The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 240
After King Zhongjing escorted Tu Rui back to his mansion, without further ado, he immediately ordered someone to ask for family law, and wanted to teach his son a lesson.Concubine Li knew that Tu Rui was doing this for her daughter, so although she felt that he was a little reckless, she still had good intentions, so she stepped forward to persuade, "My lord, Rui'er is also for Ying'er, you just think he is a brotherhood." For the sake of deepness, let's take it lightly!"

"Hmph, what do you know about a woman's opinion?" King Zhongjing pointed at Tu Rui who was kneeling on the ground with an angry look on his face, and cursed, "This beast has ruined a big deal this time. We can't argue, but we just need to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and keep a low profile. I don't believe anyone would dare to bring up this matter in front of me. But he is good, lest others will not notice us Family, you must make such an uproar!"

Concubine Li didn't take it seriously, "The princess's marriage in the former Tang Dynasty was just to find a woman from the side branch of the clan at random. At worst, the imperial court would do the same."

"You, do you really think that no one has mentioned this method? Someone has already mentioned it, but the envoy of the Qianxiang Kingdom said that it is not necessary to pay compensation from the court, and you can even pay a large amount of spices to my court, but the only condition is that you must Marry a real clan girl. Say it yourself, now we are apprentices, where did the girl come from?"

"Ah, this..." Concubine Li also panicked immediately, she is such a jewel in the palm of her hand, she loves her life every day, how could she be willing to marry her to a barbarian land, "My lord, what can I do, you have to find a way !"

"I'm not thinking about it! But anyway, at this critical moment, our family should keep a low profile and not attract attention, but after such a bastard's trouble, it is bound to make a storm in the city. If the messenger of Qianxiang Yinger, who is concerned, has to ask the court to let her get married, what do you think I should do? If I agree, I will goug out my heart. But if I don’t agree, how will the government and the public treat our family in the future?"

"Before the emperor ascended the throne, didn't he like Ying'er very much, how could he agree to this matter, besides, wouldn't there be an empress dowager?" Concubine Li didn't give up.

"That's why I said that you are a woman's opinion. The harem is not allowed to participate in politics. This is the ancestor's precept. The empress dowager can still take the affairs of the previous court? As for the emperor, do you think that he can really explain the affairs of the court?" Should it be decided? Sometimes facing the pressure from the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the emperor would have to back away and choose to compromise."

"Then let's just do nothing and wait for the result?"

King Zhongjing frowned and thought for a while before saying, "For the present plan, we can only cover up the water and soil with soldiers. I hope the envoy of Qianxiang Kingdom will not be so ignorant!"

Hearing that even her husband said that, Concubine Li said to Tu Rui bitterly, "You said that you are such an adult, why do you still make people so worry-free!"

At this time, Tu Rui also knew that he had done something bad with good intentions, thinking that his impulsiveness might harm his sister, he was heartbroken, and knelt on the ground without saying a word for a long time.

"Report to the lord, the prince of Dongping is asking to see you!" Just as the room fell silent, someone from outside the door suddenly came to report.Before King Zhongjing could speak, Princess Li's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly said, "Hurry up!"

After a while, Mu Xushi walked in. He glanced at Tu Rui who was kneeling on the ground with his head hanging, and then saluted Zhongjing Wang and his wife, "I have seen my uncle and aunt, my nephew is so polite!"

"Xu'er don't need to be too polite, sit down and talk first." After Mu Xu sat down, King Zhong Jing said, "Are you here for Ying'er's business?"

"Uncle guessed right. I was worried that you would be worried about this matter, so I came here to inform you as soon as I came out of the palace."

"Hey, you mean that the court has made a decision, so there is no need to marry?" King Zhongjing asked hastily.

Mu Xu replied with a smile, "Uncle will know the inside story of this matter after listening to me first. Speaking of this matter, I have to start with the envoy of the Qianxiang Kingdom who insisted on marrying the clan girl. I heard When I heard this news, I felt that something was wrong, because the Qianxiang country was located overseas, and the news was blocked. It was a bit strange for them to propose a marriage marriage, but it was understandable, but they insisted that they must have a clan girl, which was somewhat unreasonable. gone."

