Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 468
After hearing Wu Mei's words, Gao Ming felt puzzled.

Because in his opinion, even the princess of the Tang Dynasty, who was famous for being tyrannical and domineering, could marry, so why did no one dare to marry this girl Zheng who was not even from a family?
This is unreasonable!
Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately frowned at Wu Mei.

"Could it be that this girl has some serious illness? Or is there something bad about her behavior?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, before Wu Mei could speak, the girl Zheng who was standing next to her knelt down towards Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, the little girl has no serious illnesses. My father is a senior official in the previous dynasty, and the family education is quite strict, so the little girl has also learned some principles of life. She will never dare to go beyond the rules. I still look forward to your highness. Mingjian!"

"Uh……"

Being refuted like this, and thinking that what he said just now was really inappropriate, Gao Ming also had a bit of embarrassment on his face, and quickly raised his hand towards the woman kneeling on the ground.

"Okay, I was wrong just now, get up."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the Zheng woman hurriedly thanked Gao Ming, then slowly stood up and stood aside with her head bowed.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming smiled and nodded.

"Miss Zheng, I believe it's not your fault that you can't get married, but can you tell me the reason?"

"This……"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the Zheng woman hesitated for a moment, turned her head to look at Wu Mei subconsciously, and found that Wu Mei nodded to her, so she saluted Gao Ming solemnly.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, the matter is like this, the little girl's name is Zheng Liwan, and she lives in Xingyang..."

Zheng Liwan slowly told her story, while Gao Ming sat cross-legged on the bed and listened carefully.

It turned out that in the second year of Zhenguan, that is, 16 years ago, Zheng Liwan had just turned 15 years old. Empress Changsun heard that she was not only beautiful, but also smart and capable, so she persuaded Li Shimin to take her into the harem.

Of course, Li Shimin would not refuse such a good deed, so he immediately ordered Zheng Liwan to enter the palace, and made her one of the nine concubines, Chonghua.

Nine concubines are no more than four concubines, equivalent to the emperor's concubine, and their status is still very high. Of course, the Zheng family is willing.

But just when Zheng Liwan was about to become a concubine and Zheng Renji was about to become a relative of the emperor, an accident happened.

Wei Zheng, the "shit stirrer", jumped out and said that he did not support this marriage because Zheng Liwan had already had a marriage contract with a man named Lu Shuang before being selected by Li Shimin, and said that if Li Shimin insisted on going his own way, then he There is no difference between her behavior and the rape of civilian women.

Li Shimin believed that Wei Zheng wouldn't talk nonsense, so he asked Lu Shuang to find him and asked him if he had a marriage contract with Zheng Liwan.

Obviously, Lu Shuang did not have the courage to rob the emperor of a woman, so he vetoed the marriage contract with Zheng Liwan.

Although Lu Shuang denied it, Li Shimin also saw something wrong at this time. He who always cherished his reputation would naturally not bear the stigma for a woman, so this marriage has nothing to do with it.

Zheng Liwan failed to become a concubine in the end, and it was even worse, because of the scandal with Li Shimin, the upper circles of Datang regarded Zheng Liwan as a taboo, and no one dared to get involved.

From everyone's point of view, Zheng Liwan is Li Shimin's favorite woman, and only those who dare to touch her will dare to touch her!
In this way, 16 years have passed, and Zheng Liwan, who almost became a concubine, is still alone, and has changed from a beautiful girl to an older leftover woman.

After listening to Zheng Liwan's story, Gao Ming suddenly showed a wry smile.

"I thought there was some reason. It turned out to be the old man's fault."

At the same time, a bigger question lingered in Gao Ming's heart.

"In the original history, Zheng Liwan should have married Lu Shuang, and her daughter seemed to have married Li Shen and became Princess Ji, but now I am a leftover woman, and she came to participate in my beauty pageant?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately looked at Wu Mei.

"Meiniang, do you know my tenth old Li Shen?"

"I know!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wu Mei nodded immediately.

"Before Chinese New Year this year, His Majesty also decreed to confer the title of Concubine Lu to Princess Ji, and the concubine even sent congratulatory gifts in your name, Your Highness!"

"Uh……"

Now it was Gao Ming's turn to be dazed, he was dazed for a long time, and then looked at Wu Mei with a somewhat tangled face.

"Meiniang, the old concubine Ji Princess Lu, could it be Lu Shuang's daughter?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Wu Mei nodded immediately.

"Yes, Princess Ji is indeed Lord Lu's daughter, so you know, Your Highness?"

"..."

The groom Lu Shuang is married, but the bride is not Zheng Liwan!

Faced with this situation, Gao Ming can only express his feelings in two words.

Ha ha!

At this time, Gao Ming suddenly had another guess, that is, the history about Zheng Liwan has been tampered with, or the records about Zheng Liwan are simply false!
The emperor planned to marry a woman who had a marriage contract with someone else, but it was exposed in the end, so he failed to marry. However, all the officials were afraid of the emperor, and left the poor woman to die alone.

If it was written in this way, it is estimated that without the emperor speaking, the historian who recorded all this would have to be eaten alive by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. After all, everyone wants to lose face.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming couldn't help sighing in his heart.

"No wonder Mencius said that it is better to have no books than to have no books. It is indeed reasonable. It seems that I will not be able to look at the Tang Dynasty from the perspective of reading history books. After all, this is a living world, and the so-called history can only be used as a reference. "

After feeling over, Gao's gaze towards Zheng Liwan softened a lot.

"Zheng Liwan, your past has given me some inspiration, so I plan to reward you, just ask for whatever you want!"

Gao Ming really wanted to reward Zheng Liwan, but what he didn't expect was that Zheng Liwan shook her head resolutely as soon as his words fell.

"Thank you for your kindness, the prince. The little girl doesn't want any rewards. I just ask His Highness to find a good family for the little girl to marry. Even if it is a concubine, the little girl is willing!"

Hearing Zheng Liwan's words, Gao Ming was inexplicably sad.

She was originally a smart and beautiful girl, but because of Li Shimin's negligence, she became the "old aunt" of the Tang Dynasty. This is very unfair to Zheng Liwan.

More importantly, in this era of strict social classes, a woman like her would not be allowed by her family to marry a commoner, so the end waiting for her can only be lonely.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming couldn't help but slapped his thigh.

"Grandma's Xiong, Zheng Liwan, don't be sad, a good woman like you, those who dare not marry you are not qualified to have you, they dare not marry, I dare!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately smiled at Zheng Liwan, revealing two rows of white teeth.

"Happiness may be late, but it will never be absent. If you want, from today onwards, you will be Zheng Fengyi!"

(End of this chapter)