[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor
Chapter 80
Besides, the emperor was angry and wanted to expel the eldest prince from the family banquet. The princes, as younger brothers, should have stepped forward to intercede and show the brotherhood of the heavenly family.
But seeing that the second prince failed to intercede, and almost received the same punishment, the other princes no longer dared to mention brotherhood, respect for father, kindness and filial piety, nor did they dare to mention New Year reunion, so they immediately knelt down and said in unison: " Follow your father's orders."
Seeing that the princes fell silent, the emperor nodded and changed the subject.
It's just that he was somewhat dispirited, and hurriedly said: "Forget it, since you left the palace, the number of times you saw your birth mother has inevitably decreased. Today's New Year's Eve, you all go to pay your respects to your mother."
During the Chinese New Year, being able to pay respects to his mother is also a rare thing that the emperor envies others.
The remaining four princes expressed their gratitude as if they were being pardoned, and by the way, they retreated together with the first prince who was 'crossed' away by Captain Long.
After leaving the door, the second prince raised his hand and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead without anyone talking.
Inside the room, the emperor suddenly laughed.
Even the father-in-law Thrush, who had served the emperor for a long time, was sneered at by this sneer, his hairs stood on end, and he dared not speak.
I just heard the emperor say to himself: "You are really good sons." It's specially picking up the New Year's Eve to add trouble to him.
Hearing the words, Eunuch Thrush could not help shrinking towards the corner of the wall, but the Emperor's broad eyes caught him.Immediately turned around and asked: "What are you hiding? Is it the kind of emperor who would anger others?"
The thrush father-in-law hastily denied it three times.
Only then did the emperor nod in satisfaction, and then issued an imperial decree: "Go, go to the queen to preach the decree: the eldest prince is disobedient and rude, so it can be seen that his biological mother was not well educated. In this case, concubine Liu will be exempted from the position of the master and reduced to a nobleman. The queen taught me something."
Father-in-law Huamei: Your Majesty, look at you, you don't like to blame others after what you just said.No, Concubine Liu was still packing up in the harem and waiting to attend the banquet as a concubine, but in the end, "Kang Dang" was a thunderstorm.
But he still rushed out to pass the decree.
Unexpectedly, the thrush father-in-law saw a good show as soon as he went out.
Besides, the reason why the eldest prince who was forked out of the door did not resist was that he was purely stunned and did not move.It wasn't until he was 'invited' by Kong Wu's powerful Long Jinwei to come out.
Wait, what just happened?The father didn't punish the criminal, but drove his own son out? !
But with his courage, he didn't dare to go back to face the emperor, he just stood there, his face flushed with embarrassment.
And the second prince was almost implicated by him just now, and he also carried the resentment of the rest of his life in his heart, so he was going to come up to ridicule this elder brother who had been at odds with him since childhood.
So he came up with a smile that didn't deserve to be beaten: "Brother won't be able to have a palace banquet this year, and when I get the banquet back home, I will ask someone to go to the mansion of 'General Zhen Guo' to bring some food and wine to my brother." good?"
The words "General Zhen Guo" were pronounced by him with great weight, and he felt like chewing olives.
The eldest prince was about to explode in anger.
The third prince also stepped forward to follow Yin Yang's words, while the fourth prince was thinking about his biological mother, and he just gave a hasty hand to his elder brothers and was the first to leave Mingzheng Palace quickly.
Only the fifth prince was still calm and calm. As usual, he ranked behind his elder brothers in the order of seniority and bid farewell to the eldest prince, and his attitude was normal, without the slightest hint of ridicule.
But the eldest prince's anger reached its peak when he saw the fifth prince: it's the fifth prince, this sinister guy, who took his position as prince!
In fact, the eldest prince has always been very puzzled by his father's sudden change of attitude after he came back from Jiangnan.With his IQ and EQ, he couldn't imagine that there was another reason for the emperor's "importance" to him in the past, but he was just confused as to why his father suddenly didn't value him.
Later, I heard from my biological mother, Concubine Liu, that the little eunuch who was arranged by the eldest prince to steal the book of the fifth prince never came back, and it was probably not good for people who were alive or dead.
The eldest prince thought that this matter was exposed, which made his father angry.
He didn't want to frame the Fifth Prince and Prince Shao's Mansion first, but resented that the Fifth Prince didn't step into the trap, which caused him to fall out of favor in front of his father.
Especially after the fifth prince was named prince, and the first prince was only named general of Zhen Guo, every time he saw the fifth prince's eyes, he wanted to spit fire.
And the calm and calm face of the Fifth Prince made the First Prince even more irritable.
Seeing him come up to salute as usual, the stimulation to the first prince was greater than the direct ridicule of the second prince.
I saw the eldest prince suddenly punched the fifth prince in the face in anger: I really want to break such a calm face of this younger brother!
The incident happened suddenly, and the second and third princes who were next to him were all stunned before they could leave after the yin and yang rage was exhausted. The third prince only had time to yell like a screaming chicken: "Ah, big brother! Ah! Fifth brother!"
And Eunuch Huamei was still watching the fun in the corridor just now, and now he is also shocked. He really did not expect that in this Mingzheng Palace courtyard, the First Prince would dare to take the initiative to beat someone!
Unexpectedly, the fifth prince did not panic, but just raised his hand, and firmly grasped the fist that the eldest prince swung over.
The fifth prince still looked so quiet, while the eldest prince was flailing his arms and trying to struggle, but unexpectedly, his wrist seemed to be trapped in steel and he couldn't get out.
The fifth prince just held him tightly, looked straight at the flushed face of the eldest prince, and said calmly: "Brother, you lost your composure. After all, elder brother is the eldest son of the emperor, please respect yourself."
Then he put down his hands, took a step back and straightened his sleeves.
The eldest prince was about to continue going crazy when he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head, and he almost fainted.Looking back, he saw that it was an inkstone that hit him.
This inkstone looks a bit familiar... He raised his head tremblingly, and sure enough, behind the window was the emperor himself.
It was obvious that the emperor threw out the inkstone and dealt the son a head-on blow.
All the princes were shocked: "Father, the emperor's head is so good."
It was a coincidence that Wei Ren walked in from outside the Mingzheng Palace at this time, and was called by the emperor before going out: "Press this bastard out of the palace. During the whole first month, he is not allowed to go out for half a step, and he is not allowed to go to his bed alone." The door. lest I lose face in the first month!"
Wei Yan took the order: Well, the daughter-in-law guessed right, the eldest prince really gave them a New Year gift and a wedding gift.
So he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation to the First Prince.
The third prince next to him was still poking the fire, concerned about Wei Jian with a volume that could be heard by the emperor behind the window, and said: "Commander Wei, be careful, I'm afraid the elder brother may have drunk too much today, and he was just a little bit close to death." You hit the fifth brother in the face! If this is painted on the face, it would be great for the courtiers to see, wouldn't it be embarrassing to the royal family."
He was so angry with the eldest prince that he almost lost his anger.
Wei Ren said solemnly: "My lord, don't worry, I will definitely send General Zhen Guo back to the mansion."
In Mingzheng Palace,
The emperor said to the fifth prince again: "Xiao Wu, come in."
The second prince and the third prince saw their father's face disappearing from the window, so they quickly took the opportunity to escape.He gloated and thought, let the two people who fought in the father's palace on New Year's Eve be unlucky.
The fifth prince returned to the inner room and knelt down to plead guilty: "Son shouldn't fight with elder brother."
The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Don't do it? Do you want to wait for him to hit you in the face? Forget it, you don't have to act like this. I let you in, not to reprimand you, but to let you try this bow."
Just now, the scene where the fifth prince grabbed the elder prince's fist with one hand, immobilizing him, fell into the eyes of the emperor, and it was only then that he was a little surprised to find that this fifth son should not only have excellent handwriting, but also his strength value is not bad .
So he called him in and let the fifth prince try to see if he could draw the bow he used when he was in his twenties.
At that time, he was the prince, in order to stand out, he did not dare to let go of martial arts and martial arts. He was diligent in practicing riding and shooting, and his arm strength was much stronger than now.Now this bow, the emperor can't draw it, so it can only be used as a lovely decoration.
Seeing that the fifth prince was able to pull it away, the emperor nodded: "In that case, this bow is for you."
