"Hahaha… "
Princess Huyang laughed out loud.
After being self-confinement, Fuming was demoted from a princess to a princess, which was the only thing she was happy about.
She can't go out of the house, and she can't entertain guests. I can only lead a few faces in the mansion, eat and drink to celebrate.
It has been many years, and today I finally let out the depression in my heart.
Now that I think about it, what my eldest nephew and daughter-in-law said in Xingqing Palace made sense.
She did have scars on her heart, and she needed someone to heal her.
snort!
Brother Huang just didn't understand her.
Huyang secretly complained, and then became happy again in a blink of an eye.
"Come here, serve the pen and ink."
The servants hurriedly prepared the Four Treasures of the Study, wondering what Huyang was going to write.
Princess Huyang picked up a pen and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know how to put it down.
In the end, she simply wrote a colloquial letter and asked her servants to send it to Gu Jiu.
"The eldest nephew and daughter-in-law have helped me a lot. This time Fuming was demoted, and I am very happy. I should be most grateful to her. It is only because of my reason that she was so tired that she was also grounded. I am very sorry .Okay, tell Mrs. Zhao what you said truthfully. Remember, you must bring back Mrs. Zhao's reply."
The servant received the errand and rushed to the palace to deliver the letter.
Gu Jiu was bored, received Hu Yang's letter, and laughed after reading it.
Huyang has no other skills, but his ability to amuse children is very good.
"Aunt asked for an answer, didn't she?"
"My Highness indeed said so."
Gu Jiu thought for a while and took up a pen to reply a letter.
What she didn't expect was that since this letter, Princess Huyang, who was in confinement, had found a new pleasure.
Hu Yang sent letters to Gu Jiu every three days and asked for a reply.
Sometimes even a letter a day, still enjoy it.
The content of the letter is very simple, just talk about trivial things, and talk about your mood by the way.
Until one day, Gu Jiu saw an incredible proposal in Hu Yang's letter.
I don't know where Huyang got the news, but he even knew that the Cui family of the Duke of Zhenguo had proposed marriage to the Su family, and the Su family politely rejected it later.
Huyang wrote in the letter: "Nephew and daughter-in-law, your cousin from the Su family, I have sent someone to understand him. He is an excellent person, but he is a little older. But there are also older ones." Good thing, it hurts. Look, how about my Minmin with your cousin Su?"
cough cough cough...
Gu Jiu almost choked to death.
How could Huyang have the idea of marrying Chen Min to Su Zheng
This can be called a powerful and unconstrained style.
She rubbed her forehead, feeling very tired.
After calming down for a while, she asked the family order of the princess who delivered the letter, "How did your princess know about the Su family?"
The order of the princess' mansion bowed slightly, and said: "My princess likes to listen to market rumors the most, and will send people out every day to inquire. For some reason, I found out about the Su family and the Cui family."
Gu Jiu bared her teeth, and suddenly felt a little pain in her back molars.
"You tell your princess that this marriage will fail."
The family order of the princess's mansion looked embarrassed, "madam, I'd better write a letter and tell my princess personally. Otherwise, I won't be able to do business."
Forget it, why should she embarrass a messenger.
Gu Jiu picked up a pen and wrote a letter, just three words, "Not suitable."
Fold the letter paper, put it in an envelope, and hand it to the princess's mansion, "Take it back and hand it to His Royal Highness. Chen Min is His Majesty's niece, no matter what, the palace will help her find a suitable marriage. Princess Your Highness need not worry."
The order of the princess's mansion accepted the letter, "The lower official will truthfully tell my wife's words to my princess. It's just that the princess will listen or not, and the lower official can't guarantee it."
"It's okay, just tell the truth."
Gu Jiu thought that after Hu Yang read the letter, he should get rid of his absurd thoughts.
As a result, Princess Huyang never thought of giving up.
The next day, she sent someone to deliver a letter to Gu Jiu.
The letter listed various reasons, and believed that Su Zheng and Chen Min were a match made in heaven.
Gu Jiu snorted, thinking that Princess Huyang must be crazy.
Because of her, Aiwu Jiwu felt that Su Zheng was very good and wanted to marry his daughter.
absurd!
