A Thousand Hills

Chapter 277

This Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiangnan was spent in the flames of war, but it was the capital of the empire, and there were quite a few happy events.

The first one is that the grandson is going to give a marriage. The third generation of the royal family is growing up. In fact, according to the age of the grandson, it is time to discuss marriage two years earlier. It's just that the society has been in turmoil in the past few years, and the grandson was injured first. It is also very will be raised for a period of time.Although there are continuous wars in the south of the Yangtze River, Jingjiang no longer has the strength to go north, so Emperor Mu Yuan began to think about the marriage of his grandchildren.

For example, the grandson of the prince's family, the eldest son of the third prince's family, the eldest son of the fourth prince's family, and the eldest son of the eldest prince's family have all reached the age of marriage.

In terms of status, the grandson is naturally the first, but the grandson is not good at behavior, and now the East Palace is weak, so everyone has a sense of waiting and watching.Of course, there were also quite a few people who wanted Da Lang's idea. Although Da Lang was a concubine, but the Prince of Fujian's mansion didn't have a legitimate son, and the son was more expensive than his father, so he became a popular candidate for a while.It's just that Da Lang is only twelve years old now, so it's too early to discuss marriage.

Mrs. Xie came to talk about this with Xie Moru, and said, "There are a lot of rumors outside. I went out to drink, and some people asked me about it. I don't know. It's just a prevarication. But your mother, you must have an idea in your heart." Well, the eldest son is different from others." Now Xie Moru has no children, and Xie Moru always looks like a bright and beautiful man, treating the concubines very well.This kind of good does not mean that the food and clothing are well-equipped. To be honest, as long as the main room is not lacking in brains, it will not deprive the concubine of food and clothing.Mrs. Xie's "good" refers to her dedication in education.Food and clothing, this is a sensible person.There are very few who teach with all their heart.Xie Moru taught the concubine children very well, Mrs. Xie was worried that Xie Moru would become a living saint, but how could you know that you are a saint, but others have selfish motives.The concubines of the Prince of Fujian’s mansion look good at the moment, but they all have biological mothers. Mrs. Xie is really not worried about herself. She is nearly 70 years old and has all the glory and wealth. She is not worried about Xie Moru now. Worried, she was worried about Xie Moru's future, and also the future of Xie's family.

Xie Moru said, "Da Lang is still young, so I have no intention of choosing a wife for him. Boys, you have to be over 16 years old to get married."

Mrs. Xie said, "That's fine, His Highness Fifth is outside, and His Royal Highness should always ask His Highness Fifth about his marriage." Putting it in a common people's house, parents are the ones to make decisions about marriage. layer up.It's different when it comes to the royal family. No matter which emperor's grandson gets married, it must be approved by Emperor Mu Yuan.Someone outside asked about Da Lang, so Mrs. Xie had to remind Xie Moru.

Seeing that Xie Moru was not in a hurry to make a marriage for Da Lang, Mrs. Xie felt relieved, anyway, Xie's parents did not have a suitable girl, and Xie's second room did have a girl of the right age, but Xie Moru never showed his intentions, Mrs. Xie did not care Talk too much.Because there is a more important matter at the moment, Mrs. Xie said softly, "It is said that the prince intends to marry the granddaughter of Emperor Xue for his grandson."

"Emperor Xue has a granddaughter?"

Mrs. Xie was so happy that Xie Moru didn't choke, she said, "Master Xue has a wife and son, so naturally he has grandchildren."

Xie Moru didn't know much about the affairs of Shu, she had her own reasons for asking Mrs. Xie like that, she said, "I heard that Emperor Xue had no son when His Majesty was in charge, and I haven't heard of any descendants of Emperor Xue in these years. The news of becoming an official."

"Emperor Xue had a son after returning to his hometown. It is said that this is the only son, but he died early and left a girl." Mrs. Xie saw that Xie Moru didn't know much about it, so she said a few more words to Xie Moru.

Xie Moru nodded, indicating that he knew, and said, "Emperor Xue is your majesty's teacher, his granddaughter is of the same generation as the princes, how can he match the grandson, the generation is not right. If your majesty wants to take care of the teacher, the palace The Seventh Prince has also reached the age of marriage proposal, wouldn't he be more suitable?"

Mrs. Xie was silent for a while, then said, "What your grandfather meant, if His Majesty really wanted it, the cabinet would block it, but I don't know if the prince's move is really related to Emperor Xue, or is it just wishful thinking of the prince? .”

The meaning of Mrs. Xie's words is nothing more than doubting whether the crown prince was hooking up with Emperor Xue during those days in Sichuan?Xie Moru thought for a while, "It's not like Emperor Xue's intention."

