Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 377
The crown prince has returned to Beijing, and his marriage is urgent. The queen mother has urged Jiang Changning several times.

Jiang Changning found the prince and threw him the booklet recording the situation of the girls, "It looks shallow on paper, you should find a chance to get in touch with them and choose the one you like."

The crown prince rubbed his forehead, he had been away on business for so long, he thought the matter was settled, why should he pick it?

"Mother, it is a taboo and a felony for the prince to make friends with courtiers in private." The prince found an upright excuse to prevaricate.

Jiang Changning laughed angrily at his words, "I asked you to contact other girls, not to form a party for personal gain."

"Mother, a man and a woman can't get married. If a son contacts them in private, it will damage their reputation. This is not what a gentleman does." The prince said righteously and awe-inspiringly.

Jiang Changning was silent for a long time before asking: "Do you not care who you marry?"

The prince thought for a while, and said: "As long as she is virtuous and obedient, can manage the prince's mansion well, be filial to her father and queen, and love her younger siblings, it will be fine."

Jiang Changning looked at him strangely, is this kid still not enlightened?

"Mother, marriage is not a child's play, especially if the son is still the crown prince, it is best for the emperor father and mother to decide the candidate for the crown prince." The prince said solemnly.

"Understood, your father and I will help you choose a good one." Jiang Changning said weakly.

"Thank you, Queen Mother." The prince looked relieved.

He has so many things to do, and he really doesn't have any time to spend on romance and love.

"The ugly words are up front. After you marry a wife, you have to treat her well, cultivate a relationship with her, and tolerate each other. You must not abandon her when you have the so-called true love in the future, or let people bully her. she."

"My son will treat her well, as a wife and husband, and my son will never forget that she is the one who will spend his whole life with him." The prince said earnestly.

"Okay, you can go and do your work." Jiang Changning didn't want to tell him anymore, it was really annoying.

After sending his son away, Jiang Changning picked up the booklet and looked through it.

There are five girls from all backgrounds, with outstanding looks and good conduct.
In the evening, Emperor Xuanzhi came to accompany Jiang Changning for dinner, and Jiang Changning complained to him about his son's incomprehensible style.

"He is a prince, destined to be born for the country and the country, and should not be fettered by the love of his children."

Jiang Changning bit the corner of his lips, and it took a long time before he asked, "Your Majesty, have you never thought about making harmony with your wife?"

Emperor Xuanzhi looked at her, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "After getting married, I know who it is, and I thought about treating her with respect as a guest."

His situation is different from that of the prince, he was just a prince before.

"and after?"

Emperor Xuanzhi got up, walked behind Jiang Changning, and embraced her, "Isn't my empress the most clear about it later?"

Jiang Changning pursed his lips and smiled, his heart was sweet, but he said: "The emperor's heart is unfathomable, and I dare not speculate randomly."

"If you don't touch it casually, then touch it seriously." Emperor Xuanzhi said ambiguously with his earlobe in his mouth.

Jiang Changning's body became weak, and he said coquettishly, "Your Majesty, don't mess around, it's time for dinner."

"Ningning means that you can mess around after dinner?"

"I didn't say that."

Emperor Xuanzhi chuckled, "But that's what I think."

In the evening, red candles are flickering, and the indoor spring is pleasant.

After finishing, Emperor Xuanzhi took Jiang Changning in his arms to take a bath, and the couple lay back on the bed refreshed, embraced each other and slept without a dream all night.

Five days later, Emperor Xuanzhi issued an imperial edict to bestow marriage on the prince.

"I only follow the law of heaven and earth, and internal governance is the basis of human relations. I consult Meng Rui, who is the daughter of Meng Ru, the left servant of the Ministry of officials. Bingde is respectful, courteous and courteous, soft and beautiful, beautiful and beautiful. I admire the emperor The empress dowager kindly ordered you to be the prince's wife, and to choose a good day and auspicious day to get married, and you should only work hard at night, celebrate your family state, and serve as a concubine, and you will be a family member and a vassal forever."

As soon as the marriage decree came out, all the governments were shocked. In the eyes of many people, Xia Xueer should be the crown princess, but now it is Meng Rui.

However, some people said that the empress had summoned so many noble ladies, which showed that at that time, Xia Xueer was only one of the candidates for the crown princess.

As for the Meng family, they never expected that they would become in-laws with the emperor, and they were busy arranging the dowry for their daughter.

Emperor Xuanzhi ordered the Ministry of Industry to choose a place to build the Prince's Mansion.

According to the rules, Jiang Changning sent nuns and maids to Meng's house. After much deliberation, "Xiulan, you can go. You will return to the palace after the prince gets married."

Xiulan was taken aback, "Your Majesty, don't you want slaves to go to the Prince's Mansion to serve the Prince and Princess?"

"I'm going to send you there, I'm afraid the Crown Princess will respond and hold hands and feet, thinking that I am too lenient as a mother-in-law." Jiang Changning didn't intend to interfere in the young couple's affairs at all.

Qin Tianjian has selected five auspicious days, which are: February [-]th, March [-]th, August [-]th, September [-]th and November [-]th next year.

The Empress Dowager hugged her great-grandson anxiously, "Happy February nineteenth."

Jiang Changning disagreed, "Mother, the Prince's Mansion was not built so quickly."

"Then the sixth day of March."

"Mother, it will take time to prepare the dowry gift."

The Empress Dowager said with a sullen face, "Then what day do you say?"

Emperor Xuanzhi saw that the Queen Mother was annoyed, so he interjected: "Mother, the tenth day of September is more suitable, and small border countries can also come to congratulate. After all, it is the prince's big wedding, and the excitement is the most important thing."

The queen mother could listen to her son's words, "Okay then, it will be the tenth day of September."

The auspicious day was set, and Jiang Changning began to clean up the warehouse books, and found good items from them, and prepared to send them to Meng's house as a betrothal gift.

The Meng family devoted all their efforts to buying a dowry for Meng Rui.

In addition to the dowry given by the Meng family, the palace had to buy a batch.

There are nearly a hundred pieces of jewellery, including pairs of red gold silk phoenixes, paired emerald green phoenix hairpins, pairs of red gold double happiness hairpins, and pairs of red gold wishful tassel hairpins.
All kinds of fabrics, ready-made clothes, shoes and socks, as well as house decorations, carpets, curtains, bedding and so on.

In addition to being busy, Jiang Changning also summoned the mother and daughter of the Meng family.

At various banquets, Jiang Changning met Meng's mother and talked to her. He is a well-known principal in the city who understands righteousness.

She not only gave birth to three sons and two daughters for Mr. Meng, but also treated the children born to Mr. Zhao's three concubines as her own.

The Meng family has quite a few children, but they are all modest and polite, the two concubine sons are quite promising, and the three concubine daughters are also very well married.

This is also one of the reasons why Jiang Changning chose Meng Rui. With the teaching of his mother who thought this way, Meng Rui would also become a real wife who understands righteousness.

Just because Emperor Xuanzhi can set up a six palaces for her doesn't mean that the crown prince will do it for the crown princess.

In the event that the prince accepts a newcomer one day later, Meng Rui cannot accept it calmly, and secretly tricks her to do some irreversible things, and the love between husband and wife will definitely disappear.

She didn't want the young couple to turn against each other in the end, so she was taking precautions in advance.

With a compensatory mentality, Jiang Changning gave her the red gold eight-petal inlaid treasure top hairpin, "You little girl looks good on it."

(End of this chapter)