Chapter 171 Five decrees issued simultaneously
Eunuch Wang is in his forties and has been with the emperor for many years. He
is just a little greedy.
Royal Concubine Zheng is rich, and Eunuch Wang can get some rewards every time he goes to her palace.
In addition to the share given by the palace, Zheng He's money comes from her family.
Since Yun Ransheng came here, he has given the Zheng family many novel ways of doing business, so the Zheng family is not short of money.
Eunuch Wang took the initiative to send the imperial decree to the second prince to grant marriage.
The carriage slowly came to General Qin's mansion.
General Qin Fei is the general who guards the border between the northeast and the Ice and Snow Country.
The Ice and Snow Country often harasses the border of the Flame Country. It can be said that it is the junction of several countries and the place with the most wars.
Therefore, General Qin has the most soldiers and horses, with a force of 100,000.
Qin Fei is 45 years old this year and has three sons and two daughters. The youngest daughter is 14 years old this year and is still a legitimate daughter. She was favored by the mother and son of Emperor Zheng and the noble concubine, and asked to be the princess of Yun Ransheng.
General Qin's eldest son and second son are both with the army at the border, the third daughter is married, the fourth son is a concubine, and the fifth daughter is with Mrs. Qin in the capital.
Mrs. Qin has also been looking for a man for her little daughter recently, but before she decided, she got the news that the queen and the noble concubine in the palace were choosing concubines for the two princes who were about to come of age. She was very uneasy.
She didn't want to marry her daughter to the prince from the bottom of her heart.
But families like the Qin family are most likely to be targeted by the prince.
She had no choice but to resign herself to fate. She hoped that they would not be favored.
But what she feared would come true.
When Eunuch Wang led the palace guards to the Qin Mansion, she got the news.
The royal concubine of Zheng did not ask the Qin family's opinion in advance, and directly asked for permission.
When Eunuch Wang arrived at the Qin Mansion, the door was already open.
Madam Qin led the family to the main hall.
"The imperial edict has arrived."
Madam Qin led the people to the incense table.
"Madam Qin, great joy." Eunuch Wang smiled so much that his eyes almost narrowed into a slit.
"Eunuch Wang, the incense table is ready." Madam Qin smiled appropriately.
"Qin Fei's daughter Qin Biyue, listen to the order." Eunuch Wang shouted.
A fourteen-year-old girl with a melon-seed face and foxy eyes walked out from behind Madam Qin.
She was a charming woman at first glance.
Nine out of ten men would want to marry her.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims:
Since ancient times, the friendship between the royal family and the generals has been a model for the world, and I am very pleased with it. Now my second son, Yun Ransheng, is both talented and virtuous, and has a good character; Tan Fei's daughter, Tan Biyue, is virtuous, intelligent, and beautiful.
The two are of the same age, a match made in heaven. After careful consideration, I have decided to grant them marriage, in order to unite the royal family and the generals, and work together for the great cause of the country. May the two of them be united forever and live in harmony.
This is my sincere greeting."
"Madam Tan, Miss Tan, congratulations. The second prince is very satisfied with the second Miss Tan, and asked me to tell you that Madam Tan can bring Miss Tan to the palace to see the Royal Consort at any time."
Yun Ransheng had secretly seen Tan Biyue a long time ago, and was amazed by her beauty. He fell in love with her at first sight, and she was also the daughter of a great general.
Don't be too satisfied.
"Okay, Madam Qin, the imperial edict is ready. We still have two more edicts to announce."
"Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Wang. I wonder who else you are going to announce the edict to." Madam Qin said, and took out a purse from her arms and prepared to stuff it into Eunuch Wang's pocket.
"There are also two concubines who will be granted marriages today." Eunuch Wang was in a good mood today, so he told the truth to her face.
"What?" Madam Qin paused, and the hand that was stuffing the purse almost dropped it on the ground.
Eunuch Wang took it directly and saw Madam Qin's expression.
"Madam Qin, the second prince is the emperor's favorite prince, and he has high hopes for him." Eunuch Wang stopped talking.
Doesn't it mean that it is natural for such a prince to have concubines?
