14. Chapter 14 The Secret of the Adopted Daughter 2
Everyone was stunned, and the old king was slightly embarrassed. I don’t know why Luo Jia temporarily terminated the last ceremony. Without this ceremony, the ceremony could not be completed! Gao Miao, a close minister, coughed, and even he was not sure about the Northern Emperor.
Your Majesty, why do you want to adopt such an ugly girl?
Luo Jia turned to King Dayan as if nothing had happened, half-smiling but not smiling: "Dear Your Majesty, do you know there is a rule in our northern country?"
"What...what rules?"
"Every eighteen years, the most beautiful virgin princess will be sacrificed to the god of the jungle."
He almost said this through gritted teeth, his face slightly distorted. His expression suddenly seemed a little dazed. Eighteen years ago, he himself was still a child. It was a sunny spring, the sun was shining brightly, and everything was moist. He
Playing with his most beloved third sister in the square outside the temple. The third sister was wearing a snow-white gauze skirt, with a light figure, holding a lot of flowers, and kept calling him: "Luojia, Luojia..."
Many people came around and surrounded the third sister, making her look like the most beautiful fairy. Then, they walked towards the blazing fire... He did not know, never knew, that the beautiful face of the third sister would be looming in the fire.
From then on, it turned into smoke, and along with the wild flowers in her hand, it could no longer be seen, completely disappearing from this world.
Only then did he understand that the third sister was a sacrifice!
It was a sacrifice to God, and it was the glory of all pure women. However, he no longer wanted this "glory" to fall on any of the women closest to him.
King Dayan was trembling all over. He only knew that there was a rule in the Northern Kingdom of "Killing the mother when a son is born", which has been followed for more than a hundred years since the founding of the country. However, he never knew that there was this rule about the sacrifice of a holy virgin. He was trembling:
"However, it is said that His Majesty the Northern Emperor has abolished two barbaric rules since you ascended the throne..."
"You think that's barbaric?"
Lao Wang didn't dare to look at his piercing eyes, kept silent, and used human beings as sacrifices. Isn't it barbaric? A woman who gave birth to a prince was killed instead, wasn't it barbaric?
Luo Jia said calmly: "You live in the Central Plains and are influenced by the customs of the Central Plains. Do you know that 'raising a son and killing his mother' is not a tradition in our northern country? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came old and made Mrs. Gou Yi's son the crown prince. The son is weak and the mother is strong.
I was afraid that the harem would interfere with the government and interfere with the government, so I killed Mrs. Gou Yi. Is it so strange?"