The Submissive Emperor

"I don't know which lady it is?" Lou Jing frowned slightly, the concubine was not an ordinary concubine, and she was not a random concubine. With the status of An Guogong's mansion, at least she had to be a concubine from an ordinary noble family.

"The legitimate daughter of the governor of Jiuchang County in Jiangzhou." Lou Jianyu was very proud when talking about the side room where he was going to pass.

The daughter of the sheriff?Lou Jing was very surprised, not only nobles, but civil servants also pay attention to being well-matched. Although a county guard is not a high-ranking official, he is considered a big official position in the local area. How could he marry his daughter-in-law to someone as a concubine?

Lou Jianyu, who was in high spirits, obviously didn't intend to explain to his son, so he just asked him to come and say something, just don't make trouble for him.

Father took the concubine, and Lou Jing couldn't say anything, so she responded and went back to Zhuque Hall, called the butler to ask, "Who told about this father's marriage?"

"I don't know, I don't know. The Duke didn't receive any errands in the spring, and he didn't see any officials come to visit." The housekeeper of Zhuquetang was also confused.

Lou Jing waved the housekeeper to go down, went to Yun Balai, and asked him to find out who the sheriff of Jiuchang County was.Marrying the prostitute's daughter as a concubine is not something that a serious scholar can do. Either the county guard wants to curry favor with the Lou family, or there is something wrong with the girl.

Two days later, Yun Ba found out the clues.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the matter of Xungui's family lending money a few years ago?" Lou Jing mentioned the Jiangzhou officials who were out of touch yesterday, and Yunba specifically searched the list of officials who had contacts with An Guogong years ago, and found them. this person.

The name of the governor of Jiuchang County is Yang Xing, and he has some relatives with the Lou family. He was originally a county magistrate, but he was promoted to the county governor only last year.

It was only then that Lou Jing remembered that the officials who were in charge of Shen Lian who came to Beijing to report on their duties a few years ago had to meet and greet, ranging from a thousand taels to as many as ten thousand taels. Borrow from the rich in Beijing.The Lou family has a solid family background, and Lou Jianyu also put out a lot of debts at that time.

"So, did the county guard borrow money from his father?" Lou Jing raised her eyebrows. It's a good opportunity to use this excuse to climb up to the noble family. I don't know if the parent officer of Jiuchang County values ​​the Lou family or the Lou family. See this guy.

"Yes," Yun Ba took out a piece of paper, "This is the account that my subordinate copied in the account room, and the rest of the money owed by others has been paid back one after another, only this Yang Xing has not paid it off."

Lou Jing took the piece of paper, looked at it carefully, and it said that Yang Xing owed 1000 taels of silver, and sent 120 taels in February, and there was no money to return after that.

"My subordinate inquired about the servants in the Shangyuan, and it seems that the Duke and the Yang family agreed to send the daughter here before the money is paid." Yun Ba lowered his head and told all the things he inquired about.

Yun Ba took Lou Jing's name card, went to find officials who were familiar with the official department, and inquired about the character of the governor of Jiuchang County.Originally thought that he was greedy for wealth and status, selling girls for glory, but unexpectedly, the result was quite unexpected.

Yang Xing was born in poverty, his family has been farming and studying for generations, and there are only a few acres of Susukida. He was awarded a Jinshi six years ago, and he was sent to Jiangzhou to be a county magistrate. .The silver was not paid back, presumably it was really impossible to get the 200 taels of silver, so I had to marry my daughter.

"The bandits in Jiangzhou are rampant, and being an official is difficult, so Master Yang must be very difficult." Cheng Xiuru, who was helping to read the accounts, couldn't help but sigh. As a literati, he admired and sympathized with the Governor Yang.

Shen Lian took the filial piety money, so overbearingly, he couldn't help it. This Mr. Yang must have been desperate, so he came to Lou Jianyu to borrow money. Unexpectedly, he couldn't get together the money to repay the debt when he returned to Jiangzhou. She can bear the pain and marry her daughter to Xungui as a concubine.

Lou Jing slapped the paper on the table, what is this? In this way, wouldn't the Lou family become a bully who used debts to rob women?

"My lord, don't worry about this matter." Although Cheng Xiuru sympathized with the Yang family, but his father took a concubine, Lou Jing, as a son, had no room to comment.

The news that Mr. An wanted to take the concubine spread quickly in the mansion. When the second aunt heard about it, she almost grinned her mouth behind her ears. The Wei family was going to recuperate, and the back foot was going to take the concubine.

"What's so good, the family hasn't been divided yet, taking a concubine is not about buying a concubine, but also asking for a bride price, and it's not about being married." The third aunt curled her lips and muttered in a low voice.

The smile on Second Aunt's face suddenly froze, "That's right! No, I have to send a letter to Madam."

Taking a concubine requires the consent of the wife of the main house. Although the Wei family may not be able to control An Guogong, it would be great to add trouble to the Wei family and let her come back to make trouble and divide the family before taking the concubine.Just do it, the second aunt called a woman in charge and asked her to deliver things to the wife of the Duke of Fu County.

"How should I put it, do you understand?" Second Aunt asked the woman.

"Understood, just don't worry about the second wife." The old lady accepted the reward and said with a smile.

Naturally, the Wei family would not see the woman in the mansion. Her maid went to see the visitor. The maid was young and couldn't hide her words.

The Duke of the State wants to take a concubine. I heard that she is the official's concubine. She is only eighteen years old this year!

Concubine, Miss Di, eighteen...

Wei's face became paler and paler when he heard it, and he passed out with his eyes closed.

"Madam was frightened and gave birth prematurely." People from Zhuangzi in Fu County came back to report.

"Is it a man or a woman?" Lou Jianyu immediately smiled when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked who came.

