The emperor has just turned sixteen and less than two months ago. According to the Dafeng law, men can only reach the legal age of marriage when they are seventeen. Although many people do not follow this rule, and in this matter, the yamen basically adhere to the principle that the people will not sue the official. However, as the ruler of a country, Jin Yang could not ignore the stipulations in the law.
The marriage is not in a hurry, but after the election, you can start thinking about it. People in the royal family have also vaguely mentioned this matter to the Queen Mother Zhou. Whether it is for the sake of the royal family or for other reasons, it at least proves that Jin Yang's marriage is very eye-catching.
People in the capital were curious. The Queen Mother herself was under a lot of pressure. Both the Li family and the Sima family were interested in the position of the queen. Even the eldest Princess Deyi, who lived in Sanggan County, wrote to mention the emperor's marriage. The suitable candidate mentioned in Princess Yi's letter is Sima Ling, the granddaughter of Sima's family.
If it was someone else, the Empress Dowager Zhou could simply refuse, but the person who wrote the letter was the eldest Princess Deyi. In terms of seniority, she would also honor the eldest Princess Deyi as her aunt.
It's just that in this letter from the eldest Princess Deyi, it seems that she is recommending a girl from the Sima family, but she vaguely mentions her own granddaughter inside, which is not insignificant.
The Shen family in Sanggan County is also a famous family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Soon after Princess Deyi married the Shen family, she moved out of the capital with her husband and settled in Sanggan County. Disgraced princesses, this princess is really low-key and gentle.
Empress Dowager Zhou had a headache after reading the letter, and felt that she could not be embarrassed by herself, so she invited Jin Yang to come, and the mother and son looked at the letter in contemplation.
"Does the emperor have someone he likes?" The Queen Mother Zhou didn't want to get into a standoff with the emperor on this matter. Before Zhou Jiaxiang sent her daughter into the palace as a concubine, she refused without even thinking about it. So many steps ahead, and now she is going to give the emperor a crown in advance and let him take charge of the government earlier, how can she be willing to let the emperor misunderstand her
Jin Yang shook his head: "My son is devoted to the affairs of the state, how can he have the heart to know these noble girls?" His eyes swept over the word "Sima" in the letter, and his brows were slightly wrinkled, "The girls of the Sima family...may be different from me. So fitting."
"Her girls have outstanding looks and extraordinary bearing. You haven't met them yet, so how do you know they're not suitable?" Although the Queen Mother Zhou also felt that the Sima family was not a good candidate, she was also Jin Yang's birth mother's family, so even if the world Everyone could judge whether the Sima family was good or bad, but she was the only one who wouldn't speak easily.
Jin Yang smiled, covered the letter, and bowed to the Queen Mother Zhou: "I also asked the mother to write to reject the eldest princess, saying that my son is still young and has not yet been crowned, so it is not appropriate to talk about marriage."
Can't get married without pro-government
Looking at Jin Yang thoughtfully, the Queen Mother Zhou said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, for you, I will be a villain again, no matter how honorable the eldest princess is, it will be more honorable than you, if you don't want to, then who I can't force you."
Jin Yang stood up and gave the Queen Mother Zhou a deep bow: "My son thanks my mother."
"No need to say thank you," Empress Dowager Zhou supported him with her own hands, "our mother and son are in the same breath, so why should I be this wicked person just for you. I just hope that you can be kind to the people and bring prosperity to a peaceful and prosperous world. I don't deserve what I've done now."
"Son, write it down." Jin Yang looked at the Queen Mother Zhou solemnly, "I will not disappoint the Queen Mother."
After Jin Yang left, the Queen Mother Zhou picked up the letter on the table and smiled mockingly. A next-generation princess who had not returned to Beijing for decades also tried to interfere in the emperor's marriage. Does she really think she is easy to bully with the little emperor
"Hey, is it really when the late emperor was still here?" The white palm squeezed the letter into a ball and discarded it at will.
At night, it was the dream time, but Jin Yang, who was lying on the dragon bed, slept a little unsteadily.
He felt as if he was standing on a crowded street, surrounded by whiteness, only the gray pedestrians on the side of the road squeezed him around.
There seemed to be a lot of people talking in his ears, but he couldn't hear what these people were talking about. He only saw these faces that seemed to be covered with white mist, and their lips moved.
Where is this and why is he here? He looked around at a loss, not panicking, just feeling a little strange.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?" At this moment, a girl in a bright yellow dress ran over from the side and grabbed his sleeve violently, "Come with me."
He bowed his head sharply and saw a little girl with a double bun, the golden bells hanging on her bun making a crisp and sweet sound. The white mist on the little girl's face dissipated, and he saw a pair of big eyes, white and tender skin, and the pair of curved willow eyebrows above the eyes.
He opened his mouth and tried to call out the other person's name, but he couldn't.
"Here!" The little girl did not know where to take out a sugar man. The sugar man was wearing a gorgeous red palace costume, and his face was very similar to the little girl when she grew up.
He took the sugar man in a daze, and suddenly heard a thunder in the sky, he raised his head sharply, but what he saw was darkness.
