The emperor just now conferred the title of first-grade imperial concubine on Feng, which in the eyes of Feng, Feng Yongguo, and Feng Yongbang, was already a great favor from the emperor.

After all, the title of wife and yinzi was a manifestation of the emperor's trust in Li Huan.

It's just that they never expected that the emperor's trust in Li Huan was even greater than they imagined. Not only was he kind to his family, but he also granted Li Huan a marriage.

Until now, Ms. Feng felt a little dizzy. She only felt that there was something unreal. If she heard it correctly, in the imperial edict just now, the emperor seemed to have granted marriage to the girls from the British and Chengguo families.

Li Huan is gone.

The British Duke and Cheng Guogong were the dignified family of the Duke. In the Ming Dynasty, they were definitely the top existences, second only to the royal family.

As for civil servants such as pavilion elders, in Feng's view, they are actually incomparable to the families of princes and princes who can be hereditary and replaceable.

After all, these officials may be able to produce talented people in one generation and enter the officialdom, or even ascend to high-ranking positions, but no one can guarantee that their descendants will produce great talents and have children who can serve as officials.

However, the glory and wealth of a noble family can be inherited and replaced.

Naturally, in Feng's simple perception, the family of a prince is definitely better than the families of many officials. In fact, this is also the simple perception of most people in this era.

Now the emperor granted marriage to Li Huan, and there were two marriages at once. How could this not shock Mrs. Feng?

With a slight smile on his lips, Qiu Ju sent the imperial edict forward and said, "Captain Li, please hurry up and accept the edict!"

Qiu Ju's words immediately woke up everyone. Feng reacted and immediately said to Li Huan: "Huan'er, hurry up and take the order."

Li Huan took the imperial edict with both hands and said: "Your Majesty Li Huan, I accept the edict and express my gratitude!"

After handing over the imperial edict to Li Huan, Qiu Ju said with a smile: "Brother Li, congratulations, congratulations, this can be said to be a double blessing, it's so obvious!"

Everyone just stood up now. Li Huan handed the imperial edict to Cao Yu who was standing aside, and then turned to Qiu Ju and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Brother Qiu, to make this trip."

Hearing this, Qiu Ju laughed loudly and said, "I, Qiu Ju, do my best to handle such a happy event, but I specifically asked Your Majesty, and Your Majesty entrusted me with this errand."

Li Huan laughed and said: "If Brother Qiu is not in a hurry to return to the palace, why not just stay and let Li prepare a table of food and you and I can have a good drink."

Qiu Ju's face showed emotion when he heard this, but he quickly shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that's not possible. After finishing the errands, our family has to return to the palace to recover. When we have some free time, we can come and have a drink with Brother Li."

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Qiu Ju smiled at Li Huan and said, "Okay, it's time for our family to return to the palace and resume their duties, so we won't bother Brother Li here."

After seeing off Qiu Ju, when Li Huan returned to the mansion, he saw Feng Shi, Feng Yongguo, and Feng Yongbang all looking at him.

That look made Li Huan feel a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly and said, "Mother, uncle, what are you..."

Feng looked at Li Huan with a look of surprise on his face and said, "Huan'er, aren't you dreaming? His Majesty has really granted you a marriage?"

Li Huan smiled, pointed to the imperial edict on the table and said, "Isn't the imperial edict right here?"

Feng looked at the imperial edict, and the smiles on their faces became more and more prosperous as they said, "Yes, if it weren't for the imperial edict, I wouldn't be able to believe it."

As he spoke, Feng looked at Feng Yongguo, and Feng Yongbang said: "Second brother, third brother, have you heard that Huan'er is about to get married."

After all, Feng Yongguo and Feng Yongbang accepted it faster than Feng. Although he was still extremely excited in his heart, he was a little calmer now.

Feng Yongguo looked at Li Huan and said: "Huan'er, why did your majesty suddenly grant you a marriage, and that's all, why did he also grant you two daughters from the prince's family in marriage? Your majesty is not afraid..."

In the opinion of Feng Yongguo, Feng Yongbang and others, the daughter of the Duke of Guo is worthy of Li Huan in terms of status. The key is that one wife is enough. As a result, the emperor granted marriage to two people at once, which is quite rare.

