The morning court was relatively free this day, except that the Minister of the Household Department cried a lot because of the dam construction in Jiangzhou, there was nothing else to do, so the court soon dispersed.
After the court was over, the ministers withdrew from the Golden Luan Hall, walked down the long stairs in twos and threes, and chatted politely with each other. Some of them had a good relationship and were already discussing the matter of visiting each other's home later.
Of course, none of this has anything to do with Prince Su, who is notoriously independent and has never been close to any official in the court. He will either go back to the manor or go to the princess.
It is deep winter now, the sun rises late, and the morning is early today, and the sky is dimly lit. The air at this time is still icy cold, and the wind can cut people's faces with pain.
The ministers were dressed thicker than the other, and they all held their hands and shrunk their heads, moving slowly in the cold wind.
The distance from the Golden Luan Hall to the palace gate is not short, but there are regulations in the palace. Except for the emperor and his relatives, no one else is allowed to drive in the palace without special permission. Therefore, even if they are frozen stiff, the ministers still You have to walk out of the palace gate to get on the sedan chair.
The Hubu Shangshu, who was still crying and begging Emperor Wen Xiao for money just now, looked calm at this moment, and walked with the Libu Shangshu, chatting in a low voice.
Originally, they were just discussing where to drink tea later, but while they were talking, the Minister of Hubu suddenly poked the Minister of Rites with his arm: "Brother Fu, hurry up, take a look to the left."
Upon hearing this, Minister of the Ministry of Rites turned his face slightly, and glanced at it with the corner of his eyes.
"Prince Su?"
He looked sideways and happened to see Prince Su, who was about to get in the car, being stopped by the eunuch next to the emperor. The eunuch bent down and said something to Prince Su respectfully. Head to the direction of the royal study.
The Minister of Rites turned his head around, a little confused about his friend's intentions: "What's so strange about this, isn't that one who was kept here once or twice."
Hubu Shangshu rolled up his cuffs and put his hands back: "Hey, you haven't seen Prince Su's face, it's so dark that it can scare people to death."
Although they were not close to Prince Su, at this distance, it could be vaguely seen that after the eunuch finished speaking, Prince Su's perennially sullen face became obviously worse.
The Minister of Rites looked around, but there was no one around, so he said in a low voice: "Speak directly if you have something to say."
Hubu Shangshu, besides being very good at crying poor in court, is also very keen to inquire about the gossip in Beijing in private, especially after he himself inquires, he always pulls him to talk about it.
Hubu Shangshu chuckled: "I guess this time... it's for Prince Su's concubine again."
It has been nearly four months since Prince Su's wedding in early August. Not only has Prince Su not accepted a side concubine for a long time, but the family has not even added a concubine, which can be said to be surprising.
Ever since the imperial decree issued by the emperor to marry Prince Su and the son of the Marquis of Xinyuan, many officials in Beijing began to think carefully, planning to send their daughter of the right age to be a side concubine in Prince Su's mansion.
Male wives can't have children. In the future, the sons of Su Wang's mansion will definitely be born among the concubines and concubines. At that time, as the biological mother of the child, even if the status of the concubine is not as good as that of the concubine, it will be more beautiful than the general concubine. .
But these people waited and waited, seeing that half a year had passed, and Prince Su had no intention of accepting the side concubine, and they couldn't sit still.
According to the rules, the daughter's marriage is usually arranged before the age of sixteen. If she stays at home until she is eighteen, she will be gossiped behind her back. It will be difficult to choose a good family at this time. , can only marry at the same level or at a low level.
The flower letter from the girl's family can't be delayed, it would be best if she can marry Prince Su as a side concubine, but if this is not possible, it will waste the time for her daughter to leave the cabinet, and it is not worth it.
Therefore, seeing that the Prince Su's mansion has not expressed the willingness to accept the side concubine for a long time, many officials whose daughters have reached the age and can no longer afford to delay silently gave up the idea of having a relationship with Prince Su, and began to make arrangements for their daughters. Husband.
There are also some families whose daughters are still young and are not in a hurry, so they choose to continue to wait and see. There is only one male wife in Prince Su's mansion, even if Prince Su is suppressed by the concubine and dare not accept a side concubine, Emperor Wen Xiao will never let Prince Su's mansion have no children.
Of course, there is another kind of person. The daughter in the family has reached the age, but he is not willing to give up the big tree of Prince Su, so he starts to use various means to send his daughter to Prince Su's mansion.
Among them, the most prominent one is the head bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
The academician in charge is surnamed Han, and his family also has a daughter who has entered the palace. He was conferred a noble concubine a few days ago, and it is time to be favored. I don't know how this Concubine Han gave Emperor Wen Xiao a pillow. Half a month ago, Emperor Wen Xiao revealed that he wanted to hire the daughter of Han Xueshi's family as a side concubine for Prince Su.
Although he didn't say it clearly, Emperor Wen Xiao praised a daughter's family who had not left the court twice in public, and he was on the cusp of this kind of crisis, and the meaning of it is self-evident.
