Chapter 30: Substitution of Marriage
Prime Minister's Office.
The summer sun was blazing, and the sound was endless, adding a bit of boredom to the already hot air.
The mansion of the university scholar Su Yuwen is given by the current saint, the white walls outside the house are tiled, the green willows hang around, the three hanging flower gatehouses, and the verandah is copied on all sides. The Yong road in the house is connected, the mountains and stones are embellished, the courtyard is layered and complex, magnificent, the backyard in the house is full of beautiful trees and onions, the strange flowers are burning, a clear stream in a belt, and the strange grass and fairy vines are verdant and dripping.
The clear pond of the Su Mansion is quite famous in the whole capital, just because the lotus in the backyard of the Su Mansion is full of lotus, burning but not demonic, glamorous but not charming, the clear pool water is shining with the light of Qing Ling Ling under the illumination of the sun, and the fine fragments reflect the shining light of tens of millions, taking advantage of the elegant and pure pink lotus and white lotus, I don't feel that the sun of this midsummer is too scorching, if you hide in the water pavilion, enjoy the clear lotus of the pond, listen to the gurgling sound of the clear stream, the wind blows lightly, and the vines and green roses that climb and hang down in the water pavilion are swaying with the wind, The hot and scorching breath was gone, and it was a little more comfortable and cool. In the evening, the sky is full of glow, the lotus leaves are blue, and the clear lotus fragrance spreads out, which makes people can't help but linger, and Tao Taoran is happy and does not miss Shu.
All the ladies and ladies who have visited Su Mansion are all envious of the Qingyun Garden written by Miss Su Fu, but they can't imitate it.
In the afternoon, Su Yuqing took a nap and came to the water pavilion of Qingyun Garden. Her personal maid Qiu Ling stood beside her, her little white hand gently shaking the pu fan, not daring to disturb the master's meditation.
The weeping vines and green roses are wrapped in the pavilion corridor of the water pavilion, and the faint fragrance of lotus is diffused with a slightly cool summer breeze. Su Yuqing sat upright in the peony chair, her eyes slightly closed, staring at the lotus flowers in the pond, and her cherry lips were slightly raised, revealing a slightly bitter smile.
The delicate and lovely maid Qiuling had a sad face at this time, and quietly lowered her eyes to look at her own young lady, since the old man returned to the house before noon and closed the door, the young lady was silent, as if she was preoccupied.
As the eldest lady of the young lady, she is naturally very clear about the ins and outs, it is because of the clear reason that she is sad in her heart, her young lady is like a fairy-like person, you are the eldest daughter of the emperor of the dynasty, in this prosperous and splendid capital, whether it is appearance or talent, she is a first-class woman, it is not an exaggeration to praise the beautiful crown and the group, such an identity and status, even to marry to the small country in the Western Regions with harsh conditions and difficult life, and marry the rumored bohemian prince of Khotan.
Although Qiu Ling is a girl, but there have also been rumors, that the Western Regions of Khotan many brave and good warriors, all because of the folk customs are really strong, men are barbaric and vulgar, women are fierce and formless, so on the battlefield is also brave and warlike, not afraid of life and death, so several times, but also make the Wuqian Emperor headaches, although it is a small border country, but always to guard against one or two, now, this small country of Khotan relied on the border to win a few small battles, Tao Taoran sent an envoy to the Wuqian Dynasty, asking to marry the princess of the Wuqian Dynasty.
If it weren't for the tight border war, Emperor Wuqian would never have promised, but now the old emperor of a country named Shanji in the north has died, and the young emperor who has just ascended the throne is not as down-to-earth as the old emperor, always thinking about expanding the country, and in just three months on the throne, he has clashed with the Wuqian Dynasty no less than 40 times.
Although it is not as good as the Wuqian Dynasty, it cannot be underestimated, coupled with the harassment of Khotan in the Western Regions, Emperor Wuqian had no choice but to agree to Khotan's request to appease Khotan's imminent ambitions.
Emperor Wuqian has only seven daughters, the eldest princess, the second princess has long been a horse, the fourth princess has just been pointed to the eldest son of the Hubu Shangshu, from the eighth princess below has not been to the Xuan, only the fifth princess has just been Xuan, but the biological mother of the five princesses is the queen, as a princess, because of her delicate and clever on weekdays, she is also quite favored by the emperor, and she is reluctant to marry her far away to a small country in ancient Khotan where the wind and sand continue to be harsh all year round. Only then did the daughter of Su Yuwen, the first auxiliary minister, be selected to marry on his behalf.