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This dinner was really arranged to make Zuo Shaoyang depressed, fortunately, there were a lot of people who came this time, and Bai Zhihan was not allowed to cook, and the two chefs invited by the family did the banquet, but before the chef went to the kitchen, he had to go through a detailed search of the queen and the prince's personal attendants, and the entire kitchen was also searched over and over again, and all the meals were inspected, and the whole process of cooking and cooking was monitored by several internal officials. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When the meals are ready, they are all in duplicate, and there are special people who taste the other first, and after making sure that there is no problem and no poisoning, they are served by the inner attendant himself.

This time the meal was also very awkward, although it was a family banquet for the Zuo family's hospitality, but the Zuo family was a minister, and they still couldn't eat with the royal family. So it's still prioritized. The queen sat at a few large tables alone, because there were so many people, they couldn't sit at one table. And the Zuo family just set up one at the door.

When eating, you can't let go of eating, so as not to lose your dignity. These rules were told to the Zuo family in advance by the accompanying officials of the Ministry of Rites.

Zuo Gui's father already knew that Zuo Shaoyang had agreed to marry the princess (but he didn't know that the princess had reached an agreement with Zuo Shaoyang in private to be a superficial couple). After Zuo Gui learned the news, his illness quickly recovered, and he bathed and changed clothes to attend the banquet. Strictly follow the rules of the Ministry of Etiquette.

Only Zuo Shaoyang still went his own way, eating how he wanted, and he didn't care that his wife Qiao Qiaoer gave him a look, and his father glared at him. None of it. Even like the usual guests at home, he took a wine glass to the tables of the emperor's relatives and relatives to toast the mothers, princes and concubines, princes, and princesses.

These people were all stunned, but when they saw Empress Changsun smiling and drinking, they had no choice but to drink the wine with a dry smile.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were anxious in a cold sweat, but there was nothing they could do, and they watched Zuo Shaoyang salute a circle of mothers, princes and princesses, and returned to the table drunk.

Finally, the banquet was over, and it was already dark. The crowd moved to the lobby to drink tea and talk.

After taking a seat, Empress Eldest Sun said to Zuo Gui: "In-laws, when you return to the capital, you will handle the marriage between Doctor Zuo and Princess Changle, right?" ”

Zuo Gui hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Yes, I will obey Niangniang's will." ”

Zuo Shaoyang and Princess Changle were expressionless, looking down at the ground.

The eldest grandson queen said again: "I heard that the eldest granddaughter of the in-laws has not yet married, I don't know if it is?" ”

"Yes."

"How old is Fang Ling?"

"Nineteen."

"Oh." Empress Eldest Sun looked at Zuo Shaoyang's eldest daughter, Zuo Wenzhi.

Zuo Wenzhi lowered her head and didn't dare to look, she didn't know what the queen mother said about herself? Do you have to get married? A heart can't help but thump.

The queen looked at Zuo Wenzhi carefully and said with a smile: "She looks very handsome, why don't you marry your eldest daughter like Zuo Qing?" ”

"I also asked the media to say a few, but I couldn't help but do it high, so I delayed."

"That's just right!" Empress Eldest Sun said: "The crown princess is frail and sickly, and the saint has the heart to find a concubine for the prince, and the palace looks at the eldest granddaughter to look dignified, virtuous and virtuous, and she is a good couple, and she intends to let the prince marry as a concubine, I don't know what Zuo Qing wants?" ”

Zuo Wenzhi was so ashamed that his pretty face turned into a big red cloth, and he buried his head and didn't dare to look at people. The prince looked at her with a smile.

Zuo Gui and his wife were surprised and delighted, and hurriedly bowed down together and said: "Thank you for your grace, this ......, this is no better!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang complained bitterly in his heart, he had read a lot of novels about the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, and knew that this prince Li Chengqian was really not a good bird, not only did Yang Fengyin violate the face and the back of the other, but also a love with the same surname, if he wanted to marry his daughter to a love with the same surname, wouldn't that make his daughter widowed?

Besides, according to the historical trajectory, the prince will rebel and then depose the crown prince. Now I don't know if the history that has been messed up by myself will develop like this.

Judging from the previous situation, he cured Li Yuan's illness, although Li Yuan killed the prince Li Tai and made a mess, but he still died, and he wanted to destroy Tubo in the Western Regions to unify the Western Regions, but Tubo still unified the Western Regions. Judging from these two events, although I may change the fate of those characters who have no fundamental impact on the trajectory of history, and rewrite the ending of irrelevant events, I still can't change what is related to the entire historical process.

If so, that is to say, I don't know whether the crown prince Li Chengqian rebelled, but he should not be able to be the emperor, and the emperor is still Li Zhi in the end!

Li Zhi!

