As soon as the queen shot, the entire capital followed suit.

This method can't be matched by others.

Emperor Kai Yao listened to Xu Xianzhi, Wei Zuowei, reported the situation in the capital.

"Your Majesty, all major families in the capital are so busy talking about their children, so that the supply of official media exceeds demand."

Kai Yaodi vented his nose with a hum.

"anything else?"

"Weichen's preliminary statistics show that in just a few hours, ten families have made arrangements for their children."

"List!"

Xu Xianzhi didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly took out the list from his arms and offered it with both hands.

Chen Dachang, the servant supervisor who was waiting next to Emperor Kai Yao, took the list from Xu Xian's hand and placed it in front of Emperor Kai Yao.

"Your Majesty, please have a look."

Emperor Kai Yao slightly narrowed his eyes and scanned the list of familiar names.

Emperor Kai Yao coldly snorted, "The emperor's grandson chooses his wives, are these people so eager to get rid of the relationship? It's ridiculous that the majestic grandson is so despised by others."

Inside the hall, needles dropped can be heard.

The palace officials lowered their heads and tried their best to reduce their sense of existence.

Xu Xianzhi was sweating on his forehead and felt anxious in his heart, for fear of his majesty's anger on his head.

"Your Majesty has instructions?"

Others were afraid of Kai Yaodi’s Longwei and dared not speak, but Chen Dachang had no such worries.

He has been serving Emperor Kai Yao since he was a child, and the master and servant have been with him for forty years.

He was the servant of Emperor Kai Yao, and also the dead man and counselor of Emperor Kai Yao.

Emperor Kai Yao sneered coldly, "I have sent a message to the emperors and grandchildren to hand in the list before sunset tomorrow. Such a ridiculous thing should end as soon as possible."

In Kai Yaodi's words, it was obvious that there was a lot of dissatisfaction with the idea of ​​Empress Empress.

The emperor and grandchildren get together to choose wives, get together to get married, not to mention, the wedding expenses alone are a huge number.

At that time, both the National Treasury and the Shaofu will be under pressure from this amount of expenditure.

Even if the young man has money, he can't afford to spend it like this.

The young mansion is Kai Yaodi’s private treasury, so he can take out so much money at once to marry his emperor and grandchildren.

Chen Dachang bowed to take his orders, and quickly walked out of the hall, called a few servants, and went to the East Palace, the various palaces, and the palace of the princes.

...

Prince Ning's Mansion.

After leaving the servant, Princess Ning Pei was worried and sent someone to call Liu Zhao to speak.

"There was someone in the palace just now. His Majesty told me that the list must be handed in before sunset tomorrow. Do you have a suitable candidate for your wife this time?"

Liu Zhao bowed slightly, and said blankly: "Mother and concubine don't worry, my son has an idea about this matter."

Princess Ning Pei said "Oh", somewhat surprised.

"Have you already thought about it? Whose girl, come and listen."

Liu Zhao said indifferently: "Wait until tomorrow, the mother concubine will know."

Princess Ning Pei's mouth was dumbfounded, very angry.

She sternly said, "Whose girl is so precious, she will keep her secret when she arrives. Isn't this princess even qualified to know her name?"

Liu Zhao was unmoved, and said solemnly: "It's a matter of fact that the mother concubine is not aware of it for the time being."

Princess Ning Pei was so angry that she was almost speechless, "You are older, and your wings are hard. Do you think that you will drag you back if you abandon this princess? This princess has worked so hard to raise you, and it is you who got it. Dislike it."

Liu Zhao raised his eyebrows, with no superfluous expression on his face. "The mother and concubine have misunderstood, and the son has no intention of this. Anyway, after sunset tomorrow, the queen will know the choice of his son's wife, and it will take only one day for the mother and concubine too. Can't wait?"

Princess Ning Pei snorted coldly, "You also know that it's only one day, and you have to make this princess wait for only one day. Do you have me as a mother concubine in your heart?"

Liu Zhao frowned. He didn't like this kind of debate that was destined to have no results.

