After finishing the fish steak in silence, Li Yuanying picked up a grilled rock crab leg (king crab leg) and broke it open. After placing it in front of Li Shenfu, he broke another one and sighed quietly: "Uncle, it's not just the matchmaker who can't be trusted. A man’s mouth is also untrustworthy, and the world is not worth it.”
He glanced at Fang Xuanling who was chatting and laughing with a resentful look, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp: The world is not worth it.
"What did you say to Prince Teng? Why do you look so...weird?" Yang Shidao happened to see the look in Li Yuanying's eyes. If Lao Fang is a beauty, it's easy to understand. He wants it, but Lao Fang is not only She is not a beauty, but an old man. Although this old man is good-looking and can be called a handsome man, he is still an old man, especially when Prince Teng has the evil-level handsome man Xiao Shiyi beside him, so... why?
Fang Xuanling looked at Li Yuanying doubtfully and saw that he was drinking and didn't show any other signs. He shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Maybe he knew that there were a lot of beauties entering the house, so he was excited and nervous, excited and a little worried. My mood is a bit complicated. Were you very calm and settled before your wedding?"
Your Majesty is afraid that after Prince Teng goes to Yangzhou, he secretly sails out to sea and sends a suitable young girl to Prince Teng's palace at once. He would rather let him indulge in the gentle land than go through those dangers and hardships again. The experiences Cheng Zhijie told will eventually be known to His Majesty. Even if there are some exaggerations, the big fish, wild beasts and ferocious aborigines encountered are real. Even if there are no near misses, His Majesty will still be worried and scared.
"Yes, if six concubines enter the house at the same time, anyone will be a little nervous." Yang Shidao picked up the wine glass and teased softly. "Only Prince Teng has this kind of treatment."
If it had been anyone else, the censors and ministers from all walks of life would have written straightly, and their remonstrances would have drifted like snowflakes to the east side hall of the Lizheng Hall. The censors calmed down, but the scholar-bureaucrats would not let go of criticizing Prince Teng... He asked in confusion: "Won't the Lu family send anyone to Prince Teng's palace?"
If the Lu family can also marry Prince Teng, the pressure will be reduced a lot. There is an essential difference between speaking and defending for the prince and speaking for one's own son-in-law. The former will be ridiculed and loses the integrity of the family, while the latter is to protect the family, even the daughter. It's just a concubine. She is also a high-ranking lady recognized by the royal family. Her son will at least be named a county prince, usually a country prince, and even get the title of county prince.
The so-called nobles need to make achievements in the court to ensure the long-term prosperity of the family. If no one can enter the center of power for two consecutive generations, and there are no outstanding descendants in the third generation, not only will they withdraw from the ranks of the top aristocratic families, but after one or two generations of decline, they will not even be considered a local wealthy family, and will completely decline. Become a poor family.
Of course, if you arouse the suspicion of the royal family, or directly confront the royal family, the consequences will be even more tragic. For example, Xie Lingyun of the Xie family in Chenjun, Wang Huan of the Langya Wang family, Cui Hao of the National Disaster... From this point of view, the Xiao family is the smartest family.
"Prince Teng is still thinking about it." Fang Xuanling took the rock crab shell of the steamed egg, scooped up a piece with a small silver spoon and put it into his mouth, it was delicious...Prince Teng's concerns were not for nothing, Mrs. Yu and Tang Ruren They entered the palace at the same time, their status was slightly different, but they were given titles by His Majesty. It is indeed more likely that the Cui and Lu families will join forces. It's just that Prince Teng forgot a more important point. The princess was not only Su Dingfang's daughter, but also a master of swordsmanship. As long as he was not biased enough to spoil his concubine and destroy his wife, no one could bully her through twists and turns.
Yang Shidao's eyes narrowed slightly, and his doubts deepened, "Consider, what is there to consider?"
Fang Xuanling picked up the wine glass and laughed softly: "Prince Teng was worried that the princess would not be able to control the backyard."
Master Yang said: "..."
Su Dingfang’s daughter can’t control the backyard? What a joke! How could Prince Teng have such... immature ideas? Who misled him?
Xu Yan passed by with grilled lamb chops in sauce: "..."
As expected, Ajie is the only one favored by Holy Scroll Youzhao. If His Majesty hadn’t asked me to come to the night banquet and rashly plunge into the backyard of Prince Teng’s Mansion, it would have taken a long time to straighten out the relationship between the families... It might have been possible if I wasn’t careful. If you offend the princess or two children, the one from Mrs. Cui Jiayu and the one from Princess Qinghe of Japan, the best thing to do is keep a respectful distance.
"Cheng Yizhen, can you say a few words less?" Changsun Wuji rubbed his temples to prevent the veins on his forehead from escaping... It turns out that although Cheng Zhijie is noisy, it is just noisy. A vulgar person can directly treat it as a buzzing fly or mosquito.
Bugs, just ignore them. Unexpectedly, after traveling around the world, there were still some useful points in his noise, so it could no longer be dismissed as a buzz.
But...but...the noise is still noise, there are some useful points but not many.
It's so noisy.
Cheng Zhijie opened the crab legs boldly, glanced sideways at Changsun Wuji, and said with a smile: "You can go to Xuanling or Mao to chat with them, and no one is dragging you away."
Why are you pretending to be noble in front of someone? The reason why you don't go to others is because they basically don't take you to play anymore. As the affairs related to Yunhe Mansion unfolded, Du Chuke from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Li Daozong from the Ministry of Industry had no less say than Fang Xuanling, who also served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Liu Dewei, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Xue, Minister of the Ministry of War...
... Gao Jian's withdrawal left him gradually isolated and helpless.
Those who really think that someone is a fool have already cut the grass on their graves more than a dozen times.
"You!" Changsun Wuji's expression changed several times and he left without patting him. This is the West Side Hall, and this is a night banquet between His Majesty and his brothers, not a meeting in the East Side Hall, let alone a discussion in the Political Hall. Apart from being laughed at, there is no other appeal. "Tonight's banquet is more important than anything else. I won't argue with you, a vulgar and reckless man."
"Yes, yes, yes, a certain old Cheng is vulgar and can only play with an axe, and can't read a word. I'm not as noble, elegant and knowledgeable as you, who is full of poetry and calligraphy." Cheng Zhijie poured a glass of wine for his eldest son, Sun Wuji, and said innocently smiled. "Let's taste the seafood brought back by Prince Teng, and I won't talk about those trivial matters overseas."
Changsun Tuantuan's Jingqi Kungfu is getting better and better. If he slaps him away, he can spread his hands with an innocent face and say: Goose and hen! Now that he has endured it, if I prod him again, he will become ignorant. I still have a clear sense of propriety~
"The fish in the far north sea is really delicious, Yi Zhen, there is snow there earlier than in Xing'an, right?" Cen Wenwen picked up a piece of fish and sighed softly while tasting it. "The meat quality is also more tender, firm and elastic than the sea fish shipped from Qingzhou. I just don't know how much it will cost per pound?"
Looking at His Majesty's personnel transfers in the past few months, I am afraid that King Wei will take office after Yuan Zheng. However, the position of Governor of Yangzhou was given to King Teng. I cannot deduce where King Wei will be sent?
"Then you have to ask Du Shangshu!" Cheng Zhijie bit off a large piece of crab leg meat, shrugged his shoulders, and sighed softly.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for the final pricing.
Changsun Wuji: "..."
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