The fifth prince hurriedly knelt down again to thank him. He knew that this was the bow and arrow that his father used when he was young, and he was very cute. Even though it was no longer used, it was still hanging in the Mingzheng Palace and had never been taken off.
The fifth prince was surprised and excited that his father would give him such a precious and young thing.
Even though he was as quiet as him, there was a thin blush on his face that was desperately suppressed.
The emperor asked him to sit down, and asked him casually: "I've been thinking about your marriage recently, what about you, what kind of princess do you want?"
The fifth prince said without hesitation: "The son should obey the emperor's arrangement."
The emperor smiled again: These words are really familiar, when the Supreme Emperor asked, he also said the same.
Being a prince is a dignity that everyone can see, but it is also a shackle.How could a well-behaved prince be picky about his marriage?If you choose a concubine with a deep family background, how about making your father suspicious.
Seeing the same answer from his own son, the emperor was still somewhat moved.
The fifth prince didn't know why the emperor laughed.No matter how calm he is usually, he will inevitably feel a little apprehensive when he is in front of the father who deeply fears him, so he lowered his head and dared not speak anymore.
The emperor changed the subject: "I didn't know you were good at martial arts before."
The fifth prince hurriedly said: "The masters taught us well, and my son has only learned a little bit superficially. Among those who practiced martial arts together, my son is far behind Commander Wei in terms of martial arts. Needless to say, even the eldest son, who is accurate in archery And stronger than my son."
"I got the bow and arrow bestowed by my father today, my son will definitely practice it more in the future."
The fifth prince didn't mean to boast about himself, but actually reported his military strength to the emperor.
The emperor was a little surprised: Zhou Liheng's appearance is always unbelievable, and his strength is also good.
The fifth prince nodded and reconfirmed with his father again: "If the elder brother did something to the son, he would definitely not be able to do it."
And the emperor didn't expect that he would witness Zhou Liheng's strength with his own eyes so soon.
On the night of New Year's Eve, King Shao's family naturally also entered the palace to receive the banquet.The emperor entertained his ministers in the former court, and the empress dowager and empress entertained the clan and women in the harem.
The emperor has always attached great importance to Prince Shao's mansion, and let Zhou Liheng sit with the princes every time.
Concerned that the clan and courtiers would also go home to watch the new year, so the big banquet of the former court broke up at the second watch.
When the banquet was over, the emperor received the last prostration from the officials of the year, and went back to the Mingzheng Palace to change his clothes. He was about to take off the complicated and heavy crown, and put on a homely dragon robe to go to the harem to attend the family banquet and watch the year with his aunt and wife. .
However, as soon as the clothes were changed, Eunuch Thrush walked in, with a rare embarrassment on his face and said: "Go back to Your Majesty, Prince Shao and His Highness the Eighth Highness are out to see you."
The emperor was puzzled: "I want to see you at this hour? Why do you two come together? I remember that Li Heng hated him very much."
Since the incident of the Eighth Prince climbing over the wall last time, Zhou Liheng never said a single word to the Eighth Prince. When they met in public, they would only greet the Eighth Prince in groups. Having met all the Princes, he would not greet the Eighth Prince alone.
Why did they come together all of a sudden?
When Eunuch Huamei heard the emperor's question, he put it in a more accurate way: "It is Prince Shao who brought the Eighth Prince to see His Majesty."
The Emperor: ... What happened this year?
After the report from the thrush father-in-law, the emperor soon figured out the ins and outs.
It turned out that Zhou Liheng was sitting among the princes that night, and he was safe and sound, and he only had a few more words with the fifth prince.
Unexpectedly, the eighth prince started looking for trouble again after being ignored by Zhou Liheng.He took the initiative to provoke him with a glass of wine, and said in a low voice, "No wonder you refused to let me climb over the wall of Ci'an Palace that day, and you kept protecting that female imperial physician surnamed Lin. It turns out that you have already taken a fancy to the girl from the Lin family." ah.Wouldn't it have been over earlier?
Zhou Liheng's good temper is limited to others offending him.Hearing that the eighth prince involved his family, he was really annoyed immediately.
So when the banquet was over and the officials left the palace, Zhou Liheng called the eighth prince who was about to leave very neatly, and beat him up—it was still on the narrow corridor in the palace where there was no one, he was not afraid of trouble He would offend the Eighth Prince if he made a big fuss, but he was afraid that it would hurt Daiyu's reputation.
Then he dragged the eighth prince to plead guilty to the emperor: After all, he beat the prince, and the pleading process is still indispensable.
The emperor was very upset: It's just this New Year's Eve, it's hard to pass, right? One son after another is stupid, ruining his good mood for the New Year.
After Zhou Liheng and the eighth prince came in, the emperor didn't mean to blame Zhou Liheng, but asked him how he was doing recently with a kind face. After the Gu worm was removed, there should be no more uncomfortable symptoms.
Zhou Liheng answered one by one, and then pleaded guilty again with some embarrassment, the emperor just said: "I know you are not a child who does things casually, you must be out of breath today, it's okay, you can go out of the palace to celebrate the New Year in a while."
Even if he didn't look at the disparity between the two of them on weekdays, the emperor just looked at his little cousin's face and felt that it didn't matter, it must not be his fault.
As for the eighth prince who was lying on the ground and sobbing, with two dark circles under his eyes, the emperor turned a blind eye, thinking that since he could still scream, it meant that the beating was not serious.
Without bothering the two masters, the emperor directly said to Zhou Liheng: "When you leave the palace, take this beast out by the way, and I don't want him to be an eyesore in the palace. Give it to Xiao Wu and let him watch it strictly."
So the New Year gift that the fifth prince received from the emperor included a good bow and an annoying younger brother.
I couldn't help thinking: So it turns out that the emperor's bow is really not something that can be taken for nothing, and after less than half a day of taking it, it caused a lot of trouble.
After hearing Zhou Liheng talk about the cause and effect, the fifth prince assured him that he would never let the eighth prince talk nonsense, and if his father ordered him to take care of the eighth prince, he would absolutely treat him to death.
Zhou Liheng thanked him and went back to the mansion.
After seeing off Zhou Liheng, the fifth prince went to meet the eighth prince.
"Eighth brother, you always complain that no one is protecting you when you are young, and the emperor doesn't care. But in fact, everyone's situation was not much better than yours at the beginning, and you came to this point by yourself."
Facing the eighth prince with dark circles under his eyes, the fifth prince cut straight to the point and said seriously: "Now that my father entrusts you to my control, he is giving you your last chance."
After all, he didn't like the Eighth Prince either, and the reason why he came to advise him was not because of the brotherhood that had seldom existed in these years.
Instead, the emperor entrusted the eighth prince to him, hoping that a troublemaker would come in, and a worry-free son who would not cause trouble would go out.
He will try his best to meet his father's expectations.
The eighth prince sneered at the fifth prince, like some kind of strange and cold beast: "Father has long hated me, but he just didn't want to beat me to death directly, so that he would have a bad name in the history books for killing sons."
But he sneered for a while, and finally asked with a hint of begging hope: "You said just now... But the father threw me out of the palace and didn't want me anymore. Why did you give me the last chance?"
The fifth prince looked at him: "Because the father threw you to me, not the elder brother."
If one day, the emperor tied the eldest prince and the eighth prince together, he would be really fed up, and he was going to let this pair of brothers and sisters get together and 'get sick', unfortunately, they would die young.
Eighth Prince: These words are so reasonable that I can't refute them.
The Fifth Prince also didn't want to talk too much about the younger brother he didn't like on New Year's Eve, so he got up and said, "I'll watch you during this time, you don't have to think about any crooked ideas, and get out of Prince Heng's mansion." .”
"Just do it yourself."
Walking to the door, the fifth prince stopped and said, "After New Year's Eve, tomorrow will be a new year."
The courtiers who entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor in the early morning of the first day of the new year harvested and exchanged two fresh gossip.
"The eldest prince was grounded, and the concubine mother was also abolished from the throne and demoted to a nobleman."
"The eighth prince was kicked out of the palace by the emperor and handed over to Prince Heng to discipline him."
Both of these things happened yesterday, but because of the suddenness of the incident, especially the trouble that the Eighth Prince caused at night, it was not reported until this morning.
