Crossing the East Palace

The first daughter of the Li family?

Concubine?

Tang Luojin's eyes flickered slightly.

The eldest prince is eight years older than him, and now he is fifteen years old. His biological mother, Concubine Xiang, is the No. 1 queen in the palace, and Emperor Tianyuan has always doted on their mother and son.

The eldest prince's renter's home is also the Prime Minister's Li family.

Under such circumstances, if the eldest prince really has no ambitions, apart from Emperor Tianyuan, even the beggars on the street would not believe it.

Previously, the eldest prince tried to use the footbinding incident to make him write a criminal edict, admit his mistake to the people of Datang, and humiliate his reputation. Although Tang Luojin was inconvenient to take action against the eldest prince, the spear-headed bird Han Junma sent by the eldest prince had already been captured by Emperor Tianyuan. "Good intentions" gave him an official position, and rushed to the northwest to be the head of a county, so that he could learn about these things.

Because Wang An didn't stand out, Emperor Tianyuan didn't want to punish him, but he also found an opportunity to pull Wang An out and scolded him three times in the court meeting for three consecutive days.Wang An was very old and was very ashamed. On the fourth day, he had to ask for leave to recuperate at home, so he was considered An Sheng.

Of course, Tang Luojin did not attack the eldest prince, nor did Emperor Tianyuan.

As far as Yu Tangluojin was concerned, Emperor Tianyuan quickly dispatched Han Junma and King An, and rewarded him generously. For him, there was already "enough" compensation, and he "shouldn't" arbitrarily give up The prince made a move.

As far as Emperor Tianyuan was concerned, he had already made an example of others, and he thought that the First Prince would live in peace for a while.

Unexpectedly, the eldest prince never understood the kindness of Emperor Tianyuan, and after seeing the benefits of Tang Luojin's marriage, he couldn't wait to find a good relative.

However, although he is the grandson of the prince and the grandson of the prince, he is also the eldest among the princes and daughters, and he is the first surviving child of Emperor Tianyuan.However, many officials and eunuchs, with low positions and identities, may not be willing to take the lead at this time, marry the obviously restless eldest prince, and participate in the fight for the heir apparent.

——If the eldest prince is successful, they will really be able to aspire to that position in the future, and they will surely ascend to heaven; but, what if the eldest prince fails?What they took in was not just a daughter, but also the trust and value of the next emperor.

Don't you see, even the Li family, the eldest prince's ancestral family, are still unwilling to marry their own daughter to the eldest prince?

Therefore, Concubine Xiang found the best candidate for the eldest concubine for the eldest prince, the daughter of the general.

But the eldest prince himself is not willing.

He didn't even understand why his grandfather's family refused to marry his cousin to him?The prince can marry his cousin, with the support of the Ning family and the Jiang family behind him, and four accompanying families behind him; but what about him?His family background status is obviously inferior to that of the prince's companion. His grandfather's family even said a few years ago that they would not help him win the heir apparent, and now they refuse to marry his cousin to him. The eldest prince is already young and energetic. After being teased for a while, he came up with a "brilliant" idea.

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"In the end, what's going on?" The queen mother heard what the little eunuch said, and seeing that it was not an important matter that could not be mentioned, she asked casually.

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, and the little eunuch said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, today is the day when the daughter of the Li family's son is born, and the first prince is the cousin of the Li family girl, and he also went today. I just don't know what went wrong in the middle. The girl from the Li family fell into the water, and the eldest prince dived into the water to rescue her. This was a good thing, but, but in this way, the eldest prince and the girl from the Li family became close by skin, and the eldest prince took advantage of the opportunity to ask Prime Minister Li to marry the girl from the Li family. Unexpectedly, Prime Minister Li hesitated, and seemed to be unwilling, so the eldest prince became furious, saying that the girl of the Li family had fallen into the water in front of so many people, her virtue was at a disadvantage, and she was not worthy of the position of eldest princess, even if Prime Minister Li changed her If he decides to marry, he will only give the girl of the Li family the position of side concubine for the sake of Concubine Xiang! Don't even think about it."

Needless to say, the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, and Princess Ningyang who are present here have a lot of experience. Just when the little eunuch spoke, they roughly guessed the story behind.

