"She really said that?"
"Yes." Seeing His Majesty's complex expression, the commander of the imperial guards said, "Also, my subordinates discovered that the second concubine and Princess Fule seem to have old grievances."
"You actually forgot that the second son of the Xie family once had a marriage contract with Princess Fuller, and later the second son of the Xie family eloped with someone, and the marriage contract between the Xie Ban family was annulled, and the two families also changed from in-laws to enemies. ." At the beginning of the grievances between the two families, he, the emperor, took sides and protected the Ban family both openly and secretly. Since this incident, the Xie family's voice in Beijing has deteriorated a lot.
"The Xie family lacks courage, has a lot of ideas, and is more courageous." Emperor Yun Qing put his hands behind his back, "If the second prince is not too ridiculous, I would not want to find such a Yue family for him."
He looked down on the Xie family, but at the same time, he found a concubine from the Xie family for his son. This kind of mentality made people feel as if the second prince was picked up from outside the palace.
It is said that he is partial to the crown prince, but the crown prince's life is not easy now, he is detained in the square inch of the East Palace, and accepts criticism from all directions.
The commander of the imperial guards did not speak, because he knew that His Majesty did not need any talkative subordinates. As the commander of the palace guards, he has another identity, that is, the leader of His Majesty's spy team.
Those things that cannot be put on the surface are all done by him.
The people outside gave these spies a name, Black Clothes Guard. Because when they appear, they are often silent. Even if someone sees them, they are still dressed in black and wearing black veils, so that no one will recognize them.
Xie Chongjin, the eldest son of the Xie family, sent someone to assassinate Ban Huai, which made him very puzzled. When did the struggle between nobles become so simple and rough?
What made him even more puzzled was, why did His Majesty help Xie Chongjin deal with the exposed cheating feet? As an emperor, there are many ways to deal with disobedient courtiers, why choose this way? This not only dragged the Ban family and the Shi family into trouble, but also allowed the real murderer to go free.
Didn't it mean that His Majesty loves the Ban family very much?
This kind of use of Ban's family to drag Shi's family into the water, but let Xie's family not get any dirty water, doesn't seem like a pampering attitude.
"I have so many descendants, only Princess Fule is the one who suits me best."
That's right, this princess is so in your favor, when you cheat other people's father, don't you still do it right?
"Ah," Emperor Yunqing sighed suddenly, his old face was full of exhaustion, "It's a pity that she is not my son, nor my son, otherwise I would have another great general under my command."
"Forget it, the Second Prince is so absurd, I should let him take it easy." Seeing that the commander could not speak a word for a long time, Emperor Yun Qing immediately lost the interest to speak.
One day later, Emperor Yunqing drew up two imperial edicts and asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites to read them out. His old man named the second prince King Ning, and Jin Cheng An Bo Rong Xia was named Marquis of Cheng An.
After the second prince supervised the country, everyone had expected him to be named a prince, but it was only a matter of time. It was Cheng Anbo...why did he become Marquis of Cheng An even after being beaten up? If there is such a cheap thing in the world, they also wish they could get a beating.
However, titles are not something you can have if you want to, and everyone doesn't understand why His Majesty is making such a fuss. Rong Xia was beaten so badly that he couldn't get out of bed more than ten days ago, and now he is being promoted to a title for no reason. , Is it because I regretted it, so I gave Rong Xia compensation?
This is not right either, it doesn't make sense that Yao Shangshu and Rong Xia were beaten together, and in the end only Rong Xia was compensated. Can't His Majesty's mind be like this just because Rong Xia is good-looking?
"Don't guess," Changqing Wang played with a fan, "I heard something."
"What's the matter?" All the officials turned their heads curiously, seeing that the person who spoke was King Changqing, their curiosity grew stronger.
How to say that King Changqing is also a relative of the emperor, he must know some royal secrets that others do not know.
Seeing the curious faces of these officials, King Changqing put away his fan and tapped his palm lightly, with a mysterious expression on his face: "It is rumored that His Majesty summoned Princess Fuller yesterday."
Summoning Princess Fule, what does it have to do with Cheng Anbo... Cheng Anhou?
Everyone didn't react at first, but seeing the mysterious smile on King Changqing's face, they suddenly thought that Cheng Anhou is now the fiancé of Princess Fule, and after careful calculation, he can be regarded as half of the family.
In the entire capital, who doesn't know that among the juniors whom His Majesty loves the most, Princess Fule is definitely one of them. Even those princesses surnamed Jiang and concubines are not as good as her in front of His Majesty, and even have the same title as His Majesty's most beloved daughter, Princess Anle. Is this the treatment that ordinary royal relatives can have? ?
