Mrs. Hu came to accept the royal family, giving the Gu family enough face. Although I had asked the Gu family privately before, no one outside knew at that time that the royal family was going to marry the Gu family. Later, because King Cheng passed away, the official adoption was postponed until now.
"Today, I came here under the imperial mandate, and my own mother must give me this face." Mrs. Hu was born in a noble family, and her husband's family is also an old family for hundreds of years, so let her be the adopter. Matchmaking is something that the royal family has thought about.
She first praised both the emperor and the second girl of the Gu family according to the rules, and then officially proposed the royal family's intention to marry, and officials from the Ministry of Rites presented the acceptance ceremony specially prepared by the Queen Mother Zhou.
These gifts are very precious, and even the Gu family, who is used to seeing rare objects, has to admit that the royal family is very attentive in this marriage. Just to accept the levy, then prepare such a generous gift. When the levy is accepted, the royal family does not know how many things will be sent over
"The youngest daughter, He De and He Neng, is valued by the royal family, and the ministers are extremely frightened." Gu Changling first humbled himself and acted as a woman should. After Mrs. Hu and the officials of the Ministry of Rites repeatedly asked for marriage, she slowly clicked the button. head.
When accepting, the woman pays attention to being reserved and precious. If the man mentions it a little, the woman will be in a hurry. How can there be modesty at all
When Gu Changling finally nodded, Mrs. Hu finally let go of her gripping heart. She was afraid that the Gu family would suddenly be unable to think about it, refuse to give face to the royal family, and refuse in front of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, then the matter would become a big problem.
"Then I'm here to congratulate my father-in-law and mother-in-law for finding a quick son-in-law." Mrs. Hu had a lotus flower on her tongue and said auspicious words before leaving with the officials of the Ministry of Rites.
After she left, Mrs Yang turned over the gift list in her hand and asked the maid to invite Gu Rujiu from the backyard.
Gu Rujiu looked at the pile of things placed in the house, and bowed her knees towards Yang and Gu Changling, she was rather speechless: "Is this a marriage proposal or a formal marriage proposal, with so many things?"
"The royal family is willing to give us this face, and it will be good for you in the future." The matter was a foregone conclusion, and Mrs. Yang no longer struggled. She handed the gift list to Gu Rujiu and said, "From today onwards, you must read more about the royal family members. Those relationship profiles. Although the population of the royal family in recent generations is small, many relationships are not simple. If you enter the palace and become a queen, even if your majesty protects you, you will come into contact with these things."
What's more, His Majesty is full of affection for his daughter now, who knows what will happen in the future? For things like status, it is better to rely on your own means if you look forward to the favor of men to stabilize it.
Gu Rujiu nodded and took the gift list from Yang's. There was a long list of gift names. She didn't want to read it until she saw half of it. However, in order to know these things, she insisted on showing the long list of names. Done.
"Today we have agreed to the royal family's acceptance, and they will formally prepare gifts for Najib in a short time. You should not go out during this time," Yang raised his chin toward the gate, "Sima two years ago. The family and the Li family have used a lot of tricks for the post. Now that the post is on your head, I don't know how many people outside want to watch the fun. If you go out now, I'm afraid they will give you a headache. "
"I understand," Gu Rujiu had experienced the clichés of some noble ladies, so she didn't want to go out without her mother saying it.
The outside is indeed as lively as Yang and Gu Rujiu guessed. The Li family is fine. They vaguely guessed the meaning of the royal family's unwillingness to marry them, and the girls of the right age in the clan did not know it for two years. What's going on? It's not a headache or a lot of accidents. The elders in the family think it's not very auspicious, so they don't like to mention it.
When the eldest room and the second room of the Sima family heard the news, the two rooms just sat together and finished their lunch.
"The royal family accepts the Gu family?" Sima Hong looked at the servant who came to report the letter, and was stunned for a moment before letting him back down.
