【0880 Appeasing the Wu Family】
As for hurting the Wu family, Wei Bao didn't feel it at all.
With his current power, the Wu family can only listen to him, because on the surface, Wu Xiang leads the post of chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, but in fact, the military power of the 60,000 army is all in the hands of the treasure army.
All the generals are from the Bao Army, as long as they control it for more than half a year, this army will be completely surnamed Wei, and no one will be able to snatch it away in the future.
The key is that I can't face Wu Xuexia.
Can't this just let the emperor recognize Zhao Jinfeng, and immediately begged the emperor to recognize Wu Xuexia, right?
What did that really become the emperor?
Did you become your own house slave?
"It's okay, I'm fine." Wu Xuexia wiped her tears, "Husband, I'm a little dizzy, I'll go and rest for a while." ”
Wei Bao got up distressedly, "I shouldn't have said this during dinner." Shall I go with you for a while? ”
Wu Xuexia shook her head and said, "Husband, let's eat, I'm really fine." As he spoke, he got up and was blessed, and he was about to withdraw.
Wei Bao still took Wu Xuexia's hand, although he knew that the persuasion at this time was not very effective, he still wanted to accompany Wu Xuexia as much as possible, so that Wu Xuexia could turn over this article in her heart as soon as possible.
Wu Xuexia was held by Wei Bao's hand, and she didn't dare to break free, so she could only be helplessly held by Wei Bao.
"Husband, why don't I accompany Xuexia to take a rest? She's afraid she wants to be quiet at this time. Zhang Meiyuan said.
Wei Bao also knew that he didn't need himself at this time, so he nodded helplessly.
After Zhang Meiyuan accompanied Wu Xuexia away, Wei Bao was a little annoyed, stopped eating, drank some wine, and went back to the house to sleep.
The next day, Wei Bao got up early in the morning to see Wu Xuexia.
Wu Xuexia's eyes were a little red, but it didn't look like she had cried all night, and her mood was okay.
Wei Bao looked at his wife's delicate and pretty face, and felt distressed: "Xuexia, I'm sorry." ”
"Husband, don't say I'm sorry, this is serious, my husband knows Zhao Jinfeng first, and she is listed before me, and she deserves it." Wu Xuexia was a little insincere.
Wei Bao didn't care whether Wu Xuexia was telling the truth or not, he took Wu Xuexia's hand and patted it gently.
The two of them sat with each other for a while, and then went to breakfast together.
Zhang Meiyuan saw that Wu Xuexia's mood seemed to be okay, and she was secretly relieved.
As the first lady, Zhang Meiyuan knows that she has an unshirkable responsibility to maintain the unity of the Wei Mansion.
Zhang Meiyuan also knew that Wei Bao had a lot of women, if it weren't for the fact that Wei Bao was losing his body because of too many women, Zhang Meiyuan actually didn't mind much.
Although her father has such a noble status as a British duke, he only has two concubines.
Wei Bao has her, Zhao Jinfeng, Wu Xuexia, and Wang Qiuya, Fan Xiaolin, Sister Fang, and Xu Rui who are waiting to marry in, Zhang Meiyuan doesn't know if Princess Zhenming is counted as one.
There are eight here, and according to Wu Xuexia, there is also a daughter of Nurhachi, so there will be nine.
It's about to be double digits, only fifteen years old, so many women.
At the age of twenty-five, at the age of thirty-five, there must be no hundreds of women, no more than the emperor's women?
Anyway, there are few emperors who like women, and they can live a long life, which makes Zhang Meiyuan feel anxious.
Therefore, if Wei Bao really loves Zhao Jinfeng, in Zhang Meiyuan's opinion, maybe it is not too bad, a man has a very pampered woman, and the demand for women will be reduced.
"This time, your brother also came with the eunuch Xuanzhi, and now it should be Funingwei, should we go and pick it up?" Wei Bao asked Zhang Meiyuan.
"I don't think so, do I? The husband is now the third product, and the identity of the Hou Ye is already very grand to greet him at Shanhaiguan. Zhang Meiyuan said.
Wu Xuexia also felt that she didn't need to pick it up.
"Then after dinner, I'll accompany you to Wu Mansion, I want to explain it to your father in person. They must have resigned themselves to it. Wei Bao said to Wu Xuexia.
