Chapter 243: Misfortune Leads to the East
"The words of the teacher should not be fulfilled, even if there are no signs at the moment, but the subordinate brother still believes in the hexagram taken by the teacher. At the behest request of the Duke of the Kingdom, the younger brother did not dare to be careless. Wang Haoran continued to drag time on the spot.
"What you're saying isn't a big deal, that's it! When you go back, tell Ruyi first, and the widow will choose a day to summon her into the palace. "I have dealt with Wang Haoran a lot, Li Shimin knows Wang Haoran's tricks well, and Wang Haoran has made excuses to refuse three times and twice, which is too faceless, Li Shimin was a little unhappy, so he simply decided this matter on his own, so that Wang Haoran had nothing to do.
Li Shimin pressed forward step by step, so that Wang Haoran did not have enough time to consider the strategy of leading the water to the east, but the matter had come to this point, Wang Haoran had to start using the strategy of the disaster to the east, hoping to improve the strategy while using the strategy, so he said: "Brother Huang, please forgive my brother for speaking bluntly, I don't know that the imperial brother has a concubine now?" ”
"Thirty or forty." Speaking of this, Li Shimin is willing to have a good chat with Wang Haoran, because he thinks that as an emperor, there are only a few dozen concubines, which can be regarded as a model, so why not add another wishful? "Look at the emperors of the past dynasties, there are three thousand beauties in the harem, although it is exaggerated, there are still hundreds, and the widowed concubines are few!"
"Then I wonder how many of the thirty or forty concubines the imperial brother still remembers their names?" Wang Haoran asked, if he wanted to prevent Wu Ruyi from entering the palace, it was inevitable to offend Li Shimin.
Li Shimin thought about it, a little embarrassed, it seems that there are only a dozen or so people who can remember their names, basically they are all concubines who have been favored in recent years, because there are few concubines who are generally favored, and even only one person is favored in a year, not to mention those older concubines, there are those who have not seen in more than ten years. People like to avoid their shortcomings in front of others, and Li Shimin is the same, he is a little dissatisfied: "Widows have all kinds of opportunities, how can they have time to remember those trivial things?" ”
"For the imperial brother, it is just whether he remembers the name, but for those concubines who have been forgotten by the imperial brother, it is like a collapse. They can only live alone in the harem for a lifetime, who wants to be a parrot in a jade cage? Wang Haoran originally wanted to talk about canaries, but at this time, the dignitaries and nobles liked to raise parrots, so it was more appropriate to change to parrots.
"Other concubines don't worry about you, the widow just said that if Ruyi enters the palace, he can enter and leave the palace at any time, and he can't be a parrot!" Li Shimin's tone cooled.
"If Ruyi enters the palace as a concubine, then fate is closely related to the fate of other concubines. Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the nunnery has been built again and again, and it is full of beautiful women who have been honored for a while, and they can only wait for death after entering the nunnery. Wang Haoran knocked on the side, and didn't dare to say bluntly that Li Shimin was old, and as soon as he died, those concubines had to be nuns, and even accompany the funeral.
"Presumptuous!" Li Shimin reprimanded angrily.
Wang Haoran did not retreat, and continued to speak: "Brother Huang, since ancient times, it has been common for men to have three wives and four concubines. Just as the imperial brother lamented that the emperor could not enjoy the joy of his children and grandchildren around his knees like ordinary people, now that the imperial brother has got what he wants, why is he unwilling to have three wives and four concubines like ordinary people, instead of accepting dozens of concubines? The royal brother has always loved the people like a son, and it is not easy to think of the people, and those harem beauties are also the people of the Tang Dynasty, how can the imperial brother make many concubines live alone in the harem for his own selfishness? ”
"Presumptuous!" Li Shimin patted the case and said angrily: "The widow thinks that you have a lot of merits for the Tang Dynasty, and it is very kind to you, but don't forget, your current status is all given to you by the widow, don't think that you can do nothing with these merits, the widow can give it to you, and you can get it back!" ”
Wang Haoran bowed his head and was silent, he knew that Li Shimin had a temper and became impatient, and any thoughts of revenge would come out, if he talked back now, he was afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat. It's good that when he calms down, he will think about it on a case-by-case basis. Wang Haoran didn't know if Li Shimin could figure this out, as long as Li Shimin didn't mention the matter of letting Wu Ruyi enter the palace.
If it were an ordinary person, it would be possible for Li Shimin to directly put people in prison, but Wang Haoran is not an ordinary person, not to mention his previous achievements, in the future development of the Tang Dynasty, without Wang Haoran, it will be difficult to have the same rapid development speed as before. Li Shimin also knows his temper very well, he often admonishes himself whether he likes to make promises or is angry and does not speak falsely, not to mention that it is Wang Haoran who is fighting against him in front of him, the little young master of the people of the Tang Dynasty! Therefore, even though Li Shimin was angry and his face was extremely ugly, he didn't say anything angry, got up and waved away with a snort.
Wang Haoran breathed a sigh of relief, and when he returned home, he thought about marrying Wu Ruyi as soon as possible. He hadn't worried about this matter before, and many people had come to his door in various ways a few years ago, some came to him directly to discuss, some entrusted matchmakers, and some asked the Wu family to discuss with him after discussing with the Wu family...... Wang Haoran is not too picky, and those who dare to come to propose marriage are all big families. However, Wu Ruyi's eyes are above the top, and her family background, talent, appearance, character, etc. must all be excellent, and Wang Haoran also followed her, and the result is that Wu Ruyi has not been able to find Ruyi Langjun until now.
Wang Haoran was still worried that when Li Shimin mentioned the matter of Nawu Ruyi as a concubine again, the Wu family jumped out first and scolded, the Wu family is declining day by day, if you can have some relationship with the royal family, you will definitely be able to turn things around, the blame is that Wu Shiyi handed over the right to marry Wu Ruyi to Wang Haoran when he was dying, and Wang Haoran rejected Li Shimin's wish to take Wu Ruyi as a concubine in front of Li Shimin. So the Wu family asked Wang Haoran in the air, Wu Ruyi is now in her early twenties, she is an old girl, and Wang Haoran still doesn't let her get married, do you want to risk the world's disapproval to keep it as a partial house?
Wang Haoran didn't want to pay attention to it, the Qing is self-purifying, not to mention that his aesthetics are different from those of the Tang Dynasty, although Wu Ruyi is beautiful, when Wang Haoran thinks that she is compared with Xie Qingyou, Xie Qingyou's slender figure is more in line with his taste. However, Wang Haoran felt that the martial arts family could jump out and scold, not to mention whether Li Shimin had instructed him, but he could also make an example of him, so that Li Shimin could know his determination.
So, after Wang Haoran had a conversation with Wu Ruyi that day, he led a team of people to the Wu family to ask for the guilt, with a posture that he would start if he didn't agree.
Although the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, in the face of the anger of the protector, the Wu family is still a little unable to resist, so the Wu family hurriedly sent someone to Li Shimin for help when they sent their family to confront Wang Haoran.