No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 247 Ruan Bai Marriage?

After leaving the Wucheng Bingma Division, Luo Junyao was about to get into the carriage in a happy mood, when he suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at the rear of the carriage.

"Princess." Seeing that she was delayed getting into the carriage, Qin Yao'er poked her head out of the carriage and asked.

Luo Junyao leaned against the carriage, pointed to the rear and said, "Next to this is the Qi Clan's Proton Mansion?"

"What? People from the Qi tribe?!" Qin Yao'er was quite hostile to the Qi tribe because he hated Musa, "Princess, get in the car quickly! Be careful of those Qi tribe people!"

Luo Jun shook his head with a smile, then turned around and got into the carriage.

After Luo Jun sat down, Qin Yao'er asked curiously: "Who did the princess see just now? Could it be those bastards like Bai Jingrong again?"

Luo Jun said: "That's not true. I saw the ninth prince of the Qi clan and the Ruan family... the second young master." Although he was not familiar with Ruan Yuelou at all, it was still a little uncomfortable to suddenly change his name from the first young master to the second young master. .

I don't know if the Ruan family have gotten used to it.

Qin Yao'er tilted her head, and said with some doubts: "The Ruan family? Is it the prime minister's family? Why does the second son of their family associate with the ninth prince of the Qi clan?"

Luo Jun shrugged and smiled, "Who knows?"

Although he said so in his mouth, Luo Junyao knew in his heart that the Ruan family was probably discussing marriage with the Qi people.It's just that I don't know what benefits Bai Jingrong gave to the Ruan family, so that the Ruan family can accept a son-in-law with a sensitive identity?

For Ruan Xiang, it may be more troublesome for his daughter to marry the Qi clan proton than to directly let his daughter go to the Qi clan to get married.

With this doubt, Luo Junyao couldn't help asking Xie Yan when he returned to the mansion.Xie Yan didn't hide anything, pulled her into his arms and sat down, and said lightly: "It's nothing, we are talking about Liuyu with Bai Jingrong, Bai Jingrong is willing to make concessions, but...she hopes to give her son a place in Shangyong. One more guarantee of safety.”

"Looking for someone to marry?" Luo Jun shook his head.

Xie Yan nodded, and Luo Junyao was a little skeptical: "Bai Jingrong believes that as long as he marries Miss Ruan, Dasheng will not treat Ji Rong?"

Xie Yan said: "She said she believed it." As for whether it was true or not, only Bai Jingrong knew.

Luo Junyao leaned on Xie Yan's shoulder and said, "What good does this do for the Ruan family?" It is not a good thing for Ruan Ting to have a Qi clan prince as his son-in-law. It cannot be that Prime Minister Ruan understands righteousness and is willing to sacrifice a daughter for Dasheng, right?

You know, even if there are no accidents in the future, at least Ruan Yueli, the eldest lady of the Ruan family, can still create a powerful in-law for the Ruan family.

Xie Yan played with her hair, and said: "Of course there are advantages. Bai Jingrong hopes that this marriage will be carried out in the form of a marriage between the two countries. Therefore, Princess Taihua will accept Miss Ruan as her granddaughter and give her the title of princess." The Qi tribe will hand over the broken stone city near Liuyu to Dasheng as a dowry gift, and the court will naturally have to compensate the Ruan family."

"Huh?" Luo Junyao raised his head curiously, Xie Yan said: "The second young master of the Ruan family will send an official after the spring next year."

"Extraordinary promotion?"

Xie Yan nodded, "At least from the fifth grade."

Luo Junyao said that he understood, Dasheng's current imperial examination system, the top three champions in the first class are usually from the sixth rank, and the second place candidates are all the seventh rank, and most of them stay in the Imperial Academy first.As for the other Jinshi in the second class, it will only be lower.

If this marriage is really successful, not only will the Ruan family have a princess, but Ruan Yuelou will have a much higher starting point than ordinary people from the very beginning.From the seventh rank to the fifth rank, in Shangyong's view, they are all minor officials, but it is a height that many people can't surpass in their lifetime.

On the other hand, the Qi people used the Broken Stone City as a betrothal gift, and the eldest lady of the Ruan family would sacrifice her life for the country when she married Ji Rong. It's not easy to take the Ruan family under the knife.

