Chapter 66: Marriage
The peach is dying, scorching its glory. The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room.
It's also time to move this most beautiful peach blossom in Chang'an City to the Gao family.
Since this family affair is to be implemented on the surface, the procedures that should be followed are bound to be indispensable.
Gao Sheji put his son's lifelong event in the first place, and while he was free, he also wanted to finalize the matter quickly. After all, Tao Yao is the same every year, and her appearance is more and more beautiful and moving, even if she rarely goes out now, the threshold of Yongwang Mansion was trampled a few inches shorter by the people who came to ask for relatives. If it weren't for the fact that Li Shouli and the Liu family took into account the agreement of the past year, and still respected their baby daughter's ideas very much, I am afraid that Gao Xianzhi would have had nothing to do with it. Yes, after listening to Liu's words that day, he quickly found an old princess in the clan surnamed Li, hoping that she would go out and propose marriage for his son, also out of solemnity.
He could see that Gao Xianzhi's kid had stopped talking to him several times, if he didn't help him finish the marriage, he was afraid that this unfilial son would hold a grudge. As an informed and interesting old father, he felt that it was better for him to solve the matter decently.
And Liu's side paid more attention to Tao Yao's own opinions, and almost got to the bottom of his little daughter almost on the same day. Seeing that the little girl didn't say anything but suddenly flew up the white and tender cheeks of a red cloud, Liu immediately covered her mouth and smiled. Fortunately, over the years, the relationship between these two little guys has become deeper and deeper, just looking at Xiao'er's shy little appearance, you know that she must be happy. If she can respect and be happy with Huai Jin in the future, then she, as a mother, will be a matter of concern, and she won't have to worry more about her.
However, before the matchmaker from the General's Mansion came to the door, the holy decree of the Divine Capital arrived at the Yongwang Mansion first.
"What, His Majesty the Emperor wants to take the child as a righteous daughter?" Liu looked at his husband's face, but he was shocked beyond words: "Why? We're all still there, Xiao'er has her own biological parents, why did he make such a will? ”
"How could I be willing to give my daughter to someone else's name." Li Shouli's face was full of bitterness, thinking about that inexplicable holy decree, and he couldn't stop chilling in his heart: "But the holy will is difficult to violate, don't we still have to resist and disobey the decree?" ”
It is not uncommon for a son of heaven to adopt a child from among the clan and ministers, but usually, the person who is adopted is either a member of the family who has contributed to the court, or both parents and close relatives have passed away, either out of reward or out of care. But when these two came to Taoyao, none of them were applicable, and the whole process was unbelievable, I really don't know what Li Xian was planning.
"On the surface, it means that His Majesty liked Xiao'er very much back then, so he moved this idea and wanted to treat him like a daughter." Li Chenghong's brows were so furrowed that he could almost kill a fly, and it was obvious that he was also disturbed by this sudden surprise and lost his usual calm: "When Xiao'er was in Shendu, he was only the crown prince, and he was under a lot of control by Emperor Wu, and the two of them didn't even meet each other, and they talked about whether they liked it or not." "It's nothing more than talking nonsense with your eyes open, just looking for a seemingly legitimate reason.
"But now that the situation in the DPRK and China is chaotic, Your Majesty should be busy dealing with it, how could he deliberately take the time to make such a holy decree?" Li Chengning's entanglement point is different from the others: "What is the purpose of his doing this?" Is there any benefit to him in taking a young child as a righteous daughter? ”
Advantage? I'm afraid that there may not be, but at least, it is true that I can let a few daughters relieve the hatred in their hearts. Tao Yao thought about the two people who had an old grudge with him when he was in the palace, and he probably knew it in his heart. Li Jijiang, the lord of Xinping County, has now been named Princess Cheng'an, this Royal Highness is thinking about marrying Gao Xianzhi, plus there is also an Anle princess Li Bao'er who is unwilling to be low-key and has to let everyone surrender at her feet, it is not surprising that she will be caught back. What's more, if she remembers correctly, what Princess Taiping said about Tubo and her relatives back then has not yet been decided, if His Majesty is the idea......
"Not to mention anything else, Your Majesty has explicitly ordered your child to go to the Shendu and stay in the palace, and from now on she will be treated like a royal princess." At the mention of this, Li Shouli's heart hurt even more: "In this way, all the things that Xiao'er does are not something we can do to the Lord." "As soon as they entered the royal family, they were born, old, sick and died, and they could no longer afford to marry and mourn, and what outsiders saw in their eyes was only wealth and glory, and supreme glory, but who could know their bitterness and helplessness as parents? It's obviously their daughter's business, but they have no identity, but they no longer have the qualifications to ask, Li Xian's approach is really a bit excessive.
"That Xiao'er's marriage ......" Liu Shi instantly understood, and involuntarily reddened his eyes: "Just take it seriously...... Is there no other way? ”
Huai Jin's child was watched by her since she was a child, and she was her favorite son-in-law for a long time. In her heart, only marrying into the Gao family is the best destination for her daughter. But now, just a few days away, this marriage has become a bubble phantom, and if the child is married to a non-human in the future, how can she be willing to be a mother!
Marriage...... Tao Yao understood her mother's hard work, and also thought of Gao Xianzhi's rare shy look some time ago. Originally, Brother Huai Jin was going to come to the door to propose, right? She was thinking about it indifferently, there was a slight sweetness in her heart, but more of it was deep bitterness. If she really went to Shendu and became the righteous daughter of this unworthy emperor, she and Brother Huai Jin would no longer be possible.
"What else can be done, mother will stop embarrassing my father and brothers." She heard her voice ring as calm as ever, as if she was indifferent from the matter, but it seemed that it was just to reassure her family: "The Imperial City of Shendu is not a Longtan Tiger's Den, my daughter has already seen it, and it is not a big deal to go again." As for the rest, who can say for sure? She is not comforting herself, just because she can't see the future and the future at all, and no one will be more confused and uneasy than her.
"...... child" looked at his daughter's calm face, but what surged up in Li Shouli's heart was a deep sense of guilt and helplessness. She is the only weakness in his life, and he originally vowed to do his best to protect and pamper her, but once or twice, he couldn't even keep her by his side, what kind of father is he? Is his infant son also disappointed and helpless in the face of his incompetence?
"Xiao'er, don't enter the palace, my father will never let you face those dangers alone." A heart ached, Li Shouli gritted his teeth, and finally made up his mind: "I will go to the Shendu in person and enter the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor, I don't believe it......"
"Father......" Li Chenghong and the three of them were stunned, even the Liu family was deeply shocked by the perseverance and decisiveness that his husband had never shown, and for a while, he even forgot about his sadness, just stared blankly at the head of the family, waiting for him to give his final decision.
Raising his hand to stop him, Tao Yao just smiled and cut off the sentence he hadn't finished speaking: "Father, don't do stupid things anymore, my daughter is no longer a child, and she won't gamble on the entire Yongwang Mansion to accompany me on an adventure." After speaking, she no longer paid attention to the reactions of everyone in the hall, but turned around and walked towards her courtyard: "Isn't it going to leave in three days, I'll go back and pack up my salutes, and I won't accompany you." ”
When she was a child, she knew that she couldn't implicate anyone, not to mention, everything now is clearly aimed at herself? Zuo is just a person who is walking forward stubbornly, she understands, and she should no longer be afraid.