Poor Family

"Being a son-in-law has many benefits, but the price you have to pay in the future will not be less."

Shi Fuxin was worried that her younger brother was in a rush and didn't really think clearly about the responsibilities of getting married, so she couldn't help reminding her a few more words.

Shi Dinghao smiled and said: "Sister, I know that nothing in this world is free, and everything has a price. I'm not the kind of person who thinks about getting something for nothing."

Shi Fuxin was silent, and it took a while before she said: "Your life is your own decision, as long as it is what you want, sister will support you."

"But Jiulang, you have to remember that every decision you make, the starting point can only be because you want to do it yourself, and don't make decisions because of other people's reasons."

"There have been a lot of rumors and rumors about me during this time, but this is my business. Unless I ask you for help, otherwise, the matter can only be resolved by myself."

"I don't know about you and Princess Yong'an, but I hope that the reason why you propose to marry Princess Yong'an is because you like her and want to start a family with her, not to help me and the family."

"Kuro, do you understand what I mean?"

Shi Dinghao didn't answer immediately, but pondered for a while: "Sister, I know what you mean, I don't deny it, I married the princess because I wanted to use her status to elevate our family's status, but I also really If you want to be with her, sister, I will be responsible for myself and Princess Yongan."

Shi Fuxin looked at her younger brother with a serious expression, and didn't say any more.

Asking to marry Princess Yong'an was not what Shi Dinghao wanted to achieve. This marriage can be said to be completely in the hands of the royal family. The Shi family has no right to speak and can only wait passively.

The Empress Dowager of the Buddhist Hall of Shoukang Palace looked at it carefully with a roll of Buddhist scriptures. After reading it for a long time, she frowned and said to Mr. Xia beside her, "Is Yong'an worried these days?"

Eunuch Xia was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Look at this old servant, the princess is no different from usual."

The Empress Dowager pointed to the Buddhist scriptures in her hand: "The Buddhist scriptures in Yong'an are very poorly copied, and there are several typos in them."

Eunuch Xia was suddenly surprised: "It shouldn't be, what can the princess have on her mind?"

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but sigh when she thought that Princess Yong'an had always been obedient to her and rarely showed any intimacy like Ziqing did.

"We can't guess here, so go and call Yongan over."

Eunuch Xia quickly stepped back, and it didn't take long before he led Princess Yong'an over.

"Greetings to the Empress Dowager."

The Empress Dowager smiled and asked Princess Yong'an to sit beside her: "Yong'an, is there anything on your mind recently?"

Princess Yong'an looked at the Empress Dowager, a little hesitant to speak, as if she was ashamed to say it.

The Empress Dowager saw her and held her hand: "You and Ziqing both grew up in front of Ai's family. Now that Ziqing has a wife and children, Ai's family also hopes that you will live well, no matter what you think , you can tell Aijia, as long as it is reasonable, Aijia will satisfy you."

Princess Yong'an knew too well how powerful the Empress Dowager was, so she absolutely couldn't play tricks in front of her, so she hesitated for a moment and said directly: "Empress Dowager, I ran into Sister Yongkang in the Royal Garden two days ago."

The Empress Dowager frowned when she heard this.

Princess Yongkang is the eldest daughter of the emperor, her biological mother is Concubine De, and Concubine De is an old man in Qiandi. Although she is not as favored as Concubine Liu Gui, she still has a place in the Emperor's heart.

"Yongkang made fun of your marriage again?"

Princess Yong'an lowered her eyes: "Sister Yongkang is also worried about my body."

The Empress Dowager snorted, and then looked at Princess Yong'an: "You are twenty years old this year, and you are quite old. What do you think about marriage?"

Princess Yong'an showed a wry smile: "With my body, anyone who is willing to marry me probably does so because of her status as a royal princess."

The Empress Dowager sighed, and patted Princess Yong'an's hand: "It's Aijia who harmed you."