In comparison, the second matter attracted the attention of the courtiers: even if the emperor doesn't like the eighth prince and wants to ask his elder brother to discipline him, there are still three princes above the fifth prince, but the emperor actually entrusted this important task to the fifth prince, didn't he? What other meaning?
The emperor is optimistic about the fifth prince, do you think he can treat his brothers kindly when he becomes the prince?
The courtiers wondered.
When Lin Jiang heard about this, he felt that the eldest prince was really a bad guy: he couldn't even get the top spot in the matter of being unlucky.He was also surrounded and controlled, and everyone cared more about the Eighth Prince than him, which showed that he was completely cool.
As for the things that the eldest prince categorically told her in front of the emperor, Father-in-law Thrush naturally came to tell Lin Jiang when he was free these days, just as a joke.
And Lin Jiang just listened with a smile at first, until when the first prince talked about his crime, which was that he failed to cure the first princess, Lin Jiang's face sank.
He actually has the face to mention the eldest princess? !
He is also worthy of mentioning the eldest princess?
Eunuch Huamei held the tea and said: "Actually, if he didn't mention the prince and concubine who has passed away, His Majesty would not be so angry."
Originally, after Jiangnan and his party, the emperor already felt that this son was hopelessly stupid.Even if the eldest prince ran over on New Year's Eve and complained to Lin Jiang, the emperor would just croak like a parrot.
But he suddenly mentioned the eldest princess and pretended to be affectionate and wanted to cry twice. He only said that they were deeply in love with each other, and he blamed Lin Jiang for his inexperienced medical skills, so that the day after she treated the eldest princess, the eldest princess passed away. Yes, this made the deepest thorn in the emperor's heart pierce even harder.
He remembered that this son was not only stupid, but also poisonous.
He was so poisonous that he forced his wife to death for his ambition, but he still let her die of starvation.
Looking at the face of the eldest prince who pretended to be affectionate, the emperor couldn't help remembering that when the Supreme Emperor was still there, he endured nausea and wrote some scriptures to comfort the eldest prince, expressing his father's kindness and filial piety, which made him even more angry .
It was only then that the First Prince was told to go, and he smashed an inkstone by the way.
Afterwards, the emperor also regretted it: that inkstone was his favorite, and he knew that he would smash it with an unimportant vase.Poor his inkstone, now there are two unsightly cracks.
Lin Jiang asked Eunuch Huamei: "Did the emperor's inkstone wake up the eldest prince?"
Eunuch Thrush shook his head: "I don't think it's possible."
Lin Jiang: That's great.
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And after the emperor dealt with the two bad sons, he was going to put the bad things of last year into last year and have a happy new year.
On the first day of the new year, the emperor accepted the congratulations from the officials with a smile and high spirits.Especially this year, there were more monarchs from other countries who paid him New Year's greetings, which made him even happier.
After congratulating him, the emperor left King Shao behind and spoke alone: "In ten days, Wei Ren's marriage will be completed. The affairs of the two of them are over, and Uncle Wang's family will marry the crown prince."
King Shao nodded cheerfully when he thought of this.
"We won't choose the Winter New Year's Day. I told the princess that it's the best time when the geese fly south when the autumn is high and fresh."
Having said this, King Shao couldn't help mentioning to the emperor that his son beat the prince last night.
It is said that King Shao found out that his son did not follow him when he was halfway out of the palace. He and the princess rode in a carriage, thinking that Zhou Liheng would say goodbye to the princes, and then he would arrive on horseback.
It was only after Zhou Liheng returned home more than an hour late that King Shao found out that he beat a prince on New Year's Eve.
Although King Shao praised his son a few words in the palace like 'you fought well, this kind should be beaten', but he still had to show his apology in front of the emperor on the second day: after all, it was the prince of the palace who beat the prince. , is out of order.
The emperor waved his hand directly: "Uncle Wang doesn't need to mention that beast in front of me in the future, I already think I don't have this son."
King Shao was happy not to mention it, and only talked about the things that pleased the emperor, and what pleased the emperor most recently was undoubtedly Wei Ren's marriage.
King Shao himself was quite emotional: "Your Majesty was kind back then, not only saved Wei Ren's life, but also feared that a baby of him would not survive the disaster, so he brought him all the way back to the capital and raised him in the palace. Sure enough, he also I have never failed His Majesty's grace, and have been loyally guarding His Majesty's side. It can be seen that there is always a destiny in the world."
The emperor nodded: "Yes, in terms of getting along day and night, he has been around longer than my sons." After a pause, he said to King Shao: "I intend to order him to take over as the Jingying Jiedu after his wedding. make."
King Shao only said: "The troops in Gyeonggi must be in the hands of His Majesty's trustworthy people."
The emperor nodded: "Uncle Mingyang is a smart man, he has already resigned from me three times because of Yu'er's marriage, and it's about time."
On the same day when the Supreme Emperor passed away, the Emperor appointed Uncle Ming Yang, the husband-in-law of Princess Qi Yang, to temporarily act as the Jiedu Envoy of the Beijing Camp.
The husband who can be the eldest princess of Qi Yang is naturally a smart man.He knew that his Jiedushi was acting in charge, and he was not greedy for authority at all.
Just in time for Gao Qiyu to get married in the third month of his year, Uncle Ming Yang took the opportunity to ask the emperor to resign many times.
King Shao heard the emperor say to himself: "The water in this capital camp has been muddy all the time, and now it has been quiet for more than a year, and the turbidity is getting clearer, so it's time to take care of it."
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Later, Lin Jiang wondered if he had been busy during this Spring Festival, either working overtime at the Tai Hospital or doing things in the medical clinic, whether he also had some premarital syndrome in his heart.
So don't want to be quiet.
However, the day before the big wedding, when she re-entered the palace, she was invited out at the gate of the Grand Hospital by Vice President Ma and Vice President Liu—it was not appropriate to invite her out, they never let her enter the lobby door of the Grand Hospital.
The two of them blocked the gate and said humiliatedly: "Your Majesty, tomorrow is your wedding day. If you need to worry about the Supreme Hospital today, then we, the vice presidents, just throw away the black hats." Tomorrow we will all go home and farm!"
In order to avoid the resignation of the two hospital deputies at the same time, Lin Jiang had no choice but to leave from the entrance of the Tai Hospital.
She walked slowly along the palace wall alone - in the past, Wei Ren would accompany her on this road, but today Wei Ren was also given a holiday by the emperor, and was preparing for the wedding at home, and did not enter the palace.
In fact, she didn't have to enter the palace today, but she still woke up on time, so she simply entered the palace according to her usual schedule, otherwise sitting at home would be a torment.
"Lin Yuanzheng."
Lin Jiang turned her head, and saw under the solemn palace, standing a beautiful and elegant man in a brocade robe.
"Why is Lin Yuanzheng still entering the palace today?" Zhou Liheng was a little surprised to see her.
Lin Jiang just smiled, and asked back, "Why did Shizi also enter the palace?"
As far as she knew, Zhou Liheng and Gao Qiyu were both best men, that is, 'best man', and they were going to appear at the gate of Lin's mansion together with Wei Ren as a welcoming team.
Dazhou has always had a rule of 'calling relatives'.
Just like a modern wedding, before the groom meets the bride, he needs to keep stuffing red envelopes under the door. This ancient wedding is a little more difficult. In addition to the red envelopes, he also needs to show his martial arts outside the door.
Daiyu had already written the questions and handed them over to Fan Xiaoqing to recite. She was just waiting for the exam tomorrow.
Zhou Liheng raised the paper in his hand, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty announced me into the palace and gave me the title." He explained clearly to his emperor's cousin.
"Your Majesty knows that my Ci Fu is not good enough, and Qi Yu even has a headache when he sees books when he is young, and he refuses to read through the Four Books and Five Classics. His Majesty is afraid that we will not be able to call the door of the Lin Mansion tomorrow, so he asked for a topic for us come over."
The emperor also took great pains. Looking at the average education level of the man's side, and then thinking about the knowledge level of Lin Ruhai's young Tanhua, he was quite worried about the matter of being called.
For this reason, Lin Ruhai was specially announced to the Mingzheng Palace, insisting on relying on his status as the emperor to ask for the real question of Ming'er's "calling relatives", and let them recite the man's funeral in advance.
He was also afraid that Gao Qiyu would lose it if he gave it to Gao Qiyu, so the emperor gave the real question to Zhou Liheng who made him feel more at ease.
