Chapter 1297 Greed for money
Even if you are a princess or a princess, you have to ask the man's family for their opinions when planning a marriage. The marriage will be granted only when both parties have no problems. Otherwise, the marriage will be granted randomly. If the family is not happy, what's the point of getting married and causing resentment?
Woolen cloth?
The Queen Mother nodded and said: "Their family agreed."
When the emperor heard this, he had no objection at all and asked with a smile, "Does the queen want her son to marry me, or you?"
"Give it to you." This is also an attitude that can reassure the Sun family. But this time the Queen Mother came to the emperor not mainly to talk about the marriage, but...
She raised her head and looked at the emperor with a kind expression, "Emperor, Yunfeng married into a lowly family in Weizhou. I checked and found that no one in the Sun family is an official in the court now. No matter what Wu Lang has done, Yunfeng is.
The emperor's grandson has already wronged her in this matter, so she cannot be too wronged in the dowry."
emperor:……
It was impossible to ask the treasury to provide money. Even when his daughters got married, the dowries he listed were too large and the courtiers sprayed them back. In the end, if he wanted to make the dowry more generous, he would have to pay it from his private treasury.
Originally, if nothing happened to King Yizhou, Li Yunfeng got married, and the emperor rewarded her with some dowry, the treasury would still pay it, but now...
The Ministry of Revenue would not give money, and the Queen Mother obviously knew this, so she asked the emperor directly for it.
Naturally, the emperor would not go to the Ministry of Revenue to do useless work, so in the end he had to come out of the private treasury.
He felt that today's dinner was very unsatisfactory. If he had known better, he would have gone to the Queen to have dinner.
Although they are all thinking about his private treasury, the feeling is different.
The emperor was heartbroken, but he nodded in agreement with a smile on his face, and said: "After the mother makes up her mind, I will ask the inner treasury to prepare a generous dowry for Yunfeng."
The Queen Mother smiled and looked sideways at the palace maid, who immediately presented her with a letter.
After taking it, she handed it to the emperor and said with a smile: "This is the dowry I have roughly planned. You should take a look at it first and then add it if you look back to see what is missing."
The emperor did not expect that the queen mother had even prepared this. When he unfolded it, he felt a thunderstorm in his mind. He scanned it ten lines at a time and couldn't help but frown, "Mother, is this dowry too generous?"
The Queen Mother sighed: "Originally, she didn't have to be so generous. She had to choose families like the Wang family, the Cui family and the Wei family. The smaller the dowry, the less. But now that she is married to a remote place like Weizhou, the Sun family will not even have the same dowry."
I don’t have any fame, so if I don’t give her more things, I’ll feel uneasy.”
The Queen Mother pressed the corners of her eyes and said sadly: "Your brother now only has one son and one daughter left. I just hope they can live a safe and prosperous life."
The emperor was silent.
Seeing that he didn't speak, the Queen Mother took his hand and said: "Cat slave, do you remember that when you were children, the four of you brothers played together. Sanlang and Wulang were naughty, and your eldest brother was serious. You had to discipline them. You were the one who led them.
When they avoid your elder brother, you always stay in front of them if something goes wrong. What a wonderful relationship between you brothers at that time."
"You did something wrong and got caught by your father. You patted your chest and said you would protect Sanlang and Wulang. Your eldest brother also protected you. In the end, it was your eldest brother who was beaten by your father..."
The emperor's face was a little moved. He was silent for a moment and then said: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I won't treat Yunfeng badly in terms of the dowry. Please give me the discount, and I will take it back and arrange it for the Queen."
Only then was the Queen Mother satisfied. She pushed the soup bowl with a smile and said, "This is the old duck soup I asked the small kitchen to stew. It's cold. Eat some to keep out the cold."
The emperor smiled and felt that this bowl of old duck soup was made of gold.
After the emperor finished his meal, he chatted with the queen mother for a while, then took the coupon and stood up to leave.
Seeing the emperor standing motionless outside the palace, Gu Zhong stepped forward and asked anxiously: "Which empress do you want to go to?"
The emperor glanced at him and said, "When did I tell you to go to other palaces? Go back to Tai Chi Palace!"
Gu Zhong was silent in his heart, not knowing who had finished his work and wanted to go to the harem.
Gu Zhong served the emperor and returned to the Tai Chi Hall. The queen had already changed her clothes and was lying on the bed, with a note written by Man Bao in her hand.
In addition to dealing with palace affairs today, she spent most of her time reading this booklet, and she hasn't finished it yet.
The emperor came back suddenly. She was stunned for a moment, then stood up with the book to greet him. She saluted and asked with a smile, "Why is your majesty back?"
The emperor took off his coat and threw it to the palace maid, and said gloomily: "I'm about to go to bed, I'll be back naturally."
He glanced at the zhezi in the queen's hand, couldn't help but sigh, and shouted outside: "Gu Zhong, bring the zhezi from the queen mother."
The emperor motioned to the queen to take a look and said, "It's so generous. I have to find an excuse to refuse it."
Even if he is willing to give Li Yunfeng a generous dowry, it doesn't have to be so generous, and he will definitely have to bargain for it.
But the Queen Mother suddenly mentioned something about their childhood, and he couldn't refuse at that time. Therefore, this evil man must either do it under the supervision of the Queen Mother or under the supervision of the inner treasury.
After changing his clothes, he sat cross-legged on the couch and said unhappily: "Xiao Yuan is saying that my mother has just recovered from a serious illness and her health is still very bad, so she cannot bear to be angry."
The Queen didn't read the book, but she had a good idea of it after scanning it. She asked: "When does the Queen Mother want to set the wedding date?"
"Not sure, but I guess it will be next year or next year."
The queen thought for a while and said: "It should be next year."
Seeing the emperor's distress, she smiled and sat across from him, "Do you know that the queen mother is a little dissatisfied with Yunfeng's interference in some palace affairs?"
The emperor frowned, "What kind of palace affairs did she interfere in?"
"It's nothing. It's just that Zhou Man was treating Dalang earlier, and she specially asked people to spread the news to the Queen Mother's ears, which made the Queen Mother very dissatisfied."
The emperor focused his attention on the folded paper, "So this..."
"This should not all be for Yunfeng," the queen said: "Wei Zhi confiscated the entire Yizhou Palace and didn't leave them a penny. In the future, when Xinqing wants to go to the fiefdom, he will definitely have to bring some things with him.
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She said: "Dizhou is poor."
This fiefdom was chosen by the emperor. He coughed slightly in embarrassment and defended: "Actually, they are not very poor..."
The Queen smiled and said: "I didn't say that this fiefdom is not good, but with Xinqing's status, if he goes to the fiefdom, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works will not give him too many things. I took a look and found that although the things the Queen Mother chose are valuable,
, but they are not suitable for liquidation, they are all treasures that can be passed down to the family."
The emperor glared, "Did you ask me to agree?"
The queen said: "It's better than asking you for money, food and people, right?"
These porcelains, calligraphy and paintings, furniture, and ornaments can all be used to support the facade and make a living, but they are difficult to realize. It is obvious that the Queen Mother carefully selected them and did not touch the sensitive points of the courtiers and the emperor.
It's a pity that she didn't know that the emperor also loved money and refused to give even this little thing.
Seeing his wandering eyes, the Queen couldn't help but frown, "After all, these things were confiscated from the Yizhou Prince's Mansion. They were taken into your private treasury because they were difficult to cash in. Why, they are gone now?"
Chapter completed!