One

What? And pro? Marrying a sixty-year-old man as a concubine?

When Rongwang Li Wan finally said this in front of his daughter, Shu'er almost couldn't believe her ears.

Did you hear it wrong? The father wants to marry his own daughter, who is like a pearl in his palm, to someone else? A concubine is a concubine.

But my father's face was serious, and he didn't look like he was joking at all.

Shu'er's heart immediately sank.

Her father told her that she had been chosen as the dowry of Princess Ningguo and that she was going to be reconciled with the princess.

And pro, for a royal woman, is really not an accident.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been fourteen women from the clan who sacrificed their family affection and youth for the sake of the peace and tranquility of the country, and married a different race as a princess.

However, only when she marries herself, not only is she not a princess to honor and kiss, but also as a concubine, as an escort to the princess of Ningguo, she marries away from home.

Li Shu, the righteous lord of the county, the biological daughter of King Rong Li Wan, and the daughter of the royal family, with such a noble status, went to be a concubine, so that she could be embarrassed.

There is only one reason, that is, all the princesses who were close to each other in the past were not the emperor's biological daughters, only this time, Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty sent his own princess to be the Kedun of the Hui Yingwu Khan, that is, the queen of Hui Hui. Princess Ningguo also became the first person to return to her relatives.

And Li Shu, the emperor's niece, can only be reduced to a supporting role.

married back to Hui together, as well as Rong Lan, the eldest daughter of the general's servant Gu Huaien.

Because of his great contribution to quelling the Anshi Rebellion, Fugu Huaien was awarded the position of general second only to Guo Ziyi, and as a special honor, he married his daughter to Dengli, the second son of Yingwu Khan, as the lord of the county.

A fake county lord and a real princess, who are also in harmony with their relatives, are all in the main room, only themselves, and they are destined to be concubines.

Shu'er couldn't help but feel sorry for herself.

's mother is the concubine of King Rong, and she can't imagine that she will also be a concubine.

I heard that the Yingwu Khan is already sixty years old, and it is even more miserable to be the concubine of an old man who is about to die, and I heard that there is a ridiculous step-marriage system in Hui, that is, the old khan dies, and the new khan can inherit all the wives and concubines of the old khan except for his own mother.

In such a barbarian land, how could my father be willing to let himself suffer such humiliation.

She understands that her father has a last resort.

King Rong is the sixth son of Emperor Li Longji, deeply favored by Li Longji, had intended to pass the throne to him, later, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Ma Weipo mutiny, Emperor Taishang fled to Shuzhong in a hurry, the crown prince Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu by himself, and respected Tang Xuanzong Li Longji as the Emperor Taishang, vacated his throne, and became Emperor Suzong.

Su Zong was jealous of Li Wan, the king of Rong, and after ascending the throne, he embarrassed him everywhere, making Li Wan tremble.

This time, he named his daughter as a wife, making it clear that he was embarrassed. As a father, King Rong has no good plan but to feel sorry for his daughter's guilt.

For her father, Shu'er can't hate it, she just doesn't understand, the Tang Emperor Suzong, is he willing to marry his own daughter Princess Ningguo to marry the old khan?

Two

Suzong Li Heng was also reluctant to marry his own daughter to a different race, especially this fateful princess of Ningguo.

Princess Ningguo is Li Heng's second daughter, and she has been favored by Li Heng since she was a child. When Li Heng was still the crown prince, the princess was already an adult. first married the dignified Zheng Qing as his wife, a talented woman and a loving husband and wife, but unfortunately soon after, Zheng Qing fell ill and died. Princess Ningguo was grief-stricken and heartbroken.

Li Heng hurriedly found a new husband for his daughter, Xue Kangheng, and Princess Ningguo slowly recovered. But this colt was shorter-lived, and after less than half a year of marriage, he fell off his horse once and lay down for a month, and finally died.

Princess Ningguo was hit hard, and she was widowed at home, staying in the mansion all day long, and she didn't even see anyone.

Su Zong was distressed.

wanted to find another wishful husband to the princess, but helplessly, everyone was afraid of the princess's hard life, and they shirked it one by one. Although it is said that the royal daughter does not worry about getting married, but you and I have to be willing, and you can't catch ducks on the shelves.

