Chapter 81 Forced Buying and Selling
The birthday banquet of Li Qun’s aunt, Mrs. Qiu, is coming soon. Cui Xiu has arranged everything properly before that. As long as Princess Wanning goes to Xu Guogong’s mansion, then this matter The matter is settled.
Cui Xiu thought that Princess Wanning was not so easy to be manipulated, but if it came to catching someone in bed, even if Princess Wanning didn't marry, she would have to marry.
What happened in Xu Guogong's Mansion will naturally be settled in Xu Guogong's Mansion. Besides, there are so many guests coming and going. If the Wanning incident comes to pass, how can anyone here not know about it, or not know about it? Heard some rumors?
In fact, it is not important whether there is such a thing. What is important is whether you have heard the rumor. As the saying goes, the power of words is terrible, and the power of words often far exceeds the existence of facts.
Cui Xiu knew she couldn't go, so she thought of talking to her sister Cui Jin and asking her to go to the banquet and watch it.
If Cui Jin could see the affair between Princess Wanning and Li Cheng, even a little bit, with the group of officials and family members, the emperor's marriage grant would not work.
If Princess Wanning is innocent, the emperor allows Cui Chu to marry Wanning, which can be regarded as a reward.
If Princess Wanning is an innocent person, even if she is the emperor's sister and a royal child, there is no reason for Cui Chu to marry her.
If the emperor forcibly grants a marriage, it will only make people think that the emperor has treated Cui Chu poorly, and at the same time, the Cui family has made great achievements. This will require people to lead the way for the court in the future.
Everyone knows that the consequences of hard work are being targeted and working hard is not rewarded. Then everyone will no longer like to work hard in the future, and it will be the same.
Then Ming Qi is almost finished.
Cui Xiu knew that the emperor would naturally not let such a scene happen, because the emperor himself was confident that he could secretly take away the real power of the Cui family.
But he can't bully the Cui family so blatantly, it will only make people feel chilled.
What Cui Xiu can see, the emperor can see, and everyone in the world can see it.
Of course, if the emperor is determined to grant the marriage, then she has her own way. At worst, she will release the news and let the people of Mingqi hear it. This is reasonable after all.
At that time, people all over the world will know that the Li family bullies others casually just because they are the royal family.
Cui Xiu is not afraid at all. She used to be afraid, but later she discovered that fear is useless, because strong people who want to take advantage of you will not stop because you are afraid. .
On the contrary, because you are afraid, they will deal with you harder and bully you until you are completely squeezed out.
Anyway, she has already died once, and the worst outcome is to die again. Since this is the worst outcome she can predict, she has nothing to be afraid of.
"Mother, we are here." The voice of the spring breeze sounded in Cui Xiu's ears. Cui Xiu was sitting in the pavilion, admiring the flowers.
Cui Xiu calmed down and nodded when she heard Chunfeng's words. After a while, her third sister Cui Jin appeared in front of her.
"My wife, please see Concubine Jia."
"Concubine Jia is blessed with good luck."
When Cui Xiu heard her sister salute to her, she immediately stood up Get up, then raise your hand to help Cui Jin.
"Third Sister, there is no one else here, so there is no need to salute."
When Cui Jin heard Cui Xiu's words, she stood up slowly, with a faint smile on her face and said: "In the palace, you are Concubine Jia. Even if no one is here, I still have to behave myself."
"Lest anyone see it, it will be bad."
Cui Jin responded to Cui Xiu's words thoughtfully. She really wanted to take good care of her little sister. She knew that Cui Xiu was stared at by many pairs of eyes in the palace and lived a life of fear every day.
When Cui Xiu heard Cui Jin's words, she did not refute. Since her sister wanted to do this, she did not force it. This was a tacit understanding between the two sisters and had been this way for many years. "Let's go, Third Sister."
Cui Xiu pulled Cui Jin to sit down. The spring breeze beside him poured a cup of tea for Cui Jin, then took two steps back and walked outside the pavilion.
"Little sister, I have read the letter you wrote to me."
"Is your news accurate?"
General Cui Xiu wants to give a gift to the emperor. Cui Jin was informed by letter about the marriage between Cui Chu and Princess Wanning. If she wanted Cui Jin to go to Duke Xu's mansion, she would have to explain the matter clearly to Cui Jin.
If some things are not stated properly, it will inevitably cause some misunderstandings. Cui Xiu does not want any misunderstandings to occur in this matter.
Princess Wanning is very thoughtful and she can detect even the slightest mistake.
Cui Xiu nodded and responded: "That's true."
"Now that the world is at peace, our Cui family's reward is really not easy to get."
>"It just so happens that the second brother is not yet married. His Majesty probably thought of this, so he summoned Princess Wanning back from Hezhou."
If it weren't for the marriage grant, Cui Xiu probably wouldn't be able to come back for a while, because the previous Princess Wanning was still in Hezhou at this time and hadn't come back yet.
She still remembered that in her previous life, the emperor was attacked by ferocious beasts during the autumn hunting. He got a serious illness and almost lost his life. At that time, Princess Wanning returned to Kyoto in a hurry, just to Take a look at her royal brother.
The emperor was moved when he saw Princess Wanning caring about him so much, and asked Princess Wanning to return to Kyoto.
After all, Princess Wanning grew up in Kyoto. She was born and raised in Kyoto. If she had to be away from home all year round, it would be "hard" for her.
But now, Princess Wanning has come back so far in advance. All this shows that her change has changed the emperor's plan.
But Cui Xiu could feel that secretly, the emperor never gave up on weakening the Cui family's strength, even if handing over the tiger talisman was not enough.
They also want to give up one general and leave one general in their family. Your Majesty, I have never believed in the Cui family in my heart.
Cui Xiu felt chilled. The general who was fighting abroad could not get the trust of the king. If the king wanted to, he could kill the general in a minute.
These kings all think it is easy to be a general. They manage the troops under their command in the barracks. They do not need them for charging, they do not need them for fighting, they do not need them for the hardest and most tiring tasks, and they do not need them for the most risky tasks. Do it.
As everyone knows, what this general does on the battlefield is to have an overview of the overall situation and seize the opportunity. Not everyone can do this kind of work.
If there is a slight mistake, the outcome of the battle may be reversed, with corpses everywhere.
After all, the truth of a matter is often on the side of a small number of people, and these generals who can win the battle are among this small number of people.
“Hey, how could this happen?”
“But the second brother already has a woman he likes.”
“Is it because His Majesty doesn’t know, so he Will you give me a marriage?”
Cui Jin listened to Cui Xiu's words, and there were some doubts in her voice. She looked at Cui Xiu with some confusion between her eyebrows.
(End of this chapter)