The next day Mrs. Tao indeed invited the official media to the Xihe Palace.
Although Qiu Mengmin and his wife were very reluctant to have Qiu Yilan get into such a good marriage, they had to exchange the Geng Tie they got back from the Deng family with the official media.
Since Jiang Yashuang still had several brothers and sisters who were not married, the two families could only agree on the marriage first, and the specific wedding date could not be discussed yet.
After being busy for most of the day and sending off the official media, both Qiu Mengmin and Princess Yang felt that their future was bleak: "Back then, I was very harsh on that little bitch. She is not the kind of person who doesn't hold grudges. Now that she has married into a rich family, she doesn't care either. Do you know how he will retaliate against us in the future?"
"well!"
The couple sat facing each other, filled with endless melancholy.
However, they were not the only ones who were upset because of Qiu Yilan's engagement with Jiang Yashuang.
In the palace, in the Taishi Hall, Queen Mother Gu sank like water: "The Jiang family has hired Qiu Yilan, and Qiu Jinglan has found a backer! But until now, Qiu Jinglan's life experience has not been announced. It seems that Jiang The family plans to use this card as the opportunity arises in the battle for the throne! Coupled with the reward from the Marquis of Jibei who returned to Beijing after the fall... Before the prince's proposal was officially brought to court, the Jiang family made two plans first. The card is played!”
At this point, he sighed, "The people trained by Xingkang are really useless. Not only did they fail to take full advantage of such a good opportunity, but they actually had someone remove the poison from the blade, so that they fell short! If Qiu Jinglan dies! Now, the Zhenxi Army has no worries, and the Ai family can have less to worry about!"
The female official hurriedly advised: "Please don't worry, your Majesty! Your Highness the King of Qi is mediocre and cowardly. He is far inferior to His Royal Highnesses the King of Yan and the King of Zhou who are knowledgeable, courteous, smart and decent! The appointment of the crown prince must be discussed by the court, even if the Queen's people open their eyes To tell you the truth, Mr. Xue and his group are known as "Loyal Lords" and they are impartial between you and the Queen. In this case, of course they will choose whoever is the most outstanding... There is no need to even compare. !”
"How can it be that simple? King Qi is the eldest grandson of the Ai family after all!" Queen Mother Gu shook her head, but her expression softened a little, "However, fortunately, King Qi is indeed cowardly enough. Those ministers who are unwilling to accept the regent of the heroine are absolutely Wouldn't choose him. Compared with King Zhou, King Yan is much more generous... Speaking of which, it's a good thing that he started early. Otherwise, given Jiang's arrogance today, there would be no sorrow in the palace if she wanted to give birth to a legitimate son. A place for home!”
The female officer smiled and said: "Isn't that true? The queen is certainly domineering, but you are the master of this palace!"
"We can't take her lightly. She has the support of the Zhenbei Army behind her!" Queen Mother Gu's lips curled up slightly: She originally chose Jiang Tianluan to be the queen, naturally because the master, the young country, needed Qin Guogong, the "gancheng of the country" to come. Consolidate his son's throne.
Although Jiang Tianluan, who had just entered the palace, was far less domineering and arrogant than he is now, given the prominence of her natal family's three noble families, Queen Mother Gu had to be on guard! Therefore, no matter how young Empress Jiang occupied the emperor, there was no movement, but the concubines one by one were opening up branches for the royal family... If it weren't for Empress Dowager Ye, who had been dormant in Ganli Palace for many years, and made a desperate move, in exchange for the Jiang family's promise to protect her and The lineage of Qiyang County King—Queen Jiang doesn’t even have Princess Yongfu!
Even so, the Queen had nothing to do after giving birth to Princess Yongfu!
Since several years ago, Empress Jiang has focused on seizing power, and obviously has no hope for her legitimate son...
"Fortunately, the Ai family was well prepared and took action when she first entered the palace..." Empress Dowager Gu thought of the foolish queen back then, and felt a sense of joy in her heart. After concentrating for a moment, she asked, "I still haven't had a chance to talk to the queen about Chang Ping recently." thing?"
The female officer was a little helpless: "No, although the Jiang family's children keep committing crimes, they are all the same as in the past, nothing new." He hesitated, "On the contrary, the incident caused by the 19th son of the Jiang family at the full moon banquet of the Xihe Palace was originally You can ask him about the crime of forcibly recruiting the princess, but the Xihe Palace didn't say anything... Now that he has set a wedding date with the Jiang family, this can no longer be used as a clue. "
Queen Mother Gu frowned and said bitterly: "Qiu Mengmin, this old thief! It's a shame that the Ai family managed to protect his throne back then!"
