Like Pearl and Jade

Chapter 39

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When such an embarrassing incident happened, all the ladies present pretended that nothing happened, taking care of their faces. Mrs. Wu's face was not very good-looking. Although she still managed to maintain a little smile, everyone could see that she was not very happy. In the capital, although the Wu family is not as prominent as the Sima family and the Li family, they are also a prominent family, and they are also very prestigious in their ancestral home, Fanzhou, and have a rich heritage.

The girls of the Wu family were all raised very preciously, so seeing her daughter being plotted against by the three-bedroom girl of the Sima family, Mrs. Wu's heart was naturally not overjoyed. Fortunately, she remembered that today was the Queen Mother Qianqiu, so she swallowed her breath.

Li Wushi, who had never spoken much, suddenly smiled softly: "This niece of Mrs. Sima's family is really a rare symbol."

The wife of the Dafang of the Sima family was from a very noble family. She belonged to the Zheng family in Qinlinzhou. The ancestors of the Zheng family in Qinlinzhou had many historical figures. The father of the Zheng family was a celebrity respected by many literati in Dafeng. Today, he still lives in Qinlin Prefecture, but the Zheng family is very prestigious among the female relatives.

When Li Wu opened this mouth, Zheng Zheng knew in his heart that the other party was intentionally mocking, but he still responded with a decent smile: "It's because the third room was well-bred."

As soon as these words came out, the ladies present immediately felt like a mirror. The big room was dissatisfied with the third room. If not, how could they say such a few words in a lighthearted manner, and not mention Li Wu's words

Looking at the conflict between the Li family and the Sima family with cold eyes, Yang shi lowered his head and blew the tea stem on the water in the blowing cup.

The wife of the Chen family looked at the people in the Sima family, sneered, got up and walked to the apse. As long as she thought of her daughter killed by the Sima family and her unborn grandson, she felt that the people of the Sima family made her disgusting.

Seeing the in-laws leaving the table, Mrs. Yang turned around and said a few words to Mrs. Yang Guogong next to her, and then followed.

Walking to the apse, Mrs. Yang heard Mrs. Chen's daughter-in-law whispering to persuade Mrs. Chen. She hesitated for a moment, but still did not stand out. The death of the Chen family is the pain of the Chen family and the Gu family, but for the Chen family, maybe they don't want to see them take care of their family so much.

This is not to say that the Chen family is unreasonable, but that people's emotions are often out of rational control. Perhaps the Chen family will think that the Gu family did not take good care of the Chen family, or that it would be better if the Gu family did not let the Chen family go to Wuzhuang Temple. .

In fact, she also thought so, it would be nice if she didn't agree to go to Wuzhuang Temple that day. In this way, the Chen family will not die, and his son will not be sad and depressed all day long.

On the seat, Gu Rujiu looked worriedly at the empty seat where her mother was supposed to be sitting, and she was relieved when Yang returned to her seat.

Seeing her sitting beside her, the queen mother looked uneasy, and said, "I know that you can't bear your mother, go and serve her tea and snacks."

"Don't worry, Aunt, I want to pour you some good tea." Gu Rujiu stood up and brewed another cup of tea for the Queen Mother, before she blessed the Queen Mother, "The servant girl will serve her mother tea according to what you said. "

Seeing this, the queen mother was angry and amused at her, so she waved her hand and said, "Go quickly."

Seeing Gu Rujiu leave, the smile on the Queen Mother's face still lingered, and she turned to Jin Yang and said, "Do you know what I like most about Jiujiu?"

Jin Yang was secretly watching Gu Rujiu's back. Hearing the Queen Mother's question, he was stunned for a moment before saying, "From my son's point of view, Junior Sister is fine everywhere."

The queen mother knew that he was intentionally implying her thoughts, but she pretended to know nothing, and said with a smile: "This child values friendship, remember Ende, whoever treats her well, she treats whoever is good."

Who is good to her, she is good to whom

Jin Yang looked at Gu Rujiu thoughtfully. At this time, she was already sitting beside her mistress and said something in a low voice, which made her smile.