"Your Majesty, it's the spring thunder." The night watchman Tai Ju sensed that there was movement behind the dragon tent, and rushed forward to report in a low voice, "Are you startled?"
Jin Yang shook his right hand and noticed that it was empty.
"I'm fine." Looking at the top of the dragon tent with wide eyes, he was completely awake, "What time is it?"
"Go back to Your Majesty, it's ugly time, do you want to get up at night?"
"No, back off." He put his warm palm on his face, let out a soft sigh, and closed his eyes again.
Spring rain is as precious as oil, Gu Rujiu lay on the window lattice, looked at the wet yard outside, turned to the maid Muxiang and said, "Muxiang, bring my purse."
It is also a very artistic thing to embroider the purse with falling flowers by the window. Although the embroidery is not very good, the posture still needs to be put on.
Fortunately, the aristocratic family did not have high requirements for their daughter's embroidery, otherwise, like Gu Rujiu, I don't know how much homework about embroidery would have to be done.
Since she turned seven years old, the family has hired a few female gentlemen for her, but they are all about the economic management of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, etc. In terms of embroidery, they have not specially invited gentlemen, but just learned a little from her mother.
According to Yang's words, the daughter from the big family, who will twist the needle and thread all day, embroider a purse to make a close-fitting garment, is called leisure, and the embroiderer who is proud of her embroidery skills is the embroidered mother, not the noble daughter of the noble family.
It's a pity that Gu Rujiu's leisurely interest didn't last long, and someone from the main hospital came to invite her over.
After finishing her clothes, she took the maids to her parents' yard. As soon as she entered the door, she heard her father say that the little emperor was going to hold a crown ceremony in advance.
Seeing her daughter coming in, Gu Changling did not shy away, and beckoned her to sit down: "It is imperative for the emperor to crown the emperor in advance. Nowadays, many people in the court are optimistic about the emperor's pro-government, and almost no one expressly opposes it. The people of the Li family also highly praised this matter."
"Have you set a date?" Gu Zhiyu thought about it for a while, and then understood the key. "The queen mother wants her majesty to govern in advance?"
Gu Changling nodded with a smile: "The Queen Mother does have this intention."
"The queen mother is really a decisive and intelligent woman," Yang said with emotion, "it is also a blessing for your majesty to meet her."
Gu Changling said with a smile: "Madam is right, but it is also her luck that the Queen Mother can choose Your Majesty." If there is a mud that can't support the wall, the Queen Mother will have a headache.
"The emperor's pro-government in advance means that preparations for his marriage have to start in advance," Yang Shi sighed, "The capital is really going to be lively now." Speaking of this, she couldn't help looking at her daughter, "For a long time , Have you met Your Majesty when you entered the palace recently?"
"I usually only go to the Queen Mother's place to sit and sit, and I don't often encounter saints," Gu Rujiu shook his head. "It should have been four or five months since the last time I saw a saint."
Hearing this, Mrs Yang nodded, pondered for a while, and then said, "Mrs. Dingguo invited me to her house for tea tomorrow, you can go with me too."
Gu Rujiu was stunned for a while, isn't it the Yang family from the poetry and calligraphy family
Not knowing what her mother meant, she just nodded obediently.
Gu Changling looked at his wife and daughter, smiled and said nothing.
In Kangquan Palace, Empress Dowager Zhou watched Jin Yang turn to look at the door for the third time, and took a sip of tea calmly.
"Queen Mother, I heard that Junior Sister Gu is going to come to the palace to greet you today. Why is it almost noon and you haven't seen her coming?" Jin Yang picked up a piece of peach core cake, "She always likes these kinds of cakes, so it's really hard not to come here to eat them. Pity."
"It rained all night last night. I was worried that the humidity would be too heavy and it would be bad for her, so I let her rest at home." Empress Dowager Zhou glanced at the plate of peach core cakes that had hardly been touched, "Your Majesty Don't you like this on weekdays, why haven't you moved today?"
Jin Yang replied with a smile: "When I came here just now, I used half a plate of mung bean cake, so I'm not hungry right now."
Empress Dowager Zhou nodded, and the mother and son turned the subject of their conversation elsewhere.
When Jin Yang was about to leave, the Queen Mother Zhou suddenly said, "It's a good thing not to let Jiujiu enter the palace today."
Jin Yang looked at her suspiciously.
"It is said that Mrs. Dingguo is holding a tea party in Fuzhong today. Her family has a good family style, a simple population, the eldest son is both civil and military, and has a good character..." Speaking of this, the Queen Mother Zhou paused, "I heard that the lady of the country is also very good. I like it for a long time, and I will definitely invite her to this tea party, so I say it is a good thing."
Jin Yang was stunned, holding the peach core cake in his hand, and then said, "I don't know if the Yang family is as good as the rumors say. The reputation of some aristocratic families is often not true."
Empress Dowager Zhou's eyes fell on the crumbs of the peach cake on his knees and lowered her eyes.
The peach cake is always soft, and it is the most test of etiquette when eating it, because if you squeeze it a little harder, it will shatter and fall apart.