In the Golden Dragon Hall, the emperor sat high and mighty. The Duke of Gui was reading the imperial edict:
"...*Excellent and smart.*Young and talented people, specially given to marry* and...Huizhilanxin, extraordinary piano skills, brave and good at fighting, outstanding military exploits, specially given to marry *and...,, national beauty
Tianxiang, who is good at ￥, -*,..,,,, has both civil and military skills. He is a natural team of beautiful people. He is specially given to marry,,, and,,,....." After the mandarin ducks finished counting the notes.
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"Your Majesty, my Emperor, long live, long live..."
"Your Majesty, I have something to pray for."
"King Pingnan has something to do. He is not satisfied with the girl I have chosen for you. She is the best in our Zhongtian."
"I cannot marry Xiao Shuiqian, and I hope the Holy One will give me a clear warning."
"King Pingnan, what did you say!" The emperor looked down at Murong Chong, who looked coldly, with wide eyes.
"I cannot marry Xiao Shuiqian." Murong Chong still spoke in the same plain tone, unable to detect any emotion but with determination that could not be rejected. However, Prime Minister Xiao's face was already ashen.
"I pray to the emperor that I have no talent or virtue. I hope that the emperor will take back my life." Prime Minister Xiao knelt down and begged. He was rejected on the spot and his face was already unbearable. If you don't know how to move forward or retreat, will the world laugh at my majestic prime minister?
My daughter still relies on you to become King Pingnan. Although he was indeed very happy when he heard the imperial edict granting marriage.
"Quit the court!" The emperor angrily waved his sleeves and left. The ministers also withdrew one after another.
"Prince Pingnan, please invite the queen." A father-in-law came up behind Murong Chong and whispered.
"Queen, you are indeed right. That Murong Chong is so ignorant that he actually refused to marry in front of all the civil and military officials." The emperor came in angrily and shouted. "That doesn't give me face."
"Your Majesty, please drink a cup of tea first to calm down the heat." The Queen took a cup of herbal tea. "This is not the first time that King Pingnan has rejected His Majesty's kindness. Why should the Emperor be so angry?" During the flower viewing banquet, watching
The cold-faced King Pingnan didn't even look at Shui Qian, and was indifferent to her wonderful music. She knew that today would be like this.
"I really don't understand what kind of woman he wants. He doesn't want those princesses with golden branches and beautiful leaves. He also refuses the beauties who rewarded the country with beauty and fragrance. I heard that he loves the sound of the piano, so he will refuse if I give him a woman with such skill. Does he want it?
Chang'e on the moon is not the same."
"Why does the emperor keep arranging a woman for him?" the queen asked.
"Murong Chong was able to achieve such feats when he was only 20 years old. The Empress Dowager especially appreciated him, and he also holds military power now. He is not a simple person, and his strength is not just what we see. His house is full of people related to him.
The people who work with him in Pingnan are loyal to him and cannot be used as spies."
"Since ancient times, gentlemen have been fond of beauties, and heroes have always had a hard time with beauties. So the emperor wanted to cast a beauty trick on him so that he could find out his true nature," the queen continued.
"But he refused many times, and he didn't know what kind of woman he was interested in?" The emperor helplessly slapped his palm on the Eight Immortals table, shaking the tea out of the cup.
"Let's start with the Queen, King Pingnan is waiting outside." A father-in-law was preaching outside.
"You'll know if you go and ask." The queen stood up, bowed, and walked out.
"The queen has arrived."
"Join the Queen."
"Prince Pingnan, there is no need to be too polite. Please give me a seat."
"Thank you, empress."
The queen looked at the saluting King Pingnan in front of her, but she felt that there was a domineering and murderous aura hidden in him. Could this be what the emperor was really worried about?
"The prince must be wondering why the Ai family invited the prince to come to this harem."
"I really don't know."
"What do you think of the maids in the Ai family's palace, Your Majesty?" The queen looked at the stunning beauties she had selected.
"The woman in the Queen's Palace is naturally one of a thousand."
"Then which one do you think is the best?" The queen looked at Murong Chong who looked calm. Whoever you choose, I will marry her to you, and you won't regret it.
"Everyone has his own merits."
"Oh..." Four words ruined the plan. The queen waved her hand and signaled the maids to go down.
"I heard that King Pingnan loves the music of the piano. Why did he reject the emperor's kind offer? That girl Shui Qian is beautiful, smart, and has extraordinary piano skills. Isn't she the prince's ideal wife?"
"I like the sound of the harp, not the person who plays it. I do not love the prime minister's daughter."
"Then can the prince tell the Aijia what kind of woman the prince likes?"
"The love and affection between a man and a woman can only be understood, not expressed. It can only be understood when a woman is treated as you like."
"Since ancient times, it has been the rule for men to get married and for girls to get married. Every man has three wives and four concubines. What's more, the prince is a young and talented man. The prince can take a concubine first and leave the wife's position to the woman he likes.
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"I only want to stay with the woman I love for the rest of my life. Other women are just passing by."
"Oh, the Ai family really hopes to see which woman is so lucky."
"When I meet her, I will definitely bring her to see the queen. I also have important military matters that I need to handle when I go back."
"State affairs are important. Your Majesty, please do as you please." It seems that it is difficult to place a woman beside him.
"I excuse myself."
Looking at Murong Chong's back and remembering what he just said, the queen couldn't help but envy the woman who said he would spend his whole life with him. What kind of woman would that be?
