Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 371
After returning to the capital, Emperor Xuanzhi became busy, and Jiang Changning's life was as leisurely as ever, even the Queen Mother stopped.

I never persuaded her to let Emperor Xuanzhi favor other women more, to be exposed to rain and dew, as a queen, she must be magnanimous and lenient
Jiang Changning didn't go into the details of why the queen mother changed her mind, and when she got along with the queen mother, she still followed the principle of coaxing and deceiving.

The sky is easy to thank, but it is hard to stay in the heat.

In the spring of the eighth year of Xuanzhi, the Empress Dowager once again proposed drafting, fearing that Jiang Changning might misunderstand, she explained, "It's not for the emperor, it's for the prince. The prince is not too young, so it's time to choose someone for him."

Jiang Changning also knew that she couldn't delay any longer. It was already very rare for the prince to choose a concubine until he was seventeen or eighteen years old.

But there is no need for a draft, Jiang Changning said with a smile: "The people who are with the prince, let the prince choose it himself. If the person we choose is not liked by him, it will be a pair of resentful spouses. Our sins."

The queen mother thought for a while, "What you said makes sense, okay, let the prince choose some good ones, and you decree to give them a marriage. I think I can have a great-grandson next year."

Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows, that is to say, the prince must get married within this year, which is a bit difficult!

You have to give the prince time to develop a relationship with that woman.

But seeing the expectant look in the Empress Dowager's eyes, Jiang Changning could only say: "I'll go tell the Prince, let him hurry up."

Coming out of the Palace of Mercy, Jiang Changning didn't look for the prince, but Emperor Xuanzhi.

Regarding the matter of picking a daughter-in-law, he also had to ask his father's opinion.

Emperor Xuanzhi has been suffering from the drought in the southeast for the past few days. This kind of natural disaster is hard to avoid.

In this severe drought, the prefects of more than ten or twenty counties came to cry for poverty, hoping that the imperial court could allocate funds for disaster relief and open warehouses to release grain.

Although the torrential rains hit central China last year, the imperial court allocated a large amount of disaster relief funds, but the coast was opened and the national treasury was full, so there was still some relief funds to be allocated.

But Emperor Xuanzhi knew that in these memorials, only a few state capitals needed relief, and the others had their own ideas.

Some are fishing in troubled waters to reap benefits, and some want to make a name in front of him.

Disaster relief food and relief funds must be allocated, but to ensure that the food and money are fully distributed to the victims, imperial envoys must be sent to supervise.

Otherwise, it will be a problem whether they can be distributed to the victims of the disaster after being exploited layer by layer by those corrupt officials.

Who will be sent as an imperial envoy?Emperor Xuanzhi thought about this question for several days.

Looking at the court, King De is the best candidate, but Princess De is seriously ill, so she has to stay by her side as her son.

King Yu thought carefully, but Emperor Xuanzhi didn't worry about sending him out of Beijing.

As for the other ministers, he had to pick and choose.

Emperor Xuanzhi was a little irritable in picking people, threw the brush in his hand on the table, raised his hand and rubbed his temples, feeling very tired.

When Jiang Changning came in, he happened to see this scene, walked behind him, and helped him pinch his shoulders, "Your Majesty, please let the prince read the note."

"Aren't you afraid that your son will be tired?" Emperor Xuanzhi grabbed her hand and asked with a joking smile.

"Children can't be tired. In order not to make my man work too hard, let him be tired." Jiang Changning said with a smile.

Emperor Xuanzhi took her hand, turned her from behind him to the front, and let her sit in his arms, "Don't you feel bad?"

"I feel sorry for Your Majesty." Jiang Changning pecked his lips.

Emperor Xuanzhi laughed, "Did my mother eat honey for breakfast today?"

"No, I had noodles with scallion oil for breakfast."

"No wonder it's so slick."

"Your Majesty, it's heartless to say that." Jiang Changning lightly poked his chest, "In my heart, you have always been more important than my son."

