"What does it mean to give marriage?" Lu Xiuer was confused. Look up at the crowd around you.

The people around are all older than Lu Xiu'er, like Wang Xijue and others, they are all worthy of Lu Xiu'er's grandfather, looking at the little girl's innocent look, they can't help but laugh.

"Girl, the Holy One wants to give you a marriage, that is, the Holy One will be the master and marry you to Brother Su Hao as his wife, you should hurry up and thank you." Wang Xijue tied his beard and smiled.

When Lu Xiu'er heard the prompt, she quickly got up and knelt down and kowtowed to Wanli. Wanli said: "Lu Xiu'er, did you agree?" ”

Lu Xiu'er shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, I can't give my brother as a wife." ”

"Why?" Wanli was stunned.

Lu Xiu'er said: "There is a woman next to my brother, she can be my brother's wife, I can only be a concubine......"

When she said the last sentence, her voice was so low that it was inaudible, and there was a mixture of shyness and some gloom.

"Why is that?" Wanli was annoyed, he finally wanted to give someone a marriage on a whim, how could there be a reason to give a concubine.

Lu Xiu'er said: "My brother likes her, of course, my brother also likes me..." ”

Wanli had the heart to win, and said: "What about the daughter of the eunuch, so let's do it, I recognize you as a righteous sister, and from now on, you will be my imperial sister of the Ming Dynasty." What kind of eunuch daughter are you talking about, dare to compete with the Ming royal sister for favor? ”

The people around were all stunned by Wanli's words, Li Long was Wanli's close attendant after all, and he had seen this situation before, he shouted to the stunned Lu Xiu'er with a sharp voice: "Lu Xiu'er, the emperor wants to recognize you as a righteous sister, and you are not grateful!" ”

"I'm ......, what should I say?" Lu Xiuer didn't have any knowledge about this kind of thing, and she didn't know that she had been hit by a huge pie. Sister Daming, this is the princess, the emperor is golden-mouthed and jade-toothed, and she has no regrets when she speaks, Lu Xiu'er is equivalent to ascending to the sky in one step.

The emperor recognizes a righteous sister, this matter is not big, and it is not small to say that it is small. To say that the girl who is considered a righteous sister has become a royal sister since then, and she can walk sideways on the street, which is too great. To put it mildly, the emperor is just joking, and he won't really give this girl any treatment. Anyway, it's a lot of fun, and it's something to cheer for at this time.

Everyone laughed, you taught Lu Xiu'er one word at a time, and Lu Xiu'er stumbled and said it all:

"Little sister Xiu'er Xie Huang brother."

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect to come to a good country, and I can recognize an innocent royal sister, and I am very happy. Xiu'er, now you can talk about it, can you give your brother Su Hao as a wife? Wanli said with a smile.

Lu Xiu'er still shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, it's still not good, if Sister Han is allowed to be a concubine, she will definitely be sad." Lord Han would rather let Sister Han marry someone else than let her be my brother's concubine. In this way, my brother will be sad too. ”

"Who is this Lord Han?" Wanli turned his head to Li Long and Wang Xijue and asked.

Wang Xijue had inquired about this matter, and he reported: "The Lord Han that Miss Xiu'er said is the Han Wen recommended by the old minister to be the new Huai'an prefect, and this Han sister is Han Qian, the daughter of Han Wen. Lao Chen heard that Han Wen had intended to marry Han Qianxu and Su Hao. With the grade of Hangul, if you let your daughter be a concubine, you will make your colleagues laugh. ”

"That's going to be difficult." Wanli knew that he had inadvertently taken on a troublesome matter, of course he could force Su Hao to marry Lu Xiu'er unreasonably, and then order Han Wen to marry Han Qian to Su Hao as a concubine. But he is also a young man, and his marriage is very unsatisfactory, and he really doesn't want to make Su Hao's backyard as embarrassed as himself.

Lu Xiu'er saw Wanli's embarrassment, she knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, ......,"

"You want to call Brother Huang!" Wanli corrected with a smile.

"Yes, Emperor...... Brother Huang. Lu Xiu'er desperately adapted to her relationship with Wanli, and said: "Actually, as long as Xiu'er can be with my brother, the status of wife and concubine, Xiu'er doesn't care about ......,"

What she said was that she didn't care, but in fact, there were no entanglements in her heart. A year ago, she was bewitched by Cheng Yi and voluntarily gave up her position as a wife, also out of a mentality that she did not want to embarrass Su Hao. If it were possible, what woman wouldn't want to have a better name?

"I have a solution." Wanli suddenly laughed sneakily, and he instructed Li Long: "Li Long, prepare a pen and inkstone, I want to draw up a will." ”

All kinds of stationery in the director's office are ready-made, and pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things are quickly prepared and placed in front of Wanli. Wanli picked up the pen, pondered for a moment, and wrote on the paper:

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Su Hao is a smart double house, and has repeatedly made contributions to Sheji, and now he gives his royal sister Lu Xiuer, the official eunuch Han Qian and Su Hao as his wife, and they will get married one day. Chin this. ”

After writing, he pouted to Li Long Nunu and said, "Li Long, use the seal." ”

"This ......" Wang Xijue and Li Long both stepped forward to read Wanli's edict, and after reading it, they were all dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, it seems inappropriate to give two daughters and Su Hao as wives at the same time." Wang Xijue said.