Eunuch Wang resigned and left.
Madam Qin cried.
"My son, you haven't even married yet, but you already have a concubine. How are you going to live in the future?"
Mrs. Tan was furious. The concubines of the royal family had to be recorded in the imperial edict, and they could give birth even if they were pregnant, regardless of whether the main wife had a husband or not.
It was not like an ordinary official family, where concubines would have to wait until the main wife gave birth before giving birth.
"Mother, don't worry. With your daughter's appearance, are you afraid that you can't hold the heart of the second prince?" Tan Biyue was full of confidence.
She had met the second prince several times at the palace banquet and had a good impression of him.
The second prince was handsome, witty, and could design a ten-round crossbow. He was her ideal husband.
She thought that she was good-looking, so she should be paired with the prince, and in the future she might be the queen who was second only to the emperor.
Thinking of this possibility, her heart was so happy that she almost flew up, and her pretty face was flushed unconsciously.
"Oh, I hope so." Madam Tan sighed. She didn't know what her daughter was thinking. She
went back to her room and prepared to write a letter to her husband and son at the border to tell them.
The capital was in an uproar that day.
On the same day, the emperor issued five imperial edicts to grant marriages. Miss Chen
San from General Chen's mansion was granted marriage
to the eldest prince as the principal wife. Miss Tan Wu from General Tan's mansion was granted marriage to the second prince as the
principal wife. Zhao Feiyan, the third daughter of the second room of the Loyal and
Brave Marquis's mansion, was granted marriage to the second prince as a concubine. Zhu Yingyue, the daughter of Zhu Qingshan, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, was
granted marriage to the second prince as a concubine. The eldest princess Yun Lingxuan was granted marriage to Guan Shanyue, the third son of General Guan.
Some were happy and some were worried.
When Feng Yuanhao received the news from the guards, he couldn't help but sigh.
The second prince's eating habits are too ugly. He decided on three families at the same time.
The Zhongyong Earl's family also started out as a military family, but now they have long since given up martial arts and turned to literature.
Zhao Junyi from the second house is a lecturer at the Imperial College, and his students are everywhere. There are many officials in the court.
His eldest brother Zhao Junqing inherited the title and also held an important position in the court. He is the Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Personnel. Every year, the official assessment and appointment and dismissal must go through him.
And the young lady of the Zhu family, Feng Yuanhao has seen her, she is very beautiful.
It seems that the second prince is a lustful man.
The three women he picked are all first-class beauties.
Each of them has a good family background.
His ambition can be seen.
The happiest one is Concubine Liu Shu, because the emperor finally issued an edict to grant her a marriage.
I was shocked before, thinking that Loulan wanted to marry, but she left without mentioning it.
At the same time, the Guan family was also very fortunate that they did not have a daughter of the right age, otherwise it would be bad if she was targeted by the prince.
It doesn't matter if they marry a princess home.
In the evening, Feng Zuwen came back from his duty.
After dinner, Feng Yuanhao took him to the outer study, and took his younger brother and sister with him.
"Dad, today we went to drink tea and listen to opera, and we met Prince Lu, who asked about you and your second brother's victory over the Loulan Warriors."
"Oh? What did you say?"
Feng Yuanhao roughly recounted what happened today.
"Dad, Prince Lu has fifteen days to live." Feng Tianxing reported directly.
Feng Yuanhao didn't say this because he heard what was in his heart.
He brought his sister here just to let her speak directly, and hoped that she would speak more carefully. Although she had said it before, it was all in general so that they could discuss countermeasures.
"What?" Feng Zuwen was shocked.
"I saw it in my previous life. He took action at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve this year. He arrested all the officials and threatened them with their families. Then the second prince shot him in the chest with a hidden arrow. The arrow was poisonous and Prince Lu died on the spot."
Feng Tianxing briefly described what he saw that year.
Feng Zuwen sighed after hearing it.
How to solve this problem?
"My dear, many things should have changed in this life because of your arrival. I don't know how he will act this time. The secret guards sent by my father can't find him. The Prince Lu's Mansion is particularly heavily guarded."