[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The emperor was able to walk and speak at this time, and Xiaohou was also regarded as a relative of the emperor. He entered the palace for two days in a row, just to give the emperor a marriage.

Although the emperor reconciled with Tu Yuanyi and did not interfere in the affairs of the previous dynasty, he still felt a little bit hostile to Lin Ruhai, his former confidant, who had taken refuge in Tu Yuanyi.It's just that Lin Ruhai is a capable official after all, and his son still needs to use it, so he just turned a blind eye to the affairs of the court.But if he wanted to give Lin Ruhai's daughter a marriage, the emperor didn't want to give it with such a big face, so he ignored Xiao Hou's fuss the day before.

According to the seniority, Emperor Gaozong was considered to be a generation higher than Xiaohou. Xiaohou's grandfather was Emperor Taizong's favored nephew, and he grew up beside Emperor Taizong since he was a child.And Xiaohou's father was also one of Gaozong's confidantes back then, but his descendants were few, and his son was spoiled so much that he became such an absurd dude like Xiaohou.But when he was a child, Emperor Gaozong still loved him very much, but he went to visit the mountains and rivers as soon as he turned 15, and rarely stayed in Kyoto obediently. Twenty-five years ago, he himself found a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nie, from the people, who was granted the title of Mrs. Chaopinhou by the imperial court.

Xiaohou's personal style label has one more thing besides dandyism, absurdity, literary incompetence, and military incompetence--husband is not weak, but he has no husband.

It was still 25 years ago. Not long after he got married, he took his wife to travel around Kyoto, and went to the Flower House to have a party and drink with many friends from his youth.Mrs. Xiao Hou heard about it and rushed to Hualou. It is said that Xiao Hou was so frightened that he knelt down and confessed his mistake on the spot, and became the laughing stock of the whole capital.After that, Xiaohou and his wife were mostly not in the capital, either in their hometown in Luoyang, the eastern capital, or they didn't know where.

In Shangyang Palace, Xiao Hou hugged the old saint's leg again and cried: "Old saint, you are so merciful and merciful to save my son! Yesterday the old saint didn't agree to help, so I told Yun'er when I got home, let him go another Looking for a daughter-in-law, Yun'er said that he was going to become a monk. There is only one single seedling in my family for three generations, if he becomes a monk, our Xiao family will have no successor!"

The old sage frowned: "Why does a man have no wife? Why does he insist on marrying the daughter of the Lin family?"

Xiao Hou said: "I heard that Lin Ruhai's daughter is very good-looking, she is good at piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, housekeeping, and needlework. Moreover, she and Concubine Chen are sworn friends in Taoyuan. .Also, my son is different from me. He is Xinke Tanhualang, and Lin Ruhai is also Tanhualang. Isn’t he just right? If Lin Ruhai’s daughter doesn’t marry my son, where can my son find a suitable wife? Besides, if we propose marriage If we are rejected, how can we save face in Kyoto?"

The old sage chuckled and said, "What face do you have in the capital?"

Xiao Hou said: "Back then, I was also the most beautiful man in Kyoto in the new generation after Jia Daishan. By the way, the girl from the Lin family was Jia Daishan's niece, which is more appropriate. The niece of the most beautiful man in Kyoto married the most beautiful man in Kyoto The son of my family is the right family."

Jia Daishan was originally Gaozong's confidant. Although his eldest son Jia She was related to Prince Yizhong because his wife was Shi, Jia Daishan had outstanding talents and was still loyal to him until his death.Therefore, he also let go of the Ningguo family who were involved in Prince Yizhong's affairs. At that time, when Jia Jing saw that things were not going well, he hurriedly passed on the title to Jia Zhen, and went to become a monk to practice Taoism.However, the Ning Mansion also changed from Jia Jing's earl title to a third-class general.

The old sage chuckled disdainfully, and said, "Can you compare with Jia Daishan, the most beautiful man in Kyoto?"

Xiao Hou said: "Although I am not as good as Jia Daishan, my son is better than his son. My son passed the exam."

The old sage remembered that he had never seen Xiao Jingyun before, and said, "Why didn't you bring your son into the palace?"

