I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 298 The Fifth Princess of Dali: Su Yushi, are you willing to marry another wife on the basis of direct marriage?

The snow is like a mat, falling one after another.

It rained for two days and two nights, and there was plenty of moisture in the fields.

On the streets of Bianjing, many scholars and scholars who had suffered from "literary youth disease" were very lively sharing with each other when they had "died" and how they planned to wake up.

The best-selling items at bookstores and stalls in Bianjing City are Su Liang's articles and quotations, and the second best-selling item is Su Xun's "Collected Works of Laoquan".

……

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the weather was fine.

Su Liangxiu was at home, playing with his son and daughter.

at this time.

Uncle Ji came to report, and Duan Tianhai, the special envoy of Dali Kingdom, handed over a greeting card.

Su Liang couldn't help but be stunned. The other party came to visit his home while he was taking a rest. It was obviously a private matter.

But he did not know the Dali envoy.

He thought for a moment and said, "Prepare tea, and I'll go and greet you personally."

At present, the relationship between Dali and Song Dynasty is pretty good, and private trade between the two sides is also relatively frequent.

Nearly two years.

Seeing that the Song Dynasty was developing well, Dali State repeatedly proposed annexation and wanted to become a vassal state of the Song Dynasty.

However, they were all declined by Da Song.

Dali's request for inclusion was due to internal chaos, and the fierce battle between the Duan royal family and foreign surnames. The Duan family hoped that the Song Dynasty could rectify their names and resolve the internal strife.

The Song Dynasty was unwilling to wade into this muddy water.

After a while, Su Liang arrived at the gate.

A fair-skinned, slightly stout middle-aged man strode over.

"Duan Tianhai, the special envoy of Dali, has heard about Su Yushi for a long time. I hope you will forgive me for paying you an unexpected visit today!"

"The visitor is a guest, Special Envoy Duan, let's talk inside!"

……

Immediately, the two of them entered the front hall while chatting.

After Duan Tianhai and Su Liang chatted for a while, they finally got to the point.

"Su Yushi, I have the temerity to say something. Do you have any plans to marry again?"

Su Liang didn't know why he said this, so he said with a serious face: "Envoy Duan, this is really presumptuous. I already have a good wife and a pair of good children, why should I marry again?"

Duan Tianhai took out a flower note from his arms.

"Su Yushi, I'll tell you the truth. A few days ago, my fifth princess fell in love with you at first sight when I was monitoring your lectures. Today, I asked you to be the matchmaker and want to marry you. This is the dowry that the fifth princess personally listed. Take a look. ."

"what?"

Su Liang was a little confused.

He originally thought that people from Liao and Xia were very stupid, but he didn't expect that people from Dali were also so stupid.

Su Liang picked up the flower note and looked at it, and was immediately shocked.

There are eight thousand Dali horses.

Five hundred pounds of musk.

Five hundred pounds of bezoar.

Ten swords.

Six guqins.

Two hundred pieces of gold and silverware.

One hundred strings of nanmu Buddhist beads.

……

There are more than thirty items in the dowry list.

Just eight thousand Dali horses are enough to make people excited.

You should know that the annual transaction volume between the Song Dynasty and Dali was only about 1,500 Dali horses.

Dali horse, also known as Yunnan horse.

It is slightly smaller than the northwest horse, but has very good endurance and is a pack-horse type.

All land transportation requires horses. The number of horses that the Song Dynasty could purchase in Hebei and northwest China was very small, so there was a great demand for Dali horses.

Sometimes even money can’t buy it.

Musk, bezoar, etc. are the specialties of Dali country, and the quality is the best.

Su Liang put the dowry list aside and said with a smile: "Special Envoy Duan, I already have a wife and I don't want to continue my concubine. I will treat this as a joke."

"No, I'm not joking. I don't want Su Yushi to divorce his wife. Just adopt the marriage system, which is completely acceptable to my fifth princess. But when you get married, Su Yushi, you have to go to Dali for at least three months. ,how?"

The so-called marriage system means marrying two daughters, both of whom are wives.

This system was popular for a period of time in the Tang Dynasty, but in the Song Dynasty, there was no such rule at all. A wife was a wife, a concubine was a concubine, and there was no such thing as an equal wife.

The Dali Kingdom inherited the Tang system, so it thought of the system of merging direct descendants.

Su Liang was a little dumbfounded. This special envoy Duan had obviously considered all kinds of issues before coming.

"Dare you ask how old the fifth princess is?" Su Liang asked.

"She is twenty-two years old, just ten years younger than Su Yushi. She is a good match! In addition, my princess's appearance and conduct are both excellent. Su Yushi is absolutely satisfied after seeing her."

"It's better to choose a day than to hit it. I'll hold a banquet at Fanlou tonight for the fifth princess and Yushi Su to meet. How about it? If both parties think it's suitable, this matter can be done after the new year. It can be done in Bianjing City. , I can make the decision.”

Duan Tianhai spoke very fast and inflammatory, and Su Liangdu doubted whether he had ever been a matchmaker.

Su Liang thought for a while.

This kind of emotional matter should be cut through quickly.

And he didn't think that a dignified princess could accept being with someone else.

It's definitely not that simple.

"Okay, let's meet in the evening." Su Liang said with a smile.

……

into the night.

Su Liang brought Cao Hu to Fan Tower.

The reason why I called Cao Hu.

Su Liang was worried that if the other party fed him some love potion or something, it would be easier for him to escape.

If the scandal really spreads that he slept with Princess Dali, it will be difficult to end the matter.

Su Liang had suffered losses in this kind of thing, so he was very vigilant.

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The second floor of Fan Building.

Duan Tianhai introduced Su Liang into the private room.

A graceful young woman wearing a purple floor-length dress with eyes as sharp as water appeared in front of Su Liang.

It also has an elegant fragrance on it.

Su Liang had to admit.

This woman is very delicate-looking, with a smile on her face and a bit of charm.

"Su Liang meets Her Royal Highness the Fifth Princess of Dali!" Su Liang bowed his hands in a serious manner.

The fifth princess of Dali is very brave.

She walked directly to Su Liang, only a punch away from him, and then said with a smile: "Uncle Duan has told you my thoughts, what do you think?"

The voice is sweet and thin.

Su Liang looked embarrassed, thought for a while and said: "Fifth Princess, I already have a wife and daughter, and I have vowed not to marry again. In addition, I feel that I am not worthy of the Fifth Princess. According to the princess's appearance and temperament, I should find a younger one." Handsome man..."

"But, this princess has fallen in love with you! After you said that 'nine out of ten people will die after becoming an official, it will take as little as one year and as many as three years.', this princess felt that only You are worthy of me." The fifth princess of Dali looked affectionate, her eyelashes flickering.

Hearing this, Su Liang straightened his chest and looked into the eyes of the fifth princess.

"I'm sorry, you can't be sweet. I have no interest in you!" Su Liang shook his head. The other party was not a princess of the Song Dynasty, so Su Liang didn't need to be too polite to her.

"What if the dowry is doubled?" The fifth princess was still smiling.

"It's impossible to add ten times more. Money can't buy love." Su Liang said sternly.

"You are a serious person. This is different from the rumors I heard about the Song people. Come, sit here!"

The fifth princess of Dali invited Su Liang to the tea table aside, bowed her head and started making tea.

Su Liang slowly sat opposite her, vaguely feeling that this fifth princess was not simple, and might get to the point next.

(End of this chapter)