Chastity Layman

  Chapter 390 Wu Er Niangzi enters the East Palace?

   "There is indeed such a thing!"

  Qinren Square, Qi State Duke's Mansion.

   Qin Qiong was wearing a white bear skin from the country of wandering ghosts, sitting in a soft chair in front of the fireplace, holding a cup of milk tea in his hand, as if lost in memory.

  The weather turned from warm to cold, Qin Qiong was very afraid of this kind of weather, this kind of random weather made him feel uncomfortable all over. Whenever the weather was like this, he felt pain in all his bones. Only an open fire would make him feel better.

  Therefore, Qin Lang specially designed a large fireplace for him. Compared with ordinary heating stoves, although this kind of stove consumes more firewood, the raging fire does make Qin Qiong feel more comfortable.

   Coupled with a specially designed single sofa, covered with fur, it can really make people very comfortable.

   "Is there really such a thing? Who first brought it up?" Qin Lang asked.

   "Duke Ying brought it up on his own initiative. At that palace banquet, we all drank a lot of wine and were very happy." Qin Qiong seemed to be recalling the past.

   It seems that at the celebration banquet after the suppression of Wang Shichong, Qin Qiong was newly awarded the title of Duke Yi by virtue of his achievements in the Battle of Hulao.

  Samurai Xun took the initiative to congratulate Qin Qiong.

  Because both were granted marriages by the emperor, and they were both the emperor's favorite ministers, the relationship between the two is not good at ordinary times. Taking advantage of his drunkenness, the warrior Xun took the initiative to mention Qin Qiong's son, saying that his wife had also just given birth to a daughter for him.

   While talking, Samurai Xun proposed to make a baby kiss.

  Qin Qiong didn't think it was appropriate. After all, the daughter of the samurai Xun was a concubine, and his son was a concubine.

   But the samurai Xun said that he admired Qin Qiong very much, and pointed out that everyone is a new nobleman, saying that those powerful and old nobles despised them, these new nobles, so they should unite even more.

  In the end, Qin Qiong really agreed on this marriage with the warrior Xun.

It's just that afterward, the Wu family didn't bring up the matter again, and Qin Qiong didn't want to mention it again, thinking that maybe it was just a drunken remark of the warrior Xun. Anyway, she was also a prostitute, and her concubine was a bit of a misfit. .

  The matter was put on hold, and no one mentioned it again after that.

  If Qin Lang didn't mention it again today, Qin Qiong would never and would never mention it again.

  Qin Lang shook his head.

"In this way, the baby girl who was proposed by the samurai Xun at the beginning may have been a little drunk at the time. Afterwards, Mrs. Yang may have refused to agree, so the samurai Xun did not mention it anymore. But now that the samurai Xun has been demoted, the Wu family Find me again, bring up this old matter again, it seems that the timing is very mysterious?"

  Qin Qiong can't see through these.

  But after the samurai did not mention it at the beginning, it is difficult for him to mention it again. Now that the Wu family has mentioned it, he can't ignore it.

   "Grandfather, since the Wu family is not sincere, it might as well forget it."

   "Huailiang, our Qin family can't do this kind of thing. Although there is a reason in the Central Plains, we can't go back on this matter."

   "You can't say you regret it. What happened at the beginning was just a casual talk. Afterwards, there was no marriage certificate or courtesies, so it can't be taken seriously." Qin Lang believed that the Wu family's motives were impure. At this time, mentioning this matter is just to stabilize the position.

   "Don't worry about that, a gentleman should promise a thousand gold!" Qin Qiong is a loyal person who admits death. It is better for others to bear him than for him to bear others.

   "Tomorrow, I will ask someone to write a marriage letter to the Wu family and send wild geese to me!"

   "Sanlang, who do I think is suitable to be the big matchmaker?"

  Qin Lang felt a little helpless.

The Wu family has no background at all. He was a hero of the Supreme Emperor Yuan, a upstart for a while, but who would have expected that the Supreme Emperor would be dethroned by his son. He, a former upstart with no foundation, seems to be in an embarrassing position in the new dynasty .

