Princess Zhaoqing

In the early spring of Chunjia's twenty-seventh year, Princess Zhaoqing, the eldest daughter of the emperor, descended.

As Emperor Chunjia's favorite heir, Princess Zhaoqing was also recognized as the number one beauty in the royal family. Before she reached the age of hair, her marriage attracted the dreams of countless aristocratic sons.

However, it was precisely because of the high attention of this empress that the marriage was the most unsatisfactory one, and even because of her delay, it delayed the lifelong affairs of the empresses below in disguise.

The princess finally descended from Cui's son, Cui Tongye.

This candidate was beyond everyone's expectations, even Queen Xie was surprised by it. Before the marriage decree went down, she confirmed with the princess again and again: "It's really him? Really like it?"

It's not that Cui Tongye's conditions are not good, after all, he is a long-established scholarly family, Cui Wan's direct grandson, of course he can't be picky about his appearance, bearing, talent and learning, and he is also top-notch among many noble sons in the imperial capital.

Otherwise, how could he get into the eyes of Princess Zhaoqing?

Gongxiang has been favored since he was a child, and he is very strong when he is sharp. He refuses to fall behind in every way, so the requirements for his son-in-law are naturally impossible to be low.

It's just Choi...

how to say?

When Empress Xie entered the palace, she was considered a top family.

But with Emperor Chunjia's pro-government, it inevitably declined.

In addition, during the process of empress Xie's favor, there were many grievances and grievances with Cui Guifei, Cui Tongye's aunt.

Concubine Cui Gui has flattered Empress Xie all these years, after all, she is a person who has to bow her head under the eaves, but it is not that she has convinced the Empress sincerely.

However, now that the emperor has appointed the heir of the former king of Song Dynasty, that is, Concubine Cui Gui, as the heir, the status of Chengyue Palace is quite different, and the Cui family has also shown some revitalization... But compared to the Yun family, which has always been simple in the emperor's heart, and has a revival The favored Meng family and the Luo family, as well as the later upstart families, are not as good.

Empress Xie was a little skeptical. Could it be that this daughter has watched Zhonggong become more and more low-key in the past two years, and used her marriage as a bargaining chip?

She euphemistically mentioned it to the princess, indicating that this daughter does not need to make such a sacrifice, and that she has not yet fallen to the point where she needs to rely on the descent of the emperor to maintain her livelihood and status.

However, Princess Zhaoqing said casually: "Mother, don't worry too much, Erchen likes Cui Tongye very much at the moment. Speaking of which, Erchen and him are connected indirectly by sister Meng'er. Erchen met him when he went to see sister Menger. Several times, he felt that this talent's academics and appearance are very suitable for his taste, and he has just reached his age, and there are no other candidates who are more suitable for his eyes, so it is better to drop him."

She put down the small target mirror, her young and childish face was gorgeous and arrogant, and she said lightly, "If life is not happy after the descent, I will naturally not bear it, whether it is Aunt Minghui from before, or If He Li remarries, could it be possible that the empress father and mother can turn their elbows outward and not feel sorry for their children?"

"That's true." Empress Xie felt relieved, she was afraid that the princess would single-mindedly identify someone, and the son-in-law would be shameless, and the spoiled princess would bully the princess in turn.

Now that the daughter can think about it, the queen calmed down, "When you descend, teach your father to marry you with a few imperial guards, choose the sensible one, and no one in the Cui family will dare to make you unhappy, just clean it up."

As for whether the Cui family is happy or not, then she doesn't care about it, what are they trying to influence her to work hard in the palace for these years?

Isn't it just that you and your children can live happily?

The mother and daughter are peaceful here, but the entire imperial capital can't be peaceful.

Princess Zhaoqing was originally a well-known beauty, and she was also a noble emperor's daughter, so many high school disciples racked their brains to get her smile.

Although Cui Tongye is quite outstanding, in the past two years, because of the downfall of the Cui family, he has also been asked by his family not to show off too much, so he actually doesn't have much reputation in the imperial capital.

