Gu Jiu returned to the Gu residence in a carriage.
After getting off the carriage, he was dragged into the front hall.
Everyone was there, and the Hou Mansion also sent people over.
Lord Gu was the first to ask: "Your Majesty called you into the palace, why?"
Gu Jiu blessed Fushen and said, "Your Majesty asked my daughter if she promised her marriage?"
"this one?"
Everyone frowned.
Clutching the handkerchief in his hand, Mrs. Xie stared at Gu Jiu fiercely, "It's not because His Majesty wants to let the second girl into the palace."
"Shut up! If you can't speak, don't speak." Master Gu sternly scolded Xie.
Mrs. Xie was so ashamed, her face flushed red, seeing Mr. Gu's fierce appearance, she felt wronged immediately.
Lord Gu lowered his voice, and angrily said: "Even Your Majesty, you dare to make arrangements, are you tired of work?"
Xie's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said, "I'm just guessing casually."
Master Gu snorted coldly and ignored her.
"Xiao Jiu, did Your Majesty ask anything else?"
The eldest wife Zhang asked softly.
Gu Jiu glanced at the crowd, thought about it, and estimated that everyone would know the truth of the matter by tomorrow at the latest.
She cleared her throat and said, "Your Majesty also asked me if I would like to marry the emperor's grandson as his wife."
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Everyone was shocked.
One was surprised that His Majesty would look at Gu Jiu differently, and specially summoned her into the palace just to ask her if she would marry the grandson of the emperor
The second is to be surprised that Gu Jiu would marry the emperor's grandson
It's so strange how the more I look at it, the more I don't understand it.
Mr. Gu hurriedly asked: "Did Your Majesty tell you which emperor's grandson you want to marry?"
Everyone cheered up and paid attention to Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu shook her head slightly, "Your Majesty never said that."
Master Gu frowned, unable to figure it out.
He asked again: "Your Majesty asked you something, how did you answer?"
Gu Jiu said: "Daughter talks about marriage, what parents order and matchmaker's words."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Gu Jiu's answer was not wrong, but it was not brilliant, it could only be said to be a standard answer.
"Your Majesty really didn't say which grandson you want to marry?" Mrs. Xie didn't believe Gu Jiu, and decided that Gu Jiu was hiding a traitor, so she asked aloud.
Gu Jiu nodded, "It's true that I didn't say anything."
Before the marriage decree came down, she didn't want to cause more trouble.
Everything will be discussed after the imperial decree is issued. Even if someone wants to make trouble at that time, she is not afraid of the imperial decree anyway.
Master Gu is full of lawsuits, "Brother, what do you think about this matter?"
Eldest Master Gu Zhiming shook his head slightly, "I don't understand. Logically speaking, His Majesty should not know Xiao Jiu, but why he summoned Xiao Jiu to the palace was to choose a wife for the emperor's grandson. No matter how I think about it, I can't figure it out."
"I can't figure it out either." Master Gu frowned, almost dying of worry.
Mrs. Zhang said: "Why don't you go to the Hou's Mansion and ask. The Hou's Mansion is well-informed, maybe they have already got the news from the palace."
Mr. Gu nodded, "Should I go to the Hou's Mansion and ask, brother, come with me?"
The old man nodded, "Let's go together. It's just a New Year's greeting for my uncle and aunt, and maybe I can get a red envelope."
Everyone laughed.
The old man is very old, and he still wants a red envelope, just to make fun of it.
The eldest wife, Mrs. Zhang, scolded with a smile: "There is no such thing as a decent job. When you see the old Hou Ye, the old lady, please be respectful."
The old man nodded, "Don't worry! I know how to measure."
Once the two masters left, only the women were left in the front hall.
Xie stared at Gu Jiu, "Second girl, what's going on, you can talk about it now."
The eldest wife Zhang looked at Xie with a strange face, "I don't understand what my brother and sister said. Xiao Jiu has said everything that should be said, but listening to what my brother and sister said, it seems that Xiao Jiu is hiding something. This is What makes sense."
Mrs. Xie looked at Mrs. Zhang with a half-smile, "Sister-in-law, this is a family matter of our second room, can you leave it alone?"
