However, due to the reputation of the fifth princess, no one paid too much attention to her. Anyway, she made a lot of jokes.
After that, the birthday went smoothly. There was no problem with Cheng Shaoshang and Ling Buyi this time, so the fifth princess and Luo Jitong naturally didn't cause any trouble.
However, after her birthday was over and the fifth princess returned to her mansion, she was greeted with a burst of bad news. It turned out that during the time she entered the palace, Ling Buyi was already arranging people to take action, and only after her birthday had passed, the liquidation began.
This time, all the lands, estates and even the money that the fifth princess had worked hard to plan for were confiscated and put into the treasury by His Majesty. Several years of hard work have come to nothing. As for the several retainers who had instigated her to commit the crime of corruption and violence, they had all been captured and executed.
Moreover, Ling Buyi succeeded in hiding himself in the dark for this plan. Anyway, the fifth princess's behavior that violated the law was already dissatisfied by the courtiers, so he simply went along with the situation and secretly informed Tingwei Ji Zun and Zuo Yushi about the matter. et al.
They also knew that Emperor Wen would not punish his daughter too much, but they had to give an explanation for this matter, so they pointed the finger at the culprit aides under the princess's sect.
For this reason, he advised her to give the heads of the culprits to the fifth princess as a small punishment but a big warning. However, Emperor Wen was concerned about the empress, so he left the whole body intact. So after the fifth princess returned to her mansion, she saw the corpses of her former favorite retainers placed in a row in the main hall of her home, waiting for her to return.
This move immediately scared the fifth princess to the ground. Although she didn't care about the lives of ordinary people, the shock of seeing someone close to her die in front of her was still too strong.
Especially with the death of these people, the fifth princess realized that Emperor Wen was no longer willing to indulge her. She was a person who was always willing to accept the weak and fear the strong, and then she began to become more honest.
But Ling Buyi's plan didn't end here. As the fifth princess's staff were carried out from the princess's mansion, rumors began to spread in the capital about the fifth princess raising her face.
Royal anecdotes have always been of most interest to the common people, so once they were circulated, they spread very quickly and quickly spread throughout the capital.
Naturally, Xiao Yuehou would definitely not miss it. Xiao Yuehou was so angry that his lungs almost exploded.
My family actually wanted to marry such a shameless slut, but the Yue family's face was completely lost.
Just being provoked by Tian Shuoyi again, Xiao Yuehou's dissatisfaction with the prince deepened. In his mind, as long as he could overthrow the prince, the third prince could inherit the throne.
When the Xuan family becomes lonely and the Yue family rises, perhaps this marriage will turn around and he can truly become the uncle of the country.
But before dealing with the prince, Xiao Yuehou came to fulfill Li Hao's appointment and visit Yuan's mansion in person.
Li Hao originally had some suspicions about the reason for his coming today, and he probably wanted to express his opinion. After all, he was getting better and better at the East Palace, and the prince rarely got scolded recently.
In addition, he was about to get married to Wang Yao, and half of his feet had already stepped onto the Xuan clan's warship. Xiao Yuehou must have been a little uneasy in his heart.
Later, Xiao Yuehou's words also confirmed that Li Hao's thoughts were right, because the first thing this guy said after he came in and sat down was: "Has Zi Yang made a choice now? He wants to assist the prince in successfully ascending the throne so that he can be a good person." Contributor from Long. If this is the case, I will not come here in the future, so as not to embarrass you." Hearing this, Li Hao smiled and said, "You should know very well what the Marquis of Yue means by this, and how I got this official position. I just followed His Majesty's arrangements. There is no such thing as someone's boat. As for this marriage, if I say it was not my intention, I wonder if you would believe it." Xiao Yuehou naturally didn't believe it. After all, in his eyes Come on, if it weren't for Li Hao's deliberate plan, who would be willing to let their daughter marry in and become an equal wife.
Although Emperor Wen had decreed that the two wives should live side by side, in the eyes of the world, the one who came in later was going to be the one who came first.
Especially now that Qu Lengjun is pregnant, once the baby is born, the title of the eldest son will be determined.
In the future, it will be his business to inherit the family business, which is not good for Wang Yao. Faced with Xiao Yuehou's silence, Li Hao explained again: "To tell the truth, this was never my intention, it was just a coincidence. Of course, to be fair, the Wang family's family background is not weak, and they can marry more than one official wife for nothing. , To say how unhappy I am would be a lie." After explaining, Li Hao also fell silent. Anyway, Li Hao and Xiao Yuehou have a cooperative relationship. The explanation just now is considered to be a tacit understanding of cooperation in the past. face.