Xiao Hou said: "At this time, because of the unsatisfactory marriage, he has lost face, and he is depressed, afraid of offending the old sage. If the old sage grants him a marriage, he will definitely come to thank him."

Xiaohou's biggest advantage is that he is "shameless", he flatters him openly, and he is an inconspicuous person among the nobles, but the old saint still liked him very much at the beginning.

Xiao Hou patted his horse, saying "have pity on our family of three", "The continuation of the Xiao family depends on the grace of the saint", "Old saint, you are my sky, you are my land, you are three-quarters of my life" and so on.This made the old saint, who had faded out of the court early, very comfortable to be photographed.

Just as he was about to say yes, he heard a report from outside: "The emperor is here!"

As for Tu Yuanyi, who was dressed lightly and simply greeted the old sage, he also knew that Xiao Hou had entered the palace again, so he was a little curious in his heart.In his previous life, he had very little contact with Xiao Hou, and Xiao Hou was not close to him, he only knew that he was an inconspicuous person, ordinary people want face, Xiao Hou has no face at all.

In Tu Yuanyi's previous life, when Xiao Jingyun became the queen, the concubines in the Hou's mansion couldn't live there anymore, and it was rumored that the ten princesses forced his concubine to death.But Xiao Jingyun just didn't go to the Princess Mansion to stay overnight, and after Empress Dowager Liu reprimanded him, he went to Fahua Temple to be ordained and become a monk.He had quarreled with the princess for many years, and finally reconciled. At that time, Tu Yuanyi was about to suppress the nobles, and forced the Xiao family to hand over the iron scroll of Dan Shu because of his disrespect to the royal princess.

The Xiao family handed over the Iron Scroll of the Dan Book, and Xiao Jingyun resigned as the captain-in-law and returned to his hometown. From then until Tu Yuanyi's death, the Xiao family never returned to the capital.

Tu Yuanyi greeted the old sage, and after he was seated, Xiaohou paid homage.

"My minister Xiao Kai sees the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Although Xiao Hou was not in tune, he was born in a family of Zhongming Dingshi, so he could understand the etiquette.

Tu Yuanyi lowered his phoenix eyes and looked at it for a while, then said lightly: "Get up."

Tu Yuanyi praised Xiao Hou several times, saying that he knew how to respect and care for the old sage. The old sage laughed and said, "How can he have such filial piety? He is relying on my marriage for his son. Grind every day."

Tu Yuanyi pretended not to know, and asked them which daughter they were looking for, Xiaohou hurriedly said: "I intend to marry Lin Ruhai's daughter for my son."

Tu Yuanyi said "oh" at first, then suddenly changed his mind and said, "No!"

How could Xiao Hou be convinced, his still very beautiful fair face was "indignant", and said: "Why not? How can my son not be worthy?"

Tu Yuanyi said: "Xiao Aiqing doesn't know something. Lin Ruhai's daughter and Concubine Chen are friends of eight worshippers. In this way, Lin can be regarded as my sister-in-law, and Xiao Aiqing and I are of the same generation. Xiao Shizi is later than 'He Yuxian Lord' Forever."

In fact, the tenth princess and Xiao Jingyun were really wrong to count their generations back then, but they were three generations earlier, and they were distant relatives from the maternal line of their ancestors. In addition, Empress Dowager Liu bestowed the marriage, no one dared to say.

Xiao Hou couldn't help being taken aback when he heard it, and then threw himself on the old sage's knees and cried loudly: "The old sage is in charge! Just now you agreed to me."

The old sage looked at Tu Yuanyi, then at the rascal Hou Ye in front of his knee, and said, "The gap in this generation is also a problem. Who made your child so low in generation?"

Tu Yuanyi also looked interesting, and said: "Isn't it? I just reminded you not to hire 'He Yuxian Jun' for your own good, otherwise I will face a person who is older than myself and is the wife of my sister-in-law. Isn't the son... a husband who is difficult to support? What should I do? It is better to marry a wife who is well-behaved, obedient, gentle and obedient. The crown prince married her, I'm afraid it's..."

Tu Yuanyi let out a long sigh as he spoke, Xiaohou's pretty face turned red and then turned white, and finally made up his mind again, saying: "Actually, the Weichen family... doesn't pay much attention to Fu Gang..."

