Chapter 163: The First Case of the Imperial Capital
Although she is not the same mother as the current Emperor Hongzhi, Princess Renhe, as the eldest among the emperor's wives, has always been favored by the emperor since she got married in the second year of Hongzhi. In the third year of Hongzhi's third year, she was given two hundred and eleven pieces of land in Sanhe County.
Fifteen hectares, 14 hectares of Anzhou land were granted in the ninth year of Hongzhi, 57 hectares of land in Ansu County, Qingyuan, Zhili, and 294 hectares of farmland in Wuqing County were granted in the 17th year of Hongzhi. All these
Taken together, the Qi family actually acquired nearly 60,000 acres of land because of Princess Shang, which can be said to have made them suddenly rich.
However, although Qi Shimei of the Prince Consort was born into an official family, and his father was Qi You, the young minister of Honglu Temple, he was not only unstudy, but also arrogant, extravagant and indulgent. In the morning, he was often not seen for a whole year.
He died early when he was thirty. Due to the princess's pleading, his son Qi Jiliang was engraved with the title of "Hundred Households of Imperial Guards" when he was only ten years old. Although he is only thirteen or fourteen now, he is not like his father who only knows about wine and sex.
He was already quite thoughtful. Princess Ren and the eldest princess were very happy when they saw it. They almost gave up and left all the housework to their son to deal with. They also obeyed him on weekdays.
The eldest princess above is like this, and the servants below naturally try their best to flatter the young master. Last year, there was also the one who took Qi Consort to those Hua Streets and Willow Alleys to win over the master, but Qi Jiliang was having trouble here.
But he was unambiguous. He almost beat the person to death with a slap, and then kicked the person out naked, so he didn't dare to play this trick again. However, some smart people gradually touched Qi Jiliang's veins and knew that this young man
He was self-reliant on his dignity and disliked the fact that the title of a noble princess was too shabby, so he often instigated people to make friends with other people and show off his wealth.
It was not like Qi Jiliang had never tried to persuade his mother to seek a higher official position for him. However, Emperor Hongzhi's purpose for the imperial sisters and eldest princesses was to grant land as much as possible to meet the restrictions on official appointments, so Renhe and the eldest princess had no choice.
For example, today's Prince Zheng's wife was reported by a steward who went to Wuqing County to collect rented land from the village. In this case, Qi Jiliang naturally felt like he had found a treasure after hearing the news, and actually came up with the idea of taking the path of the inner palace.
At this moment in the hall, even though he looked down on the vulgar old man Zheng Wang, Qi Jiliang still tried his best to persuade the guests to drink with a smile. Several people who were invited to accompany the guests also smiled with full smiles and drank one by one of Zheng Huang's mouthfuls.
Zheng Wang said this with a smile on his face. While he was drinking heavily, Zheng Wang, who was so proud of himself, started laughing.
"If you are looking for me, you are looking for the right person! Yesterday was my daughter's birthday. My mother-in-law and I prepared her favorite food, wine, and dried meat, and asked Eunuch Liu from the Qianqing Palace to bring them into the palace.
Not long after, Eunuch Liu came out in person to say that it had been delivered, and also brought me the things my daughter had brought me. Look, this is among them!"
Seeing Zheng Wang drunkenly, he reached into his arms and pulled out a jeweled hairpin. He waved it at everyone as if showing off. Qi Jiliang's eyes flickered when he saw this, and he pretended to be childish.
His eyes widened: "What a beautiful hairpin, this one seems to be rounder than the one on my mother's head! Can Prince Zheng give me some experience?"
"That's not easy!" Zheng Wang felt even more proud when he saw that the son of the princess had such an envious expression. He stretched out his hand with a smile, but he held the beaded hairpin tightly and refused to let it go.
Then he said nonchalantly, "Young master, look at the workmanship, the two beads on top, and the jade inlaid with precious stones... Tsk, tsk, I heard that the things made inside are also divided into upper, middle and lower grades. This should be the first one."
Good stuff to wait for..."
Qi Jiliang was not used to someone talking to him with such a drunken mouth. He finally suppressed the disgust and contempt in his heart. He only opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhuchai Ren and the eldest princess carefully. As the eldest sister of today's emperor, in addition to the prescribed silver and rewards, the dowry also included a lot of gold and silver jewelry. When the eldest princess' biological mother, Concubine Wang Shun, passed away, she also left all the property to her. On weekdays, Qi Jiliang was with him and had seen many good things. He was very knowledgeable and could tell at a glance that this pearl hairpin was indeed the top quality among the jewelry tribute from the imperial prison.
Now that he had read it carefully, he glanced around and smiled in a friendly tone: "Prince Zheng, although you are a filial nobleman in the palace, such things are forbidden unless they are rewarded. You are with me It doesn’t matter if you show it to everyone here, but you’d better hide it somewhere else. If someone sees it, there will be plenty of talk and lawsuits to fight.”
Zheng Wang, who had already drunk too much, was gradually becoming a bit tongue-tied. Hearing this, he couldn't understand what he said, and he laughed again: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter... Eunuch Liu told me that my daughter was favored in Qianqing Palace. One or two days, but many years. This mere hairpin is nothing. I didn’t know before that it was actually His Highness the Crown Prince..."
