Lonely non-good minister

The great witch Zhiyan knew his thoughts very well. He could not hide the sneer on his face under the mask, but when he opened his mouth, his voice was extremely calm: "At the beginning, the emperor and the prince made an agreement that as long as the northwest becomes prosperous, His Highness Ninth Prince will be knighted. , judging from the current situation, although there is still a gap between the prosperity of the northwest, the people's livelihood in the northwest has indeed improved. His Highness the Ninth Prince is getting married soon. The emperor really does not need to stick to the rules and promises, even if he gave this reward in advance, he can How about it? Others will only admire the Emperor's fatherly heart."

"Song Yuan is not respectful to me." Emperor Hongming was still looking for a reason: "This son has a traitorous nature and is not of the same mind as me. If I give him this reward in advance, he will definitely feel that I must be him."

This logic left the great witch Zhiyan speechless. As an emperor, you are not even willing to show proper kindness to your own son. How can you expect others to work hard for you?
If it were anyone else, he would definitely not continue to take care of this matter once it was settled, but the target was Song Yuan, and he hadn't seen her for so long, so he had to give her a big gift.

After thinking for a while, the great witch Zhiyan said: "Your Highness the Ninth Prince is a dark horse under the command of the Crown Prince. Previously, the Crown Prince asked her for a title, which was equivalent to giving her a thought. Now she is in charge of the northwest civil affairs with outstanding achievements, and she has met again. On her wedding day, the Crown Prince once again asked for a knighthood for her. If the Emperor approved, then she would definitely work for the Crown Prince wholeheartedly.

The emperor really does not need to underestimate His Highness Ninth Prince. Even the late emperors found it difficult to find a civil servant with such outstanding achievements in civil affairs. Duke Mu did a good job, but he is old now and has been focusing on pushing his descendants to the throne for many years. No political achievements have been made. Although he is married to the East Palace, Duke Mu's palace is powerful and needs checks and balances. In this way, the prince can weigh in. "

When it was mentioned that it would be beneficial to Song Chun, Emperor Hongming's expression softened slightly: "I just don't know if Song Yuan can loyally assist the prince."

"If the Crown Prince can't even control His Highness Ninth Prince, how can he control all the officials?"

The great witch Zhiyan's rhetorical question dispelled most of Emperor Hongming's suspicions, but he still felt uneasy: "The girl Song Yuan will marry is also from the Mu family."

"It's just a side branch. In order to seize other people's family wealth, the Mu family offended all the girls. And because Mu Guogong worshiped the superiors and despised the inferiors, they still refused to express their opinions on which of their granddaughters would marry His Highness Ninth, so His Highness Ninth was also I was offended. Now that they are married, they have old and new grudges. Reconciliation is not easy."

After he said this, Emperor Hong Ming felt completely at peace: "In that case, let's reward him with a title."

He approved Song Yuan's knighthood. As soon as the royal chariot entered the palace, an imperial edict was sent to Song Yuan's house soon. Song Yuan's reaction was not big, but the etiquette officer in charge of the wedding was busy.

Although he is still a prince, there is a big difference between whether he has a title and whether he has a title. Many rules are different, even the clothes for the wedding are different. For a while, the embroidery room in the palace exploded, and they hurriedly found the original prince with a title. The wedding clothes were sent to Queen Shen's palace for her to decide on the style.

Xiao Shen was equally busy here. As soon as the imperial edict was issued, there was an endless stream of concubines who came to her palace to congratulate her. While dealing with it, Xiao Shen arranged for Chunyang to take the experienced nanny out of the palace to go to Mu The residence where Wan Tang stayed temporarily told her again the rules and procedures on the wedding day.

Many things had to be replaced, so the palace arranged for some people to come over to help. Song Yuanmao was lazing in the study, occasionally glancing outside at the busy palace people, not caring how they were working.

"Sir." Wei Yan came in with an invitation in his hand: "The young prince of Huai'an Prince's Palace sent it personally."

Wei Yan and the others had previously changed their titles, but they had no titles before, so they were asked to change them by Song Yuan. Now that they were knighted, it was natural for them to change their titles.

Song Yuan received the post in surprise: "Song Yu? This is a noble person."

She opened the invitation and saw that it was Song Yu hosting a banquet and inviting Song Yuan to his mansion in Jingzhao. "Tomorrow, this time will be interesting." Song Yuan put down the invitation: "Do you know who has been invited?"

Wei Yan thought for a moment: "There are many royal relatives who are close to the young prince. There are seven or eight people who came here for my wedding this time. They are very close friends with the young prince. They must be the ones hosting the banquet." I will go, but I don’t know about the others.”

"Song Yu held a banquet. Most of the people present were from the royal family. Several of my brothers have not come back. There are only two princes in Jingzhao, me and my eldest brother. My eldest brother will definitely not attend the banquet. I am alone. If I turn around and say that I have close contacts with them, then I really don’t even have a chance to defend myself.” Song Yuan was embarrassed: “It’s really troublesome.”

Wei Yan said hurriedly: "Then don't go. The wedding is just around the corner and it's a busy time. It's not difficult to find excuses to avoid it."

"He held a banquet for me before my wedding. The time was very interesting. If I didn't go, something might happen on my wedding day." Song Yuan rubbed his head: "Go ahead. Go see what kind of monster they are going to do.”

She had some guesses about the purpose of Song Yu's banquet, and she was even more sure when she saw the guests at the banquet the next day. Eight or nine royal family members came, chatting and laughing, and congratulated Song Yuan repeatedly.

Song Yu was even more affectionate. He strode towards Song Yuan from behind the crowd and put his arm around her shoulders enthusiastically: "Yuan'er is so happy and she still finds time to come to the banquet. It shows that she regards us as true brothers."

"Young Prince, these words really offend me. Your seniority is so high, how can you call me a brother?" Song Yuan waved his hands repeatedly.

Song Yu tightened his arms and hugged her more closely: "Seniority does not affect our personal relationship, so don't be so restrictive."

Others laughed and agreed. Their seniority was not higher than that of Song Yu, but because they had a good personal relationship with Song Yu, they did not pay attention to these things. Because of this, they were often accused of being unruly by the old man who valued etiquette.

"It is said that the northwest is bitterly cold, but after so many years in the northwest, Yuan'er's appearance has not been tempered at all." Song Yu lowered his head and stared at Song Yuan's face: "You are still so thin and tender, if it weren't for your political achievements You are so outstanding, I have to wonder if you are hiding in the house and never come out."

The corner of Song Yuan's mouth curved: "The young prince is right, who of our Song family is not beautiful? How can it be roughened by wind and sand for two years?"

"Having said that, I really can't bear to have you suffer the wind and sand in the northwest." Song Yu suddenly approached her ear: "If Yuan'er wants to leave the northwest, I can help."

Song Yuan turned to look at him, her clear and smiling eyes making Song Yu momentarily absent-minded, "The favor from the young prince is too great for me to pay back. It would be better to just farm in the northwest."

After saying that, she walked forward and threw Song Yu's arm away. Song Yu was not embarrassed and asked everyone to sit down.