After the audience was silent for most of the incense stick, Xiao Yuehou finally spoke: "I absolutely believe what Zi Yang said. If I had known it could be like this, there are several suitable people in my Yue Clan Girls' Middle School. If I had known it, When it comes to the virtuous and virtuous women in the clan, my Yue clan is much better than these Xuan clan girls." Li Hao also agreed with this. At least in terms of external reputation, although the Yue clan women are not outstanding, at least they have a good reputation. very nice.
However, Li Hao also understood that Xiao Yuehou's words were not just a criticism of the Xuan family's daughter, but had a specific meaning. He was referring directly to the fifth princess, so he replied: "Just tell me what Yuehou said. Don't say that outside. Now that the marriage between the Xuanyue and Yue families has become a foregone conclusion, I think the fifth princess will marry into the Yuehou family. If these words fall into her ears, trouble will arise out of thin air." Li Hao made the topic clear, and Xiao Yuehou was quite satisfied. If Li Hao hesitated to change the topic at this time, Xiao Yuehou would really doubt Li Hao's position.
Now that it was clear, Xiao Yuehou took the initiative to play a bright card to further let Li Hao prove his position. As long as Li Hao can take action against the fifth princess, Xiao Yuehou can think that he has not fallen to the prince.
"I think you probably know about the fifth princess raising her face. How could such an unruly woman enter the door of my Yue clan? You don't know how much headache I have over this matter, but for a moment I really couldn't think about it. I wonder if Zi Yang can teach me anything." Li Hao shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty decided on the marriage between the Xuan and Yue clans in the early years. Now the three princesses have been married to the crown prince of Xuan Hou for many years. Nowadays, the marriage of the fifth princess is hard to avoid." Xiao Yuehou was not satisfied with this and immediately asked: "Oh, Zi Yang has always been very resourceful and good at making decisions, is there nothing he can do about this matter?"
"I'm ashamed to say that I really don't have any particularly good ideas, but there are not all stupid ways." When Xiao Yuehou heard that Li Hao had an idea, he immediately said: "I just said that Ziyang is so smart. I won't be helpless." Regarding Xiao Yuehou's compliment, Li Hao didn't take it seriously and said directly: "Actually, as far as I know, the fifth princess is also extremely unwilling to get married. There was a big fuss at the Queen's place. Then why didn't the Marquis of Yue think of a way to help strengthen the faith of the Fifth Princess? If the Fifth Princess could be firm enough to swear not to marry, could His Majesty really be able to watch his children go to a dead end? Sometimes he himself If you can't do something, changing your thinking may have different results. Even if you don't like that person, you still have enough time, right?" After hearing this, Xiao Yuehou seemed to have grasped the idea in his heart. A glimmer of inspiration made me think that maybe this was a path that could be taken.
Originally, he was wholeheartedly resisting this marriage and only focused on causing trouble for them, but he ignored that sometimes as long as he helped the enemy, there might be different results.
After getting the idea, Xiao Yuehou was immediately happy and no longer had any doubts about Li Hao's position.
After some more pleasantries, they got up to say goodbye and went back to prepare. It just so happened that the fifth princess was imprisoned in the princess's mansion, so she could use this time to make the necessary preparations.
Doesn’t the fifth princess like to raise noodle heads? Xiao Yuehou prepared a perfect noodle head for her, trying to let the fifth princess experience a life-or-death relationship.
Anyway, Xiao Yuehou thought he understood Emperor Wen's temper. Although he gave the fifth princess a warning, the specific time of confinement would not be too long. When the fifth princess comes out, he can send people in.
What Xiao Yuehou didn't expect was that before the fifth princess was released from the princess's mansion, the palace summoned him to the palace for questioning.
When he arrived, he found that in addition to Emperor Wen's presence, the prince and Ling Buyi were also sitting on the left and right in the palace, and he immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.
Sure enough, then I heard Emperor Wen say: "I intend for the fifth princess to marry your youngest son as soon as possible. Are you willing?" After hearing this, Xiao Yuehou's first reaction was to look at Ling Buyi, feeling that Emperor Wen suddenly had this idea. , it must be inseparable from him.
