Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Decree of Marriage
It turned out that his life experience was so complicated, and he was a mixture of Zhou and Chu.
After listening to Chen's mother's story, Li Yi couldn't help but wonder why the relationship between her father and mother was so cold. It stands to reason that the person who knows his biggest secret is Chen's mother, shouldn't the relationship between the two be very close? Why did you become so apathetic?
Alas? He is a secret agent sent by the Chu State to find out the news of Qingguo! She is about to become the crown princess of Qingguo, and she must think about Qingguo, and the interests of the two people are conflicting!
The days ahead will be too difficult.
Chen's mother said that in exchange for her status as the crown princess, it was an edict from King Zhou. Li Yi couldn't figure out what use this thing was for Qingguo at first.
Seeing that she was puzzled, Chen's mother said: "There has not been a large-scale war in the three countries for more than ten years. ”
"You're saying they want to use this as an excuse to go to war?"
Mother Chen nodded.
Li Yi was silent, that sentence is true: the general trend of the world, if you join for a long time, you will be divided, and if you divide for a long time, you will be together. Why do you have to fight and kill? Isn't it good to live in peace?
"War is to trade temporary chaos for long-term stability." It turned out that she unconsciously said that sentence, and Chen's mother was answering her question.
"Is it really worth it? Every time there is a war, so many civilians will be sacrificed, in exchange for decades of peace, continue to fight, everyone has experienced at least one war in their life, where can the people really live and work in peace and contentment? Li Yi knew that he was hypocritical, and he asked such a stupid question, no matter how many capable people in ancient and modern times could not solve this problem, he was entangled in this here.
Mother Chen touched her head lovingly, she hadn't thought about her daughter's problem, but the world is dominated by men, and women can only live dependent on men, even if they become queens, they can't interfere with the emperor's military decisions.
"When I was young, I also thought about this question, and after encountering accidents, I only thought about living my own life, and rarely thought about these things anymore, accepting that there are many things in the world that have no answers." She whispered softly to soothe her excited daughter.
Li Yi apologized for her sudden emotional out-of-control: "I'm sorry, I didn't control my emotions. ”
"I can understand that you were emotional after knowing your background, but I didn't expect you to be shocked when you heard my identity, but because the people were suffering and anxious." I don't know whether to be proud or worried about my daughter's reaction.
She was happy with her daughter's pattern and was not lost because of the change of identity. What she is worried about is that her daughter's thoughts at the moment are easy to walk into a dead end, and she doesn't want her daughter to go against the rules of the whole society, which will be very hard.
Worst!
Li Yi regretted that she had been listening to Chen's mother talk about her life like she was listening to a story, and she didn't realize that this was a mother telling her about the history of the family.
She had been acting like an outsider just now, she wouldn't doubt it. How can it be recovered?
Ling'er's voice came from outside the door, saving Li Yi from embarrassment, "Madam, the concierge has notified that the holy decree has arrived, please go and receive the decree with the young lady." ”
Li Yi's heart was excited, and Chen's mother's attention was definitely not on her now.
Mother Chen saw her daughter's happy expression, but she was mistaken and teased: "I still think you are mature a moment ago, and when I heard the marriage decree to the house, the joy on my face was unconcealed." ”
was said by Chen's mother, Li Yi reacted at this time, the holy decree was related to her marriage, and the light powder gradually faded on her face, even if she wanted to explain at this moment, in the eyes of others, she wanted to cover up.
It is a great honor for the family to come to the Holy Decree, and all members of the family will participate in this ceremony.
Chen's mother and Li Yi didn't arrive early, and the three men in the family were already standing in the courtyard talking to the eunuch who issued the decree.
She took the prepared money bag from Ling'er's hand, walked to the eunuch and said something about her father-in-law's hard work, inviting her father-in-law to drink tea, and so on, and stood quietly aside as a foil.
This one is weird!
The prince and the father and son of the Chen family were greeting each other, and they were really thinking about it in their hearts.
When ordinary people hear that a holy decree comes from home, they will knock on the side and ask whether the eunuch who issued the decree is a good thing or a bad thing, or what it has to do with it. But the family had no such intentions, were they stupid or did they already know in advance?
(The brothers Chen Xiaokang and Chen Xiaodong shouted that they were wronged, and we were curious to death!) But with Father present, where is our turn to speak? )
Could it be that they knew the contents of the decree beforehand?
It's not impossible, after all, they are going to get married, and the emperor must have communicated with them in private.
Finally, when the old lady arrived, the family knelt down to receive the order.
The prince actually enjoyed the vanity of everyone kneeling in front of him, even if he knew that these people were kneeling to the supreme imperial power, but it did not prevent him from enjoying the time of proclamation. Occasionally, he would deliberately read a little slower to immerse himself in a little more.
But today, in this family, he doesn't dare to read slowly.
The young lady of their family is going to be the crown princess, and when the emperor returns to heaven and the prince ascends the throne, she will be the queen! Whether she will live a comfortable life in the future is a matter of her as the master of the harem. How dare he put on a score at this time?
Shicai didn't pay attention to the appearance of Miss Chen, and he didn't know if she was kind. Although the holy decree said that she "knelt without fear, the law is in herself, and she is frugal", but where can she do this kind of scene.
With this in mind, he read the decree a little faster.
But Chen Han, who was kneeling in the yard, still felt slow, the floor was hot, and his knees were about to turn into barbecue when he was attached to it, not only his knees, but also his neck, which was not covered by clothes, was also hot and painful.
At the moment, he could only focus on what his body was feeling, otherwise what could he think?
Do you want your wife to betray you for her career and love?
Lin Zehai, who wants to work hard to win over, no longer believes in himself?
Or think a little further, how to explain the failure of the plan to the leader of the Chu State?
Who did he suffer like this, and whether he wanted to take revenge or not, he didn't dare to think about it either!
Just a cowardly escape, when a person reaches middle age, his family and career have been hit, and he no longer has the courage to face it.
He didn't need to think about what the leader of the Chu State would do to him, he knew that no matter what the other party wanted to do, he was powerless to resist.
Before the judgment comes, let the day go by.
In general, the decree is concise and to the point, and the main body will not exceed 50 words, except for a fixed format. The decree of marriage will be a little longer, after all, it will be a praise for the newlyweds, but it will not exceed a hundred words.
But today's decree is estimated to be 300 words!
The Yellow Emperor seems to want to explain to the world why he chose Chen Xiaoyun as his daughter-in-law, and desperately praises her. There are many words that Li Yi can't understand at all.
She was thinking about how she could write so many words on such a small piece of cloth, until she heard her father-in-law say that she was "good at cooking".
Because you are excellent, you can break down the class barrier through your own efforts. It is still possible in modern times, but in ancient times it was close to a mythical story, and people who understand it will definitely not believe it. This is just to fool the common people and make them have something to talk about.
The decree was finally read, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.