Wu Xuexia shook her head: "My father knows, uncomfortable is uncomfortable, this matter, he can endure it, it will be fine after a while." If the husband makes a special trip to say it, it will prolong the time for him to calm himself. There are some things that are originally only based on the results and cannot be explained clearly. ”
"I didn't regret asking the emperor and Wei Zhongxian to accept Zhao Jinfeng as the emperor's sister, nor did I think about insulting the Wu family. Wait for next year, I will ask Your Majesty to recruit you as the imperial sister. Wei Bao said apologetically to Wu Xuexia.
Wu Xuexia's eyes lit up, this is not bad, but she said: "Forget it, this is too embarrassing for the husband, and even let his concubine be the royal sister, the people of the world must have something to say, as if our Wei family is too favored." ”
"It's okay, when the emperor comes to officiate this time, I'll mention it to him. Anyway, I'm knighted, there must be a lot of gossip in the world, and it's not bad for this one, the most important thing is strength! Wei Bao said confidently: "What if you are not convinced? I have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty, who can do anything to me? ”
When Wu Xuexia heard this, her mood suddenly brightened, if she also became the imperial sister, she would still be above Zhao Jinfeng, because she married in first, "Then I will go home later, and I told my father, my father and mother must be very happy, and this matter will not have any impact on the Wu family, can I tell them?" ”
Tell the people of the Wu family that it is to release the wind in advance.
Wei Bao was worried that if things leaked out in advance, he was a little too high-profile, and said in a deep voice: "What you said in advance doesn't seem to be good, your father will definitely go around saying it for the sake of face, and everyone will know about it when the time comes." Others will think that I seem to be able to control His Majesty, and it is a simple matter to make any of them the emperor's sister. ”
Wu Xuexia is a smart girl, and she also thought of this, and nodded: "Well, then tell my father and mother, my husband has this plan, so that my father and mother can't say it to people." ”
Wei Bao smiled, knowing that Wu Xuexia wanted to appease her family too much, so what was the difference between saying this and what she said just now?
However, Wei Bao still couldn't bear to reduce Wu Xuexia's interest, and said with a smile: "Whatever you want." ”
"Thank you, husband." Wu Xuexia smiled sweetly.
Zhang Meiyuan knew that every time the president said something like you, he was actually very helpless, and felt that it was impossible for Wu Xuexia not to see it, so Zhang Meiyuan could also feel that Wu Xuexia was a little unaware of the president's mood this time.
However, Zhang Meiyuan can also understand Wu Xuexia's mood at this time.
After eating, Wu Xuexia went back to Wu's mansion in a hurry.
Zhang Meiyuan asked Wei Bao softly: "Husband, if Wu Xuexia and Zhao Jinfeng are both imperial sisters in the future, who is older and who is younger?" There's always to be a humble, right? ”
Wei Bao knew that the ladies also had to be seated, and the eldest lady didn't need to say that it was the main room.
The following concubines are divided into two wives, three ladies, four ladies, five ladies, six ladies, seven ladies, eight ladies, nine ladies, ten ladies, eleven ladies, and twelve ladies.
Sometimes Wei Bao thinks it's funny, thinking that if he marries a lot, more than double digits, it's nothing.
If it exceeds twenty, it won't be easy to scream, you can't always call Mrs. Twenty-one, Mrs. Twenty-two is called like this, right?
What a tongue twister?
Ninety-nine ladies, or one hundred ladies.
Belch.
"We'll talk about it then." Wei Bao smiled: "If the two of them are imperial sisters, they should still be Wu Xuexia, right?" After all, she married first. And Zhao Jinfeng's mother only asks for a pomp, she shouldn't care about being ranked below Wu Xuexia anymore, if she cares about it again, Zhao Jinfeng is already married to me, don't pay attention to her mother. Wei Bao laughed.
Thinking of Zhao Jinfeng's mother, Wei Bao is so angry and funny, she is not Zhao Jinfeng's mother, and she will not give birth to such things during this time.
It's not good, now that the matter between me and Zhao Jinfeng has been settled, all I have left is to get married one day.
Wei Bao knew that the marriage with Cong Gulen Gege was a major event, and it involved diplomatic negotiations, there were many processes that needed to be determined and bargained, and it would definitely not be so fast, as long as the matter of Zhao Jinfeng was settled before he married Cong Gulenge.
Zhang Meiyuan sighed and smiled.
Wei Bao smiled: "Do you want me to ask Your Majesty for the title of an imperial sister too?" ”
"I don't need to." Zhang Meiyuan smiled: "I don't think my identity is inferior to a genuine princess, give me a princess, I'm still too troublesome." ”
Wei Bao smiled and nodded, it is indeed the case, if Zhang Meiyuan is a genuine princess, there are indeed a lot of troubles, Zhang Meiyuan's behavior will be subject to many restrictions, and even his career will be restricted, it is not easy for a concubine in the Ming Dynasty to be an official, and it is also a little reputation-based false position.
