Even the Empress Dowager let out a breath of turbid air, and even the Empress Dowager's heart trembled with anger for paying so much money for a concubine Xiao.
Even the Queen Mother gritted her teeth, "Aijia..."
"Grandmother, grandson has given up on Miss Xiao, so don't make things difficult for Xiang Ye or Uncle Huang."
The son of Prince Chen stopped the Empress Dowager Lian and resolutely refused to marry Xiao Concubine. He didn't like that arrogant and domineering woman Xiao Concubine in the first place!
Even the queen mother swallowed the words stuck in her throat, and didn't feel it was a pity, and when she stepped down a step, she let out a long sigh, "I'm really wronged, Sheng'er, the Ai family will definitely choose a beautiful and virtuous woman for you again." Princess Concubine."
"Zhao Zun listens to the decree!" Emperor Dongming said in a deep voice, "Ms. Xiao Jiu of the Prime Minister's Mansion is wise, intelligent, and compassionate. She bestows on Marquis Zhao as his wife. She will be married after Miss Xiao gets married. I respect you!"
The corner of Zhao Zun's mouth twitched into a smile, his eyes shone like stars in an instant, and his deep voice resounded like running water, "Thank you, Lord Long En!"
Even the Empress Dowager was so full of anger that she was too lazy to look at Zhao Zun again, and squinted at Emperor Dongming, "Sheng'er quit with such a clear sense of righteousness, should the emperor reward her? According to Ai's family, Sheng'er has been back to Beijing for some time now." , I should always arrange a position to help the emperor solve his problems."
Emperor Dongming smiled, but did not speak yet.
But the Prime Minister on the right said, "Why don't you let the son start to practice from the six parts."
In the past, both the crown prince and the prince had experienced the six parts, and even the queen mother had the same intention, "This is the best, the son will definitely help the emperor to share some of the burden when he comes back this time, just as Xiang Ye said, let's start with the six parts."
Emperor Dongming surprisingly didn't refute, but smiled without saying a word when he saw Zhao Zun. Zhao Zunke was in the Ministry of Punishment, one of the six departments.
Now Zhao Zun is not just Lord Zhao Hou, but his father-in-law is the right minister.
Even if the Queen Mother wanted to vent her anger on the Prince Chen, she had to see whether the Prime Minister agreed or not. The two of them had a quarrel, and Emperor Dong Ming was very happy to see this scene.
"Since Sheng'er was wronged today, let's take it as compensation."
Emperor Dongming nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Uncle Emperor," said Prince Chen's son.
Before Empress Dowager Lian spoke, Emperor Dongming turned to Zhao Zundao with a stern face, "Master Zhao beat his son earlier, and he should be punished for the next offense. Disrespectful words just now are even more serious crimes. I remember the achievements of Lord Zhao in the past. , the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is inevitable, and the rod is punished with thirty sticks, and if there is even the slightest negligence in the future, the punishment will be doubled!"
Zhao Zun quickly answered the question, "Thank you, my minister!"
Even the queen mother snorted, her face turned pale with anger, she flicked her sleeves and left with Prince Chen.
When Emperor Dongming saw Empress Dowager Lian left in anger, he felt a sense of relief. He let Empress Dowager Lian down again and again, and even inadvertently handed Zhao Zun to the right minister as his son-in-law. Emperor Dongming was in a surprisingly good mood.
After a few instructions from Emperor Dongming, he made them retreat.
Outside the main hall, the two were lying on the stools in a regular manner.
The right minister stood in front of him and watched, the hands of the guards holding the boards were trembling, and they were a little unsure about Zhao Zun's sense of proportion.
This is the future son-in-law of the Right Prime Minister. If it is broken, there will be good or bad, and the Right Prime Minister will not eat them
On the other side, the eldest prince didn't do anything and even got beaten, but he didn't feel aggrieved at all, instead he was happy for Zhao Zun, as if he was the one who married Concubine Xiao.
Zhao Zun raised his head and smiled ingratiatingly at Prime Minister Right, flattering and flattering, "My lord father-in-law."
Prime Minister on the right raised his eyebrows, squinted at Zhao Zun angrily, and then glanced at the two guards who were hesitantly holding the board.
"Just do what the emperor tells you to do. As for the strength, there is no need to talk about the truth."
Prime Minister Right finished humming a ditty and left, the corners of Zhao Zun's mouth twitched, he was really stingy.
With the right minister's order, Zhao Zun and the eldest prince's thirty sticks were just symbolic, and did not hurt the root cause.
"Brother Zhao, thank you for your help today." The eldest prince said this for no reason.
The corners of Zhao Zun's mouth twitched violently, "Your Highness, you are welcome."
The eldest prince can't see the arrogance of Prince Chen's son, so he needs to calm down his arrogance. As long as he confronts Prince Chen, Emperor Dongming will reward him and not punish him.