At this time, the old sage couldn't help but burst out laughing, Tu Yuanyi just remembered the rumors in the early years, and took the opportunity to make fun of Xiao Hou, he didn't expect that he was really a wonderful person.

In this life, he never thought of taking back the "Dan Shu Iron Scroll" like that. If he really wants to take it back, he must take it back when the Xiao family poses a threat, and it should be obtained through the court's machinations.In the previous life, Empress Dowager Liu let Xiao Shizi Shangzhu lead him to be dissatisfied and rebelled. As the emperor, he watched the fire from the other side, and finally took it back in the name of disrespecting the royal princess.It can be seen that at the beginning he was surrounded by enemies, no one had money in his hands, he took over a mess, and he was extremely aggrieved when he became the emperor, so it was so shameful. Now thinking about some old things, I am full of emotion.

Tu Yuanyi sighed and said: "I have said everything I should say, Xiao Aiqing has to think carefully, if he asks to marry 'He Yuxian Jun', the son will go back on his word, and if he wants to mess around again, don't say that Lin Ruhai is going to get angry. If I want to find you bad luck, I can't stop it."

But Xiao Hou wondered: "It turns out that the sage also has a weak husband?"

Tu Yuanyi's handsome face suddenly turned green, why did Xiao Hou feel like he wanted to strangle him to death.

He actually felt that he was too petty in his previous life to feel sorry for the Xiao family, and that's why he wanted to get close.Xiaohou had better hold the iron scroll of Danshu carefully to save his life, otherwise he would really strangle him to death with such a bastard temper.

Xiao Hou hadn't noticed his slip of the tongue yet, he felt that the saint was also "a man of the same path with a weak husband", and the corners of his brows were stained with color.

It was the old sage who scolded him: "It's just presumptuous!"

Xiao Hou knelt down to plead guilty again, but Tu Yuanyi didn't talk about this matter anymore, he was handsome and embarrassed, and soon he left on the grounds of the government.

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The Xiao family's shameless skills are very good, these few days they are afraid that Lin Ruhai will promise their daughter out, Xiao Shizi goes to the yamen of the household department every day to keep an eye on Lin Ruhai, so that he has no chance to discuss marriage with others.

When Lin Ruhai went down to the yamen one day, he wanted to go drinking with Shi Bai, and Shi Bai brought Shi Cong with him, but he happened to meet Xiao Jingyun at the gate of the household department yamen, and he followed.This made the faces of the three of them very ugly, but because of his special status, he didn't like to look harsh.

The Lin family had already been watched by the Xiao family, and the Lin and Shi families had no chance to discuss their marriage. On the other side, Xiaohou had tortured the old saint for two days. Finally, on the third day, the old saint's edict of bestowing marriage was issued to Lin. government.

Lin Ruhai was Xiu Mu at home that day, and he was still worried about how to get rid of the Xiao family's entanglement, so Dai Quan, the great eunuch of Shangyang Palace, came to issue the old saint's imperial edict.

Although the old sage withdrew from the government, Tu Yuanyi became more and more powerful, and he was not as stupid as a courtier to join the old sage to fight against Tu Yuanyi.But it doesn't mean that the old sage has no power at all. He still has his identity. He has to be a filial son even if he doesn't involve the court official Yuanyi.

However, generally speaking, the imperial decree bestowing marriage children is also a kind of grace that favored courtiers get, and usually both families are interested, and the emperor is the icing on the cake.But it is rare that the Lin family is about to decline the marriage, and the emperor grants it with an imperial decree.Xiao Hou tortured the old sage, he finally softened his heart, but what Lin Ruhai thought, the old sage thought he could ignore it.

From the bottom of his heart, the old sage was unhappy that his former confidant Lin Ruhai took refuge in his son, and his official fortune was prosperous, and would he still be considerate of Lin Ruhai's original small plans?It would be nice if he didn't give his daughter a marriage as a commoner, and he even gave her daughter a rare Marquis mansion. As for the Marquis and his wife who were the laughing stock of all the nobles in Kyoto more than 20 years ago, it was the Xiao family's own. thing.