What happened after that was almost incredibly smooth in Lu Bingzhen's eyes.
On the tenth day of the third month in the spring of the seventeenth year of Yonghui, His Majesty issued an edict to marry Lu Bingzhen, the ninth daughter of the Lu family in Fan Yang, and the prince Xiao Min, and they got married in May of the following year.
Once this edict was announced to the world, not to mention the various powerful families' speculations on the court situation and His Majesty's thoughts, the first to react were the husbands and wives of each family.
You must know that as a prince, Prince Xiao Min is also a man of literary and military skills. He is the dream girl of countless high-ranking ladies. This time, the title of Crown Princess fell to the ninth lady of the Lu family. Those proud ladies of top aristocratic families were unwilling to be concubines, so they had no choice but to be with His Highness the Crown Prince. From then on, Xiao Lang was just a stranger.
As for the ninth lady of the Lu family, her suitors are like crucian carp crossing the river. It has only been more than three months since she returned to the capital, and she has only gone out to banquets a handful of times. Her marriage to the prince as the crown princess has also made countless ladies and young men in the capital sigh with regret, only regretting that she made the move too late. .
They all thought that if they tried to propose marriage first, maybe now the ninth lady of the Lu family would be their daughter-in-law/wife.
Of course, there are also many people who are eyeing the position of Liang Di's concubine in the East Palace, but those with a clear mind have given up on this idea as soon as possible. Looking at the background of the ninth lady of the Lu family, we know that the future grandson will definitely come from the ninth lady of the Lu family. Earning the position of a good concubine is nothing. Earning a grandson is the real thing.
The person who sent the imperial edict to the Lu family was an old acquaintance of the Lu family, the same angel who not long ago sent the imperial edict to confer Lu Bingzhen as the King of Qingning County.
The old eunuch still read out the decree of marriage in a pleasant manner.
"In the spring of the seventeenth year of Weiyong Hui, the year is Yinmao, the third month is Wuchenshuo, and the tenth day is Yimao. If you are worthy of a good wife, you must be a wife; if you are the second wife, you are allowed to return to the Guan clan. Lu Qi, the official secretary Female, she wears a royal crown, her family has passed down righteousness, she has a supple appearance, she is quiet and gentle, she teaches history and is well-known throughout the country, she is in the right position and is reserved for the court. But the crown prince and concubine are in charge of preparing a book of gifts. Order. The Lord will execute it."
Lu Bingzhen wore a formal attire in line with the rank of a county monarch. He respectfully carried out the imperial edict and shouted long live the mountain.
Different from the confusion when he received the decree last time, Lu Bingzhen had already expected it today, and even helped his parents to greet the angels who came to announce the decree with ease.
Not long after the imperial edict granting the marriage arrived, all kinds of rewards from the palace came to the Lu family like water, including jewelry and silks from the Queen, and various toys from the East Palace. After that, there were congratulatory gifts sent from various families upon hearing the news.
Of course, there are also various aristocratic families who have good relations with the Fan Yang Lu family, such as the Li family in Longxi, the Cui family in Boling, and the Wang family in Taiyuan.
While everyone in the Fan Yang Lu family was busy receiving the order, the prince was also greeting him in the Queen's Palace. The mother and son sat at the table opposite each other and talked to each other, and all the palace maids and attendants were kicked out of the house.
"Mother, your son is unfilial, and you have to work hard to convince your father about the marriage." His Royal Highness Prince Xiao Min said to his mother, Queen Wen, with a guilty look on his face.
The empress twitched her lips when she heard this, and in turn comforted her son, "This is not because you are unfilial. You are a rare good son in the world. It's all because of your father, an old man. He is old and has secured the throne. Forget the days when our family lived in fear."
Thinking of all the efforts she had made last night to please her husband, who had gradually forgotten the friendship between them, the Empress felt sick.
But when she saw her tall and graceful son, the Queen felt a little comfort in her heart. In the end, fate was kind to her. Although her young and loving husband was taken away, her son still grew up to be her guard of honor.
The Queen Mother looked at her son who was growing up into a handsome gentleman, and silently encouraged herself in her heart, "If you persist a little longer, you will be able to become a Queen Mother. A woman's greatest ability is not to win over the concubines in the harem and secure the throne, but to secure the throne." After the death of her husband, she supported her son and became the queen mother.
I have now reached the last moment. As the saying goes, 'A person who travels a hundred miles is half ninety'. I am the empress of the world, and I must not fall to this step. If we continue to tolerate this dead old man, sooner or later it will be time for us, mother and son, to be free. "
After some self-comfort, the Queen swept away her previous depression and became radiant again. She looked lovingly at the son in front of her, thinking about her desirable future daughter-in-law outside the palace, and felt more and more promising about her future.
The women in the harem are very good at adjusting their mentality. As for those women who are not good at it, half of them are invisible in the harem. They have basically been depressed and died in depression.
His Highness the Crown Prince knew in his heart that it was not easy for his father to reveal a trace of father-son affection this time. The days ahead would probably be more difficult, but he was still very happy to be able to fulfill his long-cherished wish.
It's just that he is used to keeping his emotions and anger hidden. Even if he can completely relax with his mother, His Royal Highness just curls his lips slightly.
But whenever His Highness the Crown Prince thought of Wang Jian, the seventh son of the Wang family, he couldn't help but wonder if Lu Bingzhen had a romantic relationship with him. After all, he had never heard Lu Bingzhen praise that husband as a good husband who could be entrusted with him for life.
