Donggong Zhangjiao

At the beginning of the new year, there is a Lantern Festival family dinner on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

The fourth prince seemed to have enlightened himself. While toasting to Pei Yao and Fang Yun, he proposed that it was time for him to discuss the marriage.

Parents are naturally happy, but as careful as Fang Yun is, he still finds that there is a bit of loneliness hidden under his son's smile.

After the dinner, Pei Yao drank too much and was sent back to Yuzhang Palace by Hong Zheng to rest. Fang Yun accompanied her to eat, leaving the fourth prince to walk with her for a while in the palace.

"You hid it well." Fang Yun said.

The fourth prince pretended to be stupid, "What did the mother-in-law say? What can my son hide in front of you?"

When he said this, he only drew a blank look from Fang Yun.

"I was in a hurry to arrange your marriage before, so I didn't take a closer look. Today, you suddenly behaved strangely, but I finally found out the clues. Tell me, do you have someone you like?"

"No." The fourth prince laughed, "If my son has a girl he likes, he will definitely bring her back to the palace to show you right away!"

"If you still refuse to tell the truth, I think it's the girl who wants to do it."

Fang Yun stopped and spoke clearly.

At this moment, the disguise on the fourth prince's face slowly faded away, he smiled a little sadly and weakly, and lowered his eyes.

"The mother and concubine have already guessed it, so there is no need to ask who it is. The son has already promised that he will not force her. The son knows that as a prince, it is enough to be willful in the past few years. This year, the son will do well. Those who take wives and have children.”

When you become a prince or an emperor, your life no longer belongs entirely to you. Everyone in the world is watching. Marriage and heirs are both indispensable.

Fang Yun couldn't bear it when he saw his son's loneliness. He sighed and raised his hand to pat the fourth prince's shoulder.

"Ji'er, back then my mother and concubine had thought about the time when you might be troubled today."

"Mother and concubine, don't blame yourself. My son does not regret being the prince." The fourth prince looked up at him, the emotion in his eyes dissipated, revealing his tenacity, "The love between children is only temporary, not even gods can do it. Maybe everything goes as planned, and no one can get it, but people have to look forward, and I have already made it clear, and let the past be bygones."

Seeing him like this, Fang Yun felt relieved, raised the corners of his lips, and nodded.

"Good boy, you can figure it out yourself."

Otherwise, it is useless and useless to say more.

In April, a small election was held in Kyoto to select wives and concubines for the prince.

The crown princess finally selected was actually the legitimate daughter of the Lu family.

After all, this was the queen's niece, and her father was Lu Qi'an, the third-brother of the Lu family who was famous in Kyoto.

Thinking of the failed 'deal' between the queen and himself, Fang Yun felt a little sad for a moment. He really didn't know if it was fate or some other reason.

But this girl from the Lu family is indeed outstanding. Not to mention her appearance, everything else is also excellent. She has a dignified charm, a steady atmosphere, a decent manner, and an outstanding talent. In terms of personality, she is more out of the ordinary than the queen back then. , so it is steady but not dull, and the mind is even more agile.

It was decided by the fourth prince himself.

There is also a concubine and two Liangdi, who naturally come from good families.

The two Liang Di entered the East Palace one month after the primary election, and the concubine arrived half a month later. The day when the Crown Princess entered the palace was her wedding, so it was natural to have a grand ceremony, so the wedding was held in October.

It took half a year to prepare, of course, and the preparations started since the fourth prince turned fifteen, otherwise, these six months would not be enough.

In short, the fourth prince still followed the rules.

Although the Ye family could not return to Beijing for the banquet, gifts were indispensable. Ye Jintang also gave them a pair of jade Ruyi, which they called Hehe Ruyi.

It was also this time that the fourth prince learned that Ye Jintang was also engaged to a high-ranking family in the North, with the surname Qi.

When the Shangyang Kingdom was still there, the Qi family was a high-ranking family comparable to the royal family. It can be said that 60% of the scholars in the Shangyang Kingdom were students of the Qi family. Later, the Shangyang Kingdom was annexed by Da Qi, and the Qi family naturally surrendered. .

It stands to reason that Qi and Qi have the same pronunciation, so they should change their surnames to avoid taboos. Some ministers in the DPRK also discussed this matter, but Pei Yao specifically issued an order to allow the Qi family to keep their surnames, and bluntly said that with the full help of the Qi family, Da Qi will surely become more powerful. prosperity.

These words also deeply moved the Qi family. Now in Beidi, they are also very loyal to the emperor. Ye Jintang married into the Qi family, so she was naturally a good match.

It's good, both of us are settled, the fourth prince thought silently.

But he felt something was wrong. He hoped that Ye Jintang would be different from him and get what he really wanted.

But if you think about it carefully, a girl like that will definitely not give in. Naturally, everything she wants now is what she wants.

After gathering his thoughts, the fourth prince stepped into the bridal chamber, took the gold scale from Xi Niang, and took off the crown princess's red hijab.

Under the candlelight, the girl's face seemed to be stained with clouds, and her beautiful eyes were shy but full of expectation.

"Your Highness." The Crown Princess called softly.

The fourth prince held her hand and said, "From now on, Gu and you will be husband and wife. We will play the harp and the harp in harmony and raise eyebrows together. Remember, Gu's name is Pei Yanji."

The Crown Princess nodded slightly, full of longing for the future.

Later, everyone in the capital praised them. The prince and the princess were a divine couple. His Royal Highness the prince loved the princess very much. The princess was also virtuous and kind, and took care of the back house in an orderly manner.

Later, when the fourth prince turned thirty, Pei Yao abdicated the throne on his own initiative, the fourth prince ascended the throne, and the crown princess became the queen.

The number of women in the harem gradually increased, but the queen's status never wavered.

In fact, the queen herself was also very strange. Over the years, she could feel that although the emperor treated her well, the relationship between the two was not as affectionate as the outside world rumored.

More often than not, the queen felt that the emperor treated her with respect.

But it's not just her, every concubine in the emperor's harem is treated lightly.

When Pei Yao was on the throne, a concubine like Fang Yun had never appeared in the fourth prince's harem. It can be said that the queen was the most favored.

But this kind of relative favor is really nothing.

But it is precisely because the fourth prince treats the women in the entire harem like this, and has no preference, that his harem is very stable, and has never encountered all kinds of scandals like Pei Yao did back then.

Of course, this was also because Fang Yun, the Holy Mother Queen Mother, was there to watch over him.

But overall, the fourth prince's harem is indeed much calmer.

None of them is what he wants from the bottom of his heart, so naturally he doesn't have too many preferences.

It was rare, because everything was done according to the rules, so the fourth prince made his legitimate son the crown prince.

The queen is naturally happy.

She only felt that she was much luckier than her aunt back then.

But she would never know that her luck came from the fourth prince's unavailability of another girl.

It was probably a faint obsession. The fourth prince always thought that if he could not be a couple for the rest of his life, he should love and protect his wife more.

This may be unfair to the queen, but indeed, the fourth prince has fulfilled his responsibility.

Besides, how can there be so much fairness in this world?
Later, the fourth prince also met Ye Jintang again, but by that time Ye Jintang and the young master of the Qi family had also given birth to children and lived happily.

It's good, at least she is really happy.

The fourth prince thought, just wait for the next life. In this life, there will be no destiny.

But apart from never spending his whole life with his beloved woman, the fourth prince still lived a happy life.

He has parents who love him, a virtuous wife, a peaceful harem, smooth government, and a group of brothers and sisters who have been in harmony with him all his life.

In this life, everything will never go as planned. If you can be in the majority of them, you are already lucky.