Chapter 329: The marriage letter is here

Three marriage envoys and three candidates for the prince-consort entered the palace. In fact, the three candidates for the prince-consorts arrived at the palace city early in the morning. Yang Ling and the other two rushed from their homes, gathered at the inner east gate, and entered the palace together.

Yang Ling had the power to ride a horse in the palace, and Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, also had the same kindness as his relative, but Bi Zhen's level was a little short. The two of them were inconvenient to leave Bi Zhen and ride a horse alone. After entering the palace gate, they walked in with the three consorts.

There was also a sedan chair after the team, inside which was Yang Ling’s wife Gao Wenxin. The wife was polite to the husband and could enjoy the treatment of her husband. Naturally, she could also ride in the sedan chair in the palace. When she entered the palace gate, four women in palace dresses with thin hair and low hair came up and greeted her with a blessed body: "I have met Duke Wei Guo."

"No gifts", Yang Ling flicked his sleeves, walked to the side of the sedan chair and opened the curtain, and said softly: "These four palace maids will lead you into the inner palace. The Taihuang Taihuang's trauma is difficult to cure, and it may not be easy to treat. It is also to let you come forward, and if you are not sure, don't make any promises."

Gao Wenxin smiled with a pursed lips and said, "I know, Master, it's not the first time Wenxin has been to the hospital, so I know how to speak."

Yang Ling nodded, put down the curtain of the sedan chair, waved his hand, and four great generals put down the sedan chair and bowed out of the inner palace gate. Eight small yellow gates ran up, carried the sedan chair poles, and the sedan chair was leisurely and led by four palace maids and headed straight to the harem.

Zhang Heling smiled and said, "This time the empress dowager's illness is too serious. The imperial physician in the palace is helpless. The Duke's wife is skilled in medicine and hopes to cure the empress dowager's illness."

Yang Ling smiled and said, "I dare not, I dare not, Zhujing is a young woman with a decade of age. Her medical knowledge is as good as the imperial doctor in the palace. They are all masters of Xinglin. Yang is just doing his best for the Empress Dowager."

Zhang Heling shook his head and smiled, "It's not all. The imperial physicians in the palace are not mediocre people, but these Xinglin national players have been in the officialdom for a long time. They have become human elites. What is the purpose of saving the world? They only want to treat patients without any mistakes, not seeking merit. Those who are confused would rather be scolded as skilled than be a pioneer. Imperial physicians want the signature and status. The real money is the shops they open outside privately."

Zhang Heling was familiar with these inside stories in the palace, so what he said was naturally based on. After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly waved to Bi Zhen and shouted: "Hey, Eunuch Bi."

Bi Zhen hurried over and said, "Uncle, what are the instructions?"

Zhang Heling said: "Yesterday, the Duke of the Kingdom of China told you to call two imperial physicians to treat the person surnamed An early. Have you seen the disease?"

Bi Chun didn't even go to find anyone. Yang Ling was the chief electoral officer, and his uncle and Bi Chun were his deputy. He had to arrange these two people to do some specific marriage elections. Guo Xuan was the emperor's uncle, and his qualifications were older than him, so Yang Ling was not easy to assign him to do things. Besides, Bi Zhen was an eunuch and was easy to walk in the palace, so he told him to wait for the three candidate princesses to arrive in the morning and take two imperial physicians to see Yan Ye.

Unfortunately, Yang Ling didn't know much about the rules in the palace. He thought that since the imperial physician was working in the palace and was paid by the court, he should go to the hospital at any time. However, he didn't know that although Bi Zhen's official position in the internal supervision was not low, he could not take care of the Imperial Hospital. He could hire someone, but he still had to give the money. How could he be willing to spend that amount of money?

Bi Zhen nodded and said, "Uncle Guo, I have seen the disease, it's nothing serious. I'll catch a cold wind and cold, and I'll get better after taking some days. I prescribed some medicines to clear fire and moisten the lungs, relieve cough and phlegm, and gave him the prescription. It's only after I got out of the palace that I could get the medicine and decoct the medicine."