During the time when the princess was widowed, a major event occurred, that is, the famous Anshi Rebellion.

In December 755, An Lushan raised troops in Fanyang and rebelled against the imperial court.

At that time, Tang Xuanzong was in power, favored Yang Guifei, was extravagant, neglected the government, and entrusted all foreign affairs to Prime Minister Li Linfu.

Li Linfu has been dictatorial for decades, putting an end to words, rejecting loyalty and goodness, and nepotism, which has aroused strong dissatisfaction among ministers. Yang Guifei took the opportunity to recommend her brother Yang Guozhong to enter the court as an official, and Tang Xuanzong dismissed Li Linfu in order to curry favor with Yang Guifei, and Yang Guozhong succeeded him as prime minister.

After Yang Guozhong became the prime minister, he intensified his efforts, wantonly looted people's wealth, and enshrined Yang Guifei for her luxury.

It is rumored that Yang Guifei only has one fat powder money, and she will spend millions of taels of silver every year.

The Yang family is a family, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, and no one can match it.

Poor and extravagant, and state affairs are getting worse, which finally caused trouble.

In order to prevent border generals from entering the prime minister, Li Linfu strongly recommended Hu people An Lushan to be loyal and brave, Xuanzong believed it, and in order to encircle the Hu people, he appointed An Lushan as the envoy of Fanyang, Pinglu, and Hedong, so that they had the conditions to support the army and respect themselves.

An Lushan held a strong soldier and sat on the border, looking down on Yang Guozhong at all, causing Yang Guozhong to be jealous.

Finally, in the name of the Qing Jun's side, An Lushan joined Shi Siming, the general of the joint army, raised Fan Yang, drove straight in, and raised troops against the Tang Dynasty.

All the way to Luoyang, An Lushan called Emperor Dayan, and then killed Tongguan and occupied Chang'an.

Tang Xuanzong took the concubines of the six palaces and the children of the royal family and fled overnight. To Maweipo, the general Chen Xuanli cooperated with the crown prince Li Heng to launch a mutiny, killed Yang Guozhong, forced Yang Guifei to death, forced Tang Xuanzong to have a mental breakdown, and fled to Shuzhong in a panic.

Li Heng succeeded him as emperor, and his first task was to quell the rebellion in Anshi.

He used the general Guo Ziyi as the commander and the servant Gu Huaien as the general, and urgently recruited troops and horses to deal with An Lushan.

However, An Lushan had many generals and was difficult to eliminate for a while.

Guo Ziyi offered a plan, the situation was critical, it was better to borrow troops from Hui Su to quell the rebellion to solve the urgent need.

Since the founding of the country, they have been friendly with the Tang Dynasty, helping the Tang Dynasty resist the attacks of Tibet and the Western Regions, and have always been dependent on the Tang Dynasty as a respect, and have been enshrined in the Tang Emperor.

Li Heng accepted Guo Ziyi's proposal and decided to borrow troops from Hui Hui.

Due to the deployment of border troops, the frontier is unstable, Tubo will attack at any time, in addition, the emperor still has a certain amount of power in Shu, Li Heng established himself as the emperor, his position is not solid, there is always a little weak-hearted, he is eager to make meritorious contributions to stabilize the people's hearts, so, at all costs, but also to quell the rebellion.

Li Heng sent an envoy to send a letter back to the Yingwu Khan, promising that if Chang'an and Luoyang were recovered, the jade silk of his children would be returned to the city as a reward.

Originally, it was planned to be in Chang'an, but later it was worried that the people of Chang'an would defend Chang'an, so it was changed to Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Under the huge benefits, the heroic khan did not hesitate to send the crown prince Yehu to personally lead the troops and participate in the battle.

With strong foreign aid, under the attack from both sides, An Lushan was defeated and fled.

He was later killed by his son.

Shi Siming was also killed by his son Shi Chaoyi.

Suzong regained Chang'an as he wished, and a large area of lost land, and sat on the coveted golden and brilliant emperor's throne.

Three

In accordance with the prior agreement with Li Heng of Tang Suzong, the Hui people began the crazy sacking of Luoyang.

Such a legal looting is a shame that has never been seen in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

The Uighur people have always lived in the wilderness of the grassland, and when they see this bustling city, it is like being in the sky.

