Because judging from this situation, it is obvious that Li Hao has a deep affection for Qu Lengjun and has already planned for this.
Emperor Wen's move was cruel. He directly used the reputation of Li Hao and the Yuan family to clear up all the previous rumors, and forcibly removed the prince.
But here in the palace, Li Hao couldn't express his rebuttal, which was really depressing.
The only gratifying thing is that Emperor Wen probably knew that what he did was not honest, so he was not too stingy with Li Hao's reward.
Li Hao was appointed as Yilang, with an official rank of 600 stones. He was under the jurisdiction of Guang Luxun. He was in charge of advisors and could participate in government affairs.
Of course, they could only participate in government affairs. That is to say, when summoned by the emperor for questioning, they could put forward opinions and suggestions, but in fact they had no real power.
But that's okay. Li Hao doesn't plan to stay in the capital in the past few years anyway. Now this official position is convenient for him to go back to work.
As soon as the reward was completed, Li Hao and Qu Lengjun planned to retire. After all, according to Li Hao's official rank after the reward, he was not qualified to go to court, let alone Qu Lengjun.
As a result, as soon as they left the Xuande Palace, a chamberlain had been waiting here for a long time, and came forward to greet him and said: "Jun Chang'an, the Queen has summoned you to Changqiu Palace for questioning?"
After hearing this, Qu Lengjun immediately looked at Li Hao. Although he didn't say anything, he obviously asked for Li Hao's opinion.
That's right, after the news that Emperor Wen made in court today, the marriage between the two families has been completely decided. After all, if it's just those rumors and the conversations between these people in the palace, if the two families really want to object, they can't do it. .
After all, Emperor Wen still had to worry about the Yuan and Qu families, but now that Emperor Wen had put the matter on the table, if the two families wanted to object again, it would be a real slap in Emperor Wen's face.
And Li Hao didn't want to stop her. After all, Qu Lengjun had been with Empress Xuan for several years. Now it's appropriate to talk about this situation.
There is no danger anyway. After all, Qu Lengjun is not Cheng Shaoshang. Let’s not talk about his own talent and moral character. Let’s talk about the noble ladies in the palace who want to bully others.
The Qu and Yuan families were not new generals like the Cheng family. With their status, the princesses in the palace would only dare to make a few sarcastic remarks. If they really wanted to take action, they would have to consider whether they could bear the consequences.
So Li Hao replied: "Since the Queen is looking for you, you should go quickly. Besides, I won't wait for you outside the palace. When you get home, help me send a message to Taigong, saying that my uncle will come to your door in two days." visit."
Qu Lengjun nodded after hearing this, and then left with the chamberlain, while Li Hao went directly out of the palace gate. However, Li Hao did not leave directly, but waited here for Liang Wuji.
As a result, it was only after three o'clock that the courtiers came out one after another, but Liang Wuji was not seen. Instead, Xiao Yuehou took the initiative to come over.
He said: "It's wonderful that Mr. Yuan has come to the capital this time. Not only was he recruited by His Majesty to become an official, but he also got a marriage. It's really gratifying. I just don't know if Mr. Yuan is still willing to help me make a fortune in this business in the future."
Li Hao laughed when he heard this and said: "What the Marquis of Yue said, this mutually beneficial business is naturally done, but I am just afraid that the Marquis of Yue is not willing to earn these three melons and two dates."
Hearing Li Hao's words, Xiao Yuehou smiled even more. If it was just business, although he liked making money, he wouldn't take it too seriously.
Anyway, even if the Yuan family is gone, he can still make money from other businesses, it's just more or less.
What he was really worried about was whether the Yuan family's position would change after this incident. Although he thought this was unlikely, he was truly relieved after Li Hao's reply.
Just when he was about to speak, a voice came out from the side: "If Yuehou doesn't want to make money, just leave this business to me. Anyway, Yuehou's family has a great business, so he doesn't care about this little money, right? .”
Xiao Yuehou immediately replied: "When it comes to family wealth, how can I compare to Cui Hou? What you said is contrary to your heart."
Cui You laughed twice, and then said to Li Hao: "I originally thought how long it would take to send the post to your house, but I didn't see you coming to my house to visit, and I was planning to ask you to accuse me.
But now that you are busy with business and private matters, I won’t bother with you about the previous matters. But now that your matter has come to an end, it’s time for us to discuss how to do the future business. "
After hearing this, Xiao Yuehou also offered some help and asked Li Hao to determine a time to finalize the matter.
