Chapter 236: Equally Excellent (Part I)
Lord Wencheng wanted to ridicule Song Yi, but in the end, Song Yi directly pushed back. The county lord of Wencheng was naturally unwilling to be defeated, but the third imperial concubine Du Shuyin happened to chat with Song Yi, relieved Song Yi of the siege, and avoided a dispute.
Lord Wencheng left in a hurry, Du Shuyin took Song Yi's hand and sighed, "Why do you say you are doing this?" The lord of Wencheng has Princess Taiping who loves this, and he has had that temper since he was a child. You upset her, she's a crazy person, it's really troublesome, it can only embarrass you"
"Everyone is afraid of her, and I am not afraid of her. She has a princess mother, so she is so arrogant and domineering, I am also a princess, why should I grovel to her? Song Yi was unhappy in his heart, and he didn't hide it in front of Du Shuyin.
"After all, Princess Taiping is the emperor's sister and your aunt. Look at it, don't be like Lord Wencheng. I know you have something on your mind, but don't provoke Lord Wen Chengqun, lest you get yourself in trouble."
"I didn't provoke her, she came by herself and took the initiative to provoke me. I'm just fighting back. Don't talk about it, I don't like to hear it," Song Yi said.
The third imperial concubine, Du Shuyin, saw that Song Yi was talking to herself like this, so she felt bored and turned to leave.
After Du Shuyin left, Song Yi regretted it a little, his tone towards Du Shuyin just now was too bad. After all, the other party is sincere to persuade himself, and he is really embarrassed to treat others like that.
But the wood was already in the boat, and Song Yi was not in the mood to immediately go to Du Shuyin to apologize, so he stayed sullenly in a daze.
The people next to her all had a further understanding of the real princess's fierce combat power, even the county lord of Wencheng dared to ridicule each other, and the third princess was such a gentle woman, she also dared to choke the third princess to change her face and leave, it can be seen that the real princess is like a powder keg at the moment, and anyone who gets close to her can be blown to pieces. With this level of cognition, everyone is very tacitly away from the real princess.
Although he offended the county lord of Wencheng and the third imperial concubine successively, after Song Yi lost his temper, his heart was a lot happier and a lot more stable. Especially in the confrontation with the county lord of Wencheng, Song Yi found that his combat effectiveness had not been lost. This gave her some confidence back.
If there is anything else she can rely on in this ancient world, it is this independent personality and values that are different from ancient women.
You must not become a parasite without ego and attached to a man. Otherwise, once you don't have a man, you're useless.
Song Yi told himself so in his heart. Although it is possible to be injured by one's own stings as a hedgehog, the thorns on one's body can also protect oneself from becoming a combatless prey in the eyes of others.
At this moment, the eunuch at the door shouted, "The emperor has arrived." The queen arrived. ”
"The crown prince has arrived, the crown princess has arrived"
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As a group of people walked in, Song Yi got up from his seat like everyone else and knelt down in the center of the hall to greet him.
Song Yi looked up at the people who came in, and behind the emperor and queen were the crown prince and the crown princess, followed by a pair of men and women wearing interracial costumes. I heard the eunuch introduce just now, and the two brothers and sisters should be the prince and princess of Siam.
Song Yi raised his head and couldn't help but look at the Siamese princess - Paula. I saw a girl with slender shoulders and a thin waist, a long figure, a duck egg face, handsome eyes and eyebrows, looking forward to Shenfei, the essence of Wencai, forgetting the vulgar when she saw it, and it really deserved her name.
Song Yi was out of her mind and didn't notice that the True King had returned to her.
To say, Song Yi's least confident thing now is his appearance. Although since she was a child, Song Yi has always heard others tell her that the most beautiful thing about a woman is "soul". But Song Yi himself felt that this was more like an adult's words to comfort a child. It's like many people will say to fat people that chubby ones are cute. In fact, behind the scenes, the fat man will be a "fat pig". The most important thing for a woman is the beauty of the soul, which is the words that everyone comforts a woman who is not good-looking. Because the beauty of the soul is a virtue, but beauty can be compared at first sight.
