A Thousand Hills

Chapter 242

Don't look at the embarrassment of Princess Ningrong's identity, but once she entered the palace, the voices outside who were bad-mouthing Marquis Nan'an were much less.Although this eldest princess is not as famous as her brothers and sisters, and the eldest princess Ningrong herself is not surnamed Mu, as the only surviving daughter of the ancestor empress, her weight is not light.

At this critical moment, the fact that Princess Ning Rong entered the palace and had a secret conversation with the present fell into the eyes of interested people, and there were various interpretations.The fifth prince knew some inside information, and went home and said, "Didn't the eldest princess go with Mrs. Shou'an, why did the eldest princess enter the palace alone?"

Xie Moru smiled and said, "The eldest princess has her own idea, if it is from the Mercy Palace, it is natural to go with Mrs. Shou'an, but this time the eldest princess is meeting with Your Majesty in the Zhaode Hall , What do you want the old lady Shouan to do. That old lady is no better than the queen mother."

The fifth prince said, "Speaking of which, the prince's actions can be regarded as completely offending the Cheng'en government."

"Duke Cheng'en was only granted a title by his relatives. The first Marquis of Cheng'en in the Hu family was not the son-in-law of the Eldest Princess. The current Duke Cheng's mansion was originally the Second Household, and the title fell to the Second Household after the eldest house committed a crime." Xie Moru After pinching a grape and peeling the skin, he said, "The Marquis Cheng En, who was the first to be deposed, is the grandfather of His Royal Highness. The prince's grandmother is named Zhu, and my grandmother is a sister of the same mother."

These are the various benefits of the marriage of the rich and powerful.The fifth prince knew about Zhu's family, he said, "Zhu Yan is quite capable." When the fifth prince was in Fujian, Zhu Yan was the prefect of Fujian Province, so he knew Zhu Yan and the fifth prince a little.

Xie Moru said, "Now in the Zhu family, Zhu Yan is a top performer."

The couple talked back to Zhu Yan, but they didn't expect Mrs. Xie to come to the door the next day, and what Xie Moru said was about Zhu Yan.Mrs. Xie said, "Ah Yan is also in his forties. He is so unmarried and has no heirs. When he was young in the past, he was only thought of as young and frivolous. Now at this age, the family can no longer let him live like this. The previous son I heard from my sister-in-law that my natal sister asked about Ah Yan's marriage." The last sentence is the key point.

Xie Moru said, "Is it the prince's grandmother, Mrs. Zhu?"

"Yes." Mrs. Xie looked distressed, "It's not easy for her." The eldest sister really had a hard life. When they got married, the Hu family was actually the family of Emperor Mu Yuan. He also married the Hu family as a potential stock.However, the Hu family is a potential stock. Although it was first suppressed by the Empress Shizu, and after the death of the Empress Shizu, it was suppressed by the Fusheng Princess, but after all, there was a title, but it was only a Marquis.As a result, the eldest sister, the Marquis, committed a crime within a few days of being the Marquis of Chengen, and was beheaded by Princess Fusheng.Not to mention that the elder sister became a widow, Lord Cheng En also fell to the second wife of the Hu family - Princess Ning Rong's son-in-law.There are more things here. At that time, Princess Fusheng had the final say in the court, and the Zhu family suspected that Princess Fusheng had followed her own interests. After all, Princess Ningrong and Princess Fusheng were sisters of the same mother. It's normal for the Holy Princess to be selfish.Fortunately, the title still belongs to the Hu family, but in terms of benefits, the Zhu family has nothing to do with it.

Mrs. Xie deliberately told Xie Moru about this matter, just to hear Xie Moru's opinion.Xie Moru also knew what Mrs. Xie was thinking. Zhu Yan was an official in Fujian, so his natural political stance was bound to favor the fifth prince. Although the Zhu family was anxious about Zhu Yan's marriage, they had to take into account Zhu Yan's political future, and they couldn't be double-handed. reputation.This is after the Zhu family discussed with Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Xie came to ask Xie Mo Ru for an idea.

"Personnel is metabolized, and the relationship is ancient and modern." Xie Moru asked, "Madam Zhu told cousin Yan, which lady is it?"

Mrs. Xie said, "It is her granddaughter, who is seventeen years old, and she is also a gentle and quiet child."

"The crown prince wants to restore Hu's patriarch, Fang Zhijue." As soon as Xie Mo said this, Mrs. Xie's expression changed slightly, "This, this..."

"Grandmother, listen to me, but it depends on whether the prince can pacify Jiangnan." Xie Moru said, "The prince has already broken his face with the Marquis of Nan'an. Princess Ningrong was not given for nothing. Don't look at how your majesty treats the princess Not very close, but regardless of whether Jiangnan wins or loses, the status of the eldest princess will not change. She is a girl, and she is of this generation. If she is a memorial archway, the royal family will support her. Even if the crown prince wins, Nan'an Hou Shiwei, but the Marquis of Nan'an has established his own mansion, which has nothing to do with the Cheng'en mansion. With the status of the eldest princess, it is not a particularly difficult thing. Your Majesty only lives a day, and the possibility of Cheng'en's mansion is unlikely It is human nature for the prince to be close to his natal family, but if Mrs. Zhu wants to become the old lady of Shou'an, she has to wait until the prince ascends the throne."

