Mrs. Wang is a big talker. In less than a day, the marriage between the Zhao and Su families was known to everyone.
Because of the previous Tiansi brocade and mutton-fat jade, people were not surprised. Apart from being surprised that the engagement process was a bit fast, most of the others were blessings. Even Master Wuchen said that the two were born with talents and good looks. The horoscope of the two is a match made in heaven, with auspicious stars shining brightly. Failure to combine would be a waste of resources.
Later in the evening, the palace also received news. Queen Meng, who was preparing for tomorrow's banquet of hundreds of officials, was stunned when she heard the news.
She was going to Zhen Guo Gong's Mansion the day after tomorrow, and the two of them got engaged today. This seemed strange no matter how you looked at it. Could it be that Guo Gong's Mansion got the letter in advance and promised their daughter to her before she went
In the past, she often heard from old people that some wealthy families were unwilling to let their daughters enter the palace, so whenever the court wanted to draft their daughters, they would marry off their daughters in advance to avoid the draft.
But the draft selected only palace maids and concubines, and she had never heard of anyone who didn't even care about the crown prince and concubines.
She had never noticed that the Duke of Zhen was so bold before, but ever since she got involved with that Xiuer, she has made disobedient actions one after another. Is she really reluctant to let go of her daughter, or does she not take her as the queen seriously
How abominable!
At the same time, Song Jingxing also heard the news in the East Palace and hurriedly came to Queen Meng to discuss countermeasures.
Empress Meng was agitated and spoke to her son with a bit of anger unconsciously: "They have already engaged, what can I do? Do you want me to bully them and force them to break off the engagement? One is Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, and the other is Zhenguo "Gongfu, which one is easy to mess with?"
Song Jingxing also understood the truth, but he had put so much thought into it, and just when his wish was about to come true, Zhao Jingyu snatched him away at the right moment. How could he be willing to lose to Zhao Jingyu in vain.
"The Duke of Zhenguo and the Marquis of Dingyuan are still ministers no matter what. The Queen Mother is the mother of the country and always talks about the face and dignity of the royal family. But now they are slapped in the face and teased by the ministers time and time again. Don't you feel ashamed?"
Because he was anxious and angry, he couldn't help but lose control of his emotions. His words aroused Queen Meng's anger, and she was slapped by Queen Meng.
"You traitor, who gave you the courage to talk to me like this? These days, you have been jumping up and down for that woman, and you have repeatedly attacked me. If you were not my biological child, your skin would have been peeled off. I am being played by others. Is it because of who? It's not because of you. You are incompetent and can't marry the woman you love, so you are making fun of me. Where is your conscience? "
Song Jingxing's face was burning with pain, and he said angrily: "Is it because I have no ability? I have long said that I will deal with that bastard Zhao Jingyu, but it was my mother who stopped me and refused to let me wait until after the New Year. My mother was always looking forward and backward, and she was always looking forward to it." I missed a good opportunity by restricting my son, and now I’m blaming my son again.”
"You..." Queen Meng's face turned livid with anger. She tapped his nose with trembling fingers and said, "You are so brave that you dare to accuse me. Okay, since you think I am useless, I will do this." Just don’t care, you can do whatever you want, I want to see if you can do what you want with your own abilities.”
Song Jingxing was really angry. After hearing Queen Meng's words, he turned around and strode away without any courtesy.
Queen Meng was so angry that her heart ached. She grabbed a tea cup and threw it at it, shouting angrily: "If you leave, don't come back!"
Before he finished speaking, Wang Lu hurried in from outside, bumped into Song Jingxing at the door, stretched out his hand to stop Song Jingxing, and pulled him back.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, now is not the time to vent your anger. Something big has happened."
"What's the matter?" Song Jingxing and Queen Meng asked in unison when they saw his serious expression.
Wang Lu looked around and whispered: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude. Please move to the inner room."
Queen Meng looked at him suspiciously, then said nothing and led the two of them to the inner room.
"Tell me, what happened?"
Already in the inner room, Wang Lu didn't seem to be at ease. He listened carefully to the goings on around him and then said in a very low voice: "Xiao Fangzi, who was stationed in the Qiande Hall, risked his life to find out the news. Miss Xiu'er is the daughter of Feng Ming, and if she gets her, she will conquer the world."
