In the past few days, Sun Zhuangyuan's eyelids have been twitching.
It made him flustered.
He asked Sanyuan Gong Yang Yuanqing, "The old man's eyelids keep twitching, could something be wrong?"
"The left eye jumps for money and the right eye jumps for disaster. I don't know which eyelid is it?"
"Both eyelids are jumping, there is no time to stop."
"Your situation is rare, so it's hard to say. It's either a disaster or a blessing."
Sun Zhuangyuan thought that San Yuangong's words were suspected of being exaggerated, and he was very disdainful.
He found Zhou Shi'an again, "Brother Zhou, what do you think is going on with my situation?"
Zhou Shi'an observed seriously, "Could it be that Brother Sun hasn't had a good rest recently? If I stay up late for several days in a row, my eyelids will keep twitching."
Sun Zhuangyuan looked suspicious, "Recently, the old man has had a good rest."
"Forgive me for my incompetence. I can't help Brother Sun." Zhou Shi'an cupped his hands and ran away quickly.
Sun Zhuangyuan felt uneasy, so he simply drove into the city to see Ren Qiu and Ren Dashen.
When Ren Qiu saw it, he immediately laughed, "Congratulations, Mr. Sun, congratulations, Mr. Sun."
"Where does joy come from?"
"Happy to come from the north!" Ren Qiu made a fool of himself.
Sun Zhuangyuan frowned, "Tell me carefully with the old man."
Ren Qiu shook his head again and again, "There is no way to explain this matter too clearly. I can count on my fingers, and within five days, happy events will come to my door."
Sun Zhuangyuan became more and more suspicious, "What else can I have a happy event? Could it be that His Majesty sees that I am old and weak, and plans to promote me to work in the court?"
Ren Qiu smiled without saying a word, maintaining his demeanor.
Sun Zhuangyuan Quandang Renqiu talked nonsense, and returned to Shanhe Academy to continue his small life.
Unexpectedly, Ren Qiu kept his mouth shut, and within five days, someone from the palace came to invite him to the palace to have a face-to-face meeting.
Sun Zhuangyuan was stunned.
"Your Majesty wants to see the old man?"
"Exactly! Mr. Sun tidy up, let's go into the palace with our family now. The carriage is waiting outside."
"Wait a minute."
Sun Zhuangyuan was a little confused, so he hurriedly went to Sanyuangong and Zhou Shian for advice.
"Your Majesty called this old man into the palace, what do you two think?"
"Master Ren's prophecy has come true, it must be a happy event. Brother Sun, feel free to enter the palace, we are waiting to drink your wine."
"You don't have an official position in the court. Your Majesty suddenly invited you into the palace. It is very likely that it is a private matter. If it is a business matter, maybe you want Brother Sun to be the head of Shanhe Academy."
"Brother Sun must not be the head of the mountain. Otherwise, people from Chang'an Palace should come, not Xingqing Palace."
"That's reasonable. In this way, it must be something related to your Sun family, and it's still a good thing."
"Congratulations to Brother Sun in advance."
"Brother Sun, please drink."
"Is it possible that His Majesty summoned me to be an official in the court?" Sun Zhuangyuan asked.
"Brother Sun, don't have unrealistic daydreams."
"Brother Sun, walk slowly and don't let the servants in the palace wait too long."
"Bring more money with you and use it as a reward."
Sanyuan Gong and Zhou Shi'an were also heartbroken.
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With an uneasy heart in his heart, Sun Zhuangyuan took the carriage and staggered to the palace.
He didn't know until he arrived in the palace that his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter had all arrived in the palace.
The daughter-in-law and granddaughter are visiting the empress in Chang'an Palace.
At this time, Sun Zhuangyuan understood everything.
Could it be that her granddaughter fell into the eyes of the royal family and wanted to marry the eldest prince
That being said, it was indeed a happy event.
However, there is no need for His Majesty to invite him into the palace!
According to the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, with the son and daughter-in-law around, the granddaughter's marriage has nothing to do with him.
He is just a bad old man, living at ease in Shanhe Academy.
He stopped bothering about family affairs many years ago, and had already delegated power to his eldest son.
After entering Xingqing Palace, Emperor Liu Zhao was very polite and greeted him to sit down.
First of all, we exchanged pleasantries, from Shanhe Academy to Sun's family.
I thought it was a small talk, but I didn't expect that about the matter of the Sun family, Emperor Liu Zhao's questions became more and more sharp, which caught Sun Zhuangyuan by surprise and made it almost difficult to parry.
This attitude doesn't look like an attitude of wanting to get married, but rather like settling accounts after autumn.
Sun Zhuangyuan was very confused and couldn't figure out what the emperor Liu Zhao wanted to do.
"I have high hopes for the eldest prince, and his marriage is naturally the top priority."
"Your Majesty's fatherly kindness is touching." Sun Zhuangyuan bowed slightly.
Liu Zhao pretended to be very casual and asked: "I have a question, I want to ask Mr. Sun. If the wife's family drags you down, how should you make a decision?"
Sun Zhuangyuan's heart skipped a beat, his eyes were in a trance.
"The grass people don't understand what His Majesty means."
Liu Zhao had a half-smile, "I've heard that your third wife and the first wife have always been at odds."
"Nothing, it's just a rumor." Sun Zhuangyuan repeatedly denied it.
Conflicts within the family are resolved within the family. It must never be discussed in public, let alone reveal a word in front of the emperor.
Liu Zhao smiled, "Would you three be willing to be overwhelmed by the elder?"
Sun Zhuangyuan hurriedly said: "The Sun family has its own family rules to restrict everyone, and there is no one who dominates the other. There are rumors in the market, Your Majesty must not take it seriously."
Liu Zhao laughed, "I know that Mister has concerns in his heart, so I don't make things difficult for him. But I hope that after he goes back, he can think carefully about what I said today."