So he simply said: "If the mother and concubine have nothing else, the son will leave first."

After that, Liu Zhao got up and walked outside.

"You stop for this princess. This princess asks you to stop, have you heard?"

Liu Zhao was unmoved, as if he hadn't heard anything, he walked to the door and stopped.

He turned his head and looked at Princess Ning Pei, "What else can the mother give me advice?"

Snapped!

Princess Ning Pei patted the table, very annoyed, "I can't control you now?"

Liu Zhao smiled suddenly, "Mother concubine thinks that this selection of a wife is a pure selection of a wife?"

Princess Ning's Pei frowned.

Liu Zhao simply walked back to the hall and said to Princess Ning Pei: "The mother and concubine should have heard that this time the choice of a wife was deliberately targeted by the queen and the empress. The mother and concubine, think about this, what kind of son would he choose? To satisfy the empress?"

"Why do you want her to be satisfied? She hasn't been alive for a few days." Princess Ning Pei's expression was dissatisfied.

Liu Zhao nodded, "The mother and concubine are right. The queen and the empress are indeed alive within a few days. But this time the choice of a wife, as long as the son is negligent, believe it or not, the empress still has a way to die before death. Let us never have peace in the Ning Palace, and the father will always lose the trust of the emperor's grandfather? It is even possible to be seized of the king!"

"How is it possible! If she is really capable, why wait until she is dying, and let us have no peace in the palace long ago."

Princess Ning Pei did not believe Liu Zhao's words, and thought Liu Zhao was alarmist and nonsense.

Liu Zhao shook his head slightly, "The concubine mother underestimated the empress, she really has this ability.

She didn't do this before, because our Ning Palace was very low-key from beginning to end and never took the initiative to provoke things.

Moreover, the empress's energy is in the court, as well as in the east palace. Seeing that we are keeping ourselves safe, naturally she will not deliberately target our Ning Palace.

But this time was different. This time the son took the lead in provoking a dispute and exposed himself. Before she died, the empress would stare at me firmly, and she would stare at me if I was sure I couldn't hurt Donggong.

If I don't cooperate with her, she will definitely think that our Ning Palace is more dangerous than Zhao's Palace, and she will do her best to solve our Ning Palace first.

Therefore, choosing a wife this time is not just a one-time choice of a wife. This is a game, a war without gunpowder. "

Princess Ning's face changed, "Do you have to sacrifice your marriage in order to dispel the suspicion of the empress?

Are you going to choose any girl as your wife? What do you want me to say about you?

On a good day, seeing the queen coming to an end, why did you provoke the queen at this juncture, and also actively expose yourself. Don’t you pretend to be smart, why do you do such a stupid thing?

Now that even your marriage is implicated, what do you say? I tell you, if you really choose any girl as your wife, I would never agree. "

Liu Zhao smiled, with a light smile, "My marriage, I already have an idea. When the wedding comes, the mother and concubine can just wait to drink tea with the daughter-in-law. That's it, my son will leave."

"You come back to me!"

Princess Ning Pei roared.

Liu Zhao didn't make a stay this time, and left straight away.

Princess Ning Pei angrily smashed a set of blue and white porcelain tea set.

Liu Zhao left Chunhetang and went to the outer courtyard to meet King Ning.

When the father and son met, Liu Zhao opened the door and said straightforwardly: "Please take care of your mother and concubine!"

"What about her?" Wang Ning was cheerful, not caring at all. He seemed quite happy to see Liu Zhao deflated.

Liu Zhao frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "The mother and concubine want to intervene in the marriage of your son, so you have to take care of her."

"You can solve it yourself, why don't you have to come forward." King Ning doesn't like Liu Zhao at all, and doesn't have the consciousness of being a father at all.

Liu Zhao's face was stern and dissatisfied.

King Ning pretended not to see it, but instead asked: "The list will be handed in at sunset tomorrow. Do you want to marry a girl? Tell this king, this king will refer to it for you."

