"No, no, no!"

Chongzhen was angry at this time, and shouted at Zhou Yanru, Zhou Yanru knelt down on the ground when he heard the sound and said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the ancestors, please think twice!" ”

Zhou Yanru slammed his head on the ground after speaking, and he couldn't kneel for a long time, and the surrounding ministers were all surprised when they saw it, why is Zhou Ge Lao so rigid today, when Chongzhen said he didn't want to in the past, Zhou Ge Lao never forced it, but why did he persecute His Majesty again and again today?

Chongzhen's face was almost purple at this time, and he pointed at Zhou Yanru and said: "I don't allow you to beat my daughter's idea, I am the Ming Dynasty, I don't pay compensation, I don't cut the land, I don't make peace, the Son of Heaven guards the country, the king dies, why do we want to implicate a female baby, I don't allow it." ”

Zhou Yanru heard this, but did not retreat in the slightest and said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the Ming royal family does not pay compensation, does not cut land, and does not make peace, but Your Majesty, Lantian Li Chaosheng is still my minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the princess marrying him is not a peace and begging for mercy, it can only be regarded as the emperor's grace, which does not violate the law of the ancestors!" ”

Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this, and then his resolute attitude just now became soft, Zhou Yanru still knows Chongzhen very well, Emperor Chongzhen is a very selfish and self-righteous person, he does not have as much preference for his children as he imagined, what he cares about is not the happiness of his children, but whether he violates the ancestral patriarchal law by doing so.

Chongzhen's biggest worry is whether he can have the face to face the underground ancestors and ancestors after his death, and the second is as a father's love for his children, but in this era, the father's love for his daughter is often not enough.

Even for some money, he sold his daughter to make someone smaller.

And now a daughter can be exchanged for the stability of the southwest border of the Ming Dynasty, which is a cost-effective deal for the Ming Dynasty and Chongzhen, and when Chongzhen's attitude is no longer resolute and begins to hesitate, this shows that Zhou Yanru's suggestion has worked.

Chongzhen pondered for a moment at this time and said: "But she is a concubine, she has already decided on a family affair, and she is Zhou Shixian, the son of the imperial servant." ”

After Chongzhen finished saying this, a little old man came out of the ranks of important ministers, and at this time he knelt directly on the ground and said: "Zhou Guangzu, the minister's servant, has a plan to play. ”

Chongzhen was stunned and looked at the Taifu Siqing, and then saw Zhou Guangzu kneeling on the ground and said: "The courtier Zhou Shixian is stubborn, does not listen to education, and is not worthy of virtue, it is really difficult to serve as a concubine, so the minister asks His Majesty to cancel the marriage contract, don't delay the princess's lifelong events." ”

"Zhou Aiqing, you ......"

Chongzhen was painted by Zhou Guangzu, and at this time he was surprised, and then sighed and said: "That's it, but I still can't marry the princess to Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng already has two wives, wouldn't it be small for people, how can I be small for people when I am a princess of the Ming royal family?" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yanru said: "Your Majesty, Lantian Li Chaosheng once said that his wives are all equal wives regardless of size, and now Li Chaosheng's two wives, one is the daughter of the King of Qin, and the Ming media is marrying, and the second is actually the daughter of a bandit, but even so, the two of them are still equal wives, regardless of size." ”

"And Your Majesty's princess is noble, she will definitely not be bullied when she gets there, and Your Majesty, Lantian Li Chaosheng is now under his knees, and he has no son and a half daughter, if the princess can leave a son to Li Chaosheng in the past, with the respect of the princess, the princess's son is likely to be the future successor of Lantian, if so, Daming Zhongxing is hopeful, Li Chaosheng does not want to oppose His Majesty, then his heir is likely to be out of the control of Daming, but if his son is His Majesty's grandson, then Lantian will still be Daming sooner or later?"

Zhou Yanru's words were too demagogic, Chongzhen's eyes widened when he heard Zhou Yanru's words, how else could he do this?

Let Zhu Yujiao give birth to a son to Li Chaosheng, and operate well with the influence of the Ming Dynasty in the future, this son may not become the heir of Lantian, and even if he can't, his grandfather can also give his good grandson some support at that time, support him to make a lot of trouble in Lantian, and then he can also reap the benefits of the fisherman. “

After thinking about these joints, Chongzhen didn't resist marrying his daughter to Lantian, Zhou Yanru saw Chongzhen's true thoughts, and then kowtowed again and said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the ancestral society, let the princess marry it!" ”

Zhou Yanru expressed his position this time, and all the ministers also saw that Chongzhen had already moved, but now they want to find a step to make this matter more logical, and want to understand the joints in it, many ministers of Zhou Yanru's faction knelt down one after another, and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the ancestors, let the princess marry!" ”

Chongzhen looked at the civil and military who were kneeling nearly half of the court, clenched his fists, sighed and said, "Okay, since this is the case, then send a holy decree to Lantian and ask them to go to Beijing on an auspicious day to marry the princess." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The ministers bowed their hands together, and Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's disperse." ”

"Your Majesty has a will, retreat from the dynasty!"

