What catches your eye is a beautiful face, under the green silk bun like clouds, the skin is as bright as snow, the eyebrows are like daisies, and it is beautiful and refined!

A pair of beautiful eyes are as deep as a lake, but they are clear and bright, and there seems to be a sense of melancholy looming in the elegance.

The mouth is slightly open, the lips are slightly red, and the bridge of the nose is just right, and the facial features are combined to form a perfect face, which is absolutely beautiful.

Dressed in a blue dress, moving lightly with the wind, it is quite dusty. Standing in the ice and snow by the Qujiang Pond, it seems like a fairy stepping on the waves from the mist of the water.

It's beautiful, really beautiful!

As soon as this woman appeared, the women present were overshadowed, and the naturally beautiful Princess Changle was suddenly inferior, and Du Xijun was not as good as her.

In an instant, the four eyes met, and Xie Yi couldn't help but be a little stunned.

The woman also happened to see Xie Yi, and seemed to be a little curious about this unfamiliar face, but she was slightly unhappy with such rude behavior that did not know how to avoid and was greedy for beauty.

But in the blink of an eye, the woman lowered her head and continued to talk with Princess Changle and Changsun Chong, standing at the upstairs window, only to see the elegant demeanor, exhaling like an orchid.

"Brother Xie is amazing!"

"Where do you start?" Suddenly hearing the praise, Xie Yi couldn't help but be inexplicable.

"Looking directly at Zheng Niangzi, greedy for her stunning beauty and not avoiding it, isn't this amazing?" The words of Fang Yi's love are inevitably strange.

Du He on the side smiled and said, "Brother Xie likes this peerless appearance? Brother Xie is not married, and Mrs. Zheng is not married, if you have a heart, it is better to ...... Ahem! ”

After a few jokes, Du Shi and Fang Yiai saw their acquaintances go over to say hello, leaving Xie Yi with black lines on his head. It's true that she is a stunning beauty, but when she first met, she thought about getting married, and she couldn't help it......

But then again, marrying such a peerless beauty back home and incorporating it into a private house is indeed very attractive to men.

But after sitting down, Cheng Chumo leaned closer and said in a low voice: "Brother Xiaoyao, men love beauty, and it is normal to be tempted by beautiful women. There are a lot of ladies at the banquet today, if you fancy which one, with your appearance, it is not difficult to ask for marriage.

But only you can't think about Zheng Niangzi, let alone 'blasphemy' to give birth to non-dividing thoughts, Du He and Fang Yiai deceived you Chu Chang'an and deliberately deceived you. ”

"Uh, why? Who is that Zheng Niangzi? Xie Yi couldn't help but be surprised, why couldn't he be tempted by the most beautiful woman?

"This..."Cheng Chu pondered for a moment and sighed: "This matter is a long story......

After listening to Cheng Chumo's emotion, Xie Yi knew that this woman was the daughter of Zheng Renji, a general secretary, whose name was Zheng Liwan, and she had left her name in the history books.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Zheng Liwan was fifteen years old when she was fifteen years old, and she was a famous beauty in Chang'an City.

After the name of the stunning color spread, it naturally attracted the attention of many men, including Emperor Li Shimin.

His Majesty Li Er is also a man, so he will naturally be tempted by beauty, and he doesn't mind the old cow eating tender grass, but if he behaves too directly, it will inevitably damage his reputation.

When he was in trouble, the empathetic generation of virtuous queen Changsun learned of her husband's intentions, and personally came forward to ask for the imperial concubine, saying that Zhengzheng's daughter was famous and gentle, so she was hired into the palace as Chonghua (one of the nine concubines).

I have to say that the eldest grandson queen can be a man, and she is deeply favored by Li Shimin, and it makes sense to have the name of a virtuous queen. The queen came forward and hired Zheng Liwan into the palace in the name of virtue and gentleness, Li Er, who was beautiful and did not damage his reputation, must be grateful, and the eldest grandson queen will also win the name of generosity and virtue, which can be said to be counted in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that I never expected that when the edict was issued and the canonization envoy was about to set off, an accident occurred.

Wei Zheng didn't know where to learn that Zheng Liwan had promised to marry Lu's son and had a marriage contract, so he hurriedly entered the palace to dissuade him. After a grand argument that the king loves the people like a son, Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty Gu Concubine Yu, you want the people to have the joy of the family, and this person is the common way of the master?"

Now the daughter of the Zheng family, a long time has been promised, His Majesty has no doubt, there is no consultant, and it is sown all over the world, is it the way of the people's parents? Although the ministers rumored that they had not, they were afraid of losing their holy virtues, and they did not dare to hide it. The gentleman must write, and he must be careful about what he wants. ”

In a word, you are the emperor and a parent, and now forcibly marrying a woman who has promised to marry someone else as a concubine is not the way of the lord and the parent, and it is detrimental to the holy virtue. We, as courtiers, did not dare to conceal the news, and the king's every move was to leave a history book, so please pay attention to the emperor and act prudently.

In fact, Zheng Liwan's marriage to the Lu family, His Majesty Li Er may not know about it, or it may be deliberately ignored, and the Lu family does not dare to speak out anyway. Pretend not to know, as long as the beautiful women are included in the palace, and the raw rice becomes cooked rice, no one can do anything.