Hearing Zhou Liheng's gentle and gentle words, Lin Jiang's heart gradually calmed down.I sigh that she is indeed a unicorn beauty, and she really has a strong sense of healing. Seeing him speak with a gentle smile like this makes people calm down unconsciously.
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In addition, according to the ceremony of sending off the bride's relatives in the Great Zhou Dynasty, on the day of the big wedding, it is known that the female relatives of relatives and friends can visit the door to see the custom of giving the wedding dress together.
Lin Jiangyuan thought that the Lin family had few relatives, and some members of the family were in the south of the Yangtze River and not in the capital. On the day of his wedding, there would not be many maids in the house to see him off.
Unexpectedly, on this day, the house was full of visitors, all of whom were girls from various prefectures she had traveled to.
Lin Jiang herself was a little surprised. Unknowingly, since she went to Beijing, she has known so many people.
The wives and grandmas are people who have experienced it, and they can talk about the private "married life" around the bride in the new house.The unmarried girls, even the closest ones like Daiyu, were invited out, and they could only watch the wedding dresses, not listen in.
Even if Lin Jiang was sitting in the room, he could hear the hearty voice of Princess Xiang Wang outside the door: "This wedding dress is really beautiful. I didn't expect that Lin Yuanzheng not only used acupuncture, but also the usual female red needles are so good!"
Lin Jiangxin said: "The Princess is really admiring her. None of her wedding dress, including hijab embroidered shoes, etc., was made by herself."
Even the things in this new house are almost prepared by others for her. Sister Feng once joked with her: "What Linyuan is doing is to count the days and don't remember wrongly. Alright." Don't go to the palace to be on duty again.
"This phoenix crown and Xiapei was rewarded by the empress. The pearls on it are the sea pearls brought up by the foreign envoys this year. You see, they are still golden." As a tour guide, I began to introduce the bridal phoenix coronet, which was placed in the most conspicuous place, to the rest of the girls.
The queen has no children and no favours, but has been able to sit firmly in the back seat all these years, so she naturally knows the emperor's mind very well.
Seeing that the emperor attached great importance to this marriage, she also expressed her own attitude.
As for the Empress Dowager, in addition to sending rewards, she also sent a well-trained professional 'mother of ceremonies' in the palace.It is said that this was the Princess Qiyang who was married to her back then, and she also sent out many princesses of the Zhou family.
She was in charge of reciting the procedures for the bride's side that day, and kept the wedding delivery in a proper manner, so that it would not fall to the ground.
This day, Lin Jiang only felt that there were people and smiles everywhere, which made her a little confused.
So she just sat there until the time came, Mrs. Wu came in to comb her hair and put on the phoenix crown.
Finally, Daiyu gave her a Panjin Yingluo necklace.
Lin Jiang noticed that Daiyu's hand was trembling when she reached the back of her neck to fasten the gold thread button, and her clear and beautiful eyes were full of tears from the beginning to the end.
In this collar-wearing posture, Lin Jiang simply raised his hand, hugged Daiyu, and whispered: "Sister, don't cry, I'll be back soon."
Daiyu tried not to cry, but instead asked Lin Jiang to hug and comfort her, she began to cry instead.
Mrs. Wu and Sister Feng hurriedly stepped forward to separate the two sisters. Sister Feng went to comfort Daiyu, while Mrs. Wu stared at Lin Jiang: "Don't cry when you just put on the makeup, it's too late to reapply after you put on the makeup." up."
Lin Jiang put on the heavy phoenix crown and smiled: "Don't worry, old lady, I won't cry. Thank you for coming to comb my hair today."
After she said this, Mrs. Wu burst into tears instead: "It's a pity that this child has no mother, so he has to comb his hair by himself, and she is still trying not to cry."
Lin Jiang: ...Everyone is crying except me today.
When Wei Ren arrived according to the time, the gate of Lin Mansion had already opened.King Shao, as the officiant, stood at the east of the gate, waiting to enter the gate with Wei Ren.
With the emperor's strong penetrating questions, "calling relatives" has become a situation.After the examination of the essay questions, a target was set up at the door of Lin's house and stood up to take the martial arts test. Gao Qiyu took the lead and said, "Let me do it." He also passed the test smoothly.
Prince Shao was beside him, holding the golden pocket watch in his hand, and looked at the time.
It's time for the big wedding.
Before sending the girl out, Lin Changzhou, as the biological father of the girl, had to sit facing south in the main hall, waiting for the new couple to come and bow down.
After the new couple bows down, he needs to give his daughter one or two "marriage admonitions" as the elder of the Lin family, and then send the new couple away.
Ordinarily, what Lin Changzhou should say at this moment is a routine prepared long ago.
According to the customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when sending off the bride, the parents of the woman have to ask some words such as "take obedience as evidence, respect and discipline, and do not violate the orders of in-laws", and finally say: "Listen to the precepts, do not be parents. Shame." Come to 'encourage' my daughter to behave well when she gets married, and don't lose her mother's family. [1]
However, both Lin Changzhou and Lin Jiang were not interested in these words. Lin Changzhou directly threw away these nonsense, and only told Lin Jiang in a simple and concise way: "Just be happy."
The master of ceremonies next to her, her eyeballs almost fell out when she heard it.
This word is wrong, Mr. Lin.
Oh, presumably the daughter got married, and she lost her composure. The first sentence was wrong, and there should be a formal "father's commandment" later.
However, when the master of ceremonies was still waiting for Lin Changzhou to continue to speak formally, Lin Changzhou had already turned his head to look at her, and motioned: I'm done talking, the next procedure.
Only then did the master of ceremonies confirm that this envoy Lin Youyi really only had these four words!When you get married, you don't tell your daughter to serve your husband respectfully, but tell your daughter to be happy!
She has seen so many weddings, but this is the first time she has met such a maverick father.But... As a member of the palace, this nun has already heard about the reputation of being the first female court official since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
To be able to teach such a daughter, Lin Youyi should be a strange person.
So Mammy put away her surprise and began to sing the next link with a loud voice: "Respectfully invite the bride to get on the sedan chair."
Outside the door, a red sedan chair with a silver top was parked there.
Ordinarily, the bride wears a phoenix coronet and Xiapei and covers her head, so it is difficult for her to walk, and her brother always carries the sedan chair on her back.But Lin Jiang naturally didn't have any brothers to carry her out, she just said that she didn't need it at all, she just went out by herself.
Lin Changzhou got up and walked out with Lin Jiang.
There were many wedding regulations in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and officials of different ranks could use different regulations. As the saying goes, "marriages above the third rank, marriages at the fourth rank and fifth rank, and marriages below the sixth rank."[2]
Wei Ren is the third grade, just stuck in the limit of getting married, the wedding team can come according to the highest standard.Such a welcoming team formed a mighty landscape on the streets of Da Zhou.
How should I put it, even after a few years, this wedding is still talked about by the people of the capital, especially among the majority of women in the capital, it has become a good story, and they will never forget it.
Because Wei Ren is the commander of the Royal Dragon Guard, and he has no relatives, so his welcoming team, specially approved by the emperor, is all the Imperial Dragon Guards. The uniform follows the chief to greet the relatives, which is even more aesthetically pleasing.
The women on the streets of the capital feasted their eyes on this day.
In addition to the extraordinary heroic appearance of the Dragon Guards, there is also a handsome young man who looks better than Pan An.
The reason for using Pan An as a comparison is because Zhou Liheng also received similar treatment to Pan An, and was thrown a lot of flowers by the women's group on the side of the road, and was surrounded by countless onlookers.
Fortunately, there were guards from the Wucheng soldiers and horses around and around the welcoming team, and the style of the women in the Great Zhou Dynasty was much more restrained than that in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, so Zhou Liheng did not receive the fruit hidden weapons such as apples and oranges thrown over.
At most, a few small things like handkerchiefs and sachets were hung immediately.
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Lin Jiang was sitting in a sedan chair with a silver top, looking down, he could see an apple in his hand.
This apple looked so attractive, she was afraid that she would be like Snow White, even if she knew she couldn't eat it, she couldn't help but take a bite.
She was immersed in observing the apples, when she suddenly heard a 'dong' sound outside the sedan chair, and the sedan chair also shook slightly, as if it had been hit by something.
