The Queen Mother was silent for a moment: "Ziushu is the only princess in the royal family. Her mother died young. Zishu has suffered a lot of neglect and grievances over the years. Since this marriage is for the sake of peace in Dayong, the emperor should not treat her badly.
Is she?"
Emperor Zhaoming understood the Queen Mother's true intention.
What I said before is all foreshadowing. Getting more dowry for Yun Zishu is the main topic. However, Emperor Zhaoming has no idea about this. It doesn't matter if he gives more dowry. As long as it can appease the Queen Mother and the Feng family, he is not stingy.
people.
What's more, the legitimate princess represents the dignity of Dayong's royal family. The richer the dowry, the more Dongyou will have a higher opinion of Dayong's strength.
So Emperor Zhaoming nodded slowly and said: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, Zishu's dowry will be generous, so that she can get married in glory."
"The Ai family has a few requests."
Emperor Zhaoming picked up the tea cup and said in a tone that did not distinguish between joy and anger: "Mother, please speak."
"First, there must be at least four nuns." The Queen Mother said this in a slightly tougher tone, obviously insisting on this point, "The Ai family will decide on the candidates."
Emperor Zhaoming's heart sank slightly: "Nv?"
The Queen Mother glanced at him: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
"No, not at all." Emperor Zhaoming frowned, as if thinking deeply, "I wonder which family the queen mother wants a girl to marry with Zishu?"
The Queen Mother sat up straight, raised her hand and waved away the serving maid, saying in a calm tone: "Of course my sisters are the closest and most reliable. The Ai family wants Zirou to go over."
"Zirou?" Emperor Zhaoming looked surprised, "Mother, isn't this good? Zijiao has already married, and the only two daughters left are Zishu and Zirou. If Zirou also marries...
"
"If the emperor is reluctant, you can also ask Princess Baozhu and Princess Huazhu to marry you." The Queen Mother said calmly, "In addition, the granddaughter of Taifu Wu's family is well-educated and sensible, and she is also a good and sensible girl. Let's go with her."
She said this very casually, but no matter who heard it, the meaning had already been decided and could not be refuted.
Emperor Zhaoming sipped the tea without saying a word and closed his eyes in silence.
He finally understood what the Queen Mother meant, and since the people he just ordered were the ones who usually got along well with Zirou, he asked them to follow Zishu, which meant that they were leaving their fate in Zishu's hands.
I mean to support Zishu.
Zirou definitely can't go.
It’s not that he loves Zirou very much. After all, even the favor of the Wu family and the prince cannot last, let alone a dispensable daughter? What Emperor Zhaoming considered was that in the past, he had always created the illusion of favoring the concubine and his son.
Everyone in the court knew that he loved Zirou the most. If he agreed to let her go to Dongyou as Zishu's dowry, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?
What's more, Wu's purpose of voluntarily admitting his mistake and being punished is to keep Zirou, so naturally he can't go back on his word again.
As for Princess Baozhu and Princess Huazhu...these two have no brains and are most likely to be used as spearmen. However, Wu Jingyi of the Wu family is not bad and is not a person who just waits to be killed.
Emperor Zhaoming pondered, it might not be a bad thing to let Wu Jingyi follow Zishu, but Dongyou and Dayong were far away from each other, and she, a weak woman, couldn't travel back and forth. If there was any news, what kind of method would be the most appropriate way to deliver it?
"There is one more thing." The Queen Mother didn't want to pay attention to what he was thinking, "The Ai family wants Feng Ci to escort Zi Shu."
"Well," the Queen Mother nodded, "that boy Feng Ci is stable and reliable. If he sends Zi Shu to Dongyou, the Ai family can rest assured. In addition, if one person is selected from among the princes to escort him, it is reasonable for the elder brother to send his sister to get married. What does the emperor think?
?”
What do you think, Your Majesty? Don’t you think this question is redundant?
Emperor Zhaoming looked calm, but he was ridiculing again and again in his heart. The Queen Mother had already planned all the marriage matters. Today she called him here not for discussion at all, but just to tell him what he should do. Presumably, the Queen Mother had already thought about the choice of the prince.
Okay.
So he asked calmly: "Which prince does the Queen Mother want to escort?"
"King Jing." The Queen Mother said, "The Ai family thinks that King Jing is the most stable and will not cause trouble."
Emperor Zhaoming couldn't help but take another sip of tea, and then said: "Is this the Queen Mother's intention, or is it Zi Shu's intention?"
"These are the decisions made by the Ai family for Zishu, and I haven't told her yet." The Queen Mother said calmly, "Yun Zishu is not willing to marry Dongyou. The Ai family once wanted Zirou to marry for her, but since
The emperor said that they only want the legitimate princess, so the Ai family can only prepare some dowry and accompanying maids for Zishu."
Emperor Zhaoming nodded slowly: "The reason has been explained to the Queen Mother just now. No matter what Prince Dongyou wants is the princess or the concubine, I can only treat each other as sincerely as possible. The family, country and society cannot tolerate it.
I can't bear the consequences of messing up, and neither can the people of the world."
The Queen Mother said nothing.
"As for the dowry proposed by the Queen Mother, I will consider it carefully——"
"It's not a matter of discretion. The Ai family hopes that the emperor can satisfy the conditions put forward by the Ai family as much as possible." The Queen Mother said calmly, not worried about making him unhappy, "Wu Jingyi, the granddaughter of the Wu family, must go. Princess Baozhu and Princess Huazhu
You can choose one to go, the other two concubines, and the Ai family will choose two more from the legitimate daughters of the aristocratic family."
The emperor's expression paused slightly, and then he nodded slowly: "In accordance with the Queen Mother's wishes."
"In addition to the people close to her in the palace, the maid will choose two hundred people as dowry. The chambermaids don't need to be too many, a hundred are enough, and the bodyguards will choose a thousand young and strong elites." The Queen Mother continued lightly, "Silk, gold and silver.
The quantity of jade articles, books, calligraphy and paintings, musical instruments and players should also be enough to meet the standards that the princess should marry."
Emperor Zhaoming no longer has any temper. He can only nod at this time. After all, the most important choice of concubines is decided by the Queen Mother. Some gold and silver dowries are not worth mentioning. Give them as they should and just treat them as money.
A comfort.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother." A palace attendant hurried in and reported respectfully, "The Commander-in-Chief and His Royal Highness the Princess are here."
Emperor Zhaoming frowned and lowered his face subconsciously. Then he realized that he was in the Queen Mother's Palace, so he had to suppress his displeasure and said: "Let them in."
He only summoned Sicang, why did Zishu come to join in the fun?
The palace attendant turned around and went out to pass the news. The Queen Mother seemed to suddenly think of something: "Since Si Cang is Zi Shu's shadow guard, let Si Cang also escort Zi Shu to Dongyou this time. However, the relationship between men and women in Dongyou is
We don't know much about whether the defense is strict or not. For safety reasons, we can let him just dress up as a normal guard. After arriving in Dongyou, he can just stay with Zishu and become an ordinary guard commander."