marquis of jingan

Chapter 473
In the Palace of Ganlu, after His Majesty said the words of welcoming the bride, General Zhao did not speak for a long time.

After being silent for a while, he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the courtier's family is so humble, how dare you climb up to the heavenly family..."

The emperor squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Is the general unwilling to let the daughter of the family marry into the palace as a concubine?"

Although this sentence is a bit direct, it basically means this. If the emperor is willing to marry the Zhao family's daughter as the queen, General Zhao will naturally applaud, but if it is Nafei...

The matter of accepting a concubine is naturally attractive to small families, or some families that are at the edge of the court, but for the Zhao family, they have already secured the top spot in the military early. And for a family that has always been at the center of power, there is not much attraction.

Because the daughter of the family marries into the palace, no matter whether she is favored or not, it will not be of great help to the Anping Hou Mansion.

But of course, this kind of thing cannot be said clearly.

Zhao Lu bowed his head respectfully and said: "It is a great blessing for me to be married to the Tian family, but most of the daughters in the family have been wielding knives and guns since they were young. I am afraid that after they enter the palace, they will not follow the etiquette and offend Tian Yan... "

The emperor chuckled: "To put it bluntly, I just don't want to marry the daughter of the family into the palace to be a concubine."

Hearing what the emperor said, Zhao Lu just wanted to explain, but was interrupted by the emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at him and said with a smile: "The Zhao family has guarded the frontier for decades and has worked hard. If the daughter of the general's family is married into the palace as a concubine, she will indeed be wronged."

"Well, how about I promise to give the general a wife?"

Hearing these words, Zhao Lu suddenly raised his head to look at the emperor, then quickly lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the empress position has been confirmed, you..."

The emperor shook his head, and said, "The empress is about to give birth, and the official wife I'm talking about is naturally not my official wife."

The young Emperor His Majesty said with a smile on his face: "The general should know that I have two brothers. My second brother, Li Yu, is already 14 years old this year and can be married. If the general agrees, I will marry you later." Go to the Kunde Palace to ask the queen mother, and after the mother nods, arrange for him to meet the daughter of the general's family. If it is suitable, the marriage between your two families can be settled in a few days."

The emperor does have two younger brothers, but they are not from the same mother. He is a sibling with his mother, and there is also a younger sister who is also about 14 years old this year.

Because the two younger brothers are still young, not yet old enough to leave the palace and start a mansion, they are still living in the palace at the moment, but the second prince Li Yu has indeed reached the age to marry.

Hearing the emperor's words, Zhao Lu fell silent again.

After hesitating for a while, he lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, this matter has a lot to do with it. After I need to go back, I will discuss it with my mother and wife before making a decision."

The emperor smiled and said: "The general wants to go back to ask his mother, and I will also go to ask the queen mother. In this case, you and I will go back and ask the elders. Tomorrow morning, we will still be in this Manna Palace. I will wait for the general to reply."

Zhao Lu bowed his head respectfully and agreed.

His Majesty looked at Zhao Lu with his hands behind his back, and said calmly: "But let's talk about it in advance, any legitimate daughter of the Zhao family is fine, but only Miss Zhao Si from your family is not allowed."

"Don't take her to see my brother."

After Zhao Lu took a deep breath, he bowed his head deeply and said, "I...obey..."

After finishing speaking, he bowed his head respectfully, and stepped back.

As for the emperor, while watching him off, he asked Gao Ming to send the great general out of the Ganlu Palace on his behalf.

After the head of the Zhao Clan left, the eunuch Gao took small steps and returned behind the emperor. After hesitating for a while, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said, "Your Majesty, the marriage you mentioned , the Empress Dowager will most likely not agree."

The emperor looked back at Gao Ming who rarely expressed his opinion on his own, and smiled dumbly: "How do you know?"

Eunuch Gao lowered his head and said: "The second prince is not born of the empress dowager, and he is not very young. After getting married, he can leave the palace and start a family. If we find him a wife as powerful as the Zhao family... "

"The empress dowager is absolutely worried."

The little emperor smiled faintly: "Then don't let him become a feudal lord, just put him in Jiankang City and watch him."

"Didn't the father treat Uncle Jin the same way back then?"

Gao Ming bowed his head deeply, lowered his eyebrows and said, "However, the Second Prince's status is too high, if the Huaihe Navy stands behind him..."

"Not very secure."

The little emperor smiled lightly, did not answer, but said: "Okay, I have my own opinion in my heart, so don't talk too much."

"Prepare the sedan chair, I'm going to Kunde Palace to meet my mother."

He smiled lightly: "My brother, I'm going to tell my brother his wife."

Not long after saying this, His Majesty the Emperor got on the palanquin carried by the two people in the palace, and walked towards the Kunde Palace. His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting on the palanquin, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes were a little lost.

He is not a fool, naturally he has some plans of his own.

The reason why he gave his brother such a powerful wife family was to give the Zhao family...or to give the Zhao family a new choice.

To put it another way, it is to give the Zhao family a new hope and a new opportunity.

At the same time, it also gave the emperor himself a chance.

An opportunity to completely replace the Zhao Clan.

Although this opportunity is somewhat risky...

But the emperor is still very young, he is willing to gamble.

While thinking, the sedan chair had already reached the gate of Kunde Palace, the emperor got off the sedan chair, and soon saw Queen Mother Sun in Kunde Palace.

His Majesty the Emperor didn't talk nonsense, he directly explained the purpose of his visit, and the Empress Dowager Sun frowned when she knew the purpose of the emperor's visit, then looked at her son and asked, "You should have a reason for doing this, right? ?”

The emperor nodded, and after dismissing all the palace people, he roughly stated his thoughts, and then stood beside the Queen Mother, waiting for the Queen Mother's reply.

The empress dowager didn't speak immediately. After she was silent for a while, she said quietly: "Now you have taken control of the imperial army, and most of the civil servants in the court have been subdued by you. Now even if someone rebels, you dare The probability is also able to hold this position, but..."

Empress Dowager Sun changed the topic, and said lightly: "But there are risks, and there are risks. If you do this, you have to bear the risks."

The little emperor gritted his teeth slightly: "My son is willing to bear this risk."

Empress Dowager Sun sighed, and continued: "Once you lose the battle for the throne, you won't be able to survive."

She looked at her son and continued: "Not only you will die, but your mother will also die, your queen who is about to give birth, and the child in the queen's belly, your sister..."

"Oh…"

The empress dowager lowered her eyebrows and said: "And that girl outside the palace, all of them will die."

Hearing the queen mother's words, the little emperor first widened his eyes and glanced at his mother with disbelief. Then he swallowed, and after a short period of fear, his eyes became firm again.

"The queen mother, the son wants to strengthen the country, the army, and...go north..."

"And if you want to do this, you must first demolish and replace the Zhao family!"

"Their family is deeply rooted... My son must do something to..."

He gritted his teeth and wanted to continue talking, but Empress Dowager Sun had already waved her hand to signal him not to continue.

"The queen mother agreed."

Empress Dowager Sun looked calm.

"You go do it."

(End of this chapter)