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Chapter 583 Webster's Immortality, Lu Difficulty

In the end, it was decided to let Zhu Dian go to Luoyang.

First, Zhu Dian is a Han, and Mo Hegan is a Hu.Although the second Zhu Dian was an aide of the Wang family in Taiyuan, he later gave it to Wang Hua, that is, Wang Hua's aide.Don't ask him to assist Wang Hua. In this era, it is only natural for servants to follow their masters, even if it is treason, which is worthy of praise.But if you report on the master, even if you make a great contribution, you will be despised.Mo Hegan was different in nature, he was not Wang Hua's servant, but a courtier of the Tang Dynasty.

But this time, there are many precautions in discussing marriage, and it is also very weird.

Ordinary people call it courtship or marriage proposal.But the imperial family's children are different, that's called marrying off, it's not that the man takes a fancy to the woman, but the heroine takes a fancy to the man.All procedures are reversed.

Among the six rituals of marriage in ancient times, the first is Nacai. The man's family sends a gift to the woman's family to express his marriage proposal (a goose, but for ordinary people, it is a goose or a pheasant).Then ask the name, ask the woman's surname clearly, and go home for divination.Najib, announce the good news to the woman when you are fit.Nazheng, send a valuable dowry gift, of course, Najib also has to give a gift.Then there is an application period, choosing a good day and auspicious day, and finally a personal welcome.The marriage between Wang Hua and Wang Han was completed through this set of procedures.

But when it comes to the princess, it's not the man looking for the woman, but the woman looking for the man.In fact, the princess married three people, mainly the son of a hero, followed by a handsome man. The three grandsons of Wang Linzu all married the princess.The third is talented people, such as Cai Ning, who writes well in articles and characters, and married a princess.In the Ming Dynasty, in order to weaken the status of meritorious service, they also liked to marry princesses to common people.The last item is also what Wang Hua dislikes the most, making love.

Basically, it is for political purposes. If the emperor's favorite daughter is lucky enough to ask for their own opinions.

That is to say, except for vassal states, ministers do not ask for relatives, even if they do, they can only express it secretly.As for Najib, the horoscope of the candidate’s birthday has been checked long ago, and the prospective son-in-law was directly summoned into the hall, and given a belt, boots, dust wat, saddle, rich silk, silverware, clothing, and dowry gifts (not hired by the man, but by the woman) hired).Of course, if the family is poor, marrying a princess is the fastest way to get rich.Because the big head is still behind, Nazheng, countless jewels, gold and silverware, began to prepare after Najib.It wasn't until the day of the wedding that the man became a bit aggressive and prepared wild geese and some coins, which were almost insignificant compared to the royal dowry.Even the place to get married is not the man's side, but the consort's mansion prepared by the royal family.Then hold the nine banquets rewarded by the emperor, and the queen and prince return to the palace.Only then did the princess begin the ceremony of eating with the bride.Then see the in-laws again.Generally, there are twelve complicated etiquettes before entering the bridal chamber.Three days later, they went to the palace to thank each other, and the emperor began to reward gifts again.The ministers presented their congratulations, and even the relatives of the courtiers and son-in-law's family could receive various rewards.

The reward is still small. Apart from the concubine's mansion, the princess also has her own mansion, fiefdom, property, and even property, and also set up corresponding government offices.

But in the Tang Dynasty, disciples from good families were not willing to marry the princess. First, the princess of the Tang Dynasty had a bad style.In the second Tang Dynasty, marriage was free, especially the "divorce rate" of princesses was very high. Before Suzong, more than [-] princesses were divorced, and several married three times and four times.

Therefore, driven by these princesses, the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was unprecedentedly open. It was normal for men to raise concubines, and it was common for women to elope and have sex with each other.The most famous one is Yang Guozhong's mission to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. His wife stole the man, didn't pay attention, and became pregnant.what should I do?After Yang Guozhong came back, she said that the concubine's family missed him deeply, had a daydream, made friends with Guozhong, and became pregnant.Ridley was charred and tender.Yang Guozhong loves his wife, so he had to cover it up for her, saying: "This is because of the love between husband and wife."

But once divorced, the property is gone.And the same room, only the princess passes on to the son-in-law. If the princess doesn't want to, or if she likes other men, don't touch your wife, son-in-law.There are also filial piety for the princess after her death, and other treatment that is not a princess.In the Tang Dynasty, only Guo Ziyi's son beat up the princess, which shocked the ancient and modern.Therefore, promising people should never marry a princess, because there is nothing to do to find something to do.

Therefore, when Zhu Dian came to Luoyang, he was not seeking marriage, but discussing marriage.