Sighing, "We must let Chang Ping go down quickly! It's a pity that Shi Han's children are not close, and Xingkang has been down for so many years. The Ai family sent her many prescriptions, but there was no movement! If she could have a son , he is the direct grandson of the Ai family, so why should the Ai family try to win over Kuang Qingwu..."
The female officer reminded: "My Lady, among your highnesses, only His Highness Prince Qi is engaged."
"The Ai family has to think carefully about the royal concubines of King Yan and King Zhou. As for the other ones before Chang Ping, just pick a few of them and marry or marry anyone. Their wealth will be indispensable to the royal family!" Empress Dowager Gu said. He waved his hand, obviously not worrying about the life-long events of most of his grandchildren.
What the Queen Mother is more hesitant about now is, "How to choose between Changping's daughter and the girls from Guangyang Palace?"
Because Kuang Shihan, the military representative of the Queen Mother Party, did not have any female relatives whom she valued, it was not that Queen Mother Gu had not thought of choosing from the daughters of Kuang Shihan's generals, so that she could strengthen her ties with the Zhenxi Army. The problem is that Kuang Shihan got to the position by tricking his benefactor, old boss and colleagues. Now that Empress Dowager Gu wants to marry one of his subordinates... How can he not think too much about it
Therefore, the principal concubines of King Yan and King Zhou could only be chosen from the daughters of court officials.
Based on distance, proximity, and degree of power, the first thing the Queen Mother considered was the Tang family and the Gu family.
"Aren't you two Your Highnesses?" the female officer suggested, "I think Miss Tang Er and Princess Shou'an are both very smart people."
"What's the use of having more princesses? Have you forgotten that there is only one prince?" Queen Mother Gu frowned and said, "The Ai family has already decided on King Yan. King Zhou and Princess Zhou can only assist him and Princess Yan..." Yao and Shou'an are the most outstanding daughters of their respective families. If they both become princesses, who would want to be inferior to the other?"
One is the direct granddaughter of the Queen Mother, whose biological mother had her title reduced once, but she is still a princess; the other is the great-niece of the Queen Mother, who is not of Tian family blood but has been named a princess... Don’t look at Tang Xinyao and Princess Shou’an uniting the front when facing Jiang Qizheng and others. , but it’s not like we haven’t secretly competed with each other in private!
The female officer realized that she had made a mistake and quickly apologized.
Empress Dowager Gu had no intention of arguing with her. She frowned and thought for a long time, and finally decided: "Let King Yan choose for himself, just so that the Ai family can see his vision." By the way, she would like to comment on the grandson's ambition and whether it is easy to control - even if he is a relative The biological mother of her grandson is still her own niece, and Queen Mother Gu is not willing to take it lightly!
Otherwise, she killed Empress Jiang, but was forced by her grandson to retreat to the harem to take care of her old age, or even worse, "died violently" in the palace... This is too tragic!
The female officer asked for instructions: "Do you want me to pass on to Prince Yan now?"
"No need." Empress Dowager Gu muttered, "Don't tell him yet. May is coming soon, and we have to prepare to go to Dizi Mountain to escape the summer heat. We will tell him then - there will be more opportunities for young men and women to meet each other, so let him take a good look. After all, he didn’t have many opportunities to meet the cousins from these two families before.”
While King Yan was taking a good look at his cousins, the Queen Mother could take a good look at her grandson, which was killing two birds with one stone.
And if you leave such a buffer time, maybe the Queen Mother will decide the person herself...
The issue of the crown prince raised due to the age of the emperor and the empress has completely brought the conflicts accumulated over the years of the dispute between the two empresses to a table for resolution - whether it is the Queen Mother Party, the Queen Party or the Neutral Party, they all feel that in the increasingly hot season, The undercurrents between the government and the opposition are also becoming more turbulent.
It's just that although all parties are making intensive preparations, they haven't made any efforts yet, so on the surface, May of this year is very peaceful - nothing special happened, just as in previous years, before the heat in Beijing gets hot. , the monarch and his ministers rushed to Dizi Mountain together.
Qiu Yilan and Ruan Ciyi were a little worried about this summer vacation, mainly because they were afraid that Qiu Jinglan's newly healed wound would split due to the bumps on the road.
