I Suffered Enough in My Past Life, Cousin Girl Swears She Won’t Marry. – Chapter 208

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第208章 将门虎女
皇帝自不会平白无故问这等小事,扶灵归乡向来由死者子嗣或者兄弟叔伯担任,父亲膝下就几个女儿,叶绾姝立时揣出皇帝的意思。

只怕他是想问由何人承继父亲的爵位。

轻轻拍了拍秦楚霖头顶,叶绾姝回道:“楚霖是府上故去秦姨娘的侄子,臣女打算将他过继到季家,到时就由他扶灵吧。”

昭烈帝望着秦楚霖点了点头:“这么小的年岁,就将这么重的担子交到你身上,实在是苦了你了。”

秦楚霖当即跪下身来,郑重其事道:“草民定不辜负陛下和大姐姐重托。”

“好孩子。”,昭烈帝欣慰的将他搀扶起来,目光灼灼的又打量了眼季渊其余几个女儿。

待得问清几人名字,昭烈帝才又缓缓开口道:“朕答应过你们父亲,往后会好好照料你们,你们若是遇上什么难处,尽可向朕开口。”

季宁溪毫不犹豫:“陛下,楚霖毕竟还是个孩子,长姐出嫁后,府上之事总是要人帮衬着打理,臣妇想求陛下恩准,允臣妇招赘,助楚霖打理家务。”

她这点心思,岂能瞒得过昭烈帝。

秦家这孩子不过七八岁光景,一时半会儿还不能亲自处理家事,若真由着她招赘,待得靖和出嫁后,整个季家自然得由着她说了算。

到时为了争夺爵位,闹出人命也不是什么新鲜事。

只是这毕竟是季家的家事,他也不好置喙太多。

“二丫头,你长姐如今尚在府上,你父亲也留了遗嘱,府上之事皆由你长姐安排做主,你有何请求当与她商议,招赘这种事你让朕如何为你做主?”,昭烈帝直接推辞掉。

“陛下。”,季宁溪正欲再开口,昭烈帝脸上已有几分不耐:“你可别忘了,祁王府的人朕尚未处置,朕已经下诏将祁王府的家眷贬为庶民,流放北地,你若还不安分,朕只能让你与她们一道随行。”

季宁溪吓得双腿一软,顿时瘫倒在地:“臣妇谨遵陛下旨意。”

郑姨娘自不希望如了二姑娘的愿,果真让她招赘,那自己的侄子怕真就没了盼头。

横竖等到大姑娘出嫁后,自己女儿就能执掌府上家业,她倒不担心夺不回掌家权。

小心翼翼的轻咳了声,她敛衽福了一礼,装得温婉贤淑的开口道:“陛下不用担心,大姑娘已为府上的将来做好了安排,小女宁萱向来端庄知事,由小女帮着打理府上家事,自不会出什么差池。”

听此,昭烈帝默默睨了眼叶绾姝,叶绾姝暗暗点了点头,昭烈帝这才宽了心。

示意朝臣们入内吊唁,他领着叶绾姝和廷封一道出了灵堂。

想着顾安此去徽州一事,昭烈帝有些不放心的问道:“丫头,你当真觉得顾安能劝降那几州的兵马,万一他选择与顾二郎狼狈为奸,只怕明池和越州危矣。”

姨父那性子,叶绾姝再清楚不过了。

他若想和顾太后、顾庭琛狼狈为奸,就不会落到被贬斥的下场了。

想来,他此次也是因为大表哥的死有所顿悟,是真想为清眠、庭济做些打算。

“陛下宽心吧,臣女有把握。”,叶绾姝道:“姨父定不会辜负陛下的期望。”

昭烈帝思忖着颔首,勉强笑了笑:“朕让廷封回来带的话,你都知晓了吧,眼下北境形势堪忧,只怕免不了要明池亲征,朕盼着你与他早些成婚,若能早些诞下子嗣,如此他入北境朕和他母妃皆能安心许多。”

叶绾姝听得有些脸红,只是他也清楚皇帝的担忧,一脸讪讪的应了声:“臣女都听陛下安排。”

昭烈帝欣慰一笑。

近来他愈发感到力不从心,自知自己大限将至,可眼下时局仍是这般艰难,他只盼着能再多支撑些时日,安顿好一切,稳住朝局,让永宁王可以安心收复北境的失土。

顾庭琛带着太后和临安的万余御林军,一路往南逃窜了近十日,一直到达徽州,才终于有了落脚的地方。

命人前往掖州、秦州让两地知府和驻军将领前来拜见,却得知两地的驻军都换了将领,谢家兄弟皆选择据守不出。

“这两个混账东西,竟然敢违抗哀家的旨意。”,顾太后端坐在徽州府的厅堂内,满脸阴霾。

顾庭琛大抵猜到是父亲的手笔,他这么快安排舅父家的两位表兄接管了掖州秦州的军队,很显然是投靠了朝廷。

“当务之急是立刻拿下越州。”,顾庭琛道:“只要抓住张太妃和穆家那丫头,不管是越州军还是穆家军都只能为我所用。”