The current status of the Ban family is already unsealed, but His Majesty really likes the princess of the Ban family too much, so how can I reward him? Anyway, Rong Xia is the fiancée of Princess Fuller, so let's appreciate Rong Xia. Anyway, a husband and wife are more expensive, and the higher the title of Rong Xia, it is also a good thing for Banhua.
The uncle's status is too low, and he lost his face after being beaten. Will Princess Fuller lose face?
It's okay, get promoted!
The officials want to understand this, and they are envious and jealous in their hearts. A man who marries an amazing wife can really save ten years of struggle in his life.
Seeing the benefits that Rong Xia received now, and thinking about the Xie family who almost got married with the Ban family, everyone couldn't help but feel a little bit mocking. The only person that the Xie family can handle now is the daughter of the princess. The others are all old, disabled, and useless. Unless the second prince ascends the throne and holds the power in the court, the Xie family will have nothing to do in this life. It can only be this way.
Originally thought that the two sons of the Xie family were not bad, but who knew that the eldest was dismissed from his official position as soon as he returned to Beijing, and the second was even more absurd. He eloped and offended the Ban family and made His Majesty dissatisfied. Since then, his reputation has plummeted , whose good girl dares to marry into their Xie family?
As for whether the second prince can be enthroned as emperor and firmly control the government, I'm afraid... difficult.
In Cheng'anbo's mansion, Rong Xia found out that the doctor who changed his dressing was a different person. This doctor was relatively young, and he had never seen him before. If the guards of the Ban family hadn't personally sent him over, he probably wouldn't have believed this person. He is a doctor raised by the Ban family.
"My master and Dr. Cao went to Yao Shangshu's mansion for treatment. Because my uncle's wound has recovered relatively well, so the master dared to let me come down to change your dressing." The doctor who changed the dressing applied the medicine to Rong Xia while He whispered, "Uncle, your injury is almost healed, and you can drink the medicine for nourishing qi and blood according to the prescription prescribed by my master."
"Thank you." Rong Xia nodded to him.
"Don't dare." The doctor hurriedly returned a salute, turned around and put the medicine into the medicine box, before he had time to say goodbye, he heard the servants of the Rong family say that the palace official came to announce the decree.
Rong Xia put on his robe, and his servants helped him to the main hall.
The official who announced the decree came from the Ministry of Rites. When he saw Rong Xia coming out, he greeted him first before saying, "My lord Rong, I'd like to congratulate you first."
"I don't know... why do you like it?" When Rong Xia saw the imperial decree in his hand, she was about to kneel down, but was supported by an official from the Ministry of Rites.
"Master Rong, His Majesty has said that because of your injuries, you are authorized to stand and listen to orders."
"How can this be done?" Rong Xia made a gesture that he had to kneel, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites supported him and said, "Master Rong, this is His Majesty's oral order. If you kneel down, wouldn't it be a waste of His Majesty's heart?"
"Oh," Rong Xia cupped her fists towards the palace, "Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty."
The official of the Ministry of Rites smiled, then unfolded the imperial decree in his hand, shook it, and read it in a cadenced tone.
In the first half of the imperial decree, Rong Xia's virtue and ability were praised with all kinds of beautiful words, and finally the key point was highlighted, that is, he, the emperor, was going to promote Rong Xia to the title of Lord Marquis.
Rong Xia really did not expect that he would receive such an imperial edict, he was taken aback for a moment, and then saluted to thank him.
"Congratulations, Lord Rong," the official from the Ministry of Rituals saluted Rong Xia, with an extremely gentle smile on his face.
"Lord Lao, I've made this trip." Rong Xia returned the gift, and Du Jiu, who was behind him, gave the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the accompanying people purses, which they called tea money. Generally, this kind of money is not rejected by everyone, and it can be considered happy.
The Xuanzhi officer left happily, and was sent all the way to the gate by the servants of Rong's mansion. He rode on his horse and said to a high-ranking eunuch who was traveling with him: "Master Rong's demeanor will not be damaged even if he is injured. ah."
"Isn't it?" The eunuch looked only in his twenties, and his smile was very pleasant. Few people in the palace dared to offend him, because he had a good master, Wang De, the head of the palace, known as the king. Xizi, it is said that the empress herself chose this festive name, "The miscellaneous family thinks that Lord Rong has a strong character, which is admirable."
The two looked at each other and smiled, not mentioning Rong Xia's punishment before.
