Queen's scheming

Chapter 149 Princess ([-])

"However, Ai's family mentioned to you the matter of marrying the princess a few days ago, how did you think about it?" The queen mother looked at Gu Yiran lovingly, handed the peeled sunflower seeds to him, and said with a smile.

Gu Yiran moved his finger back and forth in the small dish with black jade peony pattern, and the bright white sunflower seeds were distinct. He lowered his slender eyebrows slightly, and said in a warm voice: "As for the concubine, I still have to talk to the emperor's brother." Discuss, as for the two side concubines, I feel that Shangguan Danhui, the daughter of the Minister of War, and Hang Yuying, the daughter of the Minister of Officials, are both good, but I don't know which one to choose."

The Empress Dowager took the paperwork handed over by the palace servants around her, looked carefully at the two people that Gu Yiran had mentioned, nodded and said: "Shangguan Danhui, the daughter of the Minister of War, has handsome eyes and a heroic look. She has a lively and lovely appearance, but she is a little younger, about 13 years old; as for this Hang Yuying, she has inherited her mother's good looks, with a small nose and small eyes, she looks dignified and honest, and she doesn't talk much, but she is just the right age. 15 years old. The two ladies have their own merits, no wonder you can't choose!"

The queen mother pondered for a while, and said: "Hey, look, the Ai family asked you to bring them in. What else do you choose? There should be two side concubines in the palace, so just marry them together!"

Gu Yiran shook his head quickly, and said: "No, no, one is the daughter of the Minister of War, and the other is the daughter of the Minister of Officials. The lintel is too high. If the queen mother did not prepare a candidate, I will let my minister choose. I won't pick these two daughters, Yi Erchen means, as long as the mother's family status of the main concubine is more noble, and now the candidates for the side concubine are so noble, where can I find the right concubine?"

"You don't have to worry about this King Cheng, I've already made a decision for you!" Li Tianyou strode into the hall and said with a smile.

Gu Yiran was about to go forward to greet him, Li Tianyou hurriedly helped him up and said, "I have said many times, between you and me, there is no need to greet you, you are always so polite!"

Gu Yiran smiled and said, "The courtesy of a monarch and his ministers cannot be discarded!"

The Empress Dowager waved her hand, cast a sideways glance at Li Tianyou and said, "Who told you to stand in the hall, if you sat down early, then you don't have to get up to see the ceremony."

"You can see, King Cheng, what I did wrong now, I beg you, please don't salute me again in the future, otherwise the Queen Mother and her elders will be the first to forgive me!" Li Tianyou looked at Gu with a smile. Still said.

"Okay, okay, sit down and talk if you have something to say, dangling in front of Aijia's eyes, it hurts your brain!" The Queen Mother said with a smile and annoyance.

After the two sat down, Gu Yiran asked in confusion, "I don't know who the emperor chose to be the official concubine of my younger brother?"

Gu Yiran has been worrying about this issue these days. It has been nearly a year since that incident, and Li Tianyou finally could not tolerate him being alone. I couldn't shirk it, so I had to agree.

Now he has a general understanding of the situation in the DPRK and China. Although the young ladies of various marquis mansions have good conditions, most of them have no real power, and they all inherit some irrelevant official positions. Those who want to inherit the throne, some mothers who have no real power are not good.

In addition, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites all have young ladies of the right age. He picked and picked out the two houses of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials.The queen mother is very satisfied, these two positions are the most important.But in Gu Yiran's mind, it was just because one of the two girls was young and ignorant, and the other was not talkative.

He was very torn in his heart, on the one hand he resented Shen Qingyi for deceiving him and letting Li Tianyou occupy his throne; on the other hand, he couldn't forget Shen Qingyi, he just felt that no woman in this world could compare to her!He chose such two concubines after careful consideration.Even if he treats them ruthlessly, the young one doesn't understand, if he doesn't consummate the marriage, others can't say anything, and the honest and quiet one will not announce such a thing, but this concubine is Li Tianyou agreed, and wanted to choose for him himself.

Gu Yiran was very strange. He didn't know what kind of person Li Tianyou would choose for him. If it was a strong and pungent woman, what would he do.

Li Tianyou was planning for Gu Yiran wholeheartedly, and said with a smile: "You will inherit the throne in the future. Even if this concubine does not become the queen of the middle palace, the position of first-rank and fourth concubine is absolutely indispensable. Also, the concubine's mother's family also wants to be a concubine. It is more noble than the side concubine's mother's family, otherwise the backyard will easily catch fire, which will delay your handling of political affairs in the future. Now there are no suitable age candidates for the Zhenguo government and Fuguo government, so I have chosen this one for you, Han Qi Dynasty Princess Qinya!"

"Princess Qinya?" Gu Yiran asked in confusion, "Isn't Princess Qinya sent by the Han Qi Dynasty to make peace with the imperial brother? How could she agree to become the official concubine of the younger brother?"

Li Tianyou took a red-glazed teacup, took a sip of the tea, and said with a smile: "Originally, there is no conclusion on this matter, so I have not revealed it to you. I just went to the Han Qi Dynasty's envoy to return to the palace to have an audience. The report said that the Han Qi Dynasty had passed away." agreed!"