Mrs. Zhang laughed, "Sister and sister, I'm sorry, I really have to take care of this matter. The second girl is indeed a child of your second room, but if she marries the emperor's grandson, this matter is not just a matter of your second room family. It's a big matter that concerns the whole mansion, even the Hou's mansion. As the head wife of the mansion, do you think I should get involved in this matter?"
Xie slumped in anger, too lazy to tangle Zhang's face, and asked Gu Jiu directly, "Second girl, what is your Majesty summoning you for?"
Gu Jiu said calmly: "Returning to Madam, what I said before, Your Majesty asked me if I had promised my marriage, and if I wanted to marry the emperor's grandson as his wife. Apart from that, there is nothing else."
"Why did His Majesty call you into the palace? There are so many famous ladies in the capital, how can you be able to get His Majesty to look at you differently?"
Filled with anger, Xie asked Gu Jiu sharply.
Gu Jiu frowned, "The question Madam asked is exactly what I wanted to ask. I also want to know why His Majesty called me into the palace?"
"you… "
Xie Shi was about to die of anger.
Mrs. Zhang waved her hand, "Xiao Jiu, you've been tired all day, go down and have a rest."
"Thank you, Auntie."
Gu Jiu turned around and left.
Mrs. Xie wanted to call Gu Jiu to stop, but was stopped by Mrs. Zhang.
"Sister and sister, I know what you think. Xiao Jiu is not your own, so you are naturally not happy to see her marrying the emperor's grandson, forcing Yue'er, Shan'er and the others together."
Xie's face was stern, with frost on his face, "Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense."
Mrs. Zhang pursed her lips and smiled, waved her hand, and all the maids backed out.
She said to Mrs. Xie: "Sister and sister, today I will tell you a few heartfelt words, just listen to them for now. How about it?"
"Sister-in-law, please tell me."
Xie still has to give Zhang's face.
Mrs. Zhang took a sip of tea, moistened her throat, and said, "Although Xiao Jiu was not born to you, in name, you are her mother and she is your daughter.
Brothers and sisters, you can't always pick Xiaojiu's fault, you have to think about it the other way around, Xiaojiu really wants to marry the emperor's grandson, let's not talk about the future, let's talk about the past two years, when Shan'er talks about kissing, there will be a marriage Is it good for the elder sister who is the wife of the emperor's grandson to say goodbye to Shan'er
Even if you go out by yourself, if people hear that you are the mother-in-law of a certain emperor's grandson, will others think highly of you? "
Xie frowned, "Sister-in-law said so much, what exactly do you want me to do?"
Mrs. Zhang looked at Mrs. Xie with a half-smile, "In the end, there is no harm to you if Xiao Jiu can have a good marriage.
Even if Yue'er and Shan'er are not as good as Xiao Jiu, it doesn't matter.
Brothers and sisters can't just see Xiao Jiu's beauty in front of her, and ignore the sadness behind her.
Marrying the emperor's grandson as his wife is not an easy task. When it is good, it is endless glory and wealth.
But if one is unlucky, death will only happen in the blink of an eye. "
Xie frowned.
Mrs. Zhang continued to whisper to her, "This time the emperor's grandson chooses a wife, and there are countless families in the capital who avoid them all. Do younger brothers and sisters know the reason
It is because the risk of marrying the emperor's grandson is too high. There is only one seat, and only one person can sit on it.
In other words, most of the princes and grandchildren are destined not to end well.
Everyone doesn't have that life to gamble, in order to protect the family, they can only avoid it. Brother and sister understand? "
Mrs. Xie frowned and looked at Mrs. Zhang, "Sister-in-law doesn't like Donggong?"
Mrs. Zhang raised her eyebrows and smiled, "How can I, a woman, understand the important affairs of the court. Don't say these things, don't say these things."
As she spoke, she waved her hands, obviously not wanting to talk about the Eastern Palace.
Xie gritted her teeth, "So, the second girl will really marry the emperor's grandson?"
"Maybe. If there is an imperial decree from the palace, the brothers and sisters should quickly prepare a generous dowry for Xiaojiu."
Mrs. Xie laughed at herself, "It's not my turn to prepare a dowry for the second girl."
Mrs. Zhang was a little confused, "I don't understand what my brother and sister said. Do you have to prepare Xiaojiu's dowry by herself?"
