A Thousand Hills

Chapter 104

The matter of Xie Moru bestowing marriage to the Fifth Prince was not only within the expectations of many people, but also under the expectations of many people.

Hearing the news of the marriage, Princess Ningrong put the book she was reading in her knees and sighed, "I thought it was Mu Qi, but Xie Moru took out the treasure map, no matter what it is Whether it is true or not, His Majesty will not let her marry into the Jingjiang Palace."

Cheng Li said, "Your Highness thinks that picture is fake?"

Princess Ningrong raised her eyebrows, she stroked the writing with her still delicate fingers, noncommittal.Cheng Li said, "This subordinate feels that the picture must be real."

"Xie Moru is not such an honest person."

"Princess Xie refused to give us the picture in private, but insisted on taking it out and burning it in public. I must have given a copy to His Majesty long ago. That day, I prayed to the Temple for the purpose of killing each other between His Majesty and Jingjiang Palace. If she It’s for this purpose, how could you take a fake picture.”

"How could Your Majesty allow it?" Princess Ning Rong suddenly understood, and said, "It seems that Your Majesty also wants to take this opportunity to eradicate those who have plans for the secret warehouse."

Cheng Li lamented, "The princess has a plan, and there is no plan left."

Princess Ningrong also sighed.

Cheng Li said, "Your Highness, don't worry, I want my subordinates to say that being a prince or concubine is not necessarily a good thing for the Princess."

"No." Eldest Princess Ningrong refuted Cheng Li in a rare way, she said flatly, "She has already got the best choice she can get." Then, Eldest Princess Ningrong changed the subject, " However, she is far from winning."

Xie Shangshu said, "This is the best result."

Mrs. Xie thinks so.

Xie Moru's marriage is settled, and it's still such a good marriage. Mrs. Xie's worry about Xie Moru turned into joy, and she said to her husband, "It's time for our family to prepare for it. Dowry, it's better to have a lot of private property in our family. I can't wrong her. How about buying a dowry with [-] silver if you are born in the first place?"

Mrs. Xie has been looking forward to this day for N years, and now that Xie Moru's marriage is certain, her old man can be said to be happy, and immediately put the dowry on the agenda, and discussed with her husband, "Why don't you let Moru come back, she The dowry, she has to take a look at it."

Xie Shangshu said, "I will go to Wanmei Palace when I have time."

It is not easy to convince Xie Moru, what's more, Xie Shangshu talked to Xie Moru not only about moving back home.

Xie Shangshu is a senior member of the court, he is busy with affairs, and he only has time to go to Wanmei Palace on weekdays and holidays.Compared with Xie Shangshu's busyness, Xie Moru and Jiang Xingyun can be said to be at ease.Looking at the water curtain outside the window, Jiang Xingyun sighed, "In Xining Prefecture, there is no such enjoyment anymore." The Liangxuan of Wanmei Palace is built next to the water, and water trucks transfer the water falling from the mountain to the roof of the Liangxuan, so that the water rolls from the roof Scattering down in all directions, the coolness is self-generated, and even the ice is unnecessary.

Xie Moru said, "The summer in Xining Prefecture is not so hot, is it?"

"That's true." Jiang Xingyun smiled and peeled grapes and put them in his mouth. He looked sideways and saw Zhang Nanny coming from outside the garden, pulling up the shawl hanging from her shoulders. Zhang Nanny came in and said, "Princess , the master is here, and he said he has something to tell the Princess."

Jiang Xingyun got up, "Master Shangshu came here in person, he must have something important to say, I'll go and have a look at lunch."

Xie Moru nodded, and when Jiang Xingyun left, he ordered Madam Zhang to invite Xie Shangshu in.

It was the first time for Xie Shangshu to come to Wanmei Palace. Wanmei Palace used to be the other palace of Princess Ningping.After Princess Ningping passes away, and the Fang family does not go out again, this other palace will be taken care of by the royal family.Therefore, the Xie family did not know anything about Wanmei Palace.When he came to this palace for the first time, Xie Shangshu unconsciously paid attention to the scenery inside the palace, he felt that everything was different, every flower and every tree was just right, it was definitely not comparable to ordinary mansions.

When he arrived at Liangxuan, Xie Shangshu felt that his other courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing was like a landlord's farm, the soil was dregs.

