Fair Lady

The spring is bright and the willows are green; the grass comes out with the fragrance of the soil, clusters, clusters; all kinds of wild flowers are also rushing to bloom, red, yellow, blue, white, and purple... Hundreds of flowers are blooming and colorful.

Such a season always gives people hope and a sense of vitality and high spirits.

The people in the two marquis' mansions are even more proud and cheerful, which makes people envious and jealous.Unsurprisingly, Erye Shuwen won the number one scholar in both civil and military examinations, and he was also the first number one scholar in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty to win a grand slam (from the head of the desk, Jieyuan, member, and then to the number one scholar, he ranked first all the way).

Xia Shuwen is only under 16 years old, and the heads of all the aristocratic families sighed, how could they not have such a descendant?

There are three brothers and sisters in the Xia family, both brothers are civil and military champions, and the only girl is Princess Fuxinggui who was appointed by the emperor and the future Princess Yong. There is really no one ordinary. How much smoke will be emitted from the ancestral grave of the Xia family?

It's a pity that two of the three brothers and sisters are already well-known, and the only thing that everyone can stare at is the papers that claim to be full or talk about marriage after the imperial examination.As soon as the gold list was announced, the official media, private media, and noble ladies who were entrusted to come to the door to find out the news came to the door one after another.

It's a pity, before they broke their heads to scramble, the palace soon spread the news that the emperor himself wanted to find Shuwen as his son-in-law, and proposed to marry the fourth princess Qi Sihan.

Everyone froze immediately, who would dare to rob the emperor for his son-in-law?However, there are also people who are skeptical. Would Xia Shuwen, who is both civil and military, be willing to become a princess?Jin Xida and Shujie, who have always been the most protective, won't feel wronged by Shuwen?You must know that the official career of the son-in-law is generally subject to various restrictions.It can't be too brilliant.

Those who want to take advantage of the princess (such as Princess Shangzhu's concubine Pei) will of course be overjoyed by such an opportunity, but Xia Shuwen doesn't need it, right?His own literary talent, military strategy, and the influence of the two princes' mansions are enough to support his development.

At this time, the book that has caused divergent opinions is "bargaining" with the emperor in the imperial study.

The emperor allowed Shuwen not to be an official, and he had to make an exception and directly let him be a hand-picked imperial merchant. As long as the items he deals in are needed by the imperial palace, he will become a special supplier of the imperial palace in that field, and there is no need to go to the same level with other merchants. Competition does not need to be subject to the selection and review of the Ministry of Accounts and related departments.

but.The emperor also put forward two conditions.First, he wants to marry the fourth princess and Shuwen (the emperor promised Jin Xida in the early years, and the marriage of Shujie and the three of them should be their own willingness); Even monopoly big business.The emperor is going to hand over this system to Shuwen and the Ministry of Households to discuss and work out a plan.Subsequent management is also handed over to Shuwen.

certainly.It is impossible for the emperor to order Shuwen for nothing, he has not forgotten that Shuwen's greatest interest is counting money.Since he is asked to devote his energy to running his own business to earn money for the court, there must be benefits, right?Officials still have salaries.

All businesses owned by the imperial court will be divided into [-]% of the shares, [-]% will go to Shuwen, and the remaining [-]% ​​will be given to those aristocratic families, nobles, and heroes (this is the result of "bargaining" by Shuwen, and it is also for the convenience of doing things in the future. .Avoid those aristocratic families who have lost their money because of the imperial monopoly).It's just that there are more monks and less meat.Each person can only get one-tenth of the [-]% at most.Those who want shares can apply, but it is up to the emperor to decide who gets it.

Compared with the fun of owning silver, Shuwen enjoys the process of earning large sums of silver more.Watching those numbers keep increasing and doubling, his blood will boil with excitement.Therefore, for the emperor to give him such a chance to direct the big project of "earning money", Shuwen not only does not feel reluctant, but also welcomes it.There is a feeling that you are about to become a general commanding thousands of troops to fight.

As for the engagement with the fourth princess as the quasi-consort, Shuwen was only stunned for a moment.Not disgusted.Thinking of those two little girls who both had a pair of cute dimples, giggled, and were as refreshing as the blue sky and white clouds, he... felt very good and relaxed.

Uh, it’s no wonder that Shuwen sees two figures popping up in his mind when he thinks of the fourth princess, but the fourth princess and Princess Yuegui always go in and out together, and even dress mostly the same, like twin sisters, no , closer than twin sisters, like two people stuck together.If there is one less, others will find it strange not to mention whether they themselves are used to being comfortable.

For example, right now the emperor was having a lively discussion with Shuwen, and the little father-in-law knocked on the door.Da Fuzi hurried over to ask in a low voice, and then ran back to reply: "Your Majesty, the Fourth Princess and Princess Yuegui are here."

Jin Xida, who was listening to Shuwen and the emperor talking about business for a long time, couldn't get in the mouth, and was about to fall asleep, "woke up" immediately: "Your Majesty, should the minister and Wen'er resign?"

The two little noble girls are almost 14 years old, even though the emperor is about to give Shuwen and the fourth princess a marriage, isn't that not given yet?What's more, Princess Yuegui is still there.As for the golden branches and jade leaves of the royal family, it is better to avoid them. It is not surprising that there are many people who are polite, but how many criticisms are there for the rules?

