Even though there were a few twists and turns in Xiliang this year and after, it was generally peaceful.
This period of time in the imperial capital has become increasingly undercurrent.
Towards the end of last year, there were two large-scale weddings among the nobles of the imperial capital. One was the marriage of Princess Anji to Huo Zhaoyu, and the other was naturally the fifth son of the Su family marrying the former quasi-Crown Princess Song Zaishui.
The scale of the former's wedding was originally not that grand because both Princess Anji and her biological mother, Mrs. Zhenyi, were not favored. However, due to her son Shen Xun's "self-invitation", Queen Gu cut off her title of Crown Prince and changed her title to Prince Heng. Although she still ranked at the head of the Sixth Palace, her power and strength were greatly reduced. The party of Concubine Deng took advantage of the situation and rose up. Not only did they keep the emperor in front of the emperor all day long to ensure that King Yi was filial and sensible, with the intention of making King Yi replace Shen Xun in the vacant East Palace, but they also interfered in the affairs of the palace.
When Princess Anji descended, Concubine Deng seized the opportunity and asked the Holy Emperor for an errand to assist Empress Gu. She made a grand ceremony for the unpopular princess's descent - in order to express her gratitude to the princes, princes and grandchildren. , the princesses showed the kindness of Concubine Deng.
Even after Princess Anji's death, she opened the princess palace. Concubine Deng often expressed condolences to her, Lingxian and other princesses and kings who were not valued by the Holy Spirit. She revealed overtly and covertly that Queen Gu claimed to be virtuous, but in fact she did not care about her. The princesses and kings below her were extremely indifferent. Otherwise, how could Princess Anji hardly wear new clothes when she was in the palace? If it weren't for Concubine Deng's mercy, I don't know what the ceremony of descending would have been like!
It's just that Concubine Deng and Empress Gu were fighting happily, but Princess Anji was impatient and kept making rafts for them. After the full moon, she found an opportunity to return to the palace to see the Holy One, and proposed that the midwife, Mrs. Zhenyi, should be brought to the princess's house to support her. This was expected by everyone, but the Holy One had almost forgotten about Mrs. Zhenyi, so he casually agreed. .
But Princess Anji made another request, that is, she hoped that the consort Huo Zhaoyu would be released.
Her reason was: "The mother-in-law is not in good health. Doctors have said earlier that the imperial capital is not suitable for the mother-in-law to take care of her. The son-in-law has also discussed with the prince-in-law, who also wants to go out to practice. Please allow the emperor to approve the son-in-law. What you want!”
The Holy Spirit was in a good mood at the time, so he said it casually.
Princess Anji struck while the iron was hot and ordered someone to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs immediately to deliver the message orally. In two days, she appointed Huo Zhaoyu as the governor of Longzhou. This place is not very far from the imperial capital and only takes two or three days' journey by Kuai Ma. It belongs to Zhongzhou - which is also It can be said that the Holy Emperor thought of the love between father and daughter and favored the consort.
Because Huo Zhaoyu was originally only a member of the personal guard, only the seventh rank, while the governor of Zhongzhou was at the fourth rank. If he hadn't become the son-in-law of the Tian family, even if he were a son of a noble family and had great support from his father and brother, he would not have been promoted so quickly without significant merit.
But Princess Anji didn't care about this. What she wanted most was to leave the imperial capital quickly so as not to be affected by the fight between the queen and the imperial concubine again - just like what she said to Wei Changying before, this princess is not ignorant of intrigues, but in She has had enough of the intrigues in the palace for many years!
But before Princess Anji and Mrs. Zhenyi left, Empress Gu still seized this opportunity and said, "Mrs. Zhenyi is also the adoptive mother of the King of Yi. Princess Anji is raised by her mother in Longzhou, and the consort also goes to serve and is raised with the princess." Why did King Yi, as his adopted son, still stay in the capital? "There was a commotion.
However, Concubine Deng was not someone to be trifled with. She immediately claimed that King Yi stayed in the imperial capital to serve and honor the Holy Emperor. In turn, she asked the Queen, who always wanted King Yi to be filial and obedient to Mrs. Zhenyi, her adoptive mother, but did not mention the Holy Father, her biological father. Is it possible? Do you think Mrs. Zhenyi is more important than the Holy One
In such a mess, Princess Anji and the Prince Consort escorted Mrs. Zhenyi out of the capital as if they were running away.
… At the end of the twelfth twelfth lunar month and New Year’s Eve approaching, the princess and her husband, who had not packed their luggage, left the capital in a hurry to avoid the fight in the palace. Wei Zhengyin looked at the newlyweds who were saluting him. Although Song Zaishui had an injury on his forehead, due to leaving the palace, , has been persuaded by his father, brother and sister-in-law to find a skilled craftsman to skillfully tattoo the scar into a rose flower, half open and half closed on the temples, giving a unique look without losing any of the original beauty.
In addition to her manners, manners, and conversation, she can be regarded as a role model for ladies and nobles. The recognition of "virtuous daughter-in-law" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Su family from the first day she entered the house... Looking at such a virtuous and decent daughter-in-law, and then hearing about the royal family In contrast to that mess of things, Wei Zhengyin felt very happy, and couldn't help but feel a little more cordial towards his wife's smile.
It's just that this kindness and satisfaction made spring come out, but she couldn't laugh anymore - Su Yuwu insisted on going to Donghu.