Gu was still a little suspicious, and asked flattered: "This Han Qi Dynasty is also really strange. Is the princess of a country condescending to be a princess instead of being a good emperor and concubine?"

"Hey, that's not what you said!" Li Tianyou waved his hand, looked at Gu Yiyi and said, "Han Qi is just a small country, it is condescending to marry you as a concubine. I am as close as brother to you. Now you are one person under one person and above ten thousand people, the most honorable. I sent someone to tell them that if you enter the palace as a concubine, your status will be at most a fourth-rank Ronghua, and they will naturally know How to choose!"

Only then did Gu Yiran realize that it was Li Tianyou who threatened the Han Qi Dynasty.

Li Tianyou looked at the Empress Dowager, and said softly, "Empress Dowager, are you satisfied with this?"

The Queen Mother pursed her lips and smiled, flicked the skeined blood jade Buddha beads in her hand and said, "The Emperor Weidao let Aijia let go to pick, so you wanted to give Princess Qinya to Ran'er early in the morning, so it's very good!"

The Queen Mother smiled and flipped through the pages, and the maid handed over the perpetual calendar and said: "Princess Qinya is very knowledgeable, and the Ai family will treat her with compassion. When will she come to our Dali?"

"According to what the envoy said, there should be three months before we can enter the territory of Dali." Li Tianyou thought for a while.

The queen mother flipped through the perpetual calendar and said, "If you want to tell the Ai family, it should be that you have a fate with that Princess Qinya. If it is according to the original arrangement, this Qinya has already entered the palace for a year, but Just so coincidentally, I was seriously ill on the way here, and returned to the Han Qi Dynasty. The queen was reluctant, and stayed for another year. This talk is about to come to Dali, but I just caught up with Ran'er to choose a concubine. This is not a fate. Meet, what is it!"

Li Tianyou smiled and did not answer. Such a result was not only a threat to the Han Qi Dynasty, but he also accepted a gift of gold ten thousand taels. I will agree.

Li Tianyou chose Princess Qinya not on a whim. This Princess Qinya is the key to balance Dali, Chu Yue and Han Qi. Since he wants to return the throne to Gu Yiran in the future, it is natural to send this most important person to Gu Yiran. Still around.

Gu Yiran smiled wryly, and said: "Look, my son, this is not just a fate, this is what the emperor did on purpose!"

Li Tianyou was surprised and said, "What's the explanation?" Didn't he know the importance of Princess Qinya before he told Gu Yiran?

Gu Yiran said with a smile: "I have learned a lot about the queen's temperament this year, and the emperor clearly just pushed this hot potato to my younger brother!"

Li Tianyou chuckled, he was noncommittal, Gu Yiran had feelings for Shen Qingyi, he knew it well, he had to admit that he had selfish motives for teasing the queen mother and accepting a concubine for Gu Yiran, but this matter was also discussed with Shen Qingyi After all, Shen Qingyi also didn't like that Gu Yiran always looked at her with such resentful eyes, and everyone would be happy with this way of dealing with it.

The queen mother also responded: "Qing Yi's temperament, alas, the Ai family refused to welcome her into the palace at the beginning, but the emperor was so soft-hearted and stubborn, now I know how unwise it is to marry a powerful queen back to the palace! "

"However, don't imitate your imperial brother, he is doing it on his own now. Aijia has to choose it for you. This Qinya princess, Aijia must take a good look at her in the future. If she is virtuous and magnanimous, Aijia may pay her back." I will make her a noble concubine, if she is also like Qing Yi, the Ai family will give her a concubine for the sake of the Han Qi dynasty!" The queen mother pretended to be angry, but the words were full of intimacy, anyone would It can be heard that she dotes on Shen Qingyi.

Gu Yiran lowered his head slightly, if he could choose, he would like to be like Li Tianyou, only doting on Shen Qingyi alone, probably all the men in the world should think this way!Even if you marry him back to the harem for three thousand, it's still not as good as Shen Qingyi alone!
The queen mother didn't realize that Li Tianyou and Gu Yiran were both thinking of the same woman in their hearts, so she just looked at the calendar with great interest and said, "When Princess Qinya arrives, the autumn will be high and fresh, so it's also suitable for marriage. An auspicious day. As for Shangguan Danhui, the daughter of the Minister of War, and Hang Yuying, the daughter of the Minister of Officials, it is appropriate to enter the mansion later, and the Han Qi Dynasty cannot make fun of Dali and our ignorance of etiquette."

Gu Yiran was not in a hurry at all, and hurriedly said: "It's not an urgent matter, it's okay to wait another two or three years!" After a long time, Shen Qingyi might be by his side. He always imagined that one day, he would ascend the throne and become emperor, and beside him would be the woman who loved red clothes with a sweet smile.

"Why don't you be in a hurry, you are in your twenties, don't be in a hurry, Ai's family is still in a hurry to hold a grandson." The queen mother said angrily, she didn't count on Li Tianyou, all her hopes were placed on Gu Yiran.

"Let's do this! Shangguan Danhui, the daughter of the Minister of War, and Hang Yuying, the daughter of the Minister of Officials, will marry again a hundred days after Princess Qinya enters the mansion. Dare to have a happy event before the end of the year!" The queen mother said with a final word.

(End of this chapter)