The three men spoke loudly, but the three candidates of the prince-consort followed respectfully and solemnly. They did not dare to speak loudly. The palace was solemn and solemn. The red walls and yellow tiles were several feet high. The guards stood like nails, and their armor was bright and solemn. How many people had seen this scene?

Yang Ling and Zhang Heling are frequent guests in the palace. They are no longer surprised, so they naturally have no scruples and laugh while walking. This is the first time that the three candidates for the consort of the prince-consorts have entered the palace. When they see such solemnity, they immediately become awe-inspiring and their feet are much lighter.

Yang Ling was relieved when she heard that she had seen the disease, but seeing that the juren's feet were floating, and he suppressed his cough, his cheeks were red when he was often held back. He frowned and said to Bi Zhen: "Eunuch Bi, this young master An has not yet recovered from his illness. He will answer with the Queen Mother and the Emperor in a while, will he lose etiquette in the court?"

Bi Zhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, he is preparing Qingcup and lung soup, so he puts it in his arms. This is on the road and it is inconvenient to drink it. If you drink it twice at the place, you can temporarily suppress your cough. You won't lose your etiquette."

Zhang Heling nodded and said, "Well, don't worry, Duke, don't worry, the emperor and the empress dowager will be in the Qingyang Palace of Kunning Palace. In fact, after seeing the car, they will have to retreat far away. The information paper that should be asked is written on it. The empress dowager and the emperor, the empress, will look at the real person at the end and find the most pleasing person from them. How can they look at the son-in-law like ordinary people? They will even ask for a question?

Whether he can choose depends on his luck. If he really chooses, it will take three days to get engaged in formal marriage, and three days later, it will take another three months. Even if he gets whooping cough, it should be cured."

Kunning Palace is the bedroom of the empress, the mother of the world, and the place where women in the world are extremely noble. The palace with golden glazed tiles and double-eaved hip-mounted mountains has nine wide rooms, two large doors in the middle, and there are east-west warm pavilions. The artifacts are magnificent and the atmosphere is perfect. Before everyone could reach the front door, the palace maids and eunuchs who were serving had already entered the inner report.

After a while, Ma Yongcheng, the chief supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, hurriedly came out, clasped his fists with a smile and said, "Welcome to the grandfather, the marquis, haha, the grandfather, Bi, no gifts, no gifts, oh, please come in, the three of you, the queen mother and the emperor will arrive soon."

Yang Ling and Zhang Heling nodded and first entered the main hall of Kunning Palace with the maids. The three candidate princesses were led into the door by the little yellow gate and rested in the side hall first.

Bi Zhen waited for them to go far away and grabbed Ma Yongcheng and said, "Eunuch Ma, it's all up to you today. The An family spent a lot of money to be this son-in-law. We have to collect money and do things for others."

Ma Yongcheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I, Lao Ma, have some unsafe things to do? In the palace courtyard, our family is the butler. We have served the empress dowager and the queen. They have fulfilled their wishes. How can our family not be able to speak at all?"

He lowered his voice and said, "The Emperor has been resting in the palace occasionally recently. Our family said to the Queen. It was our family's hard advice that the Emperor changed his mind. Hehe, the Queen is grateful to our family."

When Bi Zhen heard this, he laughed and said, "My father-in-law is a clever, he is such a good method." He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he quickly took out a roll of silver notes from his sleeve and stuffed them into Ma Yongcheng's hand. Ma Yongcheng put his hands in his sleeve and pinched it, which was thicker than what he sent yesterday, and his face suddenly became a little more gentle.

He whispered, "Don't worry, the emperor, the queen and the queen are just going to meet people in person, and they won't say much to them. The emperor married a girl, and he didn't worry about his family's poor family background and low background, so he had anything to ask. Just look at whether the prince consort was happy or not. I would take care of him.

When the emperor and the empress dowager ask you to introduce these three candidate prince consorts, what should you say? We don’t need to teach us, right?”