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After all, they have never heard of any prince's daughter willing to work with someone else. If something goes wrong, they will offend two princes at once.

Li Huan naturally knew what his two uncles were worried about. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, uncles. Since Your Majesty has issued the imperial edict granting marriage, he must have asked Duke Cheng Guo and the British Duke for their opinions.

, if the two families do not agree, His Majesty will definitely not issue such an imperial edict."

After hearing this, the two nodded slightly and said, "If His Majesty has made arrangements, then there is nothing to worry about."

On Li Huan's side, Qiu Ju personally conveyed the order, while on the British and Chengguo palaces, Luo Xiang and Wei Bin, the emperor's close servants, personally went to convey the order.

The two imperial edicts conferring marriages arrived at the two major government offices, which naturally caused a sensation in the government offices.

After all, only the Duke of England and Duke Cheng knew about the marriage. However, when the angel who read out the imperial edict read out the marriage in front of everyone in the palace, many people in the Duke's palace had a look on their faces.

Got a weird look.

For example, in the case of the British Duke, although it is Zhang Lun, the eldest son and eldest grandson, who succeeded the British Duke, this does not mean that there are no other direct descendants of the British Duke.

There are more than one direct sons of the old British Duke. These people have not moved out of the British Palace yet, so now that the imperial edict is issued, these people are among the people who will receive it.

Zhang Feng is Zhang Lun's second uncle and the second son of the British Duke Zhang Mao. At this time, he and Zhang Lun sent away Luo Xiang, who was delivering the message, and returned to the mansion. After evacuating all the servants, Zhang Feng

His expression straightened, he looked at Zhang Lun solemnly and said: "Lun'er, why don't you tell my second uncle what is going on with my little sister's marriage?"

As the second son of Zhang Mao, Zhang Feng is naturally not an ordinary person. He is on errands in the capital camp. Although he does not directly supervise the first battalion, he is still at the rank of commander, second only to the admiral of the first battalion.

Admiral.

In addition, because of Zhang Feng's identity, even if he is his superior admiral, his face will probably depend on him. Therefore, Zhang Feng's power in the capital camp is not small at all.

With Li Huan's current power and the emperor's favor and trust in Li Huan, anyone who is not a fool can see that Li Huan must have a bright future.

Zhang Feng also knew this. If the emperor only granted marriage to Zhang Jin and Li Huan, Zhang Feng would only feel happy in his heart and would not talk to Zhang Lun in a questioning manner like now.

Although he was a Duke in front of Zhang Feng, he was also his biological second uncle, so when Zhang Feng questioned him, Zhang Lun could only smile bitterly, and then told Zhang Feng the whole story.

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Zhang Feng was dumbfounded when he heard this, with a look of disbelief on his face. When he learned that this was his father's last wish, and that Duke Cheng Guo shamelessly went ahead of them to ask the emperor for marriage, Zhang Feng was angry.

He slapped the table with his hand and said: "Gong Cheng Guo is really bullying people too much!"

Zhang Lun smiled bitterly and said, "So you know it, second uncle. It's not that I want to wrong my little aunt. It's really forced by the situation. If our British government doesn't agree, I don't know how happy the Chengguo Guild will be."

Zhang Feng sighed and said: "That's all, now that the imperial edict has been issued, everything is a foregone conclusion. I just hope that my little sister will not suffer any grievances."

The situation in the Chengguo Duke's Palace was actually similar. Many people were very surprised when they suddenly learned the news that Zhu Lin was betrothed to Li Huan, especially that she was married to Zhang Jin from the British Duke's Palace.

That is to say, Duke Cheng Guo was still there and could control the situation. He just gave a few simple explanations and dismissed everyone.

The turmoil in the two princes' palaces is only small, but the real turmoil is among the nobles and even the civil and military officials.

A major event such as the emperor's marriage gift spread very quickly, especially when it involved Li Huan and the two princes' offices. As you can imagine, it didn't take long for the news to spread among the nobles and officials.

Many people among Xungui were stunned when they heard the news. Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin were known to many people among Xungui. They can be said to be the most outstanding women in the Xungui group.

