"When he marries, he will first have a romantic relationship with the girl, or half a year old and a hundred days, and then give cattle, horses, sheep and livestock as coins."——————【Book of the Later Han·Biography of Wuhuan Xianbei】
Princess Xiangguo is a woman with a very generous personality. She has outstanding appearance and is good at joking with others. Her gestures are quite a bit like those of Yan and Zhao. When Liu Ru saw her, he actually felt a little sorry that there was such a woman in Zhao.
, what a pity he is not a man.
Liu Ru was also a cheerful person, but she had too many worries during this period, which made her a little depressed. After the trip to Kunming Lake, she temporarily put aside all her doubts, relaxed, and met Xiang Guo, who had the same interest.
The princess got along quickly.
At the end of summer, the day when Princess Xiangguo got married was getting closer and closer. Liu Ru also fell deeply in love with this close sister. On this day, she pestered her to tell her about the customs and figures of Handan. Princess Xiangguo was in high spirits.
After finishing speaking, Liu Ru looked at her quietly and suddenly sighed.
"What's wrong?" Princess Xiangguo was selecting from a plate of pearls and jade given by Queen Fu: "What did I say wrong?"
"What you said is so good. I grew up in this palace and have never been among the people. Sometimes I really envy you." Liu Ru shook his head and said, "It's just that you are getting married in a few days. I'm afraid you will be married in a few days."
I can’t even hear these stories anymore.”
"This is not a big deal. I can send someone to deliver a message to you, or I can send a wild goose and tie a bell on its leg so that you can hear it when it flies over Chang'an." Princess Xiangguo picked it out.
Putting the gems and beads on a small plate aside, he reached out and poked Liu Ru on the forehead: "You are so young, what are you worried about? You look like an old girl."
"Why aren't you worried at all? You will marry Xianbei soon, and you don't know what your husband is like." Liu Ru frowned, and finally expressed all the doubts in his heart: "You and Zhongqiu
Feng’s husband is such a good friend, but King Zhao treats you... Don’t you have any complaints? "
Princess Xiangguo's expression did not change, and she began to play with the chrysoprase, sapphire, citrine and Hepu beads on the small plate: "What can I complain about? Marriage should be the order of the parents and the matchmaker, what can I do?
"Master? It's not bad to marry in Xianbei. I heard there are no rules and women can ride horses. I've long wanted to try it." She arranged the various gems and orbs on the plate into a circle, matching the colors and styles: "Just take it.
These are the bracelets I will make for you. These are the treasures brought from Jiaozhou. My most precious dowry, I have picked them all out for you. When I get to the outside of the Great Wall, I will have some felt blankets woven for you...
What's wrong?"
Seeing that Liu Ru was a little depressed, she put away her smile, and had to move to her side, hold her shoulders, and said: "Okay, don't think about it, some things are beyond your control. No one is born with the ability to do whatever they want.
What, since you can't help yourself, you don't have to worry about it. Let me give you a message;" Princess Xiangguo looked into Liu Ru's eyes with soft eyes: "Grasp what should be grasped and fight for what should be fought for, so that people can be happy and comfortable.
,Do you understand?"
"I know." Liu Ru responded somewhat dullly.
Autumn of the 14th year of Jian'an.
Princess Xiangguo, who had been living in Chang'an for several months, finally got into her car, and the wedding procession left Guanzhong in a mighty manner. This was the first wedding of the royal family in many years, even though it had been over for many days, regardless of whether it was in the East or West City
In Xuanping Lane and Beique Jiadi Lane, people are still talking about it with great interest. People in ordinary lanes only see the excitement of a princess getting married, but people in the palace regard it as a benchmark and an audition. Because of this
The first time she married, she was just a clan princess, the daughter of King Zhao. The next time, she might be the emperor's biological daughter.
"There are too many people in the palace who talk too much. After marrying a princess from the clan, they start to think about other things. Wusun, Cheshi, Dawan and other foreign countries in the Western Regions are all waiting to marry the imperial court. The king of Liang, the king of Donghai, and Pengcheng
The king and others all have princesses to marry, and there is a precedent for the princess of Xiangguo. The vassal kings all want to benefit. There will be so many years to come, how can you consider these princesses of your majesty?" The noble Zou was once the queen.
Fu Shou's Cai Nu had a close relationship. When they met in private, they couldn't help but speak quickly: "I think they just want to take advantage of the marriage to grab money."
"I have asked Miao Ling to watch carefully. The princess's wedding this time will be done frugally according to His Majesty's wishes. If there are still people who dare to break the law, they should be dealt with properly." Fu Shou was a little unhappy.
Although she had not been harsh during her years as queen, she had also been fair and upright. Now that someone had made such a plan, she was frightened.
With that said, she summoned Zhao Changyu and ordered her to inform Dachangqiu Miao Si and Yetingling Li Jian to investigate the matter clearly.
