Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 218: How about self-recommendation?

Yingchuan, Tang Mansion.

The night is getting cold.

After walking through the long corridor, the owner of the house, Tang Mao, dressed in casual clothes and holding a stack of red lacquer food boxes in his hand, gently knocked on his daughter's door.

"Xiao Rou," he said in a low voice that no one else in the family had ever seen, almost pleading in a low voice, "Father brought you some, please eat as much as you can."

Since her daughter was brought back, she has been like a new person. The door to the boudoir has been tightly closed, and she is unwilling to talk to others. The silent alienation is really heart-wrenching.

Except for her mother, who can go in and deliver meals every day, everyone else is waiting behind closed doors.

And the initiator of all this is the attentive head of the Tang family himself - when he saw his daughter coming home, his first words were, "It's okay, as a father, I will find another good match for you."

After hearing this, Tang Rou, who was originally relieved to return home, suddenly turned pale. She didn't want to see him again, and there was no way to talk about remarrying.

Tang Mao believed that he had said nothing wrong. The royal family and the court treated his daughter very harshly. If he hadn't used the connections left over from his grandfather's time, Tang Rou would have died in the turmoil when the capital was moved.

But in order to persuade Tang Rou to remarry, he didn't mind doing such self-indulgent things - as long as the family could climb to the top again and bow to his daughter, it wouldn't mean anything at all.

The Tang family in Yingchuan is a family in decline.

Although Tang Zhen, her grandfather two generations earlier, once held the post of Grand Sikong, it is difficult to say that Tang Zhen's position as the Third Duke has nothing to do with her clan brother, Tang Heng, the Chief Minister of the Imperial Family.

To put it simply, the wealth of the Tang family is related to the eunuchs and comes from dirty sources.

Even though Tang Zhen was apparently incompatible with Tang Heng, and even claimed that the reason for resigning was to prove his innocence, one only needs to think about the time when Tang Zhen's official career was prosperous, and one can figure out some of the inner secrets.

During the Huanling and Huanling dynasties, it was the period when the eunuchs were most arrogant and the party's scourge was most serious. Tang Zhen, as the backbone of the Qing Dynasty, not only did not receive a blow, but she rose step by step, from Sili Xiaowei to Taichang and Sikong. It is difficult to believe that Tang Heng’s contribution was not included.

But this is nothing, just colluding with the eunuchs secretly. The Yuan family has done this kind of thing frequently. As long as it is cleared up openly, no one will say anything.

The real problem is that after the death of Tang Zhen's generation, the status of the Tang family has declined steadily. In just two generations, Tang Mao of this generation has been unable to make any progress after becoming the governor of a county, and his official career is slim.

Originally, this was still normal. The Three Dukes of the Later Han Dynasty changed very frequently, and they often had to take the blame for natural disasters and man-made disasters. Therefore, as long as the opportunity and connections came, becoming the Third Duke was not as difficult as imagined, but it would take several generations to become the Third Duke. It's not that simple. How else could the fourth and third sons of the Yuan family have such a famous reputation?

The problem lies with Tang Mao's prefect.

As we all know, the gap between counties is huge. For the same prefect of two thousand shi, the status and authority of a large prefect like Nanyang Prefect or Yingchuan Prefect are not inferior to that of an ordinary governor. They are a first-rate job.

Although Kuaiji County has been included in the territory of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years and has been regarded as a long-term enlightenment, most of the area is still barren and rough, not to mention the legendary Shanyue, each of which is a strong man who has practiced martial arts since childhood and refused to obey discipline.

From his grandfather's generation being the third Duke to being the prefect of Kuaiji after trying his best, the gap is not small.

So in order to revitalize the family business, Tang Mao made a risky move - he arranged a relationship and married his legitimate daughter to the unpopular eldest son of the emperor, Liu Bian.

You know, although Liu Bian and Liu Xie are just children, the battle surrounding the two princes has already begun. With the kindness left by Zhen, it is not difficult for future generations to earn two thousand dan, but Tang Hao decided to take the initiative to side with Liu Bian.