"How could it be the Gu family?" Sima Hong's son, Sima Zhi, was very surprised and raised his voice in disbelief, "Since the royal family has this intention, why should the second girl of the Gu family be awarded a title every three days?"
Isn't it enough to eat and have nothing to do? These titles are used to improve the status of women in the future. Their royal family is interested in marrying other people's girls as queens and becoming the most honorable woman in Dafeng. Those previous titles were just for fun
"Perhaps the royal family wanted to add extravagance to their girls?" The eldest wife, Zheng Shi, was not too impressed with the second girl of the Gu family, but remembered that she was a good girl with a very pleasing appearance, and her appearance and talent were considered among the noble girls in the capital. Not at the top, I didn't expect the royal family to choose this girl from thousands of choices.
"The Empress Dowager has been loving this second girl Gu in the past few years. Maybe she is the queen candidate arranged by the Empress Dowager." The second wife, Mrs. Sun, recalled that in the past few years, the Empress Dowager had frequently called Gu's daughters into the palace and frowned, "In recent years, the second Gu family The girl often goes to the palace to accompany the queen mother, why doesn't anyone think about it?"
That's right, why didn't the entire capital think that the Queen Mother had long intended to make Gu's daughter the queen
After thinking about it, it may be because of the attitude of the family. The way they educate their daughters from their family, as well as their usual style of behavior, are not like sending their daughters to the palace.
From this point of view, this marriage is only a matter of begging for marriage from the royal family.
After a while, another servant came to report, detailing how many gifts Mrs. Hu and the officials of the Ministry of Rites brought when she was accepting the royal family.
"No wonder the royal family has given the Gu family enough face and prepared such a generous gift." Thinking that Sanfang tried so hard to send their daughter into the palace; but the Gu family did not have this intention, and the royal family made great efforts to ask for marriage. , Zheng Shi felt that fate is really an inexplicable thing.
Hearing his daughter-in-law mentioning the third room, Sima Hong felt helpless to hate that iron could not become steel. Since Sima Ji was beheaded last year, Sanfang's nephew felt that it was because of his lack of contribution. In the past year, not only did the two families not communicate with each other, but Sanfang still complained about him outside.
Children of a noble family, who would act like this? ! Sima Hong explained it intentionally, but the people in the third room didn't want to listen. He didn't bother to care about them, and let them complain outside.
And their girl, now 16 or 17 years old, she was a good girl with both talent and beauty, but she was raised by her parents to be very childish. Now I live in a simple language at home all day, and I don't know what my plan is.
Sima Hong's hair turned a lot of white when there was such a family who didn't have to worry about holding back relatives: "Three rooms... try to watch them, and don't make trouble."
He knew how much Sanfang wanted to send his daughter into the palace. Now that the royal family intends to make Gu's daughter the queen, he doesn't worry about anything else.
In fact, although the third room of the Sima family was not as unbearable as Sima Hong imagined, it was not too far away.
Since their son was beheaded, the third wife of the Sima family hated the Gu family to the extreme. Now that the royal family wanted to marry the daughter of the Gu family, the third wife smashed a set of tea cups on the spot.
"It's a good family, they will get everything!" The third wife burst into tears when she thought of her son, "If it weren't for them, how could my son be in a different place. Their family lost a daughter-in-law in exchange for a queen. It's a really good deal.”
At this moment in the third wife's mind, all the faults are the family's. The Gu family's eldest grandmother was killed and killed because the Gu family was not careful, and her son was beheaded.
"Have pity on my son, have pity on my son." The third wife cried almost breathlessly, suddenly looked at her daughter who was standing at the door, and said with a grim face, "My daughter is more beautiful than her, more talented than her, and has a better background than her. , why is she the queen?! God has no eyes!"
At this time, the third wife has no reason to speak, except for the vicious cursing and endless complaints.
Sima Xiang stood in a daze, listening numbly to the third wife's constant cursing, unable to get the slightest emotion in her heart. Because for the past year, she has spent all her time with her mother's scolding. No matter how ugly or irrational these words are, they are already common to her.
