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Chapter 369 Sacred Heart
After watching the excitement, Shen Tang wanted to know more about why the prince had called Xie Guimo away. From the moment she left Wutong Courtyard to the moment she returned to Chenxiang Pavilion, she finally said, "You were called away by our father. Could this incident today be directed at you?"
"Probably not. I'm not the king, so I won't consider the Jiang family's feelings."
If you go to such great lengths to save Jiang Huier's life and then stuff her into Chenxiangxuan and let her be neglected, it would be better not to save her.
His father couldn't control him, his mother didn't like Jiang Huier, and if Concubine Jiang had any regard for Jiang Huier, she wouldn't do such a thing.
Shen Tang thought about it and agreed, but who knew what Concubine Jiang was thinking? The Second Madam was very unhappy, but the Second Master accepted it very quickly. Thinking of her suspicion, maybe this was something Concubine Jiang and the Second Master had planned privately.
If you suspect that Concubine Jiang is cheating on the prince, then Xie Guiyin might be the second master's son. If it's his own son who marries Jiang Huier, it's better for Xie Guian to marry her than Xie Guiyin.
Xie Guiyin was determined to become the crown prince, so he needed a second young lady with an assistant. However, Xie Guian was demoted, and the second wife was stripped of her imperial title. Xie Guian could not marry a lady from a wealthy family. As Concubine Jiang said, although the Jiang family was gone, there was still Concubine Jiang and the prince, and this backing was much more solid than that of ordinary families.
For the second master, this is the best of both worlds.
But Shen Tang was also happy. She and Xie Guimo had never found an opportunity to drive the second wife out. Now that Jiang Huier was marrying Xie Guian, the opportunity had come.
Whenever Jiang Huier causes trouble, he will take the opportunity to kick her and the entire second house out, and then he can just turn a blind eye to it.
Shen Tang sat down and poured herself some tea. She asked Xie Guimo, "Why did father call you away?"
Xie Guimo pinched Shen Tang's nose, "Didn't you guess it?"
Shen Tang asked, "Is it because of the 600-mile rush?"
"Ah."
"My father informed the emperor of these two matters a while ago. He was unsure about entrusting it to others, so he sent a trusted confidant. As soon as it rained in Xuzhou and Changzhou, he immediately evacuated the local people as soon as he saw the rain was not going well. The floods destroyed many villages and houses, but there were few casualties."
"The snowstorm in the north happened more than half a month ago. Landslides blocked official roads. News of it was only delivered to the palace today. However, my father had already sent a lot of food and fodder under the pretext of mobilizing troops. The soldiers had a lot of charcoal fires, which was enough to keep them warm. The damage was severe, but we did our best to minimize the losses."
When the prince told the emperor the two things, the emperor really didn't take them seriously, and the prince didn't elaborate. After all, he and Xie Guimo could accept the fact that Shen Tang was reborn after death, but the emperor might not.
As long as things are done well, it doesn't matter who does it.
Today, two urgent reports were sent to the palace over a distance of 600 miles, and the report stated that the disaster was not the main point, but that the main point was to praise the emperor for his wisdom.
The emperor was confused by the praise and suddenly remembered that a few months ago, Prince Jingyang had mentioned to him the disasters in the two places.
The prince had someone do the job, but he specifically reminded him that it was the emperor who had instructed him to do it. Therefore, the people of Changzhou, Xuzhou and the north are grateful to the emperor.
As Shen Tang said, the only bad thing about the prince is that he is trapped by the favor of the Jiang family and is a little bad at handling household affairs. In other matters, he is impeccable.
The prince controls a large number of troops, and it is not easy for him to gain the trust of the emperor. Winning the hearts of the people will be a disaster rather than a blessing for the Jingyang Palace.
The prince only cares about the lives of the people. As for merit and reputation, the prince is already a general and still cares about this. He himself has to doubt whether he has other ideas.
The job was done beautifully, bringing fame to the emperor and gaining his favor, achieving the best of both worlds.
The emperor wanted to reward the prince, but the prince directly said that it was Xie Guimo's credit, so he called Xie Guimo away.