Lin Jiang was shocked and said in his heart: Although I have offended some people in the past few years in the capital, is it too much to rush over and smash my wedding sedan chair on this day?
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But seeing that the second prince failed to intercede, and almost received the same punishment, the other princes no longer dared to mention brotherhood, respect for father, kindness and filial piety, nor did they dare to mention New Year reunion, so they immediately knelt down and said in unison: " Follow your father's orders."
Seeing that the princes fell silent, the emperor nodded and changed the subject.
It's just that he was somewhat dispirited, and hurriedly said: "Forget it, since you left the palace, the number of times you saw your birth mother has inevitably decreased. Today's New Year's Eve, you all go to pay your respects to your mother."
During the Chinese New Year, being able to pay respects to his mother is also a rare thing that the emperor envies others.
The remaining four princes expressed their gratitude as if they were being pardoned, and by the way, they retreated together with the first prince who was 'crossed' away by Captain Long.
After leaving the door, the second prince raised his hand and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead without anyone talking.
Inside the room, the emperor suddenly laughed.
Even the father-in-law Thrush, who had served the emperor for a long time, was sneered at by this sneer, his hairs stood on end, and he dared not speak.
I just heard the emperor say to himself: "You are really good sons." It's specially picking up the New Year's Eve to add trouble to him.
Hearing the words, Eunuch Thrush could not help shrinking towards the corner of the wall, but the Emperor's broad eyes caught him.Immediately turned around and asked: "What are you hiding? Is it the kind of emperor who would anger others?"
The thrush father-in-law hastily denied it three times.
Only then did the emperor nod in satisfaction, and then issued an imperial decree: "Go, go to the queen to preach the decree: the eldest prince is disobedient and rude, so it can be seen that his biological mother was not well educated. In this case, concubine Liu will be exempted from the position of the master and reduced to a nobleman. The queen taught me something."
Father-in-law Huamei: Your Majesty, look at you, you don't like to blame others after what you just said.No, Concubine Liu was still packing up in the harem and waiting to attend the banquet as a concubine, but in the end, "Kang Dang" was a thunderstorm.
But he still rushed out to pass the decree.
Unexpectedly, the thrush father-in-law saw a good show as soon as he went out.
Besides, the reason why the eldest prince who was forked out of the door did not resist was that he was purely stunned and did not move.It wasn't until he was 'invited' by Kong Wu's powerful Long Jinwei to come out.
Wait, what just happened?The father didn't punish the criminal, but drove his own son out? !
But with his courage, he didn't dare to go back to face the emperor, he just stood there, his face flushed with embarrassment.
And the second prince was almost implicated by him just now, and he also carried the resentment of the rest of his life in his heart, so he was going to come up to ridicule this elder brother who had been at odds with him since childhood.
So he came up with a smile that didn't deserve to be beaten: "Brother won't be able to have a palace banquet this year, and when I get the banquet back home, I will ask someone to go to the mansion of 'General Zhen Guo' to bring some food and wine to my brother." good?"
The words "General Zhen Guo" were pronounced by him with great weight, and he felt like chewing olives.
The eldest prince was about to explode in anger.
The third prince also stepped forward to follow Yin Yang's words, while the fourth prince was thinking about his biological mother, and he just gave a hasty hand to his elder brothers and was the first to leave Mingzheng Palace quickly.
Only the fifth prince was still calm and calm. As usual, he ranked behind his elder brothers in the order of seniority and bid farewell to the eldest prince, and his attitude was normal, without the slightest hint of ridicule.
But the eldest prince's anger reached its peak when he saw the fifth prince: it's the fifth prince, this sinister guy, who took his position as prince!
In fact, the eldest prince has always been very puzzled by his father's sudden change of attitude after he came back from Jiangnan.With his IQ and EQ, he couldn't imagine that there was another reason for the emperor's "importance" to him in the past, but he was just confused as to why his father suddenly didn't value him.
Later, I heard from my biological mother, Concubine Liu, that the little eunuch who was arranged by the eldest prince to steal the book of the fifth prince never came back, and it was probably not good for people who were alive or dead.
The eldest prince thought that this matter was exposed, which made his father angry.
He didn't want to frame the Fifth Prince and Prince Shao's Mansion first, but resented that the Fifth Prince didn't step into the trap, which caused him to fall out of favor in front of his father.
Especially after the fifth prince was named prince, and the first prince was only named general of Zhen Guo, every time he saw the fifth prince's eyes, he wanted to spit fire.
And the calm and calm face of the Fifth Prince made the First Prince even more irritable.
Seeing him come up to salute as usual, the stimulation to the first prince was greater than the direct ridicule of the second prince.
I saw the eldest prince suddenly punched the fifth prince in the face in anger: I really want to break such a calm face of this younger brother!
The incident happened suddenly, and the second and third princes who were next to him were all stunned before they could leave after the yin and yang rage was exhausted. The third prince only had time to yell like a screaming chicken: "Ah, big brother! Ah! Fifth brother!"
And Eunuch Huamei was still watching the fun in the corridor just now, and now he is also shocked. He really did not expect that in this Mingzheng Palace courtyard, the First Prince would dare to take the initiative to beat someone!
Unexpectedly, the fifth prince did not panic, but just raised his hand, and firmly grasped the fist that the eldest prince swung over.
The fifth prince still looked so quiet, while the eldest prince was flailing his arms and trying to struggle, but unexpectedly, his wrist seemed to be trapped in steel and he couldn't get out.
The fifth prince just held him tightly, looked straight at the flushed face of the eldest prince, and said calmly: "Brother, you lost your composure. After all, elder brother is the eldest son of the emperor, please respect yourself."
Then he put down his hands, took a step back and straightened his sleeves.
The eldest prince was about to continue going crazy when he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head, and he almost fainted.Looking back, he saw that it was an inkstone that hit him.
This inkstone looks a bit familiar... He raised his head tremblingly, and sure enough, behind the window was the emperor himself.
It was obvious that the emperor threw out the inkstone and dealt the son a head-on blow.
All the princes were shocked: "Father, the emperor's head is so good."
It was a coincidence that Wei Ren walked in from outside the Mingzheng Palace at this time, and was called by the emperor before going out: "Press this bastard out of the palace. During the whole first month, he is not allowed to go out for half a step, and he is not allowed to go to his bed alone." The door. lest I lose face in the first month!"
Wei Yan took the order: Well, the daughter-in-law guessed right, the eldest prince really gave them a New Year gift and a wedding gift.
So he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation to the First Prince.
The third prince next to him was still poking the fire, concerned about Wei Jian with a volume that could be heard by the emperor behind the window, and said: "Commander Wei, be careful, I'm afraid the elder brother may have drunk too much today, and he was just a little bit close to death." You hit the fifth brother in the face! If this is painted on the face, it would be great for the courtiers to see, wouldn't it be embarrassing to the royal family."
He was so angry with the eldest prince that he almost lost his anger.
Wei Ren said solemnly: "My lord, don't worry, I will definitely send General Zhen Guo back to the mansion."
In Mingzheng Palace,
The emperor said to the fifth prince again: "Xiao Wu, come in."
The second prince and the third prince saw their father's face disappearing from the window, so they quickly took the opportunity to escape.He gloated and thought, let the two people who fought in the father's palace on New Year's Eve be unlucky.
The fifth prince returned to the inner room and knelt down to plead guilty: "Son shouldn't fight with elder brother."
The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Don't do it? Do you want to wait for him to hit you in the face? Forget it, you don't have to act like this. I let you in, not to reprimand you, but to let you try this bow."
Just now, the scene where the fifth prince grabbed the elder prince's fist with one hand, immobilizing him, fell into the eyes of the emperor, and it was only then that he was a little surprised to find that this fifth son should not only have excellent handwriting, but also his strength value is not bad .
So he called him in and let the fifth prince try to see if he could draw the bow he used when he was in his twenties.
At that time, he was the prince, in order to stand out, he did not dare to let go of martial arts and martial arts. He was diligent in practicing riding and shooting, and his arm strength was much stronger than now.Now this bow, the emperor can't draw it, so it can only be used as a lovely decoration.
Seeing that the fifth prince was able to pull it away, the emperor nodded: "In that case, this bow is for you."
The fifth prince hurriedly knelt down again to thank him. He knew that this was the bow and arrow that his father used when he was young, and he was very cute. Even though it was no longer used, it was still hanging in the Mingzheng Palace and had never been taken off.