Wei Zheng is so straightforward, so "not long-sighted", and his advice suddenly ruined His Majesty Li Er's good deeds.

However, the left servant shot Fang Xuanling, the middle secretary Ling Wen Yanbo, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wang Qi, and the imperial historian Wei Tinghu were eager to protect the master, and supported the concubine's move on the grounds that "the woman is suitable for the Lu family, there is no obvious state, and the great gift is carried out and cannot be stopped".

Even Lu Shuang, the son of the Lu family who agreed to get married, hurriedly excused himself, saying that his father and the Zheng family were just ordinary interactions, and there was no marriage contract.

Hearing this, Li Shimin of course refused to let go of the peerless beauty and insisted on being included in the harem, but Wei Zheng insisted on opposing it.

Li Shimin blocked his mouth with the words of the ministers and the Lu family, but Wei Zheng instead cited the example of Gaozu Li Yuan who occupied the wife of the courtier Xin Chujian and deposed her, which made him frightened, saying that the Lu family did not dare to tell the truth because they were afraid.

In this way, Li Shimin is embarrassed, if he insists on accepting concubines, he will end up bullying the people and forcibly marrying women, which will become a stain and be criticized by others.

At that time, the Xuanwumen Revolution had not been around for a few years, and the overall situation was still unstable, so Li Shimin did not dare to take risks rashly because of a woman. The ministers were also afraid of falling into the name of flattery, and did not dare to say more.

In order to be a master who is good at accepting advice and has good conduct, Li Shimin had to endure the pain of cutting his love, and wrote an edict saying: "I heard that the daughter of the Zheng family has been hired by someone first, and on the day of the previous document, the matter was not examined in detail. Those who grant Chinese should stop. ”

After this move, Li Shimin won the praise of his subjects, but Zheng Liwan was wronged in vain. What's even more unfortunate is that Lu Shuang, who had a marriage contract with him, was panicked because of this, and died young soon after, and Zheng Liwan became a widow.

Although he has become a free body, although Li Shimin has a longing in his heart, due to the royal face and the reputation of the emperor, he can no longer admit Zheng Nu into the palace.

In this way, it really hurt Zheng Liwan. The woman the emperor wanted but didn't get, would others dare to marry? There are many noble sons in Chang'an City who covet his appearance, but no one dares to think about it.

Especially after a gentleman got drunk, he intended to be rude to Zheng Liwan, but after drowning in the Longshou Canal inexplicably the next day, no one in Chang'an dared to disrespect Zheng Liwan.

Poor Zheng Liwan has a peerless appearance, is familiar with history books and classics, and has good poetry and literary talents, which can be called both talent and appearance, but no one dares to marry. After five or six years of youth in vain, it is now two decades old, but Yunying is difficult to marry.

In the common early marriage, women marry at the age of twelve or thirteen in the Tang Dynasty, this age is really considered an "older leftover girl".

What's even more regrettable is that I don't know how many years I will have to waste in the future, and even be lonely for life, which makes people sigh.

The appropriate talent Du He and Fang Yiai deliberately tricked Xie Yi and deliberately tricked Xie Yi to instigate Xie Yi to pursue Zheng Liwan. Cheng Chu was a truthful person and knew that Xie Yi had helped his father, so he informed the details in time and dissuaded him, lest Xie Yi would not know what was going on and anger Long Yan.

The anger of the yarn? It's just a problem!

Xie Yi was indignant in his heart, and even wanted to scold Li Shimin a few words, you are not allowed to marry someone else if you don't marry a woman? Where do the strange rules come from?

Although he did not express such statements clearly, Zheng Liwan did suffer because of this, you Li Shimin ignored it, what is it to pretend to be stupid?

Don't pretend to worry about the loss of your reputation, Na Zheng Liwan entered the palace, either to marry her, or to clearly convey the news that she was allowed to marry.

If you don't care, when you don't know, what's the point of delaying other women's youth in vain? As for the royal face, the emperor's majesty and the like are really nonsense!

No wonder Zheng Liwan has a faint sadness in her eyes, probably because of this!

Watching the beauty climb the stairs and her peerless face slowly revealed, Xie Yi suddenly felt sympathy and pity......

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PS: In the history books, it is only recorded as the daughter of Zheng Renji, and there is no name, and I don't know where the name "Liwan" came from, but readers are familiar with it and even get used to it, so this article adopts it and is still called "Zheng Liwan".

As for her age, it is certain that Empress Changsun was about fifteen years old when she wanted to hire her into the palace, but it seems to be disputed exactly in which year this happened.

In the second volume of "Zhenguan Political Dignitaries", it is recorded as the second year of Zhenguan, but there seems to be a saying that Zhenguan is six years or eight years. (I forgot where I saw it)

The three questions consulted the information and found that Wen Yanbo, the Zhongshu Order at that time, was also involved in this matter, and Wen Yanbo only became the Zhongshu Order in the fourth year of Zhenguan, so it is inferred that it should have happened four years after Zhenguan.

Coupled with the needs of the plot, this article will be based on the sixth year of Zhenguan, when Zheng Liwan was fifteen years old, and in the winter of the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Zheng Liwan appeared for the first time at the age of twenty.