Zou knew that nothing could be found even if he investigated the matter, it was just a matter of following the instructions, but he had no choice but to leave it at that. Fu Shou quickly changed the topic and left the matter alone: "That's right.
, Luo Fu didn’t come with you today?”
The beauty Du Luofu was originally a beautiful woman dedicated to the emperor by Empress Dong. After Empress Dong was deposed, she was kept in the palace because she was favored by the emperor. For many years, she was known for her calmness and easy-going. Under the guidance of Zou, she and the empress
Fu Shou walked very close.
"That pretender has entered the palace." Zou frowned, a little unhappy.
Jiazi refers to the son Qin Lang who was born to his ex-husband Qin Yi before Du Luofu entered the palace. He is eleven years old this year, three years older than the prince. Originally, Qin Lang grew up among the people and was not known to anyone. He was the most favored in Du Luofu.
At that time, a jealous person revealed the matter to the emperor. However, the emperor did not get angry. Instead, he took him into the palace and adopted him as his pretend son. He served as the prince's benefactor and stayed with the prince.
"Asu is here?" Fu Shou said happily: "It's rare for mother and son to see each other, so it's time for them to have a good time together."
Zou was still a little unhappy, and seemed to disagree with Du Luofu's approach. Although he was already a member of the emperor, he was still so concerned about his predecessor's son.
"Asu is a cautious and conscientious person. When Your Majesty first met him, he was only six or seven years old and stayed in the palace for a few days. After he returned from the palace, his neighbors asked him about the situation in the palace.
, Although Asu is young, he can still keep silent. His Majesty also likes him because of this and officially accepts him as a fake." Fu Shou talked about the past in a soft voice, which was actually a reminder to the Zou family about Qin Lang's character and that he did not need to keep staring at him.
Life experience: "I read history books and saw that Emperor Xiaowu knew that he had a half-sister. He was so happy that he personally welcomed her back to the palace and named her Xiuchengjun. This shows that this matter is not surprising to the Liu family."
After hearing what the other party said, Ms. Zou had no objection. Her son Liu Xin was the prince's closest brother. Most of her impressions of Qin Lang came from her son, which was more or less biased.
"Then His Majesty wants to make Asu a marquis and give him the surname Liu, is it true?" Zou couldn't help but ask again.
Fu Shou was selecting the fabrics sent by the weaving room, and while ordering people to cut them into clothes, he said casually: "The Marquis did have this idea, but it is not necessarily the case to give him a surname. It's just that there are many people inside and outside the palace who call him
He is called 'Liu Lang', I don't think this is true."
"In this case, should other princes also be crowned kings?" Zou asked the question she was most concerned about. After all, it was related to the quality of her son Liu Xin's future fiefdom.
Gu Jian
Fu Shou was holding the tea bowl and was about to put it down to speak when he saw someone suddenly running in from outside the palace, panting and telling bad news: "Oh no, Princess Xiang and the others were robbed by the Xianbei people outside the Great Wall..."
"What?"
Xuanshi Hall.
The emperor was summoning Cao Cao, and Xun Yu and other important ministers listened to the details of the situation from Zhuge Xuan, the governor of Bingzhou: "... Princess Xiang and others had just left the Great Wall border fortress, and the princess proposed to stay overnight. She wanted to see her homeland in the south again. Wait until next time.
As we started walking on the same day, we encountered a grassy slope and saw Xianbei people riding in. Everyone in the group thought it was the wedding team sent by Bu Dugen. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be... Bu Dugen's brother Fuluohan.
."
"Fu Luohan?" Cao Cao said angrily: "What does he want to do to offend the imperial power? Did Zhuge Xuan send someone to negotiate and ask?"
The planner bowed his head and replied: "It is said that Fulohan believed that he had sent troops to the Western Regions to help the court stabilize the countries in the Western Regions. However, this time the princess was only allowed to marry Bu Dugen, so he felt resentful. In addition, Fulohan has been resentful since then.
After returning from the Western Regions, he brought a lot of treasures, and his population and strength increased greatly, so he and Bu Dugen were on the same level and at odds with each other. The king guessed that Fu Luohan was firstly resentful that he did not get the princess, and was jealous; and secondly, he was worried
After Bu Dugen obtained the princess, he relied on the imperial court and threatened himself, so he dared to take the risk and take the princess away. He also sent an envoy to ask the imperial court to remarry the princess to him..."
"He has a beautiful idea. What does Fu Luohan think of the imperial court? He dares to steal the marriage!" This marriage was fully approved by Cao Cao. He wanted to make a good start with this, and then he could use it in subsequent marriages in the Western Regions.
