Chapter 33: Reasons for Not Marrying (2)
Seeing that Yan Yan had vetoed Lu Ming, the Queen Mother was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "What about the eldest son of the Lu family?" ”
"Empress Dowager Qi, this kind of thing happened, if the courtiers married the eldest prince of the Lu family in such a hurry, wouldn't it just confirm the rumors from the outside world that the two of us have a personal relationship? Furthermore, if the Lu family achieved their goal so easily, wouldn't it encourage the unhealthy atmosphere in the capital, no matter which son fell in love with which lady in the future, no matter whether they were worthy of it or not, as long as they found an opportunity to ruin the reputation of the other party, they could achieve the goal of marrying, just ask, can these boudoir ladies in the capital still dare to go out to participate in any poetry party? Not only that, but these big families are afraid and dare not hold any poetry gatherings at home in the future, because no one can guess where the disaster will fall. ”
"You mean you're not in the slightest?" A man in his forties in a bright yellow dragon robe strode in.
Yan Yan recognized that the other party was the current emperor, and hurriedly lay on the ground and saluted, "Courtier Yan Yan knocks to see Your Majesty." ”
Li Cong glanced at Yan Yan, who was lying on the ground, did not speak, but walked in front of the Queen Mother and bowed down to say hello.
"Why is the emperor free to come here?" The Queen Mother looked at her son and asked.
"After returning to my mother, there are few things to do at today's court, and my sons will come to see the queen mother when they are free." After Li Cong finished speaking, he stood up straight and sat down next to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother looked at the dragon robe on her son and smiled, but she didn't ask too much, so she summarized the three reasons why Yan Yan couldn't marry the Lu family, and pushed this problem to her son.
In fact, Li Cong did not come casually.
After today's court meeting, Lu Duan found him again and asked him to talk about this family business, and put forward several reasons why Lu You asked to marry Yan Yan, the most important of which is that Lu You is a dead-eyed person, if Yan Yan insists on being a nun, he will definitely give up his identity to accompany him nearby, and he will never marry.
and Lu Ming, originally he was really kind and wanted to take his brother to see for a long time, who would have expected that his small act of kindness would harm two people, especially almost causing Yan Yan to lose his life, therefore, these days he also locked himself at home to reflect, threatening that if Yan Yan really became a nun, he would also become a monk.
For this reason, Lu Duan is in a hurry, he can't just because Yan Yan is going to be a nun alone, and his two sons are following, right? How does the Lu family's incense continue? Who will the Zhenguo Mansion be handed over?
There was no way, Lu Duan had to find the emperor again.
When things come to this point, Li Cong is also embarrassed, he can't really watch the two sons of the Lu family become monks, right?
So, he thought of the Queen Mother and wanted to come to the Queen Mother to solve the problem, but he happened to see several subordinates of the Yan family at the door, he waved his hand to the eunuch at the door, and stood at the door and listened for a while.
It's not that he deliberately eavesdropped, because Yan Yan's voice is not small, and the voice has already spread outside the door, not only him, but the palace maids and eunuchs standing in the courtyard are afraid that they will all hear it.
That's right, Yan Yan did it on purpose, she wished that these palace maids and eunuchs, as well as Mother Liu and others standing in the courtyard, would hear her words and spread the word, she was not afraid of embarrassment, it was the Lu family who did the wrong thing, not her!
And Li Cong also saw that Yan Yan kept accusing others, so he couldn't help but walk in and ask her.
By the way, this girl hasn't replied to him yet.
"Pingshen, I'm asking you."
Yan Yan raised his head, "Back to the emperor, the courtiers don't feel that they are at fault, first, the courtiers are celebrating the New Year's ceremony in their own home; Second, the courtiers had not seen the eldest son of the Lu family before. ”
Yan Yan didn't say anything more, because there was a suspicion of pointing out Yan Peng and Ma's family, as a junior, this is a big disrespect and a big unfilial piety.
Of course, if Yan Yan has sufficient evidence in his hands, it will be another matter.
"Okay, regardless of whether you're wrong or not, I'm asking you now, what are you going to do with this matter?" Li Cong asked, his voice much softer.
Although he also tends to marry Yan Yan to Lu You, he also has to worry about this girl's feelings, no matter what, this child was grown up by him, and Yan Rui died for him, so he has to give the child an explanation.
"The courtiers don't want to shame their parents, they don't want to shame the Yan family, and they can't let the royal family be ashamed, so the courtiers plan to become nuns, and after the two sons of the Lu family marry their own sons, the courtiers may consider returning to the vulgar, but how to go after returning to the vulgar, the courtiers haven't thought about it for a while." Yan Yan didn't say anything to death, leaving himself a way back.
"What if they don't marry?" Li Cong had a little headache.
You must know that Lu You and Lu Ming have both reached the age of weak crowns, and they should have married their own children a long time ago, but because Yan Yan is still young, they have been delayed until now, and they originally thought that they would hold a wedding in Yan Yan's year, but they didn't expect this kind of thing to happen again, and this delay may not be delayed until when.
"Two years later, the courtiers will travel away from the capital with their masters under the pretext of never stepping into the capital again."
Li Cong listened to this and looked at the Queen Mother, when did this girl learn to be so sharp and eloquent?
The queen mother saw the suspicion in her son's eyes, in fact, she also felt that the girl in front of her was a little wrong, although Yan Yan was also smart in the past, but she knew how to hide clumsy, which was like now sentence by sentence, blocking them speechless.
That's not right, what did this girl say "If you marry Lu You in such a hurry", it means that you can marry without being in a hurry?
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother beckoned to Yan Yan, "Child, come here." ”
Yan Yan didn't know what the other party meant, but he also crawled forward a few steps, but stopped when he was three meters away from the mother and son, still kneeling on the ground.
"Get up, there are no outsiders here." Li Cong spoke.
Yan Yan stood up unceremoniously when he heard this, because his knees hurt after kneeling for a long time.
"Child, there are no outsiders here, tell me, did you think of these things you just mentioned or did someone mention you?" The Queen Mother asked in a low voice.
You have to know the cause to prescribe the right medicine.
"Back to the Queen Mother, it was the courtiers who thought about it themselves, and they just said three things, and the fourth one is a proposal for the Lu family to divide the family, the Queen Mother, you are an experienced elder and a mother, do you think the suggestion made by the Lu family is feasible? Is it really for the sake of courtiers? Do you want your son to be separated as soon as he marries the bride? Did our Great Zhou Dynasty have this practice? ”
"No, this really doesn't work, if it spreads, it will damage your Yan family's family style." The emperor vetoed it first.
You must know that this dynasty has always advocated ruling the world with filial piety, and it is rumored that his emperor's cousin and niece took the lead in breaking this convention, how will he block the mouths of these courtiers in the court in the future?