"What's wrong?" Wanli pretended to be stupid.

Wang Xijue said: "I have rules in the Ming Dynasty, a man can only have one wife, not two wives." ”

Wanli said: "When I was studying, I seemed to have heard Mr. say that the ancients had married two wives, can Mr. Wang know?" ”

Wang Xijue thought for a while and said, "This old minister knows. "Old Tang Book, Wang Mao Zhong Biography" said: His wife has been called Mrs. Guo, and his wife Li is also the wife of the country: every time she enters the court, the two ladies inherit the same gift. There is also "Combined Things" said: An Chongrong married a second wife, and Gaozu was knighted because of it. However, this is all a matter of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no such case in our dynasty. ”

Wanli said proudly: "Since there is such an example in the previous dynasty, why can't our dynasty refer to this example?" I can also leave a good story in the future. ”

Wang Xijue couldn't cry or laugh: "Holy Lord, this example cannot be opened, as soon as this example is opened, men all over the world can follow suit, and the laws of this country will be chaotic." ”

Wanli said: "If you want to follow this example, you must first establish a miracle like Su Hao." If a man in the world has miraculous feats, what does it matter if he is allowed to marry a second wife? I have made up my mind, and the Qing family doesn't need to say much. ”

"This ...... Obey the order. Wang Xijue bowed his head, in front of so many people, it was really difficult for him to force Wanli to change his words. If he is in the court, it is just a matter of arguing with the emperor, and there are some low-level people around him, how can he not give the emperor face?

Wanli saw that Wang Xijue didn't dare to object, and he was in a good mood, and he said to Lu Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, have you heard, Scholar Wang doesn't object either." Brother Huang gave your brother Su Hao a second wife, you and that Miss Han are both wives, comparable, are you happy? ”

Lu Xiu'er hadn't read any books, she didn't know anything about the way of sages, ethics and the like, and she heard that she could also be Su Hao's wife, and the emperor personally promised it, how could she not like it. She happily kowtowed to Wanli a few times and said, "Xiu'er, thank you Brother Huang!" ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, watching Wanli destroy the ancestral system of monogamy, but they couldn't find anything to refute. Little people like Xu Guangqi and Luo Yuqing don't dare to breathe in front of Wanli, where can they talk about it. Everyone thought about it, whether it was a wife or a concubine, it was just Su Hao's housework and insignificant. In some large families, it is common for husbands to favor concubines, and the status of concubines is higher than that of concubines. Wanli promoted Lu Xiu'er, who was supposed to be a concubine, to his wife, as long as Han Qian has no opinion, others can't say anything, right?

No one knows Wanli's true thoughts in this matter, in fact, he doesn't know what kind of criticism will be caused by giving two women to Su Hao as his wife at the same time. With Su Hao's merits, it is inevitable that his official position will be promoted by one level, and when Su Hao was promoted, it was revealed that he was marrying two wives at the same time, and I believe that those officials in the court will definitely quarrel.

At that time, Wanli can desperately explain and defend Su Hao's rights, forcing everyone to shift their attention to this gossip. In this way, the courtiers will forget about the establishment of the prince of Wanli. This hand is called Li Dai Taostiff in the art of war.

Li Long stamped a small seal on the marriage document in Wanli's handwriting, which is equivalent to confirming the legitimacy of this document, it can now be officially called a holy decree, even if Han Wen is very unhappy, after receiving this document, he can only obediently send his daughter to Su Hao's mansion. Then again, a daughter can be given a marriage by the emperor's holy decree, not to mention the status of a wife equal to Lu Xiu'er, even if she is a concubine, Han Wen has to thank the ancestral tomb for the green smoke.

After doing this, Wanli felt refreshed. On this trip to Liangxiang, he saw Su Hao's industrial park, felt the power of science and technology, and had a little more confidence in the future of Daming. In addition, he accepted a righteous sister like Lu Xiuer, and also did a good thing to give marriage, which made him feel happy.

What is not enough for outsiders is that he foresaw that in the next step, the officials would forget about the dispute over the country's capital and turn the spearhead to Su Hao's "wife-based dispute." "This is really a happy result for Wanli. He was deeply moved by his wisdom and felt that he was truly one of the wisest emperors of all time.

"Let's drive back to the palace." Wanli instructed, "Su's Industrial Park, in the future, it will be counted as my share." Xu Aiqing and Luo Aiqing, you have to work harder to research those machinery, new gunpowder and the like as soon as possible, so as to contribute to the foundation of my Ming Dynasty. Mr. Wang, you tell both the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War what is lacking in Su's Industrial Park, and let them try to satisfy it. They don't do things well, but I can find people who are willing to do things. ”

"Ministers are responsible." Wang Xijue nodded and said.

Wanli said to Lu Xiu'er again: "Xiu'er, remember, you are my royal sister, you can speak and do things in the future, you can have a little more confidence, whoever dares to be disrespectful to you, you will stumble and say, I will cut off his head." After a while, I will send someone to invite you into the palace to play. ”

"Thank you, Brother Huang!" Lu Xiu'er replied with a smile, she really found some royal sister feeling now. (To be continued)