In this way, the Ruan family didn't lose anything except the loss of a future in-law.

Besides, Prime Minister Ruan is already the head of civil servants, and his in-laws are King Ning, and Ruan Yuelou is not yet married, so the Ruan family is not really short of this one in-law.

Probably the only uncomfortable thing is that Ruan Yueli is gone.

The princess's status is indeed honorable, but the status of Mrs. Protagonist, the concubine of the Qi clan doomed her to have no other hope in Shangyonghuang City.

If she had a choice, she might rather choose a first-class noble family in Shangyong to marry her earlier.

"I saw that Ruan Yuelou went to the Proton Mansion today, is it already settled?" Luo Junyao asked.

Xie Yan said: "Princess Taihua has agreed to take the eldest girl of the Ruan family as her granddaughter. If there is no accident, the Qi tribe will formally raise this matter at the court tomorrow morning."

"Where is Ruan Yueli?"

Xie Yan sighed lightly, raised his hand to support her vest, and said, "Prime Minister Ruan asked her to agree to this matter...you should have seen it before, it was Bai Jingrong who first discussed it with Ruan Ting." No one cared about Ruan Yueli Opinion.

Bai Jingrong and Ruan Ting agreed in private, and then brought it up in the negotiation between the two parties.Dasheng naturally has no reason to refuse to get Liuyu back without bloodshed, and also a gravel city.

Luo Junyao also understood the reason, and could only lie in Xie Yan's arms and sigh softly.

She just sympathized with the proud Ruan Yueli.

Xie Yan put his arms around her, and changed the subject calmly, "It seems that Jinyan is doing well there?" Otherwise, Yaoyao wouldn't have left his elder brother aside and asked about the Ruan family as soon as he came back.

Luo Junyao cheered up too, nodded and smiled, "I guess big brother will be able to go home tonight."

Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "What's going on?"

Luo Junyao roughly explained the conflict between Luo Jinyan and Xiao Hong, "You said... Is it possible for Sister Su to become my sister-in-law?"

Xie Yan thought for a while and said, "Miss Su's family, she is a good match for Jinyan, if General Luo doesn't care about the Xiao family's affairs."

"I don't think Daddy will care about this matter, but it's hard to say whether Sister Su will like Big Brother. Now he is the one who is secretly in love with him. Maybe Sister Su doesn't like him at all."

Xie Yan laughed, "So Yao Yao has no confidence in Jin Yan?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Not really, it's just that maybe the big brother just isn't the one that Sister Su likes? Sister Su is also very good."

Xie Yan said: "Don't worry about this matter, I sincerely know what I'm doing."

Luo Junyao said in a low voice: "Of course he knows what he is doing. He sent someone to investigate the third son of the Xiao family before he had written his horoscope. Coincidentally, Xiao Hong is not a joke. If the son of the Xiao family is really A good match..." Her elder brother wouldn't want to be a male mistress, would he?
No no no!Luo Jun shook his head again and again. Previously, the eldest brother obviously did not object to his mother choosing a fiancée for him, so it can be seen that there was no plan to destroy Sister Su's marriage contract.

Alas, now it seems that there is no need to ask Minmin if she wants to meet her elder brother, and she has to find an opportunity to tell her mother to stop busy.

As soon as he got up the next day, Luo Junyao received the news sent by the Luo family: Luo Jinyan had already returned home last night.

It was a more tragic thing, because Luo Jinyan couldn't explain why he beat Xiao Hong, and was still beaten by Luo Yun after returning home.

Luo Junyao remembered his sad crush on his elder brother and just being beaten.

"Brother, does it hurt?" In Luo Jinyan's study, Luo Junyao lay facelessly beside the desk, looking at Luo Jinyan who was sitting upright reading a book with a smile.

Luo Jinyan put down the scroll and looked at her helplessly, "Are you the regent princess so free?"

Luo Jun said: "Where are you free? Didn't I hear that you were beaten? Come and see you, and then I will go to the palace to see Ah Cheng and the Empress Dowager."

"Then go quickly." Luo Jin said.

Luo Junyao stood up and sighed: "Actually, why do you do this? Tell daddy well, at least you don't have to suffer from this flesh and blood."

