"This," Yun said with some hesitation. Since the purpose of the Wendi vassal state is to firmly attract Castile, Aragon, England, Portugal and other countries to the old sea route, then this vassal state must deepen its ties with these countries.
National relations. King Ferdinand I of Aragon and Crown Prince Alfonso both want to attend Leonor’s wedding. Even Queen Catherine of Castile said she would attend in person, but it is impossible for them to travel thousands of miles away.
After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, Wen Di could only get married in Egypt.
However, looking at Li Shaer's expression, Yun couldn't say these words, and he didn't want to see his son get married. As a result, Yun just sat on the bed, not knowing how to make a decision. He didn't speak, Li Sha
The son looked at him eagerly, Wen Di and Wen Er didn't say anything, just stared at their father and mother.
"Dad, my daughter actually wants to agree to Aunt Yun's request when she sees her father, but for some reason she feels that it would be better for Wen Di to get married in Egypt, so it's hard to make a decision, right?" Min'er suddenly said at this time.
"Why, can you make a decision for your father?" Yun glanced at her.
"A daughter can't make decisions for her father, but she has a way." Min'er smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be enough to let Wen Di and Leonor get married twice?"
"Twice married?"
"We will get married once in the capital and once in Egypt. Anyway, Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away from Egypt. As long as Leonor agrees, the soldiers under Wen Di will not tell anyone, and Fu people will never know that Wen Di has got married in Ming Dynasty.
." Min'er said.
"Sister's method is good." Wen'er smiled and said, "The best of both worlds."
"You are really smart." Yun Ye said with a smile, "That's a solution. However," he turned his head and looked at Li Shaer.
"Husband, as long as I see Wen Di get married in front of me, I don't care whether he gets married again in Egypt," Li Shaer said.
"Then the matter is settled." Yun made the decision directly without consulting Wen Di again. "I will immediately send someone to ask the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple to take care of it, and we will get married in February. As for being in such a hurry, just
I and Concubine Yun were reluctant to let him get married in Egypt, so we held the wedding in the capital in February." Then he said to Wen Di: "Go and tell Leonore and ask her to agree to get married in February next year. Also ask her to persuade her to accompany her.
The envoys from Castile and Aragon and their entourage must not tell anyone else when they return."
"Yes, Dad." Wen Di was a little dissatisfied with his father's decision without asking for his opinion. Although he would agree to it after asking for his opinion, even so, he could not refuse his father's request and could only agree.
"Min'er," Yun suddenly said to her again.
"Ah? What do you want from daddy?" Min'er was a little surprised.
"Aren't you very eloquent? Tomorrow, you and Wen Di will go to see Leonore. You'll get to know her well and help Wen Di persuade her to agree to get married first in the Ming Dynasty." Yun sent an errand to him.
"Dad!" Min'er didn't want to accept this job, but seeing his father's expression there was no room for accommodation, so he could only agree: "My daughter understands."
"This is not a bad thing." Yun comforted her and said: "This is the first Fu royal family to come to the Ming Dynasty, and even the first Fu noble woman to come to the Ming Dynasty. Aren't you interested in Fu's cultural customs? Especially
It is the etiquette and customs of nobles such as the royal family. This may not be imagined based on the descriptions of Claviyo and others, especially Claviyo is only a minor nobleman, and it is hard to say whether his wife is only the daughter of a knight and can be considered a noble.
Once you get acquainted with Leonore, you will be able to experience firsthand the etiquette and customs of the great nobles."
"Daddy is right." After hearing Yun's words, Min'er felt that contact with Leonore was indeed not a bad thing, and her anger turned into happiness. She even said: "Dad, my daughter has a request that I hope my father will agree to. My daughter hopes that tomorrow
Can I take Wen Luo with me?"
"Wen Luo?"
"Yes, Dad, because I heard that the status of Fu women is higher than that of Ming women, Wen Luo has always been curious about Fu's aristocratic women. It happened that Leonor came to the capital, and my daughter wanted to take Wen Luo with her to have a look.
"Min'er said.