"It's me who said something wrong, empress, don't be upset." Emperor Xuanzhi coaxed her softly.

The couple chatted and laughed for a while, Jiang Changning suddenly said: "Oh, I have been arguing for a long time, and I almost forgot the business."

"What business do you have?" Emperor Xuanzhi asked with a smile.

"Why don't I have any business?" Jiang Changning glanced at him, "Is the prince's marriage a business?"

"The kid said he was going to marry a wife?" Emperor Xuan Zhi raised his eyebrows.

"It's not what he said, it was the empress mother, who wanted to have a great-grandson and said it was a talent show. I persuaded the empress mother and said that the prince should choose someone himself, lest we make him dislike it."

"Choosing the crown princess is a very important matter, you can't let that brat choose."

"You don't believe your son's eyes?" Jiang Changning asked with a frown.

"What vision does that kid have?" Emperor Xuanzhi said with disgust.

"Let him choose first. After the choice is made, let's take a closer look. If it's really too bad, it's not too late to object. After all, if you want to spend the rest of your life with him, you should choose the one he likes, so as not to be married."

Emperor Xuanzhi groaned, Jiang Changning continued: "Your Majesty and I are harmonious husband and wife, and I also hope that my son will have a confidant by his side. Your Majesty, the heights are extremely cold."

Emperor Xuanzhi's expression moved slightly, "Forget it, I'll follow you."

"Your Majesty is very kind, then I will go to the prince and tell him about it." Jiang Changning said, breaking free from his arms, getting up to leave.

Emperor Xuanzhi stretched out his long arms, and took him back into his arms, "You also said that I am more important than my son. Once the matter is finished, you are in a hurry to leave. I am more important than my son?"

"I will disturb His Majesty's review of the memorial when I am here."

"Who said I'm bothering you? With you by my side, it's not so dull here."

"This is the Imperial Study Room, where His Majesty handles government affairs. It should be serious, but if it is too relaxed, those ministers will lose their fear."

"You're right to say that, but now there's only you and me here, and I won't let you go."

"I won't go, I will accompany Your Majesty." Jiang Changning took the brush with a smile, "Please review the memorial, Your Majesty, and I will ink for His Majesty."

It was dusk when Jiang Changning accompanied Emperor Xuanzhi to review the thick stack of memorials.

The couple went back to Qiyuan Palace hand in hand, and as soon as they walked outside the gate of the east hall, they heard Xiao Yuer's voice inside, "Aunt Xiulan, where is my mother?"

"Your Majesty has gone to the imperial study." Xiulan replied.

"The queen mother won't stay in the imperial study to accompany the emperor to have dinner?" Xiao Yuer pouted and asked.

"Is the princess hungry?"

"I'm not hungry yet, I'm going to find my queen mother." Xiao Yu'er got up and walked out as he said.

"You don't have to look for it, I'm back with your mother." Jiang Changning hurried in.

"Mother's Queen." Xiao Yu'er saw Emperor Xuanzhi following behind, "Father Emperor."

The three sons stood up from their chairs, "I greet my father, my son, and my mother, my son."

"Sit down, let's pass on the meal." Jiang Changning and Emperor Xuanzhi took their seats, and the four children sat down one by one.

After dinner, Jiang Changning asked the second son, third son and daughter to accompany Emperor Xuanzhi for a walk, and she asked the prince alone, "Son, you are not young, it's time to get married, do you have a girl you like?"

The prince frowned slightly, "Mother, why did you suddenly think of asking this?"

"Men's college should be married, and female college's should be married. I didn't think of it suddenly, but I thought about it for many days."

"Queen, I haven't thought about this before, please allow me to think about it."

"It's a lifelong event, you have to think about it carefully, and tell me after you think about it." Jiang Changning said openly.

　Ning Ning won't have another baby, she's ready to be a mother-in-law, a grandmother.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)