Chapter 6
“Ah?” Rong Xiangxin turned around and pulled Xiangxian, “Then won’t my sister become Yu Wangfei’s consort!”
“Naturally!” Rong Xiangwang immediately returned the favor by getting up and bowing deeply, “Little Rong brother greets Your Highness Consort Yu!” The table full of people immediately burst into laughter.
“What are you guys babbling about?” Rong Xiangmian was so anxious that she turned to Long for help, “Second Auntie, the two of them are making fun of me!”
Second Auntie hugged her and signaled the two children to shut up, the joke had gone too far.
The English Duke took a sip of wine and slowly said, “Old General Qi is old, now he is going to spend his life in the capital. The emperor was originally prepared to reorganize the king’s division, so that Yuhang command, but Yuhang politely refused, the empress dowager could not bear to see Yuhang suffer any more, and must keep him in the capital to enjoy the honor and glory. His Majesty has decided to expand and remodel the old mansion of Ruan Lao Shangshu’s family on Shanhe Street in the west of the city and give it to Yup King as his residence, so that our family members will be in the capital without having to be separated.”
Rong Xiang Gu heard this and glanced at Xiang Xiang: “Good. Shanhe Street is not too far from our home, riding a horse does not need half an hour to arrive, in the future the fourth sister back to the door is also convenient.”
Rong Xiangxian heard even more: “Big brother, how can you also follow their nonsense ah!”
Mrs. State Duke couldn’t help but speak out to stop: “Indeed it’s not right to discuss this in front of a girl who hasn’t left her chambers.” All of them then changed the topic of conversation and happily ate wine until late at night before dispersing.
Knowing the good news about Yu Wang, the happiest ones were Lin Lang and the others, who were simply satisfied.
“Our girl is going to be the princess? She doesn’t need to marry far away! God has eyes!” Fei Xue was so happy that she almost knocked over the incense burner, Xiang Xiang was removing her makeup, and when she heard this, she immediately told her to shut up, “You guys mustn’t mention this!”
“What?” Linlang just now saw something wrong, in the mirror, Aimi’s face was not shy and angry, she really had something on her mind. She is the most attentive, busy put down the comb and squatted to the side of Xiangmian: “What is difficult?”
Rong Xiangmian said in a low voice: “At first, I was promised to him, because although he is a prince, but there is no noble status, the noblewomen in the capital really can not find a willing. Now that he is King Yuh, and has made an unparalleled achievement for the country’s dynasty, do you think he is still worried about not being able to find a consort of King Yuh?”
“But His Majesty’s golden words,” Feiyun immediately put down the brocade quilt in her hands and ran over when she heard this, “Could it still be reversed?”
Linlang thought carefully for a moment, “Although not yet married, but have asked for the name, His Majesty will never retract the order, or is it not a harm to the girl? But …… now your highness status is precious, other families will certainly be willing to betroth the first daughter, by then our girl, may have to give others as a side consort …….”
“What?” Fei Xue was so angry that she jumped straight to her feet, “They won’t be so shameless, right? So snobbish that King Yu can even look at them?”
Fei Yun hummed, “King Yu must not be able to look at them! If he is a conscientious person, he should know that when the entire capital disliked him, only the British Duke’s House was willing to betroth its daughter to him! How can he condemn our girl to be a side consort?”
Rong Xiangmian sighed softly, she didn’t know Yu Wang, but it was also common for people to move to higher places. Just, how could she not escape the fate of a side consort for two lifetimes?
No way! Rong Xiangmian made up her mind: absolutely do not want to be a side consort, preferring to spend her life as a girl in the Duke of England’s residence, not to give others the right couple as a tool to have children.
The British Duke’s House is thin, Rong Sheng brothers dead, disabled disabled, originally in the capital in the prestige is not as strong as before. Who knows now four happy, a moment to let the capital eye hot, all said: the Rong family has gone so many years of bad luck, this is considered a turnaround .
New Year’s Day, the British House of great joy, all around the lights and colors, ready for a few days of family banquets and rituals.
This evening, outside the report, the palace Shen Duzhi personally came to declare the decree. A family is very puzzled, easy to wait until the Duke of England to receive the decree to thank the grace, the front of the message, to change the family to go to the ancestral hall of plain clothes.
From the Duke of England and his wife, to a family of young ladies, to the subordinates, from the ancestral hall all the way to the door kneeling, a solemn, crows do not hear.
“Second brother, the grace of heaven is immense, His Majesty took the head of the Lord of Western Qin and offered it to you in front of your spirit, repenting and making amends day after day. May you rest in peace in heaven.”
After these words, the whole family cried bitterly. The Rong family’s second son, the style of the best in Jinling, even if the Western Qin master cut off his head ten times, can not change him to be born again.
When Xiangmian thought of his inability to change the fate of his second uncle, he felt the pain of his heart.
After the ancestral hall, Rong Xiangmian thought that his second aunt and her family must be in a bad mood, so he accompanied them back. On the way, the sixth sister said, “I want to thank fourth brother-in-law for avenging our death.”
Fourth brother-in-law, Rong Xiangmian heard this word at first and didn’t react.
When she came back to her senses, her face was actually on fire.
The person who recovered Western Qin and avenged her second uncle was her fiancé.