"..." The news was no less than a muffled thunder, with a crackling sound that exploded in the eardrums of Queen Meng and Song Jingxing. The mother and son looked at each other, each seeing extreme shock in the other's eyes.
"What did you say? Say it again!" Queen Meng said tremblingly.
Wang Lu repeated it in a low voice.
"Who said this? It's too ridiculous. I don't believe it!" Queen Meng recovered from the initial shock and her mind became clearer.
"This is a secret report sent to the emperor by Abbot Wuchen." Wang Lu said.
As soon as she heard the name of Abbot Wuchen, Queen Meng immediately became nervous again. Abbot Wuchen was the most famous enlightened monk in the Zhou Dynasty. Any absurd words would not be absurd as long as they came from his mouth.
"How did Abbot Wuchen know that he had met Xiu'er?" Song Jingxing asked anxiously.
"I haven't seen you," Wang Lu said. "Zhao Jingyu took the two people's Geng stickers and asked Abbot Wuchen to measure their horoscopes. Abbot Wuchen found out through the horoscopes that Miss Xiu'er was the daughter of Feng Ming. The emperor received his secret report. Immediately summoned Marquis Dingyuan into the palace, Xiao Fangzi found out by eavesdropping on the conversation between the Emperor and Marquis Dingyuan. "
"I see, then has he ever heard that the emperor plans to handle the matter this way?" Queen Meng asked, clasping her fingers.
"No, he heard that he was almost discovered on the way, so he came to me in a hurry." Wang Lu said.
"Okay, I understand." Queen Meng nodded, "Where is Xiao Fangzi now?"
"He got off duty and went back to rest." Wang Lu said.
"Then kill him!" Queen Meng said calmly, "Send someone to give his family a sum of money and say that he slipped and fell into a well and died."
"..." Wang Lu was stunned and held his breath for a long time without responding.
"Go on, why are you standing there stupidly?" Queen Meng frowned.
Wang Lu hurriedly said: "We managed to arrange Xiao Fangzi there with great difficulty. It would be a pity to kill him..."
"This matter is not trivial. The more people know about it, the more right and wrong it will be." Queen Meng said.
"..." Wang Lu was so frightened that he swallowed his saliva, quietly wiped his sweat, bowed in response, and retreated with trembling legs and feet.
After he left, Song Jingxing couldn't wait to ask Empress Meng: "Does the empress think it is trustworthy?"
Queen Meng said: "It stands to reason that the eight-character destiny pattern is Taoist metaphysics and has nothing to do with Buddhism, but if this comes from Abbot Wuchen, we have to believe it."
"My son thinks so too." Song Jingxing said, "Zhao Jingyu and Abbot Wuchen have always been on good terms, Abbot Wuchen will definitely not trick him, not to mention that he sent a letter to his father specifically, which shows that he is very cautious, but he doesn't know that his father What will be the reaction there?”
Queen Meng sneered: "He kept it secret from us, mother and son, and instead invited Marquis Dingyuan into the palace for discussion. Isn't his intention obvious enough?"
Song Jingxing's face darkened, and his eyes gradually became filled with anger.
The daughter of a phoenix who could win the world, the father did not want to give her the rightful prince, but wanted to marry Zhao Jingyu quietly. Could it be that in the eyes of the father, he was worse than a bastard of unknown origin
"I'm going to find out about it from my father!" He said angrily and walked away.
Empress Meng grabbed him and said, "What are you going to ask? Ask him why he didn't marry the daughter of Phoenix Life to you? Doesn't this clearly tell him that we have planted spies around him? Do you dislike our two sons?" Die slowly?"
"I don't believe that my father is willing to kill me!" Song Jingxing said.
Queen Meng let go of her hand: "If you don't believe it, just go and try it."
"..." Song Jingxing lowered his head in frustration and did not move any further.
Empress Meng sighed and patted his shoulder with pity: "You should go back first and wait until your mother goes to find out what your father is saying."
"My son and my mother are going together." Song Jingxing said, "This matter is related to my future. I don't want to hide behind my mother anymore and let her charge into battle for me."