Princess Yong'an hurriedly said: "No, it is Yong'an's blessing to be able to come to Shoukang Palace to accompany the Empress Dowager, and it is my own blessing." After a pause, she mustered up her courage and said, "The Empress Dowager, it is true that I am not in good health. Since they are all here for the princess status, if you want to marry someone, then I will marry someone I like."

The Empress Dowager really wanted to make up for Princess Yong'an. Hearing what she said, she immediately regained her spirits: "You're right if you think so."

"Let's not talk about the royal family, it's just the marriage of ordinary powerful families. It's all based on family status, relationship and so on. It's too ethereal. Making yourself comfortable is the most important thing."

Saying that, she looked at Princess Yong'an with a smile: "You girl has always been a prudent one, if you hadn't thought about it carefully, you wouldn't have spoken to Ai's family, tell me, which kid do you like?"

Princess Yong'an showed a shy expression: "What does the Empress Dowager think of Shi Jiulang who is beside the emperor?"

The empress dowager revealed a look of surprise: "Shi Jiulang? Sister Yin's younger brother?"

Princess Yong'an nodded: "Shi Jiulang is a rare open-minded person. Every time he comes to Shoukang Palace with his father, he can always be seen talking non-stop with the palace people. Yong'an thought, living with such a person, It shouldn't be boring."

"What's more, Shi's family is not very high. Even if I can't have children, their family doesn't dare to talk too much, and I don't need to look at people's faces."

The Empress Dowager remained silent.

Princess Yong'an looked at her: "This is just Yong'an's idea, everything should be decided by the Empress Dowager for Yong'an."

The Empress Dowager patted Princess Yong'an's hand: "Ai Jia, think about it, you should step down first."

Suo Xin followed Princess Yong'an out of the main hall, and when he returned to the side hall, he hurriedly asked, "Princess, will the Empress Dowager agree to your marriage with Big Speaker?"

Princess Yong'an leaned against the window: "I don't know."

She and Brother Ziqing grew up together. In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, she is Brother Ziqing's family. The Xiao family is withered. In order to create momentum for the Xiao family, it is not impossible for the Empress Dowager to use her marriage to pave the way for the Xiao family.

Suo was impatient, the loudspeaker could make the princess happy, if the marriage failed, wouldn't the princess be as depressed as before?

"Princess, the Empress Dowager still loves you very much, if you beg her more, maybe you will."

Princess Yong'an interrupted Suo Xin's words: "Silly girl, if the Empress Dowager is so easily impressed, then she is not the Empress Dowager."

After following the Empress Dowager for so many years, she has already understood that the Empress Dowager is the most hard-hearted, and now, the only thing she values ​​most is the Xiao family.

And she is obviously not as important as the Xiao family.

Princess Yong'an recalled the scene when Shi Dinghao said he wanted to marry her, and her lips pursed. Although she is a princess, she has always been involuntary. The empress dowager allowed her to express her opinions, which is the ultimate.

On the other side, Eunuch Xia looked at the Empress Dowager who was silent and didn't know what she was thinking. Thinking of the lonely figure of Princess Yong'an, he hesitated and said: "Shi Jiajiulang loves to joke and make fun. Even this old servant is happy to see you." .”

"Since Grandpa Guo came out of the palace, the princess often stays alone, and she is inevitably a little lonely, but she likes a lively personality like Shi Jiulang."

The Empress Dowager glanced at Eunuch Xia: "Why don't these mourners know about it, but Ziqing married the daughter of the Shi family and is already in-law with the Shi family. It would be a waste for Yong'an to marry the Shi family again."

Hearing this, Eunuch Xia didn't dare to say any more.

The Empress Dowager sighed: "This is the first time that Yong'an has opened his mouth to the Ai family. Forget it, the Ai family should ask the emperor what he means."

The emperor only went to Shoukang Palace on the first and fifteenth day of each month to greet the empress dowager, and the empress dowager almost never bothered the emperor.

Therefore, when Eunuch Xia appeared in Qianqing Palace, not only the emperor was surprised, but also the crown prince, fourth prince and others present were extremely surprised.