Bi Zhen smiled knowingly and said, "We are not good at serving people. We can just talk, say whatever should be said, say what should not be said, say more, say less, say what should be said, say less, and have a clear idea in our hearts. Haha, don't worry, Eunuch Ma."

Ma Yongcheng laughed and said with a tick, "This kid looks okay in our family. At a young age, he is even a juren and looks pretty. Otherwise, if you want to call a deer like a horse, you can't fool the queen mother and the emperor with just a clever mouth. However, this child is a bit of a pity. If you don't take the exam for fame, you will spend a lot of money as a prince consort! This identity sounds good, it's uncomfortable!"

"Hi! What's the purpose of the royal relative? Eunuch Ma is a noble person, and you are all noble people when you see the land. The prince-consort. In the eyes of these noble people, they naturally avoid it, but there are many poor people in the world. The emperor is very fond of the princess. The empress only cut off some of the cost in the princess's mansion and brought it back that day, which made Eunuch Luo unlucky to be an enema ambassador who had been for more than half a year.

Besides, the boy An Dongchen is not very good, but his job is full of energy. He is so fat that he has a low status. He has to bow when he sees anyone. If his son becomes the son-in-law of the emperor today, it would not be enough for him to be angry? If he does not have to be humble when he meets anyone in the future, then it is also a relative of the country. Doesn’t the status of the relative of the country depend on the distance between him and the emperor?”

He lowered his voice and said, "Dadfather, the emperor doesn't like his uncle. Do you think that Mr. Zhang still has the majesty of the past? The emperor pampers his sister, and this sister-in-law is not comparable to the prince-consort next to him."

Ma Yongcheng smiled and said, "That's right, that's the truth. When you have money, you want power, and when you have power, you want reputation. Oh, people's hearts are not enough... The snake swallows the elephant, it's done, you can go into the palace quickly, our family still has to wait for the empress dowager and the emperor here."

"Okay, then the man will go in first. Manager Ma, how much trouble you are." Bi Zhen bowed and chased into the hall.

Yang Ling and Zhang Heling walked into Kunning Palace side by side, and the queen came up with a smile. She was wearing a yellow big-sleeved yellow dress with a golden dragon pattern and a soap crown, and her face was neat. Yang Ling and Zhang Heling hurried forward and lifted the robe and bowed: "Since Yang Ling, Zhang Heling has seen the Queen."

The little queen helped her hands and said, "You two families are welcome to get up quickly. Duke and uncle are worried about the selection of the prince consort. Thank you for your hard work, please sit down quickly."

This little queen was hiding by Emperor Zhengde for more than a year, and now she has already opened her mind. Tang Yixian has no intention of competing for the palace with her. Look at Zhengde's temper. If she really wants to help Tang Yixian as her queen, even if she doesn't ruin her, she can do the work of the second queen and establishing her. But there is nothing. Even if she wants to take Tang Yixian as the imperial concubine, the two of them have to practice folk husband and wife outside the palace, instead of entering the door with the etiquette of the imperial concubine.

She and the emperor were angry, and as a result, they turned Kunning Palace into a cold palace. They had never seen the emperor since they got married. After a long time, they could not even remember what her husband looked like. Now she is only sixteen years old. Could it be that she will live a life of widowhood and be secretly ridiculed by other concubines?

She wanted to learn from the Empress Dowager to favor the harem alone, but unfortunately, Emperor Zhengde was like a wild horse that broke the reins. The imperial palace courtyard and the rules of the ancestral system could not bind him. Why should she control the emperor? Emperor Zhengde rode through the Wumen Gate, embraced Tang Yixian, and guided the Golden Palace to spread the story of the harem. The emperor did his own thing, and his favorite way to do the land was to break the rules. The tighter the constraints of your land, the further he would run.

The little queen has become much more content since then. It seems that Emperor Zhengde likes her a little. When he enters the palace, he occasionally lives in the palace and speaks a little more harmoniously. The concubines of the first and second sons can still enjoy the rain and dew every month. They are favored by the emperor several times, which is a world of difference compared to the cold reception before.

