AWB Chapter 214 Let me take a look
Chapter 214 Let me take a look
"Xiaojiu, why are you joining in the fun?"
Seeing that the soup brought out by the Ninth Princess was still steaming, the Emperor's expression softened a lot, but he still did not agree to her request.
The Ninth Princess put down her soup bowl, came up to him, and said coquettishly, "Father, at least Marquis Dingbei escorted us to the Jokhang Temple. Now that Seventh Sister has gone, I want to go too. Otherwise, Marquis Dingbei will think that only Seventh Sister is worried about him."
"As a subject, it is his duty to escort you to the Jokhang Temple. Do you think you should be grateful to him? That's ridiculous."
The emperor was unhappy.
The Ninth Princess said, "Father, Marquis Dingbei is no ordinary minister. He defeated the Yelu clan and was worshipped as a god of war by the people. My Seventh Sister admires him very much. I saw her being very close to Marquis Dingbei at the Jokhang Temple, and I often heard my Seventh Sister talk about how powerful and good at fighting he was. Now Marquis Dingbei has asked for a mansion for the safety of the capital, so of course I want to go with my Seventh Sister to comfort him."
The emperor's expression became even uglier, and he asked, "Why, Marquis Dingbei is very close to your seventh sister?"
The Ninth Princess smiled and said, "It should be said that Seventh Sister is very close to Dingbei Hou. Seventh Sister said that Dingbei Hou saved her life when he was a companion in the palace."
"Why?" The emperor asked coldly, "Doesn't the Marquis of Dingbei appreciate your seventh sister's kindness?"
The Ninth Princess sighed and said, "Marquis Dingbei hangs out with the imperial guards all day long and rarely shows up in front of us. I want to ask him about interesting things in Saibei, but I can't find a chance. I heard from my Seventh Sister that Marquis Dingbei's wife is a young official lady who keeps a close eye on him. Marquis Dingbei also likes to say that my eldest wife is very clingy."
"In order to appease the little boy, Lord Gu recorded you in the name of the legitimate mother, and you also became the legitimate son. The Gu family also has a marriage, and they actually agreed. Madam Gu is determined to find a son of Qin Ji. If this is the case, she can only look up, and I am afraid that she will find a worse one."
"Old Madam Gu said that Sixth Master Gu was too young to get married, so she urged him to set the wedding date, which happened to be the same day as the birth of this little boy."
The young eunuch said, "Well, at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Lord Gu's seventh son fell into the water and was saved by my intended son-in-law, so Wei Shu Na had no choice but to marry the seventh son to the son-in-law. The son-in-law is a great scholar, so it is a given that he can marry the son of the chief priest."
Gu Jinghui guarded the northern frontier for ten years and defeated the Yelu clan. There were no people in the court who could match his achievements. So why did he marry a concubine's son from Marquis Gu's family?
The young eunuch continued, "This man from the Qin family is really unlucky. I heard that long before Dingbei Hou married you, he spread the word that the man he brought back from Saibei was the widow of his lifesaver, and that he would give you a dowry after the widow had finished mourning for her so that she could choose another good man."
The Emperor raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh? How much older? I only heard that he was a boy from Lord Gu's family."
"Haha," the emperor suppressed a small laugh and said, "Master Gu Liu has been handsome and dazzling for many years. Many men have been attracted to him. I expected that the young master would be married and someone wanted him."
The Dingbei Marquis have been guarding the northern frontier for generations, and their title has been inherited without interruption. What a noble status!
The young eunuch lowered his eyebrows and smiled, "Is that so? I heard that Marquis Dingbei dotes on his eldest wife very much."
The young eunuch said, "I heard earlier that Marquis Dingbei brought back a man and two children from the northern frontier. There were many rumors outside the capital that the man was Marquis Dingbei's concubine, and the two children were twins, a boy and a girl, who were deeply loved by the old lady. There were few men of marriageable age in the capital with a family background similar to Marquis Dingbei, and before hearing the news, they were all willing to marry."