The emperor waved his hand: "No, what can those two girls do? It's just two or three sentences. Wen'er and I still have a lot of things to discuss. I said Jin boy, don't just listen, take what we say as a joke. Can you use the lullaby? I need to ask for advice."

Jin Xida just wanted to complain about "grievances", but the emperor had already told Da Fuzi: "Let them in." The emperor still favors the fourth princess and Princess Yuegui very much, and other princesses and concubines are generally not favored. Allowed to enter the royal study.

As soon as the fourth princess entered the door, she murmured coquettishly, "Father, please don't be in a hurry to issue the imperial decree of marriage, the servants haven't agreed yet."

Shuwen sitting on the side was stunned again, but he wasn't too shocked or sad (he didn't know much about love affairs, and he didn't care about getting married), but a little disappointment flashed through his heart, After all, he was rejected by others.

Jin Xida was very unhappy, so what about the princess?His Wen'er is the most popular son-in-law candidate for a noble girl of the right age in Beijing. Why is she not happy?They don't care much about Princess Shang, either, right?On the contrary, he really didn't want to be so closely connected with the royal family. Belle had already been assigned to the little prince Baoyu, and now Wen'er appointed the fourth princess.And Yun Ting, the cousin and grandma of their two marquis mansions, is also the side concubine of the Fourth Prince.

Although these several marriages were appointed by the emperor himself, and Jin Xida was roughly sure that the emperor would soon appoint the fourth prince as the crown prince, but it always felt that such inextricable connections were exhausting.Although he has never disliked the fourth princess who is cute and cute, and has no domineering power.

Thinking of this, Jin Xida is also polite: "Your Majesty, Wen'er's temperament is really not suitable for Princess Shang. Since the fourth princess doesn't like this marriage and despises Wen'er, I'd like to ask the emperor to think about it again." The government doesn't want to invite a big Buddha back, and it's still reluctant.

Only then did the fourth princess notice Jin Xida and Shu Wenzai (in the past, if there were people in the imperial study room, the emperor would ask people to leave before letting them in), she blushed in surprise and embarrassment, and blurted out: "No...no, I didn't look down on Brother Wen, and I didn't dislike this marriage. But...but, I want to marry Yue'er together, and the two of us want to marry Brother Wen together." I was a little nervous at the beginning, but later, The fourth princess, who has always been innocent and straightforward, stood up bravely and spoke smoothly, "Father, Yue'er and I must follow Ehuang and Nvying's example. Your imperial decree must marry us both to Brother Wen."

Shuwen was stunned, Jin Xida was stunned, and even the emperor's eyes widened: "Ehuang Nvying? What are you talking about?" He knew that these two girls were very good since they were young, and they entered together like conjoined twins. When they go out together, they have to share all good things, but they didn't expect that they would even share their husbands now?

It's not bad for ordinary noble girls, but both of them are the most favored noble girls of the royal family. One is the first princess, and the other is the noble princess of Prince Yong's mansion. They are both married, right?Is there another concubine?flat wife?A flat wife is also a concubine.

The fourth princess knew what the emperor was thinking (her mother and empress had already dissuaded her and made a lot of sense), so she didn't care about being shy at the moment, and said, "Father, Yue'er and I have never been separated from each other, and We all like... like Brother Wen, so you can give us a marriage together, regardless of size, wives or concubines. Didn’t Brother Jie say that their brothers can only marry one wife? Yue’er and I are one person, we are that 'Monogamy', no one is a concubine."

The emperor was said to be dizzy. There are two people, how can there be a "monogamy" method?He had taken a fancy to Bei Jinghou's eldest son a while ago, he is also a rare good man, and he was going to point it out to Yue'er.

Mrs. Beijinghou and the former concubine of Prince Yong's Mansion and Yue'er's mother and concubine had a handkerchief friendship since childhood. They had a very good friendship. I believe she and the Beijinghou's mansion would love Yueer very much.Prince Yong is also very optimistic about Beijinghou's son. It is said that when the first princess was pregnant with Yue'er, she once joked with Mrs. Beijinghou that if she gave birth to a daughter, the two families would marry each other. Well, nothing has been formally agreed upon yet.

The emperor also sent people to do a lot of secret investigations, and made this decision only after confirming that the Beijinghou Mansion is trustworthy and that the prince is worthy of entrusting Yue'er's life.

Looking at the two charming daughters and nieces with pink cheeks and clear eyes, the emperor really couldn't bear to be too harsh. It was precisely because the two children were innocent and innocent that he didn't have too many complicated thoughts, so he personally worried about their marriage. It can guarantee that they will be carefree and cared for all their lives.

Who would have thought that such a game would come out?Ehuang Nvying?Did these two silly kids think too simply, or didn't they think about it at all?

The emperor couldn't help but glanced at Shujie, seeing his bewildered and shocked face, he was convinced that he and the two maids should not have some kind of private agreement, private exchange or something like that. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: I originally wanted to add 1000 words today, but it was too late. I don’t need to go to acupuncture tomorrow, and I will update it twice tomorrow. I will finish the article around the tenth, so I will try my best in the next few days.