Empress Chen did not tell Emperor Chongzhen when she left the palace this time.
Ever since she learned that Zhao Jie failed to propose a marriage last time, she has been thinking about this matter all the time, planning to come in person in her heart. Today I finally found a chance and pretended to leave the palace, and visited the British government with Zhao Jie.
The empress came to the door in person, and everyone in the house was flattered. The servant girls and servants lowered their heads and quietly raised their eyes to look at Empress Chen with awe in their eyes.
The British Duke had a serious expression, and he could vaguely guess the reason for Empress Chen's visit. If it was for Wei Luo and Zhao Jie's marriage, then he would have to agree even if he disagreed.
Empress Chen raised her hand to signal everyone to get up, and asked with a smile: "Did the British lord not go out today? I heard that you were not at home when Yu'er came last time."
The British Duke has never been humble or overbearing in front of others, and he dares to speak out even in front of the emperor. Now Empress Chen deliberately teased him, he acted quite calmly, cupped his hands and said: "I didn't know that His Royal Highness Prince Jing came to the door last time, and went to a colleague's house as a guest, and when he came back, His Highness had already left. Empress and Your Highness Haihan."
He answered so sternly that Empress Chen found it really boring. Fortunately, she didn't come to see him today, but had something more important to do. She looked around but couldn't see Wei Luo, and said, "I agreed to Liuli's request when I left the palace, so come and see Fourth Miss Wei Luo. I don't know where she is now?"
It was said that it was Zhao Liuli's request, but in fact, everyone knew exactly why. Especially with Prince Jing standing behind her, her intentions couldn't be more obvious.
Empress Chen attached so much importance to Wei Luo that she even came to the door in person just to see her, which not only surprised the British Duke, but also surprised the people in the other rooms. It can be said that some people are envious, some are happy, and some are jealous.
The Duke of England said frankly: "The granddaughter Ah Luo should be in Pine Garden at the moment, if the empress wants to see her, I will ask someone to come here."
When Empress Chen heard the words, she seemed to be thinking.
The British government thought she was going to give up, but she didn't expect her to say: "No need, I will go find her myself."
The old British man's face was condensed, his expression was very subtle, fortunately it was only for a moment, and soon he returned to normal. It's not impossible for the empress to see his granddaughter. After he thought it over, he respectfully led the way and said, "Empress, please come with the old minister."
So the group changed direction and headed for Pine Garden.
Zhao Jie was wearing a brocade robe with a royal blue persimmon stalk pattern. He was already tall and straight, and his body was like a pine tree. This suit made him look heroic and magnificent.
The Duke of England led Empress Chen to the Pine Garden, and the other wives were unable to enter, so they had to restrain their curiosity and send them respectfully to the door. It was not until Empress Chen walked into the pine garden that they each left. Among them, the third wife Liu's expression is the most exciting, envy, jealousy and melancholy, all kinds of expressions are intricate and confusing. Except for her, the first lady, the second lady and the fourth lady were all sincerely happy for Wei Luo.
Especially the fourth wife, Qin Shi, since Wei Luo broke off the engagement with Uncle Zhongyi's mansion, she always worried about Wei Luo's marriage from time to time. When she told Wei Luo about it, the child didn't look too keen, which made her even more anxious. This is great, Prince Jing wants to marry her, what else can she worry about? It was too late for her to be happy for her.
It is a great joy that the British government has a Concubine Jing.
When the Duke of England, Wei Kun and Empress Chen entered the house, the golden thread was wiping the garlic vase with a white glaze plastic sticker and a red pan chi pattern on the table. As soon as Jin Lu turned her head and saw the person coming, she was startled, and hurriedly put down the scarf in her hand to salute: "See empress empress, my empress is blessed with golden safety."
Jin Lu followed Wei Luo into the palace a few times, and was fortunate enough to meet Empress Chen, so she recognized her immediately.
Empress Chen asked her to get up, looked around the room and asked, "Where is Ah Luo?"
Jin Lu replied: "Go back to your mother, Miss is writing in the room."
Duke Ying invited Empress Chen and Zhao Jie to sit on the top seats, and ordered Jin Lu, "Go and invite Ah Luo."
Jin Lu nodded in response, and was about to invite Wei Luo, when Empress Chen suddenly thought, "Wait a minute, Ah Luo is a girl, and it's not easy to meet people, so I'd better go with you. Anyway, just say a few words." , it won't take much time."