So when he replied, he did not answer directly, but asked: "Why did your Majesty suddenly mention this matter?" But the person Xiao Yuehou was waiting for was not Emperor Wen who spoke, but the prince who answered: "Father, the emperor decided back then. I declare a marriage oath between the two clans of Yue. The third sister has been married to the son of the Xuan family for many years, and the fifth sister has also been engaged to the Yuehouzi for many years. It is time to fulfill the oath of the father." Hearing the prince say this, the little Yuehou became angry. He came to one place and said directly: "I, the daughter of the Yue family, have been clean and upright, gentle and virtuous before getting married. Naturally, you have to fulfill the contract. But you, the daughter of the Xuan family, want to marry into our Yue family, you have to think carefully about it." " Regarding these words, Ling Buji was worried that there would be loopholes in the prince's answer, and it would be troublesome for Xiao Yuehou to catch him, so he responded first: "Think about it carefully." Seeing that Ling Bujie knew what he was asking, Xiaoyue Hou came directly He said, "Think about it for yourselves?" He wanted to use his own momentum and moral high ground to overwhelm others, but Ling Bu doubted how this person was so easy to deal with.
I don't answer the question directly at all. After all, the fifth princess does have obvious shortcomings on a moral level. If she really defends this matter, she will be inferior.
Instead, he directly grasped the key point and asked: "Okay, I never thought that Xiao Yuehou would distinguish the princesses so clearly. In my eyes, the princesses are all His Majesty's daughters. I dare to ask Xiaoyue Hou why he should treat them differently. "These words were so blocked that Xiao Yuehou didn't know how to answer. Although in the palace, the children of Empress Xuan and Concubine Yue, except for the two princes, the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, the other princesses were obviously opposed to each other.
But these words were obviously not suitable to be said in front of Emperor Wen, otherwise the crime of alienating the royal family would be enough for Xiao Yuehou.
And looking at Emperor Wen's half-smiling look, Xiao Yuehou did not dare to hit the muzzle, and changed the subject immediately: "Your Majesty, now that the fifth princess has caused a big disaster, and it is spreading in the city, if we talk to you at this time, Will the marriage of the Yue family be detrimental to me... and to the reputation of the fifth princess?" As soon as these words came out, he played into the hands of Emperor Wen, and he stood up and walked to Xiao Yuehou and started the official harvest.
"Yue Qing, don't be anxious, don't be anxious. I just want to take care of the fifth princess's reputation. Early in the morning, the prince suggested to me that the fifth princess should get married as soon as possible. The people don't know the truth. Of course, the rumors will become more and more unpleasant. Now that the Yue clan has taken the initiative to marry the fifth princess, doesn't it just prove that the fifth princess has not done those romantic things before, so it is perfect to silence the people." After saying this, Xiao Yuehou looked confused. He even deliberately leaned forward, intensifying his sense of oppression, and asked: "Yue Qing, are you unwilling?" Having said this, there is no room for Xiao Yuehou's unwillingness, it can only be Reluctantly, he said: "I don't dare, I... I'm here to thank you." But after thanking him, Xiao Yuehou immediately looked at Ling Buyi, because he knew that he was being raped today. It was calculated.
From the moment he came in, all the replies were deliberately guided by them. Although Emperor Wen said that the prince started this matter, Xiao Yuehou knew very well that the prince had no such brains.
So it is obvious that Ling Buyi is secretly controlling this matter, but Xiao Yuehou is still unclear about Ling Buyi's purpose of doing this.
The meeting in the palace ended with Xiao Yuehou's defeat, and at this time he also became suspicious of Li Hao.
Because the idea given by Li Hao was completely opposite to Ling Buyi's idea, he was caught off guard.
So even though he came to Li Hao to question him, he faced Xiao Yuehou's words and said innocently: "I really don't know about this. I have been in the mansion these days, taking care of the wedding banquet." , I don’t even have time to go to the East Palace. If you don’t believe me, just ask someone to see if I lied.” Li Hao’s acting skills are pretty good, but a good actor may not be a good politician, but A good politician must be a good actor.
In the end, Xiao Yuehou failed to find a flaw in Li Hao, so he had no choice but to leave helplessly and was forced to accept this fact.
But in fact, Li Hao really knew about this a long time ago. After all, Li Hao has been leading people in the East Palace for so long. If he doesn't even have a few confidants to spread the news, he would be a bad person.
Once this was done, Li Hao had more time to prepare for the marriage. The first step was to draw up an invitation list.
Because the two families wanted to keep things simple this time, they did not plan to hold a grand banquet. They just invited their relatives and friends to participate. Of course, the palace did not forget it.
