Chapter 21 Because I’m Lovely
Said here Aunt Ning gently sighed: “I can care about everything else, only you – you are my hand brought up, if by the outside people to be calculated, when I come down to hell to see your mother, how to explain to her? Silly girl, who do you think Auntie is so nervous for? It’s all for you!”
Zhao Su looked at her for a moment, sat down: “I was promised to the Xu family this matter, my brother knows?”
“Because it has not yet been finalized, and did not say much to the public, but such an important matter, he must know. It’s just that I’ve only recently heard about Mr. Xu and their cousin girl.”
Speaking here, Aunt Ning pulled her hand, “Silly child, of course your father will not harm you, just that you should have married into a noble family to enjoy the blessings, but he married you into an unranked general’s family, how can their Xu family compare to the glory of a first-class nobleman? What’s more, this Mr. Xu is still this kind of heart, in the future, after you pass through the door, you still have to suffer a lot of aggravation!
“I don’t know who came up with this idea, and I don’t know who blew the whistle in front of your father. Nowadays, you know how to be filial and think about him, but have they ever thought about you?”
Auntie Ning’s words were so heartfelt that Zhao Su suddenly remembered the old house next door, leaning against the gate to pull people chattering about the second old lady …….
But from this it seemed that this marriage contract would not be false.
She did not want to oppose for the sake of opposition, fate this kind of thing, does not have to be love at first sight to count, parents’ orders is just a way to tie the knot, so in her previous life she did not refuse to matchmaking.
But if the truth of the matter is like this, then of course there is no need to consider.
And if there was no consideration, how was she going to stop things from developing?
If she had only stereotypically felt bad when she heard Empress Lu mention the badness of the idea of male superiority and female inferiority earlier, now that the marriage of a parent’s order and a matchmaker’s word had landed on her head, it made for real feelings, and regardless of whether or not that Mr. Xu had already had a sweetheart, she didn’t want to make the mistake of making a mistake!
In this way, the head bald, how to turn back the Marquis of Qingyun is still clueless, here is another marriage contract needs to be resolved!
I don’t know what formalities are required to withdraw from a marriage these days. If she took the initiative to repent the marriage, would it work?
After all, once Empress Dowager Lu came, a lot of things have changed, but the thought of the Han people for thousands of years by Confucianism, a word of righteousness inherited so many dynasties, the withdrawal of the marriage is the good of the two surnames of the behavior, the Xu family side did not say anything, if she is proposed to withdraw from the marriage, it is the same as moving a stone to stone their own feet.
Even if the Marquis of Qingyun agrees, the impact on the family’s reputation will be difficult to undo, right?
This matter must be careful. So isn’t it a good idea to find an opportunity to explore this Mr. Xu’s strengths and weaknesses?
Turning her eyes, she saw that Auntie Ning was still staring at her, so her mind closed in, ”Is Cousin Ning’s mansion ready? Do you miss him, Auntie? Do you have any thoughts about going to Tongzhou recently?”
“He’s just joined the government, there’s a place in the government office, what’s the hurry to buy a house? Let’s talk about it later.” Aunt Ning picked up the tea and took a sip, she also instructed: “You can’t talk nonsense to your father like this in the future, don’t mention the matter of renewing your marriage again, and be careful to fall into the path of the traitors.”
Zhao Su looked at her and nodded, “I’ll be careful, and I’ll make sure my father keeps his eyes open.”
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Sitting in the Qianqing Palace, Marquis Qingyun couldn’t control himself and sneezed twice in a row!
After stopping, he looked apologetically at the emperor sitting across a small kang table, said “forgive me”, and took out a handkerchief and weakly wiped on the zhengshi held in the emperor’s hand.
The emperor sat steadily on the couch, the folders closed: “Governor recently busy, I think it must be tired, but also when to pay attention to the body is.”
“Thank you for your love and care. I just had some itchy nose earlier, and only then did I lose my manners in front of the temple.” Marquis Qingyun yawned.
The emperor nodded slightly.
Marquis Qingyun then returned to the topic, “Although the evidence of Shi En’s offense has been collected, the case will have to be handed over to the Da Lisi and Da Lisi for trial, the Da Lisi and the Da Lisi are all subordinates of the former emperor and the empress dowager in the past, even if the emperor decides to punish severely, as long as the empress dowager gives the word, the two magistracies will surely have a way to procrastinate. Please also ask the emperor to make a decision early.”
The emperor’s face was like a flat lake, “Shi En is deeply trusted by the empress dowager, before this he never had a record of transgressions, the empress dowager’s disbelief that he had committed any offenses is also justifiable. In fact, this evidence of guilt or not is the real evidence, yet to be verified. Although the empress dowager’s intention to shelter Shi En is obvious, I cannot recklessly contradict it.”
“Your Majesty also believes that Shi En may have been framed?”
“I am only saying that there is this possibility.”
The Emperor stood up with his armrests supported, and as he moved slowly and lightly, his trailing robes crushed a patch of heavenly light, and the posture in which he stood made the compartment a little tight.
“Why exactly did the Empress Dowager want to protect Shi En, and aren’t we still unaware of the exact reasons?
“It has only been more than twenty years since the founding of the country, even though most people respect the late emperor and the empress dowager, there are quite a number of old ministers from the previous dynasty in the court, most of them are still rushing for fame and fortune to attach themselves to the Great Liang, and inwardly they may not have the same level of sincerity towards the Song family court as the honored ministers.
“So in the two or three years since the late emperor’s death, I have received several petitions to modify the established state policy. It is evident that they do harbor certain ideas.”
“Then is the Empress Dowager informed?”
The emperor stretched out his left hand, and when the five fingers that looked like carved ivory and clearly boned fingers gently pushed the hidden window open, the twilight light leaked in, and a touch of condensation between his lightly knitted brows immediately appeared, “Although all of them were refuted by me, with the Empress Dowager’s wisdom, she may not have not received the news.”
Marquis Qingyun then rose, realized: “That the Empress Dowager wants to protect Shi En, is for these people.”
The emperor looked at the window, “Recently I have always wondered about one thing.”
“What is it?”
“Because of Shi En’s case, I have recently carefully reviewed the bylaws since the founding of the Flower Moon Society, and I always feel that this entire set of regulations, progress, are very strict.
“From the beginning, there was only one leader, to today’s three, all the aspects involved are organized and very tight, the screening regulations, the reward and punishment system, all of them have their counterparts. It’s like acting with a plan from early on.”
Marquis Qingyun mused, “Since I’ve known the Empress Dowager, I’ve often heard her sighing about the equality of all beings, and with the Empress Dowager’s wisdom, it’s not surprising that she had a plan early on.”
“That is not what I mean.”
The Emperor said.
What exactly is the meaning, but he did not say down, but directly changed the words: “Since the empress dowager does not let go, then first this stolen silver transported into the capital, so that the Ministry of households to speed up the speed of inventory, the erosion of that military pay first leveled up.
“Shi En is not wrongly accused, the empress dowager must be more than we want to know the truth, first let him stay in jail, and wait for the results of the investigation on the side of the Ci Ning Gong.”
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