If he is good to Jiujiu, is Jiujiu willing to be his queen

"The queen mother likes little girls so much, so she will step up to marry a filial daughter-in-law into the palace, so that someone will accompany you every day to talk to relieve the boredom," the lady next to the king of Pingjun smiled, "Do you think this is the truth?"

Empress Dowager Zhou rubbed her hands and smiled and said, "This is a reasonable statement. It's time for my daughter-in-law to marry into the palace. It's just that she shouldn't come to accompany me, but she should live a good life with my son.

The few royal ladies next to her heard the words, and they all laughed and said yes, and praised that the Queen Mother was a good mother-in-law who was sensible and generous.

Everyone can say good things, and everyone likes to listen to them, but after talking for so long, no one can find out what the Queen Mother said, and I don't know which girl she likes.

After laughing and laughing all day, everyone finally got a word from the queen mother, that is, the royal family is ready to stand up. As for which girl the royal family intends to marry, no one knows. Anyway, looking at His Majesty's attitude towards the Sima family, there is no chance or possibility for the Sima family.

As for what the Li family thought this time, apart from the Li Wu family and several other Li family ladies, they did not bring the Li family girls who had not yet left the cabinet, but the Li family sons came a lot, and they are in the limelight today.

Since the girl in the Li family's big house fell off a horse and died two or three years ago, the other girls in the Li family who have not left the cabinet have suddenly become much more low-key. Did he really give up the idea of marrying the royal family, or did he make a decision and move on.

No matter what kind of idea it is, at least this pie looks much better than the third room of the Sima family.

In the evening, Empress Dowager Zhou got up and thanked everyone, and said that everyone can go back together.

The phoenix driver and the imperial driver were in front. After the empress dowager and the emperor started to drive, the rest of the noble family accompanied them and left the Taihebei Palace together. Gu Rujiu was sitting in the carriage when she heard the sound of fireworks blasting from the Taihe Palace. She lifted the curtains of the car and watched the fireworks exploded in the mountains seemed extraordinarily lonely in the just darkened night.

The convoy was long and required her to stick her head out to see the tail. She leaned her head against the wall of the car, inexplicably thinking of the moment Jin Yang stretched out his hand to her.

Over the past few years, Jin Yang has taken great care of her, like a brother in the family, gentle and considerate. In the way the two of them get along, Jin Yang is always the one who pays, and she is the one who is taken care of.

Maybe Jin Yang is always calm and rational, unlike other young masters from aristocratic families who have nothing to do with poetry and horse racing, which makes her almost forget that the other party is only a teenager under seventeen.

The wheels moved forward, and the sky gradually darkened. The neat sound of hoofs and the slamming of the iron armor on the guards came from outside the car window.

Suddenly a woman's scream cut through the night sky, and the carriage team suddenly stopped.

"What happened?" Gu Rujiu lifted the curtain and saw a guard holding a torch beside the carriage, and asked, "Why did the carriage stop?"

The guards being questioned were just ordinary guards, different from the noble dragon guards, so when he saw Gu Rujiu asking, he said respectfully, "I don't know yet, but someone has already gone to investigate."

Gu Rujiu nodded, and when he was about to lower the curtain, Yang Chuiwen ran over on horseback.

"Miss Gu," Yang Chuiwen was worried that Gu Rujiu would be scared when she heard the screams, so she drove her horse over and whispered, "Don't worry, it's not a big deal."

Seeing that he seemed to know, but did not explain the reason, Gu Rujiu nodded wisely: "Thank you, Young Master Yang, for coming to tell me." After she finished speaking, she heard someone beside her come to invite Yang Chuiwen. Go in the direction of a carriage.

The carriage was a little far away, and Gu Rujiu couldn't hear what Yang Chuiwen said, but his tone was still gentle, and there was a faint voice of a girl.

Gu Rujiu put down the curtain, and after thinking about it, the corners of her lips curled into a smile.

Sure enough, after a while, the carriage began to move forward. Gu Rujiu lifted the curtain again, and found that the guard beside her carriage had been replaced, and now following her carriage was Hu Yunqi on a horse.

Seeing her lift the curtain, Hu Yunqi gave her a bright smile: "Sister Gu."

"Cousin Hu," Gu Rujiu nodded at him. Hu Yunqi was the brother of her second sister-in-law. In order to show the closeness of the two families, she always referred to the peers of the Hu family as cousins or cousins.