In fact, Zhu Dian has read a lot of books, but he doesn't know the etiquette to follow to "discuss marriage".After thinking about it, I prepared a lot of gifts, 99 inkstones, some of which were the superb Tao inkstone and Helanbao that Wang Hua took out from his private collection.and some perfume.This is also what the 23 states are most able to offer now.

Then there is the Northwest specialty, 氍毹.Some corals and gemstones from Oceania were transferred from other places.And [-] war horses, but these horses were all injured, and some were too old to go to the battlefield.So Wang Hua sent them to the imperial court, which were used as farm horses.Many of them are mares, who may later give birth to foals.In addition, Guo Yuanzhen forcibly forced a group of them, and gathered a group himself, a total of [-] tall Tuyuhun horses, including several dragon species and Qinghai Cong.

Whether these gifts were betrothal gifts or congratulatory gifts for Li Xian was not specified.But for the sake of distinction, a wild goose was prepared on top of these gifts.

As for whether it is in compliance with the rules, it is a headache for the officials of the Ministry of Rites.This is a play, if it is real it will be even more headache.It is not difficult to build a consort's mansion, but will Wang Hua get married in Luoyang?If there are fewer people, it is estimated that if you go ahead, it will be meat buns beating dogs, and there will be no return.If too many people go, the court will disagree.Or send Li Bao'er to Lingzhou to get married?Is it possible?
However, as a betrothal gift, the betrothal gift in this industry can be described as extremely spectacular.Compared with Tubo marrying Princess Jincheng, it is dozens of times richer.The value of 30 horses alone exceeds [-] million yuan!But whether these excellent war horses will be used by Li Xian in the military, or used in useless ceremonial guards, Wang Hua didn't think about it.

Not to mention the carloads of Zhenxi's jeweled corals and strange rocks behind.

These gifts had been prepared a long time ago, but they were not yet fully prepared, so Zhu Dian waited for several days.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Shangguan Xiaowan sent another letter, and wrote a poem on the letter:

Yesterday the east wind was suspicious, and the pearls wet the colorful brocade paper.

The king is green mulberry and hemp, and the concubine is futuzi.

Therefore, Wang Hua said another sentence before Zhu Dian left: "Mr. Zhu, please pay attention to one person when you come to the capital. Shangguan Xiaowan has the idea of ​​defecting to us."

Wang Hua used the word Yinran, there is no permanent alliance in politics, Wang Hua doesn't know how much sincerity Shangguan Xiaowan has.If things go in the direction that Wang Hua expected, and Li Xian, a big tree, falls, Shangguan Xiaowan will never happen. Li Dan once again values ​​her ignorant thoughts.

Despite her efforts, she showed kindness to Princess Taiping.

At that time, defection is true.

If Li Xian didn't die, she wouldn't be able to be Wang Hua's dodder.

Zhu Dian nodded, Wang Hua didn't tell him, but Zhu Dian faintly felt that there was an inexplicable and unclear relationship between Wang Hua and Shangguan Xiaowan.

Towards the end of September, the spectacular procession begins to set off.

Then they met again at Chang'an, with [-] horses and nearly a hundred carts of cargo covering the sky and the sun.

It caused a sensation before arriving in Luoyang.

Webster didn't say that Zhu Tong and his party also locked the wild geese in the carriage.

When the team arrived in Luoyang, Li Xian didn't know what happened. It's not a New Year holiday, let alone a big victory. Why did Wang Hua give him so many things?
But a good thing, immediately sent officials to meet.

Zhu Dian began to transfer outside the city gate, and the carriages opened one after another, inside were precious coral gemstones, precious 氍毹, as well as inkstones and perfume.

Every time a car is opened, the people onlookers are amazed.

When the last car arrived, Zhu Dian ordered someone to carry the wild goose out. It was a big gray-headed goose, bigger than a domestic goose. It was locked in an iron cage tied with colorful silk ribbons, looking at the dark masses of people on both sides. , screaming in fear.

The faces of the officials who greeted him became strange together, and they finally knew Wang Hua's purpose and came to beg the emperor.

Is there such a ritual?
They looked at each other and dared not speak.

Zhu Dian didn't explain, and asked: "Masters, after the handover, check the number, is it right?"

"Yes, yes," several officials nodded repeatedly.Yes, yes, it would be fine without this gray goose.

Zhu Ting said: "Yes, I will leave it to you."

As he spoke, he took dozens of his men into Luoyang.But there were hundreds of servants accompanying him, and Zhu Dian left them all outside the city, otherwise Li Xian would not be at ease if they entered the city together.

I came to Wang Hua's house, which was renovated and returned to the Wang family after the imperial court made Wang Hua the head of Lingzhou.As a result, no one accepted it, so the court had to send people to guard it, and even sent people to clean it frequently, which was miserable.

Through this house, it also allows everyone to see the epitome of the absurd farce that has occurred over the past year.