The return of Western Qin was a big event, and even though he didn’t have to go to court during the Spring Festival, the Duke of England wasn’t idle.
Zhou Xian Yang is even busier. Since his return to the capital, in addition to discussing the establishment of counties and military defense of Western Qin, he has been in the empress dowager’s palace day after day, serving medicine.
The Empress Dowager loved her grandson the most. After Yu’s accident, Xian Yang told the Empress Dowager that he did not want to stay in the palace. The Empress Dowager was afraid that Zhang’s secret hatred for Yu would be avenged on Xian Yang, so she proposed to the Emperor to send him to General Qi’s residence, and when he was old enough to grow up, he would be given another residence.
Unexpectedly, the army of the Rong family, which had lost General Rong, was demoralized and did not recover, and the border defense gradually fell apart. General Qi took the initiative to take his oldest son to Yangzhou to take over the military affairs, Zhou Xianyang and their father and son used to get used to, can not be separated, so also followed along.
After so many years of absence, seeing Xian Yang grow up so big, and build a career, the Empress Dowager was full of relief, and the winter sickness of the past year, even got much better.
This Lantern Festival, the Empress Dowager spirit is good, hand holding a flower mirror, looking at the hall full of children and grandchildren, satisfied, a rare day with the emperor and queen and the royal family to enjoy the same day.
The biggest focus of Daming Palace is naturally the triumphant Zhou Xian Yang. Even the Empress complimented him, saying that since the founding of the country, there has never been an unparalleled success in recovering Western Qin, and that the many sons of the Emperor together are not as good as him.
Zhou Xian Yang laughed and said: “The plan to recover Western Qin was drawn up by my father in the early years, the Rong family army, the Qi family army and the generals and soldiers of Yangzhou have been operating for many years, and the lives of several generations of people have been left there. I am merely lucky to have picked up a ready-made bargain. If any of my brothers had gone to Yangzhou, I’m afraid it wouldn’t even be my turn to sit here.”
These words were said in a proper and considerate manner, without taking credit for it, and His Majesty and the Empress Dowager were very pleased.
His Fifth Highness, King Yun, was extremely naive and said, “Fourth brother, don’t be too modest. If I go to Yangzhou, I don’t know how long it will take to recover the Western Qin, I have to learn the Western Qin language for twenty years!”
The crowd laughed, thinking that this was the truth. King Yuh’s achievements could not be fully described by a single sentence of good fortune. The patience, tenacity, and boldness of lurking in Western Qin for many years alone, not many people had.
Empress Dowager’s finger pointed far away from His Fifth Highness, “Xianhui, if you were willing to divide some of the effort you spend daily on birds, fish and insects, West Qin would have been recovered long ago.”
All the people were holding back their laughter at the words. His Highness is proficient in painting and calligraphy, before painting must spend a very long time to observe and study, sometimes a whole day can not even care about eating, often joked behind the scenes: if the country’s sons are like His Highness this heart, Western Qin has long been recovered.
I can’t imagine that this day has really come.
The seventh royal uncle is a man of elegance, favorite fifth highness, can not help but speak for him, to his majesty arched his hand and said: “the royal brother is the son of heaven, the son of heaven’s children, naturally, all of them are dragons in the people, each with their own strengths.”
His Majesty was pleased in his heart, but on his lips he said, “Seventh brother, those two children of yours are the filial ones. I heard that for you like Taihu Lake stone, personally went to search for half a year, to get a piece of seven feet high of the very best, I these sons do not have this heart.”
The words, the king of qi immediately rose and saluted: “my son also for my father to find a piece of taihu stone, is on the way to the capital, originally thought of my father’s birthday, and then offer.”
The Emperor nodded, “You are a filial one, then I will wait.”
King Li and the Empress quickly glanced at each other, the corners of their mouths revealing a hint of undetectable mockery: this big brother, really hasn’t grown at all. Earlier, after hearing his father mention a mouthful of his royal uncle’s business, he rushed to search for the Taihu Lake stone, giving gifts are picking up the pieces, won’t refurbish them, can’t you see that his father doesn’t care about it at all?
King Kai was born before His Majesty ascended the throne and lost his mother at a very young age. Naturally, his knowledge is not comparable to that of the Third Prince, who was raised in the Empress’s palace.
However, King Kai also has a trick to please His Majesty, and that is two children, His Majesty’s good grandson and the Empress Dowager’s great grandson. Among the royal sons, only King Kai was older, and these two children were just half old enough to come to the banquet. Daming Palace of the main hall also dare to run around, the empress dowager also specially instructed, do not control them, let them with that folk children like, in the home at home some.
Looking at the children, His Majesty rejoiced, and remembered the marriage of the oldest four and the oldest five: “Western Qin started the war, delayed a lot of things. After this period of time, I will immediately organize your marriages!”
Xian Yang and Xian Hui immediately came forward to thank the emperor.
When the banquet was over, His Majesty called Zhou Xian Yang to him: “You have not left the palace for a while. Although it is your filial piety, but this New Year’s festival is over, you should also enjoy yourself. The night of the Lantern Festival is the best time to see the city of Jinling, especially the City God Temple on the west side of the city, which is bustling with activity, so go and take a look.”