Chapter 165 Keep Your Red Envelope

When Murong Jie said this, everyone present except Prince Li was shocked.

Even Zian didn't expect him to deal with it like this.

Ximen Xiaoyue's complexion changed drastically, her teeth itching with hatred.

It's a joke to confer a county lord so lightly, you know, the county lord is different from Gaoming Madam, even if Gaoming Madam is first rank, she has no real power, only a title, not to mention a fiefdom or reward.

But the county head is different. Most of the county heads in the Zhou Dynasty were concubine daughters of princes or the eldest daughter of the county king. Naturally, there were also daughters of foreign ministers who were named county heads, but Only those who have extraordinary wisdom, or who have made contributions to the court and the people can be additionally named county head.

Or, it is necessary to get married to a foreign country, and then you can be named a princess, princess, or county lord according to the object of the marriage.

Although the Yuan family has a great reputation, it is somewhat unacceptable to be named the head of the county after many years of marriage.

Although, the ancestral system and laws did not say that after marriage, one cannot be named county head.

In short, it sounds like Murong Jie wanted to take care of Yuan Shi and promote Yuan Shi.

However, if the regent wants to take care of the Yuan family, why not directly appoint Xia Zi'an as the county head? Why seal the Yuan family?

Another point is that if the piece of land in the back garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion is granted to the Yuan family, wouldn't it be equivalent to having a part of the Yuan family in the Prime Minister's mansion?

This can drive the old lady and Prime Minister Xia to death!

Sure enough, the old lady said coldly: "My lord, the land in the back garden has already been compensated to those common people, and I haven't owed a penny in arrears. How can my lord just take it back?"

Murong Jie snorted, "Have you made any compensation? Why does this king always receive papers saying that the people complained of grievances and sued, saying that the compensation from the prime minister's house is unreasonable? The old lady only paid fifty taels of silver for the remaining mu of land."

The crown prince blurted out, "Uncle Emperor, it is absolutely impossible for Jing Zhaoyin to write such an excerpt."

Jing Zhaoyin is a member of the Taifu, and also belongs to the prince's party. How could he join the prime minister?

"Prince, be careful!" Taifu Liang has long seen through that Murong Jie has been pretending to be confused, he is a phoenix without treasure, and he came to the wedding banquet today, and he has already planned this.

The crown prince didn't know yet, so he looked at the grand tutor suspiciously, thinking that the grand tutor didn't understand the meaning of Murong Jie's words, and reminded again: "Teacher, the emperor's uncle probably misunderstood, he must be corrected, all the excerpts come first Submit it to the Regent’s study after passing through the Zhongshu Province, you are the Zhongshu Ling, have you seen this note?”

Taifu Liang was sullen, this prince is really stupid. He first said that it was impossible to have this paper, and then he said that all papers had to go through the Ministry of Education. Didn’t he tell everyone that if there were papers for impeachment, if they were related to the prince’s party or his relatives, he would withdraw go?

He straightened his expression, and said: "As long as there are notes for participating in the performance, I will verify the situation first and then submit it to the regent."

The old lady changed the topic and said: "The prince named the daughter-in-law of the old man as the county lord. The old man is very honored and grateful for the kindness of the prince. However, the old man feels that the Xiangfu deserves to be honored. Anyone who rewards the county lord must have meritorious service. In the imperial court, or especially outstanding, the old man thinks that although Cuiyu is talented, he is not considered outstanding, and he has never made any contribution to the imperial court. Especially today, the prince is here, and the old man thinks that the prime minister's family can't bear the prince's love. "

What the old lady said made the elders of the clan very unhappy. How glorious is it for the Xia clan to have a county head? She actually pushed it.

Prince Li heard the old lady's words, thought for a while, and said: "The old lady is right, it is true that you can't make a county head without a reason."

Murong Jie hummed, and asked with an open-minded attitude that he was not ashamed to ask, "Then, in the opinion of the emperor, what conditions do you have to be a county lord?"

Prince Li said: "According to the rules, first, getting married, needless to say, does not exist. Second, as the old lady said, it is outstanding. Whether or not the Yuan family possesses this is not up to you and me. We have to go back and discuss it." Discuss and listen to the opinions of many parties. Third, the court has merit and the common people have kindness. If you have one of these three points, you can be named the county head and bestowed with food."

Hearing what Prince Deli said, the faces of the old lady and Ximen Xiaoyue are better.

If Yuan Shi really made the county head, how can we deal with her in the future? It is absolutely impossible.

The old lady decided to oppose it to the end no matter what.

The eldest princess Murong Zhuangzhuang reminded: "There is one more thing, you must not forget."

"Anything else?" Murong Jie asked.

Murong Zhuangzhuang said indifferently: "The Empress Dowager once decreed that if this person is valued and liked by those who have the right to reward, he can also be rewarded. I don't know how much the Regent thinks of the Yuan family?"

Murong Jie tilted his head and thought for a while, his handsome face was very perplexed, his sword eyebrows frowned, as if he was thinking about an extremely important issue, and finally, he spread his hands, "Mrs. Yuan is my future mother-in-law, how can I not take it seriously? How dare you?" Say you don't like it?"

Murong Zhuangzhuang smiled, "So, there is no problem with this reward, isn't it, third child?"

Prince Li hummed, "There is such a thing, since the Regent Prince values ​​Yuan Shi, and Yuan Shi is the future mother-in-law of the Regent Prince, so he is eligible for a reward, and no one present has the right to question it."

The regent stood up, "Okay, the matter is settled like this, new lady, quickly collect your red envelope, and everyone go out to eat and drink."

After he finished speaking, he walked out quickly, as if the wine jar had really been hooking him all the time, he didn't know that the sentence that quickly put away the red envelope meant that Ximen Xiaoyue's status in this mansion was really a concubine up.

Ximen Xiaoyue clutched her dress, trembling with anger, her face was ashen.

Prince Li is a serious person. Hearing what the regent said, he kept staring at Ximen Xiaoyue, waiting for her to collect the red envelope.

But Ximen Xiaoyue blindly held on to the dress and didn't take the red envelope, he couldn't help frowning, and said impatiently: "You accept it, so you can go out to eat wine if you accept it."

Prime Minister Xia saw that Murong Jie had gone out, and this was a matter that could not be changed, so he ordered: "Xia Quan, please go out for a drink, my lords."

Prince Li almost jumped, "New lady, you are accepting red envelopes, how can I go out to drink if you don't accept it?"

Ximen Xiaoyue slowly stretched out her hand to the red envelope, picked it up humiliatingly, stood up and blessed herself, "The prince and all the adults are invited to go out for a drink."

Although she was extremely angry, she had a forbearing character after so many years of life of abstinence, and she endured today's insult.

Seeing that she took the red envelope, Prince Li said contentedly: "Let's go and have some wine. I heard that the Xiangfu specially bought a batch of old cellars from the Sun Family Village for this wedding banquet. This daughter can't drink the red. The cellar is also good."

Daughter Hong is the wine buried when a woman is born, but it is not the first time Ximen Xiaoyue gets married, so naturally Daughter Hong is gone.

Prince Li just said something unintentionally, but to Ximen Xiaoyue's ears, she thought that Prince Li was deliberately laughing at her, and was so angry that tears rolled down his face.