The little queen was also excited. The queen should have a queen's aura. Not only could the emperor not offend him, but the emperor's important officials around him were also inconvenient to offend him easily, so he was full of spring breeze and was very humble.

The queen was just talking to Princess Yongchun and Princess Xiang'er in the hall. Princess Yongchun is lively and active by nature. Her sister, who used to be calm, was not too much. Now there is a Zhu Xiang'er, who is bored, and they run around the palace all day long, like visiting relatives and friends, the queen, imperial concubine, queen mother, and princesses of the Ten Princes' Mansion. Everyone goes shopping in the mansion with nothing to do.

The two girls were young and had no intentions and were likeable. None of them was annoying at the palace and were popular everywhere. The queen lived alone in Kunning Palace and had a high status, but it was like a Buddha offering to the top. She wanted to joke about her and couldn't find anyone to talk about her worries, so she was even more welcome to them. The three of them were like friends now. When they said they wanted to see the choice of the prince-consort, the queen agreed. She asked them to go to Qingyang Pavilion first and avoid peeking behind the screen.

The queen ordered people to serve tea and chat with the two adults. As long as they were the landlords, the empress dowager and the emperor's chariot also arrived. Ma Yongcheng held the empress dowager's arm and respectfully invited the two in. Yang Ling and Zhang Heling hurriedly got up to see the emperor. The empress dowager asked about the situation of the Lins and then arrived at Qingyang Pavilion.

There are three main houses in Qingyang Pavilion. The middle is partitioned with screens, and there are three chairs in front of the large screen where the plum blossoms offer auspiciousness. The Empress Dowager sat in the middle, and the Emperor and the Empress sat left and right. Then the palace maids placed pens, ink, paper, ink, ink, ink, ink, and inkstones and red paper with three names written on each of them. It seems that these three people are also going to be divided.

The three marriage envoys were given seats on the left and right, and just sat down. Ma Yongcheng stood beside the queen and sang loudly, "The three people waiting to be elected will meet."

The opposite side was separated from another room by a screen. The three young men were wearing light green robes, black and oily hair was tied up with cloth towels, and they entered one after another from behind the screen. They turned to the front of the screen, and did not dare to raise their heads. They immediately knelt down and said, "The Cao people saw Emperor Da, Empress Dowager, and Empress."

"Raise your head," the Empress Dowager knew that one of the three would love her son-in-law himself, and she looked very happy, so she raised her hand and said. The three young men followed the imperial edict and bowed again. Then she stood up and stood there without looking sideways.

Don’t look at the first election like a farce, and beggars and gangsters also come to join in the fun, but after eight screenings, the three lucky ones selected from nearly 10,000 candidates all have beautiful eyes, slender figures and extraordinary appearances.

Empress Dowager Zhang glanced, closed her sleeves, showed a smile of satisfaction on her lips, and nodded slightly, "The three Qing families have really put their thoughts into it. These three teenagers all look quite pleasing to the eyes."

Yang Ling, Zhang Heling, Bi Zhen hurriedly bowed and thanked him. Emperor Zhengde was rarely serious. He looked at the tallest boy on the left, beautiful and handsome, with red lips and white teeth. He felt that this girl who matched him was still acceptable, so he pointed his hand and asked, "What's the name of the one on the left?"

Yang Ling and the other two were familiar with the resumes of the final candidates. Yang Ling had the highest status and was the main candidate. He bowed his hand and was about to speak, but Bi Zhen jumped over from behind, hugged and leaned over to the emperor, and smiled flatteringly: "Your Majesty, this person is Chen Hui, sixteen years old. He just won the scholar, literary talent, character, and appearance that was outstanding."

Zhengde nodded, nodded softly, picked up the brush on the dragon-patterned coffee table beside him, and was about to mark the name, Bi Zhen continued with a smile on his face: "When it comes to family background, Chen Hui is a little inferior, but the hero is not afraid of being a low-class person. He is only listed on the list because he is excellent in all aspects."

Emperor Zhengde was stunned and blurted out: "Family origin? What family background?"