Wang Chengen spoke directly, followed by Emperor Chongzhen back to the harem, followed by two holy decrees from the Forbidden City, one to Lantian and one to Henan.

The holy decree given to Li Chaosheng was to let Li Chaosheng send someone to Beijing to marry the eldest princess Zhu Yujiao and return to Lantian.

The holy decree to go to Henan was given to Sun Chuanting, and the main content was to appoint Sun Chuanting as the governor of Henan, in charge of the war in Henan, and have the right to control all soldiers and horses in Henan.

As soon as these two holy decrees were issued, they temporarily stabilized the impact of the fall of Henan on the capital.

……

In the back garden of the Forbidden City, Queen Zhou sat on the stone pier and kept touching her tears, crying a miserable one, and there were three little guys on the side, the eldest princess Zhu Yujiao, the crown prince Zhu Cihong, and the second prince, Zhu Ciyi.

At this time, the eldest princess Zhu Yujiao was in tears, but there was still perseverance in her tears, and the two little ones, Zhu Ciyun was angry, and her little face was bulging, and Zhu Cihong was also in tears, looking at her sister reluctantly.

Emperor Chongzhen sat not far from Queen Zhou, his face was cloudy, and three steps behind him stood Wang Chengen, at this time he lowered his head, looked at his nose with his ears, nose and mouth, and mouth and heart, as if the old monk was in a fixed state.

Bantian Chongzhen sighed and said, "Queen, don't cry. ”

Empress Zhou continued to sobble at this time: "Your Majesty, you are so ruthless, you and I only have one daughter, you actually let her marry Lantian to be a child, Your Majesty, what do you think, don't you feel sorry for your daughter?" ”

Queen Zhou has never accused Chongzhen in her life, and at this time, she let go for the sake of her daughter, and even accused Chongzhen regardless of it.

Chongzhen was stupid by Queen Zhou's words, and looked at Queen Zhou for a long time and said, "Empress, what do you say?" She is my daughter, how can I not feel distressed, but, the state affairs are like this, how can you let me be good, now the princes of the court, the people are panicking, the war situation in Henan is rotten, I can only use the soldiers and horses in my hands now, Zuo Liangyu in Tongguan, but Zuo Liangyu wants to move, how can Lantian clamp ......"

"So you sent your daughter to restrain Li Chaosheng, but Li Chaosheng already has two wives, is our daughter going to be a child?

Do you know, the dignified princess of the Ming Dynasty, go to a Liupin county order to be a small one, who can believe you when you say it? Our daughter's face is gone! ”

Chongzhen looked at the queen like an angry old hen, and sighed: "I have inquired clearly, Li Chaosheng is still good to his wife, there is no distinction between wives and concubines in his house, all of them are equal wives, and our daughter is also a flat wife." ”

"But, it's our daughter......"

What else did Empress Zhou want to say, but at this time, Chongzhen waved her hand and looked at Zhu Yujiao and said, "What do you think?" ”

】

Zhu Yujiao raised her teary eyes at this time and said, "Father, do you really want to marry Yujiao to Lantian?" ”

Chongzhen nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"If you marry Li Chaosheng, can you help your father?"

Chongzhen continued to nod and said, "Yes." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yujiao knelt on the ground and said: "That daughter is willing to marry Lantian and Li Chaosheng, as long as she can help her father, her daughter is willing to do anything." ”

Chongzhen was stunned on the spot when he heard this, looking at Zhu Yujiao's red and swollen eyes, Chongzhen really wanted to give himself a mouth for a moment, and then said to the Manchu Dynasty: "Lao Tzu's daughter does not marry, and Lao Tzu's daughter cannot become a political victim." ”

But Chongzhen is not a hairy boy, he is an emperor who has been an emperor for more than ten years, although his governance ability may not be outstanding, but his imperial heart has been experienced, what is the imperial heart.

