Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 20 Marriage
Taichang was a little confused again, why did he ask the family members to pay their respects to Wu Yangchun after only talking a few words?

Wan'er must be a woman, he knew this, if Wu Yangchun wanted to call a man Wan'er, then this guy's mind would be out of order.

Question: Why did Wu Yangchun come here all of a sudden?
Taichang has been living in the deep palace, and he doesn't know the folk customs, but Bi Maoliang is very clear, Wu Yangchun wants to get married!
Wu Yangchun and his wife He's daughter's maiden name is Wan'er, of course he knows that, it is rumored that Wan'er is still a stunning beauty.

There is no doubt about this rumor. After all, the He family is the granddaughter of He Suosuo, the most beautiful woman in Huizhou. There is no ugly person in this family, and there are all beauties.

This matter is all right, the emperor intends to help the Wu family, you are playing the piano indiscriminately!

Alas, Wu Yangchun's daughter might be given away for nothing.

You know, there is still a rumor in the capital that the emperor is greedy for women!
Perhaps, Wu Yangchun had heard this rumor. Question, Wu Yangchun didn't know that Mr. Zhu was the emperor!
Of course, he wouldn't say it.

He's not a fool, if you say this, it's no wonder the emperor doesn't deal with him!
Not long after, a little girl ran in bouncingly, and said crisply: "Father, what is Mr. Zhu, what are you doing?"

This little girl is really beautiful, her little face is as if carved out of jade, with a small cherry mouth, a straight nose, especially her eyes, which can take away people's souls.

When Taichang saw the little girl, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

It's not that he hasn't seen beautiful women before, but they are all in the memory of later generations. In this life, he has never seen such stunning beauty.

Who said that every emperor has three thousand beauties in the harem?

He didn't!

It can be said that he is the most unlucky emperor in history. He was fooled by Dong Lin as soon as he ascended the throne. He worked hard for ten days, and then he was knocked down by Cui Wensheng with a dose of laxative, and then there was no more.

There were only a few court ladies he had been lucky enough to be with, and Concubine Zheng sent them to bully him. As for the other court ladies, he really didn't touch them, because the most beautiful ones were all chosen by Concubine Zheng, and the rest he sincerely loved. Look down on.

Just like that, he was also rumored to be greedy for women, and he was really more wronged than Dou E!

You know, after he ascended the throne, he hasn't had time to draft. The maids in the palace are all left over from his father, Huang Wanli, so where do they come from?

Besides, it is unlikely that there will be any stunning beauty in the palace, because the Ming royal family has a strange rule that the emperor cannot marry dukes, dignitaries and court officials, and the maids selected into the palace must be the children of ordinary people.

It's not that there can't be stunning beauties among the common people, the problem is that even if there are stunning beauties, it's basically not the turn of the emperor!
These days, anyone who is capable has three wives and four concubines. Local tyrants and squires are picking, officials and families are picking, officials at all levels are picking, dukes and marquises are picking, vassal kings are picking, everyone is picking, and they are picking. It has been nearly 200 years, but almost all the beautiful ones have been picked away. It is basically impossible for ordinary people to have stunning beauties in their homes. Even if there are, are their parents willing to send them to the palace?
Anyway, he didn't see any stunning beauties in the palace.

If you think about it casually, you know that for a stunning beauty like Wan'er, even if she is selected by the imperial court, would his father Wu Yangchun let his daughter enter the palace?

It is actually very simple to avoid the draft, just find someone to marry their daughter to. If parents don't want their daughter to enter the palace, they usually do this.

Wu Yangchun was afraid of this precious daughter if he held it in his mouth for fear of melting, holding it in his hands for fear of losing it, and spoiled him so much, even if his daughter was like this in front of the guests, he just pretended to raise his hand solemnly and said: "Wanna Son, don't be rude, see Young Master Zhu and Lord Bi soon."

Wu Wan'er is more lively, but in fact she is quite obedient, she immediately turned around to give Taichang and Bi Maoliang a little blessing, and said crisply: "My little girl has seen Mr. Zhu, and Mr. Bi."

After finishing speaking, she asked naively, "Father, is it alright?"

Wu Yangchun waved helplessly and said: "Okay, okay, you go down first."

"Oh", Wu Wan'er just bounced away like that!
Taichang couldn't help being puzzled, is this the end?
However, Wu Yangchun kept winking at Bi Maoliang, begging the old master Bi to help him be a matchmaker.

Bi Maoliang had no choice but to listen to it, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what do you think of this Wan'er girl?"

Great!
Question, what exactly does this mean?
Taichang couldn't help looking at Bi Maoliang with doubts on his face.

Bi Maokang quickly explained in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you don't know. Among the people, this is called a blind date. If a young man in the folk wants to marry a daughter, he can ask someone to go to the woman's house to be a matchmaker. If the woman's family has this intention, the man can do it." Bringing a gift to the door for a blind date, usually at this time the woman's family will let the two meet, if it feels appropriate, the woman's family will accept the gift, and then the man's family can offer a dowry to propose marriage."

