Chapter 23: The Female Lady Should Get Married
After an ordinary girl is married, she should promise her in-laws, and then marry and have children. This daughter and Lu are happy for their parents.
However, the eighth prince is a little worried, this is not that no one proposes to his daughter, someone has come to the door to propose marriage a long time ago, there are grandfathers of the country who propose to their grandsons, and there are also privy envoys who ask their sons to marry, all of these civil and military officials, and the royal family relatives who protect the son of the county king, and the children of the family who weigh their own family are also asked to come to the door from time to time to ask for marriage.
These eight princes, not to mention the favor of Taizu when he was there, nor to say the reuse of the first emperor when he was there, because these scenery gradually faded with the queen mother's control of the government, just saying that he is close to today's official family, and he can also see the glory of the future, and he will be the first person in the royal family.
Zhao Xian, the daughter of the eighth king, was named a princess because of the love of the official family and the appreciation of the queen mother, who doesn't want to add a bargaining chip to his future?
Although this princess lives in a simple and unknown place, and there are very few people who have seen her, and no one knows whether she is beautiful or ugly, whether she is defective or not, but these cannot stop Zhao Xian and Empress Lu, and the momentum of courting for marriage wave after wave.
The eighth prince was worried, but he was worried about Bianliang, and he was very lonely to find that there was no young man in Kyoto who could match his daughter.
It's not that the Eight Kings think highly of themselves, but that he clearly knows how good his daughter is, and she is better than men, and even his own sons who are still outstanding can't compare to her. So it's been a year since my daughter and her husband died, and they still haven't found their in-laws.
This own daughter has been brilliant since she was a child, very assertive, and has no royal women's arrogance, the eight kings listen to her opinions in everything, when she raised her son, even if it was a daughter's marriage, the eight princes also promised to listen to their daughter's own opinions.
Zhao Xian didn't know about her father's troubles. The girl's Ji Lu is still a minor in her mature heart, where would she think of the era she is in, a woman of this age should be married and have children.
Therefore, in addition to practicing the light skills and disguise techniques taught by her master every day, she also looked at the geographical records of this dynasty, hoping to learn more about this era.
For her master's profound martial arts, she has always felt that she is not the material to learn that, and she can defend herself.
But light skills must be learned well, because as the saying goes, "if you can't fight, you can escape", and this ability to escape must not be sloppy.
Perhaps the woman is naturally curious about disguise, so she learns it with extra care, and integrates the makeup technique she is good at, so it can be said that she has raised the old Taoist's disguise cultivation to a higher level.
She has a lot of doubts about this era, for example, this era is called the Great Song Dynasty, which is indeed similar to the Northern Song Dynasty in history, but she can't be sure whether it is the Northern Song Dynasty, because some histories are the same as the Northern Song Dynasty, and some situations are different from the Northern Song Dynasty.
She sometimes thinks that maybe this is a different time and space era similar to the Northern Song Dynasty. For her, no matter what era she is, her purpose is to find a way to live well and happily.
Until the age of 16, she has been living in seclusion, basically not appearing in the public eye, she hopes that she is low-key so that she does not attract the attention of others, she just needs to live a simple life.
Then this simple hope is about to turn into a luxury.
It is said that on this day, the wind and the sun are beautiful, the sky is clear, and the queen mother sent someone to call Zhao Xian into the palace.
The emperor's dormitory - the west of the Birthday Palace, is the residence of the current Empress Dowager Liu E - Baoci Palace, Baoci Palace has two halls, namely Chonghui Hall and Proposed Hui Palace.
The chamberlain reported that Zhao Xian entered the Proposed Hui Palace, which is the side hall of the Baoci Palace, which is not gorgeous and magnificent, but rather simple and simple.
A middle-aged beautiful woman on the table looked at Zhao Xian with a smile, looking like a forty-person person, who would have expected that she was actually nearly sixty years old, this is the Empress Dowager Liu of this dynasty.
