The next day, Emperor Jing's South Study welcomed An Lehou and his wife and Empress Defei.
They came for the marriage of their own daughter.
Concubine De was dressed luxuriously and decently today, first invited Emperor Jing to greet her, and then explained to Emperor Jing the intention of her sister and brother-in-law's visit.
When Emperor Jing heard that it was for Yun Ke's marriage, he couldn't help frowning slightly.
"Didn't you just point out that Gu Yuqi from the Gu family to Ke'er?" Emperor Jing whispered to Concubine De. "After all, you have to take Dingyuanhou's feelings into consideration. The marriage is said by Princess Pinghu. Why should I show some face to the eldest princess?"
According to what Princess Pinghu said, she wanted to give the position of concubine to Gu Yuqi, but Gu Yuqi's reputation was damaged after all. Emperor Jing wanted to let Gu Yuqi marry her first, and then set her up right after she gave birth to Lin'er. Stop the leisurely mouths of some old scholars in the court.
That's why Gu Yuqi was given the position of side concubine when the decree was made.
Who knew that Concubine De brought An Lehou to seek the position of Concubine directly today.
Princess Pinghu made it clear that it was Yun Ke's own intention to ask Gu Yuqi to marry him. They just took a fancy to the girl from the Gu family, and no one else wanted it.
It's not that Emperor Jing didn't understand his son. After thinking about it, Dingyuan Hou's family was an upstart in the court. Even if Yun Ke marries Gu Yuqi, he will not be swayed by the aristocratic family. But the Xia family is different, it is a wealthy family that has produced two empresses, the relationship is intricate, how can it be compared with Dingyuan Hou.
The more these years, Emperor Jing is more optimistic about Yunke.
This child has been silent all the time, and he has done everything beautifully, and he is neither humble nor overbearing, even though he has been suppressed by Yun Yi, he has no complaints. Most importantly, he has no ties. His mother died early, his background was still low, there was no interference from his mother's clan, the princess also died early, and the Murong family to which the princess belonged would not have much influence on him. Da Qichao and Rouran have been fighting for so many years, and they have already fought against the strong outside.
Only Emperor Jing knew how deeply he was bound by the aristocratic family. How much he hates the aristocratic family in his heart.
Just like the Xia family in front of me, relying on their extensive connections and wealth, it's all right to let their son do evil and ruin his reputation, and he can't even escape with him as an uncle. Being partial to others means that they are capable and can settle everything. No one told the imperial court. He was also out of sight and out of mind, after all, for the sake of Concubine De, he was tolerant.
Of course he knew that Gu Yuqi beat Xia Shuangcheng in the street, and the outside world had already gone crazy, so the talkative eunuch would tell him as gossip, to make him familiar in front of him. Although he didn't say anything, his impression of Gu Yuqi was greatly changed in his heart. This future daughter-in-law is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she can do something jaw-dropping every time.
He is becoming more and more optimistic about this prospective daughter-in-law. Although she beat her biological father, Princess Pinghu had already told him the whole story. He didn't believe that Gu Huaizhong would spoil his concubine and destroy his wife. After all, Liang Huaiyu was the only daughter of General Liang, the god of war. General Liang didn't care about the present day in his arms. Things between husband and wife are not clear to outsiders. Just like him and his queen, even if he made her his queen, he still couldn't bear her wordiness. It was Concubine De who was a concubine who won his heart. The same is probably true between Gu Huaizhong and Liang Huaiyu, the concubine whose name is what is more favorable to Gu Huaizhong, Liang Huaiyu probably couldn't help it.
If Gu Yuqi had a rift with her father because of her mother, it wouldn't be unreasonable. But hands-on is hands-on. It was because of this that Emperor Jing granted Gu Yuqi the status of Queen An's side concubine. One is to give her a small punishment, and the other is to stop the mouths of those admonishers.
These admonitors usually have nothing to do, they just like to stare at the gossip, and they are so annoying.
Hearing what Emperor Jing said, Concubine De had already guessed that Emperor Jing did not want to point Xia Ying to Yun Ke. She communicated with the Xia family and his wife early in the morning.
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that when Yinger was holding a weekly meeting, His Majesty attended it in person." Concubine De said with a smile, "Yinger grabbed a key, and His Majesty said that Yinger was going to be the head of the house in the future. Mother. That's why I grabbed the key at once."
"It seems that there is such a thing." Emperor Jing thought hard, and had a little impression that he personally participated in Ying'er's grasping week at that time. It was just because the war was tense at that time, the frontline soldiers were waiting for winter clothes for the winter, and the treasury was empty, so he could only ask the Xia family to borrow money, and he went there as a last resort.
Thinking of this Emperor Jing made lumps in his heart.
"But what does this have to do with Ke'er?" Emperor Jing asked puzzled.
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten? When you were so happy, you not only rewarded Ying'er with many things, but also made promises yourself." Concubine De reminded with a smile.
"Ah? What did I say?" Emperor Jing was really confused now, and couldn't remember at all.
He only remembered that after the grasping week was over, he dragged An Lehou to talk about borrowing money.
"Your Majesty said that if Ying'er takes a fancy to someone in the future, His Majesty will decide who to point Ying'er to." Concubine De reminded again.
"Did I say that?" Emperor Jing asked confusedly, it had been more than ten years, how could he remember so much.
