Chapter 369 Sacred Heart
After watching the excitement, Chen Tang wanted to know more about why the prince called Xie Guimo away. She endured it from the moment she left Wutong Courtyard to the moment she returned to Chenxiang Pavilion before she said, "You were called away by the king. Could this incident today be directed at you?"
"Probably not. I'm not the father, so I won't consider the Jiang family's feelings."
If you go to such great lengths to save Jiang Huier's life, but she is put in Chenxiangxuan and neglected, it would be better not to save her.
His father can't control him, his mother doesn't like Jiang Huier, and if Concubine Jiang had any consideration for Jiang Huier, she would not do such a thing.
Chen Tang thought about it and it was true, but who knew what Concubine Jiang was thinking? The Second Madam was very unhappy, but the Second Master accepted it very quickly. Thinking of her suspicion, maybe this was something Concubine Jiang and the Second Master had planned privately.
If you suspect that Concubine Jiang is cheating on the prince, then Xie Guiyin could be the second master's son. If your own son marries Jiang Huier, it would be better for Xie Guian to marry her than Xie Guiyin.
Xie Guiyin was determined to become the crown prince, so he needed a second young lady with an assistant. But Xie Guian, the second master was demoted one level, and the second wife was stripped of her imperial title. Xie Guian could not marry a lady from a prominent family. As Concubine Jiang said, although the Jiang family is gone, there is still Concubine Jiang and the prince. This backing is much more solid than that of ordinary people.
This is the best of both worlds for the second master.
But Chen Tang was also happy. She and Xie Guimo had never found a chance to drive the second wife out. Now that Jiang Huier was marrying Xie Guian, the opportunity had come.
Whenever Jiang Huier causes trouble, he will take the opportunity to kick her and the entire second house out, and then he can just turn a blind eye to it.
Chen Tang sat down and poured herself some tea. She asked Xie Guimo, "Why did father call you away?"
Xie Guimo pinched Chen Tang’s nose, “Didn’t you guess it?”
Chen Tang asked, "Is it because of the 600-mile rush?"
"Um."
"My father told the emperor about these two things earlier. He was not confident in handing them over to others, so he sent his confidants to do it. As soon as it rained in Xuzhou and Changzhou, he saw that the rain was not going well, so he immediately evacuated the local people. The floods destroyed many villages and houses, but there were not many casualties."
"The snowstorm in the north happened more than half a month ago. The landslides blocked the official roads. The news was not sent to the palace until today. However, my father sent a lot of food and grass earlier under the pretext of mobilizing troops. The soldiers burned a lot of charcoal, which was enough to keep warm. The disaster was serious, but we tried our best to minimize the losses."
When the prince told the emperor the two things, the emperor really didn't take it seriously, and the prince didn't elaborate. After all, he and Xie Guimo could accept the fact that Chen Tang was reborn after death, but the emperor might not.
As long as things are done well, it doesn't matter who does it.
Today, two urgent reports of six hundred miles were sent to the palace, and the focus was not on the disaster but on praising the emperor for his wisdom.
The emperor was confused by the praise, and suddenly he remembered that Prince Jingyang had mentioned the disasters in the two places to him a few months ago.
The prince had someone do the job, but he specifically reminded him that it was the emperor who had asked him to do it, so the people of Changzhou, Xuzhou and the north are grateful to the emperor.
As Chen Tang said, the only bad thing about the prince is that he is trapped by the favor of the Jiang family and is a little bad at handling household affairs. In other matters, he is impeccable.
The prince is in command of a large army, and it is not easy for him to gain the trust of the emperor. If he also wins the hearts of the people, it will be a disaster, not a blessing, for the Jingyang Palace.
The prince only wants the people to survive. As for merit and reputation, the prince is already a general and still cares about this. He himself has to doubt whether he has other ideas.
The job was done beautifully, bringing fame to the emperor and gaining his favor, it was the best of both worlds.
The emperor wanted to reward the prince, but the prince directly said that it was Xie Guimo's credit, which was why Xie Guimo was called away.