So in the eyes of outsiders, it's just a little-known thing, who somehow tricked the innocent, golden branches and jade leaves into falling in love with him.

All the nobles in the imperial capital felt that if they had a similar chance, they could also win the favor of the princess!

After further inquiry, this Cui Tongye is Deng Chengzhai's nephew, who was arranged by Cui Wan since he was a child to study under Deng Chengzhai's door, so he often went to Deng's house, and the princess often went to visit the mistress of the Deng family, Xie Meng, who grew up with him. Taking advantage of the chance to get along with each other from time to time, he picked up the princess.

So for a while, many people in the government and the opposition were thinking about finding out the flaws of Cui Tongye.

It's just that Cui Wan, as a veteran, has always been scheming, and has made sufficient preparations when the Ji family and the Zheng family were destroyed. These years, they have been extremely strict with their own family. But Cui Tongye himself has been asked to go in and out without showing his face since he was sensible, and he has always acted like a scholarly family with self-cultivation and tutoring.

After a group of people searched, they found that there was nothing to hack!

"Where can there be a perfect person in this world?" Ke He's face was gloomy, and he ordered, "Look again! If you can't find it...the editor will also make up an excuse for him that is not suitable for the Lord!"

It has been several years since the palace literary meeting back then. Ko He had been forced by his family to marry a wife, but he only wanted the beautiful golden branches and jade leaves, but how could he see his wife? In particular, his wife, Xiao Feng, was decided in haste. She is the wife and sister of the Marquis of Yongchun. The brilliance created by honor.

Although Xiao Feng behaved virtuously and virtuously after entering the door, let alone compare with Zhaoqing in appearance and behavior, even if one of the noble girls is pulled out, she can be compared with this girl.

Ke He disliked her a hundred thousand times. Although she was not harsh, she was also very cold, and even after getting married, she was unwilling to have sex with her.

Of course, the Ke family was very dissatisfied with this situation, but after several beatings and scoldings, they could not do anything to win Ke He, and Ning Guogong was fine. , The old ladies are soft-hearted after all, thinking that Koch's wife is just an outsider, why bother to wrong her own children? Anyway, since Ke He married a wife, it is impossible for him to be the master, and no matter how worried he is, he will not harm the Da Ke family.

Just like that, Ke He separated from his wife when he was newly married, and secretly sent someone to inquire about Princess Zhaoqing's situation all the time.

When he learned that Empress Xie was deposed, to be honest, apart from worrying about the princess, he also had some secret expectations.

It is hoped that Queen Xie's loss of power will also suppress Princess Zhaoqing.

If it is a legitimately favored emperor daughter, no one would dare to expect her to be the sequel, no matter how powerful a high school student is, it is impossible.

But if no one cares about the golden branches and jade leaves that fell out of favor, and even the master of the harem later suppressed and humiliated, then it would be hard to say.

This was the only chance Koch could possibly get his way.

However, Empress Xie was only temporarily depressed, and quickly recovered her position.

Ke He was disappointed, and when he heard the news of Cui Tongye's general Shangzhu, he was filled with jealousy and hatred, and ordered his left and right, "If the fabricated rhetoric is not believed by the palace..."

His face showed a ruthless expression, "Then let him be unable to surrender to the Lord!"

The move was soon known to the Imperial City Secretary, who reported it to the emperor privately.

The emperor looked at it and sneered, and ordered people to transfer it to the queen for disposal.

After seeing it, Empress Xie was quite displeased: "At the beginning, I did intend to match Zhao Qing to him, but now he is a married man, so he dares to continue to be my favorite?"

"Your Majesty, do you want to deal with him?" Ask left and right, "Otherwise it will spread, and those who don't know don't know how to arrange our princess!"

The queen thought for a while: "Duke Ning has made great contributions to the country, let him know a thing or two about this in private, and let him correct his family style!"

Ning Guogong is a sensible person. After receiving the news, he sent his wife into the palace to thank him. In the last two days, Ke He had to leave the imperial capital and go back to his hometown to recuperate because of his "illness" and the serious condition.