Li Hao replied: "Don't worry, you two princes, I will visit your house in just these two days. I won't miss anything."
The two of them were quite satisfied with Li Hao's answer. Then Cui You asked, "By the way, didn't you leave the palace a long time ago? Why are you still here?"
Li Hao replied: "I have something to tell my cousin uncle. I just wanted to wait here for him to leave the court. By the way, why didn't the others come out with you?"
"Then you can wait long enough. He has just been taken away by His Majesty to talk. You may not know when he will be able to leave the palace!"
After hearing Cui You's words, Li Hao said helplessly: "Well, since I can't wait for him for a while, I will just go to his house and wait."
"Okay, then I'll be leaving just in time. Just remember to come to my house." After saying that, Cui You left, and then Xiao Yuehou said hello and left.
Li Hao failed to leave in the end because Wang Chun appeared out of nowhere, and his purpose was the same as Cui You and Xiao Yuehou, which was business.
So Li Hao had to make an appointment with him again before sending him away. After finally getting away, Li Hao planned to leave quickly.
As a result, he suddenly found that Qu Lengjun had come out, so he stopped again. At this time, Qu Lengjun also noticed Li Hao's figure and walked straight over.
"You are waiting for me. Didn't you just say you can't wait any longer!" Facing Qu Lengjun's question, Li Hao replied: "That was my original plan. I just happened to have nothing to do, so I just sat here for a while. meeting.
By the way, I talked about some things with Xiao Yuehou and Cuihou. Since you are out now, it's just a good idea to go along with them. "
"That's alright, along the way." Qu Lengjun smiled slightly and walked towards his carriage.
As for Li Hao, he simply didn't get on his carriage and asked Bu Qu to bring a horse to ride on, preparing to ride with him.
Of course, before leaving, Li Hao specifically asked someone to stay and wait outside the palace gate for Liang Wuji to come out and inform him of the news that he had invited him to meet.
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After all, Li Hao really didn't want to visit the Liang family at this time. It wasn't because he was afraid that Liang Yu and his mother would cause trouble, but it was too uncomfortable to watch them writhing around in front of him. Liang Wuji should suffer this crime alone.
After the arrangements were made, Li Hao followed the Qu family's team and walked slowly beside Qu Lengjun's carriage.
Across this thin car curtain, neither Li Hao nor Qu Lengjun spoke. Mainly because Li Hao didn't know what to say for a while. After all, this marriage was too unexpected.
The two of them walked to the door of Qu's Mansion in silence. When Qu Lengjun was about to get off the car and go back to his home, Li Hao said: "I won't go into the home today. After I get home and prepare a gift, I will come with my uncle." Formal visit.”
After saying that, he was about to leave, but Qu Lengjun suddenly said at this moment: "The prince in the Changqiu Palace is here today, I think you must have heard about me and him.
But I can assure you that he and I have never done anything that exceeds our distance in the past, and I have ended the past with him in front of the Queen today, and we will have nothing to do with him in the future. "
Li Hao stopped at this time, looked at Qu Lengjun and said: "I naturally believe you in this matter. Although I have not met you many times, I also know that you are of noble character, so you don't need to take this matter to your heart.
And since I am not the eldest son in the family, I am afraid that you will not be able to be my wife of the Yuan family, but you will feel a little wronged. "
After pausing for a while, Li Hao then continued: "Okay, you go back to your home first. When I'm ready, I'll come back. As for the specific matters in the future, I will ask my mother to handle it myself."
"Okay." After hearing this, Qu Lengjun agreed softly, and then turned around and walked towards the house, but his pace seemed a little more urgent.
After watching Qu Lengjun enter the house, Li Hao left directly. When he returned to his house, he quickly wrote two more letters about today's events and asked people to send them back to Jiaodong and Xuzhou as soon as possible.
After all, things had changed from before, and they had to be told as soon as possible. The only thing Li Hao was worried about was that Mrs. Liang might not be so easy to hire.
If there was really no other way, Li Hao would have no choice but to go back and invite him in person. He didn't necessarily have to come to the capital then. It would be the same to go directly to the Qu family's hometown to discuss the marriage. If the distance was shorter, it might be easier for Liang to talk.
After finishing these tasks, Li Hao had a good lunch in the mansion, and then ordered people to pick out gifts that could be taken to Qu Mansion. He also waited for Liang Wuji to come. The wait was not over.