  As for the Hongnong Yang family, they used to think that it was shameful and forced for Samurai Xun to marry a daughter of the Yang family.

  Once the samurai Xun is disliked by all parties, it is almost impossible to stand up. Such upstarts rise and fall suddenly, and there are many in history.

  Now the Wu family wanted to save themselves, so they didn't go to the Yang family, because they knew that the Yang family could not be counted on. When they thought of coming to the Qin family, they found out such a verbal engagement, which seemed a bit like moral kidnapping.

  Ordinary people probably don't care about the Wu family.

  But Qin Qiong is willing to continue this marriage paper.

"Well, since Grandpa has made this decision, I also support it. Anyway, this Wu Sanniang is also the daughter of Ying Guogong and the daughter of Hongnong Yang's Guan Wangfang. For the sixth child, this Marriage is also considered an option."

  Qin Qiong patted his son's arm.

"Sanlang, I know that you are now favored by His Majesty. Our Qin family in Licheng is now in the court for a while, but flowers are not popular in a hundred days, and people are not good in a hundred days. You should not be arrogant. It's a weak foundation, so we need to form more good relationships, and don't make enemies easily. In the future, our Qin family will rely on you to support us. You should think more about the Qin family and your brothers."

"The Concubine Feng you told me before intends to marry our family. I think the marriage is good. Jingzhao Feng's family is also a well-known family in Guanzhong. His family can take a fancy to the fourth child. That is the fourth child. I know a little about Feng Shaoshi, he is a bit sophisticated and tactful, but he is not a bad person."

   "Grandpa doesn't think about one or two anymore? The fourth is only five years old!" Qin Lang reminded.

   "Aristocratic nobles from aristocratic families, which one is not like this, get engaged early if you have a suitable one, otherwise you will get older and it will not be so easy to find. The nobles of the aristocratic families must say that they are well-matched."

   "Grandpa, do you have the same idea?"

  Qin Qiong taught his son, "There is nothing wrong with being in the same family."

   "Doesn't the fourth child have the slightest right to choose?"

   "Who can choose their own marriage? Even if you are the emperor, this marriage cannot be decided by yourself. Even if you choose a concubine, you have to go through the court."

  Qin Qiong criticized Qin Lang, leaving Qin Lang speechless.

The more famous and aristocratic the marriage, the less likely it is to decide the marriage. In this era, the only people who can truly decide the marriage are those who are poor enough to have no parents and no elders. Otherwise, as long as there are elders, it is impossible to make such a thing Leave it to him to decide.

  Qin Qiong is quite satisfied with the current situation. After the efforts of him and Qin Lang, the Qin family in Licheng is now the new richest among the new rich in Chang'an.

   "If the family wants to prosper for a long time, marriage is a must. Our Qin family has a shallow foundation and a small population, so we need marriage more."

   "Samurai Yu is not bad, if you can, you can help him." Qin Qiong told his son.

  Qin Lang went to the table and poured himself a glass of wine, then returned to sit on the sofa in front of the fireplace.

   "I think this woman Yang is not simple!"

  Qin Qiong smiled and said, "Women who marry at the age of forty-four are of course not easy."

   "Have you met the three sisters of the Wu family?"

   "I've seen it once or twice, with a portrait of Mrs. Yang."

   "That Wu Erniang is extremely smart and smart, and she is also very energetic."

  Qin Qiong didn't take it seriously, "After all, the Yang family is Hongnong Yang's direct daughter, and it's not surprising that the daughter she raised herself is smart. Why, why do you care so much about this daughter?"

"nothing."

It is also impossible for Qin Lang to tell Qin Qiong that this Wu Erniang will become the emperor in the future. No one will believe this. In the thousands of years of Chinese history, there have been empresses and empress dowagers in power, such as Empress Mi and Empress Lu, etc. Wait, but there has never been a female emperor.

   No one would believe that in this patriarchal era, there will be a female emperor.

