After listening, Wanchan remained silent for a long time.
After a while, he said, "Then just marry my daughter."
Concubine Hu Shu laughed and scolded, "Look at your reluctance. You are so smart. If you are a little smart, I will marry your cousin. You will not suffer in the future. Mother can still hurt you."
Wanchan lowered her head, "Daughter, daughter just thinks cousin is too gentle."
Concubine Hu Shu rolled her eyes at these words, "With your temper, if you don't find someone who is gentle, the young couple will quarrel every day. Okay, it's settled like this. Tomorrow, the mother will go to find the queen and then go to the queen mother. Set things down, so as not to worry about it." Long nights and many dreams."
At this time, Wan Pei spoke.
"Then if that's the case, wouldn't Eldest Sister go to make a kiss?"
Concubine Hu Shu and Wanchan immediately looked at these words. Wanchan originally wanted to pinch her sister, but it was difficult for her mother and concubine to do so.
Concubine Hu Shu took a while to speak, "Then you want your own sister to make a kiss?"
Wan Pei hurriedly shook her head, although the third sister was usually fierce towards her, she actually protected her very much, she knew this.
"Since you don't want Wanchan to go, then Wanxian can only go. You two should not reveal this matter to the outside world, so that Concubine Xian will not make preparations and ruin Wanchan's marriage, or It was she who assigned Wanxian out, and the queen was annoyed because of this, and the matter fell on Wanxi. In this palace, if you have too much time to take care of yourself, how can you have time to worry about others? The concubine's favor doesn't need to be so carefully calculated and haggled over every detail." Saying this, Concubine Hu Shu sighed.
It was only then that Wanchan and Wanxi discovered that the corners of their mother's eyes also had wrinkles. This may have something to do with her liking to laugh, but it also shows that people are really getting old.
After leaving the Chengqian Palace, Wanchan said to Wanfei, "Don't spill your excess sympathy where it shouldn't be. Look at the second sister, the concubine Xian and the eldest sister have more ideas than you can imagine. The two ages are approaching, if there is no big sister in front, it will be either me or you."
"Third sister, I understand."
Pressing the button and not mentioning it, Concubine Hu Shu really did as she said, she quickly decided on the candidate.
Because of the tacit understanding with the empress, there was no branch in Kunning Palace, so there was no need to mention Yongshou Palace. As soon as the queen mother heard that she was the nephew of Concubine Hu Shu's natal family, and also heard that Concubine Hu Shu said that she had a mild temper, she also felt that she was quite suitable for Wanchan, so the matter was settled.
A few days later, the news of the three princesses' appointment of a son-in-law spread throughout the Forbidden City.
The royal family married their daughters, and the rules were naturally cumbersome, and it was impossible for the man to come to propose marriage or something. Usually, the emperor ordered the marriage to be bestowed.
However, the matter has passed on Ming Road, Zong Cong has not issued an imperial edict for the time being, and he is also concerned that Wanxian is ahead. Since we are talking about choosing a son-in-law together, we should wait until Wanxian decides on the candidate, so that it will not seem like the following two The younger sisters are engaged, but the elder sister remains silent.
But Concubine Hu Shu was a little anxious, after thinking about it, she begged to Jingren Palace after two days.
"It's not good for me to tell Your Majesty. My mother's family has actually taken a fancy to Wanchan, and I have also taken a fancy to my nephew. They all think that the two are suitable. Although the matter is finalized, but Your Majesty hasn't issued the imperial decree yet, and the concubine also knows that His Majesty wants to wait for the eldest princess to make an imperial edict together, but the empress also knows where Concubine Xu Xian is... "
Concubine Hu Shu paused, thinking of Empress Chen's deliberate act of making things difficult for Concubine Xian without saying anything.
"I'm afraid it will not be easy to make a decision in a short while, so I want to ask the empress to help you talk to your majesty, see if you can settle Wanchan's matter first, so that the concubine's mother's family can feel at ease and can prepare to take care of the marriage."
"this… "
At first, Pan'er thought that the queen wanted to take advantage of Chengqian Palace and Yanxi Palace to fight, but she didn't expect Concubine Hu Shu to finalize Wanchan's marriage in a blink of an eye, and there was no such thing as two people fancying one person, obviously what she thought before Not true.
