Even the female family knew that Princess Ke's family was a wealthy family in Yunjun Prefecture. The female family members who came to the house were very surprised. If they had known that Yuan Chuzhi's dowry was so generous, they shouldn't have believed the rumors that Prince Ke's house was poor at the beginning.

Many of the female relatives are royal wives, and not all the royal families have so many family backgrounds, because many families are worse than the titles of each generation, and the descendants of the great-grandfather and grandfather have more of their family business. Therefore, many royal families only look glamorous on the surface, but their family background is similar to ordinary Duke and Marquis. If their descendants are not motivated, they may not be as good as those newcomers who started with military merits in the future.

Not to mention how some people regretted and annoyed, after the auspicious time, the groom brought his relatives, friends and colleagues with friends and friends to Prince Ke's mansion to urge him to make up.

When Princess Ke heard the news, Xu quickly took the lead in adding makeup. What she gave Yuan Chuzhi was naturally the finest: a set of red gold-headed faces with sapphire carved kingfishers holding fairy grass patterns. The kingfishers on it appeared vividly, and the dewdrops on the fairy grass were like real, which attracted everyone's praise. In addition, there was a set of mutton fat jade wrapped in gold silk and colorful gems, which were also very exquisite. The rest of the people were either gold and silver heads or hairpins and silk, and they were not told one by one.

After everyone has finished adding makeup and registering the dowry, they can be carried away. One hundred and eight dowry spread, and there are also a vast dozen miles of roads, which has attracted a lot of praise.

The dowry arrived at Yuan Chuzhi's husband's house and lined up all the way in the yard of the new house. Everyone looked at the watery red sandalwood furniture and the precious gold and silver faces, and praised them all. Seeing that the daughter-in-law's dowry was so generous, they naturally had to like it.

She would not want to give her daughter-in-law a dowry, but these things will not be passed on to her grandchildren in the future? So she was so happy.

However, many relatives of the man looked at the boxes and bricks and rubble in front of him that were obviously larger than ordinary dowry boxes, and then looked at the vague red sapphire boxes on the dowry list, and they knew in their hearts that the new wife's dowry was not as generous as it was. Those things worth tens of thousands of taels may be just a fraction of others.

However, the relatives were not obsessed with this matter. However, the groom saw the envy and jealousy flashing in some people's eyes, so he couldn't help but mention his mother privately: "Mother, it's almost done, it's better to put it away as soon as possible and stop looking at others."

After hearing his son's reminder, the groom's mother came back to her senses from her joy. She ordered people to carry all the gold, silver, jewelry and other items that had been shot into the yard of the wing room and locked them. The key was handed over to the eldest maid Xue Li, who came to deliver makeup.

Little did they know that many people had already arranged for the man to marry Yuan Chuzhi in order to make a fortune and curry favor with Prince Ke's mansion. But they didn't think that the man's family is also a wealthy clan in Jiangnan County and a Qingliu family in Jiangnan. Will it be worse than Prince Ke's mansion in terms of wealth?!

Jealousy really makes people look extremely hideous.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, there is no need to repeat the lively and festive celebration.

Because Mu Yun did not attend, Wen Tingzhou went there.

The husband of the Yuanchuzhi family was named Zhou, and his ancestral home was Jiangnan County. He was named Zhou Qing and Changjing. He was successful at a young age. He was only twenty-four years old this year, and he can be regarded as one of the few young talents among the officials in the capital.

After attending Yuan Chuzhi's wedding, Mu Yun also got a little free, but she didn't have much time. She was still a month away. Now she is well-known in the upper class in Beijing. She has to deal with the female family members of various families by the end of the year. Many families who claim to be Wen Tingzhou's relatives and old friends take this opportunity to come to their homes. In addition to receiving these people, Mu Yun also has to manage some business chores, and also takes the time to prepare gifts according to the list given by Wen Tingzhou to visit and greet.

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Unlike every household who was immersed in the festive atmosphere, the Ganqing Palace was heavy and solemn at this moment. The emperor glanced at the memorial in his hand and asked coldly: "Have you found out everything?"

A man in black who was kneeling in the shadow nodded: "I dare not deceive the emperor."

The emperor threw the memorial on the imperial case and snorted coldly: "This King of Pingjiang looks very timid on weekdays, but he didn't expect to be a wolf-like ambitious. Now it seems that he is not very brave at all. But I remember that he doesn't have much private property, so where did he get the money to raise so many private soldiers?"

The man in black replied: "According to the secret investigation of the subordinates, Mu Concubine Mu, who was favored by King Pingjiang, came from the wealthy merchant Mu family in Jinling. The Mu family has been engaged in marine trading for a hundred years. In recent years, King Pingjiang has secretly supported him and has done many smuggling and smuggling, accumulating a large amount of wealth. Most of these wealth were given to King Pingjiang by the Mu family to support him to win over soldiers."

The emperor frowned: "The ancestors of the Mu family also supported Emperor Gaozu when they founded the country, so they allowed his family to pass on for a hundred years. The head of the Mu family should not be a fool, how could he act like this?"