She knew that her mother had a mental problem, so she was like this today.
But what's the use of knowing? What can she do, who is frightened by the black cat and disrespected in front of many nobles from aristocratic families
"What is your mother scolding again?" Sima Yue stood behind her daughter, looking at the mess in the house, and suddenly didn't have the intention to step in. Over the past year, having lost his son, he has given up thinking about sending his daughter into the palace. Hearing his wife's curses every day, and having to bear the pain of losing his son, Sima Yue seemed to have aged ten years in just one year.
"Father." Sima Xiang turned around and greeted Sima Yue with a blessing.
"Go back to your yard, I'm here," Sima Yue sighed when he saw his daughter's numb expression, "Your mother is like this every day, you should get used to it."
"Yes." Sima Xiang walked out of the main hospital according to her words. When she was discharged from the hospital door, she turned her head and looked behind her. Her father stood at the door and didn't move, while her mother's curses didn't stop.
If she could have foreseen today, why would she have to do that day? Maybe God opened her eyes, and the evil she committed in the past will be retributed today.
Sure enough, a few days later, the royal family officially hired the Gu family. After receiving the birth date of the Gu family's daughter, it was sent to the Qin Tianjian.
The second girl of the Gu family is a person who has been praised by the real people of Izumo himself as a lucky person. Naturally, Qin Tianjian can't figure out what's wrong. When the characters of His Majesty and the county magistrate of Changyan were combined, the people in Qin Tianjian were stunned. It's not that the two characters are not suitable, but they are too suitable.
Those who can serve in Qin Tianjian have more or less real skills. They have also calculated a lot of marriage characters for the royal family and noble families, but they have never predicted such a suitable character.
Usually, they often praise other people's marriage as a match made in heaven, but that is just for auspiciousness. Today, His Majesty and Changyan County Master are truly a match made in heaven, and they are each other's nobles.
"Okay," the supervisor of Qin Tianjian stroked his beard and said three good words in a row. His apprentice looked at his master suspiciously, and asked curiously, "Master, what's the matter with you?"
"I have served in Qintianjian for many years, and this is the first time I have seen such a good character," Jianzheng sighed, and wrote on the paper "a match made in heaven, rare in the world".
"Does your majesty and the county lord of Changyan really match up so well?" The little apprentice has heard several adults say that your majesty and the county lord of Changyan are a match made in heaven. Words, it doesn't matter. Now even his master said so, the little apprentice couldn't help but be curious.
"Tell you kid to learn the technique of reckoning on weekdays, don't take it seriously, now you know you are curious?" The old supervisor was in a good mood, and when he saw no one around, he whispered, "What I said today, I Let me tell you, you can't spread it."
The little apprentice nodded. He was the apprentice of the old prisoner who was raised by his son. Naturally, he knew that some things could be said in private, but they could not be shared.
"His Majesty is the one who is in charge of you, and it is the appearance of a real dragon, but..." The old prisoner paused, his voice lowered, "The real dragon is not lucky enough to be around, but it is a premature death."
The little apprentice opened his eyes wide in shock, covering his mouth and not daring to make a sound.
His Majesty has not yet established his post, so if other people know that His Majesty's death is an early death, wouldn't Dafeng be in chaos.
Seeing that the young apprentice was so scared that his face turned pale, the old supervisor pointed to the red post with the characters of Changyan County Lord: "Changyan County Lord has a profound blessing and a very good fate. It's just that this blessing is so good, ordinary people I can't stand it. If ordinary people ask to marry this county owner, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold her down."
"What will happen if I can't hold back?" the little apprentice asked cautiously.
"King Xiang has a dream, the goddess has no intention, and in the end, she is just unwilling to stay in vain," the old prisoner shook his head, "It's amazing, it's amazing."
The younger apprentice became more and more confused as he listened, but seeing Master's appearance, it was not easy to ask questions, so he had to listen patiently.