Today's Su family is not the family of officials and eunuchs that was famous twenty years ago.
Today's Su family is just an ordinary wealthy family with small assets.
Su Zheng is only a junior official of the seventh rank, and it is too early to say about his career prospects.
Although the Chen family was beheaded and almost exterminated, only two brothers and sisters, Chen Min and Chen Lu, remained.
But Chen Min is the granddaughter of the first emperor after all, and the niece of Emperor Wende.
With this status, Chen Min married whoever he married, so why should he submit to Su Zheng.
Moreover, the Su family could not afford to marry Chen Min.
Just the three courtyards that the Su family bought in the capital are not worthy of marrying the emperor's niece.
How narrow it is to enter the house three times.
Let’s just talk about Wang’s mansion, any yard that can be twisted out is twice as big as the Su family’s house.
This is the gap.
It's real, but it can't be ignored.
Gu Jiu took a deep breath. This time, she also wrote the letter seriously, writing out the reasons for her objection one by one. I hope to dispel the absurd idea of Princess Huyang.
Worried that this would not be enough, when Liu Zhao returned home from the yamen, Gu Jiu dragged him and muttered.
"You have to keep an eye on Aunt Huyang's side and the palace for me. In case Aunt Huyang writes to the palace to ask for a marriage, you must stop her."
"I'll help you with this matter. It's just Aunt Huyang, why is she so persistent in marrying Cousin Chen to Su Zheng?"
Gu Jiu sighed and pointed at himself, "It might be because of me."
Liu Zhao raised his eyebrows, knowing it in his heart, "So that's the case. You don't want Su Zheng to marry Cousin Chen?"
"Of course!" Gu Jiu was decisive without any hesitation, "Can the emperor's niece be married casually?"
Liu Zhao laughed when he heard the words, "Chen Min is indeed the emperor's niece, but her status is not as high as you imagined."
Gu Jiu was puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"
Liu Zhao pondered for a while and said: "It is the order of the first emperor to deal with the Chen family. This order will definitely not be overturned by the emperor. Since the charges of the Chen family will not be overturned, strictly speaking, Chen Min is the queen of the offender. .
She was blessed only because of the nobleness of her mother clan. Remember, her surname is Chen, not Liu. Strictly speaking, her marriage had little to do with the royal family.
Just like Zhou Yi, when the Sun family wanted to reconcile, the royal father stood by the Sun family and did not give Zhou Yi the slightest retreat.
Therefore, you only need to regard Chen Min as an ordinary foreign relative girl. Don't look too high on her. "
Gu Jiu was a little confused, "Judging from your tone, you seem to have some complaints about Cousin Chen? Did Cousin Chen provoke you?"
Liu Zhao shook his head slowly, "Of course she didn't provoke me. I just don't want to see you worry about her."
Gu Jiu's cheeks flushed slightly, oh my god, a stinky man doesn't even pick a time when he talks about love.
Since Emperor Wende came to the throne, Chen Min moved out of the palace and lived in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, accompanying Empress Dowager Xiao.
Gu Jiu said: "Since Cousin Chen has been with the Queen Mother all year round, she should be taken seriously. There should be many people in the capital who want to marry her."
Liu Zhao shook his head, "With a mother like Aunt Huyang, plus the case of the Chen family, Cousin Chen's marriage is not as optimistic as you think. There are very few people who want to marry her.
Occasionally, when my mother mentioned her, she said that her marriage was very difficult. Basically, it belongs to the high and the low, and it is difficult to find a good relationship.
The same is true of Chen Lu's marriage. Fortunately, Chen Lu is a man, so he can make a name for himself. If he makes contributions in the future, the marriage problem will naturally be solved. "
Gu Jiu shook his head and smiled, "In the past, the emperor had not yet ascended the throne. Because of Huyang's aunt, the marriage of the two Chen family brothers and sisters was difficult. I can understand. Now, one of their brothers and sisters is His Majesty's nephew, and the other is His Majesty's nephew. The status of a niece has risen, so why is marriage still so difficult? Don’t those aristocratic families in the capital care about being the emperor’s niece?”
Liu Zhao laughed, "The identity of the emperor's niece used to be a rarity, but now there is nothing rare. Since the first emperor, he has been stingy in bestowing titles on the royal family and relatives.