The man in black hesitated for a moment and replied: "The King of Pingjiang once promised to the Mu family. If one day he ascended to the great treasure, he would like to return the Mu family to the future."

As soon as these words were said, the emperor of the head angrily threw the jade paperweight on the table into two halves: "This King of Pingjiang is quite good." Fortunately, as the king of a country, the emperor's qi cultivation skills are still good. After venting, he quickly calmed down: "It's the end of the year now, and I don't want to have more troubles at this time. There is no sufficient evidence, so I can't attack King of Pingjiang. You first secretly send someone to monitor the Pingjiang Palace and the Mu family, as well as the families that have frequent contacts with them. I must have a solid evidence, and after the New Year, I must uproot the minister who was plotting against this rioter after the New Year."

But things are unpredictable, and fate often invisibly disrupts your footsteps. If the emperor knew that his temporary hesitation would lead to such a painful price, he would probably strangle King Pingjiang as soon as possible if he said anything.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor led all the kings and civil and military officials to the imperial tomb for sacrificial rituals. Royal sacrificial rituals have always been rigorous in rules and complex in the process.

It took nearly two hours from welcoming the gods to sending the gods. After the ceremony was completed, the emperor had just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to return to the palace when many arrows suddenly shot out from the air. Unprepared, some close servants surrounded the emperor were shot and fell to the ground.

After a moment of stunned yelling, they shouted, "There are assassins, protectors." Then the guards protected the emperor, the princes and others.

The emperor was naturally quite brave when he was in power for a long time. He immediately ordered: "Where is the imperial guards coming to the throne? Where has Yang Zhao gone? Send people to quickly send people to the surveillance army in the capital camp to rescue the throne."

At this moment, a man wearing an imperial guard uniform staggered from outside and ran in blood and said, "Report to the Emperor, Zhang Yu, the right commander of the imperial guard, suddenly rebelled and killed Commander Yang Zhao. Commander Wang Bo led his subordinates and others to fight back. Now he is just barely blocking the rebels outside the walls of the imperial tomb. Please make a quick decision." The person who came to report the news was not someone else, but the emperor's newly promoted Chief Qian Fang.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar again.

The emperor frowned: "How many people in the Imperial Guards have rebelled?"

Zhang Fang lowered his head and said, "The Imperial Guard has a total of 30,000 people. This time, a total of 10,000 people have been dispatched to serve, and nearly 5,000 of them have rebelled."

The emperor laughed in anger: "Okay, very good, I don't know that so many people are dissatisfied with me."

The chief minister of the cabinet, Lou Shu, immediately advised: "Your Majesty, it is not too late for such a traitor to deal with it. Now that the situation is urgent, I would like to invite Your Majesty and all the princes and the royal family to go to the hall to avoid the limelight. It is not too late to make plans after the reinforcements from the capital come."

Under such circumstances, the emperor could not sit still. He turned to look at the princes: "If anyone among you is afraid, you can go to the hall to avoid it first." The emperor, as the father, did not leave, so how could they, as sons, leave first.

King Zhao replied: "As the king of a country, his status is precious, he naturally cannot go to danger. My son is willing to lead the imperial guards to protect his father." The rest of the people also advised the emperor to enter the hall first to avoid the limelight, and even said the so-called "a son of a thousand gold is not lying on the hall."

At this moment, another wave of arrows shot in one after another. The emperor was the first to be hit. Although there were guards who sacrificed themselves to save him, an arrow flew straight towards the emperor. At the critical moment, King Jin, who was standing beside the emperor, stood in front of the emperor, just blocking the flying arrow, and the arrow suddenly penetrated into his right shoulder.

The emperor quickly sent someone to take King Jin to the main hall for treatment. Fortunately, the emperor was on his way, and the imperial physicians were on the side to prevent accidents.

The arrows were shot from a viewing platform in front of the left side of the imperial tomb. This was originally the place where the imperial tomb defenders investigated the enemy's situation, but they did not expect that they would be used by the rebels now.

Although the ministers were extremely nervous and frightened, they still protected the emperor in the center, for fear that they would have another wave of arrows. Fortunately, this viewing platform is several hundred meters away from the imperial tomb. The rebels used crossbows and could only emit seven or eight arrows at most at a time. Otherwise, most of the people here would have been shot to death.

This time, when everyone advised the emperor to return to the hall to avoid the edge of the situation, the emperor did not refuse. This hall is the front hall of the royal ancestors. Since it is a royal ancestral hall, it is naturally very grand and magnificent. There are hundreds of princes and ministers accompanying him today, and with the nearly 100 personal guards around the emperor, he can avoid it for the time being.

At this time, another guard came to report that there was a sudden increase in the rebels in the form of alien costumes to help, and the soldiers outside were about to be unable to defend themselves. Hearing this, the ministers in the hall were all surprised. The clothes of aliens? Who is so brave that they are so brave that they are planning rebellion and rebellion, and they actually colluded with aliens.

