The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 404
There was a grand banquet in the Prince Qin's mansion. This was the most lively New Year's Eve that Zhao Tuo had had since leaving the palace to build the mansion.

Except for Huang Gu's absence and Wu Song returning to Shandong to take care of his brother, even Ouyang Bei rushed back from outside.

There are more than [-] tables. The women's relatives are in the back hall, and the subordinates are the most. The tables spread from the middle hall to the front hall. Even if the servants have a place, they can sit down and eat the New Year's meal.

As bursts of firecrackers sounded, Zhao Tun's words passed down, and he handed them out layer by layer, and distributed New Year red envelopes to everyone. Everyone had one. This year he had a good harvest, and the red envelopes were even bigger than before.

And there is a happy event this year. In the winter moon, Zhu Xiuniang is officially married. Now Zhu Xiuniang is pregnant, and it is estimated that she will give birth in spring.

Zhao Tun sat at the head of the back hall, next to Zhang Zhenniang and Zhu Xiuniang, and Zhao Yuannu was also called over by him. Although he hadn't figured out how to get started because of the same surname, he couldn't let her spend the New Year outside alone. After all, he had already left Fanlou.

Other than the three, the big and small maids, Qi Hongyu and Jian Suyi, who are the big maids of the palace, are also in the back hall, leaving Jin'er, Nongyu, Mei Niang, He Xiang, Qing Xing, and Zhu Xiuniang's new bride. The two little maids Cuiyu and Hongling I found sat at the next table.

After the red envelopes were distributed, Zhao Tun made a speech, even Zhu Xiuniang, whether true or not, smiled.

Then, Zhao Tun raised his glass, and the annual banquet began.

Most of the heroes in the mansion don't have a home. It can be said that the most lively and joyful year is to celebrate the New Year in the palace.

Zhao Tang moved his chopsticks a few times on the main table, then stood up and went to the middle hall to have a drink.

At this moment, Zhu Xiuniang raised her head slightly, and looked at Zhao Tun with her water-cut eyes: "My lord..."

"Huh?" Zhao Tang looked at her, "What's the matter with Xiu Niang?"

Zhu Xiuniang said: "There is a difference between superiority and inferiority, my lord, you..."

Zhao Tong squinted his eyes, walked out without saying a word.

Zhu Xiuniang went to visit Zhang Zhenniang: "Sister, why don't you persuade the prince, how can you sit with your subordinates?"

At this time, Xiaoniang already knew the grievances between her and Zhao Tama, so she didn't know that she was deliberately embarrassing Zhao Tama, so she could only explain with a smile: "The prince is used to fighting in the battlefield, and he was born and died with his subordinates. What kind of."

Zhu Xiuniang was about to speak again, but the little lady said again: "Sister, let's eat vegetables. This braised Yellow River big carp is specially made for my sister. It is said that a woman with a body eats fish to make her fetus smart. My sister should try it."

Zhu Xiuniang looked at the plate when she heard this, and the young lady gave her a piece of cloth, and she tasted it with joy: "It really tastes good, thank you sister."

Zhao Tang ate and drank in the central hall until midnight. After the New Year's Eve, the banquet just ended. He staggered to the study to rest and slept until dawn.

On the first day of the new year, I went to the palace to pay New Year's greetings. On the second day of the new year, the mansion continued to hold banquets, and the eating and drinking didn't stop until the seventh day. However, I received a post from someone sent by Tong Guan, and the banquet was scheduled for the fourteenth day of the first month. Shou Mushuang is the foster son.

Zhao Tong always felt that Mu Shuang looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw him, but Mu Shuang belonged to Tong Guan, and Tong Guan would definitely investigate secretly, so he didn't need to worry about it.

When the day came, he ordered people to prepare gifts, and drove straight to Bixie Lane in a carriage. At this time, Tong Guan's house was overcrowded.