*
In the afternoon of early summer, I felt a little sleepy, and the cicada began to call. I was half-dazzled and lazily swinging on the swing, waiting for my second brother. Yesterday, he said that he would help me practice Qinggong today. These days,
Under the guidance of my second brother, my
My Qinggong has really improved a lot. I can now fly over the high wall of the Prime Minister's Mansion coolly. Although I still have to stand on the pile of rocks, I can't bear to take a nap and wait for his teaching. I hope that one day I won't have to borrow that.
If there is a pile of rocks, you can fly over.
It felt like I was going to sleep on the swing after waiting for a long time. "Why haven't you come yet?" I muttered.
"Dead sister, dead sister, your saliva is drooling." It was the second brother's voice.
I quickly wiped the corners of my mouth, but where was that? "Second brother, you lied to me again." Really, I get confused when I want to sleep.
"Why did you come just now?"
"Your third sister." Only then did I really wake up and see the third sister standing behind my second brother. Her eyes were red like a rabbit.
"Third sister, are you born in the year of the Rabbit?" I wanted to tease her and smile, she is only ten years old. But she didn't laugh, and she cried directly. No, these jokes were quite effective before.
"Second brother, have you bullied third sister?" I glared at my second brother.
"It's unfair. You have to blame Pingnan Prince Murong Chong. He refused to marry your third sister in front of all the civil and military officials." He sat on the stone bench, poured himself a cup of tea and drank.
"No, isn't it supposed to be Qi Qingyun? When did he become Murong Chong's popsicle?" I was so surprised, Murong Chong! Prince Pingnan, how could it be him? I felt nervous.
Obviously the number one scholar and the third sister are a couple.
"Isn't Qi Qingyun and Fu Yan?" I heard you right during the morning meeting.
"And Fu Yan, that is, Yan'er, how could it be Yan'er?" I thought back to it, maybe it was when Fu Yan came up with the poem riddle, Qi Qingyun looked at her with admiration, she returned the gift, and then the queen said.
...
"Then what was wrong with me at the banquet? Why did it happen like this? 555..." The third sister sobbed.
"Of course you performed very well, Third Sister, but you couldn't be with the person you loved and were rejected on the spot by Prince Pingnan. It's a bit embarrassing." I said something confused. The Third Sister cried even more.
It was so fierce that the tears kept falling.
"Um, third sister, don't cry, that person has no vision. Second brother, what are you looking for?" Third sister and I looked at the second brother searching all over the ground with some strangeness.
"Oh, I'm looking for you to lose face. You see, even though it's been thrown all over the floor, you just need to pick it up." He said with an innocent look on his face and seriously.
"Second brother!!" My third sister and I roared together.
"Haha, okay, okay, I won't tease you two anymore. In a while, the second brother will go to the border to guard the city again. Seeing that you two sisters have a good relationship, I feel relieved." The second brother smiled.
said.
"Are you going to leave after you get married to Sister Rulan?" asked the third sister.
"Well, let's set it on the eighth day of next month. It's said to be an auspicious day." The second brother smiled.
"Hey, I heard that Fu Yan and Mr. Qi are also scheduled to meet on that day." The third sister's eyes turned red again.
"What are you afraid of? There is no best, only better. From now on, Third Sister, you are so beautiful and familiar with music, why are you afraid that you won't find someone better? Right, Second Brother." I looked at Second Brother.
"Oh, that's right. Third sister, you are beautiful, have extraordinary piano skills, are gentle and virtuous, and are good at female prostitution. You are not like some women, right? Where can you find such a woman? Right? My dead sister."
Later, he looked at me provocatively, didn't he want to be scolded? Damn, it seems like I haven't scolded him for a long time.
"Haha, second brother will joke around when he comes to Fourth Sister's place. Didn't he always look serious when I saw you in the past? I won't say anymore. My mother-in-law will ask me to go back to practice piano. I'll go back to Chun Hua Yuan first."
I especially love the fourth sister. It’s really enviable to see the second brother and the fourth sister getting along so harmoniously.
Muah. My mother always didn’t let me have too much contact with my fourth sister. She said that neither she nor her mother were good people and would harm others. I remember three years ago, I almost lost my life when I fell into the lotus pond because of grabbing something with my fourth sister.
Even though I lost my life, I felt that what my mother said made sense. But now it seems that is actually not the case.
"I still have to practice. It's so hard for Third Sister." I sighed as I looked at Third Sister walking out of the door.
"Yes, everyone's pianos are famous all over the world, but some people's Qinggong is really... ugh!!" Little witch, my second brother's little witch. You must be good and happy.
"Yeah, haven't I made a lot of progress?" Seeing my second brother looking at me and shaking his head, I felt a little embarrassed.
"Why don't you practice some practice? Xiao Mo Nu."
"Practice, of course you have to practice." If you don't practice, how will you take your mother with you when the time comes?
"Well, go outside to the flat ground and continue practicing."
"Well, let's go."
"You remember, the key to Qinggong is...remember?" The second brother kept talking as if he was afraid of not being able to do it in time.
"..Remember...that's it......"
At the gate of Qiuye Yuan, the third lady looked at the scene in front of her and sighed: Boyang, you are a good second brother.
Five days later, there was an emergency at the border and the situation was extremely serious. General Li urged his second brother to return to the military camp quickly. The second brother came to say goodbye to us and then set off for the border. This
My father and aunt felt very sorry. However, General Li had already spoken, so that was all. The wedding of the second brother and sister Ru Lan was postponed.