"That's why I said that Your Majesty and the county magistrate of Changyan are a perfect match that can't be seen in a hundred years." Jian Zheng put the characters of the two people side by side. "The real dragon, Fuze, must soar for nine days and prosper."
"What do you mean..." The little apprentice understood this sentence, which is why he was so shocked, "Your Majesty and the county magistrate of Changyan marry, will..."
"Yes," Jian Zheng showed a satisfied smile on his face, "Our Dafeng Dynasty will eventually have a prosperous age that is rarely seen in a thousand years."
The little apprentice thought with anticipation, what would a prosperous world that is rare to see in a thousand years look like
Empress Dowager Zhou received the eight-character annotation submitted by the Qin Tianjian, and after seeing the words "a match made in heaven" on it, she couldn't help laughing: "The people of the Qintianjian are used to using these four characters." , she handed the eight-character annotation to Jin Yang, who was sitting next to him.
Jin Yang took the annotation and read it over and over several times on the words "Marriage is determined by heaven, a match made in heaven", before he put it down carefully, and said with a smile, "My son thinks that the Qin Tianjian's calculation is good, my junior sister and I are not just Marriage is destiny?"
After hearing this, the Queen Mother Zhou gave him a helpless smile: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm afraid that at this moment you see that your junior sister is all good, I think it is better to let the Qin Tianjian calculate the auspicious day earlier, so that you can get what you want, Lest you dangle in front of me all day long, nothing clean."
Jin Yang smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I really wish my sister would marry me tomorrow. But I'm worried that the wedding will be too hasty, and the sister will be wronged." Speaking of this, he picked up the The eight-character commentary looked at it several times, "It's only a once-in-a-lifetime wedding, so don't let the junior sister have any regrets."
Hearing Jin Yang's words, Empress Dowager Zhou just smiled, her eyes full of joy.
Not only did Qin Tianjian send a copy of this comment to the palace, but the Gu family also got a copy. Yang's view was very similar to that of the Queen Mother Zhou, and felt that the words "a match made in heaven" were used by the people in Qin Tianjian, and they were worthless.
But no matter what, it's good that the two characters are compatible. If there is a disagreement at this time, it will be a big joke.
After Najib, it was the ceremony of Nazheng. Except for the gift list that was almost invisible, it was the pair of wild geese who were jumping and screaming.
In the past, when the royal family and the noble family got married and hired, in order to show their dignity, they usually sent golden geese. It is really unique to send live wild geese like Your Majesty.
After the Ministry of Rites and the royal family hired by the emperor left, Gu Cunjing stretched out his hand and poked the pair of quacking geese, one of them suddenly turned his head and almost gave him a peck.
"Oh, as expected of a wild goose from the royal family, it's quite fierce." Gu Cunjing retracted his hand and took a step back.
Hu stepped forward and tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "How old are you, you still play like this."
"He married my sister, and he doesn't allow me to touch a wild geese?" Gu Cunjing muttered angrily, expressing his strong dissatisfaction with the fact that His Majesty is about to marry his sister.
"Actually, I think Your Majesty's sincerity is quite good," Hu Shi smiled and persuaded his husband, "Golden geese are easy to do, but live geese are hard to find. This kind of intention is very good."
"It's not that he caught it himself, there is no sincerity or sincerity," Gu Cunjing sniffed, "I caught the pair of geese that I hired to beg relatives back then."
"I know you are the best for me." Hu shied Gu Cunjing's sleeve and shook it, finally making him happy.
The young couple showed their affection in the corner, and other human rights in the family did not see it. Gu Rujiu, the party involved, held the long gift list, and glanced at the pair of geese with their legs bound. After seeing the knots on them, she couldn't help but smile.
Jin Xiang, the son of Prince Pingjun, was one of the younger generation of the royal family, who was reluctantly reliable when he was idle. In addition, he is outstanding in appearance and can talk, so this time the Queen Mother asked him to give the Gu family a betrothal gift as the representative of the royal family.