Li Hao couldn't help but ask Liang Wuji: "What important matter is your Majesty telling you? Why did you say it for so long?"
Liang Wuji heard this and replied: "Of course it's something important. My place of dispatch has been decided. I am going to Yuzhou to take up a post. I will be leaving in a few days. Your Majesty naturally has something to say."
"Oh, this is a great news. Yuzhou is a good place. I went to the center of Yuzhou when I came this time. The situation there is much better than that in Xuzhou. I would like to congratulate my uncle here." Li Hao replied.
"This is the first thing His Majesty told me. There is another thing about you. Your Majesty felt that your marriage was really arranged in a hurry, so he specially ordered someone to prepare a gift for you. Send it here to express my apologies.
I'll have someone escort the car, and we'll probably arrive later. Liang Wuji did not answer Li Hao's congratulations, but said.
"Your Majesty slapped me first and then gave me a sweet date to eat. As a result, I have to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."
After hearing this, Liang Wuji said: "Don't complain so much. It's not good for others to hear this. Besides, there is nothing about the girl from the Qu family who is not worthy of you, so how can you gossip."
Li Hao smiled when he heard this and said: "Don't worry, uncle, I'm not stupid. There are certain things that I won't say to others, and our Majesty is broad-minded. Even if he listens to this complaint, it doesn't matter. have to.
In addition, this person should have some shortcomings to make people feel at ease. After all, before Emperor Ru was proclaimed emperor, he was a great sage admired by all people. "
Liang Wuji replied: "Okay, you always have a point. I won't argue with you anymore. You asked someone to invite me outside the palace. What is the specific matter?"
Li Hao replied: "That's right, the marriage has been roughly decided now, but my mother is far away in Jiaodong. Although I have sent people to invite her to the capital, she can't come so soon.
This period of time is too long, and the Qu family cannot just leave it alone, so I would like to ask you, as an elder, to accompany me to the Qu Mansion for a formal visit. "
"You are right to consider it. We need to formally visit Qu Mansion. When are you going to go?" Liang Wuji asked.
Li Hao replied: "I have already ordered people to pick out the gifts. I was originally worried that I would need to go to the market to purchase some. It just so happened that Your Majesty also sent some. I will sort them out and bring them with me. It should be about the same." .
In this case, it won't take long. You can just go the day after tomorrow without delaying your preparations for taking up the post. "
"Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll come over here the morning after tomorrow and go to Qu Mansion with you to visit." Liang Wuji agreed immediately, but then directly answered: "What's for dinner at your house? Let them know more Make some and I'll stay at your house for dinner today.
By the way, remember to let them do some new tricks, just so I can learn a lot from you. "
Li Hao heard the words and smiled and said: "Okay, I will let the chef prepare it now, and I will ensure that it will satisfy you. However, the chef next to you has also come to learn from me, and his craftsmanship should be good."
Liang Wuji replied: "It depends on who you compare with. I don't know why, but the same food cooked by the chefs in my house is not as delicious as yours."
"Isn't this normal? After all, our own food is not as good as other people's. This is common sense." Hearing this, Liang Wuji pointed at Li Hao and said with a smile, "You..."
After laughing, Li Hao asked about the business: "By the way, now everyone knows about Qu Lengjun and I. I think Liang Yu and her son will definitely not be able to sit still. How are you going to deal with them?"
Liang Wuji replied: "Don't worry, since His Majesty is involved in this matter, the elders of the Liang family also know the seriousness and will not support Liang Yu's nonsense.
It's just a matter of letting her struggle for a while, and then she will know the importance of it, and then send them back to their hometown in Hedong.
It's just that regarding Liang Shang's marriage, I'm afraid I have to choose a well-matched one for him, but you, the Yuan family, will also have to contribute. "
Li Hao can naturally understand this truth. He is somewhat unwilling to do anything for Liang Shang, and the most important thing is that Li Hao does not think it is a good thing for Liang Shang to succeed as the head of the Liang family.
Thinking about it, Liang Wuji was not a person who couldn't give birth to a son. Later, he married Qu Lengjun after Liang Shang's death, and he also gave birth to a son.
Although he definitely couldn't marry Qu Lengjun now, as long as he had the ability to have children, it would be the same for another person, so he couldn't help but say.
"Uncle, do you really want Yuan Shang to succeed you as the head of the family? Do you really think he has the ability?
Anyway, you are still young now. If you don't have a wife and concubines, and give birth to a son, with your personal guidance, I think you will be more capable of running the family. "
