Xianwu Datang: Start with the rich woman

Chapter 18
Princess Ping'an, Li Chan, is 23 years old, and her mind has been reduced by ten more. She is as naughty as a boy.

Good at tossing all kinds of weapons and father-in-law, she is the most difficult princess in the Li Tang Dynasty to marry.

Every day Emperor Shun wanted to propose marriage to Princess Pingan, and the marriage partner would marry a wife overnight, and Princess Datang could not be a concubine, so the marriage proposal would be settled.

Most of the princes and aristocrats in Chang'an who are in trouble are married early, even if they are unmarried, they must choose a wife in advance.

Give Li Chan the title of Ping An, and don't ask for anything else, just want her to live a peaceful life, and not be blown to pieces over Chang'an City someday.

Cui house.

Upon hearing Princess Pingan's arrival, Mrs. Zhang and Mother Zhang were taken aback for a moment, and then a little unhappy.

They soon realized that it was because the Du family did not want to discuss marriage with the Zhang family, so they went to the palace to find reinforcements.

The Zhang family was very puzzled. They only knew that Qiu Zhuo and Princess Ping An were classmates. So they have such a good relationship?

A princess is, after all, a princess.

What's more, Li Chan is still a titled princess.

Even in today's weakened imperial power, even if Emperor Tianshun is called Datang Adou, when facing the emperor's favorite titled princess, there are still proper etiquettes.

Despite her displeasure, Mrs. Zhang still led the Zhang family and the Cui family from the front hall through the backyard, walked out of the pharmacy, and came to Nanxianfang Street to greet the princess in person.

"Welcome Princess Ping An!"

Although they didn't kneel down, everyone greeted her respectfully with their arms crossed, without looking up at the princess.

Two half-foot-long green luan pierced the sky, and dragged the brocade-yellow flying sedan chair to land slowly in front of the Caoxing Gate.

Du Qiuzhuo and Li Chan got off the Qingluan sedan chair one by one.

Wherever Princess Ping'an went, she was dressed as a servant girl, but she couldn't conceal her royal nobility and appearance.

The eyebrows are like distant black, the eyes are like autumn water, the delicate facial features are not inferior to Qiuzhuo, and the curves are even more prominent.

The princess looked around, and for the first time saw Cui Yourong who looked somewhat similar to Du Qiuzhuo's eyebrows and eyes, she was slightly startled... What an obscene figure!
"No courtesy, no courtesy, as Qiu Zhuo's good sister, I want to see how her future man is doing."

When Zhang's mother heard it, she naively thought that the princess was really just here to see Zhang Wei, and took the lead in shouting:
"Princess Shengming!"

When he looked up, he was dumbfounded.

Behind the princess, besides Du Qiuzhuo, stood two men.

One of them was a very tall Heavenly Dragon Guard who wore black and gold soft armor.

Tianlongwei, the personal bodyguard of the emperor, belongs to the forbidden army in the forbidden army. Individual soldiers are stronger than the shence army, but the number is limited, less than 300 in total.

The Tianlongwei in front of him is a fifth-rank martial artist, with an ordinary appearance and extraordinary aura.

Obviously, not only to protect the safety of the princess, but also to give Du Qiuzhuo a place in town.

The other person who is more familiar is Cheng Zhiang, the youngest doctor of Confucianism in the Imperial Academy.

Cheng Zhiang is an ordinary person with high talents and knowledge, and is very good at poetry and prose. It seems that he is here to suppress Zhang Wei who also claims to be good at poetry and prose.

The expressions of the members of the Zhang family instantly fell.

Cui Yourong led the princess and others into the house.

When passing by the backyard, the tall Tianlongwei suddenly stopped and looked up at the old locust tree in full bloom.

The princess turned to him and asked:

"what happened?"

Tianlongwei shook his head.

"It's nothing."

This old locust tree suffered serious internal injuries, but the fist marks on its trunk were only made by mortals...

A mortal has such inner strength!
Could it be that the Du family is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?

Everyone came to the front hall.