"Before I married you, I was most afraid of being recruited as a colt." Wei Bao suddenly said: "I shouldn't be more worried now, it is impossible for the royal family to let the princess come to be my concubine." ”
"Not necessarily." Zhang Meiyuan said with a smile.
Wei Baoqi said: "Why is it not necessarily? No matter how noble I am, I won't let the royal family lower my body to that extent, right? Let a genuine princess be my concubine? Where is the royal face? ”
"As long as the merit and power of the husband are large enough, and the court needs to rely on the husband, when the husband is wooed, there is nothing impossible." Zhang Meiyuan thought for a while and said: "This is a prerequisite, in addition, if there are any princesses who insist on marrying their husbands, the emperor has to consider it." ”
Wei Bao heard Zhang Meiyuan say this, and couldn't help but think of Zhu Huiyuan, the daughter of Xi Li, the eighth daughter of the emperor, and Princess Zhu Huiyuan, who was one year younger than him.
There are very few genuine princesses of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Huiyuan is not only beautiful, captivating the country and the city, but also has a high integrity, and died in the real history with the horse.
Therefore, she has been talked about by later generations and has become the heroine of many film and television works.
If it weren't for the many restrictions on becoming a colt, Wei Bao would like Zhu Huiyuan very much.
Of course, Wei Bao also likes Xi Li.
The royal women of the Ming Dynasty are all women selected from the families of ordinary people across the country, and all of them are beautiful, which is incomparable to all dynasties.
If there is a ranking of appearances, the Ming royal family will definitely be the first in the world.
"What? Who did the husband think of? Seeing Wei Bao's thoughtful appearance, Zhang Meiyuan couldn't help but smile and said, "Did you think of Princess Le'an?" I have been playing with Princess Le'an since I was a child, and I know each other very well. ”
Wei Bao was startled, his face immediately turned red, and he was told by Zhang Meiyuan, but he said: "She can't do it, you are mature without your wife." Princess Le'an is still a child. ”
Zhang Meiyuan smiled, as if she saw her husband's thoughts, but she didn't continue to make fun of her husband.
Wu Xiang's family really already knew about it, and their news was not as well-informed as the Heaven and Earth Society Statistics Bureau, but the eunuchs who announced the decree had already entered Liaoxi, and the officialdom and generals in Liaoxi had already known the news that Wei Baobao was going to be knighted.
Even Sun Chengzong knew that Sun Chengzong couldn't imagine that the emperor would be so kind to Wei Bao, and after being knighted, he could continue to lead the troops, and the combination of these two things was not trivial.
Because the title itself is superb, so, whether Wei Bao is a positive third grade or another grade, it doesn't really matter, with the title of marquis, no one can control Wei Bao.
This is one of them, a super-grade person, who can also lead troops, has a very strong control over the army, and the side army will also be the head of the lord's army.
What's more, Wei Bao still has the title of Jiliao Supervisor, Gao Di obeys Wei Bao in everything, and he is about to leave, which means that Wei Bao is already the Jiliao Governor invisibly.
"Dad, you dissipate your anger, I have long seen that Wei Bao is an ungrateful villain, and now he is red and purple, relying on the emperor's favor, doing whatever he wants, and actually letting a concubine be the emperor's sister, which is equivalent to climbing to the head of the sister, the entire Liaoxi Liaodong, the entire Jiliao, and the entire Ming are watching the jokes of our Wu family!" Wu Sanfeng said angrily.
"You did it, are you trying to persuade your father, or are you making your father angry?" Wu Zu didn't have a good airway.
For this matter, from yesterday to today, the atmosphere of the Wu family is very bad, and the mansion is miserable.
"Daddy, I'll go to my brother-in-law! Can't make my sister angry! Wu Sangui's fiery temper came up, "I beat my brother-in-law, one can beat three!" ”
Although he lost to Wei Bao in the ring last time, he was very close to Wei Bao after that, but in martial arts, Wu Sangui has never served Wei Bao.
"You can do it too! Stand down. Wu Zushi glanced at his youngest son, "Which pot is not opened, you have the ability, go and fight your brother-in-law's army of more than 100,000 alone." ”
When it comes to hundreds of thousands of troops, this refers only to the army controlled by Wei Bao in the Ming army sequence, not including the treasure army of Weijiazhuang, if you count the treasure army, who in the world is not afraid?