"Ouch." Wang Xizi suddenly shouted, patted the horse, and stepped aside. Seeing this, the little eunuchs behind him followed suit, even though they hadn't even figured out what happened.
The Xuanzhi officer looked up in surprise, only to realize why this handsome prince hurriedly avoided. It turned out that Princess Fule was coming from the front on a horse.
Official Xuanzhi is only a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites, and he doesn't see Princess Fuller many times, but as long as he sees the white horse that Princess Fuller is riding, he knows that the other party's status is not low, because this kind of horse It is a tribute horse, a nobleman who is not high enough to be favored enough, even if he asks for it, he will not be able to get it, even if he asks for it, he will not dare to ride on the street.
"My servant has seen Princess Fuller." The prince jumped off his horse and saluted Ban Hua attentively, regardless of whether Ban Hua could hear his voice.
"Call."
Banhua's horse stopped, she looked down at the young man in the dark blue eunuch uniform, tilted her head for a while and thought, and said, "You are the father-in-law Wang Xizi who serves in front of the empress."
"The princess still remembers the slave girl. The slave girl is really lucky." Wang Xizi looked surprised, watching Ban Hua's eyes glowing, "I dare not bear the word father-in-law, just call the slave girl Xiao Xizi." To put it bluntly, if Princess Fule could remember her name, it would be an honor for eunuchs like them.
People in the palace, who don't see all directions and listen to all directions, which empress is favored by the emperor, which prince or princess has a bad temper, what taboos does your majesty have, which emperor's relatives have the most face in front of the empress, as long as there are eunuchs with some knowledge Maid, she understands all this information clearly.
For example, the owner of Fule County is a master who cannot be offended. They would rather offend the concubine princess than make this noble master feel unhappy in the slightest. Two years ago, there was a court lady who was short-sighted and criticized Princess Fuller's marriage. After Princess Fuller found out, Princess Fuller just glanced at him and said nothing. But since then, this court lady who used to have some dignity has become a rough envoy. He has seen this court lady a few days ago, she is old and ugly, how can she be as delicate as two years ago?
It's not that Fule County is mainly embarrassing her, but that someone knew that Princess Fuller was unhappy, and specially went to the empress to complain to the empress, so as to please the empress and princess Fule. It's not surprising what happens to people in the harem who can't control their mouths.
Gossiping about people and worrying about clothes and jewelry is the life of noble ladies. If a palace maid dares to do this, it is the temperament of a lady and the life of a servant girl.
Even the master, Mr. Wang, once told him some noble masters who should not be offended. Princess Fule must not be offended. Recently, the master specifically mentioned it to him again. Be more respectful and courteous.
Although he didn't understand the reason, what his master said would naturally not harm him, so he just followed suit.
"In a few years, I should call you Daxizi." Seeing Wang Xizi's attentive appearance, Ban Hua couldn't help laughing, "Where did you come from?"
"My servant has been serving in the Great Moon Palace recently, and I have the honor to accompany the Lord of the Ministry of Rites to announce the decree to the Marquis of Cheng An. I just came out of the Marquis of Cheng An's mansion." Wang Xizi said another big gift to Ban Hua, "Congratulations, Princess."
Ban Hua was taken aback for a moment, and then realized what he meant: "Marquis Cheng An, has he been promoted?"
"Back to Princess, that's true. Wang Xizi responded with a smile.
"So that's how it is." Ban Hua took out a purse and threw it to Wang Xizi, "I gave it to you for tea."
"Thank you Princess." Wang Xizi held the purse in both hands, looked up again, Princess Fule had already rode away on horseback, and the guards behind her followed neatly on horseback, looking very majestic.
This is the real noble lady of everyone, and she is generous in her actions.
After returning to the palace, Wang Xizi found Wang De and told Wang De what he saw and heard when he left the palace today. After finishing speaking, he also took out the purse rewarded by Marquis Cheng'an and Princess Fule as a tribute to Wang De.
"Since it was rewarded by Lord Hou and Princess Fule, you should keep it carefully." Wang De didn't accept his things, but just smiled, "It's your good fortune to be familiar with Princess Fule. Bit..." He said meaningfully, "He is a noble man."
Wang Xizi thought, coming from a family with noble blood, and having a fiancé who is famous all over the world, he is naturally a noble person they can't afford to offend.
Rong Xia walked into Cheng'anhou's mansion, and saw that although the servants of the mansion had a little more joy on their faces, they did not lose their sense of propriety, and nodded in their hearts, as expected of the servants of the scholarly family, this is the character of his body different.
"Princess," the butler greeted him, and saw that Banhua was holding an oil paper bag in his hand, which seemed to contain... candies?