The emperor is ruthless and unrighteous, as long as it is helpful to his regime, his personal feelings can be discarded without burden, just like now, after the relationship is clearly explained, Chongzhen has already made a choice, although he is reluctant to give up in his heart, at this time Chongzhen still hardened his heart: "Okay, my good daughter, don't worry that if Li Chaosheng dares to treat you badly, I can't spare him!" ”

After Chongzhen said this, Zhu Yujiao kowtowed to Chongzhen and said, "My daughter obeys." ”

"No, Imperial Sister, Father, please don't marry Imperial Sister to that county order, beg Father."

Just when everyone thought that this matter was over, they saw Zhu Cijiong, who was only eight years old, kneeling directly on the ground and saying to Chongzhen, Chongzhen was a little confused by Zhu Cijiong's behavior, looked at Zhu Cijiong and said, "You don't want your imperial sister to marry?" ”

"No, it is natural for a woman to marry, although the child is reluctant to marry the imperial sister, but she can't stop the imperial sister from marrying, but the younger minister doesn't want the imperial sister to marry someone she doesn't like."

"Oh, how do you know that your imperial sister doesn't like Li Chaosheng?"

Zhu Ciyi heard this and said: "If the imperial sister likes it, the imperial sister will not cry, so the son begged his father and the emperor not to marry the imperial sister to this Li Chaosheng." ”

Chongzhen heard this, his eyes showed a look of appreciation, he was able to intercede for his sister at a young age, and what he said was reasonable, worthy of being my son, thinking of this, Chongzhen's eyes looked at the prince Zhu Cihong, who was speechless, and asked, "How does the prince think about it?" ”

Zhu Cihong heard this: "Father, father, and son-in-law don't want the imperial sister to marry, but the son-in-law doesn't want to embarrass the father, if it can, the son-in-law is willing to marry for his sister." ”

"Poof~"

Hearing this, Zhu Ciyun on the side laughed out loud, Chongzhen also laughed, Zhu Yujiao couldn't hold it back, touched Zhu Cihong's head with pity and said: "Silly brother, my sister is a girl who can marry, you are a boy, what are you marrying, don't say it in the future, make people laugh." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded innocently and said: "I know that I am a boy, I am a metaphor, a metaphor, if I can marry my sister, I am willing to marry my sister." ”

Zhu Yujiao touched Zhu Cihong's head and hugged it in his arms, Chongzhen cleared his throat when he saw this, and said: "Ahem, well, I'm a little hungry today, Wang Daban helped me inform the imperial dining room, and said that I have a good appetite today, add a few meat dishes." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old slave will be informed."

Wang Chengen left respectfully, and soon informed the imperial dining room that the emperor was gracious today and allowed to cook meat dishes, as soon as the news came out, the chef of the imperial dining room was excited, good guys, I haven't touched meat for many months, and our cooking skills are buried, hurry up, take the meat, and make meat for the emperor to eat.

In this way, the harem borrowed Zhu Yujiao's light, and finally ate meat, and at the same time, Zhu Yujiao's marriage to Lantian was also a certainty.

Don't care if it's a few happy families, a few worried, anyway, as soon as the news of the eldest prince's main marriage to Lantian County Zun spread, all the ministers who were panicked shut up, and the emperor and Lantian became in-laws, with Lantian military strength and economic strength, as long as they want to help him, this old man, this difficulty in the Ming Dynasty is not a big deal, so for a while, the various departments of the imperial court were not greatly affected by this great change in Henan, and the ministers who were originally panicked were also appeased.

When Chongzhen heard the situation of the hundred officials in Beijing from Cao Huachun's mouth, he snorted hatefully: "They are happy when I marry my daughter." ”

After speaking, Chongzhen didn't dwell on this matter, but took advantage of this wind to start working hard to prepare for the next counterinsurgency.

……

Lantian County, Li Chaosheng's mansion, Li Chaosheng walked around the door anxiously, today Li Chaosheng put down all his official duties and went home for only one thing, that is, Changyu County was born.

That's right, the county lord of Changyu is finally about to give birth, and Li Chao gave birth to his first child.

Li Chao's life is so big and it is the first time to be a father, so he is nervous, and from time to time there is a cry from the county lord of Changyu: "Ah~"

"What's wrong, Ah Weak, are you okay, Ah Weak!"

Li Chaosheng shouted anxiously, and finally couldn't help but prepare to rush into the house, but at this time, a nurse dressed in white directly stopped Li Chaosheng and said: "Stop, where women give birth, men can't go inside." ”

"Do you know who I am, I, Li Chaosheng, the husband of the woman inside, I can't enter when my woman gives birth? Get up, I'll see. Li Chaosheng said anxiously, and the female nurse was still insisting after hearing this.

"No, you can't enter."

Li Chaosheng wanted to get angry, but at this time, another woman came out from inside and said, "Li Chaosheng stop, you can't enter!" ”