"Of course, this is all my speculation." Xie Moru smiled, quite disapprovingly, "As for those villains outside who slandered the Marquis of Nan'an, you don't need to listen to those words. When the Marquis of Nan'an went to Jiangnan, his son didn't bring any of them. , wife, children, parents and brothers are all in the imperial capital. What else can be considered loyal! Even if the Marquis of Nan'an returns to the court, it's not because he has disobedience, but because he can't compete with the East Palace."

Mrs. Xie is considered a woman with some political awareness. Of course, she cannot be compared with Xie Moru. Xie Moru is a born political creature.Most of Mrs. Xie's political knowledge comes from her husband Xie Shangshu's teachings. However, the court has been in chaos recently, and Xie Shangshu is not in the mood to talk about these things with Mrs. Xie. Mrs. Xie has a judgment after listening to Xie Moru's analysis.She is not judging the court situation, she is judging Xie Moru.

Mrs. Xie is not interested in politics, but she understands Xie Moru to a certain extent. Regardless of the fact that the grandparents and grandchildren are in an even relationship, Mrs. Xie knows Xie Moru. Xie Moru can have such an analysis, which shows that the situation of the court is in Xie Moru's heart.

Xie Moru has always been sober, when the fifth prince was a vassal, the Xie family didn't think highly of the fifth prince, and felt that the fifth prince would not come back once he left.Three years after the birth of the fifth prince, he won the victory and returned to the court, and the market has been bullish since then.Every time they think of their mistakes in this matter, the Xie family has to thank Xie Moru for taking away Xie Zhi, Xie Yun and Xie Yuan, and the three of them are all very promising now.Therefore, if there is anything difficult to decide now, the Xie family is very willing to listen to Xie Moru's opinion.

Mrs. Xie saw that Xie Moru was well aware of the situation in the imperial capital, and said, "My elder brother also looked at my eldest sister and mentioned it. It is not decided after all. Ayan has a bit of a weird temper. In the end, we should think carefully. "Last time I didn't bet on Xie Moru, but this time, I will bet on Xie Moru no matter what.

Xie Moru smiled, "Marriage is a major event in life, and Cousin Yan is the eldest grandson of the family, so naturally we should be more cautious."

Mrs. Xie felt more confident.

The Zhu family's marriage failed in the end.

Don't say that Xie Moru stretched his hand too long, that is, Mrs. Xie came to the door in person, otherwise, Xie Moru would not mind this nosy matter.Although Zhu Yan has some talents, but he is not the confidant of the fifth prince, but the Zhu family, he has no high-ranking officials, nor is he famous, and he has no serious relationship with Xie Moru.Xie Moru really looked at Mrs. Xie's face and gave Mrs. Xie a few pointers.

The matter of the Zhu family is just passing by Xie Moru's ears.

The next day is the birthday of the Sixth Concubine Tie Shi. On this day, all the princesses and concubines are invited. Xie Moru invited the Fourth Concubine to go with him.Seeing that Xie Moru was wearing a light purple hazy gauze dress with amethyst jewelry in her hair, the fourth princess laughed, "Many people don't look as good in purple as you do."

Xie Moru smiled, "At my age, and the fourth sister-in-law praised me for being good-looking, it seems that she is really good-looking." The fourth princess was amused, and the fourth princess laughed, "What a poor mouth." Xie Moru is one year younger.

The two went to the sixth prince's mansion together, and the sixth prince and concubine went to the second gate to meet each other. Since the incident with the sixth prince, the relationship between the prince and concubine has been very good.The sixth prince and concubine Tie Shi smiled, "I didn't want to do it at first, but later they all persuaded me, it's only once a year. I thought, since our master is outside, I won't do much here, just set up a few tables of wine, let's Let's get together and talk." Seeing how kind Tie Shi mentioned the sixth prince, being able to speak in such a tone also shows that Tie Shi is completely thinking about it, and she really doesn't care about the sixth prince.

The fourth concubine smiled, "Yeah, for this big banquet and small banquet, everyone is just looking for such a famous leader to talk together." Quite good.As soon as the sixth prince left, the talents of the sixth prince and concubine were revealed.

Xie Moru said, "It's okay to stay at home all day long. If the children don't go to school every day, I'd like to live in the mountains for a few days."

Tie smiled, "This is the beginning of autumn, and it will be cool after the beginning of autumn."

"Which year is not hot, these few days can't be called summer." The fourth prince and concubine were fanned by the maids, calmly said.

After a while, the first concubine and the third concubine came, and they all laughed, "You two came early." It was Xie Moru and the fourth concubine.

The fourth concubine was in a good mood today, and joked, "As younger siblings, how dare we be later than sister-in-laws."