The Central Committee takes the initiative. Every princess from the clan who marries the Western Regions not only represents the imperial court's further control over the Western Regions, but also represents the further connection between Cao Cao and the Liu family. Now that he has suffered a setback before he can start his army, how can he not
Annoyed: "What did Bu Dugen say?"
"Bu Dugen was leading his troops to attack Fuluohan, vowing to take back the princess, but he was afraid of going all out."
Zhao Wen and others also asked a few questions in detail. When they understood the matter almost, they asked people to leave.
"I think there may be something fishy about this matter." Shangshu ordered Xun Yu to say cautiously: "Although the brothers Bu Dugen and Fu Luohan are currently fighting and killing each other, Ke Bineng is staying out of the matter. It is difficult to say that he is not holding on to his will.
A plan to make a profit for the fishermen."
Zhao Wen interjected: "I heard that it was Ke Bineng's suggestion that made Bu Dugen have the idea of asking for peace and marriage. If this is true, Fu Luohan must have been innocent and was deceived by Ke Bineng in the same way.
Nowadays, brothers Bu Dugen are fighting against each other, and swordsmen are meeting each other. Ke Bi can sit on the sidelines and watch, so he should be more vigilant."
"Kebineng is ambitious and has big plans. It is right to be wary of him, but now we must come up with a way to resolve the dispute between Bu Dugen and Fu Luohan as soon as possible." The emperor frowned and finally spoke. Now
The situation is very difficult for the court. The combination of Bu Dugen and Fulohan can compete with Kebi, but now the two are fighting on their own. When the princess is involved, the court cannot remain neutral or sideline, let alone
In order to accommodate Fu Luohan's rude demands, he said that he had to come up with a solution as soon as possible, but everyone knew that there was only one way, which was to help Bu Dugen, who had also lost face, and send troops to punish Fu Luohan.
But in this way, Fulohan, who is still pro-Han, will completely fall to Kebineng's side, and the situation on the grassland will be out of balance. If there is no conquest, Bu Dugen's loyalty will be lost, and Fulohan will not
He respected the court because he took advantage.
"In my humble opinion, I should quickly send Sun Ce and others to lead their troops out of the fortress to reconcile, and order Fu Luohan to return the princess and go to the court to apologize. The court may be lenient. If not, I can raise troops with Bu Dugen to attack. At the same time, I can order Zhang Liao and others to gather together.
Use troops to restrain Ke Bineng so that he does not dare to move without permission." Cao Cao quickly suggested.
The emperor said unhappily: "Isn't this still irresolvable? What should I do if Fu Luohan is defeated and he defectes to Kebi Neng?"
"Which is the lesser of the two harms, please advise your Majesty." Cao Cao said: "The crusade against Fuluo Han has become a tiger, otherwise, where is the majesty of the imperial court? Now we can only send troops to attack first, and wait until Fuluo Han is trapped.
Subduing his people, or appointing his son to lead his subordinates, the imperial court can still try to turn them away from Kebineng. If it does not send troops, all strategies will be difficult to implement."
"Who is the right person to send to lead the troops?" The emperor took a deep breath and had no choice but to follow Cao Cao's suggestion and send troops to fight. In short, both Bu Dugen and Fu Luohan had to save one.
Cao Cao already had a candidate in mind and immediately recommended: "Sun Ce, the general who conquered Liao, is brave and can lead troops into battle."
"Then let's draft the imperial edict like this." After the emperor finished speaking, he suddenly added: "Send envoys to the State of Zhao again to explain to King Zhao the reason for this matter and the court's measures. Once this matter comes out, other vassal kings may be concerned about it.
If you have any concerns about getting married, Taichang and others should try to calm their hearts."
Zhao Wen shook his head disapprovingly and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about it. The vassal king's request for a marriage from his princess is all for his own benefit. How can someone who is really worried about the safety of a clan girl include her in the marriage?"
The emperor nodded and thought the same thing. The vassal princes all wanted to sell their daughters to gain glory. Who would care about the future of their female relatives? I am afraid that the same is true for King Zhao.
After everyone in the Xuanshi Palace discussed the matter and initially decided on a strategy, they left each other to make preparations for the war with Fulohan. Although it was just a crusade against Fulohan, it also required the factor of Kebi being able to choose the opportunity to join the war.
The entire northern army, including Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, Sun Ce and other troops, must take action to prepare for a major battle at any time.
After Cao Cao and others left, the emperor ordered Mu Shun to summon the right general Xu Huang to enter the palace. When he arrived, he saw Mu Shun looking strange and asked, "What's the matter? Just tell me if you have anything to say."
"Your Majesty, Princess Quanling came here just now crying." Mu Shun said hesitantly.
"What is she here to do?"
Mu Shun replied: "It must be about Princess Xiangguo. Before Princess Xiangguo got married, she had a very deep friendship with Princess Quanling."
The emperor was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that this daughter could be so affectionate. After a while, he said: "Forget it... let her go."