Tong Guan has been working in the court army for many years and has a wide network of contacts. However, because he is a eunuch, he has no heirs and has no birthdays, so he has never held a wedding banquet. This time, it was so grand that officials at all levels came to give gifts. Countless people, even those who could not come from the local area, were sent to deliver gifts. Among the Western Army, every general was not far behind. The weight of the gifts was as heavy as the ministers in the court.

Even the Emperor Daojun sent someone to give gifts, and even wrote a special letter. Tong Guan ordered people to hang it on the wall of the middle hall, and introduced it to anyone he saw.

Tong Guan has quite a few houses in the capital, but he always likes to live in Bixie Lane. This house is not very big, and it's just for holding ceremonies here. As for the wine setting, it occupies the whole Pan Tower.

Panlou is also one of the 72 main restaurants in Tokyo, and it ranks in the top five. The food and drink are no worse than Fanlou, Gaoyang Restaurant and other places.

Zhao Tong watched the ceremony and saw that Mu Shuang was still covered with a mask. He knew that his face was disfigured, but others didn't know it. Tong Guan explained it one by one.

Although Tong Guan has no children, he has brothers, sisters, nieces and younger brothers. It was very lively for a while, and the ceremony took two or three hours to end.

Afterwards, they went to the Pan Tower for a banquet, Zhao Tun naturally sat at the head, and Mu Shuang came to toast, Zhao Tun saw that his footsteps were insignificant, so he couldn't help asking: "Have you ever learned martial arts?"

Mu Shuang hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty is concerned, I have just practiced, so I can't be a beginner."

Zhao Tong nodded. There are only three people in the world who know Zhuan Ri Zhen, Tong Guan, Mu Shuang and him. It's just that he practiced it in a fake way. He thought it was [-]-[-]% powerful until he went to Hero Island. Knowing that the Zhuanri Needle is so powerful that even the master-level six-way sky changer is invincible, so I can't help but feel a little concerned.

But no matter how much he cares about his greedy eyes, he still can't practice the original version, just think about it.

After eating Tongguan's harvest wine, the time flies, and the first month is out in a blink of an eye. At this time, there is news from the palace that Emperor Maode will be betrothed to Cai Jing's fifth son Cai Jing.

Zhao Tang was a little surprised when he first heard about this, but he knew Cai Wei, this person was appointed as a servant of the Xuanhe Palace, he was regarded as a close minister of the emperor, his character could not be said to be good or bad, but he was a member of the Cai family after all!

Princesses of the Song Dynasty usually choose honorable families when they get married. This has been an unwritten rule since the time of Taizu. I don't care, but now the nobles of the Song Dynasty have declined, and it is impossible to talk about monitoring or not.

In addition to nobles, there are also those who marry officials, but they are also young talents, born in the second class, gentle and elegant, and behave like gentlemen.

But this is an extremely rare thing, and the palace will study it for a long time before it can be confirmed, why is it so hasty?Moreover, Cai Wei is not considered a young talent, so it is very confusing to decide this matter like this.

Zhao Tong intuitively felt something was wrong, if it was said that Emperor Jun's favorite son was Zhao Kai, then there was no doubt that Zhao Fujin's favorite daughter was Zhao Fujin.

Even Zhao Tun had thought before that if Fu Jin was a man, Zhao Kai would not be able to play, and if the Emperor Daojun wanted to change the crown prince, he would directly go to Li Fujin.

Since he loves Fu Jin so much, how can he let him marry into the Cai family?The Cai family does not have a hereditary title. Although Cai Jing has made the Duke of Lu, he cannot be replaced by hereditary, not to mention Cai Wei, even Cai You, the eldest son.

If other princesses marry a noble family, the elders will die in the future, and the husband will inherit the title, then she will be the wife of the country. What is this Cai Wei?
Xuanhe Hall attendant system, although the emperor's close ministers are considered good officials in the eyes of outsiders, they are not even a straight bachelor, and even a straight bachelor is nothing more than a title, an honorary title.