Xueshi Han is full of joy every day, as if his daughter has entered the Su Palace and gave birth to a son for Prince Su.
Although his attitude made many officials who had never fought before vomit half to death, but since even Emperor Wen Xiao opened his mouth, it must be that Han Xueshi will really get his wish this time and go to marry Prince Su as his in-laws.
It's just that just when everyone thought that the matter was settled, something happened in the end.
I heard that Prince Su went straight into the palace and had a quarrel with Emperor Wen Xiao, and then he took leave of absence for five consecutive days on the grounds of being "unwell". Only then did the prince "recover from illness" and reappeared in the court.
After such a toss, the marriage between Prince Su and the prostitute's daughter of the head of the Hanlin Academy, which has just been rumored, can only be let go.
It's just that the girl is pitiful, she has already reached her age, and if such a thing happens again, her reputation will always be hindered, and it may be difficult to marry a high-ranking girl in the future.
The Minister of Rites cast a sideways glance at the Minister of Hubu who had greasy smiles in his eyes, and said indifferently: "Why do you care so much? Do you want to marry Prince Su too?"
"How can that be?" Hubu Shangshu muttered: "Prince Su's mansion is not a good place to go, so what if you go in? That... Didn't you send people to Prince Su's mansion before, but look at those people, and now they are Which one came out?"
Who in Beijing has never heard of Princess Su's reputation of being jealous. The beauties sent by Emperor Wen Xiao have never touched Prince Su, and they have been punished one by one. Princess Su didn't just torture people to death
But in the final analysis, Princess Su's wayward look is something that Prince Su is used to. Without Prince Su's acquiescence, Princess Su would not be able to do whatever she wants in the mansion so arrogantly.
"I really didn't realize before that Prince Su is actually an infatuated kind."
Prince Su, an evil god who has been fierce since he was a child, and who would beat him up if he disagreed with him, actually let a man and his wife ride on his head. Apart from using deep affection, he really couldn't find a second reason .
Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites quietly listened to Shangshu of the Ministry of Hubu babbling alone for a long time, feeling rather complicated.
The weather was so cold, he opened his mouth to say a few words, but the cold wind choked his throat, and he didn't know why Hubu Shangshu had such perseverance, and he chattered for so long in the cold wind.
Hubu Shangshu only guessed half right. Emperor Wen Xiao really wanted to stay in Prince Su's mansion this time, but it was not in the form of a side concubine.
"I won't embarrass you," Emperor Wen Xiao said calmly to Prince Su's cold face, with a cup of hot tea in his hand, and said slowly, "If you don't want to accept the side concubine, you won't, but you can't just stop like this." Heir."
"I don't expect you to give people any status. As long as you have a son in your house, those people can deal with them as you like. After giving birth, they will be sent out of the house directly..."
"Brother Huang," Prince Su cut off his words with a sullen face, saying word by word, "I will adopt a child from the clan next month."
Emperor Wen Xiao still had a gentle expression on his face, raised his eyebrows and scolded: "Nonsense, it's not that you can't have children, why do you have to go to adopt? Isn't it just a joke."
Prince Su looked at Emperor Wen Xiao's friendly face, and felt that something was wrong with his brother today, so he frowned and said, "My brother has made up his mind."
If it weren't for Emperor Wen Xiao's pressing, he would not even want to adopt a child!
Originally, he was quite dissatisfied with Ah Ming's distributing his energy to those shops, why did he have to make another child to compete with him for Ah Ming's limited attention
Emperor Wen Xiao's reaction to this was that the old god took a sip of tea on the ground, and said: "I know you love the princess so much that you don't want to take a concubine, but Xie Ming is a sensible child after all, presumably he also hopes that you can have children of their own."
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Although in the eyes of Prince Su, his own princess is good in everything, but he also knows that their princess's temperament is delicate and willful, no matter what, it has nothing to do with these two words.
When Prince Su heard this, he couldn't help but be wary.
Emperor Wen Xiao's attitude today is really a bit weird. Usually at this time, after being pushed so many times by him, Emperor Wen Xiao should have pointed at his nose with a worried face and reprimanded him. You can tell there are ghosts at a glance.
In addition, Emperor Wen Xiao said so...
Could it be that while he was not in the mansion, he sent someone to beat their family's Ah Ming
Thinking of this possibility, Prince Su couldn't sit still any longer, stood up from the chair with a "huh", and said, "Your brother, leave!"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Emperor Wen Xiao to answer, he hurried out and rushed home.
Emperor Wen Xiao looked at his anxious look, and couldn't help but shook his head with a complicated expression.
At first he was pleased that Prince Yu Su's expression became more popular after he got married, but now it seems that Xie Ming's influence on him has exceeded Emperor Wen Xiao's original expectations.
However, it is said that Prince Su returned to the mansion as quickly as possible, and when he was ready to "please go out" the person sent by Emperor Wen Xiao directly, he did not expect that as soon as he entered the door, the steward came up to him and said: "Your Majesty just left. , A message was delivered from the palace, and the concubine entered the palace half an hour ago to visit Concubine Xie."