Similar to this, there are also ancient Chinese carvings of women's deformed aesthetics for thousands of years. "Smile without showing teeth", "Three-inch golden lotus", "weak willow supporting the wind" and so on.
Society's confinement of women takes place in all its aspects. "A woman's lack of talent is virtue", "unmarried from the father, married from the husband, the husband from the son", since ancient times, women have been required to "three from the four virtues", suppressing women's nature, so that women have been educated to obey male authority since childhood, which can be said to be deeply poisonous. What's even more terrifying is that the vast majority of brainwashed women are also accustomed to such thoughts, educating their children from generation to generation.
Song Yi has always hated this kind of inequality in the service of male power. She thinks that women can only do it if they cultivate both inside and outside. Men want women to be virtuous, but if women are not beautiful, will they marry them? How many Liang Hong are there in this world? And how many women can have Meng Guang's good luck?
Men are duplicitous, ostensibly telling everyone that women are the first in virtue, but in fact, they prefer to marry a beautiful woman. If there is beauty and lack of conduct, compared with a woman with high moral character and ugly appearance, the vast majority of men will choose the former. They would rather choose a vase and keep it at home to be pleasing to the eye than take the time to discover the virtues of an ugly girl.
Song Yi looked at Princess Paula and couldn't help but think a lot.
True King Zhu Xi returned to the woman with a black face. Just now, the emperor called him over, but he still didn't give up, and repeated the old words, inside and outside the words, coercion and temptation, or he still had to promise to marry the Siamese princess and make the marriage between the two countries successful.
Of course, Zhu Xi was unwilling, and he also clearly told the emperor that he was willing to go to the northwest to help Gao Jinyun solve the Jurchens, and he was not willing to marry Princess Paula in order to ally with Siam.
But the emperor still did not give up, and told Zhu Xi bluntly that before today's celebration banquet, he had discussed with the Prince of Siam, and Princess Paula had agreed. During the banquet, Princess Paula will challenge Song Yi on the spot, and if Princess Paula wins, the emperor will give her a marriage.
Zhu Xi felt that the emperor's move was too much, so he brushed his sleeves and left. After coming back, I didn't know how to tell Song Yi about it.
"Lord Wang, when did you come back?" Song Yi asked in surprise when he found out that the true king had returned.
"I've been back for a while. Did you just find out? What were you in a daze just now? ”
"Not really. It's just that I saw Princess Siam for the first time just now, but I didn't expect her to be so beautiful, and the rumors are not all false. Lord, what do you say? Song Yi praised Princess Paula while paying attention to the expression on the face of the real king.
Zhu Xi frowned and said, "I don't see that she has anything special." Isn't it still a mortal? ”
"Lord Wang, is there something bothering?" Song Yi saw the man's tightly knit brows, so he asked.
"I'm really a little annoyed, I don't know how to tell you" Thinking of the emperor's ultimatum just now, Zhu Xi thought about it, and decided to tell Song Yi.
"Lord, just say it. The two of us are husband and wife, and we should have difficulties together" Song Yi had already guessed what the true king was going to say, and asked patiently.
"The Siamese princess came to marry the Qianjun Dynasty this time, and the emperor this time is nominally to celebrate, but in fact, it is also to let the Siamese princess choose the person she likes."
"Oh" True King's words, Song Yi was not surprised at all.
"But I don't see many young talents." Song Yi pretended to look at the guests in the venue, and sure enough, there were few young people.
"You've heard about it, so why do you say that?" The True King was a little embarrassed and said.
"What did I hear? I don't know, it's better for the prince to tell me personally" Song Yi didn't admit it.
