"What did you say?!" Duanmu Xinmiao stood up in shock and anger, and said sternly, "Grandpa, he led hundreds of officials to kneel in the palace, intending to persuade the Holy Remonstrance to agree with Weiyuan Hou and the Donghu Army to attack Yanzhou City?!"
Zhu Shi lowered his hand and quickly answered: "As I said to the young lady, that's exactly what it is! Not only the clan leader, but also the first rank, Master Situ!"
There are only six first-rank officers in the Wei Dynasty, usually held by Shangzhu Kingdom, namely Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, Taiwei, Situ and Sikong. Duanmu Xing, the biological grandfather of Duanmu Xinmiao, is now the Grand Master, while Situ is Wei Yu, who was born next to Ruiyu Hall and took over because Wei Qi, Marquis of Jingcheng, became an official in his early years.
The year before last, Duanmu Xinmiao was coaxed back to the imperial capital by her fourth uncle Duanmiqin to get married, but due to various reasons, this lifelong event never went smoothly. It wasn't until this year's Lantern Festival that they exchanged Geng Tie with the Huo family - after her stepmother Zhou Yueguang and her sister-in-law, Queen Mother Cai, read all about the heroes of the imperial capital, they all agreed that although Huo Chenyuan, the second son of the Huo family, was a commoner, he was only a child of an aristocratic family. But he has an honest and kind temperament and can definitely tolerate the surly Duanmu Xinmiao.
Moreover, Huo Chenyuan has been a disciple of Wei Yu since he was a child. Although ordinary people don't know it, he is Wei Yu's proud disciple. Wei Yu has always been known for his uprightness in the court, and even the head of the Wei family, Wei Huan, sometimes refuses to show his respect.
The protégé of this kind of person must be reliable in character.
Duanmu Xinmiao got married mostly for the generous dowry promised to her by her family. She would not object to the choice of her husband as long as he was not too annoying. Huo Chenyuan's taciturnity made her feel that this man was not noisy, and that after getting married, he would not disturb her thinking about pharmacology and medicine.
So the marriage was settled.
So from the Lantern Festival to now, she has been forced by her stepmother and sister-in-law to prepare for marriage - it is February now, and her wedding date is set for May. Because Duanmu Xinmiao has already reached the age of leaving the court, for a family like the Duanmu family, their daughter's dowry is prepared from the time she is born. The head of the Huo family had two male heirs, Huo Zhaoyu and Huo Chenyuan. Huo Zhaoyu became the master. When she became the master, due to the fighting between Concubine Deng and Empress Gu, the capable concubine almost took care of the consort's side.
As a result, many things that the Huo family prepared for their eldest son's wedding were not used, so they simply added some to prepare for Huo Chenyuan. Originally, at Huo Chenyuan's age, he should have gotten engaged long ago. But because Huo Zhaoyu's master was very sudden, and the Huo family had few sons, even a concubine attached great importance to his life-long affairs, and they picked and dragged them down, but they happened to be paired with Duanmu Xinmiao.
In this way, the two of them are not too young, and everything from the two families is ready, so the specific wedding date was decided together when they got engaged.
Of course, Duanmu Xinmiao's character couldn't bear to sit in her boudoir all day embroidering and embroidering. Fortunately, the Zhu Shi and Zhu Lan she asked for from Wei Changying were extremely smart maids, who noticed her depression and chirped all day long. Find out all kinds of interesting news to amuse her.
Over the past few days, Duanmu Xinmiao has become accustomed to listening to their reports of interesting things outside while doing embroidery every day. Unexpectedly, Zhu Shi came over in a hurry so early in the morning. His little face, which usually had a three-pointed smile, was full of panic. Duanmu Xinmiao was still wondering about something, when she heard her say this. Deadly news!
Duanmu Xinmiao can be regarded as the deviant type among all the ladies. If she is given the choice, she will never offend the Holy Lord at this time!
