Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 470 The concubine’s position changes hands
Zhao Mu remembered that he seemed to have some gifts that he had not brought. He said: "By the way, Your Majesty. Wei Chen returned from Korea and brought back a lot of gifts. I entrusted the Chamber of Commerce to send those things back to Wei Chen's residence first. Among them are several fine Korean ginseng and Changbai Mountain Millennium Ginseng. . It was specially set aside by Wei Chen to present to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please allow Rong Chen to return home temporarily."

Zhezong smiled, then stood up and walked to the cabinet beside him.

He took down a large, slender box from the cabinet.

And this box looked very familiar to Zhao Mu. It was the box he used to put ginseng in the border market of Korea.

However, the paint seal on this box has not yet been opened. The words on the seal were also written by Zhao Mu himself, "Dedicated to Your Majesty."

Zhezong brought the box to the table and said: "After this item arrived in the capital, the princess sent Xuan to send it to the palace. But I haven't checked what is inside. The eunuchs and eunuchs all suggested opening it for inspection. . But I believed that the emperor would never give me anything bad, so I planned to wait for the emperor to come back and watch it together. But I didn’t expect that the emperor would inform me in advance. A sense of anticipation.”

Zhezhong tore off the seal at this time and opened the box. There is no hint of any trap or poison inside.

Zhao Mu also smiled knowingly when he saw this scene. His Majesty trusted him, and he trusted his Majesty.

After Zhezong opened the box, there were three small boxes inside.

Zhao Mu took out the largest box among them, opened it for Zhezong with his own hands, and then bowed respectfully and presented it to Zhezong, saying: "This thousand-year-old wild ginseng was specially selected for your majesty by Wei Chen. Now I present it to your majesty, Long live your majesty!

Although the emperor did not lack these things, Zhao Mu's attitude also moved Zhezong very much. What Zhao Mujin offered was different from others.

There are many high-quality old wild ginseng in his imperial pharmacy. On weekdays, Zhezong would also eat some ginseng, deer blood and other things to replenish his body. But this was Zhezong’s first time seeing such good ginseng.

"Come here, convey my order, take five hundred thousand taels of silver from the treasury and deliver it to Prince Qi's Mansion. That's right! Let that person deliver it. The emperor may be frightened when he sees him." Zhezong couldn't help but feel bad as he said this. laughed.

But only the gift Zhao Mu gave him was different from others.

Zhezong couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhao Mu like this.

Zhezong stretched out his hand and touched it, then said with a smile: "Uncle Huang is interested!" He took it.

Zhezong wanted to reward Zhao Mu, but Zhao Mu was usually modest and refused. The gifts he gave to himself were just daily gifts between close friends. There is no pursuit of profit. This made Zhezong very happy.

Zhe Zong knew in his heart that other people flattered him, no matter how precious the things they offered were. She just wanted to please him and get a job.

Afterwards, Zhao Mu handed over the credentials signed by himself, Jurchen, and Murong Fu to Zhezong. After Zhezong accepted it, Zhao Mu returned to his mansion.

After Zhao Mu left the palace, he returned to his home.

Now Prince Qi's palace was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the four people with plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums were standing in front of the door waiting for Zhao Mu to come back.

Zhao Mu saw that the four girls were there, then he got off his horse and looked at the red lantern hanging high in front of Prince Qi's Mansion. Zhao Mu asked: "What's going on today? You four just came to greet me in person. Why is the house so festive? Is there something going on?" Mei Jian looked at Zhao Mu and said, "There must be something going on. Yes, and it’s a happy event.”

Zhao Mu chuckled and said, "A happy event? What happy event can there be? Although Jin'er is pregnant, she is far from giving birth. Besides being blessed with a baby, what other happy event is there?"

Zhujian said at this time: "My lord, your return is the greatest joy!"

Zhao Mu stretched out his hand and poked Zhujian gently on the forehead, then smiled and said: "Haha, you little girl has learned to flatter you now. Every time I come back, it won't be like this. What's wrong?"

Ju Jian said: "This is what the old princess prepared for the master. Previously, the master sent President Park to bring gifts for everyone. The old princess guessed that we would be back soon. So she started to prepare for the master and Lord Chai County The wedding is about to begin. Now that everything is ready, we are waiting for the master to get married on an auspicious day within the next month. "

Zhao Mu sighed and said, "Why are you in such a hurry, mother-in-law? Didn't I say that before? We have other official matters to deal with after we come back. Let's put the marriage aside for now, until County Master Chai and Princess Xiao Qian are older." It’s not too late for me to get married again.”

"It's not that I'm worried about my mother. It's just that the Shang Prince's Palace and His Highness Shoukang are pressing hard. So I have to prepare for you, right?" Hearing the voice, Zhao Muxun turned around. I saw Mrs. Chai walking out with her sister-in-law, Princess Xiao Qian. And Zhao Mu also noticed that his sister-in-law's face was not very good-looking, and she seemed a little unhappy.

Zhao Mu bowed and saluted: "My son, I greet my mother and concubine, sister-in-law." The four swords of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum also saluted together.

But at this time, Zhao Mu also reacted and said, "Wait a minute! Isn't County Lord Chai the daughter of Duke Xin? What does she have to do with His Royal Highness King Shang and Princess Shoukang?"

Concubine Chai chuckled and said: "Now it is not the Lord of County Chai, but the Lord of County Chai. Brother Wang and His Highness Shoukang were very happy to learn that someone from the Chai clan could marry my son. So His Highness Shoukang She proposed that the girl Wenxiu be adopted as a princess and marry her as a princess. This would not only make my son more dignified, but also make the Chai family more dignified. "

"Just three days ago, His Royal Highness Shoukang's petition was approved by the Queen Mother and Her Majesty. Now Wenxiu has been canonized as the princess. She has passed to the knees of Brother Wang and Princess Shoukang. Now it is considered a marriage between Prince Qi's Palace and Prince Shang's Palace. The former Korean businessman He said that my son would be back soon. So when my son distributed the gifts to everyone, His Highness Shoukang asked my son to make arrangements for my son as soon as possible. "

After hearing what her mother-in-law had said, Princess Xiao Qian couldn't help but frown.

Seeing his sister-in-law's reaction, Zhao Mu couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He had been paying attention to his sister-in-law's bitter face just now. He originally thought that he or someone in the family had offended her. It turned out that she was unhappy because of this incident.

But it's no wonder that the sister-in-law is unhappy. The concubine Zhao Mu was supposed to marry was the sister-in-law's biological sister, Qian Yuhuan, the princess of Xiaoqian County.

During the previous division of titles, Princess Xiao Qian was able to take the position of concubine because her princess title was higher than Chai Wenxiu's county title. Even if Chai Wenxiu marries her first because she is older, she can only be a concubine.

But now Chai Wenxiu has been adopted to the King of Shang and his wife, and she is also the child of the Princess of the Song Dynasty. Even if she is adopted, she is still the child of the Princess of the Song Dynasty in name. The orthodox princess.

Prince Deng's Palace has been weak in recent years. Although Prince Deng's Palace can compete with Duke Xin, it cannot compete with Prince Shang. Even more, she couldn't compete with Princess Shoukang, the late emperor's sister, who was the pillar of Prince Shang's palace.

(End of this chapter)