Emperor Daojun wanted to marry Fu Jin in such a hurry, and the family was wrong, Zhao Tun was puzzled.

He does have some right to speak about this matter. After all, although his sister is not a compatriot of the same mother, the mothers of the Fujin siblings died early, and they were all taken care of by Empress Zheng. As an elder brother, he can still say something. of.

If Fu Jin's family agrees, then there is no need to worry about it. Maybe the two have met before and are interested in each other. Even if the Cai family is not a good match, he will not take care of it. The place is.

If Emperor Daojun randomly pointed out marriage, or the Cai family proposed marriage intentionally, and Fu Jin disagreed with the matter and could not resist, he would take care of it.

When Zhao Tun was thinking wildly, someone from outside suddenly reported that Zhao Fen had come.

This time, Zhao Fen was alone. After being expelled from the palace, Zhao Fen had drifted away from the princes. Even Zhao Mo and others, who were brothers, would seldom meet him if they didn't have Fu Jin with them.

Zhao Fen's face was not very good-looking, Zhao Teng asked him to sit down, and he asked anxiously, "Second Brother, Fifth Sister was betrothed to Cai Eun by the government?"

Ever since he was demoted as a commoner and kicked out of the palace, Zhao Fen didn't care about the emperor calling him daddy anymore, he just called him the official family.

Zhao Tong wondered: "Where did you know? Fu Jin went to your place?"

Zhao Fen lives by himself, although it is a house built by Empress Zheng, but there is no palace attendant inside, Zhao Fen does his own daily life, and goes outside to deal with meals, normally he should not know such secret information in the palace.

Zhao Fen shook his head: "No, Fifth Sister came over to deliver snacks on the third day of junior high school, and I haven't seen her again, even if I don't have any news."

Zhao Tong said: "Then how did you know about this?"

Zhao Fen said: "Second brother, outsiders are talking about it, even some tea shops and restaurants know about it, and the common people are talking about it."

Zhao Tun frowned, how is this possible?Logically speaking, it is impossible for the common people to know about this kind of royal affairs so quickly. I just found out about it, so why did the rumors spread in the market?
It's the Cai family...Zhao Tun rubbed his chin, it must have been spread on purpose by the Cai family, but why did the Cai family do this?Use the name of marrying the princess to create momentum for the family?It seems that the Cai family does not need to use such clumsy methods, after all, they have long been extremely powerful ministers, and their power has been overwhelming.

"Second Brother, I can't get into the imperial city and I can't see Fifth Sister. I heard that although that kid Cai Wei is not a bad embryo who robs men and women, but, but..."

"But what?" Zhao Tang had never heard any bad news about Cai Wei, unlike Gao Yanei who was famous in Tokyo.

"But he likes to go to brothels!" Zhao Fu said sadly: "He is already 25 and hasn't married yet, but because he likes to go to brothels, he lives there for half a year and doesn't even return home!"

"Walking in brothels..." Zhao Tang was stunned for a moment. To be honest, in the era of the Song Dynasty, visiting brothels is really not a problem. It is even considered a kind of elegance among literati. In the brothel, it's a bit unreasonable. Do you think you are Liu Sanbian?

"It's not shopping, it's brothel as home!" Zhao Fu said angrily: "I heard from the people in the tea shop that he had a fling with an oiran before, and he wanted to marry back to Cai's mansion as a concubine. Cai Taishi didn't agree, so let's do it , how could Fifth Sister marry such a person!"

Zhao Tong was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, and frowned: "The rumors in the market may not be true, it still depends on Fu Jin's intentions."

"Second Brother, I, I have a letter here, please Second Brother enter the palace and bring it to Fifth Sister." Zhao Fu took out a double carp envelope from his arms and handed it over.

Zhao Tong took it over and said: "It's okay to bring the letter, I just happen to have to go to the palace too, but if Fu Jin's family agrees to this marriage, then don't worry about it anymore."