Ban Hua nodded to the housekeeper, and walked to the courtyard where Rong Xia lived. Rong Xia is now able to read and write, but the movement should not be too big, lest it will involve the wound. When Rong Xia entered, he was sitting upright on the stool reading a book, not daring to lean on anything, and Ban Hua was so tired looking at him.
"There is a big happy event today, so you can read the book?" Ban Hua stepped into the room and opened a half-closed window, "I met Wang Xizi from the palace on the way just now, and when I learned that you have been promoted to a title, my body There are no gifts, but I just saw a candy seller on the side of the road, so I bought a few bunches for you to taste."
Rong Xia put down the book and looked at Ban Hua with a smile.
Banhua put the kraft paper bag on the table, walked behind Rong Xia, and carefully opened the collar of his shirt to take a look inside, "It's good to be young. I heard that Mr. Yao suffered a lot, and almost lost his life."
Rong Xia looked at Banhua, "Why did Huahua ask the doctor to help Master Yao?"
"Originally our family is not a troublesome person, but the third girl Yao cried sadly, and Master Yao was punished together with you. If you are completely fine, what will happen to Master Yao? No one will gossip for a while. In the future If someone talks about it, it's not good for you."
Rong Xia was stunned, he didn't expect that he was half of the reason why the Ban family caused this trouble.
"Forget it, let's not mention the worthless people," Ban Hua took out a bunch of candies from the oiled paper bag. In fact, they are seasonal fruits poured with boiled syrup. Some fruits will be very sour, but the syrup is very sweet. Whether it tastes good or not depends on the taste. luck.
Banhua bought this thing as a gift, and bought some snacks with his mother who was out on the street to comfort the children at home.
Rong Xia took the bunch of candies, and couldn't finish her mouth for a while.
"What's the matter?" Seeing him staring at Tangtangzi in a daze, Ban Hua took out another pack from the oil-paper bag, took a bite himself, and immediately became so sore that his teeth fell out, "Bah, bah, bah."
Rong Xia threw down the candy and brought her a cup of tea.
After taking a few sips of tea, Ban Hua threw the candy into the oiled paper bag, "Don't eat it, it tastes bad." She poked her face embarrassedly, "Then what, I'll make it up for you again tomorrow. A gift."
"No, this one is very good." Rong Xia took a bite of Tangtangzi, the pulp was indeed sour, but after chewing a few more bites, when the syrup was mixed with the pulp, the taste was not so difficult to swallow.
"Don't eat it," Ban Hua snatched the bamboo stick from his hand, "Aren't you stupid, you've said it's sour, but you still eat it."
"Not sour, very sweet." Rong Xia swallowed the candy in her mouth, stuck out her tongue and licked the candy residue on her mouth, "I like it very much."
"Cough!" Ban Hua's eyes drifted a little, but the corner of his eyes unconsciously fell on the corner of Rong Xia's lips.
sin sin.
The quiet moment between the two didn't last long before they were interrupted by the servants.
"Uncle, Prime Minister Yan's house has sent congratulatory gifts."
"Uncle, Uncle Zhongping's residence sent a congratulatory gift."
"Uncle, the Changqing Palace sent a congratulatory gift."
Gifts came in continuously, one gift list after another was presented to Rong Xia, and almost all the respectable people in the capital sent gifts.
"Jade Toad?" Ban Hua looked at a gift list, "Toad attracts fortune, it's a blessing to make a fortune."
"And this, the original work of the former calligrapher?" She wondered, "Isn't the original painting in my house? Where did the original work of his house come from?"
Rong Xia smiled and said, "Maybe I bought a fake."
"That's not necessarily true, maybe my house is a fake." Ban Hua put down the gift list and yawned, "I think that in the past half a month, you have been with those people frequently, as for these people now... ..."
Ban Hua sneered, "They're all just sloppy things."
"I don't blame them," Rong Xia smiled lightly, "The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and they are also in trouble. It has been like this throughout the ages, so there is nothing to complain about."
"You can think about it, anyway, I'm narrow-minded." Banhua stood up bored, "You have a lot of customers today, so I won't bother you."
"Hey." Rong Xia reached out and grabbed Banhua's wrist. Although it was through the sleeve, it was already early summer, and Banhua was wearing gauze, so Rong Xia could still feel the temperature under the gauze, "Why are you leaving?" , I am injured now, if you don't help me, I will be the only one to watch these things."
"I'm still in charge without me," Banhua held hands, but didn't break away, "Don't look."