Mrs. Xie snorted coldly, "Sister-in-law, don't you know that my master has been in charge of Sister Su's dowry all these years. From the beginning to the end, I never touched it.
Before Sister Su passed away, it was said that her dowry would be shared equally between San Lang and Er Yatou.
With the half of the dowry left by Sister Su, there is no need for me to worry about the second girl's marriage. "
Hearing Mrs. Xie's resentful words, Mrs. Zhang smiled contemptuously.
I don't know what to say about Mrs. Xie, her heart is as big as a pinprick, Gu Jiu is almost married, and she is still thinking about it.
No wonder Mr. Gu was dissatisfied with Mrs. Xie after Erfang's family returned to Beijing.
With Mr. Xie's temperament, when Mr. Gu let go of the local parent officials, it had no effect on Mr. Gu.
Among the wives and wives around, Mrs. Xie has the highest status, everyone must support Mrs. Xie, as long as Mrs. Xie does not go too far, everyone will tolerate it.
But now in the capital, where third-rank officials walk everywhere, and the nobles are not as good as dogs, there are hundreds of thousands of mountains on top of Mr. Gu, so you have to be careful in everything, and act according to the eyes of others.
Mrs. Xie continued to work as usual, thinking that because of the locality, others would support her.
Doing this, doing it, the first one who can't stand it must be Master Gu.
Mr. Gu has already adjusted himself and dealt with the situation in the capital with a brand new mentality.
However, Xie's mentality is still stuck in the past. My old lady is the biggest, you all have to listen to my state, sooner or later I will offend people and cause accidents.
It's a pity that Mrs. Xie didn't know it, and was still confident.
Gu Jiu's marriage, if someone else was in Xie's position, even if Gu Jiu was not his own, other people would be generous and happy to prepare for Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu is married well, the whole family has face.
Even if you can't ask Gu Jiu for help directly, you can still benefit from it indirectly.
Just like what Zhang said before, when Gu Shan talks about marriage, she will definitely be able to talk about a better marriage by using Gu Jiu's name. Young men can also marry girls with better backgrounds.
Mrs. Zhang herself was planning to wait for the imperial decree to use Gu Jiu's name to make a better marriage for her two sons.
No matter how much everyone resists marrying the emperor's grandson, if someone in the family really marries the emperor's grandson, it will be a good thing that benefits outweigh the disadvantages for a family like the Gu family before the dust of the battle for the heir apparent is settled.
Of course, for a family like the Hou Mansion, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
Because they will be forced to participate in the battle for succession.
Gu's family is an ordinary family of officials and officials, with limited ability. If they want to participate in the battle for the heir apparent, the princes and grandchildren might not like it.
All the reasons that should be said have been explained, Mrs. Xie was stubborn and refused to listen to advice, so Mrs. Zhang was too lazy to continue wasting her tongue.
Mrs. Zhang took a sip of tea, "If Xiaojiu is really accused of marrying the emperor's grandson, the dowry will be at least 120 sets, and 30,000 taels. Brothers and sisters should make plans early."
Mrs. Xie's face turned green when she heard about 120 units and more than 30,000 taels of dowry.
"Sister-in-law is not joking, right? Thirty thousand taels? I don't believe that sister Su's dowry can be thirty thousand taels. Even if there are thirty thousand taels, it is impossible to give all of them to the second girl, and half of them will be distributed to Gu Ting."
Mrs. Zhang smiled, "My siblings discuss this matter with my second brother, so I won't participate."
Xie sternly said, "Our two families are not separated, and the second girl is married, how much money can the father-in-law pay?"
"According to the rules, the girl from the concubine is three thousand taels, and the girl from the concubine is one thousand and five hundred taels. Don't the younger brothers and sisters know about this? A few days ago, you sent someone to ask me for Gu Yue's dowry silver. I said that on the tenth day of the first month Five for you, did you really forget?"
Mrs. Zhang looked at Mrs. Xie with a half-smile.
Xie felt annoyed, "What is three thousand taels enough for? It's not enough for my daughter's money."
Mrs. Zhang smiled and said: "There is nothing I can do to help you. Even in the Hou Mansion, if a daughter is a daughter, the public will only give five thousand taels of dowry silver, and the rest must be paid by each house.
