128, wife and concubine
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Chu Ning keenly caught something wrong from his words, and immediately ridiculed him: "It's right that the princess wants to marry the head of the Jing family, but before the official marriage, the princess was just the princess of Dongqi." In the diplomatic relations between the two countries, all etiquette must also be mutually agreed, and there is absolutely no reason for one party to decide. What's more, although the Jing clan is stationed in this city, they are only vassals of the Jin Kingdom, and speaking of which, they don't even have the qualifications to agree with the princess. β
"This ......" Xu Cheng's face was blue and red for a while when she said it, originally heard that the officiating officer of Princess Dongqi this time was a young girl, so he wanted to fool the past, but he didn't expect this young girl to be so sharp-toothed.
Chu Ning paced a few steps to the side, walked to a slightly higher sand dune, pointed to a little farther away, and said, "Can you explain to me, what that team of centaurs over there does?" If you're still outside the city after this time, aren't you also waiting to enter the city tomorrow? β
The city of Jingshi was originally built for trade, and caravans often came and went. It is normal for a caravan to be interrogated when it enters the city, but it is not normal for a caravan to stay outside the city for the night when night is approaching, and it is not normal to stay outside the city for the night when it is clear that it has already arrived at the city gate.
Bandits are rampant outside the city, and what are the three long and two short of people and goods, Jing will not ask. When they arrived in the city, there were Jing's retainers to maintain law and order, and they did not allow anyone to kill people and sell goods. This is exactly the "Three Chapters of the Law" that Jing and the surrounding forces have secretly been secretly living in for many years, knowing each other and being at peace.
"This ......" There were also a few caravans waiting to enter the city in the evening, Xu Cheng didn't expect Chu Ning to see the unusual one at a glance, and his face became more and more embarrassed. In front of Princess Dongqi, he didn't dare to openly deceive after all, "Mrs. Li heard that our family is going to marry a wife, and she intends to be more happy, so she also sent a princess, and that princess also has to wait to enter the city after dawn tomorrow." β
"I see," Chu Ning took the opportunity to hand the handkerchief full of words in his hand to Chu Ning, "While your head of the family marries our princess as his wife, he also has to take a concubine, this concubine is of noble birth, how to formulate etiquette, our princess really has to think about it carefully." β
Forget to worry and take the veil, she usually has a cold face and does not smile, and she still looks a little princess majesty. She glanced at the veil from beginning to end a few times, and immediately blushed angrily, the ritual etiquette arranged for her was not the etiquette of a wife, she was the one who wanted to be a concubine.
She threw the handkerchief to the ground, looked at Xu Cheng with her eyes, but said to Chu Ning: "A wife is a wife, a concubine is a concubine, no matter how the order is messed up, the etiquette for entering the city will be drawn up by my etiquette officer himself." β
Xu Cheng originally wanted to fool the past, as long as he forgot his worries and entered the city according to the etiquette of the concubine, he would be at the mercy of it, even if Dongqi asked in the future, this was also agreed by the princess herself, the princess was high-spirited and gave up the position of the wife, what else could others say? It's just that I didn't think that this princess who looked weak and couldn't help but be windy, and the young courtesy officer next to her, were not easy to fool at all.
He turned his heart sideways, and simply spoke clearly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the princess of the Jin Kingdom sent by Mrs. Li is the main wife of our family, and you are the concubine." The princess is thin-skinned and doesn't want to bump into the future housewife, so I can also go and help the princess arrange it, and wait for the one to settle down in the city, and then come to pick you up into the city. After getting married, you must live alone in another courtyard, and you don't need to meet your mother. β
This kind of words, forgetting to worry about yourself is obviously inappropriate, Chu Ning sneered: "When your Jing people came to Dongqi to ask for marriage, they said that the family wanted to marry a wife, not to mention, it was decided that our princess would marry first, and Mrs. Li decided to send the princess over first, even if she came first and then arrived, she should be her concubine." The princess of the Jin Kingdom is mainly thin-skinned, our princess is the best to speak, you can get up early tomorrow, and complete the ceremony of entering the city at a tight time, and then the princess can enter the city, so as not to get noon, the sun is too strong, and the golden branches and jade leaves are unbearable. β
Chu Ning knew in his heart that Mrs. Li was the current powerful favorite concubine of the Jin Kingdom, and she was also one of the targets of Ji Chongguang's revenge, but she didn't expect that when she arrived at the gate of Jing's city, she would first have to face this Mrs. Li, who had never met before. It seems that Mrs. Li is indeed powerful, and even the Jing family does not dare to offend her.
