Chapter 717: Marriage
Just when Merton's master and apprentice continued to study the method of mirror-making, a beautiful fairy tale quickly spread throughout Chang'an City.
"Snow White!"
As soon as Snow White came out, she immediately captured the hearts of the vast number of children in Chang'an City.
Beautiful princess, magical magic mirror! Good hunter, seven dwarfs......
Countless children talk about the interesting characters, and they take the trouble to listen to the story over and over again, and there are many little girls who secretly hold the bronze mirror of an adult, and ask loudly who is the most beautiful woman in the world in front of the bronze mirror!
At the same time, the source of this fairy tale was also revealed, and the news that Merton would use the magic mirror as a dowry also came.
Children are only concerned about fairy tales, while adults are more concerned about the marriage of Merton and Princess Changle, once Merton and Princess Changle get married, it will be a major event that will cause a sensation in Chang'an City.
One is the most famous talent in Chang'an City, the Mo family who is in charge of the Mo family, and the other is the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, the first daughter of Li Shimin and the eldest grandson queen, and the marriage of the two will definitely cause a sensation in Chang'an City.
However, the key to Merton's marriage is the magic mirror in this fairy tale, and Mo Jiazi promised to take the magic mirror to the palace in five days to propose marriage, and today is the fifth day.
"Mother, I still want to hear Snow White again!" In the Lizheng Palace, Princess Jinyang held a bronze mirror in her hand and said coquettishly.
Empress Changsun had no choice but to hug Princess Jinyang over and tell it again, he had told this story more than 100 times in five days, but Princess Jinyang never got tired of hearing it.
"Queen Mother, who do you say is the most beautiful woman in the world?" Princess Jinyang asked innocently.
"Of course it's our lovely son!" Empress Eldest Sun gently hugged Princess Jinyang and said.
Princess Jinyang looked at her figure in the bronze mirror, and couldn't help but say shyly: "My son is very ugly, but my sister is beautiful." ”
Empress Eldest Sun smiled gently: "That's because Changle is still young, and when he grows up, he will be as beautiful as his sister." ”
Princess Jinyang nodded vigorously, and Empress Eldest Sun handed Princess Jinyang to Gong'e on the side, turned around and asked, "Where is Merton?" ”
"Back to the queen's mother, someone has come to Mofu to spread the word, I believe it will be there soon." A palace lady bowed and said.
"I've sent someone to spread the word, it could be that Merton has already made the magic mirror!" Next to the eldest grandson, a group of concubines were in an uproar.
Changle is the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, Merton came to ask for marriage, and all the concubines have naturally come, and everyone naturally knows that Merton's dowry is a magic mirror that claims to be able to measure who is the first beauty in the world, and how can they sit still.
"Is there any magic mirror in this world? It's just a fairy tale for children! Wei Guifei pouted. As Zheng Chonghua said, Merton did not use gold and silver, but used rare things as a dowry, coupled with Snow White's fairy tale, this dowry added a bit of legend, which made Wei Guifei even more unhappy.
Zheng Chonghua covered his mouth and smiled: "Since the Mo family was born, there have been a lot of strange things for the Tang Dynasty, and there will not be many more magic mirrors!" ”
She directly guessed Merton's next move, which made her face rise in the harem, and she couldn't help but say proudly.
Among the concubines, there were also two factions, some did not believe that any mirror would be so magical, and many people thought that since Merton dared to come, he must be a little sure, coupled with Merton's previous miracles, which made the concubines look forward to it a little more.
The concubines talked a lot, and it didn't take long to hear Gong E hurriedly enter the Lizheng Hall and come to report: "Queen Qi, Mrs. Qin and Mohou ask to see you." ”
"It's coming!"
The concubines couldn't help but be stunned, and immediately ended their discussions, and looked at the door of the Lizheng Hall expectantly, whether the magic mirror was real or false, and it would soon be clear.
"The concubine body is seen by the queen mother, and the concubines are seen!"
Soon, Mrs. Qin, dressed in full costume, appeared in everyone's sight, and when she saw the eldest grandson queen, Mrs. Qin said respectfully with a happy face.
She is the matchmaker invited by Merton, and today's matter naturally requires her to come forward, after all, in this era, matchmakers are indispensable, and Changle is eldest princess naturally pays more attention to these etiquette.
On the first day of the new year, she just deliberately mentioned Merton, but she didn't expect Merton to be so fast, and in less than half a month, a good thing was about to happen.
"Mrs. Qin is exempt." Empress Eldest Sun stepped forward and said.
Mrs. Qin is not only the wife of the Duke of Yiguo, she has a noble status, but also the matchmaker of Changle, no matter what level of relationship, how can Empress Changsun be lazy.
"The concubine came here today, but for the good things of the two children of Morton and Changle, who would have thought that the children would be so old in the blink of an eye." Mrs. Qin sighed.
"Yes!" Empress Eldest Sun said with a feeling in her heart.
Any mother is probably reluctant to see her daughter get married, but the man should marry the woman when she marries, Princess Changle is already sixteen years old, if it was before, I am afraid she would have been married for two or three years.