"You think you can say that?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "Are you afraid that Daddy will have opinions on Sister Su? But... if Daddy goes to investigate, it may not be impossible to find out."

Luo Jinyan said: "I have already agreed with my father, he will not investigate, as long as you don't talk nonsense in front of your father."

If it was Luo Jinxing, Luo Yun might really investigate, but he has always been at ease with Luo Jinyan, the eldest son.It is not a big deal for young people to make some mistakes occasionally, and Luo Yun will not ask his son not to make any mistakes.

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Okay, I won't tell Dad. But, how do you plan to solve the Xiao family?"

Luo Jinyan said: "Someone will come to solve this matter soon."

Luo Junyao immediately understood, "Did you send someone to send a message to the Xiao family? Brother, you beat Xiao Hong to delay time, right? He was injured like that, so he must be embarrassed to see Sister Su. But... the Xiao family They probably don't want to break off the engagement with the Su family, do they? They will probably make the big thing into a small one, and get rid of that woman and child."

Luo Jinyan glanced at her quietly, Luo Jun rolled his eyes and smiled and said: "I understand, then I wish you success soon."

Luo Jinyan knocked on her head with a book angrily, and said, "Go do your business, don't inquire about these gossips all day long."

Luo Junyao silently rolled his eyes in his heart.

Offending a woman will not end well!There will be no girlfriends who offend my sister and sweetheart!Just wait and see!
The air pressure in the palace has been very low these days, making the palace, which was already a bit empty and lonely due to the small number of people, so gloomy that it almost dripped water.

But these have nothing to do with Xie Cheng, since he moved out of the harem, Xie Cheng feels that he is very happy every day.

Yesterday, Uncle Huang sent back several companions, and Xie Cheng was even happier when he was with him.

Except, I go to greet my mother every morning.

Coming out of the Empress Dowager's palace, Xie Cheng was a little sluggish.

The servants and maids who followed him were also trembling. A few days ago, the prince changed all the servants who were close to His Majesty, and they had only served His Majesty for a few days.In the past few days, His Majesty went to greet the Queen Mother every day. Although the atmosphere was not hot, it was enough to make them panic.

Today, the Queen Mother did not even give Her Majesty a look during the whole process, and she spoke in a strange manner that did not seem to be directed at her only son, just because Mrs. Cheng Enhou's natal brother was dismissed from office by the Regent.

Not only that, but the regent also banned the two young princes from Cheng Enhou's mansion from entering the palace.

The queen mother had a fuss about this matter yesterday, and she heard that the regent didn't respond, so this morning, the anger was directed at Her Majesty.

Xie Cheng walked all the way to the gate of the Empress Dowager's Palace, but his mood did not improve.

It's not that he doesn't want to be filial to his mother, the Tai Tu has taught him since childhood that filial piety is the first priority, but...the mother always forces him to do some things that he doesn't want to do, and always says it is for his own good.

However, he really didn't feel good at all.As long as he retorts, the queen mother will say that he is still young and ignorant, as long as he is obedient.

But even if he was young, some of what the queen mother said was wrong.

Why does it have to be like this?Little Xie Cheng was very distressed.

"Ah Cheng, what's the matter?" Luo Junyao walked to the gate of the Empress Dowager's Palace, and saw Xie Cheng who was about to walk into the Empress Dowager's Palace with his head down.

It's just that the child is listless, so pitiful.

Seeing Luo Junyao, Xie Cheng's face couldn't help but brighten up, "Auntie, you haven't seen Ah Cheng for a long time!" The child ran to Luo Junyao's side and shook her by the hem of her clothes.

Luo Jun smiled and said: "How long has it been, I just entered the palace a few days ago."

"It's been a few days." Xie Cheng said, "Little aunt also said that she would take Ah Cheng out to play."

Luo Jun shook his smile, touched his little head and said: "That's my fault, I will definitely come to the palace to see Ah Cheng more often in the future. Is Ah Cheng here to greet the Empress Dowager?"

Xie Cheng nodded, "Ah Cheng just went to greet his mother." Xie Cheng didn't want his little aunt to misunderstand that he was an unfilial child and came so late to greet his elders.

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Then let's go in together. I heard Huang Gong said that the Empress Dowager is usually awake at this time, and it is just right for Ah Cheng to come."