What they didn't expect was that one day, the two of them would be married to the same person, which made many people look towards the capital.

Every move of the emperor contains profound meanings, especially when it comes to marriage. Is this really just a simple marriage? Or is there some hidden intention of the emperor behind this marriage?

within the cabinet

Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang, Wang Yangming, and Liu Yu were there handling various government affairs submitted by officials, and the entire cabinet seemed very busy.

In the small hall, Yang Tinghe was reviewing memorials and selecting those that needed to be submitted to the emperor for reading. While he was busy, Yang Tinghe suddenly frowned and raised his head and looked towards the outer hall.

The small hall is the private space where several cabinet elders work, and the hall outside is where the officials in the entire cabinet work. At this moment, many officials in the hall are talking excitedly about something in low voices.

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Although these officials tried their best to lower their voices, they still alerted Yang Tinghe who was working. Not only Yang Tinghe noticed the movement outside, Li Dongyang, Wang Yangming, Liu Yu and others also obviously noticed this.

Yang Tinghe frowned and walked out of the small hall, walked to a few officials who were gathering together to discuss in low voices, and said rather unconcernedly: "If you don't do things well, why are you gathering here and whispering to each other?"

Several officials who were excitedly discussing the news of the emperor's marriage to Li Huan suddenly heard Yang Tinghe's voice and were startled.

Several officials saluted Yang Tinghe with nervous expressions on their faces and said, "I've met Mr. Ge, Mr. Ge, please forgive me. I don't dare to be a lower-ranking official."

Yang Tinghe said to one of them: "Li Qing, tell me, what were you talking about just now? What is it that makes you not do your job properly and gather here to whisper."

Li Qing glanced at Yang Tinghe, took a deep breath, and then said slowly: "I don't know what I know. There is news just now that your Majesty has granted marriage to Li Huan and the British Duke, and they will become the noble daughter of the Duke of Guo."

Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then raised his brows, glanced at the officials all around who had lowered their heads, and then said: "Okay, just listen to these things. There are so many things every day, and you still have time.

I'm talking nonsense here, if you don't want to do it, you can submit your resignation at any time."

After speaking, Yang Tinghe shook his sleeves and walked towards Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang obviously heard the noise outside. He was standing at the entrance of the small hall. When he saw Yang Tinghe coming over, Li Dongyang smiled and welcomed him into the small hall.

After the two sat down, Yang Tinghe looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Xi Yagong, you heard it just now, right?"

Li Dongyang stroked his beard and smiled: "Jiefu, you are talking about the marriage granted by His Majesty, right?"

Yang Tinghe nodded and said: "Yes, given the degree of your majesty's favor towards Li Huan, it is not unusual for him to marry Li Huan. But I didn't expect that your majesty would marry a girl from the British duke and Chengguo duke's family to Li Huan and Xiya duke.

Don’t you think it’s strange?”

Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe and said with a smile: "What's so strange about this? It's nothing more than a gift of marriage. If you really want to talk about it, it involves the families of two major princes."

Yang Tinghe sighed and looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Xi Yagong, you really don't understand, or you are just pretending to be confused!"

Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "It's rare to be confused, it's rare to be confused!"

Yang Tinghe looked at Li Dongyang and said: "But Mr. Xi Ya, have you ever thought about what it means when Li Huan marries the two pillars of the Xungui Group, the Duke of Chengguo and the Duke of England."

Li Dongyang said sternly: "It means that His Majesty wants to strengthen Li Huan's foundation and win support. It means that His Majesty also wants to support the Xungui Group. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it, but I can't see it."

As he spoke, Li Dongyang raised his head and said to Yang Tinghe: "Jiefu, as ministers, our first consideration is how to assist your majesty in governing the country..."

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "Forgive me, Yang cannot agree with what Mr. Xi Ya said. The rise of Wuxun Group means that military generals will once again compete with our civil servants. That's all. But once the power of Wuxun Group is too strong,

If so, His Majesty will inevitably be influenced by the Wuxun Group and resort to military violence. Once the army is used in a large-scale manner, will it be a blessing to the country and the people?"
To be continued...