Sun Zhuangyuan left Xingqing Palace in a daze.
The granddaughter's marriage was not mentioned at all, but the internal conflicts of the Sun family were repeatedly brought up.
He frowned, what did His Majesty mean.
When they meet up with their son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, everyone is at a loss when they communicate.
Daughter-in-law Bai said: "The Empress is very satisfied with Xiao Qi, she said a lot."
Sun Zhuangyuan asked his granddaughter: "What did your mother tell you?"
Sun Qiniang thought about it for a while, "In the beginning, it was just some ordinary questions, such as what books the granddaughter reads and what she does for entertainment. When the conversation was about to end, the Empress suddenly asked her granddaughter what she thinks of the aristocratic family."
Sun Zhuangyuan asked nervously, "How did you answer?"
Sun Qiniang bowed her head slightly, "The granddaughter originally wanted to confuse the past, saying that she was young and had little knowledge and had no opinion of the family. However, the empress asked her granddaughter, what are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a big family and the clansmen gather together? Do you have any conflicts when you get along with the sisters in the clan on weekdays? The granddaughter has no choice but to answer as much as possible."
"Tell me, how do you answer?"
"The granddaughter said that the advantage of living in a big family is that you can get support and protection from the clan, and you don't have to worry about anything. The disadvantage is that the clan rules are quite strict, and you have to behave in a disciplined way. It's okay to get angry with the sisters in the clan occasionally. contradiction."
"Father, does the Empress ask Xiaoqi these questions with deep meaning?" Sun Minrong, the eldest son of the third housekeeper of the Sun family, asked.
Sun Zhuangyuan stroked his beard, "The questions asked by the empress naturally have deep meaning. By the way, the empress can understand Xiaoqi's marriage a little bit?"
Hearing this, Sun Qiniang quickly lowered her head, her ears turning red.
Sun's parent's daughter-in-law Bai Shi hurriedly said: "I didn't specify it directly, but what I said inside and outside the words meant that Xiao Qi was intentionally hired as the eldest prince's wife."
"Father, is this marriage risky? Or is the empress unhappy with Xiao Qi?" Sun Minrong asked cautiously.
Sun Zhuangyuan sighed, "This marriage is not only risky, it is deadly. I hope I am wrong."
"Why did father say that this marriage will be fatal?"
Sun Zhuangyuan shook his head, not wanting to say more.
"When you enter the palace today, don't say anything. If the family asks, just find a perfunctory excuse. If the marriage will not be completed for a day, then it should be nothing."
"Father doesn't want Xiao Qi to marry His Highness the First Prince?" Sun Minrong asked.
When Sun Qiniang heard this, she also became nervous. She also couldn't tell whether she wanted to marry the First Prince or whether she didn't want to.
Sun Zhuangyuan looked at his granddaughter.
There are so many granddaughters, Sun Qiniang is the most outstanding one.
It has to be said that His Highness the eldest prince has a good eye, and he picked the best girl in the Sun family at a glance.
But for this marriage, His Majesty and Empress Dowager seem to have bigger plans.
Trying to intervene in the internal affairs of the Sun family through marriage.
Can he say no
Sun Zhuangyuan said: "Don't worry about Xiaoqi's marriage, first look at the palace's intentions. If after a month, the palace does not come down with a marriage decree, then you can find another suitable marriage for Xiaoqi. "
"Can it be settled in a month?"
There are many trivial matters for the prince to choose a wife, half a year is not a long time.
Sun Zhuangyuan said loudly, "The old man said that a month is a month. In addition, recently you pay more attention to the movement of Dafang."
He reminded his eldest son, Sun Minrong, don't just worry about Xiaoqi's marriage, but also pay more attention to the affairs of the clan.
Sun Minrong nodded repeatedly.
Sun Zhuangyuan reminded his granddaughter, "Don't feel burdened in your heart. Marrying into the royal family may not be a good thing."
"Grandfather taught, and granddaughter will keep it in mind. Granddaughter also knows that it is not easy to be a prince's wife."
"That's not only the prince, but also the eldest prince. Do you know the weight of it?" Sun Zhuangyuan asked solemnly.
Sun Qiniang nodded slightly, and said cautiously: "The granddaughter can imagine that it has a lot of weight, and that position is both a blessing and a curse."
"If you can think like this, the old man will feel relieved. Be more relaxed, you are the daughter of the grandson's family. If you can't marry the prince, you still have a lot of choices."
Sun Qiniang responded with a smile, "Granddaughter listens to grandfather."
After leaving the palace, Sun Zhuangyuan separated from his eldest son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, and returned directly to Shanhe Academy in a carriage.
Only when the ancestors are worshiped every year, Sun Zhuangyuan will return to Sun's house.
At other times, he lived in Shanhe Academy and would not go back during Chinese New Year.
When he returned to Shanhe Academy, San Yuangong and Zhou Shi'an asked him to buy a drink.
He repeatedly smiled wryly.
"It's a happy event, but in the eyes of this old man, it's like being roasted on a fire."
"Brother Sun, if you have any troubles, why not tell us, we will give you advice."
Sun Zhuangyuan sighed again and again, but did not hide it, "Your Majesty and Empress Dowager intend to marry my family's Xiao Qi as a wife for His Royal Highness. It's just that the Empress seems to be very afraid that the Sun family will take advantage of this opportunity to threaten His Royal Highness."
San Yuangong laughed when he heard this. He pointed at Zhou Shi'an, "Fortunately Brother Zhou doesn't have a granddaughter."
Zhou Shi'an laughed, "Congratulations, Brother Yang doesn't have a granddaughter either. It's a blessing."
Sun Zhuangyuan was angry.
gloat!
This is blatant schadenfreude!