A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1047 I know everything

"Your eighteenth mother is called Wu Liu, right?"

"Um,"

Li Shimin picked up the wine pot, poured two glasses of wine, and brought one glass to Huaiyu.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Liu Niang is very clever and cute. The queen likes her very much, and the Jinyang sisters also like her very much." Li Shimin took a sip of the warm wine.

Wu Huaiyu didn't know what he meant.
His eldest son was Princess Li Lizhen of Lanling, the nineteenth prince, and his eldest concubine was betrothed to the tenth prince, Prince Ji Li Shen. Could it be that Li Shimin wanted to get married again?

Fang Xuanling is the only one in the family who has been married to the royal family three times. The second son is Princess Shang Gaoyang, the third son is married to the daughter of the emperor's brother King Jing, and the eldest daughter is married to the emperor's brother King Han.

The generations are all confused.

Fang Yiai married Li Shimin's daughter, and his brother married Li Shimin's niece, which was fine, but their sister married Li Shimin's younger brother.

Wu Huaiyu understood now that the emperor wanted to use his daughter to marry Xue Yantuo?

"Liu Niang is your eldest daughter, and she is so young that you will definitely be reluctant to part with her."

"Your Majesty, I heard that Da Du She Yi Mang and Tu Li She Bazhuo are not much younger than me,"

At this moment, both the monarch and the minister were silent.

Li Shimin hummed, "The meat skewers are about to burn. It's time to turn them over."

He has always opposed marriage, but the mainstream in the court does not think there is a problem with marriage, as long as the marriage is not forced,
If the court actively chooses to do so, marriage can sometimes be a useful tool for stabilizing the frontier.

Wu Huaiyu lowered his head and grilled meat.

But Wu Huaiyu never liked this policy.

I regard you as my idol, but you want to be my son-in-law?

Li Shimin held the hot wine glass and said,

Wu Huaiyu was grilling meat. When he heard this, his hands shook and he almost missed the mutton skewers.

"I also like Liu Niang very much."

Wu Huaiyu said nothing,

"You say, how about I adopt Liu Niang as my daughter and canonize her as a princess?"

Fortunately, Liu Niang was only that young. If she were a teenager, Wu Huaiyu would have thought that Li Shimin wanted to call him daddy.

His hands holding the mutton skewers and red willow branches tightened.
"I heard that Liu Niang hasn't married anyone yet, right?" Li Shimin blocked Wu Huaiyu's retreat.

Wu Huaiyu's face darkened,
I have a very bad feeling.

"I want to adopt Liu Niang as my daughter,"

Li Shimin sipped old wine,

If the two brothers followed their wife's call, they would have to call their sister their aunt.

Fortunately, Liu Niang was still young, so it was impossible.

But on the other hand, Wu Huaiyu has often married into famous families and nobles in recent years.

In the eyes of many people, marriages between countries are no different from marriages between families.

But Wu Huaiyu was determined not to want this kind of marriage outside the Great Wall to happen to his daughter.

This is not just a simple political marriage,
Instead, marrying into a completely unfamiliar place with a completely different culture and customs. Just mentioning the popular step marriage system in the grasslands beyond the Great Wall is enough for the Central Plains people to find it difficult to accept.

After the father dies, the son succeeds, and the elder brother succeeds the younger brother. It not only refers to the power status, but also includes the father and brother's women and property. As long as there is no direct blood relationship, after the father and brother die, the women must be inherited by the children.

Li Shimin himself was reluctant to kiss his daughter and marry a foreign country.

In the Tang Dynasty, all the brides-in-law used clan girls to be canonized as princesses and married off.

There are also real emperor's daughters who married Hu nobles. For example, Emperor Gaozu's Princess Jiujiang married Zhili, and Princess Hengyang married Ashinasheer. Ashina Sheer, they all joined the Tang Dynasty and became officials.
They are already Tang Dynasty officials, and the princesses still live in Chang'an.

Regardless of whether it was Mrs. Li who was pro-Turkish during the Wude period, or Princess Honghua, who was pro-Tuyuhun before, they were not real emperor's daughters, but just clan daughters.

There were many such clan girls who married Hu chiefs and generals.
The most important thing about aristocratic marriage is that they are well-matched. This marriage with Turk, Xueyantuo and other Hu Di is definitely not right.

"The meat is almost done," Li Shimin reminded him.
Huaiyu looked and saw that some of the meat was indeed burnt. He grabbed a handful of cumin noodles and sprinkled it on, then sprinkled some sesame seeds, then sprinkled some chili powder, added some cumin, and finally threw in some chopped green onions.

Loading.

Li Shimin picked up one and ate it.
"Bake for a while longer, come on, have a drink."

Wu Huaiyu made Li Shimin lose his appetite.

The mutton used in this mutton kebab is very fresh and the marinade by the imperial chef is also very flavorful. Although it is a little burnt, it actually tastes quite good.

"Have you seen my fifteenth emerging princess?" Li Shimin said suddenly.

Wu Huaiyu nodded.

"At the beginning of Zhenguan, the Turks were very powerful. I was forced by the situation and wanted to unite with the Western Turks. For this reason, I had to agree to make peace with the Western Turks. Later, you captured Jie Li and entered Chang'an for me. The Western Turks were in civil strife, so I canceled the peace."

"Later, I agreed to Xue Yantuo's marriage proposal. Princess Xu Xingxing married Xue Yantuo. I asked Yi Nan to go to Lingzhou to welcome her, and gave a gift of 100,000 miscellaneous animals. Yi Nan encountered a snowstorm on the way to deliver the gift, and the livestock could not be delivered. I cancel the marriage on the grounds that the Yi man has broken the promise,"

Li Shimin ate a skewer of mutton.
Speaking of this, he felt a little complicated. Even the emperor was forced by the situation and had to agree to marry his own daughter, first to Xi Tujue and then to Xue Yantuo.