When it came to Father Emperor, it got even worse. An imposing prince does not have a title, and it is even more delusional for a mere niece to want a title. Cousin Chen, who has no title, is not as good as those aristocratic daughters. "
The reality is so cruel.
The emperor's niece was also worried about getting married.
Liu Zhao was interested today, so he said more.
"If Zhou Yi had a title, the Sun family would never have dared to propose a divorce. The Sun family would only dare to take this move because Zhou Yi didn't have a title because they bullied Fu Ming into losing power."
Gu Jiu said: "Isn't the Sun family providing an opportunity for the father to cut the title? This time Fu Ming was demoted to the princess, and it is clear that the Sun family handed over the opportunity to give the father a small test."
Liu Zhao nodded with a smile, "There is such a little meaning in it, but the Sun family also has a strong desire to get rid of Zhou Yi. The Sun family's move can be said to kill two birds with one stone. It pleases the father and gets rid of Fuming's in-laws. A hundred-year-old family, as soon as they make a move, they hit seven inches directly, and it's not real."
Gu Jiu asked curiously: "I heard from Aunt Huyang that the late Emperor loved Fuming very much. Then why didn't Zhou Yi be bestowed with a title?"
Liu Zhao caressed her cheek, "Of course it's because I can't bear it. Even a small county lord would have to spend a lot of silver taels. The title of this court was originally sealed, and you can collect taxes yourself.
Later, because the imperial tax revenue decreased year by year, the real title was changed to virtual title, and the food town was changed to juelu, and the household department assumed all juelu.
The imperial court's annual expenses for juelu alone cost several million taels. The ancestors gave nobles generously, and the result was that the treasury was empty and they had to eat more than enough food.
By the time the first emperor succeeded to the throne, the national treasury had already accumulated a lot of debts, and the salaries of the Beijing officials were even two or three years in arrears. I heard that the Beijing officials at that time, especially the poor ones, were really miserable.
The first emperor felt that Juelu was a heavy burden, so he was very strict with conferring nobility, and easily withdrew it. However, compared to his father, the first emperor was quite generous. When the first emperor was in power, he generously bestowed the titles of princes on the princes.
When we get to Emperor Father, let alone the title, we brothers still have to live in the same mansion. This situation is really unheard of. "
"Ha ha… "
Gu Jiu laughed out loud.
Liu Zhao complained unabashedly in his words, obviously he disliked Emperor Wende's behavior of not conferring a title or mansion.
After laughing, Gu Jiu said: "I thought you didn't have the slightest opinion on the current situation. You live in a good place on weekdays, but I didn't expect you to despise your brothers and don't want to live with them under the same roof .”
Liu Zhao said solemnly: "I naturally dislike them, and I don't want to live under the same roof with them. Now, I just want to have my own prince's mansion, and I don't count on the title for the time being."
Gu Jiu pursed her lips and smiled, "Father is stingy with money, and won't use money to open a mansion for you. You want a prince's mansion, and I'm afraid it will be in the foreseeable future."
Liu Zhao didn't know, so he was very depressed, with many resentments in his heart.
He said: "I checked the brochure of the Shaofu last year. There are still several vacant houses under the name of the Shaofu, which can be used as the prince's residence."
Gu Jiu suppressed a smile and said, "Even if the prince moves to a new mansion, even if he doesn't have a title, the Ministry of Household Affairs has to provide a settling fee to help the mansion rest up. The settling fee for the princes is not cheap, and my father is reluctant."
Liu Zhao has deep resentment.
He really wanted to pay for Tao An's family, but this broke the rules and would become the target of public criticism.
And if he starts this, the Ministry of Finance will definitely rely on him. In the future, whenever expenses are due, the household department will make excuses and ask him to pay in advance.
hum!
Tobe is dreaming.
And he doesn't have that much money either.
Gu Jiu has no intention of moving to a new residence for the time being, and never mentions it.
Why doesn't Gu Jiu want to move to a new residence
Because she lives in a good place now, she doesn't have to worry about everything, and she has less expenses.
Moved to a new mansion, a huge mansion, all supported by myself, the pressure is huge.
Poverty made Gu Jiu lose the motivation to move.