The fourth princess also laughed a few times and asked, "Why are you here?"
The young eunuch was anxious and said, "Your Majesty, I have yet to finish what I am saying. Who knew that Master Gu Liu's marriage had changed, and he married the young man from the Qin family."
The Emperor said, "He said that you had to deal with the wife of Marquis Dingbei in the past, and it would be bad if you knew less."
The fourth princess frowned, she really understood why her father was so interested in the illegitimate son of Dingqin Jijiu, but at this moment, she didn't want to think too much, so she pouted her lips and said coquettishly: "Father, tomorrow the wife of Master Gu Liu will also be here, let you go and see if it's a bad thing or not?"
The fourth princess had a half-smile on her face.
There was nothing strange on the Fourth Princess's face.
The emperor just kept asking, "Old King, tell me, what does he know?"
The emperor frowned and asked after a while, "Is Gu Laoba in poor health? Is he always hanging out with these scholars?"
"Hmm..." The emperor pondered for a moment and kept the matter in mind.
The young eunuch glanced at the fourth princess and said something that seemed to be too bad.
The young eunuch described it vividly. The emperor had been reading memorials all day and was feeling bored. At that moment, all his fatigue disappeared. He stroked his short beard and said, "What do you think of these seven men?"
The young eunuch immediately leaned forward and lowered his voice, saying, "Your Majesty, you know that the Northern Marquisate and Wei Shuna's nephew have fallen out and are about to publish a collection of poems. I heard a while ago that I, the chief priest, even helped persuade the Minister of Rites to write a preface for our collection. Ahem, the Northern Marquisate also wrote a few poems."
The young eunuch stretched out his fingers to count, frowned, and said with certainty: "Xiao Yue must be less than ten years old."
It's really unbelievable.
"Oh, he knows all that." The emperor couldn't help but smile knowingly, coughed to cover it up, and said, "I got married when I was almost eighty years old, so it's inevitable that I don't have some... well, I don't have some things that are the same as ordinary people."
The emperor said with great interest, "What can I write, old prince? He is waiting for us to print a collection of poems and bring it to me for me to see."
The young eunuch smiled and said, "As you command."
"Oh?" The emperor was slightly surprised and asked, "How could Mr. Gu Liu, with his status, marry Mr. Gu Hou's concubine's son?"
The eunuch at the side saw that the emperor was in the wrong mood, so he interrupted and said with a smile: "The wife of Dingbei Hou is much older than me, no wonder."
"Wei Shuona's family doesn't have two boys. The younger boy is born to a concubine and has been engaged. Gu Liuye and the seventh boy are engaged. Their mother's family is a branch of the Cui family in Qinghe, so it's not bad."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor laughed and said, "Does this mean she should be raised as a man?"
The young eunuch said, "Lady Gu came and said that she wanted to choose a boy from Qin Ji's family for Wei Shu Na. She wanted to have a child who would follow Qin Ji's path. After searching around, only Wei Shu Na's family was suitable."
The young eunuch was beaming with joy: "Many families outside the capital regretted their decision before hearing about this, especially when Gu Liuye had a mustache before returning to the capital. You can see what he looked like. Before the marriage, Gu Liuye shaved his beard. With this appearance and this family background, who would say that Wei Shuna was lucky to marry into a bad family? Gu Liuye thinks highly of the Yue family. I heard that he went to the Yue family several times to ask for advice. The Qin family and Ding Qin Jijiu are in frequent contact. Even Ding Wei Shuna's Beihoufu is hanging out with Wei Shuna's seventh son-in-law and nephew."
The Emperor sighed and said, "If Sixth Master Gu is willing to marry a noble, he will at least marry a concubine's son of a seventh-rank official. Since his mother is the legitimate mother, and his biological mother is a concubine, it's okay... to make do with it."