Chapter 267 Forced Marriage

“That day at the Royal Horse Garden, you were instrumental in saving my life.

I wanted to reward you heavily, but His Majesty said, you are still young. , you are already in the fourth rank, and you still have a title. It is not appropriate to reward you too much, for fear that it will be detrimental to your foundation.

I have listened to your majesty’s suggestion.”

Queen Mother Said calmly.

In this regard, Jia Lian thought: What is bad for my foundation? It's just that you sneaked out of the palace to play and didn't want the world to know, so you couldn't give a reward, right?

From this point of view, it seems that I saved you in vain, and there is no benefit at all.

"The Empress Dowager made a serious statement. It is the duty of a humble minister to eat the emperor's salary and be loyal to the emperor, and he does not dare to seek rewards."

Although what Jia Lian said was high-sounding, it was not at all There is no flaw, but perhaps it is because the Queen Mother has put herself in Jia Lian's feelings since Jia Lian entered the palace, so at this moment she actually felt the unhappiness in Jia Lian's heart, and couldn't help laughing and said:

"Although you It is not my royal style to not give rewards, but not to reward favors. It just so happens that I am destined to your sister, so yesterday, I discussed with Your Majesty to promote your sister, Concubine Jia, to the rank of noble concubine, which can be regarded as honoring the lintel of your Jia family. "

Jia Lian's heart moved. If so, it would be a good reward.

However, Yuanchun should have been promoted to a noble concubine in the first place, so why is the credit now being attributed to himself?

That's good, Yuanchun was originally the biggest trump card of Jia Zheng and his wife when facing him, but now their trump card is actually his, let's see how they can make trouble with him.

So he quickly thanked the Queen Mother for her "grace".

After saying the opening words, the Queen Mother signaled to the attendants on the left and right. The attendants understood and quietly called out the extra people in the palace to exit the palace.

Then the Queen Mother raised her arms, and a female officer helped her stand up and walk down the steps.

After being in the palace for a while, Jia Lian's eyes had adapted, and those bead curtains could no longer block his sight.

Now that the Queen Mother has stepped down from the first seat, she can naturally see it more clearly.

The wide floor-length palace skirt, the majestic phoenix crown, the gorgeous shawl, the finger cots inlaid with gold and jade, these extremely noble costumes are all installed on a tall, graceful and graceful figure. On a beautiful woman.

For the first time, Jia Lian truly felt the majesty of a mother in the world!

Just by taking a few steps, she gave Jia Lian a slight sense of oppression, making him afraid to look directly at her.

This is completely different from the feeling of the woman I saw that day!

Are the clothes different?

No, there is still mentality.

That day, he did not know that the woman was the Queen Mother, but simply thought that she was a beautiful royal woman.

The Queen Mother showed off her power without any concealment. She pushed away the redundant palace guests and walked down from her seat because she didn’t want too many people to hear what she was going to say next. arrive.

She walked up to Jia Lian and slightly opened her lips: "I have summoned you here today because I have another matter to discuss with you."

Said, The Queen Mother also looked at Jia Lian's behavior and appearance from a close distance through the curtain in front of her.

It is indeed different from others.

No wonder, the picky little girl refused to talk to anyone else, but she hesitated and refused to tell the truth about this boy.

"Please tell me, Queen Mother, as long as it is a matter that is within the scope of the minor officials' duties, the minor ministers will obey all matters?"

　"What is within their scope of duties?"

The Queen Mother was keenly aware of the problem with Jia Lian's words and felt a little unhappy.

Should I use this palace to discuss matters within your scope of duties with you? This kid is actually a slippery man.

But it’s useless to be cunning in front of me.

"I would like to ask you, what do you think of Princess Zhaoyang?"

"Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoyang has a dashing and heroic appearance, and her style is second to none in the royal family. She has the appearance of an ancient heroine. He is a person like a genius, and no foolish minister can make rash comments."

The Queen Mother's brows sank slightly.

Although it was just a simple test between each other, she had already seen that Jia Lian did not seem to have the desire to follow the dragon and the phoenix.

"You have been saved by me, and I want to betroth Zhaoyang to you. I wonder if you are willing?"

After all, she is the Queen Mother, and it is impossible to do it because of Jia Lian. Feeling a little reluctant, he gave up his plan.

Jia Lian was also silent. After a while, he said: "The Queen Mother may have misunderstood. I have married a few years ago and the husband and wife are harmonious. Therefore, I forgive you for being shallow and unlucky to accept the Queen Mother's words." Kind intention."

"Huh, husband and wife are harmonious, is this really true?"