Stretching his finger to the front, Gu Rujiu was a little curious, "What happened just now?" If nothing really happened, Hu Yunqi just came to follow his carriage on purpose.

Hearing Gu Rujiu's question, Hu Yunqi's expression was a little strange. He pulled the reins and let the horse under him get closer to the carriage, and then said, "It was the Sima girl who had an accident."

"Girl from the Sima family?" Gu Rujiu frowned. No wonder the scream came from the front, but what could make the girl from the Sima family scream.

"The girl from the third room of the Sima family was a little surprised. Aunt Liu, who was beside the Queen Mother, has already visited, and it's nothing serious," Hu Yunqi said in a low voice, "It is said that this lady Sima suddenly entered a black cat in her carriage, Miss Sima. The back of the hand was scratched."

Black cat

Gu Rujiu's brows furrowed even tighter. With the Empress Dowager and the Emperor present, and the guards clearing the way, how could there be a dark horse with ominous meanings

Seeing Gu Rujiu's frowning appearance, Hu Yunqi smiled and said, "Maybe it's a wild cat from nowhere. Don't think about it so much. With Cousin Hu here, let alone a wild cat, even mosquitoes can't fly in."

Gu Rujiu held her face and tilted her head to look at him: "Is there any mosquitoes this day?"

Hu Yunqi laughed dryly, and then said, "It's cold at night, let's put the curtain down." His Majesty, looking at the in-law relationship between the Hu family and the Gu family, specially asked him to visit the sister of the Gu family. If he is ill, then he is really sorry for the Gu family, and it is not easy to explain to His Majesty.

"Cousin Hu, you have to pay more attention." Gu Rujiu smiled and lowered the curtain.

Looking at the curtain that was put down obediently, Hu Yunqi touched his chin and sighed, this Gu family girl is really painful, no wonder Cunjing treats her like an eyeball, even his own sister who married Cunjing mentioned this Gu family girl Also like it too much.

After the convoy entered the city, Hu Yunqi called a guard to stand beside Gu Rujiu's carriage, and then went to return to His Majesty.

Hearing the sound of jogging horses' hooves, Jin Yang's brows moved slightly, and Hu Yunqi's voice came in.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen, Hu Yunqi, asks to see you."

"Which female family is frightened?" Jin Yang raised the curtain and asked very solemnly.

"Go back to Your Majesty, all the female relatives are very good and have not been frightened." Hu Yunqi knew who His Majesty wanted to ask, but because of the occasion, it was difficult to say this, so he said, "Please rest assured, everything is fine."

"That's good, then I can rest assured." Jin Yang nodded slightly and lowered the curtain. He didn't mention the Sima family girl, as if he had forgotten this person.

Hu Yunqi lowered his head and thought, are you worried about the Gu family girl

The Queen Mother Zhou's car was driving in front of the imperial car. After listening to the report from the people below, she shook her head and said, "This girl from the Sima family really doesn't seem to be from a noble family. If there are such banquets in the future, I won't bring her here."

Aunt Liu nodded and replied, "You are right, this family is really not very good at teaching children, the son is killing people's lives by riding a horse, and the girl is very scheming and calculating everywhere. If such a person enters the palace and gives birth to an offspring, I am afraid that the child will also be killed. It's a crooked education."

Empress Dowager Zhou pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "It would be good if the Sima family had such a room."

Aunt Liu looked at the Empress Dowager suspiciously, seeing that the Empress Dowager didn't mean to explain, she was embarrassed to ask, and said, "Speaking of these girls from aristocratic families, the servants feel that the county lord of Changyan looks lively and lively, making people happy when they look at them. "

What is good from above, welcome from below. Aunt Liu has been by the Queen Mother's side for many years, and she naturally knows what she says will make the Queen Mother happy. The head of Changyan County is the heart of the Queen Mother. As long as she mentions the goodness of the head of Changyan County, the Queen Mother will definitely be happy.

Sure enough, Empress Dowager Zhou showed a bit of a smile on her face, nodded and said, "The Gu family is very good at raising children, not only Jiujiu, but also his two sons, who are also very motivated. It's just that he is still young and not good. Too much reuse. If you grind it a little, it will definitely make a difference in the future."