For property, dig three feet into the ground and never let go. For men, whether they are weak or strong, they will kill when they see them. For women, whether they are young or old, they all commit adultery, and none of them are missed.

A large number of women and children fled to the monastery for refuge and closed their doors, angering the Uighurs, who set fire to the temple and burned it to the ground. There are more than 10,000 people, and the smell of burnt human flesh can be smelled for ten miles.

When Prince Hui Yehu said goodbye with satisfaction, in addition to asking the Tang Dynasty to fund 20,000 horses of silk every year, he also conveyed a request of the Yingwu Khan, that is, the Kedun (queen) of the Yingwu Khan had recently died, and he wanted the emperor to marry the princess to him as Kedun.

Li Heng looked at Prince Ye Hu's smiling face and was taken aback, but then he readily agreed, and then sent the princess and relatives, and married the eldest daughter of the general Gu Huai'en to the second son of the Khan, who had not yet married a wife.

Prince Ye Hu returned triumphantly.

Su Zong thought of his daughter Princess Ningguo, who couldn't get married.

The princess is widowed, and she is a suitable person.

Although it is still possible to send a clan girl to pretend to be a princess to marry like the previous dynasty, Su Zong does not want to do that.

He really wanted to entrap Hui in order to maintain his rule. After all, only a real princess was valued by the Khan.

In the previous dynasty, there were many friendly women, once they were found out that they were not true princesses, some were immediately culled to vent their anger.

Princess Ningguo is the only unmarried daughter and is the best choice for harmony.

Thinking of this, Su Zong decided to speak to his daughter in person.

Princess Ning Guo listened to her father's words, and her heart was desolate. Let yourself marry far away from the barren land, is this the best arrangement that my father gave him?

Princess Ningguo cried.

Su Zong's nose was sour, although it was a consultative tone, but it was firm and could not be refuted. He patted his daughter on the shoulder and said, "As a princess of the Tang Dynasty, maintaining the stability of the country is more important than anything else. From ancient times to the present, you are not the first. You can be considered loyal to the country and filial piety to your father. ”

Princess Ningguo had nothing to say.

Harmony is the fate of every royal woman at any time, and she can't get rid of it. Even if it is a Ding Datang, it has to rely on women to maintain peace.

Once you enter the side plug, you will be homeless for life.

Princess Ningguo is full of unknown fears about the future.

"I also chose Shu'er as my wife, and I will marry you together, so you have a partner." Su Zong said.

Shu'er? Cousin Shu'er? That's too much to raise back to the Khan.

Princess Ning Guo sighed. Such a beautiful sister-in-law, twenty-eight years old, just at the right age, no better than herself, she is twenty-four years old, and she has been married twice.

The practice of harmony, since the beginning of the Warring States period, where the princess is married to be the main room, it is generally the younger sister or close relatives to be the concubine, relying on each other. There is also a layer of great significance, that is, the only benefit of being a concubine, once the main room dies, it will be prioritized as a steproom, so as to continue to maintain the marriage relationship between the two countries.

It's not Shu'er, there will be others.

If Shu'er knew, I don't know how sad she would be. Princess Ning Guo thought.

Being a wife, for a county lord, Shu'er is too aggrieved.

Four

What makes Shu'er really sad is not that she is a wife, but that there is another reason.

In her heart, she has a sweetheart, but that person himself doesn't know yet.

Once, the emperor's uncle, Li Zhen (Ju), the king of Hanzhong County, came to his house to find Li Wan, the king of Rong, who was bowing with his two daughters.

Keju began in the Spring and Autumn Period, and by the time of the Tang Dynasty, it had become so popular that almost everyone loved to play. Shu'er especially likes it.

That day, Shu'er was playing football with her sister, and Li Wan watched with interest from the sidelines, and couldn't help but join in.

Three people kick against each other, called the field household.

Shu'er rose up and kicked high, deliberately so that her father could not kick it. Exactly, the juju repeatedly passed over the birds, and the swing actually came out of the weeping poplars.

The ball rose and fell, and accidentally hit a man. The man was taken aback by the surprise attack.