Liu Zhao didn't give face, "Don't worry about father and king."

King Ning stepped forward, patted Liu Zhao on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "As the eldest son of the king, you should marry a girl who matches your identity. If you go your own way, you must marry a girl from a poor family. As a wife, your brothers will soon surpass you. Have you ever thought about this consequence?"

Liu Zhao smiled, "Did the father never believe in his son?"

King Ning laughed, "Of course this king believes in you, provided that you have to bring something out."

Liu Zhao was silent.

King Ning said: "In the royal family, interests are the most important. You don’t need to be reminded by this king. You should also understand. You are not the eldest son, and you don’t have a title. It will definitely fall on your head, do you know?"

Liu Zhao lowered his head and smiled contemptuously, "Thank you father for reminding me, my son is clear."

King Ning patted Liu Zhao on the shoulder again, "Your Majesty always grants knighthood to the royal clan. If you want to be knighted in advance, you must have a powerful wife. Otherwise, you can rely on you to fight alone. Nothing can be done."

Liu Zhao looked at King Ning, "Is it like King Father?"

"Ha ha……"

King Ning laughed loudly, "Anyway, you can do it for yourself."

Liu Zhao said blankly, "My father is busy, so my son won't bother me and say goodbye!"

Liu Zhao left without looking back.

Ning Wang let out a hey, a little annoyed, and quickly passed away with a smile.

The servant came into the house to wait, and asked in a low voice: "The eldest son chooses his wife, doesn't the prince care at all?"

King Ning looked out the window, "If this king can't get to that position, it doesn't matter who he marries. After this king is a hundred years later, the king's palace is prosperous or declining, and this king doesn't need to care.

If this king gets to that position one day, then he will also eat for himself. The reason that should be said has already been explained, whether he listens or not, this king doesn't care. "

"The prince is always thinking about the eldest son, but it's a pity that the prince doesn't appreciate him."

"He has been stubborn and unpleasant since he was young. Huh, this king wants to see what he wants to do so many things."

King Ning's face was distorted for an instant, but in a blink of an eye, he laughed again, cheerfully, looking extremely kind.

...

Gu Mansion.

Gu Jue beat the matchmaker out in front of Master Gu. Yelled, saying that his wife had to choose by herself.

After Gu Da's popularity was so popular, Gu Yu was beaten on the spot.

If it hadn't been for the great master Gu Zhiming to stop him, Gu Jue's leg would have been interrupted.

Gu Jue was beaten, but he didn't learn the least lesson.

He still happily rubbed his hips, and said to Gu Jiu, "It doesn't hurt."

Gu Jiu gritted his teeth with anger, only hating Master Gu for not hitting harder. Before the leg injury was healed, he dared to make noise, and as expected, he couldn't rest for a day.

Gu Da was out of breath, sat in a chair, pointed at Gu Jue, and cursed, "Get out! Get out of me. You bastard."

After speaking, he picked up the teacup and threw it over Gu Jun's head.

Gu Jue was a flexible wounded, and when he turned his head, he avoided the flying teacup.

Master Gu was so angry that he gave birth to such a debt collector son.

The elder waved his hand and motioned to Gu Ju to leave quickly.

Gu Jiu also pulled him, "Brother, hurry away. Be careful that my father will hit you again."

Gu Jue obeyed, holding Gu Jiu's wrist back in his hand, and ran away.

Gu Jue ran away, but Master Gu was still angry.

"This brat runs fast. If he doesn't run, I have to break his leg."

The elder Gu Zhiming laughed and said, "Second brother, you should calm down first. I like Saburo's temperament. Why don't you just obey him and let him follow me in the army."

Master Gu sighed, "Big brother misunderstood, it's not that I didn't let this kid join the army. Do you know what he said? He said he wanted to join the army, so he went to the northwest to be the frontier army. I raised him to such an old age. Going to the northwest to die. Do you think he is a debt collector?"

When the elder heard this, he frowned, "Why did Saburo think of going to the Northwest to be a frontier army? That's a hard work. Isn't it good to be in the army in the capital?"