Bi Chun nodded and bowed to the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Queen, "Chen Hui's father is a hawker selling fried fruits in the South City Gate, named Chen Sanyuan. His mother remarried Chen Sanyuan after her husband died, and the two gave birth to this son. Chen Hui was very successful and studied poetry and books hard since childhood, and won fame last year."

Zhengde smiled and said, "What do I think is this? What is this? The emperor's sister is not married to her family background."

Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Zhang looked a little displeased when she heard this. She frowned slightly, leaned towards the emperor slightly, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Yongfu married me, is the native of the Chen family. He wants to worship his parents-in-law. Chen Hui's father is a small merchant. But his mother is a woman who is a woman who is remarried. A woman who is ill-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-whole-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-will-

Zhengde disagreed, but fortunately there were two candidates, so he helplessly put down the brush in his hand, continued to look at the remaining two, and looked at it for a while. He whispered: "My mother, how about the one in the middle?"

No matter how family is, the family who was selected to be a palace to see the emperor even if they lose everything, they still have to buy a decent dress for their son to dress up. The boy in the middle is simple and honest, and he is frivolous and frivolous, but he is willing to be honest and kind to his sister. He also feels good after seeing this person. Therefore, he asks for advice.

The queen chuckled on the right and said, "The emperor is martial and tall and strong. This man is slightly dark and has a solid figure. He looks like a warrior. He just doesn't know his family background. How talented he is?"

After standing for a while, Yan Ye was already sweating a little, and his throat began to itch. He didn't dare to cough in front of the emperor, but he couldn't bear it just by trying to endure it. Yan Ye couldn't help but clench his fists and covered his lips, and coughed twice.

This voice attracted Zhengde's gaze. He glanced at him and said, "This one has pretty eyebrows, but his bones are too thin."

Seeing Yan Ye coughing, Ma Yongcheng immediately sang: "The person waiting to be selected retreat."

Sanyeru received a general amnesty and quickly led the leader to bow and retreat to the screen. The other two had to retreat. Empress Dowager Zhang glared at Ma Yongcheng in displeasure and said, "Why did the Ai family ask people to retreat before they looked at it carefully?"

Ma Yongcheng hurriedly smiled and said, "Empress Dowager. You have seen the appearance of the three candidates. What a solemn event that the royal family chooses the prince-consort. I am worried that the emperor and the empress will be far away. If they speak loudly, it will be inappropriate to hear the discussion words."

Bi Zhen also responded repeatedly. Empress Dowager Zhang snorted and stopped talking, and turned to Zhengde: "Your Majesty, these three children are still accustomed to appearance. If you want to talk about your appearance, the surname Chen Di is the best. Unfortunately, the family background is not good, and the royal family doesn't care about the wealth, wealth, and the wealth, etc., but this family background is innocent but cannot be careless. In the eyes of the Ai family, you can choose one of the other two."

Zhengde nodded and asked, "Bi Zhen, who is the one who is standing in the middle just now and has a strong figure?"

Bi Zhen hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Empress, this person is Sun Shibo. His father was originally a general. He lived in the capital after he was disabled and retired from the army. This person studied both literature and martial arts..."

He laughed treacherously and added: "But he is still young and has many skills to practice. He has not yet mastered martial arts, has no literary talent, and has not yet achieved fame. Now he is a commoner."

When Empress Dowager Zhang heard that she knew everything, Wen and Wu, didn’t she understand everything, and wasn’t she dissatisfied with half a bottle? She was not very satisfied with Sun Shibo’s appearance, and she didn’t like it even more.

Zhengde thought about it and found that the first one he liked the most was the first one. The second one and the third one were both literary and martial, and the appearance and shape were not the same type, so he couldn't compare it. He lost his mind for a moment and asked again: "What about the third one? How about that weak-hearted boy with a light cough? It seems that his body is not very good."