Blind date!

I'm not here for a blind date, okay?
However, Taichang did fall in love with this Wan'er girl, the so-called man's true qualities, if he is not attracted to this stunning beauty, then it is not normal.

If Taichang was still the former deposed prince, he might still be a bit twitchy at this time, but after he had more knowledge of future generations in his mind, his thoughts and thoughts were completely different.

If you like it, then chase after it, if you don't chase it, you will regret it for a lifetime!

He nodded without hesitation, and then said to Wu Yangchun: "Master Wu, I heard that you are also in the business of treasures, antiques, and calligraphy and paintings. I have a few things here, and I don't know how much they are worth. Can you help me estimate the price?"

Uh, an estimate?

Wu Yangchun is inexplicable, what is the price of our blind date!

However, he is the son of Duke Cheng, so he dare not offend him, otherwise he will cause big trouble if the blind date fails.

He could only nod helplessly and said: "Xiaguan does know a thing or two about these things. If you can trust Xiaguan, Xiaguan will naturally ask for it."

it is good.

With a direct wave of Taichang's hand, Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou immediately took out a few things from their arms and gently placed them on the coffee table beside Wu Yangchun.

Wu Yangchun looked down and found a small bag, a small box and a scroll.

After thinking about it, he opened the small bag and took a look.

When he saw this, he suddenly showed a hint of surprise. Inside the small bag was a pearl the size of a longan.

The value of pearls mainly depends on the size and appearance. Small ones, dozens of them are worth only one tael, which are worthless. Incredible, especially such a round one, worth at least a thousand taels!

He took out the pearls in the bag and took a picture of the outside, pinched his hands a few times to look carefully, and then couldn't help admiring: "This is the authentic Leizhou clam pearl, so round and flawless, it's worth at least 3000 taels !"

He put the pearl back into the bag, opened the small box and looked at it, but there was no surprise on his face anymore.

Inside the small box is a piece of jade pendant. This thing depends on the carver and age. If it is just an ordinary jade pendant, it is only worth a few dozen taels.

He carefully picked up the jade pendant and looked at it carefully, his face was not calm again.

It turned out that this was not an ordinary jade pendant, but an antique!
He checked it carefully, and then exclaimed: "This is a dragon and phoenix jade pendant from the Song Dynasty, worth at least 5000 taels!"

This is all baby!

Immediately afterwards, he put down the jade pendant again, picked up the scroll on the tea table, and slowly unfolded it.

This is a picture of a lady, the artistry is quite exquisite, and it can be worth several hundred taels just by looking at the artistry. However, when he saw the inscription on the picture, his expression changed again.

Is this also an ancient relic from the previous dynasty?
He took a serious look at the seal on it, leaned closer and smelled it carefully, then rubbed the drawing paper carefully, and then said in shock: "This is the authentic work of Li Gonglin in Tongcheng. If it is put up for bidding, at least it can be sold." Ten thousand taels!"

Well, now even Taichang was a little surprised.

He really didn't expect that the treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings copied from Prince Fu's mansion would be worth more than 1 taels.

Dozens of cars, how much is that worth!

Fu Wang is too rich, right?

In fact, he made a mistake. Most of the treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings in Fu Wang's mansion were not bought by Fu Wang himself, but given by Wanli.

These treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings are so valuable, of course he will not be stingy.

Bi Maoliang has already said that a blind date is a gift, so let's give it.

He thought for a while, and then said to Liu Shiyou: "Ruoyu, take another twenty pearls of this size."

After a while, Liu Shiyou came with a bag of pearls.

Taichang signaled Liu Shiyou to put the pearls on the coffee table beside Wu Yangchun, and then he said seriously to Wu Yangchun: "Master Wu, if you like the jade pendant and the picture of a lady, please accept it, and the other 21 pearls will be given to Wan Wan." How about making a necklace, girl?"

Ah!
Such a big pearl for a necklace?
21 pieces, worth at least 6 taels!

His family is rich, but he has never seen such a generous person. He gave a big gift of 8 to [-] taels for a blind date. This Cheng Guogong's mansion is too rich, right?

This Mr. Zhu is not only distinguished, but also elegant in conversation, and he is so generous in his actions. Wan'er should not suffer a loss if he follows him.

Hurry up, settle down first, if you miss this village, you won't have this shop.

Thinking of this, Wu Yangchun said solemnly: "Originally, I should not have accepted such an expensive gift, but the young master's affection for Wan'er... Well, I will accept it brazenly!"

What he meant was that it's okay to marry my daughter, hurry up and ask someone to come to propose marriage!

Taichang really didn't expect that he came to the south of the Yangtze River without doing anything, and got such a marriage inexplicably.

(End of this chapter)