Xie Moru didn't do any gorgeous and solemn dressing, she just tied a single bun loosely behind her head, fixed it with a white jade hairpin, and was dressed in a green dress and a green dress. Apart from that, she had no other decorations.Xie Moru sat on a cool couch and invited Xie Shangshu to sit down.

Xie Shangshu suddenly felt inexplicably nervous, laughing at himself, it's not the prelude of the king, why are you nervous.Xie Shangshu had a gentle expression, with undisguised concern in his eyes and tone, and said, "The farmer sent some fruits, I know you don't have any shortage here, your grandmother urged me to bring them to you. She also said that your marriage is also settled , it's time to go back to the house and get married. There are a lot of things to prepare at the girl's house."

Xie Moru spoke politely, and said, "Thank you grandparents for thinking about it. When I get married, I have my own rules. I don't understand the dowry, and my grandparents will not treat me badly. As for the others, when the princess gets married, the court does not care about it." If you want to give me a dowry, my grandfather remembers to check it out for me, and don’t ask the Department of Internal Affairs to fool me with shoddy goods.”

Xie Moru didn't intend to go back at all, Xie Shangshu sighed, "It's not normal for a big girl to live outside all the time."

"I still have some business to deal with here." Xie Moru said.

Xie Shangshu said, "What's the matter, let me help you, you just go home with peace of mind."

If you are an ordinary person, you must take this opportunity to mention difficult things, but Xie Moru is not an ordinary person, she said, "I haven't discussed it with His Majesty yet, it is inconvenient for grandfather to intervene."

Xie Shangshu was speechless for a moment.

He immediately realized that Xie Moru didn't want to talk about going back to the mansion, but, Xie Shangshu is Xie Shangshu after all, he eased his expression, and continued from another angle, "No matter what happens, you must take your own safety into account. The incident at Tianqi Temple last time was too dangerous, wasn't it?"

"I'll pay attention."

The conversation did not go as Xie Shangshu expected, and Xie Shangshu returned to the city after lunch.

If this conversation continues, it will be the eve of Xie Moru's marriage.

Xie Moru will never leave the court in Wanmei Palace. Her wedding date is in April, the eighth day of April, which is said to be an excellent auspicious day predicted by Qin Tianjian.Xie Moru returned to Xie Mansion in early April.The rhododendrons are in bloom, but without Mrs. Fang's care, this year's rhododendron trees are not as radiant as in previous years.

Xie Moru still lived in the Rhododendron Courtyard, she looked at the Rhododendron tree quietly for a while, then went back to her room to rest.

Compared with Xie Moru's indifference to Xie's family when Fang's accident happened, she is almost a stranger now.

Mrs. Xie is quite upset, what's wrong with Xie Moru's family, she sends charcoal in winter and ice in summer, Mrs. Xie consciously cares about Xie Moru, but Xie Moru insists on living outside the mansion, drifting away from Xie's family .

With such indifference, Mrs. Xie couldn't be interested even after the happy event.

Many words are inconvenient to say in Wanmei Palace, Xie Shangshu invited Xie Moru to speak in his inner study.

At the moment of the happy event, Xie Moru didn't have much joy on her face, she was still calm, of course, it could also be interpreted as being flattered or humiliated.To someone like Xie Moru, there is no need to turn around when talking, Xie Shangshu directly said, "Mo Ru, do you resent your family because of your mother?"

Xie Moru asked back, "Does the family feel ashamed about this matter?"

Xie Shangshu heaved a sigh of relief, the result of the disease was here, he said seriously, "I have a clear conscience."

There was a trace of coldness on the corner of Xie Moru's lips, and she asked again, "Is grandpa clear of his conscience?"

Xie Shangshu sighed, full of helplessness, "Mo Ru, I have tried my best in the matter of your marriage back then, even the noble concubine has some women's knowledge, but how can she control the important affairs of the country? If you resent your family for this, I will There is really nothing to say."

"I waited three years for my grandfather to explain to me, not for these trivial excuses."

Xie Shangshu thinks he is not stupid, but at this moment it is really difficult to guess what Xie Moru is thinking. Xie Moru obviously had a rift with the family because of Fang's affairs, but, listening to Xie Moru's words, Xie Shangshu really can't think of getting married. There is no selfishness anymore.At the beginning, he really didn't want Xie Moru to be close to Ximan, so he made efforts.

