Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 235

"Marquis Yuan, I will leave first!"

Han Zhang lifted the curtain with one hand and smiled at Yuan Wenshao.

"Master, please go slowly!" Yuan Wenshao said with cupped hands.

Han Zhang lowered the curtains and gave instructions to the coachman, and the carriage started to move.

Yuan Wenshao watched the carriage go away with a sneer on his lips.

Although he didn't know Han Zhang's purpose of wooing him, Yuan Wenshao didn't really believe his lies.

After a long time, Yuan Wenshao came to his senses, took the horse from Qin Li, and rode home.

……

"Officer, you are back!"

Hua Lan had been waiting in the front hall after returning home. When she learned that Yuan Wenshao was back, she quickly came out to welcome him.

Yuan Wenshao pulled Hua Lan into the front hall, waved the servants away, and asked: "How is it? The Queen Mother didn't embarrass you, did she?"

"The official's guess is correct. The Queen Mother is indeed going to give you the palace maid as a concubine. Fortunately, the Queen Mother came in time, otherwise I would not be able to resist." Hua Lan said with lingering fear.

Yuan Wenshao heard this and comforted him: "Don't worry, after this time, the Queen Mother will probably not look for trouble again."

"Yes." Hua Lan nodded and said: "After the Queen Mother came out, the Queen asked me to sit with her for a while, and asked me to go into the palace to talk to her when I had nothing to do. She also rewarded me with some cloth jewelry. .”

"That's just right. The weather will get warmer in a few months, so I'll have someone make some new clothes." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"Well, I think so too, but the Queen's reward is quite generous. I plan to send some back to my father-in-law and mother-in-law." Hua Lan said.

"Just do what you want. My father-in-law and mother-in-law will also send some over." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Okay." Hua Lan nodded and said with some worry: "Officer, is it really okay to reject the Queen Mother?"

"Don't worry, it's okay. Where is brother Xian?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

"I was making a fuss when I came back, and then I fell asleep." Hua Lan said.

"I'm going to change my official uniform." Yuan Wenshao said.

"I'll wait for the officials to change their clothes."

The couple returned to the backyard. Yuan Wenshao, served by Hua Lan, changed into regular clothes and went to see his son.

……

After the Xiaochao meeting, Zhao Zongquan wrote down the details about the restructuring and came to Fuyan Palace.

The Queen Mother was very angry and originally didn't plan to meet her, but after Zhu Neiguan's persuasion, she decided to meet her.

"My son has seen his mother!"

Zhao Zongquan entered the hall and bowed very respectfully.

The Queen Mother said calmly: "Sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

After Zhao Zongquan sat down, he cupped his hands and said: "Queen Mother, someone in the court today will propose that the military preparedness of the western suburbs camp is lax and that the western suburbs camp should be reorganized. After discussion with the ministers and officials, all officials basically agreed with this. This is the details Please take a look at it, Queen Mother!"

Zhu Neiguan stepped forward, saluted Zhao Zongquan, took it, and passed it to the Queen Mother.

After the Queen Mother took it, she put it directly on the table next to her without looking at it, and said: "The Western Suburb Camp has been like this for so many years, and nothing has gone wrong. The official has just ascended the throne, and is not familiar with military and government affairs. It is most important now What you have to do is follow the rules and regulations, stay the same, and spend more time getting familiar with government and military affairs. The Ai family is getting older, and the officials have sorted out the military and government affairs earlier, and the Ai family can return the government to you earlier and have a good rest. "

"What the Queen Mother said is true, but the majority of civil and military officials in the DPRK support the restructuring, and I also think we can give it a try." Zhao Zongquan said.

He didn't believe the Queen Mother's suggestion that she would return the government to him once he became familiar with government and military affairs.

He is not a child. The reason why he asked the Queen Mother to listen to politics behind the curtain is because he has no foundation at all and is still in the lineage of Taizu.

Not only were the clan members dissatisfied with his succession to the throne, but the civil and military officials in the court were also dissatisfied.

The Queen Mother listens to politics behind the curtain, which can stabilize the situation.

Now that he has been on the throne for more than a month, it is time for the Queen Mother to slowly delegate power.

However, the Queen Mother had no intention of delegating power at all, and the emperor Zhao Zongquan was treated like a puppet.

He and the Queen Mother have different ideas. The Queen Mother controls the government, which makes him feel very insecure.

If you want to seize power, you must control the military.

If the western suburbs camp is not restructured, the jade seal will be in the hands of the Queen Mother, and he will not be able to move it without the Queen Mother's permission.

"The Ai family knows that you have just ascended the throne, and they want to make some achievements. However, the Western Suburbs Camp has been like this since the founding of the country, and the rash restructuring will cause any bad effects. Have you ever considered the consequences?" the queen mother said.

"My mother, my son, and my ministers have considered it carefully, and most of the civil and military officials in the DPRK and China agree. There will definitely be no problem." Zhao Zongquan said.