And based on Concubine Shu's performance over the years, she closed the palace door tightly and focused on raising a few children, and she didn't cause any trouble. Although her disposition of liking to watch the excitement has not changed, she is more peaceful than Concubine Xian, as can be seen from the fact that she betrothed Wanchan to her natal nephew.
This is just a trivial matter, it's just a matter of turning a sentence, with Zong Cong's character, it is impossible to refuse.
But Pan'er always felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't think of anything wrong. He could only come up with a possibility that the queen wanted to drag Concubine Shu into the water to fight with Concubine Xian, but Concubine Shu didn't want to get involved, so she simply put Wanchan's concubine early. The marriage is settled, so as not to cause side effects.
"How about this, when I see His Majesty, I will mention it to him. As for whether His Majesty will agree, I dare not guarantee Concubine Shu on this matter."
"It doesn't matter, it's okay, just ask the empress to bring a word, just because of the face of the empress, Your Majesty will definitely agree. The concubine will resign now, and wait for the good news from the empress." After finishing speaking, Concubine Hu Shu hurried away. He seemed very happy like that, as if he had solved a major matter in his heart.
Pan'er laughed a little.
Who would have thought that in just over ten years, many things have undergone earth-shaking changes. She still vaguely remembers the first time she went to Jide Hall to pay her respects, and saw Concubine Shu half leaning on the seat, stroking her stomach, and squinting at her And the appearance of Concubine Zhao.
It's indescribably charming, as if it's looking at you, but in fact it doesn't catch your eye at all.
Now, it was Concubine Shu who came to speak kindly to her just because of a trivial matter.
All for the children.
Therefore, after seeing Zong Cong, Pan Er told Zong Cong about it.
Zong Cong is not in a good mood recently. Da Zhou seems to be blooming like a brocade, but when he actually sits in this position, he realizes that there are constant internal and external troubles.
There are Tatars and Jin people in the north, pirates along the coast, and Myanmar in the south.
Because the capital is in the north, the Tatars and Jin talents in the north are the main enemies for the imperial court, so the imperial court set up nine important towns to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.
The pirates along the coast have not caused any disturbances these years because of the Marquis of Jinghai stationed there, but the Burmese country in the south has not been very peaceful.
It is not that the imperial court did not send troops to make expeditions to the country of Myanmar. During the Jianwu Dynasty, they made two expeditions. However, the weather in Myanmar is humid and hot, and there are many jungles and mountains in the area. The soldiers of Dazhou could not get used to the climate and environment there, and they were fighting in depth. The supply line was too long, and the manpower and material resources were huge.
In the end, although he won, it was only on the surface, and in fact it was only a narrow victory, and the court was unable to fight any more. After all, with such a vast territory of the Great Zhou, and the foreign enemies in the north watching over it, how could it be possible to devote all its energy to such a tiny place.
Myanmar regards the Great Zhou as the main country, but it only lasted for a few decades, and the Myanmar country once again reverted to its old ways, perfunctory to the Great Zhou, even lost the tribute it should have, and usually beat a dozen of its neighbors It is a small country belonging to the Great Zhou, so that the small country repeatedly asks the Great Zhou for help.
Da Zhou issued a decree to reprimand that Burma was perfunctory on the surface, but in fact it was still obedient and obedient.
In fact, throughout the history of modern dynasties, Myanmar has always had this kind of almost rogue attitude. If I can’t beat you, if I am conquered by you, I will bow down to you. After a few years of recuperation, I will start again. Jump up and down.
So in the end, the fight was stopped at all, and Da Zhou turned to supporting the small neighboring countries. With these small countries or regimes separated, the situation in southern Xinjiang could be more stable.
Annan's Dongshan Dynasty was supported in this way, but Myanmar is not without a way to deal with it. Instead, it supported another Annan regime, the Xishan Dynasty. In this way, the two sides fought back and forth, and they fought for many years. Dongshan Dynasty would ask for help from Dazhou whenever something happened.