The fifth prince was surprised and excited that his father would give him such a precious and young thing.
Even though he was as quiet as him, there was a thin blush on his face that was desperately suppressed.
The emperor asked him to sit down, and asked him casually: "I've been thinking about your marriage recently, what about you, what kind of princess do you want?"
The fifth prince said without hesitation: "The son should obey the emperor's arrangement."
The emperor smiled again: These words are really familiar, when the Supreme Emperor asked, he also said the same.
Being a prince is a dignity that everyone can see, but it is also a shackle.How could a well-behaved prince be picky about his marriage?If you choose a concubine with a deep family background, how about making your father suspicious.
Seeing the same answer from his own son, the emperor was still somewhat moved.
The fifth prince didn't know why the emperor laughed.No matter how calm he is usually, he will inevitably feel a little apprehensive when he is in front of the father who deeply fears him, so he lowered his head and dared not speak anymore.
The emperor changed the subject: "I didn't know you were good at martial arts before."
The fifth prince hurriedly said: "The masters taught us well, and my son has only learned a little bit superficially. Among those who practiced martial arts together, my son is far behind Commander Wei in terms of martial arts. Needless to say, even the eldest son, who is accurate in archery And stronger than my son."
"I got the bow and arrow bestowed by my father today, my son will definitely practice it more in the future."
The fifth prince didn't mean to boast about himself, but actually reported his military strength to the emperor.
The emperor was a little surprised: Zhou Liheng's appearance is always unbelievable, and his strength is also good.
The fifth prince nodded and reconfirmed with his father again: "If the elder brother did something to the son, he would definitely not be able to do it."
And the emperor didn't expect that he would witness Zhou Liheng's strength with his own eyes so soon.
On the night of New Year's Eve, King Shao's family naturally also entered the palace to receive the banquet.The emperor entertained his ministers in the former court, and the empress dowager and empress entertained the clan and women in the harem.
The emperor has always attached great importance to Prince Shao's mansion, and let Zhou Liheng sit with the princes every time.
Concerned that the clan and courtiers would also go home to watch the new year, so the big banquet of the former court broke up at the second watch.
When the banquet was over, the emperor received the last prostration from the officials of the year, and went back to the Mingzheng Palace to change his clothes. He was about to take off the complicated and heavy crown, and put on a homely dragon robe to go to the harem to attend the family banquet and watch the year with his aunt and wife. .
However, as soon as the clothes were changed, Eunuch Thrush walked in, with a rare embarrassment on his face and said: "Go back to Your Majesty, Prince Shao and His Highness the Eighth Highness are out to see you."
The emperor was puzzled: "I want to see you at this hour? Why do you two come together? I remember that Li Heng hated him very much."
Since the incident of the Eighth Prince climbing over the wall last time, Zhou Liheng never said a single word to the Eighth Prince. When they met in public, they would only greet the Eighth Prince in groups. Having met all the Princes, he would not greet the Eighth Prince alone.
Why did they come together all of a sudden?
When Eunuch Huamei heard the emperor's question, he put it in a more accurate way: "It is Prince Shao who brought the Eighth Prince to see His Majesty."
The Emperor: ... What happened this year?
After the report from the thrush father-in-law, the emperor soon figured out the ins and outs.
It turned out that Zhou Liheng was sitting among the princes that night, and he was safe and sound, and he only had a few more words with the fifth prince.
Unexpectedly, the eighth prince started looking for trouble again after being ignored by Zhou Liheng.He took the initiative to provoke him with a glass of wine, and said in a low voice, "No wonder you refused to let me climb over the wall of Ci'an Palace that day, and you kept protecting that female imperial physician surnamed Lin. It turns out that you have already taken a fancy to the girl from the Lin family." ah.Wouldn't it have been over earlier?
Zhou Liheng's good temper is limited to others offending him.Hearing that the eighth prince involved his family, he was really annoyed immediately.
So when the banquet was over and the officials left the palace, Zhou Liheng called the eighth prince who was about to leave very neatly, and beat him up—it was still on the narrow corridor in the palace where there was no one, he was not afraid of trouble He would offend the Eighth Prince if he made a big fuss, but he was afraid that it would hurt Daiyu's reputation.
Then he dragged the eighth prince to plead guilty to the emperor: After all, he beat the prince, and the pleading process is still indispensable.
The emperor was very upset: It's just this New Year's Eve, it's hard to pass, right? One son after another is stupid, ruining his good mood for the New Year.
After Zhou Liheng and the eighth prince came in, the emperor didn't mean to blame Zhou Liheng, but asked him how he was doing recently with a kind face. After the Gu worm was removed, there should be no more uncomfortable symptoms.
Zhou Liheng answered one by one, and then pleaded guilty again with some embarrassment, the emperor just said: "I know you are not a child who does things casually, you must be out of breath today, it's okay, you can go out of the palace to celebrate the New Year in a while."
Even if he didn't look at the disparity between the two of them on weekdays, the emperor just looked at his little cousin's face and felt that it didn't matter, it must not be his fault.
As for the eighth prince who was lying on the ground and sobbing, with two dark circles under his eyes, the emperor turned a blind eye, thinking that since he could still scream, it meant that the beating was not serious.
Without bothering the two masters, the emperor directly said to Zhou Liheng: "When you leave the palace, take this beast out by the way, and I don't want him to be an eyesore in the palace. Give it to Xiao Wu and let him watch it strictly."
So the New Year gift that the fifth prince received from the emperor included a good bow and an annoying younger brother.
I couldn't help thinking: So it turns out that the emperor's bow is really not something that can be taken for nothing, and after less than half a day of taking it, it caused a lot of trouble.
After hearing Zhou Liheng talk about the cause and effect, the fifth prince assured him that he would never let the eighth prince talk nonsense, and if his father ordered him to take care of the eighth prince, he would absolutely treat him to death.
Zhou Liheng thanked him and went back to the mansion.
After seeing off Zhou Liheng, the fifth prince went to meet the eighth prince.
"Eighth brother, you always complain that no one is protecting you when you are young, and the emperor doesn't care. But in fact, everyone's situation was not much better than yours at the beginning, and you came to this point by yourself."
Facing the eighth prince with dark circles under his eyes, the fifth prince cut straight to the point and said seriously: "Now that my father entrusts you to my control, he is giving you your last chance."
After all, he didn't like the Eighth Prince either, and the reason why he came to advise him was not because of the brotherhood that had seldom existed in these years.
Instead, the emperor entrusted the eighth prince to him, hoping that a troublemaker would come in, and a worry-free son who would not cause trouble would go out.
He will try his best to meet his father's expectations.
The eighth prince sneered at the fifth prince, like some kind of strange and cold beast: "Father has long hated me, but he just didn't want to beat me to death directly, so that he would have a bad name in the history books for killing sons."
But he sneered for a while, and finally asked with a hint of begging hope: "You said just now... But the father threw me out of the palace and didn't want me anymore. Why did you give me the last chance?"
The fifth prince looked at him: "Because the father threw you to me, not the elder brother."
If one day, the emperor tied the eldest prince and the eighth prince together, he would be really fed up, and he was going to let this pair of brothers and sisters get together and 'get sick', unfortunately, they would die young.
Eighth Prince: These words are so reasonable that I can't refute them.
The Fifth Prince also didn't want to talk too much about the younger brother he didn't like on New Year's Eve, so he got up and said, "I'll watch you during this time, you don't have to think about any crooked ideas, and get out of Prince Heng's mansion." .”
"Just do it yourself."
Walking to the door, the fifth prince stopped and said, "After New Year's Eve, tomorrow will be a new year."
The courtiers who entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor in the early morning of the first day of the new year harvested and exchanged two fresh gossip.
"The eldest prince was grounded, and the concubine mother was also abolished from the throne and demoted to a nobleman."
"The eighth prince was kicked out of the palace by the emperor and handed over to Prince Heng to discipline him."
Both of these things happened yesterday, but because of the suddenness of the incident, especially the trouble that the Eighth Prince caused at night, it was not reported until this morning.
In comparison, the second matter attracted the attention of the courtiers: even if the emperor doesn't like the eighth prince and wants to ask his elder brother to discipline him, there are still three princes above the fifth prince, but the emperor actually entrusted this important task to the fifth prince, didn't he? What other meaning?
