Chapter 265: Dowry
Xiahou Jie is the party of King Shen, King Shen has made great contributions in supporting the current Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to ascend the throne, but after the emperor ascends the throne, it is inevitable that there will be some meritorious achievements, and there are generals like Xiahou Jie who can fight well under his command are even more fearful, the war between the two countries, if there are people in the Dajing Dynasty who have bad intentions and obstruct reinforcements, then why is there no such thing in the Great Zhou? However, Da Zhou is more secretive and not so blatant, which may be one of the reasons why Xiahou Jie was a little restrained and did not dare to risk excessive casualties at first, and failed to capture Yunzhou City in the shortest possible time, so that the rich families inside and outside the city and nearby states and counties transferred their family property in time, even ordinary people, all who could escape, even if they could take it, it was just to get an empty city, and sacrifice the lives of most soldiers for such an empty city, and it was a loss to capture it, and in the end, this battle was just to win a face for Da Zhou, and there was no real benefit。
Now a defeat, many fallen stones, Xiahou Jie's killing is the result of a multi-party power struggle, since then King Shen's momentum is not as good as before, and even Yufeng is on the throne at this time, slowly taking charge of a part of the military power, compared to a few adult sons and all excellent King Shen, the foundation of the court is not very deep and some romance, the reputation is not good and childless, and even the slightly decent in-laws are obviously more worthy of the emperor's trust.
The current Great Zhou is actually a situation of three parts of the world, even Yufeng, King Shen, and the emperor each have a part of the military power in their hands, and they contain each other, once the war starts, who will lead the troops is really a problem, the emperor naturally does not dare to send all his cronies out, King Shen will not take the initiative to find trouble if he has the experience of Xiahou Jie, and even Yufeng is not a person who likes to be a bird, let alone take the initiative to take this hot potato.
In addition to the fact that the monarchs and ministers of the Great Zhou were not united, the shape was not so optimistic, although the situation in Dajing was chaotic. But there was no big war between the princes, all of them recuperated and recuperated, and no one could be sure if they attacked rashly, and no one would rise up to resist in order to win the hearts of the people, such as Zhang Qifeng at the beginning, this person was unknown before the Yunzhou War, and the outside world's impression of him was just a son of a family, following the Zhao family father and son to fight against foreign enemies. got some military merits and was named a final general. For this point of military exploits, maybe it still relies on the shadow of the fathers, and every time the imperial court fights, there will be such children of the family who make meritorious contributions, and there are limited real materials. Who would have thought that this person would be able to take charge on his own, no worse than Zhao Boyang, who was famous all over the world in World War I, and now the stalemate of the three parties must have talents like Zhang Qifeng in their hands, if they meet. Losing is a death, but it is a victory. If you can't get the same benefit as the price you paid, you still lose, this is an easy account.
Su Yiqing thought to herself, her eyes were a little wandering and confused. The account is calculated like that, but there are no absolutes in the world, and the times create heroes. Maybe other people will think about it differently, after all, they can destroy the Great Thorn. Whether it is for the monarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty or the general who leads the army, it is an opportunity to go down in history, and there may not be no brave men under the heavy reward.
Even Yufeng said lightly: "In fact, I have never been the main war, not that I am a merciful person, but my Great Zhou is also a vast land, not worse than Dajing, rather than thinking about attacking the city and plundering the land, it is better to persuade the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and the national strength is stronger and prosperous, it is really not enough to cultivate, and the cattle and sheep have nowhere to graze and then talk about opening up the territory, why make the people unhappy, but in my position, many of them are also involuntarily, if the emperor orders me to lead the army to the battle, I will naturally receive the order." ”
Su Yiqing's eyes darkened, her voice was a little low, and she sighed: "I know, but please rest assured, women are different from men." ”
What is different, Su Yiqing did not say it explicitly.
Even Yu Feng's handsome face was a little surprised, and then smiled lightly: "I have always thought so, otherwise I would not marry you." ”
Su Yiqing didn't laugh, stopped for a long time, and suddenly said very strictly: "There is something I said on the edge of the cliff, but I may not have made it clear, this time I will say it again." ”
Even Yufeng couldn't finish Su Yiqing's words, so he interrupted: "Do you want to say something about concubines?" I promise this, but I can't ask for a holy decree like Zhao Boyang, but I can promise you that I won't have skin-to-skin relationships with other women except you, is this okay?"
Even if he asks for a holy decree like Zhao Boyang, there may be changes, not to mention anything else, but if someone insists on squeezing in, it will be just a small courtyard, who can force him to sleep with a woman he doesn't like, in this regard, Zhao Boyang was a little stupid at the beginning.
After a while, Su Yiqing nodded slightly, it was already good to be able to do this step, I really couldn't force too much, and then she frowned lightly and sighed: "If you can't do it one day, I won't want you to do anything, but there is really that day, I hope we can get together and disperse, and there will be no mutual resentment." ”
The main reason for her decision to leave that year was that she didn't want to have a day of mutual resentment.
