Xie's face asked Gu Yue calmly: "How many have you eavesdropped?"

Gu Yue whispered: "I just overheared a little bit."

"Really? So you already know about the dowry."

Gu Yue nodded cautiously.

Xie picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and asked calmly: "What do you think?"

"Daughter, daughter..."

Gu Yue hesitated and never told her true thoughts.

Xie put down his teacup and said, "I want to hear the truth."

Gu Yue raised her head abruptly and said, "Mother, my daughter is not convinced."

Xie sneered, "What can I do if I'm not convinced? Your father is in charge of this matter, and you have heard that, but I tried my best and could not change your father's decision."

"Why is my father so partial, and I don’t accept everything that is good. I am also a prostitute. I am inferior to Gu Jiu. Why does she have a dowry of 40 thousand taels and I only have a dowry of 20 thousand taels. My daughter is not convinced. !"

Gu Yue burst into tears, crying very sadly. It's like being wronged by heaven.

"Who asked you to marry the emperor's grandson. If you marry the emperor's grandson, you can also have a dowry of forty thousand taels. No, it can even be more than forty thousand taels."

Xie didn't feel distressed, but irritated Gu Yue. Of course, she was telling the truth.

Gu Yue cried louder and louder, "Mother, daughter knows it was wrong."

She knelt down and threw herself at Xie's feet, crying and saying that she knew she was wrong.

Xie caressed the top of her head, "I know that I am wrong now. It is too late. But it is also good for you to marry Hesibo. I heard that Hesibo is one of the few ministers who can talk to your majesty. If you could be in Hesibo. The government has a firm foothold, which in turn affects Hesybo's position, it may not be a way out."

Gu Yue's eyes widened, "My daughter doesn't understand what the mother means."

"Are you dumb?"

Xie looked at Gu Yue with disgust.

Gu Yue was wronged.

Xie's motion to Chunhe.

Chunhe understood his mind and went to the door to guard to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

Xie stared at Gu Yue, lowered his voice and said, "Gu Jiu married the emperor grandson, do you know what the identity of the emperor grandson means?"

Gu Yue said uncertainly: "Prosperity and wealth?"

Xie sneered, "It's not just glory and wealth, but it also means that you may become a prisoner at any time."

Gu Yue opened her mouth wide, but made no sound.

Xie's hand stretched out his hand and stroked Gu Yue's cheek, "After your majesty became the throne, how many of your majesty's brothers are left?

When the crown prince ascends the throne, or other princes ascend to the throne, do you think Prince Ning’s Mansion can still have today’s scenery? What kind of son's edict, can he still be his son?

Gu Jiu married Gong Zi Zhao, as the saying goes, marrying chickens and dogs, marrying dogs with dogs, Gong Zi Zhao's life is not guaranteed, can Gu Jiu still live? "

Gu Yue heard the words, her eyes burst with light that could burn people.

Her eyes were bright, "Mother, you mean to let Hexibo support His Royal Highness or other princes, so don't support Prince Ning's Mansion?"

"You are not stupid yet." Xie Shi smiled.

Gu Yue also laughed, "Mother is wise, this method is great. As long as Prince Ning's Mansion collapses, even if Gu Jiu has great abilities, he won't even want to stand up."

"This is the reason. The palace is not comparable to the family of officials and eunuchs. If an official commits an offence, as long as he does not die, he may turn over. However, if the palace is jealous by the new emperor, it will usually end miserably."

Gu Yue nodded frequently, "Thank you for the mother's teaching, my daughter understands."

Xie looked at Gu Yue with a smile, not forgetting to hit her, "Have you ever thought about how to get a firm foothold after marrying at the Hexibo Mansion, and then influence Hexibo's decision?"

"daughter……"

Gu Yue gaped, "Daughter hasn't thought about it carefully, and asks her mother for advice."

Xie chuckled softly, "Silly boy, of course Zhao Erlang has to come forward for this kind of thing. You are a daughter-in-law, how can you talk to your father-in-law. As long as you can persuade Zhao Erlang, Zhao Erlang and Haixibo will talk about it. grasp."