Zuo Shaoyang's eyes looked at Li Zhi, who was sitting in the back row with his head down. He was the ninth son of Emperor Li Shimin, but he was the own son of Empress Changsun. Empress Changsun's three sons, the second son Li Tai was stabbed to death by Li Yuan, leaving only the crown prince Li Chengqian and the youngest son Li Zhi.

Zuo Shaoyang didn't have time to think about it, and said that he was worried that it would be difficult to change his words if the matter was finalized, so he hurriedly got up and said, "Wait!" I have something to say about this! ”

Zuo Gui hurriedly turned around and glared at Zuo Shaoyang, for fear that he would refuse to marry again.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "The crown princess is the future queen mother, our Zuo family can't squeeze others down to take advantage of this by themselves, if this is said, our Zuo family will be ridiculed, especially when the emperor is sick and needs me to be treated, what I know is that the emperor and Niangniang decided to marry my Zuo family daughter to replace the crown princess, I don't know, I will say that my Zuo family took advantage of the opportunity of the emperor's treatment to usurp the throne of the crown princess." That's a good thing to say. Our Zuo family can't afford this crime! ”

The words made Zuo Gui's father stunned, thinking that this was indeed the case. I couldn't help but look at the eldest grandson queen again.

The queen smiled slightly, and was about to speak, but Zuo Shaoyang preemptively said: "If Niangniang really favors my Zuo family daughter, I hope to marry the little girl to the Nine Emperors as a concubine." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes in the audience fell on Li Zhi, the Nine Emperor Princes.

Li Zhi was peeking at the front row of concubines, Zuo Shaoyang followed Li Zhi's gaze, and saw that a woman in the front row of concubines also looked at Li Zhi with a side face. The two eyes touched, shy, and turned their heads away, but looked at him out of the corner of their eyes.

The woman was born bright and charming, with a plump body, the Tang Dynasty regarded fat as beauty, and it had become a social trend in the late Zhenguan period, so Li Shimin's concubines were almost all plump and fat, compared with these concubines, Li Zhi's concubine can only be regarded as middle-to-bottom, and she is still relatively slender.

Seeing Li Zhi and the fat girl's affectionate eyes with each other, Zuo Shaoyang's heart suddenly moved, could she be the empress Wu Zetian?!

Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in history, writes her novels and shoots her TV series. Zuo Shaoyang can't help it if he doesn't know it. This empress began to enter people's sights, just before the death of Li Shimin in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan!

Wu Zetian is Li Shimin's talent, and when Li Zhi was serving the seriously ill emperor Li Shimin, he met Wu Zetian's eyes, and his eyebrows were secretly in love. Later, Li Shimin died, Li Zhi became the emperor, and he married the father's woman as his concubine, and the Tang Dynasty was relatively enlightened in the entire feudal dynasty, so it didn't seem to care particularly about this kind of generational confusion.

Of course, as we all know, later Wu Ze killed Li Zhi's original empress by means and became the empress himself, and later, using a series of cruel methods, he finally became the emperor and became the only female emperor in China.

Zuo Shaoyang saw that it was probably Wu Zetian's fat girl, and his eyes showed sadness. If she was Wu Zetian, she would not have thought that she would ascend the throne and become the emperor in the future, so she could only grieve that her lover wanted to marry another woman, but she was helpless.

However, the sleeping lion will eventually wake up, and that is when it will bite. Zuo Shaoyang originally wanted his daughter to become Li Zhi's wife, but what her daughter had to face would be Wu Zetian, the heroine of the world, Wu Zetian was scheming and ruthless, and her daughter was definitely not an opponent and would die a miserable death.

However, what if the words have already been spoken?

Before Zuo Shaoyang could think about it, Zuo Gui's father had already nodded again and again: "That's very good!" ”

The ultimate purpose of Empress Changsun's move is, of course, to curry favor with Zuo Shaoyang, so that Zuo Shaoyang can cure Emperor Li Shimin's terminal illness and pass on the longevity technique to the emperor, rather than having Zuo Shaoyang's eldest daughter be the crown princess. Now that Zuo Shaoyang proposed to marry his eldest daughter to his youngest son Li Zhi as his wife, and Zuo Gui agreed, this is worry-free, after all, it is far more difficult to replace the crown princess than to replace the concubine of an ordinary prince, and if it is not done well, it will cause opposition from the ministers. Since the other party took the initiative to put it forward, he happened to hit the snake and hit the pole, and smiled at the moment: "Okay, Zhi'er, what do you think?" ”

Li Zhi was obviously in a trance, since he met Wu Meiniang's eyes, his heart was firmly tied to her, and it didn't matter who his princess was. So Li Zhi got up and saluted: "The child must follow the decision of the queen mother. ”

Empress Eldest Sun nodded slowly: "In that case, let the daughter of the Zuo family be your princess." ”

Zuo Gui and Liang smiled, the eldest daughter Zuo Wenzhi was born to Miao Peilan, and she was also overjoyed to hear that her daughter was going to be a princess. Zuo Wenzhi's surname is a bit like her mother, very shy, she peeked at Li Zhi, saw that he was dignified, and secretly liked it in her heart, so she lowered her head shyly.