As soon as these last four words came out of his mouth, he suddenly woke up and saw that the whole room was completely silent. He also knew that he had made a mistake, so he quickly raised his glass and took a few sips, and then said drunken words through his drunkenness: "Palace" Who among you doesn't respect her? Liu Gonggong is a famous person who serves in front of the Qianqing Palace. He is willing to run away, not to mention others. When I went to Tianjin this time, the filial piety of various merchants filled several boats. Hey, it's all me. My daughter has a good life, a good life..."
Seeing that the atmosphere was gradually relaxing, Qi Jiliang clapped his hands and called two beautiful girls to serve. Zheng Wang continued to persuade him to drink. Then he glanced at the surrounding guests with warning eyes, and saw that these people cleverly diverted their attention. That fateful topic, he just stood up and toasted to Zheng Wang one by one. Only then did he feel a little at ease, and stood up quietly because of changing clothes. He relaxed in the back room, and he remembered that he occasionally walked in the palace. After hearing those rumors, my heart suddenly jumped up and down.
He also heard that Queen Zhang was a little weird when she gave birth to the prince. Could this weirdness be confirmed here?
"Young Master, Princess Naxuan, please go there!"
Qi Jiliang woke up with a start, and remembered that he had told him not to tell his mother. He immediately glanced at the boy who came to deliver the message with a sharp look. Seeing that he shook his head vigorously and swore not to leak the news, he then He straightened his clothes and pretended to be dignified and said: "In this way, we will send away all the guests and leave the two girls to drink with Zheng Wang. You guys should keep an eye on him. You are not allowed to let him go until I come out." Got it!"
Over there, Qi Jiliang was called in by the eldest princess Renhe. The few guests in the other side got the message, and naturally they were happy that they didn't have to accompany a vulgar man to flatter them, so they all left the table with excuses. But Zheng Wang didn't care about this. Two charming young girls were drinking with each other. If he hadn't remembered that this was a horse riding house, he would have almost wished that he could do something good right away. He would have taken advantage of the bargain, and his rude wife would have already Just threw it out of reach.
In addition to taking advantage of others, he was also arrogantly asking for food and wine. Except for the two girls who were ordered by his young master to accompany the wine, the others were impatient to serve this person and started to drink when they saw him drunk. He simply ran away, and gradually there was not a single servant around the hall.
When everyone else was going to dig into the sand, outside the hall, two boys dressed as servants and a girl dressed as a girl showed their figures. If not Zhu Houzhao, Xu Xun and Shen Yue, who else? Xu Xun took Ah Bao sent away the palace officials who might try their luck at home, then hired a car and went to Banqiao Hutong, instructing Huitong to lead a few people to follow him out, and pretended to be from the Zheng family at the door. The young man who came to pick up the head of the family finally managed to sneak in. Only when the hall was obviously full of guests, Xu Xun blocked Zhu Houzhao life and death, and finally the impulsive prince was not allowed to barge in.
"Hey, Xu Xun, how long do we have to wait!"
Seeing Zhu Houzhao pulling out the vines climbing on the wall one by one, not to mention how anxious he was, Xu Xun had to give Shen Yue a sideways look. Sure enough, the next moment, Shen Yue said with a straight face: "What else are you talking about? Why don't you have any patience when doing big things? There are still girls inside, what if you rush in rashly and others yell loudly? Just wait here and see what happens to me!"
Xu Xun originally wanted the little girl to stop Zhu Houzhao, but he didn't expect the little girl to leave the two of them and go straight in. He couldn't help but be stunned. Zhu Houzhao on the side finally didn't have the restless mood at this moment, but he opened his head to explore. He was peeping there, and suddenly looked at Xu Xun with a half-smile but not a smile: "Xu Xun, don't tell her my identity when you look back! Hey, I don't have any brothers and sisters, and I've grown up so big, even if I'm my father, The emperor has never trained me, let alone the queen. She is the only one who dares to point my head and tell me that I am wrong... And when she beat that bastard away before, it was just..."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't find an adjective for a while and got stuck. He glanced at Xu Xun for a while and said: "It's easy to recognize one, sister, but it's a pity that you got there first! I can tell you, you have to treat me well later." Tell me, what is going on between you two? I see that you have not only known each other for a day or two, but you have been flirting with each other along the way..."
Xu Xun was stunned by Zhu Houzhao's quick arrival and flirtation with these two idioms in succession. He saw two girls running out of the hall one after another. He immediately bumped Zhu Houzhao with his elbow and knocked the little prince away. The next words choked back in his throat.
"Your Highness, look, those two girls have been kicked out. We won't come back before we miss the opportunity. Let's go in quickly!"
Only then did Zhu Houzhao realize that the two irritating people had been driven away. He was surprised and happy at the same time, but before he could put down what he had just said, he followed Xu Xun inside and was enjoying himself at the same time. He muttered: "Those heroines in the drama are just like that. They are both capable of fighting and clever. In a short time, I have chased them out! Unlike my imperial sister and cousin, who just follow me around all day long." Behind..."@.