The next day, General Zhao Lu was ordered to enter the palace again and met with His Majesty the Emperor in the Ganlu Hall.
Compared to yesterday, the general's face looked a little haggard today, as if he had not slept well all night. After seeing the emperor, he knelt down neatly, with a respectful look on his face, lowered his head and said: "I bow to your majesty. .”
At this time, His Majesty the Emperor's face also had slightly dark circles. He sat on the pedestal, looked at the kneeling general below, and raised his hand: "General, you don't have to be polite, just stand up and reply."
The Marquis of Anping got up from the ground and stood aside with his hands down.
A smile appeared on the emperor's face and he asked: "General, I went back and thought about it all night yesterday. Have you made up your mind?"
Zhao Lu took a deep breath, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I went back yesterday and discussed it with my mother and wife at home. Since it is a marriage granted by the Heavenly Family, I naturally have no reason to refuse it. As long as the Queen Mother nods in agreement, I will refuse." Nothing to say..."
"The Queen Mother agreed."
A smile appeared on the emperor's face and he said with a smile: "In this case, this marriage is settled. Today is the old lady's birthday. For the time being, celebrating the birthday is more important. After today's incident, I will arrange for Li Yu to meet with the general's family. Meet my daughter."
Having said this, the emperor looked at Zhao Lu and asked, "I wonder which daughter in the family the general is planning to marry to my brother?"
Zhao Lu bowed his head respectfully: "Your Majesty, my young daughter, who has just turned thirteen this year, can meet with the Second Highness. If the Second Highness feels it is inappropriate..."
"I have other daughters in my family..."
The emperor narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Well, I will go find my second brother later and tell him about this matter."
"I heard that the little girl from the general's family is very graceful, and my second brother will definitely like her."
In a political marriage, personal preferences are actually not that important. To put it more bluntly, they are not important at all.
Take the matter of "marriage" between two families as an example. As long as the emperor and Zhao Lu nodded, the boy and girl involved had no room to refuse.
To put it harshly, even if she is about to vomit when she sees the other person, this marriage must be concluded.
Under this premise, the prince Li Yu, as the male partner, actually took advantage.
Because after he gets married, he will leave the palace, open a palace and be crowned king.
At that time, if he really doesn't like this daughter of the Zhao family, he can go his own way after getting married, and it won't have a big impact on his life.
Of course, his wife family can be said to be one of the most powerful wife families in the court. Even after getting married, His Highness the Prince will not go too far and needs to leave some face to the other party.
When the two people talked, the matter was actually settled. His Majesty the Emperor stood up, glanced at Zhao Lu, and then said with a smile: "Today is the old lady's sixtieth birthday. The Anping Marquis Mansion must still have many things to be busy with. , I won’t keep the general any longer, the general should go back and get busy.”
Zhao Lu bowed his head respectfully and said: "Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty. I will take my leave..."
After that, the Anping Marquis left the Manlu Hall respectfully.
After Zhao Lu turned around, the emperor looked at his leaving back silently and murmured.
"I accepted the move..."
After muttering this sentence in a low voice, the emperor glanced at the eunuch Gao Ming standing next to him and said calmly: "Gao Ming, go and call the second son here. I have something to say to him."
Eunuch Gao quickly lowered his head and said yes.
Because the Second Highness Li Yu lived in the imperial city, in less than half an hour, Gao Ming took this handsome young man in purple into the Ganlu Palace. After entering the Ganlu Palace, the Second Highness first performed a ritual for the emperor. After being polite, he stood up with a smile on his face: "Brother, what do you want from me?"
"Um…"
The emperor was sitting in his seat now. He glanced at the brother who was already higher than his shoulders, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.
Soon, the emperor calmed down and showed a smile on his face: "I want you to come out of the palace to do something for me."
Li Yu was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed joy: "Brother Huang, if you have any instructions, I will do it right now."
He hasn't left the palace for a long time.
Firstly, it was because he had not yet reached the age to leave the palace and open a palace, and secondly, because the young emperor was still young a few years ago and his throne was unstable, so the Empress Dowager Sun was more strict with the emperor's two brothers and basically did not let them go. The two of them left the palace.
Now that he suddenly had the opportunity to leave the palace, Li Yu was naturally very happy.
After a pause, the emperor continued to smile and said: "The old lady of the Anpinghou Mansion turns 60 today. The Anpinghou family has made great contributions. Our family should send someone to have a look. I should go there in person, but Your sister-in-law is getting older, so I have to stay with you in the palace."
"Just go there on behalf of my brother and wish the old lady a happy birthday."
Hearing this, the young man in purple clothes was stunned for a moment, and then he was at a loss: "Brother Emperor, how can I go to celebrate someone's birthday if I haven't prepared anything..."
"You don't need to prepare anything..."
The emperor smiled and said: "You can go as you please. I will ask Gao Ming to accompany you, and Gao Ming will prepare everything for you."
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Li Yu's face. He bowed politely to the emperor and smiled: "Thank you, brother."
After saying this, he turned around and left the Manna Hall.
Eunuch Gao bowed his head slightly towards the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, this servant has followed the Second Highness..."
"Um…"
The emperor nodded and said calmly: "He is still young and has never been out of the palace to do anything. Please take care of him and don't let him make a fool of himself."
Gao Ming quickly lowered his head: "I understand."
The great eunuch took several steps back and was about to turn around and leave when he heard the emperor's voice coming from behind him again: "Prepare thicker gifts. Don't be stingy."
Gao Ming stopped and responded respectfully again. This time he stood there for a long time. After confirming that the emperor had no other instructions, Eunuch Gao silently turned around and left.
At this moment, all the emperor's thoughts were reflected in the heart of his great eunuch.
Gao Ming knew very well that the reason why the emperor wanted to give generous gifts and marriages to the Zhao family was partly to paralyze the Zhao family and make the Zhao family believe that the emperor still favored their family.
As for whether the Zhao family will believe it...
That was beyond the control of a great eunuch like him.
Thinking of this, Gao Ming took a deep breath and walked faster.
He wanted to accompany His Highness the Second Highness to handle this errand well.
Shortly after Gao Ming left, His Majesty the Emperor in the Manlu Palace silently stepped down from the throne and walked to the door of the Manlu Palace with his hands behind his back. He first glanced at the south, and then thought of the scholar who was from Jiangdu and about his own age. .
"With all this trouble in Jiankang City, they probably won't pay attention to you anymore..."
The emperor thought so in his heart.
Because he knew very well that the anti-Japanese army in the south would launch a war of annihilation against the Japanese pirates before the end of the year.
At this time, he couldn't let people from Jiankang City disturb Shen Yi's work.
After thinking about the fight against the Japanese army for a while, His Majesty the Emperor looked in the direction of the Anping Marquis Mansion. He was silent for a while and let out a long breath.
"When you grow up in the future..."
The emperor murmured: "Don't blame me..."
(End of chapter)