Tang Luojin and Jiang Hanyi were not stupid either. When they heard about this, they immediately understood that the eldest prince was eager for quick success, and in order to gain the support of the Li family, he made a special move against the girl of the Li family.As a result, Prime Minister Li refused to follow his words, and the eldest prince directly said that he would let the Li family's prostitute daughter be his concubine.

Although Jiang Hanyi and the girl from the Li family didn't have much friendship, she felt sad when the rabbit died, and said: "Sister Min, what kind of talent is she? Although she doesn't like to smile, her appearance is not outstanding, but she is excellent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Especially sister Min's handwriting, which is so sparse and crazy. There is arrogance in the heart, and it is even more unique. Sister Yimin is proud and self-respecting, how can she be willing to be concubine?"

Besides, it was the concubine of the person who deliberately framed her.

The Empress Dowager also sighed: "The girl Ai's family has seen it before, and she is indeed very good. The eldest prince's move... went astray. The girl's family has the most prestigious reputation. If the eldest prince sincerely asks for it, the Li family may not disagree. Today But with such a method..."

Even if the Queen Mother is protecting her shortcomings, I have to say that his prince's actions are really despicable.

The Empress Dowager's face was slightly cold: "Go and call Concubine Xiang, and see what her son has done!"

The little eunuch didn't mention it.

Tang Luojin stood up expressionlessly, served the empress dowager, the empress dowager and Princess Ningyang once, and said, "Great-grandmother, grandma, don't worry about this. Now that this has happened, I want to There is a way to make up for it. Brother Dahuang was in a hurry and said something wrong, and concubine Xiangmu would make up for him in the future. Miss Li, it won't be long before she will become Xiaoqi's sister-in-law."

Now that the matter has come out, it is also a fact that the first prince and the daughter of the Li family are close by skin.Unless the eldest prince and the Li family really have the intention of breaking up with each other, it is inevitable for the two to get married.

Moreover, the Li family will definitely not let their prostitute daughter really be a concubine.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager heard what Tang Luojin said, and then looked closely at Tang Luojin's description. They knew that the Li family and the First Prince were getting married soon, and there was no trace of resentment on their faces. Apart from being moved in their hearts, they could only be thankful that the First Prince was despicable. However, as the crown prince, Xiao Qi has the style of a gentleman and the capacity to tolerate others, and he is indeed worthy of being the crown prince.

What happened next, just as Tang Luojin guessed, Xiang Guifei did not know what she had promised to the Li family, and ordered the eldest prince to go to the Li family to plead guilty, and once again begged to marry the daughter of the Li family.

Although the Li family did not want to get involved in the matter of seizing the concubine, the previous actions of the eldest prince clearly made up his mind to drag the Li family into trouble. shot.Until the next time, I don't know what more despicable means the First Prince will use.

Although Prime Minister Li hated the First Prince's despicable means, who would be willing to refuse the merit of supporting him?

Although the eldest prince is dull, he is indeed the eldest son of the Holy One, and even the eldest son who is eight years older than the crown prince.

Prime Minister Li was still calm before, but now, when the eldest prince resorted to such means, Prime Minister Li hesitated for a few days, but he agreed—those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be punished.Perhaps, the eldest prince will really succeed in the future?

When Tang Luojin heard Emperor Tianyuan's will to bestow marriage, she was not surprised at all.

He is learning boxing with Ning Junchi.

It's just that no matter whether Tang Luojin, the eldest prince or the Li family, they didn't expect that after the marriage decree was bestowed, two or three months later, Miss Min from the Li family would disappear.

The Li family said that they were not ill, but Tang Luojin knew something was wrong when he looked at a kind emperor like Emperor Tianyuan with a cold face for half a month.

"That girl from the Li family," Ning Junchi said after a pause, "is thrown into the river."

"In the suicide note she left before she died, she said that what she learned since she was a child is the way of a gentleman. Although she is a woman, she still follows every bit of a gentleman. Get the style of a gentleman. In the future, the lover you marry does not need to be a wealthy family, or look like a car, or even love her as precious as a treasure. He only needs to be a real gentleman. In this way, he will live up to her for the rest of his life entrusted.

However, although the eldest prince is a prince, and his behavior is despicable, she would rather die than marry a person of this kind of character.But the world cannot tolerate her not marrying, the Li family cannot tolerate her not marrying, and the royal family cannot tolerate her not marrying.She can't think about it, she has no way to go, but she doesn't want to live, so she can only find a dead end.