Brothers and sisters, we are not as good as the Hou Mansion, but three thousand taels is not a lot. It is more than ten times stronger than many officials and eunuchs in the capital. Thanks to our ancestors, let us enjoy Zumeng. "
Mrs. Xie was so blocked by Mrs. Zhang that she couldn't speak, her face turned blue.
Mrs. Zhang stood up, "Oh, there are still many things to prepare for the banquet in the mansion tomorrow. Brother and sister, you are busy, I will leave first."
Mrs. Zhang left with her maid and mother-in-law.
Xie picked up the teacup and was about to throw it on the ground.
As a result, her hand was in the air, and she remembered that it was the property of the public. If she dared to smash the teacup, Mrs. Zhang would make her lose money.
Xie gritted his teeth and put the teacup back on the table.
She stood up, and Chun He who rushed in said, "Let's go back."
…
In Weiyang Palace, Fang Shaojian stood in front of the bed and reported the situation.
The empress closed her eyes, as if she had fallen asleep.
But when Shaojian Fang finished his report, the empress opened her eyes instantly.
Her eyes shone like stars.
"Liu Zhao wants to marry Gu Jiu? Is this serious?"
"It's absolutely true. His Majesty summoned Gu Jiu. It is said that Gu Jiu has performed very well. His Majesty basically approves of this marriage. It is estimated that the marriage will be granted tomorrow."
The empress laughed, "You said that Liu Zhao chose Gu Jiu, is he really stupid or pretending to be stupid? Or is he hiding some other purpose?"
Fang Shaojian thought for a while, "Your Majesty has seen Gu Jiu, what kind of girl is that?"
The empress recalled the process of meeting Gu Jiu, and said, "She is a steady girl."
Fang Shaojian had a strange expression on his face, "There are so many famous ladies in the capital, and it's really weird that Young Master Zhao chose the little-known Gu Jiu."
"That's right! Liu Zhao is a man who hides traitors. Before, he took the initiative to stir up disputes and gave the Jinwu Guard an excuse to investigate the East Palace. If this Palace hadn't noticed it in time and caught the moths in the East Palace one by one, he almost succeeded. Before This palace really underestimated him."
Fang Shaojian said: "It is true that you underestimated Young Master Zhao in the past. However, it is a bit strange that he chose to attack at this time."
The Queen Empress sneered, "I guess it's because I'm dying, I couldn't bear it anymore, and wanted to jump out and weigh the Eastern Palace. I took this opportunity to test my ability, to see if I can hold down the Eastern Palace."
"Naturally, your empress can suppress the East Palace."
"But the crown prince can't suppress the East Palace. Once the palace leaves, the East Palace will be in danger if the crown prince alone is alone. Liu Zhao obviously saw this. He chose Gu Jiu as his wife just to dispel the palace's suspicion of him. Hmph, how could I be fooled by him."
"What should I do next?"
The empress frowned, and a thousand thoughts flashed through her mind.
"Your Majesty, do you want to fulfill Young Master Chao? The Gu family is not as noble as you are after all. If Young Master Zhao marries Gu Jiu, it means that he will not get help from his wife's family. Maybe he will be held back by the Gu family instead."
The empress asked: "Why are you being held back?"
Fang Shaojian smiled and said: "Master Gu's current wife is a concubine Fuzheng. It is said that she doesn't like Gu Jiu very much. Don't you remember, Xie Mao, the official of the East Palace, is Mr. Gu's brother-in-law."
Empress Empress suddenly realized, and finally remembered.
"Recently, my brain is stupid and my reaction is slow, so I forgot about it."
"My lady, you should take care of yourself."
The Empress waved her hand, "I don't have a few days left, so it's a death to die sooner or later. I just want things to be arranged properly before I die."
After a pause, she continued, "Xie Mao seems to be useful."
"Exactly. Xie Mao can't do anything else, but he is a good hand at going sideways."
The empress smiled sarcastically, "After the limelight passes, tell the crown prince to reinstate Xie Maoguan to create trouble for the Gu family. Liu Zhao wants to marry Gu Jiu, and I will fulfill him. At that time, he will be held back by the Gu family, and he will be to blame for it."
"Young lady is wise!"