Just entering the house, Zhang Jiuling, Dafeng, Yan Tingzhi and Sanfeng came together.

Although the ways are different and they don't agree with each other, they are relatives after all. As the most important person around Wang Hua, Zhu Dian came together to inquire about Wang Hua's current situation.

For this matter, Dafeng and Sanfeng also quarreled several times at home, but they were both typical Chinese women who cared for their husbands and raised their children.

After the exchange of greetings, Zhu Dian said: "You two ladies, don't worry about it. My uncle and parents are fine in Oceania, and Erlang is fine in Lingzhou."

Speaking of this, Zhu Tong looked at Zhang Jiuling and Yan Tingzhi, talked about some arguments between Wang Hua and Zhang, and then talked about the fact that all the big shots gave Wang Hua gifts.This is to set them off.If they are willing to go to Lingzhou or Oceania, Wang Hua will have less worries, and no matter Lingzhou or Oceania, there is a lack of real talents.

But it was Zhu Ting's lip service for so long, and the two of them remained indifferent.

Finally, Zhu Tong said helplessly, "Let's eat."

It's hard to say, so I had to let them go.Fortunately, Wang Hua is not the same Wang Hua as before, and no one dares to think of them anymore.

After the meal, the two couples were sent out, and another guest was ushered in, Shangguan Xiaowan.

Zhu Dian led Shangguan Xiaowan to Wang Hua's original study room, but now it was empty and there was no book in sight.He gave his subordinates a wink, and several subordinates understood, and immediately guarded the surroundings, preventing any servants from the house from approaching.

These servants were all transferred from the palace.Zhuge Liang is here, but he can't tell who they are.

Looking at the beautiful and petite talented woman in front of him, Zhu Teng invited her to sit down.

Because of her love of beauty, even though the weather is cold now, she is still wearing a colorful soft silk skirt, before she sits down, a faint fragrance floats on her face.Yayue went to the extreme, just like those poems she wrote.

After Shangguan Xiaowan sat down, she said, "The queen asked me to come."

When it comes to discussing relatives, you always have to send someone to discuss.But it is not suitable for people from the Wei family to come forward, and other people are worried.So it was handed over to Shangguan Wan'er.

Zhu Tong took a deep look at Shangguan Wan'er, this woman, in front of Webster, convinced Webster very much.In front of Wang Hua, let Wang Hua believe it.In front of Princess Taiping, she also convinced Princess Taiping of her tactful helplessness.

not simple.

This is the evaluation Zhu Dian gave her. With this ability to maneuver, Zhu Dian is far behind.

However, Zhu Ting's evaluation of Shangguan Xiaowan was not very good. If he hadn't known that Shangguan Wan'er had notified Wang Hua in time, he might have been very disgusted with this talented woman.After all, he was deeply influenced by Confucianism, believing that one servant does not serve two masters, and a good woman does not marry two husbands.In particular, this ability to maneuver is of the same nature as Zheng Yin and Cui Shi.

Zhu Tong said lightly: "What did the queen say?"

"The queen said a word, she will try her best to support the princess as the emperor's daughter, and the son of Erlang and the princess will be the emperor's grandson." Shangguan Wan'er is very smart. She doesn't talk about Li Zhaolang or Wang Zhaolang, but Erlang And the son of the princess, the pronunciation of the word Erlang is emphasized again.

Then he said: "This time Erlang spared no expense to bring so many presents, the queen is very happy?"

"So, the queen agreed to marry the princess to Mr. Wang?"

"Mr. Zhu, you should know what my heart is for Erlang. Why do you say such outrageous words? After receiving this gift, many ministers are now embarrassed by this matter and dare not speak out. Don't care about this. It is the queen, She will not marry the princess immediately, how can she not pay a good price for this card? She only asked me to bring a sentence, because many ministers in the court objected, and Yidu was unwell, she is arranging people to operate this card However, this is not false. Maybe some ministers will propose to put the princess’s marriage on the agenda the day after tomorrow. But the voice will not be very loud, just to overwhelm the opposing ministers. The first is to make a show to give Erlang, the second is procrastination. Let me ask another question, what does Erlang think about the Queen's proposal?"

This is to make Li Bao'er the heir to the throne to impress Wang Hua and win Wang Hua's support.

Zhu Dian immediately replied: "It's none of your business, let's hang it high. You can speak to the queen. Manager Wang is not interested in the affairs of the court. If the queen is sincere, she should marry the princess as soon as possible."

The first sentence of refusal and the latter sentence gave Webster hope again.

Shangguan Wan'er knew the inside story and immediately thought of many things.

She sighed and said, "But Erlang's doing this pushed the emperor to a more dangerous position."

"Wei Shi is not dead, Lu is very troubled. As long as the emperor is still alive, no one can touch the queen."