Bi Zhen smiled and said, "That person is called An Ye, the son of An Dongchen, the minor official of Xishiku, who is only sixteen years old. He has become a scholar and has outstanding poetry and prose, and is a talented man. Recently, the capital has dry nature and many people have cold and sick. This man is a scholar. He is not strong enough and has been in a cold for some days. Now he still has more coughs. Because of his superior conditions, I discussed with the Duke and the uncle and put him on the list to be selected."

Zhengde thought secretly for a while, but couldn't make a decision: In terms of his life experience, Sun Shibo is the son of a fourth-rank military general, but unfortunately he is a commoner. At the age of a sad night, he was a juren. Although his father was a minor official, he was a child of an official, but his body was too thin. Seeing his appearance of being able to blow away with a gust of wind, Zhengde's usual personality of fighting with tigers and leopards is absolutely despised.

After hesitating for a while, he asked Empress Dowager Zhang: "Mother, which one do you think is suitable?"

Empress Dowager Zhang thought slightly and said, "Yongfu is calm and steady in character, and is well versed in poetry and articles. According to Ai's family, he is still more compatible with that juren. The child is handsome and has won the juren, and his literary talent is also good. Speaking of body bones, he is not asking him to be a son-in-law. How many scholars have good juren? Isn't this because of the cold, otherwise he wouldn't look so bad."

Zhengde shook his head and said, "Yu Mei likes quietness, but she doesn't like weak scholars. Yu Mei likes a young man from Yunwen and martial arts, who is proficient in literature but not sour, skilled in martial arts but not rough, talks funny and understanding..."

When he said this, he suddenly remembered that he was going to Jizhou Hot Spring. His sister praised Yang Ling in front of him, and couldn't help but turn her head and look at Yang Ling. He saw Duke Wei's eyes and his nose and his heart, just like an old monk entering into meditation, motionless.

Zhengde originally wanted to seek Yang Ling's support. Seeing that his eyelids were hanging down, he seemed to be about to fall asleep, so he turned around and said, "That young man who is rarely 16 years old in Sun Shibo looks very mature in temperament, and is proficient in literature and martial arts. I think it is more suitable for Yongfu."

The queen also fell in love with the night in her heart. Who doesn't like the handsome and romantic young man? Although she is pale and has a weak face, isn't that cold? No matter how you look at it, she looks cute than the black and strong young man, but now she is much more well-behaved, and her mother-in-law falls in love with the night in her eyes. Her husband fell in love with Sun Shibo, and after a little weighing in her heart, she decided to give up her own opinions and join her husband's trenches.

The queen said: "Empress Dowager, I also think that Sun Shibo is more suitable. Anyway, he doesn't need to take the top scorer as a prince consort, so I can pass the literary talent. Yongfu is not only proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting, riding horses and archery, and rowing in Cuju. A man who is too quiet is afraid that she won't like it."

When Empress Dowager Zhang heard this, she hesitated and thought about it. Although Sun Shibo was not as good as Yan Ye’s literary talent, he was not as good as Yan Ye’s appearance. He always said it was pretty good. In addition, when it comes to family background, it was better than Yan Ye’s family. She thought about it and nodded slightly and agreed. As long as she nodded, she would no longer have the endless storms that followed. Maybe she would be able to hold her grandson next year.

Unexpectedly, the little princess Yongchun was anxious from behind and whispered against the crack of the screen: "Mother, mother, you can't marry Sun Shibo!"

Ma Yongzheng was also a little anxious when he saw the empress dowager's point. He gave Bi Zhen a wink. Bi Zhen coughed knowingly, and took a step forward and was about to make some more slander. For example, when Sun Shibo was seven years old, he dipped his father's birthday in wine and let him taste it. It can be said that this person was drunk. When he was eleven, he fought with his neighbor's children, which broke his head. It can be said that he was violent.

However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he vaguely heard someone talking behind the screen, so he hurriedly stopped. Bi Zhen did not dare to look back and just peeked behind the screen with the corner of his eyes. Yongchun was standing behind Empress Dowager Zhang. Empress Dowager Zhang heard his daughter's voice and frowned slightly: What is this child coming to do? There is really no rules.
To be continued...