But now, if Li Shimin marries Xue Yantuo again, he will never marry the princess again.

"Come, drink."

Li Shimin raised his glass,
Wu Huaiyu also picked up his wine glass.

The scalded wine tastes stronger, but it is rice wine after all. It tastes pretty good and is not that strong.
Next, Li Shimin didn't mention Liu Niang again, let alone letting the daughter of the Wu family marry Xue Yantuo. It seemed that the emperor just said it casually.

They both have their own thoughts,
I drink wine quickly,
One cup after another,
After drinking one cup, I filled another cup,
No one dared to persuade me,

The job of grilling meat was also handed over to the chef in the imperial kitchen.
Wu Huaiyu and Li Shimin, the emperor and his ministers, drank wine and ate skewers. Instead of talking about state affairs, they talked about trivial family matters. Li Shimin's face was a little red and he was slightly drunk.
He was holding a glass of old wine in one hand and a skewer of grilled beef tenderloin in the other. "I still remember the day I first met Guanyin," he said.

Li Shimin, somewhat drunk, fell into memories of the past.

At that time, he was hanging out in Chang'an with his brother Jiancheng and brother-in-law Chai Shao, thinking of becoming a knight-errant.

It was at that time that he met Changsun Wuji and her sister Changsun Wujia.

"There must be a story about how you met Mrs. Jin, right?" Li Shimin said.

"Um,"

Wu Huaiyu then also shared her experience of getting to know and fall in love with Fan Xuanfu. They first met in front of the Fan Mansion in Huaiyuanfang, and later she pursued Longyou for thousands of miles.

Li Shimin took another sip of wine.

"You didn't tell the truth. You hid it from me. There was no need. I knew everything."

"Ms. Fan is indeed a very brave woman. She dared to assassinate Xue Wanche on the street, which is amazing. And you were also very brave at the beginning, covering her escape on the street, and later you found her in the middle of the night to heal her wounds. I know, I know everything, "

Wu Huaiyu was shocked.
He thought no one knew about this matter.
Unexpectedly, the emperor had known about it for a long time.

However, the emperor knew about it and never said anything. It was probably because Fan Xuanfu's father Fan Xing was his confidant in the Qin Palace, and although Xue Wanche was a princeling, he had also joined him, and Wu Huaiyu who was involved was a samurai. Xun’s clan nephew,
Under the circumstances, the emperor discovered the inside story of the incident, but still chose to pretend not to know.

Or perhaps, the emperor actually found out later, not at the time.

In short, the emperor never said anything about it after he found out about it, until today.

Li Shimin laughed a few times, "It's been a long time ago, so you don't need to keep it in mind. It's not a big deal."

Wu Huaiyu could only thank him.

The emperor may not care about this matter, but if he really wants to pursue it, it will still be fatal, even if a long time has passed.

After all, Xue Wanche had already left Zhongnan Mountain and joined Li Shimin, and was no longer a rebel. Even if Fan Xuanfu could assassinate the imperial general in the name of avenging his fiancé, Fan Xing could not save her even if he pursued the matter, and Wu Huaiyu was also involved. , of course, is also a mortal sin.

But again, if the emperor doesn't want to pursue it, it doesn't matter.

"Ms. Fan is really amazing. If it weren't for her, you should have married Li Sanniang."

"Actually, I, hey, let's not talk about it, drank." Li Shimin raised his glass.

The two of them were just like this in the Linhu Palace in front of the South China Sea. You and I got drunk one cup at a time.

Perhaps, only getting drunk can relieve a thousand worries.

"Take the chariot and carry him back. Don't freeze him." When the emperor left, he did not forget to tell Zhang Anan.

Wu Huaiyu drank more than the emperor and was even more drunk.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I can walk back."

"You're drunk," Li Shimin patted his arm, "Thank you for drinking with me. I said before that I would adopt your eldest daughter Wu Liu as my daughter and make her a princess. Keep your word.

I issue an edict to adopt Wu Liu as my adopted daughter and canonize her as the Lord of Anlu County."

Wu Huaiyu's face changed drastically.
Li Shimin patted his arm again, "Don't worry, I know you are reluctant to let your daughter go out, so I won't force you. The Queen likes Liu Niang very much. Tomorrow you send her to the palace and let her spend more time with the Queen."

"I will not let your daughter leave the country,"

"I will grant the head of Anlu County three hundred households with the title of Tang Muyi. Let's grant it to Anlu."

Li Shimin took his arm and looked at him, "Huaiyu, you have made great contributions to the country and to me. I will never forget it. You don't have to worry. I will not treat the meritorious officials badly."

"As long as you don't let me down, I will never let you down."

These words made Wu Huaiyu have mixed feelings. In the past few years, there had been an invisible barrier between their monarch and his ministers, and inexplicable things began to affect them.

Nowadays,

The emperor took advantage of his drunkenness to finally clarify some of his words.

Just like the emperor said that Fan Xuanfu once assassinated Xue Wanche in the street, and Wu Huaiyu also protected him, the emperor knew it, but he didn't care.

Although there was a mistake, the Fan family's contribution was great at the beginning, and the Wu family's contribution today is even greater.

Wu Huaiyu was helped onto the chariot by his chamberlain.

The emperor waved his hand and asked his servants to carry him out of the palace.

The chamberlain carried the chariot for a while, but suddenly the emperor's words came from behind him,

"I promise you that Luzon will bestow upon you the title of Wu Family, and allow your descendants to inherit hereditary inheritance. You will be able to govern yourself, and be close to the country, and this will remain unchanged for a hundred generations."

Wu Huaiyu on the chariot was so shocked that he almost fell off.

(End of this chapter)