Xie Shangshu smiled wryly, "I really can't think of it."

"Grandfather is always like this." Xie Moru's voice was flat, "I know that after the Tianqi Temple incident, grandfather deliberately eased the relationship with the family with me. Because grandfather once again realized that I will bring benefits to the family. However, grandfather must have discovered that the previous scenes where you bowed your head and I stopped worrying about it did not appear, right?"

Xie Shangshu sighed, "I know, today is not the same as in the past, why is your identity different now."

Regardless of whether Xie Shangshu was sarcastic or not, Xie Moru accepted it all, "Grandfather is right, my identity is different. I used to be the unloved daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, and I just wanted to serve the family. My grandparents saw my ability and tried their best to get ahead. At that time, no matter how the family weighed, I could only rely on the family. Now I find that many things don’t depend on the family. Your Majesty is also willing to cooperate with me. Follow my advice. How could grandpa feel that I was remembering the matter of resentment and marriage, and how could I even cooperate with His Majesty again, so how could I remember the matter of resentment and marriage. Grandpa can only say that you never understood me. "

"Other than that, I really can't think of anything to be sorry for you."

"Do you remember how many things I have done for the family?" Xie Moru asked.

Xie Shangshu was silent for a while, Xie Moru said, "You take it for granted, but you must not remember."

"Mo Ru, I admire your ability very much." Xie Shangshu is not someone who cannot bow his head, especially bowing his head to the strong, it is not shameful.Even if Xie Moru is his granddaughter, but Xie Moru has extraordinary political wisdom, Xie Shangshu does not want Xie Moru's family to be alienated, so even if Xie Moru's words are not very pleasant, Xie Shangshu believes that it is necessary to speak up.

"At the beginning, when Mr. Beiling wanted to leave the imperial capital, I deliberately told Li Shizi the way to keep Mr. Beiling. Of course, I can also tell my grandfather, this is a good thing, and it will solve your majesty's urgent needs. No matter who it is, you can stay in your majesty's heart." The next one. I didn’t tell my family because my grandfather weighed the pros and cons that day and blocked the outside news from me. Grandpa should be aware of these things.”

Xie Moru specifically mentioned the events of that year, it is not aimless, but the conscience of heaven and earth, Xie Shangshu said, "Mo Ru, that is just an old thing, I don't care about you giving this merit to Li Shizi. I have never hidden it from you!"

"You never concealed it from me?" Xie Moru looked into Xie Shangshu's eyes, unconsciously clasped the armrest of the Grand Master's chair with his left hand, and asked coldly, "Then why didn't you tell me that His Majesty coveted my mother when he was young!"

Xie Shangshu was shocked, looked at Xie Moru in disbelief, and muttered for a while, "This, this is all nonsense..."

"At the beginning, I thought that my father's neglect of my mother was due to the Fang family's loss of power. It wasn't until after my mother passed away that I thought about it over and over again, and I realized that the matter was more than that. His Majesty treats me with jealousy and disgust. He really wanted me to disappear immediately. , always wanting to find me some bad luck, but he is also worried that something will happen to me, and my mother will not continue to live. However, my mother has not spoken to me for more than ten years, and has always treated me very coldly. This made His Majesty wrong. He thought that my mother treated me It’s optional, that’s why I’m allowed to marry you.” Xie Moru’s eyes seemed to have tears, but she remained calm, “I still can’t get my grandfather to be honest with me about life and death. How to treat me, come and tell me about the family relationship."

After finishing speaking, Xie Moru got up and left.Walking to the door, Xie Moru stopped at his feet and said, "Simply talk to grandfather. Back then, His Majesty was in charge, and grandfather must have contributed a lot. I guess grandfather's means may not be completely bright. Grandfather, don't be nervous. Such courtiers, Ning Ping The reason why the eldest princess wants her mother to marry her father is probably because her grandfather was once the backbone of His Majesty's political think tank. But out of jealousy, His Majesty angered Xie's family. Grandfather has not joined the cabinet so far, and his father's official position is not obvious. Don't worry about your majesty's selfishness. There is no need to mention these past events. Grandpa just needs to understand that I have my temper, and I am not a person who likes to be fooled!"

(End of this chapter)