"Isn't this the first time the Empress Dowager has taken the initiative to seek out the Emperor Father after he ascended the throne?"

The fourth prince looked at the prince: "Second brother, what do you think the empress dowager is going to find her father?"

The prince glanced at the fourth prince. The fourth prince never called him the prince, but only called him the second prince, as if to remind him that he was neither a concubine nor an elder brother.

"Fourth, if you want to know so much, you can go to Shoukang Palace and ask the Empress Dowager and Father."

The fourth prince laughed and said: "Seniors and elders are in order, if you want to ask, it is the second emperor's brother, you ask."

The prince snorted: "I'm very busy alone, not as busy as you." After finishing speaking, he flung his sleeves and left.

The emperor didn't have much affection for the daughter of Princess Yong'an. Knowing that the Empress Dowager came to him to talk about Princess Yong'an's marriage, he immediately said: "Yong'an was raised by the emperor's grandmother, and her marriage can be decided by the emperor's grandmother."

Seeing that the emperor didn't care at all, the empress dowager remembered the first time she saw Yong'an in the princess.

She was as thin as a monkey, but she had big and bright eyes. She saw the lonely and brave emotions in Yong'an's eyes, so she chose her to bring back to Shoukang Palace.

The biological mother died young, and the biological father didn't like it. She allowed Yong'an to have enough food and clothing, but her body was damaged.

After the emperor left, the empress dowager seldom hesitated.

According to her thinking, Yong'an shouldn't marry into Shi's family, because it can't help Xiao's family, but Yong'an finally found someone he likes.

After dinner, the Empress Dowager was digesting food in the yard. When she passed by the side hall, she heard the suppressed sound of nausea coming from inside. When she got closer, she saw Princess Yong'an was drinking medicine and vomited three mouthfuls.

The empress dowager stood for a while, then turned and left.

The next day, after the morning court ended, Eunuch Xia appeared in Qianqing Palace again. The emperor was very surprised when he knew that the Empress Dowager was going to summon Shi Dinghao.

Thinking about the marriage of Princess Yong'an mentioned by the Empress Dowager yesterday, the emperor guessed why the Empress Dowager wanted to meet Shi Dinghao, looked at Shi Dinghao for a while, and thought about the situation of Shi's family, and then let Shi Dinghao He left with Eunuch Xia.

When the prince and others saw that Shi Dinghao had gone to Shoukang Palace, they were thoughtful, and then they all glanced at the fourth prince.

How the Liu family dealt with the Shi family during this period of time, they all saw it.

The fourth prince ignored everyone's scrutiny. Although there was no abnormality on his face, he was in a bad mood.

Yesterday when my father went to Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager did not avoid the palace people when talking about Yong'an's marriage with my father, so when my father left Shoukang Palace, everyone in the palace knew that the Empress Dowager was going to find a son-in-law for Yong'an.

The empress dowager called Shi Dinghao over at this time, and the meaning was already obvious.

The Shi family, hmph, they are lucky enough, it is not enough to have Mrs. An Guogong, now they need to have a son-in-law and a captain?

The fourth prince didn't really care about it. To put it bluntly, the backers of An Guogong and Yong'an are both the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager is old, how long can she protect them?

The Empress Dowager's gift of marriage to Princess Yong'an and Shi Dinghao was sent to the Wuchang uncle's mansion on February 25th, which really caught Shi's family by surprise.

After the panic, there was a huge surprise.

On February 26th, accompanied by Shi Fuyin, Mrs. Shi brought Jin Yue'e and Shi Fuxin into the palace to thank her.

The empress dowager was old and had limited energy, so she talked to Mrs. Shi and Shi Fuyin for a while, and then let the four of them leave.

Princess Yong'an sent the four of them out of the palace, and when they passed the imperial garden, they ran into Concubine Liu Gui and her party.

Looking at the Liu family behind Liu Guifei, Shi Fuxin's eyes flashed coldly.