Zhao Xian went up unhurriedly and gave a salute, "Bow to the Queen Mother." ”
The Queen Mother's eyes showed a hint of appreciation, "Come and sit with me." You kid, the etiquette is always so thorough, it's hard for the eighth prince to teach so well. It's just Xian'er, your temperament is too calm, and you lack the liveliness that Xiao Nizi should have. ”
"The Queen Mother has taught her a lesson." Zhao Xian looked at the queen mother on the seat, looked at her kind smile, and was in a trance for a moment, she felt that the woman in front of her was actually amiable.
But then Zhao Xian denied this idea in her mind. Who is this woman? She is the most powerful woman in this dynasty, a woman who is decisive in killing, extremely skillful, and has imperial power in her hands.
"Xian'er, you didn't meet last year, right?" The Queen Mother looked at Zhao Xian thoughtfully.
"Back to the Queen Mother, you remember right." Zhao Xian can only remain calm and plain in the face of such a woman. She kept reminding herself not to stand out and not to attract the attention of the Queen Mother. As long as she appeared in front of the queen mother, she always tried to silence herself to the end.
"Has your father found your mother-in-law for you? Or do you have someone in mind? The Queen Mother asked with interest.
"Back to the Queen Mother, Xian'er is up to her father to decide." Zhao Xian pretended to be shy, and then replied seriously.
"Yes, you're always so knowledgeable." Empress Dowager Liu smiled again, "There's nothing else to do today, just to ask you to go into the palace to talk." ”
That's what she said, but Zhao Xian had an intuition that Empress Dowager Liu's question was not so simple, and I wonder when she became interested in her life's events? Is there any use in this? She had to be alert in her heart.
At this time, the inner attendant reported that Liu Congguang, the deputy commander of the guard's pro-army infantry army, asked to see him, and the queen mother nodded, "Pass him in." ”
Zhao Xian hurriedly stood up, "Queen Mother, you have a guest, Rong Xian'er will retire." ”
The Queen Mother was silent for a moment, then nodded, "It's okay, you go to see the official family first, he has often mentioned you recently." ”
Zhao Xian said goodbye and walked outside the palace. Before she walked out of the palace gate, she saw a young man dressed in a crimson brocade dress, a tight belt, and a silverfish bag around his waist walking towards her.
The man had already seen a woman come out, he glanced at it, but saw that this woman was taller than ordinary women, with a goose egg face, but the most striking thing was a pair of bright eyes, clear and clear, and her temperament was very unique, which made people unforgettable.
He had to be told by the chamberlain that it was the princess, so he hurriedly stepped aside to get out of the way, bent down and arched his hand, "Princess Jin'an, Liu Congguang is polite here." ”
Zhao Xian already knew that Liu Congguang had already known about it, and she waved her hand hurriedly, "Deputy Envoy Liu is polite." Then he nodded slightly and left the Baoci Palace.
"Congguang, come and sit here." After the Empress Dowager Liu E saw Zhao Xian leave, she greeted Liu Congguang cordially.
"Say hello to the Queen Mother." Liu Congguang bowed respectfully.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she was busy pretending to make a face, "Congguang, forgot again?" Nowhere else can you call me aunt. Come here again to be polite. ”
Liu Congguang smiled awkwardly, "Weichen doesn't dare." ”
"What dare not be, it's decided. Congguang, what did you think about what I told you last time about your marriage? The Queen Mother looked at Liu Congguang lovingly.
"From the marriage of Guang, but it is up to the aunt to decide, and the nephew does not dare to disobey." Liu Congguang hurriedly got up and replied.
"Sit and sit, don't be restrained when you come to my aunt's place, not to mention that there are no outsiders here." The Queen Mother was slightly angry.
"What do you think about the princess of Huayi who went out just now? She is the pearl of the eighth prince, if you can marry her, you will not worry about your career in the future. If my aunt dies in the future, I don't have to worry about you anymore. The Queen Mother looked at Liu Congguang kindly, and said emotionally, with tears hidden in her eyes. At this moment, who would have thought that a woman who is high up and decisive in her means will have such a soft face.
"Auntie, don't say this, you are so healthy, you should be able to live a long life." Liu Congguang hurriedly comforted.
In fact, with just one glance, he already had a good impression of Zhao Xian, "Auntie's vision must be good, and everything from Guangguang is subject to my aunt's arrangement." ”
"Good! Good! The room was full of laughter, but the Queen Mother smiled.