Li Yuanji left Tai Chi Palace, rushed through several streets, and arrived at Xie Shufang's house.
The gatekeepers of Xie Shufang's house were shocked when they saw Li Yuanji appear.
"His Royal Highness is here! Open the middle door quickly!"
The doorman panicked and called the gatekeepers to open the middle door, and hurried forward to greet Li Yuanji and salute him.
"Thank you, little man. Please see His Highness the King of Qi."
Xie Shufang is a man of culture, and he is very good at naming the people in his house.
Unlike other disciples in the Wuxun Mansion, who are either good at fortune, longevity or bravery, the maids in the house are either good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, or playing plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums.
Without giving your last name, just shout "Afu" in Chang'an City, and a bunch of people will appear.
"No need to be polite, where is Uncle Xie?"
Li Yuanji waved his hand to the door and asked.
Menzi bent down and said, "Alang is practicing shooting in the backyard. The villain has already ordered someone to send a message."
Li Yuanji nodded and said nothing more.
This was his first time visiting Uncle Xie's house. He couldn't rush in and had to go through the 'process'.
You have to wait until the people of Xie's mansion open the middle door, splash the ground clean, and the master and the people of the mansion greet him personally before you can enter the mansion.
His identity determines that he cannot become close friends with Xie Shufang, so he cannot rush into Xie's house carelessly like others.
Although he doesn't like red tape, he must give him the face he deserves.
Whether a powerful man is doing well in the city of Chang'an depends first on his title, secondly whether he is favored by the emperor, and thirdly who he associates with.
As a prince, when he came to Xie Mansion, he declared to the outside world that he valued the owner of Xie Mansion.
The owner of Xie's Mansion welcomed him in according to the 'procedure', and his face was bright.
After all, when Li Yuan could not leave the palace easily, the arrival of a prince with a high status was also a manifestation of favor.
"I thank you, Uncle Fang, and see Your Highness."
Not long after Li Yuanji waited at the door of Xie's mansion, Xie Shufang, dressed in grand clothes, appeared at the door of the mansion with a concubine and two concubines, and respectfully saluted Li Yuanji.
Xie Shufang's father and brother both died tragically in the battle of Chang'an City in the past, so the Xie family was not prosperous.
The only one who can hold up the facade is Xie Shufang.
Unlike other people's houses, if a noble person comes, there will be a large number of people who can support the scene to greet him.
Li Yuanji nodded, encouraged Xie Shufang a few words, and briefly praised Xie Shufang's bastard, and then followed Xie Shufang into the Xie Mansion.
Xie's Mansion occupies a large area and is beautifully decorated, but there are only a few people.
After arriving and sitting down in the main hall, Uncle Xie Fangping evacuated the rest of the crowd, and then Li Yuanji slowly spoke, "I'm coming over today to tell you something."
Xie Shufang cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, please make it clear."
Li Yuanji sighed, "Your marriage is decided."
Xie Shufang was stunned.
Li Yuanji added: "My father is the master."
Xie Shufang was slightly startled, then looked thoughtful.
Li Yuanji said apologetically: "It's Huaide from Uncle Wang's family who has my magical power."
Xie Shufang suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji sighed: "My father was originally going to betroth Yongjia to you, but I thought Yongjia was too young, so I refused on your behalf."
"Thank you, the saint, for your love. Thank you, Your Highness, for your love."
Xie Shufang suddenly spoke.
Li Yuanji was stunned.
Xie Shufang's reaction was wrong.
Shouldn't Xie Shufang have a look of shock, embarrassment, and reluctance?
Why are you so excited?
"You haven't fallen in love with Huaide for a long time, have you?"
Li Yuanji stared in shock.
Huaide is only thirteen.
According to the memory of his predecessor, the last time Xie Shufang saw Huaide was when Huaide was eleven years old.
When Huaide was eleven years old, Xie Shufang fell in love with Huaide?
Is Xie Shufang still a human being?
Xie Shufang smiled sheepishly and said: "Although I have only met County Princess Huaide a few times, I have heard numerous words of praise for County Master Huaide and know that County Princess Huaide is a rare good person among the royal daughters of the clan.
woman.
Saint, Your Highness, Your Highness the King of Huai'an, regardless of the small number of people in my family, I am willing to betroth the Lord of Huaide County to me, which shows my great love for me."
In Li Yuanji's eyes, marrying an imperial daughter is definitely a hard job.
But in Xie Shufang's eyes, marrying an imperial daughter may be a chore, but marrying a daughter of a clan is definitely not a chore.
There are a lot of rules for marrying an emperor's daughter. After getting married, you may be divided into different departments. When you have nothing to do, you have to go to the palace to flatter the emperor and let the emperor enjoy the happiness of a family.
There are not so many rules when it comes to marrying a daughter of a clan.
Therefore, after marrying the daughter of a clan, not only can you have your back against the royal tree, but you don't have to worry about so many rules.
The Xie family is already small in number. If they want to grow into a famous family, they may need three or four generations.
Xie Shufang was in a good time and could quickly strengthen the Xie family through military exploits.