The two went in holding hands, and the Empress Dowager was indeed awake.

The weather is fine today. On the steps outside the main hall, there is a reclining chair covered with thick bedding. The Empress Dowager is leaning on the reclining chair to bask in the sun.

The Empress Dowager saw the two coming in from the outside at a glance, smiled and waved to the two, "Why did you come together?"

The two quickly walked over, Xie Cheng squatted beside the Empress Dowager and said obediently: "A Cheng met my little aunt at the door, Grandmother, are you feeling better today?"

The Empress Dowager raised her skinny hand to touch his little head and said, "Grandmother is fine, is Ah Cheng used to being outside?"

Xie Cheng nodded and said, "Ah Cheng is also very good."

"That's good, that's good. Ah Cheng should study hard and listen to the teachings of the Taifu and your uncle, you know?"

"Ah Cheng knows." Xie Cheng replied.

The Empress Dowager asked someone to move a seat for the two of them to sit beside, and chatted with Luo Junyao.

Xie Cheng sat and listened to the two talking. He was not bored as a child. On the contrary, the Empress Dowager asked her grandson to play in the garden because she was afraid that her grandson would not be able to sit still.

Seeing Xie Cheng's leaving back, the Empress Dowager sighed and said, "From now on... Ah Cheng will have to work hard for you and Zhifei."

Luo Junyao felt sour in his heart, and quickly said: "What are you talking about? A Yan is Ah Cheng's uncle, and it is right to assist and take care of him."

The Empress Dowager shook her head, "If I'm still here, it's nothing. When I'm gone, there may be more things to do."

Luo Jun shook his head: "So, Auntie, you must stay for a long time."

The empress dowager smiled, where in this world does it last forever?At this age, it's not that she can't even see through it, she's just worried.

Luo Junyao didn't want to talk about such a heavy topic with the Empress Dowager, so he picked up some small things and told the Empress Dowager.As we chatted, we talked about what she had done recently.The Empress Dowager was in low energy, most of the time Luo Junyao said she was listening, and only occasionally said a word.

After listening to Luo Junyao, the Empress Dowager said, "Your idea is very good."

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "A Yan also said that it is difficult to do, and it will affect other people if it is done."

The Empress Dowager shook her head and said: "I don't know if it will be possible, I mean...you have this idea, and you are willing to contribute to the situation of other women. Such an idea is very good."

Luo Junyao felt a little embarrassed, "I am also a woman, so if I can do it, I will naturally do it."

The Empress Dowager sighed lightly and said, "I'm afraid Mrs. Zhu will not agree."

"I haven't told her yet, this kind of thing... don't you need to tell the Queen Mother right now?"

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "If you don't tell her, she might feel even more uncomfortable."

Luo Jun shrugged, "I can't talk to her."

The Empress Dowager said: "She looks like this...you can't blame her entirely. The Zhu family...has never liked women to show their faces in public, and there are only a few who have attended the academy in the Dongling Dynasty. Back then...Gaozu and I were not I didn't hesitate, but I couldn't find a more suitable girl than their family at that time. At that time, the old Zhu Hou was still there, and there was no problem with the Zhu family looking at it. Gone... Zhu's family is watching the sunset, she is orphaned and widowed..."

The Empress Dowager shook her head.

The world is impermanent, even if you are in the royal family, you are like an ant, so how can you control God's will?

Although she tried her best to teach this daughter-in-law the past few days, but because she was old and her energy was low, and because the Empress Dowager Zhu was brought up by the Zhu family since she was a child, there was a bit of stubbornness that was difficult for outsiders to detect under her gentle and virtuous appearance. Outsiders can make sense with a few words.

Luo Jun shook her hand and said softly, "Don't worry, things will always get better."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Who cares about the past after death? If I really die, I can't control these things even if I want to. Fortunately, now that I have you, I can feel more at ease. I can do whatever I want Do it, while I still have a breath, if you need anything, just tell me."

Luo Junyao felt his eyes a little hot, nodded quickly and said: "Yes, I remembered, don't worry."

The Empress Dowager patted her hand and did not speak for a while.

Luo Junyao looked up slowly along that skinny hand, and the Empress Dowager had already fallen asleep with her eyes slightly closed.

(End of this chapter)