"Your Majesty, there really are." An Lehou bowed in a timely manner, holding a jade pendant in his hand and handed it to Emperor Jing, "This is a jade pendant bestowed by His Majesty himself. If so, just bring the jade pendant and come."
Depend on! Emperor Jing couldn't help cursing secretly in his heart, this incident really happened, he remembered this. Damn, at that time he was anxious to borrow money, so he made such a promise.
After so many years, if An Lehou hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten it.
Emperor Jing uncomfortably raised his fist and coughed lightly, "Is An Lehou now taking this jade pendant to propose marriage for Yinger?"
"Your Majesty, I only have such a daughter-in-law, so I naturally hope that she will marry someone I like." An Lehou said, "Ying'er accidentally saw His Highness King An in the Huguo Temple, and she has never forgotten it. Ill. My minister looks heartbroken, and hopes that His Majesty will remember the love of the year and point Yinger to His Highness Wang An as the right concubine."
In fact, I took this Yuyupei out for my daughter's marriage, and I'm sure I'll enjoy it. However, I can't keep the Princess Durham and her wife from ruining things. Besides, I think he also understood that if his family wants to stay wealthy, they must go with Princess Durham. Even for the sake of Yunyi, let your daughter marry Yunke, so you can control him. Besides, the wild girl who beat up his son so badly, he wanted revenge. Since the wild girl was to marry Yunke as a sidekick, he wanted his daughter to be a straight lady. He won't believe it. He won't kill the wild girl!
Emperor Jing looked at the jade pendant, then at An Lehou and his wife who were kneeling on the ground, and sighed from the bottom of his heart, son, it's not that I won't help you when I am old, but that I will fulfill the promise I made back then. In any case, what people want is to point you to a concubine. It would be even more tragic if you use the jade pendant to ask Lao Tzu to do other things. For the promise I made back then, son, please sacrifice yourself.
Speaking of which, how could Emperor Jing not know about An Lehou's careful thoughts, he sighed silently in his heart, if Xia Ying really liked Ke'er, why didn't she come to propose marriage? He had to wait until yesterday when Gu Yuqi beat Xia Shuangcheng, and the couple came today. Time wise too.
This girl Gu Yuqi can only ask for blessings, and Ke'er should not blame him as a father, there is nothing he can do.
"Well, I'm looking at Ying'er's infatuated face." Emperor Jing walked over with his hands behind his back, and took the jade pendant in his hands, "Come here, draw up an order to make Xia Ying, the daughter of Marquis Anle, the official concubine of Prince An. He thought for a while, bent down and helped An Lehou up, "Ai Qing thinks which day is suitable for the wedding?"
"Your Majesty, it's better to hit the sun than to choose the day. Let it be the day when the side concubine entered the door." An Lehou said with a smile, "on the same day, His Highness Wang An's double happiness will come to the door, wouldn't it be great?"
He just wanted to humiliate Gu Yuqi, so why didn't he put the good days on the same day as Gu Yuqi? At that time, he would like to see whether it is the beauty of the main concubine from the Anlehou's mansion, or the side concubine from the Dingyuanhou's mansion. Low anti-cloth technology.
Gu Yuqi, who told you to offend Anlehou's mansion? You are doomed to pay off your recklessness in your next life.
On the same day, Emperor Jing felt a pain in the ass for his son when he heard it.
But he had already promised, so he could only follow An Lehou's wishes, after all, it would not be good if the side concubine came in earlier than the main concubine.
He asked the eunuch to write down all these and send them to the Ministry of Rites to draft an order.
This kind of thing cannot be delayed. If Yun Ke finds out about it, he doesn’t want to, and makes a fuss in his south study. complied.
Besides, Yun Ke had already got up early this morning and went to the Xiaoqi camp. As long as the imperial edict was delivered to Prince An's mansion, it would be considered that Yun Ke had accepted the imperial edict, and he would have no reason to enter the palace to protest in the future.
Emperor Jing also felt that he was dripping with sweat. He had no choice but to cheat his son for the promise he made back then.
After An Lehou and his wife Xie En left, Emperor Jing called Concubine De to stop.
"My dear concubine, I will forget about today's matter." Emperor Jing said seriously, "But I don't hope there will be a next time."
Concubine De's heart trembled slightly, on the surface she was still smiling like a spring breeze, "I don't know what I did wrong, I hope Your Majesty will make it clear."
"Don't you know what's wrong?" Emperor Jing snorted coldly, "Ke'er can be regarded as you watched him grow up. If you want to treat him well, don't get involved in those messy things. Click here for my words , you have been with me for so many years, you won't let me down."
Only then did Concubine De feel that she was starting to break out in a cold sweat, she hurriedly knelt down on the carpet, "I understand, thank you for your majesty's instruction, this concubine is only thinking of Ke'er, thinking of Ke'er living in widowhood these days, I should find A concubine."
"Hehe." Emperor Jing sneered, "Okay, you can kneel down." After speaking, he stopped looking at Concubine De.
Concubine De walked out of the South Study Room in fear, feeling a burst of hatred in her heart. Could it be that this old man really fell in love with Yun Ke? To think about Yunke! Then where did he put Yi'er
Yun Ke, Gu Yuqi, these two people couldn't stay anymore.