"I just hope it's like what your mother said." The East Palace is something that is honorable, but right now, with the rise of the Fujian Palace, the East Palace is in decline, but if Emperor Xue's teacher leans towards the East Palace, he will be a great enemy.Xie Shangshu heard the news, so he hurriedly called his old wife to come over and talk to Xie Moru.

Xie Moru said, "If Your Majesty has an order for this matter, Mr. Qin in the cabinet is the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites and will definitely speak. If Your Majesty insists on doing so, there is no need to stop it." The cabinet is not legal.Therefore, don't think that the imperial decree is a matter of the emperor's casual words. In fact, the imperial decree must be reviewed by the cabinet.At the same time, the cabinet also has the right to reject the imperial decree, that is to say, if the emperor's head is dizzy and makes an illegal decree, the cabinet has the right to reject the imperial decree.Of course, this right to refute is not easy to use, especially Mu Yuandi, who has been an old emperor for many years. If you dare to refute his imperial decree, he will probably kill your whole family.Therefore, unless the courtiers want to tear their skins apart with the emperor, it is best to keep a line with each other.As for Emperor Mu Yuan, apart from letting the prince go to the south of the Yangtze River for a faint, Xie Moru has not seen him faint for the second time yet.

Since Xie Moru had an idea, Mrs. Xie understood it and told her old man when she went back.

Xie Shangshu knew it in his heart.

Mrs. Xie sighed, "I don't know when the Fifth Highness will return to the imperial capital after victory."

"There is no rush in the war." Xie Shangshu is very satisfied with the fifth prince. In June, he directly won most of the territory in Zhejiang. Both Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been managed by Jingjiang for a long time. The fifth prince can invade Zhejiang. What an inspiration.

Mrs. Xie didn't know much about political affairs, she just had a woman's heart, and said, "I'm worried that the border in the south of the Yangtze River is not peaceful. I heard that there are many ghosts and ghosts in the south of the Yangtze River. It doesn't mean that a general in Jingjiang was eaten by a fish god. Is it?"

Xie Shangshu thought that he was very clever, but he didn't know what to say to the old wife's words.Some people really believe in the fish god.

Xie Shangshu is slandering here, Mrs. Xie is already thinking about when she will bring her granddaughters-in-law to burn incense again.

Xie Moru didn't pay much attention to what kind of wife the crown prince wanted to marry to his grandson. Xie Moru said that the crown prince had no choice but to listen to Emperor Mu Yuan.It was the news from Mrs. Xie... Xie Shangshu is really well informed. Xie Moru has not heard the slightest rumor about this matter. It seems that the old fox who is best at riding on the wall is finally willing to place a bet.

Xie Moru went into the palace in time and told Concubine Su about Dalang's marriage, Xie Moru said, "The elder grandsons of the family have all reached the age of marriage, and now they go out to listen to people talking about marriage. , I thought Dalang Erlang Saburo was only in his teens, and His Royal Highness and I got married at the age of 17. Dalang and the others are still young, so why don't you concentrate on your studies, study for two more years, and stay sixteen before discussing marriage? Late. What does the concubine mean?"

Concubine Su would actually like Dalang to get married earlier, a man must get married to be considered the real head of the family, and now that his son is not around, his grandson can help his daughter-in-law when he gets married, so that Xie Moru won't have to work too hard for big things and small things outside .It's just that the eldest grandson is really not old enough.Because the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking privately, and there was no one else in the room, Concubine Su also reminded Xie Moru, and Concubine Su said softly, "It's too early to say that Da Lang is getting married now. However, children grow up in the blink of an eye. You are a lady in the imperial capital, you still have to know in your heart." It is not necessary for the eldest grandson to get married right now, but there is no harm in discussing marriage, once the marriage is settled, the Fifth Prince's House will definitely have an in-law to help.

Xie Moru said, "I've thought about this too, one is that Da Lang is still young; the other is, not to mention the grandson, among the cousins, he is the oldest, he is the eldest son of the eldest prince, third prince, and fourth prince. , and they are all older than Lang, and the children will be given marriages... There are many outstanding ladies in the imperial capital, I think, when His Highness comes back, Da Lang's marriage may be better."

Concubine Su saw that Xie Moru was thinking about Da Lang, so she stopped saying anything, patted Xie Moru's hand, and sighed, "Da Lang is a good person, even Concubine Su, she is confused, you should pay more attention to her, don't Asking her to affect the child." Da Lang is the eldest son, so Concubine Su naturally attaches great importance to it.The grandson is her own grandson, but Concubine Su treats Xie Moru differently from ordinary mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She always considers Xie Moru more in everything.

Concubine Su's words were all good intentions, Xie Moru agreed.