Cui Yourong invited the princess to be the seat of honor, but Mrs. Zhang could only bow her head and submit to the seat of honor.

Li Chan glanced at the betrothal gift in the hall, and praised it a few times symbolically. After a while of pleasantries, she got straight to the point.

"I have known Qiu Zhuo for many years. My sister is extremely talented, sweet and lovely. The only shortcoming is that she is a little arrogant."

"Over the years, Bengong has introduced several excellent princes to her. Fortunately, she rejected them without even looking at them."

"Maybe, only a man as good as this palace can make Qiu Zhuo move the heart?"

Du Qiu rubbed his forehead and pretended that he didn't exist.

The expressions of the members of the Zhang family were also extremely complicated.

The princess's words are full of flaws, but people can't refute them...

There are indeed rumors in the palace that the prince is interested in Qiu Zhuo, but it seems that it is not on the agenda.

Mrs. Zhang restrained her emotions, looked at Du Qiuzhuo carefully, and intuitively felt that the young girl was extraordinary, talented, and a dragon and a phoenix among others.

"Then may I ask, besides the princess, who else in the world has the ability to fall into Qiu Zhuo's eyes?"

Li Chan glanced at Zhang Wei behind Mother Zhang.

"Qiu Zhuo doesn't pay much attention to a man's appearance. Mr. Zhang has a handsome appearance, and his figure is not inferior to that of the Anlu Mountain Jiedushi. It makes people feel safe and enough."

The princess said this not to satirize Zhang Wei's figure.

500 years ago, Xuanzong especially liked Anlu Mountain, which was three hundred catties.

After the spiritual energy recovered, as expected, An Lushan's cultivation talent was the best in the Tang Dynasty, which can be seen from Xuanzong's vision.

From then on, later generations will not be able to say that they are fat and ugly.

In Xianwu Tang Dynasty, this has already evolved into a kind of political correctness.

You must never refuse a kiss just because the other party is fat!
After Li Chan complimented her, she changed the subject.

"Qiu Zhuo has always valued a man's culture and martial arts the most."

As soon as she said this, Zhang's mother became excited, and said happily:
"When the dog was young, he traveled with his father in the army. He read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles. He got rid of people's diseases and was good at poetry. He returned to Chang'an when he was an adult and began to practice."

"Even so, Gouzi has only practiced for a few years, and he has already become a ninth-rank Confucian teacher and a minor in martial arts. Even Eunuch Qiu praised his prowess in both literature and martial arts, which is limitless."

Zhang's mother inadvertently moved out Qiu Gonggong.

The audience fell silent for an instant.

You must know that Qiu Gonggong has power over the government and the public, not only controlling the Shence Army, but also cultivating himself to be a first-grade magician. No one in the Li family can match him.

The only thing that hinders Eunuch Qiu from abolishing the emperor and erecting a puppet is the Tianyuan Palace hanging above Chang'an City.

Eunuch Qiu didn't dare to take the risk.

Even Li Chan, who is willing to die, is a little jealous of Eunuch Qiu, causing her to torture the other eunuchs in the palace every day to vent their anger.

"Eunuch Qiu knows everyone, but he is an eunuch after all, so he doesn't know anything about marriage."

Mother Zhang hurriedly said:

"Who says no to—"

Before the word "understand" was uttered, Mrs. Zhang held it back with a look.

Eunuch Qiu had a family before he entered the palace. Although it is a well-known fact in Chang'an, he has never admitted it, so it is not a fact.

Right now, Li Chan is equivalent to taking down Eunuch Qiu's coercion by himself.

Looking at the entire imperial palace, I am afraid that none of the other princes and princesses would dare to be so bold.

Only Princess Ping An, who has no ambitions and is willing to die, dares to do this.

Mrs. Zhang kept her old face and asked coldly:

"The princess thinks, what kind of culture and martial arts are needed to be worthy of Qiu Zhuo?"

Li Chan pursed her lips and pointed to the two behind her.

"It's very simple, Wu Neng is better than Huo's guard, Wen Neng is better than Dr. Cheng, and you can marry Qiu Zhuo."