Master Gu gritted his teeth and said, "That's right! I told him the same way. As a result, what he said, a good man can't be greedy for wealth and pleasure, and he wants to go to the northwest to earn his own military exploits and seal his wives. It's ridiculous. He thought he was fighting. Is it the same as a child's play?"

The old man laughed and said, "I didn't expect Saburo to be ambitious. But joining the army is not as simple as he thought. Don't worry about this matter, second brother, I will solve it.

Jiaminger, after I have cleared the vacation, I will take Saburo with me and let him see what the real barracks look like.

After he knew that fighting was not a joke, he wouldn't yell to go to the northwest to join the army. "

Master Gu was overjoyed, stood up and personally thanked him, "Thank you, brother. Saburo will ask you."

Grandpa Gu waved his hand and said with a smile: "A family, don't talk about two families. Saburo has a lot of promise, and I am a big uncle with You Rongyan."

Gu Yu didn't want to get married, but Gu Yu was a little moved.

In the evening, he looked for an opportunity to meet Master Gu in the study.

"Father, my son is no longer young, and I want to make arrangements for the marriage soon."

Master Gu was a little surprised, "have you thought about it?"

Gu Yu nodded, "The eldest daughter of the minister of rites, the son thinks it's good."

Master Gu frowned slightly.

The Minister of Etiquette is a high-ranking fourth-rank, Master Gu is a third-ranking high-rank. And Master Gu leaned back on the Hou Mansion. Speaking of which, if the daughter of the Minister of Rites married Gu Teng, it would be considered a high level.

Master Gu said, "It's better to look at your marriage."

Gu Yu opened his mouth and said, "Father, in three years, the son will have to leave the exam. Marrying the eldest daughter of the minister of the Ministry of Rites, the son thinks it is appropriate."

Master Gu hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your marriage has been considered for your father. My father wants to hire a noble daughter as his wife for you.

Saburo didn't pay attention, he wanted to join the army, and he probably won't be in the mansion for a long time in the future. In this way, this home can only be handed over to you.

Your wife will be the young lady in charge of the house in the future, and she will take on the important task of managing the whole family.

The ladies of the civil servants are still too weak, and the ladies of honor are more aggressive and bolder, and they are more suitable for you. "

Gu Teng bowed slightly and said firmly: "The son Xijing does not like girls with bold temperaments. If the son wants to marry the daughter of a civil servant, he also asks his father to do it."

Master Gu frowned, "Why are you so stubborn."

"Also ask my father to fulfill it."

Master Gu was very annoyed, "I can fulfill you, but there are so many daughters of civil servants, so I don't have to marry the daughter of the minister of rituals."

"Then the father thinks, who should the son marry?"

Master Gu coldly snorted, "Just marry the granddaughter of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. There are several granddaughters in his family, and none of them have been married yet."

"Father thought that marrying the granddaughter of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is better than marrying the eldest daughter of the servant of the Ministry of Rites?"

"Of course."

Gu Teng shook his head slightly, "But my son doesn't think so. According to the book of the Ministry of Rites, according to his son's understanding, there are seventy one this year. No one can say whether this adult can survive until three years later. Moreover, how can the granddaughter compare to the relatives? The girl's daughter is close, it is always separated by a floor.

On the contrary, the son of the minister of courtesy has paid special attention to the other party's resume. This lord and Shen Changshi next to His Majesty are from the same hometown, and they should also have contacts in private.

Shen Changshi is currently one of the youngest and most useful people around His Majesty. Not surprisingly, he will soon be promoted to the position of the inner guardian and the junior superintendent.

With him, once the ritual minister has three long and two shortcomings, the minister of rites will surely take his place and become the youngest official book of rituals. "

Master Gu stared at Gu Yu with some surprise, "Who told you these?"

Gu Teng bowed slightly and said, "These are all things my son learned about after returning to Beijing."

Master Gu took a sigh of relief, with mixed flavors in his heart.

"This matter, you let the father think again."