According to heaven's destiny, the emperor issued an edict:
I am very pleased to hear that the Gu family has a daughter, Gu Qingling, who is skillful, generous, gentle and honest, with outstanding appearance. She has been a widow for many years, and she has abided by her duties and revitalized the Yao family. Such a good woman should choose a new husband and give birth to a son.
Raise children to increase the population of the Ming Dynasty and set an example for all people in the world.
In the year when Prince Chong Li Wenchong is established, when he is ready for marriage, he should choose a virtuous daughter as his wife.
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At the right time, it can be said to be a perfect match made by heaven and earth. In order to achieve the beauty of a beautiful woman, the bride was specially betrothed to Prince Chong as the princess. All the etiquette was handed over to the Ministry of Rites and the Qintian Supervisor to jointly organize the marriage. The marriage was completed at a good time.
The announcement was made at home and abroad, and the envoys heard about it.
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Early in the morning, the eunuch came to the door and announced the decree loudly.
Mr. Yao and Mrs. Yao were kneeling on the ground, even though they were mentally prepared, they were stunned for a moment.
Oh My God?!
They were still worried about the royal family's blame last night, but they didn't expect that an imperial edict would be issued the next day. Who would dare to spread gossip about the two of them in the future?!
Emperor Mingguang personally consecrated Gu Qingling and praised her for being "skilled and generous", "abide by one's duties" and "such a good woman". How dare you say that she is not good for choosing her for a second marriage? You are so brave. A word from the emperor is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Who dares?
refute?
Yao Anhong, Yao Anling and others who didn't know the news were confused: What?! The old lady is going to marry Prince Chong?!
Is it wrong? How old is the old lady? She can be the mother of Prince Chong...
With a calm look on her face, Gu Qingling accepted the imperial edict and asked Mr. Yao to "entertain" the angel well.
Second Master Yao came to his senses, quickly stuffed a few big red envelopes, and invited some angels, the eunuchs who announced the decree, to drink tea nearby.
The eunuch did not stay long, saying that he had important matters to attend to, and left after talking for a while.
As soon as the front leg left, Second Master Yao hurriedly ran to Gu Qingling's yard. As soon as he entered the door, he said with trembling hands and feet: "Mother, how did this imperial edict come about?"
"How did it come about? Emperor Mingguang personally issued the decree. How do you think it came about?" Gu Qingling said.
"No, what I mean is...how could Emperor Mingguang issue such an imperial edict?" It has been quite a while, but Mr. Yao still can't believe it.
Emperor Mingguang is not a faint emperor, so how could he issue such an imperial edict?!
Now, how many people dare to speak ill of Gu Qingling and Prince Chong?
In the room, Mrs. Yao Er, Yao Anhong, Yao Anling and others were also there.
Because Yao Jiuye, Brother Yu, and Brother Zhou were too young, Lu Qingling asked the maid to take them outside to play, while only a few adults stayed in the room to talk.
Because the third room moved out, the news was not so fast, so he hasn't come here yet.
"Why, what's the problem with him issuing this imperial edict? If he doesn't nod towards my marriage to Prince Chong, do you think I, Prince Chong, can get married?" Gu Qingling asked.
"Uh..." Mr. Yao touched his nose.
Indeed, if Emperor Mingguang had not issued the decree, the matter between his mother and Prince Chong would have been really difficult.
Now he finally understands why his mother is so "calm". She must have known there was such an imperial edict.
After a brief shock, Mrs. Yao Er not only felt relieved, she even felt a little proud: "Now, with this imperial edict, I see who dares to make irresponsible remarks. Those who withdraw their capital must receive the news,
I’m afraid I’ll regret it to death.”
No matter how "unpalatable" it was for the old lady of the Yao family to remarry, as long as Emperor Mingguang issued this imperial edict, no one would dare to make an issue of it.
Those who were originally worried about the royal family's blame and wanted to find a way to withdraw their capital in advance, but unexpectedly turned around and saw that Emperor Mingguang issued such an imperial edict, which would probably make them vomit to death.
Who would have thought that Emperor Mingguang would issue this edict?
This imperial edict is the attitude of the royal family. How many people dare to go against Emperor Mingguang?
"Old lady, what you did is so beautiful!" Mrs. Yao Er gave a thumbs up, "I put my heart in my belly now, just waiting for those people to come and apologize to me.
.I begged them so much before, and they also wanted to divest their capital. Now, let’s see how they want to beg me.”
Gu Qingling smiled and said: "Then you should raise your attitude a little higher. If they don't give you an explanation, just ignore them. Now they are begging you, not you. Teach them a lesson and they won't do it."
You are being treated as a soft persimmon."
What are soft persimmons and hard persimmons? Yao Anhong and Yao Anling don't know. Now they only have one thought in their heads - what?! The old lady has remarried?!
Turning around to look at his parents who looked happy, they were stunned.
Your parents don't object to such a big thing?
The remarried person is an old lady. Is it really okay?
Gu Qingling saw the frightened look on their faces, and she knew that the two children were probably frightened. She didn't explain much, and handed them over to Mr. Yao, Mrs. Yao and his wife, leaving them alone.
deal with.
Pretending to be tired, he sent the person away.
On the way back, Yao Anling couldn't bear it any longer. She turned to look at Mrs. Yao Er: "Mom, why did the old lady suddenly remarry? And the remarried person was Prince Chong? How come there was no news about such a big thing in the family before?
No?"
Yao Anhong's worry is: "Father, mother, is it really okay for the old lady to remarry? Isn't this too challenging of secular concepts? Even if Emperor Mingguang issued an imperial edict, this matter will be spread..."
"It has been spread a long time ago," Mrs. Yao Er said. "If it hadn't been spread, otherwise you would think that so many people have come to our house to withdraw their capital recently? The reason why they withdraw their capital is because they are afraid that after this matter comes out, the royal family will
It’s weird for our Yao family, they will be harmed. So when they heard the news, they quickly went to our family to withdraw their capital.”
Mrs. Yao's second wife had a look of disgust on her face, saying that these people were going too far. When the Yao family was in good times, they would come together one by one, but when problems arose in the Yao family, they would run away one by one. She didn't know what they thought of the Yao family.
"Don't have close friendship with such a family, lest one day you don't know what's going on, and someone will add insult to injury. This time, the Yao family is lucky, and the old lady has the foresight. What if we really run into trouble next time?
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Mrs. Yao Er used this matter to teach a pair of children, letting them understand that there are no absolute friends in this world, only "interests".
Making friends based on benefits will not last long; but making friends based on personal benefits may not last long either.
In this world, nothing is absolute. If you want the other person to associate with you for a long time, then you must have something that others can benefit from.
So what does the Yao family have to offer?
Before the news spread that the old lady was going to remarry, they all rushed to communicate with the Yao family, hoping for the "golden hand" of the old lady.
When the news of the remarriage spread and before the imperial edict came, they were afraid that they would be in trouble. They were afraid that when the Yao family was blamed by the royal family, they would also be jointly and severally responsible, so they were all anxious to separate themselves from the Yao family.
Now that the Yao family has an imperial edict, it is different. The news of the old lady's remarriage has been approved by Emperor Mingguang. That is the attitude of the royal family. When they saw that the royal family would not blame the Yao family, they embraced Prince Chong's plan.
Thigh, he would shamelessly come to the door again to please the Yao family.
"This is profit! The world is bustling, everyone comes here for profit, and the world is bustling, everyone leaves for profit. And this is also reality."