Zhao Fu lowered his head and said, "If Fifth Sister agrees after reading the letter, then I have nothing to do."

Zhao Tong smiled: "Have you been wandering on the street recently?"

Zhao Fu smiled wryly and said, "Second Brother, I don't have any skills. I can do nothing but hang out. I just studied since I was a child, and I don't have any other skills. I can't take the imperial examination. I just eat and die."

Zhao Tong thought for a while: "I'll find something for you, would you like to do it?"

Hearing this, Zhao Fu hurriedly said: "Of course I am willing. If this goes on like this, I'm afraid I'm going to rot."

Zhao Tong nodded: "This matter has something to do with studying, you should be able to do it, just wait for my news."

Zhao Fu hurriedly said: "It's the best, if it's knives and sticks, I don't know how to do it. If I knew it, I would have learned some fists and kicks with Brother Jiu when I was young."

Zhao Tong shook his head: "He is born with half strength, I have learned a lot from him, I will go to the palace now to have a look."

The two went out together, Zhao Tang asked someone to prepare the car, and then went straight to the imperial city.

After entering the palace, he first went to Mrs. Zheng's place. A large group of concubines were chatting and eating fruit. He was no stranger to seeing him. After the etiquette, he talked about the marriage granted by the Emperor Daojun. .

Zhao Tun listened for a while, and asked where did Fu Jin go?
Concubine Xiao Qiao said: "You were still here just now, after hearing what we said, you ran away with a thin skin, maybe go back to your own residence."

Zhao Tong thought for a while, then went out, and not far away, he saw Zhao Fujin and Zhao Hu'er making a snowman next to the palace where the concubines lived.

However, there was no joy on either of their faces. Even though Zhao Huer was young, she had a melancholy expression.

Hearing Zhao Tun's footsteps, the two looked over, Zhao Hu'er then ran over and said, "Second Brother, Fifth Sister is getting married, I don't want Fifth Sister to marry."

Fu Jin whispered: "I don't marry anyone, and I don't want to marry anyone."

Zhao Tong laughed and said: "What kind of stupid talk is this, there must be a reason for not marrying, it's not that you don't want to marry if you don't want to marry."

After finishing speaking, he handed over Zhao Fu's letter: "The starling just went to my place, and I sent it to you."

Fu Jin took the letter and opened it, his small face suddenly turned pale: "Second Brother, I, I..."

Zhao Tong said: "Although I haven't read the letter, I can guess what was written, but it's just hearsay and may not be completely credible, but the starling asked me to give it to you, you don't have to listen to him, after all he heard It may not be true.”

Fu Jin shook his head and said, "Second Brother, I wouldn't have married without this letter."

Zhao Tong said: "But why?"

Fu Jin said: "...I, I have no plans to marry yet, I don't want to marry."

Zhao Tong thought about it and said: "But father has already granted the marriage, although the specific date has not been set yet, I'm afraid it won't happen this year."

Fu Jin said: "No matter what, I just won't marry!"

Then she turned around and walked towards her own residence.

Zhao Hu'er grabbed Zhao Tang's hand: "Second Brother, go and beg Dad, don't let Fifth Sister marry off so early."

Zhao Tang looked at Fu Jin's back and sighed: "Second brother, go and try."

Zhao Huer immediately clapped her little hands when she heard the words, and chased after Fu Jin: "Fifth Sister, Fifth Sister, Second Brother has promised to find Dad, Fifth Sister doesn't need to marry."

Fu Jin's body trembled when he heard the words, and he turned his head and said, "Second Brother, how could Daddy agree to such things?"

Zhao Tong said: "Let's try it, I also don't think the Cai family is a good choice, I don't know what father thinks, there are so many honorable families, why did you choose the Cai family."

He walked while talking, heading towards Yanfu Palace.

Seeing him walking away, Fu Jin whispered, "I don't want to marry Xungui..."

(End of this chapter)