The golden thread was even more nervous, subconsciously looked at the British Duke, and seeing that the British Duke did not respond, he obviously acquiesced. She had no choice but to bow her head and say: "Your Majesty, please come with the servant girl."
When they arrived at Wei Luo's boudoir, Jin Lu pushed the door open and walked into the room. A small figure is lying on the raised table behind the twelve red sandalwood magpie climbing screens. Her thick black hair is spread behind her, like flowing seaweed, silky and black, and a few strands slid down her cheeks, covering her eyes. Her soft cherry lips. Her long eyelashes trembled. Although she didn't sleep well, she still didn't wake up.
Wei Luo took a shower in the morning, sat here writing before her hair was dry, and fell asleep while writing.
There was a study treasure on the raised table, including pen, ink, paper and inkstone. There was a piece of paper under her arm. Empress Chen stepped forward to look at it, and it was written on it the beginning of "Fa Yan Yi Shu". Empress Chen couldn't help being taken aback, ordinary girls don't learn these things, and only learning the Four Books and Five Classics is the limit. I didn't expect her to know a little bit of philosophy, which is really impressive.
Seeing that Wei Luo was still awake, Jin Lu secretly worried, and called "Miss" twice from the side.
Only then did Wei Luo slowly open her eyes and sit up, her long hair flowing down her shoulders, making her face even more white and delicate. She lowered her head and rubbed her eyes, and murmured, "Well, what's the matter..." As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her eyes and saw Empress Chen opposite, she was taken aback for a moment, and opened her mouth, "Empress Empress?"
Empress Chen just smiled and said nothing.
She was quite surprised, why is the empress in her room? Before he had time to think about it, he hurriedly stood up and bowed his body to salute: "The courtiers see the empress."
Empress Chen helped her up, and joked: "Why did you fall asleep so early in the morning, but didn't get a good rest last night?"
Wei Luo was a little embarrassed. The copying was a homework assigned by Mr. Xue. She fell asleep after copying it. It's a joke to say it. "The content of this book is too complicated... I was struggling to read it. I wanted to rest for a while and read it again, but I fell asleep unexpectedly, which made the empress laugh at me."
Empress Chen didn't mind at all, on the contrary, she thought she was hardworking and studious. "Girls, it's really hard for you to read these... Don't talk about you, even I don't want to read these stories, only Changsheng loved to read them when he was young."
Wei Luo is still very unfamiliar with the name "Changsheng", and it took him a long time to remember that it was Zhao Jie's nickname. She hesitated, "I don't know why the empress came to my house?"
Empress Chen smiled and said implicitly: "I have something to discuss with your father."
Wei Luo: "..."
As for what to discuss, you don't need to guess. Empress Chen valued Zhao Liuli and Zhao Jie the most, and there was no one else besides these two who could let her go there in person. Zhao Liuli has been very quiet recently, nothing happened, the only possibility... is Zhao Jie.
Wei Luo stroked the hair on her shoulders, and said shyly, "Major Empress, can you wait for me for a moment... I'll talk to you after I comb my hair."
Empress Chen sat on the beauty couch beside her, looked at her and said with a smile: "Just wash and dress up, I will leave in a while."
Speaking of this, Wei Luo couldn't forcibly drive her away, so she had to sit in front of the mirror with twin phoenixes and grapes, and let the golden thread comb her hair. Jin Lu took over the grate and was going to comb her a bun with ingots.
Wei Luo couldn't leave the Empress alone, and was just about to start talking, when Empress Chen asked straight to the point, "Ah Luo, what do you think about longevity?"
Wei Luo looked at the girl with flushed cheeks in the mirror, thought for a while, and answered in a polite manner: "Prince Jing is mature, calm, and considerate, he is a rare and good prince."
After speaking, there was no reaction behind him for a long time.
Could it be that I said something wrong
Wei Luo couldn't help turning her head to look, only to see Empress Chen who was about to smile. She was slightly embarrassed, and asked for no reason: "Mother, did I say something wrong?"
Empress Chen smiled, "No, you spoke very well."
In the eyes of others, Zhao Jie is a cruel, tyrannical, ruthless prince, and even Zhao Liuli is afraid of him. However, when he came to this little girl, he became "mature, calm, and considerate". If it wasn't for Wei Luo's vision of people, it would be that her son really liked her very much, in front of her and in front of others. There are completely two looks in front of you.