他绝不能让表妹和傅明池在一起。

这次,他定要让傅明池再无活路。

看向徽州统兵顾烨,顾庭琛吩咐道:“叔父,你立刻抽调两万精锐随我前往越州城。”

顾烨乃顾安异母同胞的庶弟,向来对顾安马首是瞻,只是太后是顾家的领头人,她如今带着侄子来到徽州,自己不好违抗太后。

可兄长让谢家兄弟接管掖州、秦州,这其中必然有猫腻,他有些犹豫。

“怎么,叔父想看着我顾家就此倾覆?”,顾庭琛不满道:“父亲如今已经失去了理智,叔父若不随我守住徽州,拿下越州,咱们顾家只有死路一条。”

顾太后也道:“顾烨呀,哀家知晓这些年将你外放徽州,你心中有怨言,这次只要你能替哀家夺回临安,待哀家回到临安,哀家会让你一家老小跟着一道回去的。”

“太后说笑了,小侄能替太后替朝廷监守徽州,是小侄的荣幸,小侄岂敢有怨言。”

顾烨短暂思忖片刻,终于下定决心:“庭琛,你只管放心攻打越州,叔父定会誓死守住徽州。”

说罢,立即领着顾庭琛前往军营点兵。

而此时的永宁王府内,张太妃已经得到言瑾传回的口信,正让府上人打点行囊。

“绾儿这丫头还真是聪慧,若不是她提醒,怕是等到顾庭琛到了越州本宫也未察觉。”,张太妃领着众人一边走出王府,一边感慨道。

“末将回来时,已打探到道安王亲率两万精骑直奔越州而来。”,言瑾焦虑道:“末将虽照着王妃的吩咐,提前叫人前往崎州传信,就怕赵长史不肯带兵驰援。”

张太妃想了想:“越州百姓在此安居乐业上百年,从未受过战火侵袭,本宫绝不可让顾庭琛入越州。”

环顾了眼王府门前齐聚的人马,除了言瑾带回的一千护卫,剩下的不过两千余人护卫和宗室亲眷家中的壮丁。

“言瑾,你护送大家前往崎州避难,其余将士随本宫亲往虞州城御敌。”,张太妃吩咐道。

此话一出,府门前顿时炸开了锅,府臣们纷纷苦劝阻止。

傅云霓满眼含泪:“母妃,他们此行正是奔着你来的,你若亲自前往虞州,若是出了差池,你让大哥如何是好?”

言瑾也道:“太妃,末将知晓您不忍看着越州生灵涂炭,不如让末将前去吧,末将定当死守虞州。”

张太妃摇了摇头:“我那妹夫虽说是个深明大义之人,可羽娥怕是不会令他轻易出兵,也只有本宫亲自前往虞州,她才不敢存有懈怠之心。”

扫了眼繁华热闹的越州城,张太妃轻叹道:“永宁王府几代人守护越州数十县上百年,怎可在本宫手上出了差池。”

I Suffered Enough in My Past Life, Cousin Girl Swears She Won’t Marry.

I Suffered Enough in My Past Life, Cousin Girl Swears She Won’t Marry.

上辈子苦够了,表姑娘打死不嫁了
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【Chasing Wife's Funeral + Fierce Competition + Double Purity + Male Protagonist's Deep Love】The twin brothers of the Rongguo Duke's mansion, Gu Tingzhou and Gu Tingchen, are elegant and distinguished, the dream lovers of every young lady in Lin'an City. However, both brothers become infatuated with Ye Wanshu, the daughter of a small-town merchant, and have cared for her lovingly since childhood. Ye Wanshu always believed she would marry one of the two brothers. But in her previous life, during her coming-of-age engagement banquet, they both vied to marry a courtesan, making her the laughingstock of Lin'an City. Her later misfortunes began from that point, leading her to endure great suffering at a terrible cost. Given a second chance, Ye Wanshu only wants to keep her distance from the two brothers. When she left the Duke's mansion with her belongings, Gu Tingzhou and Gu Tingchen thought she was just putting on a show. The two brothers scoffed, "If you keep acting, it will lose its meaning; you, a lowly merchant's daughter, will regret leaving the Duke's mansion one day." Ye Wanshu resolutely departed. She intended to marry an ordinary man and live a peaceful life, but the down-and-out scholar she saved turned out to be the newly crowned top scholar. On the day the results were announced, numerous officials and nobles sought to marry their daughters to him, but the top scholar walked affectionately toward Ye Wanshu. "Wanshu, I have only two wishes in my life: first, to succeed in the imperial examination at a young age; second, to be with you for the years to come." Just as Ye Wanshu found her happiness, a dazzling royal from Yuezhou, armed with a handkerchief she had lost, took her back to the Yongning Prince's mansion. On the day of the wedding, the Gu brothers, waiting for her to regret her decision, hastily traveled thousands of miles to Yuezhou, their gazes on her as fierce and terrifying as if she had strayed. Novel keywords: After suffering enough in the last life, the cousin absolutely refuses to marry again.

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