It's not like she's taking on the throne as the empress.
These six short words accurately summarized the mentality of most officials after they learned about the three marriages from various channels. Just as the Grand Secretary Kong pushed back against the Prime Minister Jiang Gelao, most people who complained in various government offices thought of these six words. Except for a few people who were determined to win and were sulking, most others just sighed.
However, after the three families received the good news and urgently called their sons back home, their reactions were completely different.
The Zhao family, deputy governor, was overjoyed and set off a string of firecrackers, and wanted to send people to all their relatives and friends to announce the good news. Zhao Mingxiang, the second son, who had always been pampered by his parents and brothers, was so happy that he could only smile foolishly. When asked what he said when he met the emperor, he thought for a long time but scratched his head and said he didn't remember.
In fact, the only thing he remembered was that when the emperor asked him about his family situation, he kept saying good things about his parents and brother, and exaggerated the harmony of his family - after all, his family was indeed harmonious. When he talked about being taught a lesson for his occasional stupidity, his face was full of pride and pride. However, even if he remembered this now, he didn't plan to say it out loud... Would he be scolded if he said it out loud
In the Nanyang Marquis's mansion, after receiving the decree, the Nanyang Marquis's wife immediately called Zhang Wu to her, looked him up and down, gave him a few instructions, and then ordered the servants to start preparing for the wedding from that day on, as a year was not a long time after all. As for the study room that she had promised Zhang Wu yesterday, she notified the other two illegitimate sons early in the morning, and naturally ordered people to urge them to start moving.
As for the other bastards who had sensed the signs yesterday and were simply envious and jealous of Zhang Wu, she did not bother to sow discord between them, but instead sent a mother to give them a beating. Who made these guys fail to cling to Zhang Chen's thigh early, so as to get the quota of the supervisor, and then go to Banshan Hall with Zhang Chen to become Zhang Shou's students
The reaction of the Huaiqing Marquis's residence was initially subdued and dull. Since the day before yesterday when the wife of the Huaiqing Marquis learned that Zhang Lu had been rewarded, she had been "sick" in bed. When the imperial edict arrived at home, she even tried to lie in bed and pretend to be seriously ill, but was coaxed and frightened by her confidant mother, so she quickly got up, washed and went to greet him. When she learned that Zhang Lu was actually going to marry the princess, she almost fainted from anger.
Soon, the people she sent to investigate came back and reported that Princess Xinyang acted virtuous and gentle in front of the Queen Mother, but in fact she had no father at home. As the eldest sister, she was raised as half a boy. She was the master of everything, while her mother had no opinion. Moreover, Princess Xinyang left Qingning Palace yesterday and went to Qianqing Palace to ask the emperor to live separately from her husband after marriage.
It is said that the emperor agreed without even asking the empress dowager.
After getting over the annoyance she had felt when receiving the imperial edict, the wife of Marquis Huaiqing thought that no matter how noble the princess' daughter-in-law's family background was, she was still her daughter-in-law, so she planned to go through the marriage with all her might. When the time came, she, as the mother-in-law, would have to give her some nagging and let her know who was the boss in the mansion.
But now, she heard that the emperor had personally agreed to separate the illegitimate son whom she had always looked down upon, and let him live with the princess's daughter-in-law, and at most he would return home once during the holidays. She was so angry that she fainted.