But now there is no time to think about these things. The Emperor said without hesitation: "Then let the remaining imperial guards retreat within the imperial tomb, close the gate of the imperial tomb, and wait for reinforcements to arrive before talking about it."

In a blink of an eye, I saw Wen Tingzhou in the ministers again. I remembered his ability to shoot the Wolf King last time, and ordered him and Zhang Fang to lead ten guards to break through the back mountain and go to the camp of the capital to dispatch reinforcements.

At this time, chaos arose in the capital.

Because the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is also the traditional folk "Little New Year", the emperor took the royal men to sacrifice. The Empress Dowager set up a family banquet in Weiyang Palace, and all the princesses, princesses and a group of royal family members attended the banquet.

Because the Empress Dowager specially named her and wanted to meet the twins, Shan Jingyan brought all the children.

Those who came to the banquet were close relatives of the royal family. Shan Jingyan had never carried the child out before. This was the first time that everyone saw this pair. The two-month-old baby was already white and tender, and both brothers had the same eyebrows. The queen mother smiled and said, "If it weren't for the different colors of the swaddling clothes, they wouldn't be able to tell the difference just by looking at the face."

Shan Jingyan replied with a smile: "I'll have some experience after watching it for a long time. My brother is more lively and my younger brother is quieter. The two children even look different when they yawn."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "I know how much you care about me all day long. Although our royal children were born with countless nanny and maids, it is more appropriate for mothers to care about me. The child is always with the wet nurses, and either develops a arrogant or a shrinking quail. What are the benefits?"

Everyone couldn't say that the Queen Mother was wrong, so they could only agree, and the scene became a little cold for a moment. The queen smiled and said, "My mother, you just praised the sixth daughter-in-law here for a long time, but you didn't see any rewards. Could it be that you feel sorry for the things? If this is the case, the daughter-in-law will give something for the Queen Mother, so that the Queen Mother will not be reluctant to leave it."

The Queen Mother laughed and pointed at the Queen and said, "There are only you, the monkey in the palace, dare to arrange the Ai family like this. The Ai family has already prepared the things, so let people take them out. However, you, the Queen Mother, should not be stingy. If you don't bring some good things out, the Ai family will not rely on it."

Immediately afterwards, the Empress Dowager asked the palace maid to bring out a row of brocade boxes, pointed to the largest one and said to the princesses, "This is for Lao Liu's wife, don't blame me for loving her. This time she made great contributions. Our royal family's bloodline has always been weak. Lao Liu's wife has added two legitimate children this time, so I will reward her more. Tomorrow, whoever you have added legitimate children, I will still reward you with great rewards."

As soon as he finished speaking, palace maids immediately presented brocade boxes to Shan Jingyan and the princesses one by one. Except for Shan Jingyan's brocade boxes, the other princes and concubines got the same size, and even the colors were the same golden peony patterns.

Everyone hurriedly thanked him without mentioning it. Princess Zhao said first: "Sixth brothers and sisters should naturally give us some rewards. We sisters-in-law naturally have to be happy. Speaking of which, the granddaughter-in-law is so unenviable that she is not envious of this thing, but the sixth brothers and sisters' belly." Princess Zhao was plotted when she was having the eldest son. Not only did the child give birth to prematurely and weakly, but also hurt her body. Not to mention that she is already in her thirties, even if she is in her twenties, it will be difficult for her to make progress.

Fortunately, Princess Zhao has always been an open-minded person. Although she was extremely envious when she saw Shan Jingyan gave birth to twins, she did not feel jealous of her. She just couldn't help but sigh that her fate was not good.

Princess Zhao was selected carefully for many years after observing the Queen Mother and Queen. Her character and demeanor were naturally extraordinary and were always loved by the two. The Queen knew her thoughts and gently patted her hands to comfort her, and glanced at Princess Yue.

Princess Zhao was stunned, and then thought that she had a son with her at least. Although her son was in poor health, she was not particularly bad. If she raised her son, she could still live for a long time.

However, Princess Yue didn't even have a daughter. The King of Yue has always been a person who is not stingy and impatient. He does not respect his legitimate wife very much like King Zhao. The concubines in the back house of his palace are several years younger than his eldest son.

In other words, Princess Yue’s situation is much more embarrassing than herself.

Not only Princess Yue, but also Princess Ming. As we all know, the couple lived separately except after the couple got married and got married, and the King of Ming did not hide anything.

After comparing this, Princess Zhao suddenly felt that she was not bad. She was like this. No matter how bad her situation was, as long as she saw someone worse than her situation, she would easily be cured.

It is obvious that Princess Zhao's troubles were cured after seeing Princess Yue and Princess Ming.

Princess Yue did not feel embarrassed for her children at all. Although the four sons and two daughters in Prince Yue's mansion were all illegitimate, they were basically raised by those concubines. Princess Yue was so eager. Princess Ming was even more idle. Anyway, she had no children, and the children of Prince Ming were personally raised by his cousin. Whether it was good or bad in the future had nothing to do with her.
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