She also said in the letter that since the river ruined her, she would not let the river drown her as she wished.Thinking about it, he did not disappoint the eldest prince's calculations. "

Ning Junchi didn't expect the girl from the Li family to be so violent. When she said these words, there was a bit of respect in her expression.

Tang Luojin was surprised: "It's really gone? I've also seen that girl from the Li family, she is indeed a lonely person. Let her marry someone who schemed against her and wants her to be a concubine in turn..." He paused, "It's really embarrassing her."

It's just that the ants are still alive.

When the girl from the Li family dies, there is nothing left.

For a moment, Tang Luojin didn't know whether to regret that the girl from the Li family died early at such a young age, or to admire her. At such a young age, the girl from the Li family was so proud that she would not submit to the despicable people, and she refused to die. yield.

For example, when he was forced by the empress to pretend to be a fool, although it was painful at that time, he was still reluctant to die and did not dare to die.

Thinking of this, Tang Luojin shook her head slightly.

Seeing Tang Luojin shaking his head late, Ning Jun couldn't help but patted his head, and said with a smile, "You don't think she deserves to die?"

Tang Luojin thought for a while, and said: "There is no right or wrong. If you talk about the public, if she is dead, if the Li family still has a bit of arrogance, they will completely break with the eldest prince. For me, this is naturally a great happy event; but If it's about personal..."

"how?"

"In terms of selfishness, Cousin Jiang once said that the girl from the Li family has arrogance and self-respect and self-love. Even if she is alive, she is afraid that she will suffer all her life. However, if a person dies, nothing will be left. If she is alive..."

Ning Junchi shook his head slightly, and sighed: "If she is alive, she will still serve the eldest prince who schemed against her as her husband, respect and love him, bear children for him, and take care of the concubines, slaves, and concubines in the eldest prince's mansion." Daughter, she even had to come up with plans to risk half her life for the eldest prince to win the heir. If the eldest prince fails, she and the eldest prince will be knocked out of the dust. If the eldest prince succeeds, you and I will be knocked out of the dust. At that time, Li If you are a girl, you must respect the eldest prince even more, so that the future reserve will fall on the son born to her and the eldest prince she hates."

Tang Luojin: "...The woman really worked hard."

I didn't realize it before, just thinking about living is good, but listening carefully to Ning Junchi's analysis, Tang Luojin only felt that the girl from the Li family really had nowhere to go, and there was no hope for her life.

Even in order not to "respect" her enemy and not implicate the Li family, she waited until two or three months after the decree of the marriage was made before daring to die.

Tang Luojin sighed in her heart for a long time, she only hoped that the girl from the Li family would not have to give birth to a daughter if she was still born in this era in the next life.

He sighed for a while, suddenly thought of the source of the news, and wondered: "How can uncle know such secrets so clearly?" Even the words written by the girl from the Li family are clearly remembered.

Ning Junchi said: "It's not that I have the ability to find out the secrets of the Li family. It's that when the Holy Majesty knew about it, he asked me to wait on him alone."

Tang Luojin fell silent after hearing the words.

This kind of secret matter, the father and the emperor did not keep anyone but Ning Junchi, obviously he wanted to use Ning Junchi's mouth to pass the news to him.

"Father is like this, but he wants me to be more lenient to the elder brother." After all, without the power of his grandfather Li's family, no matter how powerful the eldest prince is, he still needs to spend some time and effort if he wants to win the heir. "It's just, Brother Dahuang probably doesn't need my forgiveness."

Although Emperor Tianyuan was a wise emperor, he was also a father.But how could any father feel that his son was born cunning and insidious?How could he like the prince he had chosen and not tolerate other princes?

Tang Luojin knew this, but she never disobeyed Emperor Tianyuan's intention.

As long as the eldest prince behaves well, he will naturally tolerate him.It's a pity that the first prince has long been fascinated by the position of the prince, and he doesn't even know how to write the word "rules".

Ning Junchi said: "Then what is Xiaoqi's decision?"

"What's your decision?" Tang Luojin said, "I'm still young, if I act rashly, it will only displease my father. Now, I can only wait for a while. But... I heard that Concubine Xiang once visited the general's house His daughter-in-law?"

He would not directly attack the eldest prince, but if the eldest prince wanted to marry the daughter of a general, that would be impossible.

Ning Junchi thought that Tang Luojin was discussing something with him, and nodded when he heard the words: "Okay, uncle will do this matter."