The Queen Mother seemed a little angry when Jia Lian refused her face to face.

"As far as I know, Mrs. Wang is just an orphan, with no ideas and no knowledge of etiquette.

"I have been married to you for several years, and I have never known my husband. Teach your children to be competitive.

I also heard that he even struggled with you in front of the servants. Can this really be regarded as a harmonious couple? ”

Hearing that the Queen Mother could say so much in one breath, Jia Lian’s heart sank slightly.

It seems that the Queen Mother was really prepared.

If faced with others, Jia Lian would naturally have countless words to refute, but for the Queen Mother, everyone may have to be careful!

So Jia Lian cupped his hands and said: "Please forgive me, Queen Mother, between husband and wife Live life like a fish drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or cold.

What other people say is not enough evidence. ”

Like a fish drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or cold...

When the Queen Mother heard these words, she seemed to be moved.

But what she had planned What is more, it is related to the life of the person she loves most, so she cannot be too concerned about other people's emotions.

"Are you really unwilling? Do you know how many of the rich and powerful children in the capital admire Zhaoyang deeply, but cannot get what they ask for?

I just see that you are a rare talent and you are kind to me, so I will extend my kindness to you.

In other words, not many people in the world dare to violate what I decide.

Just because we are discussing this with you now does not mean that I can do nothing to you. ”

The Queen Mother did not make any false claims.

Although it is not a glorious thing to win a husband, but as a royal family, can there be any privileges?

If nothing else, as long as the Queen Mother talks to Emperor Ningkang, as a "son", Emperor Ningkang, even if he doesn't want to bear the dishonorable reputation, can he really disobey the Queen Mother and gain an unfilial reputation?< br />
As the emperor, Emperor Ningkang really wanted his ministers to marry his daughter. Not to mention that he was just a married man. Even if he hid in the mountains and became a monk, he could still find him. !

"Thank you very much for your love, the Queen Mother. I am ashamed that I cannot bear it. Please take back my life. "

"You...! ”

Looking at Shen Jun’s face, bowing and clasping his fists, Jia Lian was obviously thinking hard, and the queen mother’s calm face finally showed an angry look.

There seemed to be something cruel. I wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, I didn't. Instead, I looked at him for a long time, waved my hand and said, "Okay, please step back. ”

At this time, Jia Lian was stunned.

He raised his head and glanced at the Queen Mother to make sure that she was not joking, and then resigned anxiously.

/>Once Jia Lian left, the maids and eunuchs in the palace couldn't help but look at each other.

Today, my eyes were opened. Someone actually dared to reject the Queen Mother in person. Moreover, it seemed that the Queen Mother was not too angry! !

"Come out."

With the support of the female officer, the Queen Mother returned to sit on the phoenix chair, and then said softly.

Following her voice, a slender figure came out from behind the large screen behind the phoenix chair.

The Queen Mother waved to her, and the woman came over and snuggled into the Queen Mother's arms.

"What, you are not happy?"

The Queen Mother asked with a smile.

Princess Zhaoyang shook her head and tried to hide her inner emotions.

Although she had objected to the imperial grandmother doing this before, being rejected still made her proud heart feel inexplicably depressed.

"Royal Grandma, I think he is right, 'Like a fish drinking water, you know whether you are warm or cold.' Since he likes his wife so much, then we don't need to be such evil people who break up other people's marriages.

It’s not like no one really wants your Zhaoyang..."

Hearing that this girl actually blamed herself, the Queen Mother pinched her angrily. her face.

　"You still have the nerve to say that if you hadn't been so picky, this one has a bad character, that one has a bad appearance, it was so easy to pick one for you, but you still dislike him for saying too little. Boring!

If not, do you think I am willing to be a villain?"

The Queen Mother was very angry. In the past month or so, she had arranged for at least three or four waves of young men to enter the palace. He tried every means to create opportunities for Zhaoyang, but in the end, this unlucky girl didn't take it seriously.

With great difficulty, she took the trouble to choose by herself. She picked out a few, but she still found fault with them.

Only when talking about Jia Lian, Zhaoyang hesitated. As someone who has experienced this, how could the Queen Mother not understand that she was attracted to Jia Lian!

That’s what happened today.

She has made a lot of preparations for this...

Helping Yuanchun be promoted to a noble concubine was just her first step to win over the Jia family. If things were done, she would also There are many supporting plans, which will definitely leave the Jia family and Wang family speechless.

Who would have expected that Jia Lian would have an accident in the first step.

That boy looked shrewd, but who knew he was actually a fool, and he actually dared to reject her proposal in public!