The only explanation for this is that it makes no sense to Tang Mao to be an ordinary family with a family worth two thousand dan.

He has only one goal, which is to reshape the glory of his ancestors!

Liu Bian's death means that the boy has no destiny and is not the real emperor. Since his daughter is still young, she naturally does not have to stay a widow for him for the rest of her life. It is best to take advantage of this period of time when no one is paying attention, remarry quickly and cook the raw rice. Mature rice.

It was impossible for Liu Xie to marry his sister-in-law. Tang Mao suddenly thought that his daughter had been a queen as a selling point, hoping to win over a powerful prince.

Well, it can only be said that this guy's mind is crazy.

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In the room, Tang Ji hugged her legs and did not answer.

When she first returned home, she heard that Tang Mao wanted her to remarry. She just faintly said the last words left by Liu Bian - "You are the concubine of the king, and you will no longer be the wife of the officials and the people. Love yourself and say goodbye forever!" "

The general meaning is that you are a princess and it is not good to marry someone else. You should love yourself more.

This guy, when he was about to die, still expected others to keep him a widow for the rest of his life. His vision and structure were indeed average. It can only be said that Dong Zhuo and the late emperor did not misjudge the man. He was far from having the qualities of a human king.

Tang Ji certainly had no intention of remaining a widow for him for the rest of her life. She was just using these words to excuse her father.

When she first married Liu Bian, she was still an ignorant child who only knew how to do things according to her father's arrangements. But now she has seen the hidden thoughts much more clearly, and she does not intend to be obedient.

These days, the scene of Liu Bian drinking poison and dying often appeared in her mind - the golden sunset covered his bruised and ferocious face. Even if he begged hard, nothing could be changed in the end and he turned into a cold corpse. corpse.

Liu Bian was only fifteen years old when he died. As his wife, Tang Rou was only thirteen years old at the time. A thirteen-year-old girl would probably never forget this scene in her lifetime.

If he gets involved in a power struggle again after remarrying, will he still be so lucky to escape from death?

She was scared.

Outside the door, Tang Mao was still mumbling something in a low voice, but these words were all meaningless noise in Tang Rou's ears. She raised her head and made sure that the door was locked tightly.

This is not home.

"If you force me to remarry again, I will run away!"

The breathing next to him was slow and even, and Xu Jiashu opened his eyes for an unknown number of times.

The lonely moon hung high, and the light shone through the window. Lu Lingqi's side face was close at hand and clearly visible.

Miss Lu's beauty lies in her dynamic movements. Sometimes she bends her bow and draws an arrow, sometimes she rushes into battle with her halberd, and her ponytail rises and falls accordingly, giving her a dash of heroic spirit.

It is precisely this that makes people even more curious about her sleeping appearance. Specifically, her sleeping appearance is different from that of the eldest princess and Cai Yan.

When Liu Ying falls asleep, he often curls up his body like a baby. He has probably been hidden in the palace for many years, so he always feels deserted and lonely.

In comparison, Miss Cai's sleeping appearance is much more normal.

Cai Bojie was already over 40 years old when he gave birth to Cai Yan. She was a well-aged daughter and he always doted on her. During that time in Anding County, Cai Yan used Xu Jiashu as a pillow and slept very peacefully.

Miss Lu is the most aggressive of the three - she rolls up the quilt unconsciously.

This may be a habit I developed when I was a child. After all, I have to sleep in a tent with my parents. During the cooling season, it gets very cold in northern Bingzhou, so she developed the passive skill of rolling quilts.

After a few people rolled over, they rolled themselves up tightly, including half of the bed with Xu Jiashu on them.

Xu Jiashu grabbed the quilt, holding on to the last bottom line, and secretly made up his mind to buy a bigger quilt in the future, otherwise who can beat her, everyone will wake up from the cold in winter!

However, Xu Jiashu looked at Miss Lu wrapped up in a rice dumpling and thought that she would definitely not be able to sleep tonight. Unexpectedly, not only did she sleep soundly, but she also couldn't sleep peacefully.

