Chapter 18 Yang Zhuang is unwilling to be the crown princess
Yang Zhuangruo sent someone to invite his father home to discuss her life's affairs, but Yang Sizhen was not in the army and was invited to the palace by Li Zhi. Yang Sizhen went home after dark, bringing a news that should have made the Yang family happy, but now they are not happy, the emperor intends to choose Yang Zhuang Ruo as the crown princess, and tomorrow let Yang Sizhen take Yang Zhuang Ruo into the palace to meet the prince, if nothing else, the prince will listen to the emperor's arrangement, and is willing to marry Yang Zhuang Ruo as the crown princess.
Yang Zhuang Ruo and Mrs. Yang were shocked by Xu Qing's prophecy, the news brought back by Yang Sizhen proved that Xu Qing's prophecy was accurate, he did not come to cheat marriage, then Xu Qing predicted that if Yang Zhuang was engaged to the prince, he would be defiled by the wicked, and if Yang Zhuang committed suicide because he couldn't stand the insult, it would also be true, Mrs. Yang loved her daughter and wanted to prevent this tragedy from happening, and told Yang Sizhen Xu Qing's prophecy.
Yang Sizhen was unwilling to lose the glory and wealth that was about to be obtained in this way, and he did not want to go against the emperor's will, so he planned to protect his daughter strictly, in order to avoid the bad luck brought to her by the wicked. The news brought back by Yang's father made Yang Zhuangruo believe in Xu Qing even more and did not agree to be engaged to the prince.
Yang Sizhen put on the majesty of a parent and said, "Where is this up to you!" The emperor chose you to be the crown princess, if you resist, not only will you not survive, but our whole family will not survive! Do you want to kill your father and brother? ”
Yang Zhuangruo said: "But you can't push your daughter into the fire pit!" ”
Yang Sijian said: "This is not a fire pit, this is a good thing that many people dare not think of." ”
Yang Zhuangruo said: "It's the fire pit, Brother Xu is an astrology master, he can predict the future, he said that if I am engaged to the prince, I will be insulted by the wicked, do you want my daughter to be humiliated and die?" ”
Yang Sizhen said: "I will strengthen the protection of you, just take strict precautions, there is nothing to worry about." ”
Yang Zhuangruo said: "But you don't even know who the wicked person is, how can you prevent it?" ”
Yang Sizhen was speechless, but Yang Zhuangruo's eleven-year-old brother Yang Yaozu said a fair word, "Don't quarrel, I have a good way to keep my sister safe, and the emperor can't blame our family." ”
Mother Yang said: "What a way, you kid, say it quickly, my mother is in a hurry." ”
Yang Yaozu said unhurriedly: "When the emperor drafted a show girl, if the girl from a family was beautiful, but she had already made a promise, wouldn't she be selected as a show girl?" ”
Yang Zhuangruo said: "Father, mother, you hurry up and marry me to Brother Xu, so that I can be saved, and our family can be safe." ”
Yang Sizhen said: "But I have already told the emperor that you have not allowed anyone yet." ”
Yang Zhuangruo said: "You can go back to the emperor and say, just this afternoon, I have made a private engagement with Brother Xu for life." ”
Yang Sizhen said: "Without the order of your parents, the words of the matchmaker, your private contract for life is not counted." ”
Yang Zhuangruo said: "Then if Ruo'er and Brother Xu are already married to each other, the prince will never want me, right?" ”
Yang Sijian said: "Ruo'er, do you know what the crime of deceiving the king is, it is a big crime of killing the head." ”
Yang Zhuang saw that his father was greedy for glory and wealth, and said to Xu Qing: "Brother Xu, you take me away, we will be husband and wife tonight, so that I don't have to be the crown princess." ”
Xu Qing stood up from the chair, took Yang Zhuangruo's hand, and said, "Zhuang Ruo, let's go." ”
Yang Sijian also stood up and stopped: "Don't go!" ”
Xu Qing said: "You, a little general, dare to stop the horses of the Tang Dynasty and the future horses?" Don't forget that you're not a national ruler yet, and no one has to back you up. Your daughter is not the crown princess, you are just a general, an ordinary general among the hundreds of generals in the Tang Dynasty, blocking the horses of the Tang Dynasty, I will detain you for the crime of contempt for the royal family, can you bear it? Besides, I brought more than 100 men, can you stop me? ”
Yang Sizhen was helpless against Xu Qing, so he had to let Xu Qing take Yang Zhuangruo away. Early the next morning, Yang Sijian went to the palace to ask Li Zhi for guilt, saying that his daughter already had a sweetheart and had eloped with her sweetheart last night.