The eldest prince has gotten used to it for so many years.
Even after the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, she angrily smashed the teacups to pieces, and still couldn't help herself, she smashed all the porcelain in the room. It hurts the fish in the pond.
It wasn't until she lost her strength that the Empress Dowager sat back on the chair fiercely,
"I'm so mad at Aijia, they all climbed onto Aijia's head!"
Even the Empress Dowager felt that it was a pity that such a good opportunity was for nothing for a lowly businessman!
Seeing that the empress dowager's anger had subsided a lot, the son of Prince Chen stepped forward and said, "Grandmother, my grandson heard that the eldest prince has ruined Xiao Ying's innocence. Prime Minister You would rather let Xiao Ying become a monk than marry her." Prince."
"From this point of view, even if Zhao Zun marries concubine Xiao, it doesn't mean that the Prime Minister will help the eldest prince. It's just the eldest prince's wishful thinking, otherwise he wouldn't have made trouble with the emperor's uncle."
Even the queen mother was silent for a while, a little confused, "You are right, the position of an eldest prince and concubine is more than a hundred times stronger than that of a Mrs. Hou. The eldest prince has repeatedly put down his body to ask for concubine Xiao but failed, and there is also the matter of the third prince. It can be seen There are many people on the right who don’t want to see the First Prince’s faction.”
Even the Empress Dowager finally found some comfort, "The eldest prince tried his best to get on the boat of Prime Minister Right, and he blamed his younger brother for not living up to expectations and offending Prime Minister Right. , if the eldest prince is supported to rise to power, the first prince to clean up will be the right minister!"
All the signs from the Right Minister showed that it was absolutely impossible to reconcile with the eldest prince, and Xiao Ying was enough to prove it.
It is clear that Xiao Ying can be made the great concubine, but at the critical moment, the right minister asked Fan to change from wife to concubine, and Xiao Ying became a concubine. It is strange that the eldest prince would let a concubine be the concubine. This move is even more blatant Slapped the First Prince across the face.
There is also Xiao Ruo, who is clearly the third imperial concubine, the right minister directly rejected Xiao Ruo and kicked him out of the house. What's more, the right minister was unhappy and punished the third prince to Liangzhou to suffer and suffer. The third prince hated the right minister long ago To the bone.
The second brother is just forbearing, the right minister has been the head of all officials for so many years, how can he not understand this.
The right minister's move today is clearly because he does not want to break the three-legged relationship that has been maintained for a long time. The three parties have long accumulated grievances. If any party loses power, it will not be a good thing for the right minister.
As for Zhao Zun, he was just an outsider, and the eldest prince's courtship was nothing more than a bunch of promises, to put it bluntly, it was to protect himself.
The Right Prime Minister does not help the First Prince, as long as he does not interfere, even the contest between the Empress Dowager and Emperor Dongming may not necessarily be a loser.
Even the Empress Dowager smiled when she thought of this.
"Grandmother, Zhao Zun married Concubine Xiao, not the eldest prince, so the right minister is not so stupid."
The son of Prince Chen became more and more excited as he talked, "Let's not offend Prime Minister Right and Zhao Zun. Wouldn't it be better if we could win over Zhao Zun?"
Empress Dowager Lian smiled, "You're right, those who know the current affairs are outstanding, and Lord Zhao Hou will look away sooner or later. I just wronged you."
"As long as it can help the emperor's grandmother achieve great things, this little grievance is nothing. Now we should bear it. Sooner or later, our grandson will ask for it in person."
As he said that, Prince Chen's son had a stern look on his face.
Even the Empress Dowager was very relieved, and the gloom in her heart dissipated a lot, "It's best if you think so."
Prince Chen nodded, "Grandson knows what to do."
The son of Prince Chen is rejoicing that concubine Xiao didn't marry him, otherwise there would be a riot in Prince Chen's mansion, and he would be upset just watching it.
"You have a bad impression of the Eldest Prince, and this is also an opportunity for you, but you can't put all your treasures on You Xiang, as long as you don't provoke him, behave yourself in everything."
The son of Chen Wang didn't take it seriously, "Who else can help but me, have I offended the right minister!"
Even the Empress Dowager sighed, "The Right Prime Minister just doesn't like the Eldest Prince, not the Emperor. Don't forget that your uncle has more than one son of the Eldest Prince. If the Right Prime Minister and the Emperor want to work together to support the next prince , you may not be an opponent."
Prince Chen's son was speechless, "What the emperor's grandmother said is very true."
The right minister's attitude was vague, even the queen mother didn't know the cards, how could she dare to make decisions without authorization.
Instead of supporting a big prince who has bad intentions, it is better to support a puppet prince, so that the right minister will not worry about the future of the right minister's mansion in the future.