The emperor is optimistic about the fifth prince, do you think he can treat his brothers kindly when he becomes the prince?
The courtiers wondered.
When Lin Jiang heard about this, he felt that the eldest prince was really a bad guy: he couldn't even get the top spot in the matter of being unlucky.He was also surrounded and controlled, and everyone cared more about the Eighth Prince than him, which showed that he was completely cool.
As for the things that the eldest prince categorically told her in front of the emperor, Father-in-law Thrush naturally came to tell Lin Jiang when he was free these days, just as a joke.
And Lin Jiang just listened with a smile at first, until when the first prince talked about his crime, which was that he failed to cure the first princess, Lin Jiang's face sank.
He actually has the face to mention the eldest princess? !
He is also worthy of mentioning the eldest princess?
Eunuch Huamei held the tea and said: "Actually, if he didn't mention the prince and concubine who has passed away, His Majesty would not be so angry."
Originally, after Jiangnan and his party, the emperor already felt that this son was hopelessly stupid.Even if the eldest prince ran over on New Year's Eve and complained to Lin Jiang, the emperor would just croak like a parrot.
But he suddenly mentioned the eldest princess and pretended to be affectionate and wanted to cry twice. He only said that they were deeply in love with each other, and he blamed Lin Jiang for his inexperienced medical skills, so that the day after she treated the eldest princess, the eldest princess passed away. Yes, this made the deepest thorn in the emperor's heart pierce even harder.
He remembered that this son was not only stupid, but also poisonous.
He was so poisonous that he forced his wife to death for his ambition, but he still let her die of starvation.
Looking at the face of the eldest prince who pretended to be affectionate, the emperor couldn't help remembering that when the Supreme Emperor was still there, he endured nausea and wrote some scriptures to comfort the eldest prince, expressing his father's kindness and filial piety, which made him even more angry .
It was only then that the First Prince was told to go, and he smashed an inkstone by the way.
Afterwards, the emperor also regretted it: that inkstone was his favorite, and he knew that he would smash it with an unimportant vase.Poor his inkstone, now there are two unsightly cracks.
Lin Jiang asked Eunuch Huamei: "Did the emperor's inkstone wake up the eldest prince?"
Eunuch Thrush shook his head: "I don't think it's possible."
Lin Jiang: That's great.
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And after the emperor dealt with the two bad sons, he was going to put the bad things of last year into last year and have a happy new year.
On the first day of the new year, the emperor accepted the congratulations from the officials with a smile and high spirits.Especially this year, there were more monarchs from other countries who paid him New Year's greetings, which made him even happier.
After congratulating him, the emperor left King Shao behind and spoke alone: "In ten days, Wei Ren's marriage will be completed. The affairs of the two of them are over, and Uncle Wang's family will marry the crown prince."
King Shao nodded cheerfully when he thought of this.
"We won't choose the Winter New Year's Day. I told the princess that it's the best time when the geese fly south when the autumn is high and fresh."
Having said this, King Shao couldn't help mentioning to the emperor that his son beat the prince last night.
It is said that King Shao found out that his son did not follow him when he was halfway out of the palace. He and the princess rode in a carriage, thinking that Zhou Liheng would say goodbye to the princes, and then he would arrive on horseback.
It was only after Zhou Liheng returned home more than an hour late that King Shao found out that he beat a prince on New Year's Eve.
Although King Shao praised his son a few words in the palace like 'you fought well, this kind should be beaten', but he still had to show his apology in front of the emperor on the second day: after all, it was the prince of the palace who beat the prince. , is out of order.
The emperor waved his hand directly: "Uncle Wang doesn't need to mention that beast in front of me in the future, I already think I don't have this son."
King Shao was happy not to mention it, and only talked about the things that pleased the emperor, and what pleased the emperor most recently was undoubtedly Wei Ren's marriage.
King Shao himself was quite emotional: "Your Majesty was kind back then, not only saved Wei Ren's life, but also feared that a baby of him would not survive the disaster, so he brought him all the way back to the capital and raised him in the palace. Sure enough, he also I have never failed His Majesty's grace, and have been loyally guarding His Majesty's side. It can be seen that there is always a destiny in the world."
The emperor nodded: "Yes, in terms of getting along day and night, he has been around longer than my sons." After a pause, he said to King Shao: "I intend to order him to take over as the Jingying Jiedu after his wedding. make."
King Shao only said: "The troops in Gyeonggi must be in the hands of His Majesty's trustworthy people."
The emperor nodded: "Uncle Mingyang is a smart man, he has already resigned from me three times because of Yu'er's marriage, and it's about time."
On the same day when the Supreme Emperor passed away, the Emperor appointed Uncle Ming Yang, the husband-in-law of Princess Qi Yang, to temporarily act as the Jiedu Envoy of the Beijing Camp.
The husband who can be the eldest princess of Qi Yang is naturally a smart man.He knew that his Jiedushi was acting in charge, and he was not greedy for authority at all.
Just in time for Gao Qiyu to get married in the third month of his year, Uncle Ming Yang took the opportunity to ask the emperor to resign many times.
King Shao heard the emperor say to himself: "The water in this capital camp has been muddy all the time, and now it has been quiet for more than a year, and the turbidity is getting clearer, so it's time to take care of it."
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Later, Lin Jiang wondered if he had been busy during this Spring Festival, either working overtime at the Tai Hospital or doing things in the medical clinic, whether he also had some premarital syndrome in his heart.
So don't want to be quiet.
However, the day before the big wedding, when she re-entered the palace, she was invited out at the gate of the Grand Hospital by Vice President Ma and Vice President Liu—it was not appropriate to invite her out, they never let her enter the lobby door of the Grand Hospital.
The two of them blocked the gate and said humiliatedly: "Your Majesty, tomorrow is your wedding day. If you need to worry about the Supreme Hospital today, then we, the vice presidents, just throw away the black hats." Tomorrow we will all go home and farm!"
In order to avoid the resignation of the two hospital deputies at the same time, Lin Jiang had no choice but to leave from the entrance of the Tai Hospital.
She walked slowly along the palace wall alone - in the past, Wei Ren would accompany her on this road, but today Wei Ren was also given a holiday by the emperor, and was preparing for the wedding at home, and did not enter the palace.
In fact, she didn't have to enter the palace today, but she still woke up on time, so she simply entered the palace according to her usual schedule, otherwise sitting at home would be a torment.
"Lin Yuanzheng."
Lin Jiang turned her head, and saw under the solemn palace, standing a beautiful and elegant man in a brocade robe.
"Why is Lin Yuanzheng still entering the palace today?" Zhou Liheng was a little surprised to see her.
Lin Jiang just smiled, and asked back, "Why did Shizi also enter the palace?"
As far as she knew, Zhou Liheng and Gao Qiyu were both best men, that is, 'best man', and they were going to appear at the gate of Lin's mansion together with Wei Ren as a welcoming team.
Dazhou has always had a rule of 'calling relatives'.
Just like a modern wedding, before the groom meets the bride, he needs to keep stuffing red envelopes under the door. This ancient wedding is a little more difficult. In addition to the red envelopes, he also needs to show his martial arts outside the door.
Daiyu had already written the questions and handed them over to Fan Xiaoqing to recite. She was just waiting for the exam tomorrow.
Zhou Liheng raised the paper in his hand, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty announced me into the palace and gave me the title." He explained clearly to his emperor's cousin.
"Your Majesty knows that my Ci Fu is not good enough, and Qi Yu even has a headache when he sees books when he is young, and he refuses to read through the Four Books and Five Classics. His Majesty is afraid that we will not be able to call the door of the Lin Mansion tomorrow, so he asked for a topic for us come over."
The emperor also took great pains. Looking at the average education level of the man's side, and then thinking about the knowledge level of Lin Ruhai's young Tanhua, he was quite worried about the matter of being called.
For this reason, Lin Ruhai was specially announced to the Mingzheng Palace, insisting on relying on his status as the emperor to ask for the real question of Ming'er's "calling relatives", and let them recite the man's funeral in advance.
He was also afraid that Gao Qiyu would lose it if he gave it to Gao Qiyu, so the emperor gave the real question to Zhou Liheng who made him feel more at ease.