When Xie Shi mentioned Zhao Erlang, Gu Yue lowered her head and smiled shyly.

Even the voice involuntarily became very light and soft.

"Jiro... haven't seen him for many days, and my daughter doesn't know what he is thinking."

Xie snorted, "What are you worried about. You and him are already engaged. As long as there is no accident, you can wait to get married. After you get married, meet him every day to see if you are tired of it."

Gu Yue shook her head repeatedly, and said shyly; "Daughter won't get bored."

Xie sneered, and she was extremely dissatisfied looking at Gu Yue's appearance.

For a Zhao Erlang to die and live, there have been countless times, this daughter really disappointed her.

Xie suddenly lost his mind and didn't want to talk to Gu Yue.

She said to Gu Yue: "Nothing else, just step back first. What I said, you will think about it when you go back."

Gu Yue didn't want to leave, she looked at Xie happily, "Mother, daughter's dowry, daughter wants more dowry."

Xie's face was stern, "I will prepare a dowry of 20,000 taels for you, are you still not enough?"

"But Gu Jiu has a dowry of forty thousand taels." Gu Yue said aggrievedly.

Xie scolded, "Don't compare with Gu Jiu, she is married to the grandson of the emperor, or the eldest son of the royal palace."

"But……"

Gu Yue looked at Xie, "Didn't my father promise to pay five thousand taels? Can the mother add these five thousand taels, so that the daughter will have a dowry of 25 thousand taels."

Xie’s sitting upright, staring at Gu Yue firmly, "Yue'er, I will say it again for the last time. Your dowry is only twenty thousand taels, and there is no more than one. As for the five thousand taels your father took out, I I will add it to your dowry, so that you can save five thousand taels on your account, okay?"

Gu Yue's grievance was broken, and tears were already in her eyes.

"Why does the mother treat her daughter like this?"

Xie snorted, "You have to ask yourself, how did this marriage come about? Also, Zhao Erlang is not the eldest son. If you have the ability to marry the eldest son of Hexibo, your mother will definitely give it to you. Prepare a dowry of no less than thirty thousand taels."

Gu Yue burst into tears, "Mother, mother..."

She kept calling her mother, but Xie was unmoved.

Xie's heart is extremely cold and hard at this moment.

She looked at Gu Yue indifferently, without saying a word.

Gu Yue didn't get a response, and gradually stopped crying.

She sobbed, looking at Xie Shi, "Mother is so cruel."

Xie frowned and said angrily: "If I am really cruel, you are not crying in front of me now, but in the nunnery with the ancient Buddha of the blue lantern. Think about it yourself."

Gu Yue was stunned for a moment. Had my mother really thought about sending her to the nunnery for reflection in the past?

Thinking that Xie had been so cruel, Gu Yue wanted to cry, but didn't dare to cry.

She looked pitiful, and she looked a little weak.

Xie closed his eyes with disappointment, making it clear that he did not want to see Gu Yue.

Gu Yue sobbed twice, but without Xie's response, she knew that today's conversation was over.

She stood up and bowed slightly, "Mother, daughter retire first."

Xie did not move, still closed his eyes and rested.

Gu Yue bit her lip, feeling a little annoyed in her heart. Then turned and left.

Chunhe walked in quietly, cleared the cups, and poured a cup of tea for Xie's.

"Madam sip hot tea."

Xie opened his eyes, "Gone?"

Chunhe nodded, "The three girls have already left. The slave servant looked very sad when she saw her with red eyes."

Xie snorted and sneered, "She was sad? What was she doing when I was sad?"

"The wife still has to relax, and the three girls slowly become sensible."

Xie sneered and shook his head, "I'm afraid she won't be truly sensible until she is married to Haixi Bo's Mansion, and she will be treated for a while. Then she will know who is really good to her in this world. "

"Of course it is the wife who treats her best. These years, the maidservant sees her in her eyes, and the wife treats the third girl as an eyeball in love. It's a pity that the third girl hasn't realized this."