"Okay, if you insist on going." Queen Meng said, "But you have to promise me that after you go, talk less and listen more, and don't be impulsive."
"My son, I have noted it down," Song Jingxing responded.
Queen Meng personally arranged his clothes and took his hand to the Qiande Hall.
When they arrived outside the palace gate, Dingyuan Hou happened to come out from inside. His face was solemn, his eyebrows were knitted, and he looked worried.
"Master Hou, I haven't seen you for a while." Queen Meng took the initiative to say hello.
Marquis Dingyuan seemed to have just discovered her and Song Jingxing. He was startled and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "We have met the Queen and His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Master Hou, there is no need to be formal." Queen Meng said, "Master Hou, isn't he at home mourning his deceased wife? Why did he suddenly come to the palace?"
"Ah, it's like this. Your Majesty will have a banquet for all the ministers tomorrow. The ministers are suspended from their duties and are mourning at home. It is inconvenient to attend. They come in advance to kowtow to His Majesty. They will not come tomorrow." Marquis Dingyuan lied without changing his expression.
Empress Meng sneered in her heart and did not expose him. She nodded and said: "I see, the Marquis has his heart. I have important matters to discuss with the Emperor, so I won't talk to the Marquis anymore."
"Your Majesty, please!" Marquis Dingyuan hurriedly bowed and stepped aside. After the mother and son entered the palace, he straightened up and left.
Normally, Marquis Dingyuan would have been able to detect some clues from the expressions of mother and son, but the emperor's words today shocked him so much that he couldn't care about anything else.
Master Wuchen actually said that Xiu'er was the daughter of a phoenix who was born out of luck and could win the world. This was too mysterious. Xiu'er had lived in the mansion for more than half a year, so why didn't he see anything unusual
If he could have known this secret earlier, he would have made the decision to let Xiuer marry Zhao Jingyu. How could he have allowed her to be picked up by the Zhenguo government.
Fortunately, Zhao Jingyu was devoted to Xiuer, and after going around and around, he finally moved the Duke of Zhenguo and agreed to his marriage to Xiuer, so that the daughter of Fengming would not end up in another family. This may be God's will!
"Oh, that's wrong!" Marquis Dingyuan suddenly stopped and murmured, "Hu Qianshan met Xiu'er many times in the mansion some time ago. Didn't he see something?"
Is it possible that he had noticed it a long time ago, but he just didn't say it, or maybe he only told Zhao Jingyu
Thinking that Zhao Jingyu, who had never cared about marriage, suddenly wanted to marry a wife, and even went to great lengths to marry Xiuer, Dingyuan Hou felt that Zhao Jingyu must know about this.
So, does he really love Xiuer girl, or is he just trying to get the daughter of Phoenix Life
Or maybe it's both
No matter what it is, Xiu'er must not let Xiu'er know about it. If she knew, she would definitely suspect that Zhao Jingyu had ulterior motives for marrying her. That girl was so angry, it would be terrible if she didn't marry out of anger.
Thinking of this, Marquis Dingyuan wished he could grow wings and fly back, and ask Zhao Jingyu for details. At the same time, he reminded him to be careful in front of Xiuer and not to let anything slip.
At this time, he never imagined that the rumors of the daughter of Phoenix Life would spread throughout the capital the next day after waking up.
Empress Meng and Song Jingxing tried to persuade Song Wanji to appoint Miss Xiuer as the crown princess on the grounds that the Lord of Jinping County was lacking in virtue. However, Song Wanji sternly rejected their proposal on the grounds that Miss Xiuer was already betrothed to the second son of Dingyuan Hou. ask.
Empress Meng was forced to go into danger, so she went into danger and ordered people to spread the secret that Miss Xiuer was the daughter of Feng Ming all night long. She also wrote a letter to tell her father, Prime Minister Meng, so that Prime Minister Meng could unite the ministers and announce the secret on the second day. At Tian's banquet, he advised the Holy One that only by marrying His Highness the Crown Prince, the daughter of Phoenix Ming could comply with the ways of Heaven and protect the country and the country forever.
(End of chapter)