"You are an official. There is nothing wrong with listening to the opinions of your ministers on everything, but you cannot blindly listen to them, otherwise you will be easily deceived. Needless to say, the Ai family will not agree to this matter. If not For other things, you can go back, I am exhausted."

After speaking, the Queen Mother leaned back, rested her head on her hands, and closed her eyes.

Zhao Zongquan was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it at all. He stood up and saluted: "My son, please retire."

"Yes." The Queen Mother responded lightly.

Zhao Zongquan turned around and walked out. When he left the hall, his face instantly darkened.

He thought that after all the officials were settled, the Queen Mother would have to agree. Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother refused directly.

It seems that we need to think of other ways to deal with this matter.

After Zhao Zongquan left, the Queen Mother opened her eyes and sneered: "This son of the Ai family is really capable. In just a short time, all the civil and military officials have come close to him."

"The Queen Mother is overly worried. The reason why the civil and military officials support the Guan family is because the Guan family is the successor designated by the late emperor, and their loyalty is still to the late emperor." Zhu Neiguan said.

"Stop comforting the Ai family. The Ai family knows that in the final analysis, I am just the Queen Mother and will return the power to him. The courtiers also know this and will naturally show their loyalty to him. The Ai family is not a person who is greedy for power. If He can inherit the late emperor's legacy, and it doesn't matter if the Ai family withdraws the curtain and returns to power. The Ai family is just afraid that he will destroy the late emperor's hard work over the years." The Queen Mother sighed.

……

Yuan Wenshao originally thought that after the discussion that day, the restructuring would be discussed at the next morning court meeting.

As a result, during the early court meeting, someone proposed restructuring the western suburbs camp, but Zhao Zongquan directly suppressed the proposal without further discussion.

The people in the court were all fine people, and they noticed something was wrong from Zhao Zongquan's attitude, and no one dared to say anything.

When Zhao Zongquan finally dispersed the dynasty, he announced that he had granted marriage to Shen Congxing and Gu Tingye, and the dynasty was dissolved.

When Sheng Hong heard that the official had granted marriage to Gu Tingye and Minglan, he felt dizzy.

With the status of the Sheng family, it is indeed a bit high to be married to the Hou family, let alone a concubine.

Yuan Wenshao originally wanted to congratulate his father-in-law, but he gave up the idea when he saw that he was surrounded by people congratulating him.

Hua Lan and him, as their daughter and son-in-law, were not far away from each other, so they would definitely go back, and it wouldn't be too late to talk about it then.

After leaving the main hall, Yuan Wenshao was full of doubts. He couldn't figure out why the officials suppressed the restructuring.

"Don't you understand why Your Majesty didn't discuss the restructuring in court?"

Gu Tingye and Shen Congxing caught up with Yuan Wenshao, and Shen Congxing whispered.

"I do have some doubts." Yuan Wenshao whispered.

"I heard from my sister that the Queen Mother is not allowed." Shen Congxing whispered.

Yuan Wenshao suddenly realized that it was normal for Zhao Zongquan to suppress the matter because the Queen Mother did not allow it.

However, such topics were not suitable for them to discuss in private.

Yuan Wenshao changed the subject and said: "I haven't congratulated Uncle Shen Guo on the upcoming good things."     "Thank you."

Shen Congxing smiled bitterly and did not want to talk more on this topic.

Although Queen Shen promised him that she could take the little Zou family as a concubine, she even gave the little Zou family a royal title in order to show favor to the Zou family.

The concubine's imperial edict was not unique, but it was also very rare.

You must know that when a concubine is sealed, she has already left the category of concubine.

In a sense, a concubine has a royal life, and her status is not much worse than that of the head wife.

Even so, Shen Congxing was not satisfied, but he knew that this was a political marriage and he could not refuse it.

Seeing that Shen Congxing's expression was wrong, Gu Tingye changed the subject and said, "Erlang, I'm going to find a good date to go to the Sheng family to propose marriage. You have to accompany me then."

"That's my in-law's family. What's the point of me accompanying you to propose marriage? As a relative of the woman, I'll be fine if I don't make things difficult for you." Yuan Wenshao said angrily.

"Look at what you said, we are friends and will soon become brothers-in-law. If you don't speak up for me, forget it, and you still want to make things difficult for me." Gu Tingye glared.

"Okay, no more joking." Yuan Wenshao asked: "Although the marriage is granted by the official family, you still have to go back and talk to your stepmother, otherwise it will be bad for your reputation."

There are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is not having descendants. Many people interpret this sentence to mean that having no descendants is the most unfilial.

In fact, the full text of this sentence is: There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the greatest is not having offspring. If Shun married without complaining, he would have no heirs, and a gentleman would think that he should complain.

In fact, this sentence means that marrying without telling someone is the most unfilial thing.

Although Gu Tingye's marriage was granted by the official family, Xiao Qin was Gu Tingye's aunt. If he did not inform her, it would be considered unfilial in terms of etiquette and law.