Aunt Liu squeezed the Queen Mother Zhou's shoulder lightly, and hesitantly said, "I'm just afraid of this servant..."

"What are you afraid of?" Empress Dowager Zhou sat on the soft cushion and said with closed eyes, "Afraid that the emperor will reuse the Gu family, which will lead to the dominance of the Gu family and cause instability in the government?"

Aunt Liu's complexion changed slightly, and she hurriedly said: "The slave did not think of this, but was worried that His Majesty had a child's love for the Lord of Changyan County, and the Gu family was reluctant to let the girl enter the palace."

"If Your Majesty mentions this to me, I have to tell the Gu family this," Empress Dowager Zhou sighed, "but now that he doesn't tell me, I can only pretend I don't know." She and Jin Yang are not biological mothers and sons. , Now that the young emperor is growing up, she needs to pay more attention to her words and deeds, so as to avoid a rift between mother and son and let others take advantage of the loophole.

"Look at this slave maid, Your Majesty may not be able to bear it for long," Aunt Liu said with a smile, "Just watch it."

The Queen Mother Zhou smiled and did not refute Aunt Liu's words.

Two days later, the two old county kings entered the palace to meet the queen mother and brought up the matter of standing up again.

This time, the Queen Mother Zhou did not shirk the blame, but said directly: "The next candidate, the Ai family has an idea in mind, but the Sima family girl you mentioned before may not be suitable."

Sima Xiang was frightened by the dark horse, and the two old county kings also heard about the disrespect in front of everyone. So the queen mother said so, the two could not refute, anyway, even the second room of the Sima family no longer mentioned the matter of the queen, and they didn't plan to care about it anymore.

"I don't know which lady belongs to the Queen Mother?" King Pingjun was a little curious.

"Although Aijia has an idea in her heart, she has never asked the girl's family to marry her, so after the matter is completed, Aijia will explain to the two uncles. What do the two uncles think?" Empress Dowager Zhou saw that the two county kings had given up asking. , knowing that they will not insist on this matter any longer.

"It's nature, it's nature," the two county kings said sensibly. Although with the current status of the royal family, no aristocratic family would dare to refuse the royal family's request for marriage, but the words could not be said so bluntly.

I still remember that when the Jin family first gained the throne, Taizu wanted to marry a certain girl as the crown prince for the prince, but was ruthlessly rejected by the other party. Emperor Taizu immediately expressed his generosity that it was okay, and within a few years of turning around, everyone in this family who entered the court and became an official was demoted from the court for various reasons. When the family tree was re-established a hundred years ago, the family name was no longer on the family tree.

The people of their Jin family actually have no shortcomings, but they are a little small.

When Jin Yang, the heir of the small family with a heart, felt a little bad when he heard that the queen mother already had a candidate for the queen in her heart, and stayed in the Qiankun Palace for a long time.

"Why is Your Majesty here?" Empress Dowager Zhou asked the maid to go down to pour tea, and then said, "Did you miss my dinner here?"

"Empress mother's food here is delicious, and my son naturally thinks about it all day long." Jin Yang smiled, and wentssip with Queen Mother Zhou, and didn't want to leave until dinner was over.

It wasn't until dinner was over that Queen Mother Zhou slowly said, "I see that Your Majesty seems to have something on your mind today?"

"The son is really troubled, and he also asked the mother to help the son." Jin Yang stood up and gave a deep bow to the Queen Mother, "The son heard that the mother has a favorite queen candidate, the son is bold, may I ask which girl the mother is looking for? ?"

"Where did Your Majesty hear about this rumor?" The Empress Dowager looked at Jin Yang with a half-smiling smile, and let him be unbearable, and said slowly, "As an emperor, you must guard against urgency and dryness. You are acting like this now. Not what an emperor should have."

Jin Yang's body froze, and he said silently for a moment: "My son understands that as an emperor, I shouldn't be so anxious, but I'm just a man who cares about his future wife."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother's expression was slightly moved. She stood up to support Jin Yang, and her tone softened a bit: "Your Majesty thinks that if the queen is really chosen, I won't discuss it with you?"