"That's fine," Yun said. After all, Min'er is six years older than Leonore, so she may not be able to communicate smoothly. Wenluo is only one year younger than Leonore, so they are of the same age, so it may be easier to speak.
"Wen'er, you can go tomorrow too." He ordered Wen'er again. Wen'er is the same age as Wen Di, which means he is the same age as Leonor. She is also Wen Di's sister, so maybe it's better. Wen'er hurriedly
promise.
After talking for a while, they became a little hungry. Li Shaer hurriedly ordered her servants to bring dinner for them to eat together.
After dinner and chatting for a while, Yun was about to leave Zhongcui Palace. In any case, Li Sha'er and Wen Di's mother and son had not seen each other for nearly a year. They must have a lot to say, and they didn't want a third person to be present.
Shi said that Yun came here specially to chat and have a meal together to show his respect for Wen Di, but it was not appropriate to rest here today. Min'er also said goodbye with him.
After leaving Zhongcui Palace, the moonlight was shining brightly tonight, so Yun walked with her daughter to Kunning Palace. Yun told Min'er, "Are you willing to see Leonor tomorrow? If not,
As a father, let Wen Er and Wen Luo go together."
"Dad, why do you think your daughter might not be willing?" Min'er asked.
"Because of your age," Yun said, "my father knows that you don't care, but if others look at you in a strange way, my father doesn't think you will be happy either. Anyone in the palace who dares to show off can immediately
Dispose of her, but Leonore has a different status and cannot dispose of her."
Yun thought of this question when he asked Wen'er to go with him to see Leonor, and asked him immediately after leaving Zhongcui Palace.
"My daughter no longer cares about other people's opinions." Min'er said: "Is it tiring to worry about what others think of me all day long? It won't have any impact on my daughter's life anyway, so why care?"
"If everyone in the world thinks like you, that's a good thing. But most people don't think like that." Yun said.
Min'er smiled and said nothing. She knew very well that she could not care about the eyes of others because her father did not care, and he was also the most powerful person in the world. How could ordinary people have this condition? It goes against the way most people live.
will be ostracized by others. Most people cannot bear the consequences of being ostracized by others. Of course, there is no need to say this. Moreover, even she just postpones the time of marriage as much as possible and chooses the person she likes. She has to
Married.
"After the new year, you'd better find a man you like as soon as possible, or at least don't hate. Your mother is here for real this time, and won't allow you to delay anymore." Yun said again. He was still talking to him before going to bed last night.
Xiyao was discussing Min'er's marriage. Xiyao was very firm that she must get engaged before the end of February and get married before the end of the year.
"My daughter knows." Min'er agreed lightly.
"In fact, you don't have to choose from nobles. Your eldest aunt married Cao Xing's eldest son, your second aunt is considered to be married to a noble, but your third aunt married a civil servant from a merchant family, and your fourth aunt married a middle-aged man.
They are both Taoist priests, so neither of them is considered noble."
"Of course, the status cannot be too low, and it is not enough to choose a soldier. Being from the same family does not mean just hating the poor and loving the rich or trying to help each other. People from families with the same status have similar ideas, and those with harmonious feelings may be better. For example, if the characters are different,
It is almost impossible to harmonize with a child of a rich man and someone who grew up in a pile of books."
"My father looks at you. You don't like to be bored at home. You like to live a freer life, which is somewhat similar to your fourth aunt. Your fourth aunt married a bodyguard beside my father who was born in Wudang Mountain. Now my father and your
None of the younger brothers have bodyguards who are from the Taoist temple. You can't choose such a person. Excluding nobles, my father thought it would be better to choose a merchant who was born in the family. The family is still engaged in business, but he is not a merchant, or he is in the court.
It would be better for someone who is an official, a general in the army, or a person studying science in Gezhi Academy to be a husband." Yun said.
"What dad said makes sense. Then please ask dad to choose a suitable candidate for his daughter." Min'er said with a smile: "Now that I have selected one, let my daughter hide behind the curtain and take a look."
"Of course, father will carefully select the right person for you. If you find someone suitable, you should tell your father or your mother as soon as possible." Yun said.