The eldest concubine was quite surprised, thinking that the fourth concubine had been quite unhappy in recent days because of the matter of her father, Marquis of Nan'an, and she was so refreshed today, it could be the result of the matter of Marquis of Nan'an.There will never be a dispute between the Marquis of Nan'an and the Donggong faction, is it the Marquis of Nan'an who wins?
Thinking of this, the eldest concubine Cui just laughed, "You can just make fun of me and my third sibling, I'm afraid you don't know that two little highnesses were born in the palace today."

Xie Moru laughed and said to Tie Shi, "The sixth sibling is blessed on this birthday."

The fourth concubine also said, "Let me tell you, the servants in the palace who announced the good news must have gone to the house of the eldest sister-in-law and third sister-in-law first, or else we would come here at the same time in the past."

The third prince and concubine laughed, "It's a coincidence that it's a coincidence. One Eleventh Highness and one Twelfth Highness are really double happiness."

Xie Moru thought in his mind that the ones who were pregnant at first were a beauty Wang and a nobleman Li, they were not of high rank, but I heard that they were the beauties offered by the East Palace, so I didn't expect such a coincidence to happen at this time, it seems that, Nan'an Hou Huidi is afraid that it is a foregone conclusion.Emperor Mu Yuan was not stupid, it's just that people are unavoidably biased if they are not intimate.

The addition of a royal family has become a good topic for the birthday banquet of the sixth prince and concubine.

On the contrary, Concubine Liu was quite displeased with the Sixth Prince's birthday banquet. The Sixth Prince moved to Huangzhuang in the name of "recovering from illness", but in the end there was such a name of "recovering from illness". What's more, the Sixth Prince was not at home. The sixth prince and concubine, a female family member, don't know what kind of birthday banquet to hold.Such heartless things, no wonder my son was disliked in every possible way, and it was not without reason!

However, no matter how depressed Concubine Liu was, she couldn't use it.Ever since the sixth prince favored his concubine and killed his wife, Emperor Mu Yuan knew that Li was the sixth prince given by Concubine Liu, so he never went to Concubine Liu's palace.Even foolish people like Empress Dowager Hu say Concubine Liu is foolish.As for her natal family, her younger brother went to the south of the Yangtze River with the crown prince, and her mother would not be able to enter the palace because of her concubine, but her aunt could come, but Concubine Liu no longer believed that her aunt could help her.

Originally wanted to speak in front of the Empress Dowager about Tie's birthday banquet, but didn't want to catch up with Wang Meiren Li Guiren giving birth, such a happy event, how could Concubine Liu say some disappointing words.But Empress Dowager Hu knew that today was Tie's birthday, and said, "Back when I married Lao Liu a wife, the eminent monk looked at Lao Liu's wife's horoscope and said that the child's horoscope is good. Look, it is really good. Today is Couldn't have been a better day."

So Concubine Liu didn't dare to say a word other than echoing that her daughter-in-law is blessed.

Concubine Xie gently raised the corners of her lips, this Concubine Liu has always been full of little cleverness, but no great wisdom, otherwise, she would not be able to rely on her background in the Duke's mansion, and wait until her son is born before she can reach the concubine position.

Xie Moru thought that the Marquis of Nan'an was about to return to court, but he didn't think that things were not as Xie Moru thought.

The fifth prince also found out about his having two younger brothers that day, and asked his wife to prepare the three baptisms and the full moon ceremony. Xie Moru smiled, "I have already prepared this."

The fifth prince also knew that he didn't need to worry about these things. Thinking of one thing, the fifth prince said, "For some reason, Uncle Yong'an, Marquis Yongding, and Duke Qi all asked me about the Marquis of Nan'an. Judging by their appearance, they didn't want the Marquis of Nan'an. Back to the imperial capital."

"What did His Highness say?"

"What can I say, I don't want the Marquis of Nan'an to return to the court, but I have to tell the truth about how I became the master of the court." The fifth prince was strangely different, "It's okay to say that Duke Qi, these years he Unhappily, I can't speak well in front of my father. Uncle Yong'an and Marquis Yongding are both my father's close ministers. How can I talk to me about this matter? Even Cousin Yu and the crown prince would not despise him "Don't look at the crown prince who dares to turn against the Marquis of Nan'an, and doesn't take Princess Ningrong seriously, but the crown prince will never dare to have a quarrel with Princess Wenkang. "There are also a few children of the Cui family who are all in Fujian, so Fufeng will take care of them no matter what."

Fortunately, the Cui family said that due to the defeat of Fujian Province, Marquis Yongding was no longer as respectable in front of his father, but Marquis Yong'an was beyond comprehension. What an honor.With the position of Marquis of Yong'an, no matter what, he would never seek him to discuss matters.

"Your Highness is really a fan of the authorities. They all have children in the south of the Yangtze River. To discuss with His Highness is nothing more than the same position as you." Xie Moru said, "You don't want the Marquis of Nan'an to return to the court!"

What is a crony, if you have the same position and make the same choice, you are a crony.

(End of this chapter)