Chapter 547: Granted Marriage
Empress Zheng was a little surprised, "She's not the Crown Prince's Consort? Shen Qingluan has always been very picky, but she's willing to marry?"
She thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, why doesn't the Emperor find a good marriage for the Crown Prince and personally grant the marriage?"
"This can also prevent the Prince of Qi's Mansion from making another powerful relative."
The Emperor nodded slightly, "That makes sense."
"But there's no good candidate at this moment."
This candidate must look good on the surface, but also not benefit the Prince of Qi's Mansion, which is really a bit difficult.
Empress Zheng naturally understood the emperor's thoughts and knelt down and said, "I am willing to share your worries."
"I have a distant cousin in my family. Her parents died when she was young, and the rest of her relatives have also died. She has lived in the mansion since she was ten years old. Why not let my father adopt her as his adopted daughter and then marry her to the prince of Qi? Isn't it a great marriage?"
The emperor's brows gradually relaxed. The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. In this way, the queen's sister married the prince, which was very reasonable in terms of status. In fact, the Qiwang Mansion just married an orphan, which was equivalent to not having a Yue family, only face but no substance.
He personally helped the queen up, "It is indeed a good marriage."
"But I can't get involved in this matter. I think it's better for you to issue an imperial decree to the Qi Wang Mansion."
"Send your distant cousin to Ping'an City with the imperial decree and let her marry the prince of Qi."
Queen Zheng bowed, "I will summon your mother to the palace tomorrow."
The emperor smiled, "The queen is indeed my wise wife."
He looked at the queen with satisfaction, "It's getting late, it's time to rest."
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The queen acted quickly, and summoned her mother, the wife of Duke Li, to the palace the next day.
Within three days, Duke Li wrote the name of the distant cousin into his family tree.
The cousin worshipped outside the ancestral hall, and then changed her surname to Zheng, called Zheng Wan, and became the third lady of Duke Li's mansion.
From beginning to end, only the wife of Duke Li met Zheng Wan and gave her a few instructions, such as writing more letters after leaving.
Then he gave four maids as dowry and a thin dowry, which added up to only about 1,000 taels of silver.
Zheng Wan, an orphan, suddenly got such a good marriage that fell from the sky, and she was so happy.
After coming out of the Duke's wife's room, she couldn't wait to let the maid pack her luggage.
Before Zheng Wan and Yi Zhi left, the spies in the Duke of Li's mansion had spread the news, and the King of Qi soon received the news.
In the evening, Xiao Yu just returned to the mansion and was called to the study by the King of Qi. The King of Qi handed the secret report to Xiao Yu with a sullen face, "Take a look."
The secret report was sent back by a carrier pigeon, and the words were written very small. Xiao Yu quickly read it and his face turned pale.
The King of Qi slapped the table heavily, "Xiao Shuo, this yellow-mouthed boy, actually bullied me to this extent!"
"Just blackmailed me for 200,000 silver, and in the blink of an eye, he sent an orphan from nowhere to my Qi Wang Mansion!"
Xiao Yu had a cold face and held the secret report to the candle and burned it.
The King of Qi was furious, "According to the time, I'm afraid Miss Zheng will leave for Ping'an City tomorrow."
"No matter how slowly she walks, she will arrive in half a month at most."
He looked at Xiao Yu, "Yu'er, what do you think we should do?"
Xiao Yu had a blank expression on his face, "I've already arranged my marriage, and now Miss Zheng is here, let her go back and forth wherever she came from."
The King of Qi frowned and said nothing, he naturally hoped that Xiao Yu could marry Miss Gu.
As a vassal king, who wouldn't covet the throne?