Uncle Li laughed and said, "Shu'er has good ball skills. My guards can't hide either. ”

Shu'er said with a smile: "Uncle Huang came quietly and didn't say hello, but it scared me." ”

Shu'er was a little apologetic, a little shy, and said to the guard with a smile: "Did it hurt?" The guard looked at the pretty Shu'er, a little flustered, and hurriedly said, "It's okay." While picking up the juju on the ground and returning it to Shu'er.

This young woman, full of autumn water, picturesque eyebrows, because she was playing football just now, her red face, some fine beads of sweat, even more revealing the brilliance of youth.

The guard lowered his head, not daring to look up, his heart pounding.

Shu'er hugged Keju, held her sister's hand, and slowly walked to the backyard.

Turning back slightly, the guard was secretly looking at her, and their eyes met, and the young guard immediately blushed.

A trembling ripple crossed Shu'er's heart.

From that moment on, there was concern in my heart.

Shu'er thought stupidly, is God destined to throw this hydrangea to him and keep this marriage for herself?

The guard looked at Shu'er's distant back stupidly, and felt a sense of loss in his heart. Beautiful eyes, clever smile, such a beautiful county lord, how can he be delusional by a guard.

I don't know who is blessed to marry this fairy-like woman.

Shu'er later whispered that the guard's name was Chu Qingfu, twenty-two years old, and he had not yet married a wife.

Shu'er felt a burst of joy in her heart.

The girl who is just starting to fall in love is full of thoughts and can only hide it in her heart.

When the biological mother died early, who should I tell him? Although his father loves him and the princess treats him well, it is absolutely impossible for a dignified county lord to marry a guard.

When Shu'er was pregnant with spring, she suddenly knew about her relatives, which was really a bolt from the blue, and her intestines were broken.

A sixteen-year-old girl has no concept of family and country responsibility in her heart, only a person in her spring boudoir dream.

The beautiful encounter really became a spring dream.

But how can we escape this fate with no future?

Five

Li Zhen, the king of Hanzhong County, came out of the Daming Palace, silent, and only walked with his head bored.

Chu Qingfu followed the king of the county, although he could see that the king of the county was full of worries, but he didn't dare to say much. If the king wants to say it, sooner or later he will not be able to hold it back.

After a long journey, the king said; "Come with me on a long trip in a few days."

Chu Qingfu asked, "Where is the county king going?" ”

Li Zhen said: "The emperor wants me to be an envoy to send my relatives, and together with Master Li in Zuo Shilang, I will send an envoy back to Fu." ”

Chu Qingfu said: "It's just a long time, why is the county king depressed?" ”

Li Zhen sighed and said, "It's a pity for Shu'er." ”

Chu Qingfu's heart moved, was it the girl who hit him with a juju?

He couldn't help but ask, "Why does the county king say it's a pity?" ”

Li Zhen often goes to King Rong's mansion, and he also likes this smart and beautiful niece very much, so he feels sorry.

Li Zhen said: "This time I am married, and there is also Shu'er, and I am still a concubine." ”

Chu Qingfu was struck by lightning and was speechless for a long time.

Is that the woman who was as happy as a bird, the woman who smashed on his heart, was that her?

The day of harmony is coming soon.

On July 17, 758 A.D., the team of relatives left Chang'an with rich dowries and gifts.

Emperor Suzong personally led the ministers to see them off to the Xianyang Cimen Station.

Looking at the three dressed women who were crying like tears, Su Zong couldn't help but shed tears.

For many years, what has remained the same is that these young women need to sacrifice their youth one after another, sacrifice their flesh and blood, and marry a different race in exchange for peace in the Tang Dynasty.

Su Zong held his daughter's hand and said in a choked voice: "Child, don't blame your father for being ruthless. ”

Princess Ning Guo said while shedding tears: "The country is a serious matter, and there is no hatred in death. ”

Boarding the gorgeous carriage, Princess Ningguo waved goodbye to the sisters who saw her off, and slowly fell the curtain in the car.

Sending you a thousand miles will eventually have a farewell, this time, Guanshan thousands of miles, it will be difficult to return to the homeland of the country.

The princess burst into tears.

Shu'er and Ronglan's carriage followed the princess and walked slowly.

The moment Shu'er got into the car, in the hazy eyes of tears, she saw the imperial uncle Li Zhen who was the envoy to send off her relatives, and Chu Qingfu beside him.

And he happened to be looking at her.