Shen Tang asked Xie Guimo, "What did the emperor reward you with?"
Xie Guimo said, "I gave the credit to that Taoist priest."
"and then?"
"The Emperor promoted him to be the Director of the Imperial Observatory."
Taoist priest,"……"
He did nothing, but his official position rose rapidly. It's really unbelievable.
He asked Prince Yu to provide a princess for Prince Jingyang's Crown Princess, but in fact he should also provide one.
Shen Tang said, "The emperor rewarded the Imperial Observatory, but you didn't get any reward at all?"
She doesn't believe it.
Xie Guimo laughed and took out a jade pendant from his arms.
Shen Tang could tell at a glance that this was the one the emperor usually wore, with a dragon carved on it.
Shen Tang asked, "Why did the emperor give you this jade pendant?"
Although it's just a jade pendant.
Just relying on this jade pendant, Xie Guimo could execute someone first and report to the emperor later, which was enough to kill a third or fourth rank minister. It shows how important it is.
However, he is efficient and not greedy for credit. Such a minister should definitely not be rewarded with ordinary things. The art of controlling people is something that every emperor must learn.
The emperor has been on the throne for more than ten years, and this is the first time that a memorial praising him has been sent to the palace in an urgent manner over 600 miles. How could he not be very pleased?
At the morning court the next day, all the officials praised him. The emperor was very happy and asked the Ministry of Rites to make preparations. He wanted to choose a day to offer sacrifices to heaven. This was to pray that God would bless Da Qi and that it would be able to survive safely even if there was a natural disaster.
Let’s talk about Xie Guiyin. He was drunk and didn’t wake up until the evening. When he woke up, he found out that his fiancée was bullied by Xie Guian. He went to the ancestral hall and beat up Xie Guian, who was kneeling as punishment. He asked Xie Guian to swear in front of all the ancestors that he would not let Jiang Huier down. How could Xie Guian dare not do so?
No one in the palace issued a gag order on this matter, nor would they, so the news soon spread outside the palace.
Xie Guian brought up such explosive gossip about Xie Guiyin's fiancée that it spread like wildfire throughout all the restaurants in Kyoto and became the best side dish for drinking that evening.
Also, the princess did not allow Jiang Huier to live in the palace without a name or status. The prince asked Concubine Jiang and Xie Guiyin to go to the courtyard to accompany Jiang Huier for the New Year. Only Concubine Jiang was with Jiang Huier. During those days, Xie Guiyin was out drinking with others. He chartered a boat and slept on the boat at night.
Shen Tang suspected that Concubine Jiang had no intention of letting her son marry Jiang Huier from the beginning. She just used her son's fiancée's identity to save Jiang Huier from being exiled. As long as she was kept, even if she didn't really marry Xie Guiyin but married someone else, since the emperor had pardoned Jiang Huier's crime, he would not pursue it any further.
The next day, the date for Xie Guian to marry Jiang Huier was set, which was seven days later.
Although there are no wedding invitations and no guests are invited, getting married is a lifelong commitment for a girl. Concubine Jiang insists on marrying her in a sedan chair, and Jiang Huier will get into the sedan chair from the courtyard.
The Second Wife felt that it was unnecessary, but she had no say in the matter. The Second Master agreed that everything should be done according to Concubine Jiang's wishes.
The prince prepared a dowry for Jiang Huier. Since he was going to get married, he had to make it look good.
Just as they were discussing heatedly, Shen Tang suddenly asked, "Isn't Miss Jiang still in mourning?"
The room suddenly became quiet.
It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, no one remembered that Jiang Huier was still in mourning.
The old lady said, "It is indeed still in the mourning period, but fortunately it is within three months, so we can consider it as a good omen."
The discussion continued, but the second wife felt more and more that this was a conspiracy.
Jiang Huier's father had died, and her mother and brother were all exiled, yet she still had the leisure to come to the Jingyang Palace to celebrate Xie Guiyin's birthday. The second wife was heartbroken that such an unfilial daughter was marrying her son.