"Although Your Majesty has promised to get married, how can the marriage be a child's play, and as a concubine, it should be customary to take the six rites as a custom, and not to be negligent." Mrs. Qin said solemnly.
Empress Eldest Sun nodded solemnly and said, "It should be so." ”
After all, Changle is the eldest princess, and the etiquette must not be missing, and Mrs. Qin can be so solemn and in line with the heart of the eldest grandson.
So Mrs. Qin and Empress Changsun were in public and completed the three items of Nacai, Wenming, and Najib as quickly as possible.
"Congratulations to Niangniang, the two of them fit together, it's a good match!" Mrs. Qin congratulated.
"Congratulations to the Queen!" The concubines congratulated in unison.
Everyone knows that this is just a formality, and the situation of Merton and Princess Changle is quite special, I am afraid that they are the first team of free lovers in Datang, even if they don't match, they can't stop this marriage.
However, the concubines didn't pay attention to these, and they all knew that the real highlight was coming, Na Zheng.
You must know that the dowry promised by Merton is a thousand times for the hire, and ten thousand dollars for the gift, they want to see what kind of mirror can be worth so much wealth.
"Mohou, please!"
With a notification, Merton, who was dressed in brocade clothes, took the lead in entering the Lizheng Palace, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the concubines also had to praise Merton for being a rare son in Chang'an City, although Princess Changle had a noble status, but Merton was definitely one of the few young talents who could match him.
"Wechen Murton, see the queen's mother, see all the noble concubines!" Merton bowed.
"Excuse me!" Empress Eldest Sun waved her hand.
"Thank you to the queen mother, thanks to the queen mother's love, the Changle Xu to Weichen, today Weichen specially prepared a dowry, and I want the queen to allow." Merton waved his hand as he spoke, and suddenly several guards cautiously lifted a few objects covered with red silk, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Could this be the Magic Mirror?" The women were stunned in their hearts and couldn't help but speculate.
Women love beauty, especially in the harem, beauty is the best weapon to compete for favor, what woman doesn't want to know who the most beautiful woman in the world is?
Wei Guifei couldn't help but snort coldly in her heart, she didn't believe that there would really be a magic mirror in the world that could not lie and talk, she wanted to see how the Mo family came to the round, Mrs. Qin on the side couldn't help but show a look of expectation, Merton asked her to be a matchmaker, naturally let her witness the dowry first, but she knew how magical these mirrors were.
Murton looked around, and suddenly saw Zheng Chonghua among the concubines, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then covered up and said: "Weichen's dowry today has a total of three mirrors, and the queen is also invited to be poor, the first is a makeup mirror, which can be stored in a box, easy to carry, to check the appearance." ”
"Make-up mirror!" The concubines moved for a while, among the concubines in the harem, how could there be no powder, dressing up is probably a necessary skill for every woman, one is not to lose etiquette, and the other is to compete for favor, the usual makeup is naturally cautious, and the concubines usually carry a small bronze mirror with them in order to tidy up their appearance.
As he spoke, Morton lifted the first red silk, revealing a palm-sized round object, and bowed down to hand it to the eldest grandson.
Empress Changsun couldn't help but be stunned, and found that the thing in her hand was folded, and couldn't help but reach out to open it, and suddenly a bright light flashed, and Empress Changsun couldn't help but have a trace of surprise on her face when she saw her face in the palm-sized round mirror in her hand.
"This is the magic mirror you are talking about?"
Empress Eldest Sun said with a shocked face, and couldn't help but look back and forth at the thin lenses, and then look at herself in the mirror.
The other concubines couldn't help but be curious when they saw the eldest grandson empress's gaffe, but the makeup mirror was only the size of a palm, and the area that could be seen was very small, and they could only see some bright light, and they couldn't help but look down on others, and they couldn't help but feel itchy.
After a long time, Empress Eldest Sun closed the makeup mirror in her hand and couldn't help but exclaim: "The Mo family's stunt is really amazing. ”
Wei Guifei couldn't help but be shocked when she heard Empress Changsun say this, Empress Changsun said this, obviously she was impressed by the makeup mirror in her hand, and the concubines couldn't help but glance at each other, and couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, is there really a magic mirror in this world?
"Thank you for the compliment!"
At this time, Merton naturally would not be modest, and came directly to the second red silk and said.
"This mirror is the vanity mirror prepared by Weichen for Changle!"
After Merton finished speaking, the red silk fell, revealing a two-foot square dressing mirror, this mirror was much larger than the dressing mirror, and as far as the eye could see, many concubines couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the scene in the mirror.
"The man in this mirror ......!" Concubine Yang, who was closest to her, looked at herself in the mirror in disbelief, she reached out and touched her face but found that the person in the mirror acted exactly the same as her, so she believed that the person in the mirror was himself.
For the first time in her life, she saw her appearance so clearly, there are no items such as photos in this era, people can see the appearance of others, but their appearance is extremely vague, even if Concubine Yang is favored by the two dynasties, I am afraid it is the first time to see her own appearance.