  In fact, even if it was Qin Lang, if he hadn't been a time traveler, he wouldn't believe it when someone told him that this second lady Wu would be the emperor in the future.

   This girl is so cute.

  Some people may believe that you can be a queen in the future, but being an emperor is too nonsense.

  Qin Lang was thinking, should he interfere?

   Or, is it too late for me to interfere now?

Wu's being the emperor should be regarded as a bad thing for the Li family and for the Tang Dynasty. It was a malignant tumor of Li Tang, which almost caused Li Tang's death. Although it was finally removed, it has always affected Li Tang. Tang dynasty.

  In Li Tang's 289-year history, most of them have been under the influence of the Wu family.

   Or it can be said that the Wu family is actually the root cause of Li Tang's weakness and downfall.

   It can be said that in the nearly three hundred years of history of the Li family, they have never been free from the calamity of civil strife in the palace. From the founding of the country to its demise, there have been civil strife from beginning to end.

   These may be the causes that Li Shimin planted himself.

   "Grandfather, what do you think if Wu Erniang is allowed to enter the East Palace?" Qin Lang asked suddenly.

  He didn't know why he had such an idea all of a sudden, shouldn't it be normal for Wu to stay as far away from the court as possible?

  Qin Qiong also seemed to be taken aback for a moment.

   "Miss Wu Er entered the East Palace?" Qin Qiong froze for a moment.

   "No, it's not suitable to come from the Wu family and merchants." Qin Qiong shook his head.

  Qin Lang simply discussed with Qin Qiong about the suitable candidate for Chengqian's wife, "Which woman do you think is suitable for entering the East Palace?"

  This question is not easy to answer.

   Chengqian is ten years old this year, and under normal circumstances, he will be married in five or six years. Under normal circumstances, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, one or two concubines will be arranged first.

   "Jiancheng's wife is the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, Yuan Ji's wife is the daughter of the Hongnong Yang family, and His Majesty's wife is the daughter of the Changsun family in Henan. What do you see from this?" Qin Qiong asked.

  The wives of the three legitimate sons of Li Yuan were of extraordinary backgrounds. Jian Jian’s wife was a woman with five surnames, Yuan Ji’s wife was a daughter of a noble family in Guanxi, and Li Shimin’s wife was a daughter of a famous noble family in Guanlong and a descendant of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

   It can be seen from this that the Li family's strategy of marrying back then was taken into consideration by all forces.

"Several princes of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty in the previous dynasty, the abolished prince Yang Yong married the nobleman of Guanlong, the daughter of Yuan Xiaoju after the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the concubine Liang Di married the daughter of the left servant She Gaojiong. Yang Guang married It was the Xiao family, the daughter of Emperor Xiaoming in Xiling. Yang Jun married the daughter of Cui Hongdu of Qinghe, and his side concubine was Princess Nanchen. The Yang family married the daughter of the eldest grandson Lan of the Guanlong nobleman, and Yang Liang married the daughter of the Guanlong nobleman Doulu Jizhi. female."

   "Did you see anything?" Qin Qiong asked.

Qin Lang nodded, judging from the origins of the concubines chosen by the two founding emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties for their sons, this is actually no different from other famous families today. Marry with the major forces respectively.

   This was the case for the Yang family in the Sui Dynasty, and the same for the Li family in the Tang Dynasty. Guanlong nobles, Shandong gentry, and even Jiangnan gentry took care of everything, and they didn't just marry with one side.

Therefore, for Chengqian's princess, normally speaking, Li Shimin may choose for him the nobles of Guanlong, and then the noble families, and the daughters of military upstart families are extremely unlikely, let alone the daughters of ordinary people. The Wu family used to be a businessman. , so the chances are even smaller.

  It is impossible for a military upstart like Qin Qiong's family.

   "The selection of the crown princess is to be determined by His Majesty, so don't waste your time on it. There are some things that you don't want to meddle in lightly. As a courtier, you have to know the boundaries!" Qin Qiong warned.

  (end of this chapter)