Zhu Xi didn't know how to say it for a while, "In short, you just need to know that tonight, Princess Siam Paula will challenge you in public, maybe it's a talent show, you prepare, don't be too surprised when the time comes, there is no preparation"
"She's going to challenge me? Why? I don't know her, and if she wants to challenge, I must fight? Song Yi sneered.
"She is Xiang Zhuang and the sword dance is intended for Pei Gong. Anyway, you have to be careful when the time comes."
Although the true king did not say it explicitly, he was as smart as Song Yi, and he still guessed that these things must have been told to the true king by the emperor just now. In order to marry the real king, Princess Paula did not hesitate to challenge her talent in public.
Song Yi thought of this, and was a little angry, "Could it be that all Siamese men are dead?" Does she have to marry you? Lord, just tell me the truth, what do you have to do with her? I don't believe that a dignified princess would marry a married man in vain like this."
"If you really have two feelings, I can fulfill you. You don't have to do any competition. If you find me, I'll throw in the towel. Not only can the princess be satisfied, but it can also prevent the prince from being infamous for treachery."
"If you are really willing to give up the position of the real princess, do so. I'll follow you" The true king saw that the woman looked indifferent, and he was also angry.
After many days, the two of them said so many things for the first time, and they broke up unhappily.
Chunxiang, who was on the side, listened to the conversation between the two and couldn't wait to scold the two.
Obviously, the two love each other so much and care so much about each other, why do they behave so naively in such a big thing? Haruka is confused, is it true that the feelings of all couples are so twisted?
Song Yi turned his head and didn't look at the real king. Next, it's a boring feast.
Pushing the cup and changing the lamp, smiling and smiling, the scene seems to be very lively, but it is only superficially harmonious.
Song Yi limited his gaze to his dishes and did not communicate much with anyone.
"Princess, someone is coming" Chunxiang reminded Song Yi in a low voice.
Song Yi looked up at the person who came, and it turned out to be the Prince of Siam and the Princess of Siam who came to their table.
"True prince, our brother and sister have come to thank you for taking care of us recently," Prince Simba said.
Song Yi found out that the prince of Siam spoke the Qianchao dialect.
"This is Prince Simba of Siam, and this is Princess Paula. Both the prince and the princess will speak the Qianchao dialect, "King Zhen introduced the Simba brothers and sisters to Song Yi, "This is the princess of this king"
"The prince is good, the princess is good" Song Yi greeted the two.
"It turns out that you are the legendary real princess. The rumors are really not credible," Princess Paula said with a smile.
Song Yi faced Princess Paula's smiling face, and it was difficult to speak ill of her, so she responded, "I don't know what rumors the princess has heard about this princess, I'm curious."
"Legend has it that the real princess has a nickname, what is it called 'ugly girl', I thought the princess looked very sorry."
"Paula, Hugh is talking nonsense" Prince Simba hurriedly stopped his sister from saying something more.
Princess Paula was stopped, so she obediently shut up, but the smile on her face still pierced Song Yi's heart.
Song Yi smiled, deliberately grabbed the arm of the true king and said, "That's all in the past, the real king doesn't dislike it."
After Princess Paula saw it, her face changed, but she quickly smiled and said, "I heard that the princess, the princess, is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I admire it very much." Why don't we wait, let's talk."
"Today is for the sake of celebrating the victory of our Qianchao border soldiers, so we don't have to take the lead in a loud way."
"Princess, this is not true. Since it is a celebration, everyone should naturally be happier. I heard that the princess is a brilliant talent, so she won't be afraid, right? ”
"Prince Simba, Princess Paula, what are you talking to the real king and the real princess?"
The emperor suddenly asked on the throne, and everyone immediately did not speak, and the scene was very quiet.
"Back to Your Majesty, our brothers and sisters are chatting with the real king and the real princess."
"Brother Huang, why don't you tell the truth to Your Majesty. I'm making an appointment with the real princess, and I'll have a competition later."
"Oh? It's funny," the emperor looked very interested, knowing his advisor.
"Indeed," the queen mother next to her also chimed in.