In this, in fact, there is a little bit that Chu Ning doesn't know, although Mrs. Li is just a woman, she is extremely good at the art of checks and balances, and when she was in the harem, she relied on sowing discord and easily killed the other favorite concubines of King Jin. When the King of Jin was old and frail, and the power of state affairs fell into her hands, she went back and forth between several major families. The Jing family was not afraid of Mrs. Li herself, but he was afraid of the Xun family, another family that was often used by Mrs. Li, for fear of annoying Mrs. Li and giving the Xun family an excuse to attack him.
Xu Cheng's face also darkened: "When I asked for marriage, I only said that I would marry, and I didn't say whether I would be a wife or a concubine." Besides, the princess sent by Mrs. Li arrived at noon today, and she wants to talk about the first come, according to our Jing's consistent customs, the first to arrive is the wife, and the last to arrive is the concubine. β
This is a strong argument, the Jing family built the city by himself, who knows what kind of custom he is.
"That's it, it's our negligence, our princess of Dongqi has absolutely no reason to be a concubine, and the etiquette of entering the city doesn't have to be agreed, we will leave early tomorrow morning." Chu Ning picked up the handkerchief and threw it back into Xu Cheng's hand.
"This kind of big thing, you may not be the master of ceremonial officials, it still depends on the princess herself......" Xu Cheng was still chattering, forgetting his worries, he had already stood up, got up and returned to the camp.
Chu Ning smiled knowingly, she admired the crisp and neat attitude of forgetting worries the most, this kind of silent counterattack, sometimes more embarrassing than her sharp teeth.
Xu Cheng was bored with himself, so he could only go back to the city to report to the city lord. Time can't be delayed, there is only one night to make a decision, Chu Ning and Forget Worry briefly discussed, so he ordered the guards to pack up their things with great fanfare and prepare to return. Chu Ning asked people to put out boxes and boxes of dowries that forgot their worries, saying that they couldn't run in vain, leaving them for the Jing family as a congratulatory gift for the city lord's wedding.
said that he was leaving, but in fact, it was just to put pressure on Jing's. But according to Chu Ning's thoughts, if Jing's really doesn't get in the oil and salt, it's not bad to cancel the marriage like this, anyway, she is not happy to forget about marrying the "old lame" in Hezhen's mouth.
At the third watch, Jing's people came again, and this time it was no longer the retainers who came back, but Jing Han, who had been to Dongqi to ask for relatives. He came this time, it was for his own father to pass the word, first lowered his posture and said a lot of words of reparation, such a situation, Jing's did not think well, snubbed the two princesses, and then said an idea, the two princesses have arrived at the door, there is absolutely no reason to go back, it is better to try a game between princesses, the winner is the wife, and the loser will be a concubine, convinced.
Jing Han stared at Forget Worry with burning eyes: "According to my father's intention and Jing's usual method, it should be to fight beasts, but among the entourage of the princess of the Jin Kingdom, there must be masters of taming beasts, and you can't take any advantage of fighting beasts." I took a long time in front of my father, and said that he agreed, and agreed on another method of competition, or simply left it to Providence, divination to determine the name, Dongqi has always been a master in dance and music sacrifices, you can try to choose a method that you are more sure of. β
Forgetting his worries and not answering, Chu Ning inquired about the method of fighting beasts, and said to Jing Han: "Thank you for your trouble, but I'm afraid that we have chosen the method, what can we do if you princess doesn't admit it, since the head of the family personally said that the beast is fighting, then the beast is good, and no one can deny it in one game." β
After Jing Han left, Chu Ning asked Forget Worry: "Tomorrow's competition, do you want to win or lose." If you want to win, I'll do my best to help you. But according to what I mean, it doesn't hurt to lose, just make a big fuss and mess up this marriage. What do you think, I only listen to you for a word. β
Forget your worries and raise your eyes: "When I am in Jing's day, those people don't dare to move easily, so they can only carefully assist him." What's more, there is no place for me in Dongqi. Just do your best, and I'll put the future in your hands. β
Chu Ning felt the helplessness in her words, and asked someone to prepare a large cage covered with black cloth on all sides, and said to Forget Worry: "Since you trust me, then I will definitely win for you tomorrow." β