Originally, according to Qi Shuluo's diagnosis, Qiu Jinglan was not advised to move now, especially since Dizi Mountain was several days away from the capital, and it would be even slower to follow the large army.
The problem is that the Queen Mother's party is now eager for Qiu Jinglan to die soon, and the capital is suitable for the emperor and his ministers to leave, making a big move that will not be acknowledged afterwards - it is impossible to rely on "Tianya" alone to save their lives.
Previously, when the Jiang family was in the capital, they could allocate manpower to protect them, and they could continue to reinforce them if there was any movement. Now the Jiang family has to go to Dizi Mountain with Di Jia and Feng Jia, and most of their manpower has to be taken away, so that Qiu Jinglan can be left with them. With so many manpower, it would not be so convenient to ask for reinforcements in the event of an attack!
So for the sake of safety, Jiang Yashuang strongly suggested that they go to Dizi Mountain together: "Brother, you can put more soft things in the car, and you can also make the carriage move slowly. Anyway, the royal guard of honor is slow, and you won't be able to get up fast even if you want to on that day. ! If you stay in Beijing, it’s hard to say whether the three of you will be safe. Even if I’m not afraid, please think about Sister Ruan and Lanlan!”
Qiu Jinglan nodded after thinking deeply - with his autocracy, Ruan Ciyi and Qiu Yilan, although they were worried about his nod, had no choice but to obey.
So the two sisters spent a lot of time packing the carriage to escape the heat this time!
On the day of departure, Jiang Yashuang and Ling Zui ran over to help. When they saw the carriage parked in the courtyard for Qiu Jinglan, they were both shocked: "How many mattresses are these? Ten? Twenty? ?”
"How can it be so exaggerated? It's just seven!" Qiu Yilan walked from the corridor with wooden clogs and said angrily, "Twenty pieces... they are all piled to the top, can anyone still sit on them?"
"Thank you for knowing that you still have to sit with someone else!" Ling Zui exclaimed, "Sister Lan, it's not me who said - it's such a hot day, you guys have so many cushions, are they soft enough? Chunjun doesn't want to be damaged by the heat?"
Speaking of Ling Zui, it was fun. After Qiu Jinglan was assassinated, he knew that Qiu Jinglan had concealed her life experience from him, so he said aggressively that he must give an explanation after he turned the corner! As a result, after Qiu Jinglan recovered a little, she closed the door with him and talked alone for less than a cup of tea... Then she opened the door as if nothing had happened!
Qiu Yilan couldn't hold back her curiosity and ran to make some insinuations. Ling Zui was happy at that moment. He patted her head grandly and said sternly: "What do you, a little girl, know about men's friendship?"
Now the petty Qiu Yilan just changed the sentence and returned it to him, put her hands on her hips and said: "What do you know about taking care of people, a rough guy?!" With a wave of his hand, the servant brought up the steaming ice mirror. , "I will arrange for two maids to fan my brother later. With so many people waiting on me, how can I make my brother uncomfortable?!"
Ling Zui touched his nose in embarrassment: "Why is sister Lan so fierce today? I don't usually talk to your brother Ling so gently." He looked sideways at Jiang Yashuang and said, "Stingy!"
Jiang Yashuang, who was innocently lying in the gun, couldn't laugh or cry, but after thinking about it, he simply acquiesced: "I only call you Lanlan, what do you call Sister Lan? You can just call me Sister Qiu later, and I can also call you Brother Ling." It’s not appropriate, so Lanlan might as well call him Shixiong!”
"Believe it or not, I will go to Chunjun to sue you?!" Ling Zui immediately threatened!
"How dare you!!" Before Jiang Yashuang could say anything, Qiu Yilan shouted first, "If you go and file a complaint, my brother will definitely scold me. If you dare to go, I'm not done with you!"
Jiang Yashuang was suddenly filled with sweetness and looked at Ling Zui in protest: "Lan Lan said you are not allowed to go. If you dare to go, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Do girls always turn their elbows outward?" Ling Zui complained, turned around melancholy, and asked Dong Ran, who was standing not far away, "But that's not right. I heard Chunjun say that this child always listens to his elder brother. I don't Is it also her brother? Is it because I’m not fierce enough?”
Dong Ran tried his best to hold back his laughter and whispered: "This is because the young master will never admit that the princess disobeys him..."