Even if people outside Jiliao haven't heard of the Baojun, anyway, inside and outside the Guan, Jiliao, Mongolia, Jiannu control area, the reputation of the Baojun has already spread.
"Hey, if it weren't for Wei Bao's heavy troops, he wouldn't dare to bully people like this!" Wu Sanfeng sighed.
"How did my husband bully people?" At this time, Wu Xuexia came.
"Sister." Wu Sangui immediately ran to Wu Xuexia's side.
At this time, although Wu Sangui was only thirteen years old, he was already very strong, about the same height as Wu Xuexia.
At first glance, he is a tiger general.
Wu Xuexia looked at Wu Sangui with a smile: "When you see your brother-in-law in the future, you have to be more respectful and more knowledgeable about etiquette, you know?" Your brother-in-law is now a marquis. ”
Wu Sangui pursed his lips and did not say a word.
"Do you hear that?" Wu Xuexia twisted Wu Sangui's ears.
Wu Sangui didn't suffer the pain, but still exaggerated and sighed: "Anyway, he can't bully my sister, otherwise I will beat him like no matter who he is!" ”
"When did your brother-in-law bully me? The holy decree for my father to be promoted to the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan has reached Funingwei, and it is time to go to Shanhaiguan tomorrow, without your brother-in-law, can my father take such an important position? Wu Xuexia said: "Can our Wu family have the current momentum?" Without a husband, we will always just follow behind the ancestral family, and now our Wu family is already a family in Liaoxi and Liaodong, second only to the Wei family. ”
"Dad is afraid that he has wronged his daughter." Wu Xiang is actually 10,000 satisfied with Wei Bao's son-in-law. just thought that Zhao Jinfeng was Mao Wenlong's daughter, and now that she climbed on her daughter's head, she couldn't swallow this breath.
No matter how strong Mao Wenlong is, in the eyes of all the officials and generals on Jiliao's side, they look down on the Dongjiang Army and Mao Wenlong, because no matter how strong Mao Wenlong's soldiers and horses are, they have nothing to do with Jiliao, but will take Jiliao's military salary and food salary.
Therefore, Ji Liao's common idea is that the Dongjiang Army is useless, and it is best to cut it off as soon as possible!
"Dad, my husband said, I originally wanted to ask Your Majesty to accept me as the imperial sister, but I just accepted two side ladies as imperial sisters at one time, for fear of causing gossip in the world, so I can only wait for next year to find an opportunity to propose it to Your Majesty." Wu Xuexia said.
When Wu Xiang heard this, his face immediately improved a lot: "Xiaobao really said that?" ”
"Well, can this be fake? My husband told me personally. Wu Xuexia said: "Just this morning, when I had breakfast, I was still in front of Mrs. Zhang. ”
"Well, if that's the case, you and Zhao Jinfeng's identities are the same, you marry into the Wei family first, so you are still ahead of Zhao Jinfeng." Wu Xiangle said.
Wu Zu was also very happy, "Sanfeng, hurry up and release this news, so that no one will look down on our Wu family!" ”
Wu Sanfeng happily agreed.
"Hey, brother, wait a minute." Wu Xuexia hurriedly stopped Wu Sanfeng, thinking of her husband, she was worried about this, afraid that the Wu family would be publicized everywhere, and she was really expected by her husband.
"What's wrong? Sister. Wu Sanfeng said.
"Dad, don't go around, Xiaobao doesn't want others to know, as if the emperor is listening to us. Who knows if His Majesty will agree after mentioning it? The husband just said that he would ask His Majesty for a request next year. Wu Xuexia said.
Wu Xiang understood what Wu Xuexia meant, nodded and said: "It's not good to talk about this kind of thing around, and it is used as an excuse by people with intentions, and maybe it will cause trouble." ”
"If you don't say it, isn't our Wu family ashamed? The daughter who married into the Wei family first, but was overtaken by a daughter of Lizheng, how to swallow this breath? Wu Zushi said angrily.
"Xuexia, let's just say that Xiaobao will ask His Majesty to accept you as the imperial sister next year, but it doesn't mean that it will definitely be successful next year, isn't this okay?" Wu Xiang asked.
Wu Xuexia shook her head: "Isn't that the same?" This kind of thing can only be made known to others later, if the news is leaked in advance, there will definitely be a lot of opposition, and if it is not done well, it will be messed up about me being accepted by the emperor as the emperor's sister. ”
Wu Xuexia just wants to appease her parents, but in fact, she doesn't want to be publicized.