Song Zaishui not only did not stop him, but even encouraged him.
Wei Zhengyin didn't know that his wife had this attitude at first. After learning that his son had this intention, he called him over and told him not to move, using both soft and hard tactics. So I followed Grandma Qu's suggestion, drove her son away first, and summoned my daughter-in-law, intending to have a chat with her. They would go into battle together to make Su Yuwu change his mind.
Who would have thought that after Song Zaishui came over, when he heard that Su Yuwu went to Donghu to continue fighting, he said without thinking: "My husband has such ambitions, and my daughter-in-law naturally does not dare to stop her. Mother, please rest assured that if your husband goes to Donghu, my daughter-in-law will definitely do it alone." I will serve you and my father well and not distract my husband from family affairs!"
Wei Zhengyin's face suddenly darkened on the spot!
Don't you dare to stop it? I want you to stop me!
The current guard Zheng Yin said with a sullen face: "Let's not talk about serving or not serving. After all, your father and I are not old enough to need help from others to live. It's just that Wu'er was injured before, and you are the same. You know, although merit is good, it can't be compared with others, not to mention that people like ours are not short of wealth! You are just newly married, Wu'er went into battle like this, you really are. Are you willing?”
Song Zaishui naturally heard the dissatisfaction in her mother-in-law's words, and quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Mother, my daughter-in-law didn't mean that. My daughter-in-law just knows her husband's temperament, but he has always been thinking about going into battle again!"
"He is ignorant, that's why I want you to help me persuade him!" Wei Zhengyin said angrily, "You also indulge him, then can he still find his way back?"
Song Zaishui said: "Mom, please calm down and listen to my wife: in fact, my husband really has to go this time."
Seeing Wei Zhengyin, he couldn't hold back his anger. Song Zaishui quickly sped up his speech and said, "Mother, please think about it. My husband went to Donghu to fight before, as he had been ordered by the Holy Order. The date was set for three years, and my husband Those with similar identities, such as the cousins of the Shen family, the Duanmu family, and the sons of the Liu family, are all far away from the border under the sacred mandate. The Pei family son who previously returned to the imperial capital for treatment with his husband also returned to his post at the end of last year. . Only the husband stayed. Of course, at the end of last year, the husband welcomed his daughter-in-law, which was a life-long event. Mr. Qian and Mr. Gu had declined to go to the border because of this, but no one could blame this delay. Now that the daughter-in-law has entered the house and the spring has begun, the husband will not leave again... When the three years are over and the colleagues return, not to talk about their merits, the husband will inevitably lose his face, so he will say that Mr. Pei will return to work after he recovers from his injury. My husband has stayed in the imperial capital until the end of the three-year period, which makes the villain look down on my husband!"
Wei Zhengyin frowned and fell into a dilemma: What Song Zaishui said makes sense. The three-year period has not expired. Even the Su family does not care about any credit now. They only want Su Yuwu to be safe, but let Su Yuwu openly avoid the war... The Su family still relies on martial arts! Where should Su Yuwu put his face
Regardless of others, Wei Zhengyin bets that Qian will definitely seize this opportunity and spread the word about Su Yuwu's timidity and fear of fighting. Even Donghu didn't dare to go after being injured once - if the Su family had such a person The timid Valve Master is such a joke.
Even if she resolutely gives up the fight for the position of clan leader, Su Yuwu has a reputation of being timid and timid, and it will be difficult for her to survive in the future.
Although Wei Zhengyin and Su Xiuwei both said when Su Yuwu was seriously injured that they didn't care about anything as long as their son was safe.
But those were all words that were too anxious to hope for more. Now Su Yuwu has recovered from her injury and is married to a wife. Wei Zhengyin and his wife certainly hope that their son can have a good future and prosper their family.
A son of a military general who has a reputation of being cowardly and afraid of war, even if he has his father's support, what kind of future does he have? It's just a matter of relying on the legacy of the ancestors to get by, and at least it will involve generations of descendants who will be ridiculed for having a cowardly elder.
Wei Zhengyin bit her lip and thought: "That's right, I'm trying my best to keep Wu'er here these days so as not to go to Donghu again. Why did that bitch from the Qian family not only didn't laugh at Wu'er when she heard this, but she also followed her?" What do I mean? I thought she was determined to fight because her father’s intentions were revealed! But she had such a vicious idea!”
Wei Zhengyin sighed, "Good boy, you are right, Wu'er is going to Donghu! But you also know that this battle... is dangerous and unpredictable. The injury he suffered earlier was really dangerous. It scares me out of my wits! Now he’s going again, it’s only spring now, and the three-year period is in September! What should I do during this time?”
Song Zaishui was confident and said with a smile: "Mom, think about it, my husband and the others were injured before, it was all because of the cunning and ambush of the Di people. Since then, the Liu family has been extremely vigilant and has refused to let them go into battle at all. , Even if they go into battle, they will send a large number of people to cover and protect them. Haven't we never heard of those young masters being injured in the past year? How valuable are the sons of our family? Back to Donghu, it was Liu Youzhao of their family who took the lead. If they haven't protected my husband, how can they explain it to us? I guess the Liu family will not let him have any more troubles this time. "Dangerous."
Wei Zhengyin actually knows this truth, but mothers always have to worry: "What if the Liu family neglects it?" (To be continued)