It’s not that as a minister of the Wei Dynasty, he is not dedicated—the Holy Emperor was never a wise king, but now he is really old!
It is said that His Highness Shen Bo, who took over the East Palace at the end of last year and was the former King of Yi and now the Crown Prince, asked Weiyuan Marquis to temporarily abandon several unimportant forts on the border and personally led the army to quell the rebellion in Yanzhou, but was rejected. He rushed to Xuanming Hall and knelt down to ask the Holy One to change his mind!
Although Prince Shenbo is known as a cruel person in the clan and not very smart, he is very sober on this matter! He also suggested to the Holy Sage that since Weiyuan Marquis was older, he might be too tiring to direct the siege personally, not to mention that Beirong was eyeing the attack and Weiyuan Marquis was still needed to take charge! It is better to let the Shen family or the Su family, who are also good at military strategy, take charge of the army... The Shen family and the Su family will definitely not be able to pry away the soldiers trained by the Liu family, but after capturing Yanzhou City, it is impossible for these two families to let the Liu family do whatever they want. Take all Yanzhou's baggage.
In addition, because Yanzhou was occupied by the rebels, it directly affected Donghu's military morale, so much so that the Liu family used their private treasury to support the army since the end of last year. Therefore, even if Weiyuan Hou did not personally lead the army, Donghu's army would definitely not attack Yan. Those who disobey orders in state affairs.
This kind of mutual checks and balances is very safe for the royal family.
However, the Holy Spirit refused after all. There were secret rumors in the palace that because of the prince's plea, the Holy Emperor even reprimanded Shen Bo, who had always been favored: "Lu Hao of Yanzhou is nothing more than a commoner. Even if he captures the city, he will not be able to succeed! I, Shen, are concerned about those who You care about the Golden Palace, not the small state government! You are young and have little knowledge. If you don’t understand something, you should think about it carefully, instead of letting the wind lead you without knowing it!”
It is said that Shen Bo was kowtowing frequently at the foot of the steps, with blood flowing like a stream and splashing on Danqi. However, he still refused to be helped down by the palace people to bandage. Instead, he insisted on crying: "The child is not sensitive, but he also knows the distance between Yanzhou and Yanzhou." The imperial capital is only a few days away, and there is a vast sea of desert. You can drive directly to Yanzhou City from the Rong Kingdom! It has been more than half a year since the civil uprising in Yanzhou. How can the Rong people not know about it now that Yanzhou is occupied by thieves? Donghu's food and grass are cut off, and the Liu family can barely continue to use their stores. Their morale has declined extremely! If the rebellion in Yanzhou cannot be quelled for a long time, what will happen if the Rong take advantage of the situation and attack Donghu, or if the troops are in danger and attack the Central Plains across the vast sea? "
When the Holy Emperor heard this, he was furious and shouted: "You traitor! I really don't think I know that although you begged me earnestly to marry the daughter of our concubine, you didn't like her very much after she married." . Before the full moon, you took in the concubine Deng, who is the niece of Ranlitang? You actually ignored your Majesty and helped Deng to force me to come! Do you think I can do whatever I want just because I love you?"
Previously, at the birthday of Princess Linchuan, Shen Bo's eye-catcher was originally Su Yufei, the fourth daughter of the Su family. However, because of his cruel reputation, he was deliberately misled by Shen Zangning, the fourth daughter of the Su family, into Wei Lingyue, the daughter of the family. It's just that both Su Yufei and Wei Lingyue are ladies of the world. Even if they are princes, they can only bump into them by chance, not just when they want to.
So Shen Bo spent a lot of effort to get Wei Lingyue to marry him. However, it was only after the wedding that he realized that he had married the wrong person - he couldn't tell anyone about such an embarrassing thing. The Shen family was so famous that he couldn't afford to offend him. I was also afraid that the Holy Emperor would be suspicious of me if I asked to marry Shen Zangning as a concubine, so I could only endure it. But Wei Lingyue was not the person he liked, and Wei Lingyue's temperament was completely different from Su Yufei's. They happened to be quiet and moved... Shen Bo had always felt that demure womanhood was boring and boring, so he naturally treated her very coldly.
