Chapter 22 Stopping the Bad Trend of Arranged Marriages

Who is Xu Da?

The first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and now he is still deeply trusted by Lao Zhu, leading the army to garrison Beiping, the northern military fortress of the Ming Empire.

Lao Zhu asked Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to marry Xu Da's daughter, just to let Xu Da wholeheartedly assist Zhu Di in guarding the northern frontier in the future.

The benefits are clear.

The downside is also obvious.

It's good if Zhu Di is honest and a Yan King.

If he is restless and wants to rebel, with Xu Da's assistance, his energy will also increase exponentially.

At this time, if Liu Bowen said that Zhu Di and Miss Xu did not agree, Zhu Yuanzhang would say that he had ill intentions, disturbed the frontier, and killed!

Liu Bowen wants to say that Zhu Di and Miss Xu are a match made in heaven, which is equivalent to sending ammunition to Zhu Biao's enemies with his own hands.

And in the future, Zhu Di will be a vassal, and he can no longer be crooked.

Otherwise, you are the one who matched people, and Zhu Di is not allowed to go to Peking to reunite with his wife and father-in-law, what is the reason?

Liu Bowen was exquisite, so he naturally understood the stakes and stakes, and threw his hand at Zhu Bai: "The old minister has been unlucky recently. King Xiang counted more than a dozen hexagrams yesterday, and the hexagrams were accurate. It's still the king of Xiang. ”

Hey, I'll kick the ball back to Lao Zhu for your own son.

If it doesn't work, I can't blame it.

Zhu Bai scolded in his heart: You are an old slippery head, and you throw the pot again.

You have to teach me this, just to throw the pot to me every day.

How can there be such a cheap good thing?!

Zhu Bai tilted his head and asked Liu Bowen with a blank expression: "Master, I haven't learned this yet." ”

Liu Bowen said: "Your Highness already knows how to tell fortunes, just be lucky." ”

"Oh." Zhu Bai nodded, took out three copper coins, and was about to shake them, but suddenly stopped again and asked Zhu Yuanzhang, "Father, shouldn't you ask the fourth brother himself about the marriage matter?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang blew his beard and glared: "What do you know about a child, the words of the matchmaker of the parents' order for a major marriage event, ask him what he is doing?!" ”

Eh, that's what you're wrong with Lao Zhu. Aren't you just messing around with the mandarin duck spectrum?

Zhu Bai did not hesitate to put away the copper coins: "The person that my father helped the fourth brother pick will naturally not be wrong." However, the person who wants to live with Miss Xu for the rest of his life is the fourth brother. Still ask him. Otherwise, I can't calculate this hexagram accurately. As long as the fourth brother likes it, it is naturally good no matter what. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Bai: You are a little slippery head, and you refuse to work?!

Zhu Bai looked back with a pure and harmless face: Just kidding, that's the queen of Emperor Yongle, such a big matter, don't you want me to take responsibility!

In case I say that it is a good match, these two people get married and hate each other, and they don't scold me to death?

If you want me to say that they are not suitable, these two people look at the right eye again, Zhu Di must chase and kill me every day, saying that I am bad for him.

Besides, don't fight to stop the unhealthy trend of arranged marriages.

After seven or eight years, when I want to get married, you don't ask my opinion, just give me an ugly monster with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, I might as well die.

Zhu Biao froze again when he saw it, and hurriedly said, "Just ask the fourth brother to ask." ”

Zhu Bai waved his hand: "It's useless to ask him at this time." Miss Xu is not here either. He couldn't see it. ”

Liu Bowen, who had been smiling and watching Lao Zhu's father and son fight, hurriedly added fuel to the fire: "I heard that Lord Xu entered Beijing to face the saint and brought Miss Xu back with him." I arrived at Yingtianfu at noon today. ”

As long as Zhu Di doesn't look down on Miss Xu, he doesn't have to count these two people's eight characters as inappropriate.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were about to roll to the sky: "How can this be reasonable, could it be that I can still call a big girl who has not been out of the cabinet to the imperial study to show the fourth child?" ”

Zhu Bai thought for a while: "It's really inappropriate for Miss Xu to come to the imperial study, but you can go to the queen mother." Just find an excuse and call her into the palace. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "Go to the queen, the fourth child can't look at it." A bunch of female dependents, what is it for him to run away with a man. ”

Zhu Bai said: "Father just call her." If the queen mother sees it well, it is naturally good. ”

What kind of idea does this rebel have come up with?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked suspicious, pursed his lips and did not speak.

Zhu Biao also said: "The queen mother is the best at looking at people. If the queen mother likes it, then it must be good. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while: yes. Ask Queen Ma's opinion, it's right.

He waved his hand: "It is rumored that Xu Dawei entered the palace to face the saint." Miss Xu has a reputation for being chaste and demure, and she has read the scriptures and history. The queen has also praised her many times as a 'female student', so I gave her five products, summoned her to enter the palace with Xu Da, and thanked the queen. ”

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The decree went down over there, and Zhu Bai here was anxious to tell Zhu Di where he could still sit firmly.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Bai scratching his ears and cheeks, and leaned at him: "Go and go, see if you are in a hurry, hurry up and watch the excitement." You don't work here, and you're annoying. ”

Zhu Bai hurriedly saluted Zhu Yuanzhang, and then ran away.

Seeing Liu Bowen walking on the corridor in front of him at an extremely slow speed, Zhu Bai suddenly remembered the problem that had plagued him all day.

How did Liu Bowen calculate that he would be entrusted with a heavy task by Zhu Yuanzhang?

Zhu Bai caught up with Liu Bowen: "Master." ”

Liu Bowen stopped and turned around: "Ah, Your Highness." ”

Zhu Bai opened his mouth to ask, and a picture suddenly flashed in his mind, which was the astrological chart on the table when Liu Bowen was counting hexagrams yesterday.

And then suddenly it understood.

Liu Bowen said, "Ji Xing is good wind, Bi Xing is good rain." ”

"The moon follows the stars, and the wind and rain follow."

And a whole bunch of things like that predict the weather from the stars.

He must have calculated yesterday that there was rain in all parts of the country where there was a drought.

So when I told Zhu Yuanzhang that he was happy, he wasn't worried at all.

As for the hexagram he threw out, it was not a coincidence at all.

For an old god stick who has been shaking copper coins for decades, throwing out a humble hexagram is as easy as throwing out three sixes from an old gambler.

Lao Zhu has always been suspicious, except for his son, everyone is suspicious.

Now that I can do Liu Bowen's work, Lao Zhu will definitely use me.

Moreover, I am Liu Bowen and Lan Yu's apprentices, both of whom are princelings, so I am a sure princeling.

I'll listen to how to handle government affairs in advance, and I'll help Zhu Biao in the future.

That's why the old god said that I would be entrusted with a heavy responsibility.

Liu Bowen looked at Zhu Bai with a smile: "What does Your Highness want to say?" ”

What I just figured out can only be understood, not explained.

Zhu Bai swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and shook his head: "It's nothing, the wind and rain are heavy, the ground is wet and the road is slippery, master be careful." ”

Liu Bowen looked clear, bowed slightly, picked up an umbrella and walked into the rain.

Zhu Bai walked out a few steps and turned back.

Liu Bowen's figure is almost invisible.

Fang was as slow as a turtle, and now he was running fast......

Could it be that he was waiting for me to ask a question?

There was a commotion over there, and it was the main hall that had already finished class.

Zhu Bai hurriedly ran over and grabbed Zhu Di: "Fourth brother, fourth brother, I'll take you to see a good thing." ”