Tang Luojin was startled.

Ning Junchi smiled and said: "Xiao Qi forgot, the Li family looked down on the impulsiveness of the eldest prince, and refused to help him participate in the important event of seizing the heir, but the Ning family is Xiao Qi's mother family, so they must stand on Xiao Qi's side. By the way, there is one more thing," Ning Junchi untied the purse from his waist, and took out a palm-sized sign that was painted black, "This is what my father asked his personal guard to send. With this You can order the Ning family who are scattered all over the place at will. In addition to the plaque, my father also gave you twenty people who saw blood on the border. The emperor also knows about this, so you just have to take it."

Tang Luojin was stunned for a while, then took the sign and said, "It's Marshal Ning, gave it to me?"

"Marshal Ning?" Ning Junchi patted Tang Luojin's forehead and said with a smile, "It was given to you by your grandfather. Although Xiaoqi is of royal blood and is still the crown prince, there is also blood of the Ning family flowing on his body. You should hold this wooden sign. As for the 20 people sent by my father, they were all carefully trained by my father, so you can use it with confidence."

Tang Luojin silently lowered her eyelids.

If he really has the blood of the Ning family, he will naturally use the things and people sent by the Ning family with confidence.However, he was not born to the queen, and he didn't know when the queen would pass the news to the Ning family. After the news reached the Ning family, those who were sent by the Ning family would choose to continue to follow him, or choose to turn their backs. He is loyal to the Ning family.

Many thoughts flashed through Tang Luojin's head, but his face was silent for a moment, then he raised his head and thanked Ning Junchi earnestly.

One month after the death of the girl from the Li family, in the autumn of the 14th year of Tianyuan, the Emperor Tianyuan demoted her position and deprived her title of Concubine Xiang on the grounds that Concubine Xiang tortured her servants wantonly.

Three days later, Emperor Tianyuan decreed to marry the eldest prince and the well-known daughter of the prefect of Hangzhou.

When Tang Luojin heard about this, she knew that this was the punishment given to the First Prince by Emperor Tianyuan.

The Eldest Prince is already old, and the position of Concubine Xiang is already firmly seated, she is No.1 among concubines.If there is no major mistake, you will never be demoted.Being deprived of the title and reduced to the concubine position by Emperor Tianyuan, who was so slap in the face, made many people laugh.

The concubine Xiang Gui originally wanted to make her son marry the general's daughter at the second place, but at this time it was out of play, and instead she was given the daughter of the prefect of Hangzhou as the princess concubine.

Although the prefect of Hangzhou is known for being honest and fair, his daughter also has poetic talent, and his poems and prose are quite spiritual.However, the magistrate of Hangzhou was born in a peasant family. Although he has a good reputation, the family still relies on him to live, so he can't help at all.

In other words, the First Prince and Concubine Xiang were tossing and tossing about, and Emperor Tianyuan pointed out a family that had no ability to help the First Prince win the heir.And the eldest prince is already fifteen years old, he should be entrusted with the king's residence and live in another palace, so Emperor Tianyuan has the right to pretend that there is no such thing, and has done nothing.

Tang Luojin felt a little better now, and then she still had time to watch Ning Junchi's jokes.

The Ning family is younger, and there are still three males left.

The eldest of the Ning family passed away, never married a wife or concubine, and naturally left no heirs; the second eldest of the Ning family has been guilty for many years because of the daughter of the former prefect of Shanxi, and has been reluctant to marry for a long time. I can't control the second child of the Ning family who is tens of thousands of miles away; and Ning Junyu is young, only 11 years old, not yet the age to be "forced to marry"; The two sisters were driven crazy.

Ning Junchi is one year older than the eldest prince, and already in his thirties. Although he is young, he has the title of Lord Xinguo, as well as the second sister who is the queen, the prince's nephew, and the father and brother at the border. With a sister like Mrs. Hou... with such a background, Ning Junchi should have made a marriage a long time ago.

It's a pity that Marshal Ning once asked an expert to divination for him, so Ning Junchi was not allowed to get married until he was 16 years old, and this has been delayed until now.

The queen now has only one fifth princess under her knees to take care of. Because her body was misunderstood by Qixiang, not only her temper has to be slowly recovered, but her body has to be recuperated for a year or two before she can conceive again.

