After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 916: Teasing Sister
Haijiao didn't know if he was too tired, Haitang kept asking the same question, but he didn't even remember the person he was most familiar with, and still thought that his younger sister was interested in other people who were arranged to be married.

He folded his arms and looked up at the sky, trying to recall the gossip he had heard in the past few days: "I remember someone mentioned that Prince Ji, Prince An and the legitimate princes of several other royal palaces have all received marriages granted by the late emperor. Except for the crown prince, the older sons of Prince Ji seem to be married to daughters of noble families. Prince An's concubine's eldest son and the legitimate crown prince are mostly married to relatives. We, the Jinyiwei, know a lot of inside information and are still joking about it in private. Prince An's concubine's eldest son and the crown prince have been fighting each other for many years. In order to win strong support, they have been very picky about marriage and have been hesitant to make up their minds.

"Prince Ji is the same age as Prince An's eldest son, but he has married twice and has a son, while Prince An's eldest son doesn't even have a wife yet. However, the brothers of Prince An's Mansion planned their marriages so carefully, but in the end, the late emperor granted them marriages. Their wives' families are all old-fashioned relatives, either the great-granddaughter of the eldest princess or the granddaughter of the old uncle of the emperor. It sounds respectable, but in fact they have been in decline for a long time. There is not even a son in the family who can be shown off, and they are still hoping to use their children's marriages to exchange for some gold and silver to support the situation. The plans of the two sons of Prince An to get along with their in-laws fell through, and they can't complain, so they can only thank him. Little sister, do you think it's funny?"

Haitang didn't smile at all. Instead, she frowned slightly and stared at her brother, feeling a little dissatisfied.

Hai Jiao still didn't realize it, and continued to say with a smile: "The An Wang Mansion is still good, it's just that their calculations have failed. The Ji Wang Mansion is in trouble. When the late emperor left these marriage decrees, he didn't know that the Ji Wang father and son would cause such a big mess. Now that his family can survive, it is considered that the new emperor has a great favor. What's the point of marrying the daughter of a noble? Those girls who were married to the Ji Wang's sons, no matter how poor their families are, they are still legitimate families with titles. Their ancestors were once glorious. How can they be willing to have a good legitimate daughter be wasted like this? Besides, if they become relatives with the Ni Wang, they may also suffer misfortune. Isn't it unfair? These days, they have been desperately asking people to beg for mercy and sending gifts everywhere, hoping that the palace and the cabinet will treat those marriage decrees as non-existent and not marry their daughters to a fool who is destined to lose his life!"

Under normal circumstances, the palace would never do this, and the cabinet had no intention of offending these noble families, but weren't there some stubborn people among the civil servants? They seemed to think that, with the marriage decree, even if these daughters could not officially marry the son of the rebellious king, they could not marry anyone else...

In order to counter the power of Lord Sun and to prevent the Wumen from becoming too powerful, the late emperor really brought too many nerds into the court...

Haijiao sneered, thinking that there was a lot of fun in the imperial harem recently. As a member of the Jinyiwei, he had to stay in the palace every day and could not go home to reunite with his family. He could only use these fun things as entertainment to kill time...

However, when Haijiao finished laughing and looked up at his little sister, he found that there was no smile on her face, but she was looking at him seriously.

Haijiao blinked and showed an expression of sudden enlightenment: "Oh, you think these girls are unlucky, right? Don't worry, those stubborn ministers are mainly supported by the Minister of Rites. Apart from that, there are not many people who support them. The Empress Dowager, Consort Xu and the new emperor are still here. Cabinet Minister Tao is also a wise man and will not let innocent people suffer from the sinners. When the late emperor made the decree to grant the marriage, he did not know that the Ji Palace would rebel. He was planning to cut off the Ji Palace's way of winning over powerful officials by marrying his children. He probably thought he was very clever, right? Unfortunately, although this plan is not bad, it is no longer useful now."

Haijiao continued to complain about the absurdity of the marriage decrees. Because the late emperor wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to plot against the royal family, he only wanted to disgust people when he granted marriages, so that the families would have their hopes dashed but still have something to complain about. However, he did not consider the wishes of the parties involved at all, nor did he think carefully about whether the two parties were a good match, so there were cases where the eldest daughter of a concubine married the eldest son of the legitimate wife, the eldest daughter of the legitimate wife married the eldest son of the concubine, an ugly man married a beautiful woman, or a beautiful man married an ugly woman, and there was even a big age difference between the man and the woman.

Among them, the prince of An was betrothed to the granddaughter of an old uncle of the emperor. The girl was just twelve years old, and it would take at least three years for her to get married. The prince of An was very picky, and he was almost twenty years old but still hadn't married yet. He had to wait another three years before the wedding. Could he be patient enough to wait? Unfortunately, the An Palace didn't dare to disobey the order, and no matter how dissatisfied they were with the marriage, they had to accept it.

Hai Jiao was very puzzled by this: "Did the late emperor never consider the age of the marriage partner? Just like when he was considering the marriage of the crown prince, the Zhang family and a group of royal family members and royal relatives recommended the daughter of the Zhang family's direct line. She seemed to be about the same age as the one from the side branch, and she could be discussed with Jin Jiashu. The new emperor is six years younger than Jin Jiashu and four years younger than the daughter of the Zhang family's direct line. This is not a case of a girl being three years older than a man and marrying a rich man. If the late emperor really chose the candidate who was four years younger, wouldn't she be over twenty by the time the new emperor got married?"

Haijiao shook his head and thought that the late emperor's character was really questionable.

Haitang also felt that her brother's temper was hard to describe. Even though she thought her brother just didn't expect it, he now realized it.

Haijiao had never forgotten Jin Jiashu. Even when the daughter of the Zhang family's direct branch had once become a popular candidate for the new emperor's empress, he mentioned that Jin Jiashu had almost arranged a marriage with the daughter of the Zhang family's side branch. It was obvious that he remembered this good friend very well. How could he list all the people who had been granted marriages one by one and even mentioned the marriages of the sons of Prince An's mansion, but he didn't think of Jin Jiashu?
He clearly knew that his little sister was most concerned about whose marriage would be arranged!

My brother was just teasing her on purpose!
Haitang glared at her brother with a stern face, thinking that if he didn't get to the point, she would get angry!
How could Hai Jiao, who was the best at reading people's faces, not see that his little sister was angry? He chuckled, "Okay, okay, don't be angry. I know who you want to ask. I'm not stupid, how could I not know what you are most concerned about right now?"

Haitang relaxed her expression and said, "Since you know what's going on, then tell me right away. Has the late emperor made any arrangements for Brother Jin's marriage?"

Haijiao sighed, "The late emperor has issued orders for the children of all the princes and princesses. I am not here to inquire about news, and I haven't heard all the marriages granted by the royal family. Although Xiao Jin is a new noble, he usually does things in a low-key manner, and most people really don't pay attention to him. I haven't heard of him, but I saw Xiao Jin from a distance several times, and he signaled to me privately. I saw that he looked calm and didn't seem to be unhappy, so I guessed that the late emperor should not have randomly arranged a marriage. Either your marriage is successful, or the late emperor didn't arrange it at all. In this way, there is still hope. Don't worry, little sister, with the great contribution Xiao Jin has made this time, even if Concubine Xu still has some ideas, the new emperor will not let him down."