But it is hard to say whether the people who come after the Xie family can keep the Xie family and whether they can strengthen the Xie family.
But if they rely on the big tree of the royal family, the people in the future of the Xie family, as long as they are not pig-minded, will definitely be able to use the royal family to develop the Xie family into a famous family.
Therefore, marrying a daughter of the clan is definitely a good thing for Xie Shufang.
"So you have already fallen in love with Huaide?"
Li Yuanji didn't change his problem at all because of Xie Shufang's words.
He suspected that Xie Shufang had some unknown hobbies.
Xie Shufang said with a look of astonishment: "I only met Huaide County Master a few times, how can I fall in love with him? I don't have the qualifications to fall in love with Huaide County Master?"
After all, the last time he saw Huaide, he was still an unknown married man, whose identity was far different from that of Huaide.
It is impossible for him to have any unrealistic thoughts.
What qualifications does an eighth-rank official have to care about a county head?
"Then my father is going to betroth Huaide to you, why are you so happy?"
Li Yuanji didn't understand.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xie Shufang is even more confused, "To marry a virtuous wife, the Lord of Huaide County is a virtuous woman recognized in Chang'an City. Isn't it worth being happy that I can marry her?"
When Li Yuanji heard this, he didn't know what to say.
It seems that he is overthinking.
There doesn't seem to be much pre-marital love at this time.
Therefore, seeking a virtuous wife is regarded as a golden rule.
Therefore, marrying a wife only depends on virtuousness and not on love.
If both parties are powerful, it seems that there is no need to even look at the appearance.
After all, whether a wife is beautiful or not is actually not that important to the powerful.
As long as the wife can manage the back house well, as well as the various businesses and properties at home, and give birth to sons, that is enough.
If you really want to pursue beauty, taking concubines is enough.
Anyway, there are no restrictions on concubinage in this era.
If your body is well fed, you can take concubines every day and no one will care about you.
If you are 80 years old and receive a 14-year-old salary, not only will you not be criticized by others, you will also be praised as a person who has never failed.
So Xie Shufang didn't care at all whether his wife was beautiful or not, whether she was an adult or not. Xie Shufang only cared about whether his wife was virtuous and whether she could manage the family well when he went out to fight and ensure that no one in the family would be bullied by outsiders.
Huaide fully met all of Xie Shufang's requirements, and even exceeded Xie Shufang's requirements.
After all, no one can say whether women from other powerful families can ensure that their family members are not bullied when he goes out to fight.
But Huaide can definitely ensure that his family members are not bullied when he goes out to fight.
Because Huaide's surname was Li, he had an uncle who was an emperor, a father who was a prince, and a group of brothers who were princes.
Even if someone from the royal family bullies her husband's family, she can still find a way to seek justice for her husband's family.
Because her father is Zong Zhengqing, he has the power to punish the children of the royal family.
"Since you have no objection to this matter, it's settled. My father should give the decree of marriage in the next two days. At that time, people from the Ministry of Etiquette should come over and teach you what to do. Just follow it.
That’s it.”
Li Yuanji was relieved after confirming that Xie Shufang did not have any unknown hobbies and did not dislike the marriage.
This marriage was decided by Li Yuan, and if there is a will to marry later, then it must be done with great etiquette.
The corresponding process will be supervised by people from the Etiquette Department.
The trouble is a bit troublesome, but it only brings benefits to Xie Shufang and does no harm.
After all, Li Yuan's grant of marriage did not simply allow Uncle Xie to get married.
When Li Yuan gets married to Xie Shufang, he will give him a house, land, servants, gold, silver, wealth, silk and other things.
Xie Shufang can make a fortune by following a set of complicated etiquette.
After Li Yuanji decided to marry Xie Shufang, he was not in a hurry to return to the palace, so he simply visited the houses of Luo Shixin, Xue Wanshu and others.
I chatted with Luo Shixin for a while about the issue of having a son, and then "sparred" martial arts with Xue Hanhan, and didn't return to the palace until dark.
When he walked to the palace gate, he met Ling Jing.
Ling Jing hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "I have just received news that Li Yi's memorandum of apology was sent to Chang'an City not long ago. Li Yi should be handing over the post of General Youwuwei.
The dispute between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Qin should soon reach its most intense moment.
However, the Saint, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness the King of Qin seemed to no longer pay attention to this matter.
They didn't know why they got together and stayed somewhere in the palace.
I want to find out what's going on, but the guards in the palace don't know why, and they refuse to let me in today, and even the Yin prison gate is hesitant and refuses to say more."
After Li Yuanji listened to Ling Jing's words, he felt bad.
What could make Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin put aside everything and stay together in one place?!
It must be something he is ‘inhumane’ about!
Chen Shanshan most likely went to Li Yuan for help because he couldn't do anything but was worried about him.
Li Yuan knew that he was "inhumane", so that was fine.
Li Yuan only has three legitimate sons in total, and he is counting on them to develop and strengthen the direct bloodline of the old Li family.
Suddenly someone became inhumane, and Li Yuan had to explode!
Li Yuan did not send Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to lead the army to capture him in various places in Chang'an City and bring him back to the palace. This was considered restraint!