The other concubines also found themselves in the mirror, and they couldn't help but come to the dressing mirror one by one, looking at their faces, even Concubine Wei, who was extremely prejudiced against Merton, looked at the makeup mirror in front of them one by one.
Wei Guifei noticed her gaffe, she couldn't help but sit upright, and her eyes rolled and said: "Mo Hou, what you promised at the beginning was a magic mirror that can't lie and can speak, although this thing is wonderful, it's just a cold mirror." ”
Zheng Chonghua on the side sneered, grabbed the handle and said: "Sister Wei, this is the picture, Snow White is just a fairy tale for children, my sister really believes it, and besides, I can't lie when I wait for the makeup mirror in front of me, I can know if I am beautiful or ugly, where can I lie, isn't this exactly the same as the magic mirror in the fairy tale?" And any woman looks at herself in the mirror, is it the most beautiful woman in the world has not been counted in her heart, anyway, the little sister is not as good as the sisters. ”
Zheng Chonghua's means are extremely high, and he quietly praises the concubines.
"We are all old, and my sister is in her prime." Concubine Yang sighed that she had seen her crow's feet in the mirror just now.
"My sister is not less than she was back then, where is she old!" Zheng Chonghua praised.
The concubines used rare things to maintain their appearance, coupled with their natural beauty, they did not lose much compared with the young Zheng Chonghua.
"Sycophants!" Wei Guifei looked at Zheng Chonghua, who was like a fish in water, and couldn't help but snort coldly in her heart, but today was a good day for Changle, and it was inconvenient for her to turn her face with Zheng Chonghua, but to focus on the last tall object.
"The last one is the full-length mirror." Merton didn't sell it, but directly pulled down the red silk, revealing a dressing mirror more than one person tall inside, which was enough to illuminate a person's whole body.
"Dressing is extremely important, with a dressing mirror, you can see your dressing and choose the most suitable clothes for yourself."
There is no need for Merton to explain, the concubines only have a glint in their eyes, and they naturally know the importance of the dressing mirror.
Makeup mirror, dressing mirror, dressing mirror, each of the three mirrors can be said to be firmly attached to a woman's mind, I am afraid that no woman in the world can refuse such a temptation.
Zheng Chonghua on the side couldn't help but feel dark in his heart, and couldn't help but be jealous of Princess Changle, she was married to the most powerful in the world, and she had huge power but needed to compete with a group of concubines, but Princess Changle had the heart of Mo Dun alone, and enjoyed the only treasures in the world, how could she be willing.
Zheng Chonghua's eyes rolled and said: "What Mohou promised at the beginning was to hire a thousand times and ten thousand gold as a gift, this is just three mirrors, although it is quite wonderful, I am afraid it is not worth so much!" ”
Many concubines nodded thoughtfully, this dowry is amazing, the value alone is probably not big, Merton's move is inevitably suspected of cheating, Mrs. Qin on the side couldn't help but show an anxious look, and looked at Merton nervously.
Morton showed a trace of confidence, reached out and took out a secret letter from his arms, bowed and said: "The three mirrors are naturally not a dowry below, but a real dowry but the secret recipe of the magic mirror!" ”
"Secret recipe!"
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, everyone understood that once such three mirrors appeared on the market, they would definitely cause countless women to rush to buy them, what a lot of wealth it would be, even if the concubines were in the deep palace for a long time, they couldn't help but be shocked if they didn't eat the fireworks in the world, but Merton did not hesitate to give it in order to marry Princess Changle.
Even Empress Changsun couldn't help but sigh in her heart, Merton's dowry was not only ten times the dowry promised before, as long as anyone had this secret recipe, he was afraid that he would immediately become rich overnight.
"This dowry is enough!" For this dowry, Empress Changsun is extremely satisfied, firstly, to avoid too much gold and silver dowry to make Princess Changle have a bad reputation, and although this ink skill is of amazing value, but for Merton, it is within her ability, which can be said to be more appropriate.
"Thank you, Queen." Merton suddenly appeared a hint of joy, and the eldest grandson queen accepted the dowry, which means that she agreed to this family business.
"Silly boy, don't change your mind yet!" Mrs. Qin on the side said.
Merton suddenly realized: "Thank you for the queen mother's fulfillment." ”
"Congratulations to the queen on her beautiful son-in-law!" The concubines also congratulated.
The eldest grandson queen was overjoyed, and the mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, and the more she looked at Merton, the more pleasing it was to the eye, and her attitude couldn't help but be a little kinder.
"Now that the family affair has been completed, why don't you take this opportunity to set a wedding date today?" Mrs. Qin hit the railway while it was hot.
Empress Eldest Sun nodded and said, "Then it's good to take one month." ”
Mrs. Qin had already prepared, took out a yellow calendar and flipped through it to February, read it carefully, and said: "February 16 is an auspicious day for the zodiac, and it is advisable to get married, but it is better to set it today." ”
"Yes!" Empress Eldest Sun said with satisfaction.
At this point, the wedding date of Merton and Princess Changle has been set,
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