With Concubine Su in the palace, Da Lang was already a little young, since Xie Moru wanted the children to wait another two years, Concubine Su had her own way to tell Emperor Mu Yuan.Concubine Su is most concerned about her son, she is not a talkative person, because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, she can't help but chatter a few words, "I don't know if my fifth son has Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiangnan?"

Xie Moru smiled, "The Mid-Autumn Festival must be celebrated, and moon cakes must be eaten, but there are many wars in autumn, and I am afraid it will not stop."

Concubine Su said, "I don't know when this battle will last?"

"At the beginning, the imperial court only occupied the territory of Fujian, but now it has captured the territory of Jiangxi and the territory of Zhejiang. It can be seen that the situation is beneficial to the imperial court. The mother and concubine can just be at ease. King Jingjiang is ten years older than your majesty. Count him. You are not young anymore." Xie Moru was sure, "Mother and concubine, the way of heaven is not in Jingjiang."

The son was not in the imperial capital these few years, Concubine Su became obsessed with worrying about her, she loved to listen to Xie Moru's comforting words, even if she knew that Xie Moru intended to ease her heart, Concubine Su was very willing to listen.

Xie Moru had lunch with Concubine Su in the palace before leaving home, stayed late at night, and told Xie Moru something that made Xie Moru dumbfounded.According to Xie Moru's rules, children are studying in the palace, so lunch is served in the palace, but breakfast and dinner must be eaten together in the main courtyard.Usually, after having dinner together, Xie Moru let the children arrange their own time, so there is no need to set rules in front of her.

This has always been the case in the Fujian Palace, and today is no exception.

After dismissing the children with dinner, Xie Moru was talking to Wisteria about something in the house, when he saw Sanlang go and come back, poking his head outside the door, Xie Moru smiled, "What is it like?"

Saburo intentionally didn't ask the maid to tell him. Seeing that his mother found him, he scratched his head and came in with a plate of red pomegranates.This pomegranate is huge, a white jade plate can only hold three of them.Seeing that Sanlang also brought something, Xie Moru smiled, "It seems that you have something important to discuss with me." Among the children, Sanlang is the most courteous.

Saburo put down the pomegranate first, made a bow with a smile on his face, and said, "Mother, I have a serious and secret matter to tell my mother, you can tell my sisters to go down first." He didn't want to call the maids to listen.

Xie Moru had already guessed eighty-nine in his heart, looked at Wisteria, Wisteria smiled slightly, and led the little maids down with a smile, Xie Moru said, "Let's talk." What's the "serious secret matter".

Saburo sat on the couch with his aunt closely, scratched his head again, and said, "That's right, there are always people outside who say that elder brother is getting married, I wonder if it's true? I think elder brother is shy, so I will come here for him Ask."

Xie Moru smiled and said, "The three of you brothers are of the same age, it's just that the month is slightly worse, if you want to say goodbye to your elder brother, you will be indispensable."

It's rare for Saburo to be thick-skinned. He's still young, and when he heard his mother say that he was indispensable, he felt his little face warm up. Saburo quickly emphasized, "Mother, I, I'm not in a hurry! Let's talk about the eldest brother and the second brother first. I'm in no hurry!"

Xie Moru didn't tease Saburo again, and said to him, "You are still young, I married your father and king when I was 17 years old, your elder brother is only twelve years old now, there is really no need to worry, I discussed with your grandmother, we must You can discuss marriage when you are sixteen, and your father should be able to come back by then."

Saburo is really young, and although the royal family's children and grandchildren are more mature, he is still a little vague about marriage and so on. He is more concerned about his father's return date, so he quickly asked, "Mother, it will take four years until eldest brother is 16 years old. Could it be that?" , it will take four years for the father to come back?"

"more or less."

Sanlang missed his father when he heard the news, but he was able to get the letter of his father's return date, so Sanlang still happily shared it with his brothers.Saburo still didn't forget to say something to his elder brother, "Mother said, we will talk about marriage when we are sixteen."

Da Lang rolled his eyes at him, "It's really a lot of talk. Read two more books when you have time." Really, the third brother is not stable at all~
"Cut, I don't believe you don't want to know." Because several cousins ​​are going to discuss marriage, Saburo is also very concerned about his life's affairs, and then, Sanlang thinks he is very brotherly, so he puts his brothers' lifelong affairs together. Together to give concern.

At this time, Saburo still felt that his brothers were also popular candidates in the marriage market. He didn't want to think that the Mid-Autumn Festival had just passed, and the Double Ninth Festival had not yet arrived. Zhejiang was defeated. Disarm and retreat to Fujian.Although his father wrote a memorial to the court that he was always strong after repeated defeats, and his imperial grandfather also said that victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs, but Saburo suddenly discovered that the three brothers who were originally popular candidates in the marriage market , became a hot spot overnight.

You say that Saburo is angry: this man is too snobbish!

(End of this chapter)