Hearing Zhou Liheng's gentle and gentle words, Lin Jiang's heart gradually calmed down.I sigh that she is indeed a unicorn beauty, and she really has a strong sense of healing. Seeing him speak with a gentle smile like this makes people calm down unconsciously.
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In addition, according to the ceremony of sending off the bride's relatives in the Great Zhou Dynasty, on the day of the big wedding, it is known that the female relatives of relatives and friends can visit the door to see the custom of giving the wedding dress together.
Lin Jiangyuan thought that the Lin family had few relatives, and some members of the family were in the south of the Yangtze River and not in the capital. On the day of his wedding, there would not be many maids in the house to see him off.
Unexpectedly, on this day, the house was full of visitors, all of whom were girls from various prefectures she had traveled to.
Lin Jiang herself was a little surprised. Unknowingly, since she went to Beijing, she has known so many people.
The wives and grandmas are people who have experienced it, and they can talk about the private "married life" around the bride in the new house.The unmarried girls, even the closest ones like Daiyu, were invited out, and they could only watch the wedding dresses, not listen in.
Even if Lin Jiang was sitting in the room, he could hear the hearty voice of Princess Xiang Wang outside the door: "This wedding dress is really beautiful. I didn't expect that Lin Yuanzheng not only used acupuncture, but also the usual female red needles are so good!"
Lin Jiangxin said: "The Princess is really admiring her. None of her wedding dress, including hijab embroidered shoes, etc., was made by herself."
Even the things in this new house are almost prepared by others for her. Sister Feng once joked with her: "What Linyuan is doing is to count the days and don't remember wrongly. Alright." Don't go to the palace to be on duty again.
"This phoenix crown and Xiapei was rewarded by the empress. The pearls on it are the sea pearls brought up by the foreign envoys this year. You see, they are still golden." As a tour guide, I began to introduce the bridal phoenix coronet, which was placed in the most conspicuous place, to the rest of the girls.
The queen has no children and no favours, but has been able to sit firmly in the back seat all these years, so she naturally knows the emperor's mind very well.
Seeing that the emperor attached great importance to this marriage, she also expressed her own attitude.
As for the Empress Dowager, in addition to sending rewards, she also sent a well-trained professional 'mother of ceremonies' in the palace.It is said that this was the Princess Qiyang who was married to her back then, and she also sent out many princesses of the Zhou family.
She was in charge of reciting the procedures for the bride's side that day, and kept the wedding delivery in a proper manner, so that it would not fall to the ground.
This day, Lin Jiang only felt that there were people and smiles everywhere, which made her a little confused.
So she just sat there until the time came, Mrs. Wu came in to comb her hair and put on the phoenix crown.
Finally, Daiyu gave her a Panjin Yingluo necklace.
Lin Jiang noticed that Daiyu's hand was trembling when she reached the back of her neck to fasten the gold thread button, and her clear and beautiful eyes were full of tears from the beginning to the end.
In this collar-wearing posture, Lin Jiang simply raised his hand, hugged Daiyu, and whispered: "Sister, don't cry, I'll be back soon."
Daiyu tried not to cry, but instead asked Lin Jiang to hug and comfort her, she began to cry instead.
Mrs. Wu and Sister Feng hurriedly stepped forward to separate the two sisters. Sister Feng went to comfort Daiyu, while Mrs. Wu stared at Lin Jiang: "Don't cry when you just put on the makeup, it's too late to reapply after you put on the makeup." up."
Lin Jiang put on the heavy phoenix crown and smiled: "Don't worry, old lady, I won't cry. Thank you for coming to comb my hair today."
After she said this, Mrs. Wu burst into tears instead: "It's a pity that this child has no mother, so he has to comb his hair by himself, and she is still trying not to cry."
Lin Jiang: ...Everyone is crying except me today.
When Wei Ren arrived according to the time, the gate of Lin Mansion had already opened.King Shao, as the officiant, stood at the east of the gate, waiting to enter the gate with Wei Ren.
With the emperor's strong penetrating questions, "calling relatives" has become a situation.After the examination of the essay questions, a target was set up at the door of Lin's house and stood up to take the martial arts test. Gao Qiyu took the lead and said, "Let me do it." He also passed the test smoothly.
Prince Shao was beside him, holding the golden pocket watch in his hand, and looked at the time.
It's time for the big wedding.
Before sending the girl out, Lin Changzhou, as the biological father of the girl, had to sit facing south in the main hall, waiting for the new couple to come and bow down.
After the new couple bows down, he needs to give his daughter one or two "marriage admonitions" as the elder of the Lin family, and then send the new couple away.
Ordinarily, what Lin Changzhou should say at this moment is a routine prepared long ago.
According to the customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, when sending off the bride, the parents of the woman have to ask some words such as "take obedience as evidence, respect and discipline, and do not violate the orders of in-laws", and finally say: "Listen to the precepts, do not be parents. Shame." Come to 'encourage' my daughter to behave well when she gets married, and don't lose her mother's family. [1]
However, both Lin Changzhou and Lin Jiang were not interested in these words. Lin Changzhou directly threw away these nonsense, and only told Lin Jiang in a simple and concise way: "Just be happy."
The master of ceremonies next to her, her eyeballs almost fell out when she heard it.
This word is wrong, Mr. Lin.
Oh, presumably the daughter got married, and she lost her composure. The first sentence was wrong, and there should be a formal "father's commandment" later.
However, when the master of ceremonies was still waiting for Lin Changzhou to continue to speak formally, Lin Changzhou had already turned his head to look at her, and motioned: I'm done talking, the next procedure.
Only then did the master of ceremonies confirm that this envoy Lin Youyi really only had these four words!When you get married, you don't tell your daughter to serve your husband respectfully, but tell your daughter to be happy!
She has seen so many weddings, but this is the first time she has met such a maverick father.But... As a member of the palace, this nun has already heard about the reputation of being the first female court official since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
To be able to teach such a daughter, Lin Youyi should be a strange person.
So Mammy put away her surprise and began to sing the next link with a loud voice: "Respectfully invite the bride to get on the sedan chair."
Outside the door, a red sedan chair with a silver top was parked there.
Ordinarily, the bride wears a phoenix coronet and Xiapei and covers her head, so it is difficult for her to walk, and her brother always carries the sedan chair on her back.But Lin Jiang naturally didn't have any brothers to carry her out, she just said that she didn't need it at all, she just went out by herself.
Lin Changzhou got up and walked out with Lin Jiang.
There were many wedding regulations in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and officials of different ranks could use different regulations. As the saying goes, "marriages above the third rank, marriages at the fourth rank and fifth rank, and marriages below the sixth rank."[2]
Wei Ren is the third grade, just stuck in the limit of getting married, the wedding team can come according to the highest standard.Such a welcoming team formed a mighty landscape on the streets of Da Zhou.
How should I put it, even after a few years, this wedding is still talked about by the people of the capital, especially among the majority of women in the capital, it has become a good story, and they will never forget it.
Because Wei Ren is the commander of the Royal Dragon Guard, and he has no relatives, so his welcoming team, specially approved by the emperor, is all the Imperial Dragon Guards. The uniform follows the chief to greet the relatives, which is even more aesthetically pleasing.
The women on the streets of the capital feasted their eyes on this day.
In addition to the extraordinary heroic appearance of the Dragon Guards, there is also a handsome young man who looks better than Pan An.
The reason for using Pan An as a comparison is because Zhou Liheng also received similar treatment to Pan An, and was thrown a lot of flowers by the women's group on the side of the road, and was surrounded by countless onlookers.
Fortunately, there were guards from the Wucheng soldiers and horses around and around the welcoming team, and the style of the women in the Great Zhou Dynasty was much more restrained than that in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, so Zhou Liheng did not receive the fruit hidden weapons such as apples and oranges thrown over.
At most, a few small things like handkerchiefs and sachets were hung immediately.
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Lin Jiang was sitting in a sedan chair with a silver top, looking down, he could see an apple in his hand.
This apple looked so attractive, she was afraid that she would be like Snow White, even if she knew she couldn't eat it, she couldn't help but take a bite.
She was immersed in observing the apples, when she suddenly heard a 'dong' sound outside the sedan chair, and the sedan chair also shook slightly, as if it had been hit by something.
Lin Jiang was shocked and said in his heart: Although I have offended some people in the past few years in the capital, is it too much to rush over and smash my wedding sedan chair on this day?
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