In further contact, Lu Qi and his wife were eager to get engaged to Wang Jia Qi Lang for their daughter. This was really just the intention of Lu Qi and his wife. Could it be that Lu Bingzhen actually showed his sincere intention to the seventh son of the Wang family?
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forcibly stopped his divergent thoughts and thought through gritted teeth, "No matter what the reason why Jiuniang of the Lu family agreed to marry me, as long as she enters the East Palace, she will only be my Xiao Min's Crown Princess for the rest of her life." .”
Before the decree was announced, the officials in charge of the matter in the Ministry of Rites informed Lu Qi of the matter early in order to show favor to Lu Qi, the official minister and the quasi-prince-in-law. Therefore, Lu Qi stayed at home today and did not go to court.
By the time the eunuch who delivered the message had left, and the congratulatory relatives and friends had also left, it was already dusk. Mrs. Li ordered Manao to take a group of servants to prepare a meal in the main courtyard.
Lu Bingzhen was sitting across the table from her parents. During the dinner, she couldn't help but mention her doubts about today's marriage. She knew that His Majesty was jealous of the Crown Prince, but what happened today was so smooth and fast that she even became suspicious of His Majesty's suspicion of the Crown Prince.
Since Your Majesty is already so suspicious of the Crown Prince and can't tolerate the Crown Prince, why is it so easy and smooth for the Crown Prince to realize his long-cherished wish? Why is it that His Majesty tolerates His Highness the Crown Prince marrying a daughter of such a distinguished family as the Crown Princess?
Isn't His Majesty worried that His Highness the Prince will become even more powerful after having a prominent Yue family, and one day he will even be able to surpass himself and reach the top of Yuji?
After all, it was Lu Qi who had been up and down in the court for many years. When he saw his daughter's doubts, he opened his mouth to clear her doubts.
"It's not surprising, Ah Rui. First of all, the relationship between His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince was not so tense from the beginning. When the Crown Prince was young, His Majesty loved to take him to study together. Whenever the Crown Prince made progress, His Majesty would ask him for help. The ministers praised the prince and called him 'my Qilin son'.
The current Empress is also a smart and strange woman. She was able to accompany His Majesty through the ups and downs of the past few years, and she was able to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the fifth princess from growing up safely in the chaotic situation of the harem. This shows that she is not a simple person. If the Empress is willing, it will not be difficult to arouse His Majesty's love for licking calves when he was young. "
Li was busy taking care of her family affairs on weekdays and had not learned much about government affairs. She only felt slightly relaxed after hearing this. Nowadays, the daughter and His Highness the Crown Prince are grasshoppers on a rope. Naturally, the better the situation of His Highness the Crown Prince, the better the future situation of the daughter will be.
Lu Bingzhen is still a little puzzled. Just because he thinks of the father-son friendship with His Royal Highness in the past, can this suspicious Majesty willingly give his son who has always been suspicious of an in-law who can help her win the throne?
But his father was obviously unwilling to say anything more, and his mother was even more relaxed after hearing his father's words. Lu Bingzhen put aside her doubts for the time being, relaxed and smiled slightly.
The wedding is scheduled for early May next year, and Lu Bingzhen’s birthday is in early April, which will happen to be shortly after Lu Bingzhen’s wedding.
Mrs. Li was thinking about the wedding date, and she had a vague feeling that the other party wanted to marry her daughter into the East Palace immediately after her hairpin ceremony. Li even felt that if it weren't for the fact that there were very few daughters of powerful families in Korea who got married before the wedding ceremony, the wedding date planned by His Majesty would have been earlier.
However, Mrs. Li soon had no time to think about these things, because as usual, the palace sent four nuns to teach the future princess the etiquette, namely Aunt Zheng, Aunt Feng, Aunt Liu and Aunt Sun. ma.
These four nuns are also old people who have been in the palace for many years, and they know that the ninth lady of the Lu family has a different status than the previous crown princes. In addition, the four of them were rewarded and beaten by the people from the East Palace before they came. Naturally, they followed the wind and did not dare to make things more difficult for Lu Bingzhen by maintaining his identity. Instead, he treated Fan Yang and the Lu family politely.
When teaching palace rules and etiquette every day, the four nuns did not impose any restrictions on Lady Lu Jiu's rules and etiquette, nor did they reprimand and whip her, but spoke softly. After all, the previous reprimands and restraints were just one of the means to polish the future princes and concubines, in order to make them have more respect for the Tian family.
The four nuns were really tolerant towards Lu Bingzhen. Even when Lu Bingzhen tentatively proposed to go to the girls' school, the four nuns looked at each other and the eldest nun Feng spoke calmly.
"It's natural for Ninth Lady to go to a girls' school. Even though we are not talented, we have heard of the reputation of the Lu family girls' school. The future crown princess must have both ability and political integrity. It's natural for Ninth Lady to be determined to learn. It's just that We also have our own responsibilities, and I would like to ask Ninth Lady to allow me to accompany you."
What the other three nuns didn't know was that Aunt Feng was originally the one whom His Highness the Crown Prince had recruited. Before she came back, His Highness the Crown Prince specially summoned her to the East Palace and repeatedly emphasized that she should accompany the future Crown Princess. The most important thing was to block the Wang family. The connection between Shichiro and the future Crown Princess.