Jin Yang was stunned for a while, and then bowed again: "It's my son who wants to mess up."

"You're not mistaken, there was a suitable candidate in Ai's heart, but I haven't told you yet," Queen Mother Zhou walked to the chair and sat down, "The daughter of Yang Guogong's family has always been the most suitable candidate for the queen in my heart. They The family has a high status, and has prestige in Dafeng, but it is not a threat to the royal family. The girl in the family is very well-bred, with a gentle temperament and a delicate mind. If she enters the palace, she will take good care of you."

"But in my son's heart, he already has someone he likes," Jin Yang said, "I have no intention of marrying Yang's daughter."

"If the girl you like is a woman from an aristocratic family, then make her the queen, and welcome the daughter of the Yang family as the noble concubine." Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Jin Yang and carefully observed the expression on his face, "What do you think?"

The room fell silent for a moment, and Jin Yang looked at the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, I don't want her to be wronged."

"It's absurd, how many emperors have you seen who never established concubines?" The Queen Mother Zhou scolded, "You said that you don't want to establish concubines. If you go back on it in the future, will we still need the honor of the royal family?"

"In ancient times, most emperors liked the three palaces and six courtyards, but there were also emperors who only married one queen, and the two were together for life, and their sons were willing to follow them." Jin Yang cupped his hands and said, "The mother will be fulfilled."

"This matter can't help you," the Queen Mother Zhou was silent, and after a while, she said again, "The only one who can help you is yourself."

Jin Yang looked at the Queen Mother Zhou and did not speak.

"You are not a powerless puppet master, and naturally no courtier will force you to accept a concubine with death," the Queen Mother Zhou lowered her eyelids and said lightly, "So in the future, you should live with the future queen forever. Whether it’s the Palace Sixth Courtyard, it all depends on your own heart, Aijia can’t take care of you, and he won’t take care of you either.”

"Thank you mother," Jin Yang cupped his hands, "but there is still one thing that mother needs to help her son?"

"What's the matter?" Mrs. Zhou took a sip from the teacup, her tone unhurried.

"It's about the establishment of the queen," Jin Yang gave a big gift, "Please ask the mother and queen to ask the Gu family for marriage on behalf of her son."

Mrs. Zhou held her teacup's hand for a while, looked at the child who had bent to the lowest point in front of her, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, can this be true?"

"What I said today are all the words of my son's heart. I just hope that the mother can say a few more good words for her son in front of Mr. Gu." Jin Yang looked up at the calm queen mother, and said, "This is the son's mind, junior sister. Don't know yet."

"Since she doesn't know, how do you know that she is willing to be your queen?" Queen Mother Zhou threw out such a sentence, and without waiting for Jin Yang's answer, she said directly, "Aijia will do her best on this matter, it is not early, You should go back to rest."

Jin Yang opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but seeing that the queen mother obviously didn't want to speak any more, he had to say: "Thank you mother for your trouble, my son retire."

After walking out of Kangquan Palace, he breathed a long sigh of relief, hoping that he would not resent himself for a long time in the future.

It's a pity that Empress Dowager Zhou had not had time to mention this matter to the Gu family, and Yang Guogong's mansion had already asked Mrs. Hu's wife to be a matchmaker, and wanted to marry the second girl of the Gu family for the only son Yang Chuiwen.

When the news reached the palace, Jin Yang knocked over the teacup in his hand and smeared a written word. The hot tea was steaming on the table and splashed on the ground tick by the edge of the table.

But Jin Yang couldn't care about these at this moment. He just stared at Hu Yunqi and asked in an almost hoarse voice, "Where's the Gu family, has the Gu family promised the Yang family?"

Now anxious and regretful, he stepped over the imperial case and walked to Hu Yunqi: "What did the Gu family say?"

Just as Hu Yunqi was about to speak, Jin Yang coughed violently, his pale face flushed red.

"Your Majesty," Hu Yunqi's expression changed greatly when he saw him like this. He turned around and wanted the eunuch outside the hall to call the imperial doctor, but Jin Yang grabbed him.

"Tell me, how did the Gu family answer?!" Jin Yang stared at Hu Yunqi, his eyes seemed to be bleeding.