Not long after, Jin Lu combed Wei Luo into a bun of ingots, and put a golden silk tourmaline hairpin on it. Wei Luo got up and was about to walk out of the house with Empress Chen, but Empress Chen said to her: "You stay in the house, you don't have to go to the main room. I have something to tell your father, and go back after finishing talking."
Wei Luo thought for a while, since Empress Chen is here, Zhao Jie must be there too. It was really not good for her to go out at this time, so she didn't insist, and sent Empress Chen outside the door, watching her leave.
Inside the Pine Garden Hall.
Empress Chen sat in the huanghuali grand teacher's chair, she didn't beat around the bush, she straight to the point and said to Ying Gong and Wei Kun: "I am here today for the marriage of Yu'er and Ah Luo."
The British public had already prepared, so it was still calm at the moment.
Wei Kun's heart tightened, and he gripped the white glazed teacup tightly.
Empress Chen said again: "If the Duke of England has no objections, the Japanese Palace will tell His Majesty tomorrow and ask him to marry Hu'er and Ah Luo."
The British Duke didn't speak, Wei Kun hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "Ah Luo is still young and mischievous, marrying His Highness Prince Jing, I'm afraid it will cause His Highness trouble..."
Zhao Jie was sitting under Empress Chen, and said, "Since Ah Luo is married to this prince, she is the concubine of Prince Jing's residence. It is only natural for this prince to take care of her, so why bother?"
She's not married yet, so she pretends to be her own property.
It's just that the answer was sincere, dispelling all the scruples in Wei Kun's heart. In Wei Kun's eyes, Zhao Jie used to be lofty and majestic, but now he suddenly wanted to become his son-in-law, and it was difficult to accept this change for a while, and he didn't even know how to behave when facing Zhao Jie.
Not only him, but also the Duke of England.
When Zhao Jie came to the British government earlier, he behaved frankly and frankly in every way, and he didn't have a few contacts with Ah Luo, let alone any outrageous behavior. When exactly did he fall in love with Ah Luo? Why are there no signs at all
Doubts are doubts, since the matter has come to this point, the empress has come to the door in person, and if they refuse, it means they don't know what to do.
Zhao Jie saw the looseness on the faces of the two, stood up and clasped his fists together and said, "Please agree to marry Ah Luo to this king."
Wei Kun hesitated, finally nodded and said: "It's just that Ah Luo hasn't reached Ji yet, my father and I don't want her to marry too early, we want to keep her for one more year, and wait until she reaches Ji..."
Zhao Jie thought this request was reasonable, nodded his head and said: "This is what it should be. This king is willing to wait for her to marry her when she is old enough."
Wei Kun let out a sigh of relief, feeling relieved.
After the marriage was discussed, the British official wanted to entertain Empress Chen and Prince Jing well, and was about to keep the two of them for lunch, but Empress Chen politely refused: "I shouldn't be out for too long, so don't bother me. Take it easy for the family."
The British Duke had no choice but to give up, and went to the door with his family to see Empress Chen and Zhao Jie out. It wasn't until the Queen's Cui Gaihua and the Queen's Che Yu left in a mighty way that everyone woke up like a dream, feeling a little unreal.
Within three days, the imperial decree of Emperor Chongzhen's marriage came to the mansion.
The Duke of England led the whole family to kneel in the courtyard. Wearing a black gauze painted gold cap and a red peony collar shirt, the palace servants said word by word: "... I bestow upon Prince Jing Zhao Jie as his wife. , and get married in September next year."
The British Duke flicked his sleeves, stepped forward and said, "I accept the order."
Up to now, Wei Luo and Zhao Jie's marriage has finally been settled.
The British government will soon marry a Princess Jing!
After seeing off the palace servants who delivered the decree, people from the second and fourth households of the eldest family came forward to congratulate Wei Kun and Wei Luo. Even though the third lady felt sour in her heart, when she thought that Wei Luo would be Concubine Jing in the future, she couldn't help but put on a smiley face, and congratulated falsely: "Ah Luo is really a lucky person."
Wei Luo stood behind Wei Kun, holding the volume of imperial decree in his hand, and didn't take the third lady's words to heart at all. She remembered Zhao Jie's anxious appearance a while ago, and couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips. Now it's all right, he finally got what he wanted, she is going to marry him, I don't know why he is happy now