Of course, his new wife accompanied him to take care of him.

After they left, they never came back to Dijing in this life.

Empress Xie dismissed this section lightly, and didn't make a fuss in front of the princess.

Therefore, the marriage between Zhaoqing and Cui Tongye went smoothly.

After marriage, Cui Tongye loved the princess as much as before marriage, and the emperor and empress were very satisfied with this.

It's not that no one has reminded the emperor and queen that there are princesses. How can there be a perfect person in this world? Cui Tongye's performance is perfectly in line with the personality of a loyal noble son, which may not be the case inside.

But the emperor and the princess don't matter, since the imperial power is strong, what does it matter what Cui Tongye thinks in his heart?

As long as he makes Zhao Qing happy, he can think whatever he likes.

What Empress Xie was most worried about was that it would be difficult for Zhaoqing to be completely devoted to her son-in-law.

However, she had been worried for several years, and she was relieved to see that Zhaoqing was still relaxed.

After a few more years, this daughter still caused trouble: it wasn't Cui Tongye who flirted with her, but Zhaoqing himself fell in love with a scholar who was going to Beijing to rush for the exam.

"The scholar is very good, his calligraphy is outstanding, and his piano skills are superb." Chi E, whose face is no longer young, told Xie Fenghuang softly, "Your Highness liked it when he saw it, and now he has built a house outside. Set him up, and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to help, find two great Confucian scholars for him to make a small fuss, and plan to praise him as the number one scholar..."

Xie Fenghuang said disapprovingly: "What nonsense! Zhaoqing grew up in the palace, what kind of outstanding talent has never been seen before, and he was fascinated by a scholar!"

Chie covered her mouth and smiled: "I went to see it with my own eyes, so let's just say that, when the scholar came out, I thought of that time..."

She paused, and then whispered, "When Yishi was still there, he came up to pay his respects to the empress. It looks like he walked out of a group of concubines."

"That looks really handsome." Xie Fenghuang then became more cautious, and said, "Does the son-in-law know about this?"

Chi E said: "This matter was reported layer by layer because the son-in-law hinted at our servants."

"It seems that the son-in-law is a sensible person, and knows that he can't make trouble on his own." Xie Fenghuang sighed, "This little ancestor, I just felt that she made me feel relieved, so she started to make troubles."

She also felt that Zhao Qing was so worrying, not like herself at all, and she blamed Chunjia, "She doesn't know how to learn from His Majesty's strengths, she just learned from the preferences of the Sixth Court of Sangong."

Chi E smiled apologetically: "The son-in-law's intention is that he obviously wants you to take care of His Highness, but just looking at His Highness's appearance, even if he is not really moved, he still loves that scholar very much, what do you think?"

Xie Fenghuang twitched the corner of his mouth: "Your Majesty brought a spoiled child, let Your Majesty give advice!"

Chunjia had a lot of time to deal with, and he also knew that the queen was very capable. Normally, except for the prince, he would not take the initiative to ask other children.

At this moment, she was approached by the queen, and she was a little speechless after explaining the process in a few words, "Didn't Cui Tongye always serve her? How could she still love her?"

"Your Majesty said this. Didn't my concubine serve you attentively when I was young?" Xie Fenghuang said eccentrically, "I didn't see you staying in front of my concubine every day at that time, isn't it rain and dew? Otherwise? Where did all these imperial heirs come from? It can be seen that Zhaoqing is really the apple of your eye, and this disposition to see things differently is exactly the same as yours at that time!"

Chunjia's face froze, and she sensed sensitively that this matter was not good, and she was afraid that the fire would burn her head!

He decided to sell his daughter without much consideration, and immediately put on a straight face: "This child is just messing around! I couldn't do anything at that time. The two generations of Emperor Shenzong Xiaozong's heirs were weak. If I have fewer children, wouldn't I be following in the footsteps of the previous emperors?" How can Zhaoqing get such pressure? To do such a thing, it must be because she left our side after she descended, and she was taught badly by the people below!"