"My daughter knows." Min'er agreed.
While talking, they had arrived at Kunning Palace. After entering the palace, Wen Luo, who had not yet slept, immediately came up to him. After bowing, he asked Wen Di if he really wanted to marry a Fu woman. He was very surprised when he heard the answer.
And she expressed objections. However, after Miner said that she would take her to see Leonore tomorrow, she immediately put her objections aside and thought about what it would be like to see Leonore tomorrow.
Wen Yuan, Wen Qi, and Wen Yin were not surprised. They knew that Wen Di would marry a woman from the Fu royal family long before Wen Di set out. Their objections were raised at the time and would not be discussed again now.
Taking advantage of Wen Luo's entanglement with Min'er, Yun told Xiyao that Wen Di's wedding would be held in more than a month and asked her to prepare immediately. Xiyao was a little surprised, but she could understand Li Shaer's thoughts and nodded in agreement.
.
The next day, Yun spent the holiday leisurely as usual. Miner, Wen'er, Wenluo and Wendi went to see Leonore. Leonor was surprised that so many future sisters-in-law came to see her, but she stayed alone.
In the empty mansion (Yun arranged her in Yunzhi's princess mansion, anyway, Yunzhi and her husband are now working as governors in India. The mansion is vacant), apart from the maids, there are only a few housekeepers who look very strict to teach her all day long.
Etiquette, the days are very dull, it is always good to have a few more people to talk to.
The country is all monogamous, and lovers cannot compete with their wives when they are not on the stage. Leonore was appointed to be the wife of the prince of the Ming Dynasty when she was ten years old, so she has never experienced a "palace fight".
This was a blank slate, but he was soon deceived by three legal sisters. He became so close to them that he even kicked Wen Di out and talked affectionately with them.
Through conversations with Leonore, they learned that although Fu's aristocratic women could inherit titles and get property after getting married, their daily lives were also extremely restricted. In addition to the pitiful opportunities to inherit titles, they were no better than Han women.
To some extent, it was much worse than Min'er and others who grew up in a relaxed environment. This made Wen Luo, who had been envious of Fu women in the past, feel pity for them.
Of course, the most pitiful thing about Wen Luo was that they seldom bathed and wore corsets and tutu skirts. Even though they had heard from Claviyo and others that most Fu people rarely bathed, Wen Luo was still
She was shocked. The Aragonese royal family was better off. After all, they were also the kings of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Sardinia. They were influenced by Italian customs and bathed more often. The nobles in other places only bathed twice a year. Wen Luo was stunned and Min
Er and Wen'er were also stunned. It took a while before they recovered and stopped discussing the topic.
As for corsets and tutu skirts, these are clothes that look beautiful but are not so beautiful to wear. Fu extremely admires women's thin waists, but some people just can't lose weight, so they wear corsets. Wen Luo's
She has a similar figure to Leonore. She tried her corset and found it too painful. It was difficult to breathe while wearing the corset. In her original words: "How could there be such clothes in the world? What if this kind of clothes had been invented?"
If that person is a Central Plains citizen or was once a Central Plains citizen, I will dig up his grave."
Tutu skirts are not good clothes either. Not only is this kind of clothes very troublesome to wear and requires the help of several maids, but also because of the bustle, it is very inconvenient to go up and down stairs, get on and off carriages, and go to the toilet without the help of others.
It is impossible to help one person.
After seeing the clothes of noble women, Min'er and the other three people always thought: "The Ming Dynasty's clothes are the best. They not only look good, but are also easy to wear." They also said to Leonore: "Don't wear Fu in the future.
Wear the clothes of our Ming Dynasty, they are good-looking and comfortable."
"Tomorrow I will bring you some of my clothes to try on. I will also ask the tailor in the palace who specializes in making clothes for us to measure your body and make some clothes for you." Wen Luo also said.
"Thank you so much." Leonore said very gratefully. She had also wanted to wear Ming Dynasty clothes for a long time, and Wen Luo said she was very happy.
When Wen Di came back to pick up his elder sister and two younger sisters, he asked them very puzzledly: "Why are you so good?"