Chen Tang asked Xie Guimo, "What did the emperor reward you with?"
Xie Guimo said, "I gave the credit to that Taoist priest."
"Then what?"
"The Emperor promoted him to be the Director of the Imperial Observatory."
Taoist priest,"……"
He did nothing but was promoted rapidly to a higher position. It's incredible.
He asked Prince Yu to provide for Prince Jingyang's Crown Princess, but in fact he should also provide one.
Chen Tang said, "The emperor rewarded the Imperial Observatory, but you didn't get any reward at all?"
She doesn't believe it.
Xie Guimo laughed and took out a jade pendant from his arms.
Chen Tang could tell at a glance that this was the one the emperor usually wore, with a dragon carved on it.
Chen Tang asked, "Why did the emperor give you this jade pendant?"
Although it's just a jade pendant.
Just relying on this jade pendant, Xie Guimo could kill a minister of the third or fourth rank without reporting to the emperor later, which shows its importance.
However, he is efficient and not greedy for credit. Such a minister should definitely not be rewarded with ordinary things. The art of controlling people is something that every emperor must learn.
The emperor has been on the throne for more than ten years, and this is the first time that a memorial praising him has been sent to the palace over a distance of 600 miles. How could he not be very pleased?
At the morning court the next day, all officials praised the emperor. The emperor was very happy and asked the Ministry of Rites to make preparations. He wanted to choose an auspicious day to offer sacrifices to heaven. This was to pray that heaven would bless Da Qi and enable it to survive even a natural disaster.
Let’s talk about Xie Guiyin. He was drunk and didn’t wake up until the evening. When he woke up, he found out that his fiancée was bullied by Xie Guian. He went to the ancestral hall and beat up Xie Guian, who was kneeling as punishment. He asked Xie Guian to swear in front of all the ancestors that he would not let Jiang Huier down. How could Xie Guian dare not do so?
No one in the palace issued a gag order on this matter, nor would they have, so the news quickly spread out of the palace.
Xie Gui'an had brought up such explosive gossip about Xie Guiyin's fiancée that it spread like wildfire throughout all the restaurants in Kyoto and became the best side dish for drinking that evening.
Also, the princess did not allow Jiang Huier to live in the palace without a name or status. The prince asked Concubine Jiang and Xie Guiyin to go to the courtyard to accompany Jiang Huier to celebrate the New Year. Only Concubine Jiang was with Jiang Huier. During those days, Xie Guiyin was out drinking with others. He chartered a boat and slept on the boat at night.
Chen Tang suspected that Concubine Jiang had no intention of letting her son marry Jiang Huier from the beginning. She just used her son's fiancée's identity to protect Jiang Huier from being exiled. As long as she was kept, even if she didn't really marry Xie Guiyin but married someone else, since the emperor had pardoned Jiang Huier's crime, he would not pursue it further.
The next day, the date for Xie Guian to marry Jiang Huier was set, which was seven days later.
Although there are no wedding invitations and no guests are invited, a girl's marriage is a lifelong event. Concubine Jiang insists on marrying her in a bridal sedan, and Jiang Huier will get on the sedan from the courtyard.
The Second Wife thought it was unnecessary, but she had no say in the matter. The Second Master agreed that everything should be done according to Concubine Jiang's wishes.
The prince prepared a dowry for Jiang Huier. Since he was going to get married, he had to make it look respectable.
Just when they were discussing heatedly, Chen Tang suddenly asked, "Isn't Miss Jiang Biao still in mourning?"
The room suddenly became quiet.
It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but no one remembered that Jiang Huier was still in mourning.
The old lady said, "It is indeed still in mourning period, but fortunately it is within three months, so it can be considered as a happy occasion."
The discussion continued, but the second wife felt more and more that this was a plot.
Jiang Huier's father had died, and her mother and brother were all exiled, yet she still had the leisure to come to the Jingyang Palace to celebrate Xie Guiyin's birthday. The Second Wife was heartbroken to see such an unfilial daughter marry her son.
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