The emperor tried his best to throw the pot away, and in turn persuaded the queen not to be angry, "The child is still young, and there are some ignorance. Let's call her to talk slowly, and then look at the people around her. If there is anyone who is inappropriate, we should give it to you as soon as possible." Send it away! We can't ask them to spoil our eldest daughter!"

Xie Fenghuang squinted at him and sneered: "Then if Zhaoqing comes, he will cry and act like a baby?"

"..." Chunjia hesitated, "I'm already this old, so I shouldn't be messing around like this."

Xie Fenghuang laughed angrily: "You just said that the child is still young, and now he is an adult again?"

She quarreled with the emperor, and her anger dissipated a lot. Finally, she made a decision similar to that of Ke's parents: "After all, Zhaoqing is our child, and we can't make Zhaoqing unhappy because of Cui Tongye... How about it, Let's tell Zhaoqing that the scholar can be raised outside, but he can't be taken to the princess's mansion, so that he will be ashamed of his son-in-law."

Chunjia nodded vigorously: "At the end of the day, this kind of thing is also due to the incompetence of the son-in-law himself. He is a dignified and dignified son-in-law, but he can't win Zhaoqing's heart. He asked a scholar from other places to coax Zhaoqing's heart. Who can be blamed?"

"Your Majesty said it." Xie Fenghuang thought it was reasonable, "Cui Tongye is still too serious, no scholar would coax Zhaoqing... Alas, but he is Zhaoqing's serious son-in-law. You can't call him too undignified, if it spreads, Zhaoqing and his children will not look good."

The more the empress talked, the more she felt that the responsibility lay with Cui Tongye, but it had nothing to do with Zhaoqing.

Out of the kindness of an elder, Xie Fenghuang specially summoned Cui Tongye the next day to appease him: "Don't worry, you are Zhaoqing's serious son-in-law, no one should try to pass you by!"

"Don't think too much about it, that screwdriver is at most a plaything."

"Even if you really won the first prize, how rare is it? There must be a first prize every three years in the Kingdom, isn't that the case?"

"There are three of you children on the left and right, why are you afraid that there will be disturbances outside?"

"Listen to me, from now on, you can just teach a few children, don't bother with that screwdriver, no matter how stupid Zhaoqing is, he can still make a lot of troubles when he is young, and when he is old, it is the so-called young couple who come to accompany each other when the time comes. Do I have to go back and live with you?"

"This Palace will give you a guarantee, no one will be able to shake your status as a son-in-law!"

... Cui Tongye came here full of expectations, but left in a daze.

Do you always feel something is wrong on the way back?

After thinking about it carefully, isn't this what his grandmother and mother said when she persuaded her daughter-in-law to agree to her husband taking a concubine?

It's just that the queen is relying on the power of the heavenly family, so she asks him, the son-in-law, that's all!

He's a mouthful of blood!

But after returning to Cui Mansion and discussing with the family members, everyone was very silent, but they didn't even dare to complain about the queen.

In the end, his father said slowly: "If you marry a wife, you will get a princess, and you can buy it on a flat land - the government... In the past two years, because of Princess Zhaoqing, the royal family has favored our family a lot. Now that the princess has made a mistake, let's make room for it , It is understandable. And what the queen said has some truths. No matter how the princess changes her mind, the three children between you are her own flesh and blood after all. Just know."

How else could it be?

After all, it is the most beloved jewel in the palm of the emperor and empress.

The Cui family even said a lot about Princess Minghui to persuade Cui Tongye to calm down: "It's still hard to say whether that person is the blood of the Gongxiang family, but because I recognized it today, the Yun family came Now I have to pinch my nose to support those evils... and Princess Zhaoqing, even though she has empathized with each other, is not harsh on you, the children, or our family. This is much better than Minghui. "

The Cui family reminded Cui Tongye again and again: "It's fine if your Highness makes a mistake, you can't be confused! The empress is magnanimous to His Highness, but she may not treat you equally!"

If you can treat everyone equally, you can't persuade your son-in-law to tolerate your daughter's lover.

Anyway, so be it.

Things in the world are hard to be perfect after all, aren't they?