"I promise. Even Yufeng nodded solemnly, if he couldn't even do this in the future, it would show how difficult his situation was, so naturally he shouldn't force her to stay by his side.
Back in Mengfu, Su Yiqing looked at the wedding dress that had begun to take shape, and gently touched the smooth and soft fabric, there are still ten days, she will wear the red wedding dress again and marry the same man.
Even Yufeng really doesn't fight the main battle? That is reasonable, and he has a reason that makes many people relax their vigilance, he has no children, there are many beauties in the backyard but no children, even in Da Zhou back then, except for the beauty who thinks she is smart or something, she has made a fake pregnancy turmoil, and many women, including herself, have not been able to conceive.
In ancient times, when a man reached this age, his knees were particularly weak, does it mean that he really had a problem in a certain aspect? Thinking of this very likely reason, Su Yiqing was disappointed, but because she had already planned to die alone, she didn't care too much, and she could even think on the bright side, if a man is childless, his ambition will be much less.
If this is the case, for whatever reason, she really has a reason to fight side by side with him, and she should help him wholeheartedly for the sake of those she cares about, for the poor people who have been ravaged by the war.
Once people have a decision or a firm goal, they are always more motivated, Su Yiqing has been more dedicated to everything, no matter what she has done, which is completely different from the perfunctory in the past.
On this day, Mrs. Meng took the maid and packed it up with a box for Su Yiqing to choose, and these jewelry were all for Su Yiqing to dowry.
Although the Meng family's family background is not as good as those big families, but it is better because the population is small, there are not so many additional expenses, Meng is also a military general, when encountering war or something else, there are many ways to get money, and because the money is not very light, so Su Ri did not dare to be too extravagant and squandering, so although he was demoted, the family background is still rich, and there are a lot of good things.
Now that the dowry items are not enough, no matter how good the things of the Meng family are, can they compare to the Dingwang Mansion? Don't take out those ordinary gold and silver jewelry, take out all the boutiques that are difficult to buy, most of them are prepared by Mrs. Meng for her daughter, but Mrs. Meng is very knowledgeable about current affairs, knowing that this will not be the time to hide her stinginess, she is very generous to take out all of them, anyway, there is still time to buy slowly in the future, whether the daughter's family marries well is not in the lack of a few pieces of jewelry and antiques, those who care about the daughter-in-law's dowry to measure people by dowry do not marry.
"Fu'er, look at it, is a pair of gold and ruby bracelets good-looking? Madame Meng asked with great interest, holding a pair of gold bracelets.
Su Yiqing picked it up, looked at it carefully, and shook her head slightly, "This pair of bracelets is precious, but the pattern is too simple, my wedding dress embroiderer is already simple, and I want to choose more exquisite jewelry."
"Oh!" Mrs. Meng's construction was denied, but she was not discouraged, and then picked up another pair of bracelets and said, "Then this pair of gold bracelets with flowers and butterflies is good, this workmanship is top-notch." ”
Su Yiqing took it, put it on her hand and tried it, and nodded, "This pair of bracelets is good." ”
Mrs. Meng's second opinion was accepted, and her interest became stronger, and she introduced several things one after another, including the red gold jasper peony rich and rich butterflies wearing flowers, the red jade coral hairpin, the silk mandarin duck step shaking, the forehead of the bead hibiscus crystal, and the golden peony hairpin ......with beads inlaid with beads.
After picking out jewelry, she also has to pick antique furniture and clothes, these Su Yiqing is not good, it is all up to Mrs. Meng, anyway, it is certain that Mrs. Meng will not treat her harshly on this dowry.
Most of the jewelry picked by Mrs. Meng Su Yiqing agrees, after all, Mrs. Meng, as a noblewoman, whether it is for aesthetics or something else, will be better than her, and most of the people who will judge her dress at that time are noblewomen of Mrs. Meng's age, not to mention winning the favor of everyone, so that everyone has to listen to Mrs. Meng if you don't find any mistakes.
If you want to just talk about good looks, maybe the opinion of Mrs. Quan Si is better, but after all, Mrs. Quansi's identity is lacking, and some opinions may not be in line with the noblewoman's ideas, and she doesn't want to be too prominent and attract attention.
When the selection of jewelry and the like is good, you have to give it a try, many times you have to try it to see the shortcomings, those bright and heavy gold jewelry on the body, pressed the neck is about to bend, Su Yiqing only remembered the situation of getting married back then, because she was in a bad mood at the time, she ignored everything, who to marry is not up to herself, why bother with the choice of a wedding dress and a few pieces of jewelry, it is up to the elders and the people around you to decide, so now that I think about it, I can't think of what the wedding dress looked like at the beginning, only this heavy head full of pearls and emeralds gave her a sense of familiarity。 (To be continued)
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