"So I sent someone to bribe the deputy envoy of Qianxiang Kingdom, and only then did I learn the truth. It turned out that there was no marriage agreement at first, and it was all caused by the Nan'an Palace. When their family was captured by Nan'an King, He once secretly sent someone to the Qianxiang Kingdom, intending to privately redeem King Nan'an, in order to pay less ransom, he offered to facilitate a marriage between the two families in order to win the trust of the other party."

"You bastard, shameless!" King Zhongjing was furious when he heard the whole story, and slammed the table down, "It's a crime to secretly negotiate peace with the enemy country for your own self-interest, and even want the royal family to guarantee them. Doom!"

Concubine Li doesn't care about this, she only cares about whether her daughter needs to get married, "Then what does the emperor say?"

"Auntie, don't worry, when I left the palace, His Majesty had sent someone to Nan'an Palace to sue his family, and gave their family an ultimatum. Since the Huo family provoked this matter, they should handle it themselves , you can’t sell the conditions of the imperial court’s interests, or you will be punished severely!”

"Amitabha, God bless!" Concubine Li put her palms together and recited the sound of Buddha, and then she remembered that it was all thanks to Mu Xu, so she quickly thanked him bluntly, and King Zhongjing followed suit.

Mu Xu replied, "It's also a coincidence, uncle, aunt, don't be like this." He really didn't mean to be polite, this matter really didn't cost him much energy.And the reason why he can easily figure out the truth here is simply because he has read the original work.When the envoy of the Qianxiang Kingdom proposed a marriage before, he insisted on asking for a daughter from the clan, he thought it was weird, because in the original text, when the imperial court suffered a defeat, they just randomly found Jia Tanchun to make a marriage.There's no reason to win the battle now, but you need the real princess of the clan to get married, right?So he arranged for someone to secretly contact the envoy Qianxiang, and only spent a thousand taels of silver to get the truth.

Seeing that half of the purpose of coming this time has been achieved, Mu Xu took advantage of the opportunity to mention the other half, "Uncle, my cousin did it this time as a last resort, so please let him go. Let me tell you, this Nan'an Palace is really not good. As the saying goes, if it were me, I would have demolished their house long ago, it would be easy for my cousin to do this!"

Seeing his son Xiyi's gaze, King Zhongjing shook his head, "Forget it, for the sake of your cousin pleading for you, let's forget about this matter. But, you have to remember, don't make an example!"

"Yes, my son knows his mistake, and he will never do it again in the future!" Tu Rui hastily promised, and stood up with Mu Xu's support.

Several people chatted and laughed for a while, thinking of what Nan'an Palace had done, King Zhongjing felt his teeth itch with hatred, and couldn't help asking Mu Xu, "Then the emperor didn't say how to deal with Nan'an County King after this incident?"

Mu Xu didn't hide anything, and replied in a low voice, "Your Majesty has discussed with a group of important officials, and wants to take this opportunity to take back the fiefdom of the Nan'an County Palace, following the old practice of the Beijing Palace. Of course, this is the most ideal result. But if this can’t be done in a hurry, we can cut off part of his family’s land on the grounds that Huo Huan, King of Nan’an, lost his army, so that his family will no longer be a confidant of the court.”

"Good things take time, I hope there will be no twists and turns." King Zhong Jing didn't go further into this topic, because the Mu family is also a foreign vassal, and he was afraid that Mu Xu would be suspicious.Both of them, he is the prince of the clan, intervening too much in the affairs of the court, it is impossible to say that it will make the emperor jealous.

Princess Li at the side saw that the uncle and nephew had finished their business, so she said, "Okay, these matters are decided by the emperor and the court officials, so don't worry about it. I will order someone to prepare a banquet , this time I have to thank Xuer well, and you father and son will have to have a drink with him later."

(End of this chapter)