106: Marriage
In the shouts of the Son of Heaven, the bead curtain moved, and two shadows came out of it. One is the queen. The other person had a pale face, and it was Princess Yongjia.
In terms of generation, Princess Yongjia is the aunt of the Son of Heaven. But in terms of status, the Son of Heaven is the king, and everyone else belongs to the ministers. Therefore, when the Son of Heaven was angry, even if it was his aunt, he could only kneel to his nephew.
So Princess Yongjia "poof~" knelt down in the main hall. With a hoarse voice, he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it is the minister who is guilty." There are thousands of crimes, and the sin lies in the minister. Please punish Your Majesty. ”
There are no outsiders here, and the Son of Heaven no longer has to continue to hold an emperor's shelf. He stomped his feet again and again, and said angrily: "Auntie, you have had a hard time in the past few years, and I know this. But no matter how hard life is, you can come back and tell me that you know. We are all a family, will I still ignore your aunt?
It's good that you didn't say a word, but you just got mixed up with Cheng Li. Do you know that Cheng Li is a courtier that I value very much, and I want to entrust Yulin Jun and Qingyang to him? Qingyang respects your aunt the most on weekdays, how can you be worthy of her like this?"
Princess Yongjia said sadly: "Yes." It's the minister who is sorry for Qingyang, it's the minister's water-based poplar flower, and it's debauchery. It's a minister......"
The remorse of self-reproach has not yet been spoken. Princess Yongjia suddenly felt that her body was light, and then she couldn't help but stand up from her kneeling posture. Just because a strong hand seemed to reach under her and lifted her whole body.
At this moment, in the main hall, there are people who will do this, and at the same time have the ability to do this, needless to say, of course, there is only one Cheng Li.
Princess Yongjia turned her head in shock, and then grabbed Cheng Li's arm in turn, and said in a scorched voice: "What are you doing?" Cheng Lang, kneel down with me and ask Your Majesty for guilt." ”
"Please...... People who do wrong things are guilty, aren't they? But what are we doing wrong?"
Cheng Li helped Princess Yongjia, shook his head slightly, and continued: "Should I not come to the rescue of Yingluo when she is in trouble, or should I not come forward when a murderer breaks into the mansion of Yue Guo to kill people? Or shouldn't I identify the murderer and have something to do with the fire in Liancheng? No, I can't think of it. What did you do wrong?"
This speech, Cheng Li said it eloquently, and it was straightforward. For a moment, the Son of Heaven was stunned, and he couldn't find anything to refute.
After a long time, the Son of Heaven stomped his foot vigorously and said angrily: "Yes, Cheng Li, you have done nothing wrong. But you should also know that I have the heart to promise Qingyang to you. Now you're getting involved with Aunt Yongjia instead. This, this, this...... It's just unseemly, and it has disgraced the royal family!"
Cheng Li shook his head and asked rhetorically: "Your Majesty, even if I am with Yingluo, so what? I myself am not married, Yingluo has been widowed for many years, and there are no heirs between me and the late Yue Guogong. The Great Wei Dynasty never allowed widows to remarry, encouraged widows to observe festivals, and established the rules of the archway of chastity, right?
As for the matter of Princess Qingyang. Yes, I'll admit that I'm a little sorry for her. Fortunately, from beginning to end, we didn't actually say a few words between us, and the contact was not deep, so naturally there was no emotion at all.
In addition, His Majesty has never officially announced that he wants to marry Princess Qingyang to me. Then all the previous rumors are just rumors after all. Even if it will still be circulated in the market, at least on the surface, it is not elegant, and no one dares to mention it. How can that be a shame?"
The Son of Heaven said angrily: "The mouth of the people is more important than the Sichuan." I understood this when I was five years old. Even if on the surface no one dares to say it. But behind the scenes, aren't people doing what they say? Isn't that a shame?"
Cheng Li shook his head and said: "There is such a thing as face, of course, as long as it maintains a superficial passability, it will be fine." If you want people to even dare to say it in their hearts, they don't dare to think about it. To be honest, there have been so many dynasties throughout the ages, and no one generation has ever been able to do it. So in this regard, I don't care too much about its practicality. ”
The Son of Heaven sat down with a grunt. The queen mother sent a cup of tea in time for the Son of Heaven to quote. The Son of Heaven drank the tea in one go, and then snorted softly: "Cheng Li, you have one reason after another." No matter how you say it, Aunt Yongjia is still the Duchess of Yueguo. What's the matter, do you want to be the Duke of Yue?"
The tone is still not good. But compared to before, it is obvious that the anger has decreased a lot. This difference can be naturally distinguished by Cheng Li. So he also softened his tone and said, "Your Majesty, the dukedom of the country, I naturally don't dare to think about it." But it is indeed inappropriate for Yingluo to continue to stay in the Yueguo Mansion as the Duchess of Yueguo.
Anyway, Yue Guogong has been dead for so many years. Why bother to let Yingluo continue to suffer with this empty title? It is better to take this opportunity to directly announce that Yingluo will disassociate herself from the Yueguo Mansion. ”
The Son of Heaven sighed and hesitated: "Yue Guogong once made great contributions to the country during his lifetime, and he also cared for me very much. Now you want to let the Duke of Yue Guo get rid of the heir, is this...... Alas, none of this really matters. The most important thing really is: Aunt Yongjia, what do you think about this matter?"
Princess Yongjia pursed her lips vigorously. Ning said: "Chai Zongzhao's little white-eyed wolf is not qualified to inherit his first husband at all. Your Majesty, even if the Duke of Yue Guo is removed from the throne, he must not let that little white-eyed wolf inherit it. He will only tarnish the title of 'Duke of Yueguo'. ”
The Queen Mother sat quietly beside her, smiling and listening. Hearing this, she suddenly said softly: "Didn't Taifu Zhuge already present Chai Zongzhao's files to the Son of Heaven to see? Then let Chai Zongzhao go back to the Chai family, and let those old guys choose another heir.
As for the imperial aunt, she will no longer be the Duchess of Yueguo, that's fine. Get rid of these old burdens, and I believe that Aunt Huang will definitely live happily. That's enough, Your Majesty, right?"
The Son of Heaven was silent for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly and said, "Okay." Cheng Li, I'll let you go this time. Since you have affection for Aunt Yongjia, and Aunt Yongjia is also interested in you, then I will not be so unkind, and I must beat the mandarin ducks. However, since you have chosen Aunt Yongjia, then I warn you that you must not be half-hearted, you must be single-minded, and only be good to Aunt Yongjia. Do you understand?"
Later, when he said this, the Son of Heaven was already full of voice. It can be seen that he is definitely serious.
Cheng Li smiled, raised his hand and pointed twice to the sky, and then to the north twice. Shaking his head, he said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this won't work." As for why, Your Majesty also knows, so don't embarrass me, right?"
Cheng Li is talking about Ling Yu's poems who stayed in Liaodong, as well as Xue Yanxia and Xiaoqing. Of course, the Son of Heaven understands this. Thinking that this guy in front of him was full of debts and was going to be his uncle, the Son of Heaven couldn't help but feel depressed. said: "Okay, okay, then no matter what happened before, you are not allowed to add more people to your family in the future."
Well, I mean that there are no more women in the name. Also, since you are with Aunt Yongjia now. Then you are not allowed to provoke Qingyang again, do you know it? Okay, okay, retreat. Alas~ One is also two, all of which make me so uneasy. ”