Maybe there were too many such incidents, and Dazhou didn't take it seriously at all. It was also because of the frequent wars in the Dazhou Pass in the past few years, and it was impossible to send troops to support it, so that the Dongshan Dynasty was destroyed.
After hearing the news, Da Zhou naturally wanted to send envoys to reprimand. The Xishan Dynasty was also very sincere, saying that he was willing to regard Da Zhou as the country as before Annan, and planned to accompany the envoys to the capital to pay tribute.
In fact, the former owner of the Xishan Dynasty was Myanmar. Now that he has unified Annan, he said he would throw away the former owner? So this tribute is a meaning after all, I am afraid that everyone can understand the mystery of it.
Zong Cong and the cabinet have mainly discussed this matter recently. According to Zong Cong's thinking, it is best to directly send troops to fight with Myanmar.
But ideas are ideas after all, but the reality is not very supportive, so one can imagine his mood.
He didn't think too much about Concubine Hu Shu's request. After all, Concubine Shu asked Pan'er, even if she didn't give Concubine Shu this face, Pan'er's face would always be concerned, so he only hesitated and agreed.
Pan'er originally wanted to tell him about the empress' intentionally getting stuck in Wanxian's marriage, but seeing that he was not in a good mood, she didn't bring it up to bother him.
On the contrary, Zong Cong complained a lot to Pan'er, saying that it was difficult to be an emperor. He thought that he would be able to do whatever he wanted, but only after he became an emperor did he realize that this idea was not realistic.
It was precisely after becoming the emperor that there were more and more constraints and concerns, because every step he took he had to think about whether it was right or not, and whether it would affect the overall situation.
The Lianghuai Salt Administration is like this, the Annan Myanmar is like this, and there are some small places in various aspects. He has been dissatisfied for too long, but because of a single hair, his whole body is affected, so he can only stand still.
"When manpower is limited, there are things that even the emperor can't do. You can't finish it all at once, just take your time, and you will finish it one day."
Seeing that she was still thinking hard about how to persuade him, Zong Cong laughed instead, leaned into her arms, squeezed her hand again and said, "I always said I wouldn't bring these things back to bother you, but I never thought I couldn't control it. "
Pan'er rubbed his forehead for him, and said softly, "You are tired, take a rest when you are tired, don't push yourself too hard, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, how do you discuss it with those elders in the palace?" , You always have to wait for someone to arrive in the capital to know what the other party is up to. It is just a small country, if it really violates the national prestige, it will be punished even though it is far away."
"You still understand this sentence." Zong Cong smiled.
"Why don't you understand, Your Majesty is looking down on women."
The two had a quarrel, and Pan'er left him to sleep for a while. It was not until the afternoon that Zong Cong left Jingren Palace in good spirits.
Just one day later, the imperial edict to grant Wanchan a marriage was issued, and Concubine Hu Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the imperial edict.
On the other side, the Palace of Yanxi Palace fell silent again. Pan'er thought that it was Concubine Xu Xian who saw the queen's attitude and didn't want to conflict with the queen. She didn't know that Wanxian was involved.
After Wanxian left that day, Jinping conveyed the message to Concubine Xu Xian.
As soon as Concubine Xu Xian heard this, she knew that Wanxian was angry with herself. She was already full of anger, so she put aside the matter of marriage, and the mother and daughter became angry.
More than a month later, Annan's tribute envoys entered Beijing.
This time Annan seemed to be very sincere. Not only came the envoy and a younger brother, but also two princes.
It is naturally a great event for the palace to have envoys from foreign countries visit.
No matter what, the demeanor of a big country is still necessary. Naturally, the palace has a banquet and entertainment, and Wanchan finally understands the worry of the mother and concubine.
When there was a banquet in the palace before, she specially sent someone to look at the two princes. Not to mention their weird outfits, one was as black as charcoal, and the other was as fat as a pig. If she was matched with such a person, she would directly bump into him Forget it.
Wanchan knew it, so naturally Wanxi knew it too.
Therefore, when the banquet was held in the palace at night, when she saw Wanxian, her eyes were very complicated.
"Miss."
"What's wrong?"
Looking at the third sister walking in front, Wan Pei hurriedly shook her head, lowered her head and said, "It's nothing."