Xie's laughed at himself, "Fine, let's not talk about this. Go and get out Yue'er's dowry list, and I'll see if there is anything that needs to be added."

...

On the fifth day of the fifth day, the Hou Mansion invited relatives and friends to celebrate the New Year together.

Early in the morning, all the people in the Gu Mansion rushed out together, took the carriage, and walked through the main entrance to the Hou Mansion.

The carriage stopped at the second gate. Gu Jiu got out of the carriage and saw Gu Mei.

A smile on her face, "Sister Mei."

"Sister Xiao Jiu, you are coming soon. The old lady is thinking about you. When I heard that you were accused of marriage to the son, the old lady didn't rest all night."

"The tired old lady is worrying about me because I am not filial. By the way, is the marriage between sister Qi and sister Ying settled?"

Gu Mei nodded, "It has been decided. I will be hired after the first month of the year."

Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Then I have to congratulate Sister Qi and Sister Ying later."

Gu Mei looked at Gu Jiu worriedly, but stopped talking.

Gu Jiu pretended not to see it, talking and laughing freely.

The crowd came to Songbaiyuan to greet the old lady Wei.

"Well, this year's New Year, finally everyone is here. Unlike in previous years, your second bedroom is always absent, and it looks much deserted."

Xie said with a smile: "From now on, we will have two bedrooms and one family, and we will come to disturb the old lady every Chinese New Year. Don't think the old lady is making us noisy."

The old lady Wei laughed, "Don't worry, the old man likes the excitement the most. I like watching the whole family get together. Sit down, don't stand. Xiao Jiu, come over to the old man and let the old man take a look. "

The others took their seats one by one, and Gu Jiu stepped forward and came to the old lady Wei.

The old lady Wei took her hand and looked at Gu Jiu carefully, "I'm wronged you."

Gu Jiu shook his head slightly, "grannies and nieces are not wronged."

The old lady Wei sighed, "You, and Miss Wei, the two of you, don't know what luck, you were even given marriage to the emperor's grandson."

The East Palace chose the third girl of Wei, who was also the third girl from the old lady's family and the palace of Zhuguo.

By the time Zhuguo Government learned the news, everything was too late, and there was no way to change your majesty's decision.

In addition, there is a queen empress staring at the back, Zhu Guo's government is very helpless, and finally can only pinch his nose to recognize the marriage.

For this, the officials of the East Palace were really happy.

Lord Zhu also holds the power of soldiers. The difference from Luhou Mansion is that the soldiers in Lord Zhu's hands are permanently stationed in the north. There are very few wars in the north of Taiping. The fighting power is definitely not as good as Luhou's side.

However, once the northern side also fought, maybe the soldiers in the hands of Lord Zhu would be restrained by Luhou.

In this way, Luhou suddenly surpassed the head of Zhu Guo.

Once Luhou began to control the troops in the north, he would have a large army of nearly 300,000 in his hand.

Such a right is really scary.

For this reason, the court played Luhou's memorial every day.

The civilian officials jumped up in two days, saying that Lu Hou was corrupting the law, wasting his life, drinking the blood of the soldiers, and was ambition of the wolf.

Tiantian deceives the emperor and guards against Luhou. It's just a matter of just saying that Luhou will be arrested, and the death will not be a pity.

The emperor, the person who trusts, trusts incomparably. As long as he didn't do anything that threatened the emperor's power, even if he offended the whole world, the emperor would trust him and entrust him with a heavy responsibility.

For those who are not pleasing to the eye, even if the other party’s words are Zhuji, the emperor does not believe a word.

Lu Hou is recognized as the best official and the best honor to please the emperor.

He has been in the northwest all year round, but he still has the trust of the emperor. Every time he returns to Beijing to report his duties, the emperor will give Luhou a lot of rewards.

For Luhou's family in Beijing, the emperor took good care of him.

This is why, the East Palace, the major palaces, are trying their best to win over Luhou.

As long as he can get the support of Luhou, it is equivalent to only one step away from the throne.

However, Luhou, the bastard, took the money and didn't do anything, and the prince was still arrogantly jumping. In private, he scolded Luhou over and over again.