The queen has no children of her own, and was persuaded by Mrs. Yuehou not to kill Tang Luojin immediately to avenge the two daughters. Concubine Xin did not know who did it, but it was extremely secretive, and she also Can't get in.In this way, the only thing the queen can pass the time for now is to choose a wife for Ning Junchi.

The folk customs in Datang are relatively open, so the empress held two chrysanthemum appreciation banquets in the palace, and invited many ladies and young men. There was a lotus pond between men and women, facing each other from a distance.

So it's a blind date.

When Tang Luojin saw it, the corners of her lips turned up - anyway, he has a wife, so just wait and see other people's jokes.

Unexpectedly, after these two chrysanthemum appreciation banquets, the queen invited the daughter she liked to come alone, and "coincidentally" let the boys and girls meet. More and more cold and doubtful.

Tang Luojin didn't understand at first, but when she saw that Ning Junchi turned a blind eye to the enchanting "handmaid" rewarded by the queen, she suddenly had an epiphany.

This third uncle probably just naturally likes men, right?Otherwise, why would you not even look at the servant girl with such an enchanting appearance and figure?

What Tang Luojin guessed, after Ning Junchi drove away the bed-climbing servant girl he deliberately let off again and again, he took a cold shower and finally confirmed his thoughts.

——He, like his eldest brother, is born to like men, and has no interest in women at all.

Ning Junchi thought that because of his mother and the daughter of the former prefect of Shanxi, he didn't care much about the woman.But seeing those maids crawling on the bed again and again, wearing revealing clothes again and again, but he himself didn't feel the slightest bit, even a trace of disgust in the bottom of his heart, thinking of those dreams, those bodies that he never wanted to recall , clearly the same male body as him.

There is no shortage of people who are good at Nanfeng in Qianchao and Datang.But those who love the south wind will marry wives and have children.

In Ning Junchi's heart, he wanted to find a sincere person, the two of them would stay together for the rest of their lives, and they didn't want to involve others at all.It's even better now, he realized later that he couldn't touch a woman at all, or in other words, he didn't respond at all in front of a woman.

Ning Junchi didn't realize that he was so different from others that he might not even be able to keep his offspring.He was anxious for several days, but when the queen summoned him again, he slowly calmed down.

When he arrived at Qingning Palace, the queen was wearing the jewelry she used when she was young and put it on the fifth princess. Envious, not jealous, deadpan.

Ning Junchi and Tang Luojin had always been close, so they sat next to Tang Luojin.

Seeing this, the queen paused for a while, but couldn't say anything else, and hugged the fifth princess in her arms to coax her a little bit. Seeing the fifth princess looking at her relyingly, the queen felt that her motherly heart was about to melt.

"Wu'er go to your fourth aunt and let your fourth aunt teach you how to paint, okay?"

Emperor Tianyuan had many sons and daughters.Usually a son can get a name when he is one year old, but for a daughter... Emperor Tianyuan usually only gives a title, and occasionally takes a small character.

The current nickname of the fifth princess is still chosen by the queen.

The fifth princess nodded obediently: "Yes, my daughter is going now."

Then he did not forget to salute Tang Luojin and Ning Junchi.

Tang Luojin nodded slightly in return, Ning Junchi stood up and nodded.

The queen clutched her heart, only feeling that if she saw Tang Luojin once, her lifespan would be shortened by one or two years.His younger sister saluted, and just sat upright and accepted it... Even if he temporarily has the respect of a prince, why should he not give his younger sister face like this?

As everyone knows, Tang Luojin is actually quite polite to other brothers and sisters.But when facing the fifth princess, especially in front of the queen, even if he naively made the queen angry once, he would never give the fifth princess any face.

The empress hesitated for a while, and silently recited the elder sister's warning to her three times in her heart, before she smiled and sent Tang Luojin away.

Tang Luojin was about to get up when Ning Junchi said: "Second sister doesn't have to chase the prince away. I'm afraid that what I want to say has something to do with the prince. It's just..." He glanced at the servants around him, " They can't stay."

The queen didn't know what to say, she frowned and looked at Tang Luojin for a while, then sent all the palace people away, and waited at the open door.

After that, I heard Ning Junchi say: "Junchi still invites Second Sister, don't worry about Junchi's marriage anymore. Junchi, I don't like girls."

The queen suddenly stood up: "..."

Tang Luojin, who was still expressionless: "..." This is the ancient version of coming out!

Third uncle, you go forward boldly!