Li Zhi asked who abducted Yang Sijian's daughter.
Yang Sijian said that he was the son-in-law of King Yan, and Xu Qing, the head of the Longmen Dart Bureau.
Li Zhi said, "Why is it that he has just abducted my two daughters, and I have taken it for the sake of the fact that he saved my daughter, and also for the sake of the three nieces he married. This kid is too careful, I must teach him a good lesson, so that my two daughters and three nieces will not suffer."
And said that Xu Qing brought Yang Zhuangruo back to the Chang'an Branch of the Longmen Dart Bureau, and that night Xu Qing made Yang Zhuangruo change from a girl to a young woman, and Yang Zhuangruo's heart fell to the ground, and he was grateful to Xu Qing, and only repaid Xu Qing with more tenderness, sweetness and affection.
Sleeping until midnight Xu Qing was woken up, it turned out that Wu Zetian waited for a day and Li Zhi didn't trouble her, so he started to deal with Xu Qing again, and ordered Wu Chenghe, Wu Sansi, and Yan Shuang, who were originally responsible for arresting people in the Demon Gate, to lead the original army to attack Xu Qing's Longmen Dart Bureau in civilian clothes in the middle of the night. As long as his identity is not revealed, Wu Zetian can tell King Yan that it was not her cronies who did it, so that King Yan suspects that Li Zhi wants to eliminate his right-hand man, which leads to the brothers fighting each other, and it is Wu Zetian and her family power who benefit from this.
The Chang'an Branch of the Longmen Dart Bureau only has nearly 600 people in the new army and more than 400 people in the old dart division who fought with cold weapons, fighting against the 8,000 elite Tang Army, and it is impossible to win with cold weapons alone, even if it wins by relying on the advantages of the terrain, it will pay a heavy price, and there is no way Xu Qing has no choice but to order the shooting, and he can't take care of exposing the secret of powerful hot weapons.
How can cold weapons fight overheated weapons, not to mention that the Chang'an Branch of the Longmen Dart Bureau has long been prepared for battle, and has built scaffolding against the wall on the inside of the tall courtyard wall, and then built platforms and lookouts, and the new army shot condescendingly. Xu Qing's men suffered almost no casualties, while Wu Zetian's cronies' army suffered heavy casualties, and finally retreated due to heavy casualties, taking the corpses with them.
Soon after Yang Sizhen left, Li Zhi received the news of Xu Qing's attack, worried about the safety of his two daughters, and sent a eunuch to summon Xu Qing. Last night's battle made Xu Qing realize that he was in danger, but last night's battle also made Xu Qing see the power of the new army. Li Zhi of the palace can't be the master, and Li Zhi of the army can't be the master, Xu Qing is worried that this eunuch is Wu Zetian's person, and falsely spread Li Zhi's message to trick himself into the palace, and then set up an ambush to capture and kill, and Xu Qing has no ability to distinguish the true from the fake, so he asked Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang to come out to meet with this eunuch. The two princesses lived by Li Zhi's side for two years, and naturally knew Li Zhi's henchmen and eunuchs.
Although this eunuch was Li Zhi's person, Xu Qing was still worried, worried that Wu Zetian would openly work against Li Zhi and murder himself in the palace, and bluntly expressed his worries to the eunuch, and asked him to tell the emperor that he would go to face the saint again in a while, and then take the two princesses with him.
Xu Qing's worries are justified, in the Taizong Dynasty, when Li Zhi was not the crown prince, his brother Li Chengqian, when he was the crown prince, set up an ambush in the palace and beat the minister he hated on the way to the early dynasty. On the other hand, for the sake of the daughter and niece, Li Zhi forgave Xu Qing for not entering the palace according to the order, and did not condemn Xu Qing.