The young man was very surprised, so he had to say: "It's a young lady, luckily the mother and daughter are safe."

Hearing that it was a girl, the smile on Lou Jianyu's face suddenly faded a little, and he asked to send some supplements to Fu County, and then said nothing.Originally, she could only be regarded as a concubine, but if she was a son, it would be easy to handle. Now that she has a daughter, she will be counted as a concubine, and she will not be able to marry a well-matched nobleman in the future. What a shame!

When Lou Jing got the news, she just nodded lightly. She didn't bother to care about these messy things at home, and arranged everything in Beijing. She took out a black wooden box from the hidden compartment, opened the lid, and there were , it was the third prince's jade pendant that came along in the imperial garden.

Stuffing the jade pendant into his sleeve, Lou Jing opened the topographic map, put his finger on Minzhou and clicked, and then moved to Lingnan. If he asked to go to the southeast, Emperor Chunde might not agree. If he went to Lingnan, would he give it? Uncle causing trouble?He was going to find Xiao Chengjun, he couldn't bear the separation for such a long time, and he hadn't moved these days because he was a little hesitant.

He needs a reason, a reason that can convince Emperor Chunde without causing trouble for himself!

"My lord, it's not good!" Gao Yi hurried in, "There is trouble in the front yard."

"What's going on?" Lou Jing put away the topographic map and asked, looking up.

"Jiangzhou sent people here, I don't know what happened, the mansion is in chaos." Gao Yi said, gloating.

Lou Jing frowned, and walked towards the front yard.

"My lord, it really wasn't my master's intention. The bandits in Jiangzhou are making trouble and they've been making a lot of noise recently. I don't dare to let the sender off the official road." A servant dressed as a servant knelt in the main hall and said with a mournful face.

"I don't believe that the officers, soldiers and bandits of the county guard dared to rob!" Lou Jianyu didn't buy it at all. In his opinion, Yang Xing obviously didn't want to send his daughter here.

"The new governor of Jiangzhou is suppressing the bandits, and all the troops in the county have been dispatched." The man pleaded bitterly, Jiangzhou was in chaos, how could Yang Xing dare to let his daughter go out at this time, he had to send The servant came and discussed with Lou Jianyu to postpone the date.

"You said, Jiangzhou is suppressing bandits?" Lou Jing just heard this, and walked over to ask the man, "Is it effective now?"

The servant of the Yang family wrinkled even more, "It's not been a day or two since Jiangzhou was troubled by mountain bandits. The newly promoted Lord Inspector wanted to completely clear up the bandits, but he didn't know that the bandits were hard to deal with. , the common people have suffered accordingly, and now they can’t even walk the official path.”

Lou Jing's heart moved, she curled her lips slightly, turned around and left.

"Your Majesty, the prince of An Guogong has been waiting outside the door for an hour." Huaizhong whispered to Emperor Chunde who woke up from his afternoon nap.

"The kid from the Lou family?" Emperor Chunde asked curiously, Lou Jing never took the initiative to meet him since he abolished the crown prince, "Let him in."

Emperor Chunde changed into his regular clothes and met Lou Jing in the main hall of Panlong Hall.

"Your Majesty!" When Lou Jing saw Emperor Chunde, he didn't salute according to the rules, and knelt down on the ground with a thump, "I heard that the bandits in Jiangzhou are making trouble, so I invite the emperor's associate ministers to go and suppress the bandits."

Emperor Chunde was taken aback, the information about Jiangzhou was only delivered the day before yesterday, bandits have always existed, and he didn't care about it before the court sent troops, "It's all right, what are you going to Jiangzhou for?"

The fourth prince went to fight against the Tartars, but he has not yet been able to retreat from the enemy. Emperor Chunde still wants to keep Lou Jing to guard the northwest.

Lou Jing pursed her lips, looked at Emperor Chunde hesitantly, and said after a while: "My father wants to take a side room, his family is in Jiangzhou, and he was trapped halfway..."

"Zhuoyu, tell me the truth." Emperor Chunde still admired Lou Jing very much, and he always felt indebted to this child for marrying the prince, so when talking to him, he couldn't help but use the tone like treating his nephew.

Lou Jing's eyes turned red immediately, "I can't stay in the capital any longer, I ask the emperor for mercy." As she spoke, she leaned over and kowtowed.

Emperor Chunde frowned, and said in a stern tone: "If you don't want to be a well-behaved commander of the Habayashi Army, you have to give me a reason to go to fight in the barren mountains!"

"Chen..." Lou Jing raised her body, knelt upright, and said after a long while, "The Lou family has been loyal to Dayu for generations. I was taught by my grandfather since I was a child that loyalty to the emperor is the meaning of my life. I only hope that one day I can serve you. Go up, but..."

Speaking of this, Lou Jing's voice was a little choked up, as if it was difficult to speak.

"You said, if you have been wronged, I will make the decision for you." Emperor Chunde heard the meaning of these words, presumably someone made things difficult for him, and couldn't help being a little annoyed. He wanted to prevent the nobles in Beijing from treating Lou Jing wrongly , specifically mentioning his official position, how dare someone embarrass him?

Lou Jing pursed her lips, took out a jade pendant from her sleeve, and raised her hands above her head, "Although I have mediocre qualifications, I think I still have some ability to serve the emperor. It is the emperor's order to marry the former prince. Obedience is also the honor of the Lou family, but... Kechen is not a servant of Israel..."

Emperor Chunde's eyes widened, he grabbed the jade pendant and looked at it carefully.

The accessories of the royal family are all marked, and Emperor Chunde naturally recognized this jade pendant. It was the pendant that was awarded to the third prince Xiao Chengduo just a few years ago!Look at Lou Jing with red eyes, what happened just now, do you need to talk about it?