As the eldest daughter of Lu Hou, Pei Yun's marriage has naturally attracted the attention of the entire capital from top to bottom.

Just yesterday, Pei Yun's marriage was settled.

The emperor personally bestowed the marriage, and the man who married Pei Yun was the eldest son of the Zhuguo government and the older brother of Miss Wei San.

This is why Donggong is so happy.

The son of the East Palace married the third girl Wei, and Pei Yun will marry the Wei family again.

In this way, doesn't the East Palace have a connection with Luhou Mansion?

To this end, Donggong cheered up and down all night.

Some are happy and some are sad.

The East Palace was in high spirits, and the Wei family of the Prince of Zhuguo was half happy and half worried.

Even the old lady Wei Shi followed with long sighs, feeling complicated.

The next person came to report, saying that the Wei family of Zhu Guo Gong's mansion had come.

The old lady Wei said hurriedly: "Hurry up and invite people in."

Mrs. Zhu Guo brought the children in.

When Miss Wei San saw the old lady Wei, she threw herself into the arms of the old lady and burst into tears.

"Auntie, I'm so sad." Miss Wei San wept bitterly.

Mrs. Zhu Guo coughed slightly, reminding Miss Wei San to pay attention to the occasion and measure. Those who celebrate the New Year, cried and cried at relatives' homes, how decent they were.

The old lady Wei Chongzhu Guogong's wife waved her hand, "If the child feels wronged in her heart, just let her cry."

Mrs. Zhu Guo sighed, "My aunt loves her, so why don't we love her. But the decree has been issued, and this matter cannot be changed."

Miss Wei San raised her head and yelled: "My daughter doesn't want to marry to the East Palace. I have seen the second son of the East Palace, he is a fool."

"Nonsense. Do you think you can talk nonsense in front of your aunt? Where have you learned the rules?"

Mrs. Zhu Guo lightly scolded Miss Wei San.

Miss Wei San was so wronged that she cried again.

The old lady Wei put the third girl in her arms and patted her on the back lightly, "Okay, okay, the old man knows that you are wronged."

"It's my aunt who loves me the most."

The old lady Wei laughed, "You, you just love to cry. You don't even cry Xiao Jiu. Like you, she was also accused of marriage to the emperor's grandson."

Miss Wei San looked at Gu Jiu curiously.

Gu Jiu nodded slightly, "Sister Wei San has a happy new year."

Miss Wei San wiped her tears, "Sister Xiaojiu, I have heard about you. You were accused of marriage to the son, what should I do?"

Mrs. Zhu Guo coughed again and again, reminding Miss Wei San to be careful when speaking.

Miss Wei San lowered her head and bit her lip. She knew that she was too much and shouldn't cry at a relative's house and spoil the spirits of others. It's just that she feels really uncomfortable.

Gu Jiu said to her: "Sister Wei San, don't cry, the imperial decree has already been issued, so we might as well think about what we should do in the future."

Miss Wei San nodded, "Thank you, Sister Xiao Jiu."

Miss Wei San stopped her crying, and Mrs. Zhu Guo murmured softly, "Don't hurry up from the old lady. The old lady is so old, how can she withstand your noise."

Miss Wei San stood up hurriedly, "Auntie, grand niece let you watch a joke."

The old lady Wei said, "What are you doing so politely with your aunt? The old man knows that you are wronged in your heart, so just cry out."

Miss Wei San nodded, "I listen to my aunt."

The old lady Wei again urged Gu Jiu, "Xiao Jiu, have the opportunity to get close to your third sister Wei. In the future, it will be difficult for you to want to get close again."

For a while, no one in the hall spoke.

Everyone thought, Wei San married to the East Palace, and Gu Jiu married to the Ning Palace.

Donggong Tongning Palace certainly didn't deal with it much.

From now on, Miss Wei San and Gu Jiu will become rivals and enemies?

Everyone's eyes were seen from the two people's faces, and there were mixed feelings in their hearts.

This ugly finger marriage, fortunately, the Queen Empress came up with this trick.