"Don't worry, I'll go over and say something as soon as I get back." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

Gu Tingye is not stupid either. Now that the matter has been settled and the official marriage has been granted, he can go back and go through the formalities. Xiao Qin doesn't dare to make any trouble. Naturally, there is no need for others to criticize him.

"Then I'll go back first."

Seeing that he had arrived at the palace gate, Yuan Wenshao said to Gu Tingye and Shen Congxing.

……

With the dispersion of the dynasty, news of the official marriage quickly spread throughout Bianjing.

It did not surprise anyone that the official family granted marriage to the daughter of Shen Congxing and the British Duke, as well as to the younger Shen family and the younger brother of Marquis Zhongjing.

Zhao Zongquan came from Yuzhou, and marriage was the best and fastest way to integrate into the powerful circle of Bianjing.

This kind of thing has been common since ancient times, so there is nothing surprising about it.

However, it is somewhat intriguing that the official family granted marriage to Gu Tingye and a concubine from the Sheng family.

Even if the officials wanted to win over civil servants through marriage, this candidate should not be Gu Tingye.

After all, Gu Tingye is not a clan member, nor is he a relative.

Moreover, the marriage partner is still a concubine.

Many people are speculating whether the officials arranged this because they didn't trust Gu Tingye.

……

Before marrying King Yong, the Duke of Qi was in charge of the salt affairs and was a fat man. Princess Pingning was very favored by the officials, and the Qi family was one of the most wealthy families in Bianjing.

Later, after Qi Heng married the daughter of King Yong, the Qi family's family status improved to a higher level.

At that time, everyone felt that King Yong was about to inherit the throne, and Qi Heng would be the consort by then.

At that time, many people who had no way to curry favor with King Yong came to curry favor with the Qi family.

At that time, the Qi family was very prosperous, but things were changing, and no one thought that King Yan would rebel, and in the end, Zhao Zongquan took advantage of him.

Not only did Qi Heng become a widower, the status of the Qi family also became embarrassing.

Princess Pingning was already arrogant, but after marrying King Yong, she became even more arrogant and offended many people.

During the palace coup, in order to save his life, he pretended to be crazy and acted foolishly.

Now that the Qi family has lost power, they are often ridiculed.

From then on, the Qi family simply closed its doors and thanked guests, keeping a very low profile.

The east courtyard of the Duke's Mansion of Qi is where Qi Heng lives.

At this time, Qi Heng was studying hard to prepare for the upcoming imperial examination.

Princess Pingning specifically told her that even if she passed near the courtyard, she must slow down and not make any noise to disturb the young master's study.

Although Princess Pingning has tempered a lot after the last incident, her perennial power is still there, and her servants are very obedient.

However, the very quiet courtyard today was disrupted by the sound of rapid footsteps.

"Master, Master!"

Buwei ran into the yard, shouting all the way into the house.

Qi Heng put down the book in his hand, looked at Buwei who was panting, and asked, "What happened?"

"Young Master...Young Master, I just heard...I heard that the official family has granted marriage to Second Young Master Gu and Miss Sheng Liu." Buwei said anxiously.

"pat~"

Upon hearing this, Qi Heng loosened his grip and dropped the book in his hand.

"You lied to me, right? How could the official family grant marriage to the second uncle and the sixth sister?" Qi Heng said in disbelief.

"Young Master, it's absolutely true. There are rumors in Bianjing now that it was a marriage gift from the official family during the morning court today." Buwei said.

"It's impossible. There must be some misunderstanding. I'm going to find my second uncle to find out."

Qi Heng found it difficult to accept this reality. When something happened at home, Princess Pingning said she was willing to let Minglan pass.

Qi Heng felt that he had let down Minglan once, and felt ashamed of Minglan. He wanted to propose marriage to the Sheng family after passing the imperial examination.

However, now that the official family actually offered marriage to Gu Tingye and Minglan, how could he accept it?

Qi Heng ran out like crazy. When he ran out of the yard, he almost bumped into Princess Pingning who came after hearing the news.

"My son was in a hurry and bumped into his mother. I will apologize to my mother when my son comes back!"

Qi Heng bowed hastily and ran out, avoiding Princess Pingning.

"stop!"

Princess Pingning stopped Qi Heng, looked at her lost son, and said distressedly: "Heng'er, this is a marriage granted by the official family, and no one can change it. I can only say that you are destined to be different, so give up."

"No!"

Qi Heng shook his head and said: "Second Uncle doesn't like Sixth Sister. He saved the Guan family. As long as he goes to ask the Guan family, the Guan family will definitely take back his life."

After speaking, Qi Heng ran out without giving Princess Pingning a chance to speak.

"Heng'er, Heng'er!"

Princess Pingning shouted several times, but when she saw Qi Hengli running away without paying attention, she turned around and glared at Buwei who was standing there, and shouted: "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Chase me! If anything happens to Heng'er , I’ll peel off your skin!”

"Yes!" Buwei saluted and quickly chased after him.

(End of this chapter)