Zuo Shaoyang was in turmoil at the moment, he had already determined from Li Zhi's gaze that it was Li Shimin's talented Wu Meiniang, that is, the future empress Wu Zetian!

After knowing this, Zuo Shaoyang wanted to change his mind and let his daughter not be Li Zhi's princess and change to a side concubine, but even if she was a side concubine, she was afraid that she would not be able to escape Wu Meiniang's poisonous hands!

After Li Zhi ascended the throne, when competing for the queen's throne, Li Zhi's queen Wang and his favorite concubine Xiao cut off their hands and feet and put them in the wine jar, which is called "bone drunk"! After he became the queen, he still killed the two. Therefore, whether her daughter is Li Zhi's princess or side concubine, she can't escape Wu Meiniang!

I want to change my mind and repent of my marriage, but the words have already been spoken, what should I do if the so-called water is difficult to recover?

Zuo Shaoyang has been in the Western Regions for fifteen years, leading the army and people of Mandala to fight against the 200,000 Tubo army, and has honed the will to make a decision on the spot. For the sake of his daughter and the future safety of his family. With his own pre-insight into history, he doesn't believe in fighting, but Wu Meiniang, who has just debuted and has not yet gained power!

Thinking of this, Zuo Shaoyang slowly sat down and stared at Wu Meiniang carefully. I saw her look sad, and I really felt pity for her like that. Who would have thought that such a weak woman could kill her daughter and son for the sake of power? Can you use such cruel means to deal with the queens, concubines and ministers who hinder you?

Empress Changsun said: "This matter has been negotiated, and after going back to report to the emperor, I will officially decree marriage." ”

"Thank you for your grace!" Zuo Gui and his wife, Qiao Qiao'er, and Miao Peilan hurriedly got up again to give a salute.

Empress Eldest Sun smiled and said, "Zuo Qing, your grandson hasn't married yet, right?" ”

"No, I don't. Hehe," Zuo Gui replied hurriedly.

"The sister-in-law is unmarried, and the eldest daughter marries first, or something wrong, why don't we set a marriage for this child, right? How about marrying the princess of Xincheng to your son-in-law? ”

Zuo Gui and his wife were surprised and delighted, and they couldn't imagine happy events one after another, the son just decided to marry the daughter of Emperor Taizu, and the eldest granddaughter married the emperor's ninth son, King Li Zhi of Jin, as the princess, and now, the grandson wants to marry the emperor's youngest daughter, Princess Xincheng. Princess Xincheng is the queen's biological daughter, and she is more expensive than other princesses.

Zuo Gui hurriedly got up and went out of the ranks, kneeling down and kowtowing: "The minister knocks on the mother and thanks the mother for the thousand years old." ”

Liang also fell to his knees. The son-in-law Zuo Wenyuan was born to his original wife Qiao Qiaoer, so he was naturally full of joy, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.

Zuo Wenyuan is only fifteen years old, he was born before Zuo Shaoyang left Hezhou, although this son is the fourth in the family, but he is a sister-in-law, and he is already very young, and now he is climbing to the royal family, he is naturally overjoyed, but he is not particularly publicized, and he is not looking for what his future wife looks like in that group of princesses, but he just kneels down with his mother and thanks.

His well-behaved and calm appearance caused the queen to nod secretly.

Zuo Shaoyang didn't kowtow when he saw the emperor, he knew his temper, so no one said it.

Zuo Shaoyang sat there looking at his parents, wives and children kneeling on the ground, and smiled bitterly in his heart, the emperor and the empress let themselves marry the daughter of Emperor Taizu and became the emperor's brother-in-law, and let their sons and daughters marry the emperor's and empress's biological daughters and sons, and they became the emperor's in-laws again. These three moves also closely linked themselves to the emperor and the eldest grandson's family.

All this is naturally to allow himself to treat the emperor's illness, and the most important thing is the longevity technique that every emperor dreams of!

The other concubines, princes, and princesses all stood up to congratulate. A room full of joy.

Empress Changsun said: "Zuo Qing, you are now a high-ranking official of the third rank of the imperial court, and our two families have become in-laws again, so do you move to the capital to live?" Your Fengguan Zhutian is also in the capital, and you live in the capital, after Doctor Zuo and the children get married, it is convenient for us to come and go, what does Zuo Qing think? ”

Zuo Gui's father didn't have any reason to disagree, so he naturally smiled and hurriedly agreed.

Since the family is going to be relocated, although the old mansion here still has to be kept, it is quite laborious in the end, but although the emperor's surname is temporarily worry-free, he can't be delayed too long when he is seriously ill, so he agreed to stay for a while and prepare for the Zuo family.

To be busy moving, the Zuo family went back to the house and started to clean up.

(To be continued)