He simply called up the simulator.

【Love Simulator】

[Player: Xu Jiashu]

[Number of remaining simulations: 20]

[Objects that can be simulated: Lu Lingqi, Tang Ji]

Being in Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, several familiar names did not appear for the time being, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Previously, when facing the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and transporting Lu Zhi into Yecheng, Xu Jiashu had simulated it with Miss Lu in advance to ensure nothing went wrong.

Even so, two months later, I still saved 20 simulation times!

In the whole 20 times, I have never fought such a rich battle!

There is no shortage of simulations, but Xu Jiashu has another idea - since too high a good impression in reality will result in the simulation not being able to gain benefits, wouldn't it be enough to control the relationship with the simulation object in reality?

Specifically for Tang Ji, it doesn't have to be too deeply involved with her in reality.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, it is important to seize the opportunity to convert the number of simulations into strength as soon as possible.

In the second year of Chuping, it was the starting point for extraordinary heroes like Boss Cao to enter the stage of history. Although the current situation in the world, especially in the Central Plains, seemed to be a mess, it would be easy to clean up quickly.

Historically, it took Cao Cao just over a year to defeat Bai Rao and Sui Gu in sequence, and also defeated the Xiongnu Chan Yu Fuluo. Later, he defeated a million Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and took the entire territory of Yanzhou into his pocket. He became a noble prince in one fell swoop.

Led by Cao Sunliu, the Central Plains and Hebei are now gathering outstanding figures from the entire era. Those little Kalami will definitely not be able to hold on for long.

Reaching out to help Lu Lingqi tuck the quilt, Xu Jiashu closed his eyes.

[[Tang Ji] has been selected. Do you want to start the simulation? 】

【Yes】

【Simulation starts】

[In the second year of Chuping, on the way back to Chang'an, you passed through Yingchuan County and learned that Tang Ji had returned home and that the head of the family, Tang Mao, wanted her to remarry. You decide]

remarry?

Xu Jiashu frowned - not that remarriage is a bad thing. It is not a dishonorable thing for women in the Han Dynasty to remarry. Even the mother of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, remarried to the royal family. Although the customs of the later Han Dynasty were more conservative, they were far from Not to the point of future generations.

It's just that the girl's husband died not long ago, and he was poisoned in front of her, so he was too anxious to ask her to remarry.

He continued to look down.

[One, hum, I think that assassin is still charming! 】

[Second, she is already a widow, so I cannot let her remain a widow anymore. 】

[3. Widow, you can’t sleep, there will be a big disaster. 】

[4, free simulation]

Isn't this a proper multiple-choice question?

Xu Jiashu had an expression on his face that said, "You're kidding me."

Option 1 is ignored directly, but option 4 is not suitable - for the first simulation, ordinary simulation has options for reference, and a large amount of information that cannot be obtained in free simulation can be obtained, which is perfect for opening up wasteland (?).

In this way, the only reliable options are option 2 and option 3. Although the lines are a bit outrageous, the former should mean finding a way to visit the Tang family, while the latter means continuing to return to Chang'an.

So what's there to hesitate about?

Choose two.

[You decided to stay in Yingchuan for a while and sent Xi Zhicai to contact Chen to inquire about Tang Ji. Chen was vague and unwilling to disclose more. 】

Xi Zhicai came from a poor family, and his relationship with Xun Yu was the reason why he got into the Chen family.

Xun Wenruo's reputation is still very useful in Yingchuan. Among the top family members, he is the only one who is willing to make friends with scholars from all walks of life regardless of his origin.

It's just that in-depth communication, or even sharing of information, is not something that can be achieved simply by saving face.

To put it bluntly, Xi Zhicai’s current status is still too low.

Xu Jiashu touched his chin. In other words, there are probably two routes at the moment: either find a way to follow the Chen family's path and let them act as a middleman to connect with the Tang family, or be more direct - Tang Mao doesn't want his daughter to remarry ? How about visiting directly and recommending yourself?

(End of this chapter)