Born a phoenix? The husband I picked up is the young emperor

Chapter 2028

The most glorious thing about the Wei family was that their eldest daughter married a wealthy man, Shi Yunqi, the Duke of Heguo.

However, Shi Yunqi actually has no foundation. Apart from his own appeal, he does not have much strength and is not to be feared.

In addition, although the son of the Wei family was a general, he was just a young general who had just started his career.

"It seems that Prince Li is stupid. Marrying the Wei family at this time is undoubtedly going against the emperor." Lin Wensong said.

"The Emperor will not agree to this marriage." Qin Hongchang was rolling the walnuts in his hand. "If he deposes Emperor Zhaowu, Prince Li will be the only one to choose."

Although the Wei family is on the side of the retired emperor, they have no foundation and are not good candidates for in-laws.

Sure enough, reliable news came out that the emperor did not agree with this marriage.

The usually obedient Ninth Prince insisted on having his own way and had the Ministry of Rites start preparing for the wedding.

The emperor said, "Get out if you don't obey!"

Then the Ninth Prince left, still insisting on marrying the girl from the Wei family.

The retired emperor's dissatisfaction with this marriage was directly expressed in his public scolding of Wei Zhongshi.

This was no longer just speculation; everyone in the court, both civil and military officials, knew that the retired emperor was firmly opposed to this marriage.

Prince Li, however, insisted on getting married quickly so that he could return to his fiefdom.

Everyone sighed, saying that Prince Li was ignorant and his bright future was ruined.

But this did not prevent the Wei family from becoming royal relatives. At this time, no one was jealous of the Wei family. They just felt that Prince Li found an insignificant Yue family at a critical moment, which made the emperor angry.

In this way, under the urging of Prince Li, the process of three books and six ceremonies was completed in just one month.

It can be seen that the emperor has completely given up on the disobedient Prince Li.

The four great families all agreed and believed that the retired emperor would definitely take back the imperial power himself.

Taking advantage of Prince Li's wedding, the Emperor was furious, and the four great families began to secretly mobilize a large number of troops towards the capital.

It was already June.

Shi Anxia received four secret letters from Cen Yuan. She read the letters and burned them to ashes.

In July, the red gate of Prince Li's mansion was particularly bright in the blazing sun. Wei Pingting entered the mansion in a phoenix crown and a red robe, becoming the Princess of Prince Li.

The betrothal gifts were not much, but they were not small either. Prince Li's adoptive mother, Concubine Lin, had specially returned from her fiefdom to the capital to take charge of the situation, and had taken a lot of betrothal gifts from her private treasury.

Although the emperor was angry, he would not deduct the prince's share. After all, he had few sons to bother with.

Princess Li’s dowry was quite large.

Her grandfather dotes on his granddaughter, and having made a lot of money in recent years, he is eager to empty out all his treasures and give them all to his granddaughter as a dowry.

In addition, Wei Zhongshi and his wife also emptied out most of the warehouse. Add to that the Duke of Heguo's Mansion, Princess Haiyan, and various boxes of gifts from this aunt and that aunt, and the dowry was so rich that it was not an exaggeration to describe it as "ten miles of red makeup."

The spies from the four great families came again to report that the retired emperor had had a quarrel with Emperor Zhaowu.

Now the confrontation.

On the night of Prince Li's wedding, Emperor Zhaowu quietly left the palace and met with the four great families at night.

"You four great families have forced me to this point, and brought me so much trouble!" Emperor Zhaowu's eyes were gloomy, and he wished he could eat the heads of the four great families alive. "I don't want to take Tang's life at all! It's you! It's you who have brought me to this point!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Qin Hongchang stepped forward and knelt at Emperor Zhaowu's feet. "It was indeed an accident. Your Majesty, please look into it."

"What does it matter if I know it or not? Tang is dead! Tang is already dead! My father wants to depose me! He wants to depose me! This is such a joke! How can a reigning emperor like me be deposed?"

Emperor Zhaowu closed his eyes tightly, his eyes gleaming with brilliance, and issued an ultimatum to the four great families, "I want to secure my throne, you guys do whatever you want!"