Shangguan Wan'er was silent, now that the dispute between the emperor and empress in the court, it is only a group of courtiers who are unlucky.What Li Xian was fighting for was only to take back his rights, and he still couldn't forget Fangzhou's encouragement in the past.In fact, during this period of time, she saw with her own eyes that Li Xian had aged a lot, often sitting in the hall in a daze.

Not many people can understand the feeling in their hearts.

She said again: "Mr. Zhu, there is one more thing I want to tell you, it's about the princess."
"Please tell me," Zhu Tong frowned.He respected the women around Wang Hua and the other women, but Li Bao'er was the only one he disliked.

"I told her some things to let her guess that the queen might harm the emperor. Although I covered it up, the princess also mentioned this matter to the emperor and asked the emperor to be careful. Fortunately, she didn't say what it was Erlang told me."

Even if Li Bao'er said that Wang Hua revealed it, there is no big problem.But Shangguan Wan'er will get involved.After Shangguan Wan'er thought of this, she also wiped her sweat secretly. Although she said that father and daughter are connected, Li Bao'er didn't want her parents to meet in battle, she could understand this feeling.But after the incident, Webster immediately investigated the matter in the palace.Dozens of court ladies and eunuchs around Li Gu'er were executed. Fortunately, he was careful so that the queen did not suspect him.

Zhu Ting asked: "Then how did the emperor answer?"

"He asked the princess where he heard it from. The princess couldn't answer, even Erlang also had no evidence, just speculation. So the princess replied, people in Luoyang are talking about this now. But the emperor immediately shouted She was very angry and got very angry at the princess. Then they sent someone to investigate, but they couldn't find anything. The princess was put under house arrest in the palace and was not allowed to move around. It's just that the emperor is also starting to be careful now." When she said this, her face darkened.

In fact, the first person who treats her well is Li Xian, and the second is Li Xian.

With her wisdom, she could tell that Wang Hua was sincere in protecting her, but her feelings for her were not as sincere as Li Xian's.

No matter how Li Xian took precautions, he was far less intelligent than the queen. If he wanted to kill the emperor, Webster could find at least ten ways.

After a moment of silence, Shangguan Wan'er said again: "But before the princess was placed under house arrest, she asked me to bring a word, can you keep her father safe?"

This sentence is equivalent to not asking, and Zhu Dian answered that Webster is not dead, and Lu was very troubled.It is impossible for Wang Hua to protect Li Xian's safety, nor is it possible to change Wang Hua's plan for Li Xian.Unless Wu Zetian who is kind to him.

Shangguan Wan'er asked this mainly because she wanted Zhu Tong to come up with a reason to prevent Li Gu'er from hating Wang Hua in the future.

Her Sang Ma is not Wang Hua, but Li Gu'er!Otherwise, how can we gain a foothold after arriving in Oceania?
Zhu Tong thought for a while before saying: "No. If there is evidence, Mr. Wang may have a way to rescue him. But now it is just speculation, unless Mr. Wang leads tens of thousands of cavalry to Luoyang to protect the safety of Luoyang and the palace. Only by replacing all the Habayashi soldiers in Luoyang City and the palace, as well as the eunuchs and maids, can we protect the safety of the emperor."

This is obviously unrealistic.

But this reason is enough to prevaricate Li Gu'er.

Although against his will, Zhu Dian also did not want any unhappiness between Wang Hua and Li Bao'er.Not for Li Gu'er, but for Wang Hua.Family and everything are prosperous, Wang Hua has a quiet harem, which is of great help to Wang Hua himself, to the soldiers and common people of the Northwest Blood Camp, and to Oceania.

Shangguan Wan'er finished what she wanted to say, and she finally said: "There is one more thing, please tell Erlang, Mr. Zhu. Because of my concubine's recklessness, I leaked some news, which made the princess impulsive. Originally, I wanted to take advantage of the chaos. , took the princess and their children to escape Luoyang, and the concubine was also planning to escape, but now that the princess is under house arrest, this idea may not be realized. Therefore, the concubine must stay in the palace and continue to deal with the princess, mother and child. I still hope Erlang Then pay attention to the three of us."

After speaking, he got up and said goodbye, leaving behind a layer of fragrance.

Seeing her leave gracefully, Zhu Ting laughed.

The last sentence seems very sincere, but it is not so. If Shangguan Xiaowan took the risk to stay in the palace on the day of great changes, and then went to Oceania, plus the credits of the previous year, she would have a lot of benefits. Great voice.

I hope you will keep this wisdom in doing practical things, Zhu Tong thought in his heart.

But his complexion suddenly changed, if Shangguan Xiaowan and Li Bao'er could not escape from the palace, their original plan would be in great trouble.

Thinking of this, Zhu Tong whispered: "Princess, princess, why did Wang Hua fall in love with you?"

(End of this chapter)