Although the fact that he was deceived into marrying the wrong person was concealed, the fact that he worked so hard to find his real wife was finally revealed. Concubine Deng was aware of his words and recommended the current Deng family to him. The surname Deng was recommended by the imperial concubine. Of course she was a daughter of the Deng family, but her mother was born in the Liu family of Donghu, so her uncle was naturally a descendant of the Liu family in Donghu.
But to say she is the daughter of the Deng family and the niece of a branch of Ranli Hall is a nice thing to say. In fact, regardless of father or mother, the blood lines of both families are very distant. The families are poor and no different from common people.
However, she was favored by her parents and brothers, and she developed a cheerful and lively temperament, which just happened to appeal to Shenbo. Therefore, Concubine Deng was originally recommended to him as his concubine, but Shen Bo liked her very much and actually gave her the position of concubine. This Deng family has the support of the family aunt, Concubine Deng, and is favored by Shen Bo. In the East Palace, it seems that even the serious Crown Princess Wei Lingyue wants to give her a threesome. However, her blessings seemed to be more than this. Ten days ago, another pregnancy news came out. As soon as the news came out, the Mingguang Palace where Concubine Deng lived sent various rewards to the East Palace one by one, for fear that everyone would not know about Deng Guifei. The concubine will become the biological mother of the prince’s first heir!
The Holy Father has never interfered with the backyard of his children unless it involves government affairs... that is to say, unless the Holy One feels threatened.
After Shen Bo married Wei Lingyue, he did not like her. He followed Concubine Deng's advice to marry the Deng family before she was full moon. He favored the Deng family more than the Crown Princess Wei Lingyue. After the Deng family became pregnant, she became even more beautiful. The entire East Palace surrounded her. Then she turned to ignore the Crown Princess... none of these saints paid attention to her.
But I didn't expect that it would suddenly be mentioned at this moment.
Shen Bo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "How could the child help outsiders plot against the father?! If the father does not believe what the child said just now, every word comes from the heart, and every word is for the father and the emperor. I, Dawei Heshan! I am willing to do extraordinary things, so I can tell you!”
The Holy Emperor snorted coldly: "What do you want to do?"
"Since my father thinks that the child favors the Donghu and Liu family for the sake of the Deng family, the child is willing to kill the Deng family immediately! Express your feelings!" Shen Bo clenched his fist hard and said proudly with a heavy gaze!
Concubine Deng's favor in the East Palace was no less favored than that of the Emperor's deposed Empress Qian, Empress Gu, and others. Because Concubine Deng often spoke well of Concubine Deng in front of the Emperor, the Emperor knew a little about her as a concubine's daughter-in-law. From what Concubine Deng said, Concubine Deng was of course a good and virtuous woman who could never be seen in the ages, and she and Shen Bo fell in love so late that they met...
The woman who loves me so much has just become pregnant with her first child. I wanted to come to the Xuanming Palace to apply for the Expo and I had a warm relationship with her... Now she is saying that I must die...
The Holy Emperor couldn't help but be stunned.
... Although the Holy Emperor did not agree to Shen Bo's death in the end and agreed to what he had said before, Deng Concubine was certainly not dead. However, the prince's reputation for decisiveness and the emperor's stubbornness in matters concerning Yanzhou are now known to both the government and the public.
"The Holy One has always doted on the prince, but this time, the prince kowtowed his blood and sobbed and played the music at the foot of Danqi. The blood was splashed on Danqi. He was even treated as being forcibly dragged out by the palace servants, let alone his grandfather and Lord Situ?!" Duanmu Xinmiao was deeply moved. He took a breath, twisted the handkerchief hard, and immediately turned back and walked into the medicine room next door! (To be continued)