Mrs. Zhang shook her head and sneered.

"The princess is just Qiu Zhuo's friend, not her parents, so it's too much to deceive my Zhang family?"

At this time, Cui Yourong, who had been silent all this time, finally stood up and said:

"Qiu Zhuo has always listened to the princess and has the tolerance not to disobey the princess' will."

Madam Zhang:
"..."

Seeing that the faces of the Zhang family were gloomy and about to explode, Li Chan didn't want to get too stiff, so she comforted:
"Don't worry, Huo Longwei will naturally suppress his cultivation base to the ninth rank, try Mr. Zhang's martial arts practice."

"And Dr. Cheng has never been out of Chang'an City, so he can only read dead books. It's just a paper, and it's far from the articles that Mr. Zhang has traveled thousands of miles."

"you--"

Mrs. Zhang still erupted, her sixth-grade coercion spread out, covering the audience, and she said with a stern face:
"Could it be that the princess is here today to deceive others by relying on the imperial power of the Li family, and intends to prevent my Zhang family from marrying a daughter-in-law?"

Today, Eunuch Qiu's status in Chang'an is only slightly inferior to that of Cao Cao at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. As the wet nurse of Eunuch Qiu's eldest son, she has a close relationship with Eunuch Qiu before entering the palace. Madam Zhang has the capital to put pressure on the princess.

Li Chan smiled, not timidly:
"I have so many outstanding imperial brothers who can't marry Qiu Zhuo, so I naturally want to come and see."

Mrs. Zhang did not expect that Princess Ping An was not as childish as in the legend.

She couldn't say that her grandson Zhang Wei was better than the prince, so she had to find another way:

"Based on my own experience, could it be that Ms. Du's family secretly arranged a song with Mr. Chen, and made a private appointment for life, otherwise why did she risk her life at Xianyang ancient ferry to save her on the day of Cold Food Festival?"

"Otherwise, why did the Cui family support him until today?"

"Thinking that the Cui family has degenerated to this point, everyone only loves the trash with its gold and jade!"

Cui Yourong's mother and daughter's faces were ugly, but they didn't dare to get angry at the moment, which made the political opponents of the prison and Zheng seize the opportunity.

Li Chan was already prepared, stood up and said:

"No, as far as I know, Qiu Zhuo's elder brother did not practice well, and he didn't care about his family business. He lingered in the place of fireworks all day long. That's why Madam Cui adopted Mr. Chen."

"Once Mr. Chen becomes a ninth-rank pharmacist, Mrs. Cui will adopt him as her adopted son and inherit the grass business."

"Therefore, Mr. Chen and Qiu Zhuo are brothers and sisters. Why is it so strange to sacrifice their lives to save their sister?"

Cui Yourong's face froze.

When Princess Ping An came out, Qiu Zhuo didn't discuss it with her at all!
If Mr. Chen is adopted as an adopted son, then last night...

Mrs. Zhang saw the strange color on Cui Yourong's face, and immediately retorted:

"What nonsense!"

"Unless Mrs. Cui makes a contract now to accept Mr. Chen as an adopted son, commensurate with Qiu Zhuo's brothers and sisters, it is absolutely wishful thinking and transgression."

Cui Yourong shook his head and sighed.

"Forgive me for not being able to do it."

Mother Zhang was overjoyed and jumped out immediately.

"really!"

"Hello, Cui Yourong!"

"Don't forget, all of you are cultivated by the imperial city. You committed yourself to marrying yourself, wasted your talents, and even raised a wealthy son-in-law at home, causing your daughter to repeat the same mistakes."

"If they are all like your family, the talents of the future citizens of Chang'an City will not be as good as those of the previous generation, and sooner or later they will be surpassed by the talents of the feudal town. In the future, they will definitely threaten His Majesty's holy prestige and humiliate the late emperor's name."

Cui Yourong shook her head and stood up, with a decision in her mind.

"Mrs. Zhang misunderstood, Mr. Chen is a husband who is tolerant of the future, how could he be interested in Qiu Zhuo?"

After speaking, the audience fell silent.

(End of this chapter)