriage decree, the Princess Ning'an, should now be called Princess Ning'an.
The emperor suddenly named several of his cousins who were married at the right age as princesses. These princesses felt that it was a pie from the sky, and they were excited and a little nervous at the same time.
It was not until the imperial edict was issued that the princesses' families understood what was going on.
The princess who was not selected was very relieved, and she took advantage of it for nothing, and didn't have to pay for it herself.
And the selected Princess Ning'an felt like the sky was falling, and her family was also panicking.
Now that the emperor and Meng Yuanjia are at odds and secretly fighting for power, who doesn't know about the news?
Princess Ning'an was given marriage to Meng Yuanjia by the emperor, and she was used as a **** to appease Meng Yuanjia. How could she marry into the Zhenbei Gongfu?
If Meng Yuanjia was defeated in the battle with the emperor, the Zhenbei Gongfu would definitely be the result of beheading the whole family. At that time, how would the emperor care that Princess Ning'an, a cousin, would be saddened to be a widow.
If Meng Yuanjia wins the battle with the emperor, it must be a different day, a change of dynasty, and Princess Ning'an's identity as the emperor's cousin must be extremely embarrassing.
Apart from this, it is a question of whether Princess Ning'an can be treated well by her husband's family after marrying into the Zhenbei Gongfu. It is impossible for the emperor to support a chess piece, and Princess Ning'an's life after marriage will definitely be difficult.
After she received the marriage decree, her whole person was not well, and her family was also worried about her.
Now that the imperial decree for marriage was rejected by Meng Yuanjia, the emperor retracted the decree, and Princess Ning'an felt fortunate to have escaped.
And another family that was relieved that the emperor took back the imperial edict of marriage was the Yue family, the Marquis of Jincheng, that the old lady and the Yan family had chosen for Yuan Jia.
The Marquis of Jincheng is not in charge of the army now, but the old marquis who used to be in charge of the army is still alive, and the contacts of the Marquis of Jincheng in the local army are still there.
In addition, Zhenbei Gongfu and Jinchenghoufu's ancestors are also very close and have had marriages.
The old lady and the Yan family took a fancy to Yuan Jia for Chu Wenlan, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jin Cheng.
The Marquis of Jincheng still loves and values Chu Wenlan, the eldest daughter, and Mrs. Jincheng is also very dedicated to cultivating her own daughter. Chu Wenlan is not well-known in the boudoir, but both talent and housekeeping ability are all the clansmen. select.
There was nothing messy in Jinchenghou's mansion. Chu Wenlan was the only girl in the whole mansion, and she was much loved. She married to Zhenbei's mansion, and the marriage between the two was an iron alliance.
Long before the emperor decreed the marriage, the Duke of Zhenbei and the Marquis of Jincheng passed their qi in advance, and planned that Yuanjia would go to the Marquis of Jincheng to propose marriage as soon as he was out of filial piety.
As a result, I didn't expect that the emperor ordered to cut off the Hu halfway.
I thought that the marriage between the two was about to blow, but Yuan Jia rejected the imperial edict very forcefully, and the emperor didn't dare to do anything to him.
The Marquis of Jincheng has strengthened its confidence in this marriage. Whether the Marquis of Jincheng, which has already gone downhill, can get up again depends on whether this bet can achieve the expected gains.
In order to prevent another unforeseen branch, Yan Shi immediately took a matchmaker to Jincheng Hou's mansion to propose marriage.
The marriage contract of the two was announced to the public.
People who were originally curious about who Yuan Jia could reject the emperor's marriage contract finally knew the identity of the woman.
They can't help but admire Jincheng Hou's mansion for daring to insist on marrying Zhenbei Gong's mansion at this time. This is completely on Meng Yuanjia's pirate ship!
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When the emperor in the palace learned that the Duke of Zhenbei was going to marry the Marquis of Jincheng, he immediately smashed a set of tea cups: "Damn the Marquis of Jincheng! How dare you collude with the traitor behind my back!"
If another family married the Zhenbei Gongfu, the emperor would not be so angry, mainly because the Jinchenghoufu was the appetizer that the emperor chose before starting the Zhenbei Gongfu.
The emperor first seized the military power of the Marquis of Jincheng, and then went to deal with the Zhenbei Gongfu, which was more difficult to seize the military power.
With the methods the emperor used to deal with Meng Yuanjia's father and brother, the methods he used to take back the military power of the Marquis of Jincheng would naturally not be too clean.
The old Marquis, who was once brave enough to fight the enemy, fell off his horse and broke his legs due to the emperor's conspiracy.
The current Marquis of Jincheng is a scholar, and the old marquis did not arrange for him to join the army at all, and planned to let his son study the imperial examination and abandon Wu Congwen to change the court of Jincheng Marquis.
It turned out that the emperor couldn't wait for the Jincheng Hou residence to change his courtyard, so he simply and rudely acted, plotting that the old Houye became disabled, and his son was powerless to tie the chicken, and the military power was naturally taken back by the emperor.
The old marquis is not stupid. After investigating a few clues, he found that the clues had been erased. Then, when he contacted the emperor's move to take back his military power, he couldn't guess the reason why he became disabled.
Later, the father and son of Duke Zhenbei 'died' one after another, and the old man even confirmed his guess.
This is why the old Houye knew that Yuan Jia had rebellion intentions, and was willing to marry his only granddaughter.
It is true that the emperor himself committed too many sins, and the clay figurine also has three points of anger.
If Zhenbei Gongfu did not have the ability to challenge the emperor, of course the old marquis would not be in the muddy water, but would only break his teeth and swallow blood, eat this secret loss, and let his descendants keep a low profile, don't get in the way of this. The eyes of the black-hearted emperor.
But now Meng Yuanjia has suppressed the emperor so much that he can't lift his head, and there are 200,000 elite teachers stationed outside the capital. The old marquis, who has been depressed for several years, chose to join forces with the Duke of Zhenbei.
After the marriage contract between the two parties was confirmed, the follow-up marriage ceremony quickly followed. Zhenbei Gongfu and Jincheng Houfu's wife sat together and chose the nearest auspicious date to set the wedding date.
Yuan Jia hadn't reacted yet. Except for the pair of live geese in the betrothal gift, he needed to hunt by himself, and he didn't need to intervene in other matters.
On the day of his marriage, he was called up by the Yan family early in the morning and put on a red dress...
He is about to marry a daughter-in-law. Yuan Jia has not seen what his daughter-in-law looks like yet!
When Zhenbei Gongfu was busy with a wedding, an uninvited guest came.
Meng Qi sent a congratulatory gift, and then entered the Zhenbei Gongfu, and his appearance was soon reported to him.
When Yuan Jia learned that Meng Xi was coming, he raised his eyebrows slightly and instructed, "Keep an eye on him! Today is my wedding day, and I don't want anyone to cause trouble."
Meng Qi had been entangled by the Lin family so much that he had no time to take care of him. The emperor saw that he was useless, so he withdrew all the people who were sent to him and gave up on him.
His wealth is decreasing day by day, and he feels that it is not the same thing to sit on the mountain, and he has been busy figuring out how to do business. Unfortunately, he is not a businessman.
A few days ago, the spies who were staring at him came back to report, it seems that he has been mixed up to the point of selling the house.