After Jin Xiang finished his errands, he turned back to the palace to report to the queen mother and the emperor.
"Does the Gu family like that pair of geese?"
Hearing His Majesty's question, Jin Xiang, although strange in his heart, answered honestly: "Look at me, the Gu family is very satisfied with our royal dowry."
I don't know why His Majesty valued this pair of geese so much, not only let the guards put the geese in the iron cage and let him catch them, but also tied them up by himself. Since they are willing to send such a large pile of rare treasures as a betrothal gift, why are they willing to beat a pair of geese with pure gold and send them over
"It's good to be satisfied." Jin Yang smiled when he heard the words, and asked Jin Xiang several more questions. After he asked Jin Xiang a little dazed, he let him leave.
After leaving Kangquan Palace, Jin Xiang didn't have the heart to play with his usual friends, so he hit the horse and went straight to go home, but he ran into Wu Chong, the son of the Wu family, on the way.
Both of them are representatives of high-level dandy in the capital, and it is inevitable that they have to say a few words when they meet each other.
"Where did the prince come from?" Wu Chong cupped his hands towards Jin Xiang and asked with a smile.
"I made a trip for Your Majesty, a big happy event." Jin Xiang said cheerfully, "Thanks to the Empress Dowager and His Majesty's persistence, let me make a trip for His Majesty and go to Gu's house to deliver the betrothal gift." Jin Xiangren mentioned the betrothal gift. He kept saying a few more words, saying how rich the dowry was, how much the Queen Mother and the emperor valued the Gu family, and how good the Gu family's family style was. Anyway, they said a lot of good things.
Wu Chong followed suit and touted a few words. After Jin Xiang left contentedly, Wu Chong muttered to himself: "Isn't it just to please Your Majesty and the Gu family?" Although the good things that your Majesty said before, have not been reported, there is no airtight wall in this world, so maybe the Gu family will hear about it someday.
Besides, even he knew about it, and the Gu family might have already heard about it.
The news that the royal family had hired the Gu family out of regulation soon spread throughout the capital. After hearing about it, each family had different reactions, but most people felt that this was the queen mother's most optimistic candidate, not the emperor.
It is said that many of the dowry gifts sent to the Gu family were added by the queen mother. His Majesty filled it in together after the Queen Mother's move.
Some people say that the Queen Mother Zhou has the intention to cultivate a queen who is of the same heart as her to consolidate her position. Some people say that the Queen Mother is afraid of Her Majesty, so she chooses Gu Changling's daughter, who is deeply trusted by Her Majesty, to be the Queen as a compromise.
No matter what these people think in private, most of them are still envious of the good luck of the Gu family. Who would have thought that the throne of the queen would fall to their family
Hu Yunqi scoffed at these rumors from the outside world, and from the bottom of his heart, he felt a sense of loneliness that everyone was drunk and I woke up alone.
Who said that His Majesty is not very happy to marry Gu's daughter
It's obviously crazy, okay, do these people have eyes
Gu Rujiu, who is envied by countless people, is reciting the various relationship records of the royal family at the moment, and she has no time to care about the rumors outside. It was not until the day when the Qin Tianjian set the wedding date that she suddenly felt the truth that she was really about to get married. sense.
The wedding ceremony will be held on February 18 next year. It is now October, and there are only four months left before her marriage.
"The date of the welcome ceremony has been set. In the next few months, except for very important gatherings, you will not need to pay attention to others." Yang's heart knows that these people do not dare to attend generally less important gatherings. Invite easily.
Gu Rujiu hesitated for a moment: "What do you mean, do I still have to go out to parties in the past few months?"
"You are the future queen, and you are not a sinner. If you stay in the house all day, you will inevitably make people feel petty." Yang shi smiled at her daughter, "Don't worry, I will make arrangements for you."
Gu Rujiu, who had boundless trust in her mother, nodded obediently when she heard the words.