"If you don't look at it, don't look at it. Would you like to sit with me for a while?" Rong Xia said with a look of disappointment, "These gift lists are just vulgar things sent by the windy people. It doesn't matter if you look at it or not. Huahua, you You are a person who dares to love and hate, how can I let you work hard because of these trivial things?"
"I think you're the one who plays with the wind." Ban Hua sat back on the stool, "It's true that people who follow the wind are not pleasing, but the vulgar things they send are still pleasing." Ban Hua himself is a People who like vulgar things, so they never dislike the vulgarity of precious jade and pearls.
Rong Xia's eyes brightened slightly: "There are a lot of beautiful jewelry in the storeroom at home. If Huahua likes it, feel free to pick it out. As long as you wear it, it will definitely make these gems more beautiful."
Ban Hua was a little moved, but thinking that he was still in the filial piety period, this feeling disappeared again: "Then you keep all the beautiful things for me."
"Okay." Rong Xia nodded repeatedly.
A middle-aged steward who walked to the door stopped, bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty."
"Wang Qu?" Rong Xia glanced at Ban Hua, then turned to the middle-aged man outside the door and said, "What's the matter with you?"
"Something happened outside."
"What happened?"
"The eldest son of Uncle Zhongping's family got drunk and got into an argument with a local ruffian. How could he know that this ruffian was so bold that he stabbed Xie Dalang three times in a row."
Ban Hua was shocked. Didn't Zhongping Bo's mansion give Rong Xia a gift half an hour ago? How long has it been before something happened to his house?
Her dream is too vague, she has no memory of this period at all, probably because...she doesn't care about Xie Dalang at all?
"Did the gangster catch it?"
"The place where the accident happened is in a busy city, there are many people, and there are also many people watching the excitement. The murderer has been lost."
"How is Xie Dalang?"
"Xie Dalang injured his thigh..." Wang Qu hesitated for a moment, then thought of the presence of Princess Fule, he used a more euphemistic way of saying, "The injury is serious, I am afraid that there will be no descendants."
"I see, you go down." Rong Xia was silent for a moment, then shook his hand at Wang Qu.
"Yes." Wang Qu stepped back softly.
"That," Ban Hua raised his head curiously, and whispered into Rong Xia's ear, "Xie Chongjin became a eunuch?"
"..."
"Why are not you talking?"
Rong Xia nodded with difficulty, because it was really difficult for him to mention a man's self-esteem to Ban Hua.
"Xie's family... What's wrong with this?" Ban Hua couldn't help but start to sympathize with Xie's family, what was it all about.
"Maybe their family did something immoral and suffered retribution." Rong Xia pinched Ban Hua's fingertips, "If you care about other men's affairs, I'm going to eat it."
"What's so delicious about a man who has become a eunuch?" Banhua patted the back of his hand comfortingly, "Don't worry, there is no man in the whole capital who is more beautiful than you. With you, my vision has become higher. "
Rong Xia couldn't laugh or cry, she really didn't know if it was a compliment or something else.
After noon, Rong Xia stayed with Banhua for lunch, and reluctantly sent him out the door in person. After Ban Hua left, Rong Xia summoned his subordinates, "Have you found out the reason why the emperor promoted me?"
The guard standing in front of him had a subtle expression: "Master, this subordinate is incompetent, and the exact reason has not been found out yet. But... there is a rumor among the courtiers."
"What rumor?"
"Yesterday, His Majesty summoned Princess Fuller, and you were granted the title of Jin because of Princess Fuller."
Rong Xia suddenly remembered that Huahua did go to the palace to meet His Majesty yesterday, and it was not until almost noon that she rushed from the palace to him. What did Huahua do to make Emperor Yun Qing, who was rather stingy with titles, suddenly decide to promote him?
Seeing that Rong Xia remained silent, the guards thought it was the rumors outside that displeased the master, and hurriedly said: "This is just gossip from some people outside, so it can't be taken seriously. How could the emperor make such a big deal because of a daughter's family's words?" decision. Those officials are talking nonsense and jealous."
"No," Rong Xia shook her head, and said with a deep expression, "Of course it would be impossible for someone else to do it, but for Huahua, she does have such charm."
Guard:? ?
Does Uncle know that nowadays people are laughing at him not for marrying a wife, but for marrying?
No, it should be said that these messy rumors have never stopped since the news of the uncle's marriage contract with Princess Fuller was spread, but after this time, the rumors spread even more violently.
Why do other people's family marry a wife because the husband honors the wife, but their uncle marries a wife who has not yet entered the door, and he is already a wife honoring the husband.
After hearing this, who is not angry?