"Duke Ji Guo has devoted himself to the court for many years and made a lot of contributions. His son has reached the age of marriage. He has been appointed by the Ministry of Rites to select a daughter from a well-known family to marry Ji Xiu and choose a date to get married."
Long Yang's tone was cool and he conveyed his intention unhurriedly.
Zhao Qian was stunned and immediately bowed and saluted, "I will go and deliver the order right now."
He thought to himself, no matter how difficult it was for the old lady and Duke Zhen, there was no way they could have imagined that after they had just finished discussing the matter, the latter was reported to the master by the eleventh.
Fortunately, the master returned to the palace today and arranged for Eleven to go to Zhenguo Duke's Mansion to protect Miss Lu Er. Otherwise, by tomorrow, everything would be too late.
When Miss Lu Er gets engaged to the Ji family, no matter how much the master likes her, he probably won't try to steal the marriage.
But, does the master really not know how to steal a marriage
Zhao Qian was a little unsure. He had seen everything his master had done for Miss Lu during this period. He vaguely felt that even if the deal was done, his master would not let go easily.
After Zhao Qian went down, Long Yang said to Eleven: "Continue to stare at Zhenguo Duke's Mansion."
"Yes." Eleven bowed his head in agreement.
Long Yang then turned around and entered the bedroom.
It was already late at night, and the Ministry of Rites had already fallen asleep.
Late at night, the door of the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Rites was banged.
When the Minister of Rites learned that the visitor was Manager Zhao, he did not dare to neglect at all and hurriedly got up from his concubine's bed.
By the time everything was done, Zhao Qian had already been ushered into the living room.
The Minister of Rites hurried over and was about to ask about the late-night visitor, but when the emperor had any orders, Zhao Qian threw the imperial edict directly into his hands.
"Before tomorrow morning, the candidates must be drawn up, and then they can go directly to Duke Ji's Mansion to announce the decree."
When the Minister of Rites opened the imperial edict, he was a little stunned. After hearing Zhao Qian's words, he couldn't help but ask: "Doesn't the selected candidate need to be seen by the emperor again?"
"The Emperor has so many things to do, how can he have any leisure time?" Zhao Qian's voice was deep, and then he said with a smile, "The Emperor is the most at ease with Mr. Li's work. As long as the person he chooses has decent character, talent and appearance, that's all. .”
When Mr. Li heard this, his eyes flashed, "I understand, I understand."
Zhao Gan patted him on the shoulder, "Then Mr. Li, let's start selecting people now. At dawn tomorrow, we must go to Duke Ji's Mansion to announce the decree."
"I will definitely get things done." Mr. Li immediately agreed.
Although he didn't know why the emperor suddenly wanted to grant a marriage to the crown prince of Ji Guogong, and in such a hurry, since the emperor had a decree, he only had to comply with it.
However, the third watch in the middle of the night is really tiring. Alas, there is no sleep this time.
The next day.
When Lu He Tianxia came back, the old lady took a carriage to the palace.
Lu Hetian went to Duke Ji's mansion.
The two of them split up.
royal palace.
Long Yang was handling government affairs in the royal study. Zhao Qian came to report, and the old lady asked to see him.
Long Yang paused for a moment. He already knew the purpose of the old lady entering the palace today, but he still said: "I have invited the old lady."
Soon, the old lady entered the imperial study room under the leadership of Zhao Qian.
Looking at the emperor behind the royal table, the old lady took a few steps forward and saluted him.
"I would like to pay my respects to the Emperor!"
After saying that, she was about to salute, but Long Yang had already stood up from behind the desk and held her arm in time.
"Old lady, you don't need to be polite!"
The old lady straightened up.
Long Yang retracted his hand and said calmly, "Old lady, please sit down. Zhao Qian, serve tea."
After Long Yang sat down on the chair again, the old lady sat down on the chair next to him.
Zhao Qian quickly served tea to the old lady.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the tea." The old lady said politely, picked up the tea cup and took a sip before looking at Long Yang, "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, I came to the palace today and I do have something to ask for."
Long Yang stroked the lines on the teacup with his fingers and asked casually: "If there is anything you need, old lady, just tell me. Whatever I can do, I will do it for you."
If it weren't for Wei Wei, the old lady would have been flattered to hear the emperor speak like this